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THE COVINGTON NEWS
L mE 25, NUMBER 26.
Lky university GRADUATES
iCADEMY OF SIXTY
CLASS
trmory University Academy
, le seemed like
ncement this year
wal of the old Emory college com
Aments of other morning days. with the
leB ‘ me Friday trophey
no n of A. G. Candler
»° n of K. O. T. C., the pro
ris Co interest and
I®, replete with
even up to the graduating ex
I . . n Monday when amid beauti
Trinral decorations in Allen Memorial
l t .h diplomas were awarded whom some
graduates among were
> v young girls, Misses
iee charming Margaret Jarman
f Stiadley,
Caroline Meriweather
r the strains of a triumphant
h the senior class marched into
auditorium and were greeted with
ltlau.se by a standing audience
►i incipal A. W. Rees announced the
Eg,am, invocation. Rev. W. H. LaPrade deliver
[ the participants on the pro
The filin' gradu
represented the honor
Misses Margaret Jarman and Eu
„ their marks and
iria Stiadley tied in
distinction was made in favor of
her The young ladies wene exquis
iv gowned in white organdies and
ture hats.
VIl . Emil Clover’s subject, “The Key
Achievement” was handled with
isterly skill.
Miss Jarman showed conclusively
at Emory University Academy pos
Bsef : a decided value to Emory Uni
icity and is a notable asset.
I-Music” was the theme chosen by
U‘ s Eugenia Stradley and was charm
glv presented by this talented young
H who is a reader of rare ability.
■ Air William Panning’s valedictory
[dress was out of the usual and con
urd his hearers that the “Best is
>t to be.” emphasized
Di J. A. Sharp’s address
e message of Mr. Fanning and was a
asterpiece of inspirational power,
including with an api>eal to hold fast
C h e faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Iln a few well chosen words Prof.
Poked Us commended the class of 1923 and
blessings on their safety and
lecess.
Profs. H. H. Stone and R. L. Paine
listed in delivering the diplomas.
Captain Kidd was awarded the gold
ece offered by Prof. H. H. Stone.
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES OF THE A.
& M. SCHOOL
! Last week it was our great privilege the
attend the commencement of A.
M. college at Monroe. The com
fceiicement exercises were most cred
laiiii in every respect, but the work
|f this school is a living monument
the principal, Mr. J. Henry Walker,
lad his able faculty. fields
it As you approach the college
waving grain beckon you to drive
Iround their nodding wealth of golden
leads and seek the companionship of
Ihe one hundred and eighty-four boys
Inti girls, who do the entire work of
■his wonderful institution. There is
Jot Ihe dairy even work, an orderly farm work, on the stock place work, and
Ireesmaking, laundry, millinery and
looking is done by the student body.
IVe saw magnificent cow’s which give
111 the milk and butter that the insti¬
tution uses and their hogs were the
finest The that the writer ever saw.
grounds are very artistic and
beautifully breathes kept and the entire place
an air of cleanliness, refine
jnent, trustees intelligence were served and dinner discipline. by the The do¬
mestic pass, which science instructress and her
pd elegantly was faultlessly prepared
served.
Ihe muusic department is well con¬
ducted under Miss Eunice Walker
6ud class singing is well taught by Mr.
Jrunkenmiller.
Too much cannot be said about the
Usability of the principal and his
most estimable wife, Mrs. Walker.
They make their home with their stu
dents and companionship with Mr. and
|-hs. Aewtoii Walker means a liberal education.
Itnis roll county has many pupils on
of students but are there not
I'nany more boys and girls in this coun
I who ought to be in this great insti
I ►wantages H tlon ’ The cost is so little and the
|.' U1 boys so great are we treating
and girls right when we fail
I u put them in this great school. This
i; l »t geS school to1 and as such we claim its
■ p our children.
II e ‘ S and mothers have you not
lv,:. h 1 m r "ho needs this school.'
1-r,,...... I'Ve wait V > HU for II great
•MRS. your reply.
W. C. CLARK,
Trustee A. & M. College.
LIGHTNING plays freaks
AHOLT several homes in
UOGANSVILLE WEDNESDAY
| ited Lining the thunder storm that vis
I cornu, northeast section of Walton
atWF, and elsewhere last Wednesday
dai ° n ' Itelrtning . played some very
inp- Jan pranks. Besides
Istril/in,-, serous
anti i in 1 ril) mber of homes, it struck
M \fnKi a very flne cow for Mr. H.
| be i " ’ ser *°usly shocked and rnav
imrse manently inJu, " d his farm
Loeanviti V ! 10Ine ""“ of known Mr - J- S. Garrett,
*#ȣ edT f s barber, it dart
. 1 lh
“ roof of thp house in
from ., isleilOUS way, tore the brace
clock n e ‘nantlepiece, left the family
tore ni°. tKk a ' vay the hours unhurt,
"all a liu >nber of pictures on the
pi anu 1 snuffed out the
lam lights of two
other ° n a was hstand and the
im u , es ser. The family
wi aron i./itv, “ the seat
jar. 100m escaped without a
a elosfw^oi^ ad a Barrett nd can ’t said that how he had
'hat he ‘Ld -. his . see it w r as
kiiipN Utright family were not all
Provln ° Truly, the hand of
’
£ ^ aiton harmV^'l these excellent from people.— ^
Aews.
Quite A BUMP
t( die *n ofr'n n< roof ‘.r * Jl r 0 “ of OI e “ a a int Kansas Ka store was
b\ a t? . ° a compact bun
hurnor Cone ' Having a sense
rst-Tura, the r» p »r. few
« h .
to Henry Ford. In
II a me a communication u,umuni cation
it win win renaii-^H no T ."
car ® 48 - 50 to have
Ua what wi. For Heaven’s sake
1 5 OU.
JAMES G. LESTER
NAMED AS EMORY
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Election of James G. Lester, former
Covington boy, of the engineering de¬
partment at Emory, as director of ath¬
letics at the university to succeed
Ray K. Smathers, who recently resign¬
ed, was announced Monday by Presi¬
dent Harvey W. Cox. The recent nom¬
ination of Marvin Harper, of Albany,
as assistant director of athletics atii
instructor in physics, also was confirm¬
ed.
Mr. Lester, Emory’s new’ coach and
supervisor of physical training, has
been coach of interschoiastic and in¬
terclass football at Emory since his
graduation there in 1918. During his
college career, Mr. Lester w’as an out¬
standing man in athletics and a leader
in scholarship. He was one of seven ;n
his class elected to D. V. S., the senior
honor society at Emory. Since that
time, he has served as instructor in
engineering. He also has completed
his master of science w r ork.
Mr. Lester said Monday that he in¬
tends to leave next week for Columbia
university, where he will specialize
thifs summer in courses designed es
pecially for college directors of athlet¬
ics and physical training.
He will have general supervision of
all athletics at Emory, and his assist¬
ant, Marvin Harper, w’ill devote his
time especially to tracks.
Mr. Lester is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. P. Lester, of North Covington.
BETTER HOMES
IN AMERICA
The Crowell Publishing Company
have started a campaign for better
homes in America. President Harding
is very conspicuous in the movement
and the club women of America are
doing the w’ork for this great work.
The week set apart for this movement
began Monday, the 4th, and extends
over the w;eek.
Covington could not get her W’ork on
the better homes movement started
until this week, so her better homos
week will begin on June 11th and ex¬
tend through Saturday, June 16th. The
committee in charge of this work,
through the kindness of the Everitt
Furniture Company and the Ginn Mo¬
tor Company will arrange in their win¬
dow’s of the Everitt Furniture estab¬
lishment rooms for display showing
perfectly fitted-up rooms of a model
home. The Ginn Motor Company will
fit up in their place on Clark street
a model garage without W’hich no home
of 1923 is complete.
On one afternoon of the week the
committee wish to present an attrac¬
tive program of muusic and readings
and they beg the people of the entire
county to come and see the better
homes exhibits.
ADVISES NEGROES
TO STAY AT HOME
Southern negroes who are being
tempted to move to Detroit and other
Northern cities by the lure of higher
wages will do well to read the follow¬
ing story from the columns of the De¬
troit News, the leading newspaper of
that city:
“Up from the golden dust of dizzy
lanes, up from the magnolia shadow’ed
cabins, up from the sweet and crumb¬
ling corn pone, up from the blue skies
and happiness there have been coming
to Detroit in the last few years thous¬
ands of the black children of the south,
children in heart, in ideals, in faith, in
capacity for joyousness.
“Ragged they arrive, the gumbo of
South Georgia, the clay of Tennessee,
the sands of Mississippi still clinging
to their brogans. Happy and eager,
their eyes rolling with laughter, their
lips puckered for the piping of ‘Can
nan’s Over Yonder,’ stepping, strut¬
ting, shuffling. Their belongings, more
often than not are wives and picanin
nies, aged fathers and mothers.
“They are good in their w r ay, prais¬
ing the Lord on Sunday, toting a load
for a neighbor, eager only to be happy,
and if gin they know and craps they
shoot, the finger we would point may
be weighted down by the illegal coctabs
and the shoes of the running ponies.
“How high faultin’ are the promises
they made as they swung on the Jim
Crow cars at the litle station of south¬
ern states and saw’ for the last time
the cotton gin’s shadow’, the lights in
the ‘con’l’s house atop the hill, and
heard the liquid music of the whip
poor-will broken by the long hee-haw
of the old black jennet. What dreams
they dreamed, exotic, absurd, barbaric,
we may hold, dreams of high hats and
royal king shoes, of diamonds as big
as ha wherries, of ice cream and fried
chicken every day, of “yalla silk dress¬
es' and ’gen-wine gol’ watches.’
“Why some even dreamed of owning
a home, and having the babies arid old
folks around them to sit on ‘plush chers
an’ Mary Linda playin’ at de rail, sho’
nuff planner.’ city takes
“Well, they arrive and the
its toll. The chill and the cold slip dowm
from the uorth and penetrate the rags
and rasp the bodies and the white
plague slaps right and left. They drop
on the streets, in their rooming hous¬
es, and are taken to the morgue. There
they lie. No one wants them. Supersti¬
tion is at work. No one will come to
the morgue to identify them. Their
ragged pockets boat a few pennies, a
charm for good luck. ‘He’s from No th
Car’lina,’ is the hest the coroner's dep¬
uties can learn from efforts to identify
them. wait¬
“Somewhere in Dixie they are
ing news, and it never comes. The
bodies are sent to the potter’s field or
the clinic. There are 3 in the morgue
today. Mr. Palmer estimates that 75
pet cent of the unidentified dead are
negroes, and the majority of them are
new coiners from the south.
■His letter asks that all negrp min
isters ask their congregation to see
that every negro carries with him a
----- — and
™rd with his name and address
the address of the nearest relative in
the south. If this is done, he points
out. there will be far fewer
liaoked to the morgue doors waiting
take the lonely road to the
grave.”
MARVIN MOBLEY ILL AT
WESLEY
The many friends of Mr.
Mobley and his mother and sisters
regret that he is ill at Wesley
rial rial hospital, hospital, where w nere he ne has nas been ueen
several days. will
I It is hoped Mr. Mobley soon
' restored rostnrpd to to health. health.
For Newton County and Her People.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1923.
WILL THIS SUMMER
BE LIKE ONE OF 1816?
Atlanta, Ga., June 7.—Apropos of
summerless years which w’eather
prophets here have taken as their lat¬
est topic—
After meterrological records have
been kept for centuries it may be pos¬
sible to surmise with some degree of
accuracy that certain years will be
marked by extraordinary weather con¬
ditions. But it is a Lit premature to
rush to the conclusion, because spring
has been belated, according to Atlanta
weather prophets, that this is to be a
“ year without a summer,” like 1816.
It will he better to w r ait, say the
prophets here, until after July and
August before putting 1923 in that
class.
So many myths have been circulated
concerning 1816 that it is gratifying
to obtain an unvarnished account of
the freaks of the weather in that year.
Such a report is available, weather
statisticians here state, in a diary
kept by Elisha Risdon, of Hopkinton,
N. Y., a part of w’hich has recently
been published, it is stated here.
His entries show that srtow fell on
June 6 and June 8, while under date
of June 14 he w’rote: “It has frozen
every night since June came in, ex¬
cept a few- rainy, foggy nights.”
June 28 there W’as a little frost. The
backwardness of the crops caused
alarm in July. On August 24 he w’rote
“Considerable frost. Vines and even
corn in some places are ruined.”
One reason w’hy there is expectation
in some quarters that this is to be a
“summerless year,” says prophets here,
is that for six successive years tem¬
peratures east of the Rocky mountains
have been generall above normal. The
theory is entertained that to compen¬
sate for the high temperatures there
must he a season of unusually low
thermometer reading^.
But too little is know-n with regard
to definite laws of sequence of w’eather
conditions over an extended period of
years to warrant the forming of con¬
clusions. There is no basis in the re¬
cords for believing, as some profess
they do, said one Atlanta weather
prophet, that the W’eather moves in
cycles of 55 years.
BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS
CONTINUE IN COVINGTON
Signs of home improvements contin¬
ue here. Mrs. J. F. Lunsford has
added much to the appearance of her
home on Church street by a new ve¬
randa, artistic trellises and roofing.
Mrs. Jennie Camp has improved the
looks of her home by a new roof.
Mr. Ed Fow’ler has beautified the in¬
terior' of his residence jon Emory
street.
Postmaster J. L. Caliawav is plan
TJ to its beauty and 'sr com
fort. !
The E. E. Callaway home, so delight
fully situated above Spring Park, is
rapidly nearing completion and will be
a credit to Covington. The plans and
interior decorations have been under
the supervision of a woman architect.
Miss Harriet Dosier, cousin of Mrs.
Callaway.
NELSON BURTON WINS , j
CTIAT OF 1
As a mark of especial merit Mr.
Nelson Burton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Burton, of Social Circle and
Covington, was awarded a Coat of
Arms and sweater at Oglethorpe Uni¬
ment. versity This during carries the w’ith recent it a commence¬ distinctive |
honor. As Mr. Burton was one of four
in a ulass of 22 who made above 95
the average, which is rewarded by the 1
Coat of Arms. J
SHADE TREES
The beauty of any city depends largely upon its park
system, the development of beautiful shade trees along its
streets, shrubbery in convenient places, flowers and vines.
Bare streets are not beautiful. It may be impossible
to maintain shade trees in the business section of a city,
but the residential sections are where there should be large
and beautiful trees. Rows of trees that will grow and
overhang the streets in beautiful bowers of shade. There
should be grass plots and strips of grass between the side¬
walk and the street curbing, and these grassy places might
be beautified with beds of flowers.
Many cities have adopted this custom, and exercise
great care in the selection of trees that are immune from
insect pests.
Shade trees along the streets, well-kept lawns adorned
with flowers and shrubbery add much to the beauty of any
J city and are a bid for the home-seeker.
Money spent for street adornment is money well spent.
It attracts the quality of citizenship most to be desired,
j and is an inspiration to every man and woman to make
their homes more beautiful, their city more cheerful and
inviting, and their property more valuable in case they ever
desire to sell.
Keep the city clean and beautiful and its reputation
will spread throughout the country, and its attractiveness
will draw people to it to make their homes; homes of the
better class that will increase the valuation and lighten the
i tax purdens of all.
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AWARDS MADE AT
EMORY U. ACADEMY
The A. G. Candler trophey was made
in favor of Co. A., of which Prof.
W. A. Carlton was coach.
In appreciation of Prof. Carlton’s
splendid service, a beautiful gold watch
W’as bestowed with fitting ceremonies
on Friday,
The temperance medal was won by
Mr. John McKenzie, of Montezuma.
Few Society defeated Phi Gamma
in Friday evening’s debate. Subject:
Resolved, that the IT. S. should adopt
a policy of canct Ration of war debts
under agreement with the Allies that
a reciprocal policy lie adopted by them.
The decision was rendered for the af¬
firmative represented by Messrs. Hamp
Sewell, W. L. Hodges and John Long.
The Freshmfan-iStophonvire declamat
tion contest resulted in the success of
Mr. Julian Gunnels. Miss Smsanna
Stone receiving honorable mention.
Captain Kidd received a $10.00 gold
piece for advancement all round, both
athletics and litearty attainment.
Dr. Dickey's scripture lesson on Sun¬
day was selected from Romans 1st
chapter. His sermon was preached
from the text: 1st Chronicles, 16th
chapter, 29th verse: “Give unto the
Lord the glory due, unto His name:
bring an offering and come before him;
worship the Lord in the beauty of ho¬
liness.”
The magnificent message was pro¬
nounced one of the most powerful in
the history of Oxford’s many marvel¬
ous sermons.
REV. HAY ORDAINED
AT BETHANY
Rev. S. M. Hay was ordained Sunday
afternoon at the Presbyterian synod m
session at Bethany.
The service of ordination and instal¬
lation were very impressive and wit¬
nessed by a large and interested con¬
gregation.
The visiting ministers in attendance
were: Revs. Richard Orme Flinn, Pat¬
ton. J. B. Ficklen. McCoy and Elder
L. W. Jarman, member of the commis¬
sion of the Atlanta Presbytery.
The ministers expressed many splen¬
did tributes to the character and con¬
secration of the candidate. Rev. Hay.
Rev. Flinn, who had know’n him in va¬
rious relations, attested his eligibility
to the high and holy calling to which
he had dedicated himself.
An installation w’as also held at the
Covington Presbyterian church induct¬
ing Rev. Hay into official pastorhood.
Covington, as well as the immediate
parishioners, welcome Rev. Hay, and
hope for him a pleasant and profitable
sojourn.
SHOT GUN KILLS
ED BARHAM
Kd Parham, about 40 .seats of age,
w’as shot at close range with a shot
gun Saturday night about 8 o’clock
near Covington Mills. The gun when
fired was w’ithin a few’ inches of him,
the entire load of shot entering his ab¬
domen. Parham lived until 1:00 o’clock
the next morning.
Tom Worsham, who is accused of do¬
ing the shooting and who operted a
shoe shop near the mill, W’as soon ar¬
rested and placed in jail. Both men
had been drinking and had always
seemed to he good friends up to this
time. They had been living in this
county for 15 or 20 years.
The tragedy was brought about by
liquor being in the case, just the par¬
ticular's we do not know’, but it is said
some liquor had hern stolen that each
of the men wi,;Vw’KS'» had an interest in. And
brought int o the fracus. and now the
record will show another death where
ij quor has played its part as a de
strover.
OWEN VAUGHN RE
CEIVES PROMOTION
Covington friends will he glad to
know that Mr. Owen Vaughn has been
promoted by the American Express
Co., with a location in Atlanta. Since
Vaughn’s connection with this
he has been going forward.
Each step a little higher and an in¬
crease in salary.
Miss Elizabeth Skinner attended the
graduating exercises of the Nurse's
Training school of Davis-Fishoher san
atorium, which were held at the North
Avenue Presbyterian church Tuesday
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J. 0. MARTIN IS GIVEN
CERTIFICATE FOR
Oldest State Supervisor is Honored by
Hoard of Eduration.
For the first time since the adoption
of its new rules and regulations gov¬
erning the system of certification of
teachers in Georgia, the state board of
education has issued what is classified
as a “Professional Life Certificate.”
This has been granted to J. O. Martin,
of Covington, state school supervisor,
and, in point of service, the oldest su¬
pervisor in the state, having served in
this capacity for the past nine years.
The certificate provides full qualifi¬
cation as a teacher for the, lifetime of
tlte recipient.
The certificate is based on four years
of standard college work W’ith the bach¬
elor’s degree and three years of expe¬
rience in teaching, also w’ith the mas¬
ters or dor-tor's degree from an ap¬
proved university, provided that the
five-year course of study in college or
university included not less than nine
college hours, or eighteen semester
hours, in education. Or it can he based
on four years of approved standard
college work, w’ith the bachelor’s de¬
gree, and ten years of experience.
NIGHT PARTIES ARE
TABOOED IN ATLANTA
Soft Drinks Cannot Be Served to
Automobiles.
Atlanta. Ga.. .Tune 6.—The jellybean
and his feminine consort both won and
lost in their fight before city council
to have their “soft” drinks, or chasers,
as some have seen fit to term the bev¬
erages, served on the curb in front of
soft drink palaces.
A recent ordinance prohibited such
practice entirely, and it brought a
howl of protest from the younger gen¬
eration, who were extremely loath to
abandon their motor cars for the in¬
terval required to enter a drug store
and get a “dopeandcherry.”
So the fight went hack to council,
with the drug store men backing up
their principal patrons with great gus¬
to. Council heard and ruled,
“Night parties” are taboo, it was
held. Drinks may be served at the
curb between the hours of 9 a. m. and
11:30 p. m. After that the
stands must serve the drinks within
doors.
Mayor Sims has approved the
ed measure and it is believed the
ter has been adjusted in as
ry a manner as possible.
DR. LEE SOLE SURVIVOR
OF CLASS OF ’61
Dr. John W. Lee attended the alumni
meeting of Emory University Monday
and was the only surviving member of
his elass of 1861. Dr. Lee was the
youngest in his class. He is now in
his 83rd year.
One lone survivor of the class of
1856 was also present at the meeting.
LUTHER CAWTHORNE
DIES IN ATLANTA
Mr. Luther Cawthorne, aged 55, died
in Atlanta Thursday morning and the
remains were interred in Jackson. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rosa Mc¬
Donald Cawthorne, formerly of Snap¬
ping Shoals, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Cawthorne and a granddaughter
of Jackson.
Mrs. Ammons, of this city, is a sister
of Mrs. Cawthorne and was with her
at the time of her husband’s death and
also attended the funeral at Jackson.
GETS 25 YEARS FOR
SLAYING OLD FRIEND
Tennessee Fanner Says He Shot Guest
After He Demanded Whisky.
Chattanooga. Tenn., June 6.—James
Allison was found guilty Wednesday
of the murder of his life-long friend,
Eugene Watkins, and sentenced to
serve 25 years in the penitentiary.
The two men, both well-known farm¬
ers, had been pitching horseshoes, Al¬
lison claimed, and were on the best of
terms, when 'Watkins demanded that
his host go into his house and get
some whisky, threatening his life if
he did not do so. Ailison said he then
went into the house, returning with a
gun with which he had killed his
friend.
SOLITUDE
Far from the madding crowd
My lyric songs shall rise;
I'll seek out a store
That does not advertise.
ISLAND SHOALS
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Allen spent
day with Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Lunsford.
Miss Ruby Cole, of Atlanta,
'he week-end with homefolks.
Miss Epshie Lunsford had as
guedta Sunday afternoon. Mr. Walthal
Pope. Miss Lillie Lunsford, Mr. Gwinn
Kitchens. Miss Oma -Allen, Messrs.
Robert Allen and Horace Lunsford.
Miss Ruth Meadors, of near Leguin,
spent Friday afternoon with Miss
Davis.
Little Addie Lean Lunsford, of
McDonough, spent Friday with
grandmother, Mrs. D. E. Lunsford.
Misses Oma and Epshie
spent a while Sunday morning
Miss Ruby Cole.
Miss Bessie Smith, of Worthville,
spending the week with Mr. and
James Smith.
Mr. Clifford and Hugh
were visiting relatives at Stewart
day.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance
FORD PLANS COTTON
MILL FOR THE SOUTH
Atlanta, Ga.—A cotton mill costing
approximately $25,500,000 is being
planned by Henry Ford for some south¬
ern state, according to a report in cir¬
culation here in cotton mill circles.
Such a mill, it is said, would have ap¬
proximately 300,000 spindles and would
be used to manufacture the cotton drill
used in the manufacture of Ford auto¬
mobiles. Millions of yards of cloth are
used annually for such a purpose, con¬
stituting a large percentage of the cot¬
ton mill output. Local manufacturers
estimate it would take 300,000 spindles
to supply the Ford w’orks and that it
would cost $85 a spindle.
THE WOMEN ARE COMING
The News has been asked to call the
attention of the public to the meeting
that will he here Tuesday night in the
court house representing the League
of Women Voters. These ladies will
speak on advancement the league has
made and what they are doing today.
Everybody is invited to come. Tues¬
day night. June 12th.
READY TO BOOST
FORD WITHOUT AID
Detroit, Mich., May 30.—The Dear¬
born Ford-For-President is ready to
“go it alone” in boosting Henry Ford
for the White House, if the American
Economic League, now in session in
Omaha, Neb., fails to assume leader¬
ship in a third party campaign for the
Detroit manufacturer.
This was the statement last night of
an officer of the club organized in the
home town of the manuafeturer.
The club, according to the officer, is
considering circulating initiatory peti¬
tions to make Ford an independent
candidate, but would prefer to have
the American Economic League spon¬
sor the campaign.
Officers of the club admit they have
never received positive assurance from
Mr. Ford that he would accept the
presidential nomination if it were ten¬
dered.
REFUSE TO PAY DEBT
TO UNITED STATES
Belgium, France and Roumanla “Stand
Off” Uncle Sam. Excuses Offered
—Same Accepted by Uucie Sam
Discussion of the Franco-Belgian
suggestion, in connection with the re¬
parations dispute, for cancellation of
their debts to the United States, dis¬
closes that Belgium has refused even
to consider a settlement.
Belgium holds that the agreement
made with former President Wilson at
Paris, releases her from payment.
France likewise has not been budged
from her attitude of last year.
Mr. Parmentler, of Paris, came to
Washington at that time and informed
the world war funding commission
that the French government would not
enter into a funding arrangement on
any terms at that time and would not
set a date when she would talk settle¬
ment.
Romania is a third one of the debtor
governments, it is now’ learned, that
has announced to the American com¬
mission its intention to ignore indefi¬
nitely its war debt.
The excuse offered in this case is
inability to pay even the interest. In¬
sistence in funding negotiations,
therefore, came to naught.
The agreement with former Presi¬
dent Wilson on which Belgium now is
relying w r aa a four-cornered affair for¬
mulated outside the Versailles treaty,
with France and Great Britain also
participating.
Little drops of water
Little specks of paint,
Makes a flapper’s freckles,
Look as if they ain’t.
HARTWELL NEGRO DROPS
DEAD IN PITTSBURGH, PA.
Dortch Gaines, col., who left Hart¬
well last fall for Pittsburgh, Pa., drop¬
ped dead there last Sunday, according
to reports reaching this city Monday.
Gaines was w’ell known here, and
said to have been a good negro. His
wife was with him in Pittsburgh.
The remains w’ill be interred here it
is said.
This is the first death among those
who have left Hart county for the
East.—Hartwell Sun.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NEWS
The Christian Endeavor Society
opened w’ith two songs. The minutes
were then read and approved. Being
the first Sabbath in the month, a con¬
secration meeting was held. The roll
was called and each member answered
w’ith a verse of scripture. The subject
for the evening was “Trust.” Jefferson
Garrison read the scripture and Mack
Hays gave the leading talk. Florence
McDonald gave some lustrations of
the subject. In conclusion A. C. E. song
was rendered and we were dismissed
by the mispah.
MACK L. HAYS, Secretary.
A GARDEN
A little garden is the sign
That man believes in God above,
And for the lovely things and fine
Has room within his heart for love.
1 never see a pansy bed
Or rose in blossom in a yard,
A tulip with a yellow head,
But that house kindly I regard.
There dw’ells a man, I tell myself,
Who trains a summer vine to climb;
Despite the age's strife for pelf,
For beauty here he still has time.
Let cynics sneer that men are base
And sordid seekers after gold.
A little garden is the place
Where man's affections We behold.
A little garden bright with bloom.
With all the beauty that it brings.
Is proof that someone's heart has room
To cherish nature’s lovely things.
—Edgar Guest.