Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-11-02
NTHE SDNNYSOUIH
Former Alma Resident Now In Georgia
Says Race Problem Not Settled
MICa PRICES As TO GE0RG|A'S
Or. E. P. FelGh New Secretary Of the Hawkins.
willie manufacturing Co.
Continued from last week.

lhe town OF HaWkinSVille Is
place OF about 5000 people and is the
county seat of Pulaski county. We
have electric lights, water works, and
three railroads. We have also good
schools and several churches. Alto
gether we might be much worse To-
Gated, but if | were to seek a town
for permanent residence | would
look little farther.
Mrs. Felch and / left Grand Ra-
pids about the middle of last May,
and after pleasant journey, during
which we stopped off at Toledo,
Marion and Cincinnati, Ohio, and
at Macon, Ga, we found ourselves
in the midst OF some southern hot
weather.
Some of our friends thought we
were making a mistake in coming
south when hot weather was coming
on, but we really have been surpris-
ed at how little we suffered with
the heat, and it has been what the
people here call hot summer.
am satisfied that northern people
have a wrong idea of the heat in the
south AS a matter of fact, the Their
mOmeter does not go as high here as
in the north. Only once or twice
did the mercury go above 960. Heat
prostrations are almost unheard of in
this country. OF course the sun is
hot, but at night there springs up a
gentle breeze which greatly am
eliorates conditions. This breeze was
more noticeable during the earlier part
OF the summer than in the later
weeks, but why, | cannot explain.
However, ! should never dread COM
ing south again as | once did But,
while the temperature does not go
as high as in many places in the
north, yet theH is something
which, after a time becomes weari-
some. For one thing the season is
longer and there seems to be lack
ing the invigoration we have in the
north. And again. we do not have
here the radical changes we have in
tie north after a storm. 1t cools
little but not so markedly. But the
mere high temperature never kills
anyone. We have frequent rains, al
most every day, in the earlier part
OF the summer, and nearly always
accompanied with thunder and light
ming
II is now October the 14th, but the
leaves are still almost as green as in
summer, and the weather is hot, UP
around SO and 90
Weather conditions, not high tenn
peratures, but some atmospheric con
ditions not yet explained, probably
have much to do with slow move
ments and apparent lethargy of not
only the native. but of nearly every
one who stays here any length of
time But whatever may be the
cause, the fact remains that people of
in moving about Deliberate, will
hardly express it, and to one accus-
toned to moving with any degree Of
alacrity, it is certainly exasperating
But they take their time for every
thing here. If you go into an office
and sometimes into a store they will
likely ask you come in and sit and
it matters not how hurried one may
be
But this Southland is certainly a
great country, and its resources are
not half understood, nor appreciated.
Though among the oldest settled
countries, or sections of the United
States. il has never been developed,
although its resources are probably
equal to many parts of the west.
Why this is so is hard TO say. but
one observer thinks it is because of
lack of advertising; and it occurs to
me that the semi-hostile attitude
which, existed for twenty-five years
after the war may have been an ele-
ment in retarding the development.
But it is coming. people are waking
up. and sectional lines are fast be-
coming obliterated
In agricultural industries one sees
the retarded development as much
or more than in manufacturing One
reason for this is. ] believe because
manufacturing has been developed
by northern men. while the agricul-
ture has been left TO the native south
erner
There is only one thing TO be said
OF the native and that is that as a
class they lack enterprise With
the long season and productiveness
OF the soil. there is no reason in the
world why many of the natives
might not be well-to-do.
Nearly every corp can be raised
here which can be raised anywhere,
except perhaps ap%des in the extreme