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Yes Sir! We Did Start Something
Those Low Prices Started Business Humming ! !
FOLKS WERE IN BUYING RECENTLY WHOM
WE HAVEN’T SEEN SINCE CHRISTMAS!
Real Honest-to-goodness Values.
Real Price Cuts. High Class Staple Articles. Not a clean up of old
odds and ends, but choice, new, seasonable piece goods.
THE SAME LOW PRICES CONTINUE!
Rhodes-Joseph, Milledgeville, Qa.
FOR CASH.
FOR LESS.
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APPLICATIONS FOR SUMMER
MILITARY TRAINING CAMPS
FOR BOYS NOW AVAILABLE
The 1928 season of Military Train
ing Camps for boys will open in the
Fourth Corps Area on June 17th, and
wil close on July 16th. Camps are to
be held at Fort Barrancas, Fla.;
Fort Bragg, N. C.; Camp McClellan,
Ala.; Fort Moultrie, S. C.; Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga.; and Fort Screven,
Ga.
Application for admittance to
thesL* camps arc now in order and
application blanks can be obtained
from the G. M. T. C. Officer, Head
quarters Fourth Corps Area, Oakland
City Station, Atlanta, Ga., The Ex
ecutive Officer, Non-Div. Units, 218
Red Rock Building, Atlanta, Ga., and
the Army Recruiting Office at Ma
con, Ga.
Age requirements ore 17 to 24 for
for the Basic Course; 17 to 25 for
the Red Course; 18 to 28 for the
White Course; and 19 to 31 for the
Blue Course. ^Applicants must be
n good health and able to read and
•‘■rite English. The Government
pays all expenses including board,
lodging, and transportation to and
f rom the camps. It furnishes shel
ter. bed, bedding, medical attention
and hospital treatment if necessary,
•»s w 1! as the uniform needed includ
ing laundry. /
full information about the camps
will be sent to thos e Who will ask
" r write for it to any of the above
agencies. Thousands of boys attend
ed th< se camps last year for a month
f nd rame home greatly improved in
nealth and character, demonstrating
toat these boys' camps arc the finest
lT1 the country.
ancient roman festival
ORIGIN OF VALENTINE'S DAY
At thi. Reason of the year, our
Party decoration., tally carda, fav-
> "‘ l such thinya, .re moat likely
" bo he.rt-ahaped and auneative of
J tine '* D,y - ni cele-
raUd Tueaday. For acme weak,
On.. . ■ torM h,ve Splayed Vain-
f" °, f *»"» dracrlptlon, ruftac
on," Rfbtemiue ‘'comic"
(d *!“, h '. “°“ hand-paint*
ed 1^2' W ' tk lo ** 1 F bW'fMhlou-
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» reatom m old u tkfa
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originated. •
St. Valentine was a bishop of
Rome during the third century. He
is reported to have been so success-
in converting pagan Romans to
Christianity that he was put to death
by the Emperor, Marcus Aurelius
Claudius, on February fourteenth,
270 A. D. His bones arc still exhibit
ed to credulous travelers at the
church of SL Pravedea, in Rome.
Pope Julius erected a church to
this martyrs’ memory and the gate
lading to it, which is now the Porta-
del Popoly was known for several
centuries as Porta Valentini.
Some think that because of St.
Valentine's great love and charity,
the custom of choosing valentines
took its rise then, his name being
given to the fourteenth, the day of
his death. St Valentine's day is
more famous, however, as a lovers’
festival. This has not connection
with the saints, but is perhaps the
ival of an old festival, of
similar nature, in the Roman Luper-
calia. At this feast, held on the fif
teenth of February in honor of the
great god Pan, the names of young
men and women were placed i
box and drawn out in pairs on
Valentine’s eve. Those whose names
were drawn together had to
change presents and be each oth-
’ partners throughout the time of
the feast. Later, only the maidens'
names were placed in the box, and
presents given to them by the young
men.
temperature goes lower. However,
experience has shown, also, that
temperatures at least 10 degrees cold-
than those experienced recently
have still permitted enough survival
to cause a serious weevil fight the
following year. Records kept over a
long series of years show that thr
weather this Winter has been cold
enough to reduce materially the
weevils in hibernation, but it should
be remembered that the normal sur
vival during the Winter amounts to
only 3 to 4 per cent, on the aver
age, and that an unusual number
entered hibernation last Fall.
Central of Georgia Railway Gives Infor
mation About Rates and Service
The United States Department of
Agriculture has been receiving a
number of inquiries relative to the
effect of the recent cold snap on
the hibernating boll weevils. As ex
plained in a recent statement by the
department, an examination to deter
mine the number of weevils entering
cold. Experience has shown that
completed just before this cold
weather occurred, and showed that
in most sections an unusually large
number of weevils had entered hiber
nation. Despite the recent cold
snap, the department says, there is
no reason to assums that there will
not be sufficient weevils in the
Spring to make a strong weevil fight
quite necessary in the more heavily
nfeeted districts. Undoubtedly,
nany weevils have ben killed by the
ha least flfUsa an 1
OCONEE HEIGHTS
Mr. J. N. Maye, of Atlanta, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. C. P. Mcdlin.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Pierce, Mrs.
Margie Barfield, and Mr. Horace
Osborne motored to Macon Sunday
were guests of Mr. Charlton
Pierce at Mercer University.
Mr. ^and Mrs. L. R. Josey and
children spent Sunday and Monday
with Mr. Josey’s father, Mr. A. M.
Josey, near Sandersville.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Davis announc
ed the birth of a son, on February
9th.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans Youngblood I
and Master Robert Youngblood
ipent Wednesday afternoon in Gor
don, visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Brannen.
Little Alton James is quite ill with
pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Young spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. O. B.
Young in Haddock.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Smith were
recent visitors to Mrs. SmithV fath
ers, Mr. R. C. Taylor, who is quite
feeble at his home near Washington.
Mrs. F. D. Badger and children
spent Thursday night and Friday
with her sister, Mrs. F. H. Coleman.
BLUE GUM TALLEST TREE
The tallest tree In the world la
the blue gum, a kind of eucalyptus,
which grows in Australia. Individual
trees have b#en known to reach
height of 400 feet
The public schools of the United
States require nearly three times as
much money to support them as K
teek la lilt, accord!* la reperta
Thu rereads sheer that hi
Users of transportation have received for the past few years and are now receiving the best
service in history. Car shortages, congestion, excessive delays in transit and the like no longer
hinders business. Dependable service is an asset to every shipper and receiver of freight.
The transportation achievements of 1927 are matters of record. Last year
the condition of both freight cars and locomotives was the best ever recorded,
freight trains carried heavier loads and moved faster than ever before,
the average daily movement per fre : ght car was the highest ever attained,
new records in fuel economy were established.
All of this resulted in a saving in operating eo$ts, but did not bring about increased profits to the
owners of the railways. On the contrary, although there was a larger investment in facilities in
1927, the year witnessed a substantial decline in net earnings.
This was in large part due to the fact that the rates received by the railways for carrying freight
have been constantly declining for the past seven years. The last increase in rates went into effect
on August 26, 1920, but since that date general and specific reductions and adjustment! have gradu
ally whittled away advances made then. As a result, prevailing rate levels are now practically back
to where they were before the 1920 advance, and st’ll further reductions are being made. The
public is enjoying the double benefits of improved service and decreased rates.
The process of passing on to tho public the savings in operating costa due to increased efficiency
and economy is one that has a limit. It is now approaching a point that might endanger the quality
of railway service. Good railway service is helpful to every kind of business and commerce, and it
b now being supplied at low freight rates. Poor railway service would handicap every activity of
production and distribution, and would not be cheap at any price.
The kind of service that the railways can supply in future cannot be determined solely by the
degree of intelligence snd economy displayed by railway management. It will depend upon the
soundness and constructiveness of public opinion as evidenced in the attitude of legislative and ragn-
latory agencies toward an adequate lave] of rates that will premit the railroads to succeed. This la
a question that deserves the attention of all who have an interest in continued good service.
Constructive criticism and suggaaticna arc invited. _
J. J. FKLLEY,
President, Central of Georgia Railway Company.
, Ga., February 14. IMS.
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