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aiBNBSVILLE NEWS-GAZETTE
B. H. HARDY, Editor
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BARNES'VILLE, GA.
JANUARY 1, 1925.
'new year editorial
I am alone in my room, thinking
of the few remaining hours and mo
ments of the Old Year, which is to
pass out at 12 o'clock midnight.
Even now it is dying, tp speak of it
in a humanly way, and it will soon
be Dead, ft is night and all around
nic is quiet and peaceful, silent as
if everybody and everything were
watching and waiting in awe and
sympathy at the bedside of a friend
who is approaching the brink of the
mysterious River of Death. And so
quietly the Old Year is dying. In
my solitude and under these circum
stances I am in sympathy with the
spirit of the occasion and 1 find my
self in a reflective mood, my mind
going back through the years of my
life and recalling a number of inci
dents which 1 do not think it out of
place in this somewhat personal way
to mention in connection with the
passing of 1924.
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On just such a night and in such a
*y> irit as this in the long ago—per
haps 50 years ago -I sat by the bed
side of a little boyhood friend. For
hours, days even, he had been des
perately ill and had remained almost
motionless and breathless on the lit
tle white bed, rarely opening his
eyes, practically unconscious, beauti
ful in his innocen.se, and as the hours
hurried toward midnight even one
who knew little of Death, in the
quiet, solemn hours of that night,
was conscious that the little life was
fast ebbing away and when the mid
night hour arrived the little boy was
Dead. What emotions stirred my
heart and soul when the little body
was left, lifeless and cold as the mid
night hour came, dying then as the
Old Year Dies now. 1 have come a
long way since then without my
little boyhood friend but 1 have
never forgotten him nor the night he
Died.
When 1 had grown older and had
left my boyhood home and entered
business life entirely too young to
do so—a much older man than 1 had
become attached to me and never
lost the opportunity to encourage
and commend me—-going out of his
way to “pat me on the back" and to
let me know that he was "counting
on me.” One day when he was vis
iting the town where 1 was trying
to conduct the business he came to
my office to see nu*. He was sitting
in a chair talking to me, in the hap
piest frame of mind and apparently
in the best of health, when I noticed
his head fall hnck and his body be
come limp. With the aid of an office
boy he was laid on a table and a
physician summoned—but as the Old
Year is dying so he Died. And so
1 lost my Old Friend. 1 have come
a long way since then—without my
good old friend —but 1 have never
forgotten him or the day he Died.
Ten years ago, and more, I sat at
the bedside of my beloved compan
ion, as the hush of the day had
brought its quietude and the evening
shadows of the North Carolina moun
tains had brought darkness into the
valleys around me, I saw the last
flicker of life us it left the frail body
of the dear little woman, who,
through the years, had been so sorely
afflicted, and as the Old Year dies so
*he died. The peace of God rested
upon her and glorified her counte
nance- but she was no more—and
Time went on, us it will go on after
19‘24 is Dead. 1 have come a long
way since then—without her benedic
tion and the inspiration of her phy
sical life*—but 1 have never forgotten
her, nor the night she Died and the
hours of vigil 1 kept that night—
past the midnight hour—until her
precious body had been tenderly
placed in the casket for the long
mountainous journey home.
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And so the Years Die and our
Young Friends and Old Friends and
Loved Ones Die, and, in time, soon
or late, We Die —You and 1.
The Old Year, 1924, is Dead! The
New Year, 1925, is Here. Welcome
New Year with your Golden Oppor
tunities. May each one of us help
you to be the Best Year of all the
Years that have ever been!
With the close of 1924 I closed the
first term, four years, of my official
life, as Ordinary of Lamar county,
and 1 have entered upon the second
term. During these years 1 have
given myself almost entirely to the
service of the people of this good
little county. 1 think I can say with
truth that 1 have given more of my
time and more of life to the people
during 1924 than in any one of the
other years, not officially, perhaps,
but because of demands for help in
other directions. Day after day I
have been called upon for some sort
of service to somebody. More of
ten, of course, it has been in behalf
of those in need or distress and in
this way 1 have come into personal
contact with and knowledge of ail
phases of the life of our people. I
have heard many a story of trouble
and sorrow, been told of many of the
problems which confronted our citi
zens and Untended to many an ap
peal for help of one kind or another.
And while this has not come within j
my official duties and has often taxed
my mental and physical strength 1
confess that it has afforded me an
experience and a ioy which is worth
far more than it has cost me.. I
have given much to the people of
Lamar county during these four
years, but I have also received much
from them. To feel that 1 have con
tributed somewhat to the welfare of
the people of the eounty as a whole,
and in scores of instances to indi
viduals "ho really needed it, is a
source of joy and compensation
which nothing else can equal. And
it is with such a desire and hope that
I am ready to go forward into the
duties of the New Year.
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Lamar county is in splendid con
dition as to its county affairs, but I
regret execeedingly that the people
generally were so much disappointed
in their farming and business opera
tions of 1924. It looked like nearly
everything worked against the farm
ers, and when farmers suffer, every
body else suffers. The drouth hurt
fearfully. The county made nearly,
if not fully, 6,000 bales of cotton,
but the corn and other crops were
cut short. We would have gone be
yond the goal of 0,000 bales of cot
ton if the seasons had been reason
ably fai r , provided, of course, the
boll weevil bad been no worse than
he was. The gin report to Decem
ber 13th credits Lamar with 4,819
bales. The final report may run it
up to 6,000. The lower price now as
compared with 1923 will give proba
bly the same sum for the two crops,
but the 1924 crop will benefit a
greater number, since more farmers
produced cotton in 1924 than in
1923. Therefore, it appears reason
able to suppose that in spite of the
misfortunes of the year substantial
progress was made and the condition
of the people is at least considerably
better than it has been since the bad
times came upon us.
We hope the people are in good
spirits and that if they are somewhat
discouraged that they will resolve
with the coming of the New Year
that they are going to continue the
fight until they win the victory.
There is nothing to justify any of us
to quit and give up and so there is
nothing left but to plunge into the
work of 1926 with the purpose and
will to attain success whatever the
difficulties may appear to be. The
New Year may prove to be just the
year we need and have been wanting
to lift us out of our financial diffi
culties.
May every citizen of Lamar coun
ty face and meet the duties, re
sponsibilities and opportunities of
1925 in this frame of mind. 1 am
ready to join with you in such a year
of labor and service.
B. H. HARDY.
CITY TAX NOTICE
CITY TAX books close JANUARY
15th; fi fas and seven per cent in
terest charged after that date.
E. L. COOK, Clerk & Treas.
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Tho End of That.
He whs ten, I was nine. We were
fond of whispering to each other in
school. For punishment our teacher
would make us sit together. One day,
while being “punished,” who should
visit school but my mother and a
cousin. That ended my first love af
fair.—Exchange.
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Thoss Mad Wag*.
The butcher suggested a saddle of
mutton. “Saddle?" said the man who
was doing the marketing for his wife.
“No. make it a bridle; I’ll stand a bet
ter chance of getting a bit in my
mouth.” —Lackers’ Journai.
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“Paper Work."
I Victim—“ Help! Help! I'm drown
ing!” Hero—“ Courage, my brave man!
Just wait until I get a rope, a measur
ing rod. a Carnegie application blank,
two witnesses ana notary public.”—
Bohemian Magazine.
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Hair Thickness Varies.
The thickness of the hair varies
from the 250th to the 000th part of
an inch.
And What Would the. Papers Do?
If it were not for our mistakes life
would be pretty monotonous. —Boston
Transcript.
Cause for Gladness.
God be thanked that thep> are some
In the world to whose heart' the bar
nacles will not cling.—J. g. Holland.
SEASONAL DISEASES
We have diseases that are always
:more prevalent at certain seasons; vre
j might very well term them seasonal
diseases. The season in which he have
more catarrhal troubles, sore throat,
pneumonia, Influenza, measles, scarlet
fever, smallpox and other such diseases
that come from close contact and in
door life, is now with us. When peo
ple are congested in closed rooms we
may expect contagion to spread, es
pecially among the children at school.
Usually the “bad colds” and sore
throats begin the list. Bronchial pneu
monia comes along as a sequel, and
with older people the lobar pneumonia.
Artificially heated and poorly venti
lated rooms have much to do with this.
Change from outdoor to indoor life
also brings its share of readjustment
of the Individual. Most of the heating
systems are poor, giving too much heat
near the radiator or stove and too
little in other parts of the room. In
consequence, some children in school,
for instance, are hot and perspiring,
while others have cold feet. Much
could be done to remedy these condi
tions if they were scientifically looked
into and proper adjustments made.
Above all times of the year the one
that should have our attention is the
fall and winter months. Our bodies
should be kept In good condition; we
should religiously obey every health
law and do our utmost to keep in the
best of physical shape. We should pro
tect ourselves against every disease for
which science offers a remedy, such
as smaliiKJX, typhoid, diphtheria, scar
let fevir, iiossibly whooping cough and
others where protection is offered
even in the least measure.
Chancellor Barrow On
Health Of Community
Anything said or written by Chan
cellor David C. Barrow, of our State
i University, immediately becomes inter
esting, always carries with it truth
and consequently force. Recently the
Banne r Herald, of Athens, carried a
signed article by this beloved man. In
part it is as follows;
"I am not a socialist; I realize,
! however, that there are some things
which the community should do.
FIRST, the community must educate
Its people. Education is the life pre
server in a Democracy. NEXT, I
think the community should see after
the health of the community. Preven
tion of disease, care for the sick, re
lief for suffering. These are matters
of community interest.
“The health of the community is
necessary to the happiness and pros
perity.
“•Bishop, do you enjoy religion?’
“The righteous old Bishop was dis
pleased with the self-assured young
man who asked the question. ‘No. how
can a miserable old dyspeptic enjoy
anything?’ he replied.
"Health is not only a source of hap
piness, it is the builder of prosperity.’
How true the words! How we do
neglect this very thing; it is an individ
ual and a community problem. Are
you, are we doing our part?
One More Disease
Has Been Conquered
Like all now discoveries the vaccina
tion against scarlet fever is under
going a “settling stage,” as it might
be called; that is, certain standard
ization methods are being worked out
and determined. Unscrupulous manu
facturers will put out vaccines without
the endorsement of the United States
Public Health Service. The underwrit
ing of any preparation by this govern
ment agency should be insisted upon.
The test for susceptibility of an in
dividual to scarlet fever has been per
fected by Dr. Dick and his co-laborers,
and now it is ari easy matter to know
if one will contract the disease. The
vaccine against the disease has also
been worked out and it is thought, to
be as good and potent as the vaccina
tion against smallpox and diphtheria.
It is new. and is perhaps the outstand
ing accomplishment of the year. Not
withstanding its newness our State
Hoard of Health is convinced of its
worth and advises the use of a STAND
ARDIZED. PASSED UPON VAC
CINE. One more disease has been
conquered.
Preventive Against
Whooping Cough
Few diseases are so hard on young
children as whooping cough. The
vaccine is worthy of trial, yet we have
no absolute specific. The thing to do
is to keep our children from contract
ing the disease. It is much lighter, or
rather, perhaps, much better borne
by children who are older; the nior
tality from the disease decreases in
the ratio of the increase in age. This
is also true of all the infectious or
contagious diseases that small chil
dren have, so it behooves all parents
to protect their babies and young chit
dren against measles, scarlet fever,
whooping cough, mumps, ehickenpox
and the like, and where possible, vac
cinate them, as. for instance, diphthe
ria, scarlet fever and smallpox.
There is a big fireproof vault in the
Capitol in Atlanta almost opposite the
Senate Chamber where is filed, in
dexed and numbered every birth that
is reported to the State Board of
Health. It is a duty we owe our chil
dren and our state to see that they
ha'e their births filed in this vault.
As our citizenship grows and our life
becomes more complex it is of greater
importance than ever.
Ancient “Skyscraper.”
since it is 18 stories high, the whole
exterior adorned with the richest
carvings. In the foreground is the
Golden Lily tank for the ablutions,
an essential part of the worship.
A Composer Comedy
The book of Richard Strauss’ new
comic opera, “Intermezzo,” has been
based by its librettist upon an inci
dent in the composer’s life.
One day Strauss was playing cards
when he was advised of his wife’s in
tention to sue for a divorce. He at
once made inquiries and discovered
that he was accused of being over
friendly with a pretty girl, who al
leged to the lawyers that she had ar
ranged to meet the composer in a cafe
the next afternoon. Strauss denied
the appointment, but turned up at the
cafe, where he learned that a young
musical conductor bad been imper
sonating him. Domestic harmony was
restored, and Hermann Bahr, the
librettist, utilized the story for the
new opera.
Made His Meaning Clear
A woman whose divorce case was as
signed to Judge Guy A. Miller in Cir
cuit court charged her husband was
cruel and penurious. Judge Miller fol
lowed her testimony and sought to
have the witness tell just how niggard
ly the husband had been. “You say
your husband never gave you any
money? Now how often did you ask
him for it?” asked the court. “Well,
that’s all I did, sir, until one day I
asked him for car fare and he
struck rne in the eye,” she replied.
“And he didn’t give it to you?” “No,”
replied the witness, “but I knew what
he meant.”
Modern Portia Triumphs
When Charles Eyles, charged with
fraud, was arraigned In Old Bailey In
London he was asked to select a bar
rister for his defense. Looking over
the small crowd of barristers present,
he pointed to one and said; “That
young man,” who turned out to be
Mrs. Helena Normanton. He was
found not guilty. Judge Atberly-Jones
ut the conclusion of the trial com
mended the young woman for her skill
and urbanity.
Her Error
She was a very inexperienced trav
eler and she eyed the scenery, with ab
sorbing interest. At length she turned
to the woman who shared her seat
and asked timidly, “What Is that car
just ahead of this one?”
“Why, that is the smoker,” she was
told.
“Gracious,’’ was her amazing reply,
"I thought all that smoke was corning
from the engine.”
Real Devotion
Hubby—l see that Stonehain, who
died the other, day, left his wife one
half million. How would you like to
be Ills widow?
Wifey—Now, you know I would
rather he yours, dear. —Western Cbris
ttau Advocate.
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Must Feel Love
The poet’s heart Is an unl'ghted
torch, which gives no help to his foot
steps till love has touched it with
flame —Lo\r®U.
FRAGMENTS OF
CONGREGATIONAL HISTORY
By A. Constantine Adamz, B. D.
Minister at Fredonia Church
Marcus Whitman, a missionary of
the American Board, arrived in Ore
gon in 1842, and by his famous ride
to Washington, D. C., has been wide
ly credited with saving the mammoth
northwest territory to the United
States, when our country was about
to cede it to Engalnd.
A Congregational minister from
Massachusetts was chief promoter of
the Ordinance of 1787 by which
slavery was forever excluded from
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin.
W hen Queen Victoria was passing
thru a period of religious doubt, she
ordered two books from America, by
Congregational clergymen. An Epis
copal bishop of England relates this,
and also states that he gave her a
book by a noted Englishman. West
cott, a churchman. Later the Queen
said: “I read what you marked of
Professor Westcott. which is striking,
but not to me like Newman Smyth’s
and Munger’s wonderful books;
Munger's Freedom of the Faith is a
great comfort.”
About one-tenth of the entire roll
cf hier educational institutions in
the United States are Congregational
in origin. This refers to colleges.
But, according to one recognized au
thority, if we include first-class
academies, one-fifth of all hier edu
cational institutions are Congrega
tional. To mention only a few:
Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Bowdoin,
Amherst, Williams, Oberlin, Beloit,
Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Wellesley,
Whitman, Grinnell, Yankton, Berea,
Pomona, Ripon, Carleton, Olivet,
Colorado, Doane, Tabor, Drury,
Wheaton (Illinois), Fisk, Tugaloo,
Talladega—all are of Congregational
origin.
Horace Bushnell, a Congregational
clergyman, selected the site of the
University of California, the most
richly endowed institution next to
Harvard.
Rev. A. F. Beard, D. D., a Congre
gationalist of New York, suggested
to Mr. Stanford the founding of Le
land Stanford, Jr., University.
(To Be Continued)
We Show "Wherein”
We are not like the old colored parson
who was told his services were no longer
needed by the congregation*
He said: “What's the matter with
my preachin'? Don't I argufy and
sputify properly?" To which a member
of the flock replied: “Yes, you argufies
and sputufies'—but you don't show
wherein!" Now, when it comes to ad
vertising the good points of our Bank,
we are always glad to show “wherein"
our bank is a good place for your funds*
Fire-proof vaults, burglar insurance,
trusted officials, conservative banking
methods, all attest “wherein"*
The Citizens National
M. P. OWEN, _ __ | _ BARNESVILLE,
Cashier DcLIIK GA.
The Bank of Service
1925
With appreciation for past
patronage and best wishes for
Prosperous Year for 1925.
J. H. BATE & CO
JEWELERS and OPTOMETRISTS
BARNESVILLE, GA.
1925
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will take you to Atlanta and get
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