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GOODY’S - DISTRICT The time of year is close at liand when we can repeat the famous poem composed by Bill Arp: ‘ ‘Hark, I hear the Blue birds sing, It’s the sign of coming sbrmg; The wild goose flyes away up yander, Going north with the gan der.” We are beginning to want to see some good clear weather so we can get out behind a good stepping mule and get in a few days of plowing while the wind is blowing freshly from the sea. The happiest lot that comes to man is to get behind a good mule with anew Phinizee scooter lift ing the ground about 8 inches deep with a soft wind from the south and the blue bird perched on a corn stalk singing his sweet notes as you pass by, and the hens at the house cackling, which denotes a dish of turnip greens and a bowl of porched eggs for dinner; then plow until the shad ows of evening comes in to the FINCHERVILLE Doctor Is Busy Chasing Grip. Mr Harper Is Building a New Dwelling--Not Much Wheat Sown on Account of Weather. Other Items. The weather was so bad Mon day that our mail carrier on No. 6 did not travel. We are sure thankful for our handy mail; at Fincherville we have two mails per day, 1 from Jackson and 1 from McDonough. Miss Bessie Thaxton, of Jack son, has a fine school at this place with about 80 pupils en rolled. The many friends of Mrs. Geo. Mitchell are glad to know that she is improving from a spell of pneumonia. Mr. Aubie Duke, of Stark, was in our town last Thursday even ing the guest of his uncle, Mr. R. J. Mayo, and while en route home stopped and tied his horse under the ginhouse. Say Aubie, what about that? Come again, old boy, we are glad to see you. The many friends of Mrs. S. C. Lemon, of Sandy Ridge, who has been stopping with her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Mayo, will be glad to know that she is able to sit Up, after severe attack of grip. Miss Bessie Thaxton visited home folks last Saturday and Sunday. Measles and chicken pox are raging through here. We learn that Mr. Wylie Mitchell’s children have the chicken pox and also learn that Mr. Luther Harper’s children have the measles and so many others; we hope for them a speedy recovery. The many friends of Mr. J. R. Carmichael are pained to learn of his death by drowning himself. Dr. H. C. Ellis, from Locust Grove, occupies the house at Woodstown, vacated by Dr. J. E. Woods. Dr. Ellis says he has You can’t beat Jamerson Drug Cos. when it comes to buying fresh Garden Seed. They have the kind you want—Landreth’s and Ferry’s. 200,000 feet of of flooring and ceiling going at SIO.OO per thous and or SI.OO per hundred feet at Jackson Lumber Cos. By “PLOWHANDLES.” field, then wend our way home ward to the tune of the croak of the frog in the brook. All these blessings of pature will make a man love his country; all these things add to man’s knowledge, virture, and to virtue moderation. Now just here let me make a suggestion. Let every farmer plant plenty of corn to do him, and a bountiful supply of forage crops such *as oats peas and sor ghum. Now is the time to pre- pare for it; let us all do this for it will pay, the all-cotton system is a dead letter, and so mote it be. There is land in Butts coun ty that has been run in cotton 20 years consecutatively to my certain knowledge, and the time has come to give the land rest by diversification. Big cotton crops means big guano and supply bills in the fall and winter; big bills and accounts and low prices of cotton brings disappointment and long faces, and now is the time of year to avoid all this embarass ment. Plowhandles. AS TO THE CONVICTS Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 10,1908 Editor Progress: Asa candidate for Prison Commissoner I wish to express my views on the present system and suggest something for the future. I want to say in the first place that the present commission has wonderfully improved on the ex isting system, perhaps as much so as is possible under the lease system. I want to say further that the commission is not res ponsible for the wrongs connected with it, but the responsibility lies with the lawmakers, for the com mission can only execute the laws made for them to execute. And that brings us squarely to *he issue that the state of Geor gia is hiring out its unfortunate beings for gain, and in that way is responsible for every man that dies from overwork, cruel or in human treatment. Murder is murder whether committed by inhuman or cruel treatment or shot to death with malace aforethought. Then what will we do with them ? First and most important is to eliminate all personal con trol and let the state control its own subjects and take them out from under the management of any private individual or corpor ation. The state will find plenty for them to do. Her public high ways, which are of the utmost importance to the agricultural classes, can be made good. Then the people will stay in the coun- try. The young men now seek ing positions in the towns and cities will go back to the country where money-making is sure and free from competition. If the law Will permit the W. & A. road to be extended to the seacoast, it could be done with the convicts of the state. And whenever the highways are sat isfactory to the people, the farm idea is a good one and can be made profitable. Yours, truly, K. R. Foster. The Confederate Veteran. This popular periodical, repre senting officially all of the gener al Confederate organizations, and which is one of the most extra ordinarily commended publica tions in existence, seeks increased circulation. The Progress and the Veteran will be sent one year for $1.60. MEMBERS OF FARMERS' UNION CALLED TO MEET FEB. 28 The members of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Un ion of Butts county are requested to meet in Jackson on Friday, February 28, at nine o’clock a. m. The business agents of the local lodges are asked to lpe pres ent J. M. GASTON/Pres. IN HONOR OF MISS NUTT Mrs. G. W. DeLaPerriere en tertained very charmingly a num ber of her friends Saturday afternoon in honor of Miss Adelle Nutt, the sister of Mrs. J. H. Turner, who is visiting here. interesting games were a feat ure of the afternoon. Miss Ham, always a pleasing entertainer, re cited, and Mrs. Mac Potts delight ed all by playing several selections on the piano. Mrs. H. E. Edwards won the prize, a book, and the consolation was drawn by Miss Ruby Carith ers. Refreshments were served. —Winder News. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to those who were so very good and kind to us at the daath of our hus band and father. The many kind favors are more fully appreciated than we can express. Mrs. J. T. Mayo and Children. For titles to be Made. J. A. Kimbell, transferee, hav ing made application to require titles to be executed to him to certain land described in a bond for title thereto attached purport ing to be signed by J. R. Wright, late of said county, deceased, the said application alleging that said land has been fully paid for, all' parties concerned are hereby no tified that said application will be heard before the court of ordina ry for said county on the 2d day of March, 1908. This Feb. 3rd 1908. J. H. HAM, Ordinary. Give our Job Department a trial. We guarantee satisfaction. f Wood’s arid Clover Seeds. Best Qualities Obtainable and of Tested Germination. We carry one of the largest and best stocks in this country. Specialties that we offer to ad vantage, are Alfalfa, Japan Clover, Tall Meadow Oat Grass, Paspalum Dilatatum, Johnson Grass, Bermuda Grass, etc. g*le<ue gives fuller descrip i formation about Grass**, id Farm Seeds than any and catalogue published. b on request. Write fbr it, of any seeds required. , Wood & Sons, MED. - Richmond, ti. (f Trade Marks Designs r 'rrV" * Copyrights 4c. Anyone sending a sketch end description may Quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention Is probably patentable. Cotnmnnlca tl'ona strictly SonSdenthal. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. ritenu taken through Munn A Cos. rooetve special notice, without charge, la the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. largest trtr saMtfJsew&wWsaai MIINN & Cos sms™** New York Branch Office, SS6 T Bt_ Washington, I>. C. YOTJ CAN’T BEAT . s ~~M lift" When it comes to pleasing the appetite. AN 13 AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING FRIENDLY WITH THE POCKET BOOK These are two masters which Mack Goodwin serves to perfection. Buy a PENN POLICY;! Nothing better; in fact nothing quite so good! Why not buy the best protection for your creditors or your family? Sixty years experience. Ninety millions assets. JAMES WARTHBN, Crum Building. JACKSON, GEORGIA. fj&ir oss^e Cotton Crop Ij f t^ie best possible quality, is the aim of Jgpd every enterprising cotton planter. And JP "it is as easy as rolling down hill” if you Q| Virginia-Carolina J :j| Ferflizers c "'\ ' jjjfi Is there any reason why you caniet do just as well as Mr. jit |r James M. Swint, of Chipley, Ga., who used 600 lbs. per jj| i acre of Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers on his cotton crop? Jjf He gathered one and a half bales of cotton per acrean< * t * iere were more bolls yet to open. A This is the experience of hundreds of other cotton \ ?lj| M planters. Careful preparation of your soil, and liberal use of high grade Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers will jB surely “increase youry\c\ds per acre.” Numerous un prejudiced authorities tell how it is done in the new , 8 1 Virginia-Carolina Farmers* Year Book or Almanac, jjjgMtM l&llPll B j a copy of which may be secured from your fertil- B \ izer dealer, or from our nearest sales-office. * J? *1 *\. An interesting picture of Mr. Swint’s S m I&\V cotton will be found in this Year Book. 6 ||§ Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.fl We are now ec l u *PP ed * n P four essentials necessary for UUU 1 Illlllliy first-class job printing,namely New Presses, New Type, Skilled Workmen, Fair Dealing The Progress Job Department