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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-24
Bird club
n otes

The vireos live in the trees and
we seldom see them although the
red eyed vireo Is q common bird
wherever there are trees. All the
vireos which are found in this To-
cality are greenish in color, so near
the color of the leaves that it is Diff
ticult to distinguish from the foil
age in which is its home.
The vireos are small birds and
beautiful singers. The red-eyed
vireo is sometimes called the
preacher. His notes resemble "You
see lt--you know lido you hear
me--do you believe it" and he new
er tires of repeating these questions
He sings all day even on the hot
test days Of summer but we must
90 to the woods to hear him for he
seldom leaves the forest although
he is a confiding and fearless little
bird.
The white eyed vireo lives nearer
the earth than the other Varieties
building his nest in lower trees,
sometimes even in tall bushes. If
you go near his home he will SEEM
ingly inquire your business with Il
say, who are you, en-" If you do
not take the hint and leave the To-
cality he will follow it with a scold-
ing. Sometimes his songs are COM
posed largely Of limitations of other
birds much as the hooking birds
are.
The food of vireos consists al
most entirely Of insects and eggs
found on the leaves and bark of
trees. When we get a sight Of him
he is usually searching the under
side of leaves for hidden insects.
! Were it not for the vireos and
other birds of like nature our for
ests would soon wither and die.
We can not make houses for the
vireo for he hangs his nest to limbs
OF trees or bushes but we should dc
what we can to prevent cats from
hunting them out at night.
Thousands of young birds arc
eaten every year by our house cats
If we must keep cats let us not al
) low their freedom at night. Cat
can easily climb trees and can ses
as we'll by night as by day. 1t il
their nature to kill birds and we
can see what a menace they are tt
the con6ding little creatures We
keep cats to destroy mice and rat
but they prefer birds and as Ions
as they can get birds they will no
eat rats.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-24

readers OF the present day are getting
away from the "Curfew Shall Not
Ring Tonight style of elocuton and
we are lead to believe that the Barn
abys Will omit this selection because
we understand that the greater part
OF the material used in their program
sketches. monologIes poems and mn
steal numberS-is original Their
program abounds i'm good humor and is
Well balanced with enough of music
to give variety.
tufe, a magician, musical monolOgue.
and a sunshine" lecture This last
one, whose likeness we present here
with, was formerly secretary to that
world-famous evangelist, Dwight l..
Moody. and his name is o. d. Nc
Mckeever Doctor Compton of Charles
ton, w. VA, suggests that any COM
munty which develops case of
dumps send for Doctor McKeever,
saying: Hell get you out on the
Sunshine route with pleasant stops
at Laughville Tickletown, Wit City,
and Humortown." Fannie Crosby,
the famous hymn writer after hear
ing his lecture, sat down and wrote
him: "Your lecture delighted me- 1t
was the best of the kind | ever heard.
You nearly killed me; l wanted to
scream with delight, but was forced
to hold down the coEvulsion of laugh
ter for fear | would interrupt you.
send my best wishes on the wings
of zephyr rocked in the cradle of a
sunbeam Somebody figured out that
over a million people had heard Doc
ter McKeever's lectures-'Take the
Sunny Side of Life" "Pushing Back the
Clouds" and Among the Forces" and
the Bureau says they have yet TO hear
of a place where he failed to please
his audience.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-24
snrina's Promises.

1, is not the varicgated coors. the
chee-ful sounds and the warm
breezcs which enliven us so much In
spring; it is the quiet. prophetic spirit
of cncil IS hope a prescntlnent OF
many happy days. arget Opitz.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-24
Best Remedy for Stomach Trouble

81 am pleased to have the opportun-
ity to say a good word for Chamber
lains Tablets writes Mrs. Mamie
Bertel of Moberly, Mo. u think they
are tne best remedy for stomach trou-
bles, biliousness and constipation |
have ever used. | have taken them
off and on for two or three years aud
they always relieve Indigestion tone
up the liver and make me f,cl fine
Sold AT kearneN'S Pharmacy.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-24
Zoe and
- Her Problems

''If it was anything but q dog,
Zoe thought when Allen had gone
to tell the boys they might keep
the dog for a few days anyway.
eff it was anything but dog,
her thoughts repeated themselves
and then she remembered that she
had refused to let Doris keep kit
ten which had been given her only
a few days before.
GA dog or a cat,' she thought.
II wouldn't mind anything else Sc
much" Memory again interrupt
ed her thoughts and disturbed her.
1t pictured little boy, her boy
sobbing bitterly because he could
not have goat to which he had
become attached. The goat be-
longed to a neighbor and was to be
sold because it's owner was moving
away.
She had absolutely refused to let
Max buy the goat and tonight the
thought of his grief came back to
her with startling distinctness. Al
len had pleaded with her for the
boy but it was no use she would
not have the mischlevous animal
on the premises.
Always it had been the same.
Clemantine had several times asked
if she could not have a canary and
always had been refused Why?
Zoe wondered herself why she had
always denied the children pets OF
any description. She tried vainly
to find an excuse for her conduct.
How selfish have been" she
thought. just because ! do not
like things the children must do
without
That night she and Allen had q
long talk and Zoe surrendered and
decided to follow his advice.
She insisted That the boys be al
owed to naao taS dog. that Doris
should have kitten and that they
get a canary the first opportunity.
Hold on" said Allen, "we don't
want to overdo it. Let the boys
keep the dog and the rest will work
themselves out. They are satisfied
now with the dog Time enough
for the rest when they ask for
them.
So the boys were told that the
dog might stay, and a happier pair
it would be hard to find.
They named him Dan. He was
kind and obedicnt and before long
made friends with the whole fam
lily. Zoe was the last one to ac-
cept his friendly advances but she
fell to his good nature too. She
wondered then why she had dis
liked dogs, especially this one.
They found him useful too. He
soon learned to bring the cows from
the pasture and to see that the
pigs and chickens stayed on their
own side of the fence. The chill
dren had no end of fun with him
for he was always ready for a
romp.
He became firmly established
and filled niche in the family
which had always been vacant.
The children grew robust, clear
eyed and rosy with the unfamiliar
pleasure, and Zoe never regretted
that they had kept Dan.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-24
SAND ARTlsT-MAGlcIAN
Among chautauqua Attractions.

Henry, a well-known artist and
magician, is one of the few men on the
platform doing art work in sand, one
Of the greatest novelties of recent
years. While not detracting from his
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-24

work as a magician and manipulation.
his artistic work in creating pictures
with the aid of colorel sand as well
as his work with crayon, adds a
pleasing variety to an already in
teresting program, and on Sundays
gives him an opportunity to develop
"a program that is entirely unique and
thoroughly in keeping with the day.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-24
Wood Rats Peculiar 1rlck-

The wood or pack rat, common In
Shn northwestern part of the United
S'a'cs hns this peculiar trait: II
ln:,vps hits of wood leaves or trash
rs substitutes for the materials II
,&Er;cS away
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-24
Great Happy" Lecturer.

There will be very clever combina-
lion of lecturers on our Chautauqua
program this year-a Y. S. congress
man, an electrical man, a travel lee
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
CONDITIONS IMPROVING.

While cotton continues low it is
the impression generally that finances
are easing up somewhat in the south.
Cotton growers have been selling
some and people are beginning to
trade, pay off their Indebtedness and
thus to put money in circulation.
Marietta has. received pretty fair
lot of cotton in the past few days and
merchants have enjoyed more trade
than was the case for a while at the
opening of the season. Weather con
ditions have been such as to allow the
sowing of grain and "a considerable
amount of wheat has been planted.
Most of the cotton crop has been
picked out.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
BRITISH TROOPS IN DUBLIN.

Sunday was bloody day in Dub
lin, the Irish capitol British mill
tary and police forces were placed as
Gordon about the city and trains
could neither enter nor leave the city.
It seems that Dublin is head of the
Sim Feiners and these people are
giving England no small trouble.
Numerous people were killed in the
riots of the city Sunday, the military
and police receiving the blame for it.
No doubt they had ample reasons for
their actions, but Irish sympathizers
seize upon the fact for fomenting the
public and increasing sympathy for
their cause.
The result of the wide disturbance
Sunday was cause for wild day
Monday in the House of Commons.
Much excitement prevailed there and
several ugly fights were INDUCED in
by members. British officials say they
regard Sundays happenings as the
"last kick" Of the dying cause of the
desperadoes whose stronghold was
stormed and whose members were
cornered.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
DIXIE HIGHWAY A FRONT
PAGE STORY IN DAH.IES.

The Dixie Highway is coming in
for new series of advertising in the
Atlanta Sunday dailies. The road
itself is having some atteation in
Cobb county and should have more.
The road to Smyrna is slowlN but
surely being put into good condition
and viii be magnificent stretch of
highway when completed. But a
road is no better than its worst places
when 1T comes to use for tourists.
and while the Smyrna division is be-
ing put into apple-pie order the other
end of the road should not be neg
lected. Some three or four short
pieces of road between Marietta and
AcWorth became impossible last win
ter and will do so again unless they
have prompt attention from the coun-
ty road superintendent. They are at
the city limits, 100 yards at Wilders;
a mile from town, 200 yards at the
Northcutt pasture; some 400 yards
at two MONDAY crossings; 100 yards
at Roberts farm, and 200 or 800
...1rds near the Acworth cotton oil
Mill. These short pieces of road
make it a nightmare to travellers in
winter, interfere with all local traf-
fic, and give Cobb county a black
eye. They are just ready to go to
the bad now.
ing heralded abroad as a cine road
So, while the Dixie Highway is. be-
through historic scenes" let's make
it at least passable road through
Cobb county.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
TECH SPECIAL men
TO STUMP GEORGIA
VIII Tell Of Trip in Campaign so
Arouse Georgians to Advantages
of Their Native State.

Announcement is made that four
score and fifty Georgians who hive
been making an industrial tour Of TIA
east and west on board the Georgia
Tech Industrial Special will tell 81
their trip and what 1t means to Geor-
gia in series of speeches in every
part of the state during the week Of
December 6. II
arrangements are now being made
Tor these meetings to be held. and
following the return of the Industrial
Special Thanksgiving Day, practical
ly every man on board will have his
assignment for the big week. Most
of them will speak in their home
towns, and, since all Georgia was
represented on the tour by some Of
the states foremost industrial and
financial captains, the addresses pro-
mise to be most interesting.
Greater Georgia Tech headquarters
here today announced more than fifty
organizations which already have ar
ranged speakers. They included the
following:
Chambers of Commerce Of Ash
burn, Albany, Athens, Cartersville.
Atlanta, Columbus, Gainesville, La
Grange, Macon, Newman, Rome,
Washington, Sylesvester; Board of
Trade of Augusta, Brunswick, Lith.
oria, Madison, Manchester, Monroe,
Savannah, Social Circle, Statesboro,
Blackshear, st. Mary's, Union City,
Carrollton; Rotary Clubs of Albany,
Athens, Atlanta, Columbus, Macon,
Rome, Savannah, Americas and Mari
eta; Kiwanis Clubs Of Albany, A.
ems, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Ell,
Grange, Macon, Rome, Savannah,
Americas, Eastman, and Hawkins
vile.
The Young Mems Club of Bruins
wick, the Atlanta, Civitan Club, the
Atlanta Association of Life Insurers
and the ThomasviiIe Commercial AS
ISOLATION also have arranged for
speakers, and it is probable that as
many more meetings will be mapped
out before December 6.
Marietta was represented on the
trip. by Mr.. George Sessions.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
COUNT EN- AZ THEY PASS.

The Acworth Post wants the tour
list cars counted as they pass that
town to settle dispute as to the num-
Der going to Florida. 1t says the
estimates vary from 500 to $4,000
per day. Well, now, Bro. Ray might
start to find out how many birds the
hunters kill--of course in doing SO
he should count every feather a sep
arate bird. People will see double
about some things. at least someepeo-
pie will. But if assmany people go
other roads as travel the Dixie high
ing room for them. BY the way, Bro.
way, then Florida will not have stand
Ray, let's keep everlastingly after the
county commissioners till they make
the Dixie real HIGHWAY for these
tourists, and OUR OWN COUNTY
USE.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26

six months. Most country commun-
tiles can afford to keep their children
in school seven or eight months, and
schould be educated up to doing So.
Then, the average attendance requir-
ed for having an assistant in the
schools should be lowered. No teach
er can properly instruct fifty children
and seven grades. Lack of funds has
made these conditions necessary prior
to this new step toward school better
ment.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
HARDING IN PANAMA.

President-E Elect Harding was due to
land in Panama Tuesday morning.
He goes there both for rest and in
formation, no doubt, about the great
caral. His first itinerary carried
him via Vera Cruz, but it was found
impractical for him to take in the
Mexican city on this trip. He will
return to the states within a few
days and it is expected he will give
an outline of his policy as president
soon after he returns.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
HISTORY SECTION
WOMAN'S CLUB.

The History and Current Events
section of the Woman's Club will
meet Thursday, Derember End, 8 P.
NJ, at the home Of Miss Mabel Cor
telyou. Modern Russia will be dis
cussed with a paper on "The Revolu-
ton of 1917, by Mrs. s. R. Hewitt,
and "Lenine and Trotsky-Charac-
ter Sketches" by Miss Virginia
Gibbes. All members of the Wom-
ans Club are invited to attend.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
NEW MINISTER NEXT SUNDAY.

The new preacher for the Marietta
Methodist church has arrived and will
III the pulpit at the Marietta church
Sunday morning at II o'clock. Mr..
Tumlin's immediate family consists
of himself, wife and one daughter.
He hassseveral married children. His
congregation will give him q large
audience at the initial service. Sun
day morning.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
HIGHER RATES TO ATLANTA.

The electric line to Atlanta has
won its fight for higher rates on the
trip to Atlanta and intermediate
points. The fare for the entire trip
will be AZ cents in future. Books
that have been sold for 81 heretofore
will now cost $40. This is an in
crease Of 20 per cent all along the
line.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION
AT CLARKE LIBRARY.

In response to the need felt by
adults for suggestions as to what
books to give children for Christmas.
libraries all over the country are put
ting on special exhibitions Of books
and giving away graded lists and
lists covering different subjects of in
terest to young readers.
The Clarke Library is in co-opera-
ton with the local book store and
has arranged with them to have a
special exhibition Of Juvenile books
at the library beginning the first week
in December (the exact date will be
given later) and running probably
two weeks. The book store will also
have a special table with books rec
commended by the library. The lib
rary will give away pamphlets and
mimeographed lists of suggestions
for Christmas giving, and the libra
rian will be glad to. talk with anyone
interested and give personal advice
as to what will be acceptable and
beneficial to children Of various ages
and grades. Arbitrary in commun-
ity should guide as well as stimulate
reading, and should be of service to,
every citizen when there is. a question
as to what to read and what to give
others to read.
There is one time in child's life
when book has the most to say to
him. Given that book too early, his
background of knowledge and read
ing is not wide enough to interpret
the message; given the book too late,
he has passed the stage of mental
development which needs this par
ticular bit of mental food. A taste
for Thackeray, Scott and Dickens
may or may not be developed. Thack-
cray given to an ,undeveloped mind
will leave a distaste for his style
which it is hard to eradicate in later
years. Scott and Dickens given too
late never make the same appeal as
if they had been presented when the
developing mind craved the elements
these novels contain. A, child's inn
agination is his most precious pos
session. This should be developed by
broad reading, not just following one
taste. Fairy tales at certain stage
are almost a necessity for the devel-
opment of 'child's imagination.
Most children demand them. and if
they cannot get the books, they make
up stories for themselves and among
themselves, and live in. land of
make-believe But the child who
does not demand them probably needs
them more than his imaginative bro
Their. !. 1t Is a poverty stricken world
indeed to the starved mind which
lives only in the dull light, of the
truths of fact, without the stimulus
of the great truths of the moral and
spiritual world. and these we find
everywhere in the, folklore and fairy
tales handed down to us from the
great thinkers of past ages. All
childrert need fairy tales; this we can
state as fact. But there are fairy
tales and fairy tales, and some OF
them, like those ofthe Grimm bro
Tiers, belong to younger minds than
those, for Instance, of Hans Christian
Anderson, whose delightful creations
have elements which appeal to the
more mature,
The Clarke Library Christmas ex-
hibition is intended to aid any person
interested in the selection of a r'arti-
cular book for particular child.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
HARDoN AT 1T AGAIN.

John Henry Harden, who has won
the distinction Of the "King of the
Moonshiners," was caught again one
day this week. with whiskey in his
automobile by Atlanta officers, ac-
ccrding to reports from that city.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
Christmas Bazaar Next Week.

The Ladies Aid Society of the Bap-
fist church will hold Bazaar in
Conyer's store, on the east side Of the
square, beginning on Thursday, Dec
ember Q. This will be fine oppor-
tunity to get your Christmas presents
early and reasonably, as all kinds of
handmade articles, fancy and plain,
dressed dolls, toys, and electric ar
ticles win be for sale.
Remember, next Thursday at Con-
yer's store.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26

pany will start business as soon as
sc, 900, 100000 has been subscribed.
The capital is being taken by the
banks and others in the twelve South
ern state, each bank to subscribe at
least three per cent of its capital
and surplus, all such subscriptions to
be made not later than December 10.
With the interest already manifested
by the banks in their eagerness to
take stock and help the situation it
is possible the bank will have a much
larger capital to start with. / be-
lieve every bank in Cobb county will
subscribe its full quota as soon as
they are approached in the matter.
The headquarters for this bank is
to be in New Orleans, which by, the
way has grown to be the second larg-
est port in the country, New York
alone being first.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
J. M. UPsHAW DIES.

Mr.. J. M. Upshaw died at the home
of his son, Mr.. Jeff Upshaw, at Oak
hurst, November 20. He was here
on a. visit to his son and daughter,
Mrs. Judson Cogburn. His remains
were taken to his old home church,
Providence, Milton county, where he
had been a member for As years. He
was 76 Years of age.
& He is survived by his wife and
seven, children, Messrs. jeff Upshaw
Of Marietta, JAMES Of Atlanta, and
Will, of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. WIZ
Rusk of Lagrange, hrs. FranA San
trell Of Cleveland, and Mrs. Judson
.Cogburn Of Marietta.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
Bird Supper For Mr.. and

Mrs. Murphy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Northcutt en-
tertained with a delightful bird sup
per on Tuesday evening for Mr.. and
Mrs. Murphy, of Urbana, Ohio, and
Dr. and Mrs. C. D. Elder.