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A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills
from whence cometh my help. My help
cometh from the Lord, who made heaven
and earth. He will not suffer they foot to
be moved; He that keepeth thee will not
slumber. Behold He that keepeth Israel i
shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord
is thy keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon
thy right hand. The sun shall not smite
thee by day, nor the moon by night. The
Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; He
shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall
preserve thy going out and thy coming in
from this time forth, and even forever
more.—The 121st Psalm.
Gams in Southern Wealth
C> EORGIA’S estimated wealth in the year
j 1922 was eighty-four per cent greater
than in 1912, the increase amounting
to one billion seven hundred and seventy
nine million three hundred and forty-nine
thousand dollars. In real estate and im
provements the gain during the period was
one hundred and sixteen . er cent; in farm
implements and machinery, seventy-two and
two-tenths per cent; in manufacturing ma
chinery, seventy-six and three-tenths per
cent. In live stock values there was a de
crease of four and four-tenths per cent, a
fact much to be regretted, but, fortunately,
open to speedy change. Georgia’s railroads
and their equipment were worth upwards of
twenty-nine per cent more in 1922 than in
1912; and her stocks of goods, including ve
hicles, furniture and clothing seventy-eight
per cent more.
These evidences of growth and of prosper
ity, as shown by federal census figures, are
paralleled by the South as a whole. Accord
ing to the Manufacturers’ Record, Southern
wealth has nearly quadrupled since 1900, and
now amounts to approximately a billion dol
lars more than the total wealth of the entire
country outside of Dixie some two decades
ago. Touching the sundry sorts of property,
the Manufacturers' Record says:
“In 1922 the total value of real property
and improvements In the South was $40,08 4,-
564,000 compared with $21,237,243,000 in
1912, an increase of 88.7 pei cent. The total
value of this class of property in the whole
. country in 1922 was $176,414,444,000 com
pared with $109,236,926,000 in 1912. This
is an increase since 1912 or 61.5 per cent as
compared with the 8 8.7 per cent gain in the
Southern states. Farm implements and ma
chinery in the South in 1922 were valued at
$647,414,000, or a gain of 75.9 per cent since
1912, while the value of farm implements
and mac linery for the whole country in 1922
was $2,604,638,000, an increase of 90.4 per
Manufacturing machinery, tools, and
implements in the South In 1922 were valued
at $2,441,571,000, a gain of 116.6 per cent
compared with 1912. In the United tSates
the total valuation of manufacturing machin
ery. tools, and implements for 1922 was
$15,783,260,000, or a gain of 159.1 per cent
since 1912. The increase in the value of rail
roads and their equipment in 1922 compared
with 1912 was about the same in the South
as in the United States, the percentages being
respectively 23.3 and 23.5. The South's val
uation of railroads and their equipment in
1922 was $5,4 13,402,000 compared with
$19,9 50,800,000 for the whole country. Pri
vately owned transportation and transmis
sion lines In the South In 1 922 were valued
at $2,699,99 4,000, or an increase of 71 per
cent since 1912 compared with an increase itj
the whole country of 42.1 per cent, the valu
ation of this class of property for the whole
country in 1922 being $13,607,570,000.
Stocks of goods, vehicles other than motor,
furniture, ami nothing in the South : n 1922
were valued at $ 17,256,489,000 compared
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ith a valuation of $75,983,607,000 for sim-
■ ilar items in the United States in 1922. The
I increase in the South was 85.1 per cent com-
■ pared with 121.3 per cent in the United
States. The value of motor vehicles was not
reported separately in 1912, but the valua
tion for this class of property in 1922 in the
South amounted to $1,051,787,000 and $4,-
567,407,000 for the United States.”
Such increases in material riches do but
emphasize the South's obligation to schools
and colleges and other agencls of a cultural
or spiritual nature. No longer can it be said
that she is unable to endow institutions of
learning, nor indeed that she is falling to do
! so; for gifts, legacies and appropriations for
i such purposes continually increase. It can
' not be stressed too strongly, however, that
i ,
1 t<? whom much is given, of him shall much
be expected.
A Flood of Laws
SIX hundred bills are said have been
passed by the New It ork Legislature at
its recent session, most of them being
rushed through during the crowded final
days.
Six hundred bills! How can the Governor,
within- the brief space allowed for his ap
proval or veto, give them due consideration?
How could the legislators weigh the merits
and demerits of so many measures touch
ing so great a diversity of interests? Will
it be surprising if numbers of them prove
to be wanting in simple clearness and con
sistency, let alone in statesmanly wisdom?
Will it be surprising, Indeed, If grave in
juries to the common weal result from such
floods of ill prepared and undigested legis
lation?
New York is not alone in this sort of
deluge. Each year, as research has shown,
brings an .average of twelve thousand new I
laws from Congress and the legislatures of
the forty-eight states. Some of these enact
ments are so crudely drawn or are so cloudy
as to their intent that the keenest judicial
minds cannot make reason of them. That ,
there should be annually some thirteen thou
sand decisions from the courts on obscure
points of law is itself a most significant
commentary on legislation. Too often do
lawmakers, when dubious about the consti
tutionality of a bill, spare themselves hard
thinking and speed the problem on to the
courts. Too often, moreover, when unable
to make up their minds as to the expediency
or the right of a proposed act, do they cast it
in doubtful terms, leaving the judiciary to
find meaning and equity where there is next
to none.
But legislators alone are not to be cen
sured. As The Journal often has
long as their constituents are more con
cerned tor local or private interests than for
the common good, and so long as the people
imagine that every manner of ill, political,
economic or social, can be remedied bj
statute, just so long shall we have a ple
thora of laws and the consequent ills. Bet
ter a year of concentration 'upon the con
sistent carrying out of those fundamental
laws on which good government depends
than a decade of new helter-skelter legis
lation. The great need of America is not
the making of laws, but the enforcement
and, above all, the observance of them.
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Q. Who invented dancing? M. C. E.
A. Few savage tribes have been discovered
which did not dance. The earliest civiliza
tion of the Egyptian included dancing and
its Invention was ascribed by them to their
god, Thoth.
Q. What was public sentiment In regard
to the purchase of Alaska at the time we
bought it? R. J. A.
A. Probably the phrase “Seward's Folly'
applied to Alaska will indicate as well as
any words can the attitude of the people to
ward the purchase of Alaska. American his
tories fail to emphasize the fact that this
government purchased the territory called
Alaska as an appreciation of the support
which Russia gave to the Federal govern
ment during the Civil war. It seemingly
was an unwise investment, for at the time of
the purchase the public was not aware of the
enormous mineral wealth to be found in the
territory.
Q. What color is the passion flower? C.
T. B.
A. the Department of Agriculture says
that passion flowers vary in color. Some are
pale green or white, others are white, tinted
with purple, the purple being found at the
base.
Q. Why can camels go so long without
water? B. N. G.
A. In their paunches are numerous side
pockets with narrow openings which can be
closed by circular muscles and these become
filled with fluid. When needed, this is ab
sorbed by the system.
Q. How old is F. Scott Fitzgerald? M. F.
A. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, the au
thor, is twenty-seven years old. He was born
in St. Paul, Minn., September 25, 1896.
Q. Why was green gold so cajled? L.
E. B.
I A. The term originated in the early days
I when someone declared that metals went
through a process of evolution and ripened
I at last tn a finished product. The originator
lof this false theory claimed to have the
J secret that aided gold in refining. Green
J gold is an alloy. When 17 per cent silver
I is mixed with gold, a green color is pro-
I duced.
. Q. How many signs are there in the Braille
I alphabet? O. T.
I A. There are forty-three signs -In the orig
inal Braille system. These embrace the en
i lire alphabet, all the diphthongs and marks
of punctuation. Ten fundamental signs form
the basis of all the res:.
Q. Is it true that the state of New Yor.
, has to print ballots in five languages? K.
i W. B.
SLANDER
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR
What has gone het’orp.— y-Miriam Fol
well, a young business woman, has an
episode in her life which, although inno
cent, has caused scandal. She has al
most forgotten i-t when a year later she
becomes engaged to Anthony Breen, and
then out of the past conies a woman
who knows all about the incident and
proceeds to make trouble. Anthony be
lieves the worst, but offers to marry her
anyway. Miriam, with her dream of
love over, refuses and, although An
thony tries to get in touch with her
later, she succeeds in avoiding him. She
has accepted an offer from her firm to
go to Europe.—Now go on with the
story.
CHAPTER XL (I
Departure
I IKE most girls, Miriam had dreamed
about, a. trip abroad, but had never
visualized herself as actually going. She
had never seen the sea until she had come
to New York to live, and her first glimpse
of It had roused in her a restlessness, 'a de
sire to be off on a ship bound for foreign
ports. London, Marseilles, Cherbourg, Naples,
the very names held a fascination for her,
and now as her- taxi bounced along the line
of wharfs and the smell of the sea was
wafted to her nostrils, she felt a vague sense
of adventure stir in her.
On the wharf crowds of people thronged
to say good-by. Those who were to be left
behind wore sad faces, bu-t the prospective
travelers, those who in a short time would
be aboard the steamship whose giant prow
towered above them, looked excited, stirred.
In spite of herself, Miriam felt her heart
beat fast, and a little smile touched her lips
as she turned to Mr. Carson, who had come
down with her.
“I do believe I’m thrilled,” she whis
pered.
“Os course, you are,” he returned eagerly,
glad to see an expression on the girl’s face
that was more like her usual self. “You’re
going to have a wonderful trip. I’m sure
of it.”
“It’s like a fairy tale come true,” Miriam
went on. “Somehow I can’t believe I’m
actually going. I won’t, I suppose, until I'm
on board and we’ve cast anchor, and are
actually moving off down the Hudson.”
Chattering voices came to her from all
sides. “Write to me when you reach Paris,
Joan, and don't fail to try that little res
taurant in Montparnasse.” Miriam smiled at
this remark, and for a time in her excite
ment, forgot the pain in her heart.
In a, dream she walked up the gangplank,
Mr. Carson at her side. The deck of the
America was so crowded that it was almost
impossible to force away through and as
she passed Miriam scanned the faces of those
around her, wondering if perhaps Anthony
had discovered when she would sail and
would come down to see her off.
Below, it was the same, the passageways
were crowded with people, and as she looked
about her, the thought came to Miriam that
this giant boat with all its luxurious equip
ment was to be her home for the next few
days. Now it seemed strange to her, but
she would learn to know it well, she would
be able to find her way about, she would
be a part of it all, with her own special seat
in the dining room, and her own special
steamer chair on deck. The thought was
somehow thrilling.
Her stateroom was perfect in its equip
ment. Its windows opened out on the prom
enade deck and on one side was a small
bath all her own. What girl could fail to
be thrilled at the prospect of six days at sea
surrounded by such comfort, and impulsively
Miriam turned to Mr. Carson with shining
eyes.
“You’ve been more than considerate. I
can never thank you for all the trouble
you’ve taken for me, and, of course, you
know I’ll do my best for you in Europe, you
can trust me.”
“We all know that,” Mr. Carson returned
quickly. “And now, do you want to open
your box r es, or will you come with me while
I make arrangements for your chair and so
forth?”
. “I’ll wait till later to open the things,”
Miriam said eagerly. And a; she spoke she
realized that she was hoping against hope
for a last glimpse of Anthony. That was
why she wanted ot get on deck as soon as
possible, so that she could continue to scan
the faces of those about her in the hopes of
seeing that one face in all the world that
she loved best.
“Shall I ever forget him?” The-girl thought.'
despairingly, and for the moment the antici
pation of her trip was swallowed up in
memories.
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M 5) FAVORITE STORIES
By Irvin S. Cobb
This, as it happens, is a true story. A
few days before the holiday there met on
Broadway two well-known citizens of New
York. One was distinguished in business,
(he other, in certain circles, was equally fa
mous as being the most persistent borrower
of money—without security—on the entire
eastern seaboard. On one pretext or another
he was forever getting sums, great or small,
from friends or comparative strangers, and
never by any chance did he pay anybody
back. He made a fairly comfortable living at
it, too.
The business man was no intimate of his;
their acquaintance was of the sketchiest
sort, but of course, each knew the other by
reputation. After a few casual remarks they
separated.
That evening, at his residence, the busi
ness man found a letter sent out by special
delivery. It was from the champion bor
rower. It read as follows:
“My Dear Old Man: Meeting you today
so pleasantly revived memories of our for
mer meetings. It stirred in my heart
thoughts of the approaching Yuletide —of the
season when there should be peace on earth
and good-will among men. Now, as it hap
pens, the coming of the most important fes
tival of the whole year finds me financially a
bit embarrassed. This condition is only
transient, I assure you, but I need funds —
in short, a loan to be repaid of course at
the earliest opportunity.
“So in order that 1 and some who have
a sentimental claim upon me may enjoy a
merry Christmas I am asking you to send
me by return mail your check for one thou
sand dollars.
“Thanking you in advance for the tem
porary favor, I am as ever,
“Yours, etc., etc.”
The recipient sat right down and wrote
a reply and posted it that same night. He
said:
"My Dear Blank: I have just read your
communication of this date and this is my
answer to it. But you will search these con
tents in vain for any check bearing my
signature.
“With you I share the holiday spirit. Like
you 1 look forward to enjoying the day.
But
“If I sent you one thousand dollars of my
money, vou might have a merry Christmas,
but I'm damned if I would.
"Your -cordially.”
(Cop.'right, 192 1.)
THE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS. W. H. FELT OH
RAISING CHILDREN
THIS is a subject frequently discussed.
It is interesting to motherhood. Every
child—rich or poor, bond or free,
white, yellow, brown and black —has had
one particular thing in common, namely, a
mother. ,
When the Lord spoke to Abraham con
cerning his duty to his descendants—the
father had a great deal to do with 4he rais
ing of children. The Bible says, “train up
a child in the way he should go and when
he is old he will not depart from it.” Abra
ham’s example was expected to do a vast
deal for the conduct of his children.
The mother with her maternity obliga
tions is much too often blamed for the
misconduct of her offspring, when, according
to the words of the Lord, in speaking of
Abraham, the father holds equal, if not su
perior, obligations to the mother in such
training and duty to offspring.
This question of raising children, is at
the bottom of everything, humanly speak
ing. By the time a couple gets grown and
marries, the future or fate of their-offspring
is the main issue of their existence. It is
true that a great many people live entirely
for themselves, but the fruitage of their
lives will be either good or bad, if they can
not satisfaction with the conduct of
their own children. When the little baby
lies in its mother's arms, its helplessness is
touching, also pathetic—but that little in
fant may grow into maturity and abso
lutely make or mar the happiness of its
parents. The “skeletons in the closet” are
more than apt to be the sinful follies of
the children who “ran the pace,” regardless
of the misery of those who love them most
sincerely.
Thus we understand the prime necessity
for training the child in the way it should
go, for the good of all concerned, here and
hereafter.
Great wealth is found to be good for
great material enterprises, but great wealth
is a serious handicap to the children of the
very wealthy. Self-made men have profited
by industry and self-denial. There must be
some industry and self-sacrifice in every
fine character —to form its healthy basis—to
build upon. The child that is pampered
and gets all it sees and demands without
personal effort, is obliged to be a sort of
mushroom among its hardy playmates in the
garden of life.
We might safely denominate good train
ing for children “character building.” That
is a very comprehensive term, in its scope
and importance. There is so much involved
that child raising should be viewed from
every angle—and it will not be forgotten
that all children are imitators as soon as
they get old enough to “put two and two
together,” and follow their elders. Con
fined to the home, in early youth they
naturally attempt to do what their parents
do. They incline to food they see them
enjoy, and are prompt ot talk like their
COOL DOU'N FIRST
BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE
NOT long ago the senior class of the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology lis
tened to an unusual lecture by a vet-
I eran inventor. It was not the professional
lecture the students had doubtless expected
to hear. Mechanical principles and processes
had no place in it. Instead the speaker sim
ply drew on the experiences of a long career
to give the young men before him some help
ful hints regarding things to be avoided if
they would manage their lives successfully.
And in especial he warned them never to
make an important decision while angry or
while chafing under a sense of injustice.
Failure to heed this warning himself, he
frankly admitted, had cost him a fortune.
Here, in part, is his story, as he told it to the
Technology students:
“In 1905, when the company with which
I was associated had gotten under way, I
was in possession of a large number of shares
of the stock. Part of this had come to me as
a reward for my work, and part I had bought
with money borrowed from a bank.
“As often happens in budding enterprises,
there arose a clash of ambitions and inter
ests. The events that took place caused me
to feel that I was not being used just right,
and that my interests were in danger. In a
i moment of chagrin and despa’ 1 ', of anger and
1 wounded feelings, I sold my stock for a song
to one who was very glad to buy it.
“I was fifty-two years old, and ought to
have known better. If I had kept my head
cool and used a fair amount of good, hard
sense, I would have saved myself many re
grets and humiliations. So after thirty years
of struggle, and at the very threshold of a
success beyond any reasonable expectation, I
threw away my hard-earned reward. Within
five years the stock that I had sold for al
most nothing would have made me, had I
kept it, a multi-millionaire.”
An experience such as this could not fail
to impress profoundly the eager, ambitious
audience to whom it was told. And indeed,
I this inventor’s experience might be duplicat
ed from the life story of many another man,
who, failing to cool down before acting, has
in a pique tossed away his future prospects
of material success.
Still worse, to act under the impulse of
anger or injured self-esteem may mean a
lifetime of bitter regrets because of the harm
done to others as well as to oneself. Some
times it is a question of bodily harm, more
often of harm in the devastation of happiness
and peace of mind.
Friendships have been needlessly sundered,
quarrels needlessly provoked, family ties
shattered. Our divorce courts and our crim
inal courts alike - would have infintely less to
do if the maxim, “Cool down first,” were
more generally kept in mind. Innumerable
are those who 100 late remember, with Will
Carleton's remorseful settler:
“Boys flying kites haul in their white
winged’ birds;
J You can’t do that way when you’re flying
words.
i‘Careful with fire,’ is good advice we know,
‘Careful with words’ is ten times doubly so.
; Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall
back dead.
I But God Himself can’t kill them when they’re
said.”
Not one good reason is there for speaking,
■deciding, doing in the heat of anger. There
are a hundred reasons for waiting until the
; an ger abates.
(Copyright, 19 24.)
Night was coming on, the storm was in
creasing and some of the deck fittings had
already been swept overboard, when the cap
: tain decided to send up a distress sig.. al.
The rocket was already lit and about to
ascend when a solemn passenger stepped up.
> “Captain,” said he, “I’d be the last man
on earth to cast a damper on any man's
1 high spirits, but it seems to me this is no
' time for letting off fireworks.”
A man roomed with another who snored ex
i cessively. This was tolerated without too
match grumbling, and then the offender formed
the habit ot kicking on the footboard of his
[ bed. The other chap then promptly moved
“Sorry to lose you, old fellow,” said the"
culprit. “1 didn't think you minded my snor
| ‘‘l could stand the saxophone.” responded his
■friend, “bur you went too far when you in
troduced that drum effect.”
TUESDVY, MAT 6. 1921.
elders as soon as they cultivate speech in
i earnest.
! The little' chaps if they hear their daddy
I say cuss words, they will undertake -cuss
I words as early as possible. If the little
• girls see their mothers play bridge, they will
, take to card playing with a relish. If 1
was put on the stand to testify to my be-
■ lief as to the most powerful influence on
■'young children under eight years old I
• i would say the example of their parents. It
: is not my province to lecture anybody in
•I these columns, or to dictate a course of
daily example to parents, but I will venture
i to say that children have implicit faith in
• their parents, in early youth and they are
■ aiming to appear as nearly like them in
; i their minds and actions, as two peas in a
.'I pod are alike and in close affinity.
■ I A good many years ago, while I lived on
i the plantation and we had to get our let
| ters and papers from the town postoffice
J by going or sending after them, I was
■I sitting in our buggy, in the street, waiting
Ito see the people go in for their mail. A
;! countryman from either Pickens or Gilmer
; ‘ counties came along the sidewalk, and by
■ his side trotted his little son, not more
■ ■ than five years old. The father had on
homemade pants and coarse shirt, with sus
’ ponders. The little one was clothed in
the same way, same cloth and miniature
; ■ suspenders. It was the child s first trip
■ evidently. The daddy was an inveterate to-
■ \ bacco user. He had a mouthful and ex
; pectorated quite often. The kid never failed
■ to spit when he saw his father perform.
’ The daddy put his thumbs under his sus
; penders as he marched along. The litUe
boy performed in like manner.
It was both interesting and amusing to
■ see the young one perform—with his whole
I mind set on doing whatever his parent un
! dertook to do. I could realize that the at
tachment was strong between the two, and
■ it was hard to decide which was the happier
of the pair on that occasion—the country
> reuben or the copy in miniature, intent in
his admiration of his own father. The
, twig was being ben-t, as the tree inclined,
and I felt quite certain the little chap
, would join the same church, and vote the
same way, when he reached twenty-one, as
his daddy had been doing, who had also
' copied his father’s activities in church and
i s-tate in his early youth. Whether your
youngsters are good, had or Indifferent citi-
- zens depends very largely jipon what they
have imitated from your Wn life and its
■ j activities. .
Not always, of course, but in the great
majority of cases, poverty or riches have
1 little to do with this example business. But
I there is just one thing that any of us can
rejoice in when a good parent rests in the
- coffin, <o be. able to say “they were good,
■ j they were honest, they did their best to
; raise us, in the same way.
J Happy the child that admires its own
■ parent!
.THEOLOGY
Dy Dr. Frank Crane
THERE is a great deal of unreasonable
prejudice against theology.
Theology is the science of God, and
God is simply one’s theory of the universe, of
! the purpose of life, and of the meaning of
• destiny.
Every living man has a. theology. In either
■ case it is the fundamental idea of all his
( thinking.
- I The questions, “Why was I born?” “What
is to become of me when I die?” “What re-
1 I sponsibility is upon me in my life?” “What is
good and what is bad, and how are they
binding upon me?” are the veiy deepest
questions one can ask. .
And they are questions every human being
does ask, is interested in, and seeks light
upon.
A person’s character is determined by the
way he answers them.
lie may take refuge in some creed and
answer them in the formulas of others, con
scious that they are too much for him. So
' he may be a Christian, Jew, Buddhist, or Mo
hammedan. AH these institutions rest upon
the ever green desire of men to solve in some
workable way the problem of existence and
i its significance.
Or he may banish these questions entirely
and give himself to science or amusement.
Or he may evade them and call himself
an agnostic.
But whatever he does he must locate him
self in some relation to them, he must take
some point of view in regard to them.
And whatever his point of view may be,
that is bis theology.
The agnostic, infidel, or wastrel has ex
actly as much theology as the Presbyterian
or the Baptist.
The theology of Omar’s “Rubaiyat” Is as
’ distinct as that of Calvin’s “Institutes;” even
i more, for the former has but one point, and
I the latter has five.
' To say “I don’t know nor care where lam
i going, when I die, or whether I shall survive
bodily death at all,” is quite as positive an
opinion about the meaning of life as to say
“I am going to heaven because I am a good
; Catholic.”
' z At the present stage of the world’s devel
opment these issues are still possessed by
partisan spirit. It is hard to discuss them
without question, “Which sect do
you belong to?”
• Hence they are not subjects of conversa
tion ordinarily in polite society.
And so we lose much. We should he helped
if we could argue calmly and honestly about
what life and death mean, without chopping
the head off every discussion by saying, “I
believe so and so,” and being offended if a
friend, or an enemy, undertakes to reason
| with us.
Os theology it may be said, what a modern
{ essayist says of philosophy, that it “is not
I the concern of those who pass through di
vinity and greats, but of those who. pass
through birth and death. Nearly all the more
awful and abstruse statements can be put in
words of one syllable, from ‘a child is born’
to ‘a soul is damned.’ If the ordinary man
may not discuss existence, why should he be
asked to conduct it?”
(Copyright, 192 4.)
Cider From the Georgi.fi Press
yttE are very sorry that some of our
' y y neighbors ’ are ashamed for their
names to be published in the paper.—
Franklin News-Banner.
We have no desire whatever to bring up
anything unpleasant, but we rise up long'
enough to inquire the whereabouts of Jim!
Reed and Magnus Johnson. —Dalton Citizen. I
Strange some boys are afraid they won’t)
be seen out at a gathering unless they run an
old car around through the crowd two or •
three times. Say, young man, when you do I
that, they haven't seen much when they look )
at you.—Brookwood Cor. Forsyth County j
If Mrs. Louise Hays, of Montezuma, should'
win the, Georgia gubernatorial race , we would {
have the best looking governor who ever pre
sided as chief executive. Mrs. H«ys is one
of the brainiest women the state has ever
I produced*—Covington News. 1
I MY WIFE AND I
BY CAROLYN BEECHER
What has gone before. —Robert Bruce
Henderson, young lawyer, falls victim
to the charms of Natalie while on a
business trip and marries her at once,
without kitowing much about her or her
I family. They begin housekeeping in a
New York apartment. Robert’s uncle,
for whom he was named, disapproves of
the haste of the wooing and wedding,
but says nothing. Garth Holden, hand
some and wealthy college chum of Rob
ert, dines with them. Natalie appears
I not to fancy him, but shows a decided
i liking for Ned Church, a friend of
1 Bruce’s, who is pretty much of a male
flirt. Bruce returns late at night from
1 a trip. Natalie reaches home later
and declines to tell Bruce whom she
was with. Bruce is made a partner in
his uncle’s firm. —Now go on with (he
story.
CHAPTER X
- /rpHAT’S fine!” Natalie said when! told
* * I her. “Now we can have a car.”
“You say nothing, dear, of the
honor it is for me, so young a man, to be a
member of the firm. Os course, my re
sponsibilities will be greater.”
“That’s fine, too, if it means anything,
more money, as well as more work.’*
I felt someway, terribly disappointed. I
had rather expeoted*her to show enthusiasm,
■ a little at least.
“I don’t know that it will mean much
more money, not right away. And Natalie,
we can’t afford a. car. The bills this month
are huge. We shall have to trim sail some
where. I hate to keep drawing on my sav
ings and really we should live on my sal
ary.”
“Is* that your uncle’s suggestion? I
thought so,” as she saw me flush. “Os
course he doesn’t care if I look like a tramp
or how we live. My happiness means noth
ing to him.” She spoke with unusual bit
terness. Then: “If you won’t buy me a car
I’ll have to go on being dependent on my
friends.”
The thought of Ned Church and his li
mousine rushed over me. He had been at
the dancing place and had offered to bring
her home. If she had had her own car he
would have had no excuse to offer his
services.
, Natalie said no more about a car but the
look on her face made me almost sure of
Ned’s acting as esco’rt was the right one and
that she resented the necessity of accepting
his offer. Os course she might have taken
a taxi, or the Mortons might have dropped
her off —but—if I could manage a car.she
would be independent of them all. I prob
ably would be away often. I could not
expect her to remain at home alone.
Yet after I had paid her monthly bills,
including the one for the gown she had
worn the night of my return from Boston,
I decided it was impossible. How could she
spend so much? I gave her an allowance
for the house but she had refused one for
her personal expenses, saying she’d rather
have charge accounts, and let me pay the
bills monthly.
I tried to check up the articles she had
purchased. Lingerie, hats, shoes and- stock
ings, dresses, etc., but I soon give it up. It
was absolutely bewildering. How could one
small woman wear so much? And it was but
a repetition of the previous months.
More heavily than ever before did I have
to draw upon my sayings, the foundation lor
a sure competency later on in life. 1 would
have a plain talk with Natalie, make her
understand she must be less extravagant.
“We must give a dinner party,” Natalie
declared. “We are terribly in debt to peo
ple.”
“All right, go ahead,” I told her. I knew
' she was right, that we had not nearly repaid
all the courtesies given us. We had been
married a year and had entertained formally
scarcely at all.
“Whom hav: you invited?” I asked later.
She passed me her list. The invitations had
already gone out.
Ned and Jessie Church topped the list,
then followed Garth, several married people
including the Mortons, and a Miss Tyford,
whom Natalie said she had invited so Garth
wouldn’t, feel lonely.
“I wish you hadn’t asked the Mortons,” I
said.
“Why? They’re loads of fun and have
been awfully nice to me. Nell Morton has
been a life-saver for me, taking me shopping
in her lovely car. I'd rather have hei* than
all the others put together. If it hadn’t
been for her I’d have been going on foot
ever since we’ve been married.”
“1J Jessie well enough to come?” I asked.
Yes, I must manage to give Natalie a car.
She mustn’t be under obligations ot the
Mortons.
“Oh, yes. I called her up and asLed!”
“Anything I can do to help you?”
“Smokes for the men, cigarettes for the"*
■women, that’s all.”
“Very well, I’ll attend to that.” As I
made a note of the smokes my thoughts
were engaged upon the real necessity of
getting Natalie a car. -My wife could not
lie dependent upon the charity of her
friends. We hired a car occasionally, always
when we went any considerable distance,
but to hire one day after day for shbpping
wasn’t to be thought of and Natalie hated
taxis, declared they were dirty, soiled her
clothes.
Mentally I did some figuring. But the
amount of upkeep, as 1 had feared it would,
staggered me. If Natalie would be content
with a small car a-t a reasonable price, would
drive herself, I might manage it. But I
knew she would not be content with a cheap
car, that she would not drive herself.
A chauffeur at S4O a week. R was un
thinkable. She would have to wait until
our finances warranted such extravagances.
“Natalie, until we can afford a car of our
own, I wish you would use a taxi instead of
j depending upon your friends to tote you
ao wt.”
“Ride in a dirty taxi when I can ride in
Nell Morton’s lovely limousine? Not mo.”
“Have a little pride, Natalie. Use the
taxis until I can afford a car.”
“Indeed I’ll do no such thing. Nell or the
1 others are glad to take me—even if my hus
band denies me something he can well give
me —if he would. Use the money you have
saved, you will have all your uncle's fortune
for your old age, or stop finding fault when
others take pity on me.”
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS
In 1930: “Central! You’ve given me the
wrong wave length!”—Little Rock (Ark.)
Gazette.
Another advantage that Adam had. Eve
couldn’t threaten to go home to her mother.
—Jersey City Journal.
If his telephone voice indicates ownership
of the et rth, he is a third assistant secretary,
—Rochester TimestUnion.
An oil gusher has been drilled in Germany,
just as though that country didn’t have trou
ble enough already.—Portsmouth Daily
Times.
Populaiity that is purchased is never a
bargain.
A 'wise man never trusts anyone who
trusts to luck.