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indistinct COLYUM ——• — "'THE HOME JOURNAL r Wtfce $1.50 A Year. Advance JPnbliahod Every Thursday Morning Official Organ of Houston County -30HN II. & JOHN L. HODGES Thursday, Not. 1. JKEIGN .4EW ^HCHES l( At. OFFICES AND CHICAGO . THE PRINCIPAL CITIES ajFEKY good citizen o f Houston «aSDsant.y who is alive to his own v3Sw*sfcinterest will lend encourage- It) efforts for its dcvclop- along legitimate lines. — —1> 1 — , ’SbocAL public interest in the de* -^r«l«pment of the mineral re -iSfi»*rces in this section has by no ' mtinrxB subsided and tlierc are orany rumors heard on thd streets ■IE*, regard to projects soon to be etc, but without confirmation. ’There were 4,032 bales of cot Tata* ginned in Houston County the crop of 1923 prior to 'October 18th 1923 as compared 0.320 bales ginned to Octob er ftfth 1922. Keen observers of nutrop conditions estimato that ap ^®sr(ncimately eiglity per cent ,of the 109*3 orop has bee* ginned. Slight earth tremors were felt -sat; Rome, Ga., and other points in TSorth West foorgia and at Mein- .Tjptiji, Tenn. Vlouday but no dam- tdifljfe Ss reported, except the freight <«*f the populace. Over 052,000 acres of legumes ">arere plowed under for green ma- ■■wnto in 1922 by farmers following Ttlhe advice of agricultural oxten - -fssrow. workers on methods of build- Snff up soil fertility, according to ■ woporls to the United States De- ; jjpacfcment of Bgriculluro. GEORGIA WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Prosperity breeds Content. Where Industries provide steady mployment and maintain equit able working conditions radicalism can gain no foothold. Every com munity should do its utmost to encourage the establishment of Permanent Factories, Plants and Snops. Moultrie—Large tobacco ware house to be erected. Thomasville —Contract to be let for erection of new school build ing to cost $155,000. Macon $100,000 to be spent for improvement *of hard-surface bridge over Swift Creek on Rig gins Mill road. " aycross—Work on Dixie high way south of town nearing com pletion. Thomasville—V o t e s $ 16,000 An English wo man recently wrote to new s- paper that she began life as A. Mann (Alice Mann'/. She mar ried a Mr. Hus band and so be- became A. Husband. He died and she mar ried again, this time, a Mr. Maiden Becom ing a widow for the second time, she con cludes that tho born .A Mann, she will die Jazz is dying,,say the musical hounds. But it won’t be entirely motionless until all the fox-trot bonds for municipal improvements records and saxaphoues are broken A cotton mill development, in- Women alwas care too little, or too much, or at the wrong time, time, Loose talk is the result of looser thinking, thinks Bill, voicing $2,000,000 will be erected at, Dalton by American Thread Company lb plans to erect a modern mill community. First unit will bo a 30,000 to 40,000 spindle mill. Savannah—Local banks total $23,947,849 in savings deposits. Pelham -Construction of Geor gia Yam-Curing Company’s local plant nearing completion. , T , , . Waycross-New tobacco ware-! No news is good news except to house to bo constructed. J;he «J®P who 18 expecting a check Savannah Plans completed for by raa “* Bill says it’s more entertaining todiave a lot of things to talk about than to talk' a lot about I things you havent got. Mr W T Anderson of the Ma- - M'ran.'Telograph has been appointed member of the State Highway ^Commission by Governor Walker, 'Mr Audorson isanjenthusiastioarl- •'woeatoof permanent highways in "tfJecwgia and a close student of - .state highway problems;' His ap pointment to the • commission is -"gratiling to friends, of good roads :stiii this section, Finding that the fields in which "4J*oy desired to plant legumes had -uaeid soil, some 48,000 farmers in ; TL922followed the recommendation * of their county agent to apply ’ irmo on those fields They used 'ulTor this purpose, according to re- qporfts'fco the United Stales Depart ment of Agriculture, about 627,- . -f OD0 tons of lime or limesiene. " A-total of 20,530 miles of Fed- roads was completed by - Jfvne 30,1923, according to the T United States Department of Ag- .»isrwmlfcure. Somo 8,820 miles of ‘"^toieral-aid higliwaysof different i ^ynies wero constructed during the year ending on that date. ' "Ow projects under construction sat the eloso of the year totaled 'J9L&772 miles and were estimated L.SSS 55 per ,ceu.t complete. ' '’TBbx.t good roads leading into and jessing through a town or city .tssassiwialuable assets, is conclusively i^pruwen by the village of Kilbourn, -a population of 1,200 people ■'Siisaaled at the entrance to the of Wisconsin.” It has dc- jssarasueli a system for keeping a com- record through its banks, and business houses of the r«a*»aey -spent there in 1922 by -which amounted to more «Ss»sa«iri;00tK©00. Good roads at- T?^r*et\i;o.uiuSts and tourists always ^EWSF»s they go. futhermore, they ^,gpe»erally spend liberally. X construction of new office building to eost $461,000, Louiseville& Nashville Railroad lias spent or authorized for ad ditions and betterments since end of federal control $88,000,000. Brunswick—St. Simon highway project under way. Sylvester—Two electric pumps and electric air compressor for waterworks purchased at cost of $3,000. Red Rock—Now cheese factory to be installed and ready for busi ness by November 1; Wayoro88 Building permits for this year double those of 1922. Macon Central of Georgia Rail way to make improvements on terminal station property at this- city. Quitman—Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to run tracks on level at this point. Carrollton—2600 bales of cotton marketed this season from this county, a marked increase over last year- Macon -Contract to be Jet for repairing Spring street bridge. Sparta—Construction of high way across Hancock county being rushed to completion. Atlanta —Gulf Refining Com pany opens new service station at Bellwood avenue and Ashby street Quitman—Pecan crop in Brooks county is of best quality and one of largest grown in recent years. West Point—Lanett Cotton Mills and West Point Manufactur ing Company to merge, combined capitalization, $7,200,000. Most important to the main tenance of prosperity is a fair day’s work-. Steel rail mili^ of the country, with one exception, are booked to capacity until next June. Rail roads ate expectod to pi ce be tween 20,000 and 25,000 ears and considerable tonnages of track fastening. Statistics show that 26.000.000 Amertcans.nearly ono-fourth ofthe nation’s population, have savings accounts in state and national banks. I take exception to the of speaking of Europe as says Bill, to which Pat custom “She”, ADVERTISEMENT OF W.B. SIMS | New shipment or Art Squares and small Rugs. § Some very beautiful eesigns. § New line of grass rugs “Art Supreme” best o quality ever handled. c Wood finished iron beds, very popular at this § time, Good line of Mattresses that will please | everyone. | You are invited to look over these goods. | jj W. B. SIMS, | § GROCERIES, FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING. | 8 Nipht Phone No. 22. Day Rhone No. H g n O g Perry CtA- o ooooooooooooooooooocooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooco HOUSTON COUNTY TAX LEVY FOR YEAR 1923. it. Mother uses cold cream. Father uses lather, My girl uses power At least that’s what I gatherl Stable profits come only from a well-groomed business, opines Bill There was a horse in town the other day says Bill, brilliantly. Commissionors fonrt m Roads and Revenue of Houston County raetln regular raniif>s ‘ monthly se?si"n Oetober 9th. 1923, with all the memqers of tho Court present.' 1 w , - V * ’ The tax receiver having filed his digest for the year 1928, the court proceeded well, it the meie matter of chang- j,, nv y a county tux for the venr 1923. ing its sex will help any, let’s do The aggregate value of the taxab e property on the digest of 1923 is $5,900,- 954 Thie Court was officially informed that the grand jury of Houston Superior Court, in session at the time of making litis levy, had passed a resolution recom mending the building of a new jail for Houston County. It was thereupon ordered that a tax of four-tenths of one per cent, or f®ur f mills, tie levied upon all I he taxable property of Houston County, on the digest and not on the digest, for abroad fund to be used for working and maintaining the public roads of Houston County, It was futther ordered that an additional tax of thirteen and one-half mills be levied upon all the taxable P'operty of Houston County, on the digest and not on the dig'st, for all the oiher several county purposes for whieh the law authorizes and directs county authorities 1o levy taxes, said tax of 13^ mills to be levied for and divid among the several county purposes as fol'ows: 1 To pay the legal indebtedness of the county, due and to become due and past due.... $2.60 per$l,00o or2.50 Mills 2. To Build and repair courthouses and jails bridges and ferries, and other public improvement ••• ■ • ■ " *.••••• 3. To pay sheriffs, jailers and other officers fees that, they may be legally entiled to out of the county .. 4. To pay coroners all fees I hat may be due them for holding inquests 6. To pay the expenses of the county for bailiffs nt. court, non-resident witnesses in criminal cases fuel, servant hire, stationary and the like, 0, To pay jurors a perdiem compensation 7. T" pay expenses incurred in supporting the poor of the county, and ns otherwise prescribed bv th<‘ Code 8. To pay any of lawful charge against the County, E'oquence: The Sound Over Sense. Triumph of Famous Wattering Places Coley Island The Hydrant Grandfather's well. Our Old oaken bucket. Deauville The tub in the barn lot. You can’t injure an enemy hating him, but you can play hell with your own liver, in theopinkn of Bill. $8.00 per $1,000 or 8 Mills .75 per $1,000 or .75 Mills .05 per $1,000 or .05 MillsS ,75 per $1,000 or .75 .50 per $1,000 or .50 Mills Mills What’3 the use of talking about stable conditions, says Bill when everybody is looking for' the garage. Opportunity knocks but once— but' (hat one knock is often a liuoekout, Want Adz We Never See Lost —Lost somewhere between my trip from Sadie to her father to ask her hand, my nerve, —M. 1’. Head. The Alps come pretiy high— but they are worth it, thinks Bill. We are not a vegetarian, but we have been squashed on in numerable occasions Hollars are like cobblestones: if thrown aside carelessly, they block the road Success; if carefoi ly placed, they make a good pave meufc to travel on. The Last Degree 500 Koreans Slain By Jap Vigilante. I T “o • • ■> Toltlo.—iviore than til hiaiW X'.spjv- bo you jMned a secret Koreans residing ill Japan wero vjc-[ s ? CI6 ^ 11 they make you ride time of vigjiautes, reservist", and otk-, 4 * 10 ers in the days immediately follow ins the earthquake which destroyed Yokohama, according to reports pub lished here. These reports previous ly have not been published because \ of thJ censorship enforced here. The massacre is aanuiueu to exaggerated kune: i of outrages alleged to have been committed by Koreans after the < earthquake. These rumors spread rap-1 idly over the evdastated area. i “Does your sweet mama know |anything about automobiles? I ‘should say not. She asked me last night if I cooled the engine by g“ai? Gaspei—“No, the Chief Exalted marie me l ido for two hours in a flivver I sold him a year ago. Helping mother with the dishes is hard work compared with danc ing 24 hours at a stretch. His Girl Is A Duhbdoea .50 per $1,000 or ,50 Milid .45 per $1,000 or .45 Mills Total, $13.50 per$1,000 or 13 5n Mills Tlie Board of Fdueution of Houston County having recommended the follow ing tax for n public sr hool fund for Ihe year 1923: It was odrered Ih'at a tax of five-tenths of one per cent, or five mills, be levied upon all tuxable property of Houston Couuty,on the digest and not. on the digest, ou 1 8itle the corporate limits of Perry and Fort Valley, to supplement the public school fund apportioned to all of Houston County, except said corporate limits of Perry and Fort V»ujy. The Board of Trustees of Byron Consolidated School District having reeommend- the following tax far a public school fund for said district fo tlie y :ar 1023: It w«s ordered that a special tax of four-tenths of one per reat. or four mills, be levied upon all the taxable piopeity of the Byron Consolidated School District nf Houston County to pa interest ana to provide a sinking fund to pay $29,000.00, of sellool bonds for said <?i>trict. Georgia, Houston C'unty. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and ci.Trect except from the Minutes of the Commissioners of Uoads and Revenue of HousLon County in session October fltli. 192^. Witness niv hand and official sigrntwre this 9th day of October, 1923. C. E. BRUNSON Clerk of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Houston County, Georgia. Woman Weds For Fourteenth Time East St. Louis, 111.—Mrs. Cora Yates, who was divorced for her thirteenth husband recently, was mar ried for the fourteenth time to Henry Laforge, of this city. The marriage was performed at Belleville, near hero. stripping tlie gears. —Next Friday night will all be out. the Goblins EXCURSION FARES For Fairs and Expositions, Fall 1923 via CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY Fare and one-half round trip, minimum 50 cents will apply on account of the following Fairs and Expositions. Tickets will be sold on suitable dates and ample final limit will be allowed on tickets. Ap ply to any Ticket Agent for total fares, dates of sale, limits, et«. Atlanta, Ga-, —Southeastern Fair,October 6*13,1923. Tickets on sale from all points in Georgia and Alabama. Columbus, Ga.,—Chattahoochee Valley Fair Association, Octo ber 15 20, 1923, Tickets on sale from Newnan; Macon, Perry. Al bany. Outhbert, Dawson, Ga., Eufaula, Andalusia. Montgomery, Al exander City, Roanoke, Ala,, and all stations intermediate to Colum bus, (la. Macon Ga., Georgia State Exposition, October 22-27, 1S23. Tickets on sale from all stations in Georgia. Savannah, Ga..—Savannah Tri-State Exposition, October 27 to November 3, 1923. Tickets on sale from all points in Georgia, except north of Cedar town. ’ . Subscribe for the HOME JOURNAL and keep up with the affairs of the county.