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LIFE OF FANNY CROSBY Extracts From an Article Read by Miss Ezra Morrison at the Baptist Church Several Sundays Ago. On March, 24, 1820, at the home of John Crosby and Mercy, his wife, in Putnam county, New York, there was great rejoicing, because God had sent a babe there. The fond parents called the child Fanny, and began to dream of her future. But in a few weeks sorrow dis placed the joyful anticipations. The babe's beautiful eyes be came inflamed. The physician was called in, and the unfortu nate man made a mistake in treating the disease, the thought of which haunted him till the day of his death. Asa result little Fanny became hope lessly blind. At once the parents ceased to dream of a bright fu ture for this child. What could the future hold for one who could never look on the beauty of the earth or read the pages of God’s Word? It quickens one’s faith to study the life of Fanny Crosby in order to see how the blind girl learned to make the most of herself. Asa child she was accustomed to romp and play with her com panions, and she forgot that there was any difference between them and herself until some thoughtless person would say, “Oh, you cannot do this—because you are blind, you know; you can never go there, because it would not be worth while: you could not see anything if you did, you know.” Fanny Crosby has always been an optimist—she delighted in speaking of the good fortune that was continually coming into her life. Among her greatest blessings she has always counted instruction in the Bible. A friend read much of the Book to her and guided her in memorizing hundreds of texts. When she was ten years old she was able to recite the first five books of the Old Testament and the first TRY IT! SUBSTITUTE FOR NASTY CALOMEL Starts your liver without making you sick and it cannot salivate Every druggist in town—your druggist and everybody’s drug gist has noticed a great falling off in the sale of calomel. They all give the same reason. Dod son's Liver Tone is taking its place. * ‘Calomel is dangerous and peo ple know it, while Dodson’s Liv er Tone is perfectly safe and gives better results,” said a prominent local druggist. Dod son’s Liver Tone is personally guaranteed by every druggist who sells it, A large bottle costs 50 cents, and if it fails to give easy relief in every case of liver sluggishness and constipation you have only to ask for your money back. Dodson’s Liver Tone is a pleas ant-tasting. purely vegetable remedy, harmless to both chil dren and adults. Take a spoon ful at night and wake up feeling fine; no biliousness, sick head ache, acid stomach or constipated bowels. It doesn't gripe or cause inconvenience all the next day like violent calomel. Take a dose of calomel today and tomor row you will feel weak, sick and nauseated. Don’t lose a day’s work! Take Dodson’s Liver Tone instead and feel fine, full of vigor and ambition, ad four of the New Testament. Poetry also she learned, until she felt that she must herself write poetry or die. She was fifteen when her faith that God would enable her to se cure an education was justified. She was told that she was to at tend the New York school for the blind, the first of the kind in the country, then in its infancy. How eagerly she prepared for the trip and began her work! Progress was difficult, but in ten years she had become so profic ient that she was made one of the regular instructors. From time to time wide pub licity was given to some of the productions of the blind teacher, but it was not until 1844 that she became known through her work to men all over the country. When she was twenty-four she timidly gathered up a few of her early poems and had them published under the title, “The Blind Girl, and Other Poems.” Soon after, William Cullen Bry ant, who was then at the height of his fame, visited the institu tion and spoke encouragingly to the young teacher. “He never knew,” she later testified grate fully, “how much good he did by those few words to the young girl who had hardly hoped to even have the opportunity of meeting him.” About the same time Horace Greely noticed her work and ask ed her to furnish verses for the New York Tribune. Encouraged by this recognition, she sent out in 1851 her second volume, “Montery. and Other Poems.” In 1858 a third collection, “A Wreath of Columbia’s Flowers,” were published, and in 1897 her last volume, “Bells at Evening, and Other Verses,” appeared. Her first hymn was published in “The Blind Girl, and Other Poems.” ,In 1864 she began the great life-work for which she had been unconsciously preparing—the writing of hymns. William B. Bradbury, a famous hymn-writer, asked her to write for him. Her first attempt was: “We are going, we are going, To a home beyond the skies, Where the roses never wither, And the sunlight never dies.” Others followed in quick suc cession. ‘‘There’s a cry from Macedonia” was one of the most popular. ‘‘All the way my Sav ior leads me, ’ ’ reached the hearts of many. This is not surprising when it is remembered that the words were the outgrowth of a deep experience of her own. Among her best known hymns are “Only a step to Jesus,” ‘‘Pass me not, O gentle Saviour.” ‘‘Jesus, keep me near the cross,” ‘‘To the work,” “Blessed Assur ance,” “I am thine, O Lord,” “Only a beam of sunshine,” “Rescue the. perishing,” “We shall know each other there,” “Just a word for Jesus,” “Saved by grace.” Should this remarkable blind woman have lived until March 24, 1915, she would have been 95 | years old. She was the author of over 8000 hymns and had over 200 pen names, which compilers of song books gave her. TELLS ABOUT MEDICAL EXAMINATION IN SCHOOLS The movement of the Parent- Teacher Association to provide a free medical and dental exami nation for school children has been approved by the school board and hereafter the Jackson public schools will have compul sory medical examination. As the children themselves play an active part in the spread ing of infection by thumbing books, swapping pencils, etc., and infections are usually spread by actual contact with the mouth, nose or blood, the only policy to pursue is that of prevention. It is highly important to prevent as completely as possible the spread of malignant diseases and it is also advantageous to guard the child against minor infections. While in some cases the child is apparently none the worse for the experience of having the so called childrens diseases, never theless these infections often work permanent damage in some part of the system. The best and surest way to prevent conta gion is by good quarantine work in the school and it is the task of education to teach that, which instruction ought to guard us against. Parents are in almost every case devoted to the best interests of their children, but they are often short-sighted and lacking in knowledge of conditions which prevent their child’s fullest de velopment, the teacher often be ing blamed for poor progress, when defective eyes or poor hear ing is the real cause. Nervous ness, anemia and mal-nutrition often cause a child to be branded as sullen, stubborn or stupid. A thorough medical and dental examination in which the doctors and dentists of Jackson will give their best efforts will help local ize these causes of inefficiency and in a large way prevent fur ther contagion. Drs. Chesnutt, Hopkins and Franklin will have charge of the dental examination; Drs. Woods, Copeland, Eitel, Gunter, Jarrell and Heard will have charge of diseases of the ear, eye, nose, throat, lungs, heart, stomach, kidneys, skin, blood, nerves, phys ical development, contagious dis eases and hookworm. The task set before these doc tors is a colossal one and their efforts deserve the highest order of praise and thanks, being as it is a free offering of their skill for the betterment of the human race through the most priceless of all our possessions—our children. Parent-Teacher. THROW OUT THE LINE Give Them Help and Many Jackson People Will Be Happier “Throw Out the Life Line”— Weak kidneys need help. They’re often overworked—they don’t get the poison filtered out of the blood. Will you help them? Doan’s Kidney Pills have brought benefit to thousands of kidney sufferers. Jackson testimony proves their worth Mrs. D. N. Carmichael, Second st., Jackson, says: “The least I can say for Doan’s Kidney Pills is that they saved my life. I suffered awfully from my back—was in bed and couldn’t move. When I tried to, sharp catches seized me. I doctored but got worse. Finally, a friend recommended Doan’s Kidney Pills and insisted so much that I decided to try them. The first box put me on my feet. I continued using them and was cured of backache. Now, at the least sign of kidney trouble, I get a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills from the Woods-Carmichael Drug Cos. and they keep me in good condition.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t sim ply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Carmichael had. Foster-Milburn Cos., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. ad KEWTOii-OiiBISIOHuEL H3RDWABE CU. Hardware Paints —and ol jL"i ■> ■■ MAKE YOUR OWN PAINT You will save 56 cts. per gal. THIS IS HOW Buy 4 gals. L. & M. Semi-Mixed Real Paint, v V at P er gal " * 8,40 And 3 gals. Linseed Oil to mix with it at estimated cost of You then make 7 gals, oi pure paint for' SIO.BO I {/ It’s only $ 1.54 per gal. ] * Anybody can mix the OIL with the PAINT. Whereas, if you buy 7 gals, of ready-for-use paint ini Made in a lew minutes ,a i id7fi CANS, you pay $2.10 a gal. or SJ4./U. TheL. &M. SEMI-MIXED REAL PAINT is PURE WHITE LEAD. ZINC and LINSEED OIL, the best-known paint materials for 100 years. Use a gal. out of any L.&M. PAINT you buy and if not the best paint made, return the paint and get ALL your money bacK. CUT OUT SO MOGH FERTILIZERS IS ADVI6E OF PLOW HANOLES We are still in the grip of win ter and very little farm work done, and watchman what of the night? For four months it has been almost too wet to grind an ax and the only thing that breaks the monotony is now and then a clash between the Germans and the Allies. But, fellow farmers, don’t get discouraged, for we are told in holy writ that seedtime and harvest will never cease. So get all the farming imple ments together, sharpen all the plows, tighten every bolt, and 'when the weather opens up, as it soon will, then cluck to old Mike and walk up and down the furrow. Rise early and stay late and in four months we will have a crop. The next four months will be the trying time with the farmer. With many of us it will be a close call for us to get through these months, but we are determined to make it across. Yes, we farmers are going to work out from under this depres sion we are under. We are get ting tired of having to go into other mens places of business and being talked to like we were a common free negro, and the only way out of it under the sun is to quit so much cotton and plant something to live on. And what is this something? It is corn, wheat, oats, peas, potatoes, hay and a good garden. We all There Is But One SWIM m i We offer you that along with our high c/ass soda waters, all put up in a sanitary plant, and guaranteed absolutely pure. Ours are the genuine of everything, we han dle no imitations or substitutes. It is true the roads are very bad, and it is dif ficult to reach all our trade, but we get to them some way regardless of cost. What other bot tling plant is doing it? When the roads get good they will call on you for your patronage, and expect it when condi- E^ryto. W * are doing {t now - Remember we are here to serve you, and your call will receive our prompt and courteous at tention, and our appreciation. Nothing so good, so delicious and refreshing AS THE GENUINE COCA-COLA. Phone Your Orders to JACKSON COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, JACKSON, GEORGIA. know with cotton at 12 cents there is some profit in the moder ate use of fertilizers, but with the present uncertainty of the price of cotton next fall we doubt the wisdom of using any at all, except in our garden and potato patch. If we have a good lot of barn yard manure we can do without any at all very well. Suppose we all dispense with the use of guano this time entire ly. Let’s just rip out the old cotton stalks this time, plant on the same old bed, work it fast and let it make what it will. If the price of cotton is good next fall we will make some profit. If the price is low like it was last fall we can’t pay our guano bill. Suppose we all try this one time, for I don’t think we can worse our condition by doing so. Plow Handles. How To Give Quinine To Children. FEBRILINE Is the trade-mark name given to an improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try it the next time you need Quinine (or any pur pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The same FEBRIUNE is blown in bottle. 25 cents. We buy your country produce at highest market price. The Depot Store. For Quick Sale Cheap House and lot on corner of Benton and Third streets. Ap ply to Claude Spencer. 2-26-tf