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t A year ago Ernst Linnenkamp, Austrian artist, came to the United States to paint the fifteen
prettiest women to be found in the United States. Mere doll-like beauty was not sought. Person*
ality was an indispensable requisite. He spent months selecting his subjects from the vast numbei
of eligible beauties. Now he has labored more months at his task of portraying their loveliness. His
v\ ife was one of the women he selected. The painting in the center above is of her. Four of the
other 14 beauties are shown also. Upper left, Miss Gertrude Olmstead. Lower left, the painting lw
m i An n f \f;« H-— i«*e Cnnne. IJmer right. Miss June Marlowe. Lower right, Mrs. L. C. Liggett-
FUNERAL SERVICES FOk
MRS. J. H. SAMS HELD
IN JACKSON TUESDAY
Jackson, Dec. 10.—Funeral ser
vices for .Mrs. J. H. Sams, one of
the leading women of Jackson,
who died at her home here Sun
day night following a short ill
ness, were held from the Metho
dist church Tuesday morning. The
Rev. Henry II. Jones conducted
the services and burial was in the
city cemetery.
Mrs. Sams, who was 63 years
of age, was a Miss Burford be
fore her marriage, She is sur
vived by her husband and seven
children, and many relatives.
W. J. and W. H. Sams, of Grif
fin, were cousins of Mrs. Sams.
Wrestlintf It Old Sport
Wrestling took a most important
place in the early Olympic games.
It was also considered a necessary
accomplishment of the athletes of
the days of chivalry. The county
of Cornwall, England, led the vail
in wrestling, so that to give a Corn
ish hug has passed into a proverb.
The summer seuson is associated
with wrestling matches at St. Ives,
provided for by a worthy citizen
who bequeathed an income for
games' to be held every fifth year
forever around his mausoleum,
which was set up on a high rock
near the town in 1782. 'The game
meant as much to St. Ives, Pen
zance, Helston and Truro ns the
Olympic games to the ancients.
No Smocks in England
It Is only in American films,
which are pot distinguished by fidel
ity to fact, that English agricultural
laborers still wear smocks. Once
only in my life have I seen a man
In a smock, an old shepherd in
Gloucestershire, who was so aged
that he probably imagined that Wil
liam the Fourth was still »on the
throne. ,
When a wo rkrnan wears “jeans”
or an overall, he 'does so, not as a
trademark, but ns a protection from
ihe defilement of his trade. He will
not let himself be catalogued. The
class war will not break out in Eng
land, because no one here, least of
all a workman, will admit that he Is
In a class.—St. John Ervlne In the
Observer (London. \
Souvenir Hunters Fooled
Craze for souvenirs is likely to
be carried rather far at times. In
the church of St. Andrews Under
shaft, in the city of London, Is a
monument to the author, John Striw,
bis figure being seuted at a table
writing a book. In his right hand is a
quill pen. which Is renewed annu
ally. Until recent yaare, this pen
was continually belsg stolen, the
souvenir hunters having the impres
sion that It was the original pen
with which Stow wrote his works.
Naturally
“Madame? How did your voung
son aget” learn to swim at such an’euwy
*< Well, he began with the crawl
stroke, of course.
-fit
Comforting!
Timid Passenger—What M would
. happen, chauffeur, , if
Jilt of we should
one these huge rocks along
ithe Chauffeur—Why—er—It way going at this speed?
damage the rock wouldn’t
in the least, air
,1’m sure.
Unhappy Moment for
Wearer of Crinoline
Mr. E. M. Ward has u host of
good yarns of’Ninety in his remarkable "Me
morles Years.” There
is, for instance, the terrible story of
the punctured crinoline:
This unusual incident happened
to a Mrs. Tooke, wife of the then
vicar of Upton. After a eonfirma
tion service in the church" the
friends of the vicar were invited to
meet the bishop of Oxford, Samuel
Wiiberforce—known as “Soapy
Sam”—at the vicarage.
Mrs. Tooke was a woman who
always dressed well. On this oc
casion she wore a black velvet crin
oline, trimmed with old lace, which
set off her remarkable complexion,
After lunch, as she talked to the
bishop, a curious sound like an
angry the serpent hissing penetrated
drawing room.
While the guests paused in aston
ishment, “Soapy Sam” looked mystl
fled. Then u grumbling noise was
heard, a decided squeak, a shriek,
and loud report, followed by pro
found silence. When a little later
Mrs. Tooke rose to bid her guests
farewell her dress hung in heavy
folds all around her.
Afterward she explained what
had happened. Her dressmaker
had persuaded her to have a special
fixture in her crinoline which con
sisted of tubing, inflated with air,
fastened tightly with a screw. This
uncanny contrivance made the skirt
flow out, hut Mrs. Tooke struck her
foot against the. screw and the
whole structure collapsed as the air
escaped.—San Francisco Argonaut.
Historic Gray’s Inn
Linked With America
Gray’s inn, in London, has long
been tlie mecca of the Baconian.
Those people who believe that
Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's
play visit the inn to see the hall in
which Bacon for many years pre
sided as treasurer, and the gardens
which he planned, says the Detroit
News. There are links between the
inn and the United States.
There was a Lawrence Washing
ton. admitted a student In 1007,
whose brother Robert was a direct
ancestor of George Washington.
There is an entry in the admission
register of the inn recording the
membership of Thomas Yale. This
was an ancestor of Elihu Yale,
whose piety helped to found the
great American university.
Andrew Hamilton was a member
of the inn. His admission is record
ed in 1714: "Andrew Hamilton, of
Maryland, America, gent.” Ham
ilton designed the stateliouse of
Philadelphia, a building which
was the birthplace of the American
republic.
Youth and Old Age
To know what you like is the be
ginning of wisdom and of old age.
Youth is wholly experimental. The
essence and charm of that anqulet
and delightful epoch Is Ignorance of
self as well as jgnoranee of life.
These two unknowms the young man
brings together again and again,
now in the airiest touch, now with
a bitter hug; now with exquisite
pleasure, now with cutting pain;
but never with indifference, to which
he is a total stranger, and never
with that near kinsman of Indiffer
ence, contentment. If he be u youth
of dainty senses or a brain easily
heated, the Interest of this series
of experiments grows upon him out
of all proportion to the pleasure he
receives. It Is not beauty that he
loves, nor pleasure that he seeks,
though he may think so; his design
and his sufficient reward is to verify
his own existence and taste the va
riety of human fate.—Robert Louis
Stevenson.
Budapest has only two small
department stores.
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Early United States
Official Given Honor
The 1922 series of $10 gold cer
tiflcates bears the likeness of
Michael Hillegns, the first treas
urer of the . United States. The
germ of the Treasury department
was planted on July 29, 1775, when
the Continental congress appointed
two treasurers. The appointments
were Hillegas and George Clytner.
The latter soon resigned to accept
his seat as delegafe to the congress.
Hillegas discharged the duties of
treasurer until September 1, 1789.
The Treasury department was or
ganized under an act of Septem
her 2, 1789. Strictly speaking, it
was reorganised, for the depart
went, under various names, had
been in existence since 1775. The
Constitution went into effect March
A 1789, Washington was inaugu
rated as the first President of the
United States April 30, 1789. It
"’ill thus be seen that Hillegas was
treasurer many months after the
inauguration of Washington, and
f° r nine days after the Treasury
department was organized under
the Constitution,
Festival of St. Peter
On the eve of St. Peter’s day bon
fires were commonly prepared and
ignited throughout Great Britain.
This festival was most fervently,
kept up at Eton during the Middle
ages, where the boys made their
bonfires ugainst the church. In
London the day was also associated
with bonfires in the streets and
with the setting of a watch at
night, tlie watch parading with
torches, and sometimes numbering
fully 2,000 citizens. History re
cords how King Hal, disguised in a
guardsman's coat, went privately
into Cheape to witness the pageant.
Yorkshire fishermen remembered
St. Peter on his day by holding fes
tival, dressing their boats and
painting their masts, and sprink
ling the prows with good liquor for
good luck.
Jimton Weed Valuable
Both the leaves and seeds of the
jimson have medicinal properties.
The leaves are collected at the
time of flowering, and the entire
plant Is cut or pulled up and the
leaves stripped and dried in the
shade. The leaves are poisonous,
causing dilation of the pupil eff the
eye, and are used principally in
asthma. For the collection of the
seeds, the capsules should be
taken from the plants when they
are quite, ripe, but still of a green
color. The capsules should then
be dried for n few days, when they
will burst open and the seeds can
be readily shaken out. These
should then be carefully dried.
Intelligent Reading
If the books which you read are
your own, mark with a pen or pen
cil tlfe most considerable things in
them which you most desire to re
member. Then you may read that
book the second time over with half
the trouble, by your eye running
over the paragraphs which your
pencils have noted. It Is but a
weak objection against this prac
tice to say: “I shall spoil my book":
for I persuade myself that you did
fiot buy It as a bookseller, to sell
It again for gain, but as a scholar,
to Improve your mind by It; and
If the mind be Improved, your ad
vantage Is nbundnnt, though your
book yields less money to your ex
ecutors.
interesting it i rue
The Tokyo telephone bureau haa
Issued detailed statistic* that are
interesting. When a woman is
talking to a woman, it is asserted,
26.4 per cent of the talk Is idle and
unnecessary; when a woman call*
a man, tlie waste is 13.3 per cent*;
when a man calls a woman, it is
only 9.7 per cent; when v two men
talk. 10.0 per cent.
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GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
MUSCLE SHOALS BILL
TO BE HELD IN SENATE
UNTIL DISPOSED OF
Washington, Dec. 10.—(By tne
Associated Press.)—The senate
agreed unanimously today to hold
the Muscle Shoals issue before it
until it is disposed of and to al
low consideration of the Isle of
Pines treaty to follow it imme
diately.
The first amendment to the Un
derwood bill, now under consid
eration, to come before the sen
ate, was offered for the secretary
of war to regulate charges on
power produced at the Shoals.
The amendment was voted^down.
WAYCROSS SOLICITOR
NAMED TO SUCCEED
JUDGE SUMMERALL
Atlanta, Dec. 10.—-(By the As
sociated Press.)—Allen B. Spence,
present solicitor general of the
Waycross circuit, was today ap
pointed judge to succeed the late
Judge J. I. Summerall,
Governor Walker, in announc
ing the appointment, said that the
place had been tendered, but Mr.
Spence had not yet accepted.
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LADY ASTOR’S PICTURE
BARRED BY
London, Dec. 10.—Lady
portrait is not to hang in
hoifse her lifetime. of commons, at least itj
The portrait, which was painted
by Sims, occupies a place on the
wall of one of the staircases,
it is covered with cloth and now
will be removed because the con
servative parliament, like the pre
vious parliament, finds it “unde
sirable as a matter of principle
that .... lctures . statues , , of , living .
P or
persons should be accepted, for
tne ., , house of . parliament, .. 11
Stop, look, listen signs
Chinese railroads usually
of pictures shewing the
of trespassing on the tracks.
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BIG SALES DAYS
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Every Coat And Dress Reduced
DOLLAR DAY Over a thousand dollars in new Coats just received—
GIFTS a maker’s surplus stock. The sale you are waiting
for a month ahead of time. I
Three Big Dollar Days $12.50 Blocked Polair Coats, full lined. .$8.75
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$1.75 to $2.50 Silks, e er j yard $1.00 Blocked $25.00 Genuine Polair Coats, Downy big Wool fur collars Coats........ and cuffs. $12.50 $17.50
$1.50 to $2.00 All-Wool Serges, yd. $1.00 $35.00 Bolivia Coats, fur trimrtjjed $24.75
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Ready-made Table Cloths............... $1.00 $39.50 Bolivia Coats, big fur collars and cuffs $39.50
Von Raalte and Mohawk Gloves $1.00 LUXURIOUS
$1.00 Full Fashioned Lisle Hose, 2 pr. $1.00 FUR-TRIMMED COATS REDUCED
Silk Stockings, black and colors $ 1.00 $ 45.00 COATS .......$33.00 $ 75.00 COATS $55.00,
$1.50 and $2.00 long Bead Necklaces $1.00 $ 49.50 COATS .......$39.50 $100.00 COATS $79.50
$1.50 Hand Bags and Boxes $1.60 $ 65.00 COATS ...... $45.00
50c Linen Hand-Embroidered Hand- SWEATERS REDUCED r
kerchiefs, 3 in box..... $1.00 x
Madeira and Laced Trimmed Hand- $12.50 SWEATERS $8.75 $ 8.00 SWEATERS $5.75
kerchiefs,^ in box.....,..... $1.00 $10.00 SWEATERS $6.75 $ 6.50 SWEATERS $5.00
25c Plain Linen Handkerchiefs, 6 in $ 5.00 SWEATERS $3.75
box .................................................... $ 1.00 Every Silk and Wool Dress reduced. Over a hundred Dresses in this Sale,
20c Dark Outings, 7 yards for $1.00 which includes every Dress in stock. Buy now and save from $5.00 to $15.00
25c Ginghams, 6 yards for.............. $1.00 Dresses Priced from $5.00 to $39.00 j
20c Aproh Ginghams, 7 yards for $1.00 now
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75c Table Damask, 2 yards for $1.00 BEAUTIFUL LINGERIE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS >
$1.26 Button Waist Union Suits $ 1.00 Wonderful creations in Gowns. Teddies and Bloomers i
$1.00 to $10.00 i '
$1.50 Ladies’ Union Suits $1.00
$6.00 to $10.00 Ladies’ Shoes $1.00 SALE OF LADIES’ HATS
35c Children’s Hose, 5 pairs for $1.00
Fine Mortex Towels, 2 for $1.00 $5.00 HATS $ 1.00 $10.00 HATS 38,00
Extra large Mortex Towels $ 1.00 $6.00 HATS $2.95 $16.50 HATS $9.00
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Mr#. Anna Buzzi, who was
twice placed on trial for the mur
der in 1923 of Frederick Schnei
der, wealthy New York contract
or, whose common law wife she
had been, has been acquitted by a
jury.
RAJAH TO TESTIFY
IN BLACKMAIL TRIAL
London, Dec. 10.—Rajah Hart
Singh, whose victimiation to the
extent of $150,000 ponuds in a
blackmail plot created an interna
tional sensation, has arranged to
come to London to testify against
William Hobbs, one of the alleged
conspirators, if the public prose
cutor calls upon him, according to
the Daily Mail.
STOCKHOLDERS* MEETING
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Second „ Na
tional Bank will be held at 10
o’clock, a. m., Tuesday, January
13th, 1925, for the purpose of
electing officers and the transac
tion of such other business as
may properly come before them.
M. J. JANES, Cashier.
DR0NCHITIS
At bedtime rub the throat and
chest thoroughly with—
VICKS ▼ VAPORUB
<W 17 Million Jar, DW Y.arb,
KOYATTY’S GILDED COACH
AND EIGHT BAY HORSES
QUICKEN LONDON PULSE
London, Dec. 10.—London yes
terday enjoyed one of the most
pageantries—the pro
cession of the king and queen
from the palace to Westminster
and back on the occasion of their
state inauguration of the new ses
sion of parliament.
The antique gilded coach, in
which their majesties ride, drawn
by eight r-reat bay horses, cover-
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Gifts, suitable* well as
useful for men—Shirt*, Ties,
\ Handkerchiefs, Bath-Robes,
Gloves, Canes, Collars, Belt»
and Overcoats, and luggage
that he won’t be ashamed to
carry.
SIBLEY CLOTHING CO.
THE HOME OF GOOD CLOTHES
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ed with brilliant m PS
tra
ridden by bewigged p«
royal liveriea, never itT
crowd*. The attraction
ed off by the glittei
of life guards and a
state carriages carrying off
of* the royal household.
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Golden Gate California, was
named because of the 1 '■n
effect of the setting of the ; m
the cliffs and hills. : m
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London may have doubli .
streets.