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JACK DAVIS WINS ESSAY
CONTEST IN MARIETTA
(Marietta Journal)
As a part of nationally observed
Children's Book Week the sixth
grade of the Marietta Public School
organized a prize essay contest on
“The Kind of Books I Like.” Each
member of the class submitted a pa
per and among them were a num
ber of unusual excellence. The two
main prizes were awarded to Jack
Davis of 6th Grade A and Era Allen
of 6th Grade B, whose papers are so
good that the Journal is glad to re
print them for the benefit of other
children in the county.
THE KIND OF BOOKS I LIKE
By Jack Davis, 6th Grade A
Some people like history stories,
others stories of adventure, still oth
ers like novels and so on, but I am not
writing this composition to tell what
books others like but the kind of
books I like.
I like books of history and adven
ture. My father wants me to read
more books than I do. To do this
he sets up great men as standards
who read all the books they could get.
I like to read of great battles and
men exploring America before very
many white people lived here.
A book that I have been reading
is “Opening Up The Iron Trail.” This
book tells of the hardships of the
track-layers, the graders, and also of
the surveying parties. It tells how the
first railroad was built across the con
tinent.
Another book I have been reading
is “Stories of Georgia,” by Joel Chan
dler Harris. Some of the stories in
this book are: The march of De Soto
through Georgia, The settling of
Georgia, and Aunt Nancy Hart, for
whom Hart county was named.
I make an appeal to the parents to
give the boys and girls good books.
If you haven’t the books, the Clarke
Library has. Let the children join
and Mrs. Beetchy will give it good
books. This Library is Marietta’s
greatest asset in the education of
boys and girls.
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Bridegroom Must Be Coy
Custom has Imposed upon brides in
Assam a considerable amount of trou
ble before their prospective husbands
are safely tied up. On her wedding
day the bride is garishly attired in a
gown flashing with brilliants, and with
a band of jewels holding up her veil.
She goes to the house of the bride
groom-to-be. The door is open. The
bride and her attendants rush in and
search the house. The search con
tinues until the bride discovers the
seemingly reluctant bridegroom. When
found he resists vigorously before the
bride finally overcomes him and car
ries him off in triumph. The growing
of tea is the sole occupation of Assam,
and it is after the hustle and bustle
of the harvest that the Assam man, or
rather Assam.woman, takes her mate.
"KT ArpT /'"I T1 On account of the storm last Friday night and other conflicting matters over which we had no control, many were unable to see this
|\l t ) ! i I } I j greatest of all the Pictures we have ever shown in Hartwell, — and we have booked the Production for another engagement here next
X v V X X V-/ J Monday and Tuesday, December 1 and 2. Don’t miss this opportunity to to see a Film that has attracted world-wide attention.
Making and Breaking Theatrical Records Everywhere!
The Most Sensational
Success the Screen
Has Ever Known
IT PLAYED AT 52.00
20 Weeks - New York City
7 Weeks - Brooklyn, N. Y.
6 Weeks - Philadelphia
5 Weeks - Pittsburgh
5 Weeks— Cincinnati
4 Weeks - Baltimore
6 Weeks - San Francisco
7 Weeks - Los Angeles
4 Weeks - Seattle
4 Weeks - Detroit
4 Weeks— Cleveland
Tremendous runs, these,
justly earned by the merit
and magnificence of the the
picture.
And now it is coming to
the Star Theatre at
popular prices
ADMISSION:—AduIts 50c;
Children 25c
Lowest Prices This Picture Ever Shown
Nature Has Provided
the Eye Most Suitable
The American Review of Reviews
quotes from the Bulletin of the French
Societe de Blologie some interesting
facts about the shape and position of
the eyes in animals, according as to
whether they hunt or are hunted.
In the hunters, the eyes are in the
front of the head and close together;
they are deep in their sockets and
protected by dorsal ridges and by the
masticatory muscles. Thus, the bi
nocular field of vision of such animals
is large, while the panoramic field is
limited. Hunters that lie in wait for
their prey have pupils vertically el
liptical ; those that chase their prey
have round pupils.
In hunted animals, the eyes are at
the sides of the head and wide apart,
with shallow orbits and no protection
from ridges or muscles, so that they
usually protrude. Hence their binoc
ular field is very small or entirely
lacking, but their panoramic field em
braces almost the whole horizon.
In the fast runners, the pupil forms
a horizontal ellipse, which assists in
broadening the field of vision; poor
runners have round pupils. The frog,
both hunter and hunted, has frontally
placed eyes, but they protrude and
have crosswise elliptical pupils.
Egyptians First to
Employ the Epitaph
The word “epitaph” originally
meant a sepulcher. Then it was ap
plied to the monument marking a
place of burial, and later It was used
exclusively to designate the Inscrip
tion on the monument.
Inscriptions of this kind, it appears,
were originated by the Egyptians.
From the Egyptians the custom of
using them spread to the Greeks and
Romans and finally to all Christian
nations, says the Pathfinder. Usual
ly an epitaph consists of some senti
ment or expression of affection or
faith in addition to the name of the
deceased and the dates of his birth
and death.
Despite the fact that they are inva
riably associated with such solemn
things as death and bereavement, epi
taphs are often highly amusing. In
some Instances their humor is evi
dently deliberate and intentional, but
usually it is the result of faulty Eng
lish or some accident of diction.
The water is so clear in the fjords
of Norway that very small objects
can be seep clearly at depth of 150
feet.
In European countries there are
1,800 daily and weekly newspapers
published. Berlin with 100 papers,
half of which are dailies, leads the
list. Vienna, which is second, has
55, including 22 dailies.
Qtnr fhaolvn Monday and Tuesday,
Midi 1 ilvdlr"j December 1 and 2.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., NOVEMBER 28, 1924
Ingenious Idea
Mrs. Suburb was always very anx
ious to do the right thing, and she lost
no chance at all of showing her neigh
bors that she was a real, genuine,
dyed-in-the-wool lady.
Recently some new people oad
moved into the neighborhood, and
Mrs. Suburb was discussing them with
her daughter.
“Well, Mary," she said, “I suppose
we shall have to call on those people.
Just take your scissors and cut some
sort of hole in one of our visiting
cards, will you?"
"Whatever for, mother?” asked
Mary. “What will that mean?"
“It doesn’t mean anything that I
know of," replied mother, "but they’ll
think it does and feel rather small to
find out that they don't know as much
about society ways as we do."
Band Instruments
“Reed instruments” comprise all
wind-blown instruments in which the
sound Is produced by means of a reed
attached to the mouthpiece; comets
and other Instruments in which the
tone is produced by blowing directly
into the mouthpiece, usually metal, are
known as “brass instruments.” The
difference is generally Indicated by
the words “brass," “wood” and “reed.”
“Reeds” in the band are saxophone,
bassoon, clarinet, oboe and flageolet,
generally.
Many Kinds of Pencils
Ordinary black pencils are made In
more than fifty varieties, hard and
soft. The variety of pencils made with
different-colored leads is also consider
able. But apart from these the pencil
manufacturer issues a variety of pen
cils made for quite different purposes
that are seldom seen by the general
public. Special la-nclls may be had
for marking on polished metals, por
celain and patent leather, while there
are others with which one can write
legibly on glass.
Moon Superstitions
In certain races the man in the
pioon, far from being a criminal, Is a
being who, on account of great wis
dom, was transferred to the moon,
from which he could see all.
To the Chinese he is Yue-tao, who
arranges all marriages. The medicine
men of the old Red Indian tribes re
ceived their power by departing into
the middle of a lake and holding con
•ultatlon with the man in the moot)
It has been discovered that owls
have two pairs of eyelids. During
the daytime one set is lowered over
the eyes, but even with its vision thus
obscured it can see farther than a
human being. This upsets the theory
that the owl is blind in the daytime.
Tte Greatest 'Screen Attraction
oftteAge!
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Presented by / Jl’ 1
A UMIVEDL.FAI. PICTURE
An Explanation--But Not an Apology
You are going to be asked to pay an increased
admission to the Star Theatre during the engage
ment of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
This is due to the fact that we, in turn, had to
pay a staggering sum to secure this magnificent
production for your entertainment.
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We were glad to do it. And after you have
seen the picture that has set the whole world talk
ing, you’ll dicover why. It is a privilege for us
to exhibit such a production, and you, in seeing it,
will know the thrill that comes once in a lifetime.
GRAND WASHINGTON
STOVES f RANGES
First in Economy, Durability Ap
pearance, and Convenience.
We will not only save you mon
ey, but sell you the best Stove that
money and experience can build.
Ask your neighbors about their
Grand Washington Stoves. Let us
show them to you.
A. N. Alford & Co.
Hardware Dept. - - - Hartwell, Ga.
IF YOU LOVE-
BEAUTY and which of us does not?-—there are
wenes of such magnitude and splendor as to be
almost breathtaking.
ROMANCE -you will thrill to the talc of a dashing
nobleman and a sweet, unspoiled girl of the people.
ACTION there are moments when the story moves
at a pace so cyclone-fast that the blood will course
through your veins at a like speed.
INTRIGUE—there is plot and counter-plot an
arch-villian who seeks to blast the happiness of two
young hearts, and a mysterious figure which pur
sues him like a relentless Eury.
GOOD ACTING- you will find a vast cast, drawn
from the ranks of .Screendom’s favorites, headed
by LON CHANEY, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman
Kerry and Ernest Torrence.
DRAMA you will revel in one situation more tense
than another, all of them building up to a tremend
ous, smaching, crashing climax.
GRANDEUR you will see sets of glittering glory
and lavish luxury, done on a far more magnificent
scale than has ever before been attempted.
PATHOS your heart will respond to the unselfish
devotion of Quasimodo —the unquestioning love
that made of him a willing slave who neither asked
nor expected a reward for his services.
Then you will
love
“The Hunchback
of Notre Dame”
AFTERNOON 2:30
NIGHT 7:15
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