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The tax books will close Tuesday
night.
Lei all have a good lime at the
picnic today.
Next Sunday will be the all day
Sing at Liberty.
Cordcle will have a picnic at the
campground tomorrow.
ffhe A & B haB a lot of new*
loaches that arc beauties.
James R. Kelly and family, of
Cordele, spent Sunday in Vienna.
Judge D L Henderson attended
school closing at Unadiila Tuesday.
. Miss Lilia May MoDonald return
ed Monday from a visit to Cordole.
Misses Effieand Johnny Butler,
of Drayton, are spending the week
in town.
Rev J K Wray preaohed the
school commencement sermon at the
Cordele opera house Sunday.
MisB Mattie Jones of Cordele and
Mr. Bryant of Amerious, were
married last Friday night.
Tho Houston Baptist Sunday
school convention will be held at
Harmony Satuday and Su^ay.
Those who went to Florida on the
excursion last wqek have returned
safe and sound with no accidents
befalling them'
Tho G S & F Carried two car
loads of Odd Fellows to Valoosta
Tuesday to attend the annual meet
ing held there yeBtorday and today.
Rev. E S Atkinson returned
Sunday from the Southern Baptist
convention at Nashvill. He spent
a few days at the World’s Fair in
St. Louis.
Mrs. Claude Forohand’s school
at Pleasant Valley will close to
morrow, Friday, with a big ex
amination, big dinner big speeohes
and a concert at night.
The first a larm of fire to be
sounded on tho new clock bell was
at 2 o’clock Saturday, for a fire
that consumed Editor T. A. Adkins
barn .on Sixth streot. The barn
wnB a total loss with no insurance.
Thero was a devine healer in town
yesterday selling song books of her
own. composition. She looks to be
about 40 years old dressed common,
olaims to bo a pr^koher. She said
She could ouro any disease by prayer
and the laying on of hands, oould
cure any disease you oould mention
and charged only a quarter for the
oure. Sho had net been invited to
preach in any of tho okurohes and
the orowd on tho street seemed to be
too small to get her out. At last
acoouuts sho was receiving the
poorest kind of encouragement, and
one would naturally prosit mo there
had been a nussundorstanding
between her and the Holy Spirit,
she alone getting off at Vienna.
Our people did not leave their
business to follow after her.
ORPHANS HOME DAY
' The Foundor and manager of the
Georgia Industrial .Home for unfor
tunatc obildren, requests the people
of the State to remember the Home
on Tuesday, May at, and give one
day’s inoome or salary to this great
work. The Home has now about
ISO children from all parts ol the
State and m five years has touched
the lives of more than 200 and at
present is in absolute need of special
assistance by reason of an epidemio
of measles and its growing and in
creased necessities.
Many friends in Georgia of inno
cent and suffering ohildhood will
remember this appeal and give at
least .one day’s salary or income to
this noble cause. Ail remittances
should be forwarded by oheok or
postoffice order to Rev. W. E.
Mumford, Macon, Ga.
AWFUL DEATH
OF JAMES CHRISTMAS
News of a horrible tragedy which
occurred in Irwin county Sunday
morning reached Tifton this week.
The residence of Mr. Sandy Jim
Fieloher, about four miles from Ir-
wmville, caught on fire in the roof,
it is supposed from a spark, during
the forenoon, of. Sunday. A (bong
the many neighbors who hurried to
aid in extinguishing the flames was
Mr. James Christmas, an aged gen
tleman who lived near by. Mr
Christmas was weakened by reoent
illness, but dia all he could to aid
the others. A hole was out in the
roof and Mr. Christmas crawled in
to fight the fire. The flames ad
vanced so fast that they out Mr.
Christmas off from tho opening,
and be crawled around through tue
space between the ceiling and rooi
m an effort to find a way out.
Tho house was a large one, and
soon Mr. Christmas’ efforts were ap
parent to those outside. In near a
dozen places where he would stop an
effort waB made to out him out, but
before an opening could be made
the heat and smoke would drive the
panic stricken man to another place.
At last be succumbed to the smoke,
the heat of the burning building
drove bis rescuers oaok and the old
man perished horribly in the house
he had been trying to save.
The residence was one of the lar
gest in Irwin county, substan
tially built- But little of the furni
ture was saved and Mr. Fletcher’s
loss will approximate $3,000, with
no insurance.
lie was a father-in-law of Ordin
ary Lee, of Irwin county, who died
last week.—Tifton Gazette.
Mt. Christmas was raised in Dooly
county and moved to Irwm about
twelve years ago, mention of whioh
was made in this paper two weeks
ago. . He belonged to the large and
highly respected Christmas family
remaining hereabouts. Hia wife,
whom he lost some 15 ycarB ago,
was a grand-daughter of the late
Howell S wearingon, a Miss Dollar.
Hence he had many relatives ou
both sides.
MEMORIAL DAY
Andersonville, Ga.,80, 1904.
A special train will leave the A &
B depot, in Fitzgerald, at 0:30 a. in.
airiving at Andersonville at 9:30
a. m.
Immediately on leaving the train
at the government crossing, all old
soldiers, either the blue or the gray,
together with kindred societies, will
form in column without regard to
Post organizations, under the direc
tion of Past Department Commander
F. D. Lee, Marshal and Master of
Ceremonies, and march to the. center
of the oemotery, from whence
Colony Relief Corps, with an effi-
oent company of helpers under the
direction of Miss Emma Cowell,
will repair to the several sections of
the cemetery and place their floral
tributes of loving remembrance on
eioh and every grave.
Following is a condensed program:
Grand Army Salute to the Flag,
Prayer, Music, Duties of the Day,
UNADILLA SCHOOL CLOSES
The spring term of the Unadiila
high school closed this week with
eutertainind exeroises Monday and
Tuesday.
Prof C 6 Power has made that
school famous and one of the patrons
remarked that, in letting him leave,
they are losing' the best teaoher
they ever had Prof. Fleming,
former of Cordele, will succeed
Prof. Power. We failed to learn
where Prof. Power will go.
The exercise Monday morning
consisted of recitations and music
bv the pupils, the entertainers being
Cleone King, Nannie Lou Laney,
Clara Rentz, Mabel Ivey, Annie
May Manuel, Minnie Sue Peavy,
LeonBedingfield, Emma May Lane,
Laura McCarty, Winnie Power,
Madge Horno, Naomi WellB, An
nie Lou Pattishall, Kate Henderson,
Nettie Manuel, Smithy Carrell and
Lessie Carrell.
Monday night there was a concert
Music, Reading Linooln’s Gottys- beautiful and instructive, played by
burg Address, Reading of General
Orders,. Music, Decoration of Cen
otaph, G. A. R. Ritual Servioe,
Music, “Sleep on and rest,” Salute
to the dead, Taps, Benediotion.
On the return trip, the train will
leave at 5 p. m., arriving at Fitz
gerald at 8:30.
Lot everybody bring Flowers,
that there be no laok.
Oftioial Committee
SCHOLARSHIP FOR SALE
A scholarship & the Ga.-Ala bus
iness college is for sale at'this office.
There is a bargain in it. ■
A BAD EGG
This paper has no desire to inter
fere with the pel-suit of any man
who is trying to deal fairly with
tho people and make an honest
living, but there is a little niattor
that is attracting attention on
dispensary lines, of which wc wish
to speak:
ThiB is a dry county by ohoioe
expressed twice at the polls. A
dispensary would rob us of the
distinction of being one of the
strongest prohibition counties in
Georgia. There is not a poltician
in the county who would risk bis
head in a dispensary halter for a
single moment.
But there is an unsound egg in
the nest of Dooly county teaohs ,
the removal of which might be
bettor for the community at largo
and the rising generation.
We have high regards for the
gentleman on other lines, but cannot
think well of his plan to establish a
whisky shop in this county under
the name of a dispensary.
If thy right arm offend thee, out it
off. Corruption breeds corruption,
and what is taught to a ‘child in
sohool days is apt to linger with
that child in mature life.
This paper will not go behind the
door to speak its sentiments, but it
will plead that this man be quitely
dropped from the list and allowed
to depart in peace unless he ceases'
his efforts to bring Satan among us
with a liquor shop.
THE MoNEEL Marble Co.. Mi
riatta.and Cardele. have the largest
mill South, Writ$ or sail far prise
A WONDERFUL INVENTION.
It is interesting to note that for
tunes are frequently made by the
inv ention of articles of minor impor
tance. Many of the most popular
devices ara those designed to benefit
the people and meet popular condi
tions, and one of the most inter
esting of thcBe that has ever been
invented is the Dr. While Eleotrio
Comb, patented Jan. 1,‘99. These
wonderful Combs positively cure
dandruff, hair falling out, sick and
nervous headaohos, and when used
with Dr. White’s Eleotrio Hair Bush
are positively guaranteed to make
straight hair ourly in 25 days’ time.
Thousands of thbae, eleotrio oombs
hare been sold in various cities of
the Uiron, and the demand is con
stantly increasing. Our agents are
rapidly becoming rich selling these
oombs. They positively sell on
sight. Send for sanmle. Men's
size S5o. ladies’ 50o.—(half price
while wo are introducing them.)
The Dr. White Electric Comb Co.,
Decatur, 111.
Romie Boland, Bessie Oliver, John
Griffith, Ruth Pattishall, Winnie
Power, Hollis Gradam.
Tuesday morning there wasa brief
entertainment l>y Fannie Lou Gva-
ham, I.aurie Barlow, Clara Rentz,
John Griffith, Madge Horne, Ruth
Pattishall, Annie Lou Pattishall
and Thelma Ivey. Little Miss
Thelma Ivey was cheered until she
returned to the stage and reoited
another piece. After this was
speech on progressive education by
Col. R. Douglas Fagan of Macon
whioh was an excellent address.
Another concert was given Tues-
d ay night whioh ended the Bohool
and left sweet memories with the
hundreds who attended,
R. II. PLANT A SUICIDE
Tho failure of the First National
bank of Macon and and I C Plant’s
son’s bank has brought an intimely
end to Robert H Plant, the president
of both banks.
He put a pistol to the side of his
head at 8:15 o'olock Saturday
evening and ehded'his life at once.
The deed was committed on the baok
veranda ot his residence and no one
saw him do the act, but the nurse
reached him a minute later and he
was dead.
He carried lifeinsuranco to the
amount of one million and fifteen
thonsand dollars, three quarters of
a million being made to bis creditors,
which, it is presumed, will pay
about half the money back to depos
itors in his banks.
No statement of the bank affairs
has been given out, and no one
knows how runoh of the lost money
will be paid back.
Miss Maud West of Moultrie, is
ihere on a visit to Mrs. E A Jordon.
Most ot the teachers were here
Saturday to attend the monthly
nstituteand to draw their salary,
most of the country sohool having
closed lai>t week.
The Vienna high school -closed
last Friday with a reoitation at
night.
It is whispeerd in high circles that
R H Teel has the finest grain crop
on the Georgia Southern road. 1< e
carried a bundle of oats and a bundle
of rye to Macon Tuesday, and he
furnished a sample of oats for the
World's Fair in St. Louis. Mr.
Tell is proving that' bejs oneof the
best farmers on the ine,
'V.
No Accommodation.
It's bard to.be an editor.
Borne nations are i so “beady"
they so to War and flghtbefore
Tho magazines arb ready.
The Great Question.
"So be has withdrawn, bis suit for di
vorce,”
"Yes; they compromised and decided
to have two kinds of breakfast food, so
that each might be satisfied.”
One Thing Certain.
How do I know the earth Is round?
That China lies down there?
X do not know, but I have found
It Is not on the square.
Certificates
Fable of the Millionaire Who Saw a Great
Light.
A Hot Sport, with a Vast Fund of
Experience and a Checked Suit mot up
with a Kind and Gentle Millionaire
who had a Desire to know more ot the
World.
As the Hot Sport was well up In that
Branch of Surgery by which Young,
Millionaires have their Bolls amputat
ed, he felt specially Qualified to un
dertake the Job.
Selecting some bright pieces of Ivory
he Instructed his Pupil to place them
on Certain Spots and Await Results,
It was not Mnny Hours before the
Young Millionaire has purchased sev
eral Hundred Dollars’ worth of nice
now Experience that had never been
us«d before, but he was a Game Loser
and thanking his New Found Friend,
be departed .after Making a Date for,
the Next Evening. ' i
This time he brought along a Roll of
Bills as large as a Leg of Mutton.
Before the Olock.got tired striking the
Uuf he b'tul Experienced finBugll id' lest
Three Men a Year. “-on, • o U
After a Week of this Terrific Pace
the Young Millionaire called the Hot
Sport aside and said: “My Dear Friend,
I perceive that we are on the Wrong
Side of the Game. Experience Is a
nice Thing to have about the House,
but I am now so Surfeited with It that
I was obliged to store my Last Load
in the Hay Loft. I prefer to bo tho
Other Fellow. If you will Join mo
we will open a Gilded Den for tho
sale of Experience by the Pound or,
Bale, as the Purchasor may desire! I
will be the Silent Partner with a Pull
thjit will keep you from Being Pinched,
as my Father owns the City Council,
the Legislature and Three Judges.”
Moral.—It is because the Police have
Poor Eyesight that the Game Is not
stopped.
Recognized an Equal.
He w - a noted diplomat, j
Whole uitlnonts he shook,
And yet he did not dare say “Scat!" '
When talking to the cook.
Chip From
$$oseley H®scaatila
Vienna, Ga.
Orders Frond the Czar.
“Good night, boys. I have to cut out
these late hours.”
“Wlfie making a roar?"
"Wifie nothing! The cook threatens
to leave if T don’t come to breakfast
at the hour she has set.” ■
Made a Difference.
"How far is It oyer to the creels
boy?”
“That all depends. It is about three
miles if I have to go after the cows,
and about a quarter of a mile if I am
going swimming.”
Qualified.
“Their son is a youth of great prom
ise.”
“I suppose they will make a politl-:
clan out of him then.”
An Old Fogy. j
The plump -worm makes the early bird J,
To carol and be glad;
The feathered one has never heard I
Of the no breakfast fad.
On to Himself.
“Why does he write under an as
sumed name?”
“Read what -he writes, and yon cam
guess.”. .