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“THANK YOU AND SMILE”
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ONCE there was a little girl named
Neva, so very poor that she had
to sell matches for a living, and even
that could not be called a living, be
cause many times she went hungry to
her bed in a poor room in an attic
which the hard-hearted landlady could
not rent to any one else.
One night Neva catne back to her
attic room and found everything
changed. On the floor was a soft
rug, waryn blankets on the bed. soft
slippers and a bathrobe lay before a
bright Are burning in the grate.
At first she thought she was In the
wrong room, but that could not be, be
cause this was the attic room under
the eaves.
While Neva slipped into the soft
Tobe and slippers she was still more
surprised to see at one side of the fire-
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“Oh, I Am So Unhappy!" Cried the
Little Creature.
place a table with a nice hot supper
on it!
Neva rubbed her eyes. "It must be
the fairies,” she thought. "It wasn’t
here when I came in. Perhaps the
landlady will know.”
But the hard-hearted landlady only
told her If she didn’t pay her rent she
would have to leave and she knew
nothing about hot suppers or soft
blankets and could not furnish beg
gars with such things.
Neva ran back to her attic and ate
her supper. Then she wrapped her
self in the blanket and went to sleep.
It was so nice and warm she did not
awake until the sun was streaming
in through the one little window in
her room.
That night when she returned again
the hot supper was waiting, and now
Neva was sure It was the fairies. But
even fairies must be thanked, and as
she did not see them Neva went to
the window before she went to bed
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RINGING IN THE EARS
That a ringing in the ears is a
prognostic of death is a very gen
eral superstition in this country and in
many parts of Europe. It is not sup
posed to foretell the death of the one
who hears the ringing but that he—or
abe-jwill, within a week, learn of the
death of a relative, friend or acquaint
ance. The superstition is merely the
result of association. The ringing in
the ears, which is simply due to a sen
sitiveness of a nerve In the auricular
cavity, by association recalls the "pass
ing bell” which in old times it was
customary to ring from the parish
church when a parishioner was dying.
In fact in many localities one who has
this ringing in the ears will say: "I
have heard the death-bell.” In some
localities the direction of the appar- j
ent ringing Indicates the direction
from which the news of death will
come. It is an undoubted fact that all
superstitions connected with death
have a deep root in popular belief, are
very widespread and vary but little in
different localities. In this connec
tion William Wells Newell in an in
troduction to Mrs. Bergen’s collection
of current superstitions, says: "It is
always found that an especial con
servatism attaches to customs and
ideas associated with death; the disin
clination to exercise independent
thought on a subject so serious leaves
the field open to the continuance of
Ancestral notions and practices.”
(©. McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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A LINE O’ CHEER £
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By John Kendrick Bangs.
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* Out of the depths of Fear. lit
* And with its aid ascended
* Up to the Heights of Cheer
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and opened it. “Dear fairies, I thank
you,” she whispered.
Every night for a long time she did
this, but after a while so many things
came to her that Neva became care
less about the thanks and many nights
went by and she did not open the
window to whisper her thanks for all
the good things the fairies gave her.
One night she opened the door of
her attic room, but no hot supper or
warm fire was waiting for her. The
room was cheerless and still and on
the window sill Neva saw by the light
outside a tiny little creature weeping.
It was a fairy; she was sure of that.
But why should a fairy be crying?
Neva was wondering as she walked
toward the window.
“Oh, lam so unhappyl” cried the
little creature. "I was so sure she
would never forget to thank us, and
now the Queen is angry with me be
-1 cause I picked out this poor girl to
help.”
“Please don’t cry,” said Neva,
knowing at once she was the cause
of the little creature’s grief. “I am
sorry I forgot to thank you f®r all
the nice things every night. I guess
It was because you gave me so many
things.”
The little fairy Jumped up. “Yes,
that is the reason,” she said. “The
Queen told me I was giving you too
much, but I was so sure you would
never forget to be grateful that I per
suaded her to let me keep on giving
and now she has made me take every
thing away.”
“Don’t cry,” said Neva. "I am glad
the Qyeen has taught me a lesson.
I will never again forget to give
thanks no matter how much I have
or how little. I wish I could become
a fairy and see your Queen.”
"That wish I cannot grant,” said
the fairy, "but I can help you by tell
ing you a secret our Queen has told
us—that a ‘thank you’ and a smile
will bring happiness. Try It and see."
The fairy had disappeared, but
somehow the room did not seem cheer
less. She had left something behind
for Neva to think about, and the next
day as she sold her matches she
smiled at everyone who bought and
said: "Thank you.”
It was not long after this that a
lady stopped to buy matches one day
and was so won by Neva’s cheery
"Tlrnnk you" that she took her to live
with her, where she had all the com
forts the fairy had given her and more.
And when she remembers the fairy
and the attic Neva wonders if after
all It was not a dream in which some
good fairy whispered to her the charm
of a smile and a “thank you.”
(©, 1924. McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
‘What sin a Name?
By MILDRED MARSHALL
Facta about your name; its history;
meaning; whence it was derived; sig
nificance; your lucky day. lucky jewel
MELISSA
MELISSA Is literally one of the
sweetest of feminine names. It
comes from the Greek word meaning
to soothe or sweeten, and hence,
honey of the honey-bee. Melissa was
sometimes said to have been the name
of*the nymph who first taught the use
of honey, and the pretty fancy arising
from this belief made bees the symbol
of nymphs. Strangely enough, Melis
sa came to be the title of a priestess,
as well as a feminine name, in classic
times.
The Italian poets called Melissa the
beneficent fairy who protected Brada
mante and directed Ruggero to escape
from Atlante and afterward from Al
dna, upon the hlppogrlff. It is they
who are responsible for Melissa's
heritage of romance and for her wide
spread popularity in romance-loving
lands.
France has a Melisse in great vogue,
and Mellte, another form, is also popu
lar. The sweet significance of Melissa
brought her into favor with the Puri
tans in this country, where she still
exists as a proper name for demure
maidenhood. In France, on the other
hand, Melisse implies a tinge of mis
chief and coquetry which has made
her a popular heroine In literature.
The pearl is Melissa’s gem. It will
enhance her sweetness and affability
and bring her sincere friends. The
pearl’s augury for tears will be im
potent in the case of Melissa, since
the gem will prove a talisman against
unhappiness and dangers of every
sort. Wednesday is her lucky day and
3 her lucky number. The daisy is her
flower.
(© by Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
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HONEYMOON
OVER.
Mrs. Justwed—
Oh, Jack, you
haven't eaten
half of my bis
cuits. Really, we
have to throw
away so many
scraps, we ought
to keep chickens.
Mr. Justwed—
Chickens! You
mean ostriches.
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.THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., OCTOBER 10, 1924
STALKS SHOULD
BE DESTROYED
Proper Work in October Will Save
Much Expense In The Production
Os Next Year’s Crop Cotton
County Agent H. W. Bingham for
several weeks has been urging the
farmers of Hart county to get ready
for the early destruction of the cot
ton stalks as soon as the crop can
be gathered, in order to prevent an
increase of the weevils.
County agents throughout the state
are conducting an intensive campaign
for early destruction of cotton stalks,
according to J. Phil Campbell, Di
rector of extension work of the State
College of Agriculture. Concerted
effort is being made everywhere, he
says, to keep the weevils from going
inj;o hibernation and instead of a few
individual farmers destroying- their
stalks, as in the past, it will be on
a community basis this year.
Continuing Prof. Campbell said:
“801 l weevils do not feed on any
thing except the green squares, small
green bolls, bloom and tender green
buds and young leaves of cotton, and
if these are killed before frost the
weevils will starve to death. Wee
vils that are not killed before frost
will hibernate and live throughout the
winter without food.
“Any of the methods of stalk de
struction are acceptable. The most
ATTEND THE HART COUNTY FAIR OCTOBER 16,17,18
High Standard of Service
In Every Department
We want to serve the whole community-we want
the community to prosper, so we strive to give each in
dividual impartial service, because individuals make
the community.
We believe that this sort of service is responsible in
a large measure for the success we have achieved in
banking circles, and which has made possible the rapid
growth and the strong financial condition of our bank.
The officials and directors of The First National
Bank are vitally interested in the success of the HART
COUNTY HARVEST FESTIVAL October 16,17,18.
We give you a most cordial invitation to visit us when
in Hartwell during Fair week or any other time.
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We measure our success not so much by the size and importance of
the business we do as by the value of our service to the individual.
The First National Bank
' Of\ HARTWELL
N°J 1695
Hartwell, Georgia.
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
“You Can Bank On Us.”
OFFICERS:
President—F. T. Kidd Cashier—J. L. Massey
V.-Pres. —J.A.W.Brown Assistant Cashier—
V.-Pres^—J. I. Jenkins W. G. Hodges
DIRECTORS:
’ J. A. W. BROWN J. N. MAYS /
F. T. KIDD T. 0. FLEMING
J. I. JENKINS B. A. THORNTON
J. H. SKELTON, JR. J. B. GAINES
J. G. CRAFT A. N. P. BROWN
common practice is to plow them un
der, rip them up, cut or graze with
livestock. However, plowing the
stalks under is the best method if the
land is not too dry aqd hard, and
if there is time to do this. Ripping
up takes less time and is the method
most commonly practiced.
“Due to the fact that weevils may
fly several hundred yards in seeking
shelter in the fall, and hunting food
in the spring, stalk destruction should
be put on as a community co-oper
ative movement where this is possi
ble. If this is not done, a farmer
who destroyed his stalks may have
his fields infested from those of a
neighbor who neglected this opera
tion.”
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hardwicß campaign
EXPENSES WERE SB,IOO
Campaign expenses of Thomas W.
Hardwick, unsuccessful candidate for
the United States senate in the re
cent democratic state primary, to
talled $3,100, according to his state
ment filed with Comptroller General
William A. Wright. Os this amount
$4,000 was contributed by friends
and $4,100 came from the candidate’s
personal funds, it was stated.
Expenses were itemized as follows:
Postage, $3,500; printing, $1,550;
clerical and office expenses, $1,580;
office rent, $213; stationery, $125;
telephone and telegraph, $225; trav
eling expenses, $500; county lists,
$293.50; advertising, $290; _type
writer rent and incidentals, $273.50.
18,000 PEOPLE IN
GREAT PICTURE
“The Birth of a Nation” At Star
Theatre, October 8,9, 10, Coven
Essential Details of The War
Between the States
In bringing D. W. Griffith’s Amer
ican institution, “The Birth of a Na
tion,” to The Star Theatre for a
limited engagement of three days,
October 9 to 11, the management
takes great pleasure in announcing
that the famous spectacle will be
offered here exactly as when it scor
ed its initial triumphs in this city.
The revival comes in the wake of
its great success in New York City,
which seats over 5,000 people, it ran
for the longest time a screen produc
tion was ever booked in that house
and to the greatest receipts ever
known for any production in a
Broadway theatre for a given week.
This record is the more attonish
ing as “The Birth of a Nation” was
revived last Spring at a time when
four other screen successes were in
the very height of their respective
runs but none, not excepting Grif
fith’s masterpiece, “Way Down East,”
ever played a week in New York to
any such figures. It was an un
qualified success in every particular
and will be presented here as it was
on this occasion with the stirring
original score, the effective stage
accompaniments, the most wonderful
cast ever assembled in a motion pic
ture production and with every at
tention to detail calculated to make
it as appealing as ever.
The story needs no retelling, but
those memorable battle scenes, the
great plantation views, the dreamy
life of the old Southland, the ro
mance and heart interest gathering
about its love conflicts, the appear
ance of such mighty figures of history
as Lincoln, Grant, Lee, and others of
equal prominence who played their
parts in writing the most crucial
periods of American history when the
nation was being welded into a
mighty union can never be forgotten
or lose their marvelous appeal.
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FREIGHT RATES ON FER-
TILIZERS IN GEORGIA CL’T
Sweeping reductions in fertilizer
freight rates in Georgia effective No
vember 15, were ordered by the Geor
gia public service commission in a de
cision handed down Tuesday morn
ing.
As an example of the reduction,
the freight rate on a ton of fertil
izer for a haul of 50 miles will be
reduced from $1.58 to $1.32 under
the new schedule.
The order is based on the general
revision of freight rates between
Georgia points which has been under
consideration by the commission for
the past two years. A hearing on
the proposed new rates was held sev
eral weeks ago.