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GENERAL 33D DEGREE MA80NS
Hyman W. Wltoovor, Of 8avannah,
Succeeds Californian In World'*
Highest Maaonio Body
Atlanta,—Georgians will bo inter
ested in the news from Washington
to the. effect that Hyman W. Wit-
cover r* nnnata, has been elected
secret « of the supreme
counc ' t \ y third-degree Masons,
isoutbf - r i ction, Ancient and Ac
cepted 'f)h Rite, the highest Ma
sonic in the world.
( Mr. oveb, who has been a thir-
jty-tir 'So Mason for years, is
jinsp ; .val for Georgia and
iSoul' i and is well known
!in &t (ng boon the gues of
onor of the Scottish ,:ite
uni Atlanta consistory.
: He v, u his title as Inspecter
jgener- Pi move his office from
|Save Washington.
: The n of a Georgia to thiB
ihlgh o came as the result of the
resign of Perry W. Weidner. of
[Los / ?■ Inspector general for
;Califcr. wlio has been secretary
genera .several years, succeeding
John ] ’os, of Kentucky, who
iwnB el. I to the post of sovereign
graud c under following the resig
nation f orge Fleming Moore, of
D8irmin£l ...
population frtay fifld new homes. In
this ' 1 risking the H .i 1 and govern
to make sure that he
;d. a seour ■ foothold -ii
ad and :. iicy ar--
isition v 'r /or.
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the plant- witn choice yamB. *a ■ pre
mium is being /paid for sweet pota
toes treated for control of the black
rot. The sweet potato crop in Butts
county is smaller than usual, and good
prices are predicted by growers.
Peach Growers Form Association
Perry.—At a called meeting at the
courthouse recently, peach growers
of this territory met and organized a
local organization of peach growers.
J. G. Carlisle, of the Georgia Fruit
Exchange of Atlanta, and J. L. Ben
ton, of Monticello, made talks to the
growers. Contracts for membership
were called for and 25 per cent of
growers of this territory responded.
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Incendiary Plot To Raze Quitman Seen
Quitman.—Fire that broke out in
three different parts of Quitman, be
lieved to have been a deliberate plot
to destroy this city, caused more than
$100,000 loss.
i May Make Homes On Georgia Soil
! Atlanta.—Negotiations are under
way between several large Georgia
land - holding companies and the
iDutch government to bring truck
farmers from Holland and settle
them on the land in this state. The
'first step in thiB undertaking was
itakon by W. P. Montiju, consul gen
eral of the Netherlands government
ko the United States, who visited At
lanta, and had a conference with,
members of the Atlanta chamber of
{commerce and officials of the agri-.
cultural department. Although loath
(to part with her farmers, the Dutch
government has, during tho last few
wears, looked for places where some
[of .Holland^ surplus agricultural
e Lsv/rcrc ’ e Road
1 ille.-^-Chr i n John N
of thO state IS ,way commls
f .a the principal speaker at ;
r .mg of the Kiwanis club here
Oh.; .1. an Holder stated that the high
way from Lawrenceville to Decatv
is one of the most used highways i.
tho state, and assured his hearer
that he would use hiB best efforts tc
get the projoct of paving this high
way approved. Tho cost of a gravel
road will be between $8,000 and $9,000
per mile, and that of concrete will be
double that amount. The out-of-town
visitors were Fermor Barrett, of Toe-
coa; S. J. Nix, of Jefferson; C. M.
Ferguson and W. C. Bradley, of Win
der; Mayor S. J. Busha and J. Loss
Shadburn, of Buford.
Opens Sweet Potato House
Jackson.—The Butts County Pro
duce company, operating a 15,000
.bushel capacity sweet potato storage
house, has opened its plant for the
season. From October 16 to Novem
ber .15 efforts will. be made to stock
Two Cities Plan Better Roads
Savannah.—The recent visit of fifty
members of the. Savannah Young
Men’s Dynamo of the board of trade,
to Brunswick, to pay a ‘‘debt of honor’’
of $6,000 on the Darien bridge bal
ance, may result in an unusual piece
of co-operation between Chatham and
Glynn counties. The two cities are
pressing upon the two counties the
proposition for Chatham and Glynn
to aid Liberty, Bryan and McIntosh
counties in construction of better
roads. Chatham is already helping
Bryan.
Mill Properties Sold For $380,000
Atlanta.—W. W. Banks and Shepard
Bryan, receivers for the bankrupt
Couch Cotton mills, filed notice with
Judge Samuel H. Sibley in federal dis
trict court here that the mills opera
ted at East Point, Ga., Thomson^ Ga.,
and Greenville, S. C., have been sold
to the Lullwater company for $380,-
000. According to Xhe receivers the
Thomson mill was bid in at tho receiv
ers’ sale by Walter T. Candler, who
conveyed it to the Lullwater com
pany. Individuals bid - in the other
two mills and conveyer them to the
same company, the notice showed.
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The first starting battery
(1911) was an Exide, and
today more npw cars leave
the manufacturers' hands
equipped with Exides than
with any other battery.
We have the right size
Exide for you, and the right
kind of repair service for all
makes of batteries.
”' Auto Co.,
Perry, Ga.
We handle only genuine Exide parts
Keeping our money
in the South
The Southern Railway System
banks in the South.
Transportation receipts from day
to day throughout the System are
deposited in Southern banks. The
total amount of these deposits in
the twelve months ending June
30, 1923, was $251,491,035.
This was an average of $150,503
for each banking hour.
These deposits are'drawn against
to pay wages, taxes, interest and
dividends, and to meet our bills
for coal, materials and other ex
penses of operation. Our total
expenditures in the South in 1922
were $20,000,000 in excess of our
receipts from the South.
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Xawhen it is covered with a Carey
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.
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