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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF RELIGION, EDUCA TION, LITER A 7 URE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE .
YOL. XX.
Notice.
I beg to advise that the ex
amination for candidates for
the office of County School
Commissioner will be held by
the Board of Education on
Thursday, June 30th. 1910.
The State School Commis
sioner advises that the sub
jects covered in this examina
tion will be the same as "those
for the teachers examination,
and only those making eighty
five per cent or more in the
same shall offer themselves
for this office,
I beg to advise further that
the Teachers’ Institute for this
county will convene on Mon
day, July 4th: I take pleas
ure in announcing to you that
the Board has again secured
the services of Prof. J. W.
Marion, of Cornelia, as ex
pert. All resident teachers
are Required to attend. lam
expecting to have representa
tives from the University and
the State Normal School with
,us during the week.
The public is cordially in
vitea to attend these sessions
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and we would be glad for you
to do so.
C. L. Harris, C. S. C.
Smith —Groover.
Mrt. S. M. Smith, of Columbus.
Ga., announces the marriage of her
daughter. Mary, to Mr. Marshall
E. Groover, of Cumming, Ga. The
wedding took place Sept, 14th,
1909, and was kept secret until a
few days ago. The marriage cer
emony was performed at the resi
dence of Mrs. F. M. Robertson,
172 Forrest avenue, Atlanta, Ga.,
by the Rev. Dr. Pendleton, pastor
of the Christian church of this
city.— Atlanta Constitution.
The above is of local interest, as
Mr. Groovsr was a salesman at G.
F. Turner Co’s department store
until recently, and met his bride
while she was viasting in the city
last season.—Gainesville News.
Timely Advice.
Stop grumbling. Get up two
hours earlier in the morning, and
begin to do something out of your
regular profession. Mind your
own business and with all your
might let other people’s alone. Live
within your means. Sell or give
away youi dog, Smoke your cigar
through an air stove. Eat with
moderation, and. go to bed early.
Talk less of your own peculiar
gifts and virtues and more of those
of your friends and neighbors. Be
cheerful. Fulfill your promises.
Pay your debts. Be yourself all
you would see in others. Be good)
and stop grumbling.
Ctljc gkorman.
SILVER CITY
The farmers are getting along
slcrer with their crops.
Miss Ollie Pirkle has been vis
iting her grandmethpr, Mrs Eliza
beth Bannister.
Mr and Mrs J J Childers visited
the formers parents Mr and Mrs A
E Childers last week,
Messrs Willie and Grady Ban
nister and Gny Sewell are at home
from Clarksville where they have
been attending school.
Mr and Mrs P S Abbott was the
guest of Mr M C Clark and fami
ly Sunday. .
Miss Addie Pruitt spent Sunday
night with Misses Lizzie and Cora
Bannister,
We are sorry to say that Mr
George Grizzle is on the sick list,
we hope he will recover soon.
Mr and Mrs R P Bannister spent
Sunday and Sunday night in Pick
ins Cos.
Mr and Mrs T P Pirkle visited
relatives near Dawsonville Sun
day night.
Mr and Mrs Jeff Bennett and
daughters Gertrude and Vera visi
ted Mr and Mrs Elmer Bannister
last week.
Mrs W E Hope who has been
visiting Mr A J Logan has re
turned home.
Mr and Mrs Ed Hulsey were
the guests of Mr W H Hulsey and
and family Saturday night.
Mr and Mrs W B Pruitt visited
relatives in Dawson county Mon
day,
Chums.
DAVES CREEK
The farmers are making good
use of this pretty weather.
Mr and Mrs R B McWhorter
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with relatives in Buford.
Miss Ethel Blacksiock spent
Sunday afternoon with Misses
Cora and Causie Gilbert,
Several from here attended ser
vices at Haw Creek Sunday,
Mrs L D Anglia and family
were the guests of Mr and Mrs J D
Green recently.
Oh yes : Sparty Kid I think 1
kijpw you, come again.;
Miss Jewell Gilbert spent one
day last week with her aunt Mrs
Bertie Garner, of near Buford.
Mrs Esther Gilbert and children
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs
Viola Terry.
Well as news is scarce this week
I’ll skidoo.
Honey Dew.
ROUTE 6
Fighting grass is the order of
the day in this part.
Several from here attended the
singing at Beaver Ruin Sunday p.
m.
Miss Vera Samples and brother
Worley spent Sunday night with
Mr and Mrs A L Hansard,
Messrs T P Hulsey and H II
GUMMING, GA. JUNE 24 1910.
Hope, of th* 14th district, spent
Sunday with Mr W L Hulsey on
route 6,
The many friends of Mrs Johnie
Mullinax, who is in Atlanta for
treatment, will be glad to know she
is getting along fine.
Mrs Lizzie Hansard is on the
sick list this week,
Mrs Emma Hansard visited Mr
and Mrs Taylor Fowler Sunday p.
m.
Miss Vera Samples visited Miss
Alma Samples Saturday
Mrs Lou Crane visited Mrs Liz
zie Hansard Sunday p. m,
Two White Roses.
ROUTE 7
Rev F T Williams preached an
interesting sermon at Bethlehem
Sunday.
Mrs Fannie Hansard who has
been very sick, we are glad to say
is improving,
Mt Dillard Holland and wife
visited Mrs Augusta Monroe and
children Saturday night and Sun
day.
There will be all day services at
Bethlehem the first Sunday in
July, there will be singing and Mr
W W Mangum will preach at
eleven o’clock, everybody is in
vited to come, good- singers espec
ially. 1 1 ;■ ' -v
Miss Pauline Dodd who has been
attending the special term of school
for teachers at Cumming, has re
turned home,
Mr Alec Fowler reports a fine
boy at his home.
Mr and Mrs R P Thompson
spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs
Eddie Wright near Birmingham.
Little Misses Fannie Mae and
Annie Bell Wills, of Cumming
spent the week-end with their
grand-parents Mr and Mrs J S
Hansard.
Several from around here at
tended the singing at Mr J M Sat
terfield. and report a nice time.
Say Red Bird wasn’t those
peaches fine Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Jim Sewell visited
Mr and Mrs T A Treadaway Sun
day.
Jav Bird,
Lovely Woman.
This is the ladies! age. There is
no mistaking that fact, and in spite
of fate she is going to play no sec
ond fiddle in the near future. The
ladies, bless ‘em, can do anything
now days but fish, and already they
are wonderfully proficient in that
art —as far as suckers are concern
ed. The lady never says can’t ex
cept when she means won’t, and
when she says “I will,” you can
bet your neck she is going to if she
has to sell the family bible to do
it. The woman of today is a dif
ferent being from the woman of
fifty ago. The shrinking,
trembling, weeping heroines of
Thackeray and Dickens have dis
appeared, it is better that it is so.
For my part, I prefer the Becky
Sharps to the Amelia Sedleys. Not
only has the woman of today
shaken off those old time weak
nesses, not only has she assumed a
stern independence, which to some
is well nigh disheartening, but she
has made her determination known
to the world, has waved it defi. nt
ly in our faces in the shape of cer
tain signs and symbols which have
a tendency to add emphasis to her
emancipation.
A nothftr thing : A woman can
go shopping and save at least a
hundred dollars in spending fifty.
Oh, indeed it is wonderful how
much the average woman can save
when she goes shopping. It is.
really 1 She is so saving. She
is so saving- She would gladly
spend five dollars for the mere
pleasure of saving fifty cents. Then
she can make fancy work. It is
simply wonderful what the average
woman can do in that direction.
She will embroider a doily for a
church fair; using fifty cents worth
of material, and at least a week’s
solid labor and she will be delight
ed when she hears that some gen
erous purchaser bought it for 75
cents on account of the good cause,
We hear a great deal of complaint
from women about the poor wages
paid, and the low value set on wo
man’s work. But, my dear wo
..*m, -n ’§ yovt hvho have act the
value on your When a wo
man is willing to spend three
months spare time in arder to save
a few cents a yard by making her
own carpet, is it any wonder that
her labor is considered cheap.
The Old Woman.
Was it you, young man, we heard
us ng those words when speaking
to your mother. “The old wo
man,” A nice phase to he using
about the dear soul who kept her
virgil over you 111 your infancy,
kissed away yourteirs in child
hood and remains your trusted
friend in maturity. Is this all the
love you have for the silver haired
mother who bathed your scorching
brow all through the long sleepless
nights of affliction, when your brain
was wild with burning fever? Is
there no other term you can find
for her whose love has followed
you through every trial, tribulation
and misfortune of your life? lias
mother, through all these years uf
labor, watching and waiting, been
wasting her love on a worthless
bunch of clay, who, in the rosy
dawn of manhood has no other
term more fitingthan “the old wo
man” by which to address or speak
of his mother? Mother, young
man, is the sweetest name in all
the world and should be held in
reverence by every boy. The time
is coming when her feeble hands
will be folded, her watchful eyes
closed and the lips once warm with
mother’s love be cold, the fond
heart whose anxious beatings once
followed your wayward feet will
be stilled forever. So while you
can, call her mother : you will miss
her when she’s gone. Remember
what she has suffered for yon.
When ever> friend has forsaken
you, motner is as true as steel.
And now that she is step by step
going down life’s other tide, to n ar
the water's edge and to step across,
comfort her old age by speaking
kindly and affectionately to her
and make her feel that life was not
lived in vain and all the toil with
out recompense. Lead her gently
through old age aud when you
speak of her or to her do not style
her as “the old woman,” but place
a kiss upon her wrinkled brow and
say “mother” and in a way repay
her for the many heart aches she
has suffered in your behalf. Sing
to her softly, and see the light of
love come to her eyes as she heats
her boy say in tones which seem to
her as gentle as the rustle of an
angle’s wing, “Mother, I love
you,”
Memories Of The Past.
Can anything be more pleasant
in the busy hum-drum of after
years, than to permit your mind to
wander bock to the doys of school
life, the sweet memories and inci
dents that come up, the smiling
faces and pleasant countenances;
the old school house door, that has
so often admitted you, swinging
back and forth on its great hinge*;
theory speaking forth el
happy hours ; while at your side,
srands the noble teacher who has
watched your every move, and is
as much interested in your snceew
as yon are yourself. As theoe
pleasant recollections come back to
one. the eye is almost moistened as
he realizes those days are gone for
ever, and so manv who took part
in those happy hour*, as well. As
we sit ank contemplate that never
again in this life will those days
return, that the participants who
so joyously together in the school
room and play ground pledged loy
alty and faith to the old school,
and wnose memories are the most
pleasant in our life, are scattered
far and £wide, and some departed
forever to their eternal home.
When this is realized, sad. indeed,
is the heart, and the swiftness with
which the years pass by makes one
understand that we are journeying
toward the setting sun.
A school boy’s composition on
‘The Editor,’ ran as follows : “The
editor is one of the happiest beg
gars in the world. He can go to
the circus in the afternoon and
evening without paying a farth
ing, also inquests and hangings.
He has free tickets to the theaters
gets wedding [cake?) sent to him
and sometimes gets licked, but not
often, as he can take it back in the
next sssue, which lie generally
does. While other folks have to
go to bed early, the editor c?n sit
up every night and see all that it
going on.
No complaint is made about
short measure when we have a
peck of trouble.
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