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Barnes'ville News-Gazette.
Volume 54
BIG CLOAK
SALE
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100 New Wraps for Ladies,
Misses and Children just re
ceived.
These garments will be sold
at half price. They come from
people that were overstocked,
hence prices on them are less
than manufacturer’s prices.
Anybody can buy wraps at
the price I have on these.
Come and see what we have
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to show you.
S. M. Marshburn
BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA
1919 1921
Our 3rd Annual
Christmas Bargain
Sale
Begins Friday, Dec. 2nd and will
last until after Christmas
Don’t Fail to Read
our full page circular in this
paper; there are plenty of
money saving prices in it
And Then Come to '
Our Store
and you will be convinced of
the many tremendous bargains
we are offering at this Christ
mas Bargain Sale, in fact we
are almost giving away as
Christmas gifts everything in
our store, and we want you to
come early and get your share.
Trade With Us and Save the Difference
ELIJAH WISEBRAM
“THE RELIABLE STORE”
216 MAIN STREET BARNESVILLE, GA.
BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER I, 1921
FIRST MEETING
OF STEWARDS
The first meeting of the Stewards
of the First Methodist church will be
held in the Citizens Bank this, Thurs
day, evening at 7 o’clock. Rev. H.
jh. Edmonson, the new pastor, is
anxious that a full attendance should
be had as business of importance is
to be transacted.
NEW PASTOR’S
FIRST SERVICES
Rev. H. L. Edmondson, the new
pastor of the First Methodist church,
held his first services Sunday last
and had splendid congregations in
spite of the inclement weather. He
made a fine impression on his con
gregation and will evidently prove
highly acceptable in this pastorate
where many of the very best preach
ers of the North Georgia Conference
have rendered excellent service. He
comes strongly recommended and is
one of the real leaders in the con
ference. He and his wife are ex
tended a most hearty welcome by all
the people of the community and it is
the earnest wish of everybody that
this church may greatly prosper un
der his ministry.
missionarylheeting
The Women of the Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church are
earnestly requested to be present at
this Harvest Meeting. Come all and
pay up your dues for 1921 and start
the New Year with a clean calendar.
The first Monday of December will
be the last meeting of the year. An
election of officers for the coming
year will be an important part of
the business, and each member
should feel obligated to be present.
Mrs. Neely has made a splendid
President, has been an able leader
and we take this opportunity of send
ing our words of praise.
The workings of the church have
been harmonious and as a rule, well
attended. May the next year bring
happiness to each member and their
families and may God’s richest bless
ings rest upon us all, and our
church and may we love each other
more and our church be more united
is the prayer of
Mrs. A. 0. Murphey, Press Re
porter.
CHRISTMAS MAIL
If you were going to a big “Sale”
and wanted to get the best service
possible, you would pick a time when
I the place was not crowded, wouldn’t
j you? Well, the Post Office Depart
: ment is going to put on an enormous
| “Sale” beginning December Ist, and
i extending through Christmas Day.
j “Service” will be th earticle on sale
and if you want good service do that
| Christmas shopping now, wrap your
parcels carefully, address them plain
ly and mail them before the crowd
beats you.
The Post Office Department has
100,000,000 customers and if all of
you wait until the week before
Christmas to mail your parcels, some
body’s parcel is going to be left.
Don’t let it be yours.
Every day that you drop a letter
in the mail box, 40,000,000 letters
are ahead of yours. You can imag
ine then what a “Jam” there is when
mailing is increased so much as it al
ways is before Christmas time.
Don’t fail to get the view. Our
own local Post Office will have its
rush alright but your parcel has got
!to go through the big machine too
and that machine will be over-bur
dened more than our office. Don’t
forget those little mail cars which
will be crammed and jammed to the
limit with railway mail clerks and
your parcels. Those clerks have got
to work your parcels between sta
tions. They are the fastest workers
in the world but there is a limit to
their work and a limit to the number
you can get in a car.
Get busy, then, if you ward your
parcel to get there on time; get it in
the post office. Mark it “Do not
open until Christmas.”
Don’t forget to put it in a strong
box, wrap it well and address it
plainly.
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Place your order for Greeting
Card* this month. 5 per cent dis
count before the rush. J. H. Bate &
Cos.
SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS
As there are some friends in
Lamar county who would like to hear
from your old Redbone scribe, I will
say that I am getting along nicely
since moving to Forsyth, my old
former home. My health has improv
ed and I am much stronger than I
have been. Have been attending
church and visiting a lot too. I
went out to the Thanksgiving exer
cises at the Institute last Thursday
and enjoyed the songs and recitations
very much. The historical talk by
Prof. C. B. Gosnell of Bessie Tift
was fine. He is a young and very
learned man. He told us of things
that we should have known and did
know, after he reminded us “That the
Bible was Full of Thanksgiving and
that America was not the first peo
ple to have Thanksgiving Day,”
though I think under the distress at
that time, she was the first to have
the real heart in the Proclamation.
Including Armistice Day, we have
had two Thanksgiving Days in No
vember for the 11th was the cele
brating of the signing of the war
Armistice, but did we, or have we
kept the faith with those who fell
in Flanders Field?
“Somewhere they Sleep,
They whom we wept the while we
watched them go.”
These two days of Thankfulness
should not be days of so much feast
ing, as so many think, but a day in
which we should remember that we
are not living to ourselves alone, but
that we are cogs in the wheel of
the world’s progress.
The balmy days of Indian summer
have been withdrawn into 'that in
finitude from whence it came. This
week ushers in our first winter
month, December, with its cold
winds, sleet and ice which we old
people do dread so much. The moan
ing of the winds through the leafless
trees, even now, is a dirge to sum
mer’s departing glories.
But. there is a meaning in the com
ing of all these hard and bitter days,
because they bring us the truth that
life is, after all, a struggle against
uninviting elements to the end that
happiness shall not be the heal loom,
but an achievement. It tells us all
that life is hope, enthusiasm, joy,
work, care, disappointment, sorrow
and then—forgetfulness and old
age.
One of the penalties of growing
old, and a most distressing one it is,
as you will discover when the time
comes, is that of failing eyesight,
memory and hearing, which is the
unmistakable sign of years accumu
lating on our shoulders. It is then
we need your pity and compassion.
Parents, please teach your chil
dren to reverence the old. Children
of this day don’t respect their par
ents, nor display toward them as
much reverence as was the case in
earlier generations. This situation is
probably due to he indifference of
parents, because children, with some
exceptions, are of the same kind of
stuff they use to be, and can be
molded to almost any form.
The parents of use-to-be, perhaps,
were a more serious, determined lot,
than we have now. We need more
parents who have sufficient self-re
spect to enforce obedience, who will
follow up their orders and make no
compromise with the child who is
eternally trying the stretching quali
ties of parental sternness. It it
probably for this reason that film
makers have seen the need of screen
ing “The Old Nest” and “Over The
Iliil.” It is a wonderful lesson and
will do both parent and child good
to see it. A merry, happy Xmas to
you all.
PINTA LODGE, No. 88
F. & A. M.
Regular meeting Pints Lodge, No.
88, Tuesday, December Gth. No
work. Oyster Supper.
EDWARD T. HOLMES, W. M.
R. L. SWATTS, Sacretary.
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PIANO SACRIFICE
Due to inability to keep up pay
ments, we have had a high grade
piano, in the best of condition, turn
ed back to us. This instrument we
can sell for a rare bargain, giving
terms to responsible parties. For full
particulars address Ludden & Bates,
Atlanta, Ga.
To Our Friends
And Customers
In order to wind up the inter
est of C. L. Butler, Deceased,
in the firm of C. L. & J. T.
Butler by January Ist we are
closing our books and ask’
those who owe us to come in.
immediately and make settle
ment.
Very Respectfully,
C. L. & J.T. BUTLER
“THE CLOTHIERS”
Barnesville, Ga.
New Shipments
%
We have just received
a New Shipment of
SWEATERS in both
Men’s and Boys’ Coat
and Slip Overs.
Also a few nice Ladies’
OXFORDS and a good
line of WOOL HOSE
both Men’s Ladies’ and
Boys.
Clark T. Bush
“The Store of Service”
Barnesville, Ga.
Number 36