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EXPLAINS CONTRACTS
Expenditures for Road and Bridge
Work Are Reported In
Statement.
The state Highway Department In
vites attention to following statement,
of its procedure, expenditures' and ac
complishments.
All bids by contractors are opened at
the State Highway Department in the
presence of the State Highway Board,
the State Highway Engineer, a repre
sentative of the Bureau of Publlo
Hoads, the contractors and general
public.
When a county wishes to construct a
federal aid project with its convict
force nr otherwise, contraot is given
to the county without its having to bid
for the same at a letting.
to awarding such contract to a coun
ty It is at an amount which is lesB
than the cost of similar work when per
formed by contractor and under the
cost as estimated by the State Highway
Board, approved by the representative
of the Federal Government.
When a contract' for the construction
of .a federal aid project Is awarded by
the state highway board, after same
has been duly advertised in the news
papers of thej state, and especially in
the newspapers of the county in which
the project 1b located, it is done only
after a representative of the bureau of
public Toads, the state highway engi
neer and the county authorities of the
county have recommended such to the
atate highway board, who then ap
proves the contract. This statement
1b made to show the complete co-oper
ation of county authorities and high*
uray officials in awarding contracts for
toad building in Georgia,
. Again, unless the lowest bidder fails
to make bond to carry out his contraot
<or unless the county authorities object
to awarding the contract tp the lowest
Udder, the state highway board hat
always-awarded the contraot to the one
-who makes the lowest bid for it
During the time the state highway
-department has been in existence the
total amount of state funds UBed lor
construction purposes have boen aa
follows.
State funds (motor vehi
cle tax) ! ? 1,748,980.75
(County funds (bond ls-
. sues) . 8.295,5.14.35
Federal government funds 6,395,303.17
$16,437,804.27
For work under construc
tion, including state,
county and federal
funds, there has been
appropriated $ 7.518.811.28
Making a grand total of
funds available of... w $23,966,616.55
Bridges constructed and under con
struction total 13.80 miles.
Bridges for which plans and finan
cial arrangements have been made for
construction total 2.40 miles.
Total length of bridges constructed
and under construction, also for which
funds have been appropriated, is 15.70
miles. These figures include only the
bridge itself and do not include the
approaches.
Total cost of bridges to December
31, 1922, was $2,824,829.17. This
amount is included in the above total
of construction expenditures.
Capture 9,000 Quarts Of Liquor
Savannah.—Nine thousand quarts
of liquor, most of it bottle-in-bond,
has been captured by prohibition offi
cers, city and. county police here In
the last 24 hours. A boat bearing a
cargo of fine liquors was fired on by
officers. The crew took to the sea
with 400 cases, but was captured and
towed in; about 6,000 bottles were
found in an automobile hidden in the
woods between. Sandfly and Mont
gomery. Other smaller seizures
swelled the record for the hottest day
of the summer.
Power To Make Men Tell Truth
San Francisco, Calif.—Where courts
of law, clever attorneys, penitentiaries
and prisons have failed to check the
evergrowing increase in crime, med
ical science has stepped in to make
the world unsafe for crooks to live
in. This was the assertion of Dr. R.
E. House, Ferris, Texas, which afford
ed a thrill to the opening session of
the American Medical association con
vention here. By a new anaesthetic
ministered to the suspected criminal
he loses the power to tell a lie Dr.
House says.
NEW STEAMSHIPS TO BE LAUNCHED CALCIUM ARSENATE
Platform Collapses; 100 Are Injured
Dallas, Texas.—Freighted with hun
dreds of men, women and children,
seeking to crowd their way through
the gates to attend an open air per
formance at Cycle Park theater, a
wooden platform over a ditch to a
gateway collapsed, throwing possibly
100 people into the ditch. Few, if
any, were seriously injured, a check
up at the hospital^ showed. No obe
was killed. Men and women were
taken out of the wreckage with cuts
and briuses.
Swine Breeders To Meet
Cedartown.—The state meeting of
the Swine Breeders' association will
meet here August 30 and 31, at the
invitation of the. county farm bureau
and the chamber of commerce.
Search Ends In Capture Of Foroer
Cincinnati, Ohio.—Concluding a six
) months' search, Baltimore and Ohio
railroad police arrested George Ow
ens, 30 years old, Chicago, at Hun
tington, W. Va., who, it is alleged, has
obtained thousands of dollars from
various railroadB through forgery
and raising of payroll vouchers, This
information was given out by Ed
ward D. Baker, captain of Baltimore
and Ohio railroad police here.
Body of Missing Balloon Aviator Found
Fort Stanley, Ont.—Lake Erie has
yielded the body of Lieut. L. J. Roth,
pilot of the ill-fated United States navy
balloon A-6698. Strapped to the bas
ket of the balloon, apd clad only
In his underwear around which had
been tied a life preserver, Roth’s body
was found in the basket, fourteen
miles off here, by Capt, George Wil
ma, master .of a flehlpg boat.
Six Killed, 40 Hurt On Elevated Train
New York.—At least six persons
Were killed and more than two score
Injured recently when a two-car train
plunged from the Brooklyn-Manhattan
transit elevated structure at Fifth
and Flatbush avenues in Brooklyn
and was smashed to matchwood. Of
the injured at least five were expect
ed to die. An unofficial explanation
of the accident was that an axle on
one of the cars had broken and this
had ripped up the outsldo rail, eaus
Ing the train to plunge to tho street
below.
Two now steamships,to be known
as “The City of Chattanooga" and
“The City of Birmingham” will,
be launched by the Ocean Steam
ship Company in July and Au
gust. Each will be 6,500 ton ca
pacity, twenty per cent larger
than the best of the eight ships
now in service, and each will cost
one million dollars, They are
equipped for quick .handling of
freight and contain enlarged and
superior accommodations for pas
senger travel.
In speaking of these ships Presi
dent W A Winburn, of tho Cen
tral of Georgia Railway calls at
tention to the advantages of Sail
iand water transportation ns pro
vided by the Central and its con
nections. This service began
operation as early as 1848; and
provided cheap and expedients
transportation for light and heavy
freight originating at the markets
along the eastern seaboard and for
tho products of tho south moving
northward. Tho servies proved
of real value to the business world
and has grown in importance un
til now there are eight ships in
the fleet, with sailings between
Savannah and New York three
times a week; Savannah and Ros-
ton twice weekly. The Merchant
and Miners Transportation Com
pany, an independent company,
has sailings twice a week between
Savannah, Baltimore and Philadel
phia. It has just put two new
ships into service.
More than twenty thousand pas
sengers annually use the ships of
the Ocean Steamship Company,
and its freight service enfoys an
extensivo patronage not only in
the southeast, but as far west as
Colorado and Utah.
President Winburn sayB tho
worth of this combination of rail
and water service to American
business justifies the large expen
ditures being made to in&uro its
permanence and improvement.
BUY NOW From Regular Tire Dealers
at These Astounding LOW PRICES
Oldfield Cord Tires are race tested—hold
ing all of the track records made in the past
three years.
Oldfield Cord Tires are road tested—in
the Wichita, Kansas, Economy Road Test,
in the winter of 1922, the official record
showed a set of Oldfield Cords had traveled
34,525 miles before the first tire gave way.
And this is only one of many instances of
unusual highway performance.
Oldfield Cords are built by one of the
largest tire manufacturers, who must main
tain the established reputation of these re
markable cords.
Here are the biggest tire and tube values
ever offered by anyone. Come in today.
Buy your tires now before our stock is ex
hausted. Purchase from a regular tire deal
er, located near you. We stand behind
these tires and are ready at all times to
give you prompt service*
Size
Tire
Tube
30x3 “999” 8.00
30x3 1-2 “999” 9.85
1.65
1.76
CORDS
30 x 3 1-2
32 x 4
33 x 4
32 x 4 1-2
33 x 4 1-2
33 x 5
35 x 5
S6 x 6
18 x 7
40 x 8
12.25
. 22.00
22.95
28.00 •
28.30
34,90
35.80
60.25
85.75
110.50
1.75
2.55
2 65
s.so
3.50
3.95
4.15
8.70
10.60
13.75
A. M. ANDERSON, Dealer,
PERRY, GA.
One of the most important
times to dustootton for control of
boll weevils is from now until the
close of the season. If you have
not your supply of Oalciun Aai se
nate now is the lime to get it from
the Georgia State Board of Ento
mology at 16c per pound deliver
ed in 200-lb. containers, The
Board has a supply now on hand
in Atlanta and will ship out im
mediately upon receipt of check
for the same.
Experiments have shown that
late dusting is absolutely essential
to save the cotton crop. The Board
has only a limited amount of Cal
cium Arsenate and does not expect
to secure a new contraot for this
season.
All Calcium Arsenate sold by
the State Board of Entomology is
analyzed before shipment and is
guaranteed to meet the require
ments of the State and Federal
Law, It is first class and high
grade in every respect.
State Board of Entomology
By Ira W Williams,
State Entomologist.
SHORT COURSE FOR COLORED
BOYS AND GIRLS
Beginning Tuesday, July 24,
thraugh Friday,. July 27, there
will be held at tho Fort Valley
High and Industrial School, Fort
Valley, Ga., H A Hunt, Principal
the Annual Short Course for color
ed boysnnd girls of the county,
In this Annual Short Cotorse
the boys and girls will be given
lessons and demonstrations in
canning, planning meals, selecting
materials for dress, plain sowing,
culling poultry, selecting eggs for
market, cooking, remodeling
homes, selecting seeds, naming,
seeds, points of a good cow, • har
nessing team, farm machinery,
iceless refrigerator; health hints
and many other things which will
fit these boys and girls to bo bet
ter men and women.
Each one is expected to bring
along enough meal, flour, meat,
eggs, etc., to last him or her four
days. Also two sheets and one
pillow case.
Paris,' France.—The "French chain,
ber of deputies recently ratified the
Washington treaty for the limitation!
of naval armaments and capital ships
by a vote of 460 to 106. The treaties
were taken up in open session of the
chamber for the first time with the
clauses dealing with tho limitation of
armament and capital ships the ob
ject of special consideration. With
Premier Poincare and other members
of the government present, Charles
Guernier, on his report favored rath
ficatlon of the treaties with slight res*
ervatlons.
Harding “Apostle” Of Understanding
Wrangell, Alaska.—President Har.
ding, landing here, greeted thousands
of people of Wrangell and Peters,
burg, and In an address delivered
from the steps of the frame court
house, declared he came to Alaska
''as an apostle of understanding” and
wanted his administration to go down
In hlBtory as "a period of understand*.
Ing.”
Refuse To Work Without Contract
Atlantic City, N. J.—The anthracite
mine workers of Pennsylvania have
refused to enter Into an immediate
understanding with- the coal, operators.
that the production of coal shall con*
tinuo uninterruptedly after August 31,
in the event that a new contract shall
not have been negotiated by that time
with the understanding that the agrep.
ment subsequently arrived at shall be
retroactive to September l. The min*
ers contend that there is ample time
to work out an agreement,if each side
diligently applies itself.
New Angle Put On Reparations
Ronie, Italy.—New Italian participa*
tionj in the reparations muddle is seen
In the conference between German Am
bassador Neurath and Senator Contra*
rinij general, secretary lot the foreign
office. The semi-official' newspaper,
Merisagero, points out that the Anglo*
Italian ptess is under the wrong lm*
pression In believing that Italy Is
loaning toward the' British viewpoint
on the Ruhr, and that the French press
similarly
mi i u u,-,. orrs similarly In thinking that Italy
The dub that has the la gest lB f ayQra bi e to France and Belgium*
representative of boys and girls The Italians disagree with all of them*
will be awarded three ($3,00) dol
lars first prize, and two (2.00.)
second prize. On Friday
tural spelling match and a picnic
will be given the boya and girls.
Lectures by Prof. H A Hunt
other edneatiors will be giyen
each day. X
--+TAKEN UP—On niy premis-
agrinulil'es 3 ; miles from Perry several days
ago a white and black*spotted sow.
OwneT may get same by paying
expenses P. P. Newell
Route No. 2 Perry, Ga.
IMPROVED COTTON INCREASES
—LOST or stolen from Pe*ry
Dru£ Store, white dog with tan
. . . ears, tan spot on tail, answeis to
The proportion of cotton of im- ( the tiame of Trixy. Finder notify
proved varieties grown in North Howard Harmon and receive re-
Carolina has increased 50 per cent ^ ar( j
within the past eight years, ac-'
cording to reports to the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Community crop improvement
work with cotton was begun in
the State by agriculture expert
JULY SPECIALS
Ladies Skirts.....
Bungalow Aprons.
Voile Waists.
seed. Efforts are made to secure
the growing of this variety along
in the community.
When the work was begun, it
was estimated that 90 per
North Carolina cotton was pro
duced from seed of low yield and
mixed, small boll varieties. X
S P Crowell, Perry Ga.
—F O R S A L E—Good
Horse. 1 Work anywhere,
cent of a t this office.
ment station and extension workers ^ uck p ant8 2 50
eight years ago. The plan followed! h. P. Houser,
has been to establish community 1 — —
test farm* throughout the State to, _ a at-pi.—One side'board
demonstrate the ’best variety of 1 FOR SALE. j ftna AaBa
cotton to grow in tho locality and ono canning machine and one case
tho veins of the • use of selected of Ne. 2 can., wl'll sell cheap. Mrs
Young
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