WJftSit Organ of Houston County
MGSN IL <fe JOHN L. HODGES
Thursday, Nov. 15.
PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN
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“VIEW YORK AND CHICAGO
*assmcM£s in all the Principal cities
’©jsr B'tat« Senate Constitutional
/Sibift'ejfcdiaonts Cotnmitloe has re
HWwtel favorably the Lankford in
bill providing for the
3rAgt*<aou<o.'f incomes over $1000
^Skar «utm«tniod poopio ns over
‘■^MWafe'for intw’ried. The bill \vi
•oaMMBWfVp. dn /Plic senate for vote
fiwnvUsbly this week.
According to the records in the
department of Agriculture
2®9tfLI»Mga!lll0 ns of gasolinewerecon
MBWcrd in Houston county during
■®®3S5L Thiels the amount which
^Bnuisinspected at tank stations by
fceertl oil inspector and on
■*«&**% €he fltarte inspection tax of
-ownJiiiff cent per gallon was col
OBfafteC. Of this amount, approxi
wnurtely four-fifths was turnod into
’tffice dtate treasury, the inspection
srwwfc being done on a piece work
*9w*S*,»nd the Inspectors over the
■artbato only getting a small part of
'SBbti ttrtnl amount paid for their
weak by the oil companies.
Peach Trees Gassed With
JRnalicblorobenzene Need immediate
Attention
Dub to the fact that rather
jacbao-riually high temperatures
Auurn prevailed during itbo mouth
Ciftteber accompanied by ex-
«rjneeaUgijr dry weather., .the action
fifattaa paradichlorobeiizene placed
auranad peach trees for theeontrol
oJsitfee borer has boen very rapid.
JMA&qrt Valley there was only .46
-inch of .rainfall recorded
^flawing the entire month, and thero
ymsM net a single day .during the
enewntb when the temperature was
9too law for the proper generation
-odf'Clna gas. Similar weather oou-
*S5£i«* kawe prevailed iu prae-
«SuallyaU .flections,of the Middle
«Ea»rgist poach belt. These weather
-ewnditions have caused ,tne gas to
JKcaecate to rapidly that borers
Aowe been killed d.n two or
udbeae weeks. Itec^nt observations
uflksw that tlie borers have been
d&nda sufficient length of time
Cats complete decomposition to set
Abl view of the rapid action of
mftteqgas this season, and sinee some
• tncaepont paradiohlorobenzouo cry-
;• *eiM?(C'«wd gas remain around the
* larews peach grows aro strongly ad-
vw®MMlJta immediately uncover the
Is around every peach tree
EitmflL vis treated with the material (streets
the normal time of treat- pimps).
-lwnft, 4* order .to remove the un- &k° ut 85 cents*per capita per vear
Industry that furnishes Bread
and Butter to the bulk of our
Population is the one most im
portant factor o* every City and
Hamlet. The wheels of progress
arc kept in motion by construe*
tion, manufacturing, Development
and steady employment.
Atlanta—New Booker T. Wash
ington junior and senior high
school for negroes under construc
tion-
Adel—Local Baptist church
erecting new brick church.
Lawrenceville —Installation o f
10,000 egg capacity hatchery pro
posed for this county.
Tybec—Extensive paving pro
gram under way at this point.
Atlaata—Pres. Glenn of Geor
gia Cotton Manufacturer's Asso
ciation says Georgia cotton mills
aro operating full time aud many
with night shift.
Lawrenceville—Suwanee Bai-
tist church completed.
Savannah—First Presbyterian
church to erect modern Sunday
school building.
Rome-Congregation of First
Baptist elnirch to erect new SCO.OCO
•Sunday school annex.
Quitman—New school building
completed.
Atlanta—Georgia Peanut Grow
ers Association getting $140 a ton
for product marketed on cooper
alive basis in comparison to less
than $70 on non-cooperative plan
Macon—North avonud paving
project completed.
Atlanta-—New Senior girl
high school to be erected at cost
of approximately $493,298.
Pembroke—Plans being mnde
for bridge to span Chanoocbee
river on Willie road.
Atlanta—New English avenue
grammar school under construction
Savannah —Gordon Kaolin Com
pany, capitalized $145,000, to
start mining and manufacturing
activities.
Atlanta—Construction of out
door clinic at Grady hospital to be
completed January first at cost of
$50.000..
Gordon—Construction of Wilk
inson eouurtp jail completed.
Atlanta—Improvement of road
between hero and Buford proposed.
Young Harris—Construction of
Lawson Peel dormitory at local
college neariwg completions
Atlanta—9^-yeav lease taken on
Peachtree street property for
erection of 8800,000 buildfnjr.
Macon —Schuster*A dams
Chemical Company to manwfSyeture
electric batteries at this point.
Juliette—Mcnroe county cotton
erop for this season to tripUb* Hast
year’s production.
United States- potato crop* for
1923 estimated at 401,428,.000
bushels.
More than eiferht per oent off the
total tax burdent<of the nation in
1921 was co like ted from three
agencies of transportation, steam
amd electric railways and motor
cars. According to figures* pre
sented to the National Tax Asso
ciation by Join* E. Walker, for
mer tax adviser to the U. 8,
treasury department.
Purchasers ofiincandecent temps
in the United States paid approx
imately $90,OOWOO in the* year
1922, for lamp* with which te
light homes, stores, factories,
etc., (earcluding miniature
This is equivalent to
Mfl^fioutcrff'stals .and aljow the gas
• tiffinowrApf 1 - To allow further action
fxwmtfee paradich loro benzene this
ficiftoakay resiilt iu more or less in-
fc® tit® 'trees, and growers are
'to give this matter
laflpsmmifl&Aftention.
'Casts? ’mounds should be left
at least one week before re-
ggSlaxung thefloil. Do not alio v the
lases'to remain open all wint-
rimjary may result The opening
pflffwiouuds around peach trees
v-wfldks after treating with
jSpanaaEsdhlorobenzcno is normally
ff,n—iiandpd only for the young
fjjftamq/Smt on account el the weath-
ftMrcsamSjitions that .have prevailed
CMBngysar all trees that have been
riEfeBtifeSoU Whether young er old,
harce the mounds thrown
«dgto—Mi.ijBi.forilcr to avoid possible
.UBmsismtftpee injury from tbe gas
BSBwMrnment & State Laboratory
aWa*Valley, Georgia.
or less than two cents per capita
per week-
Borrowing an the p^rt of states,
eouutios, and cities, through the
flotation of bonds, has fallen off
sharply since- tbe first of July ac
cording to eompliations made by
the Daily Bond Buyer of New
York.
Now is the time
of radical action,
-quoth the great
orator just before,
a rotton cabage,
hit him* j
“Why do t h ey
call them “Odd”
fellows”, iuquires Dub
B -11 Dora. “They’re
not exTctly odd, unless
they mean assorted
sizes.
Cotton has gone up'
rather sharpiey, but it
is still not too .high to
be made a part of wool suits.
NO SPEED LIMIT
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At one of the loading girls’ col-j
leges the school paper is called
“The Bear.” A short time ago the
members of the board started a 1
publicity campaign to improve the
paper by asking the question!
“IIow Would You Run Bear?” The
campaign ended with a bang when
the first girl to be interviewed re-1
plied that her solution of the
problem would bo to run as fast
as she could.
‘ Perkins, Pack The Dog” Sled”
I know where there’s a flat to
let,
The rent is low, it’s worth the
price,
I’m sure it is not rented yet.
The rooms are very light and
nice.
No nervous neighbors down be
low,
There are no roaches, flies or
mice,
The landlord is an Eskimo.
The whole blamed house is make
of ice.
This is the season of the year
when you should begin to count
your blessings and also the num
ber of shopping days between now
and Christmas points out Bill.
While Charlie Chapll» was in
Detroit last week, someone nomi
nated! Mm for Henry Ford's run
ningmate-, There is art hi that
selection, comments BiDli,. an
affinity between the way a Fprd
ridesand the way Chaplin walks
that can never be broken.
Divorce court records tend' to
show lfliat love;. while still pre-
'valenfc.in a lighter form, is no
longeriincurable-.
(A Perry) RjsdioBug: “I toned
in last night and got HonoPnlu.”
“That’s nothin, When I turned!in
last nigsllt I got hell!
Manya inan who worked! up
from the*bottom,, says Bill I
sou wlu&iis working down frorai the
top.
Jug Not LEstr YE Be Jug wed.
Many are the painted and doll
ed up daughters oA today that, are
sitting back rocking to and fro in
the parlor white mother lolls
cabbage and fries bacon in 1/he
kitchen*,,
Next to bad rows, an airpllane,
making 300 m. p. h. is the fastest
thing made by man.
THE ONES. WE HAVEl
and kaiook-
OF
W. B. SIMS
New shipment or Art Squares and small Rugs.
Some very beautiful eesigns.
New line of grass rugs “Art Supreme” best
quality ever bandied.
Wood finished iron beds, very popular at this
time. Good line of Mattresses that will please
8 everyone.
| You are invited to look over these goods.
I W. B. SIMS,
I GROCERIES, FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING,
g Night Phone No. 22.. ...... Day Phone No. 8,
8 Perry Ga.
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Mayor Luther Wiliiams was
re-elected Mayor of Macon Tues
day- He bas made a most com
mendable record as head of the
Macon city government aud he
had no opposition for re-eiectiou.
Newspaper Dispatches indi
cate that a concerted movement is
on foot to re-establish the Mon*
archal regime in Germany, and
that the former Emperor and
Crown Prince will soon return
: to Germany from their exile*
Shos cross-e^ed
kneed
And both her fert turn in.
She chews her gum, poweas her
nose,
And wears a sickly grin, .
She sits around and wags , her
; tongue, .. . , .•
And all she says is tame,
She hasn’t the speed lake the
other girls,
But she gets there just thosame.
When we aren’t favorably im
pressed upon first meeting certain
people it nover occurs to us what
poor dubs they might think we
are.
Vibration kills pain, experts de
clare. Bill thinks this will be good
news.to flivver riders.
It’s hard to understand what
some motorists are driving at.
FIVE PLANTATIONS FOR SALE
WITHOUT MONEY
Located as follows
One at Hayneville
One at Elko
One at Henderson
One at Pinehurst, Dooly County
One at Vienna, Dooly County
Parties interested must have mules, corn, labor
and credit. For terms apply to
A. A. SMOAK,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
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FOR SALE
June Bud
Elberta Peach Trees
Good Size Trees, 24 to 36 inches
Write or See
J.G. WILLINGHAM,
. Bullockville, Ga.
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STRAND THEATRE
TONIGHT
: MORAN and SILVO :
6 People Come Company Consisting of
MUSIC - SINGING - DANCING
MAGIC and ESCAPE ACTS r
A Strikiegly clean moral and up-to-date show.
COME OUT TO NIGHT
15 and 25c.
—Cotton seed hulls
(Geo. G. Nunn’s*
and meal at
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