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CLAY! ON TRIBUNE
Official organ
and < >f Rabun County.
L. P.GROSS, Editor,
"H'pTcRjOSS; & SON
?UBLISE f ERS
ties that beset the newspaper
publisher, and remember always,
that nothing hurts a newspaper
editor quite so much as to see
his mistakes in print.
He has no chance to cover
them up. The printed \yord
can’t be'erased. Don't forget
that newspapers are made by
human minds and human hands
h«d to err is human.
nay cne uime.
Get knowledge; lie brave, honorable
and kind, thinking of others before
yourselves, and always piny the came.
—King George of Knglnnd.
Look at Your Thumb.
A French writer classes nil women
by the size of their thumhs. Those
with large, thumbs are said to be
more likely Jo possess native Intelli
gence. whl’e the smull thumbs Indi
cate feeling. ,
Mr. G. M. Forrester, 6f Lake
mont was in to.wn yesterday and
says that he has'ordered a.bus
which he will operate between
Clayton and Cornelia, daily, be
ginning about April 27th.
No doubt a bus line properly
conducted will meet the approval
of' the traveling public and
would got enough business to
justify its operation,
When Mr. Forrester starts the
line he will move here and the
bus will leave here and make
the round trip to Cornelia and
return.
B* Not Deceived.
Things do not work out together for
{Ood to those who won't work ut nil.
ull | s.'* If you want your dollars to
R|F vJJUI carry away move goods and of
Hkt a belter quality just spend
JC them with the BOYS and
girls’ shop.
Every thing you need in
the way of Shoes, Cloth-
IT®® (j ' 0i,;xls and
If ygil I Notions. -
If you don’t find Wliat. you are Looking for
then come here— better come first and save time
1 Th*t a Man Be Found Faithful.
‘ Let’a rana so account of us, a* of
the ministers of Christ «n4 stewards
of the mysteries of God. Moreover It
ie required In stewards, that a man be
fpomt faithful. Hat with me It Is a
very aali thins that I should be
ojt joa,«« of man’s judgment;
AND GIRLS’ SHOP
i&k^W 1 GEORGIA
WbLISHEDI iVKRY THURSDAY
at Clay 1-c n r Georgia'.
Subscriptions in Advance.
One Year
Six Months , ■ "J
Three Months • 4 J
Entered ns second-class matter, Janu
ary 10th, 1924, nt the post office at
Clayton, Georgia, under tne Act of
March 8, 1879.
Advertising rates made known
upon application.
Thursday, March 27th, 1924.
CRITICIZING THE
NEWSPAPER
Critizing the home newspaper
|is th* favorite pastime of a large
majority of the people.
tike public officials, what il
Bays and what it does are con
stantly before the public, and
jts errors are easily detected.
An individual may go through
)jfa making one mistake after
Knottier, and few will know it,
hut let your newspaper err in
even a small detail, and the
critics have a choice morsel to
chew.'
Newspapers, though machani-
cal, are bumsn, because they ar>
conceived by human ( mind and
put together by human hands.
They are liable to error as any
man or woman and their oppor
tunities for making mistakes
may be found in every line—in
every word.
A wrong street address, incor
rect spelling of. names, little
inaccuracies may creep into the
newspapers' colums, no matter
how earnestly the editor and his
assistants may strive to be
accurate.
All your home newspaper asks
Is that you be charitable. Make
a few allowances for the difficul
CLAYTON TO HAVE BUS
LINE TO CORNELIA
ON
Fertilizers
Feed Stuff
# and
Heavy Groceries.
Derrick & Bearden
(Formerly J. H. Derrick)
CLAYTON GEORGIA
CASH GROCERY CO.. MAKES
AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Cash Grocery Co., a firm
heretofore composed of Messers
VV. W. Askea and J-ile Smith and
others are announcing this week
that Mr. Smith has retired from
rhe firm and tl\at the bu&inets
will continue at the same stand,
in charge of Mr. Askea, better
known by his friends as ‘‘Uncle
Bill”.
Thqj’e is some talk of a change
in the name of the firm but at
this time they are not ready to
announce what the name will he.
but it is satisfactory to the
friends of this 'popular firm to
know that the business will con-
tintinue under the management
of Mr.' Askea, who enjoys a
splendid patronage.
IT WAS DIFFERENT THEN,
WHEN SHEBA WAS A GIRL
Croesus never looked for a gas
leak with a match.
Moses never was perplexed a-
bout finding a parking place.
Helen of Troy never was both
ered about buying a battery,for
her radio set.
Marco Polo never had a party
line. The best he could get was
a clothes-line.
Alexander the Great never had
to think about putting on. chains
or trusting tp non-skid tires.
Tut-ankh-Amen never worried
about his income tax return.
Plato never considered the
possibility of typhoid germs in
unchlorinated water supply.
The Queen of Sheba never pon
dered the fact that the electricity
which browns toast sometimes
passes over wire coated with ice
and the current never me’ts The
ice.
fSeeds
This Is the-greatest ami most acou
rate Seed Hook ever published for tin
South. 100 poses, fi^ll of actual photo
graphic pictures, lmmlsome covei
pages in full colors, accurate descrip
tlons, valuable' culturo directions am
the most useful Seed Hook there 1b
It'is absolutely free, and wo wan
Vflu tp havn It In youf home. Hast
lags' Seeds, "The Standard of tin
South," are, as always, the best seed!
grown. Garden, field and flowe
seeds, plants and bulbs that dp wel
In South are all fully described' will
1924 attractive prices, the lowest wi
can possibly sell good seeds, plant!
nnd bulbs. All our 1924 customer)
will get G seed packets of beautifu
flowers absolutely free, The bl« pe»
lp24 Seed pook tolls all abouf It
Write for It today.
H. Q. HA8TJ.NGS CO., SEEDSMEN,
‘ ATLANTA, GA.
SPECIAL
Throug Afternoon
Train to
Cincinnati
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Indianapolis
Louisville •
DAILY
From ATLANTA
4:10. P. M.
Sleeping Cays, Coaches,
Dining Car Service .
Where Rubber Is King.
A traveler cun ride for seven hours |
by railway train, or more than .TOO
miles between Singapore and Penang,
Ip t|ie Federated Mill ay states, end
not once |o$iu sight of pio rubber plan
tations.
None of ’Em Safe Today.
"Runeo Games to Beware Of,” says
a headline.. They would seem to be in
that respect -like all the rest of the
bunco games.—ili,aion Transcript.
Have Plenty of Trunks.
If one lias trunks enough, • he cun
always be finding lost and forgotten
treasures,
Loosens a Stopper.
To loosen n glass stopper In ii bottle
put one or I wo drops of sweet n)l
around Hie stopper uml pluce It u lit
tle distunce from the lire, w’lu-n the
bollle Is <pillo warm strike Hie stopper
with u stick with a cloth whipped
lightly uround It, first on one side and
then on the oilier. This will loosen
even tlie most obstinate stopper.
Novel Wine Prize.
The Hungarian academy recently
awarded Its literary prlae to '*atv
guretc Rcthlep, wife of Premier Reth-
len, for her romance, "EIu Lcben.”
The Meanest Man.
The meanest man In the world has
once more been located. This time
be turns out to be uu eastern busi
ness man wlio stole a newspaper from
a blind newsboy every morning for
four months. lie wore rubber-soled
shoes and would take a paper from
the lad's stock without saying a word.
But lie wus finally trapped, and It
gave a policeman much pleasure to
bear hint off to the bastile. There a
Judge nlRO found satisfaction In lin
ing him the limit. It would have been
cheaper had he subscribed for the pa
per twenty years In advance.
i."^ 0 — 1
Bon ‘Mott Here and There.
A writer whose work Is not of a
kind that sells widely says "he doe«
not care how poor he Is so long os ho
lives In luxury." "Boy or girl?” a well-
known editor's wife asked her hus
band c-'itcernlng the newly born child
of a couple with whom they were ac
quainted. ‘'i don’t know," lie Replied,
trying hard to think; “guess they
haven't named It yet."—The Bookman.
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The Philosopher on the Links.
Waller Camp says: "In golf, us In
life, the attempt to do something In
one stroke that needs two Is apt to re
sult In taking three."—Boston Tran
script.
- Generally One or the Other.
At any rate, there’s n lot more saris-
fact Inn In spending as you go tlmii in
lending.—Boston Transcript.
Longest Year on flecord.
The year 47 1$. .(1. was the longest
year on record. By order of Julius
Caesar. It cr-Halneil -llf> days. The ad
ditional days were put In to make the
seasons conform ns nearly as jmsslble
with Ihe solar year.
Lives In Drop of Water.
So tiny that it can be seen only by
aid of a magnifying glass, an animal,
heretofore unknown, lias boon discov
ered by an eastern scientist. Bjr
means of whlp-lash strokes of hidrllke
projections covering Its body It can
move rapidly njiout In a drop of water.
The little creature feeds chiefly on
germs and other animals living in the
water. It measures about one two-
buiTllred:!is of an Inch long and Is
less than one-fourth us wide.—Popular
Mechanics.
Belt Feeds Hammer.
For rapid tacking a hammer tins
boon Invented to which tucks ate fed
by a belt.'
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR ADMINISTRATOR.
Georgia, Rabun County,
To whom it may concern;
Mrs. J. II. Tfiylor having made appli
cation to me In due form to be appoint
cd permanent administrator upon th
estate of J. H. Taylor, late of sai
County, notice is hereby given tha
said application will be heard at th
regular term of the Court of Ordinar;
for said County, to be held on tfa
first Monday in April 1924.
Witness my hand and official «i*na
ture, this 3rd day of Match 1924.
Vv ill Smith, Ordinary.
Add Another "O.”
Aim rather to he thorough with your
work than merely to be through with
It
LOOK!
We are offering a lot of
notions and shoes at
a very low price.
The quality is good
the price is right. Buy
now and get good
bargains.
Successor to Hi?| & Stonecypher
CLAYTON „V GEORGIA
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