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Tempers
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(Conducted by the National V oman s
Christian Temperance Union.)
KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES.
From the Emergency Fleet News we
learn that the Const Shipbuilding com
pany of Portland, Ore., has started it
new fashion In the ceremony of launch
ing. 11. E. Pennell, president of the
company tells the story thus:
“When about to launch the ‘Cabura,’
the first of this month, we bethought
ours' lves of the waste connected with
the following of the time-honored cus
tom of christening anew ship by
breaking a bottle of wine across her
bows, and although we would advocate
nothing to detract from the pleasure
and satisfaction of putting a good new
ship into the water, we thought at this
particular time it would tic more ap
propriate to utilize the money usually
spent for a ship’s christening for the
purpose of aiding the distresses of the
dependent children of French and Bel
gians, and, instead of bedecking the
ship with ribbons and smashing the
customary bottle of wine, we took flic
stand which has been placed in the
gateway of our yard, containing a
slotted milk bottle into which our em
ploy* es drop from time to time pennies
and small change for these dependent
childreh, placed it on the stand at the
how of the ship, attached a substantial
piece of money to a small ribbon,
placed this money Inside of the bottle
and drew the ribbon through the slot
and tacked it to the bow of the ship.
“The young lady who was chosen
sponsor for this launching. Instead of
breaking the bottle of wine when the
ship started to move, cut the ribbon,
which, figuratively speaking, releases
the ship from Its attachment to the
land, and while she sped upon her way
to aid our men at the battle front,
she left behind her as an omen of good
luck and Godspeed a bit of substan
tial good cheer to those who have been
left to suffer while their parents had
gone forth in their protection, as well
as the country for which they were
offering their all.
“We are mentioning this circum
stance thinking It might be of mate
rial help in the raising of funds for
the cure of these dependent children,
If the builders of ships generally saw
fit to adopt tills during the war period
as a universal custom.”
AMERICA’S ANSWER.
Great Britain is deeply impressed
with America’s solution of the conser
vation problem as regards beer. The
Sunday Evening Telegram of London
thus comments:
“No more beer will bo brewed in the
United States after November; that
is a simple if drastic way of answering
the question of bread or beer. As
America sends us grain, it loolrs as if
die is closing her breweries that ours
may remain open. It Is very doubtful
If, supposing the circumstances were
reversed, we should do tin* same for
her; but It is a notable example of the
determination of the United States to
let nothing stand in the way of curry
ing on the war.”
JOINED TO A BETTER MAN.
A recent cartoon depicts Miss Bar
ley-Rye turning her back upon Mr.
Beer Barrel and walking off with Mr.
flour Barrel who wears a military hut
und carries a gun. She is saying to
the jilted B. B.:
No, thanks, Mr. Brew; I'm through with
you,
Tm Joined to a better man
W ho treats me white to my great delight,
A man who can work and a man who can
fight.
I’m done with bottle and can.
Too long has the yield of my barley field
Been brewed into deadly beer.
1 shall now turn to flour, I’m the maid of
the hour;
From being a curse I now become power.
Tm through with you, sir. Do you
hear ?
TO STOP WHISKY.
Whisky will not bo dead or ondod
with the law that makes the traffic il
legal. The fight must be continued
against illegal whisky, tTie vilest, most
dangerous kind. Only constant vigi
lance, public co-operation and great
forivs of detectives cun deal adequate
ly with that danger. The best weapon
against whisky is thorough under
standing of the character oft Tie whis
ky poisons.—Chicago Ilerald-Exam
lner.
ALCOHOL AND DEFENSE
An order issued by the commander
in-chief of the Allied armies, according
to L’Abstinence (July 15, 101S), for
bids the consumption und sale of “al
cohol and alcoholic drinks” in the ar
my zone. The order states that “Every
one must understand that all of tills
which is capable of diminishing the
physical and moral strength of our ar
my becomes, in the face of the enemy,
a veritable crime against national de
fense.”
CHILD CONSERVATION
After one year under prohibition In
South Dakota, Superintendent Stucke
aian of the State Children's Home re
ports that “For the first time during
twenty-five years of our Children’s
Home society not a single child has
been admitted to Its custody on ac
count of booze playing a prominent
part in establishing its dependency."
Thirteen thousand abstainers are
squall to 15,000 nonabstainers. Give
uie a teetotal army and I will lead
It anywhere.—Lord Roberts.
LETTER FROM CHARLES
MORRIS IN FRANCE
Saint Nazairc, France.
.1 unary 4, 1911).
My I>< ar I'arents :
W hile it is raining outside I
will write yon a few lines to
night. This leaves me all <>. K.
and 1 trust it will find you all
i lie same.
Mother, in cleaning out my
l.arrackH hag today I foiliul tin*
!,ist letter 1 had from dad and
it was written on dune 12th,
and 1 think 1 should hear from
him soon as lie was about a year
between his lasi two letters.
Well, I guess you are figuring
on when 1 will get home and I
am figuring on the same thing.
\Ye hope to leave here some
time in February. Our captain
told us the night Indore Now
Year’s Kve that we would leave
for home some time next month,
and you can bet we are all very
happy over the prospect of get
ting an early ret urn to our dear
loved ones.
II you will get a copy of the
Saturday Evening Post dated
!iecember 7th, you will get a
very nice article of the work ol
tbe 17th done in and around
this base, and 1 understand
t hepe is to be several articles in
other numbers. So il you hap
pen to see them you can plainly
see why we stayed in one place
so long.
1 haven’t licrad anything of
the boys from there, while I
should think they would have
returned now, and they were
never stationed on an engineer
ing job,
I had a let tor from Ed dated
1 r-cember sth a few days ago
and lie was telling me about all
lie could hear was when l was
expected home. Now, 1 don’t
want you to get worried over
my not returning early. Then*
is a lot of work that is neces
sary for the comfort of our
troops returning home via this
base and we will have a little
of the work to do.
Now you itiiultl as well have
it large ]au of your biscuits
ready by the time* 1 do arrive at
home. 11a, lla. (lee! 1 til most
l aste (hem now.
What ever Became of Ralph?
1 haven't heard from him in
many months. I don t suppose
he ever crossed the pond. Hut
l would sure like to have seen
him over here. This country has
certainly changed since our ar
rival here and believe me we
Boys who tirst arrived saw
nivuxsinikciy jo
of France is not very beautiful.
although the inland country has
some very pretty scenery und I
onlv wisii you could visit here
during peace t lines.
Mother, everything is just as
high as il can possibly tret and
jusi to show you. chickens,
lions or fries, are from fifteen
lo twenty francs, which is about
three dollars and a half in
American money.
Hotter can’t hardly he pur
chased at any price; rabbits
and quail are twelve francs
each, so you see what prices we
are up against. 1 hope to
brimr you some nice presents
when I return —that all de
pends on what we are allowed
or have room to carry.
1 suppose things sire <piiie
lively since the boys troiu the 1
home camps are getting dis
charged and returned. Just
wait until tin* hoys who have
boon on lliis side I com two
months to eighteen, got hack il
von wish to see home Burg
painted veil. I his is the month
which we old timers of the iTlh
place upon our left the sign ul
eighteen mouths in Furope, and
1 am frank to say we will be
leaving much earlier than we
expected to a few months back.
You can tell W. K. after 1 ar-
i iv*‘ at homo ami spoilt! .‘>o days
oetting hack with real people, I
will Im> ready to see the drivers
of the til turn over again. 1 un
derstand lie is going to give me
my old job book, and, too. 1
think it will be the tiling for
von all to move down to Savan
nah. The army lias made many
changes in me and fool litte 1 am
ready to settle down.
(’hristmas day I ran into a
man from Habersham county
who used to practice law on the
western circuit with Judge
Russell. 11 is name was Fol.
Fharlie Hass. Jlc came to our
camp to see and enjoy our
Xmas tree for the French kids
and wanted to know if there
were any Southern Railway
men in the crowd, and 1 spoke
up and he was mighty glad to
talk with me and too, if was
mighty nice to talk with him a
he knew many people l knew
and lie said give the -Judge his
regards. He is going to visit
us again soon. lie is working
for the Y. M. F. A.
Well, I must go in now, so
give my love to all. Keep
writing until you see me again.
Rye-bye.
Your son,
Charles Morris.
Appropriate Last Words.
The Elizabethans are full of well
chosen last words. Marlowe mak> s
Tambnrlaine assume >he sobriquet of
Attila with ids last breath : “For Tam
burlalne, the Scourge of God, must
die!" and the duke of Guise exclaim
as the assassin does his work: “live
In messe! Perish Huguenots 1”
INSURANCE
Your ttelsbbof. home burned only a few days or “ and *
cyclone is likely to strike this sectional any time so 1 ;
anl lie down at nifht with a clear co.science and a P •> ’” ” d ' ‘
* I AY lt may mean the loss of your home. Any man can build a home
™ “I WISE man insures Ids property in a reliable insurance company
so that when calamity comes be can build apain. He owes the protection
that 1. gives, to lb. peace .1 mind and the care 0. his loved odes.
Kilgore, Radford & Smith
13 Dollars—
-13 Cents
When Swift & Company
paid, say,— l3 dollars per hun
dredweight for live beef cattle
last year, the profit was only
13 cents! In other words, if we
had paid $13.13, we would have
made no profit.
Or, if we had received a
quarter of a cent per pound less
for dressed beef we would have
made no profit.
It is doubtful whether any
other business is run on so close
a margin of profit.
This is bringing the producer
and the consumer pretty close
together —which should be the
object of any industry turning
raw material into a useful form.
This remarkable showing is due to
enormous volume, perfected facilities
(packing plants strategically located,
branch houses, refrigerator cars, £tc.),
and an army of men and women
chosen and trained to do their special
work.
This, and many other points of
interest, are found in the Swift &
Company Year Book for 1919, just
published which is brought out for the
public as well as for the 25,000 Swift
& Company shareholders.
The Year Book also represents the
packer’s side of the Federal Trade
Commission investigation, upon which
Congress is asked to base action
against the industry.
Many who have never heard the
packer s side are sending for the Year
Book.
Would you like one ? Merely mail
your name and address to the Chicago
office and the book will come to you.
Address
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards, Chicago
NOTICE TO THE TAX PAYERS
OF HARROW ( OI NTY.
FIRST ROUND.
For the year 1919, for the pur
pose of taking your State and Coun
ty Tax Returns will be at the follow
ing places:
Chandler’s Court Ground, Febru
ary 17, from 9' to 10 a. in.
Johnson School House, February
17, from 11 to 12 a. m.
Oak Grove, February 17, from 1
to 2 p. m. „ ,
Miles Hunter Gin House, Febru
arv 17, from 3 to 1 p. in.
Wright Store House, February 18,
from 9 to 10 a. m.
Statham, February 18, from 11 to
2 p. m.
D. D. Jones’ Store, February 18,
from 3 to 4 p. m.
Bethlehem, February 19, from 9 to
12 a. m.
Reeves' Mill, February 19, from 1
to 2 p. m.
Maddox School House, February
19, from 3 to 4 p. m.
Carl, February 20, from 9 to 11
<i 111 ,
Auburn, February 20, from 12 to
3 p. ra,
Thompson Mill, February 21, from
9 to 10 a. m.
Cains Court Ground, February 21,
from 11 to 12 a. m.
County Line, February 21, from 1
to 2 p. m.
Mulberry, February 21, from 3 to
4 P- ra- ,
Will be at Court House every Sat
urday and also all of Court Week for
the purpose of taking your State and
County Tax returns.
J. A. STILL,
Tax Receiver of Barrow County.
Needs Grow.
Most of ti who haven’t any, <M *’ V In
our pious way that all we wci-i ■ oey
for is to be independent, but we notice,
says the Ohio State Journal, that as
soon as anyone begins to get a few dol
lars ahead he discovers that he needs
lots more independence than he
thought he did.
- *Usco*
The More You Use Your Car
The More You Need Good Tires
Your car’s usefulness is increasing every day.
It is becoming more and more of a real necessity
to you—both in your business and home life.
For that very reason you need good tires, now,
more than ever.
The out-and-out dependability that created so
tremendous a demand for United States 1 ires in
times of war is just as desirable today.
It reduces tire troubles to the vanishing point
multiplying the usefulness of your car and putting
the cost of operation on a real thrift basis.
United States ‘Nobby’, ‘Chain’, ‘Usco’,and ‘Plain’
are the most popular fabric tires built. They have
all the strength and stamina our years of experience
have taught us to put into tires.
There is also the United States ‘Royal Cord’,
the finest csr built for passenger car use.
Our nearest Sales and Service Depot dealer has
exactly the treads you need for your car and the
roads you tra\ r el.
He will gladly help you pick them out.
United States Tires
are Good Tires
Land For Sale
160 acres, 4 1-2 miles south of Dacula, Ga.,
4-room house, 3-horse farm, barn, good pasture.
25 acres of original forest, plenty of wood, pub
lic road divides it. Selling for only $35 per acre.
40 acres red land, good house and outbuild
ings, 4 miles east of Winder, at S9O per acre.
330 acres, Hancock county, Ga. 4-horse
farm open, 3 tenant houses. 1 housands <>i leet
of second-growth pine and haidwood timbei, 90
acres in bottoms, at $25 per acre, Lasy terms.
755 acres in Hancock county, 6-room dwell
ing, 7 tenant houses, large barn. 3 miles hog
wire fence, on public road and mail route, phone
line In 1 1-2 miles of schools, churches and
stores. Gin and corn mill with 30-horse-power
engine and boiler goes w ith this. taim
open and over a million feet of saw timber.
Sold together at $25 per acre, or will cut and
give choice at S3O.
Tenants wanted for S-horse farm.
City property for sale and rent.
Loans made.
W. H. QUARTERMAN, Atty.
Elfin Miners.
All error Europe a popular belief
prevails that elfin miners are con
stantly laboring in the bowels of the
mountains, where they have accumu
lated enormous stores of precious met
als. In Wales they are culled “knock
ers.” They make strange noises, and
the tapping of their picks may often
be heard in ore bodies not yet reached
by the human workmen.