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well. Sir. Baker crop from several acres of these pea nuts and the yield has averaged abopt one hundred bushels to the acre. He has gathered all lie-wants for seed and market and now has sixty hogs fattening on the balance. Mr. Baker recently exhibited a moil-' ster coiiard weighing seventeen pou nds and with a spread of leaves of near seven feet. iWth It were two cow horn turnips, planted seven Road Working Apparatus • Is About Ready Holiday Visitors. ^^^Sailor Jean” the tourist with the Jpolleyette spent Tuesday night here. He sold many souvenirs. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Blitch of Cairo spent a day or two with their daught er, Mrs. J. B. Bennett, during the week. ^ . . j Mr. Walter Singletary of near Cairo was here during the holidays. He knows where to find the right kind of girls. .r Miss Ethel'Hand of Atlanta, Miss Clevlo Hand of Monroe Female Col lege and Miss Zeola Hand, who teaches near Thomasvllle, ate CJhrlst- mas dinner at their old home on Marshall street. t ( BHr town I^Hr no fric- ■Brnind their wPd thing that s Jnto trouble. (By J. S. Searcy.) vH||| The prime factors of 12 and 2. The prime factors of working school are an enthusiast® energetic teacher, a lot of well- raised children and a set of informed and willing patrons. Twice three does not make twelve. Neither do the children and teacher, nor the children and patrons make a school. The schools of this county will soort begin the work of 1906. The good patrons feel that they have done their duty towards the school. They have elected the teachers and are go ing to furnish the children (a part' of the time.) None of the children will go all the time. A few will at tend most. of the time. They are the ones that learn. The patrons fall to realize what they have done by keeping the children out and ! tho children who are thus in and out aro sure to fnil to learn. RestiU: tho .school Is dead, the patrons aro dead, and tho teacher who has lab ored ten hours a day for five cents a day, might as well be dead. Ho will bavo to move on. Who has done most to kill that school? Tho mat ter with education in this period la tho sm'atter. The country achools, as wo are conducting them aro egre gious failures. (Don’t sny Its Christmas and 1 have Indigestion.) I am giving tho unvarnished. truth. Olyp tho children a test to your ,school and see. '- A teacher Is born to his work as surely as is a poet or an .orator. Teaching one thing and hearing les sons Is something quite different. There Is no noise', unless there Is an ear to hear. No Instruction Is given unless one Is present to re ceive It. Parental Indifference Is the bane of country schools. A child that Is allowed to’ remain out of school for every slight Indisposition or on every occasion of a suden gust GOOD HUNTING. tine fe>v days tore and -lirltniijs. One (lrm sold over 1400 worth of goods on Saturday. This has been a happy week with the Meigs people. There has been a disposition with everybody to make everyone happy, which Is true hap piness. The old folks have looked younger and the young folks have looked brighter. The Christ] Auditorium w though birds are very numerous, on account of t he occasional high winds which Interfere with the hunt ing of the best of dogs to a certain extent. The recent mild, dry weath er made It almost Impossible for dogs rto do anything. The rains, however, will make conditions very favorable. It Is stated that this season breaks all records of the laat ten Of fifteen years In the abundance of turkey, ducks, squirrels,eac., In the rlvjer swamps and large lime sinks. Parties who have hunted on the Ocmulgee, Satilla,' ,Altamuba river swampa state that the abundance of game Is remarkable and that the Okefenokee swamp Is said to be teeming with all the living things that delight the hunter of big game. Residents pear'the swamp say that bear hunting Is the finest this season that has been known In fifteen years. A Gentle Kick. Mayor Wilkes, Marshal Arline or somo one else is entitled to the thanks of the public for building a plank walk across the street to the depot. The water backs against the railroad tracks and makes it very delicate business when you start to go to the trains. If Mr. Lamb, who has the authority would let this wat er through the tracks we would. es teem him as a full grown sheep. trnas tree at the College was a success. Wo have of young folks In Geor- beautlful and valuable e. given out. The young rnl*hed the tree and put ve much praise for tho irhlch characterized their present] More About Folks. Mr. C. P. Logan and wife, of Mur phy and Mr. C. S. Dennard of Al bany have been here this week, the guests of H. L. Dennard. Reginald Buckelew of Valdosta, and Charlie Blackman of Pelham, were here this wek. The next' Issue of a municipal kind in this place Will bo ‘Tight’' hr "no light." A mayor who favors more light wilt be elected. Supplements tho Write-up. ’ In the "write-up" of this place last week two firms wore uninten- ally left out. Many families enjoyed good din ners Christmas day. Our folks didn’t I enjoyed very much read ing the advertisement of Mr, Prlnglo In the Dally Issue of thlo paper. H told about so many good things that ono almost felt that he had really been to dinner. Wo had the pleasure on Wednes day of this week of mixing cranbor- ry sauce and turkey at the beauti ful home of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Car ter on Marshall stret. As host and hostess Mr. and Mrs. -Carter seem to have a natural turn. The menu was complete and every one enjoyed QUITMAN’S EXAMPLE. What It Has Done in Paving Btrets and ’Sidewalks. Wlint Is It? A Florida relative of Mr. Cfcarlt Contractors have Just finished the work of paving the strets of Quit- man, Brooke county and the town has some of the best streets In the state. The wide sidewalks are of vitrified brlclr with cement founda tion. A park 20. feet wldejoccuptee the center of the street In each block and the .electric light and tqle- to be moved to side than the general repair shop Thomasvlllo people. It Is about th Mrs. I. R.- Aultman spent Tuesday In Pelham. She ate turkey with tho family of Mr. W. S. Atkinson. Prof. H; C. Ramsoy and wifo of Thomosvllle spent Tuesday with re latives ..here. S. A. Miller and J. B. Maynard, each received a Christmas present that made them feel that they are full grown.' They are passing away the tedium of these long nights walk Ins the floor, singing "Bye Your puntin’,” and ’’Johnnie Get Your Hair Cut.” There may have been plenty of ‘‘moonshine’’ In this place during Christmas but nobody saw It. Two dim lamps gave out all tho "light" phone poles are streets. The county commissioners have also paved around,the court house square cement walks laid through Courthouse Park and a very hand some bronze fountain erected In the park. The town Is also putting In a sew erage aystem, and, altogether,, no year In Its history baa witnessed such varied and marked improvement In every* way. • GOOD FARMING, Some Things that ore Being Done In South Georgia Land. ■rise has made The’ Tlmes-1 frequent mention of splendid crops on Thomas county land. Thomas la not the only portion' of South Geor gia that la making a good record. Mr. Lott Warren of Idaho, Tift county, has made this year on ted acres, nineteen 500 pound bales of cotton. He planted the ten acres BUYS WllRTZ SHOP. Mr. L. F. Sfalre Will Make n Special ty of Carriage Repairing. TRADE MARK of New Haven, Conn. Mr. Main- has been in Atlanta for two years with John M. Smith & Son and Is a practical' man. He came down from Atlanta only yesterday and will return this morning.- He will take charge of the shop on the first of January and ho himself will come down soon’after that time to make Thomasvllle his home. Mr. Malre Is said to bo a capable man, and he will enlarge and push the business. the -celebrated oats. ’ He planted six acres and worked until he and his hsndh were worn out, and then turned in his bogs, which have so far made little showing on them. -He has about fifty head of-hogs to fatten thla fall. Mr. Walton Avera, who runs a five mule farm near Quitman Is a fine county farmer as a brief story of his crop this year will show. From 90 acres he made this year 65 bales of cotton which he. sold st an aver age price of p little above .ten cents. He delivered his crop of melons for which he received a check of 51,005. Besides he has 130 head of pork hogs to UUt that will average about 176 pounas,each, which will bring him a handsome sum of money. In addition Mri Avera made a good crop of potatoes, corn, oats, etc. Mr. Avera Is one among many other farmers who are makldg mon ey by farming and perhaps never be fore have the Brooks county farmers been so prosperous. Another famous farm Is that of W. E. Baker, two miles southwest of TIfton. One crop of this farm was 25 acres in peanuts, which was watched with Interest, many contend Ing the' peanuts would not fill out The road system under the alter native law will be started in full blast next week. This was decided upon at the special meeting of the boar.d of county commlsloners and road overseers Tuesday morning at the court house. The machinery Is .practically all here. Such of it as has not arrived will be here this week, having already been ordered k-efrom the. factories. Among the qulpment are four largo road ma chines, each of the same type and 25 wheelers. A great deal of parapher nalia Is required to carry on the work and the whole force of workers will be under orders nnd discipline like that of an army. There are a number of tents for 'the road hands that, are here ready for use. The males for the work have all been purchased. They were bought at home from different parties. This jls a wise move as all of the animals are acclimated and used to Thomas county work. "The commissioners have wisely de- - elded to have the first few weeks of , work done by the,whole force togeth er. 'They will be In direct charge of ' the superintendent, Mr. John C. Vaughn. With all of the'men to gether It will be easier for-the super intendent to Instruct them in the proper methods of road working and handling of the machines. As soon as the men become familiar with the work and learn how to operate the machines they will be divided Into squads and sent te different parts of the county. The experimental work for the first few weeks will be done op the roads near Thomasvllle, but every part of the county will re ceive Its share of attention, and that within a short time. AH propspects indicate that within a few months TliomaB county Will have the best roads Ishe has’ever had. . of wind, Is a hindrance to the entire school. He loses his interest be cause ho knows ho must stay out within the next few days and be feels that It Is useless to try. He com plains. to. the parent of the lack of Interest by - the "teacher. Can a teacher afford te use his best ef forts on such a pupil, when he knows that tho said pupil will be absent for tho remainder of tho week, or month or torm? No, emphatically, NO! Does a farmer plant his cotton and corn In August nml September and uso Ills best plans mid efforts, when ho knows from experience that the adversities of winter will render his efforts futile and blight his crops from the face of the earth? In the long experience of over a quarter of a century In hearing les sons wo have noticed that those children who pay something towards tho support of the school, attend most regularly. .Those who go learn. But this is only one side of tho mat ter. The teacher as a factor will como later. ' ~ .7, son place while Bliss Davis Is the 1 ter of Mr. Joqa B. Davis, nearl Additional Locals, Miss Trudle Mae Carter spent" Christman with her slater, Mrs. O. G. Walden. . Mr. W. Jf. Vanlandiugham went down to Cairo to 'find Santa Claus. Mrs. J; D. Atkinson of Doe Run Slid Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Shaw of Drifton, Fla., have ben wtfth title family of Mr. W. E, Davis this week. Miss Kansas Hudson of this place Is spending the week near Thomas vllle with the family of Mr. John Hurst. The largest hog killed In this sec tion this season was killed In this place last week by Mr. H. L. Joiner. It weighed 476 pounds. Mrs. J. N. Isler entertained a few 'of the young folks Tuesday evening. Centre HUI School begins Jan- On Thursday evening at the .resi dence of Mr. w. A. Lindsey, In the Center Hill neighborhood, Miss Gladys Lindsey was married to Mr. Tat Singletary, by Rev. R. G. Jack- son. These are two very. popular young people of their neighborhood, and they are receiving the congrats ulatlous of their friends. Misses Ruby Bullock and Maud Singletary of Ochlockonee were prom lnent guests hero this week. Miss Minnie Respess entertained her friends at a phantom party Wed nesday evening. Being out of the usual every one enjoyed it. Mrs. L. M. Cannon, Mrs. H. M. Mitchell and Miss Bessie Bunt of Pelham were guests at the home of Mrs. T. R. Carter Wednesday. Hancock yesterday sent him a box There Is ho busierplace in town l f frult conta!n|ng a Bpedoa nevr to tangerine. (•Enterprise body that well & Hancock. They UUl UUIJ | . . ....nnn.nnno- nrwl Vine size or a scuppernong and hat have the confidence of tho people If tn J the color of an orange, it seems to but they are excellent citizens and , „ . „ OT1 be a cross between a lemon, an or- aro always ready to do their part In every public enterprise. Then there is tlio business of Mr D. Z. Osteen. His business is small j. m but It Is a necessity. He runs d| . soda fount and makes the best Hot j Train Fight, or cold drinks and the finest ice Two negroes were brought to cream In the world. Everybody town from Cairo yesterday after- likes him and though his capital In- j ll00 n in charge of Sheriff Hlght. They vested Is small, his bnnk account li, were disorderly and fighting on a all right. His Is doubtless the best j Coast Line train. They were Henry paying business In tho place. | Klllson and Jphn Walter Ellison, Three Manly Boys. sons of Reese Ellison, a well known Clifford Kirkland, of Pearson, j Thomas county negro. They gave Guerry Isler and Louie Isler, Mor* J bond and will answer to a misde- gan, are three manly boys that have ! meanor charge of disorderly conduct WEDDING PARTY. diluent Camilla People Spend Night at Thomasvilli [Isk Ruth Powell, dne of the 01931 popular and charming young of Camilla, was married yesterday to Mr. I. P. Chapman. Rev. J. M. Outler went- up from Thomasvllle to perform the ceremony. A large part of the wedding party came down on the evening train and spent the night at the Mitchell House* Among the wedding party were Misses Ida .and Ethel Terrell^C. V. Chapman, R. M. Brown, of Whig- ham, W. G. Chapman of Newberv and H. L. Smith .of Savannah. Mr. Chapman Is on§ of the most promi nent young merchants of Whlghani and many good wishes follow him. I Notice! We are now mailing Disgu When a power in- bt tltlon is th When ther< Ice, ■solutl ntl v he day when ! competition in the lc FOR The they have b man will exp Itfes of a ner; lties of a person or corporation. But ono might be at least polite, If noth- C[ Any Planter failing to receive copy can get same by advising us by postal card. This Almanac is of special interest to every planter; sent free upon application. IDDRESS REQUEST TO F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Advertising Department NORFOLK, VA. Ing more. The people pay for the service they demand and they should have it. A corporation that serves^ the public for toll should prepare for complete service. It grates *y harshly on a man’s anatomy ti have to stand for thirty (or one hun dred) minutes and wait the pleasure of an operator at the main office. Call after call has been sent In from this office without answer. Perhaps