Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-09
WILL WORSHAMLASD AS
ASSISTANT SECRETARY?
DISQUALIFICATION Made of
His Name

ton of E. Lee Worsham, State Ento-
mologist of Georgia, for the position
of Assistant Secretary in the United
States Department of Agriculture
briefly mentioned in recent Atlanta
dispatches, has met with widespread
favor over the state.
When Georgia rolled up her record
democratic majority for Woodrow Will
son, it was generally believed that the
state would stand at least some chance
for cabinet position AS time went
on, however, it became more and moro
APPARENT that no cabinet appointment
would fall to Georgia, and recent an
nouncement Of President Wilson's off,
cial family has removed all possibility
of doubt in this connection.
Having failed to secure a cabinet
appointment Georgia democrats now
feel that the state should have at least
one assistants position in the national
departments There is plenty of ma
terial in Georgia for hosts of this
class, and no apparent reason why
the state should be ignored.
Mr. Worsham's friends have already
presented his name to the President In
this connection They have called his
attention to the fact that Georgia dem
ocrats feel they are entitled to this
consideration, and they are pointing to
Mr.. Worsham as man who can capa-
bly, fill the important position of As
sistant Secretary of Agriculture.
Special attention has been called %
Mr.. Worshams splendid work in pre-
pairing Georgia to meet the onslaught
of the boil weeyil. Georgia's problem
in this respect was more difficult per-
haps than that of any other colt IN
growing state; because Georgia had q
double problem to solve. This prob
lem consisted in the fact that the par
ticular kind of cotton which resists
the boil weevil is subject to attacks of
the black root or wilt, which is widely
prevalent in this state. To meet boil
weevil conditions it requires an early
maturing variety. One which in com
mon parlance would beat the boil
weevil to it." But it was found that
early maturing varieties were partic-
ularly subject to the wilt disease.
Mr. Worsham went to work first %
get rid of the wilt disease problem Dy
developing strain that would resist
it. He next developed from this strain
an early maturing variety for the boil
weevil fight, and for the first time this
year this new variety of cotton, which
is both wilt resistant and early matu,-
ing, will be cultivated on a large scale
AS a result, there will me an abund-
ance of seed for distribution to the
farmers of Georgia another year
Mr.. Worsham has also developed an
Egyptian hybrid cotton which is al
most equal in quality to the present
long staple variety. This has not been
sufficiently developed as yet to meet
the boil weevil problem, but expert
ments are now being made with it and
it is thought it will ultimately solve
the problem when the boil weevil "a
lacks the sea Island territory
These valuable achievements. as
we'll as the fact that he has held for
two years and still holds the import
ant position of chairman of the exec.
utive committee of the National Con-
servation Congress, have brought Mr.
j Worsham into prominence which has
become national, and his Georgi,
friends feel confident that no better
selection of an assistant commissioner
OF agriculture could be made.
Again it is being urged that tn.
south is pre-eminently entitled to thl
representation in the national depart
ment of agriculture, gecause it is s,
distinctly an agricultural territory. I
is understood that leading Georgi.