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REFORMATORY IS
A BIG DISGRACE.
Mrs. Sarah Wooten Tells
of Scenes She Has
Witnessed.
WHAT THE FARMERS’
UNION HAS AND IS DOING
Mrs. Sarah I). Wooten, of Mi 11-
edgeville, a member of one of the
oldest families of the old capital
of the stato, n delegate to the
Christian Alliance conv* lit ion,
now in session in Atlanta, talks
most interestingly of the state re
formatory tinder tie management
of Mr. Bethune, superintendent,
says the Atlanta Constitution.
“Living in Milledgeville,” she
said, “I’ve had abundant oppor
tunity to study the conditions ex
isting on that reformatory ground.
With other ladies of the old capi
tal town I visit that place fre
quently, and while 1 have no dis
position to criticise Mr. Bethune
in his management, I am com
pelled to say that I cannot indorse
the administration, .lust think
of putting boys, lads of tender
years, out in the field to work tin
der the gun. and in chains, too.”
“Are you sure,” interrupted
Mr. Jucobson, “that chains are
used, that the boys work, in
chains?”
“Yes, I am sure. Then,
boys are put in the field as
day dawn, and there they are kept
until dark comes. Superinten
dent Bethune and his wife do all
that good Christian people can do.
But no man, and a woman, 1 care
not how devout, can divide time
evenly between watching boys
who want to run away, care for
the farm work, direct mental
training and do all else they are
expected to do. Its a known fact
that when one of the boys escape
Superintendent Bethune has to
take the trail himself.
“Then, where these boys are
located is no place for juveniles.
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Things Have Changed in
The Past Few Years
From Bad to Good
dot a
Bad Cold?
If you have, get rid of
it. The remodv is pleas
ant, cheap quick and^
simple. It has the ap
proval of physicians,
has been tested by ten
years’ use and during
the past few years has
been sold into more dif
ferent homes in Wash
ington county than all
other remedies for La-
Grippe, Coughs, Colds
and Whooping Cough
combined.
Cherry Balsam
Has our personal guaran
tee of the safest and best
remedy for Coughs, Colds,
La Grippe and Whooping
Cough manufactured.
Ask your neighbor. No
customer has ever been
displeased with it and
every one who has tried
the remedy will tell you
that it’s the best over
used by them.
We make and guaran
tee it.
It contains'no opiates,
does not prevent atten
tion to everyday duties,
acts gerttly on the system
and is pleasant to take.
25c and 50c.
Without any fanfare of drums
or blare of trumpets, the Farm
ers’ Union has quietly hut effect
ively conducted a campaign to
place the power of realizing the
profits from the cotton crop in
the hands of the men who pro
duce it.
For years longer than seemed
possible the farmer has quiescent
ly worked through sun and storm,
producing the great world staple,
cotton, then sat serenely down to
see others fix the price he should
get for the results of his toil. Ev
ery one ku°w that the real profit
out of that crop did not go to the
man who produced it.
But a swift and wonderful
change has come over things.
Backed by a powerful and wisely
guided movement, the farmers
throughout the cotton growing
belt are close knit, m common in
terest. They are for once and nil
the masters of their destiny, and
no longer does the cotton gamb
ler dictate to him, arrogantly,
and shortly, what be must tnke
for the article his toil has pro
duced.
Now, the farmers say: “Go
to. You’ll pay MY price or you
won't get my cotton. ’ And his
poise and guidance are so sate and
sane that he docs not become
drunk and arrogant with this new
power lmt fixes only a just price.
Lnst spring the Farmers’ Un
ion began a quiet campaign to re
duce the cotton acreage. The
heads of the organization knew
that the only way to begin a great
forward movement was to curtail
the cotton crop to something like
the country’s need. That the
campaign for reduced acreage was
effective in part was established
by widespread reports. Later it
was decided to plow up a part of
the-crop already planted. A bad
spring had made this idea easy of
success.
That the entire campaign plan
ned by the Farmers’ Union has
been effective is shown by reports
now being made to the Heads of
the organization.
Reports from all parts of Geor
gia show that the cottm crop will
be off 25 to 40 per cent, in Geor
gia alone. The report states fur
ther: “Reports received/ from
many parts of the belt east of the
Mississippi river prove conclusive
ly that there has been both a cut
in acreage and great damage to
the-cotton crop from drought and
rust. We are now prepared to
defy the bear movement. We
have not been so well fortified
ith bread and meat since the
,ar. The far mors are going to
set steady in the boat.”
There is the whole situation m
a nut shell. The farmer knows
he is master of his own destiny
now, and he is wise enough to use
his tremendous powers judiciously
and sane.
We Apologize for all Mis
takes in Former Issues.
We apologize for all mistakes
made in former issues and say
thev were excusable, as all we
have to do is to limit news, clean
the rollers and set type, sweep the
floor ami pen short items, fold pa
pers, write wrappers, make the
paste and mail the papers, and
talk to visitors and distribute
type and carry water, and saw
wood, and rend the proofs, and
hunt the shears to write editorials,
and dodge the hills and dun the
delinquents, and take cussing
from the whole force, and tell our
subscribers that we must have
money — we say that we’ve no
business to make mistaken while
attending to those little matters,
and getting our living on hopper-
tail soup flavored with imagina
tion, and wearing old shoes and
no collar and a patch on our
pants, and obliged to turn a smil
ing countenance to the man who
tells us pur paper ain’t worth a
dollar anyhow, and that he could
make a better one with his eyes
shut.
Iucker-Ricliboiirg-
Mitchell Company.
No firm is meeting with or de
serving of greater success than t he
one above named. Their’s ns you
well know, is a general store, and
is filled to the walls with staples.
Buying at the right season, at the
right place, and in large quanti
ties, give them an advantage, in
the way of price concessions, that,
many smaller firms are unable to
obtain. This firm believes in the
judicial and systematic using of
printer’s ink, hence their large
business has been built up, in no
sense, because of publicity. Ag
gressive pushing, reliable, trust
worthy, accomodating, make this
store a place where one pan trade
with pleasure—and profit.
Money to Loan.
A few five-year loans will be
made on good farm property*, No
loan less than $2,000. Security
must be ample. " 1
G. H. Howard, Atl’y.
Office over First National Bank.
Sandersville
Drug Company
Scarborough & Garbutt.
If it’s jewelry you are in search
of, stop tire search at once by
going to headquarters — Scar
borough & Garbutt. Not a great
big store scantily filled, but a
small store, the sides and ends <ff
which are fairly bursting because
of the many rich things carried.
It’s worth one’s time to “rubber”
at the display' window for a half
hour. Plenty of pretty' things
there. Whatever you need in his
line. Scarborough & Garbutt
won’t set you back very far.
The tract of ground given the
state by Dr. Hardeman forgi re
formatory is up against the state
prison farm. In fact , there are
few people of that section of the
state even Knew when they pass
the line dividing the convict farm
from the reformatory lands. The
hardened convict, and the lad the
state is trying to save, are to the
casual observer, on one and the
same tract.”
MILK COWS
WORTH
$20.00 MORE
For a small outlay, your milk
cows will be worth that much
more to you in the yield of
milk and butter each year
and, besides, you get a fat,
well rounded, healthy cow
into the bargain.
: S. D. C.
I Stock Powder \
Will Do It. j
You don’t hove to give it all
the year, but keep it on hand,
give it when the appetite be
gins to fail or the yield of
butter or milk falls off, and
the results will be almost
magical. V
It’s as cheap as the wortl^
less kind, and never fails.
Just as good for horses,
sheep and hogs. Cures ordi
nary diseases in live stock
autl expels worms.
25c.
Soi.d Only By
Sandersville*
Drug Company.
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WANTED
The people to know that there is a First-Class Shoe
Store in Sandersville, where the best of everything
is kept in the line of Shoes,
Soft and Wide, Trim and Neat,
for the smallest infant to the giant of man. We can
always fit and please. We do not run on the CHEAP
and SHODDY, but
DWELL UPON QUALITY.
We furnish only solid Shoes of the best makes, at cor
rect values.
We are sole selling agents here for
Lenox School Shoes, for Children,
The Celebrated QUEEN QUALITY and PATRICIAN for Ladies.
The Beacon $3 and $3.50 shoe; Hey wood Bros, and Clapp’s
for men—and there are no better shoes known to this age.
Try a pair of McCarty’s $2.50 Special, for Ladies.
Satisfaction Guaranteed, or Your Money Back.
T. Y. McCARTY SHOE CO.
Mr. W. A. McCarty, for 31 years know n to the Trade is interested with us
and will be pleased for all old friends to call.
FARM WAGONS
W e have Our Warehouse filled with the Best Makes Bought before the Ris
All Weights and Styles. Standard and Wide Tires, Steel and Thimble Skein
Axles. Dump Carts and Heavy Timber Wagons.
If you are going to buy a wagon, Buy it Now, get the use of it and pay
for it next fall. The price will be the same as spot cash. Every Wagon Warrented
to give satisfactory service,
Prices are under the Present Market Prices.
HOLT & BROTHER
GUS. H. HOWHRD,
Attorney at Law.
Over First National Bank
® Portable and Stationary
Boilers. Saw Mills
Side Crank anil CUITAU RCUPIUCC
Canto;- Crank 1 f.PilTj Klllhlritu
Sandersville Ga 1 Highest grade Ginning Machinery,
sanaersvilie, V*a, Gasoline Engines, Shingle Mills!
Several desirable of
fices for rent in First
National Bank build*
ing. Holt & Bro.
Corn Mills and Pumping Outfits to
bo had’in the entire South. Large
stock on hand, best terms, quickest
delivery. It will pay you to investi
gate our machinery and prices.
^MALLARY BROS, MACHINERY CO. 3 S, 0 acon73*j