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The Pelham Journal.
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Third Commandment.
Young man, do you swear?
The world is full of young men
who do. They swear when they
are vexed, they swear to empha¬
size, they swear to deprecate, they
swear for no particular or appar¬
ent purpose.
It is wonderful how rapidly an
evil habit fastens itself upon a
careless victim. It is formed un¬
consciously and works for itself a
groove in a man’s daily affairs
along which it glides easily and
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victim realizes that the evil habit
has him by the throat. He deter¬
mines to shake it off, but linds
that it isn’t an easy task. The
chances are that in the end the
habit wins the contest, and the
desire to master it is entirely lost.
And of all habits that of swear¬
ing is the most insidious and the
most tenacious, once it has wound
its tentacles around its victim.
The latter is usually a young
man. He first swears because he
hears others swear. It sounds
big. It is supposed to give the
world notice that the swearer has
cut loose from mother’s apron
strings and graduated into the in¬
dependent class. It usually comes
along with long pants, the first
down on the upper lip and the
first pipe or package ©t cigarettes.
Within less than a year’s time it
can transform a young man of
clean speech into one of the most
disgusting spectacles to be met in
city, town or village—a creature
demoralizing alike to himself and
to those with whom he comes in
contact, delivering himself wher¬
ever he goes of speech that emits
a stench for refined sensibilities,
and becoming in the end utterly
incapable of joining in polite con¬
versation without marring it with
the most repulsive and disgust ing
atrocities of speech.
Young man, beware of the
temptation to defile your lips
with your first oath. Fight it
away from you as you would a
dose of poison. You may be
mightily provoked, or you mayt
merely be anxious to- impres
somebody with the fact that you
are almost grown, but a “cuss
word” is not what you need. It
will not impress anybody, and it
will lower you. It will sow the
germ of a habit that may mar
your whole life. If one man
THE PELHAM JOURNAL, FRIDAY. DEC. 4, 1908
laughs when you swear three men
pity you, and maybe wonder if
you ever had a home. Swearing
is degrading. Don’t let it degrade
you.—Albany Herald.
Announcements.
For Tax Receiver.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Tax Receiver of Mitch¬
ell county to fill the unexpired term
made vacant by the death of Mr. G.
T. Akridge, and respectfully solicit
the support of the voters of the
county. If elected, I promise to dis¬
charge the duties of the office to the
best of my ability.
Respectfully,
W. E. DAVIS.
For Tax Receiver.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Tax Receiver, to fill
the term made vacant by the death of
Mr. George T. Akridge. I will appre
ciate the support of the voters at the
m of failed palled 1 to t c
held on the 28th day of Decern! December.
1908. If elected, I will perforin the
duties of the office to the best of my
ability. J. F. MANSFIELD.
For Tax Receiver.
I herewith announce my candidacy
for the office of Tax Receiver, and re¬
quest the active support of my
friends and the voters generally. 1
shall be pleased to give my most ear¬
nest. attention to the duties of the of¬
fice and use every energy to accept¬
ably serve my people if they shall
elect me. Very Respectfully,
J. M. SMITH.
For Tax Receiver.
I herebo announce myself as a can¬
didate for the office of Tax Receiver
of Mitchell county. If elected, I
promise a faithful discharge of all
duties of said office.
W. G. AKRIDGE.
For Tax Receiver.
1 hereby announce myself a candi¬
date for Tax Receiver of Mitchell, to
till the vacancy caused by the death
of G. T. Akridge, former Tax Re¬
ceiver, late of said county, and ask
my friends for their support in said
election—promising, if elected, to give
faithful and prompt service. You are
aware that l am a one-armed man,
and can only do certain kinds of work;
however, if you see proper to give
me the place, I can fully attend to
the duties of the office.
Thanking you in advance,
Respectfully,
ED T. COCHRAN.
For Tax Receiver.
By the solicitation of many friends
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of Tax Receiver, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
Mr. G. T. Akridge.
I am thoroughly acquainted with the
duties of the office, having filled the
same for eight years prior to tile time
of Mr. Owen Acree's election! If
elected, I pledge myself to faithfully
discharge the duties of the office anil
respectfully solicit the support of my
friends and fellow-citizens.
Yours respectfully,
H. T. PULLEN,
For Tax Receiver.
1 hereby make my announcement
as a candidate for the office of Tax
Receiver, to fill the term made vacant
by the death of Mr. Geo. T. Akridge.
I will appreciate the support of the
voters of the county and, if elected,
will bring to the office my most effi¬
cient service, and use my best efforts
to fill the office acceptably.
Respectfully,
J. H. HILUAUD.
For Tax Receiver.
I announce herewith my candi¬
dacy for the office of Tax Receiver,
and ask the active support of all my
friends. I have delayed announcing
to give very careful consideration to
the request of my friends that I make
the race. If elected, I will exert my
whole ability to acceptably fill the of¬
fice, and will strive to let no act of
mine, and no omission to perforin my
duty, cause anyone to regret having
cast his ballot for me.
Respectfully,
. CALVIN RACKLEY.
he '■—nchman Looked Innocent.
utt’SSSPS?"?! si lYvmt/i-i afreet
Boston, a nervous little
eiHTiiman brushed against a pretty
trifle of vase ware valued at about
$11 and succeeded in getting several
score more pieces out of It thau had
gone Into Its making. The floorwalker
led the abashed Parisian aside and
politely explained that the broken vase
must bo paid for. Monsieur fetched a
handful of small silver and copper,
mostly foreign, from his pocket when
ho was told the value of the trifle.
“Mon Dieu,” cried the Parisian, “70
francs!” At this he took out his bill
book and discovered a fifty dollar ex¬
press draft, which the floorwnlkqj- in¬
stantly seized upon, to the unspeak¬
able horror of its owner.
After deducting the value of the
vase the former handed the man his
change and dismissed him with a floor¬
walker’s blessing. The express draft
reached the bank in due time, with
four others as fraudulent, but the vol¬
atile little Frenchman had departed
southward with the swallows.—Bohe¬
mian Magazine.
What Women Suffer!
“Pooh!” sneered the brutal husband.
“You talk of the worries and weari¬
ness of shoppiug for new hats, and you
fret about the ugliness of the things
when you buy them, as if that were
something terrible. If you had to dig
up the money to pay for them, as I do.
you might have room to talk.”
“But. my dear." expostulated the pa- j
tient wife, “what is paying for the hats
compared with the mental sufferings
one undergoes in having to wear them,
however unbecoming they may be?"
Silenced, the brutal husband again
buried himself in bis paper.
The Star Pupil.
The teacher in one of the rooms In a
school in the suburbs of Cleveland
had been training her pupils in antic¬
ipation of a visit from the school
commissioner. At last he came, and
the classes were called out to show
their attainments.
The arithmetic class was the first
called, and in order to make a good
impression the teacher put the first
question to Johnny Smith, the star pu¬
pil.
• Johnny, if coal is selling at $6 a
ton and you pay the coal dealer $24.
how many tons of coal will he bring
you?”
“Three,” was the prompt reply from
Johnny.
The teacher, much embarrassed,
said:
"Why, Johnny, that isn’t right”
“Oh, I know it ain’t, but they do It
anyhow.’’—Philadelphia Record.
SWEET or SOUR
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There is in progress at AI=
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little children’s Shoes. The
stock is too big, aud in order to
bring it within bounds th*” 'ale
was projected. The result is
that the people of Southwest
Georgia have the privilege of
selecting from the finest stock
of shoes iu this whole section at
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profits entirely out of considera=
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to one=third below value.
Remember, these are the fin=
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The stock is brand new, and the
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miss it.
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