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V —— Thirty-nine Years Ago In And Around Milledgeville . Fo | aw »g Arm Am>i Tka Laca I Itams la Tk. Uaiaa R«- corir Mar«k S*k, IIN The Social Club gavi* a dance at th« Marshall House last Friday cven- j rC ]t was much enjoyed by those A attended until a late hour. l>r. BopR*. Chancellor of the State iversity, visited the brunch college .Kis city last week. He expressed . if as highly pleased with the i ng and grounds, and th? teach- •ul government of our college, as especially pleased with the iry feature—and complimehted cadets on the soldierly, bearing the evidences of culture revsal- •i their manner. Sheriff EnnU came upon a gang of roes gambling last Sunday even- There were six in the party, roe escaped and three were arrest- Gambling among negro boys is tting to be altogether too common Mr. A. H. Russell hsa purchased the interest of Mr. Thou T. Windsor of the firm of Windsor and Wilson. If anybody wants to buy n home or near Milledgeville. now is the M :ie. There will be an increase in • ees before long. Mr. J. G. Fowler of thi*> city was irmod by the I). S. Senate, on T fsday, ns postmaster at Milledge- . a better officer for the posi- or a man more generally loved this community, could not be found. Mr. Geo. R. Lombard, of Augusta, uu> in the city last Wednesday. He * vitnined the Milledgeville Iron and Machinery Works with ^ view to pur- rhasing them. lie has the mechanical '1.11 and financial ability to make th ni u success, and he would receive a warm welcome from our citizens Tlu-re arc five ladies in this county who art* widows, and have for years managed their business affairs with wonderful succeas. We hope we do not intrude on the proprieties by naming them. They are Mrs. A. V. DuBignon, Mrs. Fielding Lewis, Mrs. S. P. Myrick, Mrs. Nathan Hawkins and Mrs. F. C. Furman. FOR RENT—Thirty acres good farm land ia Millcdgaville with 3 room t for 500 lbs. middling cot- ■ $60.00. Sae me quick, C. J. Col. Milledgeville, Ga. LITTLE MONEY REMAINS IN RAILROAD? KEEPINGS “Little of the money received for freight and passenger service mains long in the railroud’s keeping, since payrolls, purchases and othei expenditures put practically all re cespts immediately i.a»*k into tht channels of trade and o.mmerce" uc cording to President John J. Policy of the Central of Georgia Railway. In a statement published today, Mr. Policy tells what became of the 1927 earnings of the Central. Out of every $1<>0 received by the Central during the year, $.'13.52 • spent for the operation of tra stations and other similar transporta tion service. Included in this amount was $5.41 for locomotive fuel. The upkeep of cars, locomotive and other property required $26.00. while $3.20 covered the wearing « of equipment. Rents paid for the use of cars and other property be longing to others- took $3.13. Having no large working capital, railroads must borrow money to finance ir provements, etc., and the interest < borrowed money in 1927 totaled fll.ll. Among the smaller items are oral of interest. Salaries of ex live and-general officers took 52 c of every 100 dollars, while pension payments to retired employes requir ed 25 cents. Salaries of clerk?’ an* other general office employe amounted to $2.19. Law expenses amounted to 42 cents, while dining car and restaurant sendee took 62 In comparison with other expendi tures, taxes made up one of the larg est items, amounting to $5.40 out of every $1.00, or $1.24 more than i paid in dividends to stockholders!, these latter amounting to only $4.16. Not only did tax payments exceed dividends, but they were greater than the amount paid for locomotive fuel, for rents on property of others, > a groat many other items of operat ing expense. “Railroad expenditures are widely dispersed” states Mr. Pclicy, “and moreover they are promptly made. These diversified expenditures stimu late all branches of commercial activi ty by keeping money in circulation.” FOR SALE15 Rho4m I.I.nd Red egg* for $1.00 if called for. AI*o Brahma*, and Rock*. Goddard. 3-8-28 4t. I WISH TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF MY PATRONS AND FRIENDS And especially tke colored population of Milledgeville and surround ing territory to the fact that I have accepted the Ageucy for the FAMOUS “BALL GROUND MARBLE AND GRANITE MONUMENTS AND HEADSTONES Three Beautiful Shades to Pick From—All tlosiring to show repcct to their loved one through this method I would be glad to servo you.—Real bargains in Cash propositions—Liberal Terms to those that are worthy of CREDIT. Bring this complete automobile show into your own home. T HE national automobile shows in New York and Chicago were too far away for most Americans to attend. But by clipping the coupon below, you can bring a representative automobile show into your home. 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