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RGKEY RIDGE.
The protracted services being
held in the Methodist church at
Bethlehem cloned Saturday night
after one of the most successful
met tings in years. Thirteen mem
bers were added to the church
Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Thompson,
of Winder, are visiting relatives
here.
Mis. It. 11. Whitehead spent the
week-end in Athens, the guest of
her .sister, Mrs. George 'Pucker.
Mrs. Callie House and son,Willie,
spent Sunday with C. L. Sims’
family in Bethlehem.
Miss Km one Adams spent Sun
day with Miss Ever McDonald.
Hardie Hosch attended services
at Russell Sunday.
Willie Hosch visited relatives
near Auburn last week-
Miss Eddie Perkins was the guest
Friday of Mr. and Mrs. J. H
Clack. Naona-
VIRGIL
We have a large Sunday school,
Kuperintened by J.P.Wilson, father
of Mrs. (- W. Henderson. He
is the right man in the right
place.
Virgil is on a boom. We have
anew school district, and arc go
ing to build anew school house and
have it completed by the lreginning
of the fall term. Land was donated
to build on by Me.-sers B. B. Niblack
and G. W- Hi nder, each giving one
acre. The selection is one of the
most beautiful in tin* county to
build on. We have one of the nest
literary school in the county, taught
by Prof. E. N Foster. Seventy
five scholars are enrolled and every
body is well pleased with the school.
The community wants someone to
teach vocal music at Virgil to begin
about the first of September. We
net and better singing.
'Ph.-re will lx 1 an all-day singing
here in the near future.
Crops are looking Pine in this
section where they have been culti
vated, cspecally cotton. There has
been more corn planted this year
than usual.£ Since the people have
heard of that terrible fellow, Pel*
legra, they have decided to quit eat
ing the western stuff and raise the
good old kind at home. S- S. S.
PARADISE.
Storms, clouds and rain arc es
sential, hut when they pass away
the blooms of the flowers seem more
beautiful and the songs of the birds
more sweet. Into each life rain
must fall —some days must be dark
and dreary. God in bis wisdom
designed that there should l>o night
as well as day —that there should
h ■ shadows as well as sunlight.
Did you ever listen to the song of
the lark as he crossed the rainbow,
inlaid with crimson and with gold,
and then did you not pause and
think as the soul drank in the mol
oly and the eyes rested upon
the overhanging beauty, that with
out the rainstorm and clouds that
preceded, such - a realization would
never have swept into your being.
Wonder if those talkative women
are behind The Ridge correspond
ent? We know they are wearisome,
but come on, “Nuff Sed.” We
are always glad to hoar from you.
Guess ye scribe will have to stop
writing if the people in this com
munity do not get a “hump” on
them.
Mrs. It. ('. ('lack and son spent
Saturday and Sunday in Oconee!
county, the guests of Mrs. Frank
Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. William House
sp nt Saturday and Sunday in our
midst.
Mr. J. 11. Clack and wife spent
Sunday at Carter Hill, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Austin. Virginia. 1
COUNTY LINE.
When we were Isjys the older ones
would talk of tlie honey-pond and
flitter tree, and the river that flowed
with milk and butter, and the land
that was covered with silver and gold.
In our mind we laid many plans
and built many houses. We can
raise the curtain of life and see
photographed on canvas our condi
tion when we were in our teens —
when we were left the head of a
family with not a decent suit of
clothes to our back nor a dollar in
our pocket. Our friends were not
many, and we saw the wolf at the
door and no earthly weapon of de
fense at hand. But up the rough
and rugged hill we steadily pulled,
still fostering the hope within our
breast that the top was not far in
the future, and then down the lev
el slant of time we would reach
that beautiful valley which we
thought was in the future for all.
But today we find ourselves in the
midst of the thistles. The top of
the hill has been reached, no doubt,
and down the slant we are swiftly
sliding. The scenery of the valley
is beautiful, but not like we had
planned to see when a boy. Old
mother earth has many treasures
for us, but they are hidden beneath
her soil, and for us to unearth
them, we must dig for them
No riches forja lazy man; no bread
for th<* idle; no home for the tramp;
no clothes for the slothful and no
wife for the beast. That beautiful
land we once thought was on earth
is beyond the sea of time, and those
who \yould get there must “do unto
others as you would have them do
unto you.” And then pas> through
that dark valley of which we read,
j and cross the river of death, and
then it will have been done forever.
Several from this section left re
cently for the mountains of north
Georgia prospecting for future
homes. Better stay where the zeph
ers blow so gently and the roses
bloom so sweetly.
A wise man will change his mind,
but a fool never does. This will
'explain to The Ridge man why we
:changed.
Eating watermelons and peaches
is the order of the day in this sec
tion.
Owing to the heavy rainfall the
past two weeks many bushels of
peaches have rotted- No dried
fruit again.
'Fell me not that the world is
growing worse instead of better, for
we arc* having some old-time revi
vals in this section. Many seekers
have found grace enough to get on
Iward the gospel train, and many
think they have enough to land
them safely on the other shore. But
experience has taught us that it will
l>e necessary for us to fire up every
once and awhile and keep cranking
all along down the line. In fact,
it is hard for us to believe we are
safe until we hear the old gate click
behind us. Sager.
RUSSELL.
Mrs. II- S. West, of Athens, was
tilt* guest of Mrs- R. B. Russell
recently.
Mr. John R. Cox is some better
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M oore, of this
place, have returned from an cx
tended camping trip in the
mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. James Wright, of
Winder, were the guests of Mr.
T. Z- Wright this week.
Mr- and Mrs Gordon visited their
daughter in Oconee county Satur
day and Sunday.
There will be services here at the
Baptist church every Sunday night.
Everybody invited. Sunday school
every Sunday morning-
Miss Mae Belle and Mary Alice
Smith are visiting relatives in and
around Bethlehem.
Miss Francis West, of Athens,
visited Misses Ina, Harriet, Margu
rite Russell this week.
Mr- Emory Wright and mother,
are visiting the home of Mr. and
Mis. Robert Fuller, near Statham-
Miss Mary Willie and Margurite
Russell have gone to th• ir grand
mother’s in Oglethorpe county.
A large crowd attended the bap
tizing Sunday morning.
Mr. Frank Bell, of Cleveland,
Ga , was the guest of Mr. J. W.
Moore recently.
Miss Lila Moore, of Madison, a
charming young lady, is the guest
of Miss Minnie and Odessa Moore
this week.
Mr. W. H. Burson has the finest
cotton crop in Russell.
STATH4M PERSONALS.
Mrs. Thomas Ayeock is in Atlan
ta under treatment of a specialist.
Miss Bessie Lowry, of Heflin,
Ala , is the admired guest of the
Misses McElhannon.
Mis Ruth Shields, of Winder,
is visiting Miss Sunie Mae Lanier.
Mrs. C. B. Lester has returned
from a few days visit to relatives at
Bogart.
Mrs. .J. W. Arnold, of Athens, is
visiting relatives here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis, of Mays
ville*, are the guests of their daugh
ter, Mrs. W. B. McDonald-
Mr. Clifford Bedingfield, of Beth
lehem, is spending a few days with
Mr. Custer. Ross.
Mrs. J. F. Holmes has returned
from a two weeks’ visit to relatives
in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim McGahee,
of Walton county, lias returned to
their home after spending a few
days with relatives.
Mrs. L- I). Niekelson and chil
dren have returned from a visit to
her mother near Jefferson.
Miss Laima Tucker is teaching
school at Pleasant Hill.
Mrs. S A- Boland entertained at
dinner Monday in honor of Miss
Bessie Lowry.
Miss Vera Wise, of Bogart,
spent Sunday with Miss Hattie
Ay ci >ek.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Manning,
of Anderson, S. C. has returned
after a few days’ visit to the latter’s
aunt, Mrs. J. \Y\ Cambell.
Mrs. Sallie Vaughn, of Elberton,
spent last week with her brother,
Mr. J. W. Cambell.
HUGO AS AN ARTIST.
The Great French Writer’s Opinion of
His Own Drawings.
When \ ictQr Hugo’s “Marion De
lorme’’ was read before the troupe of
the Porte-Saiut-Martin theater, the
actor Laferriere, then a young man.
protested against the insignificant role
assigned him, in which he would have
only ten lines to recite. Hugo prompt
ly reduced him to silence by thunder
ing, “Ten lines of Victor Hugo are
something not to be refused—for they
endure.” Hugo attached a similar ex
aggerated significance to everything he
did and to every object that was in
any way associated with him.
For instance, he considered his draw
ings. which were for the most part
commonplace enough, of sufficient im
portance to make them the subject of a
testamentary provision. In bis will of
Aug. 31, ISSI, he wrote, “I give ray
drawings and everything which shall
be drawn by me to the National Li
brary of Paris, which will be one day
the Library of the United States of
Europe.”
Hugo’s drawings are said to have
been produced more often than not in
the following manner: If a blot of ink
chanced to fall on his paper while he
held his pen aloft in quest of a word
or rhyme, he enlarged the spot ab
sentmiudedly and made additions to
it instinctively under the influence of
a species of subconscious direction un
til he had produced a sinister moon
light scene or a “venerable bourg dom
inating with its bristling ruins the
shuddering waters of a river of
legend.” He elaborated with great
care, however, during his irksome exile
at Guernsey certain crude impressions
he had transferred to ids sketchbook
during bis journeys in the valley of
the Rhine. Furthermore, being a great
lover of children, he drew figures of
the most extravagant sort for the
amusement of the young people of his
household.—Alvan L. Sanborn in Bist>k
uian.
FARMS FOR SALE!
I HAVE IN APPLING COUNTY, FARMS
CONTAINING FROM 100 TO
750 ACRES
That I will sell on terms of one-fourth cash, and
balance to suit purchaser. Will sell you any size
farm you want. The land is red gravel and very
productive. Also 50-acre farm just outside the city
limits of Winder for sale.
Also some eight or ten residence lots contain
ing from one-half to ten-acres, near Seaboard
depot on Broad street.
For further particulars, call on or address
Z. F. JACKSON,
WINDER, GEORGIA.,
CITY PRESSING CLUB
In Basement of H. J. GARRISON Building.
Pressing, cleaning and dyeing. Altering a spe
cialty. First-class work, prompt attention.
Phone 180.
ALONZO HINTON, Proprietor.
You of course have your house, goods and life
insured. It is proper and wise that you
should.
iS YOUR EARNING POWER INSURED?
%
Accident and sickness visits us unexpectedly?
Are you prepared for these emergencies? If
not you neglect an important duty.
See
BEN A. JUEIAN, District Agent.
and let him explain the NAAIC way to you.
TEACHING HORSES TO JUMP
There Are Three Methods Used —Coax-
ing, Lunging and Driving.
There are three methods of teaching
a horse to leap—eoaxiug, lunging and
driving. In the ednxing method the
young horse is turned into a small
paddock having a low hedge or hurdle
across (he center. In plain view of
the pupil a rider on a veteran jumper
should take him over the hurdle sev
eral times.
The trainer then goes to the opposite
side with a measure of corn or cats
and calls the horse, shaking up the
grain and pouring it with his nand
back and forth in the recepiacle The
boundary will soon he cleared, and
when a few mouthfuls have been eat
en the station of the insinnter should
be at the other side of the hurdle and
the lesson repeated. If this be done
daily the hurdle may be gradually
heightened.
The habit of jumping is thus ac
quired without those risks which at
tend a novel performance when a
heavy burden oppresses the strength
and whip and spur distract tlie at
tention. The horse’s body, says Conn
try Life In America, is not partially
disabled by the imposition of a heavy
load before the powers are taxed to
the utmost and his capabilities are un
fettered.
The second method is termed lung
ing. A long rein or cord is attached
to the bit. and the animal is exercised
in a circle in which a hurdle has been
placed or a shallow ditch dug. A long
lashed whip, used only to keep him
in motion or lightly applied at the
proper moment, will keep him up to
his work. Soou the horse will enter
into the spirit of the occasion and by
unmistakable signs will manifest his
enthusastic enjoyment of the exercise.
The third method, driving, is exactly
what its name Implies. At first the
jobstruction should be slight. • Any
open space will answer the purpose,
an earth or sod surface or taubark
being preferable. Long reins, a
straight bar or snaffie bit. a long whip
and patience and perseverance are re
quired. <
All things considered, the driving
method is the quickest and surest way
of teaching the horse to leap. When
he has become somewhat proficient,
having thoroughly learned what is re
quired of him, the saddle may he
called into requisition and the prac
tical lessons begun.
Almost any young horse can be
taught to leap. Of course his profi
ciency will depend on the care bestow
ed on his training and on his general
characteristics of wind, limb and nerve.
An ordinary cob or Morgan will attain
the proficiency of an Irish hunter, but
any horse that is used for a saddler
will he of far greater value to his own
er if lie can be taken occasionally for
a cross country ride and put oyer
ditches and low obstructions.
Unreasonable.
‘Your baby cries a great deal at
night. Can’t you do anything for it?”
“Your dog barks a good deal. Can’
you do anything to stop him?”
“Confound it, such unreasonable peo
pie as you haven’t any right to live in
a flat!”—Chicago Record-Herald.
The Result the Same.
“Gimme some of that prune pie.”
“Son, you’ve had two kinds of pie
already.”
“Then another kind won’t matter.
There’s only one kind of stomach
ache.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
A woman has been found who
would rather have no husband
han live in Atlanta. —Dublin
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