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A CHRISTMAS WISH.'
Wherever them is slcknoss
Mn.v Bnnta'Claus brinic licnlth;
"Whcrcn-r tiicro is poverty
Mny 8:111 t.n Onus bring wealth;
Wherever one is wi'oplng,
May tenrs to smiles gives wny;
"Wherever smlness hovers,
May joy come Christman Dny.
"To overy heart tlint'( nr.hinR,
Mny pence nml comfort come,
And mny nn outlook rosy
Supplant each outlook Rlum;
Mny friends now sopnrntcd
Soon reunited l>o,
-And everyone And gladness
Upon tills Chrlstmns tree.
—Edgar Quest.
GORDON LEE, VETERAN.
J. B. Nevln, in Atlnnta Georgian.
From tho standpoint of constructive
and painstaking ability and puro effi
ciency and effectiveness, it is doubtful
"whether Georgia ovor hnd a better Con-
rgreemnn than Gordon Lon, of tiie Seventh
-district With “Tom” Hell, of the
Ninth district, Mr. Leo shares the honor
■of being tho oldost mombor of tho Geor
gia delegation in length of servien, both
having begun their caroors in tho Fifty-
ninth Congress.
Mr. Leo is n nntivo Goorglnn and
“grow up” in Catoosa county, which
is in tho district ho now represents. lie
wns graduated from Emory College in
1880, is a farmer, and served in Ids early
manhood in tho Georgia Senate and
House a number of times.
Mr. Loo wns appointed by Gov. At
kinson to tho chairmanship of n State
Memorial Bonrd, and it was lnrgoly
through his hard work in that capacity
that tho great national park at C'hlca-
mnugo—commemorating ono of tho
"bloodiest battles of tho Civil War—wns
created and brought to its prosont state
■ of bcniity.
Congressman Loo is bold in very high
coleom by all tho departments in Wash
ington. Ho in a lihisliod diplomat, and
-sufficiently tnctful to “got along” vory
well with oil of tho bigwigs and official
high lights. Besides his important as
signments in Congress, Mr. Loo is a
•mombor of tho National Forest Reser
vation Commission.
Mr. Leo has boon a mombor of tho Ag
ricultural Committee in the.. House of
Representatives for n good ninny years;
ho is nt prosont tho ranking Democratic
member of that high and important com
mittee, nnd if tho Democrats should re
gain control of tho House he would bo-
oomo its clmlrnmn. Much of tho great
work done by that committee during
tho wnr was tho result of tho joint co'
operation of its then chairman, Frank
hover, of South Carolina, nml Mr. Leo,
of Georgia. For this work ho has re
ceived tho unstinted thanks from nil
official Washington.
Hint Mr. Loo’s ability nml capacity
for service are fully recognized has boon
•evidenced nnow by tho Invitation of tho
Georgia delegation that ho lie a mombor
of tho great Appropriations Comndttoc.
By >unny members this eommlttoo
is regarded as tho most important of all . ,. „„
tho House committoos—ovoii outranklug ?™ un,1 1 h L lm - Tho cultivator man, aftor
in tliolr estimation tho groat Wavs and (1<J t° otoi *> tol, l of tho fun ho had
Moons ,Committee llndor tho Constltu- having at Mr. Redding’s pluco,
lion of tho United Stilton all appronrin- , , roaUt y Am} explanation came like
lions must originate in tho House of 11 a m ' 0W ovor Mr - hut it did
Representatives, and to bo a mombor of f 00 !? 80 llwf “ 1 , funny to hi,u “ 9 u
tliat committee not only is an honor, but I ‘ ll<i to the r08t of °' a erow ’•
is officially rocognlsed as an acknowl-
cxlgmont of worttiinoag anil oapoclal fit-
»caa for service.
Gordon Lo® biw roprosonted tho
Sownth district for about aixtmm yoara,
»n«l is just entering upon liis ninth term!
It is not at all likely that Ito ovor will
bo defeated before, tlio pooplo of the
8«?mth district. If tliora is one Qoor-
Wko would nooui to have a'
-MlfoUme hold o. his job,” if ho desires
it, it la Gordon Loo. Ho has novor boon
* spoetaeular momlior, rarely making a
•speech—and novor at all playing to tho
gullory—but ho has accomplished a groat
deal for his State and liis district, and
such honors sa como to him those days
will bo approved by his immodinto cuu-
stituents and by Qoorgians gonornlly.
’•HOLD ON LIKE GRIM DEATH.”
Manufacturers Record.
“Hold on to your cotton like' grim
death, ” is tlio advleo to tho South from
■ a leading English cotton manufacturer
in a letter to tlio Manufacturers Record,
liis advice is good. It is bnsod on tho
fact that tho world actually needs nil
tho cotton goods that can bo manu
factured out of tho existing supply of
raw materia), but tho world will not buy
am a falling market, but will purchase
Whenever tho market begins to rise.
This is true of ovorytldng as well aa of
cotton. Stagnation and poverty always
exist on a falling market. Prosperity
-always comes with -a rising markot.
Tho bankers of South Carolina are
unitedly insisting that tho cotton acreage
must bo decreased 50 per eeut tlio com
ing year. They are .urging banks
throughout tho South to refuse credit
to ovory man who will not agree to cut
his cotton ncroago in half.
If cotton-growers will hold oil to thoir
present crop “like grim donth.”,ns our
English friend advises, ami the banks
• will force a reduction of acreage by one-
half," prices will rapidly bo adjusted to
ta higher level and the surplus stock of
•cotton will bo cleaned up, to tho great
advantage of tho South, assuring profi
table prices for yoara to'rome.
Lot tho South hold its cotton, reduce
"its .acreage, raise all ita own foodatuffs,
put all surplus labor to building high-
-ways anil making municipal improve
ments, to the cleaning, up of farms and
putting thorn in better shape, and then
-out of this depression in cotton it will
win a victory of permanent independence
and prosperity.
IT WAS A “HANT.”
Drayton, On., Nov. 14.—During tho
past week tlio negroes on the farm of
Mr. W. G. Redding, near this place,
have been violently excited over tho ex
ploits of what they took to bo n ‘'hunt”
in n neighboring swamp.
There are several negro tenants liv
ing on Mr. Redding’s place, nnd among
them one named jack, a steady, val
uable tenant. For the past week Jack
had boon hearing mysterious anti ghostly
voices calling him from the swamp,
which lay nlong n neighboring branch.
The voice began calling; “Jack, como
nnd tnko this log off of mo.” Tho ne
gro, thinking that some ono wns in dis
tress, ran to tho swamp, but on getting
to tlio plnce from which tho sound came
ho heard it off in another direction. He
rushod off tlint wny, but wns again
doceivod, and still heard tho samo voico
calling him off further.
The negro, thoroughly frightened, wont
to Mr. Redding with liis talc nnd the
next night they Bat up for tho “hunt.”
A littlo aftor dusk they heard it again
nnd immediately wont in pursuit, armed
with Wincliostgffl. But tlio will-o’-the-
wisp again led them on a wild goose
chase, and they could find no sign of
tlio source of tlio cries.
Tlio negro, Jack, and Ills family wore
by this timo so badly frightened that
they began milking preparations to loavo
tho neighborhood. Mr. Redding, suspect
ing tlint it wns tho malicious work of
some one who had n grudge against him
nnd desiring to run liis negroes away,
Imd Jack and liis family go into a cabin
near his homo, nnd, taking his rifle, pre
pared to hunt down tlio intruder himself.
For tho past week two agents of a
crop cultivator Imd boon stopping with
Mr. Redding, and ono of thorn volun
teered to go with him. About dusk tho
sounds began, calling tho negro by mitno,
and pleading with him to como to tlio
rcscuo. Tho negro family was almost
thrown into convulsions of four, but Mr,
Rodding, locating tho sound in a tree
standing out in the swamp, began to
ompty his ropentcr into it in rapid suc
cession. Presently tho Bame voico was
again hoard, calling from another di
rection; “Jack, I’ll got you before
morning,” and, “I want your houao.”
“Gawd knows, you kin have it; I
don’t want it any more,shouted tlui
nogro. Ail offorta to locate tho Bound
ngnin proved unavailing, although tho
cultivator mnn was vory zealous in his
efforts to find it.
A dny or two afterwards tho cultlva- restrictions on the debt creating au-
tor ngonts loft, and, during tlio day, thority of the State, ita counties and
while Mr. Rodding wns tolling liis municipalities. These restrictions
strango story nt tlio village, a gontlo- wer ® decreed for the protection of the
man with whom tlio mon bad stopped n Property owner, the wage earner and
day or two before bail an equally strango th ? f, “’ “ Eain8 ‘ th * plauB ‘ b J
ntiirv ,,c iimv „„„ „c i,i„ „ ‘ h schemer whose smooth words and half
IZi . I ^ J T truths might cajole the public into
scared by ono of tlio horses of tlio cul- lending the public credit to.disastrous
tivntor men tolling him not to bo sc ventures. In their wisdom tho
stingy witli Ids corn and foddor, but framers of the Constitution knew
to give him thirty oars and four bundles.
Tlio gontloman, boing present himself,
and sooing that tho man wns a ventril
oquist, enjoyed vory much the excite-
mont of tlio nogro, who wns about to
vnento tlio neighborhood, not hoiloving
much In having a modern Balaam’s hbs
around him. Tlio cultivator man, aftor
PAPER WILL BE LAST
Publishers’ Auxiliary.
Press reports tell us that prices arc
beginning to come down, and some such
evidence can bo found in a few lines of
merchandise in tlio local markets. Fliv
vers are soiling for loss, sugnr hns taken
n tumble, nnd it is said that clothing
and shoes aro cheaper.
But tlio thing in which tho publisher
is mostly interested is paper, nnd
tlioBo who claim to know Bay that
will bo ono of tho last commodities to
drop. Tlio reason they give is shortage
of world supply. Tho usual supply car
ried by tho mills has not been in evi
dence for tho past two years. Ia place
of a surplus from which to fill orders
the millB are from three months to a
year behind on orders. There arc prac
tically no stocks in tho hnndB of tho job
bers. Houses that under normal condi
tion would bo carrying heavy stocks have
practically nothing on their shelves at
the present time, ami for months have
boon UBing ovory shipment they could
got to fill bock orders.
In tho samo way stocks in tho hands
of tlio printers of the country nro de
pleted. In tlio big printing establish
ments, in place of going to tho stock
room for paper wlion the press is ready
to run, they are holding presses and
waiting for the stock to come in.
And tho wiso ones say that even with
n decreased demand, should that decreas
ed demand conic, it would be possibly
more than a year before the mills can
catch up again and give us normal con
ditions in the paper market. Until that
time wo cannot liopo for any appreciable
docroaso in tho price of paper.
And in tho menntime the spot market
on print paper is going up instead of
down. i
The most northerly air service in tho
-world is between Porpus, Sweden and
Suorvnjaurc, Finland.
GOLDEN DAYS.
Bremen Gatoway.
Aa a mail grows oldor ho lias his choice
of soasons. Somo ltkq tho warm weather
of a long summer, wliilo others dread
it and onjoy tlio coldor weather, when
thoy can bundle up or put coni on the
lire.
But youth finds onjoyraont tho year
round. Tho average boy laments the
idea that good old summor timo is oyer
and ho can no longor splash in tlio cool-
ing wator, go fishing or play baseball.
When fall arrives with its crop of ripe
fruit, hickory nuts, walnuts, and squirrel
hunting, ho again foara old winter will
rob him of his fun. But thou ho is seen 1
coasting, and during the holidays ho is
in such high glee with tho presents found
at Christmas, ho wishes wintor would
stay forever. Spring sots in nnd ho is
soon witii marbles and klto, nnd nil sorts
of fun finds favor in tlio boys ’ repertory
that innkos him ns happy as in other
seasons. And when ho gots older lie
gradually drops into tho ways of man
hood, and ns ho looks back to Ills boy
hood ho finds it is all n delusion to. wish
for tlio timo to oomo “when I shah "bo
u man.” ;
THE SPEED FIEND.
Birmingham Newj,
Birmingham is afflicted with numbers
of operators of automobiles who appar
ently think nobody else hns a right on
tlio streets—podostrains least of all
Somo more suits for damages will have
a sobering effect. And another thing
for thoao reckless motorists to think
about ; if the injured person can get the
eaao before a jury, tho jury will, in
nine caaos out of ton, resolve any doubt
or docido any closo question in favor
STATE TREASURY RAID
TO A D CITY PEOPLE
Facts «f Vital Interest to
Everybody in Georgia
Bonded Debt of State And
Counties May Exceed
$150,000,000.00
Ths Constitution of Georgia imposes
restrictions on the debt creating au-
that public administration of privatp
business was never successful. There
fore .they wrote into the Constitution
a restriction that the State might not
issue bonds except for state purposes;
that cities and towns and counties
should not exceed what they fixed as
safe limits in incurring debt; and
when bonds were issued such a per
centage of voters should authorize
them as would without any doubt dis
close the sentiment of the people.
Net Equaled By Carpet-Baggera
Now,-to help the Municipal League
ef Georgia, raid the Treasury of the
State, all of these reatrictiens must be
■wept aside and Georgia and Ita towns
•ad counties must pinnae into aare-
attained and unrestricted bend Isaesa,
am*eating te bundreda eC millions M
della re. The total am—nt it the
bends authorised by the Beg— Ufiatn-
huaa ta re—aat—etien da— w— —t a
bagatelle wh— — mpered with this
■esiisid raid — the Ttenenry e< ths
••■te. and the argnns—hi pet (hath nt
*»t time in fovea ad ths— beads w—■
— Is— planeible th— ate new ad-
—n—d by the mmtlis— n whs
the lit—store /the Mnaldpnl
*t U ed no —mts te the
•d this prejeat that ta eed—te
ed
this
m pi—a
se,
D»r* w—e repudiated am4 a— still
Tff total bonded debt ef Georgia la
now 16,818,202.00. If the- Mils be-
eame laws the bonded debt of the State
aad Its counties and towns would noon
be over 1160,000,000.00.
The interest on this debt would be
not less than $7,500,000.00 every year.
Huge Taxes To Benefit CWee
. Only people living in ths larger
eittee and towns would get either eerv-
tee or reduced rates, but every home,
every farm, every business man and
every wage earner must pay the In
terest and any deficit in operations.
Is it fair to 'the fanner that hi*
property and his earnings should be
mortgaged to enable the residents of
. • * r k* r cities to ride on street cars
at less than the rides cost?
1* *1 f*Jr to tho farmer that hit
borne should be mortgaged to provide
•Mpic lights in the brilliant hornet of
the" dwellers in large cities? '
. j *** r 1° the people who live out
side the larger cities that they should
be taxed to provide gas at less than
“otto cook the food of the fashlona-
of tho complaining party. Tho jury- P9 al w» cook the food of the
men themselves aro mainly from the In the cities?
people who walk—and who havo boon t wh,t these bills wiH
made to jump for their lives timo and THE*USKR* plvt THE
timo ngain us some automobile driver COST PAYS THE
with lordly contempt of thoir rights '
sweeps by with a hoarse hoot and amused
glnnco at tho acrobatics of tho ono who libel for divorce).
would like to preserve his limbs nnd life. Annie Llsxte Elder vs. Jack Elder.
The conduct of these hnir-brnined and Llbel f ° r Divorce. In Coweta Superior
reckless automobilo owners is creating GEORG^T-Cowcu^Coumy- 1S21 '
a resentment and prejudice in the pub To the defendant. Jack Elder: You
lie mind, comparable only to the general JJFP required, in person or py
detestation in which railroads were hebl lUtforTo^oTe KS
in tho old days, when any jury anywhere 1? a . nd *°, r ***<* county on the first
would invariably give a verdict against 'thereto answerThe pUlnUft‘man a" -
the railroad on almost any old complaint, tlon for a total divorce, as In default
°~ " ereof the Court will proceed thereon
A lady friend sa.ra she dislikes the T.rr..l.
dictionary because it spells words ac Judge of said Court, thiR 25Ui day of
differently from what she does. . W. G.’ PoS°" Platatur.”At E tSney? rk -
DEC. 17 & 18
48 lbs. Good Plain Flour '$2.75
24 lbs. Good Plain Flour '$1.50
48 lbs. Good 7 Self Rising Flour .£2.85
24 lbs. Good Self Rising Flour „ $1.55
1-lb. Can Government Roast Beef -12c
12-lb. Can Army Bacon •\ , $2a50
Good Quality Roasted Coffee, lb. 20 C
Fresh Country Eggs, doz 65 C
No. 2 Can Tomatoes IOC
No. 8 Compound Lard ., •••••V $1.50
No. 4 Compound Lard ^5c
Tub Compound Lard ......! i........ -,],$£
No. 8 Pure Lard .£2.00
No. 4 Pure Lard •••••••$ J, .00
No. 10 Pure Lard $2a50
No. 5 Pure Lard $1.25
Pure Lard in Bulk • -24c
Full Cream Cheese 35 C
Standard Granulated Sugar -IOC
Good Side Meat >20c
THESE PRICES ARE STRICTLY CASH.
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HAMRICK & ESTES
21 Court Square.
Phone 238.
For Bad Weather
Every normal strain on tires must
be met with bad weather and almost
impassible roads; and, in addition, the
wear and tear of abnormal conditions.
One week’s running in winter will de
velop any weakness inherent in a cas
ing, or enlarge any injury to the danger
point. C. Vulcanize for safety! Don’t
wait until the casing is about to drop
off the rim—look after it in TIME, and
save the cost of a new casing. C. If you
haye never had us do your tire work,
try us out. You’ll be satisfied with re
sults—and results are the only things
that count. ■ -
R. B. ASKEW & CO*
8 West Washington St., Newnan, Ga.
Phone 500