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!Y TAX REPORT
Atlanta, Dec. 22. General pros
perity in Georgia was indicated
Saturday when J. T. Rose, collec
tor of internal revenue for Geor
gia, reported tliat more money has
been paid in income taxes in 1924
than in 1923, despite the 25 per
cent reduction in taxes.
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The internal revenue department
operates on the fiscal year instead
of the calendar yea*, so figures
for the entire year are not avail
able. However, • Georgians paid
$7,728,576.01 during the 60 day^
of 1924.
A part of this sum was returned
to tax payers in refunds but col
lections during other days of the
year replaced these funds and
brought the year’s total beyond
the 1923 total.
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Records for the 60 periods
are as follows:
From March 1 to March 15: $2-
357,597.43.
From June 1 to June 15—$1,-
858,252.49 3-4.
From September 1 to September
15—$1,750,906.08.
From December 1 to December
15—11,761,820.01. ^
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G. W. Mtchell, of Pike county,
was in the city Monday and sub
scribed for the Semi-Weekly
News.
Too Late to Classify
FOR SALE: Pine wood ready
for stove. Call 2905, W. G. Mad
dox.
FOUND: Several articles in car.
Left by mistake. Owner can have
by describing aad paying for this
ad. L. R. Jamerson, Route C,
Phone 935-W.
WANTED: Old false teeth. We
pay high as $10 for .lull sets.
Don’t matter if broken. We buy
crowns, bridges. Western Metal
Company, Bloomington, 111.
WANTED: Man with car to sell
complete line quality Auto Tires
and Tubes. Exclusive territory
Experience not necessary Salary
$300.00 per month. Milestone Rub
ber Company, East Liverpool,
Ohio.
Radjola
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For Mother! For
Dad! For the little
fellow—and for the
boys and girls in
their ♦teens—yon
can’t pick a better
gift than a Radiola!
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sortment enter
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Griffin, Ga.
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These little members of the Chil
dren’s Founders’ Roll of the Stone
Mountain Memorial are Eleanor
Glyn, Sidney Lanier and Barbara
Ann Patrick, children of Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Patrick of Cabins dis
trict, who are among the first of
-—-—--;--- Deed of First Legal Transfer
of
Property in America From Indian
To White Man Found in Virginia
Heathville, Va., Dec. 22.—
Among the records of Northum
berland county is the deed of sale
said to be the first legal transfer
of property in America from an
Indian to a white settler.
It is the “Record of sale of land
of Robert Jones, 1662. It was or
dered—6 day of August last by
commissioners appointed for In
dian affairs, that Robert by the
consent of the Wicomoco Indians
should enjoy the neck of land
upon which he dwelleth extending
up along the northernmost branch
to the glade. In consideration of
twelve (erased) paid at the arri
val of the second ship. Now these
presents witness that we the great
men of the . Wickocomo Indian
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Town do acknowledge to have re
ceived in the presence of Colonel
John Carter. Acknowledmement
signed.
Owasaway (his mark),
<< Cristicuttewap (his mark),
<< Talemenon (his mark). H
Arrange for Pillory.
Another unique entry found in
the old book of records is the
court proceeding held March 21,
1687, in which an. agreement was
made with Richard Fleat by the
court for the erection of a sub
stantial pillory, a pair of stocks
and one whipping post. ( The con
sideration named in the agreement
for the performance of the work
was ene hundred pounds of to
bacco.
It is evident that the court of
Northumberland county was not
making these improvements for
the sake of ornamenting the court
house square. They were intended
to be used, witness the wording
of the specifications: “Said pillory
to be supported by two locust
posts. The plank whereof to be
made of white oak two and one
half inches thick, eight feet in
length at least, seven feet and a
half from the holes in the pillory
to the ground, with a bench of
convenient height to stand upon.
The stocks to be made of White
oak, 10 feet long, three an<|, a
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Spalding county to enroll. They
have enrolled their grandfather,
David L. Patrick, on the paternal
side, and their grandfather, David
Elliott Clements, and great grand
father, Jonathan J. Brannon, on
the maternal side.
half inches thick, with a bench to
sit upon. *
“The whipping post to be of
sound locust, at least eight feet
above ground, three and one-half
feet in the ground, the post to be
eight square at least and at least
eight inches in diameter. H
No Record of Escapes.
There is no record of any pris
oner ever escaping from these
instruments of punishment. Eith
er lumber must have been plenti
ful abnut Heathville or else the
criminal class of that section most
have been “supermen, it When
completed, the pillory would have
supported the court house, the
stocks would have supported in
weight the population of the coun
ty and the whipping post would
have held secure the largest ship
then sailing the seas. When a
criminal was placed in either of
these instruments of punishment,
he stayed put, acchrding to gen
eral belief.
MAN SLIG'HTLM INJURED
NEAR HAMPTON SUNDAY
AS CAR RUNS IN DITCH
J. A. Wilson was slightly in
jured Sunday afternoon when a
car in which he was riding ran
into a ditch about three miles
above Hampton. He was brought
to the Griffin Hospital for treat
ment and is getting along nieely,
it is stated.
More than 2,500 passengers aad
90,000 pounds of mail and mer
chandise were carried by air :
plane entering arid leaving Vien
na last year.
Because of the building boom
in Milan, Italy, there is a short
age of skilled labor in the me
chanical and building trades there.
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Caroline, the lioness in the Lon
don zoo, always snorts angrily at
any man wearing a light gray
Trilby hat.
Londoners prefer cabarets to
dancing and dining^ this season.
DAY IS MED
AT IDE HOUSE
Washington, Dec. 22.—Christ
day in the white house will
passed much as it was Jast
year.
One face will be missing.from
the family group that will gather
about the table for the holiday re
past, Calvin Coolidge, Jr., having
died in August.
The only guests of the presi
dent and Mrs. Coolidge will be
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns,
of Boston.
John Coolidge, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Coolidge, will pass the holi
days at the white house, reaching
Washington Sunday. Dinner will
be served at the usual hour, 7
o’clock.
Christmas Eve the choir of the
First Congregational church, of
which 'the president and Mrs.
Coolidge are communicants, will
sing carols on the north portico
of the executive mansion, as was
done last year.
MOUSE ENTERS AUTO
BY WAY OF CARBURETOR
A.
Danville, Va., Dec. 22.—Finding
that his automobile engine failed
to function properly, R. A. Po
teat made an examination of it
and found a mouse caught in the
carburetor.
The animal apparently had en
tered the car by way of the ex
haust pipe and crawled through
the intake manifold into the car
buretor.
HUSBAND,WITH BROKEN
BACK IS CONVICTED
OF NON-SUPPORT
Clarksburg, Va., Dec. 22.—A
man with a broken back was
found guilty of the non-support
of his wife by a jury in criminal
court here. The accused, John
Barber, of Grasselli, made a mo
tion to set t aside the verdict.
DUCKS WHICH ESCAPE
SHOT EAT ’EM AND DIE
Washington, Dec. 22.—-A charge
of bird shot that failed to bring
down a duck this year may cause
the death by poison of
next year, department of
ture officials said today in
ing out that many birds are dy
ing of lead poisoning.
Deposits of shot form in
mud at favorite hunting spots,
ficials said, and the lead is
eaten by foraging ducks,
ing death.
u Daddy longlegs” are
in the house, because they do
touch human beings or food. *
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proved "highway in the
States.
A single palm has produced
many as 4,000 dates.
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A permanent community Christ
mas tree gives forth its cheery
light in Washington this year for
the first time. It has been erect
ed in Sherman Monument
opposite the White House, s gift
of the American Forestry* Asso
ciation and Miss Evelyn W.
Smith, on whose farm ft grew.
Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, presi
dent’s aide, is helping plant it
FLOVILLA MASONS ELECT
OFFICERS FOR
Jackson, Dec. 22.—At a recent
meeting Indian Springs lodge No.
307, F. & A. M., of Flovilla, elect
ed officers for the year 1925. The
installation will take place Decem
ber 27. The following were nam
ed:
R. H. Hay, W. M.; W. J. Waits,
S. W.; C. B. Higgins, J. W.; O.
M. Duke, treasurer; Dan Freeman,
secretary; Van Hay, tyler.
At the annual football ban
quet at Riverside Military Acade
my last week, Henry Smith, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith,
of Griffin, was awarded a varsity
letter and sweater. Mr. Smith
was a member of the G.H.S. team
before going to Riverside.
One-half of the farming land in
the French devastated area is
again bearing crops.
Antelopes refuse -to eat clover
has that has Ihe. lea s t raold- a b ou t
fat.
Operas produced at the theatre
in Colon, Braxil, are to be broad
cast
FACTS ABOUT
GEORGIA
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Georgia was the first state to
defy a president of the United
States for interfering with state
rights.
The stories written by Joel
Chandler Harris, of Georgia, for
children, have been classed as
among the greatest in American
literature.
William H. Crawford, a Geor
gian, served as secretary of the
United States treasury during the
administration of James Monroe
and James Madison. He was nom
inated for president in 1814, but
declined the honor because of ill
health.
Miss Frances Leitcher Mitchell,
of Athens, was the first to sug
gest a State Day. February 12
was selected commemorating the
founding of Georgia.
In the Revolutionary War Geor
gia was asked to furnish 750 men
as her quota, but she responded
by sending 5,000 men.
Georgia’s crops during the year
1923 were worth approximately
124,000,000 more than in 1922, this 1
being due to increases in the value
of corn, potatoes and other major
products. The 1924 crop will be
even more valuable, it is said.
VICTIMS OF AUTO
ACCIDENT IMPROVING j
Emmett Gresham, who was bad
ly injured Saturday when his car
%as overturned on the Zebulon
road, is still at the hospital, but is
considerably better, it is an
nounced. Jim Buchanan, who was
also injured in the same accident,
left the hospital Sunday for his
home in Pike county.
Toy auto circus cages and ca
liope have been patented by an
Ohio man.
Five miles of raiiwj^ lines i"
Alaska are laid on a glacier.
JUST RECEIVED—NEW SHIPMENT OF
BOUDOIR LAMPS
IDEAL XMAS GIFTS
A wonderful line to select from at from
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Make This An
Electric Xmas
Light Fixtures .
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—Sewing Motor
—Percolators *
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Jk\ SI —Curling Irons
—Dim-a-Lites
SIBLEY ELECTRIC CO.
205 West Taylor Street
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at 1:20 this afternoon to th<
ner of Experiment and Han
streets, where Are was burni
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the walls of a residence oci
fay Mrs. W. R. Brown. The
was soon extinguishd with
slight damag.
The United States is the world’s
largest consumer of raw cotton.
The earth travels at the rate of
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We are always ready to ad
vise you concerning your
car troubles and we are
willing to listen to any ad
vice which, you may think
will better our service for
the many car owners in this
community. Just drop in
some time and let’s get ac
quainted. We are anxious
to number you among our
many friends. 'V
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GARAGE
N. Eighth St. Griffin, Ga.