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PAGE TWO NAPmiLISEEK ■ TO STABILIZE ffICE Widespread Interest Already Exists in Problem, Attorney Genera! Saj’s ATLANTA, February 15.—Ef forts to determine the alleged lack of uniformity of gasoline and oil prices will be made at- a' meeting of the executive committee, appoint'd at the Fall conferenc of attorney general, to be held within the near future, according to Attorney Gen eral Napier, who is a member ol this committe as a secretary. O. S. Spillman, attorney general of Ne braska, is chairman of the body Which is composed of nine members. “Mr. Spillman is expected to is sue a call for the meeting early in March and possible before then,” Attorney General Napier said, ad ding that the exact date and tiie city for the meeting is now being arranged. The gasoline situation” will be throughly discussed and efforts will be made to provide ways and means of stabilizing prices,, it wa sstated Mr. Napier said that his office re ceives many letters daily from gas oline consumers in all parts of th 1 South, relative to the seeming lacs of uniformity in price, indicating the widespread interest in the ques tion. NEW OFFICERS TAKE CHARGE AT JACKSON JACKSON, Ga., Feb. 13,—A1l old Officers have been elected by the new council for the ensuing year. Be * = : ||p7' In 48 hours SREHr' after leaving the shell the chick is IF ready for Conker's the Original <’h> Buttermilk Starting Feed S Feed it for 8 weeks. ' Conkey’s is low in fibre and just bright in protein, scientifically correct. Doesnotlnjure or overtax the sensitive digestive apparatus. Conkey’s is the Original Buttermilk Starting Feed. It is made by the Conkej Original Process, in which Semi-Solid ButtAmilk is thoroughly Incorporated with other ingredients. Conk-v’s Poultry Book free. Planters Seed Company Americus Seed Company FOR QUICK SERVICE AND HEAVY HAULING PHONE 121 WOOTEN TRANSFER CO Off ice in Americus Steam Laundry SOUTH JACKSON STREET OUR POULTRY W • DESERVES A I place on your. /1 \~3aNTaBLeJi K wi. I V-- 3 \ JJk I ™ ; If you feel a bit puzled about what you are going to serve for dinner we feel quite certain that our poul try will solve the question. We *■ll nothing but well conditioned 'birds whose tenderness and flavor will make you pleased you bought it. EASOM & MARTIN Choice Meat and Poultry Phones 102 and 110 Forsyth Street PECANSAWANTED VVT E are in the market for Pecans in any quantity, and ’ ’ are paying the highest cash prices. Send samples of your pecans and get prices by return mail. SOUTHERN PECAN CO. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Obregon's Latest ft < V ’ ■ rafttlz , life- * NEW YORKERS BUY MORE GEORGIA LAND BRUNSWICK, Feb. 15.—A final ileal has just been consummated in ’the Board of Trade rooms with cer tain property owners by which a New York syndicate composed of lour capitalists, operating through O. C. Lamp acquired, in addition to the present holdings of these ea t >- italists two thousand additional acres of land one thousand being lice lands and one thousand up lands, 1 his will make the holdings ot these investors approximately four thousand acres and it is their pur pose to secure other, and bring up their holdings to approximately six thousand acres. FARMERS RALLY AT LESLIE NEXT MONDAY There will be a farmer’s rally at 1 eslie Monday morning beginning at 10 o’clock, with a number of visiting farm experts attending The meeting is sponsored by the Leslie Business Men’s Club, and it is ex pected there will be at least a hun dred farmers and merchants from that, section of the county present. Attention, Masons (/\v/\ Regular communication M. B. ( ouncil Lodge No. 95 tonight. 7 o’clock, Masonic hall. All cordially invited. DAN CHAPPELL, W. M., R. L. CRAWFORD, Sec. Harmless Means of Reducing Fat Many fat people fear ordinary means for reducing their weight. K'er t . is an extraordinary method. Extraordinary because while per fectly harmless, no dieting or exer cise ar e necessary. Marmola Pre scription Tablets are made exactly in accordance with the famous Marmola Prescription. You reduce steadily and easily with no ill ef fects. Procure them from your druggist at one dollar for a box or send pric e direct to the Marmola Co.. 4012 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. (adv.) SHE REFUSED HIM “1 was engaged ti> the prettiest little doll in Indiana, but my stom ach and liver trouble had made me so grouchy that she broke it off. I tried all kinds <>f medicine and doctors and got no relief. The gas blew me up like a porcupine and I had awful colic attacks. Finally 1 heard of Mayr’s Wonderful Rem edy and it has certainly fixed me up fine. I am now as good as ever.” It is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the ca tarrhal mucus from the intestinal traat and allays the inflammation which causes practically all stom ach, liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refunded. For sale by Howell's Pharmacy and druggists everywheije.— (adv.) ” < - THE -AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER I his photograph of President Obregon of Mexico—his most re cent—was taken by Bob Dorman NEA Service cameraman, at Ore zaba, Mexico. Committees Are Named (Continued From Page One) Stock, and Farm Products. Georgia Creameries. Warehouse Receipts as Collateral Securities. The Proposed State Tax Act. I’he Proposed Amendments to the Federal Income Tax Act. The Cow, Hog and Hen. Address—Uniform Negotiable In struments Act—Hon. Orville A. lark, General Counsel Georgia Bankers Association (15 minutes). Economics of Banking—Robt. Strickland. Jr., representing the American Institute of Banking and Educational Committee of the A. B. A. Selection of next meet -place. Re ports of Committees, Eelection of officers, Election of Orator, Ap proval of Minutes, Adjournment. Entertainment “Stunt Lun cheon.” Theater Party, Gclfing, Automobile Rides. Councties included Group Four are—Heard. Merriwether, Upsor, Harris, Talbot, Taylor, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley Macon, Stewart, Webster, Mitchell, Colquitt, Seminole, Decatur, Sun.- ter. Quitman, Randolph, Terrell, Lee, Clay, Calhoun, Dougherty, Worth, Turner, Tift, Early. Baker, Miller, Grady Thomas. Kl-MOIDS QUICK RELIEF For INDIGESTION 3— aiWbiiaiww>'Tif ITMT" ■ w rrwiiw wim - » avcvsiuKr * tokkk-a. xi. r. » *.. .a —i■'—■■■— - . ■ ,11 < G/teres H EALTH in BREA.R BREAD means helath—health means life. . r i‘ It therefore has become man’s most important food. I he invigorating qualities of Domestic bread builds robust and sturdy bodies that supply need strength and endurance—that stimulates vitality—the es sential so neccessary to health. Every tender, crisp slice of this bread entices your palate—it’s the whole some bread that puts the glow of health in your cheeks. Its cost is slight—averaging only one cent for six healthful slices. Model Bread Co. TEHBMOffIS STICK IN SOUTH ——* - ATLANTA, February 15. —Seventy six per cent of the total number of [ graduates of the Georgia School of Technology are residing in Georgia and other Southern states, accord ing to figures compiled by R. Jack ; Thieson, secretary of the national I alumni association of the school. ! The figures include the classes of 1890 through 1920 only, it was I stated. Fifty-four per cent of the grad-I uates are now connected with va-[ rious industries and businesses in I Georgia, while othei- Southern states are employing 22 per cent of the graduates, the figures showed. Th* North and East are employing a to tal of 18 per cent of "Georgia Tech” men and 6 per cent of them are living in the West and Middle West it was pointed out. Mr. Thieson stated that a com plete record could not be ob tained on men who matriculated at the school and withdrew before graduation nor on the graduates for the classes of 1921, 1922 and 1923. From available information, the last three classes would proba bly increase the per centage of Georgia Tech graduates residing in Georgia and the South, he said. NISS NEP’ RAGAN DIES ft! HOSPITAL Was Native of Americus and Had Been 111 During Year Past—Funeral Saturday . Miss Penelope Ragan, 79 years of age, died at the City hospital this morning at 10 o'clock, death following an illness of more than a year. Funeral services will be conduct ed from the chapel of the Americus Undertaking Company Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, Rev. John M. Outlet - , pastor of the First Math odist church officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery. The pallbearers will be E. L. Murray, H. E. Allen. W. P. McAr thur, G. M. Bragg, John Ed Chap man, B. L. Guerry and Oharfes Lingo. ■ Surviving are one brother, Buck Ragan, and four nephews, Roy Ra gan, Arthur Ragan, Cliff Ragan, of Portsmouth, Va., and W. C. Wheeler, of Americus. Three grandnieces, Mrs. Sarah Barnett Darling, Mrs. Ruth Barnett Eth ridge and Miss Marguerite Bar nett, of Macon, also survive, be sides other nephews and Miss Ragan, who was -born and reared in Americus, was a memb r of the First church, and had spent her entire-life in thirf community, her father, Green Re gan, and mother, Mrs. Elie Brady Ragan, having also beep born and reared in Sumter county. Miss "Nep,” as she was lovingly known to a large circle of friends in Americus and throughout the county, had been ill at the City hospital for more than a year, as a result of a fall sustained at her home on Lamar street in which her hip was fractured, gnd.from which j she never recovered sufficiently to ! walk. Her death has caused widespread regret in this community, in which she had been a familiar figure for nearly three score years. LAWYERS SEND FLYING] SQADRONS TO SCHOOLS! Every Member of the Bar in Americus Visited Some School in County for Talk Today Americus lawyers, formed into flying squardons of two each, visited every rural school in Sum ter county 7 today where they made talks upon th state and federal constitutions. The visits were made by the lawyers at the invitation of the County Board of Education,: | each being assigned a definite sub ject. . Attorneys who participated in the task of presenting the con stitution today, will continue these visits at stated intervals until a comprehensive course in constutu tional lectures has been presented before the students. W. P. Wallis, chairman of the bar special committee, and James ’W. Smith, secretary-treasurer of I | the I?ar association, prepared the as signments which have been accepted | I by the attorneys, as follows: “Executive Department.”—Zach j Childers, state constitution; W. W. I Dykes, federal constitution. "Legislation.” Stephen Pace, state constitution; J. A. Hixon, fed eral constitution. "Judiciary.”—Judge W. M. Harp er, state constitution; Judge Z. A. Littlejohn and W. P. Wallis, federal constitution. “Elective Fanchise.” Bradley I Hogg, state constitution; J. C. Gra ; ham, federal constitution. "Bill of Rights.” Hollis Fort, j state constitution; Robert C. Lane, ! federal constitution. "Finance, Taxation and Public j Debt. Including Income and Inheri- I tance Taxes”— R. L. Maynard, [state constitution; J. G. Holst, fed [eral constitution. I “Education”—J. E. D. Shipp, I state constitution; G. R. Ellis, fed eral constitution. “Homestead Exemption.” —J. I Lewis Ellis, state constitution; G. C. i Webb, federal constitution. | “Counties and County Officers;, [Municipal Government.”—-T. O. I Marshall, state constitution; Fed eral Constitution on Article 4, Rel l ative Rights of State Constitution ■ on Article 2, Sec. 5 Par. 1 and .Citizenship, Dan ChappelL Constitutional Amendment; fu ture; How Made; RatifjcaMap > State and Federal., John A. FOTtq 18th and 19th Amendments to Federal Constitution; Also Kindred Amendment to State Constitution, as Prohibition Women Suffrage, W. IT. Lane. ■ “Rights of Aliens in Georgia; Ini i migration Laws,” —James W. Smith [-“Naturalization” - Hilliard Wil liams. GRAVE APPREHENSION HELD FOR OLD COUPLE Reports today from the bedside of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Heys, who are so critically ill of pneumonia at their home near Americus, are to the effect that little hope is now held for their recovery. Early this morning Mr. Heys* showed alarming symptoms in the development of hiccoughs, with a temperature running sub-normal. Mrs. Heys was as ill as to cause grave apprehension to the attend ing physicians and nurses, and it is feared they may not survive the day. k FRIDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 15. 1924 PIfcGLY WIQGLY SAVE SAVE SAVE i ' N'*. A t '*"' s ’ Time and Money-, by Trading | x CxaUi.HeM ' ,’063 A VA « r-- ■ x Don’t Forget|the Coupons i ’ H | j Indian River 99p Oranges, doz Puritan Pure Lard, 4-lb. bkt. 64c; | 3-lb. • * ,1 — - II Omega Flour QI 9Q 24 Lbs. .... Queen of Pantry I Flour 11 Q 24 Lbs. ' ( i Twinida QI IQ Flour 24 lbs. -I ! Idahome QI AQ (Flour 24 lbs. ! i ■ h | Morning Joy AA p Coffee, 1-lb l | ,White House Coffee 1-lb. cans Qi 91 41c; 3 lbs. .. ¥ ]l ■ Lipton’s Coffee 9Qp • 1-lb cans ; I White House Table Apples best grade 1 Q „ No. 2 1-2 can White House Pimentos 17 No. 1 can .... *• ** Cream of Cane Syrup gallon QC cans «/Vv Richelieu Superfine Peas, No. 1 can 99 n 24c; No. 2 can Richelieu Corn, No. 1 Can 16c; 90 No. 2 can .... iThe Ladies of the First Methodist Church 1 will sell Home-Baked Cakes here Saturday. Come and get one for Sunday. |PIGGLY WIGGLY Qt. Wesson Oil special .... -- , Old Dutch [Cleanser special ( OO p 3 cans Sun-Maid Seedless z Raisins, 1 Q 15-oz pkg Beechnut Macaroni or Spaghetti 1 10 p package iwv Pilsbury Graham Flour i OQ 5 lbs i Pilsbury Entire Wheat QQn Flour I * Juliette Grits 5 lbs. ,23c Jl_ 10 lbs ] * j Argo Corn 1 n I Starch, pkg. .. *vC Tomatoes, No. 1 can 8 l-2c. No. 2 IO can White Rose Fruit Salad CQ j No. 21-2 cans Beechnut Catsup small bot. 19c; OQ p large bot Lysol, small bot. 24c; £,*• 44c Milk of Magnesia, small bot. 24c; A large bot. 44C Hinds’ Honey and Almond 6q Cream