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THE NEWS-GAZETTE
B. H. HARDY, Editor
Subscription, $1.50 Year
BARNESVILLE. GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER 14, 1922.
SOME JUNK
B. H. H., Jr.
The mailed fist of the law often
expresses itself.
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Uncle Luke nez: ‘‘Ted Guzzle
amith bought hisself anew pair uv
shoes tuther day an’ put ’em on fer
th’ meetin’ Sunday, an’ they wuz so
big thet they wuz already at church
an’ the meetin’ wuz over ’fore Ted
could git out uv th’ house.”
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She—‘‘Oh, John, don’t go so fast.
Remember the brakes are loose.”
He—“ Don’t worrk, dear, I’ll stop
it if I have to run into a brick wall.”
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It takes a wooden headed man to
die of wood alcohol.
Speaking of hide and seek, did
you ever see a cow bide.
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One reason why some men go
through the school of hard knocks is
because they don't heed opportuni
ty’s knock.
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It looks as if we are going to have
Fair weather during the second week
in October.
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Many “checkered careers” when
checked up are found to be caused
by bad checks.
When most politicians are politi
cally dead they are covered in mud
about six feet deep anyway.
As we get it dog-wood should have I
good sized bark.
The night is dark,
My knees are quakinfc;
A sudden sound,
The day is breaking.
An evening scene,
1 start with fright;
A noisesome noise I hear,
’Tis but the falling of night.
At a negro preaching service the
p.astor used the word "phenomena,”
which was not understood by the ma
jority of his audience. Brother
Jones arose and addressed the min
ister thusly: "Brudder Pastor, I
done heard tell ob dis word phenome
na befo, but I jest natcherly don't
ketch de signification ob de word.
Would you min’ enlightmentinten me
on dis here expressionment vvhut we
all heard you use?”
The .dignified preacher got up,
cleared his throat, reared back as is
proper for an apostle to his people
to do, and began. “Now, Brudder
Jones, as you axes me to splanificate
myself on such a magnolious subject,
I'll try to do de bery best ob my cap
a litions to do so. Now, Brudder
Jones, ef you wuz out walkin’ in de
pasture on some dew-drapped maw
nin\ an you wuz to see a common cow
Here eatin’ grass, dat wouldn’t be no
phenomena. Dat ud be jest natch
eral An* ef you wuz to see
•er mawkin’ bird out dere singin’, dat
wouldn’t be no phenomena, dat ud
be jest natcheral come. An’ ef you
wuz to see er little chinker-berry tree
growin’ out dere dat wouldn’t be no
phenomena, dat ud jest be natcheral
come. But, Brudder Jones, ef you
wuz to walk out dere an’ sec dat cow
sittin’ up in dat chinker-berry tree
singin’ lack a mawkin’ bird, dat wud
be whut you wud call phenomena.”
On the back of the cash register is
written “The Last Transaction.” Or
in other words “Gone But Not For
gotten.”
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When the U. S. beats her swords
into plowshares the government
should make the war profiteers do
it for nothing.
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Have you ever heard a pop bottle
pop?
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The Chinese use shark fins for
making thick, gelatinous soup.
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When a man stands on his dignity
he sometimes puts his foot in it.
Cows used for milk production in
New Zealand are all subject to vet
erinary examination.
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The world has always had reform
ers, but the most efficient reformer
is old age.
o
Siam is holding: a lottery to raise
money for the development of her air
service.
o
Where the percentage of negro
population is highest, the cancer
death rate is lowest
BUGGY BUSINESS
“COMING BACK”
Mr. W. B. Smith, who recently be
came sole owner of the big buggy
plant of J. G. Smith & Sons, is quite
optimistic as to the future of the
buggy business, if he is allowed to
judge by the way orders are now com
ing in to his office. He states that
he has orders now on hand which will
keep his plant busy for at least thirty
days, and additional orders are com
ing in by almost every mail.*. He is
now working the largest force the
plant has had since the panic came
on. This will be good news to the
people of the community, since it
will be a big help to* the merchants
and other business men for this and
the other two plants to be busy turn
ing out vehicles to be shipped all over
the state and south.
This is also an evidence that finan
cial conditions are improving
throughout the country, which is cer
tain to help business here in spite
of the fact that our cotton crop is
short and other crop conditions are
bad. Our community and county
will be prosperous again some of
these fine days.
WANTED —I wish to engage the ser
vices of a capable white woman to
live with my mother and sister. Can
offer good home and satisfactory
wages. Must be willing to work and
do anything necessary for their com
fort. Write or come to see Mi's.
Ward Albertson, 707 Thomaston St.,
Barnesville, Ga.
FINE CAMP RECORD
4
Mrs. E. T. Holmes and son, Ned,
returned last Friday from Vermont,
where they spent the summer. Their
friends gave them a cordial welcome
home.
Ned was in camp at Camp Pasump
sic and made quite a record in the
camp activities. He won a medal as
second in rifle shooting and came
first in high and fancy diving, brass
and wood work and in keeping his
tent in order. He brought some of
his work home with him, which has
attracted the admiration of those
who have inspected it.
MULES WANTED
I will be in Barnesville Saturday,
September IG, for the purpose of
buying mules at Adams & Stallings
stable. GORDON NASH.-.
mrs.rasteluTdies
Mrs. Albertine Rastello died at
the home of her sons-in-law on At
lanta street at 9 o’clock Tuesday
morning, after a brief illness. She
was born in France and was 55
years old.
Since coming to Barnesville she
had, been a faithful attendant of the
services at the First Methodist
church. The funeral was held Wed
nesday morning at 9:30 o’clock at
the home, Rev. H. L. Edmondson
conducting the service. The body
was carried to Americus for burial.
Mrs. Rastello is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. S. M. Burousas and
Mrs. C. Antonio of Barnesville, and
one son, Mr. “Speed” Rastello of
Forsyth.
rtyMiii*.
In the pageant of the arts and
•deuces the local historian does not
figure brightly. lie Is tolerated only as
a poor relation of ttie mighty scholars
who chronicle the deeds of parliaments
and armies, for it seems clear that
since the whole is greater than the
part he who writes of one small sec
tion cannot be as great as one who
writes of nations and the world. —Dix-
on Hyatt Fox.
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LITTLE GIRL ILL
The bright little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Childers has been ill
this week with diptherin at their
home in Milner, which will be a
source of deep regret to the many
friends of the family.
The little patient is receiving every
possible attention and it is sincerely
hoped that she will soon be fully re
stored to health.
A Grain of Wisdom.
Every raua takes cure that bis
neighbor does not cheat him. Cut a
day comes when he begins to care
that he does not cheat bis neighbor.
Then be has changed his market cart
Into a chariot of the sun. —11. W.
Emerson.
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Arkansas Philosophy.
Borne people seem to think that the
soil weevils, hoboes, hums, tramps and
•Id bachelors are a nuisance to any
reroraunlty. Please remember that the
tUbie aays all things work tog*: bar for
i tcwL —Nevada County Picayune.
The Heart of a
Princess
By ELLA SAUNDERS
Copyrlfbi, 1*22. Weitero Nwpavr Union.
It was all over und she xvas buck in
the palace. She had been only vague
ly conscious all the tbne of the cere
mony In the historic cathedral. She
saw It now as In a picture; the gal
leries packed with ladies In their
robes of nobility, the crowd of ruinous
men and women in the pews.
She recalled the face of the bishop
primate us lie pronounced them man
and wife; then there was the plain
gold band which she felt on her finger
with a strange sense of fear and hope
in her heart.
She remembered the drive back
through the crowded streets lined
with soldiers, the cheers of the mob.
And she had heard a woman cry as
the state coach stopped for a moment.
* “Isn’t she sad-looklng! Poor tiling,
(hey can’t pick and choose like us, can
they !”
She hoped the prince at her side
had not heard. She had glanced at
him, but he had only sat stiff in his
uniform, und she had turned her head
away and tried to blink back the
tears.
Then had followed the state ban
quet. She remembered the tiny mor
sel of salmon on a gold plate and the
bubbles In the champagne. She had
hardly eaten. There had been speeches
afterward. Somehow she had felt im
measurably far from her husband.
They were going away to spend the
honeymoon In his castle. Even a
princess wears ordinary traveling
gowrls instead of silk and gold. Her
maid had put the dress on the bed of
the room that she was leaving for
ever. The princess put on her gown.
In the next room one of her ladies
said:
“I wonder If she cares.”
The princess heard her and remem
bered distinguished kings and queens,
her ancestors, and the stories about
their unhappiness that had never ap
peared In history hooks. She sighed.
That was one of the limitations that
went with her position. The woman
In the street bad expressed It very
well. She had hardly met anybody;
and yet she hud fancied herself In love
three times.
The first time was at seventeen
when the heir of a neighboring coun
try was sent over to meet her. Every
body knew why he had come and hud
pretended not to. She had fallen In
love with him perhaps because he was
the first man she had ever talked to
as an equal, lie had stayed three
weeks and then asked for the hand of
her elder sister. She was so glad she
had never shown him by the least sign
how she felt. The marriage had been
unhappy; she hud been so glad she
had not married him.
The second was a boy who was at
attached to the court. They were both
the same age—eighteen. He had kissed
her —once in a dark part of the grand
corridor. She had been thrilled and
terrified; but one of the ladies had
suspected, and the next day he was
given a position in a distant colony.
She had thought of him for weeks and
then gradually forgotten him. And lie
was married now and had no doubt
forgotten her.
And the third —for the first time the
princess smiled. The third was a
young and distinguished author, whose
books both she and her mother liked,
and they had met at the house of a
duchess. It had all been arranged,
and that love affair lasted ten sec
onds, while the author was walking
toward her from the door. He was
thriUlngly handsome, and she thought
of his last book, “Wayward Souls,”
and her heart began to beat. And then
he stood still like a fool and called
her "Tour Highness;" arid fippekTefi
not to know what to do with his bands
and feet.
Very firmly the princess put all
these memories aside and went out
into her reception room.
One of her ladles asked her some
thing and she nodded In a mechanical
way and stood still heside the window,
waiting. Then site heard the whir of
the elevator and the ojienlng of the
gate, ami a mini's soft step along the
carpeted hall. And in that Instant she
knew that she was in the hands of an
Irretrievable destiny, and she felt
numbed and unable to move hand or
foot.
Then lie hud come to her side. They
were alone and she raised her eyes to
ids with a look of dread and wonder
in them. And lie had folded her lit
his arms, and site lay there feeling a
sudden Inexplicable joy ns she listened
to what lie was saying.
“You're sure—you’re sure?” she
asked.
“INtr all my life." he answered, and
their lips met. “But I wasn't sure
either —1 hardly dared to believe —”
“And it's true." said the princess,
laying her head upon his shoulder just
an Instant; because they had never
been alone together before, .and they
only had two minutes before going
nwny.
British Shipbuilders Active. • j
Exporting ships played a large part
in the activities of England's ship
yards last year, according to the Na
tion's Business. Thirty-eight per cent
of the tonnage constructed was for
foreign owners. The total construc
tion in British yards in 10'2l was 1.538.-
000 tons.. The tonnage launched tn
AiperTcan yards was about 1.000.000,
and In German yards. .VMhflOO. Ger
many's figure compares favorably with
her prewar construction, and Included
40 vessels between 4.000 and 7 ,000
tons. 18 between 7.000 and 10,000. and
•M arwaitd 14,000 tooa.
FACULTIES AND STUDENTS
GIVEN RECEPTION
The B. Y. P. U. of the First
Baptist church gave the faculties and
student bodies of Gordon Institute
and the Sixth District A. & M. School
a reception in the Sunday School an
nex Tuesday evening, when about
three hundred' young people were
present and given a royal good time.
It was an inspiring scene to look
upon so many happy young people,
the boys and girls getting acquainted
with each other and together having
such a delightful time.
R'ev. Arthur Jackson, the pastor,
Mr. Emmett Langford, superintend
ent, Miss Mattie Tyus, and other of
ficers and teachers participated in
the various features of the evening’s
festivities, having various amusing
games to engage the attention of the
students.
The ladies of the church served de
lightful ice cream and cake, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by every
body present, this bringing to a close
the splendid reception.
GOOD BOOKS
GIVEN LIBRARY
I have recently given to the Bames
ville Library the following books:
1. The Crises of the Christ —Dr.
C. Morgan.
• 2. Is the Devil a Myth?—Dr. C.
F. Wimberly. ,
3. Open Letters—Dr. H. C. Mor
rison.
4. The Second Coming of Christ.
—Dr. H. C. Morrison.
5. The Last Times —Dr. Seiss.
6. Pentacostal Possibilities, or
Story of My Life.—M. L. Haney.
7. Wrested Scriptures Made
Plain.
8. Pentacostal Sanctification —S.
A. Keen.
9. Streams from Lebanon —E. A.
Furgerson.
10. The Prodigal Son Sam
Jones.
11. The Two Lawyers—Dr. H. C.
Morrison.
12. Short History of Methodism.
13. Gypsy Smith’s Sermons.
Let us i-ead more religious books.
I know these are excellent books.
Read them for yourself.
W. P. MILLER.
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The fishing industry along the
north Atlantic seaboard is as old as
the colonial history of the continent.
STUDEBAKER
Atlanta Retail
PRICE LIST EFFECTIVE
AUGUST 1, 1922
F. O. B. FACTORY
Light 6 Roadster - $ 975.00
Light 6 Touring - 975.00
Light 6 Coupe 1225.00
Light 6 Sedan - 1550.00
Special 6 Roadster 12^0.00
Special 6 Touring - 1275.00
Special 6 Coupe 1875.00
Special 6 Sedan 2050.00
Big 6 Touring 1650.00
Big 6 Speedster 1785.00
Big 6 Coupe 2275.00
Big 6 Sedan 2475.00
Barnesville Auto Company
Barnesville, Georgia
Taking Quality out
of the woods
IT isn’t so long ago
that the buying of
clothes was mostly a
matter of matching
wits. '
What you got depend
ed on what you knew
about clothes.
Today a man simply
walks in and selects a
Griffon Suit on a basis
of what pleases him in
style and fabric. He
doesn’t worry about
wear; he is not con
cerned about it because
he knows that the
Griffon label will take
- care of that for him.
Put your clothes buy
ing on a Griffon label
basis.
L. A. COLLIER
“All the New Ones All the Time”
.Barnesville, Ga.