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THE DEMOCRAT.
By-John M. Brown;
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FfCf.tT. GAZETTE OF
SHERIFF
ORDINARY, CL
KBK .<•
SUPERIOR
COURT A X0 < •(
JUNTA
’ COM MIS
81 OXERS.
F
hr second
h :; m tier
. t Ettiitbi wfae, <»
a., postofttf e.
Ualubridgf, (la.,
, Dec.
24, 1008
When a matiV tune 5s really valu
able he c n’taffjrd to kill it.
Je»lo.;*]y js said to be the secret
avnvai, or the open confession, of
oiit.’s inferiority.
Tell not bail youkrow nor judge
-all you see, ^if you would live in
peace,
No man ought to be made to
apologize for doing hie olam duty—
ought he?
home people's happiness reach-.*
its greatest limit when they get held
of something somebody else wanto.
The announcement is made that
scientists have discoveied water on
the planet M irs. iiehold how pro
hibition keeps spreading?
Poverty is the crime for which
we are all sentenced to haid labor
tor an indefinite period—dependent
upon our making good.
Judging from internal revenue
receipts, prohibition is sate prohi
biting somewhere; and the man
who.says ao is either a knave or a
fool, if he isn’t both.
The railroads of Michi ran aienay
ing them taxes m advance to save
the state treasury from a complete
sense of vacancy, which goes to show
that all railroads are not bad.
Mr. Roosevelt seem* to have cor
nered the ma ket on invective. Any
tii'ng Mr. Pulitzer conid say would
lie tame in comparison, unless, ol
course, vre include the unpublished
rotor s o! * New York World.—
eavinnah Press.
Tbo two should s-.idy tne eorres
pc ini u-o be! wet n the- Vatican,
Henry, XVII a d Martin Lntb< r
over the Reformation in the Six.
teentn cent m y.
State politic s are decidedly duil
tiiis time of year, and it's quite a
relief not to have to think what
Hoke did and what Joe is going to
do.^Them svtlle T.-E.
Sqme folks just caj’t help pro.
jectinjz miosmatfc thoughts.—It
just seems to come natural for
“out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketb.”
The sentence of six months, fn
ji'.ii and a fiiir-o/ .■> it*»t o-f-d t»-t
week on
tuiyinsr 5
close «orpor9tiort by the prices • s
To
men convicted of vote
'ha’ham county enconr-
;gt-- ♦* hope that 'he end of
®f per -!. t« »!
cal onti n ii
prohibition
tory in its a
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hut who!her itaitio
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ougi
Somehow or other the man who
sells his vote is always considered
more corrupt than the man who
buysitjbut he isn’t, if he isn’t
worst.
The season is about over and ~ no
10c cotton yet. The wav to raise
the price of cotton is to quit plant,
ing it, reduce the acreage halt' and
see if the price wili not go up.
Watson’s vote in the entire Unit,
ed States last November was a great
deal smaller than he expected to get
in Georgia. Thomas was wise when
he declared tor the luture, not to be
a political leader.
The larmer who is sure that seed
is too costly a thing to use in ade
quate quantities belongs to the same
school of finance as the merchant
who is sure that advertising costs
too much.
W ha-i does Tom Watson expect
to gain by his continual abuse of
Gov. Smith,—Darien Gazette.
The same thing that is gained by
the fice dog that is continually
snapping at the heels of his supi-
riors.
No, no, fine clothes do not make
fine folks. Some ot tbediitiest peo
ple wear diamonds, and the most re^
fined and cultured wear plain dress
es. Don't worry about the frills
and trinkets, improve the mind and
take your bath regularly.
There is a big demaud in all lines
of work for young men of honesty
and integrity,who are not too nice to
take hold when occasion demands.
The trouble with most of the young
crop of boys is that no matter what
position they may be filling, they
soon get the idea that they are bet
ter than their jobs.
The Albany Herald says: “These
are indeed dry times down here in
Southwest Georgia. There is very
little water in the country. The
ponds are going dry, aad the run
ning streams are down to the low
water marks.”
Yes, pretty “Dry”—but there’s
lots oi contraband “booze,” on this
Holiday occasion.
Prohibitionists will do well to see
that the next legis'attre not tam
per with the Prohibition law as
is i i Georgia, for the, opening
the qnestion w ill brirg a gale
emasculatury legislation that will
result in evil andonly evil to the
cause and to that of civic Right
eousness. Mark it!
The Democrat would be glad to
publish a directory of the Justice
courts of th.s county, and would be
pleased to have each Justice of the
Peace furnish us with the name of
the J. P. and constable and the days
on which the regular terms of their
courts are held. Many people have
business with these officers and
have occasion to attend their courts
and don’t know hew to reach them.
It would be bad tor a store it the
people were never certain about
finding it open for business—if it
skipped a few days now’ and then,
apprehending dull business. It is
only somewhat less bad for a store
when people can never be ceitain of
finding its advertisements in their
paper when it “skips” a few weeks
now ^nd then in its advertising-cam
paign-
When Judge Taft swore oft’ at
Hot Springs the jingle of hts empty
glass was heard all over the world.
Now we hear from Potts :1am pal
ace that* Emperor William has
pledged himself to abstain from al
coholic urmk for the rest of his life.
—Savannah Press.
Behold the power of example!
Suppose you try it—It might induce
your friend Jim Woodward to swear
off!
According to the statistician of
The New York Times, there has
been a decrea e e of 2o per cent in the
number of marriages among persons
of high social rank in Gotham dur
ing the past twelve months.—Ex.
The fact is probably due to so
much of the Thaw-White and the
de Castelane business. 'Tis not in
the “high social ranks” that the
pearl of great price is to be most
universally found but rather in the
middle stratas—the real conserva
tors of aK good.
Liquor consumption m Geoigia
has fallen off,probably 66 per cent,
within the past year—notably
among the classes whom^the cur3e
effects most. What is needed now
is the building of sentiment against
those who are able, and who are
bad enough, to order it for use as
a beverage—by the pulpit the press
and through every moral agency
having for its aim the uplift and
betterment of mankind, remem
bering always that folks are no
better than what they do or allow
done under their very oyes.
debape
!: i-t those who
. - ir-v -t .— r .<•- d ;
too elections <% ’ul>i m to whet’
the will of the people ha- been ex
pressed through the ballot box —
News.
It not only cU bauehts the voters
bought to ’ p ■ ne of the vote buy
er, but in * <.f the “doubt” al
luded to it makes the result one
Certain @f the defeat of the wili of
the people. Vote ouying or selling
ought to disfranchise for twenty-
one years every man doing it.
Revenge Is Unmanly.
What a hollow thing is mean re
venge ! It reacts upon the man
who invokes it a thousand times
more crushiDgiy than it wounds
the man toward whom it is direct
ed. You do not punish a man—
eve* one who ’has injured you—
by r- venging yourself up .n him ;
not at all. There is another way to
reach him ; a way that is orderly
and decent. People do not always
choose that way, because they faB-
cv, somehow, it is not manly to do
it. Think of a tuan being afraid to
do right.—Ex.
the pul
tc Inr
u«y«
who fi 1
m McDuff! and d—d.
si cries Hold ! Euou-
he
Liquor By Fxpress.
In Virginia, last week, the Court
ot Appeals affirmed the decision
<*f the state corpot ation com mission
in the case of the Portner Brewing
Company against the Southern Ex
press Company.
The effect of the decision is that
while common carriers must re
ceive shipments for delivery to
parties in “dry” territory, whole
salers, brewers, distillers and man
ufacturers cannot avail themselves
of that right, for by eo doing it
would be made possible for viola
tor^ of the Jaw to compel common
carriers to aid and abet violations
owing to the consignees receiving
the liquor when shipping in large
quantities an 1 then selling it ®on-
trary to law.
Indisputable Facts.
The-diU'ic'K-e in the number of
tv.»fc.s haii'diri in the rtcordei s’s
court for the first niue months ot the
year 19o8 as compared with the cor
responding i t riad in the year 19o7
s iys the Atlmia Journa 1 , shows a
diminution in the number oi cases,
not only with reference to those *f
drunkenne-s, but also as regards
gen ral disoi tier, that is very re
markable.
For the first nine months of 19o7
there were 4,32 cases cfdrunkenness
and ihe total number ot cases hand
led in the court numbered 16,o86,
while during the like period of this
year the number of cases of drunk
enness was 1,598, and the total of
all cases handled was 9,99o.
Figures are stubborn things, and
these statistics give an undoubted
proof of the effectiveness of pr >hibi
tion. In the matter of drunkenness
alone, there were about four t mes as
many cases last year as compared
with the first nine months of the
pu -enX year. There is almost a de
crease oi 5o per cent as regards all
cases docketed To be exac’, this
measure oi decrease would be about
45 per cent
Georgia bchool Books.
has di-
penitens
The Prison Commission
vtded the State into three
tiary districts, to be known as the
northern, southeasteim and south
west orn districts. Each o f these
di-tricts is to be under a separate
inspector, who will be required to
make frequent inspections of the va
rious penitentiary camps engaged in
wood work. The southwestern dis*
tret will embrace the counties of
Coweta, Monroe, Jones, Bibb, Hoas'
ten, Macon, Sumpter, Lee, Crisp,
Wilnox, Turner, Tift, Colquitt,
Thomas, Decatur, Mitchell, Miller,
E rly, Calhoun, Baker. Randolph
and Muscogee.
Prohibition Prohibits.
Liquor used to be .shipped into
Georgia by the train 1 tad, the car
load and barrel. Now it comes in
by Expres s in jugs, by the gallon,
and in packages, as school books,
etc., over the protest of decency
and moral sentiment. And yet
you can find lots of folks who con'
tend that 4 Prohibition don’t pr0«
hibit!” It prohibits the train
load, the car load, the barrels and
“don’t you forget it!” and its “get
ting theie with both feet.” No
man now living in Georgia nor bis
children wili ever live long enough
to see liquor dispensed over a bar
room counter again, in dear old
Georgia ; and the liquor crowd may
as well “put that in their pipes and
smoke it.” Prohibition of the li
quor ^traffic correilates wkh the
laws'against murder, arson rape,
and treason, and be or she is blind
who does not see it, and the legis
lature who would repeal or emas
culate either will deserve the re
probation, condemnation and re
prehension of all good people the
world over.
The Devil Squeals.
Washington, Dec. 9,—That the
wave ot oppisition to the liquor
trade seems is receding was the
keynote of the reports from vari
ous- 3tato Liqnor organizations
made today at the closing session
of the National Liqunr League.
The consensus of opinion express
ed at the convention was that the
best interest of tke liquor trade
would be conserved by having the
number oi saloon^ limited accord
ing to population.
Resolutions w°re adopted de
claring that “The industry has been
over-legislated, ever-abnsed, and
over-taxed iu the furtherance of a
creed ef a cult that is basically nn-
American and at absolute vasionce
with every principle of liberty, civ
ic righteousness, economic, com
mon sense and common justice,”
It was further resolved that “the
anti-saloon league is a meaance te
good government, the quietude of
The State School Book Commission
have adopted the following complete
list ef school books during the next
five years in Georgia:
Readers—Graded Literature, fi.?st
reader, Maynard, Merrill A Co.;
<-raded Literature, second reader,
AIii-yna,rd, Merrill A Co.; Lee’s Third
reader, American Book Co; Lee’*
Fourth reader, American Book Co.;
Lee’s Fifth reader.
Arithmetic—Wenthwerth’s Piac-
tical Arithmetic, Wentworth's New
Elementary Arithmetic.
Grammar—Hyde’s Course in Eng
lisb, book 1, Hyde’s Second book in
Grammar.
Georgraphy—Frye's Elementary
Georgraphy, Ginn <fc Co.; Frye’s
Higher Georgraphy.
History—Beffmner’s History of
Our Country, Field’s United States
History, Evan’s History of Georgia.
Agriculture—Hunnieutt’s Agri 1
ture.
Physiology and Hygiene—Hutch*
esoa’s Lessons in Physiology and
Hygiene, book 1.
Civics—Peterman’s Civil Govern,
ment (Georgia edition).
Primers—Wheeler’s Graded Pri
mer.
Spelling—Branson’s Speller, first
book, b. F. Johnson Publishing Co.,
Swmton’s Word B0«k of English
Spelling.
Writing—The Writing Hour Sys
tem.
foffien as Well as Men Are Made
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Tronble.
Kidney trouble preys upon tlic mind,
iscourages aad lessens ambition; beauty,
vigor and cheerful
ness scon disappear
when the kidneys art-
out of order or lis
eased.
Kidney trouble b.3
become so prevaltn-
, that it is not unco:::
f man for a child to b„-
born afflicted will:
weak kidneys. If tin
did urinates toooften, if the urine scald-
.e flesh, or if, when the child reaches a:
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is ret afflicted with bed-wet
ting, depend upon it, thecause of the diffi
cult)’ is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment oi
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition ol
the kidneys and bladder and not to n
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser
able-with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp'Root is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty-
cent and on*-doilari
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
bv mail free, also a Hwne of Swamp-Boot
pamphlet telling all aoout Swamp-Root,
mcluding many of the thousands of testi
monial letters received from sufferer*
cured.. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
J.1W! L A I N
It 13 custom every yea
New York anvi Haitimore, v\atcl
the nev. est g; od ; I did this this
secured an up to date line cf v
III;„a
aim winte
V
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All New Th s Reasons <
and at prices in keeping with the times, f (
of merchants not buying a dollar's worth <
on account of ao hailed '“hard times’’. 1. hour
eluded that if I didn’t buy Icouldn’t sell them; so^
A fsiSIS Line of Snot!, Clean
Merchandise.
j i ha t I fed sure wiili appeal to you, and therefore in
if vite an inspection of the same. Regarding prices.!
WILL Sell Them For LESS,
Asi pay Cash and Sell f,n
| Cash and my expenses small,
These expense items cut a big Figure in the
! price of goods.
Remember i handle a General line of tomb
consisting ot, *
Dress-Goods, Notions en
and Boys’ Clothing, Hats,
Caps, Ladies Long Coats
Skirts and Underwear.
Shoes Him* SpecestHy,
All Prices suit the Times
Will appreciate an inspection of our
1*0 VMb TO l
j. m. uum ,
Phone 256
jojdi
mail ITour Orders
Tlie South’s Greatest Mail GHer
HOUSE
- IS OFFERING A DISCOUNT OF
25 PEE CENT.
On its Entire Remaining line of Men’s & Soy’s
Suits Trousers and Overcoats
Also Women’s, Misses and Children’s
Tailor-Made Saits SKIRTS and Cloth.
AND MEN’S WOMEN’S and CHILDREN’S
WINTER UNDERWEAR.
B. H. LEVY, BRO. & CO
SavauiiKh, - Georgia.
I Mica
Axle Gre 39 ^
,.».»*• o'*
the
&U‘-t
T
teamster
pays
the
PracticaDy —, £
comes fjgj
•wear
jolting Ufc
Gie “T otfgxtl
4esV»y 6
AN OLD ADACB
SAYS—
••A light purse Is a hcatf**
Sickness make* a
* The LiVEit is tU seat»
tenths of aH dise^s*
communities and fvested property ( Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention
rights and exists for no other pur- g? SSteffSE I
pone than to provide occupation j Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the ad*
and revenue Jor the members of ai ^ res f> Binghamton, N. Y., 00 every
* * * bottle.
go to the root ol
tho ; o Us ^t>,.
and restore the 3 -
LIVER to normal coo .
Give tone to the
solid flesh to the both*
late No Substitute—^