Issue number 34 was missing from the film. The Ellaville Sun Friday, March 3, 1939 No. 35 REA LINE MAY BE OPENED WITHIN 45 DAYS 15 Miles Ready Soon, 25 Miles Come Later Possibility of the opening within 30 to 45 days of Schley county's first rural electrification line developed Thursday. Engineer D.L. Thomas told County Agent P.W. Hamil yesterday that if 80 percent of the 23 customers already definitely signed would wire their homes soon, current would be available "within 30 to 45 days." Thomas said this action would make the 15-mile Schley county line the first of the several-county 317 mile project to be opened. While only 23 customers have signed papers, Hamil declared the line will serve 35 to 40 homes. A 25-mile extension appears certain for later in the year. Farmers who are unable to pay the cost of wiring their homes are offered a long-term loan plan by the REA. Upon payment of 20 percent of the charges, the REA will carry the remainder on a five-year loan. The loan is payable semi-annually in equal installments at 6 per cent interest. SCHLEY SLANTS by Raymond Duncan PHOTO FINISH There is a weather legend that if March comes in like a lion, the blustery month will go out like a lamb. The above exclusive photo shows the lion and the lamb as they raced down the muddy track of the last hours of February to bring in March. The finish was so close that even the photo doesn't decide it. (transcriber's note: this not really a photo but rather a sketch of a lion and a lamb). Even weather wags disagreed. Closing days of February were "lionish" enough for anyone, but winds stilled and even the showers slackened as March came in. But since we've had so much weather lately, there is little need of arguing about the dispute between the lion and the lamb. WHAT PRICE FREEDOM? Ordinary Tom Rainey is Schley county's only bachelor who feels kindly toward a bill before the state legislature which would tax bachelors $100 a year to support old maids. Mr. Rainey has a sound reason for being so anxious to fork over this sum. He counts at least 28 elegibles in Schley county (age minimum is 30), assuring a revenue yield of $2,800. The bill provides the county ordinary shall get a 10 per cent fee for collection. Bachelor's Buttons may come to be rather costly badges! COUNTRYSIDE NIGHTMARE An Ellaville girl lifted heavy eyelids one morning this week and confessed, "I'm scared of only two things,-----slick roads and snakes. I was on slick roads in that storm last night. "With a snake," suggested someone. "Yes," she replied, "Definitely." HE KNEW, SHE DID NOT Said R.N. (Shorty) Cribb of Americus, the even tempered linotype operator who sets these lines into type: "There's all the difference in the world between a Religionist and a Christian. A Religionist might curse---a Christian would not." Declared a local girl: "I want to be a newspaper woman so it will be all right for me to say 'damn'". PERSONALITIES The federal income tax man was here last Friday to help our citizens fill out their income tax returns ............. Guess he spent a lonely day............... Charlie Wall, Jr., the paper's ad man and commentator on women, took leave this week to referee the eastern division of the third district girls' basketball tournament at Chester, which opened Tuesday and continues through Saturday night.......... Repeatedly lighting a cigarette as he worked against the clock, an Ellaville man fumbled for his fags, poked out his tongue and held a lighted match to it. BELIEVE IT OR NOT Bob Ripley, the cartoonist, was honor guest at a banquet held in Columbus last week for representatives of Nehi, Inc., guests including T.B. Johnson, promotion representative of the firm, and Mrs. Johnson, of Ellaville. Mrs. Johnson described Ripley as a "charming person who made everyone feel he was interested in meeting them." He made the rounds of the some 400 guests, shaking hands with them and autographing their programs. He failed to display the shyness attributed to him, making an entertaining talk, spiced with experiences of his many trips in search of material for his cartoon features. THEY BACKED "POSSUM" This little town, where most of the people probably think a boxing ring is a circle instead of a square, became boxing fans this week. They were rooting for "Possum" Gill, who fought his way to the finals of the southeastern Golden Gloves tournament in Atlanta. Sports writers at ringside credited the Ellaville fighter with eliminating the best opponent in his class in the semi-final round. Millard Arrington gave Gill a leather belt for the handsome buckle which he was awarded for reaching the championship bout. EIGHTY FOUR CANDLES! Mrs. Munro Murray becomes 84 years old Monday. Greetings also to Mrs. MariWyle Lawhorn, March 4; Miss Virginia Murray, March 7; Jean Dillard, March 11; Mrs. J.R. Bridges, Sr., March 12. J.T. Murray tried to slice many years off his age Wednesday, but the calendar wouldn't let him. J.T. said he was born February 29, 1902, which would allow him some nine birthdays. But 1902 wasn't a leap year, and J.T. was just plain 37. WORLD'S FAIR PREVIEW TO COME HERE TUESDAY A preview of New York's 1939 World's Fair will be shown in Ellaville next Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock. The exhibit will be shown in front of Stevens' Warehouse company, local sponsors of the event. World's Fair preview on wheels and Southern motorcade of the Arcadian Grower is sponsored by the distributors of Arcadian Nitrate, the American soda. Officially approved by the New York World's Fair, it bears witness to the up-to-the-minute promotion methods of the Barrett company, makers of Arcadian nitrate, the American soda. The motorcade consists of a tractor, two trailers, a sound truck and an executive motorcar, which left New York shortly before the first of the year. It is touring the Southern states including Georgia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. When assembled for view, the exhibit will present a large-scale diorama of the fair, animated with light, color and movement. It will give a dramatic and vivid impression of how the huge enterprise will appear to those who visit it. The famous theme symbols, the trylon and the perisphere; the buildings; state, national and international, will be highlighted by a background of changing colored illumination. Barrett's scientific contribution is in the form of a part of the exhibition to be known as "The South Self-Contained." The manufacture, preparation and distribution of Arcadian nitrate in the various Southern states is graphically depicted through the modern techniques of moving and lighted display. The apportionment of "The Home Folks' Dollar" among other economic data should be of particular interest to the selected audience. A lecturer accompanies the exhibit, and there are motion pictures to add to the attraction. Throughout the entire construction of the New York World's Fair the emphasis has been placed on the story of science and its basic significance in modern living, and the all-important role of competition in modern civilization. The focal exhibits at the fair will show all the elements of society so ordinarily.........(portion of article cut out)............world of tomorrow and will make clear the fundamental role science has played in the transformation of man's life and habits. It is anticipated that the show on the road will stimulate the desire of many to visit the fair, and build good will and sales for Arcadian nitrate. FIRE DESTROYS LOWE HOME Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the residence of Frank Lowe at Buena Vista last Saturday morning shortly after 9 o'clock. Virtually all home furnishings and clothing of the family were burned. The roof was in flames when neighbors came to notify Mrs. Lowe, and the home had burned within a half an hour after the discovery. The loss was partially covered by insurance. Mrs. Lowe is a sister of Mrs. E.R. Jordan of Ellaville and has other relatives in Schley. ONLY THESE A Look at Life by Raymond Duncan The papers recently published a "success" story announcing the decision of a 66 year-old big-time business executive to retire and "enjoy life." Since youth he had placed achievement of a prosperous career above all other considerations. This singleness of purpose had lifted him to the success he had sought. Now, at 66, he was ready to begin enjoying life. That was not a success story---it was tragedy. For in living out the story of his life he had withheld until the closing pages the part that should have come first. He had begun looking for happiness 50 years too late. Life offers generous satisfactions for all ages but it demands that they be enjoyed in season. There is youth with a glorious playtime of romance and laughter and safety. Maturity comes all too soon, but it compensates its responsibilities and grief by holding out the opportunity of a full life shared with loved ones and friends. The years advance and one knows his time is growing short. His greatest joys then should be memories of a well-spent life. Nothing is more pathetic than the spectacle of a man attempting to go back a half century and become a boy again. Today is the only time one has to enjoy life. Yesterday has passed, tomorrow may never come....... if it does, it may bring loneliness and heartbreak. They are wrong who say this is the philosophy of recklessness for it is one of extreme conservatism practiced with common sense. If one squanders the chances of the moment, he is failing to cultivate an appreciation of life which will add understanding to the days that stretch ahead. And that appreciation does not come like the breath-taking ecstasy of first love---it must be cultivated even as talent for any type of workaday endeavor must be developed before one can excel in his profession. A person of purpose begins groping for a definition of success almost before his cradle is stored away. His most fascinating amusement as a child is making believe that he is a man living a life of adventure. As he approaches manhood he sets out for the top. If he is thoughtful he will ask where he will be if ultimately he reaches "the top." Most college students write themes on "success." The collegiate editors really "swing into the groove" on this subject. Their chief worry is pumping enough adjectives into their typewriters, the subject matter is as easy for them as landing a job behind a glass-topped desk is going to be when they decide to introduce themselves to the expectant world. There are few people who hold financial reward in higher esteem than I. If one is going to get about and enjoy some of the beauties of the world, and one day carry a little woman across the threshold of a house out yonder on a hill, he must have what it takes to satisfy people who send him statements for all these things. But this money is important only as it contributes to one's happiness--and that of the world. There is a glorious song that echoes through the ages. It is a song of beauty and love and truth. I believe a man's success should be--and is, Somewhere---measured by what he adds to that echo. Some people gasp the last breaths of their cheap little lives without having heard it. Some hear it always, and clearly, and take up the song that others also may hear it. I believe only these succeed. "Some Lovely Thing" Grace Noll Crowell "The day will bring some lovely thing." I say it over each new dawn. "Some gay, adventurous thing to hold Against my heart when it is gone ." And so I rise---and go to meet The day with wings upon my feet. "I come upon it unaware--- Some sudden beauty without name; A snatch of song--a breath of pine-- A poem lit with golden flame; High tangled bird notes--keenly thinned--- Like flying color on the wind. No day has ever failed me quite; Before the gayest day is done I find some misty purple bloom, Or a late line of crimson sun. Each night I pause--remembering--- Some gay, adventurous, lovely thing. Ellaville Briefs Mesdames R.E. Hill, O.C. Hill and M.C. Hill attended the funeral of Mr. W(illiam) A. Murray in Ashburn Wednesday afternoon. (Transcriber's note: William A. Murray was the son of Anthony R. Murray and Mary Ann V. Morris Murray Hill) end # 35