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WASHINGTON INSIDE OUT
of the suit will be reduction of
gasoline prices throughout the
country, but it may be a year
or more before the issue is final
ly decided in the Supreme Court.
JOEL T. BOONE, Chief Medi
cal Officer of the Presidental
yacht MAYFLOWER, is slated
to succeed Brig. (Jen. Sawyer as
the White House physician. Both
Boone and President are gradu
ates of Amherst and are good
friends.
A weekly Panorama of Events
in the National Capital.
By Peter Keegan.
NO ACCOUNT of what is go
ing on in Washington these days
would be complete without a
line about the weather. The
heat has been tcrrilic and unre
lenting. slowing up the Govern*
MOUNTAIN CITY
Mrs. Taylor, of Greenwood,
Fla., with Mr.and Mrs. Briggs,
of Gastonia. N.C. have been for
some time occupying their sum
trier home on Clayton Ave-
Dancing is being enjoyed, pro.
su'r.ably, bv a number of the
ment generally and leaving hav- young people and one is ftndo to
oc on every side. At h ast four wonder if devotes of the squar •
persons have committed suicide jdance are afflicted with’deal'ness
on account of the sweltering \ if so they jireltn.be'pilied. Our
weather, in addition to ilie usual sympathyfiolso goes].*nut to non-
number of drowings and heat
exhaustions. But through it all,
President Coolidge has lived up
to the first part of his name. We
saw him one afternoon when the
heat was the worst, and il a
platitude can be excused J be wns
as cool as a encumber while
everyone else in the city was
ready to collapse.
participantsjiving within a half
mile radius, whose hearing is
perfectly.normal.
About seventy five Boy Pconls
are camping byltlie' lake. Mr.
It.* K.] Lester is Scout] Mas to:-.
Other summer ^cottages are bo-
ing'Viccupied by their]]owners.
Among them are Mr. and Mrs.
E. K. King‘and]family. <d Lake-
ASIDE FROM KEEPING an: mnnt. Gn. Col."and Mrs. 0. M.
eye on the Democratic National 1 Snelling, of Athens and Mr. and 1
Clmrliu Stralm, of At lams. ]'
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw and famil
v i
Convention in New York, in the j Mr
midst at this writing of naming I
a candidate, Washington has! . „
turned its chief interest to t» | Uv,n * 1 *"* «*•
Ml. the Nntinnals have returned; d
from New vork at the top ot . ’
the American l.egue. Thottsnnda '-or new cntln K ».
greeted the players when they' Mr and Mrs W. O. Hill are in
came back to the home town and i the Ray Cottage, by the lake
Get the Tonic
of the Out-of-Doors
The Touring Car
*295
F. O. B. Detroit
Dctnountablo Rim*
and Starter 985 extra
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Be sure that your efficiency and your comfort this
summer have the help of that car you have always . : -
intended to buy. You know its value—you know
what an essential aid it is to a fuller activity, an easier
life, more healthful hours out-of-doors. h £
Delay invites disappointment. Why wait? Buynoti'/i,,
•1
('O Detroit, Michigan
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Runabout $ JOS Loi ipc$525 Tudor Sedan $591) tardor Srdan $b&$
All price* /. u. b. Detroit
•Eii THE NEAREST AUTHORIZED
FORD DEALER
UNIVERSAL CAR
Yon coo buy any model by making a email doum-payment and arranging eaey
terms for the balance. Or you can buy on the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan.
The Ford dealer hi your neighborhood will gladly explain both plane in detail
Victory Over One * Self
hundreds of officials, including! Mr. V. C. Barron's Plav house!«Bi.Zy Angie"*''!? WMUMilm’s'sunu-n
the President, attended the game is now open, with his sister, Mrs,, Road, i»ut in every mail's ur«- n.. i« u
the
led
to cheer them on. It was
first time Wasington hail
the League for nearly
years.
* THE CABINET WILL be scat
tered to the four winds in a few
days, with no reference intended
to the great Chinese game. Sec
retary of States Hughes is going
to London to attend the conven
tion of the American Bar Associ
ation, Secretary of Commerce
Hoover is going to his home in
Palo Al.to, Calif., to spend the
summer. Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon, with his daughter,!
will spend the usual summer va
cation in Europe, Secretary of
War Weeks will retire to his
Mass, farm, and others will dis
appear elsewhere. The Presi
dent intends to stay hole most
of the summer, on the ground
that the White House is about as
comfortably place as he could
find with a radio station handy
to broadcast campaign speeches,
U3E OF POISON gas by mail
robbers in the Chicago district
recently will lead to the furnish
ing of gas masks to railway mail
1 clerks, according to plaus of the
PoBtoffic? Department, The
clerks already have revolvers
sawed-off shotguns, but these
are not enough. The War De
partment has been asked to pro
vide 5,600 gas masks for the
mail fofee.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
STONE has leaped into • trust-
busting class with his anti-trust
suit against 50 of the nation’s
greatest oil companies and refin
eries. Stone has been working
on this suit night and day ever
since he followed Harrjr Daugl/-
erty into the Attorney-General’s
office. It is really his premier
in his new job as attorney for
for the United States. Reports
Howard 0. Brooks in charge.
The Anti-tnhorcOlcsis Associa-
twenty tion, of Macon, have purchased
the home of Mr. J.E., Cox and
nineteen children are being
ed for by Mr. and Mrs..Bacon, of
Macon.
Mr. Cox has moved to his new
home by the lake.
A number of tourists are enjoy
ing horse back riding.
The lake is proving quite an
attraetion for those who love
swimming and bathing, these
warm days.
no buttle more severe, and no victory
I more honorable than when n mutt lights
with himself mill wins the victory.
Victory over one's self Is the greatest
feu't In the world! and surely he who
.cannot control hltuself cannot control
Car- pother people.—Exchange.
*radition Help* Nation
In the great events menacing the
existence of a people, the will of the
dead powerfully snslulns the will of
the living. ’Nations which have not
plough of the deud to defend them,
make a feeble resistance. This wns
the case with Russia toward the end
of the great war.—G. l.e Hon In I.es
Incertitudes de I'lleure I’resente.
YE OLD TIME FIDDLERS
1 CONVENTION
Ladies and mens Light Summer Hats (’heap.
All kinds of Fruit and Vegetables Found at
BELL'S STORE
CLAYTON
GEORGIA
Ye Old Time Fiddlers Convention will be
given at the court House, at Clayton Ga., on
the evening of July 4, at 8:30 p. m. 1924.
All who can play bring your music with you.
All who want to play in the contest don’t
forget to he at the court house at 6 p. m, so
as to arrange the program. Every body come
and let’s have a good time. . v
iq man. tm*m
wmm
BLACKSMiTHING AND REPAIRING
I have opened up a s!bop for general repair
ing, and Hlacksmitliing. Horse shoeing a special
ty. Give me a call and let me show you. Located in
the shop building oh Court House Street.
No job too large or too small.
W H. MITCHELL
Clayton
Georgia
Mi**;*xtppi* Vagaries
Thu Mississippi river commit lion
suys that according to the latest «ur-
vuy tlm widest point on the Missis
sippi river at the hank. lull stage.
found 77 miles below Cairo, 111., 1 fi.ena
the river was 14,4:20, feet ucrufi.'il. It
Is narrowest near Its source, tiring
less than ho feet between Lake Itasca
and Minneapolis.
PRIZES GIVEN
20 Per cent given to Baptist and Methodist
Churches. -
ADMISSION 15 & 25CJS
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Spin Colored Thread)
By Injecting dyes In coreions,
French scientist has caused sIVkwornt i
to spin colored threads. Silk 3s usual - 1
ly dyed after It Is wound imdklwlslq I I
Into floss.
Determination
This Is un age of competition. If
you want aiiythlng you must go after
It. not in u half-heat ted way, hut with
a determination that will brook no In-
'torference. The one thing that you
may as well understand right In the
beginning la that you will get no more
tliuii you are willing to pay for, but
you ran have almost anythlug you
.-want, when you want It hud euuugh.
F 1 >—A. K. Stewart.
A Version Often Followed,
Asked by her Sunday school teael4 »r
to give the IIIMe verse for that ihtj 'a
lesson, u little western girl replies l:
“Go ye Into nil the world and spres id
the gossip to all the people."—Hoot) in
Transcript.
Mercy for Friend and Foe I
As freely ns the (Imminent emiMiuvs -a
the world, or the sun pours forth la i-
pertlally his beams, so mercy must rl «.
circle both friend and foe.—’Sdhli&t -.
Bump Proof
If yon can combine hard work and
hupplness in, your work, you can ride
over so-called “hard times’’ ufid never
feel a hump.
Some Exposure
Perhaps if I lie subterfuges of tha
whole world were exposed simulta
neously, after the tirst shock, there
would he u great sheepish laugh.
Printing p/ Paper Money
All |mpcr money issued hy tha
United States is prluled at the bu
reau of engraving and- printing in
Washington.