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They’re all Alike
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Ask any man past fifty years of
age and he will tell you of some time
in his life when he was sailing high.
Things were coming his way. There
are few exceptions. Why is he poor
now? Wei! there are various reas
ons. One thing is sure. It is not
because he has placed his money in
a sound bank and checked it out
only when safe investments were
secured. There are more ways to
lose money than to make it. It you
are making any money, no matter
how small the amount, start the
saving habit by opening a bank
account
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AN IDEAL FARM
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100 Acres of land, one two-story dwelling house situated
in a beautiful grove of oaks, two go<d tenant houses, several
good barns, one store house, fine pasture walh running water,
three good springs on the farm, one well. Close to churches
and a good school; on daily mail route; four miles from Cass
ville; three miles from White, and ten from Cartersville, Ga.
Farm in good state of cultivation.
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Her Blue Bandbox
By Gordon Thompson
The train rolled into the little sta
tion as Gregory Moor?, stepped
from the platform he looked for
some means of transportation to his
sister's country home three 1 ) miles
distant. The only public convey
ance was the long. rattling stag '
drawn by a pair of lean grays, and
as the interior of that ancient ve
hicle smelled strongly of mold, ami
as it V. - minus springs of any rt.
Gregory decided in favor of the *ar
autumn air and prepared to walk to
Greenlandafter arranging for his
luggage u> he sent over.
As he left the station a smart little
trap rolled tip to the platform ami
an extremely tire', girl for
several express kages placet! in
the trap, while or. die seat beside the
airl wa> poised -’i enormous blue
I bandbox.
“Be careful, please,” warned tiie
! airl anxiously as the express* agent
handled the box.
Gregory swung down the road
i that, led to Greenlands with a keen
anticipation of the walk ahead of
him. The road was a shady one.
dipping up and down with the con
formation of the land and affording
delightful glimpses of the richly
tinted autumn foliage.
He had gone perhaps a quarter of
a mile when there was the sharp
rattle of hoofs on the hard road, and
the little trap passed him swiftly,
the blue bandbox swaying perilously.
He watched her gain the rise be
yond and then she disappeared in
the depression of the road, only to
be silhouetted against the sky at the
next hill. At he walked down into
this first depression his eyes fell
upon the blue bandbox lying in the
dust where it bad spilled from the
cart. He picked it up hy the string
that fastened it and walked on,
quite confident that the girl would
miss the box and return for it. He
was not displeased at the opportuni
ty afforded him of meeting the
pretty girt. #
When he next saw the cart it was
still bowling smoothly along the
road ahead of him, and tfee girl ap
peared not to hare missed the blue
bandbox from the seat. To Gregory
this was perplexing because she had
appeared so solicitous concerning its
welfare-
The bandbox was light and prob
ably contained one of those lacy cre
ations that are beloved of just this
qqrt of pretty giirl, deotdwd Gregory
as he hastened along the road.
The trap still kept about twenty
tods in advance of his hurrying feet
-and -a *MtG* whenever he
panted up a hill and lost a trifle m
he sped down the next incline. Onoe
he shouted, but met with no re
sponse and, keenly conscious of the
absurd appearance he must present
as hid stride hastened-to a dog trot,
he was silent.
Occasionally he paused to mop his
heated face, and once he stooped to
drink from a wayside spring, but
each delay only increased the dis
tance between the blue bandbox and
its fair owner.
At last he stopped and, turning
around as he fanned himself with
his hat, he was conscious that some
body was following him as industri
ously as he was pursuing the girl
of the blue bandbox. Lumbering
along the road behind him was a
large fat negress who shook a threat
ening fist in his direction, while her
other hand beckoned him to pause
in his steps. As she came up to
him she glanced fiercely at him and
swooped to snatch the bandbox from
the ground beside him, but Gregory
was too quick and backed into the
hushes with the box securely behind
him.
“Well, mammy, what’s up?” he
asked as pleasantly as be could con
sidering that, the girl and the trap
had entirely disappeared from sight.
“What’s up?” she sputtered wrath
folly. “Ab’ll show you, young man,
what’s up if you don’t hand back
! hat there ban’ box! W T hat you
thinkin’ of—a nice respectable young
man a-runnin’ off with a lady’s best
bonnet? Give me that ban’ box!”
she commanded as Gregory showed
no signs of yielding to her orders.
“I’m sorry, mammy, but this band-
Ikix belongs to a young lady who
has—” he was beginning when she
interrupted him.
"That there hat belong to nobody
’pt me mister; it’s mine and 1 can
prove it,” sha said solemnly rolling
her eyes at him.
“If you can prove it I will gladly
turn it over to you,’’ returned the
exasperated young man. “Only, I
would like to suggest, mammy, that
hereafter you avoid such cartwheel
hats as this one must be!”
“You mind yo’ business, young
man,” said the woman, sternly.
“Now, I can shut my eyes an" tell
all about that hat an" you can open
the box an’ if it ain’t so, I’ll eat my
words.”
‘‘Go ahead,” virged Gregory with a
glance over his shoulder at the de
serted road.
“Well,” began mammy, closin':
her eyes and smacking her lips as if
about to partake of a feast. “It’s
not so big an’ it’s blue with a soft
blue ribbing how? an’ teenv blue fnr
| get-me-nots all over it. Now look at
| it art’ see if I ain’t right!”
Gregory stared at her as he re
moved the lid of the blue bandhr.x
! and disclosed just such a hat as
mannny had described. It was a
trifle faded here and there, and it
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Mia Mym hit Upon tha Blwa Bandbait.
would act oddly enough on the wool
ly tufts of the old woman’s head,
She mutt have read bia thoughts,
for all St once the broke into a mel
low laugh.
“Fo’ de lan’ sake, young man, you
don’t think I’m goin’ to wear that
hatF’
“You said it was yours,” said
Gregory, still more mystified.
"It’s fo’ my gal, Evalina,” ex
plained the woman proudly. "It was
give to me by Hiss Helen, Judge
Mershon’s daughter. I use to work
up to the btg house before Evalina
got a city job. I lives beck in the
woods an’ Hiqs Helen ayt to me
this mewnin’, ‘Aunty, I’ve got a love
of a hat cornin’ from town this maw
njn’ an’ on my way beck from the
station I’ll throw the bandbox as
near the path to your house as I can,
and you can come out and get it
and inside you’ll find that blue for
git-me-not hat that Evalina admired
so much. I’ll wear that new hat
home myse’f. So you, sah, she wored
that blue hat to the station, and very
likely she tooked the new hat out of
the box and changed ’em, and she
flung the bandbox near my foot
path. When I come out you was a
raoin’ up the road like all possessed
with my new hat!” She threw back
her head and laughed heartily, and
as Gregory joined her he was con
scious of another laugh, light, rip
pling and amused.
He turned, to find the little trap
drawn up beside them, and the
pretty girl an amused spectator of
the scene. Gregory removed his hat
and then, separately, and finally in
unison, he and Mammy related the
adventures of the blue bandbox.
Gregory would have liked to tell the
story all over again just to see her
lovely smile, and the double row of
pearly teeth.
“As you are so wearied in my be
half won’t you let me give you a lift
along the road ?” asked Miss Mer
shon politely as the black woman
trudged away with her blue bandbox
in one hand and Gregory’s crisp
greenback in the other.
Once more the cart dipped up and
down the hilly road, and with every
revolution of the wheels Gregory’s
heart heat faster, and the lovely face
of the girl beside him seemed to re
spond to the magnetism of his voice
—and vet they spoke of the most
commonplace things.
When they discovered that they
had left the gates of Greenlands a
mile behind them, Gregory met her
startled glance and surprise! in it a
Strok of wonder, as if she, too, had
discovered anew and beautiful i
secret. j
COUNTY NEWS
\Y HITE.
The farmers are very busy now
gathering their crops.
Rev. McGhee lilied his regular ap
pointment here Sunday night. There
was quite a large congregation.
Mr. 1 1. G. Goodridge and family,
of Glenview, spent last Sunday with
Mr. W. H. Goodridge, of White.
.Miss Leona Suiiins, of Union Hill,
visited friends at Grassdale Sunday.
Mr. Allen tirecn, of White, maue a 1
trip to Cassville Monday.
Mr. I (avid Tribble made a trip to j
.Atlanta Monday.
\li-- K.tliel Goodridge and lilll- j
-wte Lillian. s,n at Saturday wilhj
Mrs. '. inn it >|. pt- ns.
Mr. Wallace Gunn, of Gras-dale.!
attended preaching at AN bite Si>.ida>
night.
Mr. W ill Leach, of Fairmount, \i
ited home folks recently.
HEATH OF MJS.t ALIC.F THACKER.
in the death of little Mi-.- Alii-i
Thacker R--ther home ami lamilv
is bereft, sorrowful is tin- thought
that all, great, small, young and oiil
must meet and fall before the great
angel we call death. He comes and
silences Hie voice, hence our sad- i
ness as we p*n U*ese lines of oii<
whose presence shall bless ami
brighten no more the sorrow laden
hearts of earth.
The soul of little Alice winged ils
flight back to the gates of eternal
glory, October 2(Jtb. Her death was
so unexpected to her friends. Sick
only a few days each day, each
hour and moment were hopes of
her recovery to health, but the un
seen messenger came. God under
stood and knew it was best that He
call her home. The soul of the dear
little girl, aged 14 years, was budd
ed on earth to bloom in Heaven
She was so gentle and kind which
made her life 60 sweet that s-he was
loved by all who knew her. As we
looked into her little pale face, upon
her pulseless heart and silent lips
they whispered to us “She is dead.”
We answered in tones of faith that
she was only sleeping for of such
is the Kingdom of Heaven. Btae has
gone to meet her loving Saviour
and join the angels in their songs
Hard it seems the breaking of the
chain that now is liven, sfctll God
holds it in his bosom and has form
ed a link in Heaven. We know tha*
she is resting in the home that i?
pure and bright, where pain and
sorrow are changed to gladness and
darkness are all changed to light
We cannot, see the love and wis
dom of the hand that has taken he.
home. Hence we know he will guard
and guide her ’till we hear that
great voice call t.e us to come home
We leave her sleeping and would not
call her back for sin and sorrow
care and weeping can never be her
portion there. One consolation is
our heart’s idol has heard the words
from the Father’s lips, “Come ijnlc
Me, I will give you rest;”
Farewell little Alice, farewell un
til we meet you again. Oh bow- ve
rms? her sweet voice, how lonely we
feel to see her vacant, seat at the
fire-side and miss her so much in
so many places.
But God saw- fit to remove tin?
precious jewel from the home of ,
which she was the pride.
By her school-mate.
ANNIE LACK IE.
Girls at the sge of
Womanhood
When girls arrive at the age when nature must assert itself the general health
of the body must be good or there is grave danger that disease will appear which
will disastrously alfect their entire lives. It is called the critical time in a girl's
life, and it is the duty of every mother to see that the conditions are right. Where
there is any departure from health the trouble should be given immediate
attention. The symptoms usually are; languidness, a pale, colorless complexion,
dull eyes, bad breath, poor appetite, constipation and a weakened state of the
nerves. At such times the remedy needed is
DR. SIMMONS
Squaw Vine Wine
It is a woman's remedy. Especially adapted to strengthen the female organism
and assist the development which nature is striving to bring about. It puts an
end to nervousness, headaches, sickness of the stomach and establishes healthy
regularity. When this stage is safely passed, natural conditions speedily return;
the pale lace takes on color, the eyes become bright, the breath sweet, the mind
clears of melancholy, and the weakened body becomes strong and robust.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers. Price SI.OO Per Bottle.
C. F. SIMMONS MEDICINE CO., ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
CARTERSVILLE LAND COMPANY
Cartersville, Georgia,
Offeis for sale, at reasonable prices,
on easy terms, vacant lots on West
Ave., Bartow, Cook, Erwin and Cass
ville streets. See
J. H. WALKER, G. H. AUBREY,
LITTLE -IrtE BROWN AM)
LOCAL OPTION IN BARTOW.
Since little Joe declared himself
and straddled the whiskey question
and tries to ride the two horses of
local option and prohibition into
the governor’s chair, his friends
hardly know where he is at, and
can't tell whether he is for or
against their side of that question
But most of his friends and oppo
nents are beginning to learn now to
a certainty that the only place in
Cartersville during this scarcity
money, caused by decline in cot toil
where they can find 7 bars of Red
Wrapper or Lenox soap and six bars
Octagon and six spools Coats thread
|,,i- 2-')(- is Hardaway's Cash Store
which is the only place in Carters
ville where ladies from the country
can get the highest retail market
price for their eggs in dry goods
notions, shoes, (in ware, crockery
glass and < 1 ware at lower
prices than * • “■ buy them for
rjisii a( t*li• i 1
With ranis insltM*! bulhTs, <tiu!
que-tions instead of cannon-balls
11,,. line,- rival candidates for gove
. rnor of Georgia are bombarding
each others camps in a battle liial
i- becoming fiercer and fiercer as
the lime for the primary approach
es. The Hope lb-own forces feel that
the card written by Hooper Alexan
der. endorsing Hope Brown and his
prohibition platform, is one of the
strongest blows struck in favor ol
their side since the opening of the
campaign. I lie Russell torces con
tinue actively engaged in a race, in
the course of which they occa
sionally deviate for a short time tr
take a good whack at one or the
other of the* opponents, but in whir.
Judge Russell uses most of his tiro
and ammunition in traveling around
the state, explaning his local optio
platform to the people, and asking
their votes on the merits of his pic
J. R. Smith, manager of the Joe-
Brown campaign, declares that idle
former governor is gaining ground
every day. Certain it is that the cun
paign headquarters above the Amer
iean National Bank in Atlanta, is
Hie scene of lively activities.
ONLY TWO BIRTH DAYS
AND 15 YEARS OLD.
There is a girl in South Georgia
15 year's of age who never had but
two birthdays as she was born Feb
ruary 29th, 1896. and 1901 and 1908
are the only two years since then
that had a February 29th, and sh,e
cun celebrate her third birthday al
16 in 1912. There are but few things
as uncommon as such a girl, but a
metal canoe covered with sea weed
od dry land anchored with a chain
and* a woman’s 25c corset both at
to cents each, 2 ladies 5 cent hair
nets for a nickle can be found only at
one place in North Georgia and that
at Hardaway’s Cash Store, where
they have a lot of silk handkerchiefs
linen towels, labte covers at about
two thirds regular price and Nor 2
Lamp globes and burnei 1 * at 8 cents
each.
Each citizen of ttie United States,
under an equal division, would have
$34.35, the per capita circulation on
October 2nd, according to the circu
lation statement issued by the treas
ury department. The total money
in circulation amounted to $3,242.-
182.715, an increase over ttie preced
ing month, when it was *3.228,913,-
034. (n October, 1910, the money in
ciruclation totaled $3,164,827,081.
