Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-28
What Ais Georgia

On his return home, Cobb Miner
says the eyes of the east are on
Georgia, that mill men in New Eng
land no longer arc looking toward
the Carolinas, but their eyes are on
Georgia.
There is just ahead Of us, both
in North and South Georgia, the
most brilliant future of our mis-
tory. South Georgia should begin
now to reap a harvest sim Ter to
that Of Florida.
North Georgia should get things
that have been going to the Carolins
The world is ready 20 come in, but
we are not ready to receive.
Politically, Georgia has an i'm
mense stone about her neck Grasp,
ing, two-by-four politicians have
been and are Georgia's curse.
There is a glazing lack of states
men. We are ship without y rud-
Oti- we are QIIlLlIlSs
From the highest to the lowest,
our offices are filled with men of
small mental capacity and little or
no courage
Georgia's greatest need is AN
EMPIRE BUILDER, man OF
brains, Drawn s1d sinew. Until such
man rises from obscurity, we shall
continue to drift.
The Valdosta Times wants to
know what Ais Georgia" and
answers this question:
Georgia is right now suffer-
ing from her inability to mobilize
her mental resources snd put
them to working in the right
direction. There are too many
factions operating in this State,
each of them trying to build up
superiority for itself and refus-
ing to yield to other factions that
may be just as near right as it
is. There is nothing so hard to
control as the fool who is willing 4
to butt against a stone wall. A
man who has an absurd idea in
his head and who has the will
power to back it up to the last
notch is a hard individual to
manage, or to get along with.
in the Georgia legislature
there are a number of different
factions and each faction is try
ing to put something over that
will help itself. There is a power
full faction which is trying to
throttle any kind of legislation
that will make it bear its proper
tionate part of the burdens of
the State.
Instead of moving towards
an agreement, the factions seem
to be multiplying every day, and
the condition seems to be more
hopeless.
AS a matter of fact. there
seems to be powerful faction
at work to keep up the division.
If this faction can prevent the
others from getting together II
VIII accomplish all that it wants.
1t Will at least save itself from
having to put up its part of the
money to carry on the State af-
iairs. The powerful lobby which
mas been operating in Atlanta
Tor number of years. seems
to be just as busy now as it ever
has been, its present object be-
ing to cause all of the trouble
possible without getting anv
good results for the State
What "ails Georgia" seems
to be that Georgia is lack
ing in the kind of mental that
ought to take hold of q situa-
ton like that before the legis-
iature and thresh it out. A state
winch sends bunch of men to
make its laws, unless it sends
its best citizens, advertises to
the world that it either does not
want good laws or else that 4
cannot save itself from tbose
who would ride it to d;sas+ar
1eorgla's big trouble at the pres
ent time is moral and spiritual
and not physical, for Georgia's
resources are as great as fhev
nave ever been, but her man
power is mentally not what it
was 80 or 40 years ago.
Possibly never before in our his.
tory was the opportunity So great
or as easy to grasp. We are blessed
as no other state in the union with
all OF those things that go to make
wealth, and yet, we stacger and
reel rnder load of debt and
ure.
Give us MEN.