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The Hartwell Sun
—Established 1876 — ■
LEON MORRIS&LOUIE L. MORRIS
Editors Publishers Proprietors
Entered in the Post Office at Hartwell,
Ga., as Second Class Mail Matter.
Member
Georgia Press Association
Eighth District Press Association
National Editorial Association
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FRIDAY. APRIL 10, 1925
• SOME SUN
” SCINTILLATIONS
* L.L.M. -
bible thought J
For This Weekh
♦ I {Bible Thought* memorized, wilt prwe «a
priceless heritage in after yearu.
1 HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD
EIGHT, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith. Henceforth
there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness.—2 Timothy 4:7.
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Make your own way—he who
waits for dead men’s shoes is pretty [
apt to get cold feet.
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“Before a marriage a man gives
his neart to a girl, after marriage she
takes the heart right out of him,"
says o'd Joe.
o
It has become a fad among young
men to go without garters, and no
doubt they imagine they have origi
nated something. But their great- ,
erratic-dads beat them to it.
o.
Many an old hen is looking for
ward to a trip across the street to
the neighbor’s spring garden. Chick- 1
ens and church choirs cause many <
war-. !
o
Another thing about the great old
You can take a drink
several times during the day and
then -rand up and talk to a friend i
when he drops in without having to I
turn your face the other way. You j
don’t have to chew gum or smoke to '
try to hide the odor of the luscious i
old churned cow fluid. It won’t make J
you smell like a sour, rotten apple. ; ,
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A Child
There is nothing in all the world I
so hr.portant as children, nothing so |
intere-ting. If ever you wish to go I
in for some form of philanthropy, if
ever you wish to be of real use in
the world, do something for chil- 1
•dren. If ever you yearn to be wise, i
stud; children. If the great army 1
•of philanthropists ever exterminate 1
sin and pestilence, ever work out I
race salvation, it will be because a 1
little child has led.—-David Tstarr ■
-Jordan.
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"Anonymoui."
Those who contribute to worthy !
■causes- usually see fit to advertise i I
their generosity, but occasionally ) ‘
there is a giver who forgets to '
“round a trumpet” in order to have >
“’glory of men.” New Yorkers are ■
now engaged in raising some fifteen
millions of dollars for the completion 1
of the Cathedral of St. John, the Di
wine. Among the printed list of con
tributors is found, “Anonymous.
$150,000.00 and again, “Anonvinous,
$100.000.”
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How To Change Thing!
"A child with the habit of obedi
ence in the family passes naturally
into a law-abiding citizen. Th- citi- •.
xen t aving the habit of obeying the
law-- finds no difficulty in keeping
any law. The habit of morality re-'
moves most effectually the tempta-,
tion of vice. The English have the
habit of obeying their criminal laws
and crime is not common in England ;
and Canada. The present day Ameri-'
cun from his infancy habitually
breaks all the law that he meets with, i
He hr.s the habit of lawlessness and ■
calls t liberty. By a powerful es-!
fort, beginning in the home and |
Mchool, this one evil can be reversed.
It must be.”—Judge Carnule Sibley.
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We don’t know what happened,
nor where, but it was evident that
old Joe Jones had run up against
something the other day. Coming in
to ...- sanctum he sat down beside
us and says, says he, with a scowl
<>n his face: “Look here, Ligon, you
know a fellow may have a string of
ancestry as long as from here to the
sun, and their blood may be as royal
blue as the skies themselves, but, did I
you know that ain’t helping one bit
when it comes to their settling up
what they owe.” Old Joe was hot,
and we know he had run up against '
:: hard one somewhere. “Joe,” says
we, "you are wrong many times, but,
it appears to us that you are just
.about 100 per cent right this time.”
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OLD JOSEPH JONES
says—
. jX/JJ’ “Noah was six hun
** ' dred years old before
. ■ he knew enough to
gr’-’/ B'' 9 b u >!d an ark. Don't
i° se y° ur E ri p!"
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fZXZ— QUESTIONS !
|j Aa and Bible Answers I
E. II Parents will eneourare children to look up «Hi
S aminx-rc,onse the Bible Anawers, »t wili(Mwe taj
g| a pncvMM benta<« to tnem id after year* Iqj
W- y should we not be afraid? See '
-Isa. 41:10.
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Don’t Worry—Smile
The world knows but little of fail
ures, and cares less. The world only
watches the successes. Stop worry
ing over things that can’t be helped
and go out and do things that can be
done. Few people care a continental
for your failure. Few. if any, will
help.
You may sit and magnify your mis
takes, mourn and go mad over your
blunders, but men will only smile
that cynical smile and say of you,
“he's no good.”
Self-pity, sympathy-soliciting, > h
ing and wailing will only let you
down lower. Brace up. Brush up.
Thing up. And you are bound to get
up. Paint your face with a smile.
Advertise that you are a success,
then think and work for it.
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BUYING SIGHT UNSEEN
Some weeks ago, a couple of map
peddlers worked this city for a map
of South Carolina—a chart, they
called it. Their story was that they
were taking orders, and the map was
not completed, therefore they could
not show what they proposed to de
liver. In the course of time the maps
some old map these people had secur
were delivered, and they prove to be
ed, with some of the state highways
placed incorrectly on it. The map al
■o shows postoffices which were ab
olished nearly forty years ago, and
which many people now living in
those neighborhoods never heard of.
The whole thing is a swindle and
these people who sold them should be
prosecuted, if they could be found.
The moral is, never buy anything
from a stranger sight unseen.—An
derson (S. C.) Daily Mail.
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GREENVILLE NEWS COMMENTS
ON THE BRIDGE MATTER
The Sun has felt all along that the
seeming ill feeling and spirit of re
taliation as suggested by the action
of some South Carolina citizens re
garding the toll question at the Sa
vannah river bridges only repre
sented the sentiment of a few people
in our excellent neighboring county
of Anderson and friendly neighbor
ing State of South Carolina.
This fact has been borne out by
statements verbal and in print during
the past week. Anderson and An-I
derson county as a whole is inhabi-1
fated by a fine people.
Hartwell and Hart county has the
kindliest of feeling for Anderson,
Anderson county and the Palmetto
State.
In fact, a large part of our citi
zenship “migrated” many years ago
from across the Savannah, and we
are so closely related that a spirit
of animosity seems out of place, to
say the least.
The Greenville (S. C.) News, a
little further north of Anderson, has
the following to say regarding the
bridge controversy:
“The Anderson Independent does
not think very highly of what it calls
an ‘indirect legislative thrust' aimed
to reduce the tolls on the Alford
bridges over the Savannah river be
low the charges recently ordered by
the war department after a hearing
on the subject. The legislative
‘thrust’ is a movement to authorize
the highway department to change
the route of the highway if desired
in order to carry it over a free bridge
built or to be built out of public
funds.
“The Independent probably puts
its finger on the best solution of the
problem when it says that the ‘Hart
well owner of these bridges has in
dicated that he is willing to sell his
bridges and the quicker they are
made free bridges the better satisfied
the public generally will feel.'
“There is, of course, no necessity
for getting up any sort of feeling
over the bridge matter. Efforts of
the highway authorities in this ate
and Georgia should be directed, we
believe, not so much toward forcing
a reduction of tolls on these bridges
as toward making the bridges public
property and hence toll free. It
seems hardly appropriate for the
state to engage in a competitive con
test to force the private owner of a
public utility to reduce his charges
to a rate that the supposedly com
petent authorities have held would
be lower than reasonable. The thing
■ to do is to secure public possession
lof the bridges. There should be
ample legal means to bring about
! this end without injustice to anyone.
I If the owmer is willing to sell, and
his price is a reasonable one, the
thing to do is to buy the bridges; if
it is held unreasonable, there should
be a legal process similar to con
demnation proceedings that will fix
a reasonable price by regular pro
cesses of law.
“In bringing about a solution of
this matter, we should not permit
any spirit of disregard of private
capital or vested rights. It is worth
remembering that these bridges were
built by private investment at a time
when the public communities inter
ested were probably neither able, nor
inclined, nor impelled by necessity to
make such an improvement. It was
| a public service. Now that the time
i has come when the greatly expanded
' traffic of the country make it clear
that all roans and bridges should be
toll free, the effort should be to
take over from private capitalists the
structures and rights in which they
had invested their money, and on
terms that are entirely fair not only
to the public but to the owners of
the bridges also. There is away in
law to work out these terms after a
very complete and impartial consid
eration of all the factors, and that
means should be employed.”
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It's a funny world in which people
are proud of ancestors and hate to
take care of the old folks.—Nash
ville Tennesseean.
Speak not to the great man more
than he requires, for one knews not
what may be displeasing to him.
Speak when he invites thee and thy
word will be pleasing.—Precepts of
> Ptan-Hoteo, TSCO P C.
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THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL. GA., APRIL 10, 1925
“FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH”
By E.8.8..Jr.
I am very grateful for the many
well wishes for my success next year
in Atlanta. My old friends have
stood by me loyally and each and
every one has expressed the desire
that I can carry on with all the suc
cess in the world. It is my desire to
do that. It is my ambition to live
up to all my expectations. If I do
not, it will be because of reasons im
possible to overcome.
I was especially happy and proud
over one letter received this week
from a little girl in the high school
and it was impress to me be
cause it breathed the voice of
belief and loyalty. After all,
what is greater in this world
than faith and loyalty. A belief that
one will do his best and work and
i strive for all the glory that is pos
sible. If we did not have this belief
and faith of our friends, life indeed,
would hold little promise.
Down in the big state of Texas,
again, perhaps for my last time, it
is hard to comprehend its great op
portunities. I have written many
times of its wonderful assets. It
is a state urriike any other in Ameri
ca. Because of its great territory,
THE ROAD TO RUIN
In Macon "a model young man”
who was head bookkeeper for a bank
disappeared, and an audit of his
i books showed a shortage of SB,OOO.
He lived at the Y. M. C. A., took
an active interest in church work,
and held the esteem and complete
confidence of his employers. He
drove away in a new automobile that
he had purchased.
This particular case reached the
public through the newspapers, be
cause the bank promptly made the
facts known.
There are scores of just such
cases, however, occurring every
1 week, in Georgia and in other states
of the Union, that do not reach the
public for the reason that the em
ployers, for business purposes or to
save further embarrassment to in
nocent members of the families, do
j not let the facts become public.
It is stated by competent survey-
I ors of crimes of this nature that at
Ino period in the history of this
I country has there been such a rec
ord of speculations as since the be
ginning of post-war reconstruction
and business readjustments.
Though business and industrial
conditions have become almost nor
mal the situation as to money crimes
not only has not improved but obvi
ously is getting worse.
There is but one explanation—
living beyond the income.
The “joy ride” began just after
the war, when money flowed plenti
fully, and the reaction from the
strain and stress of that period cul
minated in an unheard-of human
recklessness and abandon, has been
continued, and is being continued.
It is a period of pazz, of wild ex
travagances in personal expenses—
and extravagancies that are too
often met by thievery.
There are men in Atlanta today,
and in every city, who are driving
automobiles and indulging in other
luxuries that cost them more than
their salary for a year. Expensed
pile up; debts pile up. Sometimes in
a fit of despondency a pistol shot
stops the worry. More often they
begin to steal from their employers.
It is not confined to men, young
or old. Many women who cannot
afford it are wearing silk hosiery.
They spurn the cheaper cotton
goods. Many are dressing beyond
their means. They must have cost
ly raiment and indulge in luxuries
that a moderate salary cannot pos
sibly meet.
The public seldom hears of these
cases, but there is scarcely a busi
ness concern of any magnitude that
i does not encounter such cases
every week in its own affairs.
There must be a slowing down—
a restraining force somehow and
somewhere.
Thousands of young people who
are stealing today in one way or
another, perhaps of a petty nature,
most of them, are not instinctively
• crooks. At heart they are honest,
i But the jazz life they fall into de
■ mands money. They take the
chances rather than slow down to
the old-time conservatism of the
; fathers. They prefer to steal rather
than to sacrifice and economize.
But there is no way to make it
i pay—no way to “put it over.”
; Sooner or later the employee who
takes that which does not belong
to him—however small or however
great—will be caught in his dishon
> esty. Then comes disgrace and
I usually ruin. The “joy ride” for
j that individual comes to an end,
and his or her future becomes
j blighted.
The “joy ride” doesn't pay. It
invariably ends in disaster.—Atlanta
Constitution.
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Musn’t Get Mad, Folks.
Last Friday a friend and patron
of ours, whose name had been off of
our subscription list for a few weeks,
I called and handed us his renewal,
saying: “Here, I did think I would
never take the Nugget again because
I didn't think you treated me right
i when you stopped my paper, bat I
cannot get along without it.” We
told him that we stopped all persons
—rich or poor, when their subscrip
tion- expired. You see we pay cash
for every thing we buy. It takes
money to run a newspaper. We can
not mail our papers out without pay
| ing the postage promptly. We have
to depend upon the help of friends
alone to keep us going. Enemies do
not help us. We have spent long
years at the business. Set type many
hours at night while our patrons
were asleep, taking their rest, in
order to give them an interesting
paper to read every Friday morning.
So let all patrons- take the second
thought before they become offended
at a rule we had to adopt to make
the newspaper business a success.—
j Dahlonega Nugget.
I it stands unequalled in the United
' States. But, aside from that, it is
' unique from many stand points.
I Texas, with its Rio Grande valley
' section is only in its beginning,
i There are opportunities here that
• no other state has.
And with it all, there are several
unique features about this great
southwestern state. It seldom rains
here. It is now April first down here
and all the old settlers tell me that
the last rain they saw was about ten
months ago. Can you imagine such
a length of time between rains? As
a matter of fact, it rains down here
so seldom that one wonders just why
the whole country doesn’t dry up.
Texas is as dry, this year, as the
Sahara Desert.
It is always a welcome relief to
get an Atlanta paper down here.
For Texas papers, as a rule are very
poor. I have followed the Dallas
papers constantly and I have never
yet found anything to praise in
them. They are exceedingly dull for
the most part.
This is my “light week.” Next
week, will see more to write about.
A WEST VIRGINIA EDITOR’S
VIEW OF THINGS IN PASSING
A party composed of Editor and
Mrs. S. S. Buzzerd, of Berkeley
Springs, W. Va., and Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Hedding, of Tyrone, Pa., re
cently came through Hartwell en
route to Florida.
Editor Buzzerd, in writing back to
his paper, The Morgan Messenger,
at Berkeley Springs, had the follow
ng to say, in part, of this trip through
this immediate section:
Saturday
“Crossed Savannah river into Geor
gia and arrived in Hartwell at 5
o’clock. Rooms at New Hartwell
Hotel very large and comfortable:
reasonable charges. Hartwell is a
town of less than four thousand
population; its principal industry is
cotton and other farming, and one
cotton mill. A number of wholesale
houses are also located here. Have
nice wide streets of sand-gravel, and
many sidewalks of same material and
some paved, which are good.
“The roads traversed today are
state roads and are designated as
“top soil” roads, which in dry
weather are smooth but in wet
weather such as now prevails
through the south, they are fierce,
yet passable. Some tourists have
slid into the ditch and mule power
was called to aid.
Sunday
“Remained here today. Hartwell
Hotel filled with tourists last night,
some of whom pressed on this morn
ing and others arrived to take their
places.
“A nicer hotel could not be found.
It was built by Hartwell’s enterpris
ing citizens and they deserve com
mendation for such display of faith
in their town and community, and
the tourists trade make it a paying
proposition.”
Editor Buzzerd’s reference to the
editors The Sun, and other things
noted about Hartwell are also inter
esting and greatly- appreciated.
The party returned through Hart
wig about three weeks ago en route
home after their two months’ stay
in Florida.
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(with OUR EXCHANGES)
$1,250,000 00 In Four Monthi.
There is food for thought in the
following news item from the Moul
trie Observer: “More than $1,250,-
000 was paid out for hogs in Moul
trie in the period from November 1
and February 23, according to fig
ures given out by the buyers on the
■ stockyards here. The receipts during
i the time mentioned were in excess
! of 70,000 head. Os this number close
to 20,000 were wagon hogs—that is,
hogs brought in wagons or trucks
from a radius of 20 to 25 miles from
Moultrie.”—LaGrange Graphic.
Everything Looks Good.
Farmers tell us that more work
has been done up to this date than
for several years past, and this is
bound to count in the production of
crops.—Walton Tribune.
What To Write.
The Madisonian greatly appreciates
its county news gatherers. Much
happens in every community accounts
of which belong in the county paper
—new settlers, improvements of
every kind, births, deaths, marriages,
church news, school news, sickness,
accidents, visitors, etc. Discussion of
county enterprises and county pro
blems'should always be short, snappy
and to the point. We cannot handle
long-winded articles or discussions.
A matter of serious concern to the
Madisonian every week is just what
it must leave out. Much has to be
left out every week.—Madisonian.
Splendid Organization.
Co-operate with the parent-teacher
j association in the great work planned
I for this year. You will enjoy the
efforts which you put forth in such
worthy endeaveor.—Montecello News.
Now is the time of the year to
j “paint up and clean up." Hedges and
shrubbery planted about the home
will brighten the place up consider
ably.—Cobb County Times.
Money In Bank, Though.
White county produced 687 bales
of cotton to March 20th as against
243 the same day last year.—Cleve
land Courier.
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A traffic expert says whole cities
1 must be rebuilt to accommodate mo
torists. Whole pedestrians have of
> ten had to be rebuilt for that same
reason.—Asheville Citizen.
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There is much talk of the go-getter
but is he of any more importance
than the come-backer—Toledo Blade, i
A LITTLE FUN—
One Rea»on For Cleanlineza
Teacher of Hygiene: Why must
we always be careful keep our
homes clean and neat?
Little Girl: “Because company may
' walk in at any moment.”
The Cheerful Giver
“Mother, have you got a nickel
for a poor old man?”
“Where’s the poor man, my son.
•‘Down at the corner selling ice
cream cones.” —Life.
Danger! Railroad Cro»»ing!
Stop and let the train go by,
It hardly takes a minute;
Your car starts out again intact,
And better still —you’re in it!
—Quoted by Governor Silzer.
Time For Alarm
The cat settled herself luxuriously
in front of the kitchen range and be
gan to purr.
Little Dolly, who was strange to
the ways of cats, regarder her „with
horror. “Oh, gran’ma, gran’ma!” she
cried. “Come here quick. The cat’s
begun to boil.”
Nothing On Him
The successful business man was
trying to impress the clerk.
“Why, young man, I even started
out in life as a barefoot boy.”
“Well, I wasn’t born with shoes on
myself," answered the clerk.
That’s Different
A Negro was trying to saddle a
fractious mule.
“Does that mule ever kick you,
Sam?” asked a bystander.
“No, suh,” said Sam, “but he
sometimes kicks whar I jes’ been.”
—The Progressive Grocer.
Matrimonial Olympics
The old gentleman was a trifle be
wildered at the elaborate wedding.
“Are you the groom?” he asked a
melancholy-looking young man.
“No, sir,” the young man replied.
“I was eliminated in the preliminary
can.
tryouts.”—Anthony (Kan.) Republi
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Speaking of tyfoney
I am 25 cents.
I am not on speaking terms with
the butcher.
I am too small to buy a quart of
cream.
I am not large enough to buy a
box of candy.
I cannot be exchanged for a gallon
of gasoline.
I am hardly fit for a tip. But—
BELEIEVE ME,
When I go to church on Sunday,
I am considered.
Some Money!
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Wife—“l saw the loveliest lace
spreads today, only two dollars and
a half, and I wanted them awfully,
but I knew you wish to economize
and so I didn’t get them.”
Husband—“ That’s too bad, my
dear; you could have got them. Any
thing which adds to your happiness
and brings gladness to your eyes,
anything w'hich lightens your do
mestic cares and gilds the lowering
clouds, anything which borders with
sweet flowers the thorny nature,
making life more worth loving, home,
a paradise, you are welcome, doubly
welcome, my angel, if it doesn’t cost
more than two dollars and a half.”
—New York Weekly.
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Think :
is Safi- :
llwJ IT ISN'T :
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Under the carpet, in the teapot, behind the clock—none 11
of those places are safe hiding spots for money, as is at- g
tested by news items that one sees frequently in the daily |
papers. gj
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Robbers and sneak thieves ppear to know just where ■
to look for the family hoard that is hidden about the house R
instead of being deposited in a bank, where it would be safe.
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Besides, banks pay interest on time deposits. Put your *
money at work for you in our bank where it will be safe. *
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“THE OLD RELIABLE’’ J
OFFICERS: *
D. C. ALFORD, President - R. C. THORNTON, V.-President g
M. M. NORMAN, V.-President - FRED S. WHITE, Cashier ■
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DIRECTORS: ■
D. C. ALFORD - S. W. THORNTON - R. E. MATHESON |
I. J. PHILLIPS -M. M. NORMAN - DR. W. I. HAILEY *
L. L. McMULLAN |
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Hear And Their
By DANA
THE OTHER day\ *
I READ in “The Sun.”
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WHERE AN old friend.
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OF HIGH school days.
HAD BEEN
AND WHEN I read it.
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MY MIND just naturally.
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TURNED BACK to other days.
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WHEN WE were in school.
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TOGETHER.
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AND I thought of.
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THE OLD gang.
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AND THOSE happy days.
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WHEN SARAH and Belle.
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AND LOUIE and I.
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AND EMMETT and Bub.
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USE TO each day.
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ATTEND HIGH school.
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AND ALL this time.
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THERE WAS another lad.
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WHO EACH day came, too. •
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AND WHOM we all liked.
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FOR HIS seriousness.
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AND HIS earnestness.
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AND NOW today.
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HE HAS been honored.
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PERHAPS, ABOVE all.
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IN BEING elected.
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THE DEAN of the law school.
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IN OHIO State University.
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AND SO along with the others.
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I JUST want to add.
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MY TRIBUTE and praise.
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FOR WAYMON McLesky.
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AND LET him know.
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THAT ONE of his old friends.
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OF BOYHOOD days.
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IS PULLING for him.
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I THANK YOU.
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A woman doesn’t settle down to
matrimony until she gets the habit
of thinking she smells something
burning.—Vancouver. Sun.
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Yet husbands who lose their memo
ries and wander off don’t forget
where the other woman lives.—Mem
phis New's-Scimitar.