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WHILE THE ORLD AGS. By B. Mcßee. Recently this writer witnessed the ‘ms mark' 1 of a native Georgian on a legal document involving an im portant property transfer. The “sig nature” was that of a man well past middle age, healthy, robust, the fath er of ten children; head well develop ed, from all outward appearance, but, so far as ability to read and write is concerned, his brain was not superior to that of a trained chimpanzee. He was transfering property that rep resented years of toil and buckets of sweat, the very life-blood of a faithful wife and the hopes of a brood of youngsters; but he could not write his name nor read his name if he saw it in box-car letters. If . one of his babies were to get sick suddenly in the night he would be incompetent to rush to the medicine chest for a remedy, because the words “Rat Poison” on one bottle and “Croup Cure” on another would mean noth ing to him. “Railroad Crossing,” “Sharp Curve,” “Danger,” in bold letters on roadsigns are to him mere ly groupings of meaningless irregular marks, as he speeds along the high way, signifying nothing; in the res taurant when he picks up the menu card he is as likely to order Shuber’s “Love Song” as ham and eggs. It must be a great world he’s living in; on a literacy plane with camels and parrots and seals and badgers. * * * One wonders what a newspaper looks like to him. If he hears a spoken word that he does not under stand a slab of unpolished granite would do as well as a dictionary as a medium of information. If he has money in the bank he can draw it out only by getting someone who knows him to fill out a check blank and at test his X, trusting another as to he correctness of what is written thereon. When a messenger boy hands him a telegram away from home he has to rely cn some stranger to tell him whether it says oil has been struck on his land or tells him that a tornado has destroyed his home and family. What an easy mark he must be for practical jok ers and for rogues! * « * But he doesn’t worry much, for if he were sensitive, thoughtful or am bitious enough to worry he would not have endured through so many ■years without learning to read and write. If he had much ambition and intellect enough to learn to talk and ask questions he would have learned how to read and write, his own name, at least. He could get an almanac in a drug store or pick up an old newspaper by the roadside, study it, ask questions about the meaning of the various strange characters on it, learn what they mean, how to put them together to make other words, and remember them so that when he should see those same characters later on on other printed pages they would convey a message to his brain. And he would learn how to make let ters like them and to combine them into words, words into sentences, sen tences into paragraphs, etc. Thou sands of men who are well educated never went to school. * * « Every child ought to go to school, however. He ought to be compelled to learn how to read and to write, the state thereby sparing him the pain ful humiliation of going through life a mental cripple, handicapped by il literacy. The state that does not compel attendance at school, to the extent, at least, that no normal child may reach maturity unable to read and write is derelict, unfaithful to its duty to its inhabitants. Georgia is such a state—grand old Georgia, so superior in many, many ways! * • * • Charles J. Haden, president of the Georgia Illiteracy Commission, said in a recent address, citing statistics as authority: Approximately seventy thousand white people of Georgia, ten or more years of age, the large ma jority being of mature age, can not sign their name. Thirty thou sand of this number are men of voting age—citizens of Georgia— who cannot read the ballot they cast. And farther on: At a low estimate, more than 20,- 000 men within the productive years of life in Georgia, cannot read and write. The best opinion is that if they possessed even a rud imentary education their earning power would be increased much more than 50 cents a day. Thus Georgia is losing SIO,OOO a day or more than $2,000,000 a year through a condition which can be removed by spending ten per cent of that sum in one year. • * * The “ten per cent’’ of “$2,000,000 a year” represents the money Mr. Haden’s commission estimates it would need to put every man, woman and child in Georgia on a literacy basis. The accomplishment would be ’ cheap at ten times that amount of a commodity so comparatively valueless as money. Every educated, every ev en moderately enlightened, Georgian should blush with shame at seeing another Georgian make a cross where he should write his name. * * * Illiteracy is a species of ignorance. Ignorance is conducive to crime, to political corruption, bad government, starvation of institutions designed to promote enlightenment. Illiteracy is a curse of any state or of any com munity that condones or toleratas it. The NOTION COLUMN By O. Haskins, Herself. We were at the annual meeting of he Georgia Association the other laj^, and heard Mr. Hollomon in his Inimitable wry deliver himself of this bit of oratory: “I would rather have one of Georgia’s old red hills than all the sand dunes of Miami!” Miami reminds us of one of these extreme versifications of fiapperism. She spends hours before her mirror, bedecking herself in a fine array of parks, public baths and proposed uni •ersities, painting over her geo graphical deficiencies and soil infirm ities w'ith the numerous secrets of her trade, and then she sails forth, co flirt with the gentlemen from other degrees of latitude to the end that they will spend their money on her. We suppose that is all right. May be we are a bit jealous of her because she can make herself so resplendent on so little when we have so much and yet do not seem to be able to parade even a small part of our best points. But we cannot help but wonder what will happen when Miami has stolen from the sea all the sand and the salt the sea chooses to give, and when she has exploited her charming climate and her high-priced real es tate till she whacks the top off her windpipe and wrecks one of her chief assets. Flappers have been known to fade, and their places have been known to be appropriated by their younger sisters, especially -when the younger lady is the possessor of su perior traits and less grasping pro pensities. We think Twiggs county could be made into a delightful winter or sum mer resort. True, we do not have the water nor the leading explosive of the Funda mentalists in our midst; but we have scenery. And the world still has a few Fellows Royal who care less for lolling on the beach in their unwet bathing suits than they do for some thing that stirs the soul and satis fies their aesthetic cravings. Between our home and Jefferson ville the land laughs and plays in its glens and hills till finally it runs up sharply to a promontory. We think it must be something like the Patmos from which John saw marvelous things, for it is as choice a spot as we ever saw. The immediate valleys and hills squat down so as not to withhold the beauties of the other hills and valleys that ride out to meet the sky. , If we were a promoter we think we would build a hotel on that peak. We would landscape the place, run ning trails out hither and yon to bring the neighboring hills and woods within the reach of the guests. We would plant roses and loblolly pines, make tennis courts and golf courses. Then we would advertise the place as a retreat for the more refined of our national idlers who like the quiet and peace of a resort, but dislike its racket and its incessant empany of motorboat speed notes. Then we would feed the guests with the products of Twiggs county, her vegetables, her fruits, her nuts and her meats. We would introduce them to Twiggs’ hospitality and Twiggs’ folks. We would let them see for themselves what a little money ju diciously invested in our county might do for them—and for us. We think the project would pros per, and the old red hills might in all truth yield more than dll the sand dunes of our Sister who runs her silk-stockinged leg down toward the equator. STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF WILKINSON: Under and by virtue of a power of sale vested in the undersigned by deed made and delivered to her by James Rawles, dated November 7th, 1919, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior court of Wilkinson county, Georgia, in Book No. 33, folio 507, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the high est bidder for cash on the first Tues day in July, 1925, before the court house door at Irwinton, Wilkinson county, Georgia, between the legal hours of Sheriff’s sales thefollowing described property, to-wit: All those several tracts or parcels of land situated, lying and being in the 2nd District of the county of Wil kinson, State of Georgia, more fully described as follows: 1. Two hundred and fifty (250) acres, more or less, comprised of por tions of land lots Numbers Two Hun dred and eighteen (218), Two Hun dred and ninteen (219), and Two Hundred and ninety-two (292), and bounded North by lands of Martin; East by the Dublin & Milledgeville public road; South by the run of South Sandy Creek; West by lands of the Taylor estate and lands of H. B. Dominy and Allen Dixon. 2. One Hundred and ninety (190) acres, more or less, comprised of por tions of land lots Numbers Two Hun dred and eighteen (218) and Two Hundred and twenty-three (223), and bounded North by other lands of James Roy Rawls (being the land conveyed to him by Laura T. Rawls THE WILKINSON COUNT” NEW’, F \TUR~ VZ, JUNE 13 1925 by deed dated February 15th, 1916, recorded in Book No. 29, folio 49, office Clerl: Superior court, Wilkin son county, Georgia); East by lands of N. J. Wynn and 1. J. Thompson; South by the run of South S-ndy Creek; West by the Dublin and Mil ledgeville public road. The lands herein described and con veyed containing in the aggregate Four Hundred and forty (440) acres, more or less, lying in one body (with said public road dividing the two tracts) and being all of the lands conveyed by warranty deed from L. T. Rawls to Poihill Rawls, dated February 4th, 1914, recorded in Book No. 23, folio 417-18, said Clerk’s office. Said lands will be sold as the prop erty of said James Roy Rawls to pay the indebtedness referred to in said deed and more particularly described as follows: One principal note for the sum of Two Thousand and 00-100 Dollars, dated November 7th, 1919, on account of which a payment of $500.00 has been made, with interest on the balance of $1500.00 from Oc tober Ist, 1924, to July 7th, 1925, at the rate of 7 per cent per annum; also one interest coupon for the sum of One Hundred forty and 00-100 Dollars, dated November 7th, 1919, and due October Ist, 1924, on which a credit of $35.00 has been made with interest on the balance of $105.00 from maturity to July 7th, 1925, at the rate of 8 per cent per annum; also all expenses of this proceeding. Said notes being made and delivered to the undersigned by the said James Roy Rawls, and the amount of prin cipal and interest due to day of sale being $1691.94, together with the cost of this proceeding. Default having been made in the payment of the debt to secure which said deed was executed the power of sale contained in said deed has be come operative, and said sale will be had for the purpose of paying said debt together with the expenses of this proceeding. The proceeds of said sale will be applied first to the payment of said indebtedness, and the balance, if any paid to the said James Roy Rawls, as provided in said deed to secure debt. A deed to the purchaser will be made by the undersigned. This 6th day of June, 1925. (4t6-13) WILLIE T. BAXTER. STATE OF GEORGIA,- COUNTY OF WILKINSON: Under and by virtue of a power of sale vested in the undersigned by deed made and delivered to him by James Roy Rawls, dated March 20th, 1919, and recorded in the office of the clerk of the Superior court of Wil kinson county, Gk’gia, in Book No. 29, folio 359, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash on the first Tuesday in A restful nsgbt on Lake Erie ! 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Member Xq-t- - American Boeder. of Carbonated Beewmee a July, 1925, before the courthouse or at irv'inxn, Wilkinson county, Georgia, between the legal h -of sales the following described property, to-wit: All that tract or parcel of land situated, lying and being in the 2nd District ot tae councy . i WManscn, State of Georgia, consi.-.Jng cf whole land lot Number Two Er dred and twenty-two (222) containing Two Hundred two and one-half (2021-2) acres, more or less,’ and Fifty (50) acres, more or less, of land lot Num ber Two Hundred and nineteen (219) (being all of said lot lying Northeast of the Dublin and If ilk dgeville pub lic road). The whole lying in one body of Two Hundred fifty-two and one-half (2521-2) acres, more or less, bounded on the North, East and South sides by original lot lines and on the West by said-public road, and being the same lands conveyed by warranty deed from Laura T. Rawls, to James Roy Rawls, dated February 2nd, 1914, recorded in Book No. 17, folio 623, office Clerk Superior court, Wilkinson county, Georgia. Said lands will be sold as the prop erty of said James Roy Rawls to pay the indebtedness referred to in said deed and more particularly described as follows: One principal note for the sum of One Thousand and 00-100 Dollars, dated March 20th, 1919, with interest thereon from March Ist, 1924 to July 7th, 1925, at the rate of 7 1-2 per cent per annum; also one inter est coupoh for the sum of Seventy five and 00-100 Dollars, dated March 20th, 1919, and due March Ist, 1924, with interest thereon from maturity so July 7th, 1925, at the rate of 8 per cent per annum; also all expenses of this nroceeding. Said notes being made and delivered to the undersign ed by the said James Roy Rawls, and the amount of the principal and interest due to day of sale being $1184.35, together with the cost of this proceeding. Default having been made in the payment of the debt to secure which said deed was executed the power of sale contained in said deed has be come operative, and said sale will be had for the purpose of paying said debt together with the expenses of this proceeding. The proceeds of said sale will be applied first to the payment of said indebtedness, and the balance, if any paid to the said James Roy Rawls, as provided in said deed to secure debt. A deed to the purchaser will be made by the undersigned. This 6th day of June, 1925. ESTATE of WILLIAM L. LINKE. By Mary A. Linke, Executrix. (4t6-13) Atlanta—Bids for paving south Moreland avenue from the Georgia railway tracks to Ormewood City, open. CLUB Suits Cleaned and Pressed. AU work neatly and satisfactorily done. Shoes repaired at reasonable Prices. Phone me your order and I will send tor and deliver promptly. T. I. MONROE, Proprietor. 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