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Old Cornish Tongue
Soon to Be Memory
“Nebbuz Gerriau Dro Tho Car
noack" was the title of an address de
livered to the members of the London
Cornish association by Trelawney
Roberts, one of the few men still able
to speak the old tongue of Cornwall.
Translated these mysterious syllables
emerge as “A Few Words About Corn
ish.”
Cornish, Mr. Roberts pointed out, is
not quite so dead as is usually be
lieved, and he produced as evidence a
postcard written by a little girl of
eleven, who had learned the language
from her father, says the Living Age.
Prince Lucian Bonaparte is responsible
for the legend that Dorothy Pentreath,
who died In 1787, was the last person
who spoke Cornish, a legend that Is
perpetuated on her tombstone.
The old lady used to swear at tour
ists In Cornish, usually ending with
the words—in discreet Cornish—“ Ugly
black toad!” In exchange foßthe cop
pers lavished upon her by the visitors.
John Davey of Zeenor, who did not die
until 1891, could speak it fluently.
Ninety per cent of the place names
in modern Cornwall show traces of the
old language. In spite of the profane
achievements of Mistress Pentreath,
Cornish boasts few oaths. "God's
curse in the kitchen” is regarded as an
alarming expletive.
i A Hearty
: Welcome
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I The Hart County Harvest Festical
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J Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct-
■ ober 16, 17, 18, 1924, should have the
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I unstinted support of every person in
■ the grand old county of Hart, —the
i leader of all Northeast Georgia,—and
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" we believe it will, folks.
■ With a view to making the FESTIVAL
; a great success in every way we want
J to contribute our hearty support in
■ every way possible.
■ GEORGIA RAILWAY & POWER CO
!! T. W. Wilson, Supt. Hartwell, Ga.
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To The Farmers
Os Hart County:
We invite the attention of the farmers of this sec
tion to our facilities for ginning their cotton and handl
ing their cotton seed and solicit their patronage.
The successful marketing of your cotton depends
largely upon the proper ginning of same. Our gins are
capable of turning out the very best class of clean, soft
cotton. They have been completely overhauled and
repaired and many improvements made whereby we
assure you of better service than ever before.
Prompt and courteous attention, best bale and
service are offered our patrons.
Fired up and ready for your cotton NOW.
We are in the market for your cotton seed. The
highest market price is paid.
Hartwell Oil Mill
HARTWELL, GA. - - T. L. MATHESON, Mgr.
Do Away With Mosquito
and Malaria Vanishes
It is estimated that the deaths annu
ally from malaria number some two
millions, and this figure may probably
be multiplied by two or three hundred
if we would arrive at the total num
ber of people in the world affected by
the complaint.
Malaria Is mainly a disease of the
tropics,’and is caused by a minute
parasite in the blood. The parasites
in one malaria patient may number
anything from one hundred to a thou
sand millions. In many cases there
are more parasites than there are peo
ple on the earth, and for ages it was
believed that marshes and malaria
were in some way connected.
Sir Ronald Ross discovered that it
was not the marsh, but the mosquito
which bred in the marsh which was
the originator of the disease, and he
declares that the parasite of malaria
is, to the mosquito which carries it,
as a dime would be to a hippopota
mus !
■ When a disease-carrying mosquito
bites, it Injects a saliva in which are
the malaria parasites. These are car
ried into the human circulatory sys
tem and so throughout the body.
The cure for malaria is quinine, but
the prevention of malaria is the de
struction of the mosquito In which it
breeds.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., OCTOBER 10, 1924
Our Weekly Smile
(By C.J.T.,Phila,Pa.)
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How much should a man give to
the church? Now, it is not my in
tention to try to preach a sermon
but since reading in The Sun that
unless every member of the M. E.
church makes an extra effort to pay
their assessment, the pastor will be
forced to go to Conference with a
report marked “not paid in full,”
my blood has been boiling, so to
speak. Some of us say that we are
not able to pay our assessments, but
when a tent show comes to town or
the “movies” have a special feature
or a baseball or football game comes
off, we are able. We have money
to buy gasoline, tires and tubes. We
have money to take trips when we
want to, and we have money to pay
the church if we want to. Some of
us are prone to leave the job up to
Bill.
11l Lev. 27-30, Prov. 3-9, Mai. 3-
10, and numerous other places in
the scriptures we learn that one
tenth of all that we make —even of
the seed —belongs to the church.
And in Mai. 3-10 we learn that to
those who tithe “a blessing that
there shall not be room enough to
receive” will be theirs. Do you
doubt this? In 2 Chr. 9-7 we are
told that God loves a cheerful giver.
Scan the list of church givers and
you will see that those who give the
most, prosper the most. That is
true now, it was true 100 years ago
and it will be true 100 years from
now.
Hartwell is a prosperous town and
to send the _pastor of the M. E.
church to Conference with a report
marked “not paid in full” would
be most unfortunate. The church
has lost some of its best paying
members, that is true, but if every
member will pay their assessment,
everything will work out fine. Let’s
do it or “bust.”
We Have All Been Guilty of Thia
Once at Least.
Monday, 10:00 A. M.—Orders pair
shoes from Atlanta.
Monday, 3:00 P. M.—Letter goes
off.
Monday, 9:00 P. M.—Letter ar
rives in Atlanta.
Tuesday, 9:00 A. M.—Letter is re
ceived by Atlanta firm. The soon
est possible time that shoes can be
sent from Atlanta is on train which
leaves there at 5:00 P. M. But just
the same
Tuesday, 1:00 P. M.—“ Has the
mail come up yet?” “No.” Walks
to door or post office and looks out,
spies mail being brought up and re
turns to box. Unlocks box and
watches clerks distribute letters.
Tries to twist neck so as to see pack
ages in rear of post offiice but can’t.
Continues to look in box. Clerk has
large catalogue for his box and
shoots it in in a hurry, tapping him
lightly on nose. Decides de’d better
close box. Continues to look through
glass in box and sees package which
looks like pair shoes. Is sure that
must be his. Hot dog! But no
card is placed in his box.
1:30 P. M.—Mail is up. “Did you
receive a package for me from At
lanta?” “Did you get a card in
your box?” “No.” “Well, I guess
we didn’t receive one then.” “What
is that package over there? That
looks like my package.” “Why that’s
a box of hardware for A. N. Alford
& Co.” “Are you sure?”
5:00 P. M. —Package leaves At
lanta.
8:30 P. M. —“Baybe they sent it
by express.” Goes to express office.
“Roscoe, have you a package for me
I from Atlanta?” “There’s nothing
here for you.” Looks over all pack
ages as Roscoe could be mistaken.
I Nothing there.
9:00 P. M. —Train whistle blows.
Goes to post office and goes through
same motions as before. Package
arrives. Hooray!
The Renublican Literary Digest’s
poll doesn’t mean a thing to me. The
( magazine, as everyone knows, is Re
| publican. Its subscribers, naturally,
( are Republicans. Therefore, to poll
these subscribers and have a ma-
I jority of them answer in favor of
( Coolidge and Dawes doesn’t mean a
I thing. Indications now point to a
repetition of what happened in 1912.
O, lovely woman! She uses 55,-
047,000 jars*of cold cream, 240,-
' 902,000 boxes of face powder, 17,-
856,000 boxes of rouge and, although
(bobbed hair still hangs on, 1,413,-
| 000,000 hair nets, annually.
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Sunday Morning Ten Years Ago.,
9:00 A. M. —Arrive at Herndon’s.
( “They’re not open yet. I must have
1 a coca-cola.” I’m not sure but I
think I saw Charlie Nelms here with
i Dr. Clarke a few ’ minutes ago.”
: “Which way did he go?” “I think
(he went back home.” “Darn the
luck.” Clayte is seen turning the
corner at the Farmers & Merchants
I Bank. Hot dog! He’s all dressed
up in the grey striped trousers with
j a shoe shine that can be used for
j a mirror. Clayte opens up. The
i crowd rushes in. Clayte locks the
door. Everybody helps themselves
■to coca-cola. Good customers are
( invited to have one free on Sunday
morning as Brother Locke and Broth
er Dickerson are on the war path
again about selling drinks on Sun-
i day. A knock at the front door.
: Someone is trying to get in. “Come
I around to the back door.” Claude
' arrives. When he opens front door,
another crowd rushes in. All sit
around stove. “Uncle John” Dick
erson establishes himself against a
tree directly in front of the door.
A rattle is heard at the back door.
Clayte motions to go away. Who
ever it is doesn’t see Clayte motion
ing and bangs fia* on door. “Let
him in.” “Uncle John” moves down
towards A. N. Alford’s store. A
great rush for the fount. “Make it
snappy,” Clayte says. Dr. Hanie
arrives. Pretty near time for Sun
day school now. Tom Johnson ar
rives. “Let’s go up, Charlie.” “All
right, come on, Alton.” “I can’t
make it today.” “Oh, come on.” He
comes. “Come on, Fred.” “I’ll be
seeing you.” Clayte hollers, “All
out.” Locks door. Some go to I
Sunday school. Some to the monu
ment. W. D. Teasley shows up just
in time to miss his morning's morn
ing. Decides well, he’ll have a bot
tled coca-cola at his store.
College “stuff” is all right in a
college town but to see a fellow try
ing to pull that kind of stuff in a *
town where there is no college, is
about the most disgustiing thing I
know of. Going around bare-head
ed, for example.
The “Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Boneheads” gives out the
information that Mr. Average Citi
zen ranks gasoline first and the
church last in spending his money. [
The complete list follows:
1. Gasoline.
2. Food.
3. Tobacco.
4. Tires. i .
5. Clotffiing.
6. House rent. *! \ - •
7. Taxes.
8. Telephone bill.
9. Doctor and druggist.
10. Church.
Notice that tires come ahead of
clothing.
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Heavy parts in the "moviec,” played
to the satisfaction of the millions of
patrons of motion pictures, are respon
sible for the popularity of this actor.
Stone Is a veteran of two wars. In
1898 he served as a boy with tho
Twelfth New York volunteer Infan
try In Cuba; In 1917 he got bis com
mission as an Infantry captain at tho
first Plattsburg camp.
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The state prohibition director of
Louisiana has suggested to the Louis
iana State Boy Scout Commissioner
that his organization aid the cause
of prohibition by acting as inform
ants.
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HARTWELL, GA. The Hotel Is Opposite Us. J
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WHEN IN THE CITY
Be Sure to Visit the
Nancy Hart Case
CLEAN RFAI HOMF
OMFORTABLE r „ ni/
ONVENIENT COOKING
We’re Opposite the Ford Station
Hartwell, Ga.
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: SHOES REPAIRED
: WHILE YOU WAIT
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If you are in a hurry for your shoes
■ bring theme here —we fix them while
J you wait.
■ -SHOES-
■ We have the BEST Shoes in Hart-
■ well for the money. Come in and
■ see them.
■ -GROCERIES-
Also a complete line of groceries at
’ lowest prices in the city. We invite
■ you to trade here and save.
■ W I BROWN
■ Hartwell, Ga. Opposite W. P. Rice
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Soap should never be rubbed onto
white silk.
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There are 592,439 words in the
Old Testament.
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Under a microscope the edge of a
razor is seen to have very fine teeth.
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The most curious thing in the
world is a woman who has no curi
osity.
An n final decorative touch the
sport model might bear the words:
“Capacity, nine flappers."—New Ha
ven
A turquoise, regarded by collectors
as the largest and most perfect in
the world, has recently been present
ed to the Field Museum in Chicago
by Hohannes Topakyan, grand vizier
of Persia. The stone weighs about
400 carats.
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