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THURSDAY AFTERNOON', DECEMBER 2S, 1M2.
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to Chjojd from, ranging in price
frem $25.00 to $350.00
Victor Victrola
Price $25
Victor Victrola
Price $75
Victor Victrola
Price $150
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Cocroft Music Company
Viclor-Victrola Headquarters
STONE MOUNTAIN
MEMORIAL' WORK IS
SOON TO BE STARTED
'Preparations for the carving of
the Confederate memorial monument
on the east side of Qtone Mountain,
15 nfflfia from Atlanta, Ga., are near
ly .completed Gutzon Borglum, the
sculptor who :was engaged by the
United Daughters of the. Confederacy
under whose auspices the monument
is to be hewn out of the face of the
great monolith, is having a specially
designed lens ground for the projec
tion’ of figures of increased 'size
against the aide of the huge mass of
granite, by means of which with a
powerful light photographs of models
may be thrown against the face of
the mountain in great ajze.
Will Um Barrels of Chemicals.
Barrels of chemicals for sensitizing
the mountain and developing the neg
ative" and the most powerful project
ing lamp ever built have been con
tracted for by Mr. Borglum.
Using the night as his “dark room,'
he plans first to treat the side of the
mountain with chemicals. Then from
spot 700 feet away, the picture he
hopes to prihr'will be projected on
the mountain from the huge lamp.
Three or four hours exposure will be
Such methods have never been
used before, according to the sculptor
who has gotten down to the actual
work of drawing in the groups of
heroic figures to be carved out of the
side of the rock. The work of pro
jection has to be done at night, he
said, but added tbht.Ft is practicable.
The project calls for the carving in
bas-relief
side of Stone Mountain of a colossal
moumental panorama to commemo
rate the heroic deeds of the Con
federate armies. This side of fhe
mountain affords'space for a mile or
more of gigantic sculptured figures
and horses, 50 or more feet In
height, with all the paraphernalia of
FLORIDA WOMAN KILLS
HUSBAND WITH PISTOL
Us or Davis?
Carving will begin either at the
head of Gen. Robert E. Lee or that
of President Jefferson Davis. A crew
n has been at work for .several
weeks extendieng the scaffolding to
the point of the mountainside where
will rest the principal group, and
various electrical and compressed air
apparatuses also have arrived and are
ready for installation.
Strangs Disappearance
R. E. Corner says, “I was bothered
by rats until I almost went crazy. A
friend told me about the wonderful
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Rat Paste, so I tried it. Every place
put it they Just disappeared. I tell
all my friends about this wonder
preparation.” Get a 25c or 60c tube
today. Sold and guaranteed
Ingram Drug store.
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Gainesville, Fla., Dec. 28.—Mrs. J.
L. Lofton confessed yesterday that sbs
shot and killed her husband at their
home near Hawthorne Tuesday be
cause of ill treatment, according to
announcement last night by Sheriff
Ramsey.
Lofton’s body, with a bullet through
the head and with a knlfle clutched
e hand, was found In bis home.
Mrs. Lofton told the authorities that
she had seen two men leave the house
and then had discovered the body.
On being told yesterday by the sher
iff that foot prints to a nearby pond
where the pistol was found seemingly
were hers, Mrs. Lofton told the sheriff
and several witnesses: "Gentlemen,
Ill teil the truth if it kills me. He
was coming at me with a knife and 1
shot him. I have suffered death by
his ill-treatment thousands of times,
by his cursings and beatings. My life
has been made miserable and If I have
suffer death for this it will be much
better than the life I hare led."
LAUSANNE FASHION SHOW
DOOMS THE FLAPPER
Lausanne, Nov. 25.—(By Mail)—
Short hair and short skirts won little
favor in the fashion conference which
Paul Poiret, the Paris artist, con
ducted at the Grand Theatre for the
fashionable crowds gathered iz
Lausanne for the Near Eastern Con
ference.
Ten Parisian mannikins displayed
>re than 100 costumes before the
the nearly perpendicular -[exclusive audience, which registered
its approval by loud applause, oi
deadly silent when a mannikin moved
across the stage in a coqtume which
did not meet the fancy of the
audience.
i became apparent that the
girls counted more than the costumes.
difficult for a short-haired
girl to call forth much applause from
the young diplomats who constituted
a greater part of the male section of
the audience.
There were mannikins with bobbed
hair which was curled, and 'bobbed
hair which waa plastered down
straight. There were both blondes
and brunettes with short hair, but
they attracted little attention.
All eyes were on the girls with
long hair, regardless whether it was
red, golden or black. They got
the applause.
And the more modest and demure
the mannikin wazfl the greater her
popularity with the spectators.
The snappy flapper was clearly in
in the discard, In the opinion of tha
international crowd gathered at
Lausanne, and the willowly girl in
extremely long skirts and with plain
ly dressed hair was in favor. The
ODESSA
“Odesa, where newspaper dis
patches say the flag of rebellion
against the Moscow (bdlahetfit
gime is flaunting its colors, will in
a week or two sea up its houses for
the winter season.” say* a bulletin
of the National Geographic Society
from ita Washington, D. C., head,
quarters.
"One peculiarity of this
portant port on the Black Sea, as
well aa other Rnssian cities, is that
during the first frosty days of the
fa? the hotels and private houses
put up their double doors and win.
dows and thereafter go through the
entire winter wihout once opening
an aperture unless it proves neces
sary to come in or go out of the
house. Some say that the inhabi
tants even go so Car as to stop up all
the cracks with cotton batting. To
friends an elegant reception In
Odessa daring the winter session is
not an unadulterated pleasure.
“The Odesssns have another pe
culiarity which strikes th# average
comfort-American lad the acme’ of
queerneu. The men. particularity
the army officers wear their winter
overcoats all during the summer
season 'regardless of how hot it gets
It Is hard to Imagine a dashing cap.
tain of the eav.lry equipped in the
outfit which he.is supposed to wear
down the main boulevard with a
into the frozen north, promenading
charming young girl clad in a dainty
eunuttsr frock.
.; “The gay city,—for it haa the
reputation of being one of the mad
dest for pleasure on the whole eontL
nent—has its pathos. It la ope of
the- main embarkation points ter
for thousand* of Ru6bn pilgrims
who each year leave their country
aa
for
old men end old women’ who never
expect to see their .native lend
again, and know that ther-are pro.
milea to Odessa.
“But mad-cap and merry the city
uaually is to all outward appear
ances. In its streets, which
paved and nearly always shaded
with long lints of trees, the people
laugh and Innch in the most light,
hearted fashion. Few of them hai
real homes. They live in apart-
ments Attached to their places of
business. Behind « hardware' store
bakery or a shoeshop, or adjoining
the offices of a lawyer c
surance agent you will find the
rooms in which his family is living
the public restaurant is the
family dining rqom.
'One-third of Odessa's 800,000
inhabitants are Jews, and their
initiative and business acumen nave
earned for them the most responsi
ble places in most of the industrial
enterprises in the city, as well as the
prejudice of the native Russians.
But so irresponsible have the young.
en their own countrymen be
come because of their indulgence in
gambling and dissipation of all
kinds, that Russian peasants prefer
'o their basinets through the
Jews.
'When evening drop^ her cloak
over the city, the night is filled with
music, and the cares that infested
the day, if there ever were any, steal
away like the Arabs in the poem.
Hie farmer from the Middle West
or the manufacturer front New Eng
land would be inclined to wonder if
these ^igbt /reVelers aver did any
work, eo Ute Into the night do they
Uragh. talk and pUy, but by the early
forenoon business b hamming in ths
marts of taha^ta It does In an£ other
Swi.'.-'.TSS
“About twenty year ago-Odessa
■hipped out yearly through tba
of grain or about eitodfcntk of that
exported from Russia, but rim fail
ed to keep apace with invention fat
her freight-handling machinery and
Xhenon and
have
FREDONIA.
Mr- and Mrs. R. W. 1-arrainore
spent Christmas with relatives
Pelham.
Mr. Clyde Kelly is spending the
holidays with his uncle, Mr. T.
Kelley of Camilla.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Braswell of
the Singletary community were guest
of their parents Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Shepherd Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Parramore and
children are visiting, relatives In the
Barnetts' Creek section this week.
Mr. Earl Martin returned to his
home in Quittman Tuesday after
spending a few days with his uncle,
Mr. G. W. Kelley.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Chastain
and little daughter, Dorris, art spend
ing the holidays with relatives in
this community.
Rev. J. B. Alligood of Coolldge fil-
lad his regular appointment at Fre-
donia Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. E. A Moreland transacted
business In Ochlocknce last Saturday.
Wedding bells are again ringing
in thb community and it b expected
some great eventa will transpire
herein the near future.
Mr.' and Urs. A. D. Fleetwood
Were guest of relatives fn Thomas-
ville last Friday.
Master D. Frank Luke who b at
tending school in Thomasville Is
spending tfie holidays with homcfolks
A few of the local farmers are still
making up syrup in thb community.
»PpFng tfie influx of produce 1 wEfcfi
the life-blood of the city., Sebas
topol. too, has been one of the fac
tors in the defeat of Odessa. The
harbor of the former city b one of
the best on ths Black Sea, and has
the advantage that it never freezes,
while that of Odessa b ice-dogged
for two or three weeks every win-
“Odesaa b one of the newest
towns of any importance in the for.
mtr. Russian Empire. In 1810, ac
cording to the tint census taken, it
population waa 0.000. But it b lo
on a bay near the northwest
rave of the Black Sea, not far from
the mouths of the Dnieper and the
Dniester Riven, and it grew rapidly.
When Turkey ceded thb area to
Rumb, Catherine the Great decided
that aha would develop the little
Turkish fortress called Xhodjabey
tato a mighty dty which would prove
Fifteen years ago the rabbit, ex
cept as a pet, was almost unknown
in the northwest, but in recent years
the jackrabbit has become such a de
structive nest that organized methods
have had to be adopted and carried
out to keep him in bounds. Featured
among these b the “bunny drive,"
which in Oregon and Washington hts
developfd into the greatest of all win
ter outdoor sports.
That these roundups of rabbits ar«
proving of great value in getting rid
of the btest nemesb of the agricul
turist may be realized from the fact
recent drive "near Ephrata,
Wash., resulted in the slaughter in
one day of more than 25,000 of these
pests so damaging to orchards and
growing grain crops.
The prairie rabbits breed so rapidly
that ranchers realbe that organized
drives is the only way to cope with
them. The drives are held in the early
winter, and it b not uncommon for
from ~160 to 1,000 persons—men,
women and children; mounted in au-
tomoEflcs and on foot—to participate
in these unique roundups.
No firearms of any kind, are per
mitted. Not only are these drives a
means of lessening the number of
rabbits, but farmers, ranchers and
town folks secure recreation, the flesh
of the rabbits b valued for food, and
many skins «*e secured for coats and
prime favorite among the mannikins |
was a gray-eyed little Quakerss, with |
brown hair parted in the middle, and
simply dressed. Her suits and gowns
were all gray or blue, and when
ever she appeared on the stage the
applause was deafening, while the
more flashy mannikins, walking with
great affectation and dressed in
conspicuous red and yellow gowns,
were greeted with little enthusiasm.
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