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VOLUME LXII } NO. 52 HARDING'S REMAINS i ARE LAID TO REST MARION, Ohio, August 10. —A one time country editor came hack today to sleep for a night again under his father’s roof in Marion. And with him came the grief of the na tion, of the world, that he was dead. Warren Harding w r as back again among the neighborly folk of his home town. The brief day of his greatness was but a memory treasur ed by the nation. His life work was done. The home folk came eagerly to look their last on his dead face, peaceful with the calm of eternity. Along the same tree-bordered Cen ter street over which he rode his white mule into Marion forty years ago the body of Warren G. Harding was borne in a massive black hearse behind a double span of coal black horses. When the stripling Harding slipped shyly from Caledonia into Marion on that earlier summer’s day he went first to the court house square, tied his mount to a wooden hitch rail and then set out in search of the first job in a succession that ended with the most exalted in the world. On Thursday, his way being end ed, Warren Harding’s body was car ried to the old-fashioned brick home of his father, Dr. George T. Hard ing, for the final tributes of respect from the city that he honored and the nation he served. Here a pro cession of 40,000 people viewed their beloved dead. It was Mrs. Harding’s idea that the late president’s body should be carried in a hearse rather than on a caisson. Previous presidents have been given military funerals in tok en of their places at the head of the nation’s military arms. But the formality and circumstances jarred on Mrs. Harding’s sense of the pro priety of this occasion. “I want Warren buried as a citi zen of Marion, not as the president,” she told those on the funeral train who were supporting her in her great trial. “He was given the hon ors of his office in Washington. In TRUE ECONOMY is buying with discrimination WE HAVE large assortments, competent salesmen, economical prices. SHOPPING HERE is both a pleasure and a benefit. Bin’s Dm Store Tha Star* (The Economical Drug Store) Cxmntg Jfetus Success to All Who' Pay* Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’ THREE CENT TAX ON 1 GASOLINEJS PASSED ATLANTA, Ga. —The Mann bill, levying a three cent tax on gasoline has been passed by the Senate. The bill already has passed the house and it now goes to the gover i nor. The bill provides that one cent of the tax shall go to the state high way department, one cent to the counties for road building and one to the general treasury for the payment of discounted rental notes of the Western and Atlantic rail road, and then goes to the road de partment. Governor Signs Measure. Atlanta, Ga., August 13. —Governor Walker today signed the bill increas ing the tax on gasoline in Georgia from one to three cents a gallon. Marion I want him to be honored as a private man and a neighbor.” The Trip Home, Almost two hours behind schedule, the train bearing the body of Pres ident Harding was slowly moving across Ohio to Marion. Thousands of persons waiting to pay homage were gathered at other points where the train was to pass. Everywhere along the way the passing of the train was marked by an almost continuous throng. They were gathered in the villages, they stood at the road crossings, and many looked on from corn and oat fields and pastures. All came to 1 pay a final tribute to the dead in ■ the last car, who in life had known ! so many of them and so well that ■ he called them by their first names, • and they spoke of and to him not as ‘Mt. President,’ but as ‘W. G.’ The Burial Service. Slowly, solemnly, accompanied by the muffled beat of drum, the flag draped casket containing the mortal remains of Warren Gamaliel Hard ing, twenty-ninth president of the United States, was borne Friday af (Continued on last page.) BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING AUG. 16, 1923 | THINK OF IT! | Shoes that sold as high as $12,00, going now QO a pair yZ*7O Shoes that sold as high as SB.OO, going now iQO a pair ' *7 O BARGAINS LIKE THESE Run through our entire stock, from Silk Dresses and fine Hats for Ladies’ and Children, down to the smallest item in our store. SEE FOR YOURSELF C. L. TABB & CO. BLAKELY, GEORGIA CENTRAL SAVES BY CURBING FREIGHT LOSS A reduction of 66 per cent in the amount paid out for loss and damage to freight has been brought about by the Central of Georgia Railway in the past two years, and this item i of expense has decreased $400,000. In a statement published today, Presi dent Winburn discusses the import ance of good freight service to the public. He says that losst and damage claims are an unnecessary drain upon railway revenue and add to the nation’s transportation bill. He points out some of the diffi culties and hazards connected with transportation, which are not usually understood by the public. He ex plains that a special department is maintained for the purpose of seeing that freight is properly handled to its destination in the same condi tion as it leaves the point of origin. This is part of the service to shippers that has resulted not only in a re duction of monetary loss but in avoiding interruptions to business because of damage and delay to shipments. Acknowledgement is made of the co-ogeration of shippers by correct marking on bills of lading and pack ages; by careful packing, wire strap ping, and the use of proper contain ers. Mr. Winburn points out that insecure packing is an invitation to theft. Few railways in the country have a better record in handlilng freight than the Central of Georgia, but its employes are pledged this year to give even better service than in the past, and with the co-operation of the road’s patrons, new efficiency records are being established. Mrs. Lytle Sues for Paper. THOMSON, Ga. —Mrs. Alice Louise Lytle, for many years managing ed itor of Thomas E. Watson’s paper, the Columbia Sentinel, today filed a claim in court for full ownership es the publication. She said she al ready owned one-half of the stock but now claims the other half in payment of money owed her by the Watson estate. The paper has sus pended publication pending adjust ment of the claim. ; —SEE US FOR — Brick, Lime, Cement HOUSE FURNISHING MATERIAL SCREEN DOORS A SPECIALTY HALL-BALKCOM LUMBER COMPANY Blakely, Georgia NOTICE! To Farmers of Early County: The ginners as heretofore have always used 2 lb. bagging, but this year I am using 3 lb. bagging, which will give you 6 lbs. more to each bale, and at present prices will amount to $1.25. We have our gin in first class order, equipped with super-cleaners, which will give you a sample that will in crease the value of the bale $5.00. If you want to save money, gin with Early County Gin Company. T. S. CHANDLER BLAKELY, GEORGIA $1.50 A YEAR