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Official prgan of Houston County
jrOHN H. & JOHN L. HODGES
Thursday, Nov. 22.
«*41F. i’At*£R REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN
ADVERTISING BY THE
GENERAL OFFICES
“NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
>a»*JMCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
SESMAN STOVES BURN LIGNITE
“Lignite cannot be used to ad
vantage in its natural stale, but
by cooking off volatile matter and
moisture, it can be given a high
fuel efficiency. To find a cheap
method of doing this is the prob
lem now being subject to experi
ments.”
Editor’s Note—Lignite has
been discovered in wells in several
places in tbe southern and eastern
sections of Houston County and is
believed will be found in com
mercial quanities. Investigations
witli the view of utilizing this
valuable mineral has been going
on here for some time.
POLLYANNA
COLYUM
EDUCATIONAL WEEK NOV. 18-24TH
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When a m a n
gets married, his
wife is judged by
the girl be used to
go with. |
It's questioned
tvho has suprem
acy of the air. To
date the air has. |
Bill says m a n y a
man’s home is unpleas
ant because his wife,
married a grouch. 1
If Ford actually runs
for President, spark
plugs may replace the 1 !
campaign cigar, thinks Bill.
. Washington, D. C., Nov. 10 —
An American housewife would be
granted indeed, if she were put in
a German kitchen and asked to
on one of the latest German
a*£»ves,” says a bulletin from tbe[°f educators, speaking as
The Georgia Education Associa
tion is making a determined and
persistent effort to enroll the
teachers und friends of education
in Georgia as members of its body.
There are 10,000 white teachers
in Georgia sud several more hun
dred school officials. Everyone of
these should be a member of this
Association. A large, strong body
a unit:
Washington, D. G-, headquarters
of the National Georgraphic So
ciety.
“Where is tho stovet” would b
Suer first question.
"'&he would be shown a big case
Chat looks like a cross between a
chiffonier and an ice ohest.
“‘‘Where is tho fuolt” would be
tHue next question.
““A bin at the bottom of tho
ndies* would reveal to the Amojr.'J
«aa housewife ‘grudekoks.”
fenlfelin continues. “This is
mite char, the material trade
briquet coal is made from. It is
»s»rt of eoal charcoal, individual
Vieeos of which are seldom larger
d&au grains of corn. Above the
. fuel bin are two long mirrow
drawers. Tho German housewife,
atsed to a ohest stove, will open
Cfhe top drawor, sprinkle a sugar
scroop of grudekoks on a corrugat
ed grate aud light the fire. Tho
sssh falls into the lower drawer.
3Xow she is ready to aook.
“tiaddonly a broad door above
fdbifdra wers is dropped and it be-
esoiues a shelf in back of whieh is
dan cookihg surface of the stove.
ALhfwre the stove are two ovens and
mfc one side is a water heater. And
anli fJtib is contained in a solid ob-
AiNigxiaso insulated to conserve
“If such German methods were
imported into the
ight meau that
thru one organization can be an ir-
rostible power for educational pro
gress. Georgia is far behind in
tho efficiency of her schools. One
big cause for this is that her law- j wan t'
making bodies and her taxing offi-| People who don’t know what
cials have not felt the impelling they want.
More Or Less Superfluous.
The paincy person in an auto
mobile who suddenly seizes the
wheel when somebody else is
d riving.
Printed details abont tbe kind
ol a breakfast the condemned man
ate before going to the chair or
the
JIc-mem
People who get married on a
stage, : in bathing suits, or up in a
balloon.
People who know what they
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OF I
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force that its teachers, organized
as a body, would give.
Tho toachers’ influence in Geor
gia has been weak and of no force
because they have spoken as sep-
fhe I erate individuals and not aB a unit
Hg-I of 16,000 teachers. Georgia has
t to smallest number of teachers in
hor Education Association of any
Southern state. Virginia has 10,-
000 members in her Association;
People who want what they
want when they want it.
“Marrying” pastors.
People who come from a movie
aud proceed to tell you all about
the plot.
“Official” opening and closing oi
the straw hat season.
Optimists who tell you they are.
The opinion of a man who makes
$100. or more a week on the
Kentucky over 8,000; Alabama question whether two people can
and Mississippi over 7,000. Geor ra i S e a family on $20. a week.
gia has less than 3,000. Yet she
has moro teachers than any of
these Southern states. She ought
to have the biggest membership
and tho strongest body of teachers.
This can be made true if the lead
ers in education in every county
in tho state will-rally to the sup
port of the directors of the Geor
gia Education Association.
The success of this campaign
depends upon tho city and county
superintendents and the college
presidents in our state. The mot
to of every school and college
ought to be “lOO per cent perfect
The man with a hammer who
has an ax to grind.
The horn on a Ford
The skull and crossbones device
on bootleg liquor.
Fortunate the ice man in the
choice of jobs. He always has his
pick.
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AUNT EMMA SAYS
“In the old days a body could
tell a eareless woman by the way
her lamp chimneys looked, but
now you have to look close and
in membership in the Georgia Ed- Hec whether she forgot to powder
United States it oatiou Association.” The supevin- her neck,
along with the I tendent who gives this
campaign i
ather monarchs in these later days his ent hu elastic support and lead
of democracy. King Colo tho an-
Cbracito of the Lehigh Valley, and
, ffifcc heir apparent, bituminous of
vifttd Appalachians and the middle
’wrew.L, would have to defend their
■nighty seats. The immediate
challenger would come out of the
■west aud tho south. The presence
■of a poor relation of the coal,
teaoiety. called lignite or bf'bwn
««a1,an South Dakota, North Da
kota, and Montana, and in Texas,
ership will liavo all of liis toachers
following him in joining the Edu
cation Association.
A bettor and stronger organi
zation of teachers would greatly
aid our public grammer and high
schools in doing better work. Onr
state can never reach the highest
point in efficiency industrially,
economically, socially, or moraliy
until all of its children are Well
educated. In this work teachers
must lead and can only lead when
iSMisstssippi, Arkansas and Ala
ftima, has long boon known. Not; they speak officially as one strong
until recently, however has the organized unit,
n&atg’rn in America between the ' ” e therefore give our strongest
«MBSt'Of mining and shipping an- indorsement, to the efforts of the
tffiikrAcito and bituminous aiid the Georgia Education Association in
-dSM&Lof prepaiing lignite to meet °nrolling all the teachers of our
*4tfc® anthracite and bituminous s ^te. We hope that the state
ludards, been sufficient to in-1 aud - county superintendents in
this county will immediately be
gin the campaign to enroll our
teachers- We hope to report in
an early issue that this county
fforost "business in the develop*
iisett of the latter.
now as a result of experi
ments Teportod by the Unitedi, * -~— -
k&Atea Bureau of Mines at Grand llaa B° ne per the top and a one
flPbufes,-f5ottth Dakotamany Ameri-| hundred Percent membership.
<c*a citizens and business estab-- Let Houston County do its part
Bwlanentsof the future may re . ‘ to make the next meeting of the
cxiwe their ooal in little reotangu-; {Georgia Association in Savannah,
Elec blocks or briquest. A typical May 1-3rd 1924, the biggest Con-
Vfenqiue weighs about a pound and j Yontion of teachers ever held in
Iwslightly smaller in size than a South. X
aWauadard wood paving block. In.
sMMuftries such as Germany, where
Japanese Embassy Opens Lumber Bit,
Washington.—Bids for 120,000,00!
board f<?Bt of American lumber to be
used in reconstruction work in the
' Japanese earthquake district, wore
opened at the Japanese embassy. No
announcement of the terms was made.
Other bids will be asked for later as
the building needs of the stricken
city are further developed. Advices
from Japan indirate that much of the
building now in progress is of a tem
porary character, and is to be replaced
nt a date later by permanent struc
tures. • *
[ TO “POLLYANNA”
(A Beloved Fellow-worker.)
Of all the girls we know and love
There’s none like Pollyanna.
We get more laughs through the
day,
More fun to chase our blues
away,
Wo get all this--besides our pay,
Aud all- -from Pollyanna.
No matter what the day is like- -
there’s sun
From Pollyanna*
She talks of weather, styles and
rights,
She comments on all things and
sights,
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.
fights
point.
ice has not been so provident
with the stone that burns, the
Vnghet industry has already
nmeibed a high state of develop
raem&-
'*3nttWt Germany mnnufactur-
"28,000.000 tons of briquet coal
.ffinm Ibrown coal Lignite is prac-
liSeaHy (the only ooal left to Ger*
Many outside tbe Ruhr and the
mead occupation of that district
iiifrnfl m rapid devolopment in
’feciqutituttauufacture. Germany’s
Kc*ite Is found near Cologne and
fit Saxony and Halle.
She even referees our
Does Pollyanna.
She’s just a little person, too,
Is Pollyanna,
But sees from broadest
of view, .
She makes our troubles seem so
light,
She’ll charm dark clouds to
rosiest light,
We’d swear always that black
was white,
For Pollyanna.
A zoo keeper says all wild
animals will soon be extinct. Bill
says be hopes this will include
the reckless motorist.
If it takes eight years and ton
thousand dollars to become a
doctor, why be a plasterer and
work for twenty dollars a day.
“Believe me,” said the
flapper, “Pm careful abont show-
i ing much of my silk stockings-
’whoa they have cotton tops/’
ANNOUNCING
Perry’s New Market
We take pleasure in announc
ing that our
New Sanitary Market
Is Now 0pen
We are prepared to serve our patrons
with Steaks and Fresh Meats of
all kinds at all times
Our Grocery Stock is also complete
Courteous and Prompt Service
Is Our Motto
Give Us A Call
KING & SUMMERS
Phone 72
PERRY, GA.
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