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CHARLTON COUNTY HERALID
VOL. Xl.--NO. 10.
PAPER.
Wes'ey A. Stang r, editor of the
Office Qutfitter, Chicago recently
made an adress before 2 body re
tailers in which he called attention
to the value of the local newspaper.
He said in paat: ** 'he local news
paper is the greatest thing the re
tailer has if he will use it right, but
a lage proportion are too prone to
believe that the editor will take care
of t.cir interests whether they l()uH
after bis or not. T'his is wrong. If“
merchants as a class would ouly{
take acvantage of the opportunities
that the local newspaperseafford
thew they would reap rewards far
beyond their -~ fondest dreams.
““While self preservation, is the first
law of nature, editors of local papers‘
have a habit of letting self interest!
gt the limit when it comes to ai
question of serving the community.
For this they are entitled to recog
uibon, which they rarely receive.
“‘No doubt the reta lers have encour
aged them as far assentiment goes.
They have undoubtedly said that
they approved of the editors methods
and called him ‘good boy, butin
how many cases have they fallen
short in«he real encouragement that
counts? How often have they ne.
glected to use his colums, thinking
that they were clever in it? In fail
*lng to patronize him they have too
oftzn killed the goose that laid the
golden egg. “You must get behind
your local editor and push for all
you are worth, He gives you $2
back for every dollar you invest
assets you possess, the medium
through which to let the people
know what you have to sell. Within
recent years the mail order
proposition has been somewhat
‘bothersome. The editors of the
country papers have done more
_than all other influences combined
?‘)tn{win business back into normal
chanuels and to reconvert the far
-mer to the logical - belief «in shome
trading. “The country editor refuses
‘to take profits from your enemy
~when the enemy wiil pay him more
than you will. He refuses to accept
business from the mail order store
1n the aistant city and even goes
further by telling how superior the
iocal store is to the distant one and
detailing the advantages of buving
at home. *‘Do not let it be said in
your community that you have let
your editor’s work go unapreciated.
Use his paper. Make him prosperous
aud yourself rich doing It. If you
have foohsh ideas about the nonpro.
ductiveness of newspaper advertising
throw ther off ond try it out. One
try will prove nothing. If it is
successful so much the better, but
the constant use of the paper inan
inteliizent manner will produce the
results. “[he best friend any buse
iness man in the world has, next to
his wife, is the local newspaper, ard
if he dusen’t get full value for this
friendship it 1s his fault, not the
editor’s. The editor of the average
s 0 called country paper has done
more to upbuild his town and the
retailers in it than all ther la
fluences combined, and it also fol
lows that as an almost: unhroken
rule he is the least appreciated per
son in his community.” In con
clusion Mr. Stanger said that the =
coumr); newspaper main does noti
ask for charitv, but stands ready to I
repay the merchant §OO per cent on |
every dollar properly speut in adv ‘
ertising. ‘
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Delays Are Dangerous. :
“This milk is sour, and I won’t t‘hy
it declared the lady. !
“That's your own fault. mn'am,” re-|
torted the dealer. *I offered It to you
day before yesterday swhen it was
fresh, and you wouldn't take lt-"—l
Qlaveland Leader. i, el e o
HOW I GOT THE
DON’T WORRY
HARET,
(BY J. A, EDGEWORTH.) .
hive learned since I lived with
the soul of things that people do not
need to be unhappy unless they de
sire to be. All this is good if right
ly seen and- rightly placed. God is
actually running things and running
them right There is'satisfaction jn
a thought like that.
I used to oe distmibed about the
way the world is being managed. [
thought God was off the job every
now and then, that things were going
wrong and the politicians had to
make them rizht. Now [ have come
to the conclusion that a competent
engineer 1s in charge and [ am not |
so much worried.
Understand me, I believe that
(God works tnrovgh people “and that
we must stand true to him, true to
soul impulses, true to righteousness,
to liberty and to humanity. But
there is no need of losing sleep .a
bout the universe going to the dem
nition of the bowwaws. ~i
It is like this: I used to watch a
gang of men doing some gigantic
work—building some railroad or
erecting a building—and every now
and then I became disturbed with
the thought that they were not doing
{i-t right. Then I reasoned with my
sclf in this wise: The man in charge
}of that job knows more about it than
l[do.' . He is experienced and takes
every part of the work into consider
ation. He is not making a mistake
and there is no occasion for me to
worry myself over it, It was a
comforting conclusion, :
I am a part of the soccial machine
and so that extent my respounsibility
goes; and no further. In public
There I owe my duty to my country
and my stats. [ also owe my duty
to the supreme—that I keep my
heart open uand receptive o his will,
But T owe it to nobody to worry.
I owe it to nobody to interfere with
bis private business or to be con
cerned about it. This is a construct
ive world and 1s going right, My
greatest concern 1s to be construct- |
ive myseif and to keep step with |
God and humanity. = -
That is one of the lessons I have
learned from my little farm. |
THE OBJECT OF
|
| LIFE.
(BY J. A. EDGEWORTH.)
What is the object of ife? *“Hap
piness,” says one. ‘‘Love,” sighs
another. “To do good bheams a
third. *‘To gain wealth,” pants a
« fdurth, “To achieve fame, ”’shouts
a fifth. ““To find heaven,” breathes
a last. Each of ihese is good when
rightly undeistood, and each has its
place. But there is one thing more.
It is to grow, to expand, to climb,
to overcome—lin a word, evolution.
God sows his image in each of us,
and we grow and evoive until this
comes to flower and fruit in the
individual character. Tlis is the
object of life. It runs through all
nature. Itanimates the universe, It
is the divine law. That which does
not progress dies. There is no hap
piness greater that of ccnscious im
provement and unfoldment, than
that of becoming stronger, wiser
and better, This is the lesson that
is taught us by the growing and
blossoming world,
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FOLKSTUN, GA THURSBAY, JULY 30. 1908,
HOMELAND.
Mrs. G. . Heddock, of Folks
ton, spent Tuesday here visiting a
ithe hqme' of Mrs. J. A, 'Fhumpgufi
’ S
\ Prose Hi' A Waunghtel, of R@
Lion, Penn., is visiting here, th
guest of his pareats, Mr. and MrE
P ohn Waughtel. vs
' Mr. W. H. Thompson, one .
our colony builders, expects to hav
completed his twenty roomed flat,é
'by Sept, Ist. ; ol
Mr. John Hatcher and family a:a
visiting relatives at Hortense, Ga..
o
Mrs. W. P. Moore left for affi
weeks visit with friends “in Nofrjj
'Ga. She will attend the Moore te
union, which will be held some,ti@
in August, e
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Mr. W, H. Clay has begun th
clearing of tracts No. 33 and 84 |
Mr, Wilson, of Minneapolis, Miu
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cates disease. R
It indicates a sluggish condition of the
business blood.
Dust accumulates where trade decays.
Dusting the shelves with a duster is
like taking drugs—a dose noy a?l
--then relieves, but it doesn't cure.
Build up the blood of your business
and make the microbes migrate.
PRESCRIPTION: :
Newspaper Advertising is the name of
the best spring tonic, summer tonie,
fall tonic and winter tonic for that
tired feeling of trade depression.
Take regularly. :
“Misery Loves Company”
“I beg your pardon,” said the
stranger on the bicycle, riding slowly
up to the sidewalk and steadying him
self by putting his foot on the curb,
“but I am looking for a restaurant
where I can get a good meal. Can you
direct me to one?”
The man whom he addressed was
standing in front of a store trying to
% a. grain of sand out of his eye
Mth one hand and holding his hat on
with the other, for it was a windy
day, and at first he made no response.
But presently he spoke. _ 4
“Go to the next block,” he said, “and
turn to the right. Four doors dosn
you will find a restaurant.” A
The stranger thanked him and rode
on, About an hour later they acel
dentally met again. The stranger was
on his way out of town. He stopped
and spoke. .
“My friend,” he said, “I followed
your directions. 1 went to the restau
rant you directed me to, and I got the
worst meal I ever had in my life.”
“lI thought you would,” answered
the other. “If you had waited till I
got that grain of sand out of my eye
I should have sent you to a good res
taurant, but you didn't. I just had to
divide my misery with somebody, and
you happened to be handy.”—¥outh’'s
Companion.
{ W.B.MYERS, i
¥ Dealer in Ve-.E'E
‘ghicles, Harness and%
&Saddlerv‘._,S,_ucqes'sorgw
ito Vehicle & Harness?
% Co. also to Sabel @
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|®."¢ A Dispenser of Smiles.
- 132‘ sald: “Oh, dear! Isn't
3 ‘awful? What will people think?”
(Rt the people themselves seemed to
B It about the prettlest dncident
€Y had met that day.
8 was a very Ifttle girl,” white
feotled, 4)lnk ribboned, "brown curled.
v?hal"mother she left the subway
#at the Grand Central station. The
il confusion prevailed. Timid trav-
Wers” gralbed suit cases and bundles
Cexclalmed, “Oh,. do we change
fl Tralnmen on the platform.
jouted out directions for local and
jress trains and the guards of that
Fticular car adjured the passengers
gquently and veéhemently to “Step
Iy!" and to “Watch the step.” Then
iof a sudden there was a lull in the
proar. The little girl. was leaving
§¢ car. She stopped at the door, look
id back and waved her hand.
E“Goodby, everybody,” she gald,
‘The words carried to the far end of
she car. Thoy made every one sit up.
PWo or threo persons called out a re
ponsive “Goodby,” two or three sald
#Bless the child,” and all smiled.—~Netw
¥ork Press.
The Sea Serpent.
© TWhen fourteen miles off the coast of
§Brazil M. J. Nicoll, author of “Three
iWorages of a Naturalist,” observed a
4 serpent which came within about
’ ¥ yards of the ship. “All that we
feonld seo was a dorsal fin about four
{ feet long sticking up, about two feet
| from the water. The fin as n brown
[lßh Dblack color and mueh fesembled a
{ gigantle piece of ribbon seaweced. Be-
Lfow the water we conld indirectly see
{a rery large brownish black pateh, but
feonld not make out the shape of the
| creature. Every now and then the fin
| disappeared below the water. Sud
fdenly an eel-like neck, ahout six feet
{long and of tho thickness of a man's
| thigh, having a head shaped like that
{ of a turtle, appeared in front of theé fin,
flashing up the water with a curious
| wriggling movement. This creature
| was an example, I consider, of what
{ has been 8o often reported, for want
{of a better name, ns the ‘great sea
| serpent.” I feel sure, however, that it
| was not a reptile that we saw, but 2
| mammal.” @ y <
& ~ Bought His Own Work.
]To eome across a bit of one’s own
{work in print is in experience not ordi
marily exasperating to an euthor, but a
jshington avriter oy scientific mat
{ #urpiised by such a development. -
It appears that the writer was col
“}eeti?lg' material for a monograph on
electro magnetlsm when word came to
him of a valuable paper on the subject
{aot long before published in a Berlin
| Journal devoted to science. Thinking
that the paper would be of nse to him
in the work in hand, he had it trans
{ lated. When the English version was
laid before him, together with quite a
bill for the translator’s labor, what was
the disgust of the writer to find that
the article was nothing more or less
than a German reproduction of an ar
[ tiele of his own published the year be
fore In an English journal. And he
had paid twice as much for the trans
lation as he had received for the orig
inal article!—Washington Star.
“ A Dream Superstition.
‘I heard what was to me at least a
new piece of superstition the other day,
and when I think of the risks I've run
all these years because I didn’t know
of it my blood runs cold. I met a wo
man from Virginia in market, and the
talk falling on dreams 1 recalled a
| most blood curdling nightmare T had
had the night before.
“I must tell you what I dreamed
last night,” 1 sald.
“Let me ask first whether it’s a pleas
ant or an unpleasant dream?”’ said the
lady from Virginia,
“Decidedly unpleasant.”
“Then for mercy’'s sake don’t tell 1t!”
sald she. “Never tell a bad dream on
Baturday, for we say In Virginfa:
“Friday night's dream on Saturday told
Is sure to come true, no matter how old.”
: —Washington Post.
Australian Cadets,
All children in Australin are drilled,
but the elder boys are attached to the
Australian military forces by means
of the cadet corps. Almost every large
school has its band of cadets, who
wear neat khaki uniforms and are
armed with light rifles, In the use of
which they are frequently instructed,
Every year those boys have shooting
matches, and the scores prove that
among the youngsters there are many
who have already become skilled
marksmen.—London Standard,
Giving Them Credit,
“You know,” said the distinguished
oriental who manifests much curfosity,
“that the Chinese discovered the art of
printing from type thousands of years
ago?”
“Yes,” replled the man who was
being interviewed. *“And incidental
ly I don’'t doubt that they were the
original inventors of the interrogation
point.”—Washington Star.
Handicapped.
Jadge—Remember, witness, you are
sworn to tell the truth, and nothing but
the truth. Witness—Judge, | am try
ing my durndest to do it, but that ple
faced slob of a lawyer there won't let
mel—Chicago Tribune,
T
The Lion and the Child.
The gtrange spectacle of a lion play-
Ing with a child is reported to have
been witnessed at Vryheid. A Dutch
farmer, accompanied by his wife and
little boy, was out shooting gume.
Suddenly the attention of the parents
was drawn to the child, who had tod
dled a short distance away to gather
wild flowers. Crowing with delight,
the little fellow was pulling the hair
of a full grown llon, and the animal
appeared to be enjoying the operation.
Spellbound, the farmer and his wife
stood gazing at the scene. The farmer,
even If his gun had contained a shot,
could not have fired because of the
child. The lion skipped sportively
round the boy until, startled by lond
shouts from the parents, it wallod
quietly away, followed by a lioness,
which up to then had lain concealewl in
the long grass. A hunt was afterward
organized, but the lions hag disappear
ed into the thick bush.~East Rand
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Banking by Mail l'ls a Very Slmf)le Matter.‘ |
BEBL o owass. R wil Ket o open an acccount, send
your name and address with your first deposit. The money miy ;
be sent by registered mail, postoffice money order, express money :
order, or draft, or by check on your local bank. As soon as this !
first deposit is received the bank will send you a pass bouk, in ;
which will be written your name and the amount of your deposit,
It will also send you signature and identification card, which you &
will sign, fill ovt and return. Your pass book must accompany ;
all deposits and withdrawals, You can withdraw money by mail
just as easily as though you visited the bank, Your signature to |
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Charlton County Herald. 2
SI.OO A YEAR,
Preserving the Balance, =~ = -
A well kuown professor of architee
ture, commonly referred to as “Ham
my" by bis pupils, told a story ilus
trative of the remarkable degree to
which certaln persons possess the sense
of symmetry.
It seems that there was once a
Scotch gardener who had charge of a
good sized Knglish estate and under
whose direction the formusl garden at
the rear had been laid out with abso
lute symmetry, even the two summer
houses, one on each side of the garden,
being fdentieal In even the most minute
detail. On one oceasion the Engltsh
man became angry at his' son and
lscked him up in one of the summer
houses. As soon as the Scotch gardens
er heard of this his sense of symmetry
was so outraged that he Immediatelsy
sent for his own son and lecked him
up In-the other swmmer house to pre
serve the balance. : “IHammg" neglect
ed to mention whether both bors srere
dressed exactly alike, but.it is 4o be.
Presumed that even this detail was ate
tended to by the aesthetic Scotchman.
~—New York Times.
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