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This bank stands guard ceaselessly providing your funds with protection A BUILDING not only looks complete 11 when it is covered with a Carey mwm Costs You Nothing to have this wonderful new Aladdin coal oil (kerosene) mantle lamp demonstrated right in your own home. You don’t need to pay us a cent unless you are perfectly satisfied and agree that it is the best oil lamp you ever saw. Twice the Light On Half the Oil Recent tests by the Government andnoted scientists at 35 leading Universities prove the Aladdin gives more than twice the light and burns less than half as much oil as the best round wick, open flame lamps on the market. Thus the Aladdin will pay for itself many times over in oil saved, to say nothing of the increased quantity and quality of pure white light it produces. A style for every need. $1000.00 Will Be Given by the Mantle Lamp Company—the !arg« est Coal Oil (kerosene) mantle lamo bouse in the world—to any person who"shows them an oil lamp equal to the Aladdin* Would they dare invite such comparison with all other lights if there were any doubt about the superiority of the Aladdin? Let Us Call and Show You * This Greatest of All Lights WERS supply you and Tacks Also Forks for hauling straw and Wagons for hauling. We will have Cotton Picking Sheets Picking Bags, and Steelyards, for the Cotton Season. See us for a complete line of Groceries, Feed and Farming Implements. We want te buy your Oats, Rye, Wheat, Chickens, Eggs, Hay, Corn, Peas and Peanuts. Make our place your headquarters. Tell us your wants and let u& help GEO. C;-.NUNN, Sr > • ' ' ' * PERftY,GA OPPOSITE DEPOT HOUSTON BANKING COMPANY “The Bank of Service.” PERRY, ...... -GEORGIA. *41111 SERVICE ~—t \ ■ i \ ON THE T0BABC0 INDUSTRY IN GEORGIA Atlanta, Ga., The tobacco in* dustry in Georgia, now reaching large propotions, as shown by the opening of the markets, was eom* paratively unknown a few years ago. it was introduced and promo ted by the agriculture develop- - ment department of the A. B. and | A. railway, whose lines penetrate the tobacco soil of South Georgia. ! In 1920 there was grown and marketed at points on the A. B. and A. 4,283,793 pounds at a price of $956,441. In l92l, due to unfavorable weather conditions the crop was considerably reduced hut growers were not discouraged in their efforts to make tobaceo a staple crop in their territory. The growing of tobacco resulted in the building of drying and stemming plants at three points on the A. B. and A., requiring an investment of a half million dol lars, and giving employment to 1,200 or more persons during the operating season of four months* In time, it becamq necessary to construct six sales warehouses at points on the A. B. and A. lines representing an investment of nearly a $100,00® and employing several hundred persons. The 1923 tobacco crop is said to be the largest. grown in several 1 years and probably of a better quality than any previous crop. It is of a bright yellow variety and the millions af pounds now spread on' the floors of South Georgia 1 warehouses is attracting the at tention ef buyers from all sections of the country, The prices receiv ed for the present crop on opening days is regarded by experts as be ing exceptional! good. —FOK SALE—Graham Flour at bomers Store in Perry. ' > • ' i Acetylene Welding at M jLendon Auto Co ■ * Socks only 10c per pair at H P Houser’s. DEATH OF MRS FANNIE SELPH On Friday piorning August 10th what a gloom was cast over the homes of the loved ones of Mrs Fannie Selph, when they learned the Angel of death had visited her home, 0 and she had ascended with it to the realms of the blest. We cannot realize she has left us to never return again because 1 she was taken from us so sudenly and in mere werds we cannot ex press how sad it is to give her yet if we could we would not her back because we feel she rest with one who needed her for a purpose no one else could fulfil], and she had sweetly said many times that she was ready to go any 1 moment that God called her. She had been in ill health for ihany years but her death eame as a great surprise and shock to every one» All was done for her that could be but God’s will must be done. So cheer up, for your loss is her eternal gain. To mourn her sad death she leaves three sons, one daughter, and soveral grand-children, and also many other relatives. She was about eighty years of age, and spent all of her life in Houston County, was one of the most faithful and industrious women known, always doing j her best. She was especially a faithful and loving mother and numbered her friendf by her acquaintances. The last tribute of respect was paid to her mortal remains Satur day p. in. : A. Niece, R. S. —o — Undoubtedly, as general opin* ion goes, the new president will be a candidate bo succeed himself. Of course, it is also believed, that Senator Johnson of California will lead the radical republicans against president Coolidge, or any old line republican. Should this prove true there may be a third party organized on similar lines to those on which the Roosdvelt campaign was conducted. •; pmimyKS?;.S^jsxi i rwnrre rtxzssm JAMES D. MARTIN, Jr,. Perry, Ga. Distributor for Houston County 1 yard wide sheeting, 10c per yard at H. P. Houser’s. WE PAY TWO KINDS OF INTEREST 4 per cent and Personal Interest and In Return foryeur Business We Often Safety Service Satisfaction Roofing, but it is complete — perfectly protected, finished in appearance — a structure built economically and sure to prove economical to maintain. There is a superior Carey Roofing for every type of building. Let us tell you about the one for your building. B. H. ANDREW & SON PERRY, GA.