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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUA RY 2, 1921.
as LEGEND OF ‘SEVEN SLEEPERS'
Of Syrian Origin, the Story Has At
Much »f South American Conti¬ ways Been Widely Current In
Eastern Countries.
nent Unexplored. The
quotation from Dickens’ Christ¬
mas Carol, about the “other six" sleep
Room There, and Natural Resources, qfs, Is a playful reference to the
te Furnish Living f« Millions legend of “The Seven Sleepers of
r Ephesus.’’ The legend back to
Now In Overcrowded Parts the goes
| of time of the persecution of the
the Globe. Christians during the reign of the
,r>,- dl Roman emperor Declus. According to
__ , contlnent ls South tbe
Amprir-n Tf * ^ory seven Christians fled from
* “5 less known geo- $phesus In Asia Minor In the year 260
graphically than Africa, and much of or 251, and hid In a cave. There they
JJ™* * 1 he F pe f rs _? n Its ma of P 3 the ^ derived were discovered, and their persecutors
ranher cartog- walled up the entrance In order to
w st / of . the .. Interior starve them to death. The seven fell
of South Ameri- into a sleep In which they lay for
been explored Civlllza- nearly 200 years, for it was not until
tip i -
uon naignt be said to occupy not much the reign of Emperor Theodosius II
™” re ttlan tha ed S es of the continent, (447) that they awoke, believing that
wnten, . as whole,
a is sparsely populat- they had slept but a single night,
re a \eiy to its vast area. One of the seven went Into the city
rom this time on, however, a flood to buy provisions, and he was amazed
; people from overcrowded parts of to see crosses on the churches and
jtne ifor it world has will not only doubtlesft pour into it; other buildings, for while they had
offer, but plenty of room to been asleep Christianity had made
also fabulous wealth. The great progress,
j natural areas have resources been of other terrestrial Offering a coin of the time of the
to a great extent used Emperor Declus in a baker’s shop, he
I up, but those of South America are was arrested, his startling story not
j virtually untouched. .being believed until he guided the citl
Its tropical regions no longer defy zens to the cavern where he bad left
i settlement by white beard
| deadly fevers. We men, because of bis comrades. The emperor him
now, know how to from their lips enough to convince
clean them up and make them health- of the life beyond tbe grave, where
i fully habitable. The Jungles of the upon they sank again to sleep till the
i interior harbor many tribes of savages, resurrection. This legend Is of Syrian
jsome those of of them them reputed cannibals, but origin—it is widely current in the
who do not accept con- East, and was adopted by Mohammed,
trol will be quickly wiped out. who even admits the Seven Sleepers’
The most highly developed country dog Kttmer, Into paradise. In some
In South America Is Argentina. Its parts of the world the festival of the
heart (meaning the state of Buenos Seven Sleepers Is held on June 27.
Aires and adjacent territory) is a good The names usually given to the Seven
Ideal like our own Kansas plains— Sleepers are: Maximlanus, Malehus,
grassy and treeless. Farther to the Martlnlnanus, Dionysius, Joannes,
west and northwest ts a region resem- Serapfon and Constantlus.
bling Arizona. Still farther, along the
| foothills of the Andes is a very rich Egyptian Worship of the Sun.
agricultural belt, much like southern The Egyptians were, early In their
California. history (about 4000 B. C.), attracted
The River Platte affords a more ex¬ by this flight of the sun. They evolved
tensive system of unobstructed naviga¬ their religion on the thesis that life
tion than any other stream in the was given by tbe sun. It was the heat
world. It offers a greater number of that he gave that caused all things to
miles of navigable water than all the grow, and he gave to man warmth and
rivers of Europe combined. Steamers comfort. So they created the god of
of 20-foot draft can go 2,700 miles into the sun, and called him Ra-Harachte.
the Interior, those loading for Europe In one of the earliest cities, built on
being able literally to enter the wheat the east side of the Nile, and a little
fields and ranches to take aboard their to the north qf modern Cairo, they
cargoes. erected his first temple. Tbe city was
From the Rio Negro south to Ma¬ called On, later named by tjje Greeks
■ gellan straits stretches an enormous Heliopolis, the City of the Sun. Here
'territory— 1,000 miles In length—called the Egyptians established- tbe priest¬
Patagonia, the Interior of which Is hood of Ra, a sect that became famous
; mostly unexplored desert Wandering for Its knowledge of the occult
I tribes, semi-civillzed, Inhabit It—the sciences, the practice of magic, and
tallest' people In the world, whose the laws of medicine and astrology. It
! stature (the men often exceeding six with them the youthful Moses
was
I feet by several Inches) caused Magel¬ was brought up, and It was by the
lan to describe the country as the home art he had mastered In the priesthood
i of giants. of On that enabled him later to put
South of Magellan straits is Tierra into practlcehls magic before Pharaoh,
1 del Fuego, a triangular Island nearly which finally led to the liberation of
1 as large New York state. Though
as the Israelites.
v in a frigid latitude, the Interior ls now
largely fenced off Into great sheep He Signed with an "X."
ranches. The aborigines—whose smoke An unusual suit Involving the
signals caused Magellan to bestow the use
I name Land of Fire—have been either of a cross-mark as a signature, was
killed or reduced to servitude. tried at Atlantic City, N. J., before
Paraguay (not far from tbe middle Judge Ingersoll. Tbe action was
1 of the continent) has the most valu¬ brought by the estate of Michael Quinn
able forests In the world, called the against Mrs. Mary Henry for $150 for
Gran-Chaco, Great Woods. Full of rent for an apartment, and Mrs. Henry
or displayed receipts for the
| pumas and other huge cats, monkeys money.
.of ever so many species and gorgeous Quinn, when living, was unable to
birds, they are composed largely of write. It was testified, and was in the
•
! precious woods, particularly those that habit of signing papers with a cross
' will not float In water, such Iron- mark.
as The estate averred that the cross¬
wood and black palm. marks the receipts not made
In the very far north of South Amer- on were
I lea Is the Orinoco, one of the great by tie same person as marked the
rivers of the world. From It there lease. The handwriting expert from
are Philadelphia testified that the cross
waterways through which vessels can marks on both were made by the same
i actually make their way nearly 3,000 person and were therefore authentic.
i miles southward into the River Platte. Judge Ingersoll judgment for
■ Or a much shorter trip will take them gave
into or another of the affluents of Mrs. Henry.
one
i the Amazon, in the mouth of which lies China’s Metal
an island as large as Denmark. Imports.
,
South America today Invites the en- The value of China’s metal Imports
| terprlslng young man as does no other was $76,931,631 In 1919, as compared
part of the world. But he will make a with $21,019,174 in 1913. The advance
mistake to go there unless he has some in value coincides with an equal ad¬
money and enough Spanish to get vance In quantity. Copper Ingots
along with. were Imported In very much larger
quantities than ever before and the
French Study of War History. value was more than 100 times as
Visitors In Paris have place great as In 1913. The copper Import¬
a new ed Is used almost exclusively by the
of interest In the opening of the Bibll- mints. Manufactured Iron shows
otheque et Musee de la Guerre. The con¬
new war library and had its siderable gdlns. There was a large
museum Increase In the importations of tin In
tucepliou In a .\.cuiz,anuii uf tile im¬ slabs. This ls product of the
portance of beginning soon as pos¬ a
as Kwangsi mines, and is reimported
sible a collection of historic material. from Hong Kong after having been
Although one purpose is to provide a exported there from China. f
permanent exhibition for the benefit
of the general public, another is the
accumulation of material from which Hard Times.
the history of the war may be writ¬
ten.
It Is now known that, early In the
war, Germany began plans to attract
the historians of the future to Berlin
in order that they should do thelt
work fa an 'atuioapitete sympathetic
to Germany. The course of events,
however, has been such as to make
German the cautious documentary historian evidence, distrustful and ol
much history will doubtless be writ¬
ten In the new French Institution.
Money and Advice.
*T have called to borrow some
money.
“I cannot lend you money but I’ll
give you some good advice.”
“That won’t do. I want td borrow
money from you so I can go out and
pay a lawyer for some real advice. *(
Early Training. .
“Why have you never married, Mr.
Tompkins?”
I suppose It’s because I took thf
bachelor’s degree while at college.”—
Boston Transcript.
When Cleaning Leather.
Don’t use gasoline to clean leather
oiless you want to crack It Plain
eater with a few drops of ammonia
rill remove the dirt, after which the
Ipholatery should be rubbed briskly
kith a soft doth. An excellent leather
tresslng la made by combining two
sr of Unseed oil *• one of turpen
* Like a Naughty Child,
I tThen a Tartar Invitee honored
an
guest to eat abd drink he will take him
fcy the ear and lead him up to the
table-
“Elderly married men have a pretty
hard time of it. Their wives care for
them no longer, and pretty girls ac¬
tually despise them.
The speaker was George Ade. He
went on: ,
- In the lounge of a fashionable res¬
taurant T overheard one night a low
voiced conversation between an elderly
married man and his wife.
*» » Bill,’ the wife hissed, ‘I don’t like
the way you looked at that girl in the
outrageous yellow gown,’
" ‘Well.’ said Bill savagely, *•*«
didn’t, either.’"
Builds Rainbow Bank.
A monument to the persistence of
the pioneer spirit Is a bank building
in northern South Dakota, a unique
structure. Its owners are sure. It is
made entirely of rock from the fields
and prairies roundabout. But the
startling part of the story Is that the
work of preparing these stones was
done by one mason, unassisted. For
almost a year he tolled, splitting the
glacial boulders with Iron wedges to
reveal their rich color-—pink, red, pur
pie, brown, yellow and gray.
Fossila.
Though historical geology and the
•fudy of ancient life depend chiefly
on fossils, the term has been very
vaguely and loosely applied. As a pro
Mae definition, a writer in science pro¬
poses: “A fossil ls an object which
indicates former existence of sn or
ganlam which hss been barfed and pro
eerved by geological causes, previous
to historic rime." The mastodes pro
•errso la the arctic toi ls a fessfl. a
toed! burled la tbe gutter ip not '; and
a truly petrified organism may hot he
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GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS AND SDN
WORLD HAS CHANGED LITTLE <
Like Ponce de Leon, People Today
Are Apt to Beiieve What They
Want to Believe.
Ponce de Leon didn’t originate the
idea of a spring of eternal youth. That
was not in his mind when he sailed
for the new world. He sailed with
Columbus upon the latter's second trip
and was appointed governor of Porto
Bieo, where he believed gold existed
In abundance. While exploring the Is¬
land he met an old savage, who told
him that not only was there gold to
be found lu another country to the
northward, but also there existed In
the land a spring whose waters
brought eternal youth. So the rest¬
less adventurer set <#it upon his
search and discovered Florida.
All of which Is stated not because
the Information is new, but to call at¬
tention to the fact that Ponce de Leon
believed the eternal youth proposition
because he wanted to, remarks a writ¬
er In the Columbus Dispatch. All of
us, to this good day, do the same
thing. We believe that which we de¬
sire to believe, whether It is good or
bad. We believe the scandals we hear
about others when we want to be¬
lieve them—and we reject them If we
do not want to believe such things of
the persons connected with the scan¬
dal.
Further, we usually hear that which
we are desirous of bearing. The wily
old savage wanted to get rid of Ponce
de Leon. He knew enough of human
nature and of Spanish nature to be
aware that gold—and youth—would
prove highly Interesting to the Invader.
That was what Ponce de Leon was ex¬
pecting to hear—especially the story
of gold. But the old savage, to make
the gold story all the stronger and to
lure the invader from the island all
the more surely, added the eternal
youth proposition to the story which
the explorer was expecting to hear—
and thereby was he successful In rid¬
ding h(s island home..of a troublesome
character.
Superstitions.
• The Woman's Press club gave a
party at an Indianapolis hotel, which
was followed by a playlet The
woman who bad charge of the prop¬
erty list, in her excitement, forgot that
a broom and dustpan were among the
articles needed. At the last moment:
as the guests were arriving, she
rushed downstairs and started to enter
the elevator with the articles. The
middle-aged man In charge baited her
and said:
“Madam, you can’t take that broom
up in this elevator. *»
She tried to explain that It was to
be used In a playlet and had been for¬
gotten, that she would tuck it away
In a corner, and It could not possibly
Interfere with any one’s comfort on
the trip up. “No,” he replied. “You
can take the dustpan all rlght, -bnt
woman, not for anything would 1 take
a broom In my elevator. Why, doD’t
you know It is ba<J luck? »»
She didn’t know it, but she bad to
get out of the car, arih smilingly
walked up the nine floors.'
Hawk Makes Fatal Mistake.
The other : day the family of B, P.
Malsbury cif Imlaystown, N. J., heard
a crash of breaking glass and discov¬
ered a bay window broken, and flop¬
ping helplessly about the floor, a large
bawk.
Knocked to the floor, also, was a
freshly stuffed ringneck pheasant,.
Which Russel Malsbury had shot dur¬
ing the gunning season and bad Just
brought home from the taxidermist as
a gift for his mother. The stuffed
bird had been left In tbe bay window
while the family admired it. nnd the
hawk, probably sighting It from a near¬
by tree, had mRde a 100-yard swoop
for Its Intended prey, only to crash
through the unseen glass barrier and
injure itself fatally.
New Pumice Stone.
A material noted by a commerce re¬
port as promising Increased future use
ls “Koka Seki,’’ a Japanese variety of
pumice stone. It ls found only In the
small group of Nltjima islands (New
Islands), lying off the Idzu penlnsu.a
about 30 miles south of Tokyo: It has
been used locally from ancient times
as a building material; but Its great
tensile strength, durability and resist¬
ance to temperature of l;300 degrees
Centigrade adapt It especially for boil¬
er end furnacp construction, as well
as linings for safes and refrigerator
Insulation. It can be easily cut, takes
nails, and can be painted or plated
with metal.
Memorial Forests?
Memorial trees have been planted
by the hundreds in honor of the boys
who fought in the great war, and
hundreds will be planted yet In their
honor, says the American Forestry
Magazine. But why stop with the
planting of one tree In honor of each?
Why not make It a half-acre, or pvon
mure, for e*oh, and hi si ciie plant
ing to maflte a forest? We can call It
whatever we may, a township, a mu¬
nicipal, a county or a community for¬
est, letting It be distinctly understood
that It ls to serve ns a memorial for¬
ever to those for whom planted.
French 8oll Restored.
Of the 7,000.000 acres of land In
France made unfit for cultivation by
the effects of battle from 1914 to 1918,
only 280,000 acres will not be In a
condition to permit sowing (hiring the
next season.
Handled 40,000 Prisoners.
After traveling 90.000 miles In the
*• Black Marin" and carrying nearly 40,
()00 prisoners, a London police ser¬
geant h«f Just retired.
Horsepower.
The nominal horsepower of an on¬
la determined by an approximate
of which that of the National
chamber of commerce Is
most common. According to this
horsepower Is equal to the square
the diameter of the cylinder times
number of cylinders divided by
and on*-h«lf
Our First Assurance Society.
The first assurance society in toe
States tn 1759 was designed
the relief of the widows and
of deceased ctl-r**»—
AMERICAN WOMEN^TEUIMY
Frenchman Pay* Pretty and Deeerved
Tribute t« the Sex at He
Haa Observed It
American women are far and away
the prettiest youthfulest and smart¬
est (clothes and brains) women on
earth. They can also be the senslblest,
kindest knd belpijulest, the hardest
worked—no, 1 m the hardest work
lug—nfid they have no rivals for char¬
itable enterprise.
They have a wonderful capacity for
being excellent housekeepers, even
though they may seem not to keep
their houses more than a few minutes
In the morning, before flying away, and
an hour or two In the evening when
they drop exhausted on a sofa. They
are good mothers, good daughters and
good sisters, and their husbands, who
ought to know, proclaim to the whole
world, to th# earth und to the stars,
to the believing and the unbelieving,
that they are Incomparable wives. I
am ready to testify that they are In¬
valuable friends. But somehow the
Arne (Cau woman hns faults from
which French women are free, and
the latter frequently criticize her \to
the disgust of the uncompromising
American man:
In England and France, and gener¬
ally in all old countries, there Is a
providential excess of women, and
men choose.
A Frenchman marries when he
needs help; an American marries
when he can afford it.—Ernest Dim
net, In Harper’s Magazine.
MORE IN LIFE THAN WEALTH
Man Who Refuses to Let Money
Dominate Him Calls Forth Eulogy
From Rudyard Kipling.
Sooner or later you will see some
man to whom the idea of wealth, as
mere wealth, does not appeal, whom
the methods of amassing wealth do
not Interest, and who will not accept
money if you offer it to him at a cer¬
tain price. At first you will be In¬
clined to langh at that man, and think
that he Is not smart in his Ideas. I
suggest you watch him closely, for he
win presently demonstrate to you that
money dominates everybody except the
man who does not want money.
You may meet the man somewhere,
but be sure that whenever or wher¬
ever you meet him, as soon as It comes
to a direct issue between you. his lit
tie Anger will be thicker than your
loins. You will /ind that you have
no weapon in your armory with which
you can attack him. . . . If more
wealth is necessary to you, for pur¬
poses not your own, use your left hand
to acquire It, but keep, your right hand
for the proper work in life, If you
employ both arms in that game, you
will be in danger of stooping.—Rud¬
yard Kipling.
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in this country slackened.
High-grade tobacco accumulated* formerly
shipped abroad
We bought it.
This is the unusual condi¬
tion which enabled us to pro
) “y ,*, duce such a quality cigarette as
> S One-Eleven at so low a price.
S? Finally—
try them!
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—which mean* that if you don’t Uke "Ul” Cigarette*, you can get your
money tack from the dealer.
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Is Cotton Cash? ■ i
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Planters, bankas and business men hare always referred to cot* ~
ton as a “cash crop. M
At the present time this term does not altogether apply.
There are many planters and cotton growers who hare cotton, which m
they cannot convert into cash or credit.
Besides food and clothing there are other things that the cotton
grower needs or wants, which he cannot obtain without cash or credit.
To many an Automobile is an absolute necessity.
We have on hand a good stock of “used cars" that are good
mechanically good, not as good as new, but above the average used car. 4
These cars are priced to sell for cash, according to values on today’s
market s -M,
By cash, we mean cash or bankable notes.
If you are placed in this position and need a car, we make you this
proposition: m
We will sell you one or more of these cars for part cash and part
cotton, or for all cotton.
Our resources are such that we can hold such cotton untU a de ma nd
makes it merketable for cash. ' ' )
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A. F. Gossett & Son
HUDSON AND ESSEX DlSfRIBUTOR IN THIS TERRITORY.
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LODGE NOTICES.
MASTER MASONS.
Regular communication of Merid¬
ian Sun Lodge No. 26, F. & A. M.,
Tuesday night, Feb. 1, 7
i’clock. Past Master P.
Y. Luther wall confer the
-ntered apprentice degree
jpon a class of seven.
Visiting brothers fratern¬
ally and cordially invited. By order of
F. S. PITTMAN, W. M.,
W. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORS
DR. M. J- WARE
DENTIST
Over Jones Shoe Co.
Phone 90S.
—DR. F. H. WILSON—
Dentist
11054 N. Hill St., Phone 898
DR. W. C. MILES
lias returned to the city and resumed
his practice. Office phone, 32; resi¬
dence phone, 511-J. lm d&w
.
FRANK S. PITTMAN.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
133 West Taylor Street, Griffin, Ga
Office PKn—• «*>?
Kesidence Phones 682 and 632.
HAISTEN JBROS. CO
Funeral Directors.
J. P. WILBORN, Manager.
114 North Hill Street.
PHONES:
OFFICE 575
Night and Sunday 163-J and. 63.
T
j. p. McPherson
CIVIL ENGINEER
and ■
SURVEYOR
Sewerage system*—Water systems
Topographical surveys—Mapping
Accurate land surveys—Paving
roads.
Masonic Bldg. : Phone 675.
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♦ SAM’L L. TERRY ♦
♦ FUNERAL DIRECTOR ♦
♦ GRIFFIN MERCANTILE CO. ♦
♦ UNDERTAKERS ♦
and BMBALMER ♦
♦ Day Phenes: , Night Ptoses; ♦
♦ 474. 462. 798-W. 6*7. 649-J ♦
♦ Am balance Services ♦
C° f Ga.Ry
THE RIGHT WAY *
Arrival mad Departure of Pi
Trains at Griffin. Go.
The schedules are published ns in¬
formation and are not guaranteed:
From For
4:44 a.m. Macon-Savannah 9:16 am.
6:16 a an. Cinti.—J&xville 12:27 a.m.
7:01 a.m. Chlcag»-Jaxville 8:42 pjn.
9(15 am._____Macon.. - 6:18 pm.
12:48 pm.__Macon___1:46 pm.
2:44 pm. Macon-Savannah 11:08 pm.
6:46 pm. Macou-Albany 12:14 am.
Chittraooga Division
2:30 pm. — Chattanooga.. 9:66 am.
8:16 am.__Cedartown ____6:26 pm.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
“The Southern Serves the South."
Arrival and departure of paasenger
trains at Griffin, Ga.
The schedules are published mm in¬
formation and are not guaranteed.
From For
Atlanta, points
6:26 pm._.East and West._9:85 a.m.
9:35 a.m. ColTsus Ft. Valley 6:26 p.m.
R. B. MOWRY, D. C.,
Registered Chiropractor.
CHRONIC DISEASES.
271
•,» ■. > Griffin, Ga. ,
P A“ -_ 1“ “a w: $2 3“;
Visit Our China and
Crockery Department
the next time you are down town and get those Cups and
Saucers or those small plates that you need to “fill in” on, or
a full set of China if you need it.
Our stock is complete and our prices are right
-NIMKOND IIH H
“If It’s Hardware, We Have It.”
—I
Bicycles and Repairing ' I
FREE AIR SERVICE
Buy a YALE: “THE BIKE YOU’LL LIKE.” and be
convinced there is none better.
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BABY CARRIAGES and GO-CART tins renewed,
.is;,;
Musk Shop OM t ' 1