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Vol. IX.
THOMSON, GA. f FWDAY, 1909.
No. 6.
Tremendous Possibilities For MOney Savin
LOW CUT SHOES AT A BARGAIN.
A FEW DATS AGO WE BOUGHT AT ELMIRA. N. Y. A LARGE LOT OF MEN’S LOW OUT SEOES AT A
GREAT SACRIFICE. FOR THE JiEXT FEW DAYS THESE SHOES WILL BE SOLD AT GREATLY
REDUCED PRICES.
J. & P. Spool Coats at
25 cents Colgates’ Talcum Powders
Jelly Tumblers at
$2.00 Rugs at o
Yard wide sheeting at
4cts.
13cts.
34cts. a doz
$1.55
4 l-2cts
On the Bargain counter you will find shoes that sold
for $1.00 to $2.50 at 15cts to 98cts pair
A Large assortment of remnants
suitable for shirtwaists, skirts and quilts
$1.00 Mens shirts to go at .. .. .. .. 20cts
MCCOMMONS-BUSH-BOSWELL COMPANY, "■&£**.
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that they hnv^ opened a Grocery Store on Railroad ™
Street in the building recently' occupied by J. P. ^
Jones, where they will constantly ’keep on hand a ^
complete stock <of \|/
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Paneyand Family Groceries, u;
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They solicit a fair share of the patronage of the ({/
public, and guarantee fair prices, correct weights \jii
and first-class goods. Vjjf
G. W. & G. F. GRANADE. $
THOMSON, GA. Jjj
Railroad Street,
1908 BANNER YEAR.
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Not-withstanding tlie panic and other business »
drawbacks, our sales were larger than any previous J
year. We are better prepared than ever to serve you
and can give you your money’s worth every time.
Agents for Sucrene Food.
Arrington Bros. & Company,)
LEADING GROCERS,
863 BROAD, ST„ AUGUSTA, GA. ^
DO YOU DRIVE TO TOWN?
And find the mafket
unfavorable for your
produce? The farmer
who has a telephone ; in ’His home can telephone
first. The useless trips thus-saved are worth the
cost of service.
Under the jfdan <of 'thv Jlell ■'System the service
costs 'hut a trifle'; i$he former *>wns the instrument
and the equipment.
Write to !ttenreSt lye 11 Telephone
Manager for }pam;phlot, or address
f arrt^vrs' SCchc ’Bepartmenl
SOITBPRN BELL JBiamSH AND TELEGRAPH CO.
7i SHUTS VH&&R HdWEirr, Atlanta, ga.
The Phychohgy Of Intemperance.
Hv Rkv. T. II. Timmons.
HclenUats and Physicians have hud
much to say concerning the physiolo
gical ell'eet of intoxicating drinks, 'l'ne
demands of the physical organism for
stimulants in certain conditions etc.
The most striking, elaborate and elo
quent temperance lecture this writer
ever listened to was illustrated by
Charts showing the elfect of alcohol
upon fhe various organs of the body
from the first almost imperceptible
impressions until the deluded victim
had formed on the top of his brain a
distillery which produced delcrinm
and he killed his wife and children.
But so fur as . I caw remember I have
read nothing,heard nebbing satisfactory
on the “Psychology oAi nteinperanee”.
Home hints are given, hut no formula
tion of the theory. We have such ex
pressions and statements as the fol
low ing :
“Intemperance makes men to die
often ” “Drint'. is tiie dynamite of
modern civilization.”
“Drink is the mother of want and tha
nurse of crime.” “Drink is a greater
destroying force than all physicist
evils combined.”
Now, when wc mediate upon the
deal ruettvo elfects of wine and strong
drink upon health, home and huppi-
»e«H, When wc think of how it con
sumes property add destroys liie, when
we remember that it scatters ruin and
misery every wkere; that it has.cuused
tears to flow from the eyes.of loving
women and helpless children in suffi
cient quantity !o form a stream deep
enough mid strong enough to lloat the
the iiaviea of the world, we are con
strained to search for the cause of this
invincible evil, nnd to seek to know
why men turn a deaf ear to every ap
peal, defy all restraint of law, and all
demands of society and throttle every
incentive to sobriety and decency and
rush headlong to durkness, desolation
and death ! What is it in the capaci
ties of men that forms this almost
impregnable wall to every approach
I and locks the doors of the heart to
every tender ageifljr, and impels them
| on in the way that leads to the pit
where not one drop of water can be
found to quench the raging thirst or
cool the,parched tongue. To awaken
refleetlon and to help some struggling
soul, I venture ttiese psychological
reasons for Intemperance. i
The Ilrst is the suffering mien under
go from a sense of “Solitude.” The^
social demand is innate and is a’so im
perative. The demand for sympathy
is equally so. Separation by physical
space in trying'and painful, but added
to this the insullerable complaint \va
call “Home Sickness”, a longing for
pleasant companionship; for the tench
of a tender hand, for the glance of«
loving eye, for the music of a sweet
j voice;tthis constitutes a sense of touch
! ness'that drives men almost to dispuir.
The enemy of order and righteousness
I'U a.profound metaphysician, and one
Of his devices is to tempt nieivin this
'condition to seek momentary relief,
j and then comes the suggestion. Men
soon learn that when intoxicated -they
j “swim in’mirth,” the tension is for a
I time relaxed a.id so they resort to
drink. Ail men-have the feeling -of
I loneliness, the highest natures, the
j most accomplished. The Foreign Mis
sionary., the poet, the statesman, the
j teacher, Die editor, the ministers of tc-
j iigion—none are exempt from it, ami
even some of these hnve sought sur-
j cease from this burden in the bowl of
j intoxication.
| The remedy for this painful ex--
'.perience of “Hblrtudc.,” .is not to be
found in drink, but i’l turning the j The tcndcrest plant in the human
mind lo high endeavors, in noble soul is conscience, and when ‘it ; is
achievements, in communion with smitten by willful deviation irorti'the
lofty intellects, in seeking fellowship while line of purity and truth oric rues
with the great masters in science, phil* ‘ on the spot. In the multiplicity of
osophy and religion. The man who 1 objects that engages ones thought the
seeks “company” in alcohol will soon 1 keen remorse may abate, but sickness
find himself beyond the reach of nil j comes, Sabbath conies, the silent
sympathy in earth er sky. I shades of night, bring to remembrance
The second psychological reason for 1 the days of innocence; the death angel
intemperance Is “Sorrow.” | enters the home, or some unlocked for
The whole field of Matcriamcdicahas. providence revives the recollection of
been ransacked to lind reliefs Ur bodily ; the wrong committed, and there is a
or physicist pain, but there is no paiii settled feeling of remorse. Conscience
like that of the mind, “The distress, becomes a bosom fury, wh< n it should
of thoSoul is the Soul of distress.” A have been a bosom friend. The temp-
ship does not sink by the great | tullon is presented lo hush the accus-
bo by of waters around it, but by that ing voice by the deadening eilects of
which gets in. A wounded spirit, who wine or strong drink. The experiment
can bear V j is made, for a little while there is the
Men suffer grief and regret from the feeling of exhilaration, the moral feel-
loss of proper ty,from the loss of friends, ing is blunted, then comes the lethargy,
from the loss of kindred nnd dear cues; the act that stung the soul is lor a
nnd the soul Is often left in widowhood, time forgotten, Tha experiment is re-
Horrows sweep like tempests down pealed, at length the monitor falls
over the soul. There is no exemption asleep, and then the validity of the
from sorrow. Every conceivable romc-* conviction is doubted, and something
dy lwis been employed to assuage grief | ns a siren seems to say, “the remedy is
and remove the weight of sorrow, but fround”—but some day a voice from
of nil rational remedies, none have been J whence one knows not speaks again,,
resorted fro more frequently than strong and it is like the voice of unangry Hod.
drink. When one is intoxicated the
line, ernsfs of the pari aggrieved is para-
lizctl for the time the soul sinks into
oblivion for a season anil there is “sur
cease from sorrow.” The temptation
to drink intoxicants to drown ones
sorrow is nrfcnost irresistahle.
"There can be no greater delusion than
tolly lathe stupefying influence of al
cohol as. a- rennedyi for “sorrow.” ills
folly, it is 'madness; it does not allevi
ate (except for.a moment,) the pain of
the mind, but weakens ones capacity
for. endurance. The purpose of sorrow
is to sweet in and. purify the spirit, mwl
The mail looks and listens and wonders
and to his act of misdoing seems to
have personified itself ns some dark
angel from the pit, it is shrouded in
horror, nnd he linds the remedy he
used to cure remorse has •lily fed and
nourished and developed the feeling of
compunction until like some terrible
I giant of evil it seizes and bolds him in
its invincible grasp.
Bam Small said when be heard Bam
Jones.preach on “Conscience, Record
and God" that whiskey no longer
hushed the'voice of conscience, and he
found that no power less than tne pow-
Thomson Mercantile &o.
An no u nctf ■ to.- uhe jp*© pk ol McDuffie and adjoi ning
counties tlhafc tlhej ha?e recently greatly enlarged their
business and. are now better prepared than ever before
to furnish their customers, friends and the public
generally with every article usually kept in a Grocery
Store. At our store <n>a Railroad Street you can al
ways find a large stock of
Flour, Meal, Moat, Lard, Sugar,
Molasses, Salt, Tobacco, Bag-
ging and Ties*
And many other Farm Supplier The h wan titles in
which we will purchase these goods vritB make ns buy
and.sell at the LOWEST market price*. We solicit
the patronage of the trading public.
Thomson Mercantile Co.
prepare us to sympathise with, aiul i er the Almighty God could do him
coinfort ■ others who are cast down.
The greatest 1 benefactors > of the world
have-been the greatest-sufferers.
Washington.Irving was bereft of the
objectof bis deepest affections-in early
life,; tie could have plunged Unto the
vortex of intemperance for mltegatlon
of ills grief, ibut instead he gave him
self. qp to intellectual and.Jiteruj-y pur
suits and ills writings have, refreshed
anil fertilized the libraries rof the
world, and will doubtless.confer bles
sings-on the world for a thousand yeuFS
to come.
iDet all tempted .todrink Ibecause of
sorrow inform themselves about .the
sorrow uf others and consider how
great and numerous the afflictions and
wounds they bring to .others by the
method they .have chosen to heal
llicir.own.
When lion. Alexander TI. Stephens
won a young'iuan a violent attack was
madempon him by. one-oPhts,political
enemies wiili a -knife, .rendering it
necessary‘for-hint to grab the knife'to
protect himself. Un the. conllict his
lliands and other portions-of -ids'body
were so eut as to-make these places the
center of rheumatic pains the Test of
hislife—-of that man he said (generous-
Jly) that if lie had known how much
suffering his attack would have im
posed -on hirn he ithouglit lie would
not have rnade.lt.
Bo if.you wilt only pause long enough
to reflect how teniblethe agonyiand
deep the’Sorrow youareunfllctingmpon
.those who love.-you,-surety the 'wish'to
give pleasure to those.you dove will
sustain you underdhe most powerful
temptation.
The .third nnit last 'reason that 'I
would-mention in the leuim of .psych
ology oh ;furnishing a -temptation :to
intoxication is that of Rem tractor ones
misdoings
any good. **c said that every ttbre of
his being demanded whiskey, but it
only-enhanced his misery, and he re
solved never to cease to pray until the
tied who gave him being, spoke peace
to his soul. One day the iyon of apper
tile woke up and he iell into his cruel
power. -During the Tarry meeting in
Atlanta he made a penitential confes-
■•sion of ids declension and was res
tored.
Gentle - reader let me say in conclu
sion-that I have no experience in the
use of intoxicating drinks, and will
have to depend upon others for the
theory-I have hereby-set forth and for
continuation of-thc-faets. Hut I have
studied the human soul, I have studied
God’s word, and‘I want to beg every
man who is addicted to the habit of
intemperance to break his cups, to dash
down the bowl, to be dominated no
■ longer by the demon of drink; 1 be
lieve, you can be made free.
“There in an unknown might within
•your -soul that will wake when you
command it." Let the strength of God
and of His Bon, Jesus Christ come into
you. -The Father of mercies will be
with you, Look to Him and he will
save.yoq
ILife WOrOOO Years Ago
■"Scientists have found in a cave in
Switzerland bones of men, who lived
.100,000_.yeiirs ago, when life was in con
stant danger from wild beasts. To-day
dlie danger, as shown by A. \V. Brown
of Alexander, Me., is largely from dead
ly disease. “If it had not been for Dr.
.ICing’sNow.Diseovery, which cured me,
J could not have Jived,” lie writes,“suf-
■fering-asd did from a severe lung trouble
.and stubborn cough.” To cure Sore
Lungs, Colds, obstinate Coughs, and
prevent Pneumonia, its the best med
icine on earth. 60c and ?1.00. Guaran
-jeed by Gibson Drug to., Dr. A. J.
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357 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
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