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SUNDAY! EDITION
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VOL. VIII
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FIB REDISTYCTING
COUNTIES OF STATE
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BY COMMITTEL
MEETING -OF LEGISLATORS IN
CORDELE RESULTS IN PLAN
WHICH MEETS WITH FAVOR. |
' A committee appointed from the
gatliering of senators and members
e of the lower house of the Georgia leg
islature, held in Cordele Thursday af
terndon, drafted a bill to be suggested
to the next session of the General As
sembly, providing for a three-county
torm_b.tion in redistricting the state in
the ‘Senate. The proposed measure
provides for the creation of fifty three
_cbunty and one two-county senatorial
A N!’icts. Fulton and DeKalb coun
ties ‘were arranged in the two-county
distrjcts. This would make the sen
ate number 51 members.
& [ A.'B. Bussey, of Ashburn, who took
an active part in bringing the gather
ing together, was chosen.chairman of
the body, and he appointed the -com
,mlt‘tee' to draft the bill, composed of
Represenatives E. J. Carter, of Bacon,
Representative J. B. Clements of Ir
win, Representative W. H. Dorris of
Crisp, Representative W. R. Walker
of Ben Hill and Senator Roscoe Pea
colk of the Fifteenth John W. Ham
mond, who is in charge of the Macon
Te{pgraph Bureau in Atlanta, . was
n’:fié; gecretary of the meeting, and
tooK ‘an active interest in the deliber
atttm%?f the body. i
Upon the convening of the body in
thie ‘parlors of the Suwanee hotel
Ggil‘man Bussey stated the purpose
of he gathering and called on Mr. Dor
rlsi to read and diseuss the bill pro-‘3
viding for a redistrication of the state
introduced at the last session of the
General Assembly. This bill was
orkinally drawn and introduced by
Rfpresentative Carter of Bacon and
later embodied in a substitute offered
by Mr. Dorris. It was explained by
Mr. Dorris that this bill had been
d.¢wn largely on the plan of the three
cfifiy formation. ;
Representative Joe Hill Hall of Bibb
then took the floor and advocated the
three-county formation in the prepar
ation of the proposed measure. Mr.
Hal} stated that he was personally in
favor of Fulton afone forming a dis
trict, but in view,'of this disarranging
the general bld%t}ix}ed, he favored
i Fulton and DeKglb. being placed in
the two-county districts. {
- It was on mo@ot Reépresentdtive
Clements of Irwi ‘4‘.'fhat:‘the cox{mir
tee of five was appointed by the chaiy
to draft the redistricting bill, though
it was Mr. Clements’ idea that’ the
bill be drafted in form to be introduc:
ed before the legislative body. o
Hall of Bibb offered = substitute ap!
point a committee to suggest the’bill
to the legislature, and the committee
- ywas instructed on motion of Mr. Dor
_ ris to prepate a bill carrying out the
three-county formation plan. To pro
*wa a feasable plan for. caring for
the new counties that may be creat
ed, and embody this in the bill, was
s matter left toWfle ‘consideration of
.:\the committee, and the committee, as
suggested by Mr. Hall, placed the coun
_ties in the proposed new districts, be
ginnitg at Savannah, going through
the state wirthout disturbing, so fa:
as- possible, the present arrangement
of the districts.
The importanee of formulating a
bill ‘'with a view to the interests of
the entire state, and not the interests
of any particular section of {he state,
_ thereby hoping to eliminate prejudices
. .and sectionalism as between north and
~ south’ Georgia, wad' a note strofgly
sounded in the meetifig, ard it was
" the sense of the body thaf the capi
tol removal proposition be eliminated
. from the movement to resiistrict the
state into senatorial distri¢gs.
. Between sixty and sevefdy-five sen
- _ators and representatives Yrom south
and centra! Georgia wer¢ in attend
" ‘ance upon this mMeeting, the gathering
also including. twenty-fiyee lawyers,
mewspaper men and other prominent
cNjzens. v \ ‘
A local committee cqmposed of O.
7 . Gower, chairman; W? L. Robuck T..
K. Jennings, ¥. L. Partholomew and
JA. Williamis, wag appointed to ar
r for an elaborate banquet ten
. derad the visitefs at the Suwanee
>Thui-sday night.. Mayor Jones was
# toastmaster: A number of interesting
talks we?% made at the banduet.
* The plaging of the counties in the
propbsed / new districts, fas arranged
by the c{mmittee, was ag follows:
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
HAL LAMBDIN IS COMING TO RE
SIDE IN CORDELE—NEW DIS
TRICT CREATED BY JUDGE
SPEER.
A new bankruptcy district was cre:
ated comprising the counties of Crisp,
Dooly, Wilcox, Ben Hill and Irwin in
an order signed Thursday by Judge
Emory Speer of Macon. At the same
time Judge Speer created the new dis
trict he appointed Hal Lambdin of Sa
vannah, son of the late Judge Wallace
W. Lambdin, to be referee.
The new appointee has accepted and
will qualify at once. He advised Juare
Speer Friday that he would move to
Cordele and make this point head
quarters. This gives “this city a num
ber of advantages in the bankruptcy
practice in the United States court for
the five counties named.
Members of the local .bar are espe
cially pleased at the manner in which
Judge Speer has handled their appli
cation for a new district and they have
expressed their sincere appreciation.
This puts Cordele on the same footing
with Albany and Americus. Each of
the latter named cities are centers
of bankruptcy districts and it was
heretofore necessary for members of
the Cordele bar to go to Americus
and to Albany to take care of the lo
cal business of this character at home,
but that of the four other counties
will be attended here before the new
referee.
Referee Lambdin will come here at
once. He will be given a warm wel
come and the fact that he has agreed
to make this his place of residence
will fix permanently this point as the
home of the court for the new district.
WARE NOW HEADS
CHAPTER MASONS
ANNOUNCED ELECTION ROALY
ARCH LOCALS HELD—NEW MAN
1S POPULAR.
Barney T .Ware, chief clerk in t'he
freight offices of the Georgia Southern
and Florida Railway here, heads Cor
delia Fha.pter, Royal Arch Masons, the
electign having been held for the en
suing year. A J
The new man is young and progres
sive and#the members of the chapter
are elafé® at having the opportunity
to thu,nfer an honor upon him.
The officers are as follows:
B. T. Wage, High Priest; D. A. R.
Crum, King&e J. R. Williams, Scribe;
J. M. Hunt, Treasurer; W. T. Perry,
Secretary; D. J. Sheppard ,Captain of
Host; R. R. Harris, Principal Sojourn
er; J. E. Ixx sey, Royal Arch Captain;
'W. H. Or tt Master First Veil; Sid
ney Wells, Master Second Veil; Con
rad McGougan, Master Third Veil; J.
8. Gordy, Sentinel.
| I—Chatham, Bryan, Efingham; 2—
Liberty, Mclntosh, Tattnall; 3—
‘;Téombs, Appling, Jeft Davis; 4—
‘Glenn, Camden, Charlton; s—Coffee,
‘Ware, Clinch; 6—Echols, Lowndes,
‘Berrien; 7.—Grady Thomas, Brooks;
B~Decatur, Mitchell, Miller; 9—Ear
-I§, Calhoun, Bacon; 10—Coiquitt,
‘Worth, Dougherty; 11—Clay, Ran
dolph, Terrell; 12—Stewart, Webster,
Quitman; 13—Sumter, Schley, Macon;
14—Dooly, Wilcox, Pulaski; 15—Bleck
ley, 'Dodge, Telfair; 16—Emanuel,
Johnson, Washington; 17—Jenkins,
Screven, Burke; 18—Ruchmond, Glas
cock, Jefferson; 19—~Faliaferyo, Green,
Oconee; 20—Baldwin, Hancock, War
ren; 21—Twiggs, Wilkinson, Jones;
22—Bibb, Monroe, Pike; 23—Houston,
Crawford,Taylor; 24—Muscogee, Ma
rion, Chattahoochee; 25—Harris, Up
son, Talbott; 26—Spalding, Butts,
Clayton; 27—Newton, Walton, Henry;
28—Jasper, Putnam, Morgan; 29—DMc
Duffie, Columbia, Lincoln; 30—Wiikes,
Oglethorpe, Clarke; 31—Hobersham,
Franklin ,Stevens; 32—White, Dawson
and Lumpkin; 33—Jall, Banks, Jack
son; 34—Barrow, Gwinnette, = Rock
dale; 35—Cobb, Douglas, Campbell;
36—Coweta, Heriwether, Fayette; 37
—Carroll, Heard, Troup; 38—Haral
son, Polk, Paulding; 39—Milton, Cher
okee, Forsyth; 40—Union, Towns, Ra
bun; 41—Pickens, Fannin, Gilmer; 42
—Barrow, Floyd, Chattooga; 43—Mur
ray, Gordon, Whitfield; 44—Walker,
Dade, Catoosa; 45—-Pierce, Wayne,
Bacon; 46—Lee, Crisp, Turner; 47—
Tif§, Irwin, Ben Hill; 48—Bulloch,
Candler, Evans; 49—Madison, Elbert,
Hart; 50—Wheeler, Montgomery, Lau
rens; 51—Fulton, DeKalb,
DVER $l2OO IN PRIZES 10
BE GIVEN LADIES OF
CURRDUNDING TERRITOR
First Prize 5-Passenger Chevrolet Touring
Car---Second Prize $450.00 Kimble
Piano --- Third Prize $lOO.OO
- Pathephone---Other Prizes,
C. RAYMOND GOODRICH
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CONTEST MANAGER
Believing that a newspaper should
not only, through its general excel
lency, be truly representative of its
city, but that it should be in a measure
of excellency which it may have at
tained, or is seeking to attain, reach
all parts of its state and surrounding
ing country, two propositions which’
are in a measure corrective, the Cor
dele Dispatch, with a view of extend
ing its circulation to its widest possi
ble limit is pleased to announce to
its many readers the giving away of
over twelve hundred dollars in prizes.
An increase of circulation, such as
is contemplated in this great popular
ity contest, is, of course, not attained
without a considerable outlay of time
and money, and The Cordele Dispatch
Contest Department has laid out the
campaign upon a most extensive scale,
preferring that its many friends,
young women, married or single,
should profit by this great subscrip
tion campaign rather than to pay over
the money to the subscription collec
tor. The Cordele Dispatch has decid
ed upon the popular voting contest, in
which will be awarded over $1,200 in
magnificent prizes. The entire list of
prizes is announced on another page
in today’s paper, and they are certain
ly attractive and sufficient in num
ber to guarantee that each young wo
man who really puts forth an effort
during the weeks covered by the con
test is bound to be a winner. The
territory to be covered by this cam
paign is also shown in the full page
announcement of this issue. There
will be 16 prizes offered to participants
in this contest, and the awarding of
the prizes will be made according
to those receiving the highest number
of votes during the entire contest.
The first grand prize will bhe a
$550.00 Chevrolet Touring Car, fully
equipped with electric lights, self
starter, etc., and is the best little car
in the world for the money and is
certainly more than worth the efforts
of the enterprising young ladies of
this section. This car was purchased
DATE | ia o eeR s 190
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Nomination Bla.
CAMPAIGN MANAGER THE CORDELE DISPATCH: i
1 ONOminate . ... eevl e s SBHRGEY vo on s s omiso sivol s ainns eo 0
Street NumMber ...........ccccioeeestorcosccane
TOWI OF CIY i4o i haa ol dolosiopiiiote s sisisialeioe
As a Candidate in The Cordele Dispatch Prize Contest.
This nomination counts 2,000 votes. Only one nomination will be’
credited to each contestant. The nominator's name will not be di
vulged if so requested. i
SIXTIETH MILESTONE
IS PASSED BY WILSON
Washington, Dec. 29.—President
Wilson wag 60 years of age today. He
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1916.
of L. O. White, Distributor, Cordele,
Ga.
The second prize is to be the up
right Kimball Piano, especially made
for us. ' It is strictly high-grade in ev
ery respect and was awarded first hon
or at the Panama-Pacific Exposition,
and is to be a dull satin mahogany
finish.
The value of this piano is
$500.00 on time or §450.00 cash. Bears
‘a five year guarantee from the W. Ww.
lKimball Co., as to warkmanship and
material. The tone quality of it is be
yond question and is endorsed by the
leading musicians of the world.
This piano will be on exhibition at
the L. L. Helms Musgic Store in the
Greer Block within a short while.
The third prize will be a beautiful
Pathephone in Oak and Mahogany fin
ish which retails for $lOO.OO. All ex
posed metal parts are nickle plated.
Equipped with tone control, path
sound box, speed adjuster, sound-box
for lateral-cut records, full tone Pathe
Sapphire, half-tone Pathe sapphire,
!jowel point for playing records using
a diamond point, and a well-balanced,
’ smooth-running spring motor.
Never in the world's history have
two men contributed so much keen,
ciear pleasure to the people of every
nation as have the Pathe Brothers, of
France, whose world-wide reputation
is well established through their in
ventive genius of perfecting the Pa
thephone, the Pathe Discs and the
moving pictures. For over twenty-five
years inventors and manufacturers
have been trying to produce a perfect
instrument that would render a life
like reproduction of voice and instru
ment. But it remains for the Pathe
Freres to accomplish this and bring
into being the Pathephone and Pathe
Discs.
This machine was purchased of the
L. L. Helms Music Co., Cordele, Ga.
The fourth prize, a $25.00 merchan
dise order on Mann & Holmes, Cor
dele, Ga. The young lady who wins
this prize will have the privilege of
selecting merchandise to this amount.
There are thirteen other prizes, in
gluding gold coin and merchandise.
There Are No Losers In This Contest.
In addition to the prizes mentioned
above, The Dispatch is going to give
all contestants who do not win a prize,
ten per cent on all they turn in, pro
viding they remain active all through
the contest to the end.
The contest will be under the direc
tion of C. Raymond Geodrich, Gen
eral Manager of The Goodrich con
test and Advertising company of Jack
sonville, Fla. This company: has con
ducted some of the most “successful
contests ever staged in the south, and
enjoys a reputation for its clean meth
ods in every instance.
Now is the time to enter, send in
your name at once. The contest opens
Monday, January Bth, Phone 20 at
once and ask for the contest manager;
he will be glad to give you all the in
formation desired.
was the re 'afe;}; of many congratu
latory mes { all parts of the
country andh, d.” No special cele
bration was planned for the day.
NEW YEARS DAY
MONDAY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS
THE NEW ATTENDANCE MEAS
URE WILL BE IN EFFECT.
The new compulsory education law
will become indications that a general
There are indications that a general
effort will be made to see that its re
quirements are complied with in many
counties. Some of them have appoint
ed officers whose duties will be to see
that the law is enforced. In the more
progressive counties over the state
strong effort will be made to get more
of the children into the public schools.
All over the state the law will apply
to one and all alike. Violations are
punishable as misdemeanors. The law
provides the first penalty shall not be
greater than ten dollars. Those there
after shall not be greater than twenty
dollars. Each absence of a child con
stitutes a violation. Parents or guar
dians are punishable for failure to
keep the child in school the required
time, four months.
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LOCAL CEREMONIES WERE IM
PRESSIVE AND SPLENDID PRO
GRAM WAS RENDERED—SICK
NESS INTERFERES.
Despite the inclemency of the weath
a large crowd gathered to witness
the impressive installation ceremonies
of the Order of the KEastern Star at
the Masonic hall Friday night.
Mrs. Mattie Colquitt, Worthy Grand
Matron, of the O. E. S. of Georgia, in
stalled the new board of officers, as
sisted by Mrs. Ada Jones, Associate
Grand Conductress of Grand Chapterl
of Georgia, acting as Grand Marshal;
and Mrs. Tressa Jackson, as Grand
Chaplain. Misses Carrie Mae McKen
zie and Allie Van Devender on piano
and violin, furnished inspiring and
beautiful music for the occasion.
A number of short talks were made,
expressive of fraternal good feeling.
Mrs. Mary E. Taylor, who was to
have given an address on the Origin
and Purpese of the Order, was una
ble to be present, much to the regret
of all and especially of those who
heard Mrs. Taylor on former occas
fons.
Owing to sickness a few of the of
ficers-elect could not be present, and
will be installed at a subsequent meet
ing. The officers installed were: Mrs.
Fannie Sheppard, Worthy Matron;
Mrs. Ida Fay Starr, Associate Matron;
Miss Tallulah Atkins, Secretary;
Mis Mary Sue Russell, Conductress;
Miss Nancy Starr, Associate Conduc
tress; Mrs. Willie Marsh, Marshal;
Mrs. Julia Parks, Adah; Mrs. Ethel
Orcutt, Ruth; Miss Lucile Williams,
Martha; Miss Minnie Browning, Elec
ta; Mrs. Annie Perry, Warder! Mrs.
J. M. Witherington, Sentinel.
The worthy Grand Matron gave to
tile inslallation ceremonies an impres
give beauty and dignity, and the move
ments of the Grand Marshal were
marked with precision and grace. |
A beautiful floral drill was put on!
by a picked team as the opening num
ber,
FI FAS AGAINST ALL
DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS
W. J. Musselwhite tax collector,
states that property-holders are now
paying up their taxes rapidly. Most
of the larger property holders he says
have aid. Friday he was busy issuing
fi fas against about 500 delinquents
which is about the same number as
last year.
SPEND-THE-DAY PARTY.
Miss Willie Belle Todd entertained
a number of her friends very delight
fully at a spend-the-day party Friday
complimenting Misses Ruth Mat
thews, Pauline Gary and Charlie Ertz
berger, who are at home from G. N.
1. C. for the holidays. The dinner was
well appointed in every particular and
delicious. The young ladies present
on this occasion were Misses Charlye
Ertzberger Ruth and Janie Matthews,
Pauline Gary, Frances Markert, Kate
De Metz, and Nancy Starr. ‘
Miss Frances Markert has returned
from a visit of several weeks to rela- j
tives in Thomasville.
NEW REFEREE WILL
IJUDGE HAL LAMBDIN MAKING
I PLONS TO OPEN OFFICE HERE
NEXT WEEK—SKETCH OF HIS
l LIFE.
Savannah, Georgia, December 30.—
Mr. Hal Lambdin, son of the Ilate
Judge W. W. Lambhdin, today received
an order from Judge Emory Speer,
of Macon, notifying him he had been
appointed referee in haknruptcy for
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a newly-created bankurptcy district
with headquarters at Cordele.
“Judge Hal Lambdin will move to
Cordele early next month with his
wife and child to make their home
there. He will go to Cordele next
week to open his new office there.
Judge Hal Lambdin is twenty-nine
years old, and is probably the young
est referee in bankruptcy in the Uni
ted States. He came to Savannah in
September to practice law, and will
continue the practice of law in Cor
dele in addition to his work as referee.
It is understood that Judge Speer
has been contemplating for some time
the creation of this new bankruptcy
district, because of the richness and
importance of the five counties around |
Cordele included in it. Some of the
counties were in the Waycross dis
trict and some were in the Americus
district. 1
Judge Hal Lambdin came to Savan
nah in September to practice law. af
ter resigning the secretaryship to Con
gressman Randall wwalker, in Wash
ington, D. C. While in Washington he
graduated from the law school of
George Washington university, but his
experience and practice in courts of
law has not been limited to his work
in Savannah since September. He was
for several years clerk in law offlce!
of the former firm of Wilson, Bennett,
& Lambdin, in Waycross, of which
firm his late father was a member,
and while in Washington during the
recesses of congress, he acted as of
ficial court reporter for the Waycross
superior court, thus gaining much
practical ‘first-hand knowledge of
court work.
Judge Hal Lambdin graduated from
Gordon institute at Darnesville in
1906, which institute was ounded by
‘his grandfather and which his father,
the late Judge Lambdin, attended
when a young man, 5
} After graduation he went to Way
cross and worked as chief clerk in his
father’s law firm. From this position
he went to Washington in 1912 as sec
retary to the secretary of the United
States senate. He held this position
until 1914, when he accepted the ap
pointment as secretary to Congress
man Randall Walker from the FElev
enth Georgia district. He resigned
this place to come to Savannah last’
September, where he entered upon the
practice of law, opening up offices in
the Geérmania bank building.
In 1911 Judge Hal Lambdin married
Miss Charlie Heard Harris, of Talbot
ton, granddaughter of Dr. J. B. Mc-
Gehee, the famous Methodist preacher
of the south Georgia conference.
Both he and his wife have many
‘,friends in Savannah who are very sor
lry to learn that they are going to
Cordele, but these friends .wish the
best of success and prosperity to them
in their new home, and hope that the
youngest referee in bankruptey in the
United States may make an enviable
name and reputation for himself both.
as a lawyer and a jurist, &
Delivered By Carrier
In City 5¢ Per Week
TAYLOR RGOOIR £5
NEW INTEREST IR
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MANAGER OF FEAGLE FURNI
TURE COMPANY BUYS INTER
EST AND FEAGLE-TAYLOR FUR
NITURE COMPANY STARTS
WITH NEW YEAR.
Jameg B, Taylor, who came here
from Greenville, S. C., last April to
take charge of the Feagle Furniture
Company as manager, starts the New
Year as a member of the firm, a trade
having been made yesterday through
which he acquired certain interests.
Mr. Taylor is now associated with
George H. Feagle, of Valdosta, who is
the other business meémber.
Mr. Taylor will still have full charge
of the business and the two owners
will turn every effort to make the Fea
gle-Taylor Furniture Company one of
the best furniture houses in the south
west Georgia. Mr, Taylor and Mr.
Feagle were associated in the furni
ture business in Greenville for a num
ber of years and they are again hap
py to be associated in the same bus
iness in this section of Georgia. Both
of them are more than pleased at the
progress of the business here and are
assured that the new concern will
become a far greater establishment
in the near future.
'MRS. S. J, FUSSELL
LADY OF ESTIMABLE CHRISTIAN
DEVOTION PASSED AWAY AT
AGE OF 85 YEARS—FUNERAL
SERVICES FRIDAY.
Faigesstiosgy
. Mrs. S. J. Fussell, aged about 85
‘years, widow of T. O. Fussell, one of
Cordele’s citizens who passed away
10 years ago, died Friday q;qming at
5 o’clock at the home of her daughter,
Miss Lizzie Fussell, on Thirteenth av
enue Infirmity was the cause of her
death, though shortly prior to her
death she was paralyzed on her left
side.
The funeral services were conduct
ed from the residence Kriday atter
noon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Walter An
thony, pastor of the Methodist church,
preaching the service, being assisted
by Rev. J. H. Coin, pastor of the Bap
tist church. Interment occcurred at
Sunnyside cemetery. :
Mrs.: Fusseil was a member of the
Methodist church. She had made her
home in Cordele for twenty-five years,
and her life had been one of service
and devotion to her family and friends
and consecration to her religious con
nections. Ty
She is survived by, eight children,
five sons and three daughters, T. F.
Fussell of Rhine, J. W. Fussell, D. O.
Fussell and C. W. Fussell of Atlan
ta, Dr. J. C. Fussell, of Fitzgerald,
Miss Lizzie Fussell of Cordele, Miss
Georgia Fussell of Atlanta, and Mrs.
L. C. Fussell, of Irwinsville.
CORDELE SCHOOL CHILDREN TO
BE GIVEN NEW YEAR’S DAY AND
THEN THE BELLS WILL RING—
HIGH ATTENDANCE RECORD.
The spring term, 1917, of the Cor
dele public schools will open next
Tuesday morning, notwithstanding the
general rumor that has gone abroad
that the session would begin on Mon
day. Superintendent A. L. Brewer
stated at the close of the school for
ihe holidays that the school would ob
serve the New Year apd that the ses
sion would begin on Tuesday morning
While neither pupils nor teachers
have had Christmas sufficient to thok
oughly satisfy them, there is evidence
that the session will open with all in
good spirits and striving harder for .
an even better session than the fall
term. All of the teachers will be in
their respective places, and the school
will open with the proper exercises.
.~ Miss Jessie B. Whitmore, of Lex
ington, Ky., who succeeds Miss Den
ton as principal of the Northern
Heights school, arrived this afternoen.
Superintendent Brewer has some
monthly attendance records of * gfia’
fall session of which he is very proud.
The best of them reacbed 94 and 95"
per cent for all the white schools.
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We all like to brag about our knowl
edge of Art.. But we all judge the
valué of a picture by the magnificence
of the frame. g
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