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Notice of Ef cion on f * LI
of I nds
Fo the qualifi vote r.s
city of Port He”, Go gia.
You are hereby >titled ti at on
Saturday Novon ber 21st, 1908
an election will be held to de
termine the question whether oi
not bonds shall be issued by tin
said city of Fort Valley to tin
amount of Ten Thousand Dollars
Proceeds of said bond to be used
for th 0 purchase, erection and
equipment of a telephone system
to be operated in the city of Fort
Valley, Georgia, Said bonds are
to bear interest at the rate of five
per cent per annum, all of said
interest to be paid annually.
None of the. principal is to be paid
annually but such a sum will be
raised annually as will fully pay
off said bonds at the expiration
of thirty years.
Said election ordered by the
authority of the mayor and city
council of Fort Valley, Georgia
Given under my hand and
official seal of office this 22nd day
o f October 1908.
J. L. Fincher, Mayor.
Flournoy’s new the cotton public. gin
is now open to
Located opposite bale. Crate fac¬
tory. 75 c per
The Baptist Church
The services at The
church Sunday morning will be
of unusual interest.
The Question now T'fore the
church will be.dedmtely settled
at the close of the morning
service, lor this r -ason a lull at
tendance of the membership is
very much desired. ... A cordial
invitation is extend d to all wllO
not members , , but interest'd .
are
in this hours service to be present
at the 11 o clock hour. Some
things will be said by the pastor
that will be of interest to all the
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people , of the , town whether they
are members of any church or
not. There Will ... be . at
no services
the evening hour on acCOUTit of
the special service ct’Ue Crosby
to nan church.
WANTED
A Foreman <>r White
married man ah''’it 25 30 yea rs
o'd for farm of 16 »> r y h
near Fort Valley. Must ”” a
good worker and reliable, \ d
dress stating reference to
V. tb. 11. Care Fort Valley
j wader.
will be . at fine
ih-'re services
Hant.ist church Stokes'Trenching, Thairkgivihg da.V,
at 10 a. in. Rev
SU iSSORI.BE
NOW
Tite Telephone Business.
Municipal ownership is an experiment, no town in Americaever
tried it. Those favoring putting the people’e tax money into it
won’t invest their own money in the business. Our stockholders
will sell out at fifty cents in the dollar, which will give some one a
chance to try it mid have only one system.
Two systems will be a nuisance, an extra cost to every business
man, besides being taxed to build one of the systems.
Out of Fort Valley’s 233 white voters, just 62 are telephone sub¬
scribers- Why tax the other 171 just so a few 7 -- a very few—out of
his 62 cun have a different, kind of phone, an additional luxury?
i Don’t let them fool you into believing the business will reduce
I taxes. If it was so profitable they would invesl’their own money
ust.ead of yours; if it was so profitable we wouldn’t sell out so cheap.
Municipal ownership comes high anyway. City rates are usually
higher the n those in small towns- Atlanta’s telephone rate is over (
twice ours, both privately owned. Atlanta’s electric light i*ate is
published as 7 cts per kilowat under private ownership, we pay 10
cts, a premium of nearly 50 per cent for municipal ownership.
They n <w say the Aldermen were willing to grant us a simple
permit to build on the other side of t! e street, which we asked for
on July 10, 1907, but they declined to do it then, and we have
searched the minutes from then until now and can’t find it. We
will give a year’s Beil telephone subscription to any one who can
find such a permit on the. minutes.
The certain part of the bond question is the extra special tax.
Water bonds increased taxes, electric bonds increased taxes, since
the Constitution of 1877 no bonds have been or can be issued by any
town in Georgia without increasing taxes. Whoever tells you to
the contrary is ignorant himself, or takes you to be so.
If we were going to elect men—not to keep up the streets—-but
to make business investments of large sums of the tax payers
motley, we ought to have known it when we were selecting them.
It takes successful, experienced business skill, to invest money and
look after it. The very people who will have this bond money (for
which all the people pay by taxation) to invest are the ones who
seem most anxious to issue the bonds, and thus get a chance to in¬
vest for the innocent tax p i.yer.
Tax assessments are already too high, often higher than property
sells for. Assessments must be increased to issue enough more
bonds, as the State Constitution limits our bond issue to 7 per cent
of the taxable prope ty. If this was $600,000.00, as it should be,
lour $37,000.00debts now hanging over us would be uncomfortable
I close to the limit, lienee the necessity to increase assessments, and
I incidentally collect more taxes too, which it seems they are spend
! ing, as the ordinary city tax for running expenses is this year at a . the
limit, even at the high assessments.
FORT VALLEY TELEPHONE CO.
A L E TT R R FROM
NORTH CAROLINA
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with kidney affection for six months,
jnwing worse nil the time, My ease
but was little. hopeless—was tried unable to get about
I had everything with
little benefit. I took three bottles of
smart s Buohu and Juniper and was
perfectly cured. Am now well and all
ri s* lt ’ T \ owe “J ,V, te J° Stuart ’ s buehu
If you suffer with backache, dull head
ache, swollen feet, stiff joints, and have
no energy and see imaginary specks in
the air, you have symptoms of kidney
trouble.
Stuart’s Buchu and Juniper will relieve
you. All druggists, $1.00. Write for
free sample. wonderful We will send enough to
prove its merits.
Stuart Drug Manufacturing Co.
AT LANT v. GA,
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A Fish Story.
“Trout protection! Nonsense!” said
a gunner of local eminence. “Trout
are amply able to protect themselves,
Look at tlielr depredations among H
; ducks, for example, and you will agree
1 with me that it’s the birds that need
protection. It's a common tiling for
a trout to jump from the water, seize
a duck by the neck, drag the unfortu
j mite leave fowl its feet into sticking the depths in the sufficiently air, where to
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j It can get no purchase upon it. Then the uni- the
verse, and thus drown
trout picks the feathers from the bird,
eats It at its leisure and swims away
out of the jurisdiction of the courts.
Are there any fishermen? None? Too
bad. This would be a match for one
of their fish stories.”—PhilademLb.
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v,:h a com.' etc stoc .1. of Lec.-d Blanks
.v eli we will furnish you in any quanti
ty from a suig 2 c >jjy to a thousand
) copies, at the lowest pi ices.
2, Per cat.dp.,, containing a list of over
t\v> j ui :1 a:.d fifty forms, furnished
f Don i request.
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j Rnc'ioh Plum Pudding.
1 For English plum pudding clean,
| wash and dry a pound of currants;
| stone a pound of raisins. Mix the cur¬
j rants, raisins, a pound of suet, chop
j ped fine, three-quarters quarter of a of pound pound of
, stale breadcrumbs, a a
of brown sugar, the grated rind of a
lemon, half a pound of minced candied
orange peel, a quarter of a pound of
flour, half of a grated nutmeg. Beat
five eggs, add to them half a pint of
orange juice, then pour over the dry
ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pack
Into greased small kettles or molds.
This will make about six pounds. Boil
ten hours. Serve with hard uhm.
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* MAIL perfectly Mail ordered satisfactorily goods are
1 ORDERED when liable dealers. bought from re¬
You can trade with us as safely by mail as in
person—and your needs will receive the same care¬
ful courteous attention—and be shipped the day
received.
It’s to our interest to make it to your interest -
| and we do.
We’d rather meet you face to face to face—but
if you can’t come—SEND.
'm Benson Clothing Co.'
420 Third Street. Macon, Ga.
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Why Pay Rent?
$ 1,000
We Will Boy You A $2,000 HOME
$3,000
$4,000
$5,000
Y m pay osily $7.50 per month m\ each $1,000 with
per cent. Interest per annum, payable monthly
THE STANDARD HOME COMPANY
Incorporated Birmingham, Alabama.
CTTTT? U,Ji “ p""i 1 A W r Purchasing "* !e Company Contract; issues an Investment Hoi
the Ja.- v «
which is 81,000. We collect on this Contract $6.00 as advance ps
ment when the application is signed, and thereafter a monthly 1
stallment of 86.00. payable on the 15th day of each month Wb
Cc home is purcha id or a loan is made we charge only ,
month, month}*', _
with 5 per cent, interest per annum, payable
each $1,000 advanced or borrowed. All monthly instalments
3 per cent, interest per annum on same, after the third instalmei
are credited on the purchase price of the Home or Loan.
Each Contract is eligible to a Loan of Funds to purchase a M
in the sum of 81,Oh ' After six i .',) monthly instalments of dues
been paid thereon.
Each Ag^n t representing this'oomaay is supplied with a sf
men copy of un { \ »n tracts issued by this Company; ask to seel
Contract and read it carefully, then you may unders tancl this Co
pany’s plan.
Whittlesey & Graddy,
District Managers Rooa Na. 10, Phoenix Bank
COLUMBUS GA.
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