Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-04-21

beautify the National Scenic High
way through their city. The beautl-
full. vari-colored, exotic azaleas were
blooming, and their profusion and
coloring was truly awe-inspiring, that
anything so beautiful could be.
Across the road was a clump OF our
native, wild azalea, peeping through
the fence as though envying their
more fortunate sisters who had re-
ceived attention, had been cultivated
and brought to their highest perfec-
ton. And the next day it was re-
ported, more than Thirteen hun
dred cars passed through the gates
of Greenwood, and the number of
persons was estimated at $500. The
amount received in free-will offerings
amounted to $760.OO." Why not let's
plough up some Of our cotton fields
and sow them in flowers, set them IN
Towering shrubs, and in a year or so
charge motorists to ride through
them. and we'll make some money!
Other instances of where flowers
bring money are the Fort Valley
Peach Blossom Festival, the Apple
Blossom Festival being held at Cor
nelia this week, and the Thomasville
Rose Show scheduled for April 22,
which not only brings money to the
hotels, railroads, filling stations, mer-
chants and others, but is bringing
fame to Thomasville florists who are
being invited to speak before exclu-
sive garden clubs throughout the
country.
A Chinaman once grew Jealous of
his pretty little wife and cut off her
nose for fear someone might admire
her and want to take her FROM him.
Well, let's go on breaking our dog
wood boughs, leaving a jagged ugi
end sticking out in place OF Gnat
beautiful Towering branch next
spring, and let's let it be made into
spindles and whatnots and make our
Georgia woodlands less attractive :
someone else might want them and
try to get them from us. Millpond
Plantation, the Wade estate at Thor-
asville, is thickly forested with hum
dreds of great dogwood trees, the
branches too tall to reach through
out the thickly-wooded acres, nc
values them at many thousands of
dollars, and no one dares to try to
take one away. Let's do away wit"
ours, and go and stand around his
fence and look at his-if we car get
there!
1t seems to be up to the woman S
clubs to do something about this, an0
there are just two forces to be en-
ployed-legislation and education
Once, a person proposing such Law
would have been considered lacking
in ordinary good sense; now, some OF
the outstanding people of our coun
try have made their way upward 5y
such visions and efforts to do some
thing along the line of conservation
of our natural resources"
If our state has any such laws
they are not being enforced. The fol
lowing QUESTIONABLE sent out recently
by conservation forces shows us up
Has your state enacted laws fol
the conservation of wild shrubs ano
flowers? Georgia reported a dis
tressingly inadequate law from the
Code of 1914) Our neighbor, Flor
ida, reported laws covering eight var
ieties
How many state, county, and other
sanctuaries have you? Georgia none
Among other states Florida had three
by legislation, more than SO by muni-
cipal action; Louisiana reported
among others more than 100000
acres given by the Russell Sage Foun.
dation and others; every park, golf
course, and public playground in Mis-
sissippi containing as much as fifty
acres is, by law, bird and flower
sanctuary; and many others rs-What
is the Matter with Georgia?
Have you a state flower? Georgia
had the Cherokee rose. (Sc ore one }
Give approximate number of clubs
in your state which have Bird, Game
and Flower Division? Georgia re-
ported 12 against Florida, 81; Missis-
sippi, so, and many other states in
proportion.)
These questionaires were largely
the work of our neighbor, Mrs. Kath-
crime B. Tippetts, the Belmont, st.
Petersburg, Fla, who besides being
president of the Florida State FEEDER
alton, is chairman of Birds, Game and
Flowers, Division of Conservation,
General Federation of Women's
| Clubs.
Club women are considered "The
salt of the earth" Salt is no good
or has no saving qualities unless it
comes in contact with something else.
Let US learn to control our own de-
sires to break Towering branches
from trees on other peoples land,
then let us get in touch with others
and save them from doing it. IS pare