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OLD TANNERS DID GOOD WORK
Leather Made in China 3,000 Years
Ago Has Been Found in Compara
tively Good Condition.
Originally skins were cuml by sim
ply cleaning and drying. Then ll was
found (he texture of the leather was
Improved by the use of smoke, sour
milk, various oils and the brains of
animals themselves. I>ater It was dis
covered that certain astringent barks
and vegetables effected permanent
changes in the texture of skins and
stopped decay. The ancient Egyptians
possessed this knowledge, for engrav
ings on their tombs depict the process
■of tanning. In China specimens of
leather have been discovered in com
pany with other relics that prove them
to be more than 3.000 years old. The
Romans used leather which tJiejr
tanned with oil, alum and hark, fllariy
explorers in America found the In
dians wearing skins prepared with
bnffalo dung, oil and clay.
No Improvement In the general
methods of preparing leather took
place from the most primitive times
until about 1700. when the use of lime
to loosen the hair was introduced. By
1826 English tanners were attempt
ing to Introduce new methods by
which the tanning process could he
shortened. One of the pioneers in
these experiments was John Burridge.
the inventor of the bnrkometer, an in
strument for determining the strength
of tanning liquors.
In 1630 the first tannery in Amer
ica was built in Virginia. A second
one was established a few years later
at Lynn. Mass.
FIRST “BLUE LAW” EXPONENT
Emperor Constantine Laid Oown
Strict Rules for the Guidance
of Hie Subject Peoples.
Constantine, she groat Roman em
peror, who ruled In 321 A. D., was the
first ruler in Europe to Impose blue
laws upon the people. Const an tips
was highly religious, and he demand
ed strict observance of the Sabbath
throughout vast empire.
H«* decreed that “judges, inhabit
ants a"d artificers” must rest on the
Sabba.D He excepted husbandmen
from this order, however, since “sow
ing was a necessity and could not be
done on any other day.” Slaves could
not be compelled work on this day,
by the emperor’s decree. Should mas
ters be caught In the act of forcing
their slaves to labor, a heavy flue and
perhaps a jail sentence would be Im
posed. Children were emancipated
from labor on the Sabbath. Constan
tine also ordered his vast armies
wherever they might be to devote this
day to prayer. At the same time he
act aside Friday as a day in which
prayer was required of all (lie people.
Later be extended his order to Include
Saturday ns a day when the wheels of •
Roman industry shoo'd remain stiH.
The Price That Is Set.
The gods have set a price ii|w»n ;
every real and noble pleasure. If you
would gain the favor of the Deity
yon must be al the pains of worship
ing Him: if you would be beloved by
yonr friends you must study to oblige
them; if you would bo honored by any
city you must tie of service (o it; and
if you would be admired by all Greece,
on account of your probity and valor,
you must exert yourself to do her
some eminent service. If you would
render your fields fruitful and fill your
arms with grain, you must labor to
cultivate the soil accordingly. Would
you grow rich by youtakenls. a prop
er rare must lie taken of them; would
you extend your dominions by arms
and be rendered capable of setting at
liberty your captive friends and bring
ing your enemies to subjection, you
must not only learn of those that are
experienced in the art of war, but ex
ercise yourself also in the practice of
military affairs; and If you would ex
cel in the strength of your body you
must keep your body in due subjec
tion to your mind and exercise it with
labor and pains.—From the “memora
bilia of Socrates."
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Unnecessary Courtesy.
American parents often deplore the
abruptness of their children’s speech,
but few American children would ven
ture to address their parents in Hie in
cisive language sometimes used in the
Gladstone family, as indicated in n re
cent book by Mary Prew, Mr. Glad
stone's daughter. It bored Mr. Glad
stone, she says, to hear people apolo
getically diffen —“My dearest love. I
really think you are wrong." etc. “He
thought it more to the point to be short
and sharp—‘A be:* It is impossible to
forget Lord Morley's face," adds Mrs.
Drew, “when lie first heard one of us
say to Mr. Gladstone, ‘A lie!’" This
freedom of expression half startled
and shocked guests at Hawarden, Mr.
Gladstone's daughter observes, but
It broke the seriousness of discussion
and “put everyone in good humor.” —
From the Outlook.
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Straightening Wire.
Stray (pieces of copper wire have
many uses, but It is often necessary to
straighten out wire that lias already
been used before it can be employed
again. Bee that there are no sharp
bends or kinks in the -wire and
■straighten out by hand any of these
which are found. Fasten one end of
the wire to some firm anchorage, grip
It In the vise if necessary. Loop the
other end of the wire around a ham
mer bundle or similar Instrument and
then pull out the >engtb of wire. Re
peat this operation as often as neces
sary. If the wire is of soft copper it
will stretch a little, which improves It.
PRESIDING ELDER TO
PREACH HERE SUNDAY.
I '
I Rev. J. M. Outlcr, presiding elder
j'of the Mcßae district, will preach
at the Methodist church Sunday
j evening at 8 o’clock. *
1 | Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock the
J second quarterly conference for the
i j local charge will be lield.
NEGRO ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT DIES FROM WOUND.
Henry Finch, a negro living on the
farm of B. P. Jackson near town,
died Wednesday night as the result
of gunshot wounds in the right !<•
The injuries were inbicted Saturday
night hut medical attention was not
Another Great Drama
About Married Lite
Ecalhlyn Williams w Q’aeodore Roberts «*««••
Cecil G> DeMille s Production , Forbidden. Fruit...
c/I Pa.rzmo'jjit Picture*
■“Forbidden Fruit” is another of
those great dramas of married life
which have given Cecil B. DeMille
the reputation of being the most
brilliant and daring producer of pho
todramas which deal in a vital man
ner with the most vital subject of
modern life.
In this production Mr. DeMille has \
taken a topic as old as human life is
.old, and yet as young as this day,
and has blended the human thoughts
and desires and motives and pas
sions with such a subtle skill that as
! the characters fla h upon the screen
and enact their respective parts, it
seems that they are men and women
of flesh and blood, and that human
hearts and souls have been laid hare
until their throbbing joys and poig
nant are communicated i
those who watch the unfolding of
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General Manager General Passenger Agent
AUGUSTA. GA.
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| THEATRE | ‘FORBIDDEN FRUIT” 4P„
[ Monday -Tuesday j Paramounl Super Specia! ! ADMISSiON !
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THi, VIDALIA ADVANCE, VID ALIA, GEORGIA
summoned until Sunday night, and
ampuation was found necessary.
Gangrene had set in and it was im
possible to save the negro's life.
The discharge of the gun was ac
cidental, the load striking the negro
in the right leg, shattering the bones
of the knee.
W. B. CADLE LEASES THE
MIDDLETON LAKE PROPERTY
Mr. W. B. Cadle of Tarrytown
has leased the Middleton Lake prop
erty near Ludowici and will allow
hunting and fishing on same only by
permit from himself or other party
in charge of the property. His rate
for fishing will be 50c per day, and
hunting SI.OO per day.
this great drama from their seats in
front of the screen.
Cecil B. DeMille has delved deeply
Into life with “Fotbidden Fruit” and
has transmuted to the screen an in- 1
tangible something that is so close
to life itself that those vfh<? sec this
great drama shot thru and thru
with golden threads of romance, will
i feel that they themselves have been
the actors—<tliat »! was not phorto
mime they have (seen, hut human
life itself.
No commentary further than this
will he needed to inflame motion pic
tuer patrons with an impelling de
sire ,'to s«te “Forbidden Fruit.” It
was produced by that same genius
who gave to the : creen such master
pieces as “Why Change Your Wife”
and “Male and Female.”
GEORGIA FARMERS !
MAKING GREAT FIGHT
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’INDICATIONS POINT TO COTTON
ACREAGE REDUCTION OF AT
LEAST 40 PER CENT—GOING TO
WIN FOR BETTER PRICES.
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Facts brought out at the recent
i meeting of Georgia Bankers in Ma-
I con, indicate that Georgia farmers
I have not only made a splendid fight
in the cotton holding movement, but
! that they are continuing that fight
' with a determination which means
jin the end a fine and substantial vic
tory.
Such is the conclusion of officials
jof the Georgia Department of Agri
-1 culture who point to the banker's
questionnaire as showing not only
widespread determination in the hold
ing movement, but also acreage re
duction this year of full 40 per cent.
They also call attntion to the state
ment of W. B. Thompson, well known
cotton dealer of New Orleans, who
1 declared if it had not been for the
j holding movement, cotton would have
j been selling as low as 5 cents last
I October, instead ot being around 11
'cents as it is today.
“Although Georgia farmers have ac
complished much through the fine
fight they have made,” said Commis
sioner J. J. Brown, “the department
is confident that the biggest and best
results are yet to come through ac
reage reduction which, I believe, from
reports from all parts of the State,
will reach a full 50 per cent or more.
“The holding movement was only
one big battle in the campaign, an
Georgia farmers have fought it splen
didly and well.
“In acreage reduction we are now
in the midst of the second phase of
the campaign, and an equally fine
battle is being waged.
“The third stage and climax will
come when we adopt and put into
effect the- Sapiro oi California plan
for inerketing our product.
“With a reduced supply and with
the California plan in force, thereby
taking the pricing of our product out
l of the hands of the exchanges and
the bear speculators, we will be able
to bring the buyers direct to us and
lto sell on the basis of a fair margin
ot profit: and we will then have wot:
the splencjid victory to which we are
ail now looking fetward.
“Gergia farmers have not only
fought patriotically anti well, but
with a remarkable determination
they are standing to their guns ev
erywhere- along the line. They are
entitled to win and they are going tt
do it.”
BURGLARS MAKE GOOD
HAUL AT NORMANTOWN
The store of the Farmers Grocery
Ccmoany at Norman* >s« was enter
ed by burglars last Friday night and
about S2OO worth of merchandise
was stolen.
The authorities have some clue;'
as to the burglars but no arrests as
yet have been made.
INSURANCE
FIRE, LIFE, THEFT, TORNADO,
BONDS, AUTOMOBILE AND
LIVE STOCK LIFE.
LEADING COMPANIES.
V. B. HERRING
Office over Citizens Bank; Phone 183
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
NOTICE TO HOG AND
CATTLE RAISERS.
I pay the highest market
price for caitie and hogs. Car
load shipments going every'
Thursday. Located at the Na
tional Stock Yards.
See me if you have cattle or
hogs to sell.
J. E. THOMPSON,
VIDALIA, GA.
ROUNTREE-RUHL.
i
I)r. and Mr?. \V J. Hall announce
the marrieage of their daughter, Mrs. j
Annie Belle Roun'ree, to Mr. Guy
Peter Ruhl, the wedding taking place
Tuesday, April 12th, at Frostproof,
Fla. Mrs. Rountree is well remem
bered here, where she formerly re
sided, and the news of her marriage
i will be received with much intrest. .
NOTICE
On and after April 4th 1921 any pujfc
chase made for merchandise or sup- 1
plies for Toombs County, by any of- i
ficer other than the County coniis-;
sinners will not be paid for by the j
county.
It i? further ordered that each of
the county officers secure a stamp,
and use on all stationery.
DAN ODOM. Chairman.
Board County Commissioners
Mr. W. D. Cook, general mana
ger of the Georgia & Florida Rail
road, with headquarters at Augusta,
and F. M. Mangham. of the Georgia
Midland, with headquarters at Sa
vannah. were prominent railroad of
ficials here Thursday.
Ders Grav of Lyons was a visitor
here Thursday.
DR. F. Y. HARRINGTON
.. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ..
Office Over Postoffice.
TELEPHONE 42.
Vi DAI.I A.- GEORGIA
THE CHATHAM HOTEL
Liberty and Jefferson Streets
Near Both Railroad Stations.
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room.
Private and Connecting Baths.
Reasonable Rates.
SHERWOOD THANTON, Prop.
SAVANNAH, GA.
EVEREADY STORAGE BATTERY
COMPANY
VIDALIA. GEORGIA.
Railroad Avenue
BATTERY REPAIRS
ACCESSORIES
GAS AND OILS
TIRES
The Talkers.
A couple of correspondents bave fa
vored ua with the following iiiiteraeies
overheard in public places. One re
ports hearing a girl remark to her
friend what she thought of "Les Miser
ables,” Victor Herbert’s masterpiece.
The other correspondent writes: Two
handsomely dressed women met in a |
street car and after an affectionate I
greeting, one said: “Why, how well!
you look, my dear! Pos-i-tive-Iy you!
have the gilt of the peraunual youth.” !
“Yes,” returned the other complacent- j
ly, “so everyone says—and just think,
only last week me and my husband
celebrated our twentieth universary.”
Moon Not Always Dead.
The moon is an example of star ma
terial that is nearly dead, and our
own earth another, although each is j
but a tiny speck of the original sys- \
tern. It was once, says science, a part i
of the sun or star, and was thrown off
by force of gravity, and being so small
it cooled far more rapidly than the
sun has. The sun that to us seems so
great and so far brighter and larger
than the stars, in reality is but a
speck to many stars that in them
selves are thousands of times greater
than our sun, but so great is their dis
tance from us that they seem like plu
points. m
Man of Few Word*.
“What did Hogan say when Kelly
called him a liar?”
“Nothin’ much.”
“That’s funny. Hogan used to be
a hot-tempered guy."
“Well, lie never said a word except,
‘Have ye had enough yet?’ ”—Ameri
can Legion Weekly.
An Art Contest.
“You do not quote as much poetry
in your speeches as you used to.”
“No," said Senator Sorghum. “The
last time I quoted poetry the rival
orator got up and sang a song. My
managers insisted it was up to me
to come back with a classic dance, so
I gave up the competition and am now
relying on the simple statesmanlike
dignity of plain prose.”
LAKE IS NATURAL WONDER
Body of Water That Hae Many Re
markable Qualities le Found in
North Australia.
Lake Eyre Is one of the wonders of
the continent. The district is actually
below the level of the sea, yet in the
near neighborhood of the lake are
• some fine springs of water that ntay
I be considered fresh in that cattle will
I drink from them. So, too. can drovers,
| though the water has a medicinal ef
j feet which prejudices them in their
i appraisal of Jts value.
In the center of the lake Is an
' island of rare beauty. A legend is
■ that, many years ago. perhaps when
j the first droving party (Doctor
■ Black’s) took cattle through to the
Northern territory, one of the more
daring of the party of white men, un
heeding the warning of the blacks
an “ol’ man debil-debll" lived in the
lake, and fed on men who ventured
into the water, undertook to get to the
island. He started away on horse
back, hut did not return. The blacks,
who have mysterious means of com
munlcatlon, gave it out that his horse
had made the island, where the animal
was seen by some of them long after
the cattle party had gone. That
proved the legend as far as they were
concerned.
One of the peculiarities of the wa
ter of the lake is that it will preserve
anything thrown into it. It is exceed
ingly buoyant. Stones thrown into it
do not sink. (It may be stated that
some of the stone —the kind that does
not sink —would probably float In any
kind of water, being pumice of the
lightest variety, almost spongy in tex
ture.) —Sydney (Australia) Times.
PLINY CREDITED WITH YARN
Ancient Roman Said to Have Origina
ted Remarkable Story Concern
ing Habits of Tiger.
According to Pliny, when a hunter
wished to catch tiger cubs he must be
provided with a very fleet horse, and
have another in reserve. “When the
tigress finds her lair empty stie darts
forth and tracks them by the smell.
When site comes up to the hunter he
throws one of the w helps to her. with
which she returns to her lair. Then she
rushes track, and he throws another to
her; and this goes on till he reaches
his ship."
Equally interesting is the account tu
the “Physiologus” which explains that
“the hart desiretli the water brooks”
because it had been inhaling the breath
of dragons. So having filled its stom
ach from the brook, it drowns the
dragon out of its holt* and, slays it with
its antlers. j
Unicorns seem to have given much
trouble in those days, and were exter
minated in a most unsportsmanlike
fashion. “The hunters place a virgin
near the spot where the unicorn has its
abode. The unicorn, seeing her, runs
and places its head in her lap. doing
her no harm.” This very natural ac
tion proves ids undoing, for “then eotn
-1 eth the hunter and killeth it.”
Here is the reverse of the picture:
i “But if she be not a pure maid the uni-
I corn -will not sleep, but kilieth her."
! This legend is also carved at Chester,
' England.
Sing Sing Indian Name.
Sing Sing prison, the stone, or
rather dolomite marble bastile at Os
sining, N. Y., Is rather appropriately
pained, according to authorities who
j trace the word back to the Indian lan
| guage. and find that it means stony
: place. The town itself was originally
: called Sing Sing. It is beautifully sit
uated on the Hudson and commands,
from its elevated site, many fine view's.
It was settled by white people about
16.98.
Some authorities say the Sin Sinck
Indians were thereabouts at that time,
and attribute the name of the city to
them. The prison was built there in
18’20, when Capt. Elam L.vnds took 100
convicts there and gave them orders
to wall themselves in.
In 1901 the town, after several un
successful attempts, changed its name
to Ossining, because of objections due
to the.association of its name with the
prison.
Unhappy Ant Queen Is Bossed.
Like hens, most species of ants
have a queen, and, not unlike human
queens, she leads an existence that
is not always happy. She is sur
rounded by courtiers, who, on the sur
face, are her humble slaves, and not
only feed her, but act as her escort
wherever she goes. But let the queen
take It into her head to go some
where else than the spot picked by
the workers, and she soon finds out
thnt the state is greater than the In
dividual. The circle of courtiers that
surround her step briskly up and give
ii»r sharp bites until she agrees to