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Goonpr Journal
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When Uncle Sam tramped the
railroad tracks during Federal
control, he packed a heavy lonrl, nii 1 the wear
and tear of the road left him (and th< roads, too) j
considerably tattered and tom.
Under Government operation, th railroads i
were operated at a loss of $1,900,000, )0. While
*ome loss was inevitable, the actual f fures have
proved appalling, and to thoughtful he disregarded. people they
•hould present a warning not to
Despite the aftermath of the Fed*: al control,
and in the absence of any conditions vhich indi¬ i
cate that a similar experience would not result 1
from another trial, there are people \.ho are ad¬
vocating "Govejiiment Ownership” and more
drastic legislation regulating the railroads. >
Bo Ab longer Government pay the property, $*>00,000,000 the tax* railroads s which would they i
now pay, and they would be pilch-forked follow into
BKtional politics, with all the evils sure to
and, under the additional legislation id proposed, utterly
A v railroad service would deteriorate ;
fail to meet transportation requiren: ats.
Shall this condition be brought
about? Shall Uncle Sam he
forced to " tramp the tracks’
vgoinil
TIMES—C’OUKIEK
OFFICIAL ORGAN OK GILMER COUNTY.
C. F. OWEN
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and in the cellar nleo, it ought to
be there somewhere and he likes to
look for it just to please you.
If your friends don’t write
the Postmaster, he is to blame.
If he tells you there is no mail
for you, put on grieved
and say there ought to be some, he
is probably hiding your mail for
the pleasure of having you call for
H six or aevon times n day, and
after every freight or hand car.
Ask him to look again.— Post
masters Gaistte
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NOTICE
After the first of the year my business will be run on
a cash end barter Basis— Dt n’t ask me for credit-for 1
absolutely credit no one—I have an up to Date line of goods
consisting of Dry goods, Shoes, Groceries, Hardware and
etc an4 will make the prices light—as I mean to sell goods
cheaper than you can buy them elsewhere—selling for cash
and Barter we can afford to sell at a low profit—For we will
not be losing our profit on bad debts then.
B , H . Osborn
CHERRY LOG ITEMS
.! We arc having some very rainy
weather at this writing
Mr. Lawrence Whitener, of
Lindale, Ga., is visiting friends
and relatives in this part.
Amie Miller spent Sunday with
Irene Stewart.
Bonnie Dee
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Edna Bramlett fit Saturday
night with Eunice Miller.
, Mr. and- Mrs. Fred Rodgers
„„ M „. <- H Smith
Sunday.
! Mrs. Bessie Greene is visiting
j Vlr9 ‘ Wlll,e J ones ‘
Misses Pearl and Gertrude Mil
er 8 P en f Satuiday night with
Misses Nena and Birdie Carruth,
'1 Blue Ridge,
Mr. C. M. Key and family visi
l_‘d Mr. Bill Whitener Sunday
Mternoon.
Eunice Miller spent Sunday
night with Edna Bramlett.
Mr. A. L. Stewart visited Mr.
(. Q. Jett Sunday.
Mr. Claude Miller has retu r ned
tome from West V’., where he has
been working.
i Clistia Allen visited Mrs. W.
I II. Buchanan Sunday.
Hazel Key visited Bessie Rod-
1 gers Sunday.
Several from here atterded
church at Cherry log Sunday.
Everett Abobrook spent Sun
with Bill Patterson.
Mrs. Nellie Plemmons and
of Boardtown, spent
Tuesday night last with Mr. W.
H. Pettit :*nd family.
Success to the Tint’s C ourier
a id its many readers
Rain Drop
Bread Crumbs
By G. G. Ward
Wc played marbles our - own
, **ci'.liar way I’he ring wa.~
qua re Itcontained five marbles
called men.” The marine in
ihe middle was ‘middle man
We stepped off the distance to
head taw’, the point from which
we took our opening shot in the
game Tho we a)wavs calied it a
‘shoot 1 rather than shot. I n play¬
ing from head taw boys were of
ten obliged to shoot rather than
- oil their marbles, called taws, t
i'o prevent rolling adead iine was
drawn in front of the ring The
fellow who let his marble fall |
short of that was “dead” for the;
rest of the game.
If from head taw a fellow knock¬
ed the middie man from the ring*
t he game was his. Failing to do j
hat, he might win by knocking;
,ut three corner men. But in
hooting marbles players must !
mt “fudge”, that is, thrust for- j
ward their lists just before shoot- j
'.ig the taw. This was cheating.
In fact when a hoy had but a<
dighr distance to shoot his taw!
he might by fudging *‘kill” a mar
ole with his list.
The best way to shoot a taw
md to prevent fudging was to
•rook the forefinger as far around
as possible so as to make the tip
point at the top of the thumb.
which is bent down at right angles
to its first joint. Then the mar
rests near the joint of the!
humb and against the tip of the
dnger. Before shooting the play |
*r presses encircling his middle thumb firmer, nail against takes j
.he
tim and fires ;
Chopped Oak school used to
nake a hobby and an art of mar i
dies Allen Key and some more:
“sharks” at the game once play
,>d New Salem for
‘■honne^lJlpk started off by win
ix games from head
the other ^ de (mUa
SJbded I
TS . taw into the ring made
i player ‘‘fat,’ - and seven games
von in succession from opposing
ide “tailored” that side—in the
atest style. The winning of a
seventh game by either side clos¬
'd a game series. We saw men
io accurate at playing marbles
hat they sometimes stood at head
aw, hit the middle man a shar£
•rack and caught the rebounding
'.aw without moving from their
racks. This was one of the clev
irest tricks of the old game.
Some of the most skilled play¬
ers from the old school were Prof
Ihris Briant, old man Jeff Turner,
Fannin-Gilmef Counties
By iVinnio Holden
Home demonstration work i s
ew in Katmin and Gilmer couu
’ ;es but the interest in it is rapid
: y increasing and the people are
*i-cpcratiug with me in it much
etter than when I began it. \\ hen
: began work July there were
l imit llfty active members in the
riubs ol the two counties—now
.'lore are about ninety-five active
members.
The bread contests were under
way when 1 begau the work, Miss
-Helen Parker having been rrans
rred to Decatur, and much good
ias done as a result of this being
conducted. The girls are yet do¬
ing biead work, having the district
contest of next year in view and
with their motto in mind “Make
Your Best Better.”
Although the work in bread
making was pleasant, the work in
sewing has been interesting also.
Many seams, decorative stitehes,
l asting stitches, drafting ot pat¬
terns, selections of materials, and
the making ot uniforms together
with table runners, has constituted
our year's work. It is encouraging
to note m some sections how eager
the girls are to learn something
new. A discussion of designs, their
use, the kind most desired and how
to make designs without buying a
new cue, which costs thirty or
thirty five cents, every time a de-
Jones, Bud Jones, who stJ
iwn, Sp * :
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,et living, i J eie Me r r od J *s
Tiller
In the old time rural school a
eauing was always a speech.’
Friday afternoon was, speech o iy.
Ipeeclies must be recited iro.r,
nemory. Read from a book o.
nanuscripi they were tasteless to
he rough and ready to-rip audi
nee Perhaps this demand lor
peeches by heart caused the de
aiand for simple rhymes that ex
ited. Our common lot of rhymes
vasobtained from word of mouth
nd not from boons Liae toe
/ise old owl away off in the woods
ve learnt by listening
One rhyme seemed to have enme
. rom a setting in which there was j
i contest between two
Sacii had to make up a rhyme, :
md the first boy done got a large
potato. The winner jumped up
md recited
The moonshines bright about
midnight,
And rm*yhe a little later
I made "y rhyme in a mighty
short time,
And now I want my tater!”
Another absurdity went
“Mulberry leaves and calico
sleeves,
All school teachers are hard to
please* 1 ’
This was an effort to get a joke
>n “teacher,” and was generally
;reeted with a sea of grins,
Laughter in fact was about our
inly response to something we
iked- Applause with the hands
vas not thought much of. Gall
ing for encores was unknown,
Our broganed feet came nearer
,ur taste as “applauders.” They
icraped and drummed and roared
»fc the oid board floor like a jazz
«jpd
Mother Goose had drifted far
.<*.'0 her Engli sh home alid left
hfrrwrftttfrt
is is shown by
“I had a little wife as“f / as
ny thumb, ‘
I put her in a coffee pot and sffe
vent burn, bum ”
“Peter. Peter, Pumpkin Eater 1
vas known perfectly to us.
Another piece of our verse ran:
‘ Peckerwood, pecker wood, set
in’ on a iiinb,
He winked at me and I winked
it him;
I picked up a rock and hit him
>n the shin
He swore at me arid said, ’Dog
iOne it,
Don’t do it again!”
■ ign is needed, has been one- of
nil - problems.
Of course we could not com*
• lete onr year’s work without
studying tophics of interior di co¬
ition viz; the hanging of pictur s
md plat isig of furniture so that
lie lines of the room would not
e broken ■ the selection n f dra
.erie.- that harmonize with color
-■cheuio ot the walls; types of pic¬
tures to he and not to e uSedj
kinds of rugs and art squares t" lie
used; designs in china and silver
] ,-efeiab’o; and geneiol discussions
(t'other household furnishings.
Oooking has be n taken up a# a
»-hole unit thus far. We have dis¬
cussed and learned the classifica¬
tions of food stuffs and foods—their
use in body and diet; vitamins,
definition of classes, and preven¬
tion of certain diseases viz; rickets,
scurvey, beri-beri and x • hthal
mia. Foods in general and sep
erately have been discussed, ami a
knowledge thereby gained as to
where they belong when planning
a balanced meal.
The kitchen contests that are
now on arc affording great pleas¬
ure for the giris work. They are
taking much interest in re-anang
ing their kitchens so as to save
time, steps and energy. One piati
is being drawn, roughly, of their
kitchen, then a.re-oG’deled plan isi >
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Coie Drug Store, Monday, Nov, 26
If you need glasses, get the best, know
specialist and see that he does not put
cheap cemented glasses on you at high
lUiy Kryptoks they are the best.
I lit each of vour eyes correctly and
with the best there is—ask >our teachers,
VOlll* COlllltV SCllOOl llieil, USlv VOU1* State
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Last trip until February, One day only
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bi-- ni Me in ii.K scaling it 1-4 in
it somewhat • »t a nieehani
«lrnwing though the instru
neiit*- nra *>ot av»iifor that.
urtide of furnitme is mdi
i:, plan.
1 thi .k, tabinji everything into
ration, that great good has
been done for this section
if Georgia in this work, but still f
greater good can and will be 1
as months pass. There is no;
of greater importance, and
plan ’ where it is more needed
in onr mountain counties.
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your guaranteed. drugefot—
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smoke. applied
and with easily cloth or brush.
Gives wonderfully delicious # flavor
—does away with old smoke house
—saves 20 lbs. of meat out of every 100 lbs.
A large$1.25 bottle will smoke a barrel of
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For Sale By
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ELLIJAY, GA.
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TN the Tudor cri. 7 open view in every
X wholly new Ford be Iy direction, make for safer
type is offered American driving and greater motor¬
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It is distinguished by a At $500, this is the lowest
compact, roomy I ->dy, tvre priced Sedan ever placed
wide doors opening for¬ the American market.
ward. and folding right on
front seat. It is a car of broad appeal
Large windows affording and compelling value.
Thtf cor can be obtained through the ford JVeekly Purchase Plan.
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Take it home to
the kids.
Have a pscfei in
your pocket for ap
ever-ready treat.
A delicious ccnfec
iion and an aid io
the teeth, appetite,
digestion.
Every Sunday l J A.
IPTiSi
Sunday School 10:00 A. M,
Strangers and Others Invited
G. G. WARD, Pastor.
| S ADVICE TO THE AGED
Ago bring? infirmities, such as sluggish
jS bowels, weak kidneys, torpid liver.
Tutt ? s Pills
| I have stimulating a specific ^he effect bowels, on gives these natural organs, I |
| action, and imparts vigor to the system. |