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MRS. LEWIS » A Noble Dalton Lady Is Dead. Mrs. Susan Lewis, mother of Mrs. Doßie Detter and Mrs. W. C. Martin, died at the home of her son-in-law, Col. W. C. Martin, last night about 7 o’clock. Mrs. Lewis was the relict of the late Mr. J. Q. A. Lewis, and had she lived until her next birthday, in the coming February, she would have been 82 years old. She was one of the good mothers in Israel. There never lived a more char itable woman than her. No one, rich or poor, black or white, ever went away from her door hungry. She was active all of her life until the past few years. During the Civil war she aided the Southern soldiers in many ways, while her home was in East Tennessee, which made her kindly acts the more hazardous. There are thousands of traveling men who have been guests at her table and there is not one living but would speak in the highest praise of her finer sensibilities and personal characteristics, and when they learn of her taking away will shed a tear and breathe a prayer that she will rest in peace. She needs no monument, for her godly life is enshrined in the hearts of all who knew her. The fu neral will probably occur sometime to morrow. The pallbearers are: Messrs. Wil liam Denton, F. T. Hardwick, G. M. Cannon, Sr., G. W.Orr, E. P. Davis, Julian McCamey. T. S. Shope, Den nis Barrett, and F. T. Reynolds. The Turkeys. “The 01-fashioned business man was tricky, but it is fashionable to day for a business man to be as chiv alrous to his business asociates as he would be to a lady.” The speaker, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, was Miss Mary Gar den. Seated in her drawing-room at the Ritz-Carlton, she resumed. “There’s a Thanksgiving story £at illustrates the methods of the old fashioned, the extinct business man. “A business man, a poulterer, was in the habit of making ‘claims’ on all hills. Sometimes these claims were just; usually they were unjust; at any rate, by his generous use of them he got a discount on every purchase of 4 or 5 per cent. “Well, one Thanksgiving season this tricky business man received a dozen barrels of dressed turkeys from a Western dealer. Heretofore he had bought live turkeys from the dealer. Hence, now he made the grievous er ror of writing and claiming for six birds that had sickened in transit, and had reached his storehouse dead. “The Western dealer replied to that claim as follows: “ ‘Dear Sir —We regret to say that we find it impossible to allow claim put forward in yours of 24th inst. We have established a rule that all customers desiring live dressed tur keys must notify us of same in ad vance, so that we may ship birds in ears specially steam heated. “ ‘Turkeys without their feathers and insides are liable to contract pneumonia if shipped in the ordinarny way in refrigerator ears. The mor tality among dressed turkeys was very pronounced this year. Yours sadly.” Reading Gaol. In Reading jail, by Reading town, There is a pit of shame. And in it lies a wretched man, Eaten by teeth of flame. In a burning winding sheet he lies, And his grave has got no name. And there, till Christ call forth the dead, Tn silence let him lie; No need to waste the foolish tear, Or heave the windy sigh; The man had killed the thing he loved, And so he had to die. And all men kill the thing they love; By all let this be heard. Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a altering word. The coward does it with a kiss. The brave man with a sword, h Oscar Wilde. RED CRi;SS Stamps for Sale at the Drug Stores The good women of D: Iton have placed on sale Red Cross stamps at the drug stores of Fincher & Nichols and Gregory’s. ■ These stamps are sold to help stop the spread of consumption a id to help the sufferers from that dreed disease who are not able to buy me icines or I get medical attention. The stamps cost one cent each and can l,e placed on letters, but the regular United States postage stamp must also be put on the letter. Every penny you spend for a Red Cross stamp goes to help the great cause. Be sure and buy as many as you can afford. Taft anxious not to offend Russia. He may act without authority from the house senate. Alfred G. Vanderbilt marries Mrs. Smith Hollins McKim. (From The Daily Argus, Dec. 15.) On the 28th of this month Dalton, Whitfield county, will be 68 years old. On the 29t)i of this month, 1847, Cross Plains had her name changed to that of Dalton. For six years and one day, Dalton was therefore situated in Murray county. Whitfield was cut off from Murray Dec. 28, 1853, by an act of the legislature and approved by the governor. Hence, on Dec. 29, 1912 Dalton can and should celebrate her 75th birthday or her “diamond anniversary.” Will not someone pre sent her with a big “Koohinor?” The Argus would like for someone to pro pose a celebration for that event. (From The Daily Argus, Dec. 15.) For the purpose of extending an other call to Rev. Hugh K. Walker, of Los Angeles, a congregational meeting has been called at the First Presby terian church for next Sunday morn ing. It will be remembered that the church extended the call to Dr. Walk- .■ 1 - ' er some time ago. He accepted, but his Los Angeles church refused to accept his resignation, and the presbytery would not transfer the pastor over his congregation’s opposition. The First church, however, is not discouraged, and will issue another cail. It believed that Dr. Walker, be ing a Georgian, would like to return here, and that his church will not fur ther refuse to accept his resignation. A large attendance of the congrega tion is urged for next Sunday morn ■ ing.—Atlanta Constitution. (From The Daily Argus, Dec. 15.) Georgia has been prospering in the bank line as well as in all other lines. So far there have been established this year nearly ninety banks in the state. The combined capital of these new banks amounts to the total of $3,690,000. There has not been a bank failure in Georgia during the year 1911. Georgai has, all told, 645 banks. It was winter, and our clergyman, a very old friend, was dining with us, and all -were enjoying the roast tur key, when the hostess mildly remarked that she thought it would have to be the last one of the season. To the amusement of all at the table, the small boy piped up: “Why, auntie, you said that three l turkeys ago. ’ ’ —The Delineator. Generous. “And what were the provisions of your uncle’s will?” “That I should have all he left af ter the payment of his just debts.” “Ah, very good of the old mar, wasn’t it? What did he leave?” “Just debts.” A Nature Story. Algy met a bear. The bear was bulgy. The bulge was Algy. His Dillemma. “Oh, Tommy, you're too old to cry’. ’ ’ “Yes, and I’m too young to have what I’m crying for. ’ ’ THE DALTON ARGUS, DALTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1911 BOILED Child Dies in Hot Tub of Syrup. TIFTON, Ga., Dec. 15.—Elton, the 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Lightfoot, living near Inaha, met a horrible death Thursday afternoon. Mr. Lightfoot was away from Lome and Mrs. Lightfoot had just taken off a boiling of syrup and had left it >o cool while she cleaned bottles to put it in. Unnoticed, the little child, who was bringing the bottles to its mother, fell into the tub and was scalded so badly that he died within five hours, despite the frantic efforts of the family and the hastily summoned physician to give relief. JACKSON. Ga., Dec. 15.—Will Tur ner, a negro preacher, was hanged in King’s open bouse here yesterday for killing Jesse Singley near Indian Springs, Ga., Aug. 26. The hanging was to have taken place in the jail yard, but fear of a large crowd, which might attempt race trouble, caused the change in plans. Only a few newspa per men and officers and relatives of the man were present. Singley, a young white man, was am bushd after trying to settle some toru ble between hotel bell boys in which Turner’s two sons were implicated. Race trouble was narrowly averted at that time. The negro confessed to the murder Wednesday afternoon, saying he fired al) of the shots and denied his boys were guilty. In a statement just be fore being taken from the jail to the place of execution, Turner warned the members of his race against whis key drinking. He was cool and col lected to the last. Three sons of Turner are being held at Atlanta pending trial for partici pating in the killing. They Dine on the Floor. The latest feminine craze is to sit cross-legged on the floor and eac din ner with the fingers. An Indian phil osopher has introduced the idea, ex plaining that the tips of the fingers contain the soul forces and convey these directly into the food and thence into the systems of the diners. The women are loosely clothed in white kashmir garments, and they wear sandals on bare feet Their hair hangs loose down their back. The chief meal is taken at midday, and is suppose to consist of vegetables only—vegetables which grow aoye the ground, such as rice and lettuce, being preferred. The difficulty of scraping up a suf ficient meal of rice and pease with the finger tips does not appear to deter the enthusiastic spirits, though the fainter-hearted can always fall back upon Indian corn, which may be com fortably grabbed in the hand. More than one duchess has been seen eating corn in this primitive fash ion lately, and even impassive family servants are showing surpirse at these newest developments of aristocratic unconventionality. Salt. Salt production is about the oldest industry in the world. In Italy, the cradle of the salt industry, it has Imen manufactured commercially for about 2,500 years. Salt is so necessary to existence that in some parts of the world tirbes will sell the members of their families in exchange for salt. Salt has been the cause of wars, and so important has it always been considered that in some places the passing of salt is established as a to ken of friendhip, and women throw salt on a visitor as a friendly greet ing. In some countries salt is so scarce that it is obtained through the ashes of grasses, and a species of palm and other plants.—Good stories. An Old Acquaintance. “Hello, Rummel, I hear your watch was stolen.” “Yes, but the theif has already been arrested. Only’ fancy! The stu pid fellow took it to the pawnshop. There it was at once recognized as mine and the this was lockd up.”— Short Stories. CORNCLUBS 60,000 Boys to Plant in 1912. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—More than twenty Southern boys who had won prizes in corn-growing contests, today’ heard President Taft talk on the benefits that would accrue to Dixie through such work as they were doing. He daclared that if the lessons these boys had learned were taught to oth ers, the South would not have to de pend on 15-cent cotton. Representative Gordon Lee, of Geor gia, told the president that next year 60,000 Southern boys would compete for the corn prizes. KNOCKS GRANDSTAND GIVERS. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Investi gation of charges of oppression, neg ligence indifference to the welfare and comfort of inmates of the Na tional Soldier’s home inLos Angeles county, Cal., was urged, and million aires who make benefactions condi tioned on the heralding of their names were arraigned in the senate today in speech by Mr. Work, of California. Mr. Work, in dwelling on the debt owed to the Civil war veterans, said he favored ertending to the remnant of “the gallant Confederate army” the same care and protection accorded to Union soldiers. He commented upon the treatment of Civil war veterans when they became old, friendless and diseased, by comparison with prevail ing “garish and often vulgar display of wealth and wild and unreasoning extravagance.” “It is almost always heralded as a public benefaction, but it is used as a neans of personal aggradizement in al most every instance,” he said of fre quent donors of gifts. “The library built with this surplus of wealth or the institution founded with money that is worse than useless to the donor, must bear his name and herald to the world this seeming act of beneficence. There are conspicuou and honorable exceptions to this rule, however.” Mr. Work then deplored conditions in the soldiers’ homes of the country, as he said he had had them pictured to him in published articles. He said the matter should be vigorously looked into. If he had his way, he declared, the federal government would not only maintain Union veterons in peace and comfort, but the old and helpless Con federate veterans, as well. Come While We Sing. Those who are fond of “The Old Oaken Bucket” and realide an edit or’s difficulties, may appreciate the following: How dear to my heart is the steady subscriber, Who pays in advance at the birth of each year, Who lays down his money quite freely and gladly, An casts round the office a halo of cheer. He never says: “Stop it; I cannot afford it.” .. or, “ I’m getting more papers now than I read,” But says: “Always send it; my fam ily read it; In fact, we do think it a real house hold need.” How welcome he is when he enters the office, How he makes our heart throb, how he makes it dance! We outwardly thank him, we inwardly bless him, The steady subscrier who pays in advance. A Draw. “I found 50 cents this morning,” confided Jimmy. “Found a whole half dollar!” ex claimed his mother. “How fine! What did you do with it?” “Pete Jones was along, so I gave him half.” “You dear, generous boy! Did you do that of your own accord?” “Yessum —well,t we decided tha would be right.” “Jimmy! He didn’t whip you and make you give up half?” “No, mamma. If he’d licked me, he’d a had it all. The scrap was a draw.” YOU WANT A BUGGY That will run easy, ride well and wear Os Course You Do. * " and that means you want A BULL DURHAM BUGGY We have them ready for you in all st . or top, with either steel or rubber tires about that wagon for you. We can furnish just what you want at the right price ° U AUTOMOBILES Os course we sell them. Ihe famous ELAN. DcRS, the best car for the money ever ma i Selected for the “PATHFINDER” for the Glidden tour and has a record of 4800 mile without a forced stop except to repair a record not beaten by cars costing five times as much money. Come in and see for yourself what a handsome car you can buy for so small a price and how easy it is to own one. 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