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mm lioiY mm Established 1877 • ■ ■ ■■ ■ ■■ - » —i—— Official Newspaper of the County E. P. HALL, JR. Publisher and Editor • m ■ " " *** * Subscription Rates One Year SI.OO Six Months 60 Three Mouths 40 I l orn, n Advrrtlilna Representative t Tl 11. AMKIMCAN PRESS ASSOCIATION The Christmas slogan Shop Ear ly, is already abroad. After all it is the forgotten man that is the foundation of our civ ilization. The land values of Walker coun ty, according to the recent census report stand sixth in the Seventh Congressional District. Have you answered; Here, with your heart and a dollar in the Am erican Red Cross Roll Call Cam paign? The fellow that looks upon Sun day as the dreariest of days, should break the monotony of Sun day and attend church. In California they have what is known ns the poor man’s court,. This is a court where no lawyers are employed, hut the litigants go with their evidence directly to the jugde, who decides the cases for litigants without cost to them. It is not such a hard thing to co-operate with the forces in your community that make for prog ress, once you get a taste of the joy of working side by side with your fellows. .*'■ ■ ■■■ 11 ■■ 'l'm Elect the best qualified and the most progressive men as school trustees next Saturday, to keep the school fires burning brighter and, brighter. Talking about Hughes surpris ing the foreign delegates at, the Arm; conference with hi.; plans for the nations to adopt would’nl, they sit up and take notiea if Tom Watson was a member of the A meriean delegation? THANKSGIVING It is a beautiful custom that a nation ceases from its labor one day in the year and takes time to be thankful for the goodness of Hod. And as we turn our thoughts as a nation and as a people to Thanksgiving day, w e do not have to wander far in our minds until we find the blessings we have en joyed the past year more than wo can count. All over this land of urn’s people! will gather in churches and other appropriate places, where they will sing praises of thankssgiving to Him who gives the blessings of life. This day should be a wonderful inspiration to people in this land. It should be a day when »'e real ise how ungrateful we have boon and how great is the goodness of Hod to the children ol wm. b'rom this day’s contemputlioi anil wor ship and service, we should rise with a greater purpose to live the more thankful life and determined to express our gratitude in larger and better terms of unselfish j fulness to tho". about us. It is a day when we should rid urselves of all bickerings, aU carping criticism, all destructivi k ,j; bis that mar th" course or ihe mind and life, and give our selves to a better and more cheer fill and more grateful attitude of mind. Wonderful are the possibilities f this day. Let us i >t let th •’e.rt opportunite* slip. A PROPOSITION OF MERIT The farmer’s auction sale and the merchants Golden Rule sale «hidi is being pro loh-d by the LaFayette Advertising Club, will ti i glad the first Monday in De cember. The whole idea of this plan is to express co-operation and to en list co-operation gn the part of the business men of the town and Ihe farmers for mutual profit. Al ‘.vays there are those who are skepy tical of any new enterprize, but from the plans of the proposed Advertising Club, the project holds great merit. Folks in this day and time, it is ’>ften said, have to be shown. The Advertising Club proposes to show thoSr concerned the value and the practicability of tho proposi tion. In next week’s issue the Golden Rule Sale bargains from twenty 'or more merchants will bo pub lished. These bargains are not shelf-worn and are not hard stock the merchant wishes to clear his shelves of, but they are seasonable »oods, are real, guaranteed, honest bargains. The auction sale for the farm- j ns v .’1 be held on the same day to which any farmer may bring in any used farming tools, household goods and livestock, he may wish to dispose of for cash, and it will be offered for sale without cost to him. Watch next week’s issue for full particulars. You will readily agree that there are a thousand things you ought to be thankful for, but are you, that’s the question? * * f TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO | November 26, 1896. I I 4 w 4 Below will he founu itvnffl of news Puhlishrd in the Walker County Messenger twenty-five years ago which will be of interest to the Messenger readers today. Tuesday afternoon at i:3O o’clock, Hev. J. K. Imvis, pastor of tho Meth odist church at Trion, and Miss Car rie Hill were united in the holy bond j of matrimony at the Methodist par- j nonage. Presiding Elder H. J. Adams performed the solemn service. The total cotton crop estimate of the U. S. for 1896 is 8,022,000. Misses Orpha Center and Jessie Cooper were arrivals on llie down train from Chattanooga Tuesday morning. , The place of J. M. Wardlaw, in Hroomlown has passed into the hands of his son, J. Farlow Ward law, of Rome. -O- ' |il -ts At the ith Quarterly Conference of LaFayette and Chickamauga cir cuits held at LaFayette Saturday the following stewards were elect ed for the Conference year: T. A. Jackson, Lee I)(*ck, B. F. Lloyd, W. O. McCurdy, J. C. Wardlaw, F. A. Price, J. B. Hill and J. A. Park. Land on Wall street, N. Y. City is the most valuable in the U. S. Before you can buy it you must plank (kiwn enough ten dollar bills o cover the spot desired. Sandersvillei claims the distinc tion of having the largest hog in Georgia. It is (he Duroc-Jersey breed, measures 8 feet in length is 7 feel and two inches in circumfer ence, is 3 years old and weighs 900 sounds growth. In the year 1831, Capt. A. S. Allen then a small boy. on his father’s! arm, near Zebulon, Ga., stuck a mulberry sprout in the ground about ‘he size of u lead pencil. Today it •s a tree, ID feet in circumference at a distance of two feet from the iround and is said to be the largest 'ree of its kind in Georgia. Effective In Ancient Warfare. Among types of sword famous It i Che past must be mentioned tl«o grose j two-handed affair swung by the Cor I mans In lansquenets, who were muol I mixed up In tlie French religious wars. So large was It, it could not be car rled at the side In a scabbard, bill had to be swung across the back When the lansquenets went Inin ne lou they bud 10 be stationed u good distance apart. In order to coniine, 'he cßsunliics to the enemy. Kucfa ook Ills stand, started the old acytlie olag and developed quite n sphere ' influence. WALKER COUNTY MESSE NOE&. NOVEMBER 25, 1921. An Amateur's First Story By FREDERICK CLARKE | ((g), 1921, Western Newspaper Union ) "Come to bed, dear. It Is getting late and you look all tired out.” "I couldn’t sleep a wink, mother, until I have my work done. You know tomorrow Is a holiday, and I want to get everything out of the way to give all my time to you, dear,” replied Evn Dominoe brightly. "Always thinking of me,” Blghed Mrs. Dorrance, a widow and an in valid ; but her eyes were humid with gentle affection. Mrs. Dorrance kissed her loyal, thoughtful daughter, and left Eva alone. Eva had been compelled to give up a steady position so she could nurse her mother. This had made It neces sary for her to. obtain copying to do at home. She had found a public stenographer who did considerable oc casional work for writers and lawyers. Eva’s pleasantest copying was that of some stories written by one Denzll Worthington. One day, while Eva was waiting for work at the office, she had been Introduced to him by the man ager. They had quite a chat. She was pleased to thus really know a story writer, her ideal of human Intel ligence, anil he was Interested In the hrnve, struggling, working girl. Once he had come to the Dorrance apartment. He had a hurry call for a special article and dictated It while Eva wrote, and their acquaintance ripened. The fair typist soon had the two brief manuscripts before her com pleted. She placed them aside, opened a drawer, and took from It one-half dozen sheets of paper. Eva read them over. “Oh, dear 1“ she murmured, ’Tm a dismal failure.” ’ Eva’s little story was simple nnd commonplace, but was more than cred itable for an nmatenr. Her story, part ly done, had one page not completed. It was where her heroine had written a letter to the man she loved. It ran: "I am going away because I love you, and I tell you this only because I am sure we shall never meet again. But It will be sweet solace for me In the dreary future, to know that per haps this knowledge may bring n pass Ing thought In your mind of a girl far below you In social and Intellectual position, but able fully to understand your noble soul, and knowing that your genius will some day bring you great fame, which she would he too lowly to share, save as a hindrance to your career.” "Denzll” wrote Eva nt the top of the letter. Then she blushed. P»ut why not make her hero “Denzll?” It was an odd name, a musical name, to her —she fluttered ns she realized it—a dear name. Just then Eva noticed some writing on the hack of ihe manuscripts she had copied: “Must have these by ten o’clock tomorrow. Don’t fall. D. W.” Evn got the scattered pages together In the morning, she hired n neighbor’s boy to carry the stories to their au thor. That afternoon she sat dawn to rest. Her mother was asleep. Sud denly there was a knock at the door. Eva answered the summons. It was Mr. Worthington. Eva’s face bright ened. Then It became puzzled. There was something In the fervent way In which the author shook hands with her, an excited challenging eye glance that puzzled her. “I hope yon found the stories all right. Mr. Worthington.” said Eva, as they were seated. "Oh, yes—that Is—l did not look over them,” nnd her visitor stammered and seemed confused. “Surely, Miss Dorrance, you are not going to leave the city?” "Leave the cttvT” repeated Eva, be wildered. "I had not thought of It.” “Then—then —” Worthington was acting strangely—“then the note I re ceived was —was not —" and he stopped dead short, and drew from hi* pocket —the unfinished page of poor Eva’s story, the letter written by the fanci ful heroine to the fanciful hero, the fanciful “Denzll T “Oh, Mr. Worthington!“ Eva, half crying, explained. Worth Ington gravely but with Interest In slated on seeing the unfinished story. “You are a Jong way ahead of the first story effort,” he told her. “I shall be pleased to place It for you. when It Is completed." Then his fnce fell again, and he added: “And It would have made me happier still, If what I bad so fondly wished, so truly hoped— " That It might be true—that the dream of perfect happiness that brought me hen* might he true? Oh Miss Dorrance —Eva —can you not sec how much I love you!" Her blushing fnce answered Denzll Worthington. "Then,” he said proudly, enfolding her with a protecting arm, “It Is to be love, hope, work —together!" Their Car a Nursery. When ranching In Montana I. a>* eoinpnnled by another t nchelor, went to a dance nt a relative’s ranch thlrt\ miles distant. The house was crowd ed. and as It looked like rain we lef early. Midway to my home the store, broke, our machine stalled, and a he same time yells nnd cries from he bind mystified u*. Upon Investigatin' vo found that two babies had bee* nit to sleep on the back sent. It wa inyllglit before we suoi'oeded In r> torlng the frantic kids to their India .taut mothers, nnd HI say it was son tbrllllug exyeriatioe.—Cliivago Jourmi WEAK, NERVOUS, ALL RUN-DOWN Missouri Lady Suffered Until She Tried CarduL—Sajs “ Result Was Surprising."—Got Along Fine, Became Normal and Healthy. Bprlngfleld Mo.—“My hack was M weak I could hardly stand up, and I would have bearing-down pains and was not well at any time,” says Mrs. D. V. Williams, wife of a well-known farmer on Route 6, this place. “I kept getting headaches and having to go to bed,” continues Mrs. Williams describing the troubles from which she obtained relief through the use ol Cardul. "My husband, having heard of Cardul, proposed getting It for me. “I saw after taking some Cardul ... that I was improving. The result was surprising. I felt like a differenl person. “Later I suffered from weakness and weak back, and felt all run-down. I did not rest well at night, I was no nervous and cross. My husband said he would get me some Cardul, which he did. It strengthened me . . . My doctor said I got along fine. I was in good healthy condition. I cannot say too much for it” Thousands of women have suffered as Mrs. Williams describes, until they found relief from the use of Cardul. Since it has helped so many, you should not hesitate to try Cardul U troubled with womanly ailments. For sale everrwhere. E.83 Chamberlain's Tablets Have Done Her a World of Good “Chamberlain’s Tablets have done me a world of good,” writes Mrs. Ella L. Button, Kirkville, N. Y. “I have recommended them to a num ber of friends and all who have us ed them praise them highly.” When troubled with indigestion or consti pation give them a trial and realize for yourself wha an excellent medi cine it is. 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(Over 10c Store) Lafayette, Ga, Office Hours: 8:00-9:00 a. m.. .1:00-2.00 p. m. Telephones—Res. 151, Office 86 Women Made Young' k ’ Bright cv;3, a dear sLin a:.l a tody full of youth and health m?.y be yours if you will keep your system in order by regularly taking QommmL The world’s standard remedy for kidney* liver, bladder and uric acid troubled, 1.19 enemies of Hie and looks. In use sinca 1096. All druggists, three sices. Look for tj>e nantt Gold Medal on *v«;rv b'"* ik.tw Uv’ _>k r:e 'inn W. H. PAYNB, I’rem. K. B. MoCLUKB. Seo, North Georgia Abstract Go, 7.VC First National Bank Bldg LaFayette, Ga. We have recently 'compiled the records of Walker county and can furnish reliable ab stracts of title prompt ly. No Substitutes a Thedford’s 3 BLACK-DRAUGHT B Purely fl Vegetable a Liver Medicine S aa p. 9 ng aDßßDcaaannao