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CURRENT NEWS AND
COMMENT
Carr—Howell
Of interest throughout the entire
south is the announcement from
Concord, N. C., of the engagement
of Mrs. Julian S. Carr, Jr., of
Durham, N. C., to Mr. Clark Howell,
Sr., of Atlanta the marriage to be
solemnized April 5, in Concord, at
the home of the bride’s mother. Mr.
Howell, head of the Atlanta Consti
tution, one of the nation’s foremost
journals, is prominent throughout
the south and the nation, both so
cially and politically. He is D< m
ocratic national committeeman for
Georgia, a member of the board of
directors of the Associated Press,
and holds other positions of honor
and trust. Mr. Howell’s son, Clarke
Howell, Jr., was maried last fall to
Mrs. Carr’s daughter.
Magnificent Gift
Captain James W. English, a pa
triotic pioneer of the days when At
lanta was emerging from the devas
tation that followed in the wa"ke of
the War Between the States’, and
now chairman of the board of direc
tors of the Fourth National bank of
Atlanta, which he founded, has made
a gift of SIO,OOO to Oglethorpe uni
versity.
The announcement was made by
Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, president of
Oglethorpe, who stated that the gift
will go to swell the fund of $150,000
now being raised to match a dona
tion of $ 150,000'made by Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Lipton, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., on condition that a like
amount be raised among the friends
of the university.
Fire of undetermined origin razed
the magnificent Signal Mountain Inn,
which was situated on the top of
Walden’s Ridge, Monday afternoon
cau:;ir : damage estimated at m ire
than $200,000. Fire apparatus from
Chattanooga was rushed to the scene
of the conflagration. All guests es
caped, but many of their valuables
were consumed in the blaze.
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Leroy Pharr of Eastman and O. G.
Jackson of Columbus, both former
bankers, have been appointed as spe
cial examiners in the new state au
diting department. Mr. I’harr for
merly vlis cashier of the First Na
tional Rank of Eastman and has been
city manager there for some time,
while Mr. Jackson has been head
bookkeeper and acting cashier of the
Muscogee Bank at Columbus. It was
stated both men were appointed be
cause of their qualifications and not
for political reasons, Mr. Slate, State
auditor, declared.
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It is said by the employees of the
railroatls now using trucks where for
t merly local freight trains picked up
and delivered small freight ship
ments, that the companies have
found transportation by automobile
trucks cheaper, as there is no delay
loading and unloading at stations
and therefore no cosily overtime wa
ges.
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“ScoflTlaw” is a newly coined word,
referring to those who persist in de
fying the Volstead act or disobeying
other laws. The Literary Digest says,
“.The word is of very recent coinage,
and time and usage alone will deter
mine whether it be entitled to ad
mission in the dictionaries. Undoubt
edly if it receives general support it
will gain admission, but just as one
swallow does not make a summer the
mere introduction of a word does not
establish it in the language.”
The Savannah Press says, “All
the papers are talking about it, some
of them are ridiculing it. The editors
say that “scofflaw” isn’t much of a
word. “There is no spontaneity in this
term.” It has about as much sense
as some of the banana songs, and
yet the latter have become immense
ly popular.”
Bill Biflfem says the best thing he
sees about the Bok peace plan is that
somebody got SIOO,OOO for it.
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Cotton will never pay a profit to
the growers and also liquidate the
overhead expenses of food and feed
supplies purchased to operate the
farm. Two thirds of the cultivated
land per plow should be planted in
food and feed crops. A good pasture
on every farm is a necessity. Milk
cows, hogs, poultry and a good gar
den should be an outstanding feature
of every farm home, whether it be a
one-horse farm or a large plantation.
Live at home and live well should be
the slogan of every cotton grower
in the South large or small, white or
colored. Until Southern .corn cribs
and smoke houses are filled with good
foodstuff- every month in the year,
and cotton grown strictly as a sur
plus money crop, there can never be
genuine prosperity and a proper star
dard of living on Southern farms.
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Cotton ginned prior to January 16,
amounted to 0,946,462 bales as com
pared with 9,618,261 bales in 1922.
Of this amount Georgia ginned 603,-
<*lo bales. Texas, Mississippi, North
Carolira, Oklahoma, and South Caro
lina were ahead of Georgia. This
report is the last ginning report of
the season excepting the final report
to be made in March.
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To fill vacancies in the Georgia
house of representatives special
elections have been called \n Ter
rell ard Rabun counties, for March
19, the same date as the state-wide
presidential primary. Representative
Warren Parks, of Terrell county, re
cently resigned his seat in the house
in a special letter to the governor,
while Representative James E. Bleck
ley, of Rabun county, died about one
week ago.
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Babe Ruth, the noted “Home Run”
baseball star, draws a salary of $52,-
000 annually. He has a five year
contract with the New York Yanks
at these figures with three more years
to run.
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Mrs. Edith Galt Wilson, widow of
the late Wodorow Wilson will be
given by congress the franking priv
ilege and an annual pension of $5,-
000.
JURY SECOND WEEK
The following are serving as tra
verse jurors at superior court this
week:
JURY NO. 1—
1. Arthur Vandiver.
2. J. C. Bennett, Jr.
3. E. A. Barnett.
4. J. E. Randolph
5. J. A. Garrison,
fi. J. W. Potter.
7. N. N., Braselton.
8. Harvey L. Archer.
9. A. 11. McDonald.
10. E. O. Hawkins.
11. tl. C. Venable.
1 2. G. L. Fleming.
JURY NO. 2—,
1. J. O. Miller.
2. J. W. Alexander.
3. E. IE Archer.
4. H. T. Mobley. .
5. 11. C. Barnett.
6. Thos. Reynolds.
7. H. M. Watkins.
8. W. I). Lay.
B. B. Langford.
10. G. S. Sheridan.
11. VV. H. Deavours.
12. W. J. Mangum.
JURY NO. 3
1. T. 0. Roberts.
2. W. P. McDonald.
3. C. T. Coleman.
4. W. IE Mahaffey.
5. C. S. Hartley.
G. John Barber.
7. C. L. Massey.
8. J. S. Brooks.
9. A. E. Murphy.
10. J. R. Potts.
11. M. D. Freeman.
12. W. J. J. Kimsey.
Your Dollars And Mine
Have a Rolling Time
Mr. Brown keeps a boarding house,
Jays a peregrinating item. Round
his table sat his wife, Mrs. Brown;
the village milliner, Mrs. Andrews;
Mr. Black, the baker; Mr. Jordan,
a carpenter, and Mr. Hendley, a
flour, feed and lumber merchant:
Mr. Brown took ten dollars out of
his pocket and handed it to Mrs.
Brown with the remark that there
was ten dollars toward the twenty
dollars he had promised her.
Mrs. Brown handed the bill to
Mrs. Andrews, the milliner, saying,
“That pays for my new bonnet.”
Mrs. Andrews in turn passed it to
Mr. Jordan remarking that it would
pay for the carpenter work he had
done for her.
Mr. Jordan handed it to Mr.
Hendley, requesting his receipted
bill for lumber.
Mr. Hendley gave the bill back to
Mr. Brown, saying, “That pays ten
dollars on my board bill.”,
Mr. Brown again passed it to Mrs.
Brown, remarking that he had now
paid her the twenty dollars he pro a*
ised her. She in turn paid Mr.
Black to settle her bread and pas
try account. Mr. Black handed it
to Mr. Hendley, asking for account
on his flour bill.
Mr. Hendley again returned it to
Mr. Brown, with the remark that
it now settled the balance fo that
month’s board.
Mr. Brown put the bill back in
his pocket, observing that he htd not
supposed a greenback would go so
far.
But suppose Mrs. Brown ha 1 sent
to a mail order house for a ner bon
net, then the $lO would havi gone
' out of town and never retun ed.—
Exchange.
Better Times For Jackson
(W. H. Faust)
These of us who read The llera;d
of .the 7th will not soon forget the
many fine things in one of the best
and newsiest papers published in any
county in the State.
The editorials were of clans A-l,
anu .scintillated with real neighbor
liness, and evidenced a direct person
al touch with the rank and file of
folks. The writer believes in bou
quets while the recipients are living.
In fact, any of us would rather have
one fragrant bunch of flowers while
alive than to have a whole planta
tion full when dead. A kind word
concerning a fellow while living is
worth Stone Mountain carved over
him when dead.
The editorial on the court being
opened with prayer ys an eye opener.
Those who know Judge Russell would
naturally expect such of him, though,
for he is a high type of Christian
character. Why should any great
and worthy undertaking be attempted
without first asking the blessing of
Deity upon it? That is why so many
failures are made in life. Men seem
to foget God, and leave Him out of
the real issues of life. Judge Rus
sell’s example should be taken up all
over the State.. And when God is
properly recognized by those who
have authority over our institutions,
then the masses will be made to re
joice.
Another commendatory fact was
brought out in the paper—Mr. Hol
der served on the jury. Jury duty
is one that should be shunned by
any citizen. That man who offers
his business as an excuse for getting
excused from jury duty, is a very
poor citizen. In fact, without a
Providential reason, if a man asks to
be excused from service of the jury,
his name should be dropped from the
jury list, and then the people would
know what sort of public spirited
citizen he is.
Then the article carried from the
Athens Banner-Herald relative to
old-fashioned girls and customs, is
worth a careful reading. Times cer
tainly do change. Customs are very
different from those of even a gener
ation ago. Due allowance must be
made for progress, and yet one won
ders i? womanly modesty and genuine
refinement is materially aided by
smoking by the fair sex. hi fact, one
as he, goes into .the eating places now
adays wonders if real gentlemanliness
is not seriously infrin;vyl lipon when
men smoke cigarettes at the table in
the presence of ladies Bobbed hair
can be tolerated, but cigarette smok
ing ought to be tabooed by the moth
ers of our race. The reading of this
article, short, and to the point, will
be of incalculable benefit tq all
thinkurs. To the non-thinkers, it is
useless, anyway.
One other article must not be left
unnoticed, and that is a clipping from
the Dawson News, relative to the use
of money. We are all stewards. A
day of reckoning is on the way. We
should make all the money we can,
but under no circumstances should
we can all we make. All that is really
permanent and lasting, is that which
we carry with us, and few can carry
money across the Great Divide. Stew
ardship properly appreciated and un
derstood, would put the churches and
the whole forces of betterment in
every community to the fore. It is a
subject that should be emphasized
now as never before. The age is
ripe for such consideration, and
teachers, preachers, editors, can ren
der no better service than to stress
it tremendously.
After all, that issue of The Herald
was a real, simon pure, genuinely,
unadulterated, up-to-date newspaper.
Hell In The Making
The newly appointed pastor of a
negro church faced a packed audi
ence when he arose to deliver his
sermon on this burning question: “Is
There a Hell?”
“Bredern,” he said, “de Lord made
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the world round like a ball.”
“Amen! agreed the congrega
tion. --
“And de Lord made two axles for
the world to go round on, and He
put one axle at the north pole and
one axle at the souf pole.”
“Amen!” cried the congrega
tion.
“And the Lord put a lot of oil
and grease in de center of de world
so as to keep the axles well greased
and oiled.”
“Amen!” said the congregation.
“And then a lot of sinners dig
wells in Pennsylvania and steal de
Lord’s oil and grease. And they dig
wells in Kentucky, Louisiana, Okla
homa and Texas, Mexico and Russia
and steal the Lord’s oil and grease.
“And some day dey will have all
of de Lord’s oil and grease, and dem
axles in gonna git hot. And den. dat
prill be hell, bredern, dat w’ill be helL’
—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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a 11. T. Mobley & Cos. C
Jefferson, Georgia
Next Spring-
With over 200,000 orders for Ford Cars and
Trucks already placed for delivery during
the next few months, we are facing a record-
breaking spring demand.
Each successive month this winter has
witnessed a growth in sales far surpassing
that of any previous winter season. This
increase will be even greater during the
spring months, always the heaviest buying
period.
These facts suggest that you place your
* order early to avoid disappointment in
delivery at the time desired.
J(oto7^S,orn/um^
Detroit, Michigan "
It is not necessary to pay cash for your car in order
to have your name placed on the preferred delivery
list. You can make a small payment down, or
you can buy, if you wish, under the convenient
terms of the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan.
See the Nearest Authorized Ford Dealer
Half your Wing
Without Mor ey Gjsl
You can make it easily at home.
Hastings’ Seeds, Plants and Bulbs,
“The Standard of the South,’’ are all
fully described with hundreds of actual
photographic pictures in the new 1924
Seed Book of the South. This new
Hastings’ Seed Catalog is the great
est and' most useful Seed Book evei
published for the South. You need it
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We are also giving to each 1924
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LY FREE. The’ new Catalog tells al!
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plants,” says the Seed World Re
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keep the wonderful new Seed Boob
in your home for ready reference ai
all times. Write for it now. A poet
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return mall.
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