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AS WONDER
ND AND FLOCK TO PORTS
IERE SHIPS ARE LEAVING
R THIS COUNTRY—PITIFUL
B ENACTED WHEN THEY
REFUSED PASSPORTS.
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H dreds BREMEN, of emigrant* Germany, who Feb. came S.—Hun- to Bre¬
men, Hamburg and Danzig to seek
new homes in America are rejected
before'they can embark for what to
them I* the land of plenty and prom¬
ise. Tragic scenes are numerous when
the ship’s physicians announce the
list of those barred because of signs
of disease or disability which would
prevent their admission to the United
States.
One hundred home-seekers were re¬
jected out of 600 who attempted to
leave Bremen on one steamer recent¬
ly. All these unfortunate were not de¬
fective but the rejection of one mem
her of e family In many cases pre¬
vented the entire group from sailing
for America.
most pitiful of the tragedies
occur in the breaking up of family
groups when some children old enough
to travel alone are allowed to proceed
Weeping to America, while other* are ied.
mothers among the hund¬
red rejected the other day tried to
kus the hands of the physician! in an
effort to get them to alter their diag¬
noses while scared groups of bundle¬
laden emigrants stood by in terror
lept some technicality might also keep
them off the steamer train for Bre
n_. nJliuT*man, 0 * 11 , 1 , ___ the .. widow ,, of . an
armv Ld wTl^ h \ r ye#r
son the Stoeml thr^ Sf h d f „ n Wh ir v , en
cause IJUi v h conjunctivitis. < The
woman came with her son by train
to Bremen and pleaded for another
examination here, but the physicians
adhered their original diagnosis and
the woman was compelled to remain
with her son. In several cases one
child in a family at five or six show¬
ed traces of trachoma or conjunctivi¬
tis. This was sufficient to halt the
rhole family or break tip the family
roup, some of the members of which
light go to* America while other*
TPbus, trachoma and favus, »n
of the scalp, are the three
seek for which ships’ physicians
above all, others in examining
emigrants from Poland and other war
areas destined for the United,States.
The United State emigration officials
are slow to admit persons whose eyes
are not normal and force the steam¬
ship line to carry them back to their
port of embarkation. Besides a fine of
$200 may he imposed upon the steam¬
ship companies for carrying such per¬
sons to American ports.
.Consequently, agents of the steam¬
ship lines take few chances in these
days when there are hundreds of em
igranta clamoring for every steerage
passage available from Dansig, Bre¬
men and Hamburg to the United
States.
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your umbrella, the pun is sure to shine; but go unprepared
and you are just as sure to get a drenching.
So it is with life; the man who makes provision for
i*e morrow, never seems to get in difficulties, and YOU
all him lucky. But this is not luck, for his forethought
/ made it impossible to be caught unawares, and what
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and the w lines are forced to
e**rt every effort to check them from
congregating at Hamburg and Bre¬
men in larger numbers than can be
dated. Model, sanitary quar
t. •available in these two ports
emigrants, but the conditions are
far less satisfactory ip Danzig where
‘many complaints are" made concern¬
ing the , emigrant quarters and
charges are made that they era not
free from vermin.
COUNT OF CAfl
13 , 500 , 000,000
,THE FIRST COUNT. OF OUR GOV¬
ERNMENT'S CASH IN TWELVE
YEARS—COMPLETION OF THE
COUNT TAKES ONLY THREE
WEEKS, A REMARKABLY
SHORT TIME.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—A com¬
plete count of the government’s cash
has just been made for the first time
in twelve years. The total approxi¬
mated three billion, five hundred
million dollars included all cash and
securities held as reserves against
currency outstanding. ,
The count was made by a special
committee of three, assisted by eight
accountants and by fifteen laborers
who were used to move around the
heavy saclfs of gold and silver. The
men delved into great vaults In the
treasury building and took stock of
gold, silver and paper money securi
ties, many of which had not seep the
light of day since shortly after Wil¬
liam Howard Taft was inaugurated
President and a new treasured.of the
United statea ap p ointed ; rf 1909 .
The accountants in entering the
vaults passed grim-visaged guards
wh ° *** night “■** ° n the iw "
^ prevent any possible attemps at IF
unauthorized raid on the treasury.
Thp vaults themselves |>roof are supposed
to be burglar and are of mas¬
sive concrete arid steel construction.
The storage sections are kept under
seal and this was Ctafipt time that
some of them had* bee* opened in
twelve years, foT when John Burke
became treasurer after President Wil¬
son was first inaugurated "he accept¬
ed the count of cash in the storage
sections which had not been opened
since the previous count of 1909. }
The accountants handled money of
every possible description from the
lowly copper to $10,000 bills. Many
of the bnte, fcagtiauhpiy three of
the lapge deuominetioBs, *U«h as
$1,000, were ih sheets of four' each,
and held as reserve against currency
it smaller denominations in ciroula
tiom Thousand dollar bills in cir¬
culation are few and each bank in
the country is kept supplied by the
treasury with a list of them with
their numbers so that if perchance
any are extracted from the treasury il
legally the holder will have extreme
difficulty ih realising en them.
The count justo/tnished was made
necessary by the retirement of John
Burke as treasurer and was completed
in the remarkably short time of three
weeks through the use of electric
counting machines. Loose coins pass-
hand as was neces
aery in the oiden days. Paper cur¬
rency was counted by the piece, but
'stored coins end currency were
counted by the sack or package in
.esses where the wrappings were un¬
broken and the seal on each intact
The main supply of the govern¬
ment’s money is stored in two large
vaults, but there are a number of
smaller ones in the various division*
of the department as well as in the
cash rooms where cash payments are
made by the government.
! Gold coins stored in the vaults
(were counted by weight. The gold
is kept in sacks, sealed with the
treasurer's wax seal and containing
$6,000 each, weighing 18 pounds and
7 ounces. First one sack was weigh¬
ted and then the others were exffm
\ined. If both the seal and covering
were intact they were weighed against
Ifche first or test sack and if the re¬
sult was the same were passed and
counted. However, if a seal was bro¬
ken or the sack torn or there was ap¬
preciable difference in weight the con¬
tents were counted by piece.
| Standard silver dollars were counted
in the same, way as gold coin: They
are stored in sacks weighing about
(60 pounds and containing 1,000. Work
on the silver coin was lessened offi
cilas said by the government's melt:
Ing 100,000,000 silver dollars under
the Pittman Act for sale to the Brit¬
ish government to relieve the silver
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THE FIRST FIFTY CUSTOMERS ENTERING BLANKETS WILL ALSO BE GIVEN ON THE
OUR STORE FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE LUCKY NUMBERS ON FRIDAY AND SATUR¬
. N GIVEN A TICKET AND THE ONE HOLDING DAY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4i AND 5
THE LUCKY NUMBER WILL BE GIVEN A O’CLOCK P. M. DON’T LET THIS*OPPOR¬
HANDSOME PAIR OF WOOLEN BLANKETS TUNITY SLIP THROUGH YOUR FINGERS.
FREE. BE HERE FIRST AND GET OfOflRS 1
WHY WAIT? They are now at their lowest ebb. They are sure to go
back up soon. BUY NOW AND SAVE MONEY!
Sale Starts Friday a. 8 O’clock m., F
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and lasts for 10 days only. Don’t miss this opportunity. A death blow to high Prices V
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A FEW OF THE HUNDRED OF ITEMS ARELISTED BELOW:
5,000 YARDS GINGHAMS, WORTH 35c, TO GO AT f IL, 400 PR. COMFORTS—SPECIAL $1.89 100 SPORT COATS LEFT—SOLD FOR $10.00QQ.
PER YARD ..................................... lwt CHILDREN'S-HOSE, PER PAIR 5c TO $15.00, TO GO AT....................... 701
PAIRS MEN’S ARMY SHOES, WORTH J $7.00, TO GO
500 AT $3.45 pr.
Special! Ladies’ Coat Suits BOYS’ SUITS MEN’S SUITS
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$26.00 'VALUES <® ....... $12.95 500 BOY’S SUITS; ONE LOT $10 Value*, now $4.95 $60.00 VALUES AT $24.00
$30.00 VALUES @ ---- $14.95 100 BOY’S SUITS; ONE LOT $12.Values, now $5.95 $50.00 VALUES AT $22-50
$40-00 to $50.00 VALUES @ $17.50 100 BOY’S SUITS; ONE LOT $15 Values, now $6.95 $40.00 VALUES AT $17.50
SPECIA SPECIAL-EXTRA SPECIAL MEN’S BIG BILL WORK SHIRTS — SPECIAL AT EXTRA SPECIAL-^-—SPECIA EXTRA SPECIAL
EXTRA
i* LADIES PURE THREAD SILK HOSE; FULL FASH¬ 69 Cents 100 LADIES’ FLANNELETTE DRESSES, SOLD FOR
IONED, MOCK $EAM; $2.50 QUALITY, NOW.U .. .98c $4.50 and $5.00, TO GO AT $2.40
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ONE LOT LADIES’ SHOES, SOLD FOR $6.00 AND *00 BUNGALOW APRONS, SOLD FOR $2.50 EACH;
$7.00, TOGOAT ..........................*•* $3.95 1,00 PAIRS OF MEN’S SCOUT SHOES, SOLD FOR SPECIAL....... .98c*
$4.50, TO GO AT $2.49 PR. ... .....................
----- + --- $10.00,
ONE LOT MEN’S DRESS SHOES, SOLD FOR EXTRA SPECIAL-SPECIA1 EXTRA SPECIAL
TO GO AT............... ............ • - ■ • 94 95 BOY’S OVERALLS IN BIG SIZES, per pair 79c 500 PR. LADIES’ FULL-FASHIONED HOSE, MOCK
QUALITY .....59c EXTRA SPECIAL! S£AM; SOLD FOR 5<>c, TO GO AT ...19c
LADIES SILK HOSE; $1.25 ...... |est Quality
SPECIAL mercerized lisle hose, full
EXTRA SPECIA —SPECIAL--EXTRA PAIR Fashioned mock seam, sold for $i.oo, to go
LITTLE BOYS’ OVERALLS, ^ NOW 49c DRESSES, SOLD FOR $2.50, TO DURING THIS SALE AT 39c
500 CHILDRENS’ GINGHAM
TURKISH TOWELS; 25c QUALITY, SPECIAL GO AT......... HANES’ UNDERWEAR, SOLD FOR $1.50, TO GO
FOR THIS SALE, ONLY ....................v. j!2c DURING THIS SALE ONLY AT 69c
A Death Blow to High Prices in Griffin! See the values
Men’s$2.50MONARCH $1 IQ LADIES HIGH BOOTS AMPLE BEEN MADE PROVISION FOR EXTRA HAS
ALL LADIES’ HIGH TOP BOOTS IN BLACK AND HELP TO WAIT ON THE
Overalls, special price .. . 1,1 J AT $12.50 BROWN AND (ALL $15.00 STYLES)—SHOES TO GO DURING / THAT THIS SOLD SALE $595 FOR THRONGS ATTEND THE FIRST THIS EXPECTED THIS SALE YEAR TO —
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30 DOZ TURKISH TOWELS, 7Sc QUALITY, now 29c LADIES $1.50 MONARCH UNDERWEAR , now....79c 500 MENS DRESS SHIRTS, SOFT FINISH, FRENCH
-:- 1 - CURFS, SOLD FOR $3.50, Special .... ........$1.59
LADIES $2 50 QUALITY BEDROOM SHOES... $1.45 MEN'S $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 CAPS, Special.. ---- 98c
---*- BOYS AND MISSES UNION SUITS, $1.80 AND $2.50
MEN’S $6.50 HATS $2.98 BEST QUALITY PERCAL, YARD . . lSc QUALITY, NOW S. 98c
Thousands —3 of other items similar
at prices
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The Undersellers
120 West Broad Street Griffin, Georgia
Be Here Friday Morning' at 8 CFClock
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line in India during the war.
Psper money is stored in paper
peckagei disking a cube of about 71-2
inches each way and containing 1,000
the attached. notes Except inclosed. where Ar w^ ^eal is
a broken
seal or package necessitated an actual
count of the contents thf jpa per in the
vaults was counted by package.
Sealed packages "of paper f money !
are accepted from the bureau of en
graving and printing as correct when
the wrappings are intact-because the
issue division of the treasury main¬
tains an office in the bureau and in
reality counts all the paper money
before it leaves the bureau.
Coins of smaller denominations—
quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies
—-stored in sacks were counted in the
same manner as the. silver and gold
by taking the weight of a test sack
for each denomination and weighing
the other saeks against It.
Upon completion of the count the
storage compartments of the vaults
were sealed with th| seal of the ape
cial committee and a receipt was giv
en to Mr. Burke, the retiring, trees
urer, by Guy F. Allen, his successor
for the cash and securities of 'the
government held in the treasury,
When he signed the receipt the act
ing treasurer became personally re
sponsible for the safekeeping of all
the cash and securities in the build
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on the special counting committee
by F. E. Reppert, vault clerk of the
treasurer's office. C. N. McGroaty,
(Chief wf di
•currency vires chUrmant ef. the com¬
mittee/ and jrith John Moon, chief of
the coupon surrender section of that
division, represented the secretary of
the treasury. .>
1LLMMS EXPLAINS .
OLD COMPANY'S PUNS
Vice President Williams of the
American Railway Express Company,
returned to Atlanta Thursday morn
ing and confirmed the report that his
company would be succeeded on the
lines of the Southern Railway sys
tern by the Southeastern Express
Company. Inquiry developed that no
date had as yet been fixed for the
change.
Mr. Williams stated that he wanted
to take advantage of the opportunity
to inform the public and particularly
patrons at exclusive offices on the
lines of the Southern railway, that
agents of the new company would be
requested to transmit any claims or
complaints in connection with the
service of the American Express Com¬
pany promptly to the officials of the
latter, and that they would be hand¬
led with a view to an immediate ad¬
justment. The American Express com¬
pany will make arrangement for ser¬
vice upon it at all points from which
it retires as to suits growing out of
its transportation service.
In other words, in the handling of
such matters the public will be in no
way inconvenienced, or put to extra
expense in seeking an adjustment by
reason of the retirement of the Amer¬
ican Express company from the lines
of the Southern Railway system. The
American Express company will' still
reach and be represented at practical¬
ly every point of importance on the
lines of the Southern railway.
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FIRST DEFINITE ACTION TAKEN
BY ANY CONGRESSIONAL COM¬
MITTEE LOOKING TO A CON¬
FERENCE FOR GENERAL DIS¬
ARMAMENT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—A reso-
lution authorizing the president to in¬
vite the nations of the world to send
delegates to a conference “to provide
for disarmament” was favorably re¬
ported by the house foreign affair^’
committee. '
Under the resolution the proposed;
conference will be held in Washington.
This is the first definite action taken
by any congressional committee look¬
ing to a conference for general dis¬
armament.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
GEORGIA, Spalding County: WiU be
sold before the court house door, the
usual place of holding court, in and
for said county, on the first day of
March; 1921, between the legal hours
of sale, and from day to day until
said goods are disposed of, the fol¬
lowing described: property, to-wit
One Moline Tractor engine No. 9xx
19218, equipped with Cuttaway Har
rows and two disc turners. Levied on
and sold as the property of W. B.
IJorbes, by virtue of an attachment
fi fa in favor of Traders Trust Com¬
pany vs. W. B. Forbes, issued from
the City Court of Spalding County.
Property pointed our by plaintiff.
Tenant in possession legally notified.
W. T. FREEMAN, Sheriff.
First Nebraska Woman Notary.
The first Nebraska woman to be
ommtssloned a notary public was Miss
inna Saunders of Custer county in