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A New Orleans woman was thin.
Because she did not extract sufficient
V nourishment from her food.
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She took Scott's Emulsion •
Result:
f.Op She gained a pound a day in weight.
j] d\ ALL DRUGGISTS: SOc. AND SI.OO
L A Nice Present.
It Is sakl of a champion mean man
that the only present he ever made to
Ills wife was on the twenty-fifth anni
versary of their wedding, when he
gave her four yards of cotton cloth
with which to make Iffm a shirt.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
OFFERS UNEXCELLED SERVICE
North, South, East and West
For rates, routes and schedules or any others in
formation, address,
G. R. PETTIT, Trav. Pass, Agent, Macon Ga
VERY LOW RATES'
TO
NORFOLK Va.
and Ret is rii
Account Jamestown Tor-Centennial Expsifte
Via
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
Season, sixty day and fifteen day tickets on sale daily com
mencing April 19th, to and including November 30, 1907.
Very low rates will also be made for Military and Brass Bands
n uniform attending the Exposition.
Stop Overs will be allowed on season, sixty day and fifteen day
tickets same as on Summer tourist tickets.
pv*' For full and complete information call on Ticket Agents South
ern Railway, or write ,
J. C. LUSK, BisL, Pass., Agt., Atlanta fia.
A PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PERIL.
It Would Intrench Corrupt Political
Bosses Permanently In Power.
Referring to the recent announce
ment that 51,140 persons are on the
payroll of New York city, the Newark
Advertiser declares that in the event of
municipal ownership of street railways,
electric light and gas plants, ferries
and other public utilities the city em
ployees would constitute a political
army that would make a change of ad
ministration impossible.
It recalls the fact that 25,000 city
employees in Philadelphia kept Phila
delphia in the hands of the corrupt
Durham machine for years and only a
great popular uprising finally over
threw tlie grafters.
“If Durham had had control of the
street railroads and other public utili
ties in Philadelphia through municipal
ownership,” It observes, “he could have
laughed at popular uprisings. He
would have been as absolute in his au
thority as the czar.”
The point Is well taken.
In other cities the political situation
under public ownership would be as it
would In Philadelphia and New l'ork.
Bosses may be overthrown and graft
ers turned out whenever the people
will it at present. Public ownership of
all public utilities would end this. It
would bind the people hand and foot
and deliver them into the hands of po
litical grafters.—Long Branch (X. J.)
Record.
If a man could jump as far In pro
portion to his size and weight as a Ilea,
he could at a single leap puss from Bt.
Louis to Chicago.
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Control Easier Than Operation.
The plea for municipal ownership
seems logical In communities that ap
pear to be unable to control public
utility corporations. But if cities with
all their law making and law enforc
ing power cannot cope with corpora
tions which operate by their suffer
ances would tliey be more able to man
age these companies themselves?—
City Star. fi 1
The attendant in the dentist’s office
pprosched the man with the swollen
jr.w who had just entered. “Do you
want to have a tooth extracted?” she
inquired. “Want to!” lie snorted.
“Want to! What do you think I am, a
lunatic? I’ve got to.”—Ann Arbor
Chaparral.
, Legal Advertisments,
For Years Support.
GEORGIA, Butts County.
' Mrs. Sarali Washington, having made
application for ’twelve months support out
of the estate of John W. Washington, and
appraisers duly appointed to set apart the
same having filed their return, all persons
concerned are hereby required to show
cause before the Court of Ordinary of said
county on the first Monday in July 1007,
why saidjapplication should not he granted.
This 3rd day of June, 1907.
J. H. HAM. Ordinary.
Notice.
GEORGIA. Butts County.-
Ail persons having claims against the es
tate of James K. Watkins are requested to
present them within the time allowed by
law and all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment
This June Bth 1007
Mrs. Henrietta J. Watkins, Widow and
sole heir of the said James It. Watkins.
Notice.
GEORGIA, Butts County.— 5 *
All persons having claims against the es
tate of Julia Redding are lequested to pre
sent them within the time allowed by law
and all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment.
This May 2.7, I*K)7
B. P. Bailey,
Adm. Julia Redding,
Notice.
At the coming session of the next Legis
ature of Georgia, a hill will be introduced
the title of which will be, ‘A Bill Entitled
an Act to Amend the Charter of the City
of Jackson, in Butts County, said State,
and for other purposes.
All those who have not given in their
State and County taxes are requested to do
so at once as the books will lie closed in a
few days.
J. E. McMichael, TANARUS, C. B. C.
Correspondents.
A Day at Beersheba,
On last Sunday morning we deci
ded to take in the old sacred harp
singing at Beersheba. We got there
early so that we might get it all ami al
most the first sound that fell on our
ear drum was our favorite. It
was sung.with time and melody as
soft as the dew drops of a starry night
It was led by Prof. Banks of Jackson.
These are the words. “Will you
eome and go with me” “I am bound
for the land of Canaan.”
The South aud North bound trains
brought in large crowds, and the
large shady grove was literally filled
up with vehicles of every descrip
tion and by the noon hour there was
more than 1,000 people on the
ground. The oil father and mother
in Isreal was there. The children was
there aDd last but net least the coo
ing maiden with her cheek as rosy as
the tint of the elberta peach was
there. Those old songs carried us
back to the fond memory of other
years when Stephen Moore E. E
Pound and Dr. Jno. Thaxton Used to
sing this music. We have no criti
cism for our modern music for we
love it. But there is an inspiration
ia the old Sacred Harp music that
will linger in the heart of the human
b.-east as long as time. At 11 o’clock
Brother Henderson preached a good
old sermon. His text was,‘‘Wliai
shnll we do with Jesus.” He traced
his life from the night the shepherds
heard the giad tidings of great joy
of peace on earth and good will to
wards man down to the time he said
‘‘lf you go into a city and they re
ceive you not brush the dust from off
your feet as a testimany against
them.
FLO WHANDLE3.
South Butts.
Miss Susie etheridge returned last
week from a visit to Macon.
Misse.s Mary Gilyard and Sarah
Henderson who have been visiting
Miss Rosa Brownies have returned to
their home in Griffin.
Mies Annie Kate Wright has jest
recovered from a genuine case of
German Measles.
Miss Annie Carter entertained a
few'of her friends Saturday eve June
22 at her home in this section.
Hi iss Zaidee Garr left Monday for
Tenn where she will take a sumnnr
course in elocution.
Miss Eula Thornton arrived home
Tuesday morning after spending a
few days at Stark and was accotnpt
nied by Misses Estelle Thornton and
Eloise Jones.
Miss Sarah Thompson of Flovilla
|
is the charming guest of Miss Flor
ence Etheridge.
Miss Annie Carter epsnt Friday
with Miss Annie Kate Wright.
Miss Tennie Brown! ee arrived Sat
urday from Clinton S. C.
Misses Sallie and Lilia Watkim
pent Sunday with Misses Floy and
Pearl Maddox of Jackson.
Entertainment given
by Miss Eloise Jones
On Saturday evening June 25 Miss
Eloise Jones entertained most delighi
fally a number of her friends at hei
home three miles east of Jackson.
The guests arrived at 8 :80 o clock
and were rec’d by Misses Eloise and
Mervin Jones.
Those present were os follows:
Misses Floy Maddox, Sailie Lou and
Anna Belle Watkins, Eula Thornton,
M ,ud Hamper. Estelle and Annie Lou
Thornton, Dedie McClure and Mer
vine Jones. Messrs Lon Maddox,
Wiley Wiight, Sid Watkins, Charlie
Thornton, Raleigh Giles, Tom Wat
kins and Arthur McClure.
The parlor was beautifully decora
ted in palms and cut flowers.
The time was spent in pleaeant
games and progressive conversation.
Celicious refreshments were served
and at a late hour the crowd departed
declaring a merry evening.
SHAW'S VIEW OF IT,
Former Secretary of the Treas
ury Talks on Public Ownership.
Government Employees Never as Effi
cient as the Employees of Firms and
Corporations—Tenure of Office In the
Civil Service Breeds Slipshod Ways.
There are over 20,000 public servants,
.exclusive of presidential appointees,
under the direet supervision of the de
partment at the head of which I had
the honor to temporarily preside: They
are a good, conscientious, painstaking
body of men and women, and yet if
the treasury department were a pri
vate enterprise every wliit as much
work could be accomplished with a
reduction of one-third In number and
one-fourth in the salary of those re
maining. Tills condition is not to be
charged to civil service rules and reg
ulations, of which I most heartily ap
prove, but to the Inherent nature of
public service.
Some yours ago while walking
through Lincoln park, Chicago, I no
ticed a group of twenty-five or more
men pushing lawn mowers. Stopping
to make some inquiry of a policeman,
I innocently asked why the city did
not use mowers drawn by horses. I
shall long remember his reply: “I guess
you don’t live in Chicago, do you?
How long do you think the city ad
ministration would live if It mowed
the,park with horses?”
The cornerstone of the city hall In
Philadelphia was laid on July 4, 1574,
but the building was not completed
until the first year of the present cen
tury. The capitol at Albany was lie
gun in the sixties. It was far enough
advanced to be the scene of an inau
gural ball in tlie seventies and was
completed, all save tin* tower, for
which the foundation was found In
sufficient, In In the meantime
the two great political parties alter
nated in control, and I am told in one
or more instances four generations
performed work on the building.
The appropriation for the public
building in Chicago was signed by
Grover Cleveland, and about sixty
days ago I made final .settlement and
signed the draft for the last payment
and was then able to answer public
criticism because the work had pro
gressed so slowly with record proof
that it had been about as expeditiously
built as most structures of its charac
ter erected by the government.
The Harlem river, extending from
the Hudson to the East river, eight
miles In length, was dredged by the
government to a depth of fifteen feet
In seventeen years.
Now note a few Instances of private
enterprise. In 3004 the Pennsylvania
railroad began the construction of twin
tunnels through the mud beneath the
Hudson river and four tunnels extend
ing thence under the city of New
York and beneath the East river to
Long Island City, and now at the end
of two years feels confident that its
fifteen miles of nineteen Lot water
proof tunnel will be completed and in
we within the contract ponied of four
years.
John B. McDonald began work on
the subways of New York in March,
1900, and had nine miles with double
track and stations la operation hi four
years and seven months.
These instances Illustrate the natural,
the necessary and the Inevitable differ
ences between private enterprise and
government work and might be multi
plied indefinitely.
I do not know that I can explain the
reasons why these differences must
and always will exist better than to
recite a very commonplace experience. I
received a telegram some days ago from
the cashier of a little bank In which
lam interested. It read: “I am offered
*542.50 an acre for your East Boyer
land. What shall I do?” I answered:
“You know better than I do. Do as
you think best." To this lie replied, “I
think the land is well sold.” These tel
egrams were not even preserved. But
If I had been acting for the govern
ment I would have liad the land ad
vertised for sale, I would have sent a
commission to examine and appraise
it, I would have had not less than two
subordinate officers of the department
go through all the papers and submit
their recommendations, I would then
have rendered fiuul decision, but I
would have been careful to preserve
a complete record of everything, lest on
some unhappy day after my retirement
and perhaps after my dc.-ii.--e an Inves
tigating committee, appointed per
chance by an adverse congress, wouIJ
make inquiry and, failing to find posi
tive proof of honesty, would make a
report filled with suggestions of doubt,
and that would be quite enough to
brand my name with shame. My sub
ordinates took the same precautions
and safeguard their reputations with
an equal amount of red tape whenever
they sell an old horse or wornout piece
of furniture.
It is the appropriate function of the
government to safeguard tfie Individ
uai anti to sto time the game of busi
ness is fairly played, that tlio cards are
held above the table and that every
body is given a square deal. It is not
the appropriate function of the govern
ment to sit in the game. . <
Worry and fret are fatal to the In-,
tegrity of nerve and brain. Fear can!
sting like a scorpion aud torment like*
a scourge.—Success.
GO AND SEE!
Go and see the J. S.
Johnson Co’s Bath Tub
Lavatory and Water Clos
ets, and Kitchen Sinks
displayed in their show
window, and give them
your order right away and
be ready to enjoy the com
forts of water works. Get
ready. Now
JAMESTOWN TERCEN
TENNIAL EXPOSITION
APRIL TO NOVEM
BE R 1907.
Exceedingly low rates have been
authorized by the Southern Rail
way to Norfolk, Va,, and return,
account Jamestown Ter-Centen
nial Exposition.
Stop overs will be allowed on
season, sixty day and fifteen day
tickets, same as granted on Sum
mer Tourist Tickets. Tickets will
be sold dnily commencing April
19th, to and including November
30th 1907.
The Southern Railway is tak
ing a v a ry great interest in this
Exposition and doing everything
within their power to promote its
welfare for the r d ason that it is
located on historic and Southern
Grounds, and has evidence of be
ing one of the most important and
attractive affairs of this kind that
has ever been held*
Through train service and
sleeping car service to Norfolk du
ring the Exposition has not yet
been announced, but it is expected
that most excellent schedules will
be put in effect so as to make the
trip comfortable and satisfactory
in every way.
With these very liberal rates in
effect everyone in the South has
en opportunity to visit the JAHES
TO WN TER-SENTENNIAL EXPO
SITION.
Full and complete information
will be cheerfully furnished upon
application to any Ticket Agent
of the Southern Railway Company
ATTENTION ALL
'I his is the season of the year
when your buggy < ught to be
repaired, and repainted, JUST
LIKb NEW. Also, the time to
have your stock shod for FIFTY
CENTS, when paid in cash.
THIS I DO. All work done in
my shops, is done with dispatch
and, an accuracy only attained
by an EXPERIENCE COVER
ING TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS.
Not six years scouting, or scuf
fling about. Everything guar
anteed, and at lively prices.
The old reliable,
G. W. KINSHAN.I
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULE
FOR JACKtON.
Locai assengKf trainn pass th>
Depot, at the times mentioned below.
NORTH BOUND.
Vo il 9:57A.M.
SOUTH BOUND.
Vo 1 ? 7:88 A.M.
>0 10 8:08 *