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Coals in the House of God.
There hns come word from sev
eral places in the state to the effect
that some of the ptstors, catching
up an idea suggested by some man
in Atlanta and run ns a little fad
by the newspapers with respect to
men going in thftr shirtsleeves on
the streets and in places of public
resort, have advocated such appar
el in the churches. We have great
ly regertted this, for it seems to us
that it is one of the indications of a
spirit abroad in our day marked by
lack of reverence for the house of
(iod, and thevefo e for the God
whose house it is. •
It has been an unwritten law, at
least among the more cultured of
our people, that when men appear
in public assemblies where there
are ladies, or where there are dis
tinguished men high in govern
mental and educational circles, or
in the house of God, that they Bhal
show respect to those in who j
presence they appear by the wear
ing of some apparel over their
shirts, A breaking away from the
custom indicates a creaking Jdown
of the spirit of respect and 1 rever
ence those who have hitherto been
thought worthy of it. It is a law
that is helpful to all and hurtful to
to none, though it may for a little
season cause discomfort. Yet the
discomfort is so slight that it is not
worthy of being mentioned in con
nection with the benefit of the law’s
observance.
If a man who claimed to be a
gentleman should come into our
parlor, where the ladies of our fam
ily,areand pull off his coat,or appear
there without his coat, to make a
social visit, we would certainly in
vite him to either put on his coat
or retire. If such an one should
go to an evening entertainment, at
which ladies were preent, in his
shirtsleeves, we imagine that those
in charge of the entertainment
would see to it that he either clothe
himself in a respectful manner or
that he take his departure. Shall
we break down the outward show
of rcpect and reverence in tne house
of Gcd while we maintain these in
bur parlors and in social enter
tainments?
Some may say that this is mere
sentiment and ought aot to inter'
fere witn the practical matter of the
comfort of men on Sundays. But
sentiment is a mighty power in the
earth, and rightly so, and deals
with the highest things of human
ife and conduct. And the senti-
•or Goa and His house is surely one
hat Qught to be cherished in the
ligbeat degree by all who reverence
Jis me. A great many men are
mcomfortable ifthbp&ft hot smoke
igarettea or feig^S tor an hour two
n the dajh If the whole question
s oriO Of comfort, how soon will it
>e before some preachers will invite
he men of their congregations to
ndulge in their favorite habit?
)ther men find it very uncomfort-
•ble to sit up on a chair or bench,
vith their feet on the floor, for any
enght of time. • If comfort is all
bat is to be consideied, why not
lvite them to do- as it is said that
erne members of Congress do occa-
iojially, put their feet upon the
acks in front of them. It is real-
f to be feared that this sort of
bing is a species of cheap bidding
or the attendance of men at church,
i nd we can not but feel that it is
i nworthy of the house of God and
fhe service thereof. There is e-
i ough of irreverence in the land
how: let not the preachers encour
age any more of it.—Christain In
dex.
w; M.G.
TAP DAY AT YALE.
What
It Means to the Juniors Who
Have “Made Good."
The three grent senior societies of
Tale—Skull and Bones. Scroll and
Key and Wolfs Heud—choose on tap
day fifteen members eneb from the
junior cIhrs, the fifteen members of
the outgoing senior cluss making the
choice. tOnch senior Is allotted Ills mun
of the Juniors and must find him In
the crowd at the tree and tap him on
the shoulder uud give him the order
to go to his room. Followed by his
sponsor, he obeys, and what happens
at the room no one but the men of the
society knows. With shining face the
lad comes back later and Is slapped
on the shoulder and told. ’’Coi-d work,
old tuuu," cordially and win- ,• Heart
l.v by every friend and acquaintance—
by lads who have "raiidp" every honor
possible, by lads who have ••made"
nothing. Just os heartily, for that Is
the spirit of Tale.
Only juniors room tn Durfee hall.
On tap day an outsider Is lucky who
has a friend there, for a window is q.
proscenium box for the play—the play
which Is a tragedy to all but forty-five
of the three hundred and odd juniors.
The windows of every story of the
graystone facade Ore crowded with a
deeply interested audience.’ drizzled
heads of old graduates mix with flow
ery hats of women. Every one ts watch
ing every detail, every arrival. In
front of the hall are a drive and room
for perhaps a dozen carriages next the
fence—the famous fence of Tale—
which rails the campus "round. Just
inside it, at the northeast corner,
rises the tree. People stand up In the
carriages, women and men. The fence
is lcfnded with people, often standing,
too, to see that tree.
All over the campus surges a crowd—
students of the other classes, seniors
who last year stood in the compact
gathering at the tree and left it sore
hearted, not having been "taken;"
sophomores who will stand there next
year, who already are hoping for and
dreading their tap day; little fresh
men, each one sure that he at least
will be of the elect, and again the
Iron gray heads, the interested faces
of old Yale men, and the gay spring
hats like bouquets of flowers.
it Is perhaps the most critical single
day of the four years’ course at the
university. It shows to the world
whether or no n boy, after three years
of college life, has in the eyes of the
student body “made-good.” It is a cru
cial test, a heartrending test for a hoy
of twenty years.—Mary R. S. Andrews
in Scribner’s Magazine.
CORE OF THE EARTH.
It May Be a Mass of Steel Some 5,580
Miles In Diameter.
Various conjectures have been made
from time to time by geologists os to
the possible condition of the center of
the earth- One of the most popular
Impressions seems to be that the
earth's center, or core, Is a flaming
furnnee. At a meeting of the Sels-
mologlenl association at The Hague
Professor Weichert asserted that his
studies of the varying velocity of
earthquake tremors passing through
the Interior of the globe have led him
to the conclusion that the earth con
sists of a central cofe of Iron or steel,
nboutj O.fiSO miles In diameter, sur
rounded with if stony shell.'tMO miles
In thickness. Between thc'niitur solid
find and the Inner lay-’v of-roi-lt. enter
ing the metallic core, ne minus mem
Is a layer of liquid or plastic material,
lying a little less than tuypnty miles
below the surface of the earth.
Men sometimes dream of enormous
. wealth stored deep in the earth below
the reach of miners, but ..experts now
aver that there Is little or no ground
to believe that any valuable metallic
deposits lie very deep In the earth’s
crust regardless of Professor Wel-
chert’s beliefs to the contrary. Such
deposits, it Is said, are made by under
ground waters, and owing to the pres
sure on the rocks at great depths the
waters are confined to a shell near the
surface. With few exceptions ore de
posits become too lean to repay work
ing below 3,000 feet Nine mines In
ten, taking the world as a whole, are
poorer tn the second thousand feet
than In the first thousand, and poorer
yet In the third thousand than in the
second.—New York World.
We have the best line of bug
gies and wagons and we are now
offering them to the public at
leapest prices, qaulity consider-
W G Baggett k Son.
They Were All “Pills.”
One of the fashionable east side
churches recently witnessed a funny
Incident at’ a choir rehearsal. They
were preparing for the following Sun
day morning a beautiful selection, the
first words of which were, “1 am a
pilgrim." It so happened that the
music divided the word "pilgrim" and
made a pause after the syllable. The
effect was most amusing. The soprano
sang in a high key “1 am a pH" and
then stopped. The tenor acknowl
edged that he was a "pll,” and
when the bass came thundering In
with a like declaration, “I am a pll,"
it was too much for the gravity of
the singers, and they roared. No
amount of practice could get them
past the fatal pause without an out
burst, and the piece bad to be given
up.—Musical World.
SWITCHED THEIR VOTES.
The Incident That Won Tom Corwin's
First fight For Congress.
“When I saw the oil painting of Tom
Corwin in the treasury,” said au Ohio
man, “I could not but recall the story
told Id Corwin’s old home of Lebanon
of how he won his first election to
congress. He was a young man and
already noted as an orator, but he
bad n bard district and little encour
agement for election. He was making
his tour of the counties and one night
stopped at the double cabin of a farm
er known to be a very fervent advo
cate of political policies of the oppo
sition. Corwin talked politics care
fully with the old man and his sons
before bedtime, but had little hope of
winning a single vote in the house
hold. In 'the morning the old man
took Corwin outside and announced
that every voter In the family would
be for him on election day. This
astonished and delighted Corwin, who
could not help but ask why the sudden
change of heart.
“The old man told how the Apposition
candidate had stopped at his bouse
one night the week before and how
the host and wife had watched the
candidate go to bed. To their disgust,
he actually put on a nightgown like
those worn by a woman. This dis
gusted the rugged old pioneer. Then
Corwin wns told how the old farmer
and bis wife had watched him go to
bed, and as he had not bothered about
a nightie they determined he was not
taken to frills. Corwin could see the
humor of the Incident, and In every
succeeding speech be told that night
shirt story on the ether candidate,
bolding him up to ssora. The reealt
was a victory for Corwin, and he
owed it all to that story of
tfVashingtoa Poe*,
To Stop Hiccoughs.
Simple cases of hiccough are often
relieved by such measures ns sucking
Ice or taking salt and vinegar, says the
New York Medical Journal. Pulling
the tongue forward and holding It for
some time is an effective procedure.
Sometimes obstinate hiccough Is re
lieved when the patient Is strong by
having him hang with the arms ex
tended and grasping some beam or
pole, so that his feet do not touch
the floor. With all the abdominal
muscles tense, have him hold Ills
breath as long as possible. Sneezing
is very efficient In certain eases, since
It is the exact opposite to hiccough,
being a sudden expiratory act.
McSwincy’s Gun. ~
Near Horn Head. County Donegal,
Ireland, there is a hole in the rocks
called McSwiney’s gun. It Is on the
seacoast and is said to have connec
tion with a cavern. When the north
-wind blows and the sea Is at half
flood the wind and the waves enter
the cavern and send up jets of water
from the “gun” to a height of more
than 100 feet. The jets of water nre
accompanied by explosions which may
be heard for miles.
More Worry.
"I didn’t know you admired that of
ficial.”
“I don’t," replied the political man
ager.
“Then why do you insist on crediting
him with a presidential boom?"
“Merely to make his life harder by
giving him something more to worry
about.”—Exchange.
he
Be Slow to Indorse.
“A man should think before
speaks,” said the prudent youth.
“Yes," replied Dustin Stax. "And he
should think still harder before he
Writes his name on the back of any
sort of document”—Washington Star.
All Must Help.
A wise man who does not assist with
his counsels, a rich man with his
chaflty and a poor man with his labor
Sfe perfect nuisances In a common-
wealth.—Swift.
Philosophy.
Learn to be pleased with everything—
with wealth, so far as It makes us of
benefit to others; with poverty, for not
having much to care for, and with
obscurity, for being unenvied.—Plu
tarch.
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Her Own Introduction.
“When did you first become
quainted with your wife?”
“The first time I disagreed with her
after we were married.”—Puck.
What Cairo Has.
12.
2.
2.
2.
4.
3.
General Stores.
Hardware Stores.
Furniture Stores.
Drug Stores.
Grocery Stores.
Banks with half million dol
lars on deposit.
1.
1.
3.
2,
%,
Jewelry Stor«.
Wholesale Grocer,
Iiytry Stable*.
Machine ShopsJ
Oarage*.
Don’t be Faked
and have your ( eves ruined by traveling
spectacle sellers.
Wight & Browne
are here ready to guarantee a fit and
quality of glasses. hen you buy from
j| a peddler you set a cheap glass and frame
II and pay double for something that
— will not ’give you satisfaction. Save
money and your eyes by buying your
glassed from a reliable house.
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F. M. BRANNON, Pres." W. s. WIGHT,.Vico Pres. Wll SEARCY. Cashier.
CITIZENS BANK.
Cairo, Ga.
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We call your especial attention to a comparative statement of our buff-
iness for the past four years.
DEPOSITS.
TOTAL RESOURCES.
March 7, 1908
March 7. 1909
March 7, 1910
March 7, 1911
—f —
$ 123,000.00
125.000. 00
100.000. 00
180,000.00
March 7, 1008
March 7. 1009
March 7, 1910
March 7, 1911
$ 108,000.00
170.000. 00
... 213,000.00
201.000. 00
Each years’ business has shown a nice increase and for this increase in
business we are grateful to our friends. If you are u customer of this bank
we thank you for your patronage in the past, and assure you that your ac
count is always appreciated at THIS BANK.
If you are not a customer of this bank, open an account with us and
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let us show you how we make SATISFIED CUSTOMERS.
We pay 4 per cent, interest, compounded quarterly, ou deposits in our
gs department.
savings i
1 KMKNKKtetflOJkasi
CALL UP
Phone 97
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and ask them what they have„
You will get something any time
to compose a tempting meal.
Buy Tempo Tea and get a
nice article of crockery ware with 0
each package.
First-class groceries, fruits,
vegetable, cigars, cold drinks.
It will pay you to make our ac
quaintance.
J. H. MITCHEL.
Telephone 97. Free Delivery.
2.
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000.
2.
Barber Shops.
Farmers Union Warehouse.
Bottling Works.
Barrel Factory, capacity 30,-
Sash .and Door Factories.
Newspapers.
Bakery.
Pressing club and hat clean
ing establishment.
2. Sanitariums.
3. Good churches.
1. Good brick school building,
300 Attendance.
1. Gristmill.
8. Lawyers.
■5. Physicians.
3, Dentist.
Water k Light Plant, Owned by
City.
2. Fertiliser Factories on foot,
i. Ice Plant on foot.
A Millie* Betters taxable pw>-
V
Its the county site of Grady
With a $60,000 court house- paid
for.
Cairo is the home of the- original
Georgia Cane Syrup.
Its the second largest cane
market in the world,.
Ships 15 o 20 thousand barrels
of syrup annually.
Ships 5 to 7 thousand bales of
Cotton annually.
Ships 5 to 6 thousand tons of
fertilizer annually.
Ships 10 to 12: cars mules: and
horses annually.
Ships 20,000 dbzen eggs Besides
home consumption.
Ships 12,000 chickens besides
home consumption.
Ships 50,000 pounds eollard
;Seed,
Ships 5,000 pounds pecans.
Sh p3 30,000 pecan trees.
Ships 300 cars melons.
Ships 10,000 cars lumber.
Has about 2 : ,000 people and shfes
more in every day