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Verdict for Dr. Pierce
AGAINST THE
Ladies’ Home Journal.
Sending truth after a lie. It is an old
ma\ltn that "a lie will travel seven
leagues while truth getting its boots
on," and no doubt hundreds of thousands
of gofnl people read the unwarranted and
malicious attack upon Dr. It. V. Pierce
and his''Favorite Prescription "published
In She May (1904) number of the Ladies’
Home Journal, with its great black dis
play headings, who never saw the hum
ble, groveling retraction, with Its incon
spicuous heading, published two mouths
later. It was boldly charged In the sland
erous and libelous article that I)r. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, for the cure of
woman’s weaknesses and ailments, con
tained alcohol and other harmful ingredi
ents. I)r. Pierce promptly brought suit
against the publishers of the Ladies’
Home Journal, for $200,000,00 damages.
Dr. Pierce alleged that Mr. Hok, the
editor, maliciously publisher, the article
containing such false and defamatory
matter wfpr the Intent of injuring his
touslncaKfurthermore, that no alcohol, or
other Viurious. or habit-forming, drugs
are, oryver ivore, contained In his "Fa
vorite /resumption"; that said medicine
Is mudy iaCm native medicinal roots and
harmful ingredients what*
ever/Wd that Mr. Hok's malicious state-
Bf fUf were wholly and absolutely false.
Ittlbe retractippprinted hv said
they were forced to acknowledge t.ji.i,l tju-y
tjatT of "Favorite I’p
gcrTatiJnfn>jp -inmen>l
•* IjbnV c<-rt m-dl>Tt j ijj aI •
gshol(ULiiilvorTl lc *iilegccj harmful .ini- f
Tliese facts were also proven in the li ;h1 or
the action In the Supreme Court, but the
business of I)r. Pierce was greatly injured i>y
the publication of the libelous article with
tu great display headings, while hundreds of
Ahousantls who road the wickedly defamatory
article never saw Iho humble groveling re
b* ction. set In small type and made as Incon-.
•plcuous as possible. The matter was. how
ever brought before a jury In the Supremo
Court of New York State which promptly
(rendered a verdict In the Doctor's favor.
(Thus his t.raducers came to grief and their
(base slanders were refuted.
In France it is a penal offense to
give any form of solid food to babies
under a year old, unless it be pre
scribed in writing by a proptiriy quali
fied medical man.
If a man is a loafer he has hut lit
lie to live for.
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KEEP YOUR EYE
ON BRIDGEPORT.
The bt manufacturing city on the Tennessee lilver. ('heap fuel, cheap raw
material, low fn ight rates. These conditions will make a groat city. Buy lots now.
1000 lots for sale at *IOO each.
THIS BEATS ANY GOLD MINING
SCHEME.
Invest in Southern Real Estate that will insure good returns. Included in these lots
at #IOO each (.$lO Cash, *ls in fifteen days and *25 per month) are;
One four-story Office Building which cost $70,000.
One double house, 16 rooms, which cost $7,000.
One seven-room house which cost $2,500.
Five five-room cottages, each cost $1,200.
Bridgeport, Alabama, Is a growing city. This is the best Real Estate proposition yet.
AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE,
NO LOTS SOLD TO NEGROES.
A, j. Mcßride,
Sales Agent for Bridgeport Lots.
ill EMPIRE BUILDING, ATLANTA. QA.
BLOODHOUND!
The Silver Lining.
Probably the greatest sufferer from
the discontinuance of free passes i*
I the Pullman Company. Very few of
the thousands who received free rail
way transportation enjoyed any fav
ors at the hands of the Pullmans.
They paid for their berths like other
passengers. Riding without cost,
they generally felt able to indulge in
the luxury of a bed. Cutting off the
bulk of this travel has cut off many
thousands of the Pullmans' revenue.
In fact, hundreds of sleeping cars are
hauled back and forth .now that are
little more than so many empties.
Any commercial traveler will bear
witness of this.—Kansas City Journal.
CONSOLATION.
Ills Wife—At last my eyes are open
to the fact that you married ine for
! my money.
Her Husband—Well, that ought to
i be some consolation, my dear.
; His wife—Some consolation!
Her Husband—Yes. You now re
alize that 1 am not as big a fool as
you thought I was.—Tit-Bits.
CURES ALL SKIN TROUBLES.
Sulphur the Accepted Remedy for a
Hundred Years.
Sulphur is one of the greatest remedies
nature ever g:ive to man. Every physician
knows it, cures skin and blood troubles.
Hancock’s Liquid Sulphur enables you to
get the 'full benefit in most convenient
form. Don't take sulphur “tablets” or
“wafers,” or powdered sulphur in molasses.
Hancock’s Liquid Sulphur is pleasant to
take and perfect in its action. Druggists
sell it.
A well known citizen of Danville, Pa.,
writes: “1 have had an aggravated ease of
Eczema for over twenty-fjve years. I have
used seven 50 cent bottles of the Liquid,
and one jar of your Hancock’s Liquid Sul
phur Ointment, and now J feel as though
I had a brand new pair of hands. It has
cured me and I arn certain it will cure any
one if they persist in using Hancock’s
Liquid Sulphur according to directions.
“Butler Edoab.”
Why He Didn’t Know Him.
An up-country business man was
once introduced to Abbot Lawrence.
“Mr. Smilh?” said Mr. Lawrence,
with a musing air. “I don’t think
I Ttnow you, do 1?” .
"Well, you ought to,” was the’re
ply. “I’ve traded with you for twen
ty years.”
“Always paid your bills, perhaps?"
“Of course.”
“That accounts for it,” said Mr.
Lawrence, “I know the others.” —
Boston Herald.
Garfield Tea, the Mild laxative, is a pure,
practical household remedy; good for young
and old. To be taken for constipation, indi
gestion, sick -headache, colds and diseases
arising from impure blood. It clears the
complexion.
Blessed are the meek, for they get
their work in just the same.
CORN
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NOT IN A TRUST
Georgia Cuilings
Curtailed Items of Interest
UatMered at Random.
Jordan Starts on Tcur.
G. Guuby Joruau, president of the
Georgia Immigration Association, who
will tour north Europe tor the asso
ciation, has begun his itinerary. He
will visit the British Isles, Germany,
northern France and probably Den
mark, familiarizing himself with con
ditions and gathering data for the
immigration association.
* * ♦
Rome Tank Sales $246,729 36.
The annual report of the Rome dis
pensary was submitted to the county
commissioners the past week, and
shows that the sales for the past
twelve months amounted to $246,-
729.36, the largest in the history of
the tank. The net profits were ssl
- which re divided between
Floyd county and the city of Rome.
* * *
Teachers to Meet in Macon.
The Georgia Teachers’ Associati-on
will hold its meeting this year in Ma
con ou April 25 to 27, inclusive.
At the suggestion of Chancellor
David C. Barrow, president of the
Georgia Teachers’ Association, all of
the boards of education throughout
the state are urged to excuse, with
out any reduction in salary, any or
all teachers who may wish to attend
this meeting on Thursday, April 25,
the first day of the convention. Ev
ery system of schools will be repre
sented.
Macon Grows Some.
Citizens of Macon who have been
much concerned in the rapid growth
of local population were much pleased
with the announcement by officials
in charge of the latest city directory
that there are now 55,900 souls
breathing the air of the Central City
The directory will contain 22,360
names. The multiple used is two
and one-half, the lowest employed oy
any people handling a directory, and
this furnishes the figures which have
been considered very low. 'the indi
cations are that nearly 70,000 people
are represented in ihe population of
the community.
* * *
Jackson Inspects Georgia Road.
W. O. Jaekson, chief inspector of
railroads lor the railroad commission
of Ohio, has completed an inspection
of the 307 miles of the Georgia rail
road and wfll report to the commis
sion.
It is understood that he inspected
the 307 miles of main and branch
lines of the Georgia road for $1 per
mile and expenses, which Is consider
ed a very reasonable figure.
All expenses of the Inspection is
borne by the lessors of the Georgia
road. The proposttion was made by
(hem, and accepted because the com
mission had no fund to pay such ex
penses.
* * *
Capitalists Buy Putnam Lands.
E. B. Ezell and Robert Adams of
Eatouton and George W. Atwood of
Darien have sold their lands in Put
nam. lying along the Oconee river,
to a syndicate of Chicago capitalists
at good figures. Other heavy options
have beeu secured on Putnam lands
and also adjoining lands in Greene
county.
Some of the tangible results of the
syndicate are an electric line to their
property from Eatonlon via Oconee
Springs, Putnam's famous health re
. sort. The principal object in se
curing the water power is the erec
tion of a cotton mill on the old At
wood factory site, near Long Shoa-'s.
• * *
Merchant Assassinated.
Homer Moss, a prominent merchant
murdered at his store at that place
murdered at his store at Nickajack
a few nights ago some time between
8 and 11 o'clock.
Mr. Moss left his store at 8 o’clock,
and went to his home nearby for
some change, telling his wife he would
be back soon. His continued absence
alarmed them, and at 11 o'clock they
aroused the servauts, and going to
the store they found the back door
partly open, and inside, ou the floor,
in the rear of the store, found the
body of Moss.
His skull v.as fractured, and near
by was a hickory club, about two feet
long, which had probably been used
by his assailants. w
• • •
Big Cotton Sale at LaGrange.
Probably the largest single trans
action of the kind ever made in La-
Grange was consummated a few days
ago, when 2,000 bales of cotton were
sold through L. E. Dunson to the*
Consolidated Catton Duck corpora
tion of Baltimore. The price was
understood to be about 11 cents and
a check was issued for about sllo,oou
for the whole lot.
The cotton belonged to Messrs. J.
E. Dunson, J. M. Barnard, W. A.
Reeves and others, of the Troup com
pany and was stored in the mam
moth new warehouse of the Troup
company at LaGrange, which is sail
to be the largest cotton warehouse
between Baltimore and New Orleans.
* * *
Electric Railway Chartered.
The Macon, Americus and Albany
Railway Company has been granted a
charter by Secretary of State Cook.
This is the company that has already
made preliminary surveys, and pro
poses to build an electric line between
Macon and Albany.
The capital stock of the company
will be $200,000, and its principal of
fice will be in Macon. It is to tra
verse the counties of Bibb, Crawford,
Houston, Macon. Sumter, Lee and
Dougherty, and will run through the
following cities: Macon, Byron, Fort
Bailey, Marshallville,* Montezuma,
Oglethorpe, Andersonville, Americus,
Sinitliville, Leesburg and Albany.
It is understood construction on
the new line will begin within a
short time.
National Baraca Convention.
On April 15 there will be held in
Atlanta a convention of national im
portance, with attending delegates
numbering probably two or three
thousand from all parts of America
and Canada. This is the Baracas,
whose motto is “young men at work
for young men.” They meet at the
Wesleyan Memorial church from the
15th to the 18th, this being then
eleventh annual convention.
Many noted speakers and Sunday
School workers will be present.
On the same dates the Philatlieas,
the organized young ladies’ Bible
classes, will hold their national con
vention in the Congregational church.
Arrangements have been made with
the railroads and steamship lines for
1 1-3 rate from all points east of Colo
rado.
Increased Pay for County School
Commissioners.
We are not paying enough for coun
ty supervision of schools. We ought
to pay enough to demand the greater
part of the time of the commissioner.
We are paying in Georgia from $250
to SI,OOO for county supervision. The
towns and cities of the state under
local tax are paying from S6OO to
$3,500 for supervision. They secure
the most skilled teacher that they can
find for the salary paid. The county
schools need more supervision and cf
a higher order than does one town
school. Yet our county boards con
tinue to hold down the pay to a bare
pittance and hence cannot expect any
man to give much of his time to the
business. The commissioner’s office
is a side issue. He must look to
some other business to earn a living.
This is all wrong. The commissioner
should be given a living salary and
be required to devote his best efforts
to the upbuilding of the schools. Ou
a salary of S3OO he cannot affoid
to be more than a disbursing officer.
These men have some delicacy in ask
ing for more salary so they do' the
best they can ou poor pay ana strug
gle in other ways to make a living.
I, for one, propose to plead their
cause and the cause of the schools.
We must pay more, so as to secure
full service and tne oest service or
our county school commissioners, 'ine
stale school commissioner s saur>
ought also to be increased. Every
other state house officer has had an
increase. This office equals any in re
sponsibility and dignity. Let these
matters be discussed at the coming
meeting in Macon. —J. S. STEWART.
SOUTHERN SUSPENDS WORK.
Company is Unable to Negotiate Sale of
Special Improvement Bonds.
Owing to the fact that the south
ern railway has been unable to nego
tiate a sale of Its improvements, large
contracts in northern Alabama anl
southern Tennessee are being sus
pended. These include the extension
of the Stevenson and Chattanooga
branch of the tunnel through Look
out Mountain.
PURE SOAP AS A TONIC.
Dcn’t be afraid of being too clean
or washing away your skin with too
frequent use of soap. Pure soap is a
tonic nnd. if need tie, it can be used
tw.ee a day cn the entire body with
uz cth;r than iea.ffeial effects. The
.o and Lath is stimuiati-t-g and pleas
; ut, f.6.i it is i.~c a cleansing bath.
TIRED Backs.
The kidneys have a great work to
do in keeping the blood pure. When
ithey get out of order
It causes backache,
headaches, dizziness,
larfguor and distress
ing urinary troubles.
Keep the kidneys well
and all these suffer
ings will be saved you.
Mrs. S. A. Moore, pro
prietor of a restau
rant at Waterville,
Mo., . says: “Before
using Doan's Kidney Pills 1 suf
fered everything from kidney trou
bles for a year and a half. I had
pain in the back and head, and al
most continuous in the loins and felt
weary all the time. A few doses of
Doan’s Kidney Pills brought great
relief, and I kept on taking them un
til in a short time I was cured. I
think Doan’s Kidney Pills are won
derful.”
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a
box. Fosier-Milburn Cos., Buffalo
N. Y.
Stone a Cougar to Death.
One day this week Jack Runk, who
lives near Lorraine, was driving to
that place with his wife in a buggy
when they noticed a half grown cou
gar run across the road.
Mr. Runk got out of the buggy and,
giving the lines to his wife, went after
the animal and soon had him treed on
a small tree near the road. He got a
hatful of good sized rocks and went
to pelting the snarling varmint with
all his strength. He proved a verit
able David •at stone throwing and
soon had the big cat hors de combat
—Eugene Register.
THAT’S SO.
“Senator Dubois says a senator can
not live properly in Washington on a
salary of $5,000.”
“Some of them could not live prop
erly on any salary.”—Houston Post.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollar- Reward
for any case oi Catarrh that cannot b*
cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Cos., Toledo, O.
We, the u - der-ugned, have known K. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
Warding, K inn an & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and raucuoussur
faces of the system Testimonials sent tree.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
Church Checks Babies.
A novel plan for the care of babies
and little children during the morning
service at the Second Presbyterian
Church has been adopted byi the La
dies’ Aid Society.
A committee will be stationed in
the Sunday-school .room to look after
the little ones, so that the mothers
can hear the sermon.
The plan will be started the first
Sunday in March. It is expected that
the plan will prove decidedly popu
lar. All things needed in a nursery
will he provided by the committee,
including milk, rattles, and teething
rings, for the amusement of the little
ones.—Springfield (Ohio) Dispatch
New York American.
Russian Children’s New Games.
The influence of the patriotic stand
which the school children of German
Poland have made against their op
pressors has spread into Russian Po
land. In Warsaw the youngsters are
playing anew game called “Demon
strators,” in which they divide them
selves into two camps—“ Cossacks”
and “Patriots” or “Demonstrators.”
The latter form procession and ad
vance singing Polish melodies; where
upon thev„are immediately charged by
the “Cossacks,” and after a scuffle
are driven off, leaving their “dead”
and “wounded” on the ground. In St.
Petersburg the school children have
started a game of “Bomb-throwers.’W
FIND OUT
The Kind of Food That Will Keep
. You Well.
The true way is to find out what is
best to eat and drink, and then culti
vate a taste for those things instead
of poisoning ourselves with improper,
indigestible food, etc.
A conservative Mass, woman writes:
“I have used Grape-Nuts 5 years
for the young and for the aged; in
Sickness and in health; at first follow
ing directions carefully, later in a
variety of ways as my taste and judg
ment suggested.
“But its most special, personal ben
efit has been a substitute for meat,
and served dry with cream when
rheumatic troubles made it important
for me to give up the ‘coffee habit.’
“Served in this way with the addi
tion of a cup of hot water and a little
fruit it has been used at my morning
meal for six months, during which
time my health has much improved,
nerves have grown steadier, and a
gradual decrease in my excessive
weight adds greatly to my comfort.”
Name given by Postum Cereal Cos.,
Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the
little book, “The Road to Wellville,”
lu pkgs. "There’s a reason.”