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MISS JESSIE COLLIER
TeL 169.
OCALS, PERSONALS
AND SOCIAL NEWS
Mr . and Mrs. T. S. Cole left for
'V home at Logansport, Indiana,
] a c* week, after a three months’ stay
a a t \ he home of Rev. and Mrs. J. M.
Mar T in. These people greatly en
deared themselves to the Barnesville
people as they are devoted to the
thur ,h and Christianity at large. Mr.
ari d Mrs. Cole made many warm
{r iends during their stay here, who
hope they may return to the city
sometime for a longer stay.
SPECIAL NOTICE—TWO CARS OF
No l TIMOTHY HAY AT $33.00
PER TON; A LOT OF GOOD
YOUNG MULES, PRICES RIGHT;
WOOD AND COAL; AND ACID
and soda for your crops.
SEE ME BEFORE YOU BUY.—W.
R BAIRD, MITCHELL'S OLD STA
BLES. 2 ' 19
Senator J. C. Collier received this
week a cablegram from Mr. D. C.
Collier, who is now in Europe, that
he would sail from Glasgow, Scot
land, on February 14th for America
on the new Cunard Steamship
Cameronia and expects to reach
home about February 25th after two
or three days in New York City.
Mr. C. M. Dunn left Barnesville
Monday for Sarasota, Fla., after
spending a week here with his fami
ly. He has been in Sarasota for
some time engaged in the real estate
•business, in which he is doing well.
That Florida city is being developed
at a rapid rate and it affords great
opportunity for business. ~ .
•
Mr. Homer Howard of Wartrace,
Tenn., has been on a visit with the
family of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. M. Howard, the past week and has
been receiving cordial greetings from
many friends throughout the com
munity.
N. B—WE ARE STILL LEADING
ALL MIDDLE GEORGIA IN THE
VERY BEST GRADES and STYLES
OF ANY AND ALL KINDS OF
HARNESS NEEDED OR USED ON
THE FARM. OUR PRICES ARE
MOST REASONABLE. YOU HAVE
A STANDING INVITATION TO
CALL AND SEE US. —CORDIALLY
YOURS, W. H. MITCHELL & CO.
Messrs. Emmett Langford of
Barnesville and Joe Martin of Milner
spent last week in Columbia, S. C.,
attending a meeting of representa
tives of the Federal Land Bank from
various southern states. They re
port a helpful convention and an en
joyable time.
Mayor W. T. Summers, who has
been at Sarasota, Fla., for several
weeks, returned home last week and
has been given a cordial welcome.
He reports much activity in Florida,
particularly in the real estate busi
ness in certain sections of the state.
Mr. J. W. Brown, cashier of the
Second National Bank of Griffin,
spent Sunday with his family here,
returning to Griffin Monday. He
had been sick for several days but
his friends hope he will soon be fully
recovered.
FOR SALE—Pair mare mules, splen
did workers or will trade, also one
gentle Georgia raised work mare 8
\ • ars old, also three young cows,
fresh in milk.—W. H. Mitchell & Cos.
Miss Evelyn 'Matt, who is teaching
the school at Yatesville, spent the
week end with the family of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Matt, at
their home on Greenwood street.
Mr. E. O. Dobbs, Jr., one of the
5 'ight students of Emory University,
• ent the week-end at home with the
family of his parents, Col. and Mrs.
L. O. Dobbs.
Mrs. J. C. Butts and little daugh
ter, Ann, of Gainesville, were the
' cent guests of Mrs. B. H. Butts at
her home on Forsyth street.
Mr. Mike Jones of Macon spent
Tuesday in the city transacting busi
ness and was warmly greeted by
numerous friends.
Mrs. M. F. Carriker spent last
week in Thomaston on a visit with
relatives and friends.
Mr. Gene Armstrong spent Mon
day and Tuesday in Atlanta looking
after business interests.
Mrs. Chester Burnette of Macon,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Torbert and
family of Thomaston, Mr. and Mrs.
A. H. Harvey of Thomaston and Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Hall and family of
Montezuma, attended the funeral of
Mrs. L. S. Burnette Tuesday.
Messrs. Charlie Gordy, Emmett
Gordy, Robert Burnette, Alvah Bur
nette and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bur
nette of Atlanta came down Tuesday
to attend the funeral of Mrs. L. S.
Burnette.
Misses Bertha Hightower, Doris
Moore and Lucy Bush were in Grif
fin Thursday, going up to see “So
Big” at the Alamo Theatre.
Mrs. Preston R. Chaffin will re
turn Thursday after a few weeks
visit with relatives in Cummings and
Canton, Ga.
WANTED —To buy or trade for 25
to 50 beef cattle. —W. H. Mitchell
& Cos.
Mr. Edward Elder was the guest
for the week-end of relatives and
friends in Macon.
Mr. W. V. Lifsey of New York
City was the guest of his aunt, Mrs.
E. Whittle, Sunday.
Miss Mary Allen of Atlanta was
at her home near Barnesville last
week-end.
Mr. Charlie Wadsworth is ill at his
home.
Mr. J. M. Middlebrooks spent the
week-end at home.
Mr. Jesse Burns of Macon was at
home last week-end.
ELLIOTT—SMITH
Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Elliott, of
Barnesville, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Mary Irene,
to Mr. Frank Willis Smith, the mar
riage to be solemnized February 18.
The above announcement, of deep
interest to many friends in Lamar
and adjoining counties, appeared in
the Sunday papers.
Hearty congratulations will be ex
tended to the happy young people
over their approaching marriage.
GORDON HONOR ROLL
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
First Grade Hubert Adams,
Ralph Freeman, Charlene Graddick,
Sadie Porch, Sarah Virginia Sims,
Joe T. Smith, Terrell Tarpley, Mag
dalene Weaver.
Second Grade —Florence Leach,
Isaiah Pitts.
Third Grade —James Evans, Car
roll Garland, Raymond Hall, Louisa
Porch.
Fourth Grade —Mattie Lee Evans.
Seventh Grade —Mary Helen Gil
pin, Jean Hastings, Ernestine Mil
ner, Mariam Ocletree.
MRS, BURNETTE DIES
Mrs. L. S. Burnette died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Bob Hall,
at Montezuma, last Sunday and was
buried Monday in the Greenwood
cemtery. The service was held at
the First Methodist church, Rev.
Marvin Franklin, the pastor, preach
ing the sermon, paying a beautiful
tribute to her life.
Mrs. Burnette was 76 years old
and was a good woman, who had
hosts of friends in Barnesville and
throughout this section. She was
a devoted member of the Methodist
church.
Mrs. Burnette was a Miss Mary
Gordy of Upson county and was mar
ried to Mr. L. S. Burnette when 17
years old and through all these long
years they had lived happily togeth
er. She is survived by her husband
and eight children, to all of whom
tender sympathy is extended in their
sorrow over the death of the good
woman.
—o
Following an increase in milk
prices in England, a farmer offered
to deliver the first five days’ supply
free. and guaranteed to give custom
ers their average weekly supply with
out charge for two weeks in June
each year.
Would Let All
Have a Chance
to Make Good
By MILDRED C. GOODRIDGE
((£>, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
T"\AVID ROSS had received a heavy
blow financially and to his uflfec
tions as well. He was an odd, silent
old fellow, but when an Impulse
swajed him he carried It to the full
limit. --- - m ***"**-
Thus he had done with the son of
an old-time friend now dead —Vance
Peters. Mr. Ross had formerly oper
ated a little shop In Vlrden, given to
the manufacture of hardware special
ties. He took a fancy to young Peters
and retired from the business In his
favor. He still retained ownership of
the business, but gave Peters full
sway, asking only a monthly statement
of the business.
One night the shop burned down
and Vance Peters disappeared. With
in twenty-four hours It was known
that he had been embezzling money.
The day nfter the fire Mr. Ross sat
at home gloomily Immersed In thought.
Hls adopted daughter, Elsa, watched
his mood pityingly. !
“Father," she spoke finally, “do not
let this trouble distress you." 1
“If I had followed your advice I
should have been better ofT," was the
frank reply. “You never liked Vance,
you believed that he was deceiving me,
and you were bright. For one tiling I
am sincerely thankful! That Is that
I did not urge the wish of my heart
that you and Vance should make a
match of it.
"I find that Vance had little or no
system In the business,” Mr. Ross told
Elsa. "He had a bookkeeper, and un
der manager and a traveling man.
They were all here this morning to
learn what the prospects were of the
plant starting up again."
“Why, are you thinking of that,
father?” asked Elsa In some surprise.
Rogers, the bookkeeper, turned out
to be quite an exquisite. He lay
around smoking and reading In a com
fortable hammock most of the time,
but was always on hand for Ills meals.
The old assistant mannger, Mnlion,
devoted most of his time to hanging
around the village billiard hall. Both
borrowed money from Mr. Ross, who
catered to their necessities and studied
them.
Young Bert Delaney was restless
and out of sorts the first day lie ar
rived.
"See here, Mr. Ross," he said in his
Independent off-handed way, “yon’re a
generous-lienrted old man, but I’m no
sponge. I don’t see why three husky
fellows like us should be dependent on
you."
“Don’t you want to resume your old
position when we start up business
again?” Inquired Mr. Boss.
“Surely, but I’m not bom to be Idle.”
“All right; I’ll make anew bargain
with all three of you fellows. There’s
a big garden to take care of, there’s
wood to saw and all kinds of odd Jobs
about the place. Put In your time
about them and I’ll pay a fair price for
the service.”
Rogers regarded his well-manicured
hands and the rough garden tools,
shrugged his shoulders and betook
himself to his hammock.
Mahon tried clearing some brush,
got a few thorns In his fingers and
hied him to cue and Ivories for solace.
Bert pitched in forthwith. He
mended the broken fences. He made
the straggly garden look as If an ex
pert had gone over It. One morning
Mr. Ross came out to find him with
saw and buck tackling a four-cord pile
of stove wood.
The old man’s eyes twinkled secret
ly. That evening when work was sus
pended. he stole out to the woodpile
and put a little clinking bag way un
der the last log of the heap.
Bert rather liked the task. The
wood was Just behind the kitchen
where the falry-Uke form of pretty
winsome Elsa constantly flitted. Sev
eral times she brought the worker a
glass of cool lemonade and then they
had an enjoyable chat together.
“See here Mr. Ross,” said Bert, two
days later, “that wood Is all sawed
and I found this little bog under the
last log.”
“Oho! yon did?” chuckled the old
man. “What’s In It, now?”
“A dozen gold half eagles."
“That so?” chirped the old man. “I
reckon the fairies have rewarded j-ou
for your industry. See here, Mr, De
laney. I put them there and you’re
going to keep them."
“I don’t like overpay—” began Bert.
"There’s better than that coming,”
announced Mr. Ross. ’’l’ve been
studying you, and that ladylike book
keeper, and that shiftless assistant
manager. Yon can have the position
If you want it."
Bert did not reply. Ills face grew
so serious and thoughtful that Mr.
Ross stared at him in wonder.
“Why!” he exclaimed, “you don’t
mean to say you turn down that kind
of a chance of a lifetime, do you?”
“It depends,” said Bert deliberately.
“On what?”
"No —on whom,” corrected Bert.
“I’m a plain, blunt fellow, Mr. Ross.
Pm half In love with Miss Elsa. I'll
be wholly in love with her If I stay
here. That might not suit you—”
"Does It suit her?” challenged Mr.
Ross.
“I think so, I hope so.” answered
Bert.
“Then go and settle It with her and
decide on my offer.”
And an hour later Bert had accepted
the position, for Elsa had accepted
Urn.
Obtolete Document
The folding rooms of the capltol are
filled with thousands of publications
that are either obsolete or worthless
for public distribution, the public
printer declares. In the storage
vaults of the capltol may he found an
nual reports on finance dating ns far
hack ns 1870. agricultural yearbooks
of the crop of 1879 (although new ad
ditions are printed at the rate of 400,-
000 copies annually), reports on the
I'nrls. exposition of 1878, ten-year-old
nautical almanacs, prayers of the
chaplain of the Sixty-second congress,
army regulations dating back to 1805
and thousands of obsolete congres
sional directories.
Knew Their Origin
A young woman recently received
Instruction In the art of Indian basket
ry, and had made several copies of In
dian baskets of which she was
proud. A friend, who had been liv
ing In Arizona, culled upon the young
woman, who showed the baskets with
considerable pride.
"They are really very well done,”
commented the visitor, "but, of course,
•they are not the real Indian baskets."
“Why, Mrs. Robinson,” Indignantly
exclaimed the maker, “how can you
say that when I Just told you that 1
made them myself t"
And Father Fled
•‘Father,’’ said little Algernon, "why
has my hair grown so much longer
than yours, when yours has grown so
mych longer than mine?”
Exit father!
According to recent claims of the
Royal Aeronautical society, Solomon
gave to the son of the Queen of
Sheba a machine that is believed to
be an air glider.
a
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank each and every
one of our friends for their kindness
during the sickness and death of our
dear mother, Mrs. E. B. Reeves, also
for the beautiful floral offerings.
—Her Children.
SPEECH OF HONORABLE
WILLIAM H. CARTER
Barnesville, Ga., Feb. 10, 1925.
Mr. B. H. Hardy.
Dear Sir:—Attached you will find
the speech of Hon. W. H. Carter to
which I referred in conversation to
day. This speech was delivered at
the very pleasant occasion of the an
nual banquet of the department and
mill heads of the William Carter
Company at the Copley Plaza Hotel
in Boston on the evening of January
29th.
As you know Mr. Wm. H. Carter
is president of the William Carter
Company, of which the Barnesville
mill is a part.
If you agree with me that this will
be of general interest your publish
ing it would be very much appre
ciated. Yours very truly,
CARTER-COLLIER COMPANY,
J. A. Cason, Asst. Treasurer.
Mr. Toastmaster, Fellow Employ
ees, Ladies and Gentlemen: It cer
tainly gives me a great deal of pleas
ure to greet you this evening and to
talk with you, because it is not as it
was this morning when I talked to
the salesmen alone. lam now talk
ing not only to the salesmen but to
those who have helped the salesmen
and helped the organization. So we
have with us this evening the fore
ladies, the foremen, the salesmen,
the superintendents, our head sales
man, heads cf the different depart
ments that plan the work and the
whole key to the William Carter
Company. All here for a good time.
I am going to take up but little of
your time in talking to you this even
ing because we are here for pleas
ure, but I want to congratulate you
on that wonderful, loyal co-operation
that’ each department has given to
the rest of this organization. That
co-operation means everything to
you and to. us. Co-operation means
success. Those who are against co
operation are carrying themselves
down to ruin, and no concern can
grow to be great and famous with
any articles that it manufactures un
less it has behind it loyal and honest
people. Employees embued with a
will and a determination to do every
thing that they are told to do. This
is also true of our superintendent,
who knows how to direct them in
their work, with the knowledge that
it can be accomplished; and our head
salesman who plans the sales, be
cause he has had practical experience
and knows how to sell goods, as Mr.
Drumheller knows how to make them.
This organization, growing up
through loyalty and honesty, has
learned a great many things, and
still has a great many more to learn,
but I would not give a hurrah for
any concern in the United States that
cannot make a success with this loy
alty and with this free feeling, which
each has for the other. I do not
care for all the competition there is
anywhere in the United States, and
Pure Drugs
The greater ef
ficiency of Pure
Drugs makes it
worth w hile to
come to this
store where on
ly the purest of
Drugs are used.
Barnesville Drug Cos.
J. E. BUSH, Manager
#
Barnesville, Georgia
after traveling abroad last year, 1
do not give a hurrah for all the com
petition there is the whole world.
We have an organization that haH
been growing step by step for 25
years. It has been a wonderfully
progressive organization. It was
started 00 years ago by a man who
came from England a short time be
fore, with but five shillings in his
pocket, getting a job as soon as he
landed in New York. In due time
he put one machine in his kitchen,
and from that time on added another
and then another.
Finally a little shop was built and
from that, this organization has
grown. 1 feel proud of it tonight
and I feel proud of every single one
of you who has helped us so ma
| ttrially. I have never been as proud
I as I was yesterday when it was my
privilege to go up to the Springfield
Mill and show you all what a won
derful mill we have there, and the
splendid type of people that are
working in this factory, as fine as
you would find anywhere. Compare
them with the high school scholars;
yes, compare them with those in our
colleges. Look at the men who are
working there; look at the women,
and any man who is familiar with
people of that kind cannot help but
feel proud. He cannot help but feel
happy. We are going on to bigger
I and better things. Our factories
will sometime cover many acres of
land and we will have many offices
| scattered throughout the United
, States, until every man and every
! woman in every household, from one
1 end of this country to the other,
North, East, South and West, when
; they talk of underwear will talk only ;
'of Carter’s. It will be the family'
watchword throughout the country.
It seems to me that there has been
! considerable talk in later years by (
! scientists about the subconscious j
mind. You have read it in books, j
and 1 have thought about this a great j
many times. lam not going to try j
to describe to you what the sub-!
conscious mind is, as far as books j
or science is concerned, but we all j
know that the subconscious mind is l
always working, and it has brought
to me a great many times the answer
to those things that I have been
thinking about.
I have thought sometimes of things
l pertaining to genius and patents—
something that was going to reduce
| the cost of labor, or some other angle
of our business that bothered me. I !
have gone to sleep thinking about it J
and would wake up in the morning
with it still on my mind. I would
think of some new device that could
reduce the labor, improve the meth
ods, and thus lessen the cost. I
knew that it could be accomplished,
and finally after having given this
great thought the subconscious mind
brought before me a true picture—
an answer to those things that I had
been thinking and worrying about.
The subconscious mind works while
you are asleep. It works while you
are awake, and that man or woman
who has got his mind on that par
ticular thing which is bothering him
will have those thoughts come to him
almost like a flush out of a clear sky.
You can see it as plain as clay and
you say to yourself, "Why didn’t I
think of that before?” That is how
the subconscious mind that you have
been reading about so much in late
years works. But it never reveals
anything to the man or woman who
does not think. It comes only to
those who are ready to receive it;
who put their energy into all they
do, and think over those thinga which
they want to accomplish, saying to
themselves, “Can I do these things
better?”
So it is with you salesmen. You
are going out to sell your quota, and
you are going to increase the sales
of our organization this year by over
two million dollars. You have got
Ito do .something besides work. You
have got to work and think, and this
thinking will save you many miles
of travel. It will help you to do
what vou are doing better, and by
thinking and planning you are going
to better understand the people with
whom you will have to deal. The
subconscious mind is a great master
over men and women if they will
only think, and we urge you to get
busy along those lines of endeavor.
There are many people in the mill
who now hold responsible positions,
and many more who would like to
hold responsible positions, who are
willing to think; and some real good
thoughts come from some of the peo
ple in our mills who, although they
do not hold very high positions, show
that they can think. They are the
ones who will and do receive promo
tion.
A great organization like this does
not achieve success just by sheer
luck. It comes from good manage
ment on the part of those who think.
An organization of this sort appre
ciates the alert minds among its em
ployees and they know that the great
est asset of any corporation or any
organization, is to have employees
who are working for its interests.
I am proud of you and I like you.