Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29
THE FORREST CONVENTION.
Walhalia's Representative to the
Meeting Tells what was Done.

heoWee Courier. Please allow space
for just few lines as to the forest
convention, held In Atlanta on the
18th instant.
1t was my privilege and pleasure
to attend this convention as rep
resentatire OF the town of Walhalla.
Two meetings were held, one In the
afternoon, the other in the evening.
Both were largely and enthusiasti-SI
cally attended. There were present
delegationg from boards of trade and
other organizations from all over
the State OF Georgia, and from yari-
4 Gus parts of Alabama, Kentucky Ten
nessee, North Carolina and South
Carolina, and the people attended
en- masse from the city of Atlanta.
Ihe various woman's clubs of the
city formed good part of the gath
erings, and lent zeal and enthusiasm
10 the cause OF the convention. Ey-
erybody seemed deeply interested in
the interesting and instructive pro-
ceedfngs Of the meetings, and by
these proceedings all seemed to have
edge added to their enthusiasm and
determination to have our Appalach-
Ian and White mountain forests pre-
served.
Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia.
presided over the convention, and
made stirring address before the 4
afternoon session. forcefully setting
forth the many advantages that
would follow the passage of the APP
serve bill, now pending before Con
gress He deplored the appathy of
the people In the past in this matter.
put hoped W that we were going
to have q stirring reign of enthusi.
asm, which would force the bin
through Congress during the present
session. Governor Smith emphasized
the Importance of the measure from
the different view points, and then
stressed the point that we should
throw aside orc indifference all along
the line; maze our wishes known
10 our representatives In Congress
In no uncertain way, and GET THB
BILL PASSED.
1t was a matter OF keen regret
on all Sides that South Carolina's
Governor could not be with us at the
convention, but he Will still have
other opportunities to help advance
the cause for which the meeting was
held, and Governor Ansel can be de-
pended on to do his full share.
The afternoon meeting was also
addressed by Prof. Akerman, who
occupies the chair of forestry in the
University OF Georgia, Charles Wad-
dell, of the American Institute of
Electric Engineers, and G.. P. Good
year, of Brunswick, one Of Georgia's
staunchest supporters Of the scheme
! for inland navigation. All these ad-
dresses, along their respective lines,
were highly interesting, entertain
ing and instructive, and carried with
fthem good, sound, convincing argu-
I ments why the mountains OF the Ap-
palachian range should not be reck-
iessly denuded of their beneficent
forests. i
The evening session, for the most
part, was taken up by most adnira-
bic addresses by DR.. w. w. Lam
drum, Of the First Baptist church
of Atlanta, and expert forester, Hon.
Enos A. Mills, of the Federal Bu-
reau OF Forestry. DR.. Landrum
made strong and telling appeal for
posterity, eloquently portraying the
distressing neediness Of futurity as
10 timber and other blessings con-
served by properly preserved forests,
II something is not done, and right
soon at that, to check the injudicious
numbering" now going on in our
Appalachian chain OF mountains.
Mr.. Mflls'S address was peculiarly
interesting. Much of his life has
been spent among the forests, and he
has grown to love trees and birds
that prey upon their insect Destroy
ers. He commended the pecker-
wood IS very desirable citizen, and
spoke in poetic praise Of It co-work-
ers in the woods. Much Of Mr.. Mills's
address was poetic, but none the less
true for that, for it abounded
throughout with important facts,
and irrefutable reasoning. He pre-
dicted, and adduced statistical fig
ures to bear out his prediction, that
II something Is not done we will
have timber famine within the
next fifteen or twenty years. hIr.
Mills seemed thoroughly conversant
with his subject and handled 1t in a
way that delighted his every hearer.
After Mr.. Mills's address several
other addresses came from different
members of lie audience, all OF
which showed enthusiastic interest
In the purpose Of the meeting.
Before adjourn ment, the sense OF
the convention was shown by the ad-
option Of the following resolutions:
''The Appalachian National Forest
Association, In convention assembled,
representing a membership through
out the Southern States, with accred-
tied delegates from the Atlanta sec
tion of American Institute of Elec-
trical Engineers, the Georgia FEEDER
alton Of Women's Clubs, the Atlanta
Woman's Club, and chambers of
commerce or boards Of trade in At
lanta, Macon, Athens, Brunswick, Co
lumbus, Cornelia, Dublin, Rome, Ca;
Newberry, Charleston, Bolton, Spar
tanburg, Walhalla, 8. c.; Huntsville,
Mobile, Birmingham and Opelika,
Ala; Nashville, Tenn; Louisville,
hch