The Progress-itemizer., March 01, 1923, Image 3

About The Progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929

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I AMUSEMENTS
SPLENDID ROMANCE IS
“THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
“The Prisoner of Zenda*” which
has thrilled thousands who Have
reajd the book or seen the play, has
been made into a photoplay by Rex
Ingram, the mail who leaped into
the front rank of motion picture di
rectors by his production of “The
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.’
This Metro picture, which comes t<
the Grand Theatre on Tuesday pre
serves all ti.ose elements which made
the Edward Rose stage version of
the novel by Anthony Hope, on
which the photoplay is based, so
popular.
It is a story of the adventures of
Rudolf Rassendyll, a young English
man who for a time became the king
of the mythical country of Ruri
tania and who won the love of tl
Princess Flavia, after a series <
plots and counterplots during whi.
he is compelled to fight for h
very life. Beautiful settings, gorgi
ous costumes, and an exception:
czfct contribute to make this ri
inctncg one which will be talke
about by all lovers of good picture
In the cdst are Lewis Stone, Rol
e rt Edeson, Aiice Terry, Stua
La Marr, Malcolm McGregor, Ec
: I Telephone Record w Public Records -
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' i T T 7 HILE every detail of the Telephone Company’s operations, which
' include revenue, expense, earnings and plans for the future are a
v ▼ matter of public record, we realize that many of our telephone
users haven’t the time or opportunity to examine these available records
to learn the many things they wish to know and ought to know about the
telephone business.
| So we are bringing our books, records and plans to you in this form that
you may know the telephone business as we feel you want to know it and
you should know it in order to be fully informed of the progress of your
state and of this entire section.
During the year Just peat the Cum
berland Telephone and Telegraph
Company, operating In the four states
of Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi
end Tennessee, completed more con
, struotlon work and installed more new
telephone# than ever before la its his
tory.
To care for last year's growth Cum
berland telephone workers la these
States Installed 53,466 telephones and
discontinued 84,860. To meet this
growth we Installed additional central
office equipment and outside plant
costing 94,446,134.20, practically all of
which was new money secured from
laveetore who hsve faith In the future
of the telephone Industry In the South.
During 1922 the company's gross
operating revenue was 916,387,255, Its
operating expenses amounted to $14,
474.114, and 1U net revenue was f 1.
•69,441.
This was a net return of 3.794 per
oent on the total average Investment
during the year.
The Importance, extent and value of
the telephone service Is indicated by
the fact that there were approximate
ly 793,697,000 local calla and 9,900,000
long distance calla during 1922.
The company now haa 278,050 owned
stations In the states referred to. It
I connects with approximately 84,771
| stations of other companies and 20,721
I telephones on farm homes.
|| There are more than 6,700 Cumber
i land telephone employee and the com
11 pany’s annual pay roll Is more than
| The company owns 606 central
offices, 967,268 miles of wire, 21,716
miles of pole line and 909 miles of
underground duot Included In Its local
and toll plant
This extensive property represents
on Investment ot more than 960,308,091.
This approximate fifty and a quarter
minion dollars wu our investment in
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi end
Tennessee at the beginning of 1918,
but the next five years of growth and
development in this territory will be
eucb as to cause this already large In
vestment to grow rapidly year by year.
The year 1923 will be a year of ex
pansion for the telephone Industry,
and If there are no unforeseen delays
the unfilled demand for eervlce should
be praotlcally eliminated.
In 1928 we must spend 35,741,400 for
additions and extensions to the tel*
phone Bystem (exclusive of operating
expenses). Approximately 52,777 new
telephones will be installed and 84,854
removed, making a net gain of 17,928
telephones.
Plans for the 1928 work have already
been made and the necessary capital
arranged for, end If the manufactur
ers, as we expect, make deliveries of
materiel as ordered, the work will pro
gress according to schedule.
Our engineers estimate that during
the next five years 279,409 new tel*
phones will be Installed by the com
pany as a whole and 186,220 will be
discontinued, leaving a net gain of
98,189 telephones during the period.
To accomplish this will require
gross addditlons to the plant, coating
329,969.700.
To you as a telephone user this __
rapid growth and expansion of the
Telephone System la of paramount
Importance, for the value to you of
your telephone Increases as the Tel*
phon System aa e whole expands.
In another advertisement, we shall
toll you our last year’s accomplish
meats and the company's plans for
this State la 1928 end for the next
five years.
This state’s part In this talaphaae
development Is large and of Import
ance to every Individual and to the
state at largo. You will went to know
about It I
UMBERLAND TELEPHONE
ND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
(Incorporated)
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' wa- i < n telly and l,oi* Lee. The
•dap'ati n was done by Maty
O'H tra and the photography by
John F *itx.
IIC STORY OK THE SEA
"ON THE HIGH SEAS" FEA
• ‘S DOROTHY DALTON
AN! IACK HOLT.
Dar<>' Dalton and Jack Holt
supported .y Mitchell lewis, are the
featt •«. i avers in the Paramount
picture. *on the High Sea*" which
• •ink’s t He Grand Theatre next
Wednesday. leone Revereux, socie
ty girl, is among the last to leave
a iinei burning at sea. She is saYed
by two stokers, Jim and Polack
The" flout for days in an open boat
before -ighting a derelict, which
Pies tfir i ague warning. On e u
board 1 .Jack becomes unmanageble
The derelict sails into a terriflic
term Pnb ck is killed by a falling
mast afb a fight in which Jim
defp»' I one, and discovers that
bp love, him. Just then Q battle
| ship corner to the rescue. Once
. '’'sio among her own kind I^one
ignores Jim, On landing she makes
preparations for her marriage to
; ; the man to whom she was previous
- iy eng..- I Jim kidno|is her on her
•verid - y arid carries her away
to hi., fraternity house. Whgt fol
lows makes an admirable picture
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'' SMASHING CLIMAX
CAPS “SHADOWS"
| ACTION MOUNTS TO STIRRING
,1 POINT IN NEW PREFERRED
i PICTURE.
The interpretation of the Chinese
. character has long been a favorite
theme for screen plays but it is
seen in an entirely new light in
“Shadows,” the Preferred Picture
presented by B. P. Schulberg which
start3 its local engagement at the j
Grand Theatrg Thursday.
The picture is based on Wilbur
Daniel Steele’s prize story, “Ching.
Ching, Chinamati,” which was ac
claimed as one of the greatest sto
ries of 1917. It tells of Yen Sin a
Chinaman, who drifts out of a storm
at sea to Urkey, a little fishing vill
age «f the New England coast. The
''-si'rdw-minded town folks despise
andilfmJ him because lie does not
I hoi is religious convictions
ht barte i <his own
. tin of )iia Christian
associates, forms the keynote of
drama thajl will astound and gri
even thp most blase picture-patror
Never has a Chinaman been port
i rayed before. The usual run of me
tion pictures puts the Chinaman ii
a vindictive light, but Chaney, ii
Shadows,” Vj; the sort of an Orien
, tal tnat Confucius or some othe
; Chinese sage must hd^e been: kind
ly, benign and helpful.
THOMAS MEIGHAM TRIUMPHS
AGAIN IN ADE PICTURE.
Fresh frrtm hi.s triumph in “Man
-laughter,” Thomas Meighan adding
to his laurels everywhere with
"Back Home and Broke,” which is
billed for Friday 2th. at the Grand
Theatre. This new Paramount pro
duction is the second by George Ade
for the screen. Mr. Ade wrote “Our
Leading Citizen,” and the present
story spe< lifically for Mr. Meighan
“Ba^k Home and Broke,” is rich
in humor, with delightful dashes of
thrills, suspense and heart tugs. The
story deals with the problems of n
young man, who upon the death of
his father is left penniless. Made to
feel that he occupies an humhlo
position in the town, he leaves to
seek success elsewhere. Eventually
he returns to the old town, but not
as a comiuring hero. Apparently he
is broke and ridicule is heaped up
on him. The lest of the story trav
els in a -.wift cycle of excitement
puncuuted by humor whicn .
material for laughter.
Mr. Meighan's leading womafo in
this picture is Lila Lee. Alfred
Green, who handled three former
Meighan successes was the director.
“EBB TIDE” LOVE DRAMA.
SI EVEN SUN'S STUKY CHANGED
IN PARAMOUNT VERSION
Robert Louis Stevenson’s well
known story, “Ebb Tide,” had no
love interest, but there is plenty of
that quality in the screen adapta
tion by Paramount, a George Mel
ford product, which is to be present
ed a)t the Grand Theatre on Satur
day 10th. The picture daptation is
a thriller, with its peculiar char
acters and strange adventures. The
story tells of ^ man’s heroic figh*
for regeneration after he is ap
parently down ifnd out. With Mr
Kirkwood and Mis, Let* are George
Fawcett, Noah Beery, Robert Hal
ton and Jacqueline Logic, tuakijy
an aJMtar cast.
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Dr.KIN<
NEW DISCOVERY
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IMENTHOLATUM I
Vquick]y clears it^^F
HUGH M. BADOLEY
OFFERS ALL N.S PRORERTY AT A
BARGAIN FOR QUICK SALE
Consisting of his six room resi
lience, bath, linen and trunk closets,
barn, garage, garden, chicken yard,
■ located on large well kept lot, 417
I Wood Street. Will give reasonable
I terms and make close price for
] quick sale.
Also 240 acre farm 3 1-2 miles
East of city about 160 acres tn
' timber, plenty of good all year
spring water on three parts of
place, ideal trucking and stock
raising.
Also larger farm 4 1-2 miles of
Coffeeville, with approximately one
and one half millon feet of virgin
pine and hardwood timber on same
I offer seperate from land at close
price. If you want a home, fanm or
timber, ther’s a bargain for you in
these properties.
Phone 356 for engagement to in
spect same.
HUGH M. BADDLEY, City..
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Mw«y» 0«»r»
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Illinois Central System Directs Attention
to Its Territory as a Superior
Location for Industries
re the pretty ceremony was per " '
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led.
When a community sets out ie dainty little bride was very Je who are planning to
open a new industry or to relocate wearing a modish blui \ the citizens of that
community find that their best talk’ w*t*1 Krey accessories, carrying tuiailway service. Since an
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industry must have good railway serv: , . , his service is often the
»ry charming was sweet Ainu
deciding factor in the selection of a s. us shc gtood ^^de her youth \
over and assumed the sacred den
TViP fprritnrv n-f tlm Illimiic- Ppnt-r* that made them as one. i . flrPAt F.nkp, nt
Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico at Nev. oils'll,^liii*Liie upper Missouri River valley at Omaha
Sioux Falls to the Atlantic seaboard at Savannah, with network of feeder lines woven through
le fertile and incomparable Mississippi Valley— as a location for Industrie offer- advantages
n superior nature. In addition to its splendid transportation facilities, this territory embraces
|j the greatest food and cotton producing section of the country It is ^lso rich in mine and forest
resources and is rapidly becoming the manufacturing center of the United Stain-. Any size or
kind of’town or city that an industry could seek is to he found on the Illinois Central System.
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By exerting every effort for producing uniformly efficient service, the Illinois Central System
striving to do its part in (making communities on its lines desirable as industry locations. But
is not all. A Development Bureau is maintained by the railroad, one of it .lutie- being to see
ct the desirability of the Illinois Central System territory is impres <d upon those planning to
’ tablh h new industries or to move old ones. This bureau is prepared to advance complete and
' 'inbie information as to the commercial advantages of any community on the Illinois Central
! system.
ter example, the Development Bureau has industrial surveys on file »overing population, trans
pi ition lines, availability of rriw materials, electric and water power service, rates on gas and
• ' tricity, water supply, labor and housing conditions, taxes, resource, and deposit of bank-, fire
’i> in, schools, churches, recreation facilities, available to all those seeking industry sites,
r expert advice is an introduction to the personal touch in service that patron., of the Illinois
C. itral System have come to rely upon.
* The Illinois Central System is anxious to serve its patrons the citizens of the communities up
i or its lines. Every attention possible will be given to buijding up business for these communities.
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* Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited.
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' C. H. MARKHAM,
^ President, Illinois Central System