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Published to Furnish the I’topi* of Glascock'County a?Weekly Newspaper and Medium
as a for fbe Adranctacat’oftfce
VOL. XXXII. NO. 11
“ABE DENNIS” WRITES
AGAIN FROM MITCHELL
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. v Last Week’s News.
Mr. Hayseed has started his old
jar head up and down the rows. The
present fine rains will soften the soil
and cause ,the plowing to be done
more easily. If there is any
that never runs out of a job it is the
larmer. His time is from sun to
sun, from year in to year out. He is
at the mercy of the merchant, the
banker and has to give what is charg
ed him and take what is offered him.
The farmer comes in pretty handy
now and then to feed the fellow who
produces nothing. But one thing
we are proud of—Mr. Farmer has
learned he can raise all he needs at
home thereby making himself inde
pendent.
Thev hUer fell Jr t0
K th pav s J year ar than hTTl last f year. our Sure, fertilizer e the
price goes higher each time and now
you have to guarantee the guanc
manufacturer that you will take c_ Li
certain amount, the guano dealer has
to vouch to the railroads for the
ireight - . , t which . . . . three ,
is dollars a ton,
or the railroads will not haul the
guano for the dealers. The
are not only at the mercy -of the
guano trust, but he is at the mercy
of other folks. Buy guano, borrow
money, grow cotton! This is a good
way to help the fellow higher up.
Our Representative, Mr. Swint,
was up to Mitchell one day. He says
Mr. Gov. Walker has called an
session of the legislature. We
about as much use for an extra
sion as a hog has for a Sunday shirt.
Mr. Swint also seemed to be a bit
worried in that he understood Dr. C.
S. Gibson would be a candidate for
the legislature next time. We
hear of a certain lady that would
to go to Atlanta herself.
Last Sunday was another rainy day
which kept many ef our folks from
Sunday school. Now if the saved
are the only ones that go to church
we are here to tell you there will be
a large crowd in the “warm climate”
some day.
W e have made application for
membership into the naptist YV. M.
S. They have more good eats them
John saw, besides it is one meeting
in which the men can’t tell smutty
yarns.
The pupils of Prof. Kent’s room
hau a debate last Friday. Mrs. Den
nis said it was very interesting.
'i nomas invited your Uncle to at term
but Abe had let the fire out again
and therelore he could not go.
Our genial "Roadman” is doing
some muchly needed repairs on oui
roans just now. Sixteen mules ana
one tractor with four road machines.
Glascock county has the best roads
tne county over than any other.
Come see.
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Mrs. Chalker had a hog killing
time at her home one day last week.
She sent Mrs. Dennis a plate full oi
sausage meat. Thanky mam.
Mrs. Parrish had a hog killing
time at her house one day last week.
She sent Mrs. Dennis a bowl full oi
hogshead-haslet-hash. Thanky mam.
‘ tyliss” Lou thinks she has been
treated very badly for the past week
as she only went to Augusta twice.
lis right bad!
When it Comes to marksmen,
Wiggins and B. C. are the
They only shot away two boxes
shells and killed four doves. Come
on Virgil.
We have not heard how Bro. Mas
engale’s fishermen are coming on.
If you need any more bait come down
in our diggins. But it is true
don’t know where they can dig some.
Sal’s old hens laid three eggs last
Original "Money
word “money” originated to
Reme, where coin wag minted in the
temple of
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Colds, Grippe,pengue,
Bilious Fever K and^ Malaria.
It kills the germs.
GIBSON RECORD
GIBSON. 0A., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27. 1926
MILL CREEK NEWS.
(By Brown Eyes).
Last Week’s News.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dye entertain
ed a number of their friends with a
party Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haywood, of
Bea!le s P ri,, S s > spent Sunday with
Mr ' antl Mrs - " • P- Dye
Mr. and Mrs. William Land were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Davis
and family Sunday,
Misses Doris, Carrie and Maria
Dye visited Miss Evelyn Dye Sat
urday evening.
Miss Lizzie Swint spent last week
with her sister, Mrs. Will Usry.
Mrs. M. C. Dye and children visit
ed Mrs. Nancy Ivey Saturday.
Mr - and Mrs. Robert Swint and
son, Earnest, spent the week end
wit h Mr. and Mrs. A S. Barkadak
and f amity near Bastonville
Miss Maggie Dye is spending a
while with Mr. and Mrs. Major Har
ris -
Mrs ' Sol Davis and son, Redmon,
visited her daughter, Mrs. William
Land, Wednesday,
Ml M ; dlld Mis. Will Usry „ were the
t P T * heiiay gueats of Mr - aad Mrs.
’' R ' S "’ lnt and famlIy
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Miss Dothan Davis has returned
home after spending a few weeks
with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis and
family of Clio, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam and family spent
one di W List week with Mr. and Mis.
BdI Usry,
Miss Iree Davis spent Saturday
evening with Misses Marie and Liz
zie Swint.
The 8 uests ot ' Miss Elizabeth Hin
ton Thursday ld kht were, Misses
Thresha Thigpen, Evelyn Dye, Marie
Swint, Georgia Mae and Corene
Neal, Messrs. Chant and Ferd Dye,
Manor Thigpen, Edmon and Knottie
Dye.
Mr, and Mrs. Tom Dye spent a
w * lde w ‘ t * 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dye
Friday night.
The guests of Misses Dothan and
Loretta Davis Sunday evening were,
M iss Evelyn Dye, Mr. Joe Newsome,
Homer Chalker and Ferd Dye.
Misses Marie arid Lizzie Swint
spent a short while with Mrs. Dude
uye last Sunday evening.
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week. Mrs. D. says if they do better
Ikis week—Swint for those hens,
John Underwood has promised us
a few more cats. Let Pete Touu
Know abou t them, he will do the
other.
Pat Cawley says there are a few
holes in his road so deep until he ha.-,
to bend down a sapling and tie it to
his Ford to jerk him over. Next!
The Ladies’ Club are to have
other oyster supper right away,
please loan us a quarter for a day
or too.
And the Stork left a little girl at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Had
den 1 Well doggone! Both mother
and baby are getting along nicely.
They say the young folks sho did
“shake the shimmy” at Ed Dixon's
a few nights ago. Bud Chalker,
Gibson, was the leading fiddler. Mr.
Chalker used to pull a wicked bow.
Aow these « ood old shindigs like we
use t0 to when Abe and ^ w «e
a ' courtin are a ^°ut played out.
sucd times as we had in those good
old days. The boys did not have to
tank up like they do now and - the
girls did not have to br hugged up
fo with the “Charleston” or some
other hi-fer-lu-tin step. We use to
0 to Uncle Bill’s and dance until
we had to go home to start to pick
in £ cotton next morning. Why do
we have to grow old anyhow?
Means Majority Rule
"Preferential voting” ia a system of
voting which allows each voter the
rlglft to express not merely his first
cb-.Ice, but his second and third choices
among the candidates. The object of
preferential voting is to secure the
e’ectlon of persons desired by a a»a
Jority and not merely a plurality of the
voters. .Irian
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AGRICOLA NEWS.
(By Regular Correspondent).
Last Week’s News.
Mr. S. R. Hawkins spent the day 4
in Augusta Tuesday.
Miss Mary Gibson spent a few
hours in Sandersville Wednesday.
Miss Bula Raley, of Mitchell, spent
Wednesday night with Miss Van
Raley.
Mr. Sterling Gibson motored over
t0 Sandersville Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. H. Tom Ral$y spent Friday in
J ^ u 8usta, Ga.
Miss Sallie Mae Lyons spent Sat
urday afternoon with Mrs. S. R.
Hawkins.
Carwin says “its not as cold in Ag
ricola as it is in Mitchell.”
Miss Ophelia Griswelle spent the
week-end with Miss Van Raley.
Mrs. Cyrus McGlockiin spent Fri
day with her sister, Mrs. Horace
Kitchens, of Mitchell.
Miss Lois Newsome, of Hamburg
spent a few hours with us Saturday,
and ° £ C ° UrSe thiS plcW SterU "« •
Mr. Ralph Harrison visited in Mil
ledgeville Sunday.
Miss, Emma Ruth B rad l e y, oi
^ebma, spent Sunday with Miss Van
Haley.
Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Snider are real
anxious to get moved so their friends
can visit them, but I imagine they
will soon be leaving home,
Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Braddy spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. Tom
Raley.
We are all looking forward to the
big oyster supper at Mitchell school
ouse Friday Jan. 2‘2nd.
North west Territory
The territory north of the Ohio, Buf
rendered to the United Staten after the
Revolution, was organized as the
Northwest territory in 1787, hut owing
to stares' claims the government did
not get Jurisdiction until 1800.
Is Large Territr*y
British Oulana covers an ar, i of 89,?
490 square miles. The caoital la
Georgetown. It Is situated on the
north shore of South America, wit#
Venezuela on the west, Dutch Guiana
on the east, and Brazil on the south.
Why Women Wrangle
“Women quarrel, and tney will al
ways quarrel, It Is part of their
amusement In life, and you can’t stop
them having their amusement."—Judge
Parry, In English Court.
BASTONVILLE NEWS.
T (§,v Regular Coric-spondent).
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Last Week’s News.
'-■There ! will be an oyster supper at
Bastonville school building next Fri
day night, January 22. Everyone is
cordially invited, funds go for bene
fit of school.
>lr. and Mrs. J. J. Hadden and
daughters, Misses Corene and Chris
tine Hadden, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Lonnie Johnson.
Miss Lilie Wren is spending thm
week with relatives in Wrens, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Rabun spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Neal.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Silas spent
Saturday afternoon with Mr. ami
Mrs. J. C. Wood.
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Mrs. J. J. Hadden spent Saturday
with Mrs. Joe F. Rabun, also was the
guest of Mrs. Clinton Rabun a short
while,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swint spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. A.
S. Barksdale
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Wren and chii
dren were visitors in this community
Friday.
Little Clarence Norman spent Sat
urday night with Gerdio Mae Rich
ard.
J. J. Hadden and son, E, O. Had
den, made a business trip to Augusta
Tuesday.
Misses Lillian and Ola Mae Young
spent Sunday afternoon with Miss
Florene Morria.
H. L. Silas and son, Leonard, mo
tored to Thomson Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Johnson spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
and Mrs. Joe F. Rabun.
Joe Reese spent Sunday afternoon
with H. L. Silas.
Mrs. S. C. Richard and daughter,
Gerdie Mae, spent Saturday after
noon with Mrs. L. R. Norman.
Misses Inez and Muriel Barksdale
spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
M. C. Cook.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Richards spent
Tuesday with Mrs. M. C. Cook.
Don’t forget the oyster supper Fri
day night.
Ancient Marine Rule
Rhodian law Is an early system of
marine law, the only rule of which that
survives being the principle of general
average: “If a cargo be Jettisoned to
lighten the ship, all contribute to make
good the loss Incurred for the benefit i
of alk”
AVERY NEWS.
(By Regular. Correnpondent)
Last Week’s News.
Miss Alma Hadden, of Thomson,
Ga., was a visitor here Wednesday.
Rev. VV. M. Thornton, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., gave very interesting lectures
at the court house Thursday and Fri
day night.
Mr. Wyman Williams, of Augusta,
visited Ids brother, Mr. G. W. Wil
liams, the past week end.
Mr. Rufus Sheppard, /of Wrens,
Ga., was a visitor here Fridays
Little Ralph Dixon, .son of Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. li. Dixon, who has been
very ill with pneumonia is convales
cent, we are glad to report.
Mr. Alien LaFaror, of Stapleton,
was a visitor here Thursday.
Dr. Pilcher, of Wrens, was a visitor
here Tuesday.
Dr. J. 0. ICelley made a business
trip to Wrens Tuesday
Messrs. Clarence Walden and Jep
Mathis, of Gibson, were visitors here
Monday.
Mr. Price Thigpen visited Augusta
the past week.
Mr, Gordon Walden, of Stapleton,
was a visitor here Thursday.
Messrs. Buford Williams and Jer
ome Hadden visited Wrens Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Rodgers, of
Hearing, Ga., visited Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Mathis Sunday.
Cleaning Fine Glassware
Use eggshells to wash bottles or
«**egar cruets. Crush them fine, pot
■Mo the cruets with warm, soapy wa
and shake well. Tbls will clean
finest glass without scratching It.
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LITTLE BRIER CREEK NEWS.
(By Regular Correspondent).
Last Week’s News.
I homson, Ga., Jan. 16.—James
Guy, aged 60 years, after an illness
of several days from pneumonia, died
at his home near Hobbs Mills seven
miles south of Thomson on Saturday
morning at 4 o'clock. He is survived
by two brothers, Messrs. Will and
John Guy, of McDuffie county; two
sisters, Mrs. Seab Jones of McDuffie
county and Mrs. Clerence Smith, of
\\ arren county. His remains will be
interred in the Sweetwater church
cemetery Sunday morning at 10
o’clock.—Augusta Chronicle.
The above news will be read with
deep regret since Mr. Guy lived at
the “Cody Place” in this community,
till just a few years ago, and has
many friends here.
Mr. William Norris, of Macon,
spent last week-end with his mother,
Mrs. Becky Ellen Norris, on account
of the serious illness of his sister,
Miss Beulah Norris. At this writing
we are glad to note she is some bet
ter. Her many friends wish her a
speedy recovery.
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Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Richard s, near
Warrenton, visited relatives in this
vicinity last Sunday.
K-r. and Mrs. A. N. Reese and chil
dren spent last week-end with rela
tives in Jewells.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Anderson visit
ed Mrs. Becky Ellen Norris last Sun
day afternoon.
Mr .and Mrs. Jno. Smith and fam
ily visited relatives at Steepholland
last Sunday.
Miss Mat Rabun has returned home
after several days stay with her
brother, Mr. Tom Rabun.
Ifiss .Belle Brunner, of Atlanta,
spent last Monday night week with
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sturgis.
Mr. and Mrs J. M. Norris and
daughters, Angie and Louise, and
Miss Annie Chipley, of Wadley, were
spend-the-day guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Norris arid family last Sunday.
Mr. James Griffin and Master La
voy.sure Ivey are on our sick list this
week. Hope they will soon be well
again.
STAPLETON NEWS.
(By Regular Correspondent).
Last Week’s News.
The Rev. Mr. Kelley, of Vidette,
delivered a wonderful message at the
Methodist church Sunday evening.
The Stapleton basket-ball boys ran
over to Stellaville Thursday of last
week and brought back a score of 30
tc- 8 in favor of S. H. S.
Mr. K. P. Walden and Mrs. Mary
Walden were in Augusta Friday to
see Miss Lucile Walden, who is in
the University Hospital for treatment
Mr. Jep Thompson, of Langley, S.
C., was in Stapleton Sunday.
Mr. Pete Boone, of Mountain Park,
N. C., is at home. It was too cold in
N. C. for Mr. Boone’s health as in
places snow was 24 inches deep.
The teachers of Jefferson county
will meet with Stapleton at their
next meeting.
Mrs. Florence Stapleton, Mrs. S.
L. Price and children visited Augus
ta Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Price, of Vi
dette, visited home folks last week
end.
We are sorry to say that Mrs. John
< Hadden’s condition is no better,
'lhe people of Stapleton are glad
to have Mr. A. D. Lafavor and family
to move here so as to be near a good
school.
Of Different Families
The swordfish belongs to the mack
erel family and has a large protruding
bony snout, which Is a formidable
weapon that can pierce the Bides ot
small boats. The "sawfish” belongs to
the shark family and has a long, flat
snout with from 20 to 26 teeth on each
side of it.
E–reme in C»td
j that Coldest of frozen cordAion In f'jj world I®
helium gas, which la
within one degree of theoretical aba»
MHe zero.