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If ye love me, keep my commandments,.—St,
John 14:15.
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.—
Goethe,
CATTON’S COMMENT
BY BRUCE CATTON
President Roosevelt the other day sent an appeal
to the governors of 19 states, urging ratification ol
the child labor amendment; and the sending of this
appeal helps to illustrate the peculiar difficulty un
der which the leader of a democracy has to work,
Here we have a president who holdg office by one
of the most sweeping landslides in all history. His
party has a majority in Washington and in the “i
gubernatorial offices that is tairly topheavy, The
measure he is urging is an integral part of his pro
gram,
And yet the most he can do is appeal to the gov
erhors. He cannot command, he cannot pull strings
that will make the law go through automatically;
has to ask the governors to ask their legislatures to
act, and both governors and legislatures have a
perfect right to turn him down if they feel like it
That, of course, is just the way it should be, Any
thing less than that would not be democracy. But
if you have ever felt that it takes Jan immensely
able man to be a dictator, you might reflect that it
takes a much abler man to lead a democracy,
For the dictator simply decides what his policy
is to be and issues the necessary orders to put it
into effect. The head of ja democracy cannot order;
heé must persuade.
He must have both the insight to know the peo
ple's desires and the ability to convince the people
that those desires can best be fulfilled by the spe
cific program he is advancing.
In the long run, of course, a dictator will bé
thrown out if he does not come fairly close to ex
pressing the will of his people, But the dictator can
silence opposition and stop criticism,
‘Wheén he sets out to persuade, there is no one to
get up the next day and knock down all his argu
ments. He has the first word and the last word,
There is an interesting contrast in the way Ger
many and England set about rearming.
Hitl\fr took office, said bluntly, “We are going te
rearm’-—and that was that, Stanley Baldwin, pre
mier of England, recognized at once that England
must rearm, also; but couid'he say what Hitler dic
and sit back in contented satisfaction?
. He ccould not. First he must show the people ot
England that rearmament was necessary. He must
show them out in the open, so to speak, knowing
that !t he presented his case too sensationally, he
m!sht;create international complications,
He ‘must spend two or three years arguing, ex
plainipg, and revealing; only after that could he
begin to do what Hitler had been able to do right
at the start.
The plain fact is that the dictator occupies a bed
of roses compared with the chief of a democracy.
It's a whole lot easier to command than it is t
persuade,
g Perhaps the most distressing single thing about
_ the use of the death penalty is the unavoidable form
~ of mental torture that is inflicted on the criminal be
- fore death.
~ An example: the New York death house held,
~ among others, six young men sentenced to death
~ for a murder and a robbery. On the day before the
~ scheduled execution date, the warden entered the
~ death house, Everyone knew that the governor had
. been urged to commute the sentences; with an agony
~ of suspense, the six men waited to see which, if
_ any, were the lucky men.
- To three men he brought!the news that meant life;
-to the other three he had nothing to say. Later that
~ day a fourth commutation came in, The remaining
two men, 24 hours later, were duly executed.
- They doubtless deserved death for their crime; but
_is it easy to think about those last, unendurable
~ hours when they saw their pals pulled back from
. the gates of death' and waited, waited to the last,
- for the same respite for themselves?
3 ety
5& If the German-Italian plan for taking the danger
.of a world war out of the Spanish situation should
. be put into effect, one wonders just who would be
. left to do the actual fighting.
. Under this plan, all soldiers but actual Spaniards
~ would be taken out of the peninsula, leaving the
~ Spaniards to fight it out among themselves,
. But at present the best estimates have it that at
. least 50,000 foreigners are taking part in the fight
~ Ing. The shock troops in the assault on Madrid are
- foreign; the best columns of the defending army are
a m almost all the aviators on both sides are
_ foreign,
s Is there, perhaps an outside chance that if all the
i eign fighters went. home, the Sapnfrds might de
cide that they had done enough fighting, and so end
® the whole tragic mess.
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. Animals at African waterholes step aside yhen
_ theé ostrich comes down to drink.
b kg
. Monkeys search through their hair, not for fleas,
~ but for a salt which exudes from their pores.
ST i —
. Mirages in South Africa occasionally are so dis
& to make animals hurry to drink from vis
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UNCAUGHT MURDERERS
There are 110,000 uncaught. murderers
lroaming the country. Many of these crim
inals or a majority of them, have criminal
records of long standing, and have been
'under gearch by officers for years. There
appears to be avenues open for this class
of criminals through which they can es
cape arrest and punishment, 1
Sometime ago, whemn Captain Don]*
Wilkie, criminologist and federal agent,|
|retired from service, he gave out an in
terview telling of the number of murder-’
ers enjoying liberty. The number he gave
was more than one hundred thousand,
land that figure does not begin to cover
the number of criminals charged with
other crimes.
The chief causes for the escape of such
criminals and the failure of the officers
in making arrests are due to the laxity
of the trial courts, which, in a measure,
discourages arresting officers in the dis
charge of their duties. And another fea
ture of the increase in crime is due to the
many loop-holes in the law khereby crimi
nals are afforded wide latitude in oppos
ing convictions. When tried in an inferi
or court, technicalities of the law permit
new trials, appeals and other complica
tions that bring on delays from postpone
many loop-holes in the law whereby crimi
couraged and lose respect for the law.
WHY WOMEN SHOULD SMILE
From reports announced by beauty par
lors and plastic surgeons, there is a gen
eral belief among women that if they
smile, it will cause wrinkles .to grow on
their faces. Such an impression is entire
ly erroneous, so it is stated by the best
authorities on keeping the young look on
women’s faces. It is said that the stretch
given the skin by smiling, serveg to pre
serve its elasticity.
One plastic surgeon in New York ad
vises his patrons to smile as often as they
feel like smiling and that it will enable
them to hold their beauty and keep a
smooth and attractive skin. Wrinkles
may detract from the beauty of the young
but when they are laughing, the wrinkles
pucker-up and are not derogatory to the
appearance of the face and certainly not
to the attractiveness of the young or old.
THIRTY DAY DIVORCE LAW
If the legislature enacts a thirty day
divorce law, Georgia will become a strong
competitor of her sister state, Nevada.
Reno is now a meca for divorces, but with
a thirty day law in this state, much of the
divorce business here and in nearby states
would be entered in the Georgia courts.
~ From the number of divorces that are
ibeing petitioned forthroughoutthe south
ern states, many of the applications being
\filed in Reno and a considerable number
in Florida, an elastic and liberal divorce
law would bring many of such cases to
the courts in this state.
The Anderson, (S. C.) Mail in com
menting on the proposed new divorce law
for Georgia, says:
“If the move for 30-day residence for
diviorces in Georgia becomes law South
Carolina couples desiring the single state
iagain will have little reason to bemoan
the failure of South Carolina to provide
for divorce. A 380-day vacation will do
the trick, with Georgia lawyers, hotels
and business men in general doing a rush
ing trade.
“It might be well for powers that be in
this state to take steps toward legal rec
ognition that divorces really do take
place and act accordingly. .
“If South Carolina divorce business is
to induce Georgia to out-Reno the state
of Nevada it might be better for this state
to adopt reasonable requirements that
iw%ould be higher than the 30-day stand
ards.”
CHANGEABLE WEATHER IN KANSAS}
Of all states in the nation, Kansag holds‘i
the record for having the greatest variety.
The weather in that state changes as of—l
ten as does the wind. It is sleet, snow,
ice, rain and sunshine ail in one day, s()]
the Emporia Gazette claims, |
~ In discussing weather conditions inl
Kansas, the Gazette has the following to
say: oo e R
; “Thunder, lightning, sleet and near
zero! An impossible phenomenon, no!
*Just one of the vagaries of Kansas wea
‘ther—-—mere heat lightning in reverse.
Shivering Emporians this morning blink-l
ed their eyes as they saw lightning
through foggy clouds of their breath.i
‘What the—? lls it an impending earth
quake, or the fault of the power c-om-l
pany? Just one of the 365 types of Kan—%
sas weather jumbled in one day. |
} “Weather always is doing something!
unusual in Kansas. High and low barom-‘
eter, wind, sand, dust, sweeping hither
and yon, probable areas of rain, snow,!
hail, floods and drouth. When “foul
weather cometh out of the north,” accom-l
panied by thunder and lightning, it is just
the Kansas way of declaring an open sea
son on the weather man.”
While we are thankful the month of
January has not brought sleet, snow, and
ice, it has, however, indulged us with
(drizzles of rain, warm, but soggy and
disagreeable. Before many days, if the
weather becomes normal for this season
of the year, we will have sleet, beautiful
snow, and our share of rains, but not any
great amount of sunshine, we are afraid.
However, if it were not for the weather,
there would be less to talk about. It is
the most discussed subject of all, not
even politics holding a hand of equal im
portance, and yet ‘“no one seems to do
anything about it.”” Thatbeing true, what
ever season of weather that comes, we
will have to accept it without change.
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
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! A Little of Everything—
‘ Not Much of Anything.
’ By HUGH ROWE
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} The Georgia Sportsman, offi
cial publication of the depart
ment of Game and Fish, con
tains a full page write up, with
pictures of D. D. Quillian, of
this city.
The magazine is dedicated to the
preservation and development of
fGeorgia’s wildlife resources in or
‘der that sportsmen of tomorrow ag
well as of today may enjoy better
hunting and fishing.,
Mr. Quillian is preésident of the
Georgia Wildlife Federation, and
has taken a live interest in the pre
servation and conservation of game
and fish. At the annual meeting
of the federation, held in Macon,
‘President Quillian delivered an ad
dress on the needs of better game
la.nd fish laws for tnis state. |
| At the conclusion of President
! Quillian's address, several bills
| of importance to wildlife, to be :
introduced at the present ses
l sion of the legislature, were |
read and approved. |
| .Among the proposed bills that
will be advocated by the Georgia
Wildlife Federation are: “The pay
‘ment of a license for taking game
fish with the use of artificial bait.
Another is to “Regulate seining,
netting or trapping fish in fresh
water and to make unlawful the
possession of these devices. To
provide a bag limit and describe
a minimum size at which game
fish may be taken. To prohibit
the use of game fish asg bait and
prohibit the sale of same for this
purpose.
‘“(3) To regulate the shipment
and sale of furs.
“(4) To regulate and prohibit
the storage of game birds and ani
mals.
“(6) To give the Commissioner
of Game and Fish the authority to
close hunting or fishing seasons in
emergencies, |
“(6) To regulate dates which
deer and wild turkey may be hunt
ed. To designate the rabbit as a
game animal and provide an open
season for hunting game, To des-.
ignate the Chukar partridge and
ring necked pheasant as game hirds.‘
To prohibit hunting game birds and
animals at night.” 1
In Athens and Clarke county
there is an active organization
for the enforcement of the game
and fish .laws and for the pro
tection of wildlife.
President Quillian has devoted
much time and energy to seeing
that the lawg protecting game and
fish are enforced. It is understood
that in this district the laws
through the efforts of District
Game Protector John 'W. Weich.
are nearer enforced and better re
sults have been secured than in any
other section in the state. Presi
dent Quillian and the members of
the Wildlife Federation have given
to Mr. Welch valuable assistance
in his work of protecting the!
streams and the fields from viola
tors of the game ana fish laws, !
s RO |
Mrs. Newbride (telephoning): l
. “Um afraid you sent me duck’'s |
eggs this morning instead of |
hen’s eggs.” ,
Grocer—" Ducks eggs, ma'am. 1
don't keep duck's eggs.” !
Mrs, Newbride—“Bpt I tested all
of them. I dropped them in water§
iand they floated.” i
~ The practice of turning in |
false fire alarms is inexcusable 1
Ring witfsonf a counfru
b Robert Bruce
BEGIN HERE TODAY
Paul |, King ey Worthumbra,
becomes private citizen Paul
Ferrone when he surrenderg his
throne and marries Ardath
Richmiond, Canadian-born ac
tress.
But Paul and Ardath, after a
few weeks, do not find the free
dom they seck; the eyes of the
world pry in" on them; the
Countess Di Marco and her gay
crowd at the Bay St. Francis
prove pretty vacuous. So Paul
. takes the advice of his old tutor,
Dr. Sonders, now a famed arch
eologist, and leaves his villa.
He and Ardath tour Europe and
in Paris Paul, resenting a slur
of a French columnist about
Ardath, knocks the writer down.
Stain No. 1 is left on the ex
king.
As time goes on Paul becomes
increasingly restless. He sug
gests settling on a ranch in
Canada, in the Argentine, in the
United State. Ardath begins
to fear lest Paul become bored
with her. He swears his love,
yat the shadow of the lost
throne seems always to pursue
them.
Then one day Paul buys a
sailing ship, thinking this ig the
one flavor in his new life he
needs. But as he buys it he
reaflizes that his hardibought
freedom ig a thing pretty close
to boredom after all,
NOW| GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VIII
Paul was not long in discover
ing that whatevey yvachting he did
on the waters of Bay St, Francis
he would do alone,
. Ardath received the news of his
purchase of the sloop with a mur
mured, “Oh, darling, how nice!” and
she dutifully made a tour of in
spection with him, exclaiming pret
tily over tpe little boat’'s compact
and robust beauty; but she wvery
quickly made it clear that she was
content to admire the craft from
a safe and stable vantage point
on the shore.
He did persuade her to go for
one sail out into the bay. A stiff
southerly breeze was blowing, and
when the boat heeled over and
dipped its lee rail under the foam
Ardath squealed with panic and
gripped Paul's arm desperately.
Furthermore, when they got out
'into the open and met the long
! swell from beyond - Cape Roman,
'she became extremely seasick and
miserable. Thereafter, Paul went
to the boat alone,
He himself was as delighted with
the boat as he had expected to be.
Voluble Jonas Coffin had not over
stated its qualities; it wag sturdy
and rugged it showed a npeat turn
‘or speed, and it rode the waves with
la. light buoyancy that spoke well
l 01! its qualities as a deep sea cruis-
and without justification. Per- !'
petrators of such conduct should |
be dealt with in a se€rious man
ner by the recorder.
One night this week, two talse'
alarms from isolated sections of the;
lclty, were turned in. While it mayl
]'be considered a joke by those guil
[ty of such an offense, on arrestl
land conviction, the guilty party or|
!parties should be penalized suffi-|
{ ciently to “cause them to remem-|
| ber that ringing in false alarms
}will bring them trouble that will not;
be easy to get out of without pay-!
|ing a fine or serving a sentence in|
| the city stockade. Every run made!
{by “the fire department is an ex-|
ipense to the taxpayers to say no-!
!thlng of the danger and damage|
to the fire apparatug and the lives;
lof the mremen, A }
BT I T YL T PP RTy .
‘© NEA Serviee Inc © :
937
eeiet e b S B
er, True to his promise, Paul re
named it “Irene,” with a smile for
the quaint New Englander from
whom he had bought it.
And he found as the weeks pass
ed, that the boat wag not only a
diversion but a place of refuge.
For it was becoming anreaslng
ly hard to pretend that life at the
villa was going along smoothly.
There seemed to be a thousand lit
tle sources of irritation that had
not existed before irritations that
grew out of his own steadily mount
ing dissatisfaction with ‘the - life
he was leading.
The Countess di Marco and Reg
gie Van Twyne seemed to -be un
derfoot constantly, He and Ardath
would be finishing wreakfast on the
balcony; a motor would hum in
the drive, they would hear foot
steps on the gravel, and there
would be the countess’ voice, in
expressibly gay and cheerful —
“Hello, darling, are you up?” And
presently she would be on the bal
cony with them, exquisitely groom
ed and always looking a. little arti
ficial, perching on the table and
inundating them with the details of
so-and-so’s party or what's-her
name's recent divorce; and the first
thing Paul knew the countess and
Ardath would be pianning some
excursion or fete together and he
would find himself . drawn along
after them like a helpless sKkiff
eddying in the wake of an ocean
going tug, 3
Or if the countess failed to show
up, Reggs was sure to appear. He
would saunter up the lawn from
the beach, grinning and impudent
ly sure of his welcome with his
weary, old-young face looking like
the face of a.depraved cherub; he
would say, airily, “Hello, soaks,”
and sprawl on the grass beside
them; and then, before he quite
knew how it had happened, Paul
would find that he and Ardath had
hurried upstairs to change their
clotheg for a motor trip to Juan les
Pins or some place. ‘
There were dozens of villas along
the coast, and Paul and Ardath had
dined, teaed, danced, lunched and
gone to costume balls, it seemed,
in each one of them — and had, in
turn, presided at similar functions
in the Villa San Margarete in re
turn. There were half a score of
casinos, night clubs and similar
attractions within two hours ride of
the villa; Paul was familiar with
all of them by now, knew them to
the distraction of boredom, could
remember in his sleep just how the
head waiter in each one flourished
his menu card, just how each exile
from-Broadway blues singer roll
ed her eyes, just how each trap
drummer tosse2 his sticks in the
aip and caught them again,
“Aren’t we,” he asked Ardath one
afternoon, as they emerged from
their dip in the sea and made their
way to the villa, “aren’t we. geeing
fjust a little more than we really
rneed to of these people?” I
l She did not answer until they‘i
had reached the door of her dress
{ing room. She let him follow herJ
’ in, and tossed her beach robe over
|a chair. 4
' “Dearest, need we go all over
]that again?” she asked wearily.‘
|“We can’t vegetate here in somudel
{you know. And tnese people are;
inice. You used to like them . . .|
iback in Northumbra,
! He had, indeed, Paul reflected.
!The contrast which they gave to
|the unending stuffiness of palace
!hfe had seemed infinitely retresh-‘
qing. But now ~ . .
{ ‘T know,” he said, “And yet —
{must we see them all the time?”
. She removed her bathing cap and
l.lnapectqd her coiffure carefully.
; il
“Would you prefer to gg to Paris
and mingle with the guests of the
Duc de Montmiral?” she said., Paul
flushed, remembering the mortify
ing outcome of his last effort to
transfer his allegiance to a more
serious clasg of society.
“After all,” she said, “there’'s no
harm in these people. Is it such a
crime to get a little pleasure in life?
Is it wrong to be lighthearted?”
} Paul frowned thoughtfully.
“There is harm 1a some of them,”
he said. “Reggie Van Twyne’s lit-l
tle excursion to that w_aterfront‘
dive in Marseilles last week wasn’t
exactly the essence of childish in-]
nocence. And those two ba]let‘
dancers the countess has—" |
“Oh,” she cried angrily, ‘“can’t!
we be a little broadminded?” |
And go it went; an argument
that hung on, like a sullen thun-!
der cloud that will not break, to
darken all the rest of the day for
them. For they did not seem to
be able to let an argument drop,
these days. Now and then they
had an outright quarrel. There
were reconciliations afterward, of
course — feverish reconciliations,
in which they strained to each
other, exhausted their vocabulary'
of endearments, and tried pathet
ically in a frenzy of love-making
to reassure themselves that every
thing was as it had been. But
everything was not ag it had been,
and it grew harder each week to
disguise the fact.
It was about this time that Paul
fell into the habit of spending a
night on his sloop now and then.
The first time he did it followed
a more than ordinarily heated spat
with Ardath; sulktly, he collected
sleeping garments and toilet arti
cles and went down to the snug lit
tle cabin of the Irene. Mie awoke
the next morning, feeling wunac
countably free and lighthearted.
He tried that remedy rather of
ten, in suceeding weeks. Ardath
seemed puzzled, at first, but she
never uttered a word of protest.
Paul began to suspect that as long
as she was left free to guide them
through the tortuoug maze follow
ed by the Countess di Marco and
Reggie Van Twyne, she did not
care greatly what he did. And his
boat came more and more to seem
like a haven to whnich he could es
cape at intervals and renew his
strength.
It was after one of these nights
on the Irene that Paul unintention
aly brought about one of their
sharpest quarrels. ‘
The morning was bright and
tresh. His body wag tingling from
his plunge in the bay; and he strode
up to the villa whistling cheerfully,
feeling that life was simple, after
all. He went to Ardath’s bed-|
room. She was propped up among
the pillows, glancing at the morn
ing mail and sipping a cup of tea
from a bed tray.
Paul sat down beside her and
slipped his arm about her shoul-l
ders. i
E “Dearest,” he s=aid. She smiled
‘|and nuzzled hig chest playfully.
1 ‘“I had a caller this morning, on
' the boat,” he said. ‘“A little raga
muffin named Pierre. He’'s about
10 years old. His tather runs that
| little tobacco shop at the end of the
quay. Pierre swam all the way
.out to the boat to see me — it must
! have been half a mile. He came
aboard as naked as a cherub. I
|put my bathrobe on him and we
sat there and discussed the fishing
!business. He suggested that 1
take the Irene and go into the
ltrade in earnest; he offered to be
!my manager and said he’d look
jout for my interests ashore andl
| see that I got the best prices.” |
! He grinned., “He’s a great kid."li
| Then he tightened wig arm abouq
- her. “Ardath—ecouldn’'t we have al
boy of our own?”’ |
{ She said nothing. If she stiffen
~ed slightly beneath his arm he did
' not notice it, so intent was he on
| developing the idea that had come
' to him. ‘
“What a place to bring up a
youngster!” he said. “He'd grow
up brown ag an Arab and strong as
an ox. Wk could get a tutor down
here, and when he was older he
could go back to Northumbra to
school. And we—we'd have some
point to our lives then, something
real and great to bind us together
and—"
“Pual.” she said, drawing away
and turning to face him. “Are you
insane?” .
He stopped, taken completely
aback, and stared at her.
“A baby!” she repeated, “Paul,
what are you thinking of!”
He looked at her in mounting
dismay.
“All because some street wurchin
swam out to your old boat! Paul,
what could we do with a child
if we had one? How could we
bring one up here? And besides—"
she put a hand on his wrist—“l'm
getting on for 40, Paul. I'm not
one of these healthy farm women.
Tm—" she looked down at her
slim, delicate body -— “I couldn’t.
It might kill me”
Little red spots were glowing in
her cheeks. Paul sat for a long
minute, looking into her eyes, read
ing there nothing but defiance and
angry surprise. At last he stood
up. 3
“I'm sorry,” he said, coldly. “I
won’t mention it agam.”
As he went to the balcony to
wait for breakfast he let himself
feel, for the first time since he had
left Northumbra, that giving up
his throne had been a terrible and
irveparable mistake.
(To be continued)
Believe It or Not!
Youngsters From 6
To 16 Like Spinach
NEW YORK.—#)—lf it means
anything, the Children's Welfare
Federation of New York has dis
covered taht youngsters from six
to 16 years of age like spinach
and that girls hardly out of the
main ribbon stage have ideas
FRIDAY, JANL{ARY 22, 1937,
THE LETTER BOX
630 Oconee iSt., Athens, Georgiy
January 22, 1937 -
Editor Banner-Heralq:
The other day I found 4 man
“a pitching and a rearing" aboyt
the way a local barber had oy
his hair. I told the brothep that
he should not be harg on ‘the tgy.
sorial artist whe hag given him
%o rrort 86 hair out When
he should have askeq for the Oco
nee variety I had receiveq ang
with which I was well Pleaseq.
This man, having receiveq a very
good hair cut, was displeaseq upon
seeing the Oconee hair cut, the
very best our local barbers cap
offer. It is our hope, in that con
nection, to maintain the brightegt
possible Christian light on the hig
of Oconee Street So that the BOs~
pel of Jesus Christ will Supplant
any of the world’s secong rate of.
ferings and entirely satisfy thg
hungry heats of al] who attend
our services In the Oconee Sireqt
Methodist church.
Do you know Brother ang Sister
'C. S. Denny and the good wife of
Brother Fred Warwick? Let ma
ltell you about them. There is the
occasional finding of a libera]
!supply of turnip greens on the
back porch of the Oconee parson
‘age, and we suspect that Mrs,
‘Warwick is the Elijah’s raven who
places them there. Brother ang
Sister Denny came down to see us
the other night and there was Jest
a supply of ham that was addeq
to some yams on hand. What 4
feast we had. Maythe Denny and
Warwick tribes increase.
For the first time, T attendeq 3
meeting of Parsonage Circle Num
ber One last Wednesday after
noon. It was held in the googq
home of the Reverend and Mrs . E
L. Ruark, with the very efficient
Mrs. Joe Poss as leader. I need
not tell you that I enjoyed the
meeting and joined the circle. Mys.
Willlams announced a banquet to
be given sometime soon by the
business girls, in whose organiza
tion I also holg membership, and
one of our Parsonage circle told us
We were soon to have a “Roy Wil
son” supper in the basemant of the
church for our husbands and all
who would come. So many obli
gations bad been assumed by this
circle, we felt real proud of the
victorious note sounded ‘ln ths
meeting.,
We are almost through with
Professor J, M. Ormond’s “By the
Waters of Bethesda”. Studying
this book each Wednesday evening
in the prayer meeting, we arecom
ing more and more to appreciate
the position of our people who are
in the country. I wonder how many
Methodists had stopped to think
that thg un-churched country peo-
Ple are more numerous than the
total populations of Virginia, Geor
gia, North Carolina, South Caro
lina and one or two other south
ern states. What are we going to
do about these multitudes at our
doors who take no advantage of
the meager advantages offered
them? d
| One of the delightful things in
ymy pastorate is the opportunity
given me by Messrs. Seagraves
and Quillian to visit and shake
hands with the people in our hos
iery mill and the mill of the Ath
‘ens Manufacturing Company. The
people always welcome me with
‘the genuine Oconee smile. The
merchants tell me.that our friends
in these mills are excellent custo
}mers, and I have always found
ithem to be loyal supporters of the
'church wherever I have gone. God
| bless every one.
Next Sunday is the time many
of our subscribers will renew their
subscriptions to thge Wesleyan
Christian Advocate. Our church,
Mr. Editor, is the only one in the
North Georgia Conference to have
‘reached its quota of subscriptions
iOur people pay ten cents for five
' weeks and renew at the beginning
|of each five week perfod. Perhaps
'you would like it.
l Come to see us, anq worshil
‘with us as often as you can.
Fraternally,
' B. L. BETTS, Pastor
i Oconee Street Methodist church
about romance.
The Federation announced the
results of a survey on children’s
likes and dislikes today. To strike
general averages, the organization
canvassed 217 children’s camps
with a population of 110,000.
Things like this were asked the
recipients of the questionnaire:
What subjects do you like best in
schools? What vegetable do you
like best? What do you want 0
be when you grow up? What kind
of movies do you like best?
The favorite vegetable proved
to be the potato, but spinach was
close behind for both boys and
girls. Dr. Shirley W. Wynne
Federation president, decided that
was due to parents talking about
spinach at the table and levelling
admonitory fingers at the chil
dren.
Mystery movies ranked first with
the boys and musicals with the
girls. But romantic pietures came
second with the girls, whereas the
romantic celluloids constituted
only one small item in several
types of pictures lumped together
by the boys for a total rating of
6 rercent.
The biggest single response ¢!
the vocation question put to the
boys was, “I want to be a news
paper man when I grow up.” Nine
teen percent of them thought tha
Seventeen percent wanted t 0 bf
aviators. Among the girls, 49 Per
cent wanted to be private secr?
taries, and 13 percent actresses.
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