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V 1' ‘ '-l A . ■ ' , -r / i ■ & The Sandersville / j SEMI-WEEKLY. SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, JANUARY 15, I908. ESTABLISHED I841 f- OLD OFFICERS ARE RE-ELECTED. At Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of First National Bank. The regular annual meeting of the Stockholders and directors of the First National Rank of San- dersville was held at the hank Tuesday morning as provided by law. The officers report showed a good large sum as profits above the eight per cent dividend re cently paid the stockholders and was very gratifying to them. Messrs. D. P. Hale, chairman, L. B. Holt, W. .A. McCarty, M. R. Tucker, F. F. Stacer, O. L. Rogers, L. H. Holt and S. M. Hitchcock were elected directors for the ensuing year. The directors re-elected the old ■officers of the bank, Mr. L. B. Holt, President, Battle Sparks, assistant cashier, S. M. Hitchcock cashier and D. P. Hale, vice pres ident. LAST ATTRACTION ON JANUARY 22nd. Most Brilliant Lecturer Conies to This City for First Time. Fell Off Train And Was Killed Savannah, Jan. 0 —Upon thd arrival here early this morning of tho Central of Georgia Railway train from Atlanta, tho conduc tor found a hat coat anti valise for which there was no owner among his passengers. He remembered that a man had boarded the train, on which were the Governor and party bound for Macon at Macon, and inquiry was started. Soon the information reached the super intendent’s office that the body of the man had been found three miles east of Gordon, at 2 o’clock this morning, by the section fore man. It was directed that it be brought to Savannah, and will arrive herj tomorrow. The body is said to have been thak of a Dr. Hutson, of Hot Springs, Ark., and is supposed that he had ‘ left the ooacti to got a breach of fresh air on tho platform and had fall- The best Lyceum attraction of thii season comes to the audito rium on the night of January the twenty-second, and tho people of Sandersville and of the county will then have an opportunity to hear for the first time Lucian Ed gar Follansbee, perhaps the most brilliant and eloquent of all the humorous lecturers on the Amer ican platform. Children and old people alike enjoy hearing this famous speaker and no one need fear but that this platform star will have much to say to amuse, entertain, instruct and elevate them. No speaker now beforo the American public Inis attracted so much attention and such favor able comment from the press as has Prof. Follansbee and he has charmed thousands of Chautauqua and Lyceum attendants during the past several years. BAPTISTS 10 RAISE F MAIL ORDER DEALERS MAY BE INDICTED. BANCROFT, AMERICA’S GREAT HISTORIAN. Following Paper Read by Mrs. B. B. Lovett at 20th Century Club. WASHINGTON COUNTV TEACHERS ASSOCIATION No Meeting Was Held Sat urday, Due to Bad Weather. Judge Fite has Asked an Investigation of the Liquor Traffic. At a confeience of the members of the Baptist church which was held Sunday morning at the conclusion of the services, it was planned to raise $-1,000 this year for all purposes. This will include pastor’s Balary and all objects wfiich are fostered by the church. One thousand dollars will bo devoted to the payment of the debt on the pastorium. Last year the amount raised by the congregation was $5,000, two-thirds of which was devoted to the payment of the debt on the church. A resolution was also' adopted to prevent the use of the pulpit by any one traveling through this section in the interest of various objects. Often applications arc made by those repre senting different interests to preach Of lecture and then take up a collection for whatever object they represent. Hereafter when such applications are made the question will first be put be fore the congregation, aud if a majority favor it the applicant may preach or lecture. If a majority opposes it the application will be denied. Cartesville, Ga., Jan. 14.—In his charge to the grand jury when the Bartow county superior court onvened this morning, Judge Fite asked that a thorough inves tigation be made and that the jury return indictments against all whisky houses soliciting orders through the mails in the county. The question involved in this is a far reaching one and it is ex pected that there will he impor tant developments in the matter which will cause a legal battle in the courts. Since tho inauguration of pro hibition the first of January the city and county here have been flooded with mail from whisky houses in Chattanooga and other towns soliciting orders. Reports come from other towns and sec tions of the state that the same is being done there. Decatur County is for Williams. The Bainbridge Post has the fol lowing to say in connection with l. D. C. Tho Mary Ann Williams chap ter of the United Daughters of Confederacy will hold regular meeting Thursday afternoon, Jan. 10th, at three o’clock. After the business session we will study tho Lie of General R. E. Lee, the committee having so arranged the prografn. The members of the chapter are requested to bring in cidents from the life of this be loved leader of the Confederacy. The meeting will be held at Mrs. B. J. Tarbutton. Mrs. D. C. Harris, Pres., Miss M. L. Bayne, Sec’y. the recent announcement of Hon. Jesse Mercer, of Fitzgerald, for prison commissioner: “Hon. Jesse Mercer of Fitzger ald, has announced for prison commissioner and is sending out letters to his friends. Col. Mercer is a good man and a man of hon est convictions, but he has missed his mark in tackling this position. His interference in congressional matters in his district has to an extent injured his cause in the second. Aside from this the peo ple generally have concluded that tho experience of Col Williams of Columbus, with criminals, best lits him for the place. Col. Wil liams has had the finest chance of any candidate yet mentionod to study criminology and gain infor mation that will stand him in hand in dealing with the affairs of this office. This and surround ing counties are practically al ready in the Williams column owing to these facts and Col. Mer cer is a little late in the field.’’ “Chap-O’ A business is known to the outside world by its stationery. We print the kind you won’t be ashamed of. “Chap-0 11 Geo. Banoroft, an American historian, statesman and diplomntist was born in Worcester, Mass., Oot. ilrd, 1800, died in Washington, D. 0., Jau. 17th, 1891. He was the son of Rees Aaron Ban oroft, a Unitarian clergyman, and La- oretia Chandler Bancroft. He fitted for college at Phillips Accademy, Exeter N. H., entered Harvard at the age of 18 and graduated before he was 17. Ed ward Hale, then Professor of Greek, having proposed that some young grad uate of promise he sent to Germany to bo prepared to beoome one of the oorps of instructors. Banoroft was chosen, and in the snmmer of 1818 went to Gothinger where two years later he re ceived his degree of Ph. D. He re mained in Germany four years, re ceiving the very best instruction to be had at that time. His chief attention was given to history, which he studied under Huren, the greatest historical oritio of that day, aud one of the most scientific of all historians. Retnruing to Amerioa in 1832, he served for a year as tutor in Greek at Harvard. In 1828, in conjunction with J. G. Cogs well, he established the famous Round Hill School at Northampton, Mass., a preparatory school far in advance of its time as to systems of study and class books, however, it proved a failure 11- utuioiully and Banoroft withdrew in 1830. During the Round Iliil years liG bad cut loose from the political traditions of the Harvard circle. Iu a pnblio speeoh in 1826, he had aroused his principals to he for universal suffrage aud unoomprom isiug democracy, aud at once became foremost iu the couucils of the Demo cratic party, though twice declining nomination to the State Legislature. Van Bureu appointed him collector of the port of Boston, 1838-1841, and his administration of tho otlioe won the praise of his political opponents. In 1845 ho became secretary of the Navy, nnder Polk. It was he who planned and es tablished the Naval Acoademy at An napolis, Md. He gave the first order to take possession of California. Daring 1846-9 he was minister-pleni potentiary to Great Britain and then successfully nrged upon the British ministry the necessity of adopting more liberal navigation laws, llis reputation us a man of letters pat the manuscript treasures of the great English families at his disposal, and he combined his pabiiu duties with ardent historical re searches. Prom 1840 to 1867 be lived in Now York City absorbed iu literary work. Appointed minister to Prhssia in 1867, he achieved a diplomatic triumph in bringing about the adoption I of treaties in which England and Ger many finally recognized the right of J expartiatiou and abandoned their doc trine of “once a citizen always a citi zen.” His first publication was a volume of poems, in 1823, all European . in them. This was followed by books for the use of his students. His first article iu the North America Review appeared in Oct, 1823. In Jau. 1831 he took up The Bank of the U. S. Then came the be ginning of his great history of the U. S , tiie work which gave nim bis greatest fame. The firBt volume appeared in 1834, the seoond in 1837 and so on to the tenth in 1874. The earlier volumes were received with enthusiasm in this country, pirated in England, translated into Danish, Italian, German aud French, both with and without the au thor’s permission. The work is still the most popular and widely read of the larger American histories. His facilities and materials for writing it were better aud more exteusivo than any other wri ter on oar Anglo-American history has enjoyed. His private collection of man uscripts and documents, originals and copies, was by far the finest of bis day in private hands and superior to most institutional collections. His merirs as a historiam are positive aud incontest able. Iu 1870 ho issued a century edition in six volumes, upon which he spent a year in revision. Again in 1883-85 he pub lished, what he termed “The Authors last revision,” in six volumes. Iu this he made considerable changes in ar rangement and the subdivisions, all tending to a better ordering of the nara tivo. These final changes have, in the judgement of good scholars, better fit ted the work for permanent favor. It will remain necessary to the student until another historian, with equally or better facilities, shall re-write the story iu a way to gain wider sympathy and present tendencies and methods in his torical study aud writing, give little evideuoe that snob another will soon arise. Saturday was Teacher’s Association day, for the first time in several years no meeting was held, the steady down pour of rain, combined with the almost impassible condition of the roads ren dered it impossible for many of the teachers to reach Sandersville. School Commissioner WadeH. Wood, president John Gibson, Prof. Asbury, Mr. Twiggs Jaokson, Misses Lottie Dil lard, Sueie Smith, Elizabeth Clark, El la Mitohelt, Mrs. Nunn were all who Were at the academy. As proof positive that our toaohors never shirk dnty, four of these were on the program and camp with well prepared talks or papers. Misses Clark, Smith, Mitohell and Mr. jAokson with the others who were on the program were reqnested to serve at the February meeting which takes plaoe on the first Saturday; besides thete&oh- ers previously named are Misses Ivey, Dunevant, McDowell, Lizzie Smith, Pinkie Walker and Alma Carrere. Tho toaohers appreciate and desire the attendanoe of the patrons and friends of the schools at the meetings of the asso ciation. We be speak for them the pres ence of all parents who are interested in the welfare of their children, and the uplifting of the oounty. The teacher, like the preaoher, is the most important faotor in a community, OVERCOATS! FOR MEN $2.00 EACH We have seven of these coats and would cost wholesale to-day $3.00 each in market and are worth $5.00 to any one needing a coat of this kind. We carried them over last winter and we will not carry them over again. $1.00 and $1.50 a Pair for Pants for Men. This is for all sorts and kinds in our store and they are worth from $1.25 to $3.00 a pair. We have too many to carry over and put on the above price to cut our stock down quick. 35c Heavy Twilled All Wool Red Flannel For 174c a Yard. Card of Thanks. Oconee, Ga. Jan. 13, 1908. Editor Herald :—We desire to thunk our friends for their kind ness in our daughter’s last illness, also Judge and Mrs. P. R. Talia ferro and the Y. P. S. C. E. and some unknown party for the nice llowers sent to go on her grave. We feel deeply grateful to each and all. Respectfully, M. Snell and Family. Store for Rent. Now occupied by McCarty Shoo Company. Can give possession March 1st. Apply at Hermann’s City Drug Store. 1-4 4t We have 3 pieces of this and we put the above price on to close them out at once. We have lots of other bargains in our store that space forbids us telling you about. Call and see us. This Special Sale will run only two weeks if the goods last that long. Bear in mind it begins the 17th and ends on the night of the 30th. NEW 5 & 104 RACKET STORE Special Offerings in s t t White Goods 12 l-2c 32in. Creole Linens Special English Longcloth per piece .... 60 in. Linen Damask, Mill Ends, A A Long Cloth, Per Piece, Louise, 36 in. Bleaching . B. S. 36 in. Bleaching Fruit of Loom 36in. Bleaching 12 l=2c Odd Lot Mercerized Waisting 15c Large Cotton Towel 10c, 3 for 25 All Mercerized Shirt Waists 98c TUCKER-RICHB0URG-M1TCHI Co in pan Mi