Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-08
COLQUITT FACES
new TICK WAR
Cattle Owners Inform Officials
They VIII Quit Dipping
July ]

MOULTRIE, June 7.-Cattle own
ers from ell sections or Colqultr
county at a mass meeting held here
Tuesday passed a resolution pledglhg
themselves to refuse to dip their cat
tie after July /. A number OF the
sneakers urged an immediate suspen-
sion of the work, but finally the ad-
vocates of the plan decided to give
the authorities one more month to
wind MP he campaign, won out.
The cattle owners came to Moul-
trie primarily for the purpose of ap-
pearing before the commissioners
and urging them TO stop the tick
fight, but the crowd was SO large
that it was decided to hold meeting
in the court house auditorium and
invite the commissioners and those Ill
charge of the tick eradication cam
paign to be present. The meeting
at times stormy, the chairman being
unable to maintain order.
Nearly all Of the speakers were
free in then criticism Of the authori-
ties who have been directing the tick
fight. They asserted that they were
in favor of tick eradication but were
opposed to having to drive their cat
tie to watts about twice month for
the rest of their hives. The tick Grad
ication work was started in Colquitt
more than years ago and some of the
speakers at the meeting asst ted that
the had been dipping their cattle
regLlarly ana Systematically ever
since and that now they were weary
of we'll dong" A. D. Roland, chair
man q ne meeting, insisted that the
whole trouble grew out of lack of
uniformity in enforcing the dipping
regulations. The inspectors have
told Us that no matter how free of
ticks ninety-eight per cent of the
cow in the county are they Fan be
re-infected by the tlcky- two per
cent" Mr. Roland said, adding "Yet
they haven't forced this small minor
ity to dip their cattle We who have
been inclined to obey the law have
been made the boats and l am tired
of it."
He then called upon the meeting to
join with him in seeing that the of
ficials themselves do their duty and
require the cattle owners in districts
that haven't yet been released to dip
their COWS.
The county is now practically tick
free and Mr.. Roland and other con-
servative speakers at the meeting
pointed out that il the work were
stopped just at this time all of the
vast sull Of money and effort that.
had been spent in the campaign
would be thrown away.
1t Is believed here by an agrees
slye effort the work can be conclud-
ed during the month of June. In
case It IS not just what action the
commissioners and the officials in
charge OF the work will do remains
to be seen. There is state law now
that forces cattle owners to dip their
animals ia those counties waging war
on ticks.
1t 's recalled here, however, chat
When the tick fight was started about
seven years ago and the period re-
curing the enforced dipping Of cattle
arrived that the cattle owners of the
county, more than 1000 strong met
mere, and put every one on notice
mat they wouldn't dip. The COM
missloners then suspended the work,
pot ala not tear up the watts. The
work was resumed year or so later.
But all kinds of obstacles were
thrown In the way of those in charge
Oh the campaign. Several dipping