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Published Every Thursday.
C. F. DOUGLASS,
EDITOR.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE
OFFICIALORGAN OF DOUGLAS COUNTY
The editor of this paper is not respon
■ ble foi the views oi it contributors
THDRSMf, JANUARY 29 1903
COUNTY ABOUT DEAD.
In the main the New South is
optimistic. It can generally find
a sift in the clouds when others
full to see it- But at present it is
not bothering about rifts. It
drops to the other extreme and
will for one week at least herald
the popular cry of pessimism. It
has been said and repeatedly that
Douglas county is dead, but that
isn't quite correct. It is a verita
ble fact that there is a little life
here yet—especially in political
circles To hit the spot we pessi
mists need a word that means not
quite dead and not quite alive and.
being pessimists, we must aban
don all hope when the grave has
eo nearly won the fight. Yes, we
must give it up. To press against
such an obstacle would be but a
waste of time. Such battles as
that we delegate to the optimists
and they might defeat the grave
even at this stage ot the game.
But the optimists are all dead.
They were shot from ambush by
the pessimists and now there is
nothing Jo do but to watch the
breath ebb until it can ebb no
more. Conceding then that death
is the inevitable there cun be no
harm in a post mortem, That is
a thing that doctors sometimes try
on dead men and it makes them
tell what they died for. That is
why we want to try it on our de-
ceased county, A careful exami
nation is necessary. Attention
shall be given to the head, heart,
hands and even to thedainty num
ber nines. A man’s feet are his
foundation and it is in the coun
ty’s feet or its foundation that we
find the first defect, And it is a v
serious one. This foundation we
notice has been dug away by dis
loysl sons in all parts of the county,
even amongst the merchants of
Douglasville. But they are not
bad men, not that, no 1 noli
And they didn’t mean any harm
when they crippled home institu
tions by picking themselves and
their little pocket book® up and
throwing their support to enter
prises elsewhere. The second
trouble we find is in the head.
This is terribly distorted and we
notice the ailmenthas been brought
about by over zealous agitators,
politicians and similar creatures,
who have sometimes been backed
by r©al grievances but who have
for the most part harped on imagi
nary ills. The hands are to reach
out and bring things m and it is
the bringing in agency where the
next defect is found. For this the
croakers and we pessimists are re
sponsible. We have said that the
people are mean, contentious and
hard to get along with. We have
said that the town and county
have no good in them. We have
discouraged and driven away as
many as we oouid and have kept
others from coming in. Yes, that
is the work of the pessimists and
the croakers and they have done a
dirty job. The heart is the vita!
organ and we find it to be in bad
ehape. U has been befouled with
ill rumors and overtaxed by the
©lassesaforementioned. It is now
in a state of apathy. These are
the chief ailments ©four county
and, with such complicated trou-
In hard times as well as soft times
family groceries must be had. Folk
must eat, and a nice refreshing drink
will help one to bear with hardships.
p. y. McCarley <& son
Are not selling hard times but they
are selling groceries and delightful
drijxks.
bles, how can it last long? It
can’t last. It must die. The op
timist, of course, would not take
exactly this view. His idea would
be to kill the pessimists and croak
ers, put the agitators in jail, swap
the disloyal sons for better citi
zens and then press a united fight
for home and native land. And
he would be pretty apt to win.
But. since he is dead,there is noth
mg to be done. We must go down
to death eternal. Sad! Sad!!
Sad!!!
That Venezuelan trouble gets set
tled and unsettled. It gets war likg
and lamb like, but to all intents and
purposes there isn’t much deaire
either to fight or be gentle.
Mr Roosevelt may mean well but
from a Southerner’s view point at
least he lacks a deal of doing
well. It is another case of a man
getting his friends into trouble,
1
Atlanta’s way is to say what she
wants and then get it. Her citizens
don’t wait a week to bustle up money
for public good. They raise it m a
few minutes. That spirit has made
Atlanta and it is going to make her
the leading spirit of greater Georgia.
Signor Piui. an Italian engineer,
has invented a hydroscope and with
it can so illuminate the water as to
get a perfect view of things at the
bottom of the sea. This means
much for science, and it means too
that Mr Edison had better look out
for bis laurels,
INTERESTING HEIRLOOMS
Nr. Darnell Has a Collection
More Thin Half Century
Old.
A relic is history. It tells of
the past. It brings up pleasant
reminiscences. It generally car
ries with it a good deal of interest.
In the possession of Mr R J Dar
nell is a bundle of old documents
that belonged to his father, Mi
David Darnell and they tell a tale
that would be of interest to anv
citizen of the county In a forci
ble way they tell how things were
done here fifty years ago. There
are bills of work done by black
smiths and among other things it
shows that the price of laying or
making scooter plows was twenty
five cents. In an inventory of
property an item mentioned is one
hundred and fifty dozen oats, a
term now out ot use. Mr Darnell
owned a large number of slaves
and amongst the number listed in
1850 was Margarette JfoCoy, moth
er of John McCoy, now of this
county. The value placed upon
her was $850,00. Back in those
days the tax debt was a very small
matter. To compare it with the
present rate is like putting a speck
by the side of a mountain. Mr
Darnell was what in those days
was called a wealthy man.
He was worth between twelve and
fifteen thousand dollars and to
get an idea of how light was the
county’s draft upon him one has
but to read the following receipt:
‘‘Received of David Darnell
$6,50 in full of his tax for 1851.
James Yancey, T. C.’’
In this the twentieth century
the fifty cent man gets hit almost
as hard by the tax collector as did
the ten thousand dollar man fifty
years ago.
In the eirly history of Georgia
there was a time when tl e terri
tory came only to the Oconee riv
er. To induce settlers there was
passed a law giving free to each
family a certain number of acres
of land. All that was necessary
was to go into the unoccupied ter
ritory and select the land desired,
have it surveved and pay a small
fee to the surveyor and to the state
officers making the grant. The
titles thus obtained were known as
headright titles- When the au-
’ Always glad
to meet with and
serve the people
of my County.
.. . J
J. A. Pittman.
thouty of the state came across
the Oconee the newly acquainted
territory was cut up into lots and
were drawn. When a man receiv
ed land either under this system
or the old headright system his
showing consisted of the surveyors
plat and the grant from the gov
ernor. These were held together
by a state seal prepared for the
purpose* It was of wax, about
one eighth of an inch thick, two
and a quarter inches across and
circular in form. On one side was
the court of arms, the State of
Georgia spelled out and the date
in figures. On the other was a
landscape scene in the center,
agriculture and commerce spelled
out in three quarte circle and the
date at the bottom. -Pressed in
the wax was tape and the outer
end of this tape deftly held the
plat and grant together and kept
them in close touch with the seal 7
In Mr Darnell’s collection of relics
is just such a combination, The
surveyors plat was prepared in
January 1807 by William Mitcbell
The grant was made by Gov. Jar
red Irwins in August 1808. The
seal is dated 1799. Nicholas Fer
rell of the Tenth district was the
grantee. The land mentioned is
in the Nineteenth district, in Bald
win and it is a two hundred, two
and a naif acre lot. This is the
most interesting of Mr Darnell’s
collection and he prizes it highly.
For some of these relics he could
find a good market, but is not in
search of one. He prefers that
they be kept in the Darnell fam
ily.
self, but Electric Bitters wholly cured
me, and, although 78 years old, j now
am able to do all my housework.” It
overcomes Constipation, improves Ap
petite, gives perfect health. Only 50c
Duke drug store
School Books In plenty
DRUGS Os Every Kind
And All The Proprietory
Remedies You Need.
The Duke Drug Company.
WOMEN AND JEWELS.
Jewls, candy, flowers, mln—that is the
order of a woman,a perferenece* Jewels
from a magnet of mighty power to the
average woman* Eventhat greatest of
all jewels, health, is often ruined in the
strenuous efforts te make or save the
money to purchase them. If a woman
will risk her health to get a coveted gem
then let her fortify herself against the in
siduous consequences of coughs, colds
and bronchi 1 affection by the regular use
of Dr. Boschee,s German Syrup. It will
promtly arrest consumption in the early
stage and heal the affected lung aud
bronchial tube* and drive the dead dis
ease from the system. It is not a cure
all but it is a certin cure so coughs, colds
and ail branch 11 trouble. You can get
this reliable remedy‘at Seimans Drug
Store.
Get Green’s Special Almanac.
When you wake up with a dad taste
in your month, go at once to the Duke
Drug store and get a fiee sample of
Chamberlin’s Somach and Liver Tab
lets. One or two doses will make
you well. They also cure biliousness,
i onck headach and const ipatisi.
Like A Drowning Man.
Five years ago a disease the doctors
called dyspepsia took such hold or me
that I could scarcely go, “writes Geo. S.
Marsh, well known attorneys of Nocona,
Tox.“ltook quantites of pepsin and other
medicine but nothing helped me. As a
drawing man grabs at a straw I grabbed
at Kodol. I felt an improvement at once
and after a few bottles am sound and
well.“ Kodol is the only preparation
whiich exactly reproducestbe natural di
gesetive juices and consequently is the
only one which digests any good tood
and cures any form of stomach trouble
for sale at Selman Drug store.
A Life and Death Fight.
Mr. W. A. Hines of Manchester, la.,
writing of his almost miraculous escape
from death, says: “Exposure after
measles Induced serious lung trouble,
which ended in Consumption. I had
frequent hemorrhages and coughed
night and day. All my doctors said 1
must soon die. Then I began to use
Dr. King’s New Discovery for consump
tion, which completely cured me. I
would not be without it even if it cost
$5.00 a bottle. Hundreds have used it
on my recommendation and all say it
never fails to‘’cure Throat, Chest and
Lung troubles.” Regular size 50c and
SI.OO. Trial bottles free at T. A Duke’s
DrugStofe, >
Herblne Cures.
Fever and ague. A dose will usu
ally stop auohiii,a cbntinuauce always
cures. Mrs- Wn. M. Strout, Midlo
thian, Texas, May 31, 1899, writes:
‘•We have used Herbine in our fami
ly tor eight years, and found it the
best medicine we have ever used, for
la grippe, bilious fever, and malaria.”
50c at Selman drug store.
The Best Prescription for Malaria.
Chills ana Eever is a bottle of Grove's
Tastless Chili Tonic. It is simp)}
n and quinine in a tastless form nr
No cure no pay. Price 50c.
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To My Friend
It is with joy I tell yon what Kodol
did for me. I was troubled with my
stem*, for severs 1 months* Upon be
ing adx ised to use Kodol, I did so and
words cannot teD the good it has done
me. A neighbor had dyspepsia so that
he had tried most everything. I told
him to use Kodol. Words of gratitude
havecometome from him because 1
recommended it.—Geo. W. Fry, Viola
lowo. Health and strength, of mind and
body, depend on the stomach and nor
mal aetvityj of the digestive organs
Kodol, the great reconstructive tonic,
cures all stomach and bowel trouble,
irdigestion, dyspepsia. Kodol digests
any good so d you eat. Take a dose af
ter meals. For sale at Um Reiman drug
store.
SuoadKldneys—Perfect Healtk.
The use of Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure
will produce both. Trv a bottle and be
Convinced. Your druggist sell* It fw
sale at Duke Drug Co.
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■esgao oqi ■oiwvq'ivo ipovo siaawno axM,
‘444U04 BopadHsaoa Sana
LEGAL NOTICES.
Georgia— Douglas county.
To all whom it may concern:
R M Wilson, administrator. of
Isaac Oglesby deceased, has in due I
form applied to the undersigned for
leave to sell the lands belonging to
the estate of said deceased, and said
application will be heard on the Ist
Monday in February 1903.
H. T, Cooper, Ordinary.
Georgia—Douglas county:
To all whom it may concern;
All persons interested are hereby
notified that if no good cause be
shown to the contrary an order will
be granted by the undersigned on the
3rd day of February 1903, establish
ing a third class new road as marked
out by the road commissioneis ap
pointed for that purpose. Commenc
ing near the residence of W W
Wright on the Thomason mill road,
and running in a westerly direction
through the lands of W W Wright,
Will Vansant, J H Thomas, J L
Ergle. Green Billinok>a arid Frank
Camp, intersecting the public road
leading from W J Hembrees to
Joseph Yorks, and at the land lines
of Frank Camp and J L Ergle, as
marked out by the reviewers, and on
the 014 settlement road as it now
stands. Jan Bih 1903.
H T Cooper,
Ordinary.
Georgia—Douglas county:
By virtue of authority granted
in the will of Thomas W. Latham
deceased, I will sell before the
court house in said county,
on the Ist Tuesday in Feb’y 1903,
within the legal hours of sale to
the highest bidder, for cash, the
following land to wit: Ten acres
of land in land lot No. 90 in the
first district and fifth section of
originally Carroll then Campbell
but now Douglas countv Ga. Said
ten acres off of the east side of
said lot and near the southeast
corner ot said lot No. 90, com
mencing at a pine on original land
line between land lots Nos 90 and
99, thence north 350 yd. to arock
corner, thence west 140 yds. to red
oak tree, thence south 350 yds
near white oak tree, thence east
140 yds to starting point. The
lines established by 11. J. Gary
and Floyd Huckabee. Said land
will be sold for distribution.
Mrs 1 A Luihaiii,
Executrix of Thomas W Latham
deceased.
Walks Without Crutch*, s.
I was much afflicted with sciatica,
writes Ed. 0. Nud, lowaville. Sedg
wick-Co., Kan,, “geiug about on
crutches and suffering a deal of pain.
I was induced to try Ballard’s Snow
Liniment, Which relieved me, I used
three 50e bottles. It is the greatest
liniment lever used; have recomend
ed it to a number of persons, all ex
press themselves as being benefitted
by it. I now walk without crutches,
able to perform a great deal of light
labor on the farm.’’ 25c, 50c and
SI,OO at Selman drug store.
She Didn’t Ware Maask.
But her beauty was completely hidden
by sores, blotches and pimples till she
used Buckions Arnica Salve. Then they
vanished as will all Eruptions, Fever
Sore, Brils, Ulcers Carbuncles, Cuts,
Corns and Piles. Sure guaranteed, 25
at Duke’s Drug store. 3
Beauty And Strength.
Are desirable. You are strong and
vigorous, when your blood is pure
Many—nay, most—women, fail to
properly digest their food, and so be
come pale, sallow, thin and weak,
while the brightness, freshness and
beauty of the skin and complexion,
depart. Remedy this unpleasant evil,
by eating nourishing food, and tak
ing a small dose of Herbine after
each meal, to digest what you have
eaten. 50c at Selman drug store.
A Deep Mistery.
Is a mystery why women endure
Backache, Headache, Nervousness,
Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting and
Dizzy Spells when tnotsands have
proved that Electric Bit ton? will quickly
cure such tiubles “I suffered for years
with kidney trouble,” writes Mrs. Phebe
Cherley, cf Peterson, la., “and a lame
back pained me so I could not dress my-
You Know What You ar© Taking
W hen you take Grove’s Tastless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing tfcrt
it *l3 simptr iron and Quinine in a
tastless A>rm. Ns cure no pay.
SriP the Cough and work oft the
Cold.
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure
a cold m one day. Nihoter no pay
Pnce 25c.
Kodoi tryspepsiA Cure
.“OipesU what you eat*
Friend We Want Your Ear.
If now and then you fe el bard up
There “aint” no use to stress it
Just go right on as though “twont” so
Don’t never stop to “spress it
Just look around for those good things
That make the home go steady
And for those things you come to us
We have them fixed and ready
We mean the things you have to wear
The things you have to eat
In all of these we bargains give
Such as you seldom meet.
We do this “cause” we have to
. The goods they got to go
And to prove that they are bar gains
We only have to show,
Watson Baggett & Company.
The firm that cares for folk while tkfey
live and buries them when they die. \
SHERIFF S SALE-
State of Georgia—Douglas county;
There will be sold before the court
house door in Douglasville, Georgia,
between the legal hours of sale on the
first Tuesday in February 1908, the fol
lowing described property to-wit:
Land lot No 200 in the 2nd district
and sth section of Douglas county
Ga., said lot containing 202| acres
more or 1< ss, levied on under and by
virtue of a tax fi fa issued by W A
Sayer, tax collector ot Douglas coun
ty and against The Southern Klon»
dike Mfg. Co. for its state and county
tax for the year 1902. Levy made
by R E James deputy sheriff this Jan
7th 1903 and turned over to me.
Tenant in possession notified.
Also at the same time and place
wilfbe sold land lot No 975 in the
18th district and 2nd section of Doug
las county Ga., levied on by virtue
of a tax fi fa issued by W A Sayer,
tax collector of Douglas county,
against Mrs Mabie J/oody tor her
state and county tax for the year
1902. Levy made by R E James
deputy sheriff and turned ovei to me
Jan. Bth 1903. Tenant in possession
notified.
Mur M
Also at the same time and place
will be sold laud lot No 212 In the
2nd district and sth section of Doug,
las county Ga., said lot Containing
202| acres more of less, levied on
under and by virtue of a tax fi fa
issued by W A Sayer, tax collector
of Douglss county and against The
Southern Slates Exploring and Fi
nance Syndicate for its state and
county tax for the year 1902. Levy
made by R E James deputy sheriff
this Jan. 7th 1903 and turned over
to me. Tenant in possession notified.
Also at the same lime and place
will be sold one undivided half inter
est in seventy acres of land in the
northwest corner of lot ot land fifty
nine in the first district and fifth sec
tion of Douglas county Ga., by virtue
of aQ fa issued from the superior
court of said county in favor cf R M
Wilson Admr. on the estate of W M
Allen deceased for the officers of
court vs Mrs E R Gary and levied
on and to be sold as said defendants
property. Tenaqt in possession
notified. This Jan 7th 1903.
Also at the same time and place
will he sold lot of land nine bundled
and nitty three in the 18th district
and 2nd section of Douglas county
Ga., levied on and to be sold as the
MULES, HORSES, BUGGIES
We have them to
Sell - *- -*=>You have
them to buy.
You Want to Purchase Where You Can
Do The Best
Dont close the deal
until you have seen, us.
You can find us at
HARPER Bros. Old Stand,
105 Peter St., Atlanta.
Langley & Abercrombie;
property of W K Glover bv virtue of
an execution issued from the justice
court of the 784 district G M of said
county in favor of J 8 James vs W
K Glover. Tenant in possession
notified. This Jan 7th 1903.
M. L. Hathcoc?**?*
Sheriff.
Care of Puppies.
Puppies after weaning will keep
strong and healthy and will grow fast;
if fed only on fresh buttermilk and!
corn bread, with soup Instead of the,
buttermilk twice a week, till they are!
five or six months old. Do not feed!
them sweet milk. Keep the puppies
where they can get plenty of exercise.)
Do not crowd them. Arrange their ken-i
nels so that they can go in and out of!
their’ sleeping quarters. If fed in thei
same vessels, some dogs get more than)
their fair share of food and lose their,
manners also. Fasten a number of! i
chains where they eat at such dis- •
tances that no one can reach the other;!
then feed in individual pans. Give lit-i
tie medicine and plenty of exercise.)
and you will then have strong, healthy!
dogs. An hour’s run every day in thei
year in the fields and woods, weather
permitting. Is essential to good health.,
—Outing.
Sufterlngr Sours the Temper. •
“In all my experience as a physrf-f
dan.” said Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, the
nerve specialist, In a lecture, “I have
not seen more than a dozen men or|
women who have been improved mor-l
ally by long continued suffering. Acute
illness and Illness which brings the
patient close to death often has a bfrue
cial effect upon the disposition, but I)*
cannot agree with the assertion which f
we frequently hear made in the pulpit
that suffering is usually t?!e meafis of!
refining. I have seen a few isolated)
cases in which this was so, but it is not
the rule by any means. Tbu cbronlc in
valid is almost Invariably seMttH' aUd,'-'
peevish, and it Is a bard task to find al
‘burse who can stand the strain of such
a service.”
That That.
There is one word in the English lan
guage which can appear six times con-i
secutively In a sentence and make cor
rect English.
To Illustrate: A boy wrote on the
blackboard, “The man that lies does)
wrong.”
The teacher objected to the word
“that,” so the word "who” was substl-i
tuted. And yet It must oe evident to
the reader, for all that, that that “that”!
that that teacher objected to was right)
after aIL '
Hud !«■ Good Points. "
“That mediaeval armor must have
been very uncomfortable,” said a visit
or at the museum.
“Yes,” answered the man with
darned clothes, “but there was one sat
isfaction about it. A man could always
take down a suit of it in entire eonfi-i
dence that the moths hadn't got into
it”—Washington Star.
Chamberlain's Stomach and
Tablets cure biliousness, constiptffion 1
and beadache. They are Msy to
take and pleasant in effect. For saal
at Duke Drug Co.