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NEARLY MILLION
SCHOOL CHILDREN
INCREASE OF 69,491 SHOWN BY
1923 CENSUS OVER THAT
OF YEAR 1918
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
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Brief News Items Oathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Atlanta.—There are 900,362 children
of school ago, 0 to IS years. Inclusive,
in the state of Georgia. These fig
ures, according to the 1923 s cepsue
of the school population, which has
Just been made public by the state de
partment of education, show fi n in.
crease of 59,491 over tho school cen
sus of tho state taken in 1918.
The census, taken during the months
of March and April, 1923, '"ln every
county of the state, was approved by
the state board of education at ltß
meeting June 21. The total cost of
taking the census, the report sets
forth, was $55,308.17.
One of the Interesting points
brought out In tho reportl s tho fact
that the Increase In white children of
school age during the flvn-ynar period
was 52,381, whereas the increase of
negro children was only 7,110. Of
the 900,352 total In 1923, 524,135 are
white and 376,217 are colored.
Fulton county leads in the number
of school-age youngsters, according to
the report, with a total of 66,775. Of
this number, 52,069 aro in Atlanta.
Chatham county stands second with
23,196; Bibb county third with 19,
489, and Richmond .county fourth
with 18,864. All other counties have
less than 15,000 each.
A decrease In the per cent of
illiteracy among school children In
Georgia, as a whole, Is noted In the
report. The total number of Illiterates
in 11118 was 25,783. In 1023 this
figure had been reducod*to 15,432. The
decrease In number of white Illiterates
was 2,586, or a decrease of 0.62 per
cent. Negro illiterates decreased 7,765
4n number during the flvo-year
period, or 2.1 per cent.
Onu hundred and thirteen counties
reported a decreuso in the percentage
of white illiteracy, while 31 counties
.reported an Increase. One hundred
and sixty counties reported a decrease
In the percentage of colored since the
11)18 census was taken were not in
cluded In the comparisons.
Although the school age of children
included In the school census was
stated by the report to bo from 6 to 18
years of age, those classed as Illit
erates were children over 10 years of
age unable to read.
Burke county leads In the number
of illiterates, possessing 519, of whom
502 are .colored children. Jefferson
county, with 884, 853 of whom are
colored, is second, while Troup county
is third with 317, of whom 300 are
colored. The largest number of white
Illiterates Is reported in Walker and
Bartow counties, which have 98 and
92 respectively. According to the re
port, Atlanta hus only seven Illiterate
children, of whom all are colored.
During the five-year period since
the taking of the last census, there
has been a slight increase In the
number of school-age children classi
fied as defectives. The figure In 1818
was 4,522, while for 1923 It Is shown
to be 4,928.
Four hundred and one of these are
blind, 626 are deaf and dumb, 1,930
arc crlpplod and 1,071 are feeble
minded. White school-age children
classified as defectives number 2,738,
while defective colored chlldron num
ber 2,190.
Morrell Halts Extradition Act
New York. —Extradition of Willlain
Morrell to a Georgia prison i<amp,
from which he said he had fled be
cause ho was brutally horse whipped,
has been stopped by a writ of habeefis
corpus obtained Juat as he was being
turned over to a Georgia officer. It Is
returnable In the supreme court. Phy
sicians who examined Morrell said ho
was mentally irresponsible. Follow
ing the apprehension of ,Morrell In
New York and his charge against
Georgia prison officials whom he
claimed "Inhumanely abused" hhn,
Governor Walker of that state ordered
an Investigation of ‘ho case. This was
conducted by the prison board at the
camp where Morrell was assigned and
from which he escaped tinfl resulted
In complete exoneration of prison
camp officials In that state.
Montezuma Boy Killed By Train
Montezuma.—Buster Milan, 8, laid
down on flae trucks of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic rnilroad
hero to wnlt for his brothers to catch
up with him All three had boon fish
ing. A twain rounded a sharp curve
and killed the t>oy, crushing his
and cutting oft’ both lege.
Georgia Carriers Lose Rate Pioht
Atlanta.—A petition of Georgia car
riers to revise rates on intrastate
shipments of livestock, filed In De
cember, 1922, has'bean denied by the
stato public service commission. The
rates proposed by the carriers were
similar to those now In effect fn inter
state shipments, In Southern states,
approved by the interstate commerce
commission. The Georgia commission
held a hearing on the petition Jan
uary 24, 1923. It seems It would have
raised the cost of Intra-state ship
ments.
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1 DEAD,IO HURTIN
TANK EXPLOSION
PEDEBTRIANB HURLED ACROSS
STREET A8 TANK
EXPLODES
ENTIRE BIiILIMG WRECKER
Passing Autolots Are Also Severely
Injured—Loss Is Estimated
At $200,000
Norwalk, Ohio. —One man was kill
ed and ten were Injured In the explo
sion of an ammonia tank In the Ulaas
building, a five Btory business block
occupied by tho C. F. Jackaon De
partment Store, Main and Benodlct
streets, here recently.
Floors of tho building caved and
the street In front of Its waß torn up.
Windows of surrounding buildings
were shattered. Only the four walls
remain standing.
Three mon, L. B. Schaclter, Charles
Witter and Guy McKatn, wore re
pairing the tank In the basement of
the store when the explosion occurred.
Schaclter was instantly killed.
Witter was fatally injured. Hla
clothing nnd entire akin were torn
from hla body. Only shoes and belt
remained.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sipple, a pedestraln
who was gazing In the store window,
was thrown across the street by the
force of the explosion. Bhe suffered
probably fatal Internal injuries. '*
Several auto parties and motpr
cycllsts riding In the street were In
jured. The Injurod were removed to
Memorial hospital.
Loss la estimated at $200,000.
France Revive* Its Code Of Honor
Paris, Franoe.—Paris has taken one
more step back to pre-war conditions
by reviving duelling. Two barristers
who Insisted on settling a personal
difference with duelling swords rbviv
ed a procedure which, since the war,
has appeared ridiculous even in the
eyes of the French, who still main
tain that there aro some disputes that
can only be decided “on the field of
honor.”
Eight Are Killed In Auto AeoMent
Buffalo, N. Y.—Eight persons Were
killed and two fatally injured when a
train crashed In an automobile truck
carrying a picnic party In Niagara
Falls. Mrs. Camillo Coprlotto ! and
her five children were killed. Angelo
Bartollo, 35 years old, and a baby
also were killed. The husband of the
dead woman and another man were
fatally hurt.
Automobile Kills Five; Injures One
Oakland, Calif. —Five persons Were
almost instantly killed and another
was seriously injured when the Auto
mobile In which they were riding col
lided with a train between Hayward
and Mount Elden. The dead and In
lured all resided in Mount Eden.
France Insist On End Of Resistance
Tarls, Franoe.—Premier Poincare's
recent note to London Informed the
British government that Franoe could
not negotiate with • Germany until
passive resistance in the Ruhr was
ended and that evacuation could not
be considered until a final agreement
was reached and reparations pay
meats made or assured.
Couple Killed In Automobile Accident
Asheville, N. C. —Mr. and Mrs. Smith
White of Jonc-Bvilie, S. C., were in
stantly killed and their three chil
dren miraculously escaped death with
minor injuries when an automobile
driven by a son, John H. White; 17,
plunged down an 80-foot ombankment
on the Hendersonville road near Salu
da. The automobile was passing along
the edge of a precipice near Gfeen
river, and the bank gave way, caus
ing tho car to fall to the bank of the
river. The car turned over several
times before crashing on the rocks.
Police Searching For Bandit Killer*
Scranton, Pa.—Polloe throughout
northeastern Pennsylvania are search
ing for seven bandits who held up a
Laurel Line electric car at a lonely
spot between Mooslc and Avoca, shot
and killed one passenger, wounded
four others —on a woman —and rob
bed the paymaster of the West End
Coal company of $70,125 in cash.
Several Are Injured By Ternad*
Springfield, Mass. A tornado
sweeping through the Merrick (sec
tion of West Springfield the other af
ternoon damaged fifty houses, Injured
sevon persons, two of whom may die,
and left a total property loss of more
than SIOO,OOO. Starting ns a strong
gust of wind, north of Merrick Sec
tion, the tornado swiftly took shape,
as a whirling mass of debris and sand,
cutting a path 250 feet wide nod a
mile and a half long through west;
Springfield before It spent Itself in
the Connecticut river. i ' !
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Must Pay Heavily To Entertain Kipps
Washington—The poma-Of Europe-,
an courts has not decreased noticea
bly since the war, according to re
ports of American diplomats to the
state department. American ambas
sadors are continuing their oomplakits.
if Inadequate salaries to mpel JJke
heavy drain of social entertainment,,
md are citing post-war trpubles of en-,.
’ertalnlng royalty at functions which
qual or surpasse the glided affairs
if pre-wsr days hi Europe. U is not
ikely, however, that any Increase will
be granted them.
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Clearance Sale
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High Grade General Mechandise
Sak Begins Aug. 14- CloseslujT^
In order to raise money, and make room
for our fall goods we will offer every item
in our immense stock at
Wholesale Cost
This is your opportunity to save moigey.
We can quote only an item or two
but they are sufficient] to show you*\vhat -
you may expect. For instance:
501bs of good Flour for $1.50. /
sc. bar of soap 3c.
100 sack Good shorts for $ 2.35,
100 lbs Sugar for $9.75.
100 sack of Salt for $1.25.
Furniture to go at laid down first cost.
Ranges and all Cook Stoves, all Summer
Shoes and all summer goods at wholesale ,
In fact, our entire stock is priced to sell,
and will be sold during this sale
For Cash or Barter Only
Come and buy what you need and save
big money.
REMEMBER, this cut price sale lasts ten
days only. Be on hand.
Yours for business,
G. W. HEARD.
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