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274,576 PASSENGER CARS
AND 45.736 TRUCKS IN STATE
There were 274,676 passenger
automobiles registered in Georgia
last year, aecording to the annual
report of the motor vehicle depart
ment by John B. Wilson, secretary
state.
The sale of auto tags since Janu
ary Ist has been in the hands of the
state revenue commission, created
by the 1931 legislature, which will
have charge of the licenses for au
tos in the future.
Mr. Wilson’s report, made to the
governor, also showed 46,736 trucks
registered, 1.041 motorcycles, 628
tractors and 3,317 trailers.
The registration by counties
shows that Fulton county had 56,-
444 passenger cars anti 8,699 trucks
registered, leading the state. The
sn allest number of passenger cars
registered were in Towns county,
with 168; while Glascock and Talia
ferro counties hud 29 trucks each,
the smallest registration in that di
vision.
BRIGHT SAYINGS OF CHILDREN
Thinking Isn’t Swearing
Billy was teasing his pet cat and
the cat scratched him. Billy scream
ed at it, “You d—n cat!”
His mother corrected him, prom
imj*! severe punishment if he said
ajt'h a word again. The next day
he was scratched again. Looking at
the cat, Billy said, “You’re just the |
same kind of a cat you were yes
terday!”
Can Teacher* Run?
Georgia was teaching her sister
Betty, age four, to write. Betty
was not in just the right humor for
a lesson and refused to write.
Georgia said, “Betty, when you
start to school, if you act dumb like
that, your teacher will spank you.”
To which Betty replied, “Oh,
yeah? How fast can she run?”
THE SIN THAT HURTS
The sin he dwells in, the sin he
will not come out of, is the sole
min of a man. His present, his live
sins—those pervading his thoughts
and ruling his conduct; the sins he
keeps doing, and will not give up;
the sins he is called to abandon and
dings to; the same sins which are
the cause of his misery, though he
may not know it—these are they
for which he is even now condemn
ed. George Macdonald, in the
Methodist Protestant.
POSSESSIONS
I’d rather have one honest friend,
Today, tomorrow to the end,
Than all the crowd that may attend
The concourse of a king.
I’d rather have one little cot
That 1 can come to, rich or not,
Than all the castles he has got
Or wealth that rank could
bring.
I’d rather have content of mind
Than all the gold that I could find,
And have the comfort of the kind,
Than counsel of the sad.
And since I have a coin or two,
A house like that, a friend like you,
I’m rather glad that all life thru
1 had just what I had.
Douglas Malloch.
I WILL BE WORTHY
I may not reach the heights I seek,
My untried soul may fail me;
Or halfway up the mountain peak
Fierce tempest may assail me.
But though this place I never see,
This thought shall always dwell with
me,
1 will be worthy of it.
I may not triumph in success,
Despite my earnest labor;
1 may not grasp results that bless
The efforts of my neighbor.
But though my goal 1 never gain,
Herein lies comfort for my pain,
1 will be worthy of it.
The golden glory of love’s light
May never fall on my way;
My path may always lead through
night,
Like some deserted byway;
But though life’s dearest joy I miss
There is a nameless strength in this,
I will be worthy of it.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
MAN IN COMA 12 YEARS;
AROUSED AT MEAL TIME
After lying in a coma for 12
years because of sleeping sickness
E. A. Pate, farmer, died at his home
near Goldsboro, N. C.
During his illness Pate could be
aroused only for brief intervals
■during the day, at which time he
was fed special foods.
GEORGIA FARMER
SLAYS FAMILY OF 5
THEN HIMSELF
Canton, Ga.—A coroner’s verdict
of quintuple murder and suicide
was returned at Canton Monday in
the tragic obliteration of the Paul
Hardin family, living on a farm sev
eral miles southwest of Cat on.
Hardin was adjudged temporarily
deranged and to have shot his wife
and four small children to death and
then to have turned his weapon on
himself Sunday night.
The multiple tragedy was not dis
covered until Monday, when Har
din’s father, J. H. Hardin, reputed
bootleg king of Georgia, alarmed by
his son’s failure to pay him a cus
tomary Sunday night visit made a
trip to the home and found every
member of the family slain.
The Head: Paul Hardin, 28; Mrs.
Lessie Roberts Hardin, 24, his wife;
Henry Grady Hardin, 6; Ruth Har
din, 1.
For several days last week, Har
din was said to have indicated men
tal unbalance hut nothing serious
enough to warrant his commitment
to an institution. He was under
federal indictment on a liquor
charge.
GREATEST MISTAKES OF MAN
A feature writer has originated
and compiled what he believes to be
seven of the greatest mistakes in
the life of men. Philosophers, re
formers, economists and financiers
have been puzzled over the cause
and cure for the unusual conditions
through which the world has travel
ed during the past three years.
Many remedies for relief have been
suggested, but none have cured the
ill. The mistakes, so common a
mong men are enumerated as fol
lows:
“1. The delusion that individual
advancement is made by crushing
others down.
“2. The tendency to worry a
bout things that can not be changed
or corrected.
“3. Insisting that a thing is im
possible because we ourselves can
not accomplish it.
“4. Refusing to set aside trivial
preferences in order that important
things may be accomplished.
“5. Neglecting development and
refinement of the mind by not ac
quiring the habit of reading.
“6. Attempting to compel oth
er persons to believe and live as we
do.
“7. The failure to establish the
habit of saving money.”
GOD AND THE ACORN
I pluck an acorn from the green
sward, and hold it to my ear; and
this is what it says to me; “By and
by the birds will come and nest in
me. By and by I shall furnish
shade for the cattle. By and by I
shall provide warmth for the home
in the pleasant fire. By and by I
shall be shelter from storm to those
who have gone under the roof. By
and by I shall be the strong ribs of
the great vessel, and the tempest
will beat against me in vain, while
I carry men across the Atlantic.
“Oh, foolish little acorn, wilt thou
t>e all this?” I ask, and the acorn
answers, “Yes, God and I.”—The
Late Lyman Abbott.
SCHOOL TEACHERS TWENTY
THIRD PSALM
School teaching is my occupation;
I am in want.
It maketh me to lie down without
supper; it leadeth me beside empty
tables.
It increaseth my debts; it leadeth
me from the paths of society for
the lack of raiment.
Yea, although I walk through life
barefooted, I will fear no evil, for
maybe my friends will nourish me.
Thou prepareth a reduction in my
salary for me in the presence of my
creditors; thou failed to anoint my
head with a hat; my expenses run
neth over.
And if I do not got a payday,
misery and poverty will follow me
all the days of my life and I will live
on credit forever.
SLENDERIZING ,
She gave up mutton, pork and beef,
She gave up “ades” and teas;
She gave up milk, without relief,
She gave up beans and peas.
She gave up fruit, and spuds, and
jam,
She gave up bread and toast,
She gave up herring, shrimp and
clam,
She ’most gave up the ghost.
She gave up powder, rouge, and
then
She gave up baths and soap,
And when she weighed herself again
She wept and gave up hope.
—Exchange.
Thinking Out Loud
Can you name a single individual
who has ever achieved a notable
success in any line of human en
deavor by limiting his mental and
physical efforts to exactly eight
hours a day?
• • •
Worry is Monday’s troubles car
ried over into Wednesday.
• • •
The Department of Agriculture
reports that there will be a bumper
crop of nuts this year. Well, what
are you laughing at?
• • •
It isn’t your position, but your
disposition that makes you happy or
unhappy.
Better take care that the face
you see in your mirror in the morn
ing is pleasing to look at. You
may not see it again all day, but
others will.
* * *
The insurance man puts it this
way: "Honestly, this is the best
policy.”
* * * *
The lady at the summer garden
declared she didn’t need a spoon—■
the music was so stirring.
* * *
The more you tell your troubles,
the longer they stick around to
listen.
* * *
A man is paid not for having
brains, but for using them.
* * *
When a friend laughs at a joke
of ours, we notice that the better
the friend the harder he laughs.
* * *
Motoring is more dangerous than
railroading because engineers and
firemen don’t usually pet.
* * *
The office boy tells about a fel
low who bought a rat trap and then
caught a train.
* * *
We won’t be able to enjoy our
radio to the fullest until they fix it
so that when we turn off the set a
big bell will ring in the studio.
* * *
The boss says that just as soon as
the battle against depression has
been won he will cease firing.
* * *
The hardest-hit man in hard
times is the man who has lost his
last smile.
An optimist is a fellow who is
satisfied because a bee can sting
but once.
* * *
Some singers boast that they can
hold a note for three minutes, but
we know some bankers who hold
notes longer than that.
* * *
Many of the failures in life that
are being blamed on Bad Luck are
caused by Bad Disposition.
* * *
After the so-called depression is
ovir,' what alibi shall we use for
our failure?
* * *
No wonder restaurant coffee looks
like mud—they tell us it is ground.
* * *
If the holes in a board are knot
holes, what are they?
* * *
An owl’s wisdom is not due to
the fact that he stays out at night.
* * *
A slap on the back is worth six
on the nose—except in extreme
cases.
* * *
Don’t buy thermometers now, ad
vises a wise one—they’ll be lower
next winter.
* * *
Many a man has a hard time be
cause he takes things easy.
* * *
If that which might have been
isn’t, why worry?
* * *
A bold front often indicates a
weak back. The man who has the
stuff never attempts to bluff.
* * *
After all, the difference between
the girls of this generation and
the girls of the last generation is
one generation.
Doing an injury puts you below
your enemy; avenging one makes
you but even with him; forgiving it
sets you above him.
* * *
Even though you are loafing, you
can make yourself useful by being
a backstop for gossip.
* * *
A man can’t get ahead in this
world unless he is born with one and
knows how to use it.
* * *
Life is full of ups and downs
keeping expenses down and appeae
ances up.
* * *
Hitch-hikers are everywhere—its
now thumbertime. —National News.
DOES ADVERTISING PAY?
o
Does advertising pay? No, says the man who sticks
his ad in some timetable or directory and expects people
to walk around, look it up and by seeing his name break
their neck to get to his store. The man who wants to get
results out of advertising places his message in the home
paper that goes to the homes of his prospective customers
and the readers appreciate the paper enough to pay to get
it. A real concrete example as to whether newspaper ad
vertising pays or not was shown in the strike of printers in
New York city when the newspapers came out without
any advertisements. During that time business in the de
partment stores fell off 50 per cent. A wedding an
nouncement stuck up on a fence or a billboard might be
read by a few but the same announcement in the local pa
per would be read by every subscriber. Don’t put your
light under a bushel, says the Scriptures that are printed
for people to read.—Loveland (Ohio) Herald.
MOSE GORDON LUMBER CO.
ADDS MORE STOCK
We have purchased the stock
of building material formerly
owned by the Commerce Brick
and Lumber Cos. This stock is
being moved to our warehouse,
which is located at our planer
mill on the Commerce-Mays
ville Road. We will carry the
same line and grade of ma
terial that has been carried
heretofore, and will appreciate
your patronage. Phone 9003
for your requirements, and de
livery will be made.
MOSE GORDON LUMBER CO.
When
TEETHING
mokes HiM FUSSy
One of the most important ihings
you can do to make a teething baby
comfortable is to see that little
bowels do their work of carrying off
waste matter promptly and regularly.
For this nothing is better than Cas
toria. a pure vegetable preparation
specially made for babies and chil
dren. Castoria acts so gently you can
give it to young infants to relieve
colic. Yet it is always effective, for
older children, 100. Remember, Cas
toria contains no harsh drugs, nc
narcotics —is absolutely harmless.
When your baby is fretful with
teething or a food upset, give a cleans
ing dose of Castoria. Be sure you get
genuine Castoria with the name;
CASTORIa
J. FOSTER ECKLES
AGENT
FIRE AND TORNADO INSURANCE
JEFFERSON, GEORGIA.
Insist
BAYER
ASPIRIN
Because •• •
The Bayer Cross is not just a trade-mark, but a
symbol of safety.
That name tells you it cannot depress the heart.
The tablet stamped Bayer dissolves so quickly you
get instant relief from headaches or other pain.
There is no disagreeable taste or odor to tablets of
Bayer manufacture; no harmful quantities of free
salicylic acid to upset the stomach; no coarse
particles to irritate throat or stomach.
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N'O Tfl'tl FTS ARF GENUINE iR AY E R) ASPIRIN WITHOUT THISCROg
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WEEK-END FARES
To Atlanta and other
points via
SEABOARD
Ask Ticket Agent
To prevent juice of apple and
berry pies oozing out, cover bottom
layer of pie cru3t with cracker
crumbs.
In making jelly follow the
nary process of heating f r - iK
letting juic* drip through jelb
but do not squeeze the bag- •
all the jrtce has dripped t r .
reheat ptfP with sufficient " a
make a mash and let drip
throughjelly bag. This P
be rented a third time.
suit if an increase of 2;>
in th amount of jelly obtained-