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“Come to Augusta and Join Us,” Is The
Invitation That Augusta Extends Today
Upper Ten Ginger A!e
and Qiseeia Cereal
Beverage Manufac
tured m Augusta,
Ga.
Augusta Ice and Beverage Com
pany Bringing Much Business
to Augusta Through a Wide
Southern Distribution.
THE Augusta Ice and Beverage
Company is one of Augusta’s
largest business firms. Then
plant was originally built dur
ing the year 1888, but since that time
wonderful changes have taken place.
Their main building, seven stories
high, is now used principally for the
manufacture of Cereal Beverages.
This business is still in its infancy
and will increase materially front
year to year since Cereal Beverages
are now being sold in rural districts
like other soft drinks. The public
is beginning to appreciate the good
qualities of a beverage made from
Cereals and non-intoxicating, as evi
denced by the large consumption
during hot weather when soft drinks
are extensively used, to refresh and
quench thirst.
The Augusta Ice and Beverage
Company also manufacture UPPER
TEX Ginger Alt*: which is a high
class article and enjoys a reputation
in places where first-class beverages
..re served. They have recently add
ed a large amount of modern ma
chinery in their bottling department,
so thev can handle the increasing
business of their UPPER TEX Gin
ger Ale to the best advantage.
Both UPPER TEN Ginger Ale and
QUEEN Cereal Beverage have large
distribution; the Company shipping
in carload lots to their distributors
in Georgia. Alabama, Florida, Ten
nessee. North Carolina and South
Carolina. During the war the pro
duction of their beverages was lim
ited by the* United States govern
ment to conserve cereals and sugar.
This caused a temporary setback, as
it came at a time when the sale of
these soft drinks was built up to a
point when It was expected that the
demand could be satisfied.
Augusta Ice and
Beverage Co.
Public Schools of Augusta
/-j-aHE public school system of
I Augusta was founded in
1572 by an dct of the legis
lature, which constituted not
only the city of Augusta, but the j
entire county of Richmond, one
school area, known as a county
unit. This brought all the schools
of the city and all the schools
of the county under one admin
istration supervised by one
superintendent and under one
general scheme of management.
As a result, the outlying districts
have been cared for in the mat
ter of education just as well as
the city itself has been.
The board of education con
sists of three members from each
ward ar.d three from each militia
district of the county and three
from each incorporated village
of the county. As the wards
and districts have increased, the
number of members of the board
of education has increased until
now it is the largest board of
education in the state and one
«,f the largest in the south, con
sisting of forty members equally
stribnted over the wards of the
y and the districts of the coun
y. It would appear that a board
?o large is unwieldy, but experi
ence ha:i not proven it so, in
view of the fact that the work
is all done by efficient commit
tees while the large policies of
education are decided by the
board of education itself. Dur
ing all these years the bbard
has been singularly harmonious
and has been kept free from po
litical entanglements, and under
its administration the city of Au
gusta and the county of Rich
mond have developed an unus
ually fino system of schools. The
president of the board is Mr.
James L. Fleming, the vice pres
ident, C. T. l’und, and the sec
retary, Lawton B. Evans.
The board has the unusual
power of levying its own tax un-'
supervised and uncontrolled by
any other agency, nor is their
tax limited to any amount. This
gives the board absolute power
over its own money without ask
ing i permit from any other
body. The result is that an
nually the board can make its
own budget according to Us own
ideas of the needs of the schools,
and need not refer the budget to
nny other authority in the coun
ty for ratification. This power
of the board has been exercised
The Old Takes on the Life of the New— -In Augusta
THE AUGUSTA HERAIju.
W. G. Long
540 Broad
Street
Augusta, Ga.
Agent for
Gates
Half-Sole
fsr*«
liras
Cuts down the per
mile cost of your tires.
Gives longer and
better mileage and
satisfactory service.
with caution and consideration
during many years so that the
people of the county are per
fectly satisfied to leave this pow
er in the hands of the board
knowing that it will be exer
cised wisely. On the other hand,
the board itself feels that with
this power it can decide what
school tax is needed and can levy
whatever amount they decide
upon and have the school fund
deposited directly to their credit
in a local bank subject to the
official check of its officers.
Under this arrangement there is
no chance of the public schools
of Augusta ever being hampered
by the lack of money.
The Girls’ High school, known
ps the Tubman High school, has
been famous for many years for
its excellence. The new building
is erected upon a nine-acre tract
of land, practically in the center
of the future city. It is a three
story structure of unusual grace
and beauty and is equipped with
every possible modern conven
ience. It has a large assembly
hall seating 900 people; a fine
gymnasium, all kinds of labora
tories, and a beautiful library,
besides recreation grounds and
i athletic fields which are most at
tractive to the students who at
tend the school. It can be safely
said that no city in the south
has a more beautiful or attrac
tive high school than the Tubman.
, The tuition is free in all of the
i high schools of the county, and
' the course Is a five-year one of
fering the possibility of twenty
j units and a choice of thirty-five
| or forty units, according to the
i desires of the pupil. There are
; industrial courses, domestic sci
ence courses and all other
| courses that are usually offered
: by a modern high school.
The Richmond Academy for
j hoys has had a reputation for
I more than a hundred years for
i excellence. It has within the last
| ten years come under the adtnin
| istration of the board of educa
i Uon and under Its management
! has become a noted school for
! hoys throughout the state. The
record attained by its students
elsewhere. In life and in college.
I is nn evidence of the worthiness
lof the institution itself. It has a
| military feature which makes It
; an excellent school for the dlsci-
I pllne of hoys. It also has a dor
i mitory department accommodat
Blud.viuo Building: in Auguctu
BLUDWINE BOTTLING CO.
1 A HE home of Bludwine in
Augusta is a forceful demon
stration of the wonderful progress
achieved in up-to-date bottling
methods. The entire process is
automatic and sanitary to the high
est degree. From the time the used
bottles are placed upon the large
wa s h i n g machine, thoroughly
cleansed and subjected to a disin
fecting process with a caustic solu
tion being forced into the bottles,
to the time that the bottles are
filled, crowned and ready for pack
ing the product is untouched by the
hand of man. The large machines
and carriers display almost human
intelligence in their handling. It is
an interesting, and fascinating
sight.
Biudwine
ing about 75 non-residents, thor
oughly supervised, satisfactory
and acceptable in every way. Non
resident tuition rates of SOO.OO a
year are charged, which is about
the amount that the instruction in
tlje high school costs per capita
per year.
Anyone seeking a high school
education for young women or
young men will find ample ac
commodations and ample satis
faction in tlio two high schools of
Augusta.
As far as the lower grade
schools are concerned, Augusta
has the unique feature of free
public kindergartens, of which
there arc eight distributed over
the city under the care of twenty
expert kindergarteners, with an
enrollment of about 400 children
between the ages of 5 and 6
years.
There is no lack of room In the
public schools of Augusta nor is
any child ever turned away. Every
child in Augusta, no matter where
he lives, is in walking distance of
a school that has ample room for
his accommodation. Tho ordinary
enrollment runs 45 pupils to a
teacher In the lower grades and
from 30 to 40 pupils in the upper
grades, giving the teacher amplo
time for Individual treatment and
instruction for her pupils.
Tho John Milledge school Is
probably the largest school In the
south, having a capacity of 1,250
pupils and a running enrollment
of 100. It is situated in the mill
district of Augusta and has been
a wonderful help to tho commu
nity in which It is located. It has
an assembly hail seating 700 peo
ple, constantly in use; is on a
5-acre tract of ground, attractive
ly laid out, and used for play
ground purposes.
The Houghton school Is a new
school in the First ward, built in
the mission style, with a capacity
of 750 children, and with every
modern convenience including a
roof-school for out-of-door In
struction. It likewise has an as
sembly hall that is in constant
use.
The Woodlawn school Is one of
the largest buildings in the city,
with a total seating capacity of
SOO children, in a growing sec
tion of the city. It is the inten
tion of the board to add an addi
tional story to this building, mak
ing it a building of 30 school
rooms with a total seating capac
ity of 1,300 children.
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Bludwine is not what is general
ly known as a cola drink, but is said
by its manufacturers to be the pure
Bottling Co., Augusta, Ga.
Augusta Stock Yard
Company
W. P. WHITE, Prop.
LIVE STOCK
COMMISSION
MERCHANTS
Corner Walker and Tenth Streets
AUGUSTA, GA.
A large supply of horses and mules will Be
found here at all times, and our yards are l'.-
connected with all the railroads ft
entering Augusta,
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Long Distance Phone: 254.
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Reference: Merchants’ Bank.
SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1919.
Modem Machinery in Augusta
Plant
AUGUSTA, CA.
fruit essence and to contain thir
teen of the fifteen life elements. It
is a deep, dark red in color and has
a delightful sparkling efferves
cence.
J. R. Moore, the popular propri
etor of the Augusta plant, estab
lished this business in Augusta nine
years ago and by close attention to
business and genuine hard work
has built lip a wonderfully large
business in the city and surround
ing territory. Ile has discarded the
old system of deliveries by freight,
and now delivers his goods, even to
the most remote points, by auto
trucks; and it is his boast that
every order received, if desired,
will be delivered within twenty
four hours of its receipt.