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Dear News:—
1 guess f will get home before
you print this letter, but I rm
writing to be sociable.
If I had to be born Io live on
this planet again and had my
choice I would just want to be
a Chattooga hill billy again. 1 am
glad tiril many a long hot day I
followed a Georgia mule up and
down Ihe cotton rows, chewing to
bacco and straining my ears to
call ‘i the toot of the dinner horn.
And why? Because we hill billies
can see things when we get a
gain.it them.
Gome to town and observe your
overdone city cousins. The most
of them only catch and digest the
smallest fragments of Ihe life
through which they rush and see
little of the connection between the
fragments. They are bits of clay
m I tie potter's hand.
Bui one can no longer hide from
his human responsibility behind
the happy circumstance of living
m Hie blessed and lonesome back
woods hills, where fun and work
are so much alike it is hard to tell
where one leaves off or the other
begins. I'or, verily, the bonds of
humanity and world brot tierhood
are drawing so tight that every
man Is called upon to Im his broth
er’s keeper. So I can not this
time write you a letter all full of
fun and frolic.
I am not a pessimist. I love
smiles and cheerful words. I am
ju.it in from a turn up and down
Canal street which is as full of
chi'ery life as any thorough la re in
America. II puls one in good hu
mor with life to jostle and elbow
the crowds out there.
There are well-fed and well dress
ed Inotisands- the impudent, gal
lantry of youth with no capital
but good looks, able bodies, and
hopes Dial might he lower if the
heads that hold them were not
mostly empty of all things else,
the speaking, innocent eyes of
well protected girlhood, the fresh
faces of children shining like the
dew refreshed flowers of spring
time in the woods. But then here
live Hie curbs where the fine
equipages wait, the liveried meni
als, pround of the glaring garbs
that proclaim their servitude. And
ghosts walk among the brilliant
throngs, bankruptcies, eonimercial
sand (lagging, panic, throat cutting,
competition are pursuing thousands
who \>ass you as serenely as if
they owned Golcenda.
But these gay things are only
enough to make brilliant a small
pari of Hie w hole mileage of Ihe
city streets. To the right and left
lead away other streets and alleys
as if into plutonic caverns grow
ing dimmer and more foul Hie far
ther they leave the great! .shiver
ing highway. the great street
itself has its own dingy beginning
down on the levee by the river.
Ihe bums and the toughs and
men out of jobs and the men who
work at the heaviest tasks, their
eye* diniined somei unes with want
and sometimes with the wearyness
of work, their clothes coarse and
soiled with all the slams of their
callings. I liis is then promenade
or one of them Ihe foot of Canal
\iid here on both sides of Ihe lee
ry dock gate sit out in the open
in all weather days when you are
housed up dry and warm two old 1
wrinkled fruit women. They are
tor all the world like somebody s
two old trembling grannies. Bui
where is the snug corner by Hie
tire for them? Has a granny no
right to a corner? How long must
old irnnes ache, old limbs tremble. (
dim olii eyes peer out across the
heartless street, before they earn
their last little rest in the corner
before going?
Oh hear them beg youth) buy
two oranges for a nickel. You pass,
they mostly all pass, other peo
ples grannies are not pretty io
you. For them the world has grown
darker and smaller until that poor
basket holds it all. A few blocks
higher ami almost within ttie gay
promenade of the city's heart there
sits another. Never have I passed
too soon to find her there. All
day long, from the first graying of
dawn until late in the night, this
ether granny sits and trembles and
sells or tries to sell papers. Ta
pe s, my friends, at three cents
ttaci., aid the sales so tew. But
I Could wish that if ever fortune
ehb so iow with you that you may
smile as sweet and brave a smile
as I have seen on the pinched face
an I ‘re,.>bimg lips of tins gran
ny herv w i li ut a corner.
But what have you ami I done
to turrit Hie smiles. Alas noth
ing. and when we pass that old
woman w»» »neak awey a* tier in .
■ ■ ' debtor-.
‘I
to
■ and tine- must wash
i from eyes once too bright. Win-;
tets must blanch and thin the locks;
i once so long and .shining. Some-;
' thing, many things must some way;
tjenarr the roses from the cheeks;
ijof g i I hoed. But wi'h all I'.•at
I with all the thousands who -fall I
I along the way, grannies are, too!
■ I plentiful, because there are sol
1; many grannies without corners. So i
.; many grannies who have nowhere I
’lto sit and nod in peace a little yet ;
- before the last long sleep.
A cheerful sound of the night is;
' the newsboys’ cry, “Uxtry. Six'
I O’clock, States and item. How
i; brave and how deceiving is that!
■i cry. Hags and dirt and hunger and
• I cold all day in the strets. God
• knows bow ami where they sleep;
at night.
Mine host. Bernard Jacomet—good
i man that he is and noblest of Cre-I
I ole cooks lets the waifs of the’
: streel come into his dining ball;
lor what business they may find I
. with his guests.
I One is a little curly haired girl, j
■;l judge six years old. She comes;
I a mixture of grime and glory, of;
I the shine of the gutter and of an- ;
• gelic, clustering ringlets of gold.!
'ihe old, ragged, picked up, off j
Heart shoes of any number, the lit-'
' I tie feet have carried her wherev-i
i er the call of food has come. There
■ are some babies to whom food nev- I
1 er comes. She is one of them. She
i seeks it.
; Watch her, this mamma's curly
i haired baby girl with eyes as
- brown as the heart of a pansy
> make Ihe rounds of Ihe dining hall
trying to sell papers al three pen-
< mes each. Here are hard faces
. and cold faces, and eyes that cut
I and eyes I hat chill and lew that
I soften to the waif. How rich is |
• the odor of the warm food in this
baby's nostrils.
How hungry is she and how the
■ labels are loaded with food -food
to waste ami be carried Io the I
barrels behind and carted away j
and fed to hogs.
Beneath heaven is there oilier
such moving music as this baby
girl's appeal: “Buy my paper,
please, sir.’
C. D. Hl VEHS.
Why Jan. Ist Starts Year
’ Legend ascribes the fixing of .lan.
1 as New Year’s to King Numa
Pompilius, who is supposed to have
reigned in Home 715-672 B. C. He
it was who is believed to have
founded the temple of Janus and
many other Homan institutions.
' The reason given for Jan. 1 is eoii
’ nected with Janus Bifrons, the
I two faced god, the idea being that
lat that lime the year looked both
forward and backward. According
|to our calendar Jan. 1 is ten days
too late for this interesting Iwo-
I laced observance, but what is a
’ matter of ten days more or less Io
a legend more than 2.5(H) years old.'
Numa was a most interesting
1 king, according to traditions, not
ed alike for his wisdom and piety.
He succeeded Homulns. gave the
Homans their ceremonial law and,
with the help of the sacred nymph i
i Egcria. rounded Hie religious in
stitutions of the people. He relgll-j
j for thirty-nine years, and this fie-|
clod was a golden age of peace
and prosperity. He stands out ini
i Homan legends as little less Ilian!
.an avatar. So Ihe dale ot Jan. 1
as New Year's comes from ancient;
and honorable parentage,
I The first accurate clock was set .
up in England at Hampton court, j
m 1540. Up to that time members,
of the royal suite used hour glasses
in their private rooms.
In HH2 United states railroad
and industrial corporations have
issued $1,779,022,000 in new seeuri-,
ties, an increase of $250,000,000 ov
er 1911.
They Always Help Elderly People.
Foley Kidney Pills give the help
elderly people need to tone and to
strengthen their kidneys and bladder
and regulate their action. John Mc-
Masters, Streator, 111., says: “I feel
better and stronger than 1 have for
many years, and Foley Kidney Pills
did it.’ For sale by all dealers.
GUNS and SHELLS
Cheaper here than
Anywhere.
Standard Supply & Hwd. Go.
Rome. Ga.
WES RULES 1
FES PARCEL POSI
Postmaster General Issues Reg™
ulations Governing System.
WHAT MAY BE SENT BY MAIL
Gives American People Opportunity to
Bend Farm and Factory Product!
by Mail From and to Any
Point In United State*.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
just approved the regulations which
cover tn detail the articles which may
or may not be sent by parcel post
These regulations are now being
turned off at the government printing
office on a "rush order” and they will
be distributed as rapidly as possible.
The rules as to what can be sent
and what cannot be sent and the in
structions for the preparation of mail
able articles with other "official ad
vice” are given here as they have just
been prepared by the postoffice de
partment in Washington.
The minimum rate will be five cents
for the first pound and three cents for
each additional pound to any point not
exceeding fifty miles from the office of
mailing; the local rate, which is five
cents for- the first pound and one cent
for additional pound, applies to all
parcels the delivery of which does not
involve their transportation on rail
way lines. The rates increase for
each successive one of the eight zones,
the maximum rate being twelve cents
a pound, which will carry a parcel
across the continent or to any of our
possessions. Parcels will be limited
to eleven pounds in weight and six
feet in length and girth combined.
Mailable Perishable Articles.
Butter, lard and perishable articles
such as fish, fresh meats, dressed
fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries and
articles of a similar nature that decay
quickly, when so packed or wrapped
! as to prevent damage to other mail
matter, will be accepted for local de
livery either at the office of mailing or
on any rural route starting therefrom ,
When inclosed in an inner cover and
a strong outer cover of wood, met
al, heavy corrugated pasteboard or |
other suitable material and wrapped
so that nothing can escape
from the package, they will be ac
cepted for mailing to any offices with
in the first zone or within a radius of
50 miles. Butter, lard, or any greasy
or otly substance Intended for deliv
ery at offices beyond the first zone
must be suitably packed. Vegetables
and fruit that do not decay quickly
will be accepted for mailing to any
zone if packed so as to prevent dam
age to other mall matter. Eggs will be
accepted for local delivery when se
curely packed in a basket or other
container. Eggs will be accepted for
mailing regardless of distance when
each egg is wrapped separately and
packed in a container.
There is no restriction 'on salted,
dried, smoked or cured meats and
other meat products, but fresh meat
in any form will be transported only
within the first zone.
Parcels containing perishable arti
cles must be marked “PTCRISHABLE,”
and articles likely to spoil within the
time reasonably required for trans
portation and delivery will not be ac
cepted for mailing.
Manufactured Article*.
Manufacturers or dealers intending
to transmit articles in considerable
quantities are asked to submit to the
postmaster for approval a specimen
parcel showing the manner of pack
ing.
When sharp pointed instruments are
offered for mailing, the points must be
capped or encased. Blades must be
bound so that they will remain at- I
tached to each other or within their
handles or sockets.
In’ Powders, pepper, snuff, or other
similar powders not explosive, or any
1 similar pulverized dry substance, not
poisonous, may be sent when Inclosed ;
in cases made of metal, wood or other ;
material to render impossible the es
cape of any of the contents. Flour
of all kinds must be put up in such
manner as to prevent the package
breaking or the flour being scattered
tn the mails.
Queen Bees and Nursery Stock.
Queen bees, live isects, and dried
reptiles may be mailed in accordance
with the regulations that now apply to
other classes of mall.
Seeds of fruit, nursery stock, and all
other plant products for preparation
may be mailed under the same con
ditions.
Confectionery and Soap.
Candies, confectionery, yeast cakes,
•oap tn hard cakes, etc., must be in
closed in boxes and so wrapped as to
prevent Injury to other mail mat
ter.
Sealed original packages of propri
etary articles, such as soaps, tobacco,
pills, tablets, etc., put up in fixed
quantities by the manufacturer, and
not in themselves unmailable, will
be accepted for mailing when properly
wrapped.
Millinery.
Fragile articles, such as millinery,
toys, musical instruments, etc., and ar
ticles consisting wholly or in part of
glass, or contained in glass, must be
securely packed and the parcel stamp
ed or labeled "FRAGILE.”
Unmailable Matter.
The following matter is declared un- ■
mailable by law:
Matter manifestly obscene, lewd, or
iasetvious; articles intended for pre- j <
venting conception; articles intended ’
■
K. Ci r wrap?'- r
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PinfdxiTa'hts, - Pc isons and Inflammable
Material*.
Spirituous, vinous, malted, ferment
ed, or other intoxicating liquors of any
kind; poisons of every kind, and arti
cles and compositions containing poi
son, ponsonous animals, insects and
reptiles; explosives ot every kind; in
flammable materials (which are held
i to include matches, kerosene oil, gaso
line, naphtha, benzine, turpentine, de
natured alcohol, etc.), infernal ma
chines, and mechanical, chemical or
other devices or compositions which
may ignite of explode; disease germs
or scabs, and other natural or artifi
cial articles, compositions or mate
rials of whatever kind which may
kill, or in any wise injure another or
damage the mail or other property.
Pistols, Animals and Birds.
Pistols or revolvers, whether in de
tached parts or otherwise; live or
dead (and not stuffed) animals, birds,
or poultry, except as elsewhere pro
vided; raw hides or pelts, guano, or
any article having a bad odor will
not be admitted to the mails.
Treatment of Undeliverable Parcels.
Perishable matter will be delivered
as promptly as possible, but if such
matter can not be delivered and be
comes offensive and Injurious to
health, postmasters may destroy it, or
the Injurious or offensive portions
thereof.
Undeliverable perishable matter
which in its nature does not become
offensive or injurious to health may
be delivered by postmasters to the
proper local municipal authority to be
distributed to hospitals, asylums or
other charitable or reformatory insti
tution*. If there is no such municipal
authority, the matter may be deliver
ed to any charitable Institution or or
ganization making application there
for. If no application is made, the
matter will be destroyed at the ex
piration of two weeks.
Parcels Improperly Packed.
Postmasters will refuse to receive
for mailing parcels not properly in-
I dorsed or packed for safe shipment.
When parcels on which the postage
is wholly unpaid or insufficiently pre
paid is deposited for local delivery
and the sender is unknown, notice of
detention need not be sent but such
matter will be delivered and the defi
cient postage collected from the ad
dressee by the carrier. If the ad
dressee refuses to pay the postage
the matter will be sent to the Di
vision of Dead Betters.
Insurance on Parcels.
A mailable parcel on which the
postage is fully prepaid may be in
sured against loss in an amount equiv
alent to its actual value, but not to
exceed SSO, on payment of a fee of
ten oents in parcel post stamps, such
stamps to be affixed.
When a parcel is insured, the sen
der will be given a receipt showing
the office and date of mailing and
number of the parcel.
When a return receipt is desired by
the sender of an insured parcel the
postmaster at the mailing office will
note the request on the margin of
the insurance tag, and the postmaster
at the office of address will obtain
from the addressee a receipt and mail
it to the sender.
The liability for indemnity shall
cease when delivery has been effect-
; ed.
Forwarding of Parcels.
Parcels may be remailed or for
warded on the payment of additional
postage at the rate which would be
chargeable if they were originally
mailed at the forwarding office, in
which case the necessary stamps will
be affixed by the forwarding postmas
ter. Payment must be made every
time the parcel is forwarded.
Preparation for Mailing.
Parcels must be prepared for mail
ing In such manner that the contents
can be easily examined. A parcel will
no» be accepted for mailing unless it
bears the name and address of the
sender preceded by the word “From.’’
In addition to the name and address
of the sender, which is required, it
will be permissible to write or print
on the covering of a parcel, or on a
tag or label attached to it, the occu
pation of the sender, and to Indicate
In a small space by means of marks,
letters, numbers, names or other brief
description, the character of the par
cel, but ample space must be left on i
the address side for the full address
in legible characters and for the ne
cessary postage stamps. Inscriptions
such as “Merry Christmas,” ■'Please
do not open until Christmas,” “Happy
New Year.” "With best wishes,” and
the like, may be placed on the cover
ing of the parcel tn such manner as
not to interfere with the address.
Distinctive Stamps.
The law requires that the postage
on all matter must be prepaid by
distinctive parcel post stamps affixed.
Postmasters cannot receive for mail
ing parcels that do not bear such
■tamps
Parcel poet stamps are not valid for
the payment of postage on matter of
the first, second, and third classes,
and when used for that purpose, the
matter to which they are affixed shall
b* treated as "Held for postage.”
Map* and Guides.
Parcel post maps, with accompany
ing guides, are to be sold to the pub
lic at their cost, 75 cents, through the
chief clerk of the post office depart
ment. In ordering maps care
should be taken to specify the post
office from which the peerage ratee
&re to be dewuuned.
Wife / »
Wk o®lll .
$ This is a Duke’s Mixture Umbrella 3
Whether you smoke Duke’s Mixture in pipe or cigar
« ette. it is delightfully satisfying Everywhere it u the
K choice of men who want real, natural tobacco.
in each 5c sack there are one and a half ounces of
choice Virginia and North Carolina tobacco pure, mild.
Fa rich best sort of granulated tobacco Enough to make
many good, satisfying cigarettes —the kind that nMkes
rolling popular And with each sack you get a present
coupon and a book of cigarette papers free.
p Get an Umbrella Free
The coupons can be exchanged for all sorts of valu- _*
i'i able presents The list includes not only smokers’article* W
Tm —but many desirable presents for women and children Bp
wL umbrellas, cameras, g
toilet articles, tennis
rackets, catcher’s
f q "Jap,; gloves and masks, etc.
t I 1 -f|. iisO®'• During December
I i - J : ana lunuaryi only ive
C'” 4 -' ; v tj L feawiaija tvill send our illustrated J®
catalogue of presents ffix
'""l EREE to any address Ask FA
-> I or OD 8 postal ’ to<^ay
D I Covfons tron Dutt i Mixture may
I assart/d with from HORSE Aw
I SHOE, J. T.. TINSLEY’S NATO- J J
i RAL LEAF. GRANGER TWIST. FA'
j coupons from FOUR ROSES (lOc-
I tin double coupon), PICK PLUG Fa
I CUT, PIEDMONT CIGARETTES,
I CLIX CIGARETTES, and olhot f J
I lag t couporu issued bv us.
t- ~ I Premium Dept
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Leave to Sell.
Georgia, Chattooga county.
To all whom it may concern: J.
V. Wheeler, administrator of Mar
shal Stephenson, deceased, having
in due form applied to the under
signed for leave to sell the lands
belonging to the estate of said de
ceased, and said application will be
passed on the first Monday in Jan
uary, 1913.
This December 2, 1912.
J. P. JOHNSTON, Ordinary.
Application for Guardianship
Georgia, Chattooga county.
To all whom it may concern: Will
Shropshire, having applied for guar-
I dianship of the person and property
■ of William Smith and Lyerler Smith,
minor children of Bessie Smith, late
;of said county, deceased, notice is
j given that said application will be
; heard at my office at ten o clock A.
M. on the first Monday in January,
I 1913.
This December 2nd, 1912.
J. P. JOHNSTON, Ordinary.
Very few American families
; spend less than $l5O a year for
; meat, and -milk and butter cost
the average family at least $75 a
year.
WOMEN I
Women of the highest type,
women of superior education and
refinement, whose discernment
and judgment give weight and
force to their opinions, highly
praise the wonderful corrective
and curative properties of Cham
berlain’s Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. Throughout the many stages
of woman’s life, from girlhood,
through the ordeals of mother
hood to the declining years, there
is no safer or more reliable med
icine. Chamberlain’s Tablets arc
sold everywhere at 25c a box.
chgmtjgi iajn's C(His
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For Women Who Care
Os course you use an antiseptic in your
family and in the care of your own per
son, and you want the best.
Instead of what you have been using
such as liquid or tablet antiseptics or
peroxide, won’t you please try Paxtine, /'
a concentrated antiseptic powder to be
dissolved in water as needed.
Paxtine is more economical, more
cleansing, more germicidal and morg
healing than anything you ever used.
ANTISEPTIC mi?
In the toilet— to cleanse and w hiten
the teeth, remove tartar and prevent
decay. To disinfect the mouth, destroy
disease germs, and purify the breath.
To keep artificial teeth and bridgework
clean an 1 odorless. To remove nicotine
from the teeth and purify the breath
after smoking. To eradicate perspira
tion odors by sponge bathing.
As a medicinal agent for local
treatment of feminine ills where pelvic
catarrh, inflammation and ulceration
exist, nothing equals hot douches of
Pax tine.. For ten years the Lydit E.
Pinkham Med. Co. has been, regularly
advisiugtheirpatientsto use it because
of its extraordinary cleansing, healing
and germicidal power. For this pur
pose alone Paxtine is worth its weight
in gold. Also for nasal catarrh, sore
throat, inflamed eyes, cuts and wounds.
Al' d'uggists, 25 and 50 cents a box.
Trial Imiv and testimony of 31
w” >«»en free on request.
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Cleanses and bcttat’.fiet the baif.
Promotes a luzuriant growth.
Mover Fails to Cray
Hair to its Youtkful Cckc?.
Prevents hair fa Uta?.
A St. Louis man made $64,000 aS '
a rag picker.
< Foley
Kidney
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What They Will Do for Yvi
They will cure your backache,
strengthen your kidneys, cor
rect urinary irregularities, build
up ths worn out tissues, and
eliminate the excess uric acid
that causes rheumatism. Pre
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