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THURSDAY. APRIL 10, 1%3.
Mississippi levees seem to be
principally useful iu dry weather.
What will he do next? is the oft
uttered question about Teddy, the
strenuous.
If we are to have mighty hunt
ers for president, it is a pity Daniel
Boone isn't here to take his chances
as a _
It is possible with the man who
even has his millions to realize
that the world is not a paradise, if
he has a bad digestive
May cotton sells at 10.63 cents
u the New York 1 and
the bulls, who are in complete con-
L _. of the market, now talk of 11-
cent cotton.
Domela Newvenheus, socialist
leader, counsels a cessation of agi
tation affecting an Amsterdam and
a Rotterdam strike. Such a course
would be commendable even in
Anyolddam strike, as the moderu
guy would say.
Governors will be elected next
fall in Ohio, lowa, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ke.i
tucky, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Five of these eight states have
democratic governors now.
The Augusta Chronicle the other
day published an account of George
Washington’s death. However,
don’t be prone thereby to discredit
its progressiveness. The account
was from an old paper.
There are a lot of good demo
crats who seem to stand even
Stephen in the chances for a presi
dential nomination, it enough har
mony can be mustered up to reach
an agreement. There are Har
rison and Tom Johnson in the
west and Gorman, Hill and Parker
in the east that are good timber.
The Georgia doctors assemble in
Columbus this week and there will
be essays galore on “The Termin
ology of the Upper Superstructure
of the Ycht’nymoses” and the
“Direct Svmpathy of the Hirsu
tean Tower with the Last Extrem
ity of the Lower Femur by Way of
the Spine and Muscles,” and such
like commonly intelligible topics.
County School Commissioner M.
L. Duggan, of Hancock county,
Georgia, has offered a prize of a
flag to the county school which
will show the greatest improve
ment in school grounds and school
room decoration during the current
year. A number of schools are
actively engaged in competing for
the prize. The work of beautify
ing the school houses and grounds
of Hancock county has been mater
ially advanced during the year by
organizations of women. Prof.
Duggan’s act is worthy of emula
tion in other parts of the state.
The encouragement and aid of our
schools should engage the atten
tion of all good citizens,
SOFTCORE
Like the running brook, the
red blood that flows through
the veins has to come from
somewhere.
The springs of red blood are
found in the soft core of the
bones called the marrow and
some say red blood also comes
from the spleen. Healthy bone
marrow and healthy spleen
are full of fat.
Scott's Emulsion makes new
blood by feeding the bone
marrow and the spleen with
the richest of ail fats, the pure
cod liver oil.
For pale school girls and
invalids and for all whose
blood is th:n and pale,
Emulsion is a . leasant and rich
blood foo l. 1. not only feed •
the blood-making organs but
gives them strength to do
the:.- proper v vk. "
Ma i for free
’ 1 * F eg low;;*; chemist*.
‘ t hew York
50c. 00 ; all uPlggiStS.
Peculiar
To Itself
In what it is and what it does—con- j
taining the best blood-purifying, (
alterati\e and tonic substances and j
effecting the most radical and per- j
manent cures of all humors and all :
eruptions, relieving weak, tired,
languid feelings, and building up ,
the whole system—is true only of j
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
No other medicine acts like it;
no other medicine has done so
much real, substantial good, no
other medicine has restored health
and strength at so little cost.
“I was troubled with scrofula and came
near losing my eyesight. For four months I
could not see to do anything. After taking
two bottles of Hood’s Sarsaparilla I could see
to walk, and when I had taken eight bottles 1
could see as weli as ever.” Susie A. Hairs
ton. Withers. N. C.
Mood’s Sarsaparilla promises to
cure and keeps the promlso.
WATKK POAVEKS IN GEORGIA.
A comprehensive system of map
ping the areas adjacent to the un
developed water powers of Georgia
which will prove to be of great
value to manufacturing interests,
has just been inaugurated.
Careful surveys will be made of
all the important streams in ttm
state throughout their whole length,
to show the amount of their fall
and the position of their banks and
islands; and contour maps of possi
ble dam sites, and, finally, topogra
phical maps of their drainage basins
will be prepared.
This system of surveys has been
undertaken by the United States
Geological survey and Messrs. W.
O. Tufts and J. R. Eakin have
started work, respectively on the
Ocmulgee river from Atlanta to
Macon, and on the Savannah river
from Augusta to its head, includ
ing the Broad, Tallulah, Tugalo
and Chattooga tributaries.
Bronze tablets set iu cement
marked to show their exact height
above sea level, are placed at suit
able points so that future construc
tion surveys may have definite
elevations on which to base their
work.
High and low water marks are
located. Photographs and elaborate
notes are kept of all rapids and
falls and the nature of the river
banks and bottoms is observed and
recorded, and fiotn this material
reports can be prepared showing
the relative value of the various
possible dam sites
Railroads, public and private
roads, houses and topographical
features of the river valleys will be
indicated in detail on the maps.
Eventually these surveys will be
incorporated in the regular series
of topographical maps which the
United States Geological survey is
making of the whole country.
Maps of about 25,000 square
miles of Georgia have already been
published and have proven to be
of great importance in the develop
ment of the state; with the addition
of the new information obtained by
the contemplated surveys, their
value will be much increased.
These published maps can now be
obtained from the director of the
United States Geological Survey,
Washington, D. C., for the nominal
price of five cents each.
The following hints given by the
Gobe Democrat for as large a city
as St. Louis is applicable to smaller
cities alike:
“The organized movement to give
the city a thorough cleaning is one
to which every citizen should offer
active aid. Private premises
should be made tidy and vacant
lots put in proper condition. It is
taken for granted that the city au
thorities will see that the streets,
parks and public property are in
suitable shape. All legal regula
tions for cleaning up should be
enforced promptly and vigilantly.
Neatness pays in itself as well as
in the impressions upon strangers
i that count for so much. A city is
not built in a cay, but it can be
given a clean and thoroughly in
viting appearance by two weeks of
energetic work.”
Notice
After this date we will not pay
| any more hauling and rocking
roads in the county without being
ordered done by us.
John S. Leak, Chairman,
W. I). Rowland,
W. M. Turner,
R. J. Raiden, Clerk.
April 3, 1903.
SOCIAL AND- —>
feminine Topics
C'ARKIK MABJiEB JO.NKH,
at
The literary folks have had
their day of Browning and Napo
leon, and now it is said, they are
on the veige of a Dicken’s revival.
Indeed, the book stalls are months
ago resurrecting their Dickens
prints, are dusting their musty old
volumes of Dickens, and have even
gone so far as to coin their word
Dickensiana, which includes all
that pertains to this muchly read
writer. Now why is Dickens the
standard? Why are his works once
popular, then neglected, revived?
It is simply the old story repeated
the accent of that attribute w’hich
makes the standard in all literature,
the analysis of the human heart.
Whenever a writer is keen to in
terpret emotion, both pathos and
humor; whenever he anticipates
the subtle turns and quibbles of
the individual, then this writer is
enrolled as a standard. His books
are placed in our libraries, and the
succeeding generations continue to
enjoy and appreciate him.
Now this man Dickens was a
keen observer of human nature.
In the coffee house, on the train,
on the street, he was observant,
and once he discovered a charac
teristic iu a person, that person, it
is said he would shadow and study
until he had anew character for
one of his books. Have we not all
met a Uriah Heep, that bland
unctions bundle of insincerity,
whose very atmosphere breathes
hypocrisy? Aud cute little Dolly
Varden; of course this coy coquette
we all know. And who has a wider
circle of acquaintances this very
day than Mrs. Jellyby, the poor
soul who is the forerunner of the
club woman, the nugget o* gold to
the carper who believes that the
club and perdition are synonyms.
Yes we know every one of Dick
ens men, women and children;
they are in in our very midst for
human nature is but the repetition
of itself and the men and women
of yesterday are repeated iu the
men aud women of today.
So were Charles Dickens to re-
appear, he would find types for his
women as strong iu their individ
uality as they were in the England
of his time. Take Miss Harisham!
She lingers in our midst, slightly
modified, perhaps but the same
expectant maiden waiting for her
bridegroom. And the bridegroom
cometh not. Who does not revert
to the fair maiden of forty-nine and
never been kissed, whose ringlets
coquettish and whose smiles be
witching, are coaxed whenever
masculinity appears. She is in
every community. But she is fast
] disappearing before the encroach
ments of the bachelor maid.
Who knows a Liz.zie Hexam?
Who knows the patient careworn
girl with aspirations crushed by a
degraded, unsympathic father; the
girl who lives in obscurity and
poverty, to weave the dreams of
her ambition around the flames
only to see them go up in the
smoke.
But here comes Mrs. Boffin, of
Gadshill in her gilded coach, her
trapping glistening with the golden
nuggets, just discovered. She
wears fine silks and yet cannot
speak a grammatical sentence. She
has not eujoyed her luxuries long,
and she wauts every one to know
she has them. Mrs. Boffin calls on
us; we return the call because Mr.
Boffin’s name carries with it the
suggestion of gold. Do we go to
see Lizzie Hexam as frequently?
We may laugh at the Mrs. Boffins
and yet there are many who will
retain her on their calling list.
Was there ever a community
without its Sairy Gamp, that re
tailer of the town gossip under the
guise of our imaginary Mrs. Harris
Half- Sick
“ I first used Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
in the fall of 1848. Since then I
have taken it every spring as a
blood-purifying and r.erve
strengthening medicine.”
S. T. Jones, Wichita, Kans.
If you feel run down,
are easily tired, if your
nerves are weak and your
blood is thin, then begin
to take the good old stand
ard family medicine,
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla.
It’s a regular nerve
lifter, a perfect blood
builder. $1.90 s bottle. All druggists.
Ask . our doctor what he thinks of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla. He knows all about this grand
old family medicine Follow his advice and
we will be satisfied
J. C. AVER Cos., Lowell, Mass.
roin whom all information comes?
Denounce we may the Sairy Gamps
we know, but, beware lest we carry
the microcosm in our own breast.
We are perfectly willing that Sairy
should tell us the story of our
neighbor but vve fret, tume and
vow vengeance,when she takes our
story on to the next. Let us keep
our Miss Havisham and our
Dolly Vardens even our Mrs.
Boffin, as repulsive as she may be,
and exterminate our Sairy Gamps.
Let her be the creation of Dickens’
brain rather than the moral leper
of our town.
Where is the type of woman
drawn by Dickens who is not in
our midst? Truly to know Dick
ens is to know human nature and
to understand human nature at one
place is to understand it the world
over.
Miss Kffie Roberts leaves soon
for a visit to friends in Tennessee.
Miss Field, of Kansas City, is
the guest of Miss Cornelia Field.
A number of our young people
go up to Dalton for the post Easter
dance at that place.
The opera “i492”wi1l be given at
the " house on Tuesday even
ing April i ir, The court costumes
for the principals in this opera are
from Allabaugh, the noted costu
mer of New Orleans and they ar<e
exceedingly pretty.
The newsboys chorus which will
be sung by ten of our “young
Americans” will be quite a feature
and they do it well too.
Mrs. W. W. Young is the very
efficient pianist for this attraction.
ENGAGEMENT OF MISS CAROLINE
WILLIAMS.
Mrs. P. F. Williams, of La-
Grange, announces the engage
ment of her daughter, Caroline, to
Captain Charles Baker, of the
United States'f'lavy, the wedding
to take place at the home of the
bride’s mother, Thursday, April
30, at 6 o’clock.
The news of this engagement
will be of interest throughout
Georgia and South Carolina, and
of especial interest in Alanta,
where Miss Williams has been a
frequent visitor at the homes of
Mrs. E. G. Thomas and Mrs. Rob
ert Spalding.
Both of these young people come
of prominent families, Miss Wil
liams’ mother being a member of
the distingnished Norwood family
of South Carolina. She is also
closely related to the Speers of
Georgia. Miss Williams herself
is a notably attractive young wo
man, of many social graces, a fine
poise and a warm, sunny nature
that attracts and holds friends. In
type she is a perfect blonde, with
warm coloring and a tall, graceful
figure.
Captain Baker is captain and
quartermaster of the Sumner has
for several months been at the
Philippines. He is a native of
Lowndesville, S. C., and comes of
a long line of distinguished ances
tors. He is a nephew of Senator
Latimer, of South Carolina, and of
Mr. William Latimer of Augusta.
Ga. On his maternal side he is
related to the Calhouns and Nor
woods.
The engagement is the happy
culmination of a romance of sever
al years’ standing. Captain Baker
secured an appointment to the navy
at the beginning of the Spanish-
American war and has been on the
seas ever since. He came home on
a furlough several weeks ago, and
soon after his marriage will join
his command in Phillippine waters,
taking his bride with him. —Atlan-
ta Journal,
The above is of special interest
to Cartersville, inasmuch as Miss
Williams, the bride to be, has made
this her summer home for several
years and was one of the most
popular young women with both
young and old, who ever came into
our midst. It is with regret that
we learn that she is to go to such a
faraway home but our best wishes
will follow her and upon her visits
back to Georgia, her Cartersville
frieDds are sure to claim a portion
of her time.
SIOO Reward SIOO.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science lias
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh, Hall’s Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now know to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires a con
stitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building tip the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers, that
they offer one Hundred Dollars lor any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
F. J.CHENEY A CO,, Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Fills are the best.
E ti e The Kind You Have Always Bought
DtpaM
Is equipped with the latest scientific appliances. Yoiir
eves fitted correctly—no guess work. Most of the
common eye troubles may be cured by wearing the
right glasses. I will fit you properrglasses or fill an
oculist prescription for you accurately and economic
ally. If there is anything the matter with vour eyes or
your glasses, let'me make them right. No charge for
examination and a smaller charge for glasses than you
would ordinarily Day. I sell only the finest glasses,
fitted in any quality of frames you may select.
F. GRESHAM,
Jeweler and Optician.
" Swift’s fertilizers."
Blood and Bone soil builders. Always reliable.
It Pays to Use Them.
70 cars—a double header train load sold by us
last season of this one brand. If you trade
with us you will get good goods and pay your
guano bill cherfully.
WALTER WHITE . WALTER WRITE
A OAR LOAD OF CORN
Bought at the Lowest Price corn has yet
reached. Try me and see what it means to yoi
Good time notes taken.
WALTER WHITI
FOSTER & EAVES
Have Opened a
NEW GROCERY STORE
at the Hood Building on West Main street. an(
will carry a full line of Staple and Fancy Gro
ceries, Supplies and Feed Stuffs.
Mr. J. B. Foster wi have charge of thi
business and invites his old friends and cus
tomers to call and see them.
Remember Us When You Want
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