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VOL. 5
CITY COURT TO BE
CREATED FOR SOPERTON
Representative G. M. Barwick Will Introduce a Bill to Create
the City Court of Soperton at the Next General Assembly
At the next session of the
Georgia legislature, which con
venes next Wednesday, June
25th, Dr. G. M Barwick, repre
sentative from this county, will
introduce a bill to create the
City Court of Soperton.
As it stands now there are on
ly two terms of court held here
yearly—February and August.
The Superior Court can.iot
possibly hand e all the business
of the county at two terms a
year and for this reason it has
Directors Meeting
Soperto Guano Co.
Mr. J. E. Hall, cashier of the
Bank of Soperton, left last night
for Atlanta, where he will at
-Imd a directors meeting of the
Soperton Guano Co., of which
he is Secretary and Treasurer.
Beautiful Residence
Is Being Erected
Mrs. W. F. Manning has begun
the erection on Western Heights
of a magnificent residence and
it is the Intention of Mr. and
Mrs. Manning to move to Soper
ton as soon as it is completed.
Located on one of the most
ideal sites of the city .this man
sion will be one of the most
m idem and up-to-date in tl is
section of the country, its esti
mated cost being between S6,(MM)
and §IO,OOO. The outside work
will be of brick and granite and
the inside decorations of the la
test designs. It will include wa
terworks and bath, together with
all other conveniences of the
modern home.
There is no credit in being patriotic
nowadays. It is plain duty
Believing that all essential business should be prosperous,
booming and expanding, it is the policy of this Bank to encourage
and help every legitimate business activity
Whenever we can be of service to farmers or business
men along these lines, it shall be our patriotic pleasure to assist
been decided to establish the
city court.
The City Court can relieve
the jail cases at any time it may
so decide, thereby eliminating
to a great extent the expense to
the count}’ of caring for petty
offenders, which is necessary
under the present status.
Treutlen county now has sev
'eral Jail cases that cannot be dis
; posed of until the regular term
of Superior Court which con
i venes in August.
Private Jim Gay
A Genuine Hero
Private Jim Gay, of Adrian,
did not equal the record of Cor
poral Alvin York, the Tennessee
mountain warrior, but he made
same little record for himself
when he capfurev 192 Germans.
Official records give him credit
for capturing that number, alone
and unaided. Gay is at his
in Adrian and after a rest there
wid enter special training which
the Government will give him
to fit him for lucrative employ
ment in the future. Gay was a
member in the 11th Infantry, snd
caught the bunch of Huns in a
dugout. He dropped several of
them with his rille as they wete
coming out, whereupon the re
mainder threw up their hands
and yelled “kamerad.”
DR. (HAS. W. MCANALLY
DENTIST
SOPERTON, GA.
Phones—Office 95; Residence 46
SOPERTON, GA., FRIDA’
A NEW ENTERPRISE
EOR TREUTLEN COUNTY
Brick Mill to Be Located on the
Treutien county now has a
new enterprise.
Mr. J. 11. Gillis and Dr, O. B.
Moye are erecting a brick mill
on the river about one-half mile
from Silver Bluff. Most of the
machinery has already arrived
and is being placed on the
grounds and it is only a matter
of a short time besore they will
be able to turn out brick in
large quantities. The mill will
have a capacity of thirty thous
and daily and the material that
they will turn out will be as
good as can be made anywhere.
We wish nothing but good
luck for this new enterprise and
see no reason why it should not
be an unbounded success.
Bonds Not Validated
Owing to the fact that the Tax
Assessors did not complete their
work in time for the Receiver to
make up a tax book, the valida
tion of the courthouse and jail
bonds was pottponed for a few
days. This being a new county
it was necessary that the State
Tax Assessor pass on the taxa
tion before rhe tax valuation
can be completed. It will be a
matter of only a few days until
this will be done as the Receiv
er is now making up a book pre
paratory to sending 'o the State
l ax Assessor.
Call For Bids To
Be Made Soon
As soon as the architects can
complete the plans for the court
house and bail, which will be
early next week, the Ordinary
expects to advertise for bids for
the erection of ihese structures.
The bids must be advertised for
thirty days in the paper where
the county advertisements are
published and as soon as this is
done work will commence on
the building of the courthouse
and jail.
Kills Large
Rattle Snake
Mr. Lawrence Williams, mail
carrier on Route 2, comes in
with a snake story. While mak
ing his rounds Wednesday he
saw a rattlesnake crossing the
road in front of his car. Calling
to some small boys who were
playing near the spot, he sent
them to a nearby house for a
gun with which he shot the
make. He had seven rattlers
and a button and was and was
an unusually large snake.
For the First Ripe Watermelon
To the person bringing us the
first ripe watermelon we will
give a year’s subscription to the
■joperton News. We will also
'ive a give a year’s subscription
or the largest watermelon of
he season.
River Near Silver Bluff
, JUNE 20, 1919
YOUNG WHITE WOMAN
CHARGED WITH LUNACY
Ordinary Gillis Orders Mrs. Georgia Johnson Placed in the
State Insane Asylum at Milledgeville.
Mrs. Georgia Bell Johnson, a
young white woman living in
the eastern part of the county,
was arraigned before Ordinary
N. L. Gillis Wednesday on a
charge of lunacy and it was or
dered that she be placed in the
insane asylum.
Mrs. Johnson had been pre
viously arraigned before Judge
Womans Missionary Society
Baptist Church, June 24
5:30 P. M.
Hymn—“We Praise Thee, O
God.”
Bible Study—Led bv Mrs. J. J.
Walker.
Prayer.
Scripture lesson—ll Timothy
2: 1-15. Matt. 28: 1820—Mrs.
Chivers.
Song—“ Jesus Blessed Jesus” —
Ruby Gillis.
Influence of Christian Educa
tion—Mrs. Jim L. Gillis.
Christian Education Essential
—Mrs. Emmett Durden.
Value of Christian Education
—Mrr. G. W. Williams.
Georgia in Hearty Co opera
tion—Mrs. Lewis Lowery.
Importance of Christian Edu
cation on the Mission Fields-
Mrs. John Fisher.
Prayer.
FOR SALE—Ford roadster in
good condition. Apply at News
office for information.
FOR SALE—FuII blood Jer
sey milk cow with calf See A
A. Calhoun, Soperton, Ga. 6-20
PROGRAM
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
More Fords Coming
We unloaded the carload of Fords one
day and delivered them the next day. Did
you get yours? If not, why not give us vour
order for one. You can get one in the next
carload.
FISHER & CULLENS, Soperton, Georgia
X? I ,
Ben Gillis on a peace warrant,
but later a lunacy warrant was
issued with the above result. It
was shown at her trial thnt the
was addicted to the drug habit.
Ihe peace warrants were is
sued by neighbors who claimed
that she had made violent
threats against them on several
occasions.
OUR HONOR ROLL
We are in hopes that our Um
or roll will be quite a pep^ar
space before many weeks. It is
our desire to put on this Ist
each week the names of these
(Who have .paid us money xm
subscription during the week
previous to publication day.
We have on our list this w^ek
the following:
Hilton Phillips, Covena.
Notice of Local Legislation.
Notice is hereby given' that I
will inttoJuce at the next session
of the General Assembly a bill
entitled
“An Act to establish the City
Court of Soperton in and for
the county of Treutlen*.”
June 16, 1919.
G. M. Barwick,
Representative.
Notice Property Owners
The books for the return of
property in the town of Soper
ton will close on August 1, 1919.
I'his is a reminder that you will
be double-taxed if you fail to
make your returns by that time.
Notice gi ven by order of l awn
Council.
f. H. Hall, Clerk.
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