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WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY 20.
THE MILLEDffEVILLE NEWS
JOINT SCHOOL PLANT
Kansas Town Has Most Elabor
ate Affair of the Kind.
| t Coot $226,000 and Pupil* Pram
Gevon Olatrlcte Art Tran*,
parted In Motor Buses.
Garden City, Kan,—What la de-
icrlbeO as one of tha moat elaborate
um l complete consolidated school
plcnte In America has Just been dedi
cated at Holcomb, seven mile* west
C { Gordon City on the western Kan
sas prnlrle. The plant cost $225,000.
Seven school districts Joined to
construct the single plant where the
pupils may hnve tha advantage of a
city school, Including manual train
ing, domestic science and scientific
trninlng of several varieties.
Kli one-room school* of the old
type and a three-room school at Hol
comb were abandoned In favor of tha
consolidated project.
The pupils are transported to the
school by motor buses driven by
teachers, who receive $20 a month for
this extra work. The buses hnve a
capacity of 30 to 40 pupils ench.
The Holcomb consolidated school
district has an area of 124% square
miles. The school, population at pres
ent Ik 875. The new plant has a capa
city of 4105 grade and high school pu
pils.
The consol idnted school group con
sists of seven buildings In Ml, with
others to be added later, a first-class
farm for Instruction In practicnt
agriculture, and a largo athletic field.
‘ in addition to the mnin high school
building and a grade school building,
there Is a large garage for housing
the motor busses, a cottage for the
superintendent, and a cottage for the
janitor.
funeral under huge tree
Services for Illinoisan Held In Shad*
•f Immense Hackborry Ha Owned
for Farty Year*.
Assumption, III.—Forty years of cart
for n hnekberry tree that grew In
his front yard provided Dr. R. W.
Johnson, who died here, with one of
the most unique places for a funeral
service that this state has ever pro
vided. His request was that the fu
neral lie held In th« old tree's shade.
Hundreds of frienda who gathered
at the funeral from jOhrtstlan and
nenr-hy counties found that the tree’s
Immensity was not exaggerated. It
rises about 900 feet In the air and
spreads over the entire yard In which
the homestead Is located.
Its size has balked all efforts of
friends of the late Doctor Johnson to
measure It with exactitude. Roth
kites and toy balloons have been used
without sattsfactlfp,
Seven years ago the tree's height
was over 2X1 feet, and It Is said to
have grown phenomenally since. Old
settlers of Christian county soy It Is
shout i he same age as Doctor John
son. who tiled nt the age of seventy-
one Forty years ngo he acquired the
property upon which the tree grew,
and built a home. It had alrendy been
groe ng then for 30 years, they said.
tJnner the doctor's care It has be
come tint only a landmark, but one
of the most bountiful and Immense
trees of the stale.
Doc"r Johnson was one of the pio
neer physicians of central Illinois, hav
ing pit client] in Christian county 45
years.
WANTS TO LOSE HIS LIONS
Trainer Aiks Court to Rid Him of
Animals Taken for
Debt.
New Haven, Conn.—Instead of hnv-
lug a white elephant on Ills hands,
helix 0. it us t it mi, u former circus and
Coney Island animal trainer, has
lions, hut lie Insists that there is no
difference in respect to the conse
quences.
hustand attached the Hons Hnd took
Hieni from Bridgeport to Ills Short
llench shore home to satisfy a claim
against Mine. Irene Cnstello, n per-
"nm-r, who was exhibiting them. lie
•ppearetl before Judge John Booth to
seek relief through n court order, nl-
nying that It was costing more to
the animals than to lose the
' aim against Mine. Costello, as the
".re “eating their heads off."
linns
Tests Wine in Divorce
Case, Asks Nominal Fee
'"""'in. Neb.—J. T. Bohan,
t"i"l:ti renl estate man, was re-
luh-i'd to sqmple 7tK> gallons of
11 'I wine. Acting as "referee” In
, ,|lv oree case of Mr. and Mrs.
' buries llenos, he was requested
1 ■ attorneys to ascertain If the
' " "as In good condition. In
divorce case Heims, accord-
11 " lu attorneys, hnd agreed at
' "me of an out-of-court prop-
^‘ttlement to take "every-
1 n in the eellnr." The wine,
!l 11 the Hants couple had
together, was five years
w Sl| tue of it was seven
j' “• Dohan reported the wine
excellent condition" nnd
„" "'at his fee would he
n,, iuinal.”
VIENNA IS AMIN
CUT Of GAIETY
People Are Fashionably Dretsed
and Spend Money Freely
in Luxury Shops.
GOGO FOOD IS NOW PLEW1FU1
Whit* Bread and Fancy Daintlc* 8**n
Everywhere, but the Flhahco* *f
the State Are in a Chaotic
Condition.
c lnshted that they should be
< .1-1(1 | 1S "perishable,” subject to
emergency court orders.
Judge Booth reserved decision.
Vienna. — Finance and economics
seeiu to have parted company In Aus
tria.
With Its money situation chaotic,
there Is at the same time a generally
acknowledged betterment of conditions
of living.
Travelers revisiting Vienna sny they
do not recognize the city of a year ago.
The mass of the people ore better
dressed, and more plentiful food Is
shown In their healthy appearance.
The green and sallow faces hove disap
peared, and on the whole the Viennese
are nenrly back to normal as far as
external evidence goes.
Paris can hardly show a more fash
ionably gowned crowd of women than
that which turns out for tlie ring prom
enade In the afternoon or throngs the
high-class shopping district In the
mornings.
Shape Display Luxuries.
The shop display of luxurious wares
of every description Increases until the
Arbelter Zeltung says It exceeds Vien
na's best days of before the war. The
same newspaper admits there Is steady
progress and betterment In business
and general conditions.
The famous delicatessen shops are
reopening with almost their old-time
excellence. The windows are filled
with fancy dainties for which the city
Was noted, canned stuffs of the finest
foreign makes are to be bought, Ameri
can crackers and biscuits are common
In the grocery stores, the candy shops
are regtoefced, and while last winter a
pound of sweets was virtually unpro
curable the finest fresh bonbons now
are to be had In any quantity.
Whit* bread Is served In nearly ev
ery restaurant, and tha bakery win
dows again display the famous Vienna
pastries and cakes. In the poorer dis
tricts even the butcher shops and gro
cery stores reflect the same condition.
lining to finances, the current
statement of the Austro-Hungarian
bank speaks for It. There are at the
moment 45,000,000,000 crowns In circu
lation and 4,000,000,000 outstanding
treasury notes Issued to the banks for
discount. But this cheap money Is
plentiful.
Everyone I* gpendlng.
Everyone seems to have It and to be
spending it Enormously advanced
prices for everything seem not to have
affected the volume of business.
Printing presses are now turning out
about 5,000,000,000 crowns a month
to meet the government expenses. The
current budget shows a deficit of
50,000,000,000 crowns. The wealth levy
has produced thus far about 9,000,000,-
000 crowns, half of which was paid lu
war bonds, leaving enough cash from
this source to meet about one month’s
running expenses for the government.
Through Its spokesmen and newspn-
uers the government..Is urglng^the need
of Tm'sfe TrTTTio' proposed"'cTedlb Tilin |
of the league of Nations by which
enough foreign capital la oought to ea- I
tabllsh a hank of Issue whose new cur-1
rency on a gold basis Is expected grad- ;
aally to stabilize the value of the pres- '
eat crown. •
M1LLBDGWILLS, Oa
WOOL INSTEAD OF FEATHERS
Freak Duck Bern on Long Island
May Be Progenitor Of
New Br*ed.
Eastport, L. I.—“Fuzzy," the fenth-
erless duck, a white Pekin freak, bred
by George Frey of the Sunnyslde duck
farm, Is creating great excitement
among breeders, who see a way to
make a fortune If-'“Fuzzy's” tribe can
be Increased.
It costs 6 cents to pluck a duck.
When a man has 20,000 ducks to pre
pare for market plucking runs Into
money.
“Fuzzy" came along more or less
by accident, but Mr. Frey is dreaming
of the “edge” he would have If he
could run a featherless duck farm.
“Fuzzy” came into the world queer-
ly dressed. As he grew older his coat
became queerer. Some say It Is
down, others think It Is wool. At any
rate, It Is short, white and fuzzy.
Hence the name.
“Fuzzy” will head a pen of breeders
from which Mr. Frey expects eventual
ly to produce ducks that will do away
with the expense of hiring pluckers.
Plants Beane $00 Year* Old.
Salina, Kan.—Rev. M. M. Stolts, li
brarian at the Kansas Wesleyan uni
versity, has received from Frederick
Brorson, a graduate of the school,
some relics from the ruins of Mesa
Verde, In the national park, which
will be placed In the university mu
seum. Among them are some corn,
corn cobs and beans that were taken
from between rocks where scientists
■ey they have been for 000 years. The
cobs look as If they had been picked
this year and the corn and beans are
In a perfect state of preservation.
Doctor Stoltz has planted some of the
com and beans and he declares that
ha battae* they will sprout and grow.
ELIXIR OF YOUTH
FOUNDIN CHICAGO
Decrepit OM John Shebec Took
But One Dose and Did Some
Great Stunts.
GLIMPSE OF “DICK'S" STAR
Senile Cripple Overtook Trolley Car
and Would Have Defeated Police
Flivver If the Street Crowds
Had Not Hampered Him.
Chicago.—John Shebec, who Is 67
years old, discovered the elixir of
youth the other day. Before taking
he was stooped, luute, decrepit, hope
lessly senile. After one dose he wus
able to bop a speeding street enr,
outraee n flivver, and stand on his ear.
Air. Shebec was first observed by
Detective Sergeants Bierndt and
Janaczak at Western avenue and Madi
son street. He was limping.
“Give me a quarter for carfare,
pleuse,” he asked them. Bierndt
started to explain that transportation
in tills City of the. Horn nitty, be puj-
cimrted, theoretically,~'afa nJcEel i Hite
—and. If one Is traveling In the sub
urbs outside the precincts of the city
hall, at 8 cents. He meant to follow
up this Information with a remark that
the old man's two-hit demand was a
hit exorbitant. He was Interrupted,
however, by a citizen who burst from
the corner saloon.
Ha Soaa & Btar.
"You old rascal, I Just gave you
carfare,” shouted tit* man.
“Aha," quoth Bierndt, "come with
me.”
He exhibited his star. One casual
glance at the glittering elixir worked
a marvelous transformation. It pene
trated the ancient's system instanter
and Invested his feet with a zest for
voyage.
The next Instant Shebec was ten
yards sway. The Instant after that
he was scarcely discernible for dust.
“Holy haste!" exclaimed Bierndt
“That guy's exceeding the speed limit
What he needs Is a pair of brakes."
The detectives Jumped Into their
flivver nnd lore after the vanishing
Shebec. About a Mock ahead was a
street car, traveling at the rate of
numerous miles per hour. It saw
the ancient chasing It and tried to get
away.
“Too Durned Slow.”
No usel With an easy leap Shebec
hnd achieved the step. Then he
looked behind him and saw that the
police flivver was making better time
than the street car.
"You’re too durned slow," said he to
the conductor—and off he Jumped. The
particular section of the metropolis
into which the undent leaped was a
hit populated. The abundant citizenry
Impeded his progress and made
straight running impossible. In the
zlgzugglnz which ensued the flivver
hnd time to catch up and Shebec was
apprehended. In his pockets were
found twenty $1 bills and about $5 in
coins.
“I think I’ll enter that bird In the
Indlnnnpolis sweepstakes next year,"
said Bierndt at the station. “He runs
without gas nnd never has tire
trouble. He's the fastest thing l ever
saw In punts.”
Dry Glean—Dye
at the Capital City
Progress—
WE RENEW
Women’s Suds
Evening Gown*
Evening Wraps
Fancy Blouse*
The beautiful results in Dry Clean
ing and Dyeing we get at the Capital
City have won the friendship and
patronage of thousands of loyal cus
tomers throughout the South.
“Parc*! Poet Year Perlceee—
' - SmSs.”
Leek T« V* Per He
Capital City Dry Cleaning & Dye Works
ATLANTA, OA.
A TONIC
Orevo’s Tasteless cklN Tosrfc restore*
Energy and Vitality by Purifying and
Enriching the Blood. When yea 1M its
strengthening, invigorating effect, see how
it brings color to tha cheeks and how
it improve* the appetite, you will the*
appreciate it* true tonic value.
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply
Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So
pleasant even children Uke it The blood
needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to
Enrich it Destroy* Malarial germs and
Grip germs by tea Strengthening, Invigor
ating Effect Me.
Excursion
Fares via
Central ^Georgia Railway
THE RIGHT WAV
WHAT IS A BANK?
AA b ank Is much more than merely a safe place for keeping funds, for
handling checks, for collecting drafts, etc
A bank e t.ouhl be regarded as the intimate helper, advisor and friend
of the customer; ever ready to co-operate in every proper way,
To extend necessary accomodation ?-3 required, and to
protect his interest in every way that lies
within *ts power.
This is the kind of service that we enweavor to render and we invite
you to make your connection with us with such service
jn view. ..A*.
J*T V7.57T!]ffiS'3
The Milledgeville Banking Co.
MILLER S. BELL, President.
D. S. SANFORD, Vice President.
C1IAS. M. DAVIS, Asst. Cashier.
YOU KNOW—That the day or th* LOG house, Is past
YOU KNOW—That th# day of tho FRAME houoo lo paoolng.
YOU KNOW—That the day of tho BRICK house lo right now.
YOU KNOW—That PRICK roaldonco, Imparts a certain distinction
to tho owner.
you DON'T KNOW—How little It coste to have wall# of Brlok-
Something New coming in all
the time—Something that
will take that tired look out of
your summer clothes
in
CHENEY CROVAT’S in new shades and colors. Bow Ties
Polka Dots and stripes. Four in hands that are wrinkle proof and
pin proof.
85c to $2.00
PHOENIX HOSIERY in silks and silk lisle. These will give you
more milage than you thought was possible is any hose.
35c to $1.00
ASK US—YOU will bo surprised.
MILLEDGEVILLE BRICK WORKS CO
J. W. McMillan, Pres. R- W. McMillan. V.-Pres.
ODD PANTS in palm beach, kool kloth and light weight worsted’s
made by Dutchess and Cohen Doldman priced from
$4.00 to $8.00
ARROW SHIRTS, made by the people who make the Arrow Collar.
The collor in these shirts won’t fade out and the price is one you
can afford to pay.
$1.50
Myrick-Holloway Co.
“THE QUALITY SHOP
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