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DECLINING REVENUES A
' NECESSITATES REDUCTION
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That economy in railway opera
tion is not inconsistent with efficien
cy and good service is the assertion
of President John J. Pelley of the
Central of Georgia Railway. In a
statement issued today he declares
that “extravagance and wasteful
practices are contrary both to the
Jetter and the spirit of the law re
quiring the management of railways
to operate them efficiently and eco
nomieally.” Declining revenues
have made it necessary for the Cen
tral of Georgia and other railroads
to reduce expenses wherever possible
and he states that this will be done
on the Central of Georgia without
impairing that good service which
the public has a right to expect,
President Pelley attributes the de
crease in the Central’s earnings to
the fact that nineteen twenty-six
was a record breaking year for vol
ume of freight handled. This
year's traffic, he says, while consid
erably below the peak established
last year, measures up favorably to
the average of the three years imme
diately preceding 1926, The great
volume of traffic handled in 1926
necessitated substantial increases in
the railroad’s working force, the
Central Central of Georgia last year
having the greatest number of em
ploves in its Thistory. Decreased
traffic has made it possible to elim
inate some of these positions with
out impairing the efficiency of the
railroad.
Mr. Pelley declares that the man
agement of the Central of Georgia
feels no pessimism as to the future,
regarding the decline in its traffic as
a temporary condition. *“ln both in
dustry and in agriculture,” he says,
“the Southeast is essentially sound
and development in both of these
Jines is sure to continue.”
The Central of Georgia is by no
means the only railroad finding it
necessary to reduce its working
force. Other railroads are making
similar adjustments and economics.
Latest reports of the Interstate
Commerce Commission are that the
Class 1 railroads has 25,000 fewer
employes than for the corresponding
month of last year.
The famous fourteenth century
poet, Chaucer, was much interested
in philosophy and science.
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SHIRTMAKERS PLAN
REMOVAL TO SOUTH
Cluett, Peabody & Company, large
manufacturers of shirts and collars,
are considering removal to the South
and have planned the erection of a
plant unit near East Point, accord
ing to information disclosed the lat
lter part of last week by Edgar H.
Betts, president.
l The Georgia plant will be utilized
for the manufacture of shirts, hand
kerchiefs and underwear, and will
give steady employment to between
}three and five hundred skilled opera
tives, in manufacturing finished
Iproducu from textile materials pro
duced in Southern mills,
I Althcugh Mr. Bett's announce
!ment did not disclose the exact loca
'tion of the projected Georgia plant,
it is understood that the company has
acquired, by lease with option to pur
’chase. the factory of the Olive Rim
'company, on East Point road, just
'beyond Fort McPherson. Negotia
‘tions for this prpoerty have been un
| der way for some time, and it was re
ported Thursday that they were near
ing consummation.
~ The announcement of the com
pany’s purpose to establish an indus
trial plant in Georgia was made pub
lic through the Georgia Power com
pany by the Carter Advertisement
agency of New York, which handles
the company’s advertising account.
Mr. Bett's statement marks the cul
mination of an exhaustive survey of
southern manufacturing sites and fa
cilities, and prolonged negotiations
between the industrial bureau of the
Atlanta chamber of commerce and
the Georgia Railway & Power com
pany, on the other hand, and officers
of Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc., on the
| other,
} Fred T. Newell, executive secre
‘tary of the industrial bureau, has
‘been in constant touch with the situ
‘ation and with officers of the com
pany ever since last December, when
Mr. Bett’s first visited Georgia on a
‘tour of inspection.
; Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc., have
‘maintained in Atlanta for several
‘years a salesroom, in charge of H. S.
‘Tenzler, southern representative,
‘and the southern business of the com
‘pany, in the sales of shirts, collars,
underwear and handkerchiefs, is un
derstood to have shown a steady
;growth.—Georgia Weekly Review.
THE MONTICELLO NEWS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12,‘ 1927.
MASONIC CONVENTION
PROVES BIG SUCCESS
Featured by a good attendance,
the presence of grand chapter offi
cers and the conferring of the chap
ter degrees and fine entertainment
on the part of Jackson and Butts
county Masons, the annual conven
tion of the Sixth District Royal
Arch Masonic association was held in
Jackson Wednesday.
_The meeting was opened in the
Masonic hall at 10 o’clock when
Jackson chapter No. 54 was opened
by J. C. Newton, district high priest.
The address of welcome was made
by Col. C. L. Redman, city attorney
of Jackson, and the response was by
Rev., H.G. Hinnant, of Griffin, dis
trict chaplain.
Among the grand chapter officers
here for the convention were Dr. W.
F. Wells, grand high priest of Geor
gia; E. A, McHan, grand secretary;
Rev. W. A, Simmons, grand chaplain;
C. R. McCord, grand master of the
third veil; F. A. Johnson, grand mas
ter of the first veil.
The degrees were conferred on
seven candidates by a degree team
from. East Point, the work being
started in the morning and conclud
ed in the afternoon.
An address by the grand high
priest, Dr. W. F. Wells, was a high
light of the convention.
Officers were elected for the next
included:
L. E. Hall, of Macon, district high
prieat.
W. C. Woods, of Snapping Shoals,
re-elected as district secretary.
H. H. Moore, of Jackson, master
of the first veil.
At the noon hour a barbecue din
ner was served the visitors by Jack
son chapter. The dinner was served
at the public school grounds by mem
bers of the Eastern Star chapter of
Jackson,
About one hundred visitors from
all parts of the district were present.
The 1928 convention will be held
in Macon on the first Wednesday
in August.—Jackson Progress-Argus.
“Men rarely patronize their own
establishment,” says a writer. “The
restaurant keeper dines elsewhere;
the sick doctor is treated by another
doctor.” And the undertaker ob
serves the same eétiquette.—Ex.
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Miss Frances McCullough, of Old
Rocky Creek, is the attractive guest
this week of her sister, Mrs. Grady
Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ivey, Sr,
Wilbur Ivey, LaPrade Vaughn and
Mrs. Amanda Vaughn, of Mixon,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J.
Kyle Allen,
Mrs. N. Jones, of Starrsville, was
the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Verner Aaron, Sunday.
Miss Claude Cunard, Miss Evelyn
Barnes and Mr., Willie Newt Elling
ton, of Mansfield, visited Mrs. Cora
Allen Friday afternoon.
Little Miss Reba Coile, of Hardy's
Cross Roads, was the guest of Misses
Lorene and Lois Lewis Sunday and
Monday.
Jewie Ozburn and Verner Jones,
of Atlanta, were visitors here this
week.
Emma George, little daughtery of
Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis, sustain
ed a broken collar bone in a fall at
her home last week. We are glad to
say that she is reported to be im
proving.
Mr. Sam Allen spent Saturday in
Atlanta on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Ozburn and
Miss Laßue Ozburn, of Monticello,
spent several days this week with
Mrs. Ozburn’s brother and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lewis, and other
relatives,
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Miss Lyman
and Mr. Eugene Aaron motored
down from Atlanta Sunday and
spent the day with Mr. and Mrs.
Verner Aaron. -
Mrs. J. Kyle Allen spent Monday
in Monticello the guest of Mrs. W.
H. Ivey, Jr. &
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South Pole is receding at the rate
of about 40 miles a century.
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THE OCEANIC' HOTEL—again under able management of
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SUMMER TOURIST RATES are now in effect and round-trip
tickets can be bought at a considerable reduction.
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other information desired.
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Marco Polo, who travelel to China
in the thirteenth century, reported
that paper money was in use there.
