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comprising xiti L. : id family,
take tiiisoppov ti; . - / to thank the
readers of C . e; : per and all
other paired _ privilege of
serving them dun: the year just
drawing to a dose, .1 to express
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OFFIP’^L ORGAN OF UU.MEK COUNTY.
C. F. OWEN
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Published Every Friday
FRIDAY, DEC. 19, 1924
Jl Merry Chmrtiijar
The - spirit of mercy has
us around to another Christmas.
And with it let us try to forget
forgive. Let’s try to feel toward
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men and all races fora day as
did. Let charity arise and
May good will go out from each
heart as the melting snows of
gn at mountains feed the springs
the distant desert.
We wish foT out readers,
left out, the biggest, best,
Christmas that ever greeted the
rise of this day. May its rosy
flood your life as the
log fire warmed and cheered
home circle. May your
be full. And when this day is
may the memory of it be sweet
our conscience clear because
kept the saying of Him who
I; rn today and told us, “It is
1 -sod to give than to receive.”
'I hi- contract awarded Mr.
L ike Sims, of Lafayette, for
concrete bridges on the federa
ai l project north of Talking Rock.
does not include the road work or,
the same project, but Commis
sioner Long tells us that they
hope to award a road contract be¬
fore January 1st. The bridges
are to cost about $30,000, the
county putting up $7-500 and the
state and national government
the rest,—Pickens County Prog
ress
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Mrs- Andrew Sosebee was elect
e Justice of Peace over Coosa
B strict last Saturday We un
d stand this to be tffe first time
in the history of the county a lady
has ever been elected u> this .office
—iilairsville New s
Fire destroyed a small building
ussd as a wash house at the Mary
P Willingham School early Wed
r.esday evening. It is stated there
was great excitement among the
pit-', students who were hurriedly
throwing things out the windows
of the main building and carry¬
ing out trunks. The origin of
the {ire is not known—Blue Ridge
The Story cf Gfmn- County
By G. G. Ward
It takes some thinking to
a question like this: where did
world come from? Yet scientists
our day, men who live to think,
■ »* that^ millions of years ago
i earth in all parts— ours
! was a huge mass of flaming
dashing thro cold, lifeless space
was but a void.
The earth Was a great bulk
chaotic matter revolving at a
Zimg Bp6cu’. 'itrUUHtt
clouds of steam. Boiling rain
1 ed down. Collisions of matter
cured; things seethed and
like a vast pot. Things w-ent
and on like this and no man
foresee with mortal vision that
would ever be better.
But the dawn, with some sort
order, at last was here. Fire
done its work, but all the earth
still hot. Rocks were molten
ore in a furnace. A crust was
ing on them. But great
shook the ground. Blinding
nings flashed around and
howled like demons across the
wastes that were to be our home.
Mountains were belched up in
hour by the volcanoes. The
may be imagined as about to crack
t he earth asunder. But for the
and lightnings all was utter dark
ness. Seas gradually formed from
torrents of boiling water that
J ^own from mountains of roc k.
i Q ur rocks tell us the sea once
j rolled over this section, wherever
we g nc j mar bi e and limestone in
Gilmer county the sea has stood at
some peroid since the first cooling
of the earth’s crust. Limestone is
never laid down by fresh water, only
by the sea. Marble is limestone
put thro certain “processes” of
nature.
Otherroeks are "‘igneous” or “fire”
rocks. That is, they show signs of
heat only. Great and violent heat
from the earth’s inside has so fused
and changed them they have no
longer any marks to show what
they once were. In many cases
they were never any other kind of
rock but lava.
Metaorphic rock is found. Such
rocko have been subjected to water,
heat and great, F*®o®nre. ILuice
they are known as “rocks that have
changed form.” Other rocks lie in
layers—are stratified. Road banks,
railroad cuts and such excavations
show layers of rock laid down by
fresh water. It is likely the first
great rocks and mountains of Gil¬
mer county were forced up by vol¬
canoes from the depths of primitive
seas, The old idea that mountains
fliristmab Tree
The Ellijay Bantiefc Church and
the M. K. Clmch rioith will hold
*i union Ohri-tmas tret at the Bap
ns-, chinch • i* Xuias Eve night.
Th« following comnuitues have
been appointed:
Program Committee: Misse® An
ii e Supers, Audrey Duke, Ida
S.oiinons, Channe Tankersiny,
I,mra Kate Waters, Ethel Perry,
and Mrs. Crawford.
Cornuntten To Get Tree: Jim
Waters, Andrew Stephens, Tom
Smith, William Janies, Bruce
Wright, Mr, Sigman and Mr. Lu
po.
CommittemffinGet Holly: Dink
Wliters, Jan^WSigman, Garnet
Pinson, James Tankerslev, Velda
T .dd, Frank Barclay, Cecil Smith,
Herbert Bryan and Robt Pinson.
Committee To Decorate Church;
Mrs. E. J Chastain, Misses Nola
Poindexter, Mary Alice and Edna
yrza Waters Agnes and
Mary Joe Ray, Laura Belle Greer,
Charlie Poindexter, J. G. Lupo,
Misses Sara Frances and Montez
Crawford and Mrs. Cliff Welch.
Conraiittee To Call Presents:
Messrs A, H. Burtz, J. F. Sigman,
Dow Hamrick, Frank Waters, Will
James and J. G. Lupo,
Committee To Deliver Presents :
Frances James, Charmet
Mary Ruth Barclay, Ruth
Frances Cobb, Hazel Ray,.
Hall, Elizabeth Stephens and
Mae Watkins.
Committee To Purchase
(Baptist Church): Misses
Cox, Ethel Perry and Mrs. Sig
man.
Committee To Purchase
(M. E. Church): Mies
Simmons, Mrs. C. C.
Mrs W. A. Allen and Mrs A.
Burtz.
Committee To Return
Messrs N. L. Tankersley,
Welch, Ed Watkins and Mr. Bag
nail.
are ‘‘wrinkles formed by the
of Mother Nature’s once
smooth face” is wrong.
are more iTAe riuuA muci
that face. Mountains are too
short, irregular to be aptly
wrinkles. >
These mountains at first were
gloomy “Rocks of Gibraltar”
ing about upon the lonely plains
night. They resembled in a
great tables of rock known in
West as mesas.
We do not today look upon
original shape of these
of course. They may have sunk
risen repeatedly, then stood as
as the Rockies or Mount
before the tobth of time
them down to their present propor
tions.
The absence of earthquakes in
this ... region shows . our land i , is . well
settled , , and , vastly , old. ,, Gilmer
county has been above water
as long as any spot of land in the
w T hole earth.
The first appearence of life here
as elsewhere on the earth was lich
ens, or humble little rock moss.
Algae, low and slimy, grew in the
black and scummy water of the
early world. No animal life can
exist till its food is here. So with
the coming of plants came the firit
onecelled animals. Then began the
grand upward march that ended
with Man.
Party For Miss Teem
Miss WillaNell Teem, a charm
ing bride elect of Dec 24, was
honored at a party on Thursdaj
afternoon given by her mother,
Mrs- William Milton Teem at her
home here on the Austell Road
The reception rooms where :h.
guests were entertained were at
tractive with quantities of not
flowers and they were delight
fully entertained with music and
contests Numerous lovely gifts
were ‘‘showered’ - upon the b ide
elect. During the afternoon a
delicious salad course was served
The guests were Mrs J. M- Mar¬
tin, Mrs. B. A. Cochran, Mrs. V.
-• Brooke, Mrs. G* Edd Ciowt
R adk>
By T. H. Tabor 1
Dear Editor:
Pie,■».•■£ allow me space in your valua¬
ble i ajic- to tell Jthese who have no
other in rans of learning it, something
about radio and radiolasla.
I liavi • gathered these facts from
r-earimg and from recent experiments
vith our ne w radio.
Hertz, in 1868, showed that sound
uuldbt cat lied .ruin a tra.i-miU.ing
cation to a receiving station a distance
<f 300 feet without a wire through the
sir. Re used no earth connections.
In the year 1884, Marconi, ib-* inven
or of the wireless telegraph, using the
Hertz idea, and adding to it the earth
connections did much to develop radio,
in 1901. Marconi 6ent the first wireless
nessage across the Atlantic ocean from
England to New Foundland.
Wireless telephony was operated in
.005, twenty years ago.
I can only tell of a few high points
ibout radio and radiolas in this brief
article
It is done by air waves. The power
ful broadcasting stations and the re
ceiving stations are the meana used
in sending messages by radio through
the air. A radiola is a receiving station
when installad. There are about a doz¬
en radiolas in Ellijay. We hear over
them a distance cf thousands of miles.
Dr. Ed W. Watkins heard a message
over his radiola, the other night, from
Italy, beyond the Atlantic ocean.
At present there are about 600 high
p >wer broadcasting stations in this
country. They are under government
control and are licensed by the U S.
Government. A broadcasting station
cists about $100,000 and its annual
keep costs ohout $25,000.
There are many thousand
stations throughout the United States.
Radiolas cost from $15 00 up to $600.00.
There are about 4,000 patents on
inventions.
Radio broadcasting stations
messages across the United States
across the ocean on either way,Jin
than one second of time. Radio is
now regarded as at first. Since it
been more fully developed, it has
the country and has come to stay.
is revolutionizing business as Well
social life. It is no longer a pass time.
Business men, everywhere near
large markets, hear the market
read out over the radio, early
night and thus learn when to sell
cattle, hogs and in fact all their
ductions.
The radio broadcasting station at
sends to ships in mid ocean
all parts of this country
pnVtoH on ship and
passengers. Arlington
station - also sends out the exact
and the weather report at ten
every night. We get and use that time.
The radio broadcasting stations
built by the government, by rich cor¬
porations, rich individuals, churches,
universities and so on They are
to the people. There is no repating of
the same program. Every night
is a new progam Programs may be
obtained in advance and you can select
what you want to hear in advance.
Becently we have heard Boston,
Springfield, Mass , New York and sev¬
eral cities in New York state. Also
J from gBaltimore, Pittsburg, Chicago,
anc j as f ar wes t as Hastings Neb.
j We have solos, heard duets, great quartets sermons and and
J songs, gen
era * s * n K' n S h y trained musicians, and
abundance of other music on
violins, . pianos, . ■, bands, , pipe organs and
orchestras.
It is wonderfnl to think of that we
can sit in our own homes in Eliijay and
hear every thing that is being sent obt
a thousand miles away. It is sent
through open space without any con
ductor but. the air and we hear as plain¬
ly and distinctly as if it was ine th next
room.
As when the college bell rings, the
sound is carried out on air waves in
every direction and distinctly heard by
all who are not too far away, so when
these high powered broadcasting sta¬
tions send out air wave messages, they
are heard in all directions on receiving
sets, all over the country.
The daily papers have been furnish¬
ing ns our first and freshest news but
now radio brings it to us ten to thirty
hours earlier.
Radiolas are'cheap and can hp opera¬
ted easily. One of these days, or nights
perhaps you will be listening to the
great orators, famous singers, and fine
instrumental music, if not now.
Read and study about radio and ra¬
diolas. It is marvellous.
A Merry Christmas to you.
Mrs Jessie L. Daniel, Mrs. S A
White, Mrs. E. J Darnell, Mrs.
W. H. Christian, of „ this , . common
lty, Mrs. Martif I. Teem and two
lovely daughters, Mrs. Edw’ard
G. Heaton and Miss Gladys Teem,
of Marietta. —Marietta Journal
dkildren 'Or y
FOR FLETCHER’S
CASTO R I A
For Sale Cheap
My home place 160 acres, with
A.-1 house and barr, two tenant
h ~ r e.' 1 either A with 80 acres
ii . in each ne i consolidated
sc'' • on Fairtieiu-it road 7 miles
('aihoun.
„ ( n° O v .l.e . in'- rn 130
aces I Incaled B ur-.k wo- d
Sura jBfWto < good sell >o! am* church
Cdhoun.G?! riv.-r
■'t - n 56 acres two houses none
better Reeves Ga , a ! of Gordon
< '.I i 11v
Breaking up hou* .-keeping «n;
ccount death my .vile.
Tertrts to suit buyer.
S A. Beason,
: Adaitsville, Ga Rt 2
Good Farm For Sale
; 160 acres, 6 room house, about
j 25 acres bottom land, good up
i land, good pasture, plenty tim
: her, good spring 25 yards from
house. 5 miles from Jasper on
daily mail route. Will sell at a
bargain on easy terms
Will Richards,
Jasper Ga
APPLE TREES
We have more than twenty
varieties selected from the best
hearing trees we could find, " ill
he ready tor market soon as they
ire inspected. We also have the
genuine blight-proof pear. It is
a very prolific and early bearer |
See our trees before you buy,
Roosevelt Nursery,
A J. Slatten, Mgr. j
I
APPLE TREES FOR SALE
I have for sale the following
varieties: Kennard’s Choice,
Stark’s Delicious, Yates, Rotne
Beauty, .Gilmer Pippen, Staymen
Ben Davis, Limbertvvig, Jona
than, Grimes Golden, York Im¬
perial, Winesap. Detroit Red.
Early June, Transparent, Horse Apple, Fanny, Black Ben,! Wi! j
son
Sugar Apple, Early Harvest.
These varieties have all proven
to be well adapted to our climate
and soil. My scions are selected
froin tfeavy bearing trees and are
grafted on to the best seedlings.
I will sell you these trees at a
Bargain as I wish to close out my
entire stock.
J. S. Hudson, Prop.
Fairview Nursery.
SERVICE HOG
I have a full blooded Duroc Jer¬
sey Boar at my barn for service.
Fee two dollars
C. R Ray
For Service At My Barn— Full
blooded, big bone Poland China
stock hog.
J. W Dunn
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
C ASTORIA
Trying to Get Station S-A-N-T-A
THE
..OIDN’S
? iSTMAS
H
s 1
rl By Mary Graham Bonner
(g). 1924 . Western Newapaper Union.)
OR YEARS he had
been funny. For
years he had paint¬
ed liis face, worn
funny clothes and
had made jokes.
He had traveled
first of all In this
country with a
i o.nl I il eus. Then, when the road cir
eu* was going out of business, abroad. more
•.>r less, he joined a road circus
And now he was very old.
Hut every afternoon and every
uiglit for ten months of the year he
made jokes. He was in a small circus,
too. so sometimes he had to take other
parts.
The performing fox terriers acted
with him. They .were his pets. And
how lie Idved them. How could some
people he unkind to their pets?
Not the old clown.
There was the donkey, too. When
ho paid too much attention to the
(Jogs the donkey came along and gave
him n pusli to tell him that the don
ey. ttvo, wanted some attention.
And now he had planned to have a
oi.iiay. A long holiday. He would
ake a little place and with his don
ey and his fox terrors they would
st after tl.olr work.
They would not join the circus an
•' or year. They were all old.
Mow tired he had become after
i h- of the performances that year.
I, id washed his face In the basin
k/1.
j
!5'
i, .old water outside his wagon and
ad not even bothered to get off all
lu- makeup.
The water was cold. It was hard
a heal water after the performance
,v.ts over, and only a little of the
•aim came 4)ff—only a little cold-look
ng pink water was at the bottom of
bo basin.
But the dogs didn’t mind. They
h-pt on the end or by the side of
'.is cot in bis wagon. They jumped
aft' i him each evening, and they
*uc-li kissed him good night. They
liiln’t mind [taint. They were used
,, it.
on. vos.^iie Woitld^eBt woulcltake a long, long.
holiday. He oil cne
be I :;tl managed to save. It would be
enough for him and Ids pets.
But tis the days passed along he
seemed lo feel rested and the pets
sedat'd to have new vigor and
iri nxtli. "It was splendid to feel rest¬
ed again. A family bad invited him
to Christmas .Unner— and lie had ac¬
cepted and lie Imd asked, too. If he
could come with Ids donkey nnd bring
tils dogs along. They, he said, would
help put on a little show for the
children.
It was ail agreed. '•
But Vhen Christmas afternoon camd
and thi Christmas dinner was over,
tind the old down was beginning bis
sliow for the children, lie knew then
that lie could never take more than a
few months’ holiday front being a
clown.
The laughter and the delight nnd
the shrieks and the cries of joy fr-*ni
the children were tldngs the old clown
i-ot gel -t 1 'n-r without.
- - •• ' '•■• - him ihilt 1