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aiBNBSVILLE NEWS-GAZETTE B. H. HARDY, Editor Subscription, $1.50 Year 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. 0 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. fi —® — 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. —o — 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. o 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. ■ ■ - O' 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. o “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. • 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. o 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 BANK With The BARNESVILLE BANK RSSEBVE^ STATE DEPOSITORY F. S. HALL & CO. In the mule business at the " / Mitchell stable, Barnesville, Ga We are selling mules and gu . tee every mule we sell. Cor. I pick out what you want. We i.. I buyer in Kentucky and Tenne-v- 1 the time and try to buy the be*t" - are guaranteed sound and all - and good workers. If you buy from us and don’t find him this v, bring him back and get another i or your money back. It j s our / pose to give you a mule worth money you pay for it. We war// do business with the man who w • to do business with us. If you do t believe this come look in our ' petl and if we haven’t what you want will take you to Atlanta and get what you want. We sell no ;/ l mules and guarantee them to be l right.