Newspaper Page Text
Early County News.
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY.
OFFICE IN NEWS BUILDING,
BLAKELY, GEORGIA.
Subscription Rates:
One copy, one year
Oneoopy, eix months s<i
One copy, three months 28
A. J. & W. W. FLEMING,
Editors and Publishers.
Thursday, April 16, 1903.
A "Wcrd About the Country Paper
The following from the Atlant?
Constitution is printed more for
the benefit of our county and city
officials than for any other purpose.
Blakely’s merchants to a large
extent have already learned the
value of the News as .a help to
their business and we have no com
plaint to urge at the amount of
business received from that source.
But many things which should
be given to the public by our coun
ty and city authorities through the
local papers are never published,
because of the short-sightedness of
our public officials :
A word once more with those
communities that seem to ihink
an editor ought to be willing to
publish a paper just for the fun of
seeing his name at the head of t>e
columns and being invited to an
occasional picnic.
Some time ago The Constitution
reproduced a complaint from The
Clarkesville Advertiser about the
grand jury presentments of Haber
sham county having been ordered
printed in that paper at a p’-ice not
to exceed $3. Tb'tik of i.—
whole dollars! Not enough to pay
for setcng the type, except where
the editor sets his own type, has
his own garden and lets his wife
take in sew : ng.
Now comes The W ilder Dene
crat and complains that the city
council of that town is ‘ ua d hea . •
ed,” because it has stopped the cus
tom of publishing the connsil pro
ceedings and paying therefor at a
nominal rate; in addit'on 10 levy
ing lor the first time a special tax
on newspapers.
No, it isn't hard-heartedness that
prompted the Winder counci to do
thL—but simply short-sightedness.
It may be none of The Constitu
tion’s business to make suggestions
to Winder’s councilmen, or to the
grand jurymen of Habersham coun
ty about how they shall run their
local affairs ; but it is our bus’ness
to protest uguinst such mistaken
public policy as this.
The average weekly ed’tor usual
ly has his all invested in his news
paper property. That investment
generally represents from one to
two 'housand dollars. But it *s
worth more to the town than five
times the amount invested in any
other local enterprise. As a rule,
the newspaper represents to the
outside world the town itself.
Poor paper, poor town, is the usual
verdict.
It is, therefore, to .he interest of
every town to support a good news
paper. Not through local pride
alone, but for practical brs<ness
reasons. A newspaper is constant
ly doing ten times as much for its
town as it could charge for, if u
would.
The more prosperous a paper i
the more it is able to do. Show u->
a good weekly paper, full of >-ve
local ads, with a general circulat o.
throughout the county, and we wi!'
show you an up-to-date prosperou
progressive community.
And we W’U also show you a pa
per that is worth live limes more
to that community every year than
the editor manages to make for
himself.
Show us a community that per
sistently proceeds on toe idea t 1 ■.
the eebtor of the home p. per can
live ou the ‘pi that iu'cu nuhties
in the off'ce ; w hose oiik. bodies
thnik it it waste of put : money j
to in ow him a bit o! pul c 1 ~11
ing occas onally at living luces;
wuose ciiixe is nave come io »e
-gurd >t as one of their inaben; b e
rights to work him for long winded
obituary notices and ••‘in mentor,
iams,’ with three inches of hyntn
book poetry at the end. to say
nothhig of an occasional no- ce
about a lost cow %r some cotton
seed tor sale, and we w'll show you
a community that is living from
hand to mouth and is always on the
ragged edge of adversity.
People ought to stop to think
about these things. It it an impor
tant matter. It is their own good
that is involved—the welfare and
progress of their community ; there
fore of themselves individually.
A local newspaper is absolutely
necessary to any community. It
may be that the daily papers, with
their larger news service and quick
et facilities, may have overshadow
ed the weeklies; but the weeklies
continue to fill a place that the
dailies can never fill. If they keep
the people of a community in touch
with each other by giving them the
the news of their town and county,
for that alone they are of value aDd
worth far more than the dollar a
year that is usually charged for
them. If they merely chronicle the
progress of the community and keep
the local pride and progressive
spirit aroused they are worth still
more— far more, in fact, than the
.own ever spends on them.
Bear this in mind : No mereban',
no grand jury, no town council
that spends every year all that they
can afford with the home paper —
whether that expenditure is act
ually necessary or not —makes
a wiser, more protfitable invest
ment. They are not “giving” the
home paper something. Oh the
contrary, it is earning every cent it
gets and more—provided it is a
paper that is worth picking up in
the road. And if it isn’t that sort
of paper, it is usually the fault of
he town in which it is published.
Statk Of Ohio, City of Toledo, \
Lucas County, /
Fhank J. Chunky make* oath that he la the
Bei or r >-tner of the firm of F. J. Chknky i Co.,
do'ug business in the City of Tj'edo, County and
State aforesaid, and that taid firm will pay the Kura
Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
1 .ae of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of
HALL’S CATARRH CUKE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before rne and nob'cribed iu my pres
ence, thin fith day of December, A. D. 1886.
A. W. GLEASON.
SEAL. Notvy Pub'ic.
Hall’B Catanh Cure is taken internally and acts
direct'yon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
E. J. CHENEY. A CO., Toledo, O.
Sold h.v Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Tamil.y Pills are the best.
Say, Mrs. Brown, why do you
have suen nice steak ? Just because
I get it at the City Market. ’Phone
107.
Tea —
The best to be had, green, black
or mixed at Martin’s.
Baltimore • Bargain • House!
Our buyer has just returned from market, where he
bought the best line that the Baltimore Bargain
House has ever shown. We have bargains in every
line. We have no special Bargain Days to run off
hard stock. Every day is a retd Bargain Day with
us. We are giving you no cheap talk, but the facts.
We can show the Blakely Trade the best line
OF LACES AND EMBROIDERIES
we have ever received; also a big line of
Lawns, Percales, Madras Cloths
and Silk Pique for Waists.
Our Dress Goods department contains everything
from 5c Calico to the best of silk. Nothing is left
out of this line, and prices to suit the times. It Jias
long been given up that we are headquarters for
CLOTHING, SHOES S _.
s s AND HATS.
We are the only people who can show you a full line
of Oloiliing. Remember we are the Sole Agents in
r>lakei\ .tor tno
Celebrate:' te -Tr \ f , v ' r> Shoes and
s Orange Valley Hats, s
I’StF*’Remember the place and come straight to
Headquarters.
THE BALTIMORE BARGAIN HOUSE,
SAM STEIN.
Try a bottle of Liquid Veneer—
the new furn’ture paint. It make
old things hew. For sale by Eoy
ktt & Gunn.
BUBINEBS & PROFESSIONAL CARDB.
The Blakely Barber Shop
T. B. JORDAN, Proprietor.
Shop in building in rear of Fryer’s
Hall. Prices : Shave 15c or two for ‘2sc;
hair cut 25c; shampoo 26c. The pat
ronage of the public solicited. 8-1-tf
E. L. FRYERS
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist,
BLAKELY, GA.
Tenders his professional services to
the public. Office at E. L. Fryer’s liv
ery stable. 1-1-03
W. J. JENNINGS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
BLAKELY, - - GEORGIA.
Office on Cuthbert street, where I
can be found day or night. All calls
promptly attended. ’Phone 28.
COBB R. BARKSDALE,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
ELAKELY, - - GEORGIA.
CAN be found in day time at my office at the
City Pharmacy ; and at night at the residence
of W. A. Barksdale.
Ur. T. M. HOWARD,
DENTIST,
Blakely, - Georgia.
Jos. H. HAND,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
BLAKELY, - - GEORGIA.
Office on west side of square, next door to the
oity bakery. Calls attended promptly, day
or night.
Blakely, Ga., May 17th, 1899.
CLARENCE T. ALEX ODER,
DENTIST,
Blakely, - - - - Georgia.
Office at the residence of Dr. W. H.
A'exander, where I will be glad to
.eceive all who may need my profes
sional services. *
A. G. & W. H. POWELL,
(Successors to R. H. Powell & Son.)
Xjsvw,
And Real Estate Agents.
BLAKELY, - GEORGIA.
ITT ill practice in Early, Clay, Cal-
W houn, Miller, Decatur, Terrell ard
Randolph counties, and elsewhere by
special contract.
3 »•♦+♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦•♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
Hi: To Our Many Friends and Hij
3]! 3 J >3 3
Hi: Customers : Hi:
:::: iii:
We call attention to our magnificent jjH
. i||| stock of up-to-date goods for this season* <►<;
oX < ►
—* ||
333 3 We now have the largest stock we i<>
3333 have ever carried, and if you will give
333 3 us your trade for spring and summer ;;];
|||; goods, we will guarantee satisfaction* 3i;|
:: To the Ladies:
i 333 3 . *33
Mi]: We call special attention to our line of 33::
iii: Dress Goods, White Goods and |33
x| • 3 33 3
333 3 Hosiery* These goods are of the 333 3
333 3 latest and newest designs, # and are not 333 3
1 0(>
333 3 to be duplicated in this city* 333 3
3 33 3
<3 ' i. 333 3
If honest goods at honest prices are what 33x
o< > < ►< [
the people want, we are sure to win* <33 3
3 33 3 ;;;;
oo
oo
°° -
oo **<*
Iw. o. McDonald !
;:i ~,
City: Pharmacy.
Call on us when in need of
Fine Perfumery,
First duality Toilet Soaps, \
Tooth Brushes, Crepe Paper, &c.
Full Line of Patent Medicines and Druggists' Sundries
always on hand. '
Tennessee German Millet Seed*
\
CITY PHARMACY.
COBB R. BARKSDALE, WADE H. fOWELL,
Proprietors.
[ficilFOß SALE! jj
♦l \£e have first-class brick for sale in any quantity. Or- JJ
ders filled on short notice.
If Special Prices so Lets of 5,000 or hi ft
XX Our brick are first-class and we will save you money. XX
No ord' too small, none too large, as we have the best JJ
machine chat money could buy and JJ
Our Plant Is Fully Equipped **
♦♦ ♦♦
tt to make and handle brick without limit. We solicit your JJ
♦♦ patronage.
It . ||
I BLAKELY BRICK COMP’Y. 1