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PACK KIQHT DAILY TIMCS-ENTERPRIM THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, QECEMBER 13, 1922. DAILY TIMES-ENTERPRISF il-Weekly ' n»d at tha tarpiiaa Bulldln* by tha tarprlaa. Published a | OP THE AO*OCIATED lefoTSS i. , l d*apatchea credited to It. tUOtCBlTPION PAYABLE IN'aB- PHONE NUMBERS:— Mrs. Santa Claus, THE OPENING WEDGE has only 6 per cent, widely distribu- ted. It l> rather • peculiar thin, that j . Tb , United S ute< haa been eingu. county fairs are dependant on carni val*. Yet this seems to be the gen oral Impression, and not one of the fairs that we have noted this year, or In the past few years, perhaps, has been held without a carnival. This Is the only wedge that seems open for carnival attractions. They can get into almost any town on the fair plea and their licenses are usually revoked for the occasion. They stimu late the fair Itself, say promoters, and addition provide funds free amusement that cannot be pro •lded in any other way. larly free from recorded seism» disturbance, perhaps the trous being in 1811, when a very severe shock occured in the Mississi. ppi Valley south of the Ohao, which was felt in New York in one direct ion and in the West Indies in another This earthquake changed the face of the earth. A vast extent of land sunk, lakes were formed, and < the course of the Mississippi River was obstructed for a time. "Most of the earthquakes occu*. ing of late years can hardly be clas- well as 8e( * with the great ones of history, nearly all of the destruction being caused by uncontrollable fires. In the more stable zones long periods anyway? Yet these carnivals are anything but' may elapse between shocks as for clean. We haven’t seen one In a long instance, in Kingston, Jamaica, 218 time, but Judging from comments years intervened, made by Impartial newspaper observ | " The cause of earthquake* and ... , , i volcanoes is an elusiveproblem, not i, they carry a lot of very undesin • . . .. . _ . .. the scientists. Tremors of the earth able and unworthy equipment. consist mlly be c „ uscd by many tb ; n( , 5 . Tbe Ing mainly of the so-called conces- explosion of mines, falling in of i. where gambling In a mild form caves, slipping of rock strata, and perhaps, but nevertheless gambling. Is m “ n >' ot,M!r moremente of ' he Mrth ., . „ may cause them; but for the great the chief attraction. shocks which have recurred almost. It Is a very significant thing to 5 j nce the history of the world began think about, the fact that a county fair we must look further, can’t be a success unless there Is a "Though many times there ceems lot of worthless and totally depraved t® be an intimate connection between A miracle it seemed to os then, and as I look back through the years It seems doubly miraculous now. "Undoubtedly our safety was due to the des’:;n of th esh'p -hici per mitted the vfcter to run off the deck about as :t would trim a n- f t i-t floating plvjk "The ship was swept o« rap'd 1/ for a time, hut after a while the mo. tion ceased, and, lowering a lantern over the side, we found oa-'‘elves on shore, but where, vs knew not. Smaller wavts washed about us far a time, but jiciently the* ceased. "The morning sun broke on a scene of dsioi/ition seldom witn We fou td i .'fives high and dry little cove, or rather indentation in the coast-line. We had been carried the « , , , . . ,, „ . „ „ earthquakes and volcanoe*, the law When strong drink and weak man concessions operating along a midway j . . . . wiicn *■ regarding them has not been es- get together it makes a devlL j or something of the kind. There can’t , tablished- Some rema rkable coin- jbe anything but an effort to get busi- cidences have been observed in late Subsidies might be extended to ■ ness for a worthy institution through years. The terrible cataclysm of newspapers with good results also. unworthy efforts and methods. j Mount Pelee, which, on May «, 11102, newspspe a * almost insUntly killed 30,000 In- . | We have mile .ympalby with .ny , b , bita „ te „„ precceded by tb , „ rtb Make it a happy Christmas for us|g amb ilng device, especially when It is quake wbich in j anuary and Apr j] all by doing your trading all at home, masking under the protection of ths 0 f the same year wrecked a number (law, where there should be no such‘of cities in Mexico and Guatemala, 'protection, even for local and purely lo-’ distance between these pointa dred years too soon, some or them at, , . „ is at least 2,000 miles showing how cal gains. It Is almost as if the fair paid .’..*. least I deep-seated must have been the tlis- 0 th « carnival to bring In gambling do turbance( if> as haa been suggested, Music by radio is quite a relief; vices and run them free, so the fair there was communication between you don’t bare to look at that facial would be a success from a standpoint them. The great San Francisco contortion. of admissions. Fairs are fine thing! earthquake was preceded only two i. . . _ . . . . days by one of the most violent “ — but should not be dependent on carnl- ' . , , ., , 1 eruptions of Vesuvius recorded in vals and the sooner we recognize that many year8 fair with a carnival is better than j "it is also a significant fact that la fair with a carnival, the more the fuming island off the coast of keep certain will we have contributed to a Alaska, called Bogoslof No. 3, ap- I . . . , .... peared at almost the same time. A > lm*.spirit that should be cast against this .. . ... ... . . , I * revenue cutter, visiting this island, | form of embyro g.mbliog on, game, w „ astonished , 0 „ e , b „ u,, moa „. of chance, as well as too frequently tain, or hill, some 400 feet high, on other and even more objectionable the island,' had disappeared, and in gtunta jits place a bay had been formed. Soundings showed a depth of from -o ! 8 to 25 fathoms of water. Happy Is the girl who Is given away j BUSINESS PICKING UP “The greatest of recent volcanic hr her dad and not hr some of those ' . . •. . . disturbances which blew the top off uy our u«u mu uui uj ui | The D epar t m ent of Labor announces . „ . . , , ... . rh-irital.lv inclined . . ... i of Mount Katmni i n Alaska and gav charitably Inclined. , that during th. na»t month. Novom.;.... ;tb< WMlderflll Valley of ? latest books ( Flattery goes a long way but It, •ften takes you too far In the wrong direction. The famous singer who can the wolf from the door ought port a saxophone. The Christmas Savings Clubs In this country have been mlghtly welcome additions to business. nearly two miles inland. The had carried us over the sand dunes bordering the ocean, across a valley ; >vcr the railroad track, leaving the foot of the seacoast range of the Andes. On the nearl yperpen- dicular front of the mountain oui ator discovered the marks of tidal wave, and, by measurements, it to have been 47 feet high, including the comb. Had the carried us 200 feet further, would inevitably have bee n dashed to pieces against the mountain-side." Several of the local High stars played their last game yesterday af ternoon for the local school, and they more than wound up affairs in a llant fashion. RAILROAD SCHEDULES rrlval and departure of paaaangar (Trains North, East and 8out Thomasvllla opsrats on Eastern Standard Tima, which la ths asms as Barnet* Tima In Osorgla. Trains Wsot af T savins opsrats on Central Standard ' ATLANTA, BIRMINGHAM A ATLANTIC RAILWAY (Pullman Sleeping Cars) 1:60 am Btrmtagham-Atlanta 7:20 pro ATLANTIC COABT LINE RAILROAD Arrives Laavaa 2:20 am tav'h-Jax-Montg'y 1:27 am 2:23 am Montg*y.Sav*h-Jax S:30 am S-.10 pm Thoa'vllla-Sav’h 6:25 am * I The Department of Labor announces | that during the past month, Novem- j b jrt b Breaking the law to punish law- j ber - there waa a great enlargement of Ten Thousand Smokes was preceded breakers is a dangerous proposition work,n * forces ,n man T Industrial and and accompanied by a series of se- for anybody to Uckle. commercial plants of all kinds, m vere earthquakes.” tor ouyoouy to Admiral Billings described the o fact It was the largest increase noted I ^. , , , , . The clay treatment for the face Is aInce tha {lrst of , h year and jndlcat- whIch he 8aw at since me nrst or me year ana inaicat | Ar j ca tben j n p eru> Bome years ag0 . not as dirty as some of the refined ed not onIy that Christmas trade was He was an officer of the U. S. S. methods now In rogue. J brisk, but that general business Is ‘ "Wateree" which was anchored in showing a material increase. Jthe harbor at Arica at the time of the . ThU will be good new, for It h„ "Sometime after the initial tre- | token, a greater demand, and that la ] mor ,- be wro te, "the Sea receded o-. I the most significant sign of prosperity ' until the shipping was left stranded Europe doesn’t lore us, but that Is tbat any country knows. The experts ! while as far to seaward as our vision not because of what we didn’t do. but hav0 been predicting that the business lwou,d reach - we 8aw the rock y bot * because ol what wa won't do. ' | nt „e.t. of the countr. .r. .nfn.l.nt, I t0 ™ of tt * nc ’" b ' ,orc , to human gaze, with struggling fish Co-operative marketing Is one of the " Reducing is the most strenuous treatment that some folks tempt for themselves. ways pays a handsome dividend. » sufficient- 8 < I®8 r ® e ®1 and monsters of the deep left high many forms of co-operation that al- 8tlmu,a tl®a with all of the protective and dry. The round-bottomed ships and subsidizing measures that have keeled over on their beam ends, besa thrown around them. If the whI,e th ® 'Wateree* rested easily on The follow that alwan play, fair art true wa mar ret ren a her n<,or - lik * bottom l * nd wb ' n lb ' . .... .. - returning sea, not like a wave, but I, tha on, that ,'t, th, most out o! lalrly decent h.r»e.t (rum the lnjuo „ th „ llke , normoul tid* can.. and unfairness of the taxation sweeping back, rolling our unfortu. ' that has been imposed on the masses ' nate companion ships over and life and is the most to his friends. The Scotchman that < this country ami rnuMn’t rinA an* of the through the unnecessary leavi ng some bottom up and others country and conlda t find any Scotch. ^ ^ ^ ^ „, m.,,e, „f ^eck.gc, th. -Water.,' felt that this was a rum country. i the price of th. hoceultle, of llfo. It l, an 111 .onhar^d.' the tossing waters The guy that doesn’t get a tie and, wind that blows nobody good. a pair of socks for Christmas may : o Indeed consider himself one of the) EARTHQUAKE8 AND TIDAL forlorn of esrth. j WAVE8. "From this moment the sea seemed to de.y the laws of nature. Currents ran in contrary directions, and we were borne here and there with a irregular intervals the earthquake Babe Ruth admits he likes fsrmisg. | A single graphic example of what !*P ccd w e could not have equaled had it he will never make as much out' a tidal wave in Chile can do is pro- ’ it as be did out of one of his numer-. ... is home runs can nnVn °* Ilcer ’ durin 8 a similar 'upheaval, when his vessel was carried n.mpaey uy, b, wiTtlght any mao lhre<! raUe * up the COMt . tw » mile. GRAND ONE NIGHT 75 c, $1.00, $1.50 Seats on Sale Wednesday Ingram Drug Store Wanted Bright young lady to act as cashier. Must have knowl edge of Stenography —Answer only by letter, stating quali fications, reference and salary expected. The Fair CHEAP EXCURSION TO ATLANTA VIA A. B. &A.RY. ROUND TRIP $5.50 55.50 From Thomasville Tickets sold for special train, leaving 9:45 a- m. and regular train leaving at 7:20 p. m. Thursday, Dec. 14. Return lim it Dec. 17th. Additional Information from any A. B. A A. Agent. XMAS GIFTS -FOR- Falher, Brother, sad Your Beau Watchea $1.50 to S200.00 Belt and vest chains 75c. to 45.00 Fraternal emblems .. 1.25 to 60.00 Silver belt buckles.... 3.00 to 8.50 Pencils 1.50 to 8.00 Fountain pens 2.75 to 20.00 8leeve buttons, gold and gold filled 75c. to 60.00 Collar buttons 25c. to 1.50 Smoking sets 4.50 to 12.50 Card cases 1.50 to 7.50 Military brushes 4.50to 12.50 Fobs .... 3.00 to 15.00 Collar phis 60c. to 2.60 Cigarette cases and holders. Louis H. Jerger been steaming forour lives. At vided by the experience of an Ameri- ahocks recurred, but none of them long-continued as the i , h „ _ . .inland, and droped at the foot ‘ ‘ h8 W “ r ‘ d “h 0 " "° tlc » «“* «,„ of the And,, MonnUin,. U about the only way he probably Earthquakes and tidal waves would Uckle it. discussed in a bulletin from the o (National Geographic Society which Th, expectation ol low price, I, pul j ,1m quoin, from a communication at ten years, according to the reports, 1 by the late Rear Admiral L. G. BiL so we can Just as well start in and' ,in,f8 » whose unparalleled adventure buy what we need. i occured tome hundreds of miles j north of the recently devastated Football is over for the season, but town8, biekelbell end heiebell ere comini “ Tb,r ' 11 D0 phenomenon ri-k, .. , . more deeply interesting and yet rlkhl on with their quote of Ihtereet B We under,food ., the ,ei™ic di,- aag aatanslasm. turbances which have from earliest tl — ‘history devastated the earth and car- Immodesty I, , foellng, uy, e note, , icd , nd d|m „ lnto „ psychologist, but he hasn’t yet sug-, hearts of all survivors," says the gested that some of it be preserved bulletin. ia the museums of the country. ' "L’p to 1903, it is computed by „ ’ ! eminent scientist, Compte de BaL The girl that powders her nose In * ore * there had been 19,782 recorded public is not a bit worse than th* earthqnekes. Of later years, when M. that parte hi. heir In , h . middle “°™ ." c “ r * te " cord * h * ,e b " n w- kept, they have averaged about alx- •eery Ume he puna e minor. tyeyear. There I, comfort to the Tone, Sydney Lulef. .ulement " ,0,t °' th ! wor,d ^“ . _ - . t know that 94 per cent of recorded Uat b* was drank when he married, .hocks have occured In two narrow Ud th* proposal tor aannllment. will well-defined belts—one called the de Be ham to tha memory of his be- Mediterranean, with S3 per cent to Iovh Bade, whoa* name ia Imperlsh- ita an ^ * t J»® other . thw •hie la thU couatry-i hfotory. " first ‘‘About 8:30 p. m. the lookout haiL ed the deck and reported a breaker approaching. Looking seaward, wa saw, first, a thin line of phosphores cent light, which loomed higher and higher until it seemed to touch the sky; ita crest, crowned with the death light of phosphorescent glow, showing the sullen masses of water below. Heralded by tha thundering! thousand breakers c^mhin, j ed, the dreaded tidal wave was upon at last Of all the horrors of this dreadful time, this seemed the worst. Chained to tbe apot, helpless to es cape, with all the preparations made which human skill would suggest, we could watch the monister wave op- proach without the sustaining help of action That the ship could rids through the massea of water about overwhelm us sesmed impossible. We could only grip tha life-line and wait the coming caatrophe. "With a crash our gallant snip is overwhelmed and buried deep beneath a semi-solid mass of sand and water. For a breathless eternity submerged; thsn. groaning in every timber, the staunch old ‘Wateree’ struggled again to tha anr. face with her gasping eraw still • ting ing to th* life-lines—some few seri ously wounded, braised, and battered killed; not even one missing LOOK! LISTEN! CONSIDER! Beef, Pork and Sausage are cheaper now than last year. Our stock is the best; our market is absolutely sanitary; our price is as low as good service and good food can be sold. PHONE 52 If you are not perfectly satisfied with your pres ent market service, try us one time. That is all we ask. EDDIE LEWIS Hat Cleaning Work* Ladles, Men and Children We have the equipment, expei^ lence and a desire to please. 322 WEST JACKSON 8T. Yon Are Lncky If you pees through life with out toss of time or property— TAKE A Fire Policy Health and Accident Policy for your protection. A Life Policy to protect your family. W.MTParker Cocoa, in qt. jars ... 25c Salad Dressing, bottle 10c Government Cora Beef Hash, f-lb. 10c Queen Olives, 7-oz. bottle f5c Large size Cocoanuts, each lOe J. R. EVANS Phone 128 J. F. PITTMAN Dealer 4n MILK COWS J. F. PITTMAN Victory Bonds From A to F have been called for re demption December 15th We will be glad to make exchange, or sell these bond, for our friends, if advised immediately. Citizens Banking & Trust Co. THOMASVILLE, GA. Buy a and Spend the difference <§&rc£> SERVICE What It Really Means It means Genuine Ford Parts, 50 per cent of which retail for less than 10 cents. It means a Repair Shop where expert Ford Mechanics perform the work. It means giving Honest, Cour teous, Prompt attention to the Ford Owner’s every need. It means to constantly supply you with a Ford Service that will make you and keep you an enthusiastic member of the great Ford family. We ore Authorized Ford Dealera. We can supply you with any pro duct the Ford Motor Co. makes. THOMASVILLE SALES CO. Authorized Sales and Service Next Door Neighbors Through our banking-by- mail plan every patron of this bank is one of our next door neighbors. Without leaving home, depos itors can communicate with us regarding banking or fin ancial matters, make deposits or withdrawals; in short, transact all their banking bus iness. We are always glad to wel come you personally but when you can’t come to the bank, use the mails. Bank of Thomasville Daalgnatad Depository • f Stats of Georgia, County of Thorn** and City of Thomaevlllo.