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TWO THE NEWS & FARMER Entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Louisville, Ga„ under the Act of Congress, March 8, 1879. Published Every Thursday. ■' - MISS VIRGINIA POLHILL Editor J. W. WHITE Associate Editor One Year, in Advance $2.00 Six Months, in Advance SI.OO LOUISVILLE. GA., THURSDAY, 2 1922. BITS OF LOUISVILLE. • Why be bothered with a church bell? r Vihy, so we may "be governed by the ringing of the bell,” of course. And “governed” is a food term, too for the autocrat who, sets th? hour of our various preaching services is none other than the janitor. Usually he is faithful and strives to ring in accord with the temperamental town clock, but let the jaintor forget ancf ring at the wrong time and the whole church is upset. A few weeks back church for the evening was announced at the morning services for eight. That night the bell rang at seven, consequently the church goers were divided into the two groups, one unquestionably following the janitors lead, and those who came at the appointed hour. The minister who desires to be all things to all men opened services at seven forty-five. A few fall flowers yet beautify the yards and red salvia borders the dying beds. Could we call the salvia the “last rows” of sum mer? Greater love hath no man than for his an cient horseless carriage. How many times have you passed a group of men and over heard this remark—" That’s nothing. Now, you take my old car, even yet she can—” f The need that men become as little chil dren was never so vividly brought home to use as on lust Sunday afternoon. A speed ing ca* late Saturday afternoon ran down a mule and buggy, tearing up the buggy and breaking the mule’s leg. Late Sunday after noon the helpless animal was still standing at the scene of the wreck holding up the mangled leg, a little pool of blood growing with each hour. The road was hot and dusty with not a spot of shade in reach. Dozens of cars filled with men and women drove out to the scene of the wreck. Dozens drove on with a glance of sympathy for the suffering mule. At dusk one little boy hauled down the road, bending under the heavy weight, several buckets of cool water which the mule drank greedily. When Ihe child was ques : tioned as to what the mule had had to eat he said that he had given him whatever he I could find. The mule had received a diet of i oak leaves, but the little boy had done what he could. Perhaps the dumb brute under i stood that, when the gentle, little brown i hand stroked him on the nose. Perhaps he i understood that when his filming, pain filled i eyes looked into the sympathetic brown ones of little Charlie. Can it be true that little hands lose'their : tenderness as they grow bigger, and eyes i lose their soft sympathy as they grow older . and wiser? e Thank God for our little children. At noon on Tuesday the wounded mule j was standing in the same spot. Does this i throw a favorable light on our town— or iCounty? Isn't there a law somewhere that a would prevent such needless cruelty? IS A GOOD ROAD ALWAYS AN ADYANTAGE? ; Should we set life against speed, safety .against lost time or peace of mind against! la slow crawl over a rough road we would ; ■say emphatically that a good road is a lia-S ibility to a community instead of the asset! that the good people are taxed to support. The splendid road under construction be-j tween Louisville and Wrens is a pleasure 1 only to the brave heart and a joy only to those who hold their lives lightly. It seems; ‘that a good road puts a desire for speed in j ’the human heart that a fool can not resist j and as there is a dash of the fool in the! ; wisest we suggest that those not ready to 'shuffle off this mortal coil when faring forth j to take the air, mumble something about preferring an easterly direction and turn i ■ friend car towards a rougher road. i The good driver having all confidence in ! ■ himself and car will do well to remember the old saying that tis the unexpected that! ,happens. One can not reckon on the other jfool who bowls along so cheerily at night j without lights—or for that other kind of .fool who thinks it smart to swerve in sud denly and monopolize all the road. And in ’naming the dangm-s of the modern age one .must not forget that most deadly of all mix -1 ures—gasoline and alcohol. When bootleg-! ■ters are plying their trade no life is safe on .he public highway. No clearer case of mur -1 ler can be found than that of a man who under the influence of alcohol wrecks a car .tnd kills a friend. When the courts stop re-; leasing such men with a light fine this dan- 1 ejer will be overcome but until that time it s well for the motorist to remember that he other fellow in the approaching car may >e at all himself and give him a big portiox >f the road. For the speed fiend we might Io well to appropriate funds for such signs m all good roads: "A Good Driver Lost His hfe Here,” and a little further on “This 1 darks the Spot Where a Man Killed His Vife and Child.” CRIMES OF WOMEN TOO EASILY CONDONED Women as murderers of husband or of nen who are alleged to have proved recreant o promises of marriage, so as slayers of ■ther women of whom they are insanely ealous are playing a conspicuous part in ; he news of the day and altogether a rather iscreditable part. Even if husbands prove jotharios or are grossly indifferent to their ows, this does not justify a woman in com- 1 flitting an even worse and more despicable rime. So long as woman has an equal moral esponsibility with men, she should expect o be held to the same law. She may not Tinge and hide the mere fact of sex and expect clemency or leniency merely because she is a woman. She is also a citizen, a voter, a wage-earner, and may not seek to set herself on an immunity pedestal and claim sex weakness as a justification for crime. It is now indicated that the wife of the man slain in the double tragedy near New Brunswick, N. J., recently and which has focussed the attention of criminologists and of the public generally was a party to the dual killing, if not the actual slayer of her husband. While a mushy sort of public sen timent might condone her participation in the slaying of a weak and erring man, the killing cannot properly be justified or con doned. The weakness which would seek such ven geance and take human life in the process is neither creditable nor admirable, any more than would be the weakness of a man who yielded to the vengeful impulse to slay a woman who had betrayed his trust. One may live an upright and exemplary life, de spite such a shock as the proved or admitted infidelity of one’s mate, and will deserve all the more the sympathy and the admiration of the masses. When we begin to realize that one crime does not condone or excuse another and a worse crime, we shall begin to be less lenient to the criminal who seeks salve and solace in a vengeful crime even worse than that which is alleged to have provoked it. Men must be men and women must be women—strong, | clean and self-controlled under great provo cation, if they would command not only the ! sympathy, but the admiration and respect ; of their fellows.—Danville, Va., Register. A LOST ART. ; A contemporary suggests that the inven jtion of the telephone and now the radio ren der the need of letter writing unnecessary. : If this be true the fact that one may pur chase canned beans makes a garden unnec | essary, or that since we have movies we do j not need public libraries. A good letter is i the most delicious—we mean that very | thing—form of literature, and the most in j timate. In no other way does a person re veal himself to much as in a letter to a | friend. Style has very little to do with it, j subject matter only a little more and educa j tion nothing at all. Quite the most charm ing letter seen lately was written by a per son with little schooling. This letter was found by Mrs. De Morgan many years ago. We copy it here: “My dearest Marey,—i be very well and appey to inform you that I be very well at present and I hope you be the same dear Mareyi be verry sorry to hear how as you don’t like your quarters as i chant be able to look on your dear face so of fen as I have dearest Marey pure and holy meek and loly lovely Rose of Sharon. Dear Marey, dear Marey i hant got now know partieler noose to tell ye at present but my sister that marryd has got such a nice lettel babey, and i wish i wish as that our littel affare was settled and we had got such a nice lettel dear two. “Dearest Marey i shall not be appy till then Dearest Marey pure and loly meek and loly lovely Rose of Sharon. Sometimes i do begin to despare as i am afraid our not will never be tied but my Master have prommist i how as that when i git ye he will put ye in the Darey yard to feed the Piggs and ge ve atiii pins a week Dearest Marey puer and holey meek and loly lovely Rose of Sha ron. i be coming over tomorrow to by the Ring and you must come to the stav shun to rpete me and bring a pese of string with you the size of your fingger and be shure you don't make A miss take dear Marey. “Father is A going to ge us a bedd sted and Granny A 5 lb note to by such as washin stand fier irons mouse trp and Cope, and wee mus mayte till wee can by carpeting and glass craekerv ware and chiny. Dearest Marey pure and holy meek and loly lovely rose of Sharon, i be very appy to say our old Sow As got 1 young uns laste nite and rather is going to ge us A rooseter for our Weding Brakefest Dearest Marey pure and holey meek and loly lovely Rose of Sharon. So no more at present from your fewture and loving husband. “William Taylor.” United Stales Flags. lo call a halt on a .steadily increasing number of freak varieties of American flags and to attempt the standardization of flags, the Division of Simpli fied 1 ractice of the Department of Commerce held a j meeting in Washington, the other day, of represent- i atives of the Army, Navy, Association of Flag j Manufacturers of the United States, the Chamber of ! Commerce of the United States, and others. At this I meeting steps were taken to develop general use of ! recognized national standards of size. One manu- 1 facturer alone is now producing flags of SS different sizes, in 17 qualities, and from 1 to 9 styles in each quality, although an Executive Order of President \\ ilson designates only 12 sizes uniform in charac teristics for governmental use. President Taft issued an Executive Order on June -P establishing 12 standard sizes. This order was superseded by an Executive Order of President Wilson, dated May 29, 1916, somewhat altering these standards, Ihe industry has developed innumerable standards almost entirely different from those estab lished by Presidents Taft and Wilson. To set up recognized dimensions as national stand ards, the Association of Flag Manufacturers was asked to make a survey, and to prepare a report in dicating 10 widths, and a uniform proportion of widths to lengths, which will best represent the greatest economy in the manufacture and supply of the largest prevailing needs. This report is to have the consideration of the government departments and the Fine Arts Commission, possibly with a view to legislation setting up authorized standards. This thing of “picketing” the President of the United States, for any purpose, must be broken up -—absolutely and promptly. The Filipinos want a republic. But we still tell them that when they are capable of self-govern ment, self-government will be accorded them. THE NEWS AND FARMER. LOUISVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1922. | THE SCHOOL COLUMN ((The students of Louisville Acad emy will furnish the News and Farmer each week with material for this column. We believe that it will prove the most entertaining and popular column in the paper.—Edi tor's Note.) Buttons, buttons, everywhere, or at least it must have that way to those on the streets and to those in their homes, Thursday af | ternoon, for when nearly all the | school children arc canvassing the town, there is hardly a way of es cape. Nearly every man von would meet had on a little, round, white but ton, with these words on it, “For \ our school library,” and a great 1 number of our good people were the possessors of more than one i button. The Parent-Teachers' Association have seen how many empty book shelves we have in our library and they arc undertaking to try to fill | some of these vacancies with good books, which arc much needed. The Seniors and Sophomores vs. the .Juniors and Freshmen: Each were trying to outdo the other in selling buttons, for the side selling the smallest amount of them, must entertain the others, there was cpiite a bit of rivalry between hte students. Nearly everyone of the two hun dred buttons were sold. A child can get something out of people that a grown person cannot. For at the first shake of the head, a grown person would hurry away— but a child —they can beg until you are blue in the face and they can out argue a lawyer. There is no I getting around them. But, nevertheless, everybody was j mighty good about buying our but | tons, and when we are reading I those nice, new books, we’ll thank i those who were clever enough to get up the contest- HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Not always are people portrayed as they really arc, as the follow ing will show: Sam Clark Most dignified Senior. .lessika Wright Tiniest. Kenneth Yearns Very sarcastic. Betty Clark- Loudest. Hyman Kstroff— Quietest and most resreved. I'ranees Phillips—Most athletic. Worth Jones Girls* pet. Clyde Thomas Very witty. Mary Eddie MeNeclv -Most bril liant in high school. Effie Gene Brown—Most brilliant mathematician. Tommy Wasden Most musical. Mildred Phillips—Most childish. Margaret Rowe- Quite studious. William Ramsey- - Largest. Jessie Smith—Prettiest blonde. Willie Claire May—“ Her sweet green eyes.” Susie Dawson—Her baby blue eyes and golden locks are the joy of all the hoys. Clifford Perkins—Most notorious among tile girls. Norman Ramsey—His winning ways. Mary Ramsey—Her beauty. Clifford Clark—Rest behavior and solemn looks in civics class. Rlanchc Cheatham—Most dainty and petite. Marguerite Sinquefield—Only girl in high school with long golden curls. Sanford S. —Greatest trial to the superintendent. Newman Robinson—Greatest heart breaker. Anyone passing by the Ford place j j about 3:39 last Friday afternoon I would not have smelled the aromatic j I spirit of lords but the odoriferous odor of oysters, for the library com-j j mil tee of the I’. T. A. gave an oys ter supper there from 6 until 10 I o’clock (I mean it was to last that i long- but—the oysters gave out). And do you know? They could have sold much more. Seven of the teachers and several I other young ladies of the town were seen in new roles—that oil waitresses. 1 know that young wo man who seemed to he everywhere at once was a very tired one when the evening was over. But all that work was not for nothing for quite ' a tidy sum was made. Soon our li brary will be licnclitted by it. Future Destinies of the Seniors and The Faculty of ’22-’23. We see clearly the one member of our class, Mary Eddie McNeely, settled down as the “old woman in the shoe, who had so many chillen* ■ she didn’t know what lo do.” Ac we gaze into the future, we 1 sec our dearly beloved Miriam Licit- I tenstein, as the “well known gossip- ; er of Gossiperburg.” Looking out over the hilltops, far off in the distance, ruling supreme , is our basketball captain, Tommie j W'asdcn, as the “Duke of Marlbor ough”—just as supremely as he ruled over his basketball varsity in the past, he will rule over his nation in the future. Gliding over the Atlantic Ocean, is the St. John's ship in which is conveyed our clear little Effir Gene Brown, a traveler overseas, traveling a great deal in Japan and doing i some missionary work. Thinking of Vale, that reminds me i —that Sam Clark, noted history j scholar of the class of ! 22-'23 will ! some day in flic near future, be the leading historian, there. “Bonjour, les enfants, comment, allez-vous ce matin?" say our old maid school teacher, Jessika Wright of Harlem, Ga. Standing before the assemblage of tile B. Y. I’. I’, at Sandy Gross, Ga., is our noteworthy song bird, •Mary Laura May, as the li. Y. p. l . chorister. Let us look through the winjlow j and down a long white hall, all doll ed up in white clothing, we see Worth Jonsc, as a surgeon on his way to the operating room, to per form a very serious operation. Way up in Maine, if we ever hap pen lo he up there, we shall see dear little Belly Clark playing on a type writer as though it were a piano. She will he the fair stenographer j of a millionaire. Just as we listen to GalliCurci jat the Metropolitan today, before j long, we will listen to Clyde Thom as as she is desined to become an opera singer. Sitting in his curiosity shop at London, we sec Kenneth Yearns with a crowd of children gathered around about him. He asks them many questious, such as “Where are you going?” “Where do you live?” “What is your name?” etc. As we see Nita Naldi on the screen today, as a “vamp” we will sec at a later date, our pet Frances Phil lips, as the vamp in Cecil B. De- Mi! le's future productions. Our only real busy worker is Mary Hauser, who will be the state president of the P. T. A.’s. She at tends the legislature assembly and is therefore kept very busy visiting each association of the state. When our noted class mate, Hy mie Estroff, starts out as a very successful drummer, the men and boys will no longer have any trou ble in buying their suits to fit. Should we think of it, we might see Sara Fay Bcid at the bedside of a wounded soldier, doing her duty as a Bed Cross nurse of France. Asa big sister to Frances Phil lips, on the screen with her curly locks and heart breaking eves, is seen Miss Mary Sue Gale also as a cut clittle blonde vamp with such bewitching eyes. As we see Tommie on this throne, we see Miss Estill Scruggs at his side arrayed in her queen's attire, speaking thus: “I shall have a golden room, When I am a queen; Willi a poppy perfume And a jeweled screen; You may come and sec me Anytime you will If you wear a green coat And a gold frill; I shall keep a black slave Hidden in the wall, Waiting to admit you When you come to call. And if you displease me, So that I am bored, I will have him kill you With a golden sword.” We can hear no sweeter music than that of Miss Hyacinth McFar- CONSTIPATION BILIOUSNESS Headache INDIGESTION Stomach Trouble -SOLD EVERYWHERE FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! INSURANCE CONTINENTAL ROYAL AND LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE WHERE CAN YOU GET BETTER INSURANCE? FARM PROPERTY ON CREDIT. T. Y SMITH & SON BARTOW, GA. ShadowM Theatre LOUISVILLE, GA. 3 Show Daily on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs days, Fridays and Saturdays. Shows Commence Promptly at 4, 7:30 and 9. ADMISSION 25c AND 15c. Thursday, November 2nd — The show on this date will be for the benefit of the P. T. A. Campus Committee. Wanda Hawley plays in “South of Suva,” a South Sea Island picture which is out of the ordinary. Good story, good act ing, fine scenery and photography. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3rd and 4th- Betty Compson with an ali star cast plays in “The Green Temptation.” A beautifully acted and directed picture which has proved a success in every theatre. The admission prices will be 25c and 40c. Shows on both days will commence promptly at 4:00 and 8:00 o’clock. Monday, November 6th — The show on this date will also be for benefit of P. T. A. Cam pus Committee. Allan Dwan’s super production “In The Heart of a Fool,” is a stupendous reflection in life’s great mirror. A powerful human interest story of love and suspense. Don’t miss this picture, its true to life and a picture you will enjoy. Tuesday, November 7th— The star for this date will be Eleaine Hammerstein. We will announce the picture on the screen later. We will show on this date in addition to the feature picture, one reel of Aesops Fables, the great cartoon comedy. Commencing Monday, November 6th, and on every Monday and Thursday thereafter the shows on those two days will be run for the benefit of the P. T. A. Campus Committee. It will be to the advantage of every citizen in town to come out on these two days. Stick up to your school and your town and patronize the show and help yourself while you are help ing a good cause. —COMING SOON— Norma Taimage in “Smiling Trou.” Reserved seats go on sale November 11th. Be first. Shadowiand Theatre LOUISVILLE, GA. Next Door to Polhill-Denny Drug Cos. land by herself in her music hall a l New York. In a very small school house out in the country, we hear from the outside, Miss Agnes Clark teaching Susie* Turner Little, the lines by James Whitcomb Riley known as “’Little Orhpan Annie.” And as I sat still thinking I saw MiSvS Mary Lewis held a loop on the head of an elephant, one Jnmbo by name, dressed in pink tights, blue silk hose, gold slippers, green waist and on her beautiful raven locks was a cap of red. She is the de light of all circus goers. Behind her came a gilded cage containing snakes and Mrs. Louise Ramsey. We always thought she had some mystic power. After the parade always comes the circus. In the biggest side show i saw a most beautiful red-haired maiden—a ballet dancer she was. I though she looked familiar and I recognized our talented Miss Mur phy. Then, as I pondered, I thought of Mr. Sanford and I wondered what had become of him. I looked and saw on a stage in a large audi torium reading “October.” Miss Bishop’s future is clearly seen as it isn’t far off. She is to play oposite Rodolpli Valentino in his new picture, “Building Air j Castles.” j Then I heard a great explosion and walking to the debris 1 saw Mr. Smith. He was trying to utrn a racking m W aervtms headache ? [menthoiatum J chases it away. M New, Deadly Species! Scientists state that a certain spe cies of roach is spreading all over the country. They are spreading terrible disease every place they go. Protect yourself and your family against this terrible menace! For health’s sake use Royal Guaranteed | Roach Powder! 10c and 25c. Sold' and guaranteed by Polhill-Denny j Drug CO., Louisville Drug Cos. FLOWERS FOR SALE I have all kinds of Pot Flow-; ers, Ferns. Begonias, Geran-1 iums, different kinds and sizes at bargain prices. Celest Brown, Box 26, Bartow, Ga. roomful of gas to water by striking a match there. Mrs. Smith was turned into a very charming young widow with 250 children. But that’s all right—it was an orphan asylum. Miss Helen Phillips the able speaker has reached her ambition of Louisville Academy days. She can get up to speak without hesi tating for words. They are very fluent. QUAKER ROAD NEWS Mrs. James Raborn, of Stapleton Cross Roads, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Terry. Mr. R. T. Hanner made a business trip to Avera last W’ednesda.v Mrs. W. F. Terry and Mrs. F. C. Temples spent Tuesday with Mrs. R. L McNair. There was a singing at Mr. Thom as Linnenkohl’s Saturday night. Mr. W. F. Terry made a business trip to Thomson Saturday after noon. Miss Mary Lee Howards spent Saturday night with Miss Reby Mc- Nair, of Wrens. Misses Nellie and Loilie Ivey spent Thursday night with Mrs. V. A. Ter ry. Miss Agnes and Jack Thigpen, of Davisboro, are staying with their MULES! MULES! MULES! Thirty mules in splendid shape for sale at public outcry before the court house door in Louisville on the first Tuesday in Novem ber, 1922. They will doubtless sell cheap. Come and supply your needs at a minimum cost. H G. EIIE LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA / FARM LOANS Quick Action Low Interest Lowest Commissions SEE PHILLIPS AND ABBOT LOUISVILLE, GA. ATLANTA TRUST CO. Atlanta, Georgsa R. C. Neely. R. C. Neely, Jr. S. H. Wilcox NEELY & WILCOX COTTON FACTORS Augusta, Ga. Liberal advances on shipments to be held or sold on arrival. WE HAVE IN STOCK NOW A COMPLETE LINE OF “THE FAMOUS” B. F. Avery & Sons FARMING IMPLEMENTS Now is the time to buy Avery Stalk Cutters, Disc Harrows, Chilled Plows. Sold By The S. C. Evans Cos. Wadley. The Smith Bros. & Cos., Bartow. Avera Hdw. Cos., Wrens, Ga. Tl Tl A cigarettes They are good: , t Bay this Cigarette and Save Money grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. /'rfl Hannah, and attending school Wrens. 3 Miss Clara Dye teaching the Cedaf Grove School and boarding with Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Terry'. Mrs. Albert Stapleton left Monday, to teach a while in her sister’s place at St. Clair.
