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VOL 9
New Tobacco Tax
In Effect Tuesday
The new state tax on all cign
and cigars sold at retail in
state went, into effect Tuesday,
means that all smokers wii!
to add 10 per cent to the
paid in the past.
The new tax' will be collected by
of a state exc se tax stamp,
i- to to affied to eaeh pack¬
of cigar -tte« sold, or to the box
other containerfrom which the
is sold .
The stamps are in seven deoon -
distinguished by their
and coloring. These de¬
are half cent, one-cent
and a.half cent, iwentv-five
and fifty cent.
Collection of this tax was placed
the legislature in the hands of
newly created state revenue de¬
John M. Vandiver, of
has been nam'd revenue
by the governor and
law provides for appointment
six deputy commissioners. The
is aiso charged with
of all' delinquent taxes
the state, with the exception
ad valorem taxes.
Revenue from the new 7 tobacco
which is expected to exceed
million dollars n year, is to be
to pay Confederate pensions,
the exception .if $250,000 per
for the first two years, which
l.e qsed to build a new state
^ulosis sanitarium at Alto.
r'rogram for County
Teachers Association
sg Friday, 4th.
“The Fundamentals of English
Grammar”—Miss Missouri Eickett
and J. T, Deweese.
•‘The Teaching of Literature in
the Upper .Grammar Grades”—
Rev. G. G, Ward.
‘‘The Importance o f Teaching
Georgia History to the Grades”—
T. H. Tabor,
“The Fundamentals of Arithme¬
tic and How J. '.Teach Them-'—Mis
W. C. Chastain and J. R. James.
Announcements of the superin¬
tendent.
lu all probability Mr, George
Godard will be present at this set*
sion of the association and will ad
dress the meeting on a Bubject of
his own ^choice. \Y T e especially
urge that all who possibly can at
tend to be at this meeting.
The purent-teachers association
of the Gilmer County High School
Cordially invite all the teachers
who are in reach of the town to be
at the spelling match Friday night
January 4, 7:30 o’clock.
Program Commute?.
Now for the
Big Noise
CHINESE BANDITS REVIVE
OLD FORM OF EXTORTION
Outlaws’ Threat to Desecrate
Graves of Ancestors Brings
Money From Rich.
A practice almost as old as China
Itself—that of extorting money from
well-to-do Chinese by threatening t >
desecrate or by actually desecrating
ancestral graves—lias been revived by
Honan bandits.
.Nanyang, in the middle of Honan
province, offers an outstanding ex¬
ample of this revival. Once a thrifty
town and the home of Chu-ko Liang,
famous hero and strategist of the time
of the Three Kingdoms, Nanynng has
become a bandit stronghold. Virtually
all wealthy Chinese have long since
left the place to escape extortion. But
the bandits still have a grip on them.
By threatening to exhume the bones
of their parents or other ancestors, the
most sacred things conceivable to the
mind of the Chinese, and to burn them
or scatter them to the four winds, the
bandits are virtually certain of receiv¬
ing ransom money from these wealthy
people. They are just as certain of the
money as if they had possession of
the victim of extortion himself or of
his living relatives.
Moreover, even in the event a cap¬
tive is killed owing to delay on the part
of friends or relatives in paying ran¬
som money, the body still remains to
be ransomed to save It from desecra¬
tion.
It is said there are at least sixty
gangs of bandits centering around
Hanyang and occupying more than fifty
villages in the surrounding territory
The gangs range In number from 600
to 2,000 members each. Each is striv¬
ing to attain the fame of the Infamous
“White Wolf," who for years terrorized
portions of Honan province before
banditry became such a widely recog¬
nized profession.
“Wang the Bearded,” “Wang tlie
“Gjiian*. the Ninth” are titles
assumed hy thro of the gang leaders.
No apparent effot is being made by
the military authcrltiea to suppress
these gangs.
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”P,r ri?r- LEAVES l«Huc* V
ESTATE TO YOUNG GIRL
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Above is pictured Miss Elizabeth
Rosalie Wurthmann, twenty-one, of
Jersey City, N. J., who is left sole
teiress to an estate believed worth
several hundred thousand dollars, by
the will of Louts Lehmeyer, ninety
two, who died in the charity ward of
ft hospital there last week. The will
provides for bequests to various char¬
itable organizations totaling a hun¬
dred thousand dollars; the balance is
field in trust for Miss Wurthmann,
whose grandparents were dear friends
of Lehmeyer, who lived as a recluse
eiiid seemingly in dire poverty. Be¬
cause of the friendship that existed
between Lehmeyer and the Wurth
paann family, the young lady was made
fieiress to the estate,
U. S. INSISTS YANK IS DEAD
Ex-Service Man Listed as “Killed”
Want3 Citizenship.
Frank Pira, “killed in action” in
France five years ago and for whom
taps had been sounded at four Me¬
morial day exercises at Madera, near
Fresno, Cal., has appealed to 8. B.
Hem, commander of tiie Madera post
of the American Legion, for aid in re¬
covering his citizenship and establish¬
ing himself on army records as a liv¬
ing man.
Plra declared that he had been de¬
nied the privilege of rejoining his com¬
pany in France because he was report¬
ed dead, and that he refused his own
910,000 life Insurance while visiting
hie parents in Italy. He later returned
to the United States as an immigrant,
after being refused entry as a citizen.
The Madera post has taken the case
op with Washington authorities,
ELLIJAY, GEORG. V FRIDAY, JAN, 4 . 1924
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spent u in useful work tand service; if you had lent cheer
and sunshine to your little corner of the world; if you had
a heart, showed humanity to man and lilleci the days with
a measure of lifting nobility, you can start 1924 at a win
ning pace- The boy by running gets up a mcmetum that
carries him over the gully. The upright man gains friends
and power as he advances from year to year.
Let's make our start today. Get in the ranks of the
fellowhelpers; in the way that leads to a larger, fuler,
freer, happier life for yourself as well as for those you
touch. Let’s mend our pace. Time is flying. The water
that has turned the mill wheel of fate returns no more.
The flight of time is fixed and ordered, and you can’t stop
it- But you can improve it
To ail subscriber and friends, a happy, peaceful and
prosperous New Year!
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF
THE BANK OF ELLIJAY
LOCATED AT ELLIJAY GA.
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DEC- 28th, 1923.
RESOURCES,
Time Loans.......... 208,610.12
Demand Loans .......... 12,000.00
United States Securities 8,555.00
Other Stocks and Bones .. 5,925 00
.
Furniture and Fixtures 3,092.70
Other Real Estate Owned....................................... 2,470 0*1
Cash in Vault and Amounts Deposited with Approved Reserve Agt.86,706.42
Overdrafts.................................................... 144.93
Total $327,504 17
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid In......................... $15,000.00
Surplus Fund.............................. 5,000 00
Undivided Profits.......................... 3,871.49
Individual Deposits Subject to Check ....... 127,902 45
Time Certificates.......... .............. 151,185.82
Trust Funds on Deposit ...................... 22,682.53
Cashier’s Checks......................... 792.86
Certified Checks............. ........... 1,009.02
Bills Payable ............................ none
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Total $327,504.17
STATE OF GEORGIA, Gilmer County:
Before me came E. T. Hudson, Cashier of The Bunk of Eliijay who
being duly sworn says the above and foregoing statement- is a true
condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bank.
£. T. Hudson
Sworn to and subscribed before me. This 3rd day ot Jan. 1924.
H. C. Cole, N. P. for state at large Ga.
if \ By HORATIO NELSON POWERS S
in st. Louis Giuhe-Drmorrat I)
1 'A F * rwfd- un ? cnown: a book un ’
A tree with fruit unharvested;
r Lack P if th m roa J a house whose roonit
= yet the heart’s divine perfumes;
A landscape whose wide border lies
In silent shade, ’neath silent skies;
A wondrous fountain yet unsealed;
| A casket with its gifts concealed—
\1 his is the year that for you waits
j Beyond Tomorrow's mystio gates.
:Oh, may this flower unfold to you
iThis [Visions of beauty sweet and new;
book on golden pages trace
lYour sacred Joys atid^deeds oFgrace,
i May ail the -------— fruits of this ...... strange strange tree tree
.Luscious T . , and rosy-tinted be;
rhis thr ° u *d 1 fields of knowledge
This house with love's consent o’erfiow;
.Of This blessed°hopes'ami" frlondsMp^true* '
fountain's living crystal cheer
As fail the springs that once were dear;
1 I5 As l! shine ,u, ssket in ,71 lives th that such love gems the be Lord. stored
Turning Over
the New Leaf
By REV. ALAN PRESSLEY WILSON
It Is Your Time S ’Gin old
to Take Stock quietly ;U!T 8 - into *’ s
as the Old oblivion and
Year Comes the new one
to the Close silently takes Its
place we have got
ten into the habit of looking backward
over the past and forward into the
ture: we seek to learn where ws have
made mistakes In the months that have
gone aud try to correct them in those
that are to come. We cull tills custom
by many names, such as “making new
resolutions,” “turning over a new
leaf, etc., but by whatever name we
cail it the principle Is the same, viz.:
what the business man knows as “tok
;Jng account of stock.”
In every business house the latter
jpart of is utilized the month in'making of December inventory Hi each
■year an
of the goods tb**f remain on bond ln
order ’ trial bo an may
‘‘""fct'T' V»»w 4- "'fit ■ ft »
of the enterprise may know just where
he stands in a financial way. He warns
to learn what and how much he has
made in the year that has gone: what
r goods have been salable and what
have . been on the ,. shelves , , so , long they ...
have become shopworn. The latter,
he knows, comprise the kind he should
avoid ln the year ahead of him be¬
cause he recognizes that his customers
do not call for them.
In like manner we strike a trial bal¬
ance of our life’s possessions and ac
quisitlnns; we seek out those habits
we have formed ln order that we may
know whether they have been profit¬
able to us through this year of our
journey of life or whether they have
hindered our greatest progress therein
“I am going to turn over q new
leaf,” each one says to himself. This
is exactly what the merchant does in
Iiis throw ledger. He balances fln.T carriTs'l't each account oveTto
on page
a new one. In reading, when we have
mastered the contents of one page we
turn over and begin a new one. Tills
one Is clean and unmarked by finger
prints or the much more undesirable
habit some have of cleaning the fingei
nails on the corners or the making of
dogears thereon.
In the fall and early winter the
trees that have been green with fq?
liage begin to show th» turning leaf.
Red, brown yellow with tints of
bronzy appear and, for a time, are
very beautiful to behold. Then they
fall and still present a beautiful ap¬
pearance on the ground. Then the leaf
withers and turns intu what we know
ins leaf-mold. Later tills stives as a
fertilizer and the same substance ap¬
pears in the form of new leaves when
gentle spring induces ih« trees to put
on a new dress. Tims the tree pro¬
vides a part of the sustenance it re¬
quires for its growth by what It dis¬
cards.
New and fresh green leaves spring
from old and unsightly ones. So our
good deeds may he stimulated and pro¬
moted through our experiences. The
mistakes of the past may be buried
and from them may come the courage
and ability to perform worthy acts
• and to oeder our lives aright. This is
; what the poet meant when he urged
that “Men rise on stepping stones of
I | their dead selves to higher tilings.” We
use our mistakes as the rounds of the
ladder whereby we mount upward. It
Is quite possible, however, for our mls
takes to keep us down. We may have
1 hundreds of rounds of a ladder, but,
if they ore not in their places, they
avail us nothing in climbing. Only
tin a rounds that are fixed firmly In
i their proper places enable us to reach
I higher altitudes. ’
Here Is a' choice thought from J. *5,
Holland bearing upon this very mat*
ter;
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GOLDSMITH SUES BOY RULER
Last of Manchu Emperors of Chine
Appeals to President.
The iHSt ° f th ® rU,PrS of the
Manchu dynasty, Hsuan 'Tung,' the
emperor" of China, sating te
“ce of the Forbidden City, has beesr—
sue ' 1 by n Pekin S goldsmith for 500,
000 taels, says a Peking dispatch. He
has applied to the new president of
China, Tsno Kun, for part payment of
the Imperial allowance of $4,000,000
(Mexican) yearly, according to the
Asiatic News Agency. '
But there Is little chance of tbs
government acceding to the plea, be¬
cause the finance ministry is unable
f ° I'* 1 ?* 8Ufl,C ‘* nt f " n,ls t0 W officials
un< ‘ otht>r public servants. As a result
, It is expected further relics of the.
once mighty Manchu house will be
sacrificed by the “boy emperor" to
meet ills debts.
C °Z\ "" lch S 0, ' ,smlth ’ 8
sult " ns It if said, taking Into
consideration the extreme poverty of
llsuan Tung, has agreed to treat the
case leniently and give the youthfui < r
ruler time to raise whatever cash ho
can to satisfy bis creditors.
PLAN PLANES F0R hunters
Engineers Also Design Machines for
Air Taxi Service.
wild ducks and wild geese will havo
o hard time when airplane mnnufactur
ers get tho!r )Jntest | (lons ln lnjntInK
machlnes worked out. And wild uni
mals lu any coim try without adequate,
shelter will have no chance at all. i
“Noiseless” machines, able to turn
twenty different ways from a lieighbof —
200 meters and continue their flight
calmly at 50 meters above the earth,
were the marvels of the. ilotfienhmfg
aircraft exhibition, a ' cording to (
man engineers jns t returned to Berlin
from Sweden.
Von u*sm predicts a very small
plane Of about 20 horsepower c«d»
ble taxi of carrying two persona—in «dr
which can he hired for a hnwie*
.rip.
BRITAIN MAKES FAST “SUB”
X-l Nearing Completion ts Largest and
Speediest
1 he submarine X-l, nearing comple
lt°. n ” f a ^h.dhiuji dockyard, for the
™ n ' ivy ’ w ‘“ be the »
“ ' e f submersible , craft
I J Morning “f J 0 Post. ™’ , a ~ Site ord, will “* ^e-Londea have a surface
N»eed of 33 , kll0ts , - enabling . „ her to ae
company battleships when steaming at
full speed.
The submarine will carry six 5-Inch
guns, an armament said to be unlqu«
for an underseas craft. Her displace¬
ment will be 3.500 tons.
It is recalled licit the first British
submarines, built in 1901, displace 120
tons, and had a surface speed of nine
knots. ____j
TO MAKE MAN LIKE AUTO
Scientist Says Humans Will Be
Turned Out Like Cars.
j Max Tliorek, the Vienna scientist
Wh ° ba * becomo fn,nous for hIs
ments. In transplanting animal eyes,
is also an expert in transplanting
glands. But in recent lectures he hag
discouraged the idea that old may bg
made young again without fall.
He says it Is sometimes possible
now to improve the physical condi¬
tion of persons who become old before
their time, and declared that hie ex
perimenta with dogs and rats have
persuaded him it may be possible some
day to construct men as we now con¬
struct engines and motor cars.
Must Pay $1,000 a Bite.
At the rate of $1,000 a bite, tfuhert
Leister of New York city, must pay
for his dog’s biting of Fred B. Watson,
nine years old. The lad was bitten
twice. In addition, the dng, " ft Cnow,
•was sentenced to die.
Baby Strangles in Slat* of Crib.
When hl6 head caught between two
slats on the side of h is crib, Louie
Ghaee, five months old, of Rochester,
N. Y., strangled to death.
Heaven is not reached at a single
bound;
But we build the ladder by which we
rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted
skies.
And we mount to its summit round by
round.
Turn over a new leaf? By all
means! But use what has gone before
in order that what comes afterward
may be an Improvement over the old
order of things. Wherever you have
erred in the past, resolve to avoid Buch
errors in the future. Make your reso¬
lutions; make many-sf them— that you
fall to keep them all should not deter
you In your ambition to make improve¬
ment. The discipline will be most
helpful. The habit of frying-to cor¬
rect errors in our life’s conduct will
result finally in the fixed purpose
toward an errorless life.
Aim high I Then aim higher !
(@> 18 83. Wottern Newspaper P nian.fr