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THEATRES®
OPERATING ENTIRE CHRISTMAS WEEK
SPECIAL PROGRAM DELUX
MONDAY AND CHRISTMAS DAY
Dec. 24th and 25th
OWEN MOORE
In his latest seven reel comedy
lotted - Jwj^ng*
Comedy “Kid Reporter.”
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DECEMBER 26th and 27th ; M
NORMA TALMADGE
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‘‘The Law of Compensation”
Also Pail, the Wonder Dog, Comedy
“DOWN TO THE SHIP TO SEE”
ADMISSION 16 and 35 eeats
Peril
Five In
Columbus.—Fire,
started on the
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY
December 28th and 29th
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“Adventures of Tom Mix”
Also a Comedy “kicking High”
ADMISSION IS and 30 cents
COMING NEW YEARS
BILL HART
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“The Shooting Gambler.”
As House Burned
believed to have
front porch of the
George W. Bpllard residence. In Beall-
wood, recently, practically destroyed
Jthe dwelling and endangered the lives
of five persons who were asleep at
the hour the blaze was discovered.
Mrs. George W. Bullard, who la a
widow of two days, and whose hus
band’s funeral services were recently
held, was an occupant of the house.
Passersby saw the blaze and aroused
the sleepers Just in time for them to
escape the caving in of the walls of
the house. ■
Negro Is Seized As Double Slayer
Savannah.—After sixteen hourB of
steady work by men and dogs, an
arrest has been made in the Mudie
murder case, and a warrant charging
murder was sworn out for Caesar i
Huger, a negro, with a chaingang}
record extending back over twenty
years. He is charged with the mur
der of Mrs. Agnes Mudie and her two-
year-old daughter, Dorris, on the
morning of November 21, at the
Mudie bungalow on Laroche avenue,
seven miles from this city.
Chief Beavers Loses Fight In Court
Atlanta. — The Georgia supreme
court recently affirmed the ruling of
Judge George L. Bell in the Fulton
superior court that the police com
mittee of city council has the author
ity to try Chief of Police James L.
Beavers on the charge of inefficiency
or any other charge made against
him. ' However, the supreme court
holds that Chief Bearers has the
Sight to have the case reviewed in
the courts if the decision is against
him.
Woman Defeated In Columbus Ballot
£ohunbus.—With a majority of
more - than 300 rotes. Teller Mynatt,
former city councilman, swept
through the ranjks of $be Columbus
women votere and won it decisive vic
tory over Miss Anna Griffin, for the
office of city commissioner Jor the
next five years. Miss Griffin Is. the
tnsumbent of the office. Over 1,000
Votes were, cast, 642 of which were
balloted by women. In the two booths
tor women, the returns showed that
*Um Griffin had received about four
igt every five votes.
Perry Houston County, 'Georgia..
- Sealed proposals will bo received by the Board of Commif; nohei ■ of Roads nnd
Revenue of Houston County, Georgia, until 1'2 o’clock, hoo.n, Tuesday, January 25,
1024, for the construction of a iiew and modern jail and sheriff’s residence, as per
plans and specifications now oti file in the officii of Commissioners of ’Roads and
Revenue,of-Houston County. Said work is to consist of a new building equipped
with new cells, corridors, window guards, doors plumbing fixtures, .eto., to make a
complete jail building.
Copies,of planspand specifications may be had by application to 0. E. Brunson
Clerk of said Commissioners, upoq payment of‘it deposit fee of 5S23.0.0 said deposit
to be roturiitM to the contractor: upon receipt of a bona Aide 'Lid on work, and le
retiirn ortbe-plans .and/spreificiitions in goodcondition, .., f
|; If the County enters iuto'contract, it wijVmake payments as follows:' " '•
$6,000.00 wlieti the bit tiding is up to the first floor lovel. *•/'
$4,000.00 when the building is up to second floor level.
$10,000.00 when-the building is up to roof lino.
The first $20,000 00 is to be paid in cash, and the balance by warrant d'rtiwn on
the Treasure' o r Houston County, said warrant to be due and payable on or before
Deotmber 81,1924.
Alternate proposition will be considered on roof construction as shown by alter*
Dite eleaation No. 1160—A, Shoot No. 4-?A., .,
Each.uiu must be accom; aided by fi Certified check for $2,000.00. Bidder
awarded contract will be required to furnish an approved surety bond atecordiiur to
the laws of the State of Georgia. V £*•
Each bidder submitting a proposal shall submit at the time of bidding samples
of steel he,proposes to use in the construction of the tool-proof grated and,plate
sections, and a wo'king model of the locking device an^ cell door hangers. He will
also state whether the todl-pmof steel Which he will use will stand a ouo-hour heat
test against the flame of a painter’s - gasoline blow torch.
Each bid must be made on form of proposal whjoh will be fnriishod upon ap
plication to undersigned Clerk of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue.
The right to reject any or all bids is fully reserved.
By Order of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Houston
County in session December 17tb. 1923. *
A copy of tliis advertisement has been posted at the courthouse door of Hous
ton County as required by law. .. .. „ •
Witness my hand and official signature this ,18th day of December, 1023. ’
C. E. BRUNSON, Clerk of Commissioners of Roada and Revenue of Houston
County, Georgia.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA SHOWS HOW RAILROADS
MUST SPEND MONEY TO SAVE MONEY
to the
Bra
transr
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Riey; The principal source from which they' can obtain money for eulai&ement'd and iiaproyementfc,is
investing public. Railway earnings, therefore,- must be set and kept at^ rate Sufficient to,encourage
^ivestinent in ia.r%Uw, secqijtfejs.qn ajarga ®a)p,. ' . , i
;he Central of beoVgii foV'^aitfptel-Ou^frhiifelit'fruMness,- as measured by ttfe nujnber,ef,' J t'pns
rieq one'mile, w , aS' 69 t< p#*oent greater in 1922 thatt in 1910. This 69 pet: cent increase in ton miles, was
‘ : ~ed with a dettreasetof ,Q7 per eent in the number of freight train miles.
L922 than they actually were.
This substantial saving in the cost of producing our freight service was efi
send ifcures for improvements arid extensions to our facilities. Old locomotives
' lavij® greater tractive po^er, so that greater tonnage could be handled in. a
rere enlarged’; hew yard’pracks and new side tracks were laid: modern, signals were installed; other im-
irovemants were made. Since 1910. the Central of Georgia Railway has expended $15,715,324 in this kind
effected by well-planned ex”
were replaced by those
in a train; terminal facilities
jrovoments
if work.
lavily
ieet
ate facilities toust constantly be:provided by the railroads'to take care of the
t allow the progress of pur e$untry to be limited by the lack ef transportation
lc w*u»e time, the^,factor of rates must beconsidarad, The railroads mast continue to invest
the,besib cost-reducing faeilities, so that they may bo enabled to reduce expenses and thus to
aquirementa for the lowest possible rates without impairi
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iring their ability to xonder adequate
MORE WORK THAN WIT
<P.H.S. BOVS TO PLAY FORT VALLEY
ON HOME COURT THURSDAY 3 P. M.
IfNaWMBI isnot a coritfollittg factor in Our prosperity, it is of great importance. If we
ele saooessfully with other countries in world trad we must do not only a large export pasi-,
mnoiexpeet‘other countries to take our products unless we take tkeirs.
Bileuld bear in inirid that ours is a country Of great distances. The extent ef omr land areas te
rn the seaboard is such as necessarily to inxolve very much longer land hauls the* exist. In any
country in the wotl'd. This is another strong reason why we must take advantage ef jjwr- bpper-
ity that exists to proyide transportation at the lowest possible rates. Our railroads, if they hare the
Duhlio support, stafcd ready to install the modern facilities which make it pesaible tojower
e r • p >-.^ ns—-*•- ———— rate redactions or bther uneou-
-"“‘'1- hope for lever railway
Who thinks we eant play basket
ball! Our girls just “beat the
socks” off the Moritozuma girls
Wsdnesday afternoon, the score
being 36 to 12. Saturday ’morning
we played Eastman girls and beat
them 21 to 14, both games were
played on-our court.
Was Hamjet cr*jsy or was he
sane! The -.Sehiorh after reading
the play have discussed the ques
tion. Some of us thinks he was
erazy and some' thinks he was
perfectly hane, but just pretended
he was crazy. Discussing Prince
Hamlet's sanity is a very interest
ing literature lesson, and we love
to gossip about him. It is especial
ly interesting to hs who ’love to
" 1 have to
rack our brains'to think of some
thing to get the teacher started.
The scheobeleaved about twenty
eight dollars on the subscriptions
for the “Country Gent^erita'n, , . ,
accounted about last week. The
Spark Plugs beat the Barney
Googles, about aix points, we are
so glad they are to buy thr eats at
the party which they are to give
us. - soon.
This year we are not going to
stand the mid-term finals before
Ubristariatr as we «» do, but
after we return from-the holidays.
Gporge—I neve/ seen-'a 1
tuning fork, but I guess its,, aorta
like, a pitch fork. ' ’ • V; " '
We are going to reorganize the
literary societies, the Grady and
the Lanier. Last year we had a
public debate and this next spring
we intend to have another one.
! We are very unselfish, we ate."
We have written Santa our letters
and our hopes are that hs will
bring to our friends what we w iB k
for them, varid xp some of our
teachers'better dispositions. Some
times he fails to fill up folk’s
stockings when they get to wear
ing big ones, however that® be
cause they are too big to fill up(
{talkingabout the stockings). Just
as-the Thanksgiving spirit dies
down, the holly berries hud nqn-
schocji days bring the Christmas
spirit to us. With joyous hearts
ws leave the school, with never a
lihought of - studying until after
the happy holidays. Our last words
;o you, kind readers are: .A. Bfierry
Christmas!
B. W.
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LANDS.
This means that they must be freed from threats of premature
stractive treatment. Upon this kind ef foundation must be based any reasonable
lies.
•onstraetivs criticism and suggestions are invited.
W.A. WINBURN.
President, Central of Ceoigia Bulltit Com»»*y
Savgnntl, G»-, Dteember 15, 1523,
conn-
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LOANS ON FA1M
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If you are real anxious to see 4
good game of basketball don’t
miss this one Thursday afternoon-
It’s true that the boys have lost
the Majority of the games played
so far. This does not mean, howy
ever, that they have' a poor team-
They have made wonderful im 4
provementb.of late, and they proml
ise you to redeem their past
record in the game with Fort Yah-
lsy. It will he remembered that
they won in Fort Valley several
weeks ago and took two out of a
series of three games last year*
They are determined to win Thurp
'day.
Port Valley has a strong teanii
having defeated Marshallville eu
latter’s court several days ago by .
a go,od margin. While Marshall*
vilie has defeated Cochran High,.
Zebulon, Montezuma, and |iSSlie.
By winning this game the local
teams standing. Will be greatly
raised.
This will be the last game until
after Christmas and promises to
he .the .bgst one of the entire
season.'
. .;If .ypn cpra little about seeing |
girl’s game of basketball just drop i
gjjpund when the PH S girls play
another game here and you will
be eonvinCed that a girls game can
be made interesting. Vou’ll see
g.r$al game, fast and full of “pep,’’
Come and see-
I)jm’fc forget thqgame Thursday
afternoon, fctonie and see us !ie«*
fgat Port Valley. X
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} Ghatham Judgo Victim Of Attack
; Savanab.—Hugh Gannon, Judge of
the Juvenile court of Chatham coj:
ty for the past several years,
recently after a brave fight for. lifts
-during, an illness‘ df several weekft!
He was-Buttering first from a rupturp
of the appendix, rallied, was seized
with protracted coughing paroxysmA
which occasioned a serious setback
and, when, finally recovering from
'that, took pneumonia and died. H»
[was a graduate of the University qft
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Rogers la Guilty Of Two Slayings •
AdeL—Guilty of murder was recom»
mendatloas to mercy was the verdiqt
returned pj Ipe Jury here In the cai
.of John Rogers charged with kill:
Sherrod and Tally McGill, the lai
ter his spndndaw;, The verdict aui
ma&wtiy ’ eppdes a sentence of 11
imprisonment- The court room w
crowded when the verdict was a
hOunced, many wonaen being in tl
audience. Lengthy arguments wei$
made by counael for both sides. '
Pound Dormitory Razed By Flames
BarueSrUle.-—Pound baljl, one ^
three donaitmrtos at Gordon InstituU
was totally destroyed by fire recently
iQft students ef the institution aldiig
fireman ftp saving other buildings a
DwfioB. 3L» Imp to no*ooo With »T
000 miunuade The tire mu disco*
ered co the second floor, where
bqgp kifd'mir rooms. Tha lor
ml • «wag halL Dsfocth
J|» Isfilevcd to have caused, th
►■f4» was Injured. Tfce dorm
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