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Mt. L. M. JONES
CALLED BY DEATH
-perintendent of state san
itarium SUCCUMBS THURSDAY
MORNING following brief
Slness of five days.
p r i.. M. .Tones, for more than fifteen
M inerintcndcnt of the Georgia
B(1 , sanitarium, passed away Thurs-
orning at eleven o’clock, follow-
Unces of live dnys.
THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
NO. S3
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stricken Saturdnv
iv m
If »
Pr. Jones wns
sjuiug with facial erysipelas. From
1, time lie was first taken ill lie con-
ijueil to grow worse until his death.
k before he passed nway he was
•jiovintf his usuul fair health and the
unouncomont of his death Thursday
as received hy his many friends
Ikouehout Georgia as a distinct chock,
forty-one years ago Dr. Jones was
; H ted an assistant physician at the
sanitarium and ho was continual
Iv thererafter connected with the in-
vtitution until the day he passed away,
[tis n native of Twiggs county and
m tier of into of the most prominent
tamilies in middle Georgia.
In lhO" J'r. Jones was electc-l by the
t«iard of trustees to tho superintenden-
of the Georgia state sanitarium to
reed the late Dr. T. O. Powell, being
looked upon us one of the most eminent
ihvsicians ia Georgia. As a specialist
the treatment of mental diseases, ho
j looked upon as an expert and an
mtbority, having given this feature of
the medical practice close and constant
study for a period of more than forty
rears.
I)r. Jones was 72 ycr.ts of ago. He
is well preserved and enjoyed the
hit of hrn’th until about two years
ago, when lie was given a leave of nb-
senee of several wc 'ks by the board of
trustees of the sanitarium for reeupe-
ratian.
As an ( \ocutlvo Dr. Jones proved
himself highly effieic..t. During tho
ars of his superiatendeticy of the
anitnrium he held tlie admiration of
ill the employees of the institution. He
ognized quite universally
amongst the employees of the sanita
rium as a man possessing a generous
pirit, firm in his ideals and determined
to do the best he could for those about
hint.
la the earlier years of his young-
manhood Dr. Jones for a while taught
school. After a short career ns a school
trarhor he commenced the study of
medicine under a noted Twiggs county
physician, later graduating from the
Athintu Medical College. Soon after
graduating in medicine ho commenced
private practice at. Gordon.
It was in 1881 when Dr. Jones was
rifted an assistant physician at the
Georgia state sanitarium. For twenty-
years prior to being made superin
tendent of the institution he hold
regularly a position on the medical stuff
ef the sanitarium. In 1907, following
tkc death of Dr. T. O. Powell, for many
ars superintendent of the sanitarium.
Dr. Jones wns named by the board of
trustees hend of tho big institution,
hieh position he held regularly until
his death.
Dr. Jones was accredited ns being n
an of a splendid charitable disposition
sad always contributed freely to charit
able organizations and institutions. He
is a regular church goer and was un-
ually generous in the support of the
Dafitist church of which he was a mem
ber. ■ '
Besides his widow, Dr. .Tones is sur
veil by five children: Miss Elizabeth
ines, Messrs L. M. Jones, Jr., and
Aubrey Jones, and Miss Isabel Jones,
! this eity nnd Dr. Will O. Junes of
Orleans.
The funeral and interment was from
lb" residence Friday afternoon at three
"'lock, interment being in the Mill-
edgeville cemetery.
ANOTHER LARGE*!
ELKS HOW LODGE
PLANING MILL SORROW SUNDAY
MILLEDGEVILLE PLANING MILL
COMPANY TO ERECT LARGE
PLANT HERE IMMEDIATELY-
BACKED BY MACON CAPITAL.
•Another large planing mill will he
erected by the Milledgeville Planing
Mill Company, a new- concern which
proposes to apply for an application for
ohnrter to be incorporated under the
laws of Georgia.
Th» concern is backed by Mneon capi
tal, principally the stockholders of the
Arnett Lumber Company-, it is sttid, and
will be capacitated to dress five car
loads of lumber daily. The mill will be
located near the junction of the Cen
tral of Georgia and Georgia railroads,
it is understood, and w ill be one of the
most modern plants of the kind in
Georgia.
There are alrendv two large planing
mills on the outskirts of Milledgeville,
one owned hy Capt. J. H. Ennis and
wm
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XL-:, GA„ FRIDAY. QF.CXMBER 1022
Established October 12, 1001
SPLENDID MEMORIAL ADDRESS IS
DELIVERED BY HON. S. B. LIP-
PTT. OF ALBANY—LARGE AU
DIENCE WITNESS EXERCISES.
The principal feature of the beautiful
program of the Blks Memorial Service
held in the Opera Hous- in this city
Sunday was the memorial address by
the Hon. Sam Brown Lippit, a member
of Albany bodge. Mr. Lippit is a prom
inent young lawyer of the thriving city
of Albany, ami is n graduate of the
l Diversity of Georgia. His nddress was
in the unanimous opinion of the mem
bers of the large crowd that heard it,
one of the very best of the kind that
has ever been delivered in this eity.
Ilis diction was superb and hisdelivery
could not he improved upon. It was
replete with beautiful imagery and set
forth in finely chosen words the prin
ciples of Klkdom. He was hoard by a
large audience which filled the Opern
tho other bv Mr. M. M. Grooms. it ; Hou8 ® and whi(,h gave him rnpt ntten-
is snid that'the Fowler-Flemister Coal t!on - Mr - Ll PP !t a very accomplish-
Companv will install a lnrge planer pd speaker nnd the members of the
within the next three or four weeks. Lod f? p in this city are loud in their
Also, it is rumored that one of the P r ‘ l ' MOS °* ^is speech.
DEEPSTEP MAN
PLANE VICTIM
THOMAS JORDAN IS KILLED IN
STANTLY TUESDAY IN AERO
PLANE COLLISION AT NEWPORT
NEWS. VIRGINIA.
Mr. Thomas Jordan, a young man of
the community of Deepstep, in Wash
ington county, was killed instantly
Tuesday when the bomber plane he was
flying # collided with n Fokker scout
plane near Newport News, Vn.
The two machines immediately nfter
colliding burst into flnmes and the five
occupants hist their lives, death coming
nlmoat in-’tuntlv.
Mr. Jordan had been at Langley
Field, near Newport News for some
time. It is said he was well known in
the community of Deepstep, where ho
wns reared.
it is rumored that one
largest lumber concerns in the south
have purchased millions of feet of tim
ber in this section nnd thnt this concern
will erect here shortly one of the largest
plowing mills in the entire country.
FIRE DRILLS IN EVERY
SCHOOL IN GEORGIA
Atlanta, Dee. 4.—-“At the next meet
ing of the State Board of Education,
in Jan. I shall recommend that regula
tions bo made directing fire drills in
every school in Georgia, and directing
thnt principals and teachers have all
children properly informed of a safe
means of escape in case of fire.
“lu the meantime I suggest that
every school in Georgia practice a fire
drill in the school some time this
week,” said State Superintendent M.
M. Parks today, discussing the disas
trous fire in the county school near
Covington.
‘‘AH Georgia,” he said, ‘‘is startled
nnd distressed by the news of the
horrible death of the little children
who w-erc trapped on the second floor
of the county school at High Point,
near Covington. It should not hap
pen again.
‘‘A proper fire esenpe should.be in
stalled and fire drills should be fre
quently practiced.
‘‘My sympathy goes out to the be
reaved parents, to the injured chil
dren and to the toacher-lieroine who,
risking her own life, nnd suffering
severe burns, yet struggled so bravely
to rescue every child.”
BILLION DOLLARS’ WORTH
OF FOOD SENT TO EUROPE
Tlie Catholic Ladies Annual Bazaar
will he held at Boaz Shoe Store, Dec.
11. 1922. A cordial welcome to all.
Uncle Sam, despite strikes, elec
tions nnd ‘‘mpvie” scandals, continues
to be the world's greatest provider.
Last yenr, according to the figures of
the department of commerce, tho
United States exported to the rest of
tho world foodstuffs vnlucd at $1,362,-
000,000—by far the largest in history.
Export of brendstuffs nmounted in
value to $748,000,000, to which wheat
contributed more than half. Tho most
surprising figures showed that eggs
vnluod at $10,000,000 went to China,
the original home of the hen and great
est egg- exporting country iu tho
world.
The first thick ice of tho season
made its appearance Wednesday morn
ing nnd every exposed object was
blanketed with an unusually heavy
frost. There were a number of hogs
slaughtered during the just week, hut
since the weather has turned warmer
there bus been apprehension that tho
meat may not keep.
The sweet potato crop this season
is snid to be the finest ever produced
in this section of the state, and they
have an excellent flavor. Some have
stored their crops in the curing houses,
while others are depending upon *he
old time method of hilling them with
a cover of earth to prevent freezing
during the winter months. It is hoped
that they will keep ia good condition,
ns this is one of our important food
crops.
Cold Remedies
Special This Week For Cash!
30c Laxative Bromo Quinine —. ---> 22c
50c Aspirine ■„
•SI.25 Bayer’s Aspirin—5 grain
25c Bayer’s Aspirin—5 grain --|” c
40c to 60c Antiphlogistin a,1 j
30c to 60c Bell’s Pine Tar and Honey 22c and 4.3c
75c Bounell’s Analgesia Balm -- -
25c and 50c 666 Chill Tonic JJc and 34c
30c to 60c Cheney’s Expectorant 23c and 44c
35c Calotabs ~, zt c
35c and 65c Vick’s Salve “9° ana ;>JC
AND OTHERS
Retail quantities at wholesale prices. ,
CULVER & KIDD DRUG CO.
OF COURSE
’PHONES 224 and 240
MI1.1FDT.RVII.LE. GEORGIA.
For years it has been customary
with all Elk Lodges to hold a lodge of
sorrow the first Sunday in eueh De
cember. The exercises prepared here
on this occasion were appropriately car
ried out, being designed to pay respect
to those members of the order having
passed to the great beyond.
The complete program as was carried
out, followed by this splendid nddress:
i Mv Brothers:
t
In the Golden Rule which is the
foundation and ground work of our
order ‘‘Brotherly Love” finds its most
perfect expression and it is best exem
plified by practicing the teachings of
our motto: ‘‘The faults of our brothers,
wo write upon the sands; their virtues
upon the tablets of love and memory.”
It softens the stern realities of life
nnd manifests itself in good fellowship,
sympathy, and in kindness of
thought, word, and deed. It has smiles
of laughter for us in seasons of joy; nnd
it sits with us in the shadow and weeps
in the hour of bereavement. It teaches
us to scatter flowers along life’s path
way and to speak words of kindness to
tho living, ns well as to cherish the
memory of tho doud.
We strive, my brother, to strew some
of tho flowers which adorn our devious
paths through life along the trail as we
go hy, thnt their sweetness nnd frag
rance may rise, not -us funeral incense
in tho death chamber, to hang heavy
among the sable trappings of dissolu
tion and decay, unhreathed by. him to
whom their tribute is a mockery, hut to
be culled, if only a modest daisy beside
the highway, and hnnded to the way
farer as he journeys along fb sweeten
his travel and fatigue. We believe, my
brothers, thnt n jnpouien in the living
hand is better than chaplets or
heliotrope and wreaths of immortelles
entwined about the marble brow of the
dead. Wo believe, my brothers, that:
‘‘A rose to tho living is more than
sumptuous wreaths to the dead,
In filling life’s infinite store, a rose to
the living is more,
If graciously given, before the hunger
ing spirit hath fled,
A rose to the living is more than sump
tuous wreaths to the dead.”
But we are often deterred by the con
ventions of intercourse, a false concep
tion of modesty, or embarrassment, from
awarding to the deserving during life
the laurels and posies justly duo them,
and wait until death hath sealed their
lips and closed their eyes forever to
send odr bouquets and breathe our
•benisons.
But living or dead an Elk is never
forgotten, never forsaken. Morning and
noon may pass him by, the light of day
sink heedlessly in the west, hut ere the
shadows of midnight shall fall, the
chimes of memory will lie pealing forth
tlie friendly message, ‘‘To our absent
brothers ’ ’
I recall a poem taught me by my
mother in my youngest school days:
‘‘Faintly flow the fallen river,
Like a dream that dies away,
Down the ocean gliding ever,
Keep thy calm unruffled way.
‘‘Time with such a silent motion,
Floats along on wings of air,
To Eternity’s dark ocean,
Burying all its treasures there.
‘‘Roses bloom and then they wither,
Checks are bright, then fade and die.
Shapes of light tire wafted hither,
Then like visions hurry by.
‘‘Quick ns clouds at evening driven,
O'er tho many colored west,
Years are hearing us to heaven.
To home, to happiness nnd rest.”
Wo lire today assembled as a great
Fraternity, in the nnmo of the brother
hood of man, to puy tribute to the vir
tues of our departed friends; what n
comforting thought thnt throughout
these United States, wherever a lodge
of Elks is assembled, we know that in
this busy, bustling world, that we, as
loyal Elks, have set apart this day to
speak in loving remembrance of those
that have gone.
Wherever the roster of u lodge has
M. D. WOOD KILLS
P.- FUNDERBURK
FORMER RESIDENT OF MILLEDGE
VILLE PLACED IN BIBB COUNTY
JAIL CHARGED WITH MURDER
been called, a deadly silence prevails,
and in vaNt do we call the names of our
absont brothers. Did I say in vain? No,
not in vain; though there are vacant
chairs, yet, we call not the roster in
vain, or while wo call wo pause but for
the moment, and, then, there comes n
distinct sweet voice wafted back upon
the wings of the clouds, and the voice
is from God’s own kingdom, telling us
that though we have lost, our departed
friends have gained.
It is sad to consign to the dust the
bodies of those we love—how infinitely
more sad, if wo were compelled to pnrt
with that Spirit which animated this
tenement of clay. The best of man dies
not perish. 'We bury the hrnin that
planned for others, ns well as for its
Master; the tongue thnt spoke words of
love nnd encouragement; the hands that
were extended to those that needed help
and tho feet that ran where duty direct
ed; but the Spirit which dominated and
controlled all, rises triumphant o ’or the
grave. We lay' nway the implements
with which they wrought, but the Soul,
my brothers, is immortal.
Milledgeville Lodge is to be con
gratulated, for during the past twelve
months hut one brother has gone to thf
grent beyond; one brother has been call
ed from labor to eternal rest. Tho
Grent Giver of all good gifts has look
ed down upon you with favor. But on
this sacred the holy day the memory of
thoso tlu.t hn.ug .gone before still liven.
Their virtues endure forever. Tho chief
virtue of every good Elk is that of
Charity. Charity, my brothers, menus
kindness, tho relief of distress, sympa
thy with the afflicted, and the love of
man for man. It is always considerate,
modest and forgiving; always brave|
sincere nnd true. It speaks no unkind
ness, harbors no evil thought, bears no
mnlice. All these are exalted traits
which make for tho peace, comfort and
happiness of this world. The daily gifts
wo bestow increase our own riches. The
help we extend to those in need is
added to our own strength. Our whole
Influence in life is determined by the
good deeds we do, rather thnn by the
emotions we feel. Tho kindliest feel
ings may vanish, the best resolutions
mny be forgotten, but the influence of
n good deed, honestly performed will
continue forever. And let me remind
you right here, my brothers, that in the
lodge room we do not ask 11 man, who
his father was, we Himply inquire what
he is. We do not ask him what his
father has done, wo simply ask him, if
ho is renily to do the work that fall
to him. We do not ask him whether
he has received n diploma from some
institution of learning; wo simply nsk
if he 1ms studied the science of how to
live, if he recognizes tlie ties thnt bind
him to mankind. We do not nsk how
many acres of land he possesses, we nsk
him if he is possessed of the spirit of
brotherhood to join with us under the
glorious banner of universal fraternity
equality nnd liberty.
Another cardinal principle of Elkdom
is thnt of Fidelity. The order of Elk
being distinctly American, intensely
patriotic, nnd without a counterpart iu
any other land, has adopted the Amcri
can flag as its standard. 1 hod tin
honor of delivering the Elks’ memorin
address last year in my own home town
of Albany. Among our absent brothers
was a young bro*her who gave his life
in line of duty. And 1 told them u story
to me, the sweetest story that was over
told of faith and heroism that tho
recent world war has furnished. It if
the true experience of an American sol
dicr. On the last day with his mother
in America they went to church and sat
together at the Lord’s table. Together
they heard the minister say, again and
again: ‘‘This is niy body broken for
you.” And thnt brave American soldier
said to her son ns he went nway: ‘‘It
is breaking my heart, my son, for you
to go but it would break it worse, far
worse, for you not to want to go. If
you must die in freedom’s cause, re
member thnt your sacrifice is well
pleasing to your Master whose sacrific
ing death you commemorated today.”
Over the top thnt bravo boy went and
was shot to pieces in ‘‘No Man’s
I.nnd. ” He was carried back, bleeding
and flying to an emergency hospital
where nurses and doctors attended him
to the very gates of death. And when
one of the doctors came out of the death
chamber, he smiled through his tears
and snid: ‘‘I know that that boy saw
his Savior face to face before lie died,
for as ho east his eyes on his own
(Continued on pago five)
A verdict of murder against M. D.
Wood was returned Friday morning by
a coroner’s jury which investigated the
killing Thursday night of Paul Funder
burk, a Rome, On., tobacco salesman,
and the wounding of Miss Oleno four-
son, Wood’s finnncee. The shooting
occurred on Cherry street in front of
the home of Miss Courson as site alight
ed from Funderburk’s automobile,
shortly after 10 o’clock.
Two eyewitnesses testified nt the in
vestigation that when Miss Courson
came homo in the automohitt* in com
pany with Funderburk, Wood left the
front porch of the Courson home, wont
to liis boarding houso half a block nway
and returned to the car and began
shooting. Funderburk was killed in
stantly nnd Miss Courson was shot
through the arm nnd one bullet entered
the abdomen. She is in n critical con
dition.
Wood, in liis cell at tho county jail,
refuses to discuss tho shooting. Rela
tives were hero Friday, from Dovercaux,
Ga., his home, nnd have employed coun
sel to defend him. Wood has been on-
gnged to the young womnn for seven
years, it is said. Two of his brothers
married her sisters, it is said. One of
Wood’s brothers is clerk of Hnneock
county superior court.
Wood admitted thnt he did not even
know Funderburk, the man he killed.
He had more than fifteen cartridges in
his coat pocket, when searched nt the
jail after hiN arrest.
Wood, who formerly resided in
Devereaux, Ga., is said to have been
engaged to Miss Courson for seven
years. Police say that his only utter
ance after he wns placed in jail was
tbtit ‘ ‘ She’s run me crazy. ’ ’ The young
man is snid to have called at the Cour-
son homo early last ‘night nnd learned
that Miss Courson hod not returned
from her work. He waited for her,
hatting on the front porch with his
roommate and n young woman
When Funderburk, who is a traveling
Bulcsnmn, and Miss Courson stopped in
front 9f the houso, they remained In
the automobile engaged in conversation.
Wood, it is said, allowed his. jealousy
to become uncontrollable. He went to
his kqfUfi two doors away,. obtained a
pistol,‘and’relur'iiciT juot as the young
woman was stopping from tho machine.
Ho shot Miss Courson twice, it is said,
while her' back was townrd him, and
then turned the pistol townrd the auto-
mobilt), firing three more times. Funder
burk wns unarmed.
Offered Girl Ride in Rain
Miss Courson resigned her position ns
stenographer Thursdny, effective De
comber 15th. Friends of Funderburk
stated that because of tho hard rain
Inst night when MiBS Courson finished
her work iu a local hotel Funderburk
offered to carry her homo in his auto
mobile and she accepted tho offer.
Doctors who performed t)ip. operation
on Miss Courson found thnt the intes
tines had been perforated four times;
tho pelvif bone wns brokon nnd there
was serious internal hemorrhages. Tho
bullet, which entered from tho back,
was removed.
Myrick Wood is quite well known in
Milledgeville and this immediate soc
tiori, having been employed ns a clerk
in the store of O. M. & E. N. Ennis,
TAXES ARE DUE
FOR THIS YEAR
LAW MAKES IT NECESSARY TO
CLOSE BOOKS DECEMBER TWEN
TIETH AND ISSUE EXECUTIONS
AGAINST ALL DELINQUENTS
Tax Collector Lawrence reports that
the collection of taxes up to date is in
excess of the amount pnid last year, but
there are many who have not complied
with their duties to the state and coun
ty. As the time limit expires Doecin-
bor 20th the law makes it obligatory on
his pnrt to issue executions against all
property owners who have failed to
make payment, as he has no discretion
in tho matter and must comply with
the requirements. The payment of taxon
is always looked upon as a burden, no
matter whether times are prosperous or
otherwise, but every citizen who lives
under any form of government knows
thnt the payment of tnxes is inevitable.
Therefore thoso who have to pay might
as well do so with os good grace as
possible. From this dato there will bo
many who will discharge this duty in
order to nvoid additional expenses nnd
every tax payor should make a deter
mined effort to get square with the
state and county before the limit fixed
by law expires. Mr. Lawrence will bo
found nt his offico in tho court house
during business hours.
Cholera Swiping
Hogs in County
Hog cholera is prevailing in some
sections of the county and thore is dan
ger of the disease spreading. Every
precaution Jcnown to seionce should be
used to prevent losses by tho dreaded
disease, and if all will co-operato there
will not bo so much danger of a spread
of the cholera. Remedies for cholera
should bo used promptly, tho sick hogs
should bo isolated and kopt away from
those that havo not developed symp
toms of the disease, and in tho event
that any of the hogs should die the
carcasses should oither be promptly
burned • or deeply buried. If throwi;
out whore the buzzards can havo access
to them they will scatter tho germs of
tho disease wherever they alight. Dogs
will also eat parts of the carcasses and
scatter the germs as they roam about.
Burning tho carcasses is the most satis
factory mothod of control, oh then there
is no likelihood of dogs or other ani
mals scratching up the buried animals.
Dnilifeetants should be freely wed, as
people who walk about hog lots where
tho disense has appeared will carry tho
germs on their shoes and clothing. Usd
every precaution possible nnd thus pre
vent the heuvy losses which are often
sustained where no effort is made to
stump out the spread of cholera.
Education Week is
Time to Tell Facts
Washington, IX C., Dec. 2.—An admo
nition by Thomiw Jefferson to ‘‘Preach
a Crusade Against Ignorance” was in
voked tonight by Commissioner Tigert
of the bureau of education* in a mes
sage to the American Education week.
With five million illiterate adults
and six million children not ill schools,
the commissioner snid, the nation has
even more need than in the dnys of tho
snge of Monticello to set its face to*
wnrd a policy to enable ull the people
to ‘ ‘ grow in power and knowledge, in
human understanding and tolerance, as
the primary conditions of national
primary
near'Midway for about two years prior J Wflek| get Mide by Prp8i .
to being drafted into military
during the World War.
Wood is a son of Rev. and Mrs. I. M.
Wood, who reside in the vicinity of
Devorcnux. His' father is a Baptist
minister, well known throughout Han
cock and adjoining counties.
Prices of Pecans Are
Regarded Attractive
With market quotations of 40 cents
per pound for Bchley pecans, of average
tree-run quality, and prices graduating
downward for other varieties growers
through this section have unusual in
terest in their groves at present.
Local sales are being made frequent
ly nnd considerable quantities are ship
ped out of the city. Dealers are mak
ing lively bids for the nuts of this
season, with the result that growers do
not have to hunt up the market. The
stabilized prices this season, of course,
make owners think more of their trees,
hence entomologists looking after such
matters are giving out information re-
gnrding tlie care of the trees.
One of the reports just put out of
ficially is tlie causo of tlie twigs falling
under the trees. The adult beetle
places its eggs in the twig and then
girdles it eo tlie twig will drop to the
and afford a hatching place for
the eggs and the decaying twig will
furnish food for the newly hatched
beetle.
Growers lire advised to carefully gath
er these fallen twigs and burn them
in order that tlie eggs may he destroyed
nnd the future crop of pests be eradi
cated. Tlie same beetle, they state,
girdle persimmon and hickory trees,
and if any of those are in proximity to
pecan trees the fallen twigs should al
so bo destroyed.
It is stated that the beetle deposits
its eggs beneath the bark, near or nt
tlie base of tlie leaf petitoles, after
which the twig is girdled in such ef
fective mnnner that it falls off, injur
ing the tree and affecting its produc
ing capacity the following season.
Care in destroying twigs will nienn n
greater bearing capacity the next sea
son.
The Catholic Ladles Annual Bazaar
will be held at Boaz Shoe Store. Dec.
11, 1922. A cordial welcome to all.
A man employs the time you mnk
him wait in summing up your fouls;
so don’t be lute.
dent Jlurding ill a recent proclamation
ii time for ‘‘inspirational” reflec
tion on the educational needs of great
and small communities, wns described
by Mr. Tigert as an occasion on which
the plain facts about ignorance and
educational neglect should be told far
and wide.
‘ One hundred and thirty-six years
ago,” said the message, ‘‘Thomas
Jefferson wrote: ‘Preach a crusade
against ignorance: establish and im
prove the law for educating tho com
mon people.’
‘American Education Week is tho
time for telling the facts about Ameri
can education. And some if the funda
mental facts that need to be empha
sized arc first that ‘all the people’ nro
not being educated. On the contrary,
over six million children betwoen tho
ages of 5 and 18, one-fourth of all in
the country, are not in any school,
Secondly, about five million adults, or
one-sixth of the total population, are
according to the census, illiterate
while the draft indicates that this
figure should be even larger. Thirdly,
public schools are being closed for
luck of teachers nud lack of funds for
carrying them on.
‘‘Let our countrymen know,” said
Jefferson, ‘that tho tax which will he
paid for this purpose (education) is
not more than a thousandth part of
what will be paid if wo leave tho
people in ignorance.’
‘‘What is needed is funds nnd yet
more funds for tho education of all the
people. If we believe in education wo
must be willing to support it.”
Syrup makers are exhibiting sample*
of their syrup made from this year’s
crop of cane, and some of it appears
to be of extra fine quality, being clear
and almost transparent. It is being
retailed at forty to fifty cents a gal
lon. People who are accustomed to us
ing ribbon cane syrup prefer it to any
other kind; but tlie north Georgia peo
ple who have had their taste impaired
bv mountain dew generally prefer tbs
old fashioned sorghum, such as the
middle and south Georgia people feed
to their hogs.
Join ‘‘The Gift Shop” (an Ex
change) in Tho Singer Sewing Machine
Office. Membership fee, 50c for tlie
holiday season, and 10 per cent com
mission.
The Catholic Ladies Annual Bazaar
will be held at Boaz Shoe Store, Dec.
11„ 1922. A cordial welcome to all.