The Cordele dispatch and daily sentinel. [volume], June 11, 1923, Image 4

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“JHE CORDELE DISPATCH
_ AND DAILY SENTINEL
stued Daily Except Saturday
: BY THE
M Publishing Company.
fiw E. BROWN, . . . . Editor.
Pep Week .......oooooeeee 120
Per Month ............... 4bc
% Months ....ooveeees $1.26
Six Months ..........c..r $2.60
One Year ......ocooocvene $5,00
Three Months .........s.. 50
Six Momths .......ecooneee $l.OO
One Year ..........coeue $2.00
Entered as secom
June 2nd, 1920, at the post office at
Cordele, Gs., under the Act of
March 3rd, 1879.
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The Associated Press 18 exculsive
ly entitled to the use for republica
tion of al) news dispatches credited
to it or not otherwise credited in
this paper and also the local news
published herein.
PAVING THE NATIONAL
Qur citizenship from one end of
the county to the other ought tc
find opportunity to cooperate witk
great enthusiasm ¥ the paving
plans which are being worked ou!
for the National Highway through
Crigp county. This is an undertak
ing which promises a great deal—
the best possible roads on that
stretch of all stretches of roads ir
Crisp county which ought to be
made permanent.
As we present this thought it ia‘
our purpose to impress, if we may
that it is a large undertaking and
yet one which we ought to tackle
with courage and great purpose
Qur county commissioners in due
time will come out of this under
taking with all of it completed and
for it as tax payers of this county
none of us will owe a dollar in
bonds, :
The farger task is that of our
counti commissioners, Théy are
providing the labor and doing the
work. The state highway commis
gion is furnishing the material. The
mileage is to be divided intg three
sections—the first north of Cor
dele to the county line, and the
otfi®r two south. It is going to re
quire patiencé on the part of the
public;much of it. Even after al’
other plans have been made—after
all other problems have beer
eliminated—the blocking of the
highway is bound to become a veri
table nuisance while the permanent
work is being done. But the pub
lic ordinarily is willing to bear with
those who engage in’permanent im
provements, J
_ln Crisp county it is too early to
say Just what definite course will
be pursued, but the public need not
look for the completion of this
work over night. It is gt;ing to take
many months and long, steady
plugging. The county is doing the
work’ and it cannot place its whole
public road forces on the project.
But such a plan will be followed as
will bring us steadly to tho c.'joy-l
ment of a permanent highway in
the national and the county commis
sioners are going to complete that
task and maintain the county sys
tem of roads at the same time. The
mafterial which will go into the pav-l
ing is going to cost a great deal—
as much as the labor we put into it
The county has its forces and by
careful planning and public co
operation this work ought to be
completed within a reasonabic
time.
The people of Cordele—of the
‘entiré county—have much to ap
preciate in the start of this work.
We are to look forward to its
completion with a great deal of in
terest ‘and’public pride, It is to
become a public improvement of}
great value—not for this year and
and the next, but for all time, |
" In:spite of! the rains we have a:
fine crops, generally speaking, as
can be found in any section. The
cotton—the all-cotton farmer—is
not in good shape, But the day of
warm weather is now here and some
developments of a more favorable
nature are to be expected. _ 1
REAL BUSINESS METHODS
Only a year ago, Quitman
adopted the city manager form
of government, and the people
therg like it so well that that a
counf.y manager has been re
commended by the Brooks
county grand jury. When we
decide to ‘have less politics
and more business in our coun
ty and municipal affairs, we
will have managers for both.
‘Then, we may eXpect greater
efficiency in government and
lower taxes.—Tifton Gazette,
Editor Herring is correct.
Any kind of government by
patronizing politicians is bad.
Buginess methods should be ap
plied in all affairs of munici:
palities and counties, and
wiere they are the tax payers
are the beneficiaries,—Dalton
Citizens.
And here we are making steady
gaim} with the commission-manager
form of government. It is not six
months old, but is saving at such
bounds as will surely please the tax
payers of Cordele. We are sc
nearly out of politics that it is
safe—a thousand tfmes safer—tc
undertake any kind of municipal im
provement because we know our ex
penditures, are going to be made in
strict business manner, Any ad
ministration of public affairs that
is beste with politics s costly, Buy
ing supplies from political friends is
perfectly natural-——and yet—anq
yet—it does not always hold !he
costs of government down to the
required minimum.
Our commission-manager form of
government holds . out great
promise for Cordele. We expect
to build in many different direc
tions. '
AND HERE WE FAIL
There is really very lictle
just grounds to fr‘et over
State taxation. The people of
Georgia Paid in 1922 besides
the State tax, over $53,000,-
oC®—to the county, city, town
and Federal authorities. The
$5,080,000 property tax of the
State is hardly a 2 drod i the
bucket. There is, of course,
about $7,000,000 . additional
State income derived from fees
licenses, rentals, ete, but the
total State tax of $12,389,000
would not. be in the least wor-
Risome if the 900,000 Geor
gians over 21 who do not even
pay $1 poll tax, and the 565,-
000 who pay nothing f);t the
$1 poll tax, should pay on an
average of $3 or $4 a year to
I the upkeep of their state.—Ma
con. Telegraph.
And here we fail—note the great
number of people who have no in
terest in state upkeep, in public ¢
penditures. If the burden of taxw
tion could be evenly distributed—
could be made to reach all people.
it would be lighter.
And, too, let the tax payer whe
is disposed to complain remember
that the state tax is a small matter
as compared to the real burden
when all things are taken into ac.
count. Clip these figures if you
are an interested tax payer. It will
help you to keep the facts straight
in mind. -
CELERY FOR HOME USE <
Celery was found as a biennial
wild plant ¢n low moist lands near?
the coatsts of Europe, Asia and
Africa. [t was first cultivated for
table use in England and France:
but is now used rather gencially by
all civilized nations.
Celery is sensitive to adverse
goil and weather conditions; and
must be handled carefully if good
crops are expected. Successfu’
growers observe the following points
so far as possible:
(1) Get good seed. (2) Plant so
as to have cool weather for blanch
ing. (3) Supply fertilizers rich ir
nitrogen, and an abundance of
moisture so as to keep the plants
growing actively from the time
they are planted until the crop -
mature,
The seeds of celery’ may be
sown in semi-shaded beds, near 2
supply of water, during the firsd
half of June; the plants set to the
field in August, and the crog
harvested in November.
When the .plants are about twe
inches high they should be trans.
planted to a distance of about three
inches apart in the MR& so as tc
make them stocky and develop »
fiberous root system. ;
Select land naturally " moist oy
land that can be irrigated. Put on
broadcast, about 25. two~horse
loads of stable manure per acre.
Five or six hundred pounds of a
commercial fertilizer in addition te
the stable manure will be hdlpful.
After the plants are well established
in the field a side dressing of
nitrate of soda or sulphate of
ammonia at intervals of about three
weeks will stimulate active growtd
Lay out the rows from five to six
feet apart, and throw out large
decp furrows, Make a small ridge
in the bottom of these deep fur
rows and set the plants' about one
foot apart on these ridges. Give
clean culture until the weather be
gins to turn cool in the fall. At this
time begin to rake the soil wup tc
the plants from both sides of the
row 8o as to blanch the leaf stems.
Be careful not to get ‘soil, especial
ly wet soil, in the buds of ° the
plants. As the plants grow taller
rake the soil up from the sides.
During dry weather water so as tc
maintain a fair degree of soil mois
ture at all times.
WE'RE MAKING PLANS
An exchange - paragraph says:
“The octopus s highly valued
in Japan as an zxticle of food.”
Guess Charlie Brown will soon
be booking passage for Tokyo,
—Dalton Citizen. : :
Well, we are already planning.
The octopus in Georgia, we hope, is
going to be of great value as host
this summer when we go to the
state preSBs association meetings in
Rush Burton’s town. We exXxpect
to see Tallulah Falls and several
other of the north‘@®eoxgia power
projects. We're booking passage—
booking passage, boy!
l A POWER PROPOSITION
| Editor Cordele Dispatch: I notice
you are greatly interested in eleetric
current for Cordele and, as I am inter
ested I ask to be permitted to make
a suggestion touching this important
question., It is important because it
is the one thing that would make Coz
dele grow to be the size of Rome or
Athens Georgia, or may be larger. Of
course we would all like that very
much; but we will not make a good
start in that direction until the wheels
of industry begin to turn, and the
wheels will never turn until we have
hydro-electriec power. Ways and means
to this end is the thought which should
attract every person who wishes to see
the town become a city.
Why is the manufaeturing north rich
and the producing south poor. Why is
it that the payee in nearly every note
is finally north of the Mason and Dixon
line? Why is it that all the railroads,
steamship lines, trust companies, bond
companies, insurance companies, and
great factories are in the mnort¥?
Nearly everything we have to buy from
pins and pens, tin dippers, well buekets
and shoe strings to the piano and loco
motive engine come from thé manwe
facturing north. They are rich. They
loan us money all the time,
This eity must have water power
and upon this point it seems nearly
evervone agrees; so ways and means
is the thing to be considered and this‘
Dbrings me to the point of suggestion.
There is a creek nearby with a suf—l
ficient bluff to generate enough eleetrie
ity to supply Cordele with all the
electricity we can use or sell for a
long number of years. In the language
of an engineer; it would furnish enough
power for Cordele, Vienna, Montezuma
and Americus. Also that the dam
could be constructed for less tham fifty
thousand dollars.
Why not investigate and if the facts
justify then bond for enough to put it
throungh and bring the industries to
Cordele? When these industries have
built Cordele to a city of fifteen or
ftwent,\' thousand people, then we could
undertake the large plan of a dam on
i}‘liut river. By that time we would be
well prepared for the larger undertak
ing.
The eity should either do this or
make a contract with the Albany peo
ple and do it quickly. Other people
are already figuring on the creek prop
FDGD
ogition. Wliy not own the dam instead
of having others to own it and sell
to us, i
Respectfully
MAX E. LAND |
‘ THE FIVE YEAR PROGRAM
The path of progress is lined with
wrecks of men who have lost their
'opportunlty because they were be
"hind time, )
Napoleon lost the battle of Water--
?100 because a division of his army
'was behind time, As a result he died
a prisoner on the barren rocks of
St. Helena,
What is true’of men is also true of
cities, countries and nations,
The pages of history is replete with
the stories of communities that have
witl ered and decayed because they
were behind the times,
Any city or county that prospers
and develops must keep abreast
of the times and appropiate the best
thcught in modern civilizaticn.
There are many towns and coun
ties in Georgia where property
values have gone down, where the
dwellings and business houses have
decayed, and where the hammer and
the saw are seldom heard, because
the people are not keeping abreast
of the timesz and by their indiffer
ence are fighting back progress ang
development. 1‘
They are procrastinating, they are
sleeping, and other communities that
are progressive take the business
that is justly theirs.
For the lack of foresight and ef
fort on our part may no other com
munity take from Crisp county the
things that are justly hers,
"The Board of Trade is undertaking
by the hely( of all the county. both
urban and rural, into its sctivities
and rurposes for this great work.
The plan as outlined will extend over
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Yc may be going away—if
vou ~o you will want your
hand bog or trunk. You ean
: buy it from our store with
out having o go out of town
for it. We will be mighty ;
glad to show ours to you.
J.T. Westbrook & Bro.
HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX CLOTHING
CORDELE, GA. oS
a period of five years. ~ .
Every town, village and precinet
will .be represented, Every interest
in the county will be included such
as farming, manufacturing, finance,
trade, markets, railroads, highways,
schools, health and morals in fact ev
erything under the five general
heads of human activity-agriculture,
commerce, industry, transportation
and civic. All interests will be
clubbed together in a united effort
for the general good,
It will have a definite plan and
each family of the county will e
fully alcquainked with every detail
of the program, '
Is there any one who can candid--
ly maintain that such a movement
is not needed? Is there cny one who
!will not assist in the improvement of°
!‘\our general conditions?
Will not this plan, if carried to a
‘successful conclusion result in tke
enhancement of property values,
greatly increase our population,
and benefit every personal and busi
ness interest of the county?
Opportunity is now knocking at
the door of ev&ry home in Crisp coun
ty, and if you are sleeping yake anl
if you are feasting rise and help put
over the five year plan. Talk it to
your friends and your neighbors.
If you desire to rut our county on
the map and to help improve the
general conditions of all the people
the call is imperative, and may we
not pirocrastinate in this our greatest
hour of opportunity, .
Remember the towns, ccities and
counties and nations that have lag
‘ged ,behind on account of indiffer
ence to their best interests. :
Crisp county must mastr the times
in which it exists and marshal all
its forces and take its place at the
head of the progressive counties of
:the states, She cannot do it without
‘the active cooperation of all her peo
rle in one united effort. Let’s try it
for five years and we believe the
-results will be more than satisfactory
—Publicity Committee Count
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
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55,000,000 fruit trees are in Bohemia.
An agriculture ccllege in Texas has
established a course in the handling
‘of tractors. ?
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Cultivator
You will make time and save .
labor. Let us demonstrate
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Palmer-Jones Co.
THE MACHINERY PEOPLE :
CORDELE, GEORGIA
GEO. T. MORRIS, Mgr. - _j
This institution has always taken
a lcen interest in the young men of this
community. We welcome their acquain
tance and solicit their business. :
This institution realizes that its
most valuable asset is the good will of
our clients. The good will of young men
today means the good will of big men
tomorrow.
, \
American Bank & Trust Co.
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H. F. CORBETT, PLUMBING
l EVERYTHING IN THE PLUMBING LINE l
Residence Phone 372 '
Opposite Light Plant Phone 376 Cordele, Ga.
Foundry And Machine Supplies
We are equipped for heavy mill work, boilers
and engines, shafting, belting, pulleys, fittings
and all kinds of mill repairs. Consult us on all
plans. We may be able to save you both time
and money. We are designers and makers of the
famous Harris Wheel Press. s
Tomlin-Harris Machine Co.
- CORDELE, GEORGIA .y
MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1923,
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Two rivers in Cgzechoslovakia wfil
be harnesed to supply the.province fif
Moravia with electrie power, ‘;S;\
Of English invention is an oil eiza
gine designed to saw logs to length
or operate portable lamps. 'fi‘l