Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-26
MRS. NORA SMITH AWARDED
TROPHY AT EDITORS MEET

! adopted a resolution of thanks to
that city.
| Several resolutions Of importance
were adopted at the Billy's Island
meeting, among the principal ones
being a resolution indorsing the
state port project, another indorSing
the proposed national park in Geor-
gia and North Carolina; another
recommendation that a federal res
erVatiOn be made in the OkefenoIee
swamp; another recommending that
the word swamp be dropped from
the name and that the place be
known simply as the Okefenokee.
The association also adopted a reso-
luton expressing its heartfelt thanks
to Jack Williams, editor of the Way
cross Journal-Herald, and other cit
liens Of this city who have CO.
operated nobly in giving the conven-
ton this year one of the most en-
JCyable entertainment programs that
ever has been prepared for a press
association convention.
Swamp Jaunt Enjoyed
The approximately $50 people,
delegates to the convention, their
hosts and friends, who made the
trip to the OkefenolIee Wednesday
spent one of the most delightful
and instructive days of their lives
as the guests of the HebArd Cypress
company, said to be the largest pro.
ducers of cypress lumber in the
world.
A. }. Armstrong, general mana ger
OF the Cypress company and also
general manager of the Waycross
and southern railroad acted as Of
flclaI host, and the visitors were tax
en- from Waycross into the yerv
heart of the big morass on flat cars.
the only railroad cars which pene-
trate the Okefenokee In the swami.
visitors were shown material evi.
dence of the fact that the fast van
lshlng wild life of America has one
OF its last strongholds in the bic
swamp. One fox, an alligator and
three black bears-one of the LAT
ter having just been caught We'd
nesday morning, were alive and in
cages, forming objects of intense in.
tefest to the "tenderfoot" editors
most of whom were in the swami
Tor the first time in their lives. One
OF the bears, a playful cub, barely
SIX months old, according to the
swamp dwellers, was caught by Har-
flson Lee, one of the five or six
men who have lived in the swami
all of their lives.
Just before leaving the delegates
were taken on the flat cars into a
remote section of the swamp where
me giant skidder" used in getting
the huge cypress logs out of the
morass, was at work. The sight of
lhlS monster machine, capable of
clearing forty acres of timber land
from one position, was alone worth
the trip, in the opinion of all who
saw it.
The delegates also listened tn q
most Illuminating talk on the swamp
and the various species of animals
and bird life that inhabited il bv
CHARLES n. Wilson, Waycross scout.
master, and a man who has made q
close study of the swamp for the
last fifteen years. Mr.. Wilson is the
son of DR.. j. F. Wilson, who orig.
mated the idea of an Okefenokee So.
clety many years ago.
On their return from tho cuor,r
ednesday afternoon, the delegates
not, dusty but happy, were guests
at delightful swimming party at a
local amusement resort, after which
they prepared for the big dance in
the evening which constituted the
concluding feature of the convention
I here.