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LETTER TO BOYS’
CORN CLUB
Dear Corn Club Members: .
The South Georgia Land and
Agricultural Exposition is offer
ing a large number of prizes to
the Corn' Club Bovs of South
Georgia, and I am writing you to
ask that you pick out ten ears,
all the same length, the same
color of grains, the cobs the same
color, the rows all straight, the
same size, and the butts and tips
all well filled out, and send them
to me an Tifton, Ga., by express,
and I will enter them for the priz
es offered here and will take
them on to Atlanta and enter
them for the prizes there. (The
express Company will bring your
ten-ear exhib't free).
You should send me your ten
ears on or before October, 29th.
so I will have time to place it in
the exhibit.
The Exposition here has set a-
part Saturday Nov. 2nd, as Boys’
Corn Club Day, and I have ar
ranged with them to let the
South Georgia Boys’ Corn Club
have a great Corn Club parade
here on that day.
The parade will be formed at
the Tifton Chamber of Commerce
at 10:30 in the morning and will
march through the city to the
Exposition grounns.
I want every boy to come with
a stalk of corn to .carry on his
shoulder as he marches in the
parade.
I also want the boys of each
county to be in a group with
some one of them marching in
front with a banner showing
what county they are from.
I am enclosing a card here
with which you will please sign
and return at once if you expect
to come.
Be sure and send me your ten-
ear exhibit of corn even if you
cant come. Send with it also p,
written account of how you grew
your corn.
Sincerely,
G. V. Cunningham,
District Agent Boys’ Corn Club
and School Extention.
DEATH OF IS. MARY
HERRING CARTER
The relatives and many friends
of Mrs. Mary Herring Carter
were much shocked and sadden-
ied by her death which occurred
Sunday night at her home in
laceville, Ga, The funeral ser
vices were held at the Methodist
church in this city Monday af
ternoon, conducted by Rev. W.
C. Jones and Dr. Robt: H. Har
ris, assisted by other ministers,
former pastors of the deceased,
and the inteiment was at the
city cemetery. A large number
of friends and relatives from
Cairo.and the county attended
the services in her memory.
Mrs. Carter was the daughter
of Judge and Mrs. P. H. Her
ring, and during her residence
in Cairo made many friends. She
married Dr. G. B. Carter, of
Faceville, who, with a little
daughter, survives her. She was
a consistent member of the Meth
odist churdh since, childhood, and
had taught two years in a mis
sion college in the city of Mex
ico, after her graduation from
Andrew College^ Cuthbert, and
the State Normal School, at Ath
ens.
Besides her husband and child,
Mrs. Carter is survived by her
parents, and five brothers ana
five sisters, as follows: Messrs.
Henry Herring, of .Cairo, Tom
Herring and Kedar Herring, of
Bakersfield, Cal., Marvin Her
ring, and Pierce Herring, of Cal
vary; Mrs. Joe Higdon, of Calva
ry, Mrs. Ira Higdon, Mrs. Tom
Wight and Mrs. A. E. Bell, of
Cairo, and Mrs. G. L. Snider, of
Bakersfield, Cal.
The community joins with the
relatives and friends of the de
ceased in mounting her untimely
departure, and extends to them
sincerest sympathy in their be
reavement.
RENO NEWS.
Well as I have been absent for
sometime I will come again.
Mr. and Mrs. B, C, Keaton at
tended the singing at Calvary
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rehberg
and mother, Mrs. Lizzie Barrett
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Booth
Sunday.
Miss Mae .Maxwell was on the
streets of Reno Monday.
Ask two of the Reno boys
where they were going Monday
afternoon. ,
Mi$s Clara Vanlandingham at
tended the singing Sunday.
Several in and around Reno
are camping on the coast this
week.
Mr. Emory Brown and Miss
Eva Rehberg was happy married
on last Sunday afternoon.. • We
wish them a long and happy
life.
Ask Mr. Fred Holton where he
was going Sunday.
Mrs. T. L. Rehberg visited
Mrs. John Hopkins Monday mor
ning.
Walter Whitfield is all smiles
this week on account of a visitor
who has come to make a home
with him. I is a girl.
Among those who attended the
sing at Calvary from Reno were:
Mr. and Mrs: J. W. Allen, Mr.
and Mrs. I. A. Baggett, Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Rehberg,' Mr. and
Mrs.. John Strickland, Mr. and
Mrs. T. L.Rehberg, Mrs. Sasser,
Misses Nellie Lou Garland, Wal
den Young, Annie Garland, Mag
gie and Annie Rehberg, Messrs.
Earl and Leamon Cliett, Perry
Rehberg, Guss Baggett and Hen
ry Smith.
E. Woody, of Cairo, attended
the sing Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid visited
Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Booth Sun
day.
Emory Booth visited his father
J. T. Booth Sunday. j
Just One.
Something He Had Forgotten.
Small Boy—Mister, kin you change
a ten dollnr bill? Mister—No, sonny.
That belongs strictly to my wife’s
share of domestic duties. I might hove
been able to change one long ugo, but
I’m clenn out o’ practice now.
Curious Flying Fish.
A species of Ashing Ash Is the hlrann-
tolophus. It also Ashes with n line,
throwing out a ramifying tentacle,
whose luminous branches spread out
fanlike, their light giving effect being
like that of a fuse.
Helping the Cause.
She—I am almost baked. I have been
shut up in a close, stuffy, room for two
hours. He—What was the occasion of
that? She—A meeting of our Fresh
Air society.—LIppIucott’s Magazine.
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A.Catty Retort. ' ,1.
“My husband considered a very long
time before he proposed to me. He was
very careful."
“Ah. It’s always those careful people
who get taken In."
He will never accomplish anything
who dreams of what be will do Instead
of showing what he can do.
Candlelight.
The light of one candle may be seen
n mile and that of three candles Is
visible for two miles.
FULTON’S FIRST FARE.
An Inoldont Which the Steamboat
Genius Never Forgot.
There was one little incident in
Robert Fulton’s life which. Fulton
never forgot. It took place shortly
before the return trip of the fu-
mous boat’s voyuge by steiim up the
Hudson river. At the time all Al
bany flocked to the wharf to see the
strange craft, but so timorous were
they that few cared to board her.
One gentleman, however, not only
boarded her, but sought out Fulton,
whom ho found in the cabin, and
the. following conversation took
place: l
“This is Mr. Fulton, I presume ?”
“Yes, sir.”/
“Do you return to New York
with this boat?”
“We shall try to get back, sir.”
“Havo you any objoetion to my
returning with you ?”
“If you wish to take your chances
with us, sir, I have no objection.” '
“What is the fare?”
After a moment’s hesitation Ful
ton replied, “Six dollars." And
when that amount was laid in his
hand he gazed at it a long time, and
two big tears rolled down his
cheeks. Turning to the passenger,
he said:
“Excuse me, sir, but this is the
first pecuniary reward I have re
ceived for all my exertion in adapt
ing steam to navigation. I would
gladly commemorate the occasion
with a little dinner, but I am too
poor now even for that. If we meet
again I trust it will not be the
case.”
As history relates, the voyage
terminated successfully. Four years
later Fulton was sitting in the cab
in of the Clermont, then called the
North River, when a gentleman en
tered. Fulton glanced at him and
then sprang up and gladly shook
his hand. It was his first passen
ger, and over a pleasant little din
ner Fulton entertained his guest
with the history of his success and
ended with saying that the first ac
tual recognition of his usefulness to
his fellow men was the $6 paid to
him by his first passenger.
The Origin of Dentistry.
Dental therapeutics dates from a
very remote epoch. It is not known
when this art commenced, but it is
well known that the Egyptians
practiced it to a considerable ex
tent. On a papyrus scroll estimat
ed to date back 3,700 years before
Christ, which was found buried at
the feet of the god Anubis, there -
were found written remedies
against painful molars and a way to
alleviate other troubles of the.tooth
by means of pulverized drugs. The
art of “filling” is very remote.
Egyptian mummies have been found
with molar cavities very carefully
&losed. Others have artificial
teeth, which show that in very
ancient times this dental process
was known. The Chinese cured
toothache 2,700 years before our
era. One of their methods was to
put iron rust in the cavities.—Har
per’s.
A Confusion of Name*.
Although Scotia is now known to
mean Scotland, it once was the
name of Ireland. Two centuries
before the birth of Christ Ireland
was known to the Greeks as Juven-
ca. Caesar called it Hibernia, as
did also Ptolemy in his map of that
.island. It is said the Phoenicians
first gavo Ireland the name of Hi
bernia, meaning thereby “utmost
or last habitation,” for beyond that
land westward the Phoenicians
never extended their voyages.
Toward the decline of the Roman
empire the,. country began to be
called Scotia, a name -retained by
the monastic writers until the elev
enth century, when, the name
Scotia having passed to modern
Scotland, the ancient name of Hi
bernia began 'to be again used.
Kilting Time.
To reaid for either instruction or
amusement is commendable, but it
is not so for the sake of killing
time. Late in life, after his for
tune had been made, a successful
merchant,,Mr. S., took a young-man
into partnership. Entering the of
fice on a dull day in the dull sea
son,, the millionaire found his part
ner yawning over a book. “What’s
that, you’re doing?”- Mr. S. asked.
“There’s nothing else to do, so I’m
rending,” was the answer. “Nothing
else to do? Reading?” the great
merchant repeated in a tone that
expressed wonder, amusement arid
scorn. “When you’ve nothing else
to do don’t read. Think!”
SERVICE BUILDING, FIRST STRUCTURE TO BE ERECT
ED BY THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNA
TIONAL EXPOSITION.
B IDS have been let for the Service Building, the Arst structure to
b* erected upon the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
site, 'fctra strueture will be three stories In height and will bo
occupied by the exposition force during the building of tho great •
! fab-. It will be ISO feet square with un Interior court of 58 by 104 feet
Tho environing grounds will be picturesque with flowerd, fountains and
statuary. Tho. Arst floor will bo occupied by the auditor, treasurer, :
railroad exhibits, admissions and concessions, police. Information, tele
graph; and emergency hospital departments; the second floor will be
occupied by the architectural, mechanical, electrical and civic engineer
ing departments: the third floor will be used for blue printing, photo
graph; and color studios. It la expected that the. building will be com
pleted by the first of the year.
STUDY OF THE COURT OF. THE FOUR SEASONS, PAN
AMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL* EXPOSITION..
Lu
T O the west of the great Court, of Honor at the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition will come the Court of Four Seasons,
one of the most elaborate and beautiful of the great Interior
courts that will lie between the huge exhibit palaces of the
main group. The walls of the court will be partly formed by the palaces
of Liberal Arts and of Education and by the two great wings of the
Palace! of Agriculture and partly by the' classic colonnades and peri
styles ithat will connect these buildings. The Court of Four Seasons, in
classic Italian architecture. Is designed by Mr. Henry Bacon of New
York, designer of the Lincoln Memorial: In harmony with the title of
the court there will, in each of lta four corners, be set groups of stat
uary symbolical of the seasons—Spring. Summer. Autumn and Winter.
The sculpture-will be set In niches screened by colonnades. Mural paint
ings, also, suggestive of the seasons, will form the background for tbs
setting. Mr. Jules Guerin, tbe noted artist has charge of the color plan.
The Coart of Four Seasons will be 340 feet square.
PRESIDENT CHARLES C. MOORE OF THE PANAMA-PA
CIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION PRESENTING
DEED TO JAPAN’S SITS TO C0MMISSI0N-
. .I;: ER GENERAL HARUKI YAMAWAKI.
IS Imperial Japanese Majesty’s Commissioners to tbe i'nnamn-
Paclflc International Exposition dedicated Japan’s site in the
Presidio Reservation on Wednesday. Sept 18, In the presence
of more than 10,000 people. The ceremonies were highly Im
pressive and were deeply appreciated b.v the representatives of the Japa
nese .(Jovernraent Commissioners. Barukl Yumuwakl, Oolcltl Tnkedn
and Yashlkatsn Katayunm. The deed to the site wits presented py
President Charles C. Moore .to Commissioner Ceiierul Yamawaki, v, no
accepted It in behalf, of the Japau^se government
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