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Miller County Liberal
NO 28
Notice To Tax
Payers
i rt-r-S t lit-fcA.
'Lie cmnty books wilt open
February Ist, aud will close May
Ist. Make your tax returns early.
J G. Roberts,
Tax Receiver
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Notice.
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WANTED-4000 stalks of seed
cane will exchange velvet beaus
for tbato- Market price will be
given both ways. See me.
B.C Bird
Colquitt, Ge
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Farmers and Club
Members
Will Meet
The state college of Agriculture
ait Athens, requests that announce
went be made that a fteetiug ol
the fa'mere.of Miller <J»uuty and
■of the members of the boys’ clul
-wid be held at the court house in
Colquitt, on Monday Feb. IJth, al
two o’clock p. m., to discuss boys’
club work, boil and
farm program for thfj'year’ll924
Addr-sees Will be made by G. V
Cu ii n i ugh ah), R.~iF. ’’’ fr.’ 4 Deloach
null C. A. Cobb, in addition to
■others whose names given
I am furnishing you this informa
tion at the request of toe State
College.
Yours very truly,
N. L. STAPLETON,
0. S. S.
WATCH COLQUITT GROW THE LEADING CITY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
Candidates Classified With Their
Number Os Votes
Ordinary
Judge Dancer seems to be th* man
For votes he got a plenty; \
So we will put him iu toe lead
With Five Hundred minus
twenty,
i'he election now is over.
The results I guess you’ve seen;
So we will give to Wilkin,
Three Hundred Seventeen.
she next we call is Brother Gene
How it happened he cau’t see
But when the count was added nt
Made Two H undred Fifty-three.
Clerk
This race was made with only one
And I think his Jace was fine:
For Land he led the ticket,
With One Thousand Sixty-nine
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Houston is the lucky man,
Who faced rhe cunning tricks;
But he came out successful,
With Four Hundred Eighty six
Next to him was B. B Grimes,
The second in the line;
io we. will/write bis i-'unaOer
With Two Hundred Forty-nine.
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I’he‘next was C. H*Kirnbrel,
And we say to him, “Well done”
For he was third in the race,
With One Hundred Eighty-one.
Visitors Here
Surday Messrs. J C. Rob-rte,
•C. F. Hornsby and S. P. Lane de
lighted the studentsof the Twi
ight School bv bringing them t<
heir county site S'xty- one we*
in the party. Mr. Lane brought a
irowd on his Buhk and also bad
lie truck bring a crowd.
Mead rnesJ. C. Roberts E. E
lornsby, C. M. Lane H.G. Lane,
mrl Misses Nancy Lane and Kvir
dtorneby acted as chaperones.
The party attended 8. S. and
at the Baptist oLutob,
ifter wards dining with relatives
ind partaking of a feast brought
io by those who eared for the stu
lents.
These delicious luuihes were
leaped on tables at the home oi
the Editress, and wer» enjoyed tc
the fullest extent.
Rev. -I. O. Grimes, Sopt. L E
’alhouti and others extended the
leartiest of welcomes; and tn e day
vili be remembered by many as
mo filled with sacred pleasure
The visitors were urged to come
oack again. ’ . ’'
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Some folks in lopka take soj
much pride they don’t think muob I
m what’s inside well as for. me I
know my face can ne’er be made
i thing of grace and so I rather
think I’ll see how 1 can fix th’ io
jide o’me so folks ’llsay. “He
looks like sin. But ain’t be beau
tiful within’—John Kendrick
1 Bangs.
PULL FOR COLQUITT OR PULL OUT
COLQVITT, GEORGIA., WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 1924
J. K. LANE-
Then Philips comes next iu line,
Our friend he baa always I’een,
We hale to see him counted out;
With One Hundred Nine and Ten
The next one on the program,
Although be hard did st live,
And Miller’s count, a» 1 recall;
Wks only Thirty-five.
I she last to come is Now.fl,
He must have come by (night:
For when the votes w»-e counted
Just left him only eight.
Tax Collector
Hurrah for guyte G. Carter,
Be is shrewd in politics;
But 1 thick he. was surprised,
With Eight Hundred Eighty-six
So when you go out touring,
Always notice for the sign,
For Pate got on the wrong road,
With Ooe Hundred Sixty-nim I
Tax Receiver
L'fie day and mouth were Jucky,
Friday; Eleven
For Roberta was re-elected,
WfthJSeven Hundred Thirty j
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We say she day is over,
With Hie sinking i f the < u;
But Phillips fought a good figb’,
With Three Hundred Twenty
One.
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The Play A Success
“Soenea in a Terminal Station,"
which was presented befere a larg<
:rowd at the school aeditoriun
>y the ?ooal P. .I'. A. Friday nigh
was io every way a bowling sue
cess A large crowd was present
icd the many tinman interest
iceties presented were acted to
perfection.
A local orcbeetry cote posed ot
4r. aud Mrs. C. C. Lung and sou.
Jr. Saunders, and Mr. aud Mrs.
d. M. Miller furnished delightful
music. a
At the close of the play an old
cashioued bux-wpper was neld.
About threedez-n attractive ioxet
diled with ears prepared Ly tb«
oeit of cook* were handed over tc
the auut’or.eer.
Much int-rest w»» centered ii
ouying the box»*s ant)
vas Keen. They brought any
where from SI t<> $3 Miss Annit
belie Harrell’s box brought tbs
ilghest price.
When all boxes bad bteu sold
the feast began. Hut chocolate
and c.ffe«i in abundance was readj
4o b- told by the P. T. A.
„ otter paying all expenses for
the evening a profit of §1 00 was
realized for this moat successful
evening. The money will go to
bnijd up Colquht High School.
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Mies Effie Kate Gary, a teacher
ib the Pine Hill Salicuf, was here
Seaclay.
Cancer Warning
No 3
“ItJs a serious thing lo be wo
man.’’ One woman in ev?ry eigh
dies form of cancer as.
ter the age of forty. T’.ree tim s
■ts many women as tn -u d.eof oi-.
je/ between the ag $ of 35 aud'4‘
Hid twice as many between 45ant
»5 Fvery woman who becomes a
left iu a oouditiuu that
more suscep>i»>le 0
cancer.
If wfjnion will exorcis ' a reA«ni>
ble an ognt of can a large num
tier ojiwa ths from cancer of th.
’ireaat tffny be avoided. The mos’
'romiftbnf symptom 'is n ‘ing't
nmp e times out of ten i'
Ines riot-give pain. There is onb
tne oirSjanding symptom anr'
that lufnp." A lump it
•he bret ar.,,f h worean un.Lr 25 i ;
not, as « ?ule, csfioer; there is only
>ne ehav-.ri in a thousand that i >-
‘f, h -n ■■ ..•s, Jim patient is tilt), i
m iter i'll v
tml by 45 thera’rt
of jet! that Tt is l
■jancer, '“' J Ssd|Fhe, if ndl removed
pFWe breast, is « r'ou
i iea%p»e •'t'Wfem'so early ana s.-
! o.’ykji h f',
4 the presence of the lump, trail
oirtio’es of it may have h> en br'-f
in off had carried to the lymp l
{lands; This materially leaser
tie chance of recovery.
We want to nrge every wornat
vho has reached the “daocf-r age’
'o consul! her i family ph ,s--oinr ,
make a confidant of him, hih! in
est he make a .thorowoli ex
imtnation. If be will n t, ge
tome ojne who will! Tliep- aiay bt
n Wuse for alarm— BUT “it i>
letter to be safe than sorr\, ’ fo
il is during tip’s period of .I,l'e tbet
nost women die of cancer.
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Mourning Dove
Season Closet
Mourning doves may'be liuhh d
■ n Georgia only from Nov 20 i
Jun. 31, inclusive, according to hi
■ nniuncement from the B qii gica
•lurvey of the United Stuus dt
purtment of agricuiturj 1 .
An errot.epjis report bus I eeu
mrcnlated to the effect thal dLiirn
mg doves may' be' lawfu-tly killed
n Georgia urtill March l. : '
The department'states tbni it ie
mlawfil under ti;e Fed r-d .Mi
gratory Bird Treaty AcU Ke-gula
lions to kill these birds as Jan.3l,
ind that offenders are subject to
prosecution in Fedeial c urt.
The penalty for a violation of
the Federal law is a fine pot ex :
•jfcedirig §SOO, or imprisonment foi
not mure than six-months, or
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Mr. J. T. Jones, his wife and
son and his sister, Miss Mamie
Jones, spent Sunday in Sales City
■dttb their sister, Mrs Zula Cobb.
The day was ideal and the trip
Wss mech enjoyed.
Industrial Georgia
I.aGrange--New additions com
pleled al Dunson Mills,
Kirkwood- of uev
Kirkwood Biplist church under
way,
Ohoopee.-New school building
.proposed.
Atlanta-Direction of new win;
of Senior Girls’ high school build
ug with consideration.
(5 Per cent of all building con
itruoiion in the state during 1920
vas for i idustrinl purposes.
Sparta-Many pecan trees beinp
■lanted throughout countv.
Atlan'a-New 8100.000 St. Au
t'lony’s chuicu completed.
Elberta-New $250,(X)0 bridge fc
ve built spanning Savannah river
■n Calhoun highway between tbii
oint amd Abbeville, S. C.
Savnnnah-JHaromie Club-plum
i build new club house.
Fort Valley-Plans being mad'
ir erection of new Baptist church
Waycf css-Road construction fo>
Jec. on five in War
.nay i«n«’i-iO!yoiui4,
Decatur-New hard-surfaoeo
r>ad to be built from Atlanta t<
Lawrenceville through this point
Montezu ma-.-New liydro-eleolri<
>lant of Water Power Co. to begii
’perations soon.
Tybee--New surface etwt-r sys
tem to be ins tai led and cross st reete
to be paved.
Macon--Macon Ice Co. change
lauds, new owner plans improve
nents doubling capacity of tin
plant.
Savannah- §40.000 to be ep< nt
Or erec 1 ion of new John Wesley
hotel.
Colu[nbus--Matnmot.h dam ar.ci
iydro.electric plant, costing tip
iroximately $5,000,030, to be built
m Chattahoochee river.
Savannah -Brunswick - Jacket n
ville highway link in.C'imden com -1
' y being imptoved.
Airp'ane attacks on boll weevil
have b en snccessfu , aud calcium
■ rsenale dost has been found roost
effective poison for weevil act
ither cotton insedfe, department oi
agriculture tinuomices after ex
tended experiments.
Ehcdu—Georgia.Peach Grow-ets
Exchange announces 1924 pencil
crop members insured against all
hazards.
Savannah-Building activities
totaling over $10,00u.000, already
in sight for 1924.
W 0
Mrs. J. A. Fein aud daughters
are to leave Wednesday for New
York to spend several weeks with
relatives.
VOL XXVI
Woodrow Wilson
Passes i o ihe
Great Beycnl
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P'drnjer President WoodrO**
Wil#on died Sunday at 11:15 a. m.
Fatigued and worn by battle with
ieatb, which--began before lie left
the White House in 192*’, the war
president of two .drills—eight of
tti« most momentous years in tba ;
listory of the wo^d-closed bis
J y,s and slipped peacefully
away. , -J
Mrs. Wilson, his dapgbhr, Mar
'aret, and Dr. Grayson .only w.ru
•i tl e death chamber at-ihe en , .
Dr. Grayson, restraining tetira wi h
ibvious difficulty, gave the formal
mnounoement to waiting hewepa
rer than.
Worn with the strain, fits voice
vas bfirely audible when be said
that the former president’s last
noments bad been peaceful.
As the news of hie death spread
liroughout the city and was* flash
id around the world, messages of
■ympathy poured in a guat fl. orl
’’ide to ihe widow, who so long bad
<ept him in her tender care.
One of the first to send a mess
aeb-’ '■ ' . *'v •
1»e of fibudulenjia- <tt» .M?l caideu ‘
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s'he seftoue nature of the illuesa
n o line known, conveyed to Mrs.
■Vileob the hope of hins'lt end
'■(rs. Coolidge that the form, r
president would recover.
Pr.sident and Mrs. Doo'll h e
vere ntobiiroh wbe.n th6 announce- ’' ’
Uirtt was made of Mr. M ilsdn’e
Ira b. They drove to the Wilson
hoiue immediately the eerVifiee
w. re oker «nd left their cards, the '
first ofany'hi official life to. call.
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Twenty eighth president of the
United: Staled, and ‘the first D.,nio
crat siijce Jackson tq e-rie. two
■ uccessive terms.
Woodrow Wilsoii 'icetipi-l the
presidency during eight years’ >f -.
such work! i.pb u al ai d lurm il,
that his proper pluce in ry
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cannotjbe assigned I" him i.ntil .
his cobteiuporariee !ik. wise era
assigned to their uictiee.
Certainly be ranks as one o’ the
great war presidents <>f tlie Amer:-
can republic anti hr ex rcis-daueh'
in itiflaeuce in word i tl-.trs as
lever 'before aliHeli’d to his
office.
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.. . New Piano x
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Mrs C. E Brooks, •superintenll
•tfl of the elementary department
)f thy Methodist Sunday School,
announces liiet a new pitlnb ban '
been bought f .r tiyir littlis Folks.’
Tbis 1 departmefrt" under itseAibl+>.
leader has- beetr working tor a *
long tilne for this appteciuted r -
yard.’ ! Hard work and tni-easing:’ *J- *
effort raised the money. .. ’- - i
•The piano baa already been in
s ailed in the assembly room. • ■ ’ ••
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Dr. Bridges was seen in town
Monday. '