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Miss Grace Phillips, of Greenville,
and Miss Marjorie Phillips, of An
derson College, S. C., were over last
week-end visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Phillips.
The many friends of Mr. Frank
M. Brswn, sen of Mrs. J. V. Brswn,
of Campground, will be pleased t®
learn that he has recently been made
manager of the F. W. Weelworth
Co’s stere in Key West, Fla. Frank
has been with the celebrated ten-cent
organization for several years, and
the promotion comes as recognition
of his ability and worth.
The Sun office was made bright
last Saturday afternoon when Mrs.
McAlpin Thornton brought us two
gorgeous Japonicas, which we thought
at first, were hand-made flowers. An
examination quickly showed us they
were the genuine article. The blooms
came from Thomaston to Miss Fran
ces Roberts, who is making her heme
here with the Thorntens. Miss Rob
erts is in charge of the branch of
the Atlanta Business College here.
We appreciate the flowers very much,
indeed.
Miss Margie Phillips was among
these from Andersen, S. C., who at
tended the New York Symphony
concert in Greenville, S. C.
Miss Sally Fannie Daniel spent the
past week-end in Athens.
Miss Grace Phillips entertained at
tea at her borne on east Earle St.,
Greenville, S. C., Tuesday evening.
Her guests included Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Webb, Misses Edith Hall, Hattie
Fay, Frances Mclntosh, Ad Lene
Jones, Virginia Anderson. They at
tended the Dennis-Shawn Ballet.
At a recent recital given by stu
dents of the Brenau Conservatory at
Gainesville, Miss Louise Jones of
Hartwell, Ga., played delightfully.
Miss Jones is a very talented young
woman and is making real progress
in her work. Her appearance on this
occasion won the warm congratul
ations of every one who heard her.
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Mr. A. N. Alford was in Atlanta
•n business last Friday.
Mr. W. T. Johnson attended to
business in Atlanta last Friday.
Dr. B. C. Teasley received news
last week of the death of his aged
kinsman, Mr. L. S. Teasley, in Chap
mansbero, Tenn. Mr. Teasley visited
Hartwell and this section two years
ago and is remembered by many of
our people, who will be sorry to hear
of his passing. Death was the result
of pneumonia.
Messrs. A. N. P. Brown, F. C.
Gaines, P. P. Gurley and C. E. Wil
liams were among the business visi
tors to Atlanta last week.
Use Some Courtesy.
There is an ordinance against de
livery boys and children riding bi
cycles on the sidewalks in the City
of Hartwell. The rule should be
obeyed and the stores should instruct
their boys and parents their children
to regard same, or else get off the
sidewalk when passing a person. The
Sun has received several complaints
regarding this matter within the past
two weeks.
Mrs. J. H. Bart®n visited her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Geerge T. Pursley,
in Griffin, last week-end.
Mrs. Stanly J. Brown is visiting
her sister, Mrs. L. L. Wallace, in I
Atlanta this week.
Mrs. Frank T. Kidd and son, In
man, left this week for Hepzibah,
where they will visit Mrs. Kidd’s
mother, Mrs. Frye, and family, for
some time.
Mrs. T. H. Johnson and Mrs. Leon
Morris were delegates from the Hart
well Methodist W. M. S., to the an
nual Conference in Atlanta last
week.
A card from Dr. and Mrs. W. I.
Hailey tell us they are having a
splendid time down in Florida, at
present being in Miami, where they
are visiting their sons, Joe and Tom
Hailey.
Supt. J. B. Jones, of the Hartwell
Railway, was called to Macon, N. C.,
Monday by the serious illness of his
aged father.
Mr. and Mrs. Gaines went to At
lanta last week-end, accompanying
the former’s mother, Mrs. R. L.
Gaines back to Bowersville, after
she had spent some weeks in a Hos
pital there. We are glad to hear shat
Mrs. Gaines’ condition is improved
some.
Walter, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Meredith, of this city, recently had
a narrow escape. He has been in the
V- S. Navy for the past two years,
and recently was made pilot of a
hydroplane in the Atlantic fleet. He
was transferred to the Pacific fleet
some weeks ago for a trip to the
islands. Three days after he left
Hampton Roads, Va., the plane in
which he had been a pilot plunged
into the ocean drowning three of the
occupants, including the pilot. If
Walter had been in charge no doubt
toe would have been one of the vic
tims. We rejoice with the family
here that he escaped.
Sarpriaed Birthday Dinner.
The children and grandchildren
surprised Mr. and Mrs. C. P. *Jones
last Sunday, Feb. 15th, when they
began to gather at the home with
a well-filled baskets. About 12 o’clock
L they gathered at the table. During
■ afternoon they laughed and
talked. leaving late in the afternoon
' wishing Mrs. Jones many more
EKappy birthdays. This was her forty
ffe t birthday the 15 of Feb. She
1' many presents.
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SUN RAYS =
Last Saturday looked like another
Christmas Eve in Hartwell. Business
is good in’this town.
Mr. Emmett A. Skelton, of Char
lotte, N, C., spent first of the week
here with Jus.parents, Hon. and Mrs.
J. H. Skelton, and faipily. ,
The many friends of ’Dr. Thos. R.
Gaines will be glad to know that he
is much better. , .
Many frJends and the
county will be grii-yed td learn of the
illness of Prof C,G.’'Power, of Res
well. He Ms been in Wesley Memori
al Hospital for sortie time. We trust
he will soon be well again.
Mr. H. Inman Alford left Sunday
for New York City where he is
making purchases for the spring and
summer trade at A. N. Alford &
Co’s store.
Miss Lucile Adams is spending
several weeks' with her sister, Mrs.
Weldon Kay of Anderson, S. C.
Box Supper At Montevideo
There will be a box supper at
Montevideo school house next Fri
day night, 20th. Starts 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hunt and
son, Benson, spent last Thursday
with Mr. and Mrs. George Brown
of Cokesbury.
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Mr. Chas. S. Peek has installed a
first-class radio outfit- in his home.
Mr. H. M. Clark, of the Hartwell
Radio Shack, has purchased a new
Dodge touring car from Mr. Carey
C. Carter, local dealer.
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Sheriff Britt Brewn has purchased
a Hedge touring car from Mr. Carey
C. Carter, local dealer.
Mr. Omar 11. Vickery has pur
chased a new Buick touring car from
Mr. A. C. Skelton, local dealer.
Miss Eva Brewer, who teaches in
Elbert county, spent last week-end
here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Brewer, and family. Accom
panying her as guests were Miss
Wansley and Miss Louise Hudson.
®n account of the enormous size
•f next week’s Sun and the at*enlll
ant rush that will accompany it w' !
will nst accept c»py of any nature
later than Monday afternoon. Your
co-operation at all time is appreciat
ed in this matter.
Mr. Austin N. Page’s many friends
are glad to know that he is better.
The Brenau Club will meet next
Wednesday, February 25th, at 3:30
o’clock with Miss Josephine Thorn
ton. Joint hostess will be Miss Mil
dred Johnson. All members are
cordially invited.
Miss Dorris Ayers’ many friends
are glad to know that she is im
proving, though slowly. She will be
confined to her room for several
more weeks at the result of burns
sustained during the holidays. Miss
Dorris is one of Hartwell's finest
young women and all hope that soon
she will be up and out again as usual.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Morris’ friends
will regret to know of the illness
of their infant daughter, who has
pneumonia.
Mrs. 0. Y. McLees is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vickery, in
Toccoa this week.
Mrs. L. N. Adams and Mrs. Mc-
Cade Alford are spending several
days in Atlanta.
Mr. Hugh A. Price, of the sales
department Georgia Railway &
Power Co., was here attending to
business and shaking hands with his
many friends first of the week.
Hon. J. E. Conwell’s numerous
friends are always glad to see him
back in his old home town and coun
ty. He was here Monday at the
meeting, which drew a large crowd.
Edna, little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Louie L. Morris has been very
ill with pneumonia the past week.
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Mr. Joe Saul has been in New
York the past week purchasing spring
and summer goods for the Saul De
partment store here. They announce
arrivals in many pretty new things
this week.
Mrs. Dyar, society editress of the
Royston Record, was among the
visitors to Hartwell Monday.
•
Mr. J. E. Carter is spending sever
al days in Franklin and Banks coun
ties in the interest of the Georgia
Cotton Growers Association.
Many friends will regret to learn
of the critical illness of Mr. John
Robert Stenhens at the State Sani
tarium in Milledgeville. Mrs. Stephens
was called to the bedside of her son
several days ago. He has pneumonia.
Mr. J. Harry Snow has accepted
a position as manager of the Texas
Co’s new station at the corner of
Franklin and Carter streets. He will
appreciate your patronage.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt S. Phillips and
Mr. Bar S. Hall attended the Shrine
ceremonial in Atlanta Wednesday,
motoring through.
Messrs. Grover Lewis and W. J.
Belle, Misses Pauline Cleland and
Julia Kay, attended the funeral
Tuesday in Lavonia of their relative,
Mrs. Lou Chandler.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA, FEBRUARY 20, 1925
iSTAR THEATRE
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Afternoon 2:30 Night 7:30
Mary Pickford in “Through The
Back Door.”
This is your opportunity to see
Miss Pickford at her best. Better
than “Tess of the Storm Country,”
and other notable successes. Don’t
miss this one.
SATURDAY
Western Feature, Sunshine comedy
and “Fighting Skipper” No. 4.
MONDAY
• ' "Side Show of Life” with Ernest
Torrence, 1 Anna Q. Nilsson,
A three ring drama of circus, stage
and society. -
. From the popular novel aid play
“The Mountebank.”
With the role of the beloved clown
marvelously played by Ernest Tor
rence, the famous “Bill Jackson” of
"The Covered Wagon.”
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
Baby Peggy in “The Law Forbids.”
Afternoon 2:30 Night 7:30
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Beet That Lay Eggs
in Bricks and Wood
Sometimes as you are looking at
an old wall you will notice that the
mortar between the brick* contains a
number of deep pits. If you probe
into various holes you Will be startled
eventually by the exit from one of
them of a small, but very angry, bee.
You have, in fact, disturbed the ma
son bee in his home. The hole in
which he was lurking was made by
Ids powerful jaws.
The female lays eggs in little recep
tacles at the bottom of the hole and
places a store of food beside each
egg. The hole Is then sealed up with
a mixture of clay and mortar, soft
ened with the bee’s saliva. The eggs
are left to themselves, and when
hatched the young bees eventually
eat their way out into the open.
The cousin of the mason bee is
called the carpenter bee. He bur
rows into woodwork, choosing gen
erally the underside of the beam, to
protect the hole from rain.
At the bottom of the hole an egg
is laid. Then comes a partition of
mud and wood chips; then another
egg, and so on till the hole is filled.
The carpenter then seals it securely
and leaves the eggs to look after
themselves, and when hatched the
bees eat through each partition till
t> y get out.
Artist’s Fee Tee High
Even fer Prefiteer
One of the good stories about the
famous painter, Melssonler, is in re
gard to his experience with a new
rich gentleman who had erected a pri
vate theater at his chateau. Mele
sonier was Just then at the height of
his fame and was spending months
painting pictures and selling them for
about ?200 a square inch.
The rich man conceived the idea
that what his theater most needed was
a drop curtain painted by the famous
artist, so he went to the studio and
proposed the matter to him.
“How large is the curtain to be?”
asked the painter.
"It will be 80 feet high and 35 feet
wide,’’ was the reply.
"My friend,” said Melssonler bland
ly, “it would take me 30 years to paint
such a curtain, and it would cost you
$6,000,000.”
Counting the Cost
"Don’t fidget I” snapped mother.
Little Bertha stopped toying with
the lid of her chocolate box and en
deavored to concentrate upon the
movie. But it was a very dull affair,
and her mind soon came wandering
back to the box.
In two minutes her small fingers
were busy again.
"Bertha, don’t fidget 1" repeated her
mother.
Once again the child obeyed, but
once more the production failed to
hold her fingers away from the lid of
the chocolate box.
“Now, Bertha," exclaimed her moth
er, “I warn you.”
Bertha opened her eyes wide. When
her mother spoke like that she was
not to be disregarded. Glancing
doubtfully at the dull screen and then
at the tempting lid, she whispered:
"Would it be a hairbrush, mummy, or
Just your hand?”
Town Has Long History
Nice or Nicaea in ancient times was
a town in Blthynla, a small country
of Asia Minor and a province of the
Roman empire. It lay to the south
east of the Sea of Marmora. During
the Second century before the Chris
tian era Blthynla was an independent
kingdom and Nicaea was the seat of
the royal government. Nicaea Is cele
brated as having been the scene of the
first general council of the Christian
church, which nt from June 19 to Au
gust 25, 825, and adopted the creed,
which, taking its name from the name
es the town in which the council met,
is known ae the Nicene creed. This
ereed esnphaelaes the divinity of our
Lord and the doctrine of the Trinity.
It ie the fundamental creed of all
Trinitarian churches the world over.
Human “Quarter Horses*’
A “quarter horse” is a term applied
to an individual who can make spec
tacular records, but cannot be relied
| upon for a good, steady pace in his
i undertakings. The term was origin
ally used on the race course, meaning
a horse in a race who was capable
of terrific speed for a short distance,
such as one-quarter of a mile, and
who ended the other three-quarters of
the mile at greatly reduced speed
MILLINERY
All the new colors and designs
have arrived—
THISTLE DOWN
CASTILIAN RED
TURTLE GREEN
GOBLIN BLUE
POWDER BLUE
BROWNS
GLORIA SWANSON POKES
STRAIGHT ROLLED BRIMS
—AT J. A. W. BRAWN’S—
LA MOTTE
MILLINERY
SHOP
. Hartwell, Ga.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
Wanted :-: Lost :-: Found
For Sale :-: For Rent
Money Saving Bargains
THRESHING—WiII thresh cane
seed at my home on Friday, Feb. 20.
*** MAC CtBB.
A good 5 room house to rent, good
pasture, good barn.
J. R. LEA RD.
FOR SALE—BB acres Reed Creek
land. 15 acres Bio-Nuberg land. 1
business lot 32x110 ft. 5 residence
lots at east Benson St. 2 1-2 acre
pasture lot. Will sell all above at
low prices for cash or will take First
National Bank stock in trade.
J. A. W. BROWN.
Kahn-Sherrill Optical Co’s Op
tometrist will be at my store Feb
ruary 25th. All work guaranteed.
ED BURTON, Canon, Ga.
WANTED TO BUY—One Bur
roughs Adding Machine, one Under
wood Typewriter, one Egry or
Standard Billing Machine. See,
write or telephone me quick. Phone
110, P. O. Box No. 199.
F. K. HARBIN, Royston, Ga.
FOR SALE—4OO Bundles Fodder
and 4 Stacks of Hay. 29-2t*
W. E. GAINES, Rte 3.
FOR SALE
Stock of Staple and Fancy Grocer
ies.
Building Lot.
House and Lot.
BEN C. ALFORD.
On Wednesday, Feb. 25th, at 3
o’clock I will turn 10 Guineas loose
from top of my store. SI.OO will be
given for each Guinea caught. Every
body come. See the fun.
ED BURTON, Canon, Ga.
SHOE SALE
Mention this ad and call for some
of our bargains in Winter Shoes for
men and boys.
Just received an assortment of light
weight Flexible Work Shoes built
for comfort as well as service.
Your attention is called to several
styles of Triangle Brand Dress Shoes
which we have just received for
men, women and children.
T. G. CRAFT
HARTWELL, GA.
If you are troubled with your eyes
and are in need of glasses, do not
fail to see Dr. Green at Herndons
• Drug Store Tuesday and Wednesday
■ February 24th and 25th.
i A Fresh shipment of Broch &
; Son’s fine Candies to go at 25c per
;lb. at
STANLEY BROWN’S
We are equipped for QUICK re
pairing when your car breaks down.
Buy your Auto needs from the REO
HARTWELL CO. Phone 14.
j FOR SALE—Pure Silver Lace
Wyandotte Eggs SI.OO for 15.
MRS. B. M. VICKERY,
I 28-2t* (Old Powell Homeplacce)
CHATTANOOGA TURNING
i PLOWS AND REPAIRS. See W. E.
HOLLAND, Hartwell, Ga. ts
FOR SERVICE. Thoroughbred
Jersey Bull. Fee, $2.00.
16-ts. A. M. TEASLEY.
WANTED—Chickens, Eggs and
Peas.
STANLY J. BROWN
W’e represent the Aetna Fire In
surance Co., (105 years old) against
fire, rain, hail and tornado.
J. T. HAYS REALTY & AUCTION
CO.
Those who owe us past due notes
and accounts not satisfactorily set
tled with us by next return day, will
be placed with R. L. Ayers for col
lection.
HERNDONS DRUG STORE.
Just received a car Shingles.
LEARD & MASSEY.
O-TOO-TAN BEANS for sale. $lO
per bushel. 28-2t*
N. E. REID, Hartwell, R. 3.
REED CREEK SCHOOL
e WILL OPERATE HATCHERY .
The Reed Creek school and citizens i
have installed a mammoth size 3,200 I
egg incubator which will be operated ,
as a public hatchery for the county
and community.
Setting dates Feb. 2, 16, 25, March
11 20. Hatching fee $2.50 per 100
eggs. , n u
If interested write, see or call H.
L. FRY. ts.
WANTED—Chickens, Eggs and
Peas.
STANLY J. BRQWN
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WHITE LEGHORN CHICKENS
FOR SALE—PURE “FERRIS” AND
“YOUNG” STRAIN. SEE RUCKER
M. HAILEY AT HAILEY’S NO. 1.
I Those who owe us past due notes
and accounts not satisfactorily set
tled with us by next return day, will
be placed with R. L. Ayers for col
lection.
HERNDONS DRUG STORE.
WANTED—Chickens, Eggs and
Peas.
STANLY J. BROWN
Your Clothes are Steamed while
being Pressed by the HARTWELL
PRESSING CLUB, Schafer Skelton,
Propr. Call 76.
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T. G. CRAFT’S
Our Triangle Brand Spring Shoes
have arrived and we can show you
some splendid values at moderate
prices, made by the world’s largest
shoe makers. If you want good
quality shoes at moderate prices buy
the Triangle brand.
Don’t miss our cut price sale of all
winter Shoes.
Men’s 220 Overalls cut to $1.40.
T. G. Craft
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ANNOUNCEMENT—We have been
appointed local representatives for
Worley & Drake, Elberton, who have
one of the most modern cleaning
plants in Georgia. If you have gar
ments to be Cleaned, send them to
us. We know you will be satisfied.
HARTWELL PRESSING CLUB,
Schafer Skelton, Propr.
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Why not divide your fire insur
ance with
J. T. HAYS REALTY & AUCTION
CO.
We have a carload of Nails,
Barbed Wire and Fence. Get our
prices.
A. N. ALFORD & CO.
Dr. C. A. Green, optician, will be
at Herndons Drug Store Tuesday and
Wednesday, February 24th, 25th.
We sell the best in Auto Acces
sories, Gas, Oils, and do repair work
that will stand the test. REO HART
WELL CO.
A Fresh shipment of Broch &
Son’s fine Candies to go at 25c per
lb. at
STANLEY BROWN’S
WHITE LEGHORN CHICKENS
FOR SALE—PURE “FERRIS” AND
“YOUNG” STRAIN. SEE RUCKER
M. HAILEY AT HAILEY’S NO. 1.
Have your Clothes pressed by
Steam at the HARTWELL PRESS
ING CLUB, Schafer Skelton Propr.
Call 76.
Dr. C. A. Green, optician, will be
at Herndons Drug Store Tuesday and
Wednesday, February 24th, 25th.
Steam will bring new life to your
Clothes. No gasoline odors. Let us
Clean and Press for you. Call 76.
HARTWELL PRESSING CLUB,
Schafer Skelton, Propr.
See A. N. ALFORD & CO., for
Garden Wire.
Buy the Genuine Wool Padded
Sweeny Collars from A. N. ALFORD
& CO.
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COTTON SEED—About 75 or 100
bushels Rucker Cotton Seed at SI.OO
per bushel. 27-3t*
C. H. TEMPLES, Hartwell, R. 2.
Loans on Hartwell property.
J. T. Hays Realty & Auction Co.
CHATTANOOGA TURNING
PLOWS AND REPAIRS. See W. E.
HOLLAND, Hartwell, Ga. ts
Quick money to loan on farm
property, for Hart, Elbert, Franklin
and Madison counties.
See J. T. HAYS, T. J. MARTIN or
JULIAN B. McCURRY.
If you are troubled with your eyes
and are in need of glasses, do not
fail to see Dr. Green at Herndons
Drug Store Tuesday and Wednesday
February 24th and 25th.
NOTICE —We will not be respon
sible for valuable papers, money, or
jewelry left in clothing. Search all
garments carefully before sending to
our shop. Not responsible in case
of fire. Kindly co-operate with us
in these maters.
HARTWELL PRESSING CLUB,
Schafer Skelton, Propr.
Just received a carload of Nails,
Staples, Barbed Wire, Hog Fence and
Garden Fence.
A. N. ALFORD & CO.
Save your coupons—For 15 cou
pons of Veals Blue Ribbon Bread we
give you one-half lb. box Fresh
I Candy Free. Ask for Veal’s Bread
—patronize Home Enterprise.
HARTWELL STEAM BAKERY.
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Crump’s Store
We have a new line of Ladies’ -
Hats just from New .York- Also
young men’s and boys adjustable
Caps; Shoes, Slippers and Oxfords.
If you want your money s worth
come and trade with us.
Groceries and shelf goods, ? ur ’
Coffee, Sugar, Lard, Soda, Matches,
full line of Black & White and St.
Joseph’s Medicines, Cold Tablets,
Quinine, Mustard, Ginger, Pickling
Spices and many other things too
numerous to mention. ZB-ht
E. N. CRUMP
Hartwell, Ga., Route 5
We have just received five dozen
Genuine Sweeny Collars, e have
all sizes from 16 to 20 inches.
A. N. ALFORD & CO.
LUMBER FOR SALE—Can fill
your bill of rough Lumber, »y size
and quantity. Also have cord wood
■for Hale
for sa e. w H CLEVELAND,
Hartwell, R. 5.
A Fresh shipment of Broch &
Son’s fine Candies to go at 25c per
STANLEY BROWN’S
List your property with us and we
xV'hAYS REALTY & AUCTION
CO.
Just received a CAR as SHINGLES.
LEARD & MASSEY.
TYPEWRITER RIBBONS —The
Sun has just received shipment of
new Typewriter Ribbons.
See us for Life Insurance —Jeffer-
son Standard Life.
J. T. Hays Realty & Auction Co.
CLOTHES called for, Cleaned,
Pressed, delivered. If you want ser
vice call 76.
HARTWELL PRESSING CLUB.
Schafer Skelton, Propr.
Buy your Gasoline and Oils from
REO HARTWELL CO.
Get our prices on Wire Fence.
A. N. ALFORD & CO.
Just received a CAR as SHINGLES.
LEARD & MASSEY.
FOR SAL7—Baby Chicks; pure
breeds only, Custom Hatching,
Brooders, Poultry supplies. Let us
do your hatching, Early Chicks are
the best. Write for prices, catalog,
etc.
Elbert Community Hatchery,
27-3 t Elberton, Ga.
We make all kind of Keys.
YATES HDW. & FURN. CO.
A Young Horse for Sale.
J. R. LEARD.
Glenn McMullan, Perry Vickery,
Escoe Ramey, Willie Senkbiel and
Sibley Richardson have recently
bought Grand Washington Stoves
from A. N. ALFORD & CO.
WANTED —Chickens, Eggs and
Peas.
STANLY J. BROWN
CLOTHES called for, Cleaned,
Pressed, delivered. If you want ser
vice call 76.
HARTWELL PRESSING CLUB,
Schafer Skelton, Propr.
We sell Blue Grass Tools.
A. N. ALFORD & CO.
Historical Record of
Use of “Poison Rings”
Throughout history the “ring of
death” has played a dramatic part.
At first It was designed as a means
of quick and easy escape from a ter
rible fate, the horrors of the torture
chamber or the disgrace of slavery to
a hated enemy. Hannibal, the Car
thaginian general, turned to the poison,
contained in bls ring when he was on
the point of being given up to his
enemies. The Athenian orator, De
mosthenes, is said to have carried
a similar ring, relates the Mentor
Magazine.
Time brought about the invention
of a new kind of ring of death, the
poison ring, designed for the purpose
of premeditated murder. The poison
rings of the Borgias are famous tn
history. Some of them still exist, one
bearing the date 1503 and the motto
of Cesare Borgia. Beneath the bezel
of this ring there Is a sliding panel,
and when this is displaced there ap
pears a small space where the poison
was kept. Such rings simply afforded
a ready supply of poison at need, but
another type constituted a death-deal
ing weapon. The bezel was wrought
In the shape of a Hao, the hollow
daws of the animal admitted the
passage of a subtle poison through
theta, and it is conjectured that the
death wound could have been Inflict
ed by turning the bezel of the ring
Inward, so that a hearty grasp would
produce a slight puncture in the vic
tim’s hand.
Island of Legend
The Island of the Seven Cities wed
an imaginary island, abounding with
gold, and adorned with superb houses
and temples, whose lofty towers were
visible at a great distance. Accord
ing to a legend that prevailed at the
time of Columbus, this island was
settled by seven, bishops who, having
fled with a great number of people
from Spain and Portugal, when those
countries were conquered by the
Moors, took to the ocean, and finally
landed on an unknown island. After
their arrival, the bishops burned the
ships to prevent the return of their
followers, and founded seven dtiea.
It is said that those navigators who
visited the Island in after year* were
never permitted to return. — KamM
. QU Star.