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THE RIDGE.
We didn’t come around last week.
Didn’t go anywhere to learn any
thing. We live in the hack woods
and don’t see anyone hut the doctor
and the man who begs money fur
the preacher. But ’scuse us, we
forgot. We mustn’t say anything
about the preachers, for fear some
one else might fly the track and
break a cog like that fellow did at
Carter Hill in your last issue. We
have sized him up all O. K. He
is a Wood-en man and we are a
Honeycutt-on man.
In speaking of the near-beer “re
sort” just outside tin* city limits of
Winder, some of the best, citizens
in our settlement say it is a nuisance
to Jackson county and a disgrace
to the public highway from .Jeffer
son to Winder. Get after ’em.
Genial Jack Seymour, of Winder,
spent a part of last week in our
vicinity and informed us that he
had cotton in Winder hip high and
he had plowed it only once —going
to make two plowings do it. Jack
farms like they did ’fo’ de war.
Mrs. Woodie Lowe and Mrs.
Rob Rolx'rts, of Statham, spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
Sam Wall and family.
Mrs. Dollie Williams and Mose
Rutledge visited J. R. Doster last
Sunday.
C. N. Whitehead is talking of
purchasing an auto, and if he does,
we want to borrow it.
The old adage is to “make hay
while the sun shines,’’ but Henry
Fleeman has been making it by
moonshine.
We are sorry to chronicle the
news that Mr. A. M. Flanigan is no
letter at this writing and will start
for Hot Springs in a few days. We
hope the trip will restore to him
his health.
Frank Doster had a date with a
beautiful little lady to accompany
her home from church, hut when
he asked her if she was ready to go
she smiled and said, “Oh, pshaw.”
Nuff Sed.
RUSSELL
Mr. Jim Statham has returned to
make Russell his home.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wright, of
near Statham, visited the former’s
father here Sunday.
Misses Kathleen and Jessie Moore
have returned to their home at
Madison, Ga-, after an extended
visit to their uncle, J. W. Moore.
Miss Odessa Moore is visiting
relatives in Madison.
Mrs. Plebger and Mrs. Desma
Treadwell, of Winder, were guests
of Mrs. Will Smith Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moore and
a few friends will leave soon for a
camping trip in the mountains.
Mrs- Minnie Bell and little James,
are visiting friends in Athens this
week.
Mrs. Rollins, of Marietta, and
Miss Mary Russell, of Winder,
were guests of Mrs. R. B, Russell
Monday.
• Miss Lillian Moore left Monday
for lloschton, where she will teach
school.
Miss Ina Russell is visiting friends
in Marietta this week.
TYRO.
Crops are growing nicely and
melons are looking fine though gar
dens and some crops are needing
rain.
D. 8. Niehelson an 1 two daugh
ters, Vinnie and Bertha, visited in
this hurg Sunday.
Mr. Wylie Roberts says it is time
to lay-by his crop and he has begun
it.
An informal ice cream supper
was given at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. O’Shields last Saturday
night in celebration of the birthday
of Annie Lou O’Shields, seven years
and Lois Eley, nine years. Those
present were little Joe Eley, Clyde
Thompson, Ernest Siins, Paul Eley ,
Latrella Thompson, I/)is Eley,Pearl
Eley, Johnny Lou Thompson, Blu
ford Sims, Bertha Nickelson, Mr.
and Mrs. Will Sims, Mr. Joe Eley.
A lovdy time it was and enjoyed
by all. May the two little ladies
live long and give us sueh a feast
on each birthday. Tyrant.
PLEASANT HILL
R< v. R. S. McGarity preached a
wry interesting sermon to a large
congregation at this place Sunday.
Several young people of this
place attended Sunday school at
Paradise Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Louis Grizzle and Miss Vera
Mobley were happily united in
marriage last Sunday morning.
We wish the young couple a long,
prosperous and happy life.
We noticed quite a number from
Pentecost in attendance at preach
ing here Sunday.
Our Sunday school is in a
flourishing condition and progress
ing nicely. Every one in this com
munity should avail himself of this
opportunity to meet with his neigh
bors and study the Word of God.
Next Sunday Afternoon
Will he spent ple-antly if you will
only get some of those handsome
Porch Rockers at W. T. Robinson’s.
OAK GROVE.
Prof J. B. Vaughan will open
school at Oak Grove next Monday.
Sunday school at this place is
held in the afternoon. Everybody
cordially invited.
Mr. Lyle Patrick was in Winder
on business Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. M innie Jones is on the sick
list this week. Your correspondent
joins her numerous friends in wish
ing her a speedy recovery.
Country life is not altogether a
hum-drum existence composed of
hard labor and poor pay, but there
are many joys scattered in between,
and fish fries are not the least of
these. Two such feasts were held
here last week.
Mr. Omer Patrick visited home
folks Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. William Prickett gave the
young folks an ice cream supper
Saturday night which was greatly
enjoyed.
Hello, here, what was the matter
with The Ridge correspondent last
week? Has he, too, fell into the
hands of the women of south Geor
gia? Gee Whiz.
PRAISE EOR WINDER FIRM.
The firm of Flanigan and Flan
agan is a live one.
Thev spent two and a half weeks
in Gainesville. While here they
sold automobiles and pianos—the
aggregation of their sales to Gaines
ville people amounting to abut
SIO,OOO.
In that time they sold a carload
of pianos —after other transient
salesmen had worked the territory
and left. Their sales of Stark
pianos amounted to $3,87').
They sold also six Maxwell auto
mobiles here —and made several
sales on little run-about trips to
neighboring towns besides. Two
big thirty-liorse-power ears were
sold for $1,900 apiece; two other
machines for 1,500 each; one lor
$825 and a.nothe for $635.
That was selling ’('in somewhat,
eh? —Gainesville Herald.
NOTICE,
An all-day celebration will he
given at Carter Hill,in August, and
the trustees of the school at that
place will grant the privilege to dis
pense soft drinks to the highest
bidder. Bids for said privilege will
l>e opened July 81. Send sealed
bids to S- T. Maughon, Bethlehem,
Ga.
, Brief News.
Judge W. W. Stark, of Com
merce, will hold August term of
Clarke c ity court •
Thirty-three divorce verdicts were
granted in Atlanta last Monday and
Tuesday in Jubge W. D. Ellis’s
division of the superior court.
W. F. Mcßee, of Americas, Ga.,
assistant superintendant of the
Bagiey-Ray Orchard campany, was
waylaid and murdered Tuesday
night. Henry Patterson, a negro
employe, is charged with the crime.
A vote on the Payne tariff bill
is expected in the Cnited States
senate this afternoon. When pass
ed the measure will be at once
rushed to the house of representa
tives and the end of the extra ses
sion of cor gross is said to be in sight.
A novel romance was revealed by
the tiling of a marriage license in
the office of the registrar at Wilkes
barre, Pa. It shows that on Thurs
day last, Lyman Dear, of Piitston,
married his mother-in-law, Mrs
Edith Hafner, of the same place.
A Nashville man*has sent his
check for SIOO to the heirs of Dr.
R. Howell, of Thoinaston, Ga. Fif
ty years ago he picked up a five
dollar Hill on the floor of the store
of Dr. Howell. He returns it now
with interest. Of course one of the
heirs lives ill Atlanta.
Heavy rains fell in Missouri Mon
day night and Tuesday, and great
damage was done to some sections
by! he floods. Pattonsburg, a town
of 1,500, was ten feet in water and
themaroond citizens had to be res
cued in row boats. Topeka experi
enced her first flood of the season
and other cities in that section of
the state report great damage to
crops and other property. No deaths
have been reported.
Governor Joseph M. Brown Tues
day submitted to both houses of the
general assembly a message calling
attention to the depleted condition
of the treasury. With his message
was transmitted a statement from
State Treasurer J. Pope Brown
showing that there is only $41,-
726.25 in the treasury available for
general purposes —only about half
enough to pay the expenses of the
legislative session.
The special joint committee of
the house and senate appointed to
investigate the charges preferred by
ex-Governor Smith against Chair
man S. G. McLendon, of the rail
road commission, and also the facts
relative to the much-discussed
tiansaction in Athens street railway
bonds, which was not mentioned in
the ex-governor’s farewell message,
will meet in open session at the
capital this afternoon for the pur
pose of taking testimony.
Earnest Bazelle, a nine-year-old
negro boy of Atlanta, walked into
the shooting gallery of Thomas Gil
bert, on Peters street, picked up a
rifle, loaded for target practice, tur
ned toward the street and fired
through the window at another small
negro hoy, wounding him in the
thigh. The boy*is then said to have
put the rifle down with the same
deliberation with which he picked it
up, and walked out. The other boy
was'named George Armstrong, and
he was taken to the Grady hospital.
A letter purporting to come from
Will Myers, the seventeen-year-old
hoy who was found guilty of an
atrocious murder in Atlanta a few
years ago and later made his escape
from the Fulton county jail after
having been sentenced to death, was
publisned in the Sunday’s Constitu
tion. Willie claims to be innocent
of the dred and is anxious for a
pardon- Too bad that Myers plays
in such hard luck. The time for
dishing out pardons has just closed.
aW. L. Young.
LUMBELR.
YOU IvYOAV HIM.
Warehouse on Candler Street.
BOUND OVER.
H. V. McElhannoi Charged With
iMisapproniating Funds.
Yesterday before United States
Commissioner Cornett, Mr. H. V.
McElhannon, of Jefferson, was
tried on the charge of misappropiat
ing funds of the government. The
substance of the charges prefered
against Mr. McElhannon was that
he had received money from parties
living along the R. F- D. route, of
which he was a carrier, for money
orders to be mailed for goods, but
in a number of cases, the orders
were hot purchased and that the
money given to him was misappro
priated.
After hearing the evidence in the
case, the commissioner bound him
over to the federal 'court in the
sum of three hundred dollars. The
bond was given and Mr- McElhan
non returned to his home yesterday.
—Athens Banner.
STRIKES IT LUCKY.
Some people are born rich while
others go through life with good
fortune ever knocking at their doors.
Just when a good season has come
to gladden the hearts of the farm
ers and make their crops grow
Joe Saul has placed his entire stock
upon the bargain counter and in
augurated a gigantic clearance sale
for Friday and Saturday, selling
goods at and below invoiced cost
to make room for new shipments
before leaving for the Eastern mar
kets. Lucky for Joe, lucky for the
purchaser. Read his little ad. f* und
elsewhere. Watch the store of J. L-
Saul Friday and Saturday and see
for yourself whether the people of
this section have learned to read
and think for themselves before
paying any old price for any old
goods. ~
PICNIC AT PARK’S MILL.
A party of young people left
Winder last Friday for Park’s Mill,
about six miles from this place,
where they spent a pleasant day.
In the party *were Misses Annie
Thomas, Leila O’Neal, Emma
Moore, Lona Segars, Memphis
Smith, Lallie Harris, Messrs. Sum
ner Suddath, (). H. Cook, Hersch el
Hill, Jim Kesler and Lee Oliver-
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The Lady and the Cobra.
An Englishwoman residing in India
one evening found to her horror that a
huge cobra had coiled itself about her
veranda rails, near which she sat play
ing the violin. She was too near the
snake to run with safety, so she con
tinued playing while she gradually
edged away. At tirst her only idea
was to keep the creature thus engaged
while she escaped, but wbqp she had
gained a safer distau e and perhaps
fq* yited by the unwonted sight a
str to inspiration seized her. She
pla> ed air after air of different charac
ters.
The effect was magical. That snake
behaved like an ardent, hot blooded
disciple of Paganini. Every variation
in the music, whether of volume or of
tone, produced instantly a correspond
ing change in the attitude of the cobra.
If she played a lively dance it swayed
its body sideways in quick time and
yet in graceful curves. Once she struck
a number of false notes in rapid suc
cession on purpose. The cobra winced
and writhed in pain, as if suddenly
struck with a whip.
Thus the creature behaved like a
mad musician till the lady, getting
tired of the sport, gradually moved
herself farther and farther and then
made a sudden bolt into her room and
banged the door, leaving the cobra to
wander disconsolate to Its lair In the
fields.—London Chronicle.
GROSS INGRATITUDE.
Cannon City, Colo., —The lives
of more than two hundred persons
on a west bound Rio Grande train'
were saved by an unknown tramp
who was left unrewarded.
The train had just passed Swal
lows, a little station two miles east
of Cannon City, and was going at a
forty miles an hour speed when it
was flagged. The tramp called the
engineer’s attention to a serious un
dermining of the tracks just below.
The roadbed was found to be in
a dangerous condition for two miles
The passengers walked along for
that distance while the train felt
way along and got past the danger
spot. In the excitement the hero
was forgotten.
THE NEW DISEASE.
A new and strange disease has
made its appearance at Nashville,
Tehn., which thus far has baffled
the skill of the local physicians.
It is known as pellagra, and is a
kind of skin eruption. There are
now sixteen cases of the disease at
the Baptist Orphanage there, and
one death has already resulted
among the children. The govern
ment has recently found one thous
and cases of pellagra in the south.
Dr. Lavender, the government ex
pert, has been asked to visit Nash
ville and investigate the disease.
It has been said that this disease is
caused by the eating of corn bread
which was ground into meal before
the grain was well matured. This
may be a correct diagnosis, yet
corn bread has been with us always
and the disease is practically anew
comer. We have a suspicion that
the malady may have been in
troduced into America by mingling
with the inhabitants of our foreign
possessions.
NOT IN UNITED STATES.
El Paso, Tex., July 8. —News
was received here yesterday that tWb
supreme court of the state of San
Luis Potosi, Mexico, has confirmed
the death sentence of Dario Gon
zales, millionaire, who was convict
ed of the murder of his brother-in
law, Manuel Iturre, the wealthy son
of an American. In addition to
confirming the death penalty, the
court has issued a decree •requiring
Gonzales to pay to the widow of the
man he murdered the sum of S2OO,
000. The prominence, popularity
and wealth of Gonzales was relied
upon to secure for him a lighted
sentence.
Identifies body And Committs Suicide.
Louisville, Ky.—Responding to a
notice that the body of his wife,
, who, it is believed, committed sui
cide two- or three days ago, had
been taken from the river, Waiter
J- Honaker, member of a prominent
firm of retail shoe dealers, met the
body at an undertaking establish
ment, and, after identifying it*
committed suicide.
Bluefield, W. Va. —While view
ing the crossing dt Matewan, where
a man was killed by a Norfolk and
Western train,three men were struck
by a locomotive tonight. One was
instantly killed, another fatally in
jured and a third slightly hurt.
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Just Arrived
Some of the prettiest Bedroom Suits
you ever looked at. Cheap at W.
T. Robinson’s. x