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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.” ADMISSION 16 and 40 cents '•* ~ u DECEMBER 26th and 27th ; M NORMA TALMADGE - in - , :• .ii: \ ; •( ; •> . * ‘‘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 ,-v; FRIDAY and SATURDAY December 28th and 29th . .■' ..TQM ; MIX : , ■ IN. - : “Adventures of Tom Mix” Also a Comedy “kicking High” ADMISSION IS and 30 cents COMING NEW YEARS BILL HART - IN - “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 . k _ >|6? ; save 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 |9B 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. hr-' 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- died LOANS ON FA1M W« arc %m yrawptlr F«r» Uah. latifi,: DUNCAN A NUNN, S p«r «*. DUNCAN A NUNN ACuMy* A CmimUw* aft law. te All Coast* NMY. oa AMtyl-n. Wilding aY X;Und-nAntaC* mi 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$al game, fast and full of “pep,’’ Come and see- I)jm’fc forget thqgame Thursday afternoon, fctonie and see us !ie«* fgat Port Valley. X 9 A ■ - “.MJJ , -V ViSSi } Ghatham Judgo Victim Of Attack ; Savanab.—Hugh Gannon, Judge of the Juvenile court of Chatham coj: ty for the past several years, recently after a brave fight for. lifts -during, an illness‘ df several weekft! He was-Buttering first from a rupturp of the appendix, rallied, was seized with protracted coughing paroxysmA which occasioned a serious setback and, when, finally recovering from 'that, took pneumonia and died. H» [was a graduate of the University qft iGeorgia. . t ; - I Rogers la Guilty Of Two Slayings • AdeL—Guilty of murder was recom» mendatloas to mercy was the verdiqt returned pj Ipe Jury here In the cai .of John Rogers charged with kill: Sherrod and Tally McGill, the lai ter his spndndaw;, The verdict aui ma&wtiy ’ eppdes a sentence of 11 imprisonment- The court room w crowded when the verdict was a hOunced, many wonaen being in tl audience. Lengthy arguments wei$ 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 » ;>• Wbufii da the. same at v , w£m ' - -tWisM }%