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VOL- 9 JURY LIST List of jurors drawn tor tho May term of Giloier Superior Court. GRAND JURY James A, Ray Wm. M. Davis J. W. L. Mullinax James M. Rogers N. V. Fain Geo. W. Reece Joseph B. Hipp Rol W. Burgess Geo. W. Henson Wm. Plemmons Larkin B. Chastain John W. Pettit John C. Tatum, Sr. Noah F. Parks Chas. 0. Cox Hines R. Rogers Elbert C. Tilley Hijah I. Dover Lawrence* M ulkey Wm. C. Gibson T. Y. Peuland Marion L, McClure Andrew J. Qur rles John H. Goble Mark R Blankenship Johu G. Cole Chas L. Mulkey Amos L. McRay John T.^Deweese Jason L. Ellis TRAVERSE JURORs Clint F Sosebee Lester M Brown Geo. Ralston Geo. A Parser Victor Crump Wm. M Rice Geo. W Weaver Charley L Bates t, L Davis Mooney Oharlos MS* * ' ' v . herwood C H Parks Otis G Weaver Joseph H (Duck) Ray James L Leatherwood Geo. L Fowler Rufus M Lung A J Nicholson Larkin B Holt Oscar Miller C B Kelley RTHudsou Wm, M Parks Ben L Chastain Elisha Coffee Volley E Cornin Morgan Jones Milford Parker John J Bates Isom Sanford James D Quarles Wm. E McDerris Wm. H Watkins M C Clonts Clay Withrow Janies M Davis Edwtud Young Wm. B James Jesse F Harper. Littleton Holt Wm, A Davis Jas. B Allen Geo. M Chancey James E Shepard Thos. C Goble John W Newberry Thos. E George Chas. L Wright Homer Starks Wm. M Garrett FITTED FOR THE SPORT i| 9 j Bon—Dad, I’ve been put on the nine! Dad—You’re not strong, son; are iron fitted for such sport? Son—Oh, I’m being fitted to a regu¬ lar baseball suit nowl ‘ - n a . ‘ 2 . 3 J» £■' /•x~x-»XK~x~x*-:~XK--x~x-x--X"X»-x~x-»x--X":-x»-x.-x.-;-'fr->fr-x-+’?»<x v‘X»X’ JOLLY OLD ST. NICK j J j j ! | i ' ■ J ; I mm 1984 , Western Newspaper Union.) x**x~x~x*<~x**x~x~x'": The Song of Christmas By JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY /"''HANT me a rhyme of Christmas— Vj And though It Is filled with laugh¬ ter, let It be pure and strong. Sing of the hearts brimmed over with the story of the day— Of the echo of childish voice that will not die away. Of the blare of the tasseled bugle, and of the timeless clatter and beat Of the drum that throbs to muster squadrons of scampering feet. But, O, let your voice fall fainter, till, blent with a minor tone, You temper your song with the beauty of the pity Christ has shown. And sing one verse for the 'voiceless; and yet ere the song is done, A verse for the ears that hear not,, and a verse for the sightless one. For though It be time for singing a merry Christmas glee, Let a low, sweet voice of pathos run through the melody. At first only the royal households had these lords of misrule, but the cus¬ tom spread until almost every house¬ hold had Its ruler of the season’s revels. But gradually, as time passed, these wild celebrations gave place to festivals none the less joyous, but more befitting the season. The ceremony of bringing In the Yule log was observed, of decorating the house with holly and mistletoe, the lighted candle in the window, and the midnight singing of carols. Sim later Christmas became a day marked by ootmHful dinners given to the poor by riel) landowners, rather than merely a time of feasting and merrymaking. And slowly the real Christmas spirit is coming more and more into the hearts of humanity, as we grow each year to better understand the song the angels sang that starlit night on the Judean liills. And “on earth peace, good will to men,” means more with each recurring year as we open our hearts to the Child of Bethlehem. “We Push For'PéqSperitv-fGive Us 3'}: un' ’ ELLIJAY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DEC. 19. 1924 Celebrating Christmas Bq ANNA DEMINQ QRAIJ (©, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.) i w/ Mi: / / fore the coming of the Christ Child, j Christmas came from early Egyptian civilization, from the Teutonic barhh rlans, or the pagan Greek and Roman nations—or perhaps frsm all of then. But in the days of the early Chris¬ tians Christmas ceased to be observed merely as a day of merrymaking and feasting. They celebrated It as a day of good will and kindliness, the be¬ stowing of gifts, and a time of peace, but they considered It a holy festival and too filled with solemnity and sa¬ cred Joy to be made a time of hilarity and boisterous Jollity. That the very date is uncertain makes little real difference. In those early days of the Christians' they thought It following -the heathenish customs to observe birthdays. We cannot wonder at this when we re¬ member that every god and goddess, every noted man. and every animal considered sacred, must each have a special jay of fe. ting and festivity, It is not otra^g, that they should have come to a t. me when they put the whole custom i -ide, and celebrated none at all, not own the birthday of the Child of Bethlehem. It was not until four hundred years later, not until Christianity had tri¬ umphed and become a recognized fac¬ tor In the world that they even began E SHALL, have to go farther hick than the Christian era to find the source celebration, of Christ¬ mas for we borrowed it from the nations the real date of Chrtat’s birth. The Western empire had accepted December 25 as the date, and the 6. while other dates from September 29 to May 20 were observed, and each of these with some good reason for Lri by ac¬ cepting the ruling of the Western cliurcli and established December 25, mid by the middle of the Fourth cen¬ tury this date was generally recog¬ nized. In the pagan nations this hail been the time when a festival of joy took place, because It was then that the sun was supposed to begin to re rede from the equator. They celebrated the 21st of Decem ler by all manner of licentious revels rnd heathen debauchery, and even after the coming of Christianity it was (■ontiii*ioc hafAra fhoco n <i i n miotnma ‘ and practices were eliminated. tt was not until after the Middle ages that the meaning and the slg •nificance of the season began to dawn upon the minds and hearts of men. In old England Christmas became a time of feasting, drinking and hilari ous merrymaking—not a very ad Puritanism began to influence English customs and public zeal ran so high that alt gavety and all festivity came to be considered sinful. All observances of special days were declared designed by the “deville,” and the famous Roundhead parlia ment set aside the celebration of Christmas, Easter and Whitsuntide. For twelve years no special days were observed in England, and when they were once more taken back Into favor the result was what might have been expected. the Christmas sea t „, ueCame a time of feasting, dunk¬ ing. dancing and wild revel lasting for twelve days and nights. The lord sLTisr js.'tesz into whose hands the keys of the house were given and whose word was law while the revel lasted. The days and nights were full of “all manner of hilarity, and a most wild and merrie time wr.s had,” we are told. QHA iD JURY PRESENTMENTS Georgia, Gilmer County: To His Hon. D. W. Blair, Judge qLkhe Superior Court of said coun¬ ty: We, the grand, jury selected and sworn f»»th^October term, 1824, of the , a Superior - . court . of . said ., county, , - , leave teg to , submit , these ,, our gen ;al presentments: 1st. Through committees w c iave examined the jail and court i muse and find same in good repair. The prisoners in the jail seem well cared for, and the conditions there sanitary. 2nd. We have also examined -uch of the dockets of the Justices of the .Peace as have submitted same to us, as well as the various books and reeords of the codnty of¬ ficers, and in so far as our limited time permitted our examination to extend, jv«.find same in neat and accurate condition, 3rd. We recommend the ap uointment of H. H. Wright as .nq lary public and ex-officio Justice o: (he Peace in and for the 850 Dis irict, G. M., said county to succeed M. T. Dooly whose time has ex pired; also Milford Parker for the same in the 1498_ District, G. M.. to succeed Henry F. Weaver whose time has expired; also W. 0. Mil lor for the same in the 907 District. M., to succeed himself, and Les ter Mullinax for the same in the l >41 District, G. M., to succeed himself. 4th. We unanimously reommerd the placing in force of the Austra¬ lian ballot system of voting in this conn tv in moffwmit; 'Jilt of the Georgia legislature. 5th. We recommend that the •—* keep »«<>"« hand for the "«*•«>. of ml the on use public, free of charge, all blank in >truments u ed in the transfer and sale of real estate in this co mty. 6th. We fix (he pay of juror and bailiffs of this county at $2,110 - <*•* <»« 7th. Since July? 8th, 1924 J. S. Hudson has been the si i county commissioner of roads ai d revenues of our county. Since i e became our commissioner we have had upper.un'ty to observe tie n anner in which he is managi t: 'lie affaire of the county. We ti d dia t } le j s making us a most (fi¬ eient , and . satisfactory . , . . . com mission > ford to return to the old system" \\ 0 commend him for the general "'Provcment and changes which he h i- made in the public roads of the county. * We especially ', commend . • tor » having ■ oh- i <n,r commissioner Loned the services of (.apt. Burt cheall and Mr. Paul Westfield, state highway engineers, without anv ing survey for the highway from the Murray county line to the Dawson county ... line, which , • , is now , I , mg made, and .which when this road is completed will be of immense ht-ne ,] t to the peop l e 0 f Gilmer county, ■ 8th. . T In taking , . , leave of his „ Hon¬ or I>. W. Blair, judge of our court. we desire to extend our sincere thanks for his able charge to us. ;nd for the fearless and impartial manner in which he is administer ■ & ^ l aw9 to all alike, \V also extend , . . e our appreciation ; ug by our soUcitor general. And to * foreman and , clerk , , as well n as our our bailiff we extend thanks for th'eir faithful and efficient service. . \Ye recommend that these 51 G.G.H.S. Wins 2 Games From Jasper High School Last Wednesday, between twelve and one o’clock, the second team of the Jasper High School invaded tho camp of the second team of Hie G. C. H. S., and were completely re pulsed. It lias taken two or three expert , mathcniaticians to enumc - atft tho BCOre . The scorer saia ;* wa8 62 and 8 in favor of the 0 . L , H. S. The Jasper boys thought it was 62’and 18 in favor of the hx. .i boys. However Supt. Pentec, wi n has acquired considerable skill i -cm estimating the weight of the G . stifufion Elephant, gives as i ' test count a score of 62 and 10 favor of the G. C. II. S. Great e. t * it is due John Stephens for i.,s enormous score, as he made 32 , the 62 points. John stalled i s guard, but before the g over all present had Ue< . John had developed n forward. The writer . - t ion that if John had had mb the score might have been o\ for Ellijay. But to say that J was wholly responsible in.- tne > tory would he luamlti-oy ,. Foster Milton and Ralph O wen made •li^pre points a pie.-a tin the Jasper boys togei > v. both Waters and Wee;me. a played jam-up good basket bad. The line-up and points p were as follows: G.C.H.S.(6'2) Jasper H.fcs.;*. Waters......_L. F________Moss 9 Milton 15_____R. F......_*€ox Owen —C. Bqunett dtephuns:32___R, G. . »_ Westlni On Friday afternoon the lot a! team gave a return game on Jasper’s O Henson boy. However, the^JJ.’jaj midgets were not to be daunted. They went into the game doterrm d to win, and not once were they on the small end of the score ho; i. John Stephens agreed before the. game that he would let th other hoys do most of the- scoring; so it f'-ll to Ralph Owen- and Foster Mil ton To share t his honor. lane-up and points in ■' id game: G.C.H.S.(19) Jasper jI.S.(o) Milton ------L. F.. ___ Holim.d Stephens 12____R.F.......Moss i Owen 8__________C. _____ Benr-.-tt Waters________L. G _____Henson 1 Westmoreland. R. G..____ Grr Every one of the hoys play, consistent basket ball, bu Owen as center and Dink a , ■ - NOTIC The City Y. 1 once and p y . G. A. Gi; CASTOR « pm* m A f For Infants and Chi'dren In Use For Over 3G Years Always bears the Signature of sentments he published in tho Tirnes-Conrier, and that the sum of ^.oo be paid therefor, Respectfully submitted. R. A. Pinson Clerk John G. Lupo Foreman The foregoing presentments r»ad i * n th ® ° ffice ° f thlS c°« rt f nd P“b lished u as recommended Tms Pi c. ’ * D. ^ . Blair, Judge Superior Court BfR.C