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VOLUME 44
Restoration Begins of Fort Where
Francis Siott Key Was Inspired to
Write ‘The S tar Spangled Banner’
Washington, Jan. 1, —Restoration of
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, to substan
tially the condition in which it resist
ed a British bombardment in 1814, and
inspired Francis Scott Key to write
“The Star-Spangled Banner,” has be
gun. Temporary World War struc
tures tha' have surrounded and ob
scured the old “tar” fort defenses are
being wrecked and a program of land
scape gardening and road work will be
carried out by army authorities in
the next few months to make the fort
a national historical memorial.
“The Star-Spangled Banner still
flies from the same spot where Francis
Scott Key viewed it, ‘by the dawn’s
early light,’ ” the war department’s
announcement said. “The original staff
from which the national colors fiew
has fallen long since, but each new
flag pole has been planted in the exact
sp:t occupied by the original.”
War structures on the reservation
number eight buildings used as a re
construction center for veterans. They
were sold recently and are now being
torn down.
! oar Out of Fvic
World War Vets
File Bonus Papers
Washington, Jan. 3.—One out of ev
ery five World War veterans entitled
to compensation under the bonus act
had failed to apply for the relief grant
ed by congress up to December 1, 1925
The total number of applications re
ceived up to that date was 2,760,677, of
which 2,669,370 were certified to the
veterans’ bureau as valid, the remain
der having been disallwoed or were at
that time in process of correction.
It is estimated that approximately
21 per cent, of 700,000 of the compen
sable \eterans or dependents, have
net applied, Major General Robert C.
Davis, adjutant general of the army,
declared in a report made public Sat
uraay on the handling of the huge
clerical job. He added that under the
low the door remained open for ac
cepting applications up to January 1,
1928.
As indicating the scattering over the
wrold of the American World War vet
erans since their discharge from ser
vice, General Davis listed some 90
“foreign localities” from which bonus
applications have come, including the
tiny republic of San Marino. There
seems to be no habitable part of the
glebe in which former army “buddies”
are not to be found. They are in Ger
many and Austria and all other farmer
enemy states; in the Cape Verde island
the Isle of Rhodes, and evdn the Sey
chelles island, 600 miles northeast of
Madagascar in the Indian ocean.
General Davis said his special bu
reau to handle bonus applications has
been disbanded and the work turned
over to his regular office force. It was
the object of the department in under
taking the task, he said, " to give to
the veterans a prompt, speedy and
just adaministration and to the tax
payers a business like, economical
and efficient one.” Commendatory let
ters from the budget bureau on the one
side and from the American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars on the
other were attached to the xeporL
The report showed that on Decem
ber 1 there was still available a bal
ance of $468,326 of the original ap
propriation of $3,600,000 provided by
congress to administer the act.
Business Changes !
In Stores of City
The firm of Morris Hardware Co.,
have moved to the store recently occu
pied by the Hub Store and the Rub has
moved to the one occupied by the Mor
ris Hardware Co.
Mr. Morris, of the Morris Hardware
Co, says of his move “we have moved |
from our old stand where we have j
enjoyed your good will and patronage
for the last thirteen years and into the
store two doors above. Our aim in
making this move was to put us in
position where we could serve you bet
ter and more economically.” Mr. Mor
ris also asks the public also asks the
-public to visit his store at the new
location and will be pleased to con
tinue serving the people of the county
in the hardware line.
Mr. Daitch of the Hub says, in my
new location just two doors away we
are busy getting things in shape and
making attractive our store, where we
may serve our customers in a better
manner than ever before. We are ad
ding more store equipment and will be
pleased to have our friends aQ d cus
tomers call when they nee danythmg
in my line.”
The opening of the Rogers Grocery
Store is scheduled for today and it
marks a new era in the merchandioing
of groceries in the city.
The Citizen bespeaks for them a
share of your patronage.
Chance & Hopkins
to Give Away a
Good Radio Set
Chance & Hopkins are giving away a
ticket with with each cash purchase
of $1 which entitles the bearer to a
chance on a good radio set. Jhe
scheme is to get the word “Republic
in the same color of ticket which is
given away when you buy from them
and the one securing the word in the
same color of ticket wins the set.
Watch your tickets and save them un
til yuo spell out the word.
6a. Headquarters
W. C. T. U. Opening
In Macon Jan. 15
The formal ope ning of the Georgia
Headquarters of t >e W. C. T. U. will
be held in Macon on Jan. 15 and 16, at
which time a state wide rally will be
staged. The rooms will be open for
inspection yrom 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. on
the 15th and on the 16th from 10 till
12. On the evening of the 15th the
rally will be held in the new muni
cipal building in Macon and Rev. Gif
ford Gordon, of Australia, will be the
speaker. People of prominence will
occupy the platform and state officers,
district and county officers and local
presidents of the various W. C. T. U’s
of the state will also be present. The
program is:
Organ recital.
Invocation—Dr. William Russell
Owen.
Male Quartet.
Scripture lesson—Dr. George Stan
ley Frazer.
“America,” led by Rev. Ralph Porter
field.
Solo —Mrs. B. S. Gostin.
Introduction of Speaker by Mrs.
Mary Harris Armor.
Address—Mold Fast America —Dr.
Grifford Gordon.
Solo —Rev. S. J. Spencer.
Closing prayer—Dr. Walter Anthony
The Passion Play
Creating through the medium of mo
tion pictures an authentic record of
the world oldest Passion Play consti
tutes the most important step in en
tertainment annals.
For centuries, pilgrims have made
their painful way to the distant Al
pine foothills to absorb inspiration
from the sacred drama presented at
Freiburg and Oberammergau. In re
cent years both have attracted multi
tudes of tourists from America.
Now, through the instrumentality of
this great picture, the world's old
est Passion Play, reaching through the
misty ages to the year 1264, is brought
to one’s very door. Panoramic scenes
of Freiburg and Oberammergau are
shown before unfolding the sacred
drama. This motion picture in many
respects imparts a more satisfactory
view than is to be obtained through ac
tually visiting the performance, possi
bue at Freiburg only at intervals of
five year and at Oberammergau only
once in a decade. The settings for
the various scenes are scattered
along one side of the enclosure like
a great street, facing the seats. There
are some 9.000 of these, spreading over
a wide area. Thus, many scenes are
viewed to advantage from a certain
seat, while others, presented at a dif
ferent angle, are difficult or impossible
to follow. The photographer has mov
•d his camera to squarely face each
scene, bringing the connected narra
tive directly before your eyes.
So great is the appeal to the emo
tions and so powerful the unfolding
drama that many visitors collapse un
der the strain. It is no sugar-coated
narration, this colossal historic pag
eant at Freiburg! Nothing is added
and naught expurgated from the in
spired record set forth in the Bible.
The mighty drama on which the fcun
dations of modern civilization rest is
given in its gripping awe-inspiring en
tirety, a specitcle that few beholders
ever forget.
The transcendent beauty of this pro
duction its devout elemental simpli
city—in a word its convincing sinceri
ty. The Freiburg Passoin Play was a
definite fixture thirty years the
historic epidemic that brought the fam
ous Oberammergau Passion Play into
existence. It was long enacted on the j
plaza of the Cathedral, and finally
achieved such vogue that the perma
nent institution in which this picture
was made erected for the especial
purpose.
The entire population partiepatse in
some way—thousands of people who
through life-long devotion to the sub
ject have developed a technique in
this particular field such as no pro
fessional actors in the world could un
dertake to duplicate. 'ftieir work
would appear childish, insincere and
amateurish in comparison. And in
making the picture these religious en
thusiasts enjoyed the advantage of
direction by Dimitri Buckowetzki, who
was almost immediately afterwards
engaged by the largest American mo
tion picture producers and brought to
this country. This combination of in
{spired actors and highly efficient pro
|feßSional direction, with all the phy
! sical equipment that has been accu-
I mulated through the ages, is respon
sible for a production without an equal
In film annals. It could not be duplicat
ed in any motion, picture studio in the
world at any cost
Generation after generation in Frei
burg succeeds to the important roles.
The players may almost be said to be
bred for that purpose. As an example,
Adolph and George Fassnacht who
enact The Christus and Judas, respec
tively, boast a long line of forebears I
who have been similarly honored. The
motion picture camera has never be
fore been permitted within the am
pitheatre. This film, the first and un-
doubtedly the last to be sanctioned,
will constitute a record for future
generations, perpetuating the
est of Tragedies as enacted at this
stage of the world’s progress.
Neither the student nor the casual
amusement seeker can afford- to miss
the unprecedented and unequalled spec
tacular production.
This photoplay will be seen at the
Grand Theatre on January 27th and
28th, under the auspices of the Mar
garet Jones’ Chapter, U. D. C. Way
nesboro is the first small town to ex
hibit this famous picture, the only
other city already played in Georgia
being Atlanta.
SUBSCRIPTION TO THE TRUE
Citizen--8 months $1; one year $2.
Cash in advance —tf.
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Hosea Blount Is
Chairman of the
Harvest Campaign
Mr. E. Hosea Blount accepted the
chairmanship of the Stone Mountain
Memorial Coin Harvest Sale of Stone
Mountain half dollars this week and
will enter actively upon his campaign
to sell Waynesboro’s quota which
amounts to around 1,000 coins. Mrs.
Sidney Bates, from the Margaret Jones
Chapter of the Daughters of the Con
federacy, will assist him in veery way
possible and the sale should be finish
ed in record time. Every citizen of
Waynesboro should own one of these
coins, not only for its intrinsic value,
but as a matter of sentiment. One of
the greatest tributes ever paid the
South was the issuing of these coins
and this by a Republican president
and Republican congress Tn memory
cf the heroic dead of the South dur
ing the War Between the State. You
can procure these coins from any of
the banks ih the city and GO NOW
AND BUY AS MANY AS YOU WANT
before they are taken from sale. '
Help Mr. Blount secure his sale of
Waynesboro’s quota.
Citizens Bank
Declares 8 Per
Cent Dividend
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders cf the Citizens Bank held on
January 6th and 8 per cent dividend
was declared and a nice sum passed
to the undivided profit account. The
showing was indeed a most gratifying
one to the stock holders and the of
ficers and directors are to be congra
tulated upon this showing.
J. H. Whitehead was elected presi
dent; Henhy W. Blount, vice-presi
dent and cashier; S. A. Gray and Miss
Marie Rackley, book keepers. The di
rectors elected were—J. H. Whitehead,
John A. Blount, Henry W. Blount, J.
L. Boyd, R. C. Neely, Jr., W. M. Ful
cher, A. W. Neely, A. F. Evans.
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS NOTES IN BURKE COUNTY
Waynesboro High
School Notes
The reports that the Waynesboro
sturents at college brought hame
Christmas are most gratifying to the
parents and to the school. All the) col
lege set realize what college is for 'and
they are hard at work. We congra
tulate them on their excellent stand
ing.
The rain was so heavy the first day
school was re-opened that a large num
her of students could not reach school.
Three of the trucks could not come.
A number of new students reported
Tuesday morning and Wednesday.
There are others yet to come.
The second term work does not be
gin until February 2. At that time the
grades will all start again. All the
patrons now realize the immense value
of promotions at every half year. It
saves the children who are not promo
ted a half year each time the student
is not promoted.
The final examination period begins
Jan. 26 and will continue through the
entire week. There are no exemp
tions. The examinations are given be
ginning with fourth grade and through
the eleventh.
Statesboro High School both boys
and girls were here Friday afternoon
for basket ball games.
The first district high school asso
ciation will hold a basket ball tourna
ment this spring. Savannah has asked
for the tournament.
In the Christmas Music contest the
first grade won the three dollars offer
ed by the P. T. A. for the best song.
They sang “The Toymaker.” The seven
th grade won the prize also offered by
the P. T. A. for the best song in the
upper grades .. They song “Three
Kings of the Orient.” .
The P. T. A. has bought one hun
dred books for use in the school. The
books bought are “The Golden Book*
of Favorite Songs.”
Henry Daniel was elected captain of
the boys basket ball team. He is a
member of the Junior Class.
Report from Library
This week has been spent on col
lecting the books that were given giv
en one before the holidays. M'any have
been returned but there are still a few
missing. So I am asking the children
to look for “The Out-door Girls at
Deepdale,” “Helen’s Babies,” “The New
, Practical Reference Work,” “The Nqw
International Encyclopedia vol 2,”
“Feirview Boys at Lighthouse Cove.”
Sardis High
School Notes
We are glad to have all of the teach
ers and most uf the pupils back with
us again after our Christmas holidays.
Our spring term begin January the
sth enrolling several new pupils. More
new pupils are expected from Mobley
Pond and several other places.
The entrance fees have been raised
from $1 to $2 per pupils during the
spring term.
Mr. W. K. Bargeron was at school
Wednesday for the purpose of collect
ing entrance fees.
Waynesboro, Ga., January 9,1926.
Mary Harris Armor
Will Speak Here
on Sunday Night
Mrs. Mary Harris%Armcr, noted tem
perance lecturer and woman orator,
will speak at the Methodist church
Sunday night at 7.30 p. m. Mrs. Har
ris is too well known to add any lau
rels to her fame, but her eloquence is
unexcelled by man or woman.. There
will be union services at the Metho
dist church Sunday evening in order
that all may have the pleasure of hear
ing this gifted woman. Her address
will be “Save America.” Press com
ments from all the world are most
flattering and her address will be
well worth hearing. A splendid pro
gram has been arranged for the occas
ion and the public is cordially invited
to be present to hear her. The pro
gram for this evening is the celebra
tion of the sixth anniversary of nat
ional prohibition. It follows:
Organ prelude—Mrs. Judson Gray.
Hymn—Onward Christian Soldier—
Congregation.
Scripture reading—Rev. T. M. Stnb
ling.
Six years of prohibition—Loyal
Temperance Union.
Solo —It is in the Constitution and
It’s there to Stay—Mrs. Hickson.
Introduction of Speaker—Rev. Geo.
M. Ac^ee.
Address—Save America —Mrs. Mary
Harris Armor.
Hymn—Battle Hymn of the Repub
lic—Congregation.
•Offering.
Benediction.
Meeting Burke
County Medical
Society, Jan, .12
The regular monthly meeting of the
Burke County Medical Society will be
held in the office of Dr. Miller on
Tuesday afternoon January 12th, at
3.30. Drs. J. M. Cook, of Sardis, and
W. R. Lcwe, of Midviile, will be the
essayists of the afternoon. A full at
tendance is urged.
The tenth grade pupils still have
their Latin books and are looking
forward to having another examina
tion soon.
TENTH GRADE »
Alexander Com
munity and
School Notes
Miss Selma Jenkins spent very
pleasantly on last Sunday with Miss
Clyde Jenkis.
Miss Ada Blanchard has returned
from a visit to Augusta.
Miss Lucile Jenkins Mrs. Jno. Laris
cy and children and Mr. Albert Jen
kins were the guests of Mrs. Ada
Blanchard Tuesday.
1
Misses Lenna and Ruth Butler were
the guest of Mrs. R. S. Reeves Sun
day.
Mrs. G. W. Chance visited Augusta,
Sunday, j
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Barefield an
nounce the birth of a fine boy, Janu
ary th.
Miss Ruth Butler spent a part of the
holidays with Miss Myra Skinner, to
the delight of her friends here.
Miss Ruby Reeves, who teaches in
South Carolina spent X-mas at home.
Mrs. J. E. Walters and son, of Au
gusta were visitors with relatives
here Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Jenknis during
the holidays gave a home-coming din
ner for theii children, relatives ard
grand-children.
Mr. Ii .It or Chandler visited Mr
Frank Jenkins during the holidays (or
a day.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gilbert Mr.
Hilton Chandler, Jr., Mr. Cbappel
Chandier spent the holidays with
home folks here.
Mrs. F. L. Brinson was the guest of
Mrs. A. Z. Cox on Sunday.
Mrs. G. L. McElmurray has been in
disposed for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Reeves were
guest of Mrs. Park Brinson, of Millen,
on last Thursday.
Mr. Hilton Chandler and boys spent
Sunday at his old home.
Miss Nannie Todd returned Sunday
from Mitchell where she spent the
holidays at home.
Our school Monday after being clos
ed for the holidays. Teachers and pu
pils came back to their work all in
happy mood. The morning exercises
began with three songs sung by the
school led by Miss Todd, after the
songs, prayer by our principal. Mr.
Chandler then talked to all grades till
first intermission touching upon ev
ery phrase of school liife. His talkes
was intermingled with pathos and mer
riment. We all enjoyed it very much
The ninth grade took up Caesar this
week.
The tenth and eleventh are going to do
some special work in Rhetoric. Miss
Ermine Jordan, of Dublin entered the
seventh grades Tuesday.
World Linked hy
Radio for New
Year’s Greeting?
New York, Jan. 2. —The advent of
1926 found civilization more closely
linked than ever before in history as
powerful radio statibns in London and
the United States, broadcast New
Year’s greetings, news dispatches and
music. The world listened and heard
much of the time.
The program was described as the
most ambitious' and most successful
ever undertaken in international radio
broadcasting. With early reports
showing that music originating in New
York and London was heard in Agren
tina, Mexico, Cuba, Canada, France, the
Pacific coast, and even as far as a
lonely freighter off Peru, officials of
the Radio Corporation of America, to
day compiled messages from distant
listening posts to learn the full meas
ure of their success.
Station 2LO, heard its own pro
gram rebroacast over the Atlantic, At
mospheric conditions were bad, par
ticularly in South America, while
many countries abroad had few sets
powerful enough to pick up America.
The chimes of “Big Ben” in London, of
earillion bells of the Park Ave Bap
tist church, in New York, radio news
by the Associated Press and the voices
■of John McCormack and Lucrezia Bori
were features of the program.
Ga. Field Trials
at Grand Theatre
January 13 and 14
Mr. Flynn Haygood, manager of the
Grand Theatre ,has been advised that
the Fox News Reel containing the
views of the Georgia Field Trials which
were run here in December will be
seen at the Grand Theatre next Wed
nesday and Thursday. This picture
should be seen by every citizen of* the
city and county as it shows one of the
biggest events in the field trial world
and on local grounds. Many of our
people have never seen the field trials
and this is an opportunity to witness a
picture made at home.
Mr. Chandler gave a twenty minutes
talk cn Wednesday subject illiteracy
and irregular attendance at school.
Mr. J. R. Reeves primary teacher
has three new pupils.
The eighth grade take up seventy
Lessens in spelling this week. They
also begin long division in Algebra.
RUTH BUTLER, Ninth Grade.
Vidette High
School Notes
The Vidette High School opened the
spring term of 1926 on Monday morn
ing, Jan. 4th. Both teachers and pu
pils seemed refreshed from the holi
day vacation and were on the job
promptly at the opening hour.
Several of our pupils are absent this
week on account of sickness. Many
have extreme colds and. others are
stricken with penumonia. We trust
all these will soon be able to resume
school work.
Prof. Price announces that greater
stress shall be placed upon school
work between school hours, or home
work. Each pupil shall be graded in
accordance to his extra hours work as
well as upon actual tests. So the fel
low who dees actual work will bring
home the bacon.
The room formerly used by Prof.
Stone for class text work in science
has been equipped for the new taech
er who will have charge fo the fourth
grade.
Miss Inez Fairclcth who was called
home before the holidays on account of
the illness of her mother ,was able to
rsturri to her work Monday. She re
ports that her mother is much im
proved.
Miss Annie, Mae Wren who is teach
ing in the Sardis High School was our
visitor Monday morning.
Girard High
School Notes
School re-opened Monday, Jan. 4, af
ter a vacation of two weeks for Christ
mas holidays.
There has been a great many ab
sentees this week on account of the
rany weather.
On account of the small pox epi
demic in twn, the County Board de
cided that it was advisable for all pu
pils of the school to be vaccinated.
This, operation was performed Wednes
day by Dr. L. B. Royal.
Miss Eunice Glenn, our High School
teacher is back with us after spending
the holidays with homefolks at Rich
land.
Miss Willie Jordan is back with us
after spending the holidays at Reias
ville.
We will being our mid-term exami
nations soon.
Prof and Mrs. J. H. Carswell have
returned after a visit at Quitman.
Dr. Royal was with us at the open
ing chapel exercises Monday morning
Annie Louise Dixon was absent from
school on account of illness Monday
aqd Tuesday
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Rogers Opening Announcement Largest
Grocery Advertisement Ever Printed in
The True Citizen-Store Opens Saturday
Russ Cohen’s Team
Wins 20 to 19 From
Washington U.
Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 2. —The Univer
sity of Alabama football team prepared
for departure homeward today with a
20 to 19 victory over the University of
Washinfton huskies, champions of the
Pacific ccast, in the New Year’s Day
East-West contest here in 1916, and in
it the South wrote for the first time
the history of a victory by that sec
tion on a far Western gridiron.
Out of the South came the crimson
tide to find itself at game time out
classed in the betting, outweighed in
the line and back field, to open up in
the third, when all hopes of victory
seemed gone, a brilliant array of pass
es, runs and bucks, to pierce the husky
line three times in rapid succession
for touchdowns, which, aided by Buck
ler’s points after touchdowns, gave the
Southerners a well-deserved victory.
The game was virtually all Wash
ington’s until George Wilsoni, the
North’s great all-American half-back
and its tower of strength, was force!
out by injuries near the close of the
second period. The Purple tornado
had tallied twice, once by Patton and
again by Cole, and fans saw little hope
of the Crimson over-coming this ap
parently insurmountable lead, but the
Tuscaloosa team saw an opportunity
in the absence of Washington’s key
stone player, and under the able field
generalship of “Pooley” Hubert start
ed a brilliant offensive which ripped
the husky defense to ribbons.
The North’s great halfback return
ed to the lnie in the fourth period
when Washington was 8 points behind
but too late; for Hubert w T ith Johnny
Mock Brown, with whom he shared
the honors of victory, 4iad dene their
own terrific smashes off tabkle, Wilson
passed to Guttormsen, of Washington’s
| third touchdow’n. But a point was
i needed to tie the score, a point which
j would have, been made had Guttor
i msen’s almost always dependable toe
I not failed in one of tw r o chances the
[ stocky quarterback had to Convert.
Although only four passes of of
fourteen attempted by Alabama were
complete, the Alabaman’s aerial w r ork
brought the fans to their feet time
after time. Two passes were
ing. One of $9 yars from Gillis to
Mack Brown paved the way for the
Southerners’ second touchdown,-while
the other was a heave of 40 yards,
Hubert to Brown, who took it under
the goal bar for the touchdown that
clinched the game.
Edwards Asks
• for Return of
Cotton Tar Money
Washington, Jan. 4. —Refund of
$100,000,000 to southern states taxed
fer cotton crops during the Civil war
was asked in a bill introduced in the
house today by Representative Ed
wards, democrat, Georgia.
The bill states the sum mentioned is
‘‘now illegally held in the treasury.”
The government would be required to
refund the money to the states affect
ed, which in turn would return it to
tne planters or their l^eirs.
The tax was levied cn cotton acreage
from 1863 to 1868. Mr. Edwards, in
explaining the bill said the supreme
court had held the tax illegal, but that
no refund ever had been made.
“Rose Time” Hefe
on January 22d.
The play Rose Time will be pre
sented in Waynesboro on January 22,
at the school auditorium under the
auspices of the American Legion Aux
iliary and Battery A 118th F. A. This
play is the newest production of the
Wayne Sewell Bureau and will be put
on by local talent. Our people remem
her the Flapper Grandmother and Mr.
and Mrs. Politick, so with this introduc
tion you know what Rose Time will be.
Remember the date and be sure to
see the play.
Albert Hillhouse
Pleases Audience
Mr. Albert Hillhouse, of Davidson
College, who was heme fo rthe holi
days, pleased a large audience at the
meeting of the Evangelistic Club last
Thursday night. He made an excellent
talk and a splendid impression upon
his hearers. Mrs. D. L. Stone and Miss
Elizabeth Warren, of Augusta, also de
lighted the club and its guests with
delightful music during the evening.
JURY LIST
jurors drawn to serve January
quarterly term City Court, to convene
4th Monday in January.
S. Schwarzweiss, J. E. Robinson, J.
M. Cook, W. P. Lassiter, H. D. March
man, C. W. Skinner, Jr., Jones J. Skin
ner, H. A. Hill, H. C. Daniel, T. R.
Bargeron S. R. Herrington R. R.
Odom, J. Frank Farmer, Frank
O’Byrnes, H. L. Glisson, M. R. Oliver,
O. C. Netherland, G. V. Logue, J. O.
Applewhite, A. W. Neely, Tracy Mac
kenzie, J. W. Lewis, E. L. Mulkev, W.
B. Chester, L. B. Mallard G. L. McEl
murray, J. B. Rowell, R. J. Peel, R. E.
Godbee J. A. Franklin S. A. Thompson,
L .H. Mallard, J. V. Higdon, J. H. Wal
ters, M. S. Hillis, C. W. Hurst, Guy
Chanse, G. S. Dixon, W. E. Archer, A.
W. Templeton, J. M. Rowland, J. B.
Weeks, J. R.‘Robinson, Ben Wood, W.
L. McElmurray, W. G. Tarver, T. E.
Cates W. M. Bradley.
NUMBER 43
The opening announcement of the
Rogers Stores in Waynesboro carried
in this issue of The True Citizen is
the largest single grocery advertise
ment ever printed in this paper during
the entire forty-feur years of busi
ness and we believe in th 6 history of
Burke county. The Rogers Stores are
well known thruout the states of Geor
gia, Alabama and South Carolina and
the fact that Waynesboro has attract
ed them is splendid evidence of our
growth.
Mr. F. A. Cape, of Atlanta, and Mr.
J. B. Farr, of Thomson, will be in
charge of the store and will be pleas
ed to serve their trade at all times.
Mr. T. B. Hutchison, manager of the
Rogers’ Stores from Atlanta was in
the city for the opening and expressed
himself as well pleased with Waynes
boro and its people.
The Rogers’ stores, are, perhaps,
among the best and most popular
known of all the group of chain stores
operating throughout the South. The
head-quarters of this company is in
Atlanta where they operate more than
one hundred and. fifty retail pure food
stores and nearly one hundred markets
j In addition, they operate something
1 like one hundred stores in Georgia
covering nearly every city and town
of any size and are also operators of
about twenty-five stores in South Caro
lina covering some of the best towns
and cities in that state. This group
of stores was established in Atlanta
some thirty years ago in a small way
by Mr. L. W. Rogers, who died a few
: years ago, operating at that time thir
ty-seven stores. Since that time the
! company has grown to more than two
hundred* and fifty stores, headed by
Scott W. Allen as general manager,
(who has made a wonderful success in
! the merchandising world.
The company owns and operates its
jown big bakery in Atlanta and one of
its big features right now is the fact
that it is sellnig a sixteen ounce, splen
did loaf' of bread for 7%c.
In addition, they operate their own
market plant, manufacturing high
grade sausage, veal loaf and other high
grade food commodities.
The policy of the company is to
sell for cash and as it has no delivery
and telephone service, buying in large
quantities, it shares its savings with
its patrfns, and whenever a Rogers’
store has been established it has been
cordially received because of its econ
omical value ot that community.
In the advertisement in the paper
this week the company announces a
large number of values and deals on
pure food items that are worth the at
tention of our citizens.
It can be well assured the Rogers’
Company in advance that their recep
tion here will be a cordial and friend
ly one.
Baptist Churches
for Law and Order
In co-operation with other Christian
groups throughout the United States,
the Georgia Baptist Convention at its
recent session in Savannah, adopted a
resolution approving the observance
of Sunday, January 10, as Law and
brder Day and to that end the social
service committee of the convention
has sent to every aßptist pastor in
the state a communication urging* that
he will lead his church on next Sunday
to unite in this nation-wide effort to
emphasize the necessity of law’ obser
vance. It is expected that every pas
tor will preach on this theme at the
morning hour next Sunday.
The growth of crime in the United
States has aroused the church people
to a realization of their responsibility
in checking what appears to be a
growing spirit of disregard for the
rights of others. It is the hope of the
various church bodies throughout the
land to quicken the pulse beat of the
people in a constant and united' sup
port of every law, municipal, state
and national.
I It is understood that the social ser
vice commissions of the North and
I South Georgia - Methodist Conferences
are planning a thorough-going pro.-
gram of law and order observance for
next Sunday which will insure a large
per cent of Georgians informed and
arbused to their obligation'as Christian
dozens.
Centra! Railway
Band Will Give
Radio Program
The Central of Georgia Band and
Orchestra, composed cy Savannah em
ployes of the Central of Georgia Rail
way, will broadcast at 8.00 p. m. Cen
tral time, 9.00 p. m. Eastern time, Mon
day night, January 11th, from WSB,
the radio station of the Atlanta Jour
nal, Atlanta, Georgia. A well select
ed program of band and orchestra mu
sic, with vocal solos and a short talk
by L. A. Downs, President of the Cen
tral of Georgia, will be given.
Patrons and friends of the Central
are invited to tune in and hear the
concert.
City Election
Next Wednesday
The election next Wednesday, Janu
ary 13th, is attracting much attention
and one of the largest registrations ev
er made in the city will vote for mayor
and three aldermen at that time. Last
week the book were opened for regis
tering the voters in the city and 617
registered, a large number being la
dies.
There are tw r o candidates for may
or—Evans Heath and Rob Neely and it
will be nip and tuck between them
for both are very popular.
For alderman from the First Ward —
Gray Quinney and Hickson are
opposing each other;. In the Second
Ward —W. A. Law and in the Third
Ward—H. G. McElmurray.
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