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Turnip Seed
We have just received a full
line of fresh Turnip Seed.
Come and see our display. Can
furnish any brand desired.
Get them while they are fresh.
Prices Right
Yellow Aberdeen
Seven Top
White Egg.
White Globe
Cow Horn
Purple Top
Ruta-Baga.
Lamar County Drug Go.
Phone 30 and Get it Quick
Ladies’ Silk Hose
We are showing anew line of
Ladies’ Silk Hose PA
to sell for . . .
They are extra good values for the money.
We carry at all times a full
line of Men’s Furnishings.
The Gent’s Furnishings Cos.
Pierce Hammond, Manager
“We've Go! What You Want Or We’ll Get II”
STAFFORD BLOCK MAIN STREET
Barnesville, Georgia
LOCAL, PERSONAL
AND SOCIAL NEWS
Mrs. Abbie Burnette and daughter,
Rebecca, Miss Maggie Bell and Mr.
Robert Burnette of Atlanta spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Bqmette.
FOR RENT Rooms. Possession
September Ist.—4o9.Elm St. tf
; Miss Ethel Milner left Sunday for
Macon and Americus, where she will
visit relatives.
Your vision is priceless. Consult
up for optical work. —J. H. Bate &
Cos., Optical Specialists.
• Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Burnette and
little daughter’ Wynelle, Mr. Robert
Burnette and Miss Maggie Bell mo
tored to Macon Sunday.
FOE SALE —June budded Peach
Trees, Elbertas. Will exchange
for Chevrolet 490, new or good sec
ond hand Write for prices.—J. G.
Willingham, Manchester, Ga.
Mr T. M. Buchanan was in the
city the past week-end on a visit with
friends.
Prof, and Mrs. G. J. Gearin and
children of Doerun, Ga., have been
in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Tarver Woodall.
FOR RENT —3 Rooms, furnished or
unfurnished. —Mrs. B. H. Butts,
Forsyth street.
Mr. and Mrs. Powell Bush are vis
iting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
L. Bush.
WANTED —100 bushels of Peach
seed —Rob E. Middlebrooks, Yates
ville, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Bankston of
Atlanta, were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Bankston for the week
end.
Mr. Milton Hardy of Gainesville is
the guest of relatives here.
Little Mary Nell Butler of Griffin
has been the guest recently of Mary
and Louise Miller.
Private School Pupils wanted by
Mrs. F. R. Ramsdell, an experienced
teacher, at 212 Forsyth street. 8-31
Miss Marion Bush left last week to
visit relatives in Odesserdale and
Griffin.
Miss Sara Jones of Woodbury is
here on a visit to relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Charles Moye and little son
returned to their home in Atlanta
Saturday after a visit to Mrs. Iverson
Middlebrooks.
Messrs. Malcolm Huie and Menard
Peacock of Albany were here this
week-end visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Turner and
children of McDonough are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schaffer.
Misses Martha Martin, Jannie
Lynn Bush, Florence and Mantilu
Bankston have returned home after
a delightful visit to Mrs. W. H. Moore
of The Rock.
Miss Alma Walker spent last week
end at Mercer University as the guest
of Miss Mattie Tyus.
Marriage Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Maddox an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Jewell, and Mr. W. A. Prout, Jr.,
on Thursday, August 3rd, at 11:30
at the home of Dr. Charles W. Dan
iel, pastor of the First Baptist church,
Atlanta.
Only a few friends witnessed the
ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Prout left immediate
ly for a wedding trip to New York
ar.d other points. >
ROADS STAND BY
LOYALEMPLOYEES
Tell President Harding Old and
New Men Must Be Protected
in Strike Settlement.
NOT A MATTER OF CHOICE
Faithful Employees Have Both Legal
and Moral Riflhts to Seniority
and Other Benefits.
New York.—The keynote of the re
ply made by railway executives repre
senting more than 180 Class I Rail
roads of the United States to the prop
osition of President Harding, that “all
strikers be returned to their work and
their former positions with seniority
and other rights unimpaired,” lies in
the last paragraph front their reply
to the President as follows:
"It Is submitted that the strik
ing former employees cannot be given
preference to employees at present in
the service without doing violence to
every principle of right and justice
involved in this matter, and without
the grossest breach of faith on the
part of the railroads to the men at
present in their service.
•'Under these circumstances, it be
comes apparent that the railroads
cannot consider any settlement of the
present strike which does not pro
vide protection in their present em
ployment both to the loyal employees
who remained in the service and to
the new employees entering it.”
The executives had accepted the
first two conditions proposed by the
President, namely, that both employ
ers and employees accept the decisions
of the Labor Bourd, and that all law
suits growing out of the strike be
withdrawn; and in relation to the
third condition spoke not only as
quoted above, but also as follows:
Agree With the President
“The railroad executives and man
agers agree entirely with the Presi
dent’s statement in his letter that 'it is
wholly unthinkable that the Railroad
Labor Board can he made a useful
agency of the Government in maintain
ing industrial peace in the railway
service unless employers and workers
are both prompt and unquestioning in
their acceptance of its decisions.*
“Many men in the service refused to
join the strike and in so doing were
assured of the seniority rights accru
ing to them and of the permanence
of their positions. On some important
lines 50 per cent or more refused to
join the strike. To these old loyal em
ployees have been added thousands
of new men who were employed and
could be secured only upon a definite
promise that their services would be
retained regardless of the settlement
of the strike, with all the rights ap
pertaining to such employment, includ
ing that of seniority under the working
rules and regulations previously ap
proved by the Railroad Labor Board.
“Just the Opposite Effect”
“We especially point out that a re
fusal to the old men who remained in
the service and to the new men who
accepted service of the rights of senior
ity incident to their employment would
have just the opposite effect to that de
sired h.v tlie President, and would most
seriously discredit the Labor Board.
“The board itself prescribed the j
rules of seniority under which the men !
referred to have secured their senior
ity rights, and the railroad companies
hare neither the legal nor moral right
to deprive these men of those rights.
By public utterances since the strike
began the board has recognized and
emphasized these rights, and to deny
them now would, Instead of upholding
the authority of the Board, over
throw its rules and discredit its au
thority.
“The Chairman of the Labor Board
at the time the strike was called made
the following public statement:
"Upon one question the striking em
ployee* should not be deceived. Their
leader- has said that the striker*
are no longer emplwveen of the rail
ways, and they have thus automatic
ally abandoned all the right* they
possess under their agreements and
under the decisions of the board, In
eluding their seniority. This Is not
the board's action. It is their own.
"Many carriers are giving their for
mer employees the opportunity to re
enter the service within a limited
time. It must be understood now
that men who remained In the sery
ice and those who are now entering
It will have rights of seniority that
_ the board could not Ignore.”
What the Proposed Plan Means
"It must be understood that any pro
posal that employees now on strike
shall be permitted to return to die
service, without impairment to their
seniority, is merely another way of
suggesting that those men who took
employment In this crisis in good faith,
relying on the promises of the rail
roads to protect them in their posi
tions, these promises being justified by
the authoritative utterances of the
Labor Board, and thus have made pos
sible the continued operation of the
railroads, shall now be sacrificed in
favor of men now on strike, who not
only brought about the crisis, but, by
their own action and declaration, are
no longer employees of the railways,
under the jurisdiction of the United
States Railroad Labor Board, or sub
ject to the application of the Trans
portation act 5
"In addition to the necessity of up
holding the Labor Board, aud main
taining the pledges made by the rail
roads to the men now at work, there
is the practical effect on the super
visory officers of a violation of the
pledges they were authorized to mike.
Tlieir discouragement and demorallxu
tlon would be far more disastrous than
this or nny other girth*.” '
MARSHALL—PHILLIPS
Miss Pearl Inez Marshall and Mr.
Joseph Phillips, two young people liv
ing toward Meansville from Bames
ville, were quietly married Sunday
afternoon last in Barnesville, the
Ordinary of Lamar performing the
ceremony in his office, in the pres
ence of just a few friends.
The young couple left the city
happy and will receive the congratu
lations of their friends over their
marriage.
BIG FORD SHOW
FOR ATLANTA
It has just been announced that
an immense-exposition of industrial
power and equipment will be held in
Atlanta, Ga., for three days, from
August 29th to 31st inclusive.
According to Harris Motor Cos.,
local Ford dealer, this show will com
pletely destroy the fallacious idea
that the Fordson Tractor is for farm
use only. Instead it has become a
tremendous power in the industrial
field and this great exposition will
show its manifold uses.
Explaining further Mr. Garrett,
Manager, said, “By being used for
industrial purposes, I mean this
latest of Henry Ford’s inventions—
the Fordson tractor —is being used to
supplant expensive steam power and
horse power in building and construc
tion work, in lumber and coal indus
tries, etc.”
“For instance a large number of
manufacturers of road building
equipment observing the power and
flexibility of the Fordson Tractor
have built their machinery to be used
only with this efficient power unit.
“Manufacturers of hoists and
winches got the idea and now the
Fordson is used for hoisting and
operating concrete mixers and other
machinery used in construction work.
“A southern inventor has taken the
ordinary wheels off the Fordson, set
the power unit in a heavy frame, put
flanged wheels on it, connected them
with driving rods and made a loco
motive out of it to be used in lumber,
mining and construction operations.
“This will give you just a small
idea of the kind of show this Fordson
exposition will be.”
An unusual feature of this exposi
tion is that no admittance fee is
charged, being free and open to the
public at all times.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
MEETS AN EMERGENCY
The public has a right to know the manner in which a railway measures up to its duty of
furnishing uninterrupted transportation for the protection of business. The Central of Georgia
Railway, with pride in its organization, presents the facts concerning its ability to serve its patrons
faithfully during the emergency due to the strike of the Federated Shopcrafts, which has been in
progress since July first.
The month of July, 1922, was one of the heaviest from a traffic standpoint in the history of
the railway, yet in spite of increased business and decreased forces, no ttassenger train was annulled,
all freight offered was handled, several special movements were oper&tjd and a big holiday travel
was moved Thus the usual good record for efficiency and prorapt handling of passengers and
freight was maintained.
We handled during July 70,578 revenue loads as agaiijj|t during the same month last
year; an increase of 4,722 loads, or 7.2 per cent. In June, before the strike, we handled
68,147 loads, our July record showing an increase of 2,431 loads, or 316 per cent.
The prompt movement of the perishable fruit crop, to the satisfaction of the growers, was
accomplished during July. We handled 6,533 cars of peaches,; melons and cantaloupes, an average
of 261 cars for each of the 25 working days in the month. , Owing to a 40 per cent reduction in the
peach crop, the fruit movement was decreased 867 cars from last year.
With the nation depending upon the south for its coal supply, all previous records of the Cen
tra! of Georgia were eclipsed. We loaded on our own lines 1,741 cafs'as against 915 in July of last
year, a gain of 826, or 90.3 per cent. In June of 1922 we loaded 1,529 cars of coal.
When the shopmen left their work July the first our equipment was in splendid condition
and it has been kept up to the standard during the month just past. On August Ist, 1922, we had
8,075 serviceable system freight cars, or 87.8 per cent of the total number we own; a better showing
than on August Ist, 1921, when we had in service 7,974, or 8?.l per cent of the number we then
owned.
On the first of this month we had 276 locomotives in good serviceable condition and 38 in the
shops for repairs. A year ago, this date, we had 264 locomotives in service and 52 in the shops for
repairs, the percentage of good order locomotives now beiqg 87.9 per cent as against 88.5 per cent
in August, 1921.
During the “strike-month” we ran 2,934 passenger trains, of which 2,888, or 98.4 per cent
were on time or maintained schedule. We ran 426 fast freight trains,-of which 342, or 80.3 per cent
were on time. Our seashore business to and from Tybee Island continued without interruption.
During the month we handled 138,251 Tybee passengers, as against 124,211 in June.
The credit for this fine record of achievement goes to the officers and >nen in the various de
partments who have put forth unusual endeavors to meet the situation. Our Master Mechanics and
other supervisory officers have worked continuously to keep our plant in operation. Their loyal ser
vice and the fine condition of our engines and cars would enable us to operate for at least sixty days
longer, with the same degree of efficiency attained during July. However, we are now recruiting our
forces and are daily adding experienced men to our ranks. Within the next two months we expect
to have a full complement of workers, and we shall continue our efforts to serve the public.
We are soliciting business and we are ready to handle it, day or night, as occasion demands.
We make grateful acknowledgement of friendly support and helpful co-operation from the public
generally.
' Constructive criticism ar.d suggestions are invited.
’ / T'tft *3 WINBURN,
President, Central of Georgia Railway Company.
Savannah, G#„ August 7, 1922.
BOOST THE FAIR
Two years ag(J today the people of
this community were very much
elated and jubilant over the fact that
they had been successful in their ef
forts to create the County of Lamar.
We made certain promises to our
selves and to the state as to what we
would do with the new county. Are
we making good these promises? We
are at least making efforts along cer
tain lines that are designed to de
velop the resources of the county.
Among these things is an effort to
have the best county fair in the state.
In order to do this it is necessary to
have the cooperation of every farm
er, banker, business and professional
man in the county. This is an appeal
to you to get behind the fair and
help make it a success. If you are a
farmer plan to have an exhibit. If
you are a business or professional
man buy some stock in the Fair As
sociation and help that way. We
have a wonderful opportunity through
the Fair to put Lamar county on the
map. We need your help. Can we
count on you?
EVERYBODY BOOST THE FAIR.
Faithfully yours,
T. O. GALLOWAY,
President Fair Association.
August 10, 1922.
o ■ ■
Miss Mattie Sue Berry has re
turned from Fallon, Montana, where
she visited her sister. On her return
trip she visited Yellowstone Park,
Salt Lake City, Denver and Colorado
Springs.
Misses Myrtrude Henslee, Helen
Wooten, Mary Jordan, Nell Bennett
Mary Burns and Lola Pulliam re
turned home Saturday from Athens
where they have been attending sum
mer school at the State Normal.
o
Mr. Henry G Jordan returned
some days ago from an extended
visit with relatives in Macon, Thorn
soil, Fort Valley and Augusta, lie
had a delightful time and was given
a hearty welcome home from his,
numerous friends.
MADDOX—PROUT
Miss Jewel Clifton Maddox and Mr.
Winfield Adams Prout were married
in Atlanta Thursday, August 3rd, Dr.
C. W. Daniel, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Atlanta, perform
ing the ceremony. Immediately af-
ter their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Prout
left for a trip of some weeks to
Washington, D. C., Philadelphia, New
York and other eastern points.
The marriage of these two widely
known and very popular young peo
ple is of the deepest interest to hun
dreds of people throughout middle
Georgia, particularly to everybody in
Barnesville and Lamar county. The
bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E F. Maddox and she is a young wo
man whose womanly qualities and vir
tues have won for her scores of ad
mirers and friends. She is also
widely known as one of the most
gifted and appreciated singers of this
section of Georgia.
Mr. Prout is the only son of Judge
W. A. Prout, one of the beloved citi
zens of Barnesville, and is himself a
young man and citizen who is held
in the highest esteem by everybody
who knows him. The marriage is
generally regarded as a most happy
one and hundreds have joined in ex
tending the heartiest congratulations.
For Alderman
I am a candidate for Alderman of
the City of Barnesville in the City
Primary, on Monday, August 21,
1922. If nominated and elected I
promise to faithfully discharge the
duties of the office.
E. G. HORNE.
o
For Alderman
I am a candidate for Alderman of
Barnesville in the City Primary of
Monday, August 21st, and solicit the
votes of all citizens of the City. If
elected I promise diligent and faith
ful attention to every duty.
C. E. STOCKS.
• o
For Alderman
I announce myself as a candidate
for Alderman of Barnesville in the
Primary of Monday, August 21st, and
ask favorable consideration from the
voters of the city. If elected I will
faithfully serve you.
M. L. DUMAS.
For Alderman
I am a candidate for re-election as
Alderman of the City of Barnesville
in the Primary of August 21st and
: will greatly appreciate the votes of
all the citizens. If elected I promise
to continue to faithfully stand for
1 the best interests of the city.
PIERCE HAMMOND.