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FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1922.
THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEW8
better prices are
EXPECTED MELONS
Florida Crop Moved, Georgia Grow
ers Will Come Into Own—Returns
So Far Disappointing.
Moultrie.—With most of the Flor
ida crop moved and the weather be
ginning to feel more like summer in
the big consuming centers in the
iorth and cast, leading watermelon
buyers "here 'declared Friday that
they believed that there would be a
ubstantial increase In the price of
melons before the dnd of next week,
drawers who have made shipments
; his week were gi'eatly disappointed
at the returns. The prices paid here
so far ranged from $130 a car to
$250, or less than half what the mar
ket opened at last year, when the
first car was not shipped from the
state until June 13.
The price of Georgia melons is gov
erned largely by what Florida melons
sell for until the crop front that state
is moved though the Georgia product
as a rule commands a premium of
Hbmt $25 a car. While* Florida has
shipped threo times as many oars as
it had moved by this date last year,
buyers here declare that the slump
In price is not altogether due to the
large supply, much of the blame be
ing placed on th e weather, the de
mand for melons not being big when
it is cold.
Shipments from the Moultrie terri
tory would have been several times
as big this week as they have been
MILLEDGEVILLE. GA.
br.it for the fact that the fields were
so wet in many places that farmers
were unable to get out into them
with wagons and trucks. The ship
ping season will begin in earnest next
week, however, andt many big buyers
are expected herd. They will make
their headquarters in. Moultrie dur
ing the season.
It is not known her© definitely
where the government's field service
station will be located. Moultrie,
Tbomasville or Valdosta will b e de
cided on, as all three of these places
have been under consideration.
POTATO PLANTS CHEAP
Will exchange for meat, syrup
hams, corn, hay or anything so 1 *
able. Emmett L. Barnes.
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METHODIST WOMEN
MEET AT MONTICELLO
M onticello.—The Oxford district
meeting of the Woman's Missionary
Society was held with th 0 Monticello
Methodist church beginning last Fri
day. Tile meeting continued through
Saturday.
The meeting was presided over by
Mrs. J. T. Webster, of Eatonton.
The program consisted of reports
from the different societies of the
district, a speech by Mrs. Julia Gaith
er. a returned missicnary from China
an j a very interesting and practical
presentation of plans for 1922 by
Mrs. Tilly, junior leader of Atlanta.
M'-ss Emma Lester another re
turned missionary lectured at the
e vening hour. The program on Sat
urday was of much interest.
When you look at a
30«3*/hUSCO
at 110.90
OUR tire dealer
is naturally
enthusiastic
when he shows
you the 30x3'/2
USCO at $10.90.
To him USCO has al
ways represented a tire
value that he felt more
than justified in offering
his customers.
At the $10.90 price he
can hardly be blamed for
putting it to the front as
the value he would most
like to be remembered by.
* * *
This much to keep in
mind—
United States Tiros
an Good Tlrta
USCO has always sold
as a quality tire of known
standards and perform
ance.
Today at $10.90 it
fixes the worth of
your tire dollar at
a new maximum
by reason of its
own distin
guished
values.
CJ. 6. Tin. Co.
3o*3V
USCO
$1092
cVo War-Tax charged
United States Tires
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FIRST ARREST IN
BOMB TROUBLE
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Sergeant J. B. Kimball Held as Acces
sory Before the Fact to Explosion
At the Hon e of Columbus Mayor
Col imbus.—The first arrest in con-
nration with the recent explosion of
a bomb oil the porch of Mayor J.
Homer Dimon’s home, was made here
late last Friday when Sergeant J. B.
Kimball, stationed at Fort Benning,
was taken into custody.
Kimball was ordered held at po
lice station without bail pending a
preliminary hearing. Police said he
had corroborated certain stater^pnts
by person, which tended to make him
ini accomplice. He was hFId as an
accessory before the fact to the bomb
explosion, which, under Georgia law,
is a capital offense.
No on© was injured in the explo
sion which followed warnings saying
he was not being given co-operation
which the mayor and the commission
denied.
BOLL WEEVIL HALTS
PROGRESS OF CLOCK
Greensboro, June 15.—A Greene
county boll weevil has found a new
abode.
A farmer brought a clock to H.
G. Hill to have it fixed. When Mr.
Hill began to examine the works he
found a live bull weevil.
Som e say the boll weevil has stop
ped the clock of progress.
.Mr. Hill didn’t say if he used cal
cium arsenate to fix the clock.
Uses Mirror to Aim
Bullet Through Head
Boston, Mass., dune 15.—John S.
Twombley, 74, of Brookline, ermmit-
ttd suicide in his brokerage cilice at
110 State street Thursday by shoot
ing himself through the head with a
revolver.
The broker's tody was discovered
'it an inner office by his stenographer,
Miss l.ouise Barrett, when she was
seeking a mirror, which was mis sing
from its usual place. Beside the
body was the mirror and a revolver.
Advertise in The News.
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BUTTS DAIRYMEN
IN ASSOCIATION
TO LOWER RATES
Where You
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J. N. KALISH
You cannot be at your
best with poor eye
sight. Let us give them
a thorough examina
tion.
A COMBINATION
OF BEST
OPTICAL TALENT
AVAILABLE
If you need the atten
tion of an oculist we
will gladly advise you.
Jackson, Ga—The dairy farmers of
Butts county, numbering about thirty-
five shippers, have formed the Butits
county Dairy association, with Major
G. iE. Mallet, prtar'ident; F. H. Weaver
vice president, J. D. Jons, socrettary.
and J. B. Biles, llireagjrer. Weekly
mee 'ngs will be held and the organ
ize 1 f)on v/11 ^<f'k to n.dvfuub t!4a
interests of the dairy industry in this
county. Cheaper btiggnTJ} and ex
press rates between points and At
lanta will b? on 0 of the things taken
up by the association.
ANCIENT SHOP SOLD
Nothing but Drugs Ever Sold in
This London Pharmacy.
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Lenses Expertly Ground in our own shop-prompt and accuiate seivice distin
guishes our lens grinding department- We fill prescriptions for the best Oculists. |
MACON OPTICAL COMPANY |
“The Biggest Little Optical Shop South" J
565 Cherry St MACON, GA. J. N. Kalish—Frank H. Johnson 1
s
Woman Plan Optra Houao for Chica
go to Bo Endowtd by Dollar Bub-
tcrlptiona From Million Womn.
Chicago.—An opera house to Be en
dowed by dollar subscription* from
one million American women, pnd In
which only opera In English Mid by
American composers shut! be produced, I
la the Ideal of an organization *ft Wom
en led by Mrs. Archibald Error, Mrs.
Louis Yeager and Mrs. Albert Oclm-
ner of tills city. Associated) with the
organization known us "Oprru in Our
Own Language Foundation,” and of
which Mrs. Freer is the chairman, is
the "David Bispham Memorial Fund,”
of which Mrs. Rockefeller McCormick
is the treasurer. In speaking of the
undertaking of the two organizations,
which lias the indorsement of women's
clubs of the country us well as the
musical clubs of the entire country,
Mrs. Freer said:
"American, mus e depends upon the
American composer. Without our com
poser we must style ourselves a na
tion of music borrowers, not of mak
ers. However, our composer does ex
ist, but exists only, he docs not live.
To enable him to live and write, to
publish mid present ids works, and to
open an American opera house, are the
things we hope to accomplish."
The women who are furthering the
project are well known In women's and
musical club circles throughout the na
tion, and they have received so much
encouragement from till sections of
the country that they are confident of
the success of their undertaking.
Worshipful Company of Apothecaries
Disposes of Its Historic Shop in
City of London—Established
in Seventeenth Century.
London.—The Worshipful Company
of Apothecaries lias sold its ancient
shop to a London firm of druggists.
It has been curried on by tills city
company since early In the Seven
teenth century and was, as it were,
the classic druggist's shop, with Its
discreet window of fronted glass—the
apothecaries did not display t Heir
wares—the shop forms, the platn
faende behind which Is hidden n dim
old courtyard and then the hall and
other rooms of the society. Almost
next door, in Water Lane, was tlie
Blaekfrlurs theater, where Shake
speare and Rurlmge played.
The society's prescriptions, formu
las and special preparations—many
of them centuries old—urc taken over
by the new owners. The little fac
tory where the society makes drugs
wholesale, chiefly on government or
ders, has not changed hands yet.
The shop is a spacious place, lined
with tnellow-louking old bottles,
gleaming warmly with gilt and color.
You look In vain for patent medicines
or any paraphernalia of the modern
chemist. It Is all drugs and nothing
but drugs, and people who come in
with prescriptions are usually known
and addressed by their names. The
shop is leisurely and quiet, ns befits
its pedigree. Many customers are
sorry that the company should lie giv
ing up Its useful service of selling
sound drugs in these duys when the
city companies rarely still perforin
their original functions.
In the old days no apothecary could
open a shop In the city without a
license from tfie Apothecaries’ Hull,
nor could he sell drugs that had not
been duly tested at the hall.
The old charter gives the company
the right to hum unwholesome drugs
In front of the offender’s*door. The
company Is one of three bodies en-
tftled to grant a medical degree. In
tlie early Eighteenth century there
was a fierce quarrel between tlie phy
sicians and the apothecaries over this,
nnd Doctor Garth in Ills dispensary
spoke rudely of the Apothecaries’ Hall
as tlie place “where tyros take tlie
freedom out to kill."
Richmond, Va., May 29.— (Special) —
Richmond is completing preparations
to entertain the 32d annual convention
of the United Confederate Veterans,
on June 19, 20, 21 and 22. Fully 5,000
of the surviving 45,000 Confederates
are expected to be within the city's
hospitable gates. Most of them will
be accompanied by one or more mem
bers of their famines, and, In addition,
there will be present members of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, the Confed
erated Southern Memorial Association,
sponsors and maids and matrons of
honor.
Comfortable Quarters.
Because of their age, the veterans
this year will sleep in comfortable
quarter . Thousands of them will
stop at hotels and with relatives and
friends, while others will be accom
modated at reasonable cost, from $1.25
to $2 per day for lodging and brisk-
fast, in private homes. Applications
for quarters and inquiries concerning
them should be jddressed to Major
B. B. Morgan, clia.rman of the Com
mittee on Information and Quarters,
Bostoffice Box No. G85, Richmond.
Dinner and supper, with the compli
ments of tlie City of Richmond and
the Commonwealth of Virginia, will
be supplied Confederate veterans who
desire them on June 20, 21 and 22.
Reduced Railroad Fares.
The Southern Railway, the ,Cher,a
peake and Ohio Railway and. in fact,
practically all the transportation sys
tems in the South have agreed to give
the veterans, accompanying members
of their families, and members of
auxiliary organizations the benefit of
reduced fares to this city and return.
These rates have beeen fixed as fol
lows :
Veterans and accompanying mem
bers of their families, 1 rent a mile
for each mile traveled.
Members of the Sons of Confed
erate Veterans, Daughters of the Con
federacy, the Confederated Southern
Memorial Association, other auxiliary
organizations, sponsors and maids! and
matrons of honor, one-way fare for
the round trip.
Identification Certificates.
Tickets will be placed on sale
through the South in ample time for
visitors to reach Richmond on or be
fore June 19. As customary and in
order to eliminate trouble In procur
ing tickets Ht the reduced rates of
fare, identification certificates have
been prepared and are being distri
buted to all veterans and members of
Confederate and affiliated bodies. In
dividuals who are unable to procure
them through usual channela should
apply at once to Adjutant in-Chief
Carl Hinton, Sons of Confederate Vet
erans, Hotel Richmond, Richmond.
GIRL ASTOUNDS PHYSICIANS
A seventeen-yeur-old girl, blind and
deaf, astounded 500 physicians at a
meeting of tlie Chicago Medlciil soci
ety by an Inexplicable faculty of hear
ing and seeing through her finger-tips.
It was admitted her case paralleled
thnt of Helen Kelinr. Numerous phy
sicians, skeptical of her power, gave
her test after test. At the conclusion
of their experiments they announced
they could offer no explanation, but
admitted there had been no Illusory
tactics and that tlie girl's gift was
genuine. She Is Wl|letta Huggins, an
orphan inmate of the Wisconsin School
for the Blind, Janesville, Wls. Miss
Hoggins demonstrated the following
marvelous feats: Hearing perfectly by
placing her hands on the wrist, head
or chest of another through vibration;
with a pole ten feet long touching a
doctor, held the other end and con
versed with him for several minutes;
rubbed her nose over a page and told
how many persons were in the pho
tograph, distinguishing between men
and women; told the color of yarn by
the feeling of it; also told tlie denom
ination of paper money by her touch.
The girl was placed in the Instkntfon
at Janesville. For five years she was
so morose nnd despondent that hdr
sanity was feared for; then one of
the teachers Interested her In the life
of Helen Kelinr nnd since thnt day she
has shown marvelous development in
all her remaining sensei. The picture
shows Mtss Huggins telling the color
of a flower by the sense of smell.
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plan rates, $2, $2.30 and $3 per day. First-
class dining service at moderate prices; club
breakfast, 40c; luncheon. 50c; dinner, 75c; also
service a la carte from 7 a. m. until 8 p. m.
Music daily from G to S p. m.
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