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each year at the rate of 4 per cent per annum
Will start an Interest Account. Come in and let us pyplain
new service to you
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PERRY > GEORGIA
MORE WORK THAN WIT
The Spark Plugs wear a red
ribbon and the Barney GoogJeB
wear a yellow one. They aren’t
Ahe comic section of our school,
they are the names of the two, di
visions .that are racing to see
which side can sell the most sub
scriptions •• for ■ -The Country
Gentleman”. One. half of the sub
scription money will be given to
the school. The side that, gets the
least amount of subscriptions Vill
give the winning side a. party. The
representative of the Curtis Pub
lishing Co. who put' the ; propo-
igition before us gave us a splendid
talk on iealesmanship. If you have
the least inclination to subscribe
for any- magazine—take “The
'Country Gentleman” from a P. H.
£1, student.
Teacher—In what county ore
the marshes of Olynii!
Pupil—In marsh county.
The seventh grade have been
fltnding “Pure English” for quite
awhile, and have gotten into the
habit of using it entirely—almost.
They gave several talks on the
anbjeet in Chapel. Next spring we
E are going to have a “Pure English
Week,” then after that we hope
we will have “Senior Week.”
It is easy to tell when a pupi-
s a good report card—they all
tys bring their card back to
loo l properly signed a day or
oaf ter receiving them, while
ese who have cards' that they
»n’t very proud of, keep them
im their parents until the last
iient.
[ary—Zane Grey it in that
)bk.
lob—Is that a poem! *
jjrl—Who wrote the poem in
far reading lesson!
Dan—Hands Missionery Andes-
IB.
1. W.
IN MEMORY OF MRS. SULUVAN
It is with a feeling of great sorrow
that we record the death of one
we loved but when we have the
assurance that the loved one has
only been transplanted to a better
worMy one who brought cheer and
sunshine to all she met. Such a
tribute we feeMs due the memory-
of Mrs, M S Sullivan. From
the beginning of her sickness unto
the epd she was so kind and pa
tient to those who waited on her,
willing to doany thing she. waB
called upon to do.
But all medical aid failed to
gether with all that the loving
children and sister coaid do and
on the 4th day of December 1923,
she passed away at her old home
place, and was laid to rest in the
family cemetery at Hattie ohureh,
the funeral services being conduct
ed by Rev. Clapps.
We shall greatly miss her cheer
ful presence, her generosity and
ready, co-operation to us. Her
going jras all too soon.butGod had
need ol her for higher service and
He took her home.
She left to monrn her death
four daughters, two sons, one sis
ter and brother, 13 grandchildren,
but may God comfort them all.Sbe
was 58 years of age and was a
member of the Missionary church
for a great many years.
How we longed for one faint
whisper of her fondest droam, I
know the dream of earth and
Heaven and the portals white as
snow, but ere her voice reach
ed ns she had passed from death
into life and the winds brought
baek the echo.
I am free again from pain and
strife, yes again, we hope to meet
thee when the day of life is fled,
then in Heaven with joy to greet
thee where no farewell tears are
shed. By her Granddaughter.
SHRUBS and SEED FOR SALE.
I have shrubs of double white
althea flowering almon, spirit van
honfc, wisteria, elematio vine. Now
is the time to sow poppies and
larkspur seed, a liberal packet lor
lOe. Mrs. G O Eegg, Ferry,
R. R. MUST SPEND TO SAVE MONEY
Railroads must spend money to
save money, says President \V A
Winburn, of the central of Geor
gia Railway, in a statement quot
ing interesting, figures wliich show
how the public welfare is seryed by
well-planned expenditures for im-
provbjnents and extensions to rail
way fdfcihtiea. Air. Winburn argiics
that railway earnings should be
set and kept at a rate sufficient to
encourage investment' in railway-
securities, since the inyestfng
public is tho only source), from
which transportation companies,
can obtain money for ' enlargmenlts
and improvements.'
The freight business of the cen
tral of Georgia was 69 per cent
greater in 1922 than in 1910, but
this increased business was hand
led with a decrease in the number
of freight train miles, If the
average freight train load had
been in 1922 what it was in 1910;
the direct costs of freight train
operation (including wages, fuel,
lubricants and other supplies)
would bavo been 81,726,047.62
greater iu 1922 than they actually
were. To bring about this result
the central of Georgia has expend"
ed in the last twelve years $15,-
715,324 for new ( locomotives of
greater power, so that greater
tonnage could be handled in a
train, and for enlargement of
terminal facilities and the build
ing of. new track.
The growth and development of
the country demands the con
tinued expansion of; transportation
facilities. Railroads must continue
to invest heavily in suoh improve
ments as will reduce costs of
operation so that they may render
efficient service at the lowest
possible rates. Freedom from
threats of premature rate reduc
tions, and absence of hampering
legislation, Wr. Winburn says, is
the foundation for any reasonable
hope for lower railway rates.
600 IS TOLL IN ITALIAN FLOOD
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,Stran,ge humbling 1 Herald* Wave
Rush—Corna AndJBuegglo Are
jf Llte/plly Washed Away
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• Bergamo, Italy.—Six hundred dead,
three villages destroyed and 50
square mjles made desolate. This
was the toll of the flood from Gleno
[lake when the great dike guarding it
• cpljapsed, releasing the irresistible
[force, of the water which, bursting
(forth in mad fury, carried all before
iit. It swept over the hills and down'
'into the valleys for a distance of ,16
[miles to Lake Iseo, which checked
jthe momentum of the vast stream, ar
resting its course.
j Bergamo valley is nothing but a
(barren waste of mudi and water—a
;veritable lake in which it is dangerous
ito venture, for in some places it is
(over a man's head. In thi3 soggy mass,
[the bodies of the victims lie tangled
•among fallen trees, telegraph poles,
•buildings and bridges. Here and there
•portions of broken walls project as
’mute evidence of the tremendous
[might with which the waters engulf
ed the region. The homeless are
[counted in the thousands, most of
•whom are mourning for lost relatives,
lor searching for their bodies. Re
lief parties from Milan and Brescia
are on the scene, while all available
•troops have been mustered to aid the
.shelterless. The bishop of Bergamo
received telegraphic communication
from the pope for the purpose of un
dertaking immediate extensive relief,
j There is great fear among the sur
vivors of other dams breaking, espe
cially as is the feast of St. Bibblana,
jon which, according to popular super
stition, if it rains it will rain 40 days
•and 40 nights.
• The three villages almost complete
ly destroyed were Dezzo, Corna and
Buegglo. On the 500 inhabitants of
(Dezzo only three survived.
The disaster threatens to be one of
the greatest of Its kind because of the
vast amount of water let loose on
(the countryside. It destroyed hum
idreds of hemes where families perish*
: «d without even realising the traced)!
» w %tl <« i ia M'iieVu J
*he Associate!
dike.
1 • viUa.ye
.; .•.•r’lei'ire
•;i yards thick,
for the' 9,rtlflcle|
sea level arm containing 10,000,000
cubic yards of water, the source of
which was chiefly tho glaciers of
Gleno.mountain. This basin measured
about four miles by two and cost 30,*
000,000 -lire. >
Apparently the dike yielded through
tbo Immense pressure of the water at
the two ends where the masonry was
imbedded in the mountainside. Tori*
rential .rains had occurred, and they
continue, rendering the disaster mores'
menacing for the homeless arid bin-'
dering relief work. Tho cold is in
tense. \
Acetylene Welding at
M *,LsndoB Auto Co
Grind Thunder Grist For Candidates
Washington.—Though it opened
rather quietly and formally, with all
^discordant noises muffled in ' cere
mony, the present senate of the Uni
ted States, one of the most note
worthy in the country’s history, will
serve during the next six hectic
mbnths.as a grist mill fpr presidential
[politics, j It contains four, presidential
candidates, as a starter, i, The signifi
cant and outstanding individuality of
.these men—Underwood, Ralston and
Copeland, Democrats, and Hiram
Johnson, progressive Republican-
coupled with other interesting person
alities, belies the common theory late*
!ly much bandied about that tbe type
[of men Bent to the senate by the
[people are inferior to those of the
"good old days."
; Daweon.—Cane grindings for the,
past two weeks have been the center
[of attraction in Terrell county, as the
farmers have been busy making syr*
[up, and those fond of "cane juice"
have found the cane "milk" to be a
(source of pleasure. While the sea*
[sons were not the best for a good cane
crop, it is understood that the cane is
fairly good and a large quantity had
been produced. The farmers’ of the!
county, as a usual thing, "produce quite!
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enough syl*up to furnish their farms
and then have some to sell.
I Dlnklero Lease Piedmont Hotel
i y
; Atlanta.—The Piedmont hotel, one
tof the largest institution's of its kind
in the South, has been accepted by a
[company made up of Carling L. and!
Louis J. Dinkier and Henry C. Heinz,
[of this city, and after January 1, 1924,
will be added to the chain of hotels
(now under the management of thal
Dinkier interests in this and other
• southern cities. The new concern!
will be known as the Piedmont Open
*tlgg Cqrn^ny. Incorporated.
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