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THE TRUE CITIZEN
THE »mVITAL OF THE FITTEST,
Waynesboro, Ga, March 1, 1924.
One of the most unique races that
has ever occurred in Georgia’s politi
cal history is being staged in Bulloch
county. There are two candidates for
the office of Clerk of the Superior
Court. One of the men has only one
leg, while his opponent has no legs.
This is certainly where the “race is
not for the swift.”
As an example of the use made of
information obtained in the research
work of the United States Department
of Agriculture, may be cited a letter
recently received by the Bureau of En
tomology from an electric light com
pany on the Pacific coast. This let
ter states that utilizers of electric
light poles in Calfornia are finding it
necessary to impregnate the entire
pole with creosote in order to prevent
serious damage by termites to the
tops and cross arms. Following the
recommendations of the bureau, this
company is going to try out 1,000
Douglas fir poles treated with the
pressure-creosote process. If they
prove satisfactory this company will
later put in its own pressure-treating
plant.
SALARY INCREASES FOR
POSTAL EMPLOYEES
There is pending in Congress now a
bill for the increasing of the postal
employees salaries and it should be
granted. These men are employed in
practically the only department of
our government that is anywhere near
self-sustaining, and they are the poor
est paid employees of the government
service. Efficiency is the watchword
of this department and good service is
demanded of these men; and it is on
ly fair to them that this increase be
granted.
This legislation, if enacted, will re
sult not only in increases in the sal
aries of the men thus employed, but it
will serve to bring the service to its
highest possible standard of efficiency.
The postal service was wrecked al
most under the administration of
Postmaster General Burleson, and it
has never fully recovered from his
serious inroads in the personnel, the
salary cuts, and his extreme effort to
make the post office department a
paying institution.
Georgia’s delegation in the congress
of the United States is in a position
to render valuable aid to the men abo
are seeking this increase on accoui t
of the fact that Senator George is a
member of the Senate Post Office
Committee and Congressman Bell is a,
member of the sub-committee in the
House, and we urge them in a spirit
of fairness to heed the appeal of postal
employees.
“BUT IT’S MY HOME TOWN.”
In the concert hall of the Sea
man’s Church Institute of New York
City a motely crcwd of Scandinavians,
Englishmen, Slavs, Italians and Amer
leans, white and negro, were singing
at the top of their lungs.
They had sung with some fervor
before, when the words of familiar
songs were flashed on the screen, but
this was the song that really stirred
them to enthusiasm;
Not here, not there, it’s fity miles
from nowhere, but it’s my home
town.
Not here, not there, but I’m all set to
go there.
So I’ll make a, break and take a look
in the mirror.
Where’s my hat? Where’s my coat?
Where’s my leather bag?
Send my trunk to the place written on
the tag.
Not here, not there, it’s fifty miles
from nowhere, but it’s my home
town.
“As you see,” says the lookout of
the institute, “this is pretty bad poe
try and the music was hardly better;
but as these men from the far corners
of the earth sang about their home
town with that curious ring in their
voices it almost brought teaj-s to the
eyes. A universal note had been
struck.”—The Outlook.
TWO ROW-ONE MULE-ONE MAN
FRANK S BOLL WEEVIL DUSTER
We are selling the machine shown above after a thorough in
vestigation of several makes.
It is reasonable in price, simple in construction, and is guar
anteed to do as good work as any dry duster regardless of the
price. Too it is durable. You notice that it carries two rows and
one mule and one man operates it. It can be set for as little or as
much arsenic as you wish. You can also use it in the day when
not windy.
You will be the loser if you buy before you see this.
Come in we will show you at Waynesboro or Midvilie how it
works and we feel sure that you will believe all we have said.
THE MORRIS HARDWARE COMPANY
Successors to
FULCHER-MORRIS HARDWARE CO.
WAYNESBORO MIDVILLE
TO HAVE NEW HOTEL
The thriving little city of Waynes
boro has gone to work in earnest to
get a modern hotel. And if Waynes
boro makes up its mind it is going to
have a modern hotel, that settles it—
it will have it.
On Thursday afternoon of last week
the business men of Waynesboro held
a conference to discuss plans of rget
ting this greatly needed adjunct to
the towns many other up-to-date
features. John F. McElmurray was
named as chairman of this committee.
This means that something will be
<ione. He is going to select his as
sistants and together they will get be
hind the movement and carry it to
success.
As we understand it, it is proposed
to build a hotel costing around SIOO,-
000 in order to care for the great
number of transients who pass thru
the town and also to look after the
comfort of the commercial travelers
and others who make periodical visits
to Waynesboro. We are advised that
a great deal of interest was shown in
this proportion at the initial meeting.
We are not surprised a,t this, but we
will be surprised if the hotel is not
built.
Waynesboro has shown in the past
that it knows how to do things. It has
good schools, fine churches, active
civic clubs, and citiizens with a vis
ion. And this is a combination that
cannot be kept down—Savannah Press
School Survey of
Burke County Was
Made this Week
Mr. I. S. Smith, state supervisor,
has been in the county this week
making a survey of the schools of
the county on the state school sur
vey.
Mr. Smith visited Alexander, Sar
dis, Girard, Rockville, Telfair, Way
nesboro, Vidette and Midville schools
In addition to this, questionnaires
have been sent to the principals of
all schools, both white and colored.
This information together with Supt.
Gresham’s report should give a very
good idea of the Burke county school
system.
Mental tests were given at the
schools visited and these were vir
tually the same as those that have
been given every spring by the
County School Superintendent. The
report of the survey will be publish
ed when received from the State De
partment of Education.
Waynesboro Boy
Enlists in the
U. S. Coast Guard
Mr. John Bird Braswell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Braswell, enlisted in
Uncle Sam's Coast Guard recently and
left New York last Monday for ser
vice in the coast artillery in Hawaii.
This is a wonderful trip and will be
a great education for him. Friends
at home wish for him bon voyage and
a, safe return when his enlistment ex
pires.
Suspicion Aroused
in Death of Woman
Louisville, Ga., Feb. 28. T -Coroner J.
T. Peeples has empanelled a jury to
investigate certain suspicions circum
stances surrounding the death of Mrs.
L. D. Clements, wife of a farmer liv
ing in Jenkins county, about ten days
ago. Mrs. Clements’ body was interr
ed in Moxley cemetery, five miles
south of here, where she had lived
for many years.
Being suspicious that she met death
by other than natural causes parties
interested have had the investigation
under way here. The hearing has
been adjourned until Friday pending
the possible exhumation of the body
that the viscera may be removed and
given a chemical analysis.
Law Enforcement
Cuts Expenses
Says Court Judge
Jackson, Ga., Feb. 22.—Any coun
ty in Georgia can reduce its court ex
penses from 90 to 95 per cent by a
rigid enforcement of the prohibition
law and the la,w against the carry
ing of concealed weapons, Judge
Ogden Persons cleared in his charge
to the Butts county grand jury at the
opening of the February term of su
perior court.
“A bootlegger in a community will
destroy the young boqs in the com
munity and it will demoralibe the la
bor of a community,” Judge Persons
said.
If the prohibition law is strictly
enforced the bootlegger will leave a
community or a county, the juris l sta
ted.
Judge Persons is holding court in
Butts county for the first time since
being appointed to the superior court
bench.
Heard Reduces
Taxes; Pays Debt
and Has Surplus
Franklin, Ga., Feb. 19.—A report
issued by E. E. Lewis, county treasur
er, shows Heard county to be out of
debt. The last outstanding warrant
has been paid recently. Heard county
at the beginning of 1921 had an out
standing linbedtedness of $42j}89.97
with $l,lOO in the treasury and prac
itcally all taxes collected. It has re
duced taxes each year, paid all current
expenses and paid the indebtedness
off in three years. This was done in a
county where there are not any cor
porations ot collect from, all taxable
property being fram lands, and today
the county has $15,000 in the tresaury.
HISTORICAL ESSAY CONTEST
GEORGIA DIVISION, U. D. C. 1924
The Georgia Division, United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, with the de
sire of stimulating among the young
people of the state an interest in the
study of history, especially of the his
tory of the War Between the States,
again offers a gold medal to the stu
dent writing the best essay on tue
subject assigned.
Teachers of the state are earnestly
requestion to encourage and urge
their pupils to enter the contest.
Rules and Regulations for Contesants
Subject: “Stone Mountain—lt’s Mes
sage and It’s Memories.”
The contest is open to all the white
children of Georgia under the age of
18.
The length of the essay to be from
1,000 to 1,500 words. The paper to be
T\ PEWRITTEN, if possible, though
th2,t is not essential.
Preparation for the essay may be
made at home or elsewhere, with full
use of all references. Essays must be
written in the presence of teacher or
member of local committee.
Each essay shall be signed with fic
titious name, and accompanied by a
sealed envelope addressed with same
ficticious name, but containing real
name and address of writer and name
of school.
Manuscripts to be graded upon sub
ject, matter and style.
The medal will be presented at
closing exercises of school at or near
which it is won. It will be presented
by the president of the local Chapter
of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The principal of each contesting
school shall send to the local com
mittee of his county the best essay
from his school, stating at the same
time the number of essays written on
the assigned subject in the school.
Essays are to be sent to local com
mittee on or before April Ist.
The best essay from each county
must be sent by the chapter commit
tee to the chairman of the district to
which they are assigned on or before
April 15th.
The best two of the essays submit
ted to each district chairman must be
sent to the State Chairman on or be
fore May Ist.
THE TRUCE CITIZEN SATURDAY, MARCH, 1, 1928
District School
Meet Coming to
City April 17-18
The First District school meet will
take place in Waynesboro on April
17-18 and schools from all the districts
will assemble here for the different
contests. The meeting will bring be
tween two and three hundred pupils
and teachers to the city. Among the
schools already entered are: Waynes
boro, Sylvania, Statesboro, Metter,
Reidsville, Guyton, Sardis, Girard,
Springfield, Glennville, Vidette, Clax
ton. Midville. Others are to be heard
from. This will be a red letter day in
the history of the Waynesboro High
School and many entertainments are
being planned for them during their
stay.
Long Distance
Stealing of
Negro’s Fodder
Last Tuesday morning about 5
o’clock nearly 400 bundles of fodder
were stolen from the fodder house of
Mack Carpenter, a colored fa,rmer
near Idlewood. The thieves brought
their wagon about 175 yards of the
place where the fodder was stored
and carried it from the house to the
wagon. The trail was taken up fox
about a mile but was lost on account
of a heavy downpour of rain.
J. J. Cox Director
Ga. Tech Y. M. C. A.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 25.—J. J. Cox, of
Waynesboro, is a director of the Gecr
giaSchool of Technology Y. M. C. A.
Friendship Councli, which sponsored
a series of religious meetings at the
school recently. Mr. George Irving,
who led the meetings, has been in Y.
M. C. A. work for a number of years.
He was in this line of work with the
A. E. F., and since the war has been
interested in student “Y” work, teach
ing at the Southern “Y” College at
Blue Ridge during the summer and
addressing college students during the
school year.
Mr. Irving held two meetings ai day
for three days, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, February 22, 23, and 24.
David Weintraub
Member T. E. Frat.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 26.—According to
an announcement issued this week by
Prof. Fields, Dean of Men at the
Georgia School of Technology, the Tau
Epsilon Phi, Phi Kappa Sigma, an
Gamma Tau Delta fraternities stood
at the head of the group of twenty
two fraternities represented at the
school in scholastic standing.
D. Weintraub, of Waynesboro, Ga.,
is a member of Tau Epsilon Phi
which stood first in the list. The
scholastic standing of the fraternity
men at Tech is high and it reflects
credit upon the members of the fra
ternities whose standing is highest.
ANDERSON CLEARED OF CHARGE
Lousiville, Ga., Feb. 28.—J. B.
(“Cracker”) Anderson, president of
the Right-Way Athletic Club of the
Central of Georgia Railway at Macon,
who has been confined in jail here
for several days under the charges
of having abducted Miss Louise Mc-
Neely, 16-year-old daughter of Dan
McNeely, at Wadley, Ga., from her
home several days ago, was given a
preliminary hearing this afternoon
and cleared of the charge. The girl
swore that she left home of her own
volition and that the reason she was
with Anderson was that he has prom
ised her a position rn his office at Ma
con. Anderson and the girl were ar
rested when they alighted from the
train at Macon on advices from the
girl’s father at Wadley.
Club boys with an estate of SI,OOO or
more now number in one Maryland
county over 90, according to reports
to the United States Department of
Agriculture. The holdings consist of
the livestock which they are feeding
under the guidance of their agricul
tural extension agents, together with
money in the bands which they have
realized from their club work These
young farmers range in age from
about 14 to 19 years. One boy has
holdings estimated worth about $3,500
two others are nearing tnat mark.
Habitual Constipation d
in 14 to 21 Days
“LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially
prepared Sirup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual
Constipation. It relieves promptly and
should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days
to induce regular action. It Stimulates and
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60c
per bottlf
1-One Cent a Word-1
—The True Citizen $2 & year
NEW SPRING HATS AT ELLIISON
& Seegers.
—FOXY GRANDPA STORY MARCH i
15TH.
NEW SPRING HATS AT ELLIISON
& Seegers.
FOR GOOD RELIABLE MERCHAN
dise. Go to Ellison & Seegers.
HOME HADE HORSE FEED AND
mead for sale at Elevator— tf.
FOR GOOD RELIABLE MERCHAN
dise. Go to Ellison & Seegers.
COUNTRY CURED HAMS AND
sohulders for sale. Mrs. A. M. Bras
well, Waynesboro, Ga.
—-Foxy Granpa story is a Waynes
boro story and interesting read it in
True Citizen March 15th.
WANTED TO RENT A STORE
building in Waynesboro. White care
True Citizen.—4tpdfeg.
PLANT ONIONS NOW. GET
plants from genuine Taneriffe seed nt
Cox’s Drug Store —tf.
WANTED—YOUR PLUMBING
jobs. Special attention given to fit
ting pipes for steam engines and re
frigerators. F. A. Gibson Plumbing
and Heating Co., Waynesboro, Ga. —It
DODGE CAR MUST BE SOLD AS I
am leaving town, five cord tires new
battery . One hundred dollars takes
it. F. W. Taylor, Camped back of Cot
ton Yard. —ltpd
FOR SINGER SEWING MACHINES
and repairing call on J. B. Yelldell,
Waynesboro, Ga.—tf.
JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
shipment of Ladies New Spring Slip
pers. Ellison & Seeger
FOR SALE—WALNUT BEDSTEAD
and bureau. In good condition, Mrs.
Joe Law, Waynesboro, Ga.—lt
WHITE LEGHORN EGGS FROM
heavy laying strain $1.25 for 15. Mrs.
W. M. Daniel—2tpd.
TWO HUNDRED LAYING 7v T HrTE
leghorn hens for sale. J. M. Byne,
Waynesboro, Ga.—4tpd.
EGGS FOR SALE!—PURE S. C.
Rhode Island Reds, $1.50 setting of
fifteen. Mrs. Mrs. R. N. Hatcher,
Waynesboro, Ga. —tf.
FOR SALE 50 BARRED PLY
mouth Rock hens and grown pullets.
Two roosters. J. J. Johnston, Way
nesboro, Ga. tf.
PURE BRED BARRED PLYMOUTH
Rock eggs for hatching. Pen No. 1
$1.50; pen No. 2. SI.OO. J. J. Johnston,
Waynesboro, Ga. —tf.
EGGS, EGGS, EGGS—FISHEL
Strain White Rock eggs for setting,
$1.25 for 15; $7 per 100, f. o. b. Girard,
Ga. Mrs. Thomas B. Claxton. —2ipd.
LOST—ONE THIN, BLACK RAIN
coat, Mislaid in office or store in Way
nesboro', A. H. Blount, Sr., Waynes
boro, Ga.—lt.
FOR SALE—PRETTY BAY MARE,,
five years old. One white foot. Has
all saddle gaits. Is gentle. Will sell
at reasonable price. Chance & Hop
kins.—lt.
FOUND ONE TIRE ON RIM. Ow
ner can get same by calling at The
True Citizen office and proving owner
ship and paying for this notice. Henry
Manau, at The Citizen office.
when you want the bes/ in
vaniha flavoring order Van-Nil and
take no other. Always uniform in
strength. Van-Nil never disappoints
—tf.
IF IT IS SAFE SOUND INVEST
ment you are looking for and at the
same time get protection at the small
est cost possible. See me. Phone 105
or just drop me a card and I will be
glad to call and see you. C. D. Low
rey, Waynesboro, Ga.
MUFF WITH BLACK KNIT PUuSI-J
in it. Also pair of opera glasses, lost
from automobile Tuesday evening
about 6 o’clock between my house and
Mobley’s Shop.. Finder will please re
turn and receive reward. Mrs. H. Jeff
Davis, Waynesboro, Ga.—ltpd.
FOR SALE—PEDIGREED WANA
MAKER-CLEVELAND COTTON
SEED. W. M. FULCHER.
JL WAYNESBOI.O LODGE
NO. 27*. F. & A. M.
' Regular Meetings on
Second and Fourth
Friday Nights in each month
Visiting brethren invited
HOMEMADE
CANDIES
We make all kinds of candies
right here at home and ask th2t
you give us a share cf your busi
ness.
COCOANUT,
FRUIT,
PEANUT
KITCHEN,
CHOCOLATE
PEANUT BRITTLE,
AND TAFFY
20 cents a pound
City Fruit Store
Waynesboro, Ga.
Salesmanship’s Best Book
Successful sales managers say that the Bible
is the best book on salesmanship ever written.
They point discouraged salesmen to Paul's
speech on Mars Hill (Acts 17).
Try Daily Bible Reading
Every year more copies of the Bible are printed
than of any other book. It is never off the press.
Although it has influenced the literature of all
countries, some of its stories are not familiar to
people who otherwise are well educated. The
Bible is worth reading from devotional, literary
and business standpoints.
** Through thy precepts / gel understanding. '*
FOR SALE—B GOOD JERSEY
cows all milking. 10 10-gallon Ice cans
1 milk cooler, 1 Ice Box. A. M. Bras
well, Phone 283.—4 t.
Mf &ag. C0;42 southingte
“UAe Good Old Standby Since JS4S"
SOLD BY DRUG AND
Seeing Your Way to Success
THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
Good vision is a vital factor in business.
Many General Managers might still be
“working on the books” had they not re
alized that the only way to be sure about
eyesight is through an eye-examination.
Hare your eyes examined now!
W. G. HARRELL, Jr.
Jeweler and Optometrist
WAYNESBORO, GA.
scrtpSon EN B S „K
Ga.—ft° XS D ' Ug W&.'fc