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COOPS AND IB
My stock of Dry Goods are receiving universal praise by the ladies.
In fapt I never carried such an attractive stock as is now in my store.
They are pretty, attractive and good, and at very reasonable prices.
Through this advertisement we earnestly invite you to come and see
the many stylish things we are affering in this department.
MILLINERY—No ladies’ spring costume
is complete without a pretty becoming
hat. Asa rule the hat is first in a
woman’s thought of a new costume.
I have a beautiful assortment of Flow
ers* Fruits and Foliage, with a large
stock of shapes and handsome ribbons.
I take pleasure in trying to please and
nothing delights me more than to please
a customer. Am better prepared than
ever before to turn out pretty, stylish
hats at moderate p- 8 — m
I am showing the swellest lines of Men’s and Boy’s new spring suits ever effered in Dallas and at bargain prices.
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. W. A. WHEELER
Writes Interestingly on the Subject of
School Libraries.
A few days ago I stood in
a magnificent library. As I
gazed upon two thousand vol-
' umes of the choicest literature
my thoughts wandered back
to the year of our Lord 1892.
I could see in my imagination
seven academic pupils assem
bled for the purpose of organ
izing a literaty society. I
could see an old cracker-box
containing twenty volumes
known as the library of the
Delta Literary Society. I
could see it in its infancy
struggling for existence. I
could hear the old brother
Knoiv-it-all predict its down
fall and see him refuse to give
his little daughter ten cents
with which to pay her dues.
I could hear the good old sis
ters say “it would be a hinder-
ance and not a help—it would
decoy the minds of the chil
dren from their text books,
etc.”
Then I saw the clouds of
prejudice and ignorance driv
en away by the winds of an
nihilation and the sun of pros
perity rise on a cloudless sky
and grow brighter as it climb
ed the canopy to the marid-
ian heights. I saw brother
Know-it-all visit the annual en
tertainment and go away a con
verted man. I heard the
good sisters say: “Behold
what manner of children are
these among us.” I heard
the old stingy parent say: “I
once was blind but now I see.”
Then the orchestra sang
“Praise God from whom all
blessings flow.”
In my tranquility I asked :
Who can measure the width
or fathom the depths of this
inexhaustible fountain? Who
can justly estimate the value
of the jewels of thought that
are weekly being stored away
by the dear girls and boys
who come hither to quench
their thirst for the knowledge
of eternal truth? The answer
would be, none can estimate
its true worth.
I thought of those who
cqpld enter here and roll back
the tide of time and associate
with Homer, Milton, and the
immortal Shakespare, could
follow the ambitious Caesar,
see him the hero of many hard
fought battles, watch him as
he crosses the Rubicon, and
behold him as the cold steel
of Brutis’ dagger pours his
! blood on the senate floor of
Rome. Then turn to another
volume and mark the corners
of Matk Anthony and Cleo
patra and note the foolishness
of the one and the frivolity of
the oiher. Then coming
down to later times and fol
low the biogiaphy of Napo
leon Bonaparte see him in his;
early manhood full of ambi
tion; see him walking on the
banks of the Seine contempla
ting suicide ; see. him at the
head of the army of Italy; see
him crossing the bridge a
Lodi with the. tri-color in his
hands; see him conquer the
Alps and mingle the eagles of
France with the eagles of the
crags; see hin upon the fright
ful field of Waterloo where
chance and fate combined to
wreck the fortunes of the
worlds wonderful worrier; see
him at last at St. Helena with
his hands crossed behind him,
a powerless prisoner gazing
out upon the sad and solurnn
sea. Turning from this they
can be charmed by Longfel
low or animated by Washing
ton, Clay, Webster, and Cal
houn. Turning the tide back
again they are awed by the
wonderful skill of Michael
Angelo as he chisels the hid
den Angels from the rough
ashler of marble.
Then leaving the terrestial,
they can grasp the golden
chain imd with Newton and
Hershal climb upward and
gaze upon the stars ot the
celestial world, and bathe in
the glorious sunlight of eter
nal truth that blazes from • its
center—Deily r
As I stood thus alone I
thought of the thousands who
were deprived of the great ben-
fits,and I said “I would rath
er be the instrumentality in
placing a library in every pub
lic school in Georgia, than to
wear the reg alia of a Czar or
bccrowned With lr urals won by-
military glory.” If I could
annihilate the trash that is poi
soning the minds of thouands
of our young people and cause
them to feast upon good lit
erature, J then could, with sat
isfaction, draw the drapery of
my couch about me and lie
down to pleasant dreams.
Thirteenth Annual Meeting Southern
Educational Association, Ashe
ville, N. (\, Jmu/80th, July
3rd, 1908.
“For this occasion the Southern Rail
way will sell tickets at the rate of one
fare plus 25 cents for the round trip, plus
#2.00 membership fee. These tickets
will ne sold June 27th to July 1st, 1903,
by all Agents of the Southern Railway
and connecting Lines south of the Ohio
and Potomac and east of the Mississippi
river, limit to return ten days from date
of sale and, upon deposit of ticket with
joiut agent at Asheville, N. O., and pay
ment of fee of 50 cents, final limit for re
turn passage uiv be extended to date not
later than October 10th. 1903.
Brins us your job work.
For Sale!
We have for sale at our place, six miles
north of Dallas, Ga., 60 acres of good laud, 8
good mules, 12 good log oxen, 2 log carts, lbig
log wagon, 2. good lumber drays, 2 small
wagons, engine, saw mill, crosscut saws.
Everything in Tip Top Run
ning Order.
Mill will cut from 10,000 to 15,000 ft. per day.
Also blacksmith tools, office fixtures, I top
buggy. In fact our entire property at this
place is for sale. All stock sold for cash,
machinery on approved notes.
E. J. COLEMAN & SONS CO.,
McPherson, Ga.
Mt. Zion.
Our Sunday school is success
fully with J. T. Wood, as supt;
H. D, Parris, asst; J. T. Adkin-
son, chorister, Jesse Jarmon,
asst; and Lewis Pearson, secre
tary.
Mrs T). L. Lester, of New Ca
naan, visited her daughter, Mrs.
Dosia Parris Sunday.
Miss Litha Adams, of Etta,
visited Miss Eula and Eishie Par
ris Saturday night. \
J. H. Jarmon had a f^ne milch
cow to die. ,
Gnats, gnats, whoever; saw so
many? One of onr good‘church
brother’s, failed to bat hil eyes
fast enough the other day, wdien
about a hat full (as he said) took
possession therein, which so af
fected his brain, that he got his
Sunday school lesson mixed up
so that he forgot the “golden
text”, and began at zero, and
finished with an h .
1. W. Parris and family visit
ed Jesse Jarmon Sunday.
We are requested to say there
will be an allday singing at Mt.
Moriah in the Old Harp books
the second Sunday in this month.
One Minute Gough Cura
Fop Coughs, Gold*- and Croup.
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