The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-15
Widow Of Famous Con-
federate General Do
ing. Valiant Battle.
SPENDS FORTUNE
TO WIN VICTORY
Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet Deter
mined That $7o,ooo,ooo Water
Power Trust Shall Not
Snatch Tallulah Falls and
Destroy Its Beauty in
Pursuit of Money.

New York, April ls-BrinRins with
ner tho grace and fragrance of the
iHnd OF inagnolias, and tho vim and
enterprise of the West, Southern
woman has invaded New York to Hght
Sto,0oo.oo0 corporation. She comes
from Georgia She is Mrs Helen d.
LonGs;rect. widow of the famous Con
feaerate general, and the White An
gel OF the Southern mountainccrs
Mrs. J-onsstrest is here 70 in,eres,
southern residents Of New York, of
whom she says there are close to half
million, In the preservation of a
wondsrful natural landmark Of the
south. Mrs. Longatrcet tells her story
with tho force and cloQucnce of a wo-
man aroused. She Is president Of the
Haliulah Falls Conservation AssocIa-
ton She said to-day:
"Fhere has recently been organized
in the state OF Georgia a water power
trust. known as the Georgia Railway
and Power Company. representing a
capitalization Of about $4,000. 900.
which Is more than twice all the
money held in all tn. banks of Georgia.
This water trust. we aIlcSc, is organ
lied In violation of the laws OF
Georgia. and suit is about to be brought
to test the legality Of the merger.
Relies On It's Millions
This water power trust. relying on
The power OF its millions. after hav-
Ing bought surrounding property, has
taken possession Of wonderful gorge
OF the Blue Ridge Mountains. In which
is situated Tallulah Falls and River,
and Is proceeding to Develop the falls
Tor the purpose Of furnishing mower
throughout Georgia
"Tallulah Falls and River. we con-
tend. are the property of the State
of Georgia, Tho TaliuIah Fails Con-
scrvation Association is taking in
membership of marc than .i,0aq, 600. in.
the State of Georgia. and 10000, 900
throughout tho American nation. I'm
the spirit OF n day. which recognizes
that the sc,nic marvcis of this rcpub-
lie should be preserved for the happi-
ness OF this whole land. and that what
concerns one State or section OF our
great country concerns evcry part OF
II.
"a survey OF the Taliulah Fails
property has just been completed by
the State OF Georgia. A suit is TO be
5roush, Immediately in our courts 10
eject the water power trust from
property on which we charge II is
merely criminal trespasser, with no
rights which Georgia Is hound to re-
spcct. The legality OF the States tito
TO Tallulah has been looked into by
the ablest lawyers in America. and
found sound.
ITO rescue Tallulah Falls. long
fight has to be made in the courts and
before the Georgia Legislature, which
finally has the power TO sell the prop
erty for eiluca tional purposes. Should
the Legislature determine 10 sell the
falls, 1t is the intention of the Tallu-
lah Falls Conservation Association TO
purchase 1t for the purpose OF includ-
Ing 1t in the Appalachian forest reser-
walton TO be protected by the United
States government. Every loyal
Southerner resident in Nav York is
urged to communicate with me at the
ma tional headquarters OF the Tallulah
Falls Conservation Association at my
home in Gainesville, Ga.
SOU II Calls to Her children.
The South alls to-day to her chill
dren TO whatever cline they have
strayed. She appeals from an age of
commerce and from the noisy tumult
and din of Babylon. Georgia possesses
n scenic marvel which no State in the
Union and which no country on the
globe can match-Tallulah Falls.
''Ncother the Yosemite nor the Vel
lowstonc can vie In weird iovclincss
with this picturesque gorge of the
Blue Ridge, which the organ peals of
Fallulah swell in endless anthems. In
looking upon the Grand Canyon ono
thinks Of Dante>s Inferno But in
gazing upon Tallulah he dreams OF
Millions Paradise"
Friends Of Mrs. LonEstrcct declare
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