Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-15


tice of law in Atlanta after he retired
from the senate, and made such visits
to his offices in the Forsyth building as
his weakened physical condition would
permit. For a time, TOO, he seemed to
improve, and his friends took heart. land
began to hope that, after all, "Old joe
as they always have called him most
affecttonately, might come back to form
again.
The undertaking seems TO have been
too much for him. however-and now
he is not doing so well, and has lost
heart in Il way, and is very i'll man,
indeed
There never sat in the governors
chair Of this state q more loyal or low
able man than Joseph NJ. Terrell Long
before ne was made governor he was
the states attorney general, and the
state had in Terrell in that capacity an
official always accommodating and eff
ticient. No governor ever had about
him an official famiIy-through both Of
his administrations respected him
more or was more genuinely fond Of
him Whatever he did as governor he
did from the best and purest Of motives
one may be very sure of that-and
such political mistakes al he may have
made, or as some people may have
thought he made were, if mistake at
all, mistakes Of the head, ana never Of
the heart
\ big, brave, Iovable generous heart
ed man Is Joseph Meriwether Terrell
ANA there are many, many Georgians
who are longing to hear yet that he has
beaten back disease and once again is
on the way to recovery. His career has
been most distinguished and useful and
Georgia would rejoice to see him well
and strong once more. He still is far
from being an old man.
State Entomologist Lee Worsham,
who has been making an official tour Of
south Georgia gives it as his opinion
that unless something IS done to change
/ the present status Of affairs, sea island
cotton growing is doomed in Georgia,
except on a few islands adjacent to the
state.
Discussing this matter, Mr.. Worsham
says:
The coming Of the boil weevil sounds
the death knell Of sea island cotton
within the next few years, except on
the islands themselves. We may be
able to keep these free of the pest, but
there will be no sea island raised at
all in counties like Tattnall and Bull
Ioch within the next three or four years.
The boil Weevil is certain to strike
Georgia next year 1t is coming this
way at such rapid rate that its ad-
vent before another crop IS raised may
be looked for with certainty. The weevl
is now within - miles Of the Georgia
line. 1t will take three years additional
for the pest to reach the coast.
There is nothing that can stop the
inroads of the weevil, and when they
reach the sea island cotton section that
class of staple might just as well be
abandoned. It takes too long to raise a
sea island cotton crop to save it from
the weevil. The only kind OF cotton
that Is weevil proof is one that natures
quickly"
The next Legislature win be asked TO
take very seriously in hand the matter
of the boil weevil in Georgia, as all au-
thorities now agree that the state can
not hope to be kept free OF the pest
much longer.
What the legisla ture VIII do about
the matter, however, is-well. highly
problematical, anyway!
Much depends upon the way one
looks at things" said Congressman
Gordon Lee, who is an Atlanta visitor
today. particularly after things have
happened and the looking is In retro
spect.
There is Mr.. Roosevelt, for instance,
safe and snug in the ranks of the also