SIGN OF REBELLIOUS TIMES
Brides Are Said to Be Wearing the
Wedding Ring on Any Finger
Nowadays.
Is the wedding ring in danger of
losing its exclusive right to the third
finger of the left hand?
Sentimentalists argue that the ;
wedding finger was chosen because
it is more directly connected with
the heart than any other, but many
young wives show scant respect for
this ring lore.
Lady Diana Duff Cooper is one
who wears her wedding ring just
where she fancies, and it is seen on
her right hand as often as on the
left.
The jeweled wedding ring is one
reason for this departure from cus
tom.
“Brides are choosing diamonds
and platinum hoops and other vari
ations from the orthodox plain gold
band,” said a member of the Gold
smiths’ and Silversmiths’ company.
“That takes away the wedding ring
feeling, I suppose. A jeweled ring
does not look so out of place on the
wrong finger as a plain gold band
would.”
A Kensington rector said:
“Everybody has to be a little differ
ent from everybody else, and tradi
tion and custom have come to mean
something to be broken to the mod
ern young person.
“I am not at all surprised that the
modern wife wears her wedding
ring on every finger but the,right <
one. It is interesting as one of the
signs of these rebellious times.”—
Edinburgh Scotsman.
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
“What did you think of the sena
tor’s speech?” asked the low-browed
citizen.
“I thought it was rather tauto
logical,” replied the high-browed
person.
“Well, if it taught you anything
that’s more thatt it did for me.”—
Birmingham Age-Herald.
NOTICE TO PATRONS
To be eligible for admission
to the beginners’ class at
school after the Christmas
holidays, children must be six;
years old before May 27th,
1921, and must enter school
within one week after January:
3rd. 1921, or after transfer
ence from some other school, j
G. G. McCRORY, j
Secretary.
CANDY FROM M.Cw£R3.
Some year* ngo when the candy
makers began to pot candied violets
on the market, they were regarded
by the “jeunesse doree” of the day
as “quite the latest thing out,” but
the use of flowers in candy-making
was well known to the ancients, and
from the earliest times the violet,
especially, has formed one of the
greatest confectionery delicacies, and
with the extract of this flower was
made a sherbet that is described by
classic writers as most delicious. In
some regions of eastern Europe, the
ancient custom still lingers of mix
ing violets, roses and limes with
sweet-meats, in order to add a floral
tincture to their flavor, and in Tur
key sweets are made of carnations,
lilies and lavender.
TO KEEP PRISONERS SAFE.
A new type of bars designated for
prisons are of hollow metal, filled
with water. These pipes are all con
nected with a central pump, and the
water is kept under high pressure.
Thus, the slightest break in any bar
would cause a powerful jet of water
to spurt. To continue filing the bar
would be almost impossible. Also
the fact that' there was a leakage j
somewhere would be registered on a
dial on the central pump, and lead ;
to speedy investigation.
For Sale: Two Pure Bred
Brown Leghorn Cockerels.
See Mrs. W. W. Raney. Adv.
Miss Elizabeth Johnson of
Memphis is home for a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Colwell
were Augusta visitors*
Wednesday.
City Recorder V. E. Huff
was a business visitor in Little
Rock Tuesday.
Mr. J. M* Haggard of Au
gusta spent Monday here with
his brother, Mr. J. S. Haggard.
For Sale: Barred Rock
Cockerels. MRS. D. M. HUFF,
McCrory. Adv. l-7-2tp.
Mrs. G. W. Barber and in
fant, Julia Robins, spent Tues
day and Wednesday in Mem
phis.
Mrs. S. T. Mayo of Harris
burg spent the holidays with
her parents, Dr. and Mrs. L.
A. Jelks.
Messrs J. L. Bronte, J. R.
Taylor, R. E. Holder and Ben
Wise were Augusta visitors
Monday.
Born: To Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Lee, in Pumpkin
Bend, Friday, January, 1,
1920, a baby girl.
Mrs. Frank Angelo and baby
Frank Jr., arrived Tuesday
from Booneville where she
visited her mother, Mrs. Cora
Johnson, who is in the Sani
tarium there. She left
Wednesday for her home in
Cotton Plant.
A GENUINE POUNDING
Friday evening about seven
o'clock a sound, as of a passing
multitude, was heard in thf
street in front of the parson
a g e. A voice demanded"
“Who lives here?” Then the
sound of many feet on the
porch and a knock at the door
annonuced the entrance of a
throng that found its way im
mediately to the dining room
and began to unload on the
table, flour, meats, lard, butter
eggs, fruit, canned goods, jars
of pickles, jelly and veg
etables, et cetera, all good es
pecially fit to make glad the
heart of the pastor and his
family. It was a genuine
Methodist pounding to which
we cheerfully submitted. In
gratitude we besought the
Giver of all good, both for the
things presented and for those
who so thoughtfully and kind
ly presented them. May the
Lord bless them every one.
REV. and| MRS. GUY MUR
PHY.
Mrs. Horace Chaney and
baby, of Augusta arrived
Tuesday and are guests of the
former's mother, Mrs. Turner
Young.
Misses Gretchen Tarpley and
Ethel Johnson, teachers in the
schools at Harrisburg, spent
the holidays here with their
parents, Dr. and Mrs. L. A.
Jelks and Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
ijohnson, respectively.
THE Ford Motor Company have just issued a book called
“The Fordson at Work.” This book is given free. Call in and get
one. If you cannot call, write and we will mail you one without
charge. It is not what the Ford Motor Company says about the
Fordson Tractor but what the army of users have to say. This book
voices the hardest kind of practical experience. It shows in illustra
tion the Fordson Tractor at actual work along some ninety different
lines of activity. It shows in these illustrations the wonderful versa
tility and utility of the Fordson Tractor. Shows it to be, beyond all
question, the one bit of machinery that is a necessity, not only on the
farm but along many lines of commercial business; especially does it
show up the Fordson as a valuable servant on the farm. With it the
farmer is relieved of the hard work; because he can take advantage
of the weather in preparing his seed bed; he can do it at the right
time; the same is true when it comes to harvesting. It solves, to a great
extent, the problem of scarcity of labor.
With it’s wonderful, reliable power, it brings to the farm home
all conveniences, in the way of running water in the house, electric
lights, operation of the washing machine, churning, separating the
cream from the milk; it assumes and takes to iteelf the drudgery of
farm life both in the field and in the house and it is only a matter of a
few years until it will be as universal in its service on the farm als is
the farmer himself. It will become a part of farm life; a beneficial
part; a profitable part. Get order in for there’s a rush coming.
Riggs Brothers