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DAILY TIMES ENTERPRISE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 8, IBIS.
Mr. Merchant:
a few cents you can decorate
in CHRISTMAS ARRAY.
For
LET US SHOW YOU HOW.
ROBISON STATIONERY COMPANY.
114 South Broad Street.
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Do not let your Yuletide
LETTERS TO
“SWEENEY”
season be marred by
need of light.
Just simply phone, write,
or see us, and we will
through the assistance of
the City Light Plant, put
the lights to you.
If The Went her. Like History
peats Itself the Year 19I«
Will He Like 1810
If weather, like history, repeats
itself every 100 years 1916 will be
summerless, says the Philadelphia
J George S. Cox Writes His Opinions
on Various Matters, the First of
I Which is on “Piano Pugilists.
They Are Worth Reading.
• A little nonsense now and then is
, written by the best of men,"
Advocate-Tribune. The year of 1816 word „ l0 that efrnct and , he non .
followed the Napoleonic wars, which'. alwayg acceptably received
stirred all Europe and ended In the' by th(1 a .p praclatl ve public,
battle of Waterloo in 1816, Just as I 0#orge s Cox hafi days gone
the decisive war will probably , by. written a series of letters, osten-
fought in Belgium this year. The j B | b ) y , 0 "Sweeney,'’ but for the pur-
year was without a summer or grow. j posa , TM ently, of expressing Ms
ing season, and prophets predict 1 sentiments on various subjects. They
next year will be like the weather of jare unique and Interesting and al
ii®® years ago. In 1816 January j though not published. Air. Cox has
was so mild that fires were used given The nmes-Enterprise prlvl-
| only for cooking. There were a few j t0 .. Uae tham a8 you 9 ee flt ."
| cool days, but none that were win- f The publisher's note, preface and
I fry- February also was unusually j one of the letters appears below,
jralld. March was windy, but not others will follow in time:
Jcold. New England farmers did'
| moat of their plowing in this month. AS. MR. rOX WOULD PEGTX
| April promised an early spring, HIS BOOK,
j but as the days grew snow storms (Publisher's Note: During the
Newton Electric Co.
Phone 242 113 1-2 N. Broad St.
Next door to Postal Telegraph Office
she hailed from Pinhook, Faceville
or some other of our outlying vil
lage.;, and who wore a Queen Anne
dress and a Mary Ann bonnet, seat
ed at on© of their incomparable One
Thousand Dollar instruments (mark
ed down to $137.50) shattering the
public peace and simply tearing the
works out of the instrument. The
battle of Gettysburg was .a pianis
simo lullaby in comparison to the
effect she was producing.
She would reach down into the
case, gather up an armful of keys,
strings, etc. .and then scatter them
to the four winds of Heaven.
Every little while she would pause
long enough to permit the poor
piano to assume an upright posi
tion and groan a few times ^nd
then she would hand it a Dutch
uppercut with her deadly left that
would break a bolt or two every
clatter.
Then she would start in with her
right hand cylinder and trill for a
while like a gasolene motor without
any timer and accompany this with
a left hand variation that sounded;
like a carload of Texas «t©ers on a I
rampage.
What the name of the piece was.
or who perpetrated it. l did not re
main to learn.
It was probably a descriptive com- J
HARDY PEOPLE OF TRW LITTLE
BALKAN PRINCIPALITY, WON
FREEDOM BY TREATY OF
PARIS IN 1836—FARMING
HA IN INDUSTRY OF THE NA
TION AND HARVESTS ARE
ABUNDANT.
Washington. Dec. 8—“RoumanM,
continually in the public eye as a
possible factor in the world-war,
whose resources both in men and
material give this little nation a
military importance out of propor
tion to Its size and fame, is describ
ed in a study. “'Roumania, the Pivo-
St/ate," prepared by James
Howard Gore for the National Geo
graphic Society. Tn» bulletin des
cribed the setrength and organiza
tion of Roumania reads as follows:
‘The Roumanian lands — compos
er the two principalities. Mol
davia and WalFachia—first found
freedom from the Turk in the treaty
of Paris, signed In 1856. They were
united in government almost from
the start; and. under the rule of
their second Prince, Charlc- of Ho-
henzollern. a viguons spirit of nation
alism was instilled Into all classes,
and. after the defeat of the Turks
at Plevena by their soldiers, the lit-
SEALS GIVEN
WELCOME IN GEORGIA
!
In Fact, They Are So Well liked
That More Seals Will Probably
he Ordered Immediately.
Atlanta, Dee. 8.—Tile distribution
of Red Cross Christmas seals in
Gtcrgia has progressed cn rapidly
and successfully since Thauksglvlng
that the W. O. Raoul Foundation
Of Atlanta which hjs general super
vision of the state work Is already
considering the necessity of order
ing a quarter of a million more from
national headquarters.
Georgia's allotment this year wa»j
originally 2.200,000 as against 2,000.
OOC last year, so that with the ad
ditional number a now contemplat-l
ed the total Increase for this state
over last year will be nearly a mil
ion seals.
Secretary James P. Faulkner,
head of the work Is very much gratl
fled and expects to see Georgia mak.,
a splendid record.
Among the additional cities and;
towns to which consignments ol
peals have been recently pent are:
Balnbridge, Blackshear, Calhoun
Dalton. Tallapoosa, Shadydale, Had
dock, Thomasvllle. White Plain)
Monticello, Washington. Eastman
Tifton, Thompson, Fitzgerald, Nash
ville, LaGrange. Monroe, Forsyth.
Three systems are working outj
splendidly In Georgia the sale, by
tie principality was recognized as a.sehool children, the sale by Sunday
kingdom. The present king is
nephew of Prince Charles, and
rules over land of 53.489 square
miles, or one slightly greater than
England and Wales and only a lit
tle less than Massacbesottcs and
New York combined. Within this
territory there were, according to
the last census, 7,608,000 inhabi
tants, giving a density of population
slightly greater than that of Mary
land.
The Helds of Roumania are very
fertile and many conquerors have
quarreled over the division of its
soil.
Schools and the pale
clubs.
by women's
Icante and i'-e and snow covered the "inter of 1910-11 Mr. Henry Martin
(landscape. By May the temperature Best, a Chicago musician and singer
was like mid-winter. Buds were of note, made a trip, incognita,
(frozen off the trees. Ice an inch throughout the South. singing In
| thick formed on lakes and ponds, moving picture shows, etc., being
| Leaves dropped off the trees, leav- known simply as “The Wanderer."
i ing gaunt trunks that looked like Mr. Best was
| bleak December. Farmers. after ,; haki clothing, wore a slough hat,|after a big battle that
i replanting their corn several times. ■’"Tied no hnggttge' except a bundle off before ether came into use as
(finally gave up in despair. of music and a scanty change of (an anaesthetic.
1 June was the coldest month of Iin, ' D 3nd was bl,,ed everywhere as The lady and the poor old tor-
a bath in the dust, when the storks
stand quietly in the field, the lambt
gambol gaily, and the cat, aftei
washing her face, looks at the door,
there will be fine weather. Bui
when the sparrows are hurrylnp
about looking for shelter; when the
lark dashes against the windows;
when the cattle bellow, looking up
Into Ihc air, and the pig goes about
with i straw in bis snout, then a
Its system of land ownership j storm is threatening,
iu complicated, but. tn general, It j The Roumanian Is not a trades-
may he said that out of 33,000,000 (man. Still he is an industrialist in
acres r.l arable land the small farm- (his own way, and almost everything
|ere have a little more than onc-thlrd (about the house is his own hand!-
(while the large proprietors have I work. The great Industrialist In the j
13,000.000 and the State 6,000.000. I peasant’s '.iomr Is the housewife. '
;T.'ie land owned by the State, known |She takes a hand at everything ex :
jas Crown domains and consisting of cept loading the hay. She takes th< j
... ' . . ! 12 estates, exercise great influence hemp and the flax from the seed tr j
position and the composer must have ' .. . . . ,, , . , . .
... . . . . i. .... .. , , .. . , ias model establishments. In all de-.the finished garment, and deems her
ttlred in rough been in a field hospital immediately, .. , , , I
d i partmunts. conservation of natural self fortunate if the husband plowt ,
as pn e resources |s taught by precept and , for her the hard ground. Spinning
The Question, “What To Give?”
That memories awakened by your gift, in days
to come, may be full of tender memory and kmdly
thought l select something of practical futility as
well as beauty.
—Suggestions—
Parlor Sets,
Davenports,
Rockers,
Library Tables.
Ball Racks,
Rags,
Art Squares,
Beds, Brass or iron.
Dressers,
Dressing Tables,
Dining Tables,
Buffets,
China Closets,
Tranks, Bags.
For lrlend]BABY—, AJCarrlage (Bloch oi course)
Ballard on Broad
“The Furniture Man”
St.
tured piano were surrounded by a
crowd of friends, also from the ru
ral districts, who stood with open j
mouths, listening to the music (?) j
They had their mouths open so j
wide that I started for the drug j
store to get some fly paper to pro
tect their interiors.
stood It as long as I could, then j
roses ever experienced in this lati- "^ no Wanderer,** and no press no-
tude. Frost and ic© were as common Hces were used to advertise his ap-
as buttercups and daises should 1* f * ar6nce -
have been. In Vermont the snow He succeeded in demonstrating
fell to a depth of ten Iches, and the , h,H theory that the American peo-
remuinder of New England, Ohio.'* 1 ®** vou ld pay to hear good music,
and Pennsylvania were covered and r, ’Kardles« of the singer’s name or
heavy wraps were worn. Farmers previous achievements,
worked in mittens. Women knitted While in Thomasvill©. Ga.. Mr.
woolen socks. The climax came on n< * Rl and the wr,ler of theso Iett< * rB w * nf out and ,urn * d on the motor
June 17th. 1816. when a blinding forms a warm friendship, although
snow fell so deep that entire flocks R ** st preserved his Incog-
of sheep were marooned and perish-
ed. July came in with frost and He vis immediately ’dubbed''
snow. There was ice an IncVi thick "Sweeny." for reference sake, and
on July 4. August also was treated after his return to Chicago, a
to an unreasonable temperature.' 8t< * ld y correspondence ensued.
At Harnett, near London, there Some of the letters are repro-
was a snow storm on August 30., dueod here for the amusement or
September, however, saw this sur- amazement of t.ie public.)
prising year resume natural weath-
ie fa ,
of th»
itry. Tc.J
til recent* |
example, and forestry, which was a , and weaving are done by the womer
hobby of the late king, found a and the clothing worn by the fa £ ,
quick response from the peasants are the tangible evidence
who affectionately called the oak j housewife's taste and industry,
their brother and the elm their cou-jwrear store-made clothes, until
sin. Lumber, in various forms, j times, was a token of violence oij
ranks fourth in the fist of Rou-; awkwardness on the wife’s part. *
mania's exports. j Military service is universal anrj
j Progress has oe**n steady and! compulsory. All young men be
{rapid in Roumania. and one nwy ’tween the age? of 19 and 21. unle&
find villages of peasant farmers that | physically incapacitated, receive a
home or in the schools preliminar .
military training. At twenty-ore
the active service with the army be 1 .*
gins with two years drill in tho ini
er conditions. That month and j
October and November were very
much the same as the ordinary au-.
tumn season. In December winter;
set in in approved faaion. and 1817 J
found things back in their normal •
condition. '
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FOR SALfc AND RENT
A good list of furnished cot
tages for rent, for the sea
son. Also, desirable prop
erties for sale of every de
scription. in city and coun
ty.
Office at Court House,
phone 57 and 256.
J. 3. MONTGOMERY
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“This volume is respectfully
inscribed to
HIS SATANIC MAJESTY
As Itetng About the Only
Persou
Not in Position to Retaliate.”
•PREFACE
Most writers think a preface ne
cessary to show why the book was
written and what they expect to ac
complish by it’s publication.
Bowing to the inevitable, T respect
fully submit the following:
Reason for writing what fol
lows 0
Good that is expected to ac
complish 00
Moral lesson to be deduced. . 000
Reasons why the general pub
lic should read it 0000
r.ot be surpassed for comfort.
. . . 4 . .in is essentially an agricultural
of ray car. cut out the muffler, and I .... .
, , » j .% , , I state and the rich soil insures a
sat down and enjoyed the quiet. 1 . . , .
.. . . * . . . ,, , , ' good return for the peasants labor,
thought about her music all last t*
It is said that there are estates
which, although long under cultiva
tion without a single manuring, con
tinue tn yield twenty-five bushels of
when while other tracts more scien
tifically handled, produce as much
It* thirty-six bushels to the acre. It
| is because this fertility that the
jDanubton states rank with Russia.
(Argentina, and the United States as
{on the globe.
j C’ro • failures occasion general
|(lietr***s. as S6 per cent of the popu
lation depend upon agriculture.; and
GROCjERIEjS
For the Holidays—and Every Day
I have closed out my old stock of Groceries that 1 had on
sale at my old stand on the corner of Broad and Jackson Sts. and
opened up an almost Entirely New Stock of Groceries, Fruits and
Vegetables and made special preparation for handling the Holi
day trade at No. 104 E. Jackson St. just adjoining my old stand.
My stock is new, just opened up and I have fresh goods
arriving every day, I have purchased only the best in each line
and can give you the very freshest and choicest in the way of
“THINGS GOOD TO EAr
I Will be Open for Business Wednesday, December 1st, Come in
and^ook over my stock, if you can’t come, phone and let me
send your dinner to you, that is what I have a phone for.
C. B. DIXON
Telephone No. 75
‘The White Front Grocery”
Sum Total ????
G«»orge S. Cox,
Thomasville, Ga.
••PIANO PUGILISTS.”
My dear “Sweeney .
Knowing your love for all things
musical. I want to tell you about an
experience t.iat I had yesterday.
The X Plano Company has
opened a branch store in our lit
tle town and yesterday one of their
salesmen called on me and tried to
sell me three or four pianos. I told
him that I now had one that I wm
thinking of turning into a beer re
frigerator by putting a zinc box in
the top for ice and cutting a couple
of little doors In the bottom for beer
bottles and told him that if he
wanted the works of the old thing,
to send over after them as they
were and are aeeleaa to me.
However. 'A* naked me to come up
to their store and look otrer * player
piano that he bad and, after finish
ing my office work—Which consisted
of posting a letter I had written
the previous day—I dropped In on
him a couple of hours later.
I found a lady who looked as tho
night and am now on my way to {
the 1-oiler shop for a little re;ose. j
I do not know who the lady was j
and I don’t want to know, but I j
should like to know where she
lives, in order to avoid thnt neigh
bjorhood.
| I will back 'ter against all com
jers. regardless of weight, for mon-j
'ey. marbles or chalk, as the World’s)
{Champion noise producer and all
around piano wrecker.
If 1 could have secured this noise
in one solid chunk and retailed it
out for Fourth of July celebrations,
suffragette meetings, etc., j would
soon have John D. looking like a
slick nick!©.
1 fear, however, that a mturally
delicate and sensutive constitution
like mine would never survive the
ordeal of putting it up in small
packages.
I write this letter merely to ask
whether you hear any of this dis
turbance in Chicago. You prona-
blv did. but attributed it to some
seismic disturbance ’’way down
Soufti.
I have seen a sham battle, been j
In a railroad wreck, reported an ex
citing meeting of the D. A. R.. and
been blown up by a boiler explos
ion in a saw mill, but these were
mild and quiet divertisements In
comparison with this experience.
Her playing is like the Peace of
the Almighty, in that it passeth .ill
understanding.
Your fellow sufferer.
RICHARD WAGNER, JR.,
Operatic Composer and Justice of
the Peace.
could u
umania
ii- t *rp<»
(The next letter in this interest
ing series will be entitled “Summer
In South' Georgia,'” and it’s great.
—-Editor.)
Versatility.
It seema that * lawyer la something
of a carpenter. Ha can file a bill,
•pUt a hair, chop logic, dovetail as
argument, make an entry, gat up a
case, frame an indictment, •mpspy?
A jury, put them In a box, boro A
court, chisel a client, and other Uka
iRour-jiniH will continu
Ject la economic depressions as long
as she remains exclusively depen
dent upon the wealth of her harvests.
Indian corn is one of the staples of
her peasants’ tables.
Tfie Roumanian farmer is quite
superstitious, and. *n Ms agricul
tural endeavors, makes use of a
numbej of signs in whtch not only
the moon, but all nature, takes part
Thus, when the sparrow flutter about
chirrusing; when t r .j© cattle show
nervous restlessness and the forest
gives forth unusual sounds; when
the cock crows all day long, the
ducks thresh the ground with their
wings, and the frogs croak incess
antly; when the mist rises, the sun
sets i»- a cloud, and your ears Itch,
there ?-urely will be rain. When, on
the ofier haiyl, the sparrows take
fantrv. followed by three years li
the other arms of f.ie service. Th
army i.-» the country’s pride, and th
roster of the standing army call
-or tnr hundred and ninety thou
sand armed with Mannlich*-* rifle.
In war time, this number could
largely increased. The Roun<
na\y consists cf a pro»cted
a few patrol boats, and some
dn boats.
Raittnania’s one hu idred an
twenty senators are elected for eig?
a. d receive while in >*|
to be sub-{four dollars a ds* Ellglblli y coij
slats in being more than forty yeatj
of age and of having an annual It-
come of at least $1,803. Her 18
members of her chamber of depn
are eUcted for four years.
Salt deposits In Roumanli cow
an enormous area and have a thlcl
ness \arying from six to eight fe«
There are, also, vast oil fields in th>
land exporting a product amount!
to a value of $8,000,000 a yea^
The annual grain export amounts tj
nearl< $20,000,000. Roumania
natural trade route i H the Danuh.
and this is supplemented by 2.33
miles of railroad, of which th
government ownes 2.100 mile/
Elementary eduoitlon is free
compulsory. and an illiterat,
peasantry is slowly being taught t
read and write.'
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and make some Christ
mas Money.
F. B. Harris J
Phone 184