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TYRO.
The vagrancy law of the state of
Georgia is the one most violated
without hinderance by the people
whose business it is to prosecute
violators. We people on the farms
are needing this lalxir, and are will
ing to pay all that this lalx>r is
worth. These parties lie around
town, mid-winter or summer, run
errands (as few as possible) to get a
few niekles to spend in the day, at and
at night catch, as they can, a few
crumbs that should go to the pig in
the pen. Thus, by stealth, they
lead useless lives. Run them out,
boys. Move them on 'down the
line. By so doing you will stop so
much gambling, and after awhile
avoid a small Atlanta riot, and you
are removing a had influence from
your boys.
We may teach one theory, we may
preach one theory, or we may prac
tice still another theory, and in so
doing we lose our influence because
we are not consistent. T say,
“Tommie, you must not tell a lie;
you must always speak the truth,
that people may have confidence in
you.” But every day in the year
Tommie catches me prevaricating.
Teach a much more lasting lesson
than the mere telling of him to be
truthful.
Are we consistent? I fear not.
The class leader, the steward, the
preacher and men higher up are
continually preaching and teaching
us to labor six days and rest on the
seventh. They preach well. But
when we are worn out from labor
ing six days, visit a church on the
seventh, feeling in our hearts the
need of words that can come only
from one full of Christian love and
mercy; and, expecting this, go to
church, hear a sermon full of vitu
peration and abuse of all churches
except our own, but little of love or
mercy shown; in the wind up, a
collection, of course, with words
like these: “If you fail to eon
tiib ite your doom is sealed.” You
Tightwads, to your place will go,
leaving the lasting impression that
if you get to heaven you must pay
your way with niekles and dimes.
Then comes the quarterly meeting.
The business of the church is to he
attended to, and that on Sunday.
We have not the time to get to all
the churches on week days, so we
will work on Sundays. What would
you do with any other society that
did its business on Sunday?
My fields are yellow with the
golden grain or white with the
fleecy staple; Sunday is coming; a
storm is approaching. Must 1 let
the harvest go, or work on Sunday?
“No,” you say, “hire help and save
it 1 a*fore Sunday.” Why not hire
help in the case of quarterly meet
ing'? “Well,” you say, “we won’t
attend on week days.” lam sorry
it’s too true. Cut me out and put
one in that will attend, and let your
power Ih‘ known —not as a boss, hut
for tin 1 love and merey you have hu
mankind and your desire to do
them good. A few good, honest,
faithful men can accomplish more
than a host of cowards —lukewarm
members of the church. Then it’s
dangerous to get to le powerful.
The power might loose its proper
hearing; shoot off at a tanget and
go hell wards. Good-bye.
We heard one of the la st sermons
last Sunday at Ebenezer, by Rev-
Cunningham, on “Christian Pro
gress,” wo ever remcmlx*r to have
heard on this subject.
If such sermons continue the peo
ple will till the house, and Elxmezer
will prosper, for such sermons can
not lie resisted. The scholar will
conic for the learning; the critic
will come to criticise; the sport will,
too, lieeause the other sport will lx
there. The church member will
come to keep up with his neighbor
The Christian because it’s bis duty
and privilege. The devil will 1h
there, too, and you can guess foi
what to do. Tyrant.
THE AGILE ESKIMO.
Habit Enables Him to Scale Ice Clad
Heights With Ease.
“In all my experience I had never
encountered a rougher, more difficult
country in which to hunt than in
Ellesmere Land.” writes Harry Whit
ney in Outing. “Ordinarily I should
have believed these mountain sides,
with walls of smooth rock sheathed
with a crust of hard ice and snow,
quite unscalable.
“In places they were almost perpen
dicular. Rarely did they offer a crev
ice to serve as foot or hand hold, and
jutting points and firm set bowlders
were too widely scattered to be of
much help.
“in this liis native land tlie Eskimo
has a decided advantage over the
white hunter, ilis lifetime of experi
ence lias taught him to scale these
ice clad heights with a nimbleness and
ease that are astounding. He is quite
fearless, and even the mountain sheep
Is not his superior as a climber.
“As if by magic and with little ap
parent effort the two Eskimos flew up
the slippery walls, far outstripping
me. How they did it I shall never
know. Now and again I was forced
to cut steps in the ice or I should in
evitably have lost my footing and
been hurled downward several hun
dred feet to the rocks beneath.
“I was astonished even at my own
progress, and when I paused to glance
behind me I felt a momentary panic.
But there was no turning back, and
one look robbed me of any desire to
try it.
“The Eskimo has no conception of
distance. He is endowed with certain
artistic Instincts which enable him to
draw a fairly good map of a coast
line with which he is thoroughly fa
miliar, but he cannot tell you how far
it is from one point to another. Often
when Eskimos told me a place we were
bound for was very close at hand it
developed that we were far from it.
This they nre never sure of and can
not indicate.
“The Eskimos have a white man
'stung to death’ from every point of
itfw. They not only can go to sleep
promptly, but sleep soundly and well
as they travel when circumstances
permit. They get sustenance, too, by
eating hard frozen walrus and seal
meat or blubber. This I could never
do, for it Is so strong in flavor that It
invariably nauseated me, though I did
succeed very well with raw hare or
deer's moat when I had it.”
BLUNDERING REPORTERS.
Mistakes That Mangled the Speakers'
Words and Feelings.
“Drunkenness is folly!” earnestly ex
claimed Bishop Magee in the house of
lords on a celebrated occasion. How
horrified was the prelate to read in
the papers next morning that he had
given utterance to the very baccha
nalian sentiment, “Drunkenness is
jolly!”
Lord Salisbury was a master phrase
ranker, but one of his best points was
spoiled when a careless reporter turn
ed his reference to "manacles and
Manitoba” into the meaningless “man
acles and men at the bar.”
Sir William Ilarcourt was badly mis
quoted once, “tlreat, is Diana of the
Ephesians!” he exclaimed upon the
platform, but a country paper had it:
“(treat Dinah! What a farce is tills!”
Lack of knowledge of familiar quo
tations is a prolific source of misre
porting. For instance, a speaker once
made use of the well known lines
from Milton's “L'AUegro:”
But come, thou goddess, fair and free.
In heaven yclept Euphrosyne.
The country reporter deputed to
“take him down" was in despair. lie
could not make head or tail of this
mysterious utterance. Hut, following
the sound ns far as possible, he seized
his pen and produced the following
gem:
But come, thou goddess, fair and free,
In heaven she crept and froze tier knee.
The speaker was taken down in
more senses than one.—London An
swers.
Knew Where He Was.
“When l was studying in Boston,"
said a musician, "they used to tell a
tale about a man named Harper, an
odd old character, who played a trom
bone in one of the small theaters
there. One time they were rehearsing
anew overture. Throughout the piece
Harper was a little lie hi ml the rest of
the men. Before they started it a sec
ond time the loader reproved Harper
for not coming in more regularly with
the other players. When they attempt
ed it again Harper came in, as usual,
two or three beats behind time. The
leader stopped and, after letting loose
a lot of profanity, demanded to know
if the trombonist knew he was playing
about half a dozen notes behind the
ot tiers.
“Harper nodded. ‘That’s all right,’
said he. ‘I can catch up with the oth
ers any time 1 want to.' "—Philadel
phia Telegraph.
It is said that the crop of 1910
brides will be larger than ever de
spite the Tillman episode. —Lex-
ington Dispatch.
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: Ly an expert optician, and ground by the latest
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Broad St., - - Winder, Ga.
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A FAR SIGHTED MAN,
Knowing the uncertainties of the future and
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For reliable Insurance, life and fire, see
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Winder, Ga.
Offices over First National Bank.
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ATTORNKY AT LAW.
Winder, Ga.
Office over Smith & Carithers’
Bank Practice in State and U.
S. Courts.
W. H. QUARTERMAN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Winder, Ga.
Practice in all the courts
Commercial law a specialty.
ROBERT T. CAMP,
Attorney at Law,
Winder, Georgia.
Offices over First National Bank.
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Fillings, Bridge and Piate-work
done in most scientific and satis
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Offices on Broad St.
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DENTIST,
Winder - - - Georgia
Offices over Smith & Carithers
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Phone 81.
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Hoschton, Ga-
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night.
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BETHLEHEM, GA.
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Office Hours—7 to 9 am; 7 to
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Winder, Ga.
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