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NOVEMBER 28, 1122.
DAILY TIMKMNTCRRRIBK THOMAftVILLf, OEORQIA
SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
High School News
THOMASVILlE, GEORGIA, 8ATURDAY, NOVEM BER 1*. 19p2.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing Editor Chez. Pittman
Editor Maxine McClearen
Sport Editor Rhjrdon Majra
Social Editor Emily Nw
Literary Editor .Annie Mae McCollui
CYCLONE BEATiThAVANA HIGH
T. H. 8. defeated Havana HL
here yeaterday by a score of 45 to
6. The Scrube played part of the
game or the score might hare been
larger. The locals played a passing
game while Havana used line bucks
mostly. A full account of the game
will be found in another section of
this paper.
THE SENIOR ZOO.
Charles Is a monkey,
Fred Is a bear.
Suber is a donkey,
Zack la a deer.
Arthur Is a giraffe.
Carl a tiger bold;
Stacy with his laugh
A wolf within the fold.
Elrod is a seel,
G. Pitt, a lion bold;
A Bly fox is Neel,
Sam. a hyena old.
Pat is a spotted leopard,
Clayton a kangaroo:
With Ramsey an alligator.
This completes our zoo.
—M. N. ’23
“THE SENIOR FLOWER GARDEN’
Sweet Peas are for Louise.
Dainty and demure;
Martha lores the violet.
She’s so sweet and pure;
Chrysanthemums for Annalbell,
She Is never rude;
Pansies are for Emily,
In a thoughful mood;
Marlon loves the daisy.
Modest and so neat;
Hazel’s a pink carnation—
No one is so sweet.
Orchids are for Claire
Everybody knows;
ucy, loveliest of them all—
She’s a sweet red rose.
Billy Sunday several years f;o pick
ed from the Old Testament what he
considered an all star team. We be
lieve that this team could beat any
club ever turned. How's this for a
cracker Jack eleven?
G—Goliath.
R. G.—Joshua.
L. G.—Moses.
R. T.—Gideon.
L. T.—Elijah.
R. E.—Cain.
L. E.—Able.
Q. B.—Solomon.
R. H. B—David.
L H. B.—Jonathan.
F B.—Sampson.
We could have In Gideon, Joshua,
Moses and Elijah a line that would
open holes big enough to drive the
aide lines through, while on the de
fense they would be terrors. With
Cain and Able at the ends we ha’
two scrappy and snappy boys that
would be good for all American any
day. Solomon with h*s great head
work would run his team, like a mil
lion dollars. The half-backs. David
and Jonathan should be able to
ways register long gains around
We believe that with Sampson at full
we have the best of all times,
would be able If necessary, to take
the opposing line along with him In
his line plunging.
A negro entered a doctor’s office
with a badly cut head.
“Hello Sam: Got cut agin, I see.’’
“Yes, sir.” I done got carved up
with a razor. Doctor.”
“Why don’t you keep out of such
bad company?"
“Deed. I’d like to, Doctor, but I
Miss Thomson: “George, do
another half-hour?”
George: "No, end I didn’t want
the other one, either.”
THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF
ATHENS
(Translated from Latin.)
In an ancient city there was
spacious and beautiful house, but
dared to live there. Through
silence of the night there was a sound
of Iron and clang of chains, then
ghost came, an old man who had
unkempt beard and long locks of l»,
wore chains. Tho man
said: "I hare often seen the ghost and
I haven't been able to sleep
m afraid. In my mind the memory
f the ghost remains. After that the
house was deserted, and then the
master advertised. The price was
Athenodonus, a philosopher
house, he read the notice, he asked
concerning the small price. Then the
master told him about the ghost, the
philosopher laughed and gave the
price. (For philosophers
afraid of ghosts.)
e there at night and ordereJ
his servants to bring his books and
the lamp and Uble Into the hall. He
dismissed the servants and began
In the - middle of the night
there was a clang of iron and chains.
Now the chains sounded In the Hall.
Athenadonus still wrote and did not
raise his eyes. Then there was a
great clung of chains. The philoso
pher looked back and behind him he
saw a ghost who was standing and
making signs with his finger. The
philosopher said, “It Is not
ghost.” He looked back and
Soon be heard a clang of chains above
his own head. Again he saw the ghost,
which made signs as before. He
afraid e#J put out the lamp,
ghost proceeded into the garden. The
philosopher, In truth, was afraid when
he saw the ghost and followed Into
the garden. There in the garden he
saw the ghost, but It vanished. The
philosopher placed grass and leaves In
the place. When it was light, he
went to the magistrates and told him
of the ghost. "It was a real ghost,”
he said, "I saw H with my own eyes.”
After they dug up that place, they
say bones and chains, which they col
lected and duly burled In the ground.
Afterwards, the ghost was seen no
more In that house.
about a hundred pupils In the High
School, while now we have nearly two
hundred and fifty.
Its advance In athletics has been
more marked. Not long ago Thomas-
villa was not considered a rival for the
athletic cup at district meets c
the football championship.
Last year we won the athletic cup,
and as to the football championship,
ask someone who knows how the
championship is to be untangled. Then
no baseball team, but last
year we lost only one game. It Thom-
asvllle continues to advance as fast
It has been. In a few years It will
be without rivals.
the educational advance, the
High School has taken up new courses.
Spanish being one of them, and added
i the old ones.
Here’s to T. H. S. for what she is
and what she is to be.
—H. L. B. ’24.
With the football season drawing
close, our thoughts roam to basket-
ill. The girls* team of last year
mains Intact, and is expecting great
things for this season. The boys, how-
will have to build up a whole
team, having lost all but one of their
players. With Mr. Rawson, an
southern basketball forward, coaching,
great things are looked for.
The schedule has already been made
out and Includes such teams as Albany,
Moultrie, and possibly Valdosta. The
following is the complete schedule:
December 1, Boston In Thomasville.
(Girls).
December 15, Pavo In Pavo. (Both).
January 5, Pavo In Thomasville.
(Both).
January It, Meigs In Thomasville.
(Both).
January 19, Albany In Albany.
(Girls).
January 26, Moultrie In Moultrie.
(Both).
February 2, Pelham in Pelham.
(Boys).
February 9, Camilla In Camilla.
(Both).
February 16, Moultrie In Thomas-
vllle. (Both).
February 23, Camilla In Thomasville.
(Both).
March 2, Open.
BIO BASKETBALL GAMES
ARE SCHEDULED AT ALBANY
Albany, Ga., Nov. 25.—Albany ex
pects to offer to the punllc In South
Georgia, during the approaching sea
son, the best program of basketball
ever attempted by any South Georgia
quintet The local Y. W. C. A. has
scheduled games with many of the best
college and association fives In the
South and even from other sections of
the country, and la expecting many
fans from neighboring cities to be
among those enjoying these splendid
games. i
Fans coming to Albany this season!
for games wUI find a greatly enlarged
T. M. C. A. and a much larger seating
arrangement, as well as a bigger and,
batter playing floor for the team. Last
year It was necessary to turn away
would-be spectators on account of the
limited number of seats.
The first game on the Albany floor
will be December 15. with Newberry
College, champions of South Carolina,
furnishing the opposition. December
22 will see the Mercer five, 8. L A. A.
champions, opposing the Albany team
here. December 21 win probably be
the date of the Baylor University.
(Waco. Texas), fives* appearance, al
though this baa not been definitely set-
r ST. win bring to At-
Jokes
Left Tackle Elrod—"They Just kick
ed you in the head, but we got five
yards because it was a foul.”
An Essay on Frogs Lend End Washington (dizzily)—
The Chicago Board of Education has' “Might have been a foul but it felt like
caused a classic essay to be Immor- a mule.”
talized In type. It's about frogs and!
<was written by a young Norwegian, j Wood—“Did you see that girl smile f
The essay: “What a wonderful bird at mar
the frog are. When be stands he sit, I Jlnrlght—“The one we just passed Is
almost. When he hop he fly, almost still laughing.”
He ain’t got no sense, hardly. He
ain't got no tall, hardly, either. When Stacy—“Are you going to run the
he sit he alt on what he ain’t got al-'pne mile or two?"
Singletary—“I’ll decide at the end of
mile.”
SENATOR FELTON
RETURNS TO GEORGIA
Atlanta, da.. Nov. 25.—Senator Re
becca latimer Felton has reached
Atlanta from the national capital,
where she was formally ssri
a United. States Senator,
George having withheld his
mission that Mrs.. Felton might be the
first lady Senator to occupy a sej't in
that august body.
Senator Felton, as she Is now tell
ing her friends, was the recipient of
many courtesies while In Washington.
Senator Harris entertained her and
Senator George and Former Senator
Hoke Smith at luncheon.
Later Senator Hoke Smith enter
tained at a dinner party at the Shors-
ham. Senator Felton, Senator anil
Mrs. George, Senator and Mrs. Harris
were the guests of honor, together
with the friends and relatives of Sen
ator George and Dr. Felton, of Car-
tersvllle, the son of Senator Felton,
who had come to attend the ceremon
ies of the Senate. Miss Marie Craw
ford and Major O. H. B. Bloodworth,
Jr., assisted Senator Smith In enter
talnlng his guests at the Shoreham
dinner party.
Congressman Gordon Lee gave Mrs.
Felton a luncheon In the house res
taurant In Washington before her de
parture. United States Senators Wal-
F. George and William J. Harris,
and former Senator Hoke Smith and
members of congress were present. ,
Locate Cause of Poor Water Supply,
Investigation prove
Infesting water traps here and <
the poor water supply.—Bulletin.
Rats do damage everywhere. They
menace your health, which I
Destroy them with Royal Guaranteed
Rat Paste. Get a 25c or 50c handy
tube. Sold and guaranteed by Ingram
Drug Company.
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connected with the conspiracy '
land the Chinese according to the j
evidence.
With the acquittal of Capt. Edmund,
ion and Louis Ying, the so-called
Moore smuggling case, so far as the ,
smuggling of aliens is concerned, Itf
completed. Five of the eleven per-
indicted pleaded guilty, charges
against four were dismissed and I
acquitted. No sentences have
yet been passed.
The liquor conspiracy, in which
eleven are named, will be called to.
day.
Four of the five who pleaded guilty
In the Chinese case, however, wciA
named In the liquor charges and also
pleaded guilty to those charges. Just
haw many of the remaining seven
will be arraigned District Attorney
Fred Cubberly would not state last
night
Smuggling charges against C. C.
Williams, conductor for the Apalachi
cola Northern Railway and four
others were dropped.
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An officer was showing an old lady
rer the battleship. "This,” said be,
pointing an an Inscribed place oi
deck. “Is where our gallant captain
Thomaavllte High School Today Va.
Yesterday
Thomaivlll# High School had ad
vanced considerably In the last four
years. Tha extent of Ita advance has
not been confined to athletics, al
though most of its advance has been
In this line.
Several years ago there wore only
Mlaa Smith (In English)—“When
was Shakespeare bom?”
Gladys Crabb—“I don't know, I was
absent.”
Mrs. Turner—“Josaphlne, make a
sentence with 'heroes.* **
Jo Hanaw—“He rose and walked
Mr. Mac. (In aclance)— 1 "Now. boya,
name some of the lower animal* be
ginning with James Poole.” |
"Fred, did you learn anything no*
at school today?” I
'Sure, I got on to a naw way of get-
g ont of school by snuffing red Ink
up my nose.” j
winners of the national collego cham
pionship Inst year. It Is szpected that
the greatest crowd ever at a game In
South Georgia will ace this contest.
January 2 will probably bring tha
Georgia Tech Indoor tornado to Al
bany, the date being contingent on
Tech’s ability to gain faculty permis
sion for n holiday trip. January 19
will doubtless ba marked by a gams
with tha Nashville, (Tenn.) Ramblers,
but this has not been closed, and the
same is true of the probable appear
ance of Wofford College, 8partanburg.
8. C., January 22.
Fort Bennlng’s crack soldier team
plays In Albany. February 23, and tha
Macon Y. M. C. A. will probably bo
bars early In February. Games era
also pending with Jacksonville, Sa
vannah and Montgomery Y. M. C. A’*.,
Birmingham Athletic Club and savarai
other college teams.
ACQUITTED OF CHARGE
Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 25. Capt.
Benjamin Edmundson, who operates
a fleet of speedy motorboats out of
Pensacola, and Louie Ying, alias
Quan Yick, Chinese of Philadelphia,
were acquitted of a charge of con
spiracy to import Chinese aliens into
this country from Cuba in federal
court here yesterday.
Judge W. B. Sheppard, upon
motion of Edmundson’s attorney,
directed a verdict in favor of tie boat
operator. Ying was found not guilty
by a Jury early last night j
It was without his knowledge, ac-'
cording to the testimony, Judge Shep
pard held, that one ot his boats met
the schooner Success near East Pass,
took aboard ten Chines* and landed
them on Choctawahatehee by. Re
ferring to the testimony that the
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• whatchee bay to Apalachicola,, tha
-■ 1 I court held that the alleged conspiracy
_ . ... jt* land aliens had been consummated
•DeeupStatadtt the wZmumovtai! wlth **• Undin * ot contraband
by them. Teems la ehoe^raft, trag-' car *° ,rom th * Suecesa to tha point
•dies in ankles, and melodramas ta | on tho mainland, and that even
’though Edmundson had knowledge of
(tha second transfer, he coaid not be
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