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Vol 40—No. 13
D AH LON KG A, G \ , FRIDAY MAY 4. r 9 2 8.
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This and Other Troubles
Relieved By Black-Draught.
Mrs. Ada Blackrnar, of Alex
ander City, Ala., writes:
"From (time to time, I would
have spells of nausea .....
which would put me to lied.
I would turn a dull, yellow
color and, for days at a time,
would have no appetite.
Everything I ato sickened me.
“My mother .hod been a user
cf Blnck-Draught for years,
so while I was at home, visit
ing, she asked mo why I did
not try Black-Draught for my
troubles.
“I began taking a small
dose, three times a day, be
fore meals. I kept this up
for several weeks, and it was
ju3t a little whilo before 1
began to notice an improve
ment in my condition.
"Blaclc-Draught is certainly
a flue medicine.”
You will say the samo
thing, once you have tried
Thedford’s Black-Draught.
For salo everywhere. 25c.
Thcdiord’s
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OFFERED AS SVM
”- AFGHAN LIFTS VEIL
Purely Vegetable c . 44a ggi
liilOliilPt
FOR SALE : In Dahlonega, on main
residential street, three acres with
frontage of 210 feet on l’ark Strectand
about 600 feet on side street. Will
sell in olio piece or divide into lots.
CaPT. W. A. HEY DEN,
Box K, Dahlonega.
G. H. McGUIRE
DAHLONEGA. GA.
Repairs watch?.,, clocks, pianos, or-
ans, sewing machines, Jewelry, Ac.,.
Next to Burns’ Barber Shop.
[LOOK HORE.
A nood lino of low cut Shoes
and a lot of nice Dress Goods. Al
so Ladies Hats. just received at
J. H. McKEES
Burtahoro, Ga.
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r REUSING CLUB.
Wo have enstaUed a Dry
gleaning Machine and are
ftblo to giye you first class work.
Ror Dry Cleaning 85c.
Scrubbed and pressed (>0c.
Hats blocked and cleaned
65 cents.
Mail ordet'3 given special atten
tion
A BEE & JOHNSON.
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iMutual Condolence
They had not been married very
!}ong and tlie young bride was dusting
Jior presents. She stopped suddenly
at a pair of silver frames.
; "I don’t think it was kind of Mr.
ftrlggs to send us a present, Jack,”
'site said. “We scarcely knew him."
i Her husband tossed aside the eve
ning paper and drained his unsugared
Yoffee at a gulp.
f “Oil, well," he murmured, "I sent j
him a wreath when Ills wift*»died. I
suppose lie remembered I thought of j
him In Ids time of trouble, and de- l
elded he'd think of me in mine."
Would Use It to Preserve
Colonial History.
Elizabeth, N. J.—One of tho oldest
homesteads in New Jersey Is the
stanch I lot Held house, built on the
hanks of tho Elizabeth river at the
foot of Pearl street hero before Co
lonial times. Sold recently h.V a de
scendant of its second owner villi the
provision Hint the house, rich in leg
end and tiie homo of nine generations,
ho preserved, it Ims been offered ns
a Colonial shrine or headquarters to
the historical and patriotic societies
of lids city by Mason Kirkland, the
present owner.
Miss Emily Iletfleld, of the ninth
generation of 1 ho Revolutionary fam
ily, will contribute to the shrine from
her store of Colonial furniture, pic
tures, legal documents and other rel
ics. A wealth of historic material re
mained In t he house from the days
before the Revolution until 20 years
ago, when Miss Iletfleld and her moth
er moved to a more modern home.
Built by Skipper.
The house was built in 1CG0-7 by
Abraham Lubberson, skipper of a Hud
son river fleet and a resident of- New
Amsterdam. - After a few years he
sold the property to Matthias Hatfield,
who had come Jo Elizabeth from New
Haven, Conn., although originally the
family lived in Hatfield, England,
whence was derived the name.
The change of the second letter in
tlie name from "a" to “e” occurred
during tlie early days of tlie Revolu
tion. Many houses were divided
against themselves in those times an*
tlie Hatfields were not an exception.
Several members of tlie family chose
to remain loyal to tlie Crown and left
tlie homestead to join tlie British col
ony oil Staten island. The others,
conceived tlie idea of changing the
spelling of tlie name to sever kinship
with tlie royalists. The revised ver
sion hns been retained by all succeed
ing generations.
Tradition tells of exciting doings
nt the house in the days when the
Republic was in the making. Many
of these are confirmed by tlie papers
and parchments that Miss Iletfleld re
tains.
Secret Tunnel.
One chapter in tlie historical lore
transmitted tells of the secret tunnel.
This chapter is sufficiently clear to
enable Miss Iletfleld to say that the
tunnel once existed, although its lo
cation Is unknown. Whether It lias
been entirely filled up, or whether
only Its entrances have been sealed
by time or b.v intent is not known.
The legend says' that it led from tlie
house to tlie water’s edge in tlie river.
Among the objects in tlie house
were glass platters from which five
‘'generations” of wedding cake have
been served; a Hessian cannon ball
Jive inches in diameter, but of great
weight; sconces, elaborate in gill
about the Jingo, round mirrors; a tom
ahawk left on tlie homestead by a
marauding Indian .and pictures made
by processes no longer known.
TO PEER AT WORLD
King’s Tour Breaks Down
Wall of Isolation.
Washington.—The visit to Europe of
Amanullah Khan, king of Afghanistan,
end his unveiled wife and daughter
marks an additional step in the break
ing down of tlie wall of isolation that
surrounded this Asiatic country until a
few years ago.
Until after the World war, tlie Na
tional Geographic society says, Afghan
istan neither sent nor received repre
sentatives, and only one or two per
rons of importance ever traveled
farther from tlie country than Mecca
or Constantinople. Foreigners are not
yet accepted freely in Afghanistan, but
it lias received since 3022 legations
from Great Britain, France, Italy, Ger
many, Russia, Turkey and Persia.
Isolated by Nature.
It has been easy to maintain tlie
separateness of Afghanistan because
of the barriers of sand and mountains
which nature erected. A backbone of
high mountains, a continuation of tlie
Ilindu-Kush range, extends oast and
west through the country, with lower
but extremely rugged offshoots to tlie
north and south. In the soutli and
southwest are deserts.
Tiie main doorway to Afghanistan
is tlie famous Khyber pass, which
leads from near Peshawar, India, to
Kabul, (lie Afghanistan capital. This
passageway still is jealously guarded.
It is always closed from sunset to sun
rise, and in daylight is open only on
Tuesdays and Fridays. The defile is
so narrow that two-way traffic is im
possible ; the way is open for out
bound caravans in tlio morning and
for inbound caravans in tlie afternoon.
As many as 320,000 loaded animals—
camels, mules, horses and occasionally
elephants—move through the pass an
nually.
Guard Country Closely.
Agents of tlie king scrutinize most
closely all who come and go with these
caravans. Over tlie Khyber pass, in
stone watch towers and bidden, rocky
nooks, sharp-eyed Afghans stand
guard. They are provided with field
glasses\ond rifles. Military expeditions
against lhose hardy highlanders al
ways faro ill, ns both Great Britain
and Russia have found.
The 0,000,000 or 7,000,000 people in
habiting Afghanistan are predominant
ly Mohammedans of the Suni or ortho
dox -faith. Now that Turkey is unim
portant in the councils of Islam, the
king of Afghanistan, as one of the few
heads of important Mohammedan coun
tries, Is a power in the Islamic world.
The women of tlie upper classes are
kept in close seclusion and are more
closely veiled than the women of most
Moslem lands. Tlie father of tlie pres
ent king had a harem of more than
300 women, but Amanullah Khan has
only one wife and fifty automobiles.
Until 3022 Afghanistan was an un
limited monarchy, tlie ruler being
known as tlie amir. In that year tlie
amir changed the government to a
constitutional monarchy and adopted
tlie title of king.
Scottish * Capital Has
Long Boat Royal City
Edinburgh is rightly proud of its
long history, but it would lie difficult
to say exactly when Hint history be
gan. The castle loci; doubtless com
mended ii elf as a desirable defensive
position to tiie early Britons, and one
may ruler upon a wide field of con
jecture as to why they gave it Its first
name of Mynyd Agned; signifying the
"painted mound,” in what must have
been a dim md misty past even to the
Gaels, who later Christened it Dune
din.
'flie oldest form of its present name
was Edwineshnrgli, us it is recorded
In the foundation charter of Ilotyrood
in 1128, and authentic history prior to
that date Is lacking, according to a
Wilier in tli > Weekly Scotsman, Ac
cording to Simeon of Durham tlie
buildings on the hill in the Ninth cen
tury, apart from the castle, consti
tuted only a Small village; and it was
not till 1()!i;t when, on (lie dentil of
Malcolm (.’enamor, it became tlie place
of refuge of Queen Margaret that
Edinburgh emerged from obscurity.
In succeeding centuries its-strategic
position and its royal associations in
(Tensed iis importance, and David I
referred to i! as "men hurgo de Ed-
wlncsburgli," Imt it was in l.’S’Jti that
it was formally constituted a royal
burgh by a charter of Robert tlie
Bruce.
Woman’s Beauty Seen
as Great Influence
It Is woman’s business to lie beau
tiful. iter outward beauty Is tlie to
ken and symbol of all that makes life
worth living; and, if her inner self
should belie tier exterior, she fills men
with cynicism, renders them fierce nnd
brutal and drives them to despair.
The beauty of woman is a tremen
dously powerful Influence, and, like
all great forces, it may serve base or
noble purpose?. The mischief is that
tills great influence is given to young
•women at an age when thoy cannot
Understand its power arr.1 gravity of
tlie responsibility that goes with it.
Woman in general will always ex
pose as much of herself as (lie taste
of men will permit her to do. There
is no harm In this. But beware lest
.you make yourself a martyr in Hie
sacred cause of woman’s freedom. . . .
Immodesty consists in going a little
beyond tlie custom. If it is customary
to expose three Inches do not expose
six. If it is customary to expose yo.ir
shoulder blades do not expose the
small of your back.—From “Character
and Hie Conduct of Life," by Prof,
William McDougalt.
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Elastic Arbor Day
! Tlie American Tree association says
|that the law in New York state is
j very elastic in respect to Arbor day j
jfiinl permits of naming tlie date see- :
tionnlly so as to take full advantage |
(of climatic conditions In different
parts of the state. Hence there are
three Arbor days In New York—one
ifor Long Island, one for "Upstate”
(and one for northern counties. As n
yule, Hie Inst Friday in April and tiie
J first two Fridays in May are tlie dates
(Selected. California observes March
(7, Hie birthday of Lullier Burbank.
Wn:.’t Becomes cf Radio
Waves? Go on Forever?
New York.—Wireless messages sent
out from the beam transmitting sta-
.tion at Dorchester are picked up in
New York ono-sixteentli of a second
later. What becomes ot these mes
sages?
Ail official of tlu; Marconi Wireless
Telegraph company, questioned on this
point, said :
“These messages are never lost. So
far as we can say at tlie moment
they may go on forever, of course get
ting fainter and fainter as tho time
goes by. We have actually trapped a
message which we have sent out on
its third circuit around tlie world.
“If wireless continues to develop at
Its present rate It i« not too much to
say that 160 years lienee people will
he able to pick up messages we are
transmitting today. Imagine what I
•that means. Iteal voices from Hie]
grave of many famous men who in tlie
ordinary course of nature cannot ex
pect to lie alive 160 or even .',0 years
from now.
“Their voices are still wandering in
the ether waiting to lie picked up by
a sufficiently sensitive Instrument."
^fJJL Malicious Justice
^Certes, 1 have often been vexed to
see Judges impudently making use o(
fraud and false hopes of pardon and
jfavor to cozen a poor criminal into a
confession of Hie fact alleged against
him. It would become justice, mid
ipi-ito himself, who countenances thD
manner of proceeding, to furnish mo
with other moans more worthy of my
approbation; this is a malicious jus
ticc. mid I loot; upon it ns no less
violated by itself than by others.—
■Montaigne.
Real Helpmate
Sydney, N. S.—Mrs. Hugh McKay
Is a real dielpmnte to her husband,
the county fatter. Three prisoners
Hen Lays 303 Eggs
in Year, Gets Rest
Orono, Maine.—A plain Rhode Island
red hen without a name—but with
something better, a total production
of 303 eggs a year—lias disrupted
all Maine egg-laying records.
“C-253" is tlie number on tier alu
minum gaiter, and 'she lives in tlie
poultry houses of the University of
Maine. She might have done even
bettor, tlie specialists nt tlie college
say, but they decided that she had
earned a rest and a change of feed.
■By (further breeding it is hoped that
among tier daughters nnd granddaugh
ters there will be descendants who
will exceed her record.
The college-bred biddle comes from
blue-blooded ancestry on both sides
of her family. She was hatched in
3026. In September of that year she
laid 2" eggs, chalked up a “possible”
in' October with 33, then struck a
steady gait of 22 to 20 eggs a month.
Cold Light
When the current of a Ruhmkorf
Induction coil is passed through a
glass lulie in a vacuum the tube
glows with a brilliant light. This is
Hie light of the future. Hitherto it
has not been possible to produce light
without producing heat. But recently
an improved form of tlie Geissler tube
lias been produced which Im-s. It is
claimed, overcome this difficulty. Tlie
light of the future will glow through
long transparent tubes of all sizes and
calibers, able to take the most varied
directions and to run horizontally,
vertically or obliquely, forming stars,
rosettes, spirals, arabesques, etc.
Tlie tubes radiate a diffused glow
from end to end. Tho effect is a splen
did. intense lunar light.
overpowered on m
escaping when Mi
them witli a pistol.
sistnpt and were
!. McKay stopped
Lct3 Most t>£ ’Em Oui
London. If Sir John Ervine, dis'in
guished English druumtist, hud hi
way, he says, he would permit no worn
an under forty years to enter a then
ter.
D;;rf Fades the Shy
The sky is losing' its blue color in
mine purls ot (lie world, according to
Sir Napier 8km,v, an English meteor
ologist, due, he believes, to the pres
ence of chemical or moLiure particles
forming as a result of some volcanic
eruption. There is a marked effect
on the climate in some areas, lm de
clines. In 1632, til.- weather was un-
i usually cold and rainy in many see-
| lions, and an eruption of .Mount Kat-
j m i was accompanied by an average'
; fall of I empc-ra! lire ot ilnvo ipie.i; ors
J of a degree. In lik);! and It)!)I, shut
I tar changes occurred with Hie appear-
i auce cl a whitish sky. —Popular Me-
Uorticuliure Important
The products of American horti
culture, including fruits, nuts and
vegetables, but exclusive of orna
mentals, have an annual valuation of
approximately $2,000,060,006. All fruits
are valued at 8700,000,000, nuts 830,-
000,600, and all vegetables, Including
home gardens, 81,270,000.000. The to
tal farm value of all agricultural
crops of the country, except timber,
may during favorable years reach
812,000,000,000. Thus it appears (Imt
the value of horticultural crops is
about one-sixth of the total value of
all farm crops.
Never Completely Frozen
None <<f tlie live Great lakes ever
freeze over completely, although ex
tensive shallow regions along the
shores are frequently covered with ice
Sometimes the ice extends for many
miles toward the interior of tho lakes.
Navigation on tlie lakes, according to
lhi: Lulled Stales geological survey,
is stopped fm three or four months
each winter because of ice in and near
the Inn hors, at the ends of the lakes,
and in ihe channels connecting them
Pathfinder Magazine.
Basis of Happiness
Happiness Is a state of mind at
tained h.v thoughts that are radiated
from within rather than experiences
that collie from without. Real hap
pines? therefore is based primarily
upon service mid sacrifice.—Grit,
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p Xi
$1.50* Ter Annua „
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W. B. TOWNSEND, Editor and Pro
ASK SCIENTISTS TO
FIX STATE BOUNDARY
Maryland and Virginia See!:
True Lino of Potomac.
Washington.—Instead of following
Hie usual course of employing lawyers,
Maryland and Virginia have called in
scientists to end their 200-year-old
boundary dispute.
The boundary is described by law
ns tlie southern bank of tlie Potomac
river from Harper’s Ferry to its mouth
at Smith's Point "without following
indentations, bays, creeks, inlets or
affluent rivers." At such points it
follows a straight line, from low-water
mark at the other.
That description was accepted In
1S77, when the last of a'series of com
pacts, the first of which was drawn
up in 1608, was ratified by tho state
legislatures and congress. Its legality
is not in dispute. Tlie question is,
What does- it mean?
Resulted in Controversy.
Inability to produce n ^satisfactory
answer lias resulted on some violence
mid much controversy for the last -50
years. Jurisdiction over rich oyster
beds and line hunting grounds is in
volved.
Some months ago the problem
reached a crisis. Interpretation of
tlie legal description of the boundary
was (lie problem set before tlie offi
cial geologists of tlie two states, Dr.
Edward B. Mathews of Johns Hopkins
university nnd Prof. Wilbur A. Nelson
of tlie University of Virginia. They
are now putting the finishing touches
on their work, with tlie expectation
of providing a scientifically exact
definition which will leave no ground
for further controversy.
To reach their conclusions they
have had to determine by personal in
spection Hie true course of tlie Poto
mac and Hie exact location of head
lands, and to find out who drafted
Hie 3877 compact by such loosely used
words as “bay,” which ordinarily
means a body of water abutting on
Hie ocean.
bluet Go Back to 1877.
At some points, where headlands
and other parts of the bank have
been built out with sediment or
washed hack since 3S77, they have
had to determine just where Hie low
water marl; was 50 years ago by in
vestigating tlie ground nnd comparing
old nnd new const and geodetic sur
vey maps.
Legally, of course, no land or water
Is being taken from either state, but
acceptance of the scientific interpre
tation of Hie boundary will bring sev
eral changes in the commonly cir
culated maps which will he in tlie na
ture of corrections. All, however,
will lie of slight extent, the geologists
assert.
Formality in Order
With Supreme Coml
The man who is Interested in little
oddities desired to know exactly wlmt
tlie crier uttered In announcing tiie
opening of each session of tlie United
States Supreme court In Washington.
I-’roni the clerk of tlie court, lie re
celved the following;
“As Hie justices enter (the court
room the crier raps with his gavel
and utters I lie words, ‘The honorable
the chief justice and tlie associate
justices of tlie Supreme court of the
United States.’ 1
“When Hie Justices are standing be
fore their chairs, lie says: ‘Oyezl
Oyez! Oyez! All persons having
business before the honorable the
Supreme court of the United States
arc admonished to draw near and give
their attention, for tlie court is now
silting. Goil save the United States
and this honorable court.’
“At 4:30 tlie crier says: “Tlie hon
orable court Is now adjourned until
tomorrow at 32 o’clock noon (or what
ever day the court designates as tlie
next court day'),”
Famous Old Vane
The grasshopper on l-’aneuil hall in
Boston is made of sheet copper, which
was hammered by hand by Deacon
Sliem Drowno in 1742. The grass
hopper was thrown to tlie ground in
tlie autumn of 175,5 as the result of
an earthquake. One leg was broken,
which was supplied by Drowne’s son.
It passed through the fire of 1701 with
but little damage, but again fell in
March. 1880, on the anniversary of
Hie evacuation of the city. It was re
moved several times for repairs,
which was supplied first by E. Vinal
in 1852, when il was stuffed with
coins and papers, which came to
-light during the repairs of 1830,
when Enml; A. Wort lily supplied new
eyes, horns and’ two new feet. Il
was removed again In ISOS, during
the rebuilding. A3 tills time it was
repaired and replaced.- In tho follow
ing year it ’was I’egild: d.
Mrs. Cox Quite Well
Now And Pleased
With Cardui.
Mrs. W7~lT Cox, 120
Church Street, Chester, S.
C., says:
“I suffered awfully . s . .
I would have n torrlblo
pain, nt times; I could
hardly stand it. I slept
badly; my rest was dis
turbed and I seemed to get
littlo benefit from it.
“I read about Cardui in
tho papers and thought it
might bo a good thing to
try, so I began taking It.
I was so pleased with tho
way I improved that I kept
on taking it until I felt
quito well. Cardui helped
mo so much and so many
people have remarked a-
bout my improvement.”
Cardui has been used
and recommended by thou-
ands of other women, for
over 45 years. Try it.
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A Vegetable Tonic c . 44
rl'ORTA RICAN
Potato plants $2 25 per thousand
delivered by Parcel Pose.
N. D, Jackson,
Alina, Ga.
WANTED.
Ambitious, industrious white per
son to introduce anil supply the |dc-
nianil for Rtiwleigli Household Pro
ducts. Good openings for you. Make
salesof $150 to $600 n month or more
Hawleigh Methods got lmsines every
where. Koseliing experieeone need
ed. We supply ,Sales and Advcrtised-
Literaturo and Service Methods,ving
cry thing you need. Profits increase
every month. Low prices ; good val
ues ; complete service. W. T. Itaiv-
leigh Co., Dept. (J. A 2863, Memphis,
Tenn.
Dal lonegd k Atlanta lias Line.
Leave Dahlonega k 7 :30 A. M.
Leave Dahlonega 4 1’. M.
ltKTUKN.
Leavo Atlanta 7 :30 A. M.
Leave Atlanta 8 P. M.
Best cars. Careful Drivers
PRINCETON HOTEL
Bus Station 17 North Forsyth Sit.
Dee
E R E I) JO N:ILS,
Dahlonega.
Sine Leeds dciiool
of 7,000 in Grades
Seattle, Wash.—Returning to school
at fifty, Mrs. Anna A. Lesh led the en
tire enrollment of 7,000 students nt
tlh) state university In scholarship
during tlie academic quarter just fin
ished.
Sirs. Lesh, widow of a former state
senator, created what Is believed to
be a record here by drawing down 20
hours of “A,” a feat regarded by
school authorities as nothing short of
phenomenal. She was regularly en
rolled In six hours of advanced Eng
lish, five hours of Latin civilization
and five hours of medieval history.
Ten additional hours of “A" were re
ceived by taking special examinations
in music.
Mrs. I.csli has no plan in mind
after graduation but entered tho uni
versity in search of new interests,
upon the death of her husband.
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France to Insure Half
of Nation by New Law
Paris.—France undertakes tlie
world’s (largest insurance by (lie
.chamber’s adoption of social in
surance affecting half tlie
French population. The meas
ure, which the senate has al
ready adopted and which lias
been in parliament for seven
years, makes obligatory the col
lection of 10 per cent of wages
and salaries, half from the
workers and half from H*» em
ployers, totaling 8200,000,000 an
nually. From tills death and
disability benefits old age pen
sions and general medical serv
ices will be paid. Tlie law will
lie made effective gradually and
will operate fully when the re
serve reaches $4,000,000,000.
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