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IMPORTANT HANGES
MATONG DISTANCE PHONE
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”Eilém(fiz change in practices and
.gharges for long distance telephone
. "“!g'c', are announced to .become of
o§9%3ixm Qetober 1 According to tele
“’mj}g‘ _lgmcldt the changes are ex
_pected to prove an added conven
jence and 2vine to the publie, and to
"li'mig';:.te service difficulties which
the present schedule has brought
A-‘%.‘.’“t‘ ;
"Perhaps the most welcome change
"l the 'extension of the privilege of
“Vvvging charges to include all sta
tion-to-station calls to points 0“*"
" side the state of Georgia where the
Y 5e soants or more. This will
ot AN . nlneed during the day,
"‘.'."-"- i 1
e ey Tinned to he a ron!
frasen o : nomy becnge
‘ ; ther the re
e, s ie of advantage to
SAbp: eustpmer who calls a certain
comiisish epinlarectine change - from
| udebig's o viemnoint. - is that
it ane and o half hours will he
{ded to the reduced rate period,
lieduced ratee on station-to-si:
¢ to points (uteide the state wi
in ut 7 p. m. the discount will
¢ apnravimatel 25 percent of the
, «tatirn.to.etation rates, and from ‘
220 p. m. to 4:30 a. m. about 50
nereent of the day rates, These dis
connts will applv where the day sta
tinn.toctation rate is 40 cents or'
o, wit! o mum reduced rate
18 ee e of the unsatis- '
Lory ‘seryi ditions it bronght
thout, the existing midnight dis
count will be discontinued.
Under the new schedule station
to-station calls may be made at sab
statial reductions as early as 7 p. m.,
and persons wishing to take advun-l
tame of the lowest rates of the 94
cors ey make their calls any time
2fter 8:30 p. m, Thus, although the
midnight discount is discontinued,
the longer reduced rate period and
the substantial reductions applying
in basic rate period and the subsiar
tinl reductions applying in basic
rates to distant points mean that this
change will make little difference in
the cost of nigh’ 'l
Simultaneousl « 1 Bances
in practices and < harges there will
be a substantial reduction in the
rates for long distance trlephone
calls to a large number c¢f impor
tant poir' utcide the state of |
Georgia. '~ ~reater the distence
he greater the reduction will be,
Thomas Edison’s question: “You}
are a sulesman Ling every effor:
tn ~et an order [+ a big manu
wturer who i nried to an un. |
0 cala One evenime
. this prespective customer
A . rostaurant with a chm'ua!
. What would you do?” '
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frout
Dressed
Channe!
Cats
Cheep
Head
Mallet
Perch
Red Bass
Shrimp
CORDELE FISH AND
OYSTER COMPANY
S "7 S’ e P el e
¥ PROCLAMATION °
': O——
Submitting a proposed amendment
| to the Constitution of Georgia, to be
' voted on at the General Election to
be held on Tuesday, November 2,
1926, sald amendment to authorize
Crisp county to increase public debt.
By His Excellency,
Clifford Walker, Governor,
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
! August 24, 1926,
' WHEREAS, the General Assembly
at its gession in 1926 proposed an
, amendment to the Constitution of this
| State us set forth in an Act approved
August 14, 1926, |
Crisp Debt; Increise for Publle
Utilities,
g No. 218. 1
' An Act to propose to the qualified
voters of Georgia an Amendment o
l Article 7, Section 7, Yaragraph 5
| of the Constitution of Georgia, 501
us to authorize an Increaso in the
I bonded indebtedness of the County
’ of Crisp for the purpose of acquir
{ng water power sites and locations
on the Flint River within, and/ori
without Crisp county; and for the
purpose of building, constructing,
equipping and operating aams and
plants for the manufacture and gen- l
eration of water power and electric |
current; and for acquiring rights- |
of way for power transmiision lines,
and the building, equipping, and
operating of power transmission
lines and stations, with the right
of condemnation for acquiring said
sites, locations, and rights-of-way,
und for the purpose of selling, for
uy and all purposes, water power
ind cleetrice ¢ront; and to pro
e how the v or conferred by
mendm - 1411 be exercised
| uud ior other pu.puses.
| Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it 18 hereby enacted by
authority of the same, that article 7,
section 7, paragraph 1, of the Con
stitution of Georgla as heretotore
'amended, shall be further amended,
by adding at the end thereol a new .
sub-paragraph in the following words,
to-wit: “And except that the county
}of Crisp may incur a bonded indebt
‘edness in addition to debts hereinbe- |
‘!ore in this paragraph allowed to be |
incurred, to the amount in the aggre- i
‘xata not to exceed the sum of one
million two hundred and fifty thou- |
!sund dollars ard at a rate of interest |
’not to eaceed five per centum per:
annum; which said bonds shall run
for a period or periods of time not[
(0 ¢xceed thirty years and may '..e|
igsued from t'me to time and in such |
denomin.tion as may be determined
by the county authorities of Bald‘
county, te be signed by the chair- |
man and the Clerk of the Board otw'
Commissioners of Roads »nd Reve- |
nues of said county and shall ho;
known and designated as Hydm-|
Flectric Power Bonds; and which
sald bonde shall be sold and the pro- '
ceeds thereof used and handled_ by |
the Power Commission hereinafter
provided for. The proceeds of all
ponds issued a)m gold under this au
thority shal. be used for the pur
pose of acquiring water power sites
and locations on the Flint river within
and/or without Crisp eotinty, includ
ing the nocessary overflow lands ;
‘and for the purpose of ac
quiring rights-of-way for pow- 1
or transmission lines; and for
the purpose of improving, buildlng.!
constructing, equipping, maintaining, |
leasing or operating the necessary
'power dams, ponds, plants, machin
ery, transmission lines and distribu
tion stations, including all necessary
machinery and apparatus for the
manufacture, generation, transmis
glon, sa' and distribution of water
power and electric current. The right
of eminent domain is conferred upon
said county of Crisp for the purpose
of acquiring such sites, locations,
overflow lands and rights-of-way nec
’eusnry for the proper exercise of the
rghts conferred by this amendment.
tSald county of Crisp is fully author- |
fzpd hereby to engage in the manu
"facture, generation and sale of water'}
power and electric current for pur
poses of promoting the agricultural,
{ndustrial and civic Interests of sald 3
county and for any and all other pur
poses and to make all necessary con
tracts relating to the sale and dispo
'smon thereof, including the right to
fix the rate or rates to be charged
for all water power and electric cur
| pent used for lightiag, heating, power
1 other purroces in sald county. |
nds s rsuant to this au
shall + ‘'rst lien upon all
rtles ac nd all improve- |
1 r+ made, i plants and lines
' and stations constructed and machin- ‘
i ery and apparatus purchased with
proceeds thercof; und in the event of
the sale of all or any portion of sald
properties the proceeds thereof shall
be used for the purpose of payment
of sald bonaed indetbedness, The |
bonds {ssued ‘pursuant to this author
ity, and the interest thercon, shall
I be pald by preforence out of the net
receipts of the water power and elec
| trte current used, sold or disposed of,
manufacturec and generated under
this authority, after the payment of
maintenance and operating expenses;
and the Power Commission hereinaf
ter provided for shall provid» a sink
ing fund for the retirement of the
principal of said bonds out of said
| net receipts whenever the amount of
' guid met roceipts becomes sufficient
therefor, after payment of the inter
| est on said bonds and any excess of
| sald net receipts; after providing for
| interest cnd sinking fund charges,
\ may be used for the purpose of addl-l
| tions, enlargements, and betterments,
‘or for the purpose of acquiring, con
structing and equipping other water
power sites and locations, and plants,
| or be nald into the county depository
| for general county purposes, All
| bonds issued pursuant to this amend
| ment shall be and are declared to he
non-taxable for any and all purposes,
Any dam constructed yarsuant to the
authority hereof ghall be equipped
with passageways for the passage of
fish over the same, Sald passageways
to be approved by the Department of
lGlme and Fish, i
Provided, however, that any dam
built purs ant to the authority afore
said shall be located on the Flint riv
er between Drayton bridge on the
north, and the confluence of Chokee
creek with sald river on the south,
Provided, further, that in event of
sale by Crisp county or any of its
assigns or successors of all or any
part of the properties acquired, built
or improved pursuant to the forego
ing authority, to any pergon or cor=
poration controlled by private capital,
guch property sgo sold shall bécome
' subject to taxation under existing
laws, Said county of Crisp is au
:lhorizet' and empowered to issue
' bonds purguant to this amendment, in
the event this amendment be ratified
iand becomes a part of the Consti
llutlon; and in the event a majority
of the electors of Crisp county voting
-at the elestion at which this amend
ment {8 submitted for ratification, or
at any subsequent special bond elec.
tion called for that purpose, in which
gpecial election the ballot of those
voting in favor of bhondsg shall bear
the words, “For Hydro-Electric Pow
er Bonds,” and the ballot of thosze
voting against boads shall bear the
words: “Against Hydro-Elcetric PPow
er Bonds,” vote in favor thercof, The
ordinary of said county is directed
toconsolidate the vote and to declave
the result of all elections therefor
and if the result of any such electlon
fs favorable to the isguance of sxu:h(
bonds, the same shall be validated in
the manner now provided by law. The
sale of the bonds provided for above, |
‘and all the rights, powers and duties
incident to the use, investment, and
expenditure of the proceeds thereof,
including the sites, locations and |
rights-of-way and the building, con
struceting, equipping, operating, main
taining and managing of the sites, lo
cations, rights-of-ways, plants, lines,
stations, dams and ponds and all
properties of all and every kind ac- ‘
quired, built and constructed pursuant |
to the foregoing authority shall be,‘
and is hereby vested in a l’ow«,r!
Commission of seven to congist of the ‘
members of the DBoard of Commis
sioner of Roads and Revenues of said !
county as constituted from time to |
time .and four other citizens of Crisp |
‘county who shall be elected by tha‘
Grand Jury of said county, two of
those first elected to be for a term‘
of one year and the other two for a
term of two years, and the terms n'i
‘all commissioners so elected thereaf
ter shall be for a perlod of two years, |
and the Grand Jury oI said county
ghall fix the compensation of all
Power Commissioners to be paid out
of the proceeds from the 'operations‘
of said power plant or out of the}
general fund of said county and said
commission is authorized and em-}
powered to employ such agents, ser
vants and employees, and to make and
“enter Into such contracts as are rea
sonable and proper in the exercise of
the duties and powers herein econ
'.ferred upon said commission, The
taxing authorities of said county of
Crisp are hereby empowered and it
shall be their duty to provide by tax
ation for the payment of the princi
pal and. interest of any bonds issued
hereunder in the event the net prof
ifts derived from the use, sale and
disposition of water power and elec
tric current hereunder shall prove in
sufficient therefor, The General As
gembly may confer further and addi
tional authority upon the county of
Crisp touching the construction, main
tenangce, control and disposition of the
Hydro-Electri¢ power plant and prop.
l‘ertles herein provided for not incon
| pistent herewith, z
| Sec. 2. Beit further enacted by the
authority aforesaid that when said
"amendment shall be agreed to by two
’; thirds vote of the members elected to
each House, it shall be entered upon
the Journal of each House with the
“ayes” and “nays” thereon and pub
lished in one or more newspapers
in each congressional district of this
gtate for two montbs previous to the
time for holding the next general
election and shall at the next general
election be submitted to the people
for ratification. All persons voting
at said election in favor of adopting
the said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words:
“For ratification of amendment to
Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of
the Constitution authorizing the
County of Crisp to increase its bond
ed debt for Hydro - Electric Power
purposes,” and all persons opposed to
the adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their bal_
lots the words, “Against ratification
- of amendment to Article 7, Section T,
Paragraph 1 of the Constitution, au
’ thorizing the County of Crisp to in
‘\crense its bonded debt for Iydro
‘ Electric Power purposes,” and if a ma
jority of the electors qualified to vote
for members of the General Assembly,
! voting thereon, shall vote for ratifi.
cation thereof when the results shal
' be consolidated as now required by
law In electicng for members of the
General Assembly, then said amend
ment shall become a part of article
l 7, section 7, paragraph 1 of the Con.
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2 AID CHARGE
#% AID CHARGE IN.FIRE
| .
| WHITE KITTEN ESCAPES BLAZE
i BY TWO-STORY JUMP AS
I WAREHOUSE BURNS.
|
| - NEW YORK, Sepicruner B—(4" -
lAn aged animal trainer, in a vain
effort to save the life of his charpe
a boxing kangaroo, was burned to
death today in a fire which destroy
eed the two upper floors of a four
story warchouse in West Forty-sixih
street, and caused the death of
| scores of stage animals and hird
valued at several thousand dollars.
Firemen had extinguished the
blaze after an hour’s battle, when
the man’s body was found close to
that of the kangaroo. He is helievcd
{to have been Thomas Colling, Gw’)j
IHtitulkm of thig state, and the ;:u':n:'_‘
nor shall make a proclaiation there
for as provided by law. '
Approved August 14, 1925,
: |
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Clifford|
Walker, Governor of said State, do,
issue this my proclamation hereby |
declaring that the proposed foregoing
amendment to the Constitution iu‘
submitted for ratification or rejec
tion to the voters of the State quali-|
fied to vote for members of the Gen-|
eral Assembly at the General Electionl
to be held on Tuesday, November Z.i
1926, |
CLIFFORD WALKER,
Governor,
By the Governor: |
S. G. McLENDON, |
Secretary of State. |
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