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/] I 0-' . , ■' fl I .. J X Miller County Liberal m n What Is There In It?; Youth's Companion: There are thousands of boys and girls in school today who envy ■ those whom they regard as morel fortunate in having It ft aobool and gone to work, Tue dollars that the workers earn are tangible, and buy material possessions. The added knowledge that comes through the extra years in school is intangible, and at present buys nothing. Con sequently the restless pupils are continually asking, “What is there in it for me?” The Massachusetts Child Labor Commission has undertaken to an swer them. “There’s just $9 a day in it for you,” is its reply, definite, concrete and expressed in terms of cash. The commission goto even farther. Not only does it say that every additional day's at tendance at school adds $9 to the sum that the pupil is likely to tarn during ire working life; it says that a high school education adds $33,C00 to the whole amount that he’ii earn after leaving school. The figures are based on an in vestigation made by Dean Lord of the Boston University Business »-»«>■ for Economical Transportation ** fl> " """""""Tl * i i Wk * Take die Wheel Yourself Learn what it really means to drive a low* *' priced car that is delightfully smooth at every speed—that exhibits click-of-the-heel acceler elltiesf adon —that can be driven at 40 and 50 miles TloWPriori ß ! an k° ur —h° ur after hour—without the w-i.i.-a-ir slightest sense of forcing or fatigue! Take the ■SEftc’. gi.Ji fQB wheel of a Chevrolet yourself! Until you actually drive a Chevrolet, you teffz’73s cannot realize how it combines all those qual* Landau ities that have been the big reasons for the purchase of costlier cars. Never before has any ow-priced automobile combined such /. o. b. Flint, Michiann brilliant beauty and such amazing handling Small down payment ease thrilling qualities of perform- and convenient terme. ance. Take the wheel yourself —and learn the truth! Come in and get a demonstration! i/i Watson / ( 4 Chevrolet Co. QUALITY AT LOW COST WATCH COLQUITT GROW THE LEADING CITY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA PULL FOR COLQUITT OR PULL OUT College. Life insurance tables show very accurately how long a boy I or a girl of a given age is likely to live, aud when combined with in dividual studies of the earning aud educational history of great num bers of workers they indicate pret- I ty definitely wtiut the average boy’s or girl's earnings are likely to be | for the whole of his or her lite. They snow that the average un trained man aitains a maximum . of SI2OO a year by the time he is thirty, whereas the average bi b school graduate reaches a maximum , of S2OOO at forty. Moreover, the earnings of the untrained man de-1 creasts as his physical capacity: wanes; the trained man, on the other band, usually earns more as he grows oidir. But education offers other ad- ‘ vantages besides getting a worker ; a better paying job. It usually gets him a more interesting posi tion, and therefore offers him a pleasanter and more cot tented life. Trial doesn’t necessarily mean that u’ll divert him from the trades that now offer such attractive opportu nities aud such high wages, and him “a white collar man,’’ fur most of the skilled trades that now ac cept apprentices require that the applicants be at least jtj years old, COLQUITT, GEORGIA,. though the Mass, school laws al low them to go to work at 14 if he has completed the 6 grade studies and has a written promise of full time employment. Both theyotHig people and many of their parents need to be remind ed that the object of school fife isn't so much to give a pupil the actual knowledge that he’ll M and use in earning his living as to strengthen and train bis mind;. to provide him with sharps and tyeil tempered tools The farmer v®hc sends one of hie boys to wood jot a' 6 o’clock with a dull ax, and ftn lother at 7 with a sharps ‘one, will fiud that at the end of the day that the second boy ha u’t only worked more comfortably and contentedly but has the bigger pile of wood, The hour a. the grindstone pays greatly. 0 1 Box Supper Harmony School will ' have a B x Supper Thursday evetiug 9 tn 10 p. tn. Nov. 18, 1926, for the benefit of the school Other amusements are anticipated. ‘ A public invitation is extended to all 'EDNESDAY, Nov. 17 1926 Liberalities Socials, Locals, and Personals. Thanksgiving is almost hero His friends are glad to see Mr. E. J. Hunter up from his recent attack of influenzi. Mr. Newton Stapleton, of Bain bridge, was at Ire parental home hero forth j week-end. Mr. and Mrs T. P. McDonald and children visited bis sister, Mrs. F. E. Lowis, Sunday. They found her convalescing from a painful illness which had detailed her in her room for two weeks. Mrs. Leroy Cook enjoyed the presence, at her home Sunday, of Mesdames Kannie and Grover Rawls, her sisters, and I heir daugh ters, Misses Ranuie, Virgie uud Nellie Rawls, and Rev. Mr. Mur phey, of Cottonwood, Ala. The hostess and her guests came Pil grim’s Rest church after services The many friends of the family will be glad to know that Miss Selma Jordan, a former resident [of this city, is recovering from an [operation for appendicitis in the (Riverside Hospital a* Bainbritlg- Shedoes stenographic work in Jack 'Sonville, Fla., but came up to i Bainbridge for the operation. Her | mother, Mr?. J. G. Jordan, of Newton, has been with her as much as possible. Col. N. L, Stapleton spent the week-end in Bronwood, where his mother is ill at the old homestead Mrs. Stapleton has passed the three score and ten years. For two years her health has been gradua’ly de clining; and for that reason much anxiety Is felt over her condition. Col. Stapl ton’s many friends join The Liberal in hoping that his es teemed mother will again be re stored to health. o Anniversary Celebrated Mr. James Toole’s birthday an niversary fell on Sunday, so his wife insisted that relatives and family connections be invited to their home east of town. The honoree is among those cit izens who do not eat the “bread of idleness.” In other words, be pro vides abundantly' of the material things of life for hie jamily, there fore, the dinner, served Sunday, was excellent in every detail. Mrs. Toole’s uncle, Mr. W. J Pridgen, and his family, of Eldo rendo, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Kim brel, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Crozier, (guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pridgen), Mrs, Wm. Roy Jones and daughtei, Mr. Joseph Toole and the editress spent the day, and in the after noon Mr. and Mrs. W, J. Brady and Miss Ella Stewart, of Bain bridge, were pleasing additions to the list of visitors. Mr. a.id Mrs. Tom Sanders, of Columbia, Ala., Sunday here, gm-sts of her parents, Mr.and Mrs. J. W. Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Odum have moved back to Blakely. They made many friends during their sojourn in Colquitt. Mr. Bill Grow spent the week end with his parents, Col. end Mrs R. \V. Grow. He teaches at Beth any in Decatur county. His school booth, at the fair, was awarded the ninth place, coming in jt st ahead of Miller county’s. o Attended The P.-T. A. Thursday of last week Mesdames W, C. Dancer, president of the local P.—■ T, A., Nellie Cook, W. H. Grimes, J. G. Roberts and M. G, Clements formed a pleasant party which motored over to Ca milla to attend the District P.—T. A. Meeting. The quintet enjoyed the occa sion to the fullest extent; and re turned much inspired with the pos sibilities for ■ advancement along educational lines. -' 1 o Off To Conference Rev. H W. Mangum is attend ing the Sixtieth Annual Session of the South Georgia Conference now convening in Americus. Hie work here has been appreci ated, and he may be returned to the church ns pastor. Rev. H. L. Roberts, of Berlin, Ga., brought his '■ ife and daugh ter to the home of the matron's mother, Mrs. Viola Middleton, to remain in the vicinity of their old home while he attends Conference in Americus. He left the station here Monday on ths North bound train. -- o* ■■ ■■ Goods Marked Down Beginning Saturday, the 20th ilist., Mr. B. H. Fudge wilt be of fering merchandise at ASTON ISHINGLY low prices. His Sale will bring real satis faction to many customers who have learned, by experience, to re ly on the merits cf his goods; and hundreds of new customers will doubtless take advantage of the prices fisted elsewhere in The Lib eral as well as the large assortment of useful articles which couldn’t be listed in the “ad.” Mr. Fudge and his popular sales people will be glad to have old friends and acquaintances aud new ones visit his emporium on the north west corner of the square, at his old stand. Carried To The Sanitarium Wednesday of last week Mr. Den. nis Phillips was carried to Mil ledgaville to become an inmate of the State Sunitarium He is the only brother of Mes dams Rannie and Grover Rawls and Jane Phillips, all widows; and he’s also the only brother of Mrs. G. W. Wells and Mrs. Leroy Cook. The sisters, although real izing that his mind had been un balanced by ill health, offered to take him and his wife, aud let them divide the time, staying first at one home and then at another; but it was considered better for him to have the treatment given at the asylum. The four children, all grown, of the couple are widely scattered, Soon after Mr. Phillips wai ad judged insane, Mrs. Phillips left for the home of her eldest daugh ter, Mrs. Abernethy, in Jackson ville, Fla. o J. A Wise Boy I Wall Street Journal: The following is an exoernt from Hre will us a Wat! Street man, which has been probated recently in New Yoik courts: “To my wife, I leave her lover and the knowledge that I wasn’t the fool she thought I was. “To my son, 1 leave the pleasure of earning a living For 35 years he baa thought the pleasure was all mine. He was mistaken. To my daughter, I leave SIOO,OOO. She’ll need it. The only good piece of business her husband ever did was to marry her. To my valet, I leave the clothes he’s been stealing from me regu larly for the past ten years. Also my fur coat that he wore last wig ‘er when I was in Palm Beach. To my chauffeur, I leave my cars. He almost ruined them and I want to have the she satisfaction of ffnishing the job. “To my partner, I leave the sug gestion that he take some other clever man in with him at once if be expects to do any business,” Wanted Girls to operate power sewing machines, w ill pay while learning. J. G. Soherf Mfg. Co. P. O. Box 552. Albany, Ga. Fresh Honda Oranges Fresh Sweet Florida Granges |3 per box of three hundred large size. Sound fruit, and satisfaction guaranteed or money back. We pay expr> ss charges. A box of these mak an appreciated Christ mas gift. ACME FARMS, lOts Gainesville, Fla. VOL XXX