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Superior court Mouday wees.
Square cotton yesterday lfl 6-8.
A few more blind tigers are said
to bo in the county.
The field grass will "make good
hap if you will only save it.
The Cooper oorner looks muoh im-
\^“"tved with its Becorid Rtery.
■*x’he contract has been let for a
Primitive ehuroh house in Cordclo.
The warm weather is enough to
make one *wish to go in soaroh of
the north polo.
D. A. Taylor has found a small
blaok leather purse, cloth lined,
brass snap, with four dimes in it.
The owner can got it by catling a
the store of Taylor Brothers for it.
Thore is a change in J II Church-
well’s advertisement this wook, and
the new advertisers are T P Busbco,
ware house in Cordolo; J S Byrom,
warehouse in Byromville; L II
Webb, farm machines and under
taking; Wm A Cate, Houston High
• School at Arabi.
Tho city court of Vienna will
turn into tho suporiour court the
sum of 111 ,500 from tho work of tho
last six months. This is above the
officers cost, and shows that the city
court more than pays its expenses,
while the expense of tho suporior
oourt must bo paid from the funds
of tho opunty.
i There was a big meeting at one
of tho colored ohtiroheB hero Sun
day, and about two thousand seven*
ty-tive negroes came to town. They
kept good order excopt a little
game a few got into and a little off
hand shooting was dono in the
swamp, whore soattorod oards and
an empty jug were found.' For
this shooting two,got into jail, but
it did not amount to much.
The city of Cordelo is in a law
suit over the possession of a pig in
the pound. The pig- belongs to
Senator Crum, and • he has brought
suit against the eity on tho grounds
that tho authorities had no right to
take up stook from the country.
The oity court of Vienna has de-
oided in favor of Cordole, in that a
, eity corporation has a right to pro-
( hibit the running at largo of stook
on the streets, may compound the
. same and chargo a fee for its de
livery to the rightful owner. Tho
senator will carry tho oaso
to tho supreme oourt. There
is no ill-feeling bctwcon the city
and Col. Crum, bo it understood,
and it is in court by mutual consent
as a test case to settle the matter of
the rights of a city or town in tak
ing up stook that domes in from the
country.
Tins year witnesses the opening
of 11,000,000 additional acres of
land to homesteaders, and the re
claiming of millions more by the
operation of tho irrigation laws.
liaising Angora goats is a grow
ing industry in Montana. The
fleeces of the recent clip are heavier
than usual, and the kid crop is
about double tnat of last year.
Mules come to working ago soon
er than horses. A mule two years
old with a mate, will do as muoh
work as a horse four years old. A
mule' at wernmg time is worth $26
to $40. In a year and a half he
can be at work and oan be sold for
$75 to $125.
How to put fiesh on either a poor
or an old animal: Cut clover hay
short, say one-half inoh, J take
cheap molaaes and dissolve one pint
•in one gallon of water and sprinkle
“ u P on three pounds of buot wheat
flour and two pounds of bran. Feed
the amount to each horse, or animal,
three times a day, commencing with
a little less per day, for two'days.
A professor says he pnt 100
pounds additional weight upon a
.horse, thin in flesh, in thirty days
ceding him said.ration.
Col. W. V. Harvard spent Sun
day in Unadilln.
Contractor Jake You Shipp spent
Sunnay in Cordelo.
Col. Joe Jeter, of Unadilla, was
spinning his yarns around here Mon
day. N
Mrs. J. D. Taylor returned Sat
urday from a visit to hey parents at
Irwinton.
Judge D. L. Henderson returned
Suqiky evening from his old -homo
in llousoton.
Sycamore’Sunday to visit her father,
the fat sheriff.
Oroar McKenzie is spending the
week in Florida to the delight of
his many friends in Vienna.
John Eubanks age 30, raised in
the 14th distriot of Dooly county,
died in Thomas county u few days
ago. . v
Mrs. M. S. Hamilton, a former
teaoher of Vionna, has been olootod
seventh grade teacher in the Cor
dole high sohool.
Ras Smith, of Tom Busbee’s
warehouse, in Cordole, eamo home
Sunday and spent the evening with
a very dear friend.
Mr G. O. Ernest, the tailor, went
to Maoon yesterday to be operated
upon lor appendcoitis. That is net
a pleasant position to oooupy by any
meaub. . ,
A telegram from El Paso, Texas,
brings the sad nows of the death of
Thomas Whltsott Tuesday morning.
He had consumption and went west
a year ago for his health. Ho was
brought home for burial.
BIG DINNERS,
Your humble servant has been to
three big dinners in a week. • But
that’s nothing; Bill Bivins*, when
he was running a newspaper, went
to six big dinners in a week, but it
was when he was on the jury and
the county fed him. We went to
the Masonic barbecue last Wednes
day, to the State Agricultural Con
vention iia Hawkinsville Thursday,
and to a big sing at New Hope Sun
day. That is enough to make a fel
low saucy, and get above his busi-
Mrsi W. T. Perry came up from-ness. Iu Cordele we had lots of
The poultry crop is now so well
advanced that the poultry raiser oan
have ft fair idea of his, or her, suc-
oess or failure.
Life has many it jveedy row. Hoe
them out rind reap mjiti.y a golden
harvest. Let the weeds , run rarn-
pant and gather only tears an/^ 80r ‘
row.
Since 1840 the world’s produc
tion of moat has been inoreased fif
ty-seven per cent, and grain four
hundred and twenty per cent.
What will the rising generation
do for sawed lumber, wood to burn,
or even bean poles? Better try set
ting out a few trees every year.
The African Review says: “In
the Transvaal and the Orange River
Colony if the pvesont sate of inter
marriage between Briton and Boer
friends to look after ns, and there
was no lack of provisions or hospi
tality, and the barbecue was as good
as over roasted overa.pit. At Haw-
kinsville Mr. Tom Ragan took
oharge of the little Vienna party,
aiid that is enough said for a good
time. It was fully equal to that
of Cordele, and that is saying a
great deal: Then at Now Hope
Sunday. Mi*. John Lane was tho
cause of us being there, for he sent
the invitatioii--hopo he will live to
he a hundred years old. Tho sons
and daughters of Dooly were there;
the (.laughters with the dinner and
the sons to enjoy it. ,
Lots of good dinner, everybody
welcome, and lots of good singing,
making one of the sweetest occa
sions of the reason. Judging from
the dinner, that would be a good
settlement for some of the old baton-
elui's to visit and ao their cooing.
The leaders in the’musio wore:
J. ,B. Folds, T. E. Folds, D. P.
MrCoroey, J. D. Harvard, Louis
Graham, W. D. Williams, II. A.
Hudson, Jim Folds, A. B. Mo-
Glamery.
There was a big dinner Sunday
at Marvin ohuroh, where the Meth
odist quarterly raeoting was held,
and one at Mt. Olive yearly meet
ing.
Banyan trees are remarkable for
the fact that their branches droop
down to the ground and take root as
separate stems.
The bureau of animal industry
Washington has ordered all stook
nnr« .*° cleaned and disinfeoted
before relo^ e< *’
Quit working'.- Hkea horse t0 uro
duce all you can, 11 is far more
important that you get a ( " on ^ P rioe
for what yon do produce.
Here comes a man who wanfe Ucm
pay for tho time he spent m eoui't-
ing a girl who finally turnedi him
down. Regardless of the outcome
most men would consider it a snap
Auyth ! ng whioh increases the
sum t-tal of human happiness and
brings opportunity it good.
The latest sooiety fad is to be
tall. Sooiety should have a'care or
it will hit the ceiling and hit it
hard. ,
Guatemala ants hre eating the
boll weeyil in Texas. Now for
something to follow up the Guate
mala antB.
The man who gives others an op
portunity to earn a livelihood under
acceptable conditions is a real pub
lic benefaotor.
We met six men yesterday who
did not complain of the weather.
Kipg Edward'says le takes no
physical exeroise. Evidently he is
one of those people who would like
to know what would be the use of
ooeupying a turone if it were neoes-
sary to work.
The Golden Rifle isn't a mere ab
straction. It is fundamentally cor*-
root and a safe rule and guide in
the practical affairs of life. The
best citizens are those who come
the nearest to applying it in their
dealings with their fellows.
HA word to the wise is*enough,
And many words won’t fill a bushel.”
For full weight, Correct Grade and
highest prices carry your cotton to
Byrom’s Fire Proff Warehouse, By=
r omville, Ga.
JNO 3- BYROM, Prop.
j L. H. WEBB, *
l I carry in stock a full lice of Harrows, Plain
j and Reversible Two-Horse Plows, Disc Plows,
► Seed Drills. I put in Ponelain Wood Pumps,
E have the best Hay Press os the market, sell
i McCormick Mowers and Rakes and carry a ♦
& full line of Coffins and Robes from the cheap*** J
est Wood Coffin to the best Metalic Cases. t
When in town call to see me. |
L H WEBB.
■je
is kept up, in twenty years the two j if, they could draw pay for that
races will oe so welded together as j kind of work and there would be
to. bo indistinguishable.
no striking for an eight hour day.
WILL MOVE ON CORNER.
_ AFTER SEPTEMBER 1
1 WILL TAKE
POSSESSION OF THE
STORE NOW OCCU
PIED BY
FELDSER & RAINBOW.
SOME SPECIAL PRICES
DURING NEXT 30 DAYS.
T. O. MOSELEY.
Vienna.
J sxtti In tHe Cotton Warehouse
Business again this season at Cor
dele, one of the best markets in the
South. I solicit your patronage,
with perfect guarantee of satisfac
tion. I also handle Buggies, Wa
gons, and Stock in season, and pay
highest cash priees for cotton seed.
T. P. BUSBEE.
WM. A. CATE, Principal. W. G. CATE, Prin. Com’l Dep’t
Houston High School,
ARABI, GEORGIA.
Commercial Department:
Arithmetic,
Grammar,
Spelling,
Rapid Calculation,
Letter Writing,
Commercial Law,
No entrance examination. Enter at any time.
For Terms, Etc., Address
W ‘w * n a r Q V» ri 5** Ho ^ ston Hi S h School, or
W. G. Cate, Frm, Commercial Dep’t.
Bookkeeping,
Shorthand,
Typewriting,
Banking,
, Actual Business,
Penmanship,