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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 8, 1924
LOWNDES GETS fCH
CO 111 GAS TUI
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Figures of Gas Inspection There
Show Big Increase in Quan- j
trty of Gasoline Consumed
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VALDOSTA, February B.—Gaso- i
line eonsuinpfion in' find abound Val-4
dosta appears to be .increasing at a
tremendous rate, according to
ifieial figures ot. oil inspection at ,
this point.
For the-111011111 of January the re
port shows that a total of two hun
dred and tbirty-twct thousand four
hundred and forty-two gallons were
renewed at the various distributing {
stations in Valdosta. The greatest I
amout eveq brought into Valdosta
in any one month previously was
180,000 gallons, in November of las'
year. ,
In the last or so there
has been-fi steady increase in the
amount,of gasoline handled here bat
there has never -been such an i ty*
crease as this in any one month, tht
figures making a most interesting
showing. •
Oh the January figures the three
cent tax means that $8,135,47 were
paid, all of which is contributed by
the people who ultimately consume !
this gasoline. Out of this amount
of taxes collected Lowndes i county
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If TO FIGHT CONSTIPATION—the most
•dangerous condition your system can hecome
chained to—to get free from bleary bilious*
I’■ ness, dull headaches, nausea—etc., etc.!! I
Rid yourfcelf of this dangerous condition
or start “slipping” and become a prey to any;
one; of the most dreaded human ailments
which have their beginning with constipation
find toxsc poisoning! ;- ■ /
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Fight constipation as yon would fight fire!
I $ Fight it with bran—Kellogg’s Bran—BE
CAUSE IT IS ALL BRAN! Don’t temporize!
Don’t waste time and health by going half-way!
You need ALL BRAN; you need the bulk, the
“roughage” of ALL BRAN, because it sweeps* •
I cleanses and purifies!
REALIZE THlS—foods with a part bran
content can only relieve constipation in pro
portion to the amount of bran they contain!
If they are 25 or 50 per cent bran—you may ,
get 25 or 50 per cent relief!
REMEMBER THlS—Kellogg’s Bran is ALE
BRAN and is guaranteed to give you positive
and permanent relief if you will eat two table
spoonfuls dqily, or as much with each meal ini
chronic cases! • > , t
Don’t delays don’t fuss with half-way mea
sures! You have too much at stake! All
grocers sell—
the original BRAM** ready to eat
SILVERWARE
I Have you enough Silverware for your table?
If not, why not buy a few pieces at the time and
you will soon have what you need. We have individual
pieces from $1 to $lO. also have complete chest
from sl6 to S4O. ,
Come in and see what you need. 1 , k. v '
* THOS. L\ BELT,' 1
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CHEAP MONEY TO LEND
We always have money to lend cm farm lands at lowest rates and
best terms, and you will always, save money by seeing us. •
We give the borrower the privilege of making payments on the
principal at any any interest period, stopping interest on such
payment.
We also make loans on choice city property.
Write or see G. R. Ellis or G_ C. Webb in charge of the Home
Office, Americus, Georgia.— »
> Empire Loan and Trust Gdtnpany ■*
Americus, Georgia ' \
BOUND AND GAGGED
ACTRESS FOUND DEAD
NEW YORK, February 8
Bound to the bedposts with her
mouth gagged. Miss Louise Lar
son, 24 years old and a'Thotion
picture actress, today was
dead in her room in her
fashionable apartment at West
7Ttfi street.
The actress’ hands had been
tied “spread-eagle’’ fashion,
and tied to the bedpost with a
dog lekst,*and her Belgian police
dog was found lashed to a chair
in another room of her apart
ment. >*
SHAPIRO ASKS WALLACE
TO INDICT DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, February B.
After the address of Secretary Wal
lace, before the national council of
farmers’ co-operative marketing as
sociation here today, he was asked
by Aaron Shapiro, prominent or
ganizer of such associations, tb
draw up “bill of particulars” criti
cizing the department of agricul
ture’s policy toward co-operative
marketing.
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Acts one third, which means that
the January tax coming back to the
county will amount to $2,324.^2.
PEACHES IN FORT
VALLEY HIT HURT
-LI.
Heavy Damage Done Near
Griffin Not Reflected in Con
dition of Central Belt Trees
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MACON, February B.—Although
heavy damage to peaches hsis'been
discovered at the Georgia Experi
ment Station at Grififn, iw such
damage has been discovered in the
Fort Valley and Byron district, ac
cording to Oliver I. Snapp, in charge
of the Government and State Lab
oratory.
Mr. Snapp has been busy for sev
eral days investigating conditions
of trees, but ho stated yesterday
that he-had failed to find trace of
damage.
Buds are being held back and if
there is nothing to cause injury
there is every indication of a nor
mal yield at least, growers say. In
fact the growers have begun to lay
the*' plans to have a bigger cull pile
this year, than in the history of the
industry in Georgia, so that better
peaches will be marked.
TWO BATTLESHIPS TO
BE DISMANTLED SOON
OAKLAND, Calif., February B.
To the dirge of a chorus of steam’
whistles’, two American battleships,
the Nebraska and the Vermont, ar
rived here recently froqp, thejr lost
voyage, a sail of 25 mile's from the
Mare Island navy yard. They were
the largest vessels ever to enter the
inner harbor here.
They are consigned to the scrap
heap. It will require a year and a
payroll of about $1,000,000 to dis
mantle them. The scrap metal from
the men-of-war will be sent to east
ern steel works.
The Nebraska, with a length of
435 feet and a displacement of 14,-
948 tons, was a training-ship during
the world war. The Veftnont, 450
feet long, with a tonnage of 16,000.
was in oempany with the Nebraska
on the cruise afound the world in
1908. The Vermont was in Vera
Cruz harbor when the Americans
captured it in 1914>. In the world
war she was a troop-ship.
STOLL INSPECTS MACON
TOURIST HOTEL SITES
MACON, Feb. B.—E. A. Stoll,
vice president of the Hockenburg
System, of Tarrisburgy Pa., left last
night for Florida after spending the
day in Macon inspecting various
pioposed sites for th'e location of
a tourist hotel. Mr. SCbll stopped
in Macon from the Chamber of
Commerce, and continued his jour
ney last night. He is an official
of one of the .most vigorous hotel
development companies and the ob
ject of having him look over the
Macon Sites was to gain his opinion
of Miftop as a tourist hotel loc r
tion. t
SALEM LEAGUE ~
TO DEMONSTRATE
The Epworth League of Salem
church will give the Demonstrati jn
Visit with the Mexican Centenary
Sunday evening Feb. 10th at 7
o’clock, it is announced. # The pub
lic is cordially invited.
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/wed IfERTfUZERSj to u»?2he ,
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BACK OF IT! >
The value of a bank note or a promissory note is determined by the
resources and reputation of whatever or whoever is behind it.
The same thing is true of fertilizer.
«
For over fifty years Swift & Company has maintained a reputation for
making each Swift product the best of its kind. This reputation
is back of every bag of Swift’s Red Steer fertilizer. It’s your guar
antee of quality.
Swift & Company has resources, equipment, raw materials, and' the
knowledge necessary to make the fertilizer that meets the needs
of your soil and crop.
Come in and we will help you select the analysis best suited for your
crop.
Buy Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers-“IT PAYS TO USE THEM.”
Swift & Company
- (FERTILIZER WORKS)
Albany, Georgia
• Authorized Swift Agent:
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Commercial Warehouse .
A'mericus, Ga.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RE.CORDER *
J. W. HARRIS, JR.
SLIGHT! YIMPROVED
At 2:20 o’clock this afternoon
the report from the City hospital
regarding the condition of J. W.
Haris, Jr., who was reported so,
desperately ill early this morning
was that his condition was slightiy
improved.,
Mr. Harris has been suffering
from carbuncles on his neck and was
taken to the hospital for special
treatment Saturday. Thursday hi
underwent an operation for the re
moval of pus in the infected’ part,
following which he became rapidly
worse.
j MISS ELEANOR ROSS
WINS COLLEGE HONOR'
LA GRANGE, February 8 Miss
i Eleapor Ross, of Americus, has won
jthe honor of being a basket-ball
player on the ,La Grange College)
University team. Much interest was
shown nor athletic field this year
and a spirit 6f rivaling was strong
among the classes. Miss Ross play
ed on the Freshman tea in which is
always the strongest team in col-«
lege. By her excellent playing in
final Freshman-Junirfr game, she
made a set of Red and Black college
letters. '
La Grange college, being under
the auspices of the North Georgia
Methodist Conference, does not have
intercollegiate athletics, but much
interest t is manifest among the
classes.
‘MONKEY BABY’ BORN
TO WOMAN IN PRAGUE
PRAGUE, February B.—The
medical profession here has been
much interested in a . baby born re
cently which was covered with a/
growth of hair. The child has been
exhibited only to physicians anu
Scientists by Dr. Berda who attend
ed the mother during confinement.
Both the parents are quite nor
mal, according to the doctors, who
as yet have been unable to account
fop the strange freak of naturtgun
less it can be associated in somoi
manner with a monkey gland opera
tion upon the father. 1
EXPERT TO DIRECT~
PLANTING IN CRISP
CORDELE, February B.—C. H.
Gaddis, representing the state de
partment of entomology, arrived in
Cordele today and went immediate
ly to the proptrty of the Dixie Pe
can Groves on the northeast of
Cordele where he will begin his
work of making this an ideal pecan
grove of four thousand acres.
‘This man will take the initiative
in the plans o£ development for this
Notice
Those who ordered from
members of the Rotary
club one or more of the
LECTURES OF
DR. CHAS. E. BARKER
Are urged td call at once
and secure the pamphlets
ordered. These lectures
were paid for ip advance
by those reques\ing the
lectures.
HIGHTOWER’S
BOOK STORE
new grove. It is going to be
and started under the eye and per
sonal supervision of experts in the
business and these will remain on
the property most of the time.
STEWARDS TO BE II
CHARGE (IF SERVICE
Woman’s Missionary Societies
Conducted Interesting Pro
gram Last Night
Approximately ninety persons at
tended prayer service of First Meth
odist church at the courthouse last
night when the program was in
charge of the missionary societies
of that congregation, with Mrs.
Henry B. Mashburn as leader. Next
Wednesday night, it is announced
4hc .Board of Stewards will he in
charge, with appropriate program
arranged.
These meetings are being cos>
ducted for a time by various church
organizations the pastor, Rev. John
M. Outler, stated today, with the
idea of developing the latent tal
ent of the congregation, and al
ready the results obtained have
been very gratifying. The firfit of
these meetings conducted j>y the
Sunday Bfhool of the church was at
tended by .121 persona and the one
a week later "by the Epworth League
saw 75 in attendance.
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Guns art- used to harpoon whales
now, and there is little danger to
whalers.
Preventcrippe
buiid resistance
With ,
scqtts -$}
EMULSION M
OUR.FISH ARE N
FRESHj \\
Dependable fowtej U
Those who are fond of s ca foods
kijow that thg fish sold at this mar
ket are always strictly fresh. If
you want us to we will got them
quite ready for th e pan or oven
before they leave this shop. We
are the meat men de luxe and pay
s’trict attention to sanitary details*
EASOM & MARTIN
Choice Meat and Poultry
Phones 102 and 110
Forsyth Street
fcIGGLY WIGGLY
Omega IKingan’s Pure
Flour frl HQ Lard, 4 lbs. ICA
24-lbs. J 79c, 8 lbs
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Twinida Jewel
Flour (£1 1C Shortening (M 04
24-ibs tpi.iu 81bg
Idahome Country
Flour <M nC Meal * QO„
24 lbs <PI.UJ JOC
Wampole’s Cod Waterbury’s
S’ 84c 84c
National Biscuit
Cake, and Cracker,, Swan, Down Cake
He Sr: 36c
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Oyster,, No I can g£ d „ Ki » F »“
I No. 2 can
16c 26c 49c
I. .IM, ....... ’
,1 Sliced Pineapple, Djer Kiss Talcum
Pinx Salmon, No. Gold Bar No p ow d er
I taH can can 21c, No. 2
’ 16c 34c 26c
Royal Scarlet Sal- j„ d
mon Steak, small
caa 29c, large ““ ' 29c ' U ’ 8 '
49 c 34c 54c
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Wilson Cornea BarUe,, Pear, ££
Beef, can G ° ld B "- N °' 2 29c. large jar
can J
-24 c 26c 54c
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Catsup. Heinz* p ea s, Logan Jet gen's Lotion,
small bottle 22c, brand. No. 2 can SQ C bottle
large bottle
32c , 16c 39c
v Corifc Richelieu
Salad Dressing,, Golden Bantam, Coffee, Lord Cal-
Durkee's medium No. I can 16c, vert, I-lb. can
bottle No. 2 can 39c, 3-lb. can
33c 24c $1,17
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_ , . , Peas, Richelieu
Frenchs Mustard Tiny s ifte d ( No. 1 Coffee. Osogohd
jar can 26c, No. 2 1 -lb. can
can
14c 39c 41c
Fresh Shipment
INDIAN RIVER ORANGES AND
GRAPEFRUIT
PIGGLY WIGGLY
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