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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MAY 19, 1988.
MEWS SUMMARY OF
THE WEEK IN GEORGIA
Atlanta’s death traffic toll for the
year had increased to 25 Saturday
■with the death of a negro youth.
Twelive-year-old William Bugg was
killed at Newwam Tuesday when a
bicycle he was riding was struck by
an automobile.
Americus wall have a full-time
observer, beginning Tuesday. W. R.
Van Order will have charge of the
Federal Bureau.
George Thomas, Atlanta negro
was electrocuted at the state prison
at Reidsville Friday for the slaying
of C. G. Heston, Atlanta salesman.
A beautiful silver tea service was
presented Monday night to Dr. J. L.
Campbell, of Atlanta by tile Medical
Association of Georgia in session in
that city.
In a recent check-up State Revenue
Commisioner T. G. Head repealed
that the state had issued 501 licenses
to refail liquor stores and 34 to
wholesalers.
J. A. Wells of the Fulton county
schools will deliver the literary ad
dress May 24 a the graduation ex
ercises of the Manchester High
school in the city auditorium. The
commencement sermon will be given
at the President theatre on Sunday,
May 22, by Rev. W. G. Harry of the
Manchester Presbyterian church.
The election of Jno. K. Ottlcy, Jr.,
young Atlanta business man, as a
director of the Constitution Publish
ing Co., was anounced Saturday.
Ottley is advertising manager of the
Constitution. He joined the newspa
per's staff in 1935. Although the son
of a banker, Ottley's career has cen
tered in newspaper work.
For the first time in more than 20
years voters of Lowndes county will
not vote for county comtmissionera
this year. It was recently brought ta
light that a change in the law more
than: 20 years ago set the term ot
the board at four instead of two
years. However, each'election a board
has been voted on, serving only two
years at a time.
Seven students at G. S. W. C. Val
dosta have been: named in the 1937-
38 edition of "Who’s Who Among
Students in American Universities
, and Colleges.” They are Misses Vir-
l>r. S. V. Sanford, chancellor of the ; gjnia Zipplies and Anna Riteher. Sa-
No. 2
From
Page One
found dead oni a second floor ledge
of the hotel court, where he Had
struck in a leap for safety.
Some were burned to death and
others suffocated. Many of the bodies
were horribly .mangled 1 in the col
lapse of floors and steel work.
Firemen told of finding one group
apparently a family.
A woman Was uead iTi a rocking
pitable reception accorded us today,
and
“Be if'uTurther resolved 1 , That this
committee go on record 1 as being in
hearty accord' with every plan to in
crease the facilities of Ft. Benning.
“Be it further lesolved, Tnat he
chairman of this committee transmit
a copy of this resolution .to the com-
andant of Ft. Benning.'
The resolution committee was com
posed of the following: W. A. Heath,
~ ‘ ' C. Wall, Eillaville;
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
By virtue of the power and au
thority contained in a certain deed to
secure debt executed by Mary J,
Bennett to J. P. Posey, dated May
. Columbus; Mrs. C. c,. wan, juuavme; i lfm „ nH rponr .Hpa in fwd Rook “S’'
Chair, a little girl knelt by the "bed Airs. E. B. Spivey, Cusseta; Dr. A. S 1 J^’ 8 50S recorfs of Tayl ol
and a man and a small boy lay Boyett, Buena Vista; W. E. Tarpley, 1 5,°, Jr..’ , ° ,
stretched across it. Leesburg; W. T. Anderson, Leslie; °° unt X- Geor ^ la , a l s ° ln Deed Book
One couple waKened by the smell Wiley Wisdom, Ohipley; B. H. Ohap-
of smoke, escaped by climbing thru pell, Columbus; and J. S. Hodges,
Perry. !
Members of the committee attena-
ing uie session were as follows: Airs.
University System of Georgia, will
deliver the baccalaureate address at
commencement exercises of Dawson
High school May 30.
The Georgia Cotton Ginners Asso
ciation will hold its .seventh annual
convention ini the city auditorium at
Macon today with Gov. Rivers head
inig the list of speakers.
Marvin Pierce, Jr., of Parrott, is a
candidate for Terrell county repre-
eentative, seeking the place of G. ivl
Gaimniage of Bromwood, who has not
announced 1 for re-election.
John McDuffie, well known farmer
who lives near Abbeville brought tnc
first cotton bloom to Abbeville Sat
urday. Cotton ds about ten days late
in that section this year.
W. H. Duckworth, assistant at
torney general of Georgia, is the
first veteran of the World War to
anounce for the office of Associate
Justice of the State Supreme Court.
Thousands joined in the celebra
tion of Fleet Week in Savannah last
week, spurred to enthusiasm by the
arrival of Uncle Sam’s newest “war
dog,” the cruiser, U. S. S. Savannan.
An ordinance making it unlawful
for a motorist to follow in the path
of a fire engine or apparatus while
answering a fire call was passed on
first reading by Griffin commission-
era. 'i'-Cfi
A negro convict, Eugene Smith,
serving a life sentence on the Mit
chell county chain gang, was killed
by Worth county officers at Sylves
ter Saturday after he escaped in a
county truck, officers said.
Georgia’s first county-owned book
truck, designed to extend library
service to every corner of Thomas
county was put on exhibition in
Thoinasville as a feature of the Citi
zens’ Library Conference.
M. C. Sapp, 18, was confined to a
hospital in Waycross Monday with
serious knife wounds inflicted Satur
day night. Police sought a negro, be
lieved to have had an argument with
Sapp shortly before the assault.
L. L. ltozier, of Waycross, under
sentence of death for criminal as
sault, has one last hope before he is
sent to the electric chair, and it was
revealed Monday that his appeal will
P~ carried before Gov. Rivers May
25.
A new conception of the $50,009
clubhouse of Atlanta Post No. 1 of
the American Legion planned for
Piedmont Park, was given by offi
cials ofthe post when they announced
the building would be a home for
every legionnaire in the state.
Dr. C. M. Strahan, University of
Georgia .profsssur, known as the
“father of Georgia highway system/'
has been selected by the Greensboro
Lions’ Club to receive its first an
nual “Certificate of Appreciation for
Distinguished 1 Service co the State.”
Deputy Sheriff E. Marler was in a
Marietta hospital Monday with bullet
wounds 1 in the hear! and foot and a
negro was under police guard with a
bullet wound in the abdomen as the
aftermath of a police raid' on a ne
gro house Sunday, t'he sheriff’s office
reported.
The Macon county grand jury in
session at the May term of superior
court at Oglethorpe appointed to
succee themselves as 'members of the
County Board of Education Judge B.
F. Neal, of Montezuma and W. M.
Parker, of Reynolds, whose tgrms ex
pired at this time.
Both Georgia senators cast their
votes in favor of President Roose
velt’s program for expanding the
American navy. The program in
cludes three battleships, two aircraft
carriers, nine cruisers, 23 destroyers
nine submarines and 950 airplanes.
Twenty-six auxiliary vessels were
also authorized.
Plans are being perfected by the
members of the graduating class,
Schley Courtly High school will go
to Ploridla by automobile, following
the graduating exercises next Mon
day evening. By selling candy and in
other ways, the class has almost
sufficient funds to buy gas for the
trip of a week. The places to be
visited in Florida include Jackson
ville, Jacksonville Beach, St. Augus
tine, Silver Springs and nearby
palces.
vannah; Sara M. Pyle and Martha
Johnson, Dawson: Carolyn Askew,
Arlington'; Frances McLain, Dawson;
and Ruth Bunn, Waycross.
The spirit of the people of Gaines
ville in rebuilding a beautiful city
laid low two years ago by a tomauo,
is comparable to the spirit of tine
Spanish War Veterans in rebuilding
lives brought law by war and dis
ease, Mr. Willis Stewart, o.f Rome,
auxiliary president for the depart
ment of Georgia, declared as she
dedicated a plaque to the 1898 ne-
roes in Gainesville.
Robert Kovan, 28, a fugitive from
Georgia, was under arrest Saturday
for allegedly attempting to hold up a
department store credit manager.
Kovan was booked on suspicion of
robbery, grand theft, and as afugi-
tive from another state. Police said
Kovan admitted (that he escaped from
a Georgia chain gang on April 6 by
slugging a guard and fleeing in a
police captain’s automobile.
Judge Orville Park, well-known
attorney of Macon, has accepted an
invitation to address the monthly
fact-finding luncheon of four promi
nent Macon women’s orgaizations
Thursday, May 19, at the Woman’s
Club. Judge Park’s suh’«ct will be
“The Georgia Political Situation."
The 'political system of the state is
the subject of study for the month
of the Georgia fact-finding groups.
second floor window and walking
a narrow ledge 2bu teet to a comer
where a ladder was placed, 'they
were Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Conner of
Atlanta.
“The Lord was with us I guess,”
said Mrs. Collier.
Firemen said they were investigat
ing a theory a heating system boiler
32, Page 83, records of Marion
County, Georgia, the undersigned
will sell at public outcry before the
Court House door in Taylor County,
Georgia, to the highest bidder for
, cash, within the legal hours of sale,
P US , Sle ,. K “ 1 . 1 ! S .’.. : LjaW ^.-’ **;, J -„ on the first Tuesday in June, 1938,
field, HawkiJvsyiue; Mrs. E. B. Spi- same being . the 7th day of ’ June |
vey, cusseta; Idas. G. mi. GamiDic
lumbus; J. B. Huff, Columbus; J. J.
Pryor, Fitzgerald; H. <J. Vinson,
Fitzgerald; W. N. Littlefleld, Fitz-
explosion might have caused the fire, gerald; 1. T. Taylor, Fitzgerald; N. J f* T 1 ?? 'V
Police Lieutenant J. T. Laseter E. Bullock, Preston; J. M. Lanka01J, , ’ an<
was one of the first on the scene, rie Cordele; Ben Zeeman, Abbeville; C
H. Glenn, Abbeville; C. C. Wall, El
saw the fire shoot up from the Tic
tel when he was five blocks away.
1938, the following real estate, to
wit:
Lot of land No. 153, and 60 (fifty)
acers in the south-east comer of lot
one hundred
(160) acres off the east
side of lot of land No. 219; and all
Three and one-half
acres of
more or less, lot No. 107 in «,
'and district of Taylor County r 4
and more fully described as fnii ^
bounded on the north alld ea °
lands of Mrs. Harmon, south hv1 b
of O. M. Williams, west by &
David Peterman. Levied upon ^ i
be sold as the property of J ac k p
cock and wife to satisfy a tax
tion for state and county taxes* 6 ?
the years 1984, 1935, 1930 and mi
Levy made and returned to me k,
M. Downs, L. C. * by
This the 11th day of May, moo
JOHN M. BONE, Sheriff
Taylor County, G* org !j
SHERIFF’S SALE ~
PLANNED REUNION FAILS;
DEATH WIPES OUT FOUR
Knoxville, Tenn., May 10.—The re
union that Lewis Overstreet ot
Knoxville had planned in Atlanta
Monday with 'his little family of four
did not take place.
For Overstreet’s wife and three
children, Jacqueline, 13, Jean and
Jimmy, 10-year-old twins, were
killed in the Terminal hotel fire.
Monady was Overstreet’s 31th
birthday anniversary, and for months
laville; Mrs. C. C. Wall, Ellaville; B. ?Ll ot ° f laml N°- 3 ® exce P* tWenty
H. Chappell, Chlumbus; J. R. Gray, ^ acres n the north-west comer;
’ Butler; Joe Burgin, Jr„ Cuthbert; J. d Libt TnvW r f the f J 2th . lan(l
T. Cochran, Butler; Joe King, Oh at- <Ls4 ? ct °.f T . ayl ° r County, Georgia,
ta'hooohee county; W. C. Wooten, 1 A,so a11 of ]ot of lalld . No. 243 ex-
Buena Vista; A. S. Boyett, Buena ? ept , twonty (20) acres in the north-
Vista; Willis Battle, Columbus; T. O. % cs \ corner, in the third district of
Marshall, Americus; W. A. Heath, Bay ‘ or County, Georgia.
Columbus; W. E. Tarpley, Leesburg; Also all of lot of land No. 242 ex-
Jimi Denham, Sycamore; W. T. An- cept thirty (30) acres in the south-
derson, Leslie; G. O. Kaigler, George- eas t corner, in the third land district
town; W. B. Bledsoe, Georgetown, W. °* Marion County, Georgia, and all
B. Wisdom, Chipley; and W. W. of toe east half of lot No. 32 in the
Williams, Hamilton. |*2m \ aTld district of Marion County,
I Newspaper mem in attendance were: Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hodges, Perry; J. 1 *aid sale is being had in Taylor
R. Ham, Cordele; J. R. Blair, Ameri- County, Georgia, by virtue of the
cus; C. E. Benns, Butler; R. M, agreement by the maker of said se-
since lie came to Knoxville from —> — — ,— -
Winterhaven, Fla., to become night Page, Columbus, and M. R. Ashworth j-omty deed that all the lands em-
manager of a postal telegraph office Columbus. rp ’" - 1 -
last fall, he had looked lorward to I Guests present were as follows:
Mrs. Oscar Kaigler, Georgetown; L.
W. McPerson, Columbus.
the day when he could move his
family to Knoxville.
Last week he rented an apartment
and notified his wife to hurry here
with the children.
“He was happier than I ever saw
him yesterday,” Mrs. Overstreet, nis
sister-in-law declared. “He spent the
day with us and kept on talking
about how glad he would be to have
the family together again,
“He was so proud of his children.
The other Sunday he had' their re
port cards with him and showed
them to us. They made good 1 grades.
HOW GEORGIANS
VOTED ON KELIEl'
Washington, May 1'3.—Here is how
Georgia congressmen voted on the
administration’s spending - lending
bill:
For—Brown, Deen, Owen, Paco
Ramspeck, Tarver and Vinson.
Against: Cox and Peterson. Not Vot
ing: Whelchel.
No. 1
From
Page 1
the criminal docket besides the num
ber to be added by the next grand
jury. The jail is full of prisoners, and
many are out under bond very anx
ious to have their cases disposed of.
No. 3
From
Pa.e One
sentative Pace read:
“Whereas, Honorable Stephen
Pace, our representative in the 75tn
Congress of the United States, has
rendered splendid service to tihe peo
ple of the Third District of Georgia
by his constant and faithful attention
to the duties of the office which he
holds;
“Now, therefore, be it resolveSThat
this committee, in regular assembly,
do endorse and recommend that Hon.
Stephen Pace succeed himself in the
76th Congress o»f the United States.”
braced in said security deed should
be sold, in case of default, at one
time and at one sale, before the
Court House door of Taylor County,
Georgia.
The indebtedness secured by the
above described security deed is past
due and unpaid.
and all questions arising in the con- , The above described property will
vention shall be settled by unit vote, “® sold aa t ' le property of the said
All delegates to the convention , Mary J. Bennett and the proceeds of
will be selected and appointed by the 1 sald sa ? wd l be applied to the pay-
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
There will be sold at public outc
to the highest bidder for cash 1
tween the legal hours jf sale b? 0 '
the court house door in, Butler, '/ a
lor Counity, Georgia, on the f lr
Tuesday in June, 1938, being A
seventh day of June, 1938, the foL
Ing described property, to-wit:
One-half undivided remainder
terest i n lot of land No. 123 in \
12th land district of said State a
County. Said land levied upon as t
property of Eugene Adams, dofe
ant in fi fa, to satisfy an executi
issued from the Superior Court
said 'County, in favor of Mrs. Bel
Garrett against Eugene Adams.
Property pointed out by plaintiff,
This 11th day of May, 1938
J. M. BONE, Sheriff,
Taylor County, C,corgi
SCHOOL TRUSTEES’ ELECTION
No. 4
From
Page One
successful candidate
Each candidate must qualify on or
before noon Central Standard time)
June 1, 1938, by filing with Mrs. H.
T. Kearse, Leesburg, Ga., secretary
of the committee, a written declara
tion of his candidacy (wherein he
pledges himself to abide by the re
sults of duch.-primary), and by pay
ing to the secretary an assessment
or entrance fee of $250. In the event
of the absence of the secretary of
the committee, the candidate shall
file his declaration and pay his en
trance fee to the chairman of the
committee, who is W. H. Young, Jr.,
of Columbus.
All entrance fees will be appor
tioned by the secretary of the com
mittee among the various counties ot
the district in proportion to the num
ber of election precincts In each
county.
The rules committee is composed
Thanks for benefits bestowed by I of the following: 'Mrs. G. G. Raines,
the administration were expressed Dawson; T. O. Marshall, Americus;
thusly: ' J. j. Whitfield, Hawkinsviille; L. R.
“Whereas, Honorable Franklin D. Glenn, Abbeville; H. C. Vinson, Fitz-
Roosevelt, president of. the United gerald; J. C. Burgin, Cuthbert; J. T.
BUTLER M. & F. COLLEGE NOTES
(From Herald Files of 1915)
On Friday afternoon, Sept. 24, the
Sewing Clubs and Debating Society
met at the usual hour. In the ab
sence of the president of the Senior
Sewing Club the vice president took
charge and the lesson proved a very
interesting one indeed. All other
members were present. The sewing
aprons will he completed at the next
lessons and at that time the second
problem will begin.
An honor roll of all making an
average of 90 or more in school work
and deportment follows: Susie iBaze-
rnore, Viola Foy, Helen Wilson, Ruth
Adams, Wynelle Pope, Marilu Shell
and Foy Rustin in the High School
department. In the grammar school
department they were: Rosalie Tay
lor, Margaret Benns, Harry Peagler,
Robert Ivey and Linwood McGee.
States, has evidenced great interest
in Ft. Benning and' t’he people 01 the
Third 1 District, and
“Whereas, our president has, thru
the various instrumentalities of our
government, greatly benefited Fort
Benning and the Third District oi
Georgia.
“Now, therefore, be it resolved
that this committee express its: ap
preciation of the benefits bestowetl
upon the people of the Third Con
gressional District of Georgia by the
democratic administration.”
In another resolution, Brig. Gen.
Asa L. Singleton, commandant of the
Infantry School, was thanked' for ex
tending the privileges of the fort to
the committee. It read:
“Resolved, That the chairman of
tho Third 1 district democratic con
gressional executive committee ex
presses our appreciation to the com
mandant and personnel of Ft. Ben-
ndng for the most cordial and hos-
I DELIGHTFUL SOCIAL AFFAIR
I (From Herald Files of 1915)
! On Friday evening Mrs. D. R. Big-
i hie entertained a few couples most
I delightfully with a Rook party in
I honor of her nieces, Misses Sara: and
j Elnia Poole of Americus. The tables
| were placed in the parlor and re
ception hall where a profusion of
1 roses and lilies were used in the
pretty decorations. Delicious refresh
ments were served to Misses Claudia
Mathews, Sara Windham, Nettie
Jones, Ruby Rhodes Edna Jarrell
and Elma Poole; and Messrs Frank
Gray Hicks Brown, Joe Rawls, Jack
Windham and Bob Carson.
FIRE AT SOUTHLAND
(From Herald Files of 1915)
One of the worst fires that has
visited the county in a long while oc
curred at Southland Tuesdav night,
when the large barn, livestock and
foodstuff belontring to (Mrs. J. W.
Mitchell, was destroyed.
In the barn was stored enough
com, oats, hay, etc., to sunnly the
farm until next spring. Of the live
l'”o stock two mules, one horse, one
milk cow, and nine hogs were
burned to death.
Mrs. Mitcvu runs a lnrc-e farm at
Southland. In the southern part, of the
count,-, and has boon vpi-v successful
'n the mpnpsnviippl of her I'llcTnocs
tJVio Is helike-l hv all who know
i her an 1 he)- acnnamtnnea in Taylor
* and Macon counties is extensive.
Cochran, Butler; and G. O. Kaigler,
Georgetown.
The county unit vote for each cioun-
ment of said indebtedness, and the
expenses of said sale, and the re
mainder, if any, will be paid to the
party, or parties, legally entitled to
receive the same.
J. P. POSEY,
As Attorney in Fact for Mary
J. Bennett.
SHERIFF’S SALE
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
An election will be held in Butle
Reynolds, Rupert, Miauk, Cro
Roads, Crowells, Central, Wesley 1
Turner School' Districts June 1
1938, for the purpose of electin
trustees to fill all vacancies th
have occurred on the hoards of tru
tees, by expiration of terms, or other
wise.
The election will be held at th
place and in the same manner tha
other elections are held in the
school districts.
Only qualified voters will partici
pate in the election.
AH returns will be properl,
sealed with names of managers writ
ten across the seal, and filed wit
the County School Superintendent t
be consolidated by the County Boa~
of Education in their regular meetiir
to be held July 6, 1938.
Done by order of the Taylor Coun
ty Board of Education in regular
meeting this third day of May, 1938.
W. T. RUSTIN, C. S. S.,
Taylor County, Georgia.
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
There will he sold at public outers
to the highest bidder for cash, be. 60-FOOT PLUNGE OFF BRIDGE
tween the legal hours of sale :before j BY AUTO INJURES WOMAS
the court house door in Butler, Tay-
rSJ.Ti y |n“?*, SAto 1 «■»**. if A hin A £
day of June 1938, the following Ue . the guard rail of the Seaboard hw
scribed property, to-wit: 0,1 Johnson road earl ,y Sunday, aj»
™ 1 » ,. I plunged GO feet to the tracks be.ow
acres of land, more £ le J^otNa c f i Cal ‘ y injUring a , W °^ ° CCU!,ant
Jx, , , „„„ ’ , while a man escaped with minor in-
zw, also lol 1-4 acres, more or less,
lot No. 201, both tracts of land ly- I J T „
img and' being in the 15th land dis- The woman ’ llsted as Mrs - J - T '
trict of Taylor County, and more ! Wrigley, of Atlanta, was admitted to
fully described as follows: Bounded 1 St.Joseph’s Infirmary. She suffered'a
on the north by lands of John Parker broken shoulder, a fractured ankle
east by land of J. T. Willis and A. and P°» s ™e fractures of the skull
H. Seaty, south by lands of D. W. 1 and band. Physicians termed her
condition “critical.”
The driver of the car, police report
ed, was Corporal W. J. Setlock,
Stewart, Schley, Terrell, Taylor v
Turner, Webster and Wilcox.
MISS EDNA TAYLOR
DIES IN HOSPITAL
minor injuries.
COLLEGE PAPERS
ARE GIVEN HONOU
. . .. . . . ... ,, England, west by Bill Heath place,
ty in the district is as follows: Mus- Le vi€d . upon and t0 ^ sold aj f the
cogee, 6; Sumter 4; Dodge, 4. Two property of Mrs . Carrie Ewing to
votes each are allocated' to the fol- sa tisfy a tax execution for state and the U. S. Marines, stationed at Pan
lowing counties: Ben Hill, Clay, Ghat- county taxes for the years 1934,1935 Island, S. C. He was treated fo
tahoochee. Crisp, Dooly, Ha. ris. | m6 and 1937 _ u made and re _
Houston, Lee, Marion, Macon, Pu-, turned to me , by j. M Downs L . € .
laski, Peach, Pufnam, Randolph ,. . .. „„ ’ ,
’ - Also at the same time and place:
Three acres of land, more or less, in
the Town of Butler, Taylor County,
Ga., and more fully described as fol
lows: Bounded on the north by an Atlanta, May 15.—Emory Univer
alley, south by lands of Mrs. R. A. sity announced' Saturday two Geor
Scandrett, west by lot of Jack Leon- gia college publciations—the E1110
Cuthbert, Ga., May 12.—Miss Kdna I ard, and east by phbiic road. Situated Wheel of Emory University and' th
Taylor, 19 year old daughter of Mr.' in the north-east section of said Red and) iBlacik of the University 0
and Mrs. T. M. Taylor of the Da-1 Town. Levied upon and to be sold as Georgia—had been awarded "all
mascus district and a member of the | the property of Wiley Walker to sat- American” honor ratings in the
senior class of Andrew college, died I isfy a tax execution for state and cent critical service of the Associat
at St. Joseph’s Infirmary in Atlanta | county taxes for the years 1934, 1936 e d Collegiate Tress. They were tw
Wednesday after an illness of six j 1986 and 1937. Levy made and re- 0 f only nine southern publications t
weeks. She is survived by her par- turned to me by J M. Downs, L. C. ' win the distinction. Both are wee
mts and one brother. Also at the same time and place: lies.
® I lie United States contains only SIX per cent
of tiie world’s area and SEVEN per cent of its
population. Nevertheless —
• The purchasing power of this country’s 130,-
000,000 people is greater than that of 500,-
000,000 Europeans and much greater than that of
more than a billion Asiatics. The United States has
nearly $11,000,000,000 in gold, or about half of
the world’s supply of monetary metal.
% The people of this country own 80 per cent of
all the automobiles in the world, and they have
at their disposal more than 33 per cent of all the
world’s railroads.
® They have more than half of the world’s tele
phone and telegraph facilities at their com
mand, and they use more than half of the world’s
electric energy.
# They consume half of the world’s output of
coffee and they wear nearly three-fourths of
the world’s output of silk.
© They have 42,000,000 savings bank accounts
and 64,000,000 life insurance policies.
• The American system of business has given
the American people these, and many other,
advantages and opportunities, far exceeding those
enjoyed by the people of any other nation in the
world. It is a system that has steadily increased the
national wealth, raised standards of living, short
ened working hours, increased rates of pay and
given the people steadily expanding opportunities
to enjoy the comforts and pleasures of life.
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