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WORST OF ALL CRIMES. tHE microscope. fa gan religions, the KING’S PRAYER BOOK. ralifornrt and the whole country .hocked by a drcadlul kidnap- L and murder in Los Angelea. Thc unhappy father, obeying the orders ol the kidnaper, handed him Si 500 in ‘"'id' eertifieatea. and in ♦non received part of the body return * ,, , ,. of his twelve-year-old daughter, dreadfully mutiliated. TIj,. worst of crimes is kidnap- j nif . -i’:ce it inflicts upon fathers J mothers torments most horri- j lh , That crime should be pun- with utmost severity, and :i guilt is certain with no delay. i Willi:.m J. Mayo, one of the s brothers, says science learns ibout iileases from the mi.scro- M v|,c than in any other way. Man's hr.sin is a “visual orjran,” and must to know. The introduction of :he miscro.vope by the Jansses, late in the sixteenth century, has done more to advance learning than any other agent, says Dr. Mayo. Real learning owes more to Gali leo’s introduction of the telescope, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, than to the microscope. Seeing the germs that cause disease is important, but less so than seeing distant suns and nebulae. Perhaps, the great German scientist Haeck el ‘jested, men of the future will train noe eye for telscopic, the other for microscopic work, the two eyes combined dealing with th e real world about us. Earthquake in Burmah frightened inhabitants. A loud roar, lasting ten vreonds, accompanied the shaking. Gautamas, finest temple at Hangoon, was badly damaged, but that will not shake faith in Buddism. That is the convenient thing about pagan religions. When anything K sots wrong the pagan priests tell the I faithful, “It’s your fault. Your do- l nations hove been inadequate.” Noth ing is ever wrong with the pagan god. suppofrd to control earthquakes or at least protect his own temples. Even fundamentalist Christian churches put lightning rods on their steeples, which seems strange. Judge Hardy of the Superior Court in San Francico says crime could be nbolished if mothers would teach their children, in preschool days, obedience, truthfulness, honesty and the Golden Rule. That is just what mothers have been teaching their children for 500,000 years, accord ing to the light of their period, and they have achieved wonders already. Intelligent Mr. Tex Richard says Jack Dempsey will fight Mr. Tun- npy again next summer. Certainly, and each of many folowing summers until death do them part, if the crop of $40 a seat simpletons lasts. A cruel government plans to tax each $40 seat $10, but that can be made up by speculators' prices. Mr. Packard's good fortune is due partly t* the fact that men dull enough to injoy prize fights are too dull to know when they are being “faked.” It is believed, in the West, that the Tri-State Colorado River Com- 1 i-wion .representing California, Ari- - ona and Nevada, will reach an ' sreoment to start work on the Boulder Dam project. Whatever helpj, *-ne State helps the whole country. Arizona will gain by allowing Cali fornia to use water and power now wing to waste. The British House of Lords has roved the new and changed ;ngs in the Church of England 1 ’ *yi*r book, but it has been disap- I 'ovcil by House of Commons. King George is intereeAod because his '•nth requires him to stick to that hook. Some low church Britishers com- plain that the new book is not as strictly “Protestant” as the last. ' he opinion of the only authority ‘bat really counts can unfortunately not be obtained. Diplomaic circles in Pekin are locked by a shipment from Tur key to Pekin's “Anti-Opium Mo nopoly Bureau." The shipment f 2 .000 pounds Of Turkish opium. Hiat reminds you of our own alcohol The opening of Macon Grand Opera, Monday, January 9th, at t municipal auditorium, is so near that one can almost close their eves and see the magnificence of the first per formance, “Aida.” There is nothing so inspiring as the first evening of | Opera, and all music lovers will jly want to be present on this occasion. [ The story, around which the plot in “Aida” is woven, is one of rom ance and the music is as gripping as the most appealing romance ever written. Giuseppe Verdi's “Aida” is one of the most elaborate of the Operas in scenery and vocal range. The fading stars of Fortune Gal los’ San Carlo grand opera singers will make their bow for the first time to a Macon audience. "Aida” has been a favorite an a season open ing, not only on account of its mili tary and barbaric splendors of anci ent Egypt, but because of the many stellar opportunities it gives to a large casl. Both the Metropolitan and Chicago Ojnra Companies have used this opera more cftcij than any • thcr work ‘.o intiatc a new season. The Buick Touring ear owned by Mr. Leo Stubbs was completely de stroyed by fire Monday afternon at his home in Wilkinson county. The car was in’flames before Mr. Stubbs realized it. The motor was cranked to warm the car up when the fire caught. C. H. Andrews £ Son in sured the car. offu of wide icty 181 new babys arrived in Milledge- ville during 1927 according to birth certificates filed in Clerk R. T. Bais- dons office. The females outnumb- ed_ the males, there being 95 girl babies born and only 86 boy babies. The colored outnumber the white in the birth records, 106 colored babies being born and 75 white. The law requiring all births and denths to h c registered make these figures fairly accurate, although Mr. Baisden declares thire are many babies born and many people die and these facts are not recorded. Mr. E. A. Hearn, who haj been a section foreman of the Georgia Rail road, and had the mipervision of the tracks of the Mfllcdgevillc Railway Company, has been transferred, and has moved from this city to Augusta to make his home. Mr. Hearn and his family have many friends here, who regiet to see them leave this city. BRICK Thatctink Like Steel Are Made by the “McMILLAN” Praceee BURNT IN OUR CONTINUOUS KILNS There is No Waste in Our Bricks. We Melee Quick Sbipmeote la Any Qaeatity. RICH GLO FACE BRICK—FIRE BRICK—COMMON BRICK Milledgeville Brick WorksCo MILLEDCEVILLE, GA. Established 1883 by J. W. McMillan. K. C. McMillan, President Belle McMillan, Vice-President PAWNBROKERS SALE BirfUDi ia Unredeemed Pledges '■ "If and musical expression will be presented in eight performances on the San Carlo Grand Opera Com pany'- first visit to Macon. Not only will there be no repetition of nny opera during the week, but the r agement and the Macon Grand Opera Association have paid more than the usual attention to the mod ern repertoirs in the selection of operas for the week. Gounod’s masterpiece, "Faust,” little older in operatic form but i less beautiful, is to be presented < Tuesday night with its classic story from Goethe and its voluptdous music in which the great, French composer excelled. Another great, modern composer, Humperdinck, will be presented in his finest work in English, on of the greatest of modern works, “Hansel nnd Greted," at the Wednesday mati nee. While this charming fairy opera calls out crowds of women and children at the afternoon perform ances. its musical scope is one of the greatest in symphony or symphoni opera and is so recognized by lead ing musical authorities. Its liber- etto iti based upon the simplest story imaginable. The old, folk tale. "The Babes in the Woods,” known in form or another to every language and every people. On Wednesday night, there will be given one of the more familiar of the operas, the melodious “Rigoletto” by Verdi. Bizet's towering masterpiece, “Car men,” which is one of the most popu lar operas, will be presented on Thursday night. It has won a place among the world’s moa!, perfect com positions. The popular pair of short operas that always go together thn best, Mascagni's “Cavalleria Rusticane” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci,” will be given together Friday night. They are among the finest examples of the modern school. The moat popular latter-day Italian composer, Puccini, has his inpeccablc music drama represented in “Mad- Butterfly,” and considered by many to be his supreme master piece and certainly his most popular crea tion, is to be given at the Saturday matinee. On Saturday night, Verdi’s popu lar “11 Trovatore” will be presented. It ia a concession to those who love their rich old familiar melodies best. These numbers will make up the feast of music which is without pre cedence in Macon and South Geor- Jfi*- "5.000 killed and 7.000.000 injured. C. H. ANDREWS & SON. Louise Rice, world famous graphologist, can positively read your talents, virtues i*nd faults in the drawings, wards end what nots that you scribble when "lost in thought”. Seed your" scribbling* "c** 1 .venture r ACLn PTNC1L PISTOLS SHOT GUNS CLOTHING WATCHES TOOLS OVERCOATS JEWELRY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Headquarters of WINCHESTER shells and cartidges SI 6 Ero.dwn, i : i i i MACON, GA. 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