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Good Advertising Medium* Devoted to Lra.l, MiniirJ and Qaneral Information. Vol 40—No. 13 D AH LON KG A, G \ , FRIDAY MAY 4. r 9 2 8. HOUSE BUILT IU }BQh ci ■ m ci m ®s m m m m m m m 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 rimi 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. r" 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. ** i 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. i ' 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, >■2'*'"- i'.DI p Xi $1.50* Ter Annua „ ' 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. YV*. # 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. ;■ -;e -x- -k- -x- -x- -x- x- -x- -x--j:- -x- 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. :4