The Clayton tribune. (Clayton, Rabun County, Ga.) 18??-current, November 13, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text* THEBE' IS NO PAPER LIKETHE HOME PAPER TO HOME PEOPLE. TRIBUNE VOLUME XXIX CLAYTON, RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY NOVEMBER. 13 1924. - - — — ---- • NUMBER 45 IMPRESSIONS OF MY EUROPEAN STRIP AUGUSTUS ANDREA VISITS HIS OLD HOME IN EUROPE (Amative of Italy, of German Parentage, Who Promotes Lakemoftt) wmm' It was with a heavy heart that 1 left Lakemont and dear old Rabun county, with all my good and trusted] friends, there, in the middle of Juue, in order to start for a visit to my father’s homes, and my relatives, in northern Italy and in Switzer land, The Lakemont section has al ways been very much ^entwined around my heart. I have seen Lakemont grow for the past eighteen years, from an humble, but never-the-less a homey start to its present state of an exclu sive and favored resort dotted with beautiful homes and gar dens and apparently loved by all its new residents as it was by myself, all of whom seen to de light in doing their part in its further development, as I al ways strove to aid in its growth and prosperity. But, here, my thoughts cling to my adopted home section again’ and I had started to lead your thoughts to foreig'n lands. After making the necessary purchase^ for the trip, formy- / self and two daughters, having previously made the reservations for the cabins in the liner and sscured my American passport, we boarded the Piedmont Special in Atlanta, to reach New York twenty six hours later. Having made the first lap of journey in all comfort as we traveled in a Pullman compartment that was provided with all necessary com- . forts even to an electric fan, which was in continuous use ow ing to the sultry weather. Arriving in New York, at the Pennsylvania station, which we reached by traveling under the Hudson river, in the tubes for nearly a mile, we proceeded from the station, underground, to the Pensylvania Hotel which has 2200 rooms, with baths, we secured the rooms previously en gaged. After refreshing our- f- selves a bit we went to the Ital ian Consulate, and there in pay ment of ten dollars, we secured his visae stamps. The office head man spoke to us in French, I am versed in Italian and my daughters in English there was nothing else for him to do but to stamp our passports so we solved the problem without further dif ficulty. As our boats did not sail for three days we took in the sights ot New York. We went on sev eral sight-seeing trips and vis- ( jted some of the most historic landmarks, marvelled at the number and height of the sky scrapers; the rush of traffic, on the elevated above; in the streets, with automobiles as thick as flies bn a pie; the trolley and the fast traveling subways, that had been construcred costing hum dreds of millions tsf dollars and the total length under ground t extending hundreds of miles. I wondered at the aggregate, wealth, in New’ York, with -■■■■ . MRS. POLONIA YORK Although ripe in years and Christian experience Mrs; Polonia York passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.E. Bur ton, last Thursday, Nov. 6th; al most unexpectedly. On the morning before she passed away in the afternoon she was thought to] be getting better and that the pneumonia hadjsubsided sufficiently forjthe family to believethat she would recover. Mrs. York was the widow of Mr. C.G. Ycrk. and ‘ was known as a good woman who, |probably had as many] admiring^friends as any person living in the county. Mrs.t York'.leaves th ree"daugh-*i ters, Mrs. J. E. Burton, of Clay ton, and Mesdames G. W. Watts and H. L. Reason; of Tiger: beside a number of grandchildren to mourn her going.. The funeral was conducted from the Tiger Methodist church of which she was a consecrated member,'{and 'was in charge of the’ pastor,' Rev. {R. P. f E th ridge, assisted by? Rev. [C.kW-. Smith and Rev. B. W. Baker. She’is not,lmourned as one being lost{ but as one who has gone^to her reward. MR. JESSIE SHIRLEY Mr; Jessie Shirley, aged twen ty five*years,IwhQjwa3i; severely burned, last Wednesdayjjnight, when hie clothing became ignit* ed and his mother’s home was destroyed by fire, died the fol lowing Thursday after suffering intense pain, Mr, Shirley was drawing some gasoline from 1 a drum, on the porch of his home* and using a lantern for light, vPhen the fumes of the gas became'ignited and the flames spread 1 to his body and to the dwelling. In the ex citement he’began running and ran to a neighbor’s house nearby but when he reached the house; his shirt was burned off and his 1 body and arms were* baked, Medical aid was- summoned and all that skill and nursing could do for the suffering man was not sufficient to overcome the burns and the liffrof a young man, of robust health, was snuffed out as a candle might flicker and die. Mr. Shirley leaves a widowed mother who lost her home in the conflagration and although homeless is bowed in sorrow for her son. Jess had many friends as was evidenced by the many tokens of kindness and the profuse flo ral offering at his funeral. His remains were entered at Bethel church, the funeral be ing conducted by Rev. «L. W. Duval. Mr. Duncanson, of the Tiger Mountain Farms, was a business visitor herejlast',Tuesday morning and says that his orchard of twelve hundred twelve-year-old trees’produced 8,000 bushels of apples thiB year and believes that there is not another orchard in the country with a record that will beat it. Mr, Duncanson is highly in favor of building a factory tojtake care of the apple waste of this county which amounts to several thousand bushels per year, all of which could be J profitably conserved, and for all of which there is a ready market at remunerative prices. SOME GOOD CORN TIGER MOUNTAIN FARM MAKESJF1NE APPLE CROP Mr. T. A. Duckett, our popu lar banker, who makes farming a profitable sideline has just finished gathering one field of seven acres of corn from which he gathered and weighed seventy seyen bushels per acre. Mr. Duckett has another field from which he is expecting to gather a hundred bushels per aere. , The extreme dry weather of the latter part of the summer and early fall cut the yield of the corn!crop’considerabIy. The corn on which he expects to gather aj hundred i.H^ash^Waa conservativelyYfertflfated a hundred and twenty five bushels per acre early in'the fall before the dry weather had injured the crop. O VALLEY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL some of it selling for $250 per square foot. Some single build ings selling for as much as sev en millions ’dollars. But New York, witlr all its wealth could not show, in all her parks; trees as well developed as they grow wild, in profusion, in our moun tains and woodsy The people seemed to have their nerves on tension at all times and not as oar! people, (Continued on page 4, col. The athletic club will give “Coonville ’RistocratClub” next Friday night, November 14th, for the benefit of purchasing new equipment for the club. Admission will be 15 and 25cts. Miss Grace Shelnut* of the Wesley Memorial Hospital, spent the week end with her sister, Miss Sybil Shelnut, of Rabun Gap Industrial School. The P. T. A. met at the audi torium last Friday and planned for a Thanksgiving program and dipner. An out door play will be put on by the children of the Valley High School. Thanksgiv ing speeches will be made by the pastors of the churches and a Thanksgiving offering taken for the poor. Our principal, Mr. Johnson, had as his week end guests, his mother and Miss .Jolly, of Ho mer, Ga. 1 Mr. A. J, Ritchie has gone to Atlanta to buy some new desk for the school. Our school observed Armistice Day with appropiate exercises such as readings, making and wearing of poppies in memory of Flandejs Field. CARD OF THANKS Mrs. T. H. Mize and family wish to express their sincere thanks for the many kind ex pressions of sympathy extended to them in their recent bereave ment. JEROME JONES DELIVERS TIMELY ADDRESS TO RABUN TEACHERS Mr. Jerome Jones, of Atlanta and Clayton, and’Jeditor of th# Jqprnal of Labor addressed a gathering of teachers and repre sentative citizens of this county, at the court? house last Saturday. Mr. Jones is an enthusiast in regard to the public schools and delivered a well thought out lec ture which was well received by those who were fortunate enough to hear him. During the discourse Mr. Jones very forcibly brought to his hear ers the fact that the public school teachers arejthe only employees of the state that] have to wait, and some timesjindefinitely, for their pay and when they receive it have to discount their vouchers in order to get the cash. He further brought out the fact that hundreds, thousands and even'.millions of,, dollars are being expended in endowing the higher institutions of learning when if move attention was being paid to'the public schools, that a greater number of people would be benefitted and at a much less cost. Mr. Jones also gave out warn ing thaf.the public (school sys- tem has many enemies, who, if given an opportunity would over throw the wholejthing and take ftfom the masses the opportunity X>£ a public school education. We are glad to announce t oar readers that Mr. Jones' has promise to give the Tribune the opportunity of publishing his speech in full which we will be glad to do. CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this method of extending to our many friends -our sincere and heartfelt thanks for their many tokens of sympa thy extended to us in the recent misfortunes and the death of our son and brother, Jess Shirley. We especially want to thank Mr. B. M. McClure and family, Doctors Dover and Green, our neighbors, and Messers Clyde Ramev and W. R. Ussery for the floral offerings which a deep er sympathy than words can offer. May each of you be spared a like suffering and may the bless ings of a Kind Providence brood bver you. Mrs. Lizzie Shirley and family. p CARD OF THANKS We, the undersigned, pro foundly* thank our many friends for their many kindnesses in ministering to our husband and father, H. D. Dockins, in his lingering illness and death. We sincerely appreciate all and ev erything that was done by our friends and relatives in assisting us in his sickness and burial. May God’s richest blessings rest with each and every one is our prayer for all. Sincerely yours, Mrs. H. D. Dockins, and children. Messers Eugene Gilbert and D. R. Lockridge, of Suwanee spent a day and night here, this week. They were looking for a truck load of apples. < C. H. S. RIPPLES • —* ;«iB As usual, all the girls spent the week end at their respective homes. Miss Mertice Burrell spent the week end with Miss Jessie Fay Scruggs. One of our teachers, Miss Winnie Hill, spent the week end shopping in Gainesville. A lot of boys and girls of the school went to a party last Fri day night, given by Shirley Am mons, at the Mountain View House, and all report a good time. Mr. Ralph Ed Hamby motored some of his friends to S. C. Sun day. Prof, and Mrs. G. W. Coffee. Misses „ Druilla Bleckley ancf Maggie Payne went to Demorest, Sunday. We are glad to have Miss Ruby Carnes back with us after a period of absence on account of illness. The ball team announces the following games scheduled so far -Baldwin Vocational School, Nov. 21-st, at home, Whittier, N. C., Nov, 29th, at Whittier. -o— PREFRENCE ■' JlSS'.iEcSfXfKpa RELIGIOUS ■ — Macon, Ga,, Despite the fact chat Mfercer university is owned ojpgrated by Georgia Bap tists, a count made of fhe stu dent body shows that more than 25 per cent of those enrolled are enrolled" of other ({nominations of whichIthere are seven. Out of 857 now in Mercer, the record revealed that only 84 have registered as not holding membership in any church al though 62 of these indicated a a religeous preferenc. The student distribution a- njong denominations in the or der in which they poll most, .fol - lows; Baptists, 561; Baptistpref- arence, 57; Methodists 144; pref erence, 2; Presbyterians, 24; preference, • 1; Christians, 8; Primitive £ Baptists, preference 2; Episcopalians, 10; Catholics, 3; Hebrew, 3; no preferenc in dicated, 22, “THE TALLULAHS’’ Mf. Lewis Seaborn, of Tugalo, visited friends in Tallulah, last Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turpen were visiting relatives in Cor nelia last Sunday. Misses Sarah Fincher and Eilio Watts, of the 9th Dist. A. & M. spent the week end with relatives. To the sorrow of her many friends, Mrs. H. D, Taylor is again confined to her bed. Messers Ernest and Edward' Norton, of Tugalo, spent Sunday afternoon with homefolks. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilfcpnks, who has been indisposed with tonsil- itus, is able to be out again. Mrs. C. D. Hughes and son, Claud, of Clayton, were visiting in Tallulah Saturday. Mr. Hilyer Fincher has return ed home after a two weeks visit with relatives-in Norfolk, Va. Our school is progressing nice- \y with a large enrollment Our new building will soon be com pleted and we expect a still, larger school than ever beforq,

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The Clayton tribune. (Clayton, Rabun County, Ga.) 18??-current, November 13, 1924, Image 1