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W. W. POOLE, OK HAWKINSVILLE We take pleasure in calling attention to the big double page ad. of the Poole Mercantile Co., announcing their carni val sale at Hawkinsville. Mr. W.W. Poole, the founder, original and present pro prietor of this well know®, concern, is an old Coehran l>oy, who while yet a very young man, has attained wonderful success in the mercantile world, having built up a business, in four years time, to one of the largest in this section. Mr Poole attributes his phenaroinal success to legitimate advertising, using the best mediums and doing what his ad vertisement advertises. “The day before our doors opened four years ago,” said Mr. Poole, “our ad. appeared in the papers, and we have kept everlastingly at it ever since.” Mr Pool makes regular semi-annual trips to New York and other leading Eastern markets and fashion centers where he spends much time in selecting the best to be found for his concern. Beggars and Bandages. It was a case In which first nfd to the Injured was imperative, but no one present knew how to extend the aid. Presently a bandaged beggar vh*- had been sitting on the curb cast off hi) proto?,se of helplessness. Out of linen strips provided by the wo men in the crowd he fushloned band ages a.nd applied them skillfully. “Where did you acquire all that skill in nursing?” a bystander asked. “It is one of the first things the men of our profession learn,” was the can did response. “Half our success de pends upon arrangement of bandages that makes us look as if we had been half killed. No doctor can be depend ed on to fix us up, so we have to do our own bandaging. Every successful man in the business practices on him self and the other fellows until he can turn out a first class job.”—New York Sun. Johnny Roche’s Tower. Standing on the banks of the river Awberg, between Mallow and Fermoy, County Cork. Ireland, is a remarkable edifice known as “Johnny Roche’s Tow er.” The whole tower was built by the labor of one man, who subsequent ly resided in it. This individual, wbo received no education whatever, also erected a mill, constructing the water Wheel after a special design of his own. Long before the introdactloo of the bicycle he went about the country in a wheeled vehicle of his own construc tion, propelled by foot power. Bis last feat was to build his tomb in the mid die of the river bed. John Roche died, but was not interred in the strange burying place which he selected for himself, his less original relatives deeming such a made of sepulture un christian.—London Strand Magazine. Smoking That Maddens. Marihuana la a weed used by people of the lower class and sometime* by soldiers, but those wbo make larger use of it are prisoners sentenced to long terms. The use of the weed and its sale, especially in barracks and prisons, are very severely punished; yet it has many adepts, and Indian women cultivate it because they sell it at rather high prices. The dry leaves of marihuana alone or mixed with to bacco make the smoker wilder than a wild beast. It is said that immediately after the first three or four drafts of amoke smokers begin to feel a alight headache; then they see everything moving, and finally they lose all con trol of their mental faculties. Every thing, the smokers say, takes the shape of a monster, and men look tike devils. They begin to fight, and. of course, everything smashed Is a mon ster "killed.” But there ate Imaginary Beings whom the wiki man cannot kill, and these inspire fear until the man is panic stricken and tuna.—Mexican Gerald. P—lde bat Oaem ~~ ~ When you decide more than oace not to do a thing K la a save sign tot yea latn 4a It sooner or totate-Atoht— The Curse of Cowdray. Cowdray, once the estate of the earls of Egmont and now in the possession of Lord Cowdray, better known as Sir Weetman Pearson, is the subject of a very interesting superstition. Shortly after the dissolution of the monasteries Cowdray was conferred upon Sir An thony Browne, the father of the first I.ord Montague, who had already been given Battle Abbey as a reward for his services to Henry VIII. The story goes that Sir Anthony, who had de stroyed the church and the cloisters in Battle Abbey, was visited in the great hall as he was holding his first feast by one of the dispossessed monks, who after solemnly cursing him. prophesied that his family should perish by fire and water. Two centuries and a half later the prophecy was tragically ful filled. In 1703 the house was destroy ed by fire and within a week of that disaster the last Lord Montague lost his life in Germany in an unsuccessful attempt to shoot the falls of the Rhine. —London News. Belts by the Pound. A western senator of ample physical proportions was endeavoring to obtain a belt at a Washington haberdashery. He was having a difficult time in se lecting a belt whose design struck his fancy as well as of proper require ments for his girth. “How much is that one?” he de manded of the clerk, who was entirely unaware of the distinguished charac ter of the patron. “That is to-’’ raid the salesman. “Four dollars T exclaimed the sena tor. "Isn’t that an awful price for a beirr "Tee, sir ” admitted the man behind the counter; "bat. you wte. air, after they get into the regular surcingle size we charge for ’em by the pound.’’— Chicago Record-Herald. Very Brief. A record of brevity in a holiday cor respondence was established by a Frenchman in the eighteenth century. Voltaire and Plton, the epigrammatist, exchanged challenges to write the shortest possible letter. So, when Vol taire was starting on a Journey, he wrote to Plton, “Eo rus,” which is the complete Latin for “I am going to the country.” Piton’s answer was Just "I”—complete Latin for “Got” In business correspondence the rec ord is divided between Victor Hugo, wbo, anxious to know how his “Les Mlserables” was going, wrote to the publisher, "T” and the publisher, who triumphantly replied, "1" TKo Important Poroonago. "Are you the owner of this place T* naked the book agent "I am,” replied Farmer Oorntaasol. "Anything I can do for you!" "No. The chanson are that you are too hard worked to have time to read anythiag and that yea haven't any ■pore change anyhow. Let mo talk to the hired man.”—Washington «tor. Meetimg of County Commissioners Road Tax Collectors appointed for the Different Districts of the County. At a regular meeting of county commissioners, present Commiss ioners Fountain, Reeves, Finleyson, lioluinnon and Dykes. Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. Bond of J. S. Jennings as bailiff accepted. The clerk was ordered to notify A. D. Bagby to appear at the next regular meeting of the county com messioners. The following were appointel to collect road taxes in Hartford, Mitchell and Frazier districts: N. 1). McAlisterJohn Wynne S. M. Grimsley. Cochran District —Doc Collins, Walker District —Bob Sanders, Trippville Dist. —Wash Barlow, Salem Dist. —Richard Smith Cary Dist. —Tom Abney, Manning Dist. —Ruel Tripp, H’ville Dist. —Geo. P. Woods, Dupree Dist. —.T. B. Churchwell, Whitfield Dist. —T. J. Holland, Blue Spring. Dist. —Jim Laidler, Finleyson District—Sana Miller, The following hills were read and ordered paid. CITY COURT J. W. Lancaster, $81.20: J. L. Horne, $28.89: J. B. f?ewis, Tr., $6.38 PAUPERS F. M. Dykes, SB4; C. B. Bolmnnon $4.00; L. F. Finleyson, $11; W. P. Glover, $6; C. B. Lewis, Tr., $74.50; T. S. Reeves s4l. ROADS J. B. Lewis, Tr. $8.50; BixCalo & Mttal Co., $39.65. CHAIN GANG J. L. Horne, $11.50; CL It. Co ley & Bro., $50.37; H’villo Ma chine Shops, $22; F. M. Etheivdge Gro. Co., $29.(53; J. W. Lancaster, $6; Powell Polhill Drug Co., $3.90; Dr. J. L. Mathews, 825: J. J. Leonard, 812.4?: J. T. Harv ard, $5; E. J.Henry, $156.20: T. M. Coley, $241.40; Heapp Bros. Co., $173.86; Brandon A D.eyer Grocery C0.,5310.80. i BRIDGES Whitfield Hardware Co., 82.55; T. S. Reeves, soc: Dave Searborugli $23.80; Tom Horne, 81.50; Alf Porter, 88; R. 11. Lyles, $2.50; Borrowed from Hawkinsville Bank & Trust Co. S3,(XX). PRISON AND JAIL Dr. J. L. Mathews, 81.50; IV. P. Glower, $42.20; Powell Polhill Drug Co., $3.85; Whitfield Hdw. Co., 25c; City of Hawkinsville, 825.50, J. R. Rogers $137.60. COURT EXPENSE J. W. Lancaster, $3; J. L. Horn $29,39; J. B. Lewis, Tr. $6.38. GENERAL EXPENSE John H. Cadwell, $19.25; A. T. Fountain, $150; T. J. Taylor, $6; J. H. Hargrove & Sons, $1,826: H. C. Brown, $42.1 J: F. H. Boze man, $49.70; City of Hawkii.s ville, $16.86; D. G. Fleming $2.00 Mrs. J. C. Sanders, $5; Miles Kill ing S4O: T. J. Holder, $2 P. McGriff Ordinary, 814: G. H. Hendricks, $ 6.00 —Hawkinsville Dispatch and News. Death of Infant The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brownlow, who live near Bailey’s Park, died at three o’clock Tuesday afternoon and was buried in Weeping Pine cemetery last Wednesday. Good results always follow the use of Foley Kidney Pills. They contain just the ingredients neces sary to tone, strengthen and regu late the kidneys and bladder, and to cure the backache. For sale by Taylor k Kenningtoß. SPREAD MANURE IN FALL Old Practice of Keeping Until Spring Generally Abandoned. The old method of keeping all the manure produced upon the farm and spreading it in the spring is practiced but little at present, says a corre spondent of the American Cultivator. There is a time perhaps during the taonth of October when the average farmer is too busy busking corn and getting ready for winter to stop to haul manure out every day or every few days. But after this rush period the manure should be hauled out ev ery few days and spread broadcast. This method is very advantageous in that it will give the horses exercise through tlie winter. It does not take loug each day and cuts out the task of hauling manure continually for two or three weeks in the busy spring sea son. By hauling out as soon as it is made all danger from heating is done away with and the valuable constitu ents of the manure are saved. Nitro gen, one of the most valuable constit- manure, is ofteu lost by heat ing when Tn piles. Carefully conducted experiments at the Massachusetts experiment station tend to show there is no loss in rich ness when the manure is spread broadcast in the winter. A difference Is always noted for the bettor In this method over the oilier way of waiting until spring and spreading. Even though the lumps of manure freeze while in the field, It has been shown that this is just what the ma nure needs. The action of the weath er on the various constituents is Just wbat is needed to make the manure more available ns a plant food. The possibility of washing is practi cally the only objection against win ter spreading, but applies only to hilly land. With the exception of these very sloping- lands it Is found advisable to cart during the winter in practically all oaeee. It Is beneficial both as a saving of time and as a benefit to the soil. The gaeat (arm cry now is not more land, hot more -fertile land, and the only solution in successful future fanning is in the increased fertility of the soil. It must be made more fertile. Future human food supply depends upon it. SIMPLY MADE AND GOOD. Gats Latch Constructed of Easily Pro curable Materials. The latch shojyn in the accompany ing out is one of the most satisfactory a writer in the Kansas Farmer has ever seen on a farm gate. It is made of a solid iron bar threaded on one end so as to screw into the gatepost. On this is hung, by a bolt through its ends and the iron bar, a small iron roil which lias been bent into proper shape as shown in the picture. The TS HANDY GATE HATCH. [From the Kansas Farmer.] bar must have a pin through it at the proper place to catch the latch and prevent its being thrown clear over when the gate is closed with force. A piece of gas pipe may be substituted for the iron bar in tk- "ost. If desir able a small piece ,.i iron can be sailed upon the end \ he gate board which engage* the la and thus pre vent wear. This, bww-.rec, is sot nec essary. This latch Is the invention of R. J. Llnscott Qt Holton. Kan. Did you ever know « poof fann er to have good fence*? Occa sionally a good fanner ha* a pun fence, but it doesn't last long. The Hum of the Hive. Injury is done beekeepers by spray ing fruit trees with poisonous sub stances before the petals fall. The use of comb foundation has made possible the production of straight brood and extract combs and marketable comb honey. It’s nice to have your supers all clean, with the foundation fixed in the frames and sections. When the bees need them put them on. Some beekeepers use a trap at the entrance of the hive. This trap allows the workers to pass, but catches and holds the queen when the bees swarm. Did you ever think that an ounce of wax is worth nearly 2 cents, that it does not take a very large piece to weigh an ounce and that there are al ways a demand and ready sale for tn If you keep your smoker la the hooey house cut an sM five cation can in two and nail half of H to the wall near the door to which to glace toe smoker whan you Bevo mngdtod eat the coala after netog K. fltoto a tow stray apart* senmtokto K toms Si* to no danger of tome tosggtog to .ue HAWKINSVILLE FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING COMPANY HAWKINSVILLE. GEORGIA. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ffJNT) LICENSED EMBALMERS Day Phone 69. Night and Sunday Phone 168. CALLS ANSWERED PROMPTLY. HEARSE FURMedWWITH EVERY COFFIN OR CASKET SOLD. Carnal* That Rid*. The Bedouins decorate their baggage camels In the most fantastic manner. A huge puck saddle is surmounted by a still larger pannier. Above this again is a sort of chair In which the rider sits. The long strips of leather hanging down the sides are simply for decorative purposes. I have seen camels when too young to goon long treks being carried tn these paxtutors, and they are al ways used for the -Be douin children. This tribe has many quaint and curi ous customs. Perhaps the most curi ous of these Is the manner in which they show their esteem for certain strangers. One evening when a young camel had been killed for the meal I noticed the women collecting the blood in a bowl. Then, to my aston ishment, they started painting my camels on the necks and flanks with the blood. Unknowingly I was the recipient of the greatest honor that can be paid a stranger. The bloorl dried on and remained for a long time, acting as a talisman among all the Sherarat tribe.—Douglas Carru thers in Wide World Magazine. A Tragedy of Instinct. The processionaries are rather strange caterpillars. A single string of them five or six yards long lias just climbed down from my parasol pines and is at tliis moment infolding itself in the walls of my garden, earppting the ground traversed with transparent silk, according to the custom of the race. To say nothing of the meteorolgical apparatus of unparalleled delicacy which they carry on their spine, these caterpillars, as everybody knows, bave this remarkable quality—that they travel only in a troop, one after the other, like the blind of Breughel or those in the parable, each of them ob stinately, indissolubly following her leader; so much so that our author having one morning disposed the file on the edge of a large stone vase, thus closing the circuit, for seven whole days, during an atrocious week, through cold, hunger and unspeakable weariness, the unhappy troop on its tragic round without rest, respite or mercy, pursued the pitiless circle un til death arrived.—Forum. Called For Glory Divine. Among the customers in a drug store one day last week was a little girl who Is known to her playmates In that vi cinity as “Peggy.” As she stood wait ing for her turn it coukl be noticed that Bhe was repeating something under her breath in her effort to remember what her mother had sent her to buy. "Mother wants five cents’ worth of glory divine.” “Of what?” said the young clerk, who? was standing there as if stnnned by a hard blow of a baseball bat. "Glory divine, glory divine.” came the reply in a louder voice than when she had made the original request. "You had better go home and have your mother write It down on paper, little girl,” said the clerk, feeling that the girl was too sure to argue with him. Boon she returned, and, banding the note to the clerk, he read. “Five cents’ worth of chlorate of lime.”—Philadel phia Times A Bit of Sicily. "There is no Italian town more pic turesque than the Sicilian capital, Pa lermo,” writes a traveler. "In its port lie crowded the queerest coasting craft I have ever set eyes on. Sailing ships of all rigs, their hulls painted all the colors of the rainbow, nose up against the quay, where mule carts, whose drivers are shouting at the top of their voices, wait to take away the merchan dise. The narrow street where the custom house officers examine the foods brought ashore is a place of terrific noise. When a driver, two clerk* and two custom bouse officers are discussing the content* of a bale ar a cask tt seems a* though murder must be committed within tbs next low seconds. But somebody signs —sthlng, tbs cost move* *», aad so- Shrinkage In Glaciers. Scientists aver that, save over a •mall area, the glaciers of the world are retreating to the mountain*. The glacier on Mount Sarmieote, la South America, which descended to the sea when Darwin found It in 1838, Is now separated from tbe shore toy a rigorous growth of timber. The lawoßohavea glacier, In Greenland, has retreated four mMes store 1808, aad the Bast glacier. In Spitsbergen, is more than a mile away from its old terminal mo raine. In Scandinavia the snow line is farther up the mountains, and the glaciers have withdrawn 3,000 feet from the lowlands in a century. The Arapahoe glacier, in the Rocky moun tains, with characteristic American en terprise. lias been melting at a rapid rate for several years. In the eastern Alps and one or two other small dis tricts the glaciers are growing. In view of these facts w-e should not be too skeptical when old men assure us that winters nowadays are not to be compared with the winters of their boyhood.—Dundee Advertiser. Not Made Up. Pushing her way through the crowd ! on the ferryboat to the decrepit rig. I the middle aged woman sized up tbe emaciated animal from every point of view, and I lien, turning to the owner, who had clambered out of tile wagon and propped himself against the en gine room. said. "You ought to he ashamed of yourself for driving a poor j horse like that; it should be at home and in the stable.” “What is the mat j ter with her. lady?” was the easy re ’ sponse of the owner, who didn’t seem a whole lot perturbed. “Wbat is the matter with her?” demanded the S. P. C. A. lady with increasing warmth of 1 tone. “Can’t you see how skinny she is? She looks starved.” “The boss is all right, lady.” calmly rejoined ‘the expressman, as a sweet smile floated i through iiis scant crop of whiskers, j “You see, she got up so late this morn- I In’ that she didn’t bev time to put on •her rats, pads an’ extenders, or she would hev been as purty an’ plump as ther next one.”—Argonaut. Rook* and Cholera. The present day security of this ! country against all danger of a chol j era epidemic is matter for thankfui l ness not only In human circles, but in i the rookeries too. When tbe cholera slew nearly 00,000 people in the Insan itary United Kingdom of ifeltaeAho ! rooks appear to have snfferedvFi? f them. This was stated, at any rate, to have occurred on the estate *f the Marqnts of Sligo, which boasted one of the largest rookeries to tbe west of Ireland. On the drat or second day of the epidemic’s appearance an observer noted that all the rooks had vanished. During the tbcee weeks through which it raged there was no sign of them about their home, but the revenue po lice found immense numbers of them dead on the shore, ten miles away. When the epidemic abated the rooks returned, but some were too weak to reach their nests, and five-sixth j of them had gone.—London Chronicle. The Japanese Policeman. Japan has a police force modeled after the French system. In various places throughout Tokyo there are small kabancho, which resemble sen try boxes, but are larger. Three men are attached to each box dally. One remains inside resting, while another stands at ttje door, and the third pa trols a beat, returning at regular in tervals to the box. Stations are changed every eight hours. After twenty-four hours' work the three offi cers are given the same length of time to rest and three other men are sent to the box. During their "off” days the men ar* employed to taking census re turns, making reports regarding the condition of street*, bridges, embank ments, drains and cemeteries. They nine report weddings, births, death*, theatrical performances and the pres ence of euaptcieu* persona.—Harper'* .Wtokly. _ ■