About Gainesville news. (Gainesville, Ga.) 1902-1955 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1922)
3?AY TAXES NOW! Tho tax books will bo open for the' payment of State and County taxes until DoL-cmber 20th.,, After that date you wili.be Squired to pay 7 per cent •atcrcst. Pay now and avoid further expense. ' ' i F. E. O. WHELCHEL, tf Tax-Collector .Hall County. Whajt he Wants for Christmas * • i -V Y '.' v> ’■ Right away he’ll reel off a list of nifty fit tings and accessories that 'he has long needed, but doesn’t care to afford them just now. RADIO SERVICE There is no. piece of mechanism bat what fails .to function, properly at some time.' -■ \ A radio receiving set is no exception to tho rule. Hie Gainesville "TSadio Oompanj will sell you any set you de- siro t the same price any oho else will, install it for you- and seo that you get tho service you should expect in the fu ture. Patronize a homo concern. and avoid future disappointment. Demon strations at your home by appointment. Office ever' Citizens Bank. ’ . Let Us Suggest a Few— Gabriel Snubbers Bumpers Plate Glass Windshield Wings Windshield Visors Radiator Ornaments Spotlights Tire Covers, Locks and Chains Schrader Air Gauge > A Nice Woolen Duster Motor Driven Horn Running Board Mats Buddhist Idea* of Marriage. According to the Buddhist-faith, the marriage tie contracted in this world will carry over to the ne»xc. When circumstances prevent a marriage in this world) many Japanese men and women commit suicide in the hope of a happy married life ip the. world to come. ' * * • * „ Dante. . . He. .wopld. not have, been the great poet lie wad If fie had not felt intense ly and humanly, but hp could never hdve won the cosmopolitan place he holds had lie not- fenowin how to gen eralize his special experience.—James Russell Lowell. Veteran's Perform Nine Studebaker Big-Six Touring Cars, between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. with a,total of one million miles to their otim -has 250,000 miles to its credit credit, recently participated in an economy- ~~ ’ 10 reliability contest conducted by the Stude baker dealer at Los Angeles. No such group of cars was ever before All came through with perfect j-cores except assembled for such a strenuous proof of two—one had dirt in the gasoline pipe, the endurance. Their entry m competition, over otherrequiredaslightadjustmentof brakes. ® rte the most difficult of Southern Cali- This is the most convincing demonstration of motor car reliability of which we know. ? *»***" VtSey amiiSum^-2^^^—ofwhich*^ The dependability of the pig-Six Touring were on steep, rough mountain roads that Car,itsIojvcostofmaintenance,its<mnifbi!t, rrrf'WiLtrd stamina in every part. Yet the fine appearance and complete equipment Big-Sixes reached every checldng station on make it Giem<wt desirable seven-passenger time * ' car on the market. Its price is w ay below One of these old veterans has piled up the cars ** *™*“even approach it in value, amazing total of351,000 miles of practically The name Studebaker is your assurance uninterrupted service of two trips daily of value and satisfaction. Motometer with ornamental radiator cap. Front and rear bumper*. Rain-proof, one-piece windshield. Automatic windshield, wiper. Courtesy light on the driver's side which promotes safety in passing ether cars at night. Tonneau lamp with long extension cord. Cowl parking lights. Cowl ventilator. Jeweled eight-day dock. Rear-view mirror. Thief-proof transmission lock. Tool compartment in the left Rent door. Shock absorber*.' May Grow Rubber in Arizona. In the southern part of Arizona the wild rubber plant grows abundantly, apd pmy be cultivated in a large way if present experiments prove that from It a marketable quality of crude rub ber may be extracted. 3; There are many other things too numer ous to mention you will findlin our store. Come in and ask to see them. . "Trumpet 'Blowing.” It Is a,mistake to undervalue your self, because people are . apt to take us at our own valuation., At the s’aiho time, we do not advise “trumpet'-blow ing,” as this makes n perspii objection able.-“Try to strike the happy medium of ! a -dignified estimation of your own powers; bnt don't boast about them. ; ’ v -' V. ■; ■ •; ••• • $jj Eiectrical Hair Cutting. There is fn t use in. FraAce an electric substitute for the barber’s scissors. It consists of a comb carrying, along one side of Its row of teeth a platinum wire through which flows an electric cur rent. As tlievcomb passes’ through the locks to be shorn the heated wire in stantaneously severs the hairs, leav ing them of even length and, sealing the cut ends ‘as in the ordinary proc ess of singeing with a taper. 1' Hudson—Essex—Overland Motor Cars • 48 S. Main Street GAINESVILLE, - GEORGIA Non-Skid Cord Tiros, Front and Rear, Standard Equipment Terms to Meet Your Convenience Efficient Banking Service! Origin Of “Publican." In England the keeper of a public house- came- to be -called a publican and he was probably so-called becausd he put a tax as It were on travelers and perhaps sometimes extorted, and the term publican got so fixe# In the speech Of the people that it found Its place in the law and'under English statutes the* term publican.' included Inn-keepers, hotel-keepers, keepers of ale-houses and wine vaults, etc. We speak today of a hotel keeper as a publican, or a Boniface, or -mine host. Swordfish of‘Mackerel Family. The swordfish is allied by family ties to the mackerel. It attains n length of from 12 to 15 feet and some times specimens 20 feet long have been caught. It has a much elongated up per jaw, which is the “sword," and tills Is .commonly three-tenths of the length of the fish. The body is covered with This Bank offers yon every courtesy and all accom modation consistent with sound banking. We cordially solicit your accounts, large or small. ' State Banking Company . Capital and Surplus $105,000.00 T. E. ATKINS, Pres. W. R. WINBURN, ^Cashier .Turpentining the Pine. Successive seasons of turpentining .cause no lowering in strength or resin content of pine trees,- states the forest products laboratory of Wis consin. The crude turpentine is the result of wound stimulus, anti ctuncs only from living ceils in the sap wofxl region of the tap bore. The. heart wood, which consists of dead cells, contains no sap.—Scientific American. Light and Dark of Moon. The dark of the moon Is that part «f the lunar month when the moon Is not visible. It may be. considered as toverlng a period of approximately four days, tw.o days before and two days after the time of the new moon. The rest of the lunar month may be ^lled the light of. the moon. These * re . popular expressions and are not susceptible of precisq definition. And keep step with your neighbors who are Daily and Nightly enjoying Lec tures, Readings, Concerts, etc., via RADI O. It does not cost a great deal to install a set, which we will do for you any time we receive your order. ‘ V No better CHRISTMAS PRESENT than a Ra dio Set. Give us your order NOW so you can enjoy it during the Holidays—and ever after. Experienced Life Insurance Agent wanted as Dis trict Representative for Gainesville and neighbor hood. ■/ \ Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York Assets about $700,000,00.00: Gainesville D, L. CASTON, and production. R. F, 1009 Grant Write, stating experience SHEDDEN. MANAGER, Atlanta, Georgia. Building. HTbic-six m TOURING MODELS AND, PRICES—/. o.'b. factories \ LIGHT-SIX' 5-Pass., lir W.B., iOll.P. SPECIAL-SIX 5-Paaa., 119’ W.B., 50 H.P. BIG-SIX' 7-Past., 126’W.B., 60H.P. Touring $1275 Roadster (3-Pass.)- 975 ‘ Coape'-Roadster (2-Pass.) ' ' 1225 Sedan 15S0 Roadster (2-Pass.) '1250 Roadster (4-Pass.) 1275 Coape (4-Pass.)_: i 1875 Sedan. 2050 Speedster (4-Pasa.) 1835 Coupe (4-Pass.) 2400 Coupe (5-Past.) 2550 Sedan 2750