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Gum Creek News
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Ellington
cliildren, were the guests of
at Logausville Saturday and
Miss Ruth Aownley, of Trason,
last week with her parents, Mr.
Mrs. Charlie Rodgers.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Byrd spent
day afternoon with their uncle
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ellington.
Mrs. Josh Ellis and little
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis, near Sardis.
Mr. and Mrs. Wavor Dial spent
urday night and Sunday with Mr.
Mrs. Emory Ellis.
Mr. R. A. Bostwick and his
daughters, were the guests of Mr.
Mrs. Wavor Dial, Sunday evening.
Mrs. Gabe White was the guest
her parents Sunday.
Miss Belina Dial has returned
after a long visit to Atlanta.
Mrs. It .L. Ellington spent
afternoon with Mrs. Sallie McGraw.
Mrs. Emory Ellis and son,
spent Wednesday afternoon with
Albert Ellington.
Mrs. Matt Posey has returned to
home in Conyers, after a long visit
Mr. R. A. Bostwick’s.
We are sorry to state that Mr. Mal
vin Jordan had the misfortune of los¬
ing his tine pony last Wednesday.
Gum Creek school is hi a flourish¬
ing condition. The people of this sec¬
tion are waking up.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ellis, of near
Walnut Grove, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Jum Ellis Sunday.
Little Misses Bertia and Ruby Mc
Waters spent Saturday night with
their grand mother.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A Ellis was
guest of Mr. und Mrs. Josh Ellis Sun¬
day night.
Mrs. Homer Prickett was the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Floyd Rodgers Fri¬
day.
We are glad to say mat little Mary
Lois Byrd is slowly improving.
The oyster supper here Saturday
was just line. A large crowd
present and the amount of $5 was rais¬
ed.
Mt. Tabor News
Quite a large crowd attended preach¬
ing Sunday afternoon. We were glad
• > have so many visitors.
Mrs. E. W. Veal and children,
... its, visited her mother, Mrs. H. i.
ight, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jelf Ilyatt and
daughter, Nona Christine, spent
day very pleasantly with Mr. and
Taylor Hyatt.
We are sorry to learn of the
of Mrs. A. M. Owens, and Mrs.
Parker. We hope for them a
recovery.
Miss Fannie Mae Burnette spent
Tuesday evening with Miss
Hyatt.
Mr. Fay Peek, of near Oxford,
among the visitors here Sunday
ing.
Mrs. D. T. Dobbs, and little son,
old, of Almon, spent Thursday
and Friday with Mrs. H. C. Hyatt.
Mrs. Dora Smith and Mrs. M. A.
lins made a business trip to
. Wednesday.
•tossrs. William arm Oscar
iv among the visitors at Mt.
Sunday, and they also attended
singing at Mr. II. C. Hyatt’s.
night
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Knight,
relatives and friends at Covington, Sat
unlay night and Sunday.
Mrs. Bob St. John, of below
ton, was called to the bedside of
sick mother, Mrs. A. M. Owens,
morning.
Mr. Sam Steele spent
night with his sister, Mrs. Bob
ens. near Cornish Mountain.
Misses Fannie Burnette,
and Eva Knight, and Vallie
spent Saturday afternoon with
Gertrude and Sidney Hyatt.
Mrs. M. A. Collis visited Mrs. L.
Davison, Thursday morning.
Mrs. Dora Smith visited Mrs. M.
Steele and family a short while
day night.
The singing was very much
by the young folks at the home of
and .Mrs. II. C. Hyatt, Sunday night.
Snapping Shoals
Mr. Marvin Smith is on the sick
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. S. Stroud
to their home in Atlanta. Sunday,
a visit to Mr. and Mrs. W, L.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A DeLoaeh,
Miss Jean DeLoaeh, spent several
in Atlanta last week.
Mrs. J. H. Randle and Mrs.
Osborne made a visit to
last week.
Mrs. T. C. Smith, of Covington,
the week-end in Snapping Shoals.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Elliott of
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. I.
Smith Friday night
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stewart of
Donough, were the guests of Mr.
Mrs. W. T. Stroud, Sunday
HUMOR IN BA i i LE.
A Laugh That Snapped the Tension
and Saved the Day
Many a time has that sense of humor
which is tl)e heritage of the sous of
Uncle Sam heeu as a sheet anchor to
them. Danger deadly enough to make
the bravest pause has lost its tern'
when touched by this saving grace.
“I remember well how a timely little
pleasantry in a moment of deadly perh
turned utter defeat into victory for us
»t Port Republic, considered by Stone¬
wall Jackson tiie most desperate of all
his desperate battles.” said an old vet
eran of the “Stonewall” brigade of the
Confederate nrmv.
“Genera) Shields’ line of battle, com¬
posed of the flower of the Uniou troops
then in the Shenuudoah valley, stood
with Its right flank resting on the
Shenandoah river s id its left clutch¬
ing firmly to the steep shoulder of the
Blue Ridge mountains; stood there like
the mountain ridge Itself, not to be
moved, not to be flanked High on the
slope above and In front of the left
wing a well posted battery of eight
powerful field guns poured destruction
Into the Confederate lines.
“Stonewall Jackson must have those
guns. Not only was this necessary to
victory, but also to save himself from
complete defeat, for to attempt to with¬
draw his men in the face of that dead¬
ly shell fire meant rout Already two
Georgia regiments had hurled them¬
selves against the battery and then
reded, crushed, to the rear. General
Taylor’s Texans, veterans of San Ja¬
cinto in the Mexican war, bad twice
stormed up the steep slope to the muz¬
zles of the guns, only to stagger back,
leaving half of their officers on the
Held.
“To us. lying in reserve, in full view
jf that bloody mountain side, there
galloped up an aid from General Jack
ion.
" ‘Charge that battery and take itr
hr sboutttd to our commanding officers,
pointing to the bristling guns. ’Gener¬
al Jackson says he must har 'hose
guns—he must have them!’
“A murmur nm down our lint. .Jone,
neither friend nor foe. ever accused
the Stonewall brigade of being afraid
But when we looked up at those grisly
gyns. yawning, black mouthed, beneath
their smoke canopy; when our eyes
swept up that fatal slope, now gray
with southern dead, we came about as
oear knowing fear as ever a soldier
wishes.
“And just then there came from a
lank and ragged private in the front
ranks the drawling words:
“’Say, hoys, let’s we-all-l-1 chip in
»u’ buy them air guns for Ole Jack!’
“A roar of laughter rolled rioting
Jowu the line, snapping the tension.
Hie commanding officers, seizing the
opportune instant, started the charge.
The gray lines, close on their heels,
swept up the slope, laugh’ tg. shouting,
falling, yelling, dying-to victory!
“A little timely humor had saved the
day for the Confederate army!’’—New
York- Times.
Asparagua Analysed.
Asparagus belongs to the family of
plants—llliacne—that includes onions,
leeks and garlic Each of those vege¬
tables contains a small quantity of sul¬
phur in the form of an oil. The pres¬
ence of the sulphur is more noticeable
In onions than in asparagus, but if
shoots of asparagus are left in water
for a few days the odor of onion de¬
velops and becomes quite strong The
food value of asparagus Is slight, and
much of It is lost in the process of boil¬
ing The London Lancet declares that
after boiling for twenty minutes as¬
paragus has virtually no food valua
Perpetual Motion.
Perpetual motion Is a very old
dream. For this purpose machlnea
nave been constructed from time Im¬
memorial. but nothing has every come
of it. Men have gone mad on the sub¬
ject. but without any practical results.
It was demonstrated long ago by Sir
Isaac Newton and De la Hire that per¬
petual motion is impossible of attain¬
ment Even the solar system, the
most wonderful machine of which we
have any knowledge, will run down In
the course of time, some say In about
11.000.000 of years from now.—New
York American.
Spell This.
Some of you who think you are well
up in spelling just try to spell the
words In this little sentence:
“It Is agreeable to witness the un¬
paralleled ecstasy of two harassed ped¬
dlers enuiavoring to gauge the sym¬
metry of two peeled pears.”
Read it over to your friends and see
how many of them can spell every
word correctly. The sentence contains
some of the real puzzlers of the spell¬
ing book.
Another Face Allures Him.
“1 hope you watch your teacher,
Johnnie, and remember what she
shows you."
“Naw. I don’t’
“What do you do?”
“1 watch the cNwk.”—Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Credit Ir '"so.
A man belte.es hr* j a hero If he
amuses a Iwhy for three minutes. But
he never gives a mother credit for
amusing it twenty-f**u" hours a day.—
Cincinnati Enquire
Turned Down.
K lose man—Sorry to refVse yon. old
man. but my ' if s company
Borrows- What ..<» >on mean? Klose
man—It can’t bear to be a loan.”—Boa
ton Transcript
If yon want to missed by vo»i»
frW*nd» be u«**r’ *’ w bert t£
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, HAJtCH IS, l«4.
A WILL AND A WAY.
How a Gre t Sculptor Insisted Upon
Getting Recognition.
While -ii .ii unknown, struggling
student. ‘ a . jci us. the famous sculp¬
tor. detm cl to get his work and
his name b tore the public, so be sent
a bits-relief that be had just finished
to the Salon in the hope of gaining
the notice of Napoleon 111
The subject lie had chosen was
•The Sum Vler of Abd el Kader to
Napoleon Hi ' He labored so hard
over the work that he fell ill. He lay
on a sickbed in the hospital when the
news came that the Salon jury had
accepted tin* bas-relief and would hang
it at the approaching exhibition.
Unfortunately “Abd el Kader’’ was
so poorly placed in the Salon that it en¬
tirely escaped the notice of public and
emperor alike. Carpeaux was not dis¬
couraged. He was no sooner out of
tin* hospital than he beard that the
emperor was to visit some cities of
northern France Immediately lie pack¬
ed the eherisftfrl group and set off for
Valenciennes When the emperor en¬
tered the city hall of that town the
has relief was exhibited at the en¬
trance Napoleon inquired about it.
Unfortunately. Lemaire, the deputy
from that district, was something of a
sculptor himself and of a Jealous dis¬
position as well
“Bah!’’ he replied “An uninteresting
piece: the work of a student.” The
emperor passed on.
Undaunted. Carpeaux repacked his
work and set off for Lille. There the
•ollapse of tho ballroom floor put a
stop to the festivities and to the em
peror’s visit Carpeaux started for
Amiens, only to be arrested as a sns
piefons character and to have his
precious bundle confiscated. ITe suc¬
ceeds! in proving bis innocence and
Immediately hastened to the arch¬
bishop. who cave him permission to
exhibit tlie group at the cathedral
gates
The emperor, deep in thought, enter¬
ed the church without glancing to right
or left. Again “Abd el Kader” had
failed to attract Napoleon's attention.
Carpeaux now decided to risk every¬
thing on one chance.
Tiie next day tile emperor, w.itli his
usual retinue, visited a local exhibi¬
tion. They were examining some
paintings when suddenly a young man
pushed forward and halted before Na¬
poleon Pointing to the lias relief of
“Abd el Kader” he started t<> speak, but
before be could utter a word lie was
surrounded and hustled to one side. A
great hubbub arose, for every one
thought that it was an attempt on tho
emperor’s life Finally, the young
man. still struggling with his captors,
managed to shout above the clamor. “1,
Carpeaux, am the author of that
group!" And again he pointed to the
nas-relief Gradually calm was re¬
stored. and Napoleon examined tiie
work which the sculptor had so dra¬
matically brought to bis attention. He
was delighted with it and purchased
ft on the spot. Carpeanx's reputation
was Anally established!—Youth’s Com¬
panion.
Beating It In,
Dr. Brandes. in his lecture on Shake¬
speare's “Hamlet," said tlie interest of
Shakespeare was to be found in story
and not in psychology. Elizabethan art
was intended for an audience who read
but little. Like all early art, it was ex¬
plicit The conditions were similar to
those in the story of the old London
stage manager, who said:
“If you want the British public to
understand anything you must tell
them what you are going to do next,
that you are doing it, and. last, that
you have done it.” and lie finished by
saying. "Then they will perhaps under¬
stand you ” Pull Mali Gazette.
He Understood Human Nature.
The young doctor was buying furni¬
ture for the equipment of bis new of¬
fice. The eager salesman racked his
brain to think of something else to
sell him. He had sold almost every¬
thing that could go In an office, when
he had a happy thought.
“Oh. yes. surely. 1 nearly forgot
that!’’ he exclaimed. “You need a
doormat”
"Not a new one." said the young doc¬
tor. "I’ll get that at a second hand
store A worn one will be a much
better advertisement for me.’’—Youth’s
Companion
A Coal Fire Without Wood.
in the Woman's Home Companion a
contributor tells as follows a new way
to start the kitchen fire:
“Attach a rubber tube from the gas
Jet long enough to reach to the front
of the range. Put a metal tip on the
free end of the tube, light it and hold
it under the grate already filled with
coal A steady flow of gas for a few
minutes will start a good coal tire
without using any kindling wood ”
Circumstances Change.
Lawyer—You have an excellent case,
sir. Client—But a friend of mine said
he had an exactly similar case and you
were the lawyer on the other side and
you beat him Lawyer—Yes. I remem
ber that; but I will see that no sueh
game is played this time —Puck.
Rumors.
"Rumor hath a thousand tongues.”
quoted the wise guy.
“Yes, and they are generally all go¬
ing at once." added the simple mug.—
Philadelphia Record
He Had Fingers.
Wife (in city hotel, as the sugar is
paasedi-Use the tones. William Bill
(from the country!—’Tain’t ’ot. is it?
London Tit-Bits.
Cheerfulness is the dHugbter of em
ploy meat l'r Home
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