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THE NEWS,
Entered at the Post Office at Gray
Ga., as second-class mail inn: tor.
Official Oku an ok thr County.
PuBLNHKn EVKRT THURSDAY.
Subscription Prior. $1.
T. R. TURNER, Proprietor.
T. R. TURNER..... Editors.
J. A. HENDERSON, .
But wouldn’t Mark Hanna make
a poker player? ‘ /
Wo have a Jot of frostbitten
spring poetry that wo will sell
choap.
“In the spring the young man’s
fancy lightly turns to thoughts
of—” coal at nine fifty per ton.
Tt may be true that tho recent
cold snap did not damage 11n-
fruit prospect, but it gavo tlie
spring poet fits.
The Atlanta Journal says that
if Hanna’s bill to pension the
uegroes should become a law we
can all quit work and go to shoot¬
ing craps.
Eggs 26 cents a dozen,
22 cents a pound, chickens
cents a pound, bacon 12 cents a
pound. No; wo haven’t a patent
kicking apparatus.
It is hhhI tlic p >stul
ftre having trouble with
addressed to places in Qiiuysylvu-
nia. Pennsylvania is a bad one
but hardly desorves this punish¬
ment*
An Indiana statesman lias in¬
troduced a bill in congress to lim¬
it private fortunes to $10,000,000.
Well, with u little scrimping,
may bo nbln to get along on that
cum.
Sam Jones says ho cun
under any conditions, whether it
is light, dark, cold at hot.
are no prophet, hut Warn may
have an opportunity to prove all
of this.
If all tho negroes get a pension
wo will need two three more coun¬
ty solicitors and judges to keep
With the crap shooters and those
who indulge in that most delect¬
able game, “skip. » »
All tho negroes have quit sing¬
ing: “Coop, coon, coop, and 1
wish my color would change.” li
it should (heir chances of gutting
on tho white house visiting list
would he nil.
John D. Rockefeller gives hnlf
a nlillion dollars to a church one
day, and the next lie puts up the
price of oil two-eetH* on tho gal¬
lon to got it hack. Tins must be
nrliat you call “robbing Petet to
I>uy Paul.”
Harry jS.iiiwuJl Edwards, tire
Macon postmaster, says that Pres¬
ident Roosevelt is one of the host
friends the South ever had. We
Jiad an idea that the Macon
.office paid only two thousand a
year This one is worth more.
------.....—
Gov. Terrell is being censured
because ho said nice things about!
Willie Hearst at n recent banquet
in New York. Who wouldn’t say
nice things of a man who spends,
#5,000 on a banquet and asks you
to pu* your feet under the mu-
jhogauy?
Probably the most gigantic
game of bluff ever sprung in tjre
United States Senate is Senator
Hanna's bill to pension the ex-
sluves. Hanna knows ns well as
anybody that they will never
a dollar from the national treasu¬
ry »uy more than they got tho
“forty acres and a mule.”
A young man at Bowling Green
was arrested a few night ago for
walking in his sleep. He begged
the night watch not to lock
up, because ho said he was a som¬
nambulist. “It don’t make any
difference what church you be¬
long to.” said the officer, “you
can’t walk the streets of this
town in your shirt-tail.’’
Evcrv a very southern aoutneiu congressman eoiiBresaman
Bhould vote for the bill to pen-
Miou the ex-e laves. The people of
tire south % would , * * * .
no more
to paving th© oogrocs i> 1uiiidr©d
million dollars a year limn they
liave V^TSZr. objected to paying the ex-
would at least spend ib'iif jpmrey
Eh® kbHtll,
I'l’iich Growl ig.
The interest slu-wu in pouch
growing l.y the people of thecoun-
ty is one of the most cheering
sign* of tho tidies. In tin* lies
industry v.e are nvre fortunate
than we mein most
from on established urdfr
things. Wn have Iw-fore us
guidance tho successful experience
of others. These successes, too.
were made where conditions » ere
not near so favorable as they uro
in Jones county.
There is riot a section of coun¬
try in tho slate—or in the world,
aefsr that matter—where all the
conditions for fruit raising are as
favorable as in this county. When
the northern fruit men went to
the south-central portion of tho
state to plant orchards they ima¬
gined that, they had found tho lo¬
cality for an ideal pencil orchard.
But not so, according to their own
later testimony. At that time tire
pouch industry, so far as Georgia
was concerned, was in its infancy
and it was not known what con¬
ditions were most favorable to the
production of a marketable peach.
The broad level tracts of land in
that section appealed lo the man
who had in mind the orchard of
perfect squares and city-like ave-
nues. Tho matter of drainage,
ditching and subsoils was hardly
thought of until ten years later.
At the present time this subjest
is first and foremost in tho mind
if every fruit grower; and nearly,
if not all of them, would give
thousands of dollars if they could
transplant their trees to the red
hills of Jones. But this is not ihe
only reason why this section ic
-tiporior to tho more southern
anilities. One of the best experi¬
enced fruit men in the state Inn-
•oiid that the most perfectly col¬
ored fruit he had ever seen was
grown in .Jones county. And Ire
added: “If my "ruit con Id be
undo to come up to your standard
it would Ire worth ore hundred
dollars more. You have iron in
your land,” he said, “and that
makes’em red ; you have a good
clay foundation, and that makes
the trees live longer; from every
point of view you have the best
fruit land I have ever seen.”
When asked about overproduction
he gave it as hia opinion that
markets would be found as rapid¬
ly ns the ontput increases. The
;>resent crop is sold in about a
lozen cities in the East, and if it
■should be doubled it would be an
•'iisy matter to increase the mar¬
kets proportionately.
No one can say that we have
not given cotton a fair trial and
that that, trial has been for tie
most, part disappointing. the who There
ire men in county be¬
lieve, and whoso b dief is based on
t heir own .experience, that we have
m our grasy ft means whereby the
tyranny nf all-cotton may lie to a
great extent, cast off, and a great¬
er measure of freedom and pros¬
perity substituted. Some of our
citizens have planted orchards
and nro well pleased with the re¬
sults. These men understand cot¬
ton as well ns any one in the
South, and have been equally as
successful in its culture. Their
test imony isthat they have found
something bettor, and they are
determined to work it.
Let us redo one .case by way of
illustaatiou: Near Fort Valley
lives an old negro man, who sev¬
eral years ago bought five or six
acres of land, on which ho built a
little cabin and cultivated in an
indifferent way patches of corn
and cotton. The r* venue thus de¬
rived bandy provided the old man
wit-li the necessaries of 1 fe. He
watched, the planting of peach
trees around his little place with
misgivings and distrust, thinking
that with tho departure of cotton
lm would he deprived of an occa¬
work and his means
of subsistance still further re¬
duced, Finally, however, lie was
persuaded by his more enterpris¬
ing neighbors to plant his own six
acres in trees. Tho net profit on
that little orchard last year was
more than throe hundred dollars.
The old man shipped his fruit in
small 1ms as fast as it ripened.
Several small growers would put
their fruit together, make a car
load, and thus get tlreir fruit into
the market ou an eqial footing
w *Jh larger growers,
Otic significant fact, about this
business is tire attitude the rail¬
roads assume towards it. They
have done , and , are doing , , all they
can to encourage it. 1 hey know
their business, and are far-sighted
enough to see what kind of indus-
tries will best aid to make pros-
porous the territory to which they
are tributary. Tire more prosper-
railroads’ natrons the
business will the railroads
j
]t . wi „ nw „ bn the p , irpose 0 f
'Pujg Nrcws to advocftte visionary
n nd wholly untried schemes, oj,
the subjeat of poach growing
Jones county, and that there ie
iftouey in ratting poaches.
V High fcclreol.
Tire effort* <»f. t>ur cilizons in
the pari three or four y. are to
place Jones county in .he'front-
ranks tins - e brought to light tin-
need of runny th int,'". home of
»Inch lave been prm uly.iL Among ,
tho.to yt to bo provided fur is a
school, one at which our
b >ys and girls may be prepared
the college* and universities of
the state. Besides those «lio wish
to attend tho higher institutions
there nro quite a number, who for
different reasons, will attend no
school outside of the county, but
who would eagerly take advantage
of an opportunity to attend a
home institution of a higher grade
than tho ordinary public school.
If a place should be agreed up¬
on for such a school as this, the
county hoard of education would
no doubt lend its energetic coop,
oration in perfecting plans. The
place selected would doubtless
have a school, and this could and
would be consolidated with the
proposed higher school. Theques
tion is one well worth investigat¬
ing, and we are confident that in¬
vestigation will lend to some kind
of action that will finally result
pi the establishment of tho school,
There nro twenty-five or thirty
Jones county boys and girls now
attending the various preparatory
schools of the stato, and all of
these would return home immedi¬
ately the same advantages were
offered here that are given by
other counties.
Aside from the saving in ex¬
pense to tho individual, such a”
institution would bo of inestim¬
able value to tho county. Educa¬
tional facilities were never of so
much importance to a county’s
prosperity as no .. It matters not
how important are a county’s
natural resources, how e lterpris-
mg and p .blic spirited its citizens
in other matters, or how great its
wealth, there will lie stagnation
and finally : e tr ogress ion if the op¬
portunity" for education are not
made as good or better than those
offered by other counties.
Tlie County Fair.
Tire greater the success we at¬
tain, th» more apt are wo to rest
on our oars and indulge in a peri¬
od of drifting, forgetting that the
price wo paid forou r success was
everlasting work. Onr last coun¬
ty fair was an unqualified success,
and tj'e eanre tiling—work—and
u ithing less, w ill give us just such
another fair.
The Jones County Fair Associ¬
ation is composed of men who
will spare no effort to give us an¬
other fair just as good or better
than tlie last on®. But to do this
they must have the same enthusi¬
astic supportof the county as was
given them in the last ono. Our
fairs have been gradual growth, a
careful preparation from the end
of one to the beginning of anoth¬
er. Keep H»e idea before you that
our neighbors are looking to us to
dc as we u ve done, and will be
satisfied with nothing less. In
fact we, ourselves, would bo disap
pointed with anything less than
our last effort. Tire standard of
county fairs wo have set, is a high
one and the only way it can be-
mnintaimd is to get down to bus¬
iness right now.
Tire Atlanta Constitution and
tire Atlanta Journal are still wag¬
ing n controveisv over their circu¬
lation. This reminds tire Savan¬
Press of t Ire story of the
country editor who was dying.
His family had all gathered n-
routid the bedside wliils the doc¬
tor felt tire feeble pulse. “Tire
poor fellow has almost expired, J 9
ex<:laimed tire doctor; “circula¬
tion nearly gone. ” Tire dying ed¬
itor raised himself on the pillow#
and exclaimed, “It’s a lie! I have
tire largest circulation in the
And then lie peaceful¬
ly passed away.—Americus Times
TAX SHERIFF'S SALE,
o« 0 igia, Jones county,
\y,n be sold before the court house
,hior in said county and state between
the legal hours of sale on the first Tues
day in March next, 1903, the following
real estate towit: Thiry-ftve aeres of
laud more or less, lying in Roberts nii-
'bis district in ®aM county and state
and bounded a* follows: On the East
by lands of MM Massey, on tlie South
by ^y, lands of O E iuhI Mrs EhzivbotU
M entire North by Solomon
Dorsey and L#«Dorsey and on
the West by O K Massey. Levied on
aud wl ' 1 110,1 ** 1 H ’ P ro P prt
county,
county taxes for
This Feb. 21003.
H S £t«ripol, Sheriff.
The New Style.
The other day a man and a worn-
an called on a homo agent about,
talyi'g a lions*, The woman did |
all the talking, anil turned to Hum
for confirmation orcorrnbo-j
ration, Ha always ngrra d with |
her, anti did it very nn-ekly,
“Weil,” said the woman, “we
a:e willing to take the house at
$ 160 a year. Ain’t w«, John?”
.John replied: “Yes.”
“And we’ll pay the rent prompt-
ly, too. Won’t we, John?”
“Yes.”
“And we’il take good care of
tbehouse. Won’t we, John?”
“Yes.”
‘‘And we don’t mind taking it
for three years. Do we John?”
“No.”
“By the bye,’’theagent inqnir-
ed, “of course you are man and
wif,?”
“Mar and wife,”exclaimed tho
Woman sharply. “Indeed we’re
not. Are we John?”
“No, my dear.”
“What?” said the agent. “Not
man and wife?” -y-
11 Not exactly,” she retorted.
“I’d have you know in this in¬
stance we are wife and man.
That’s so, Isn’t it, John?”
And John meekly agreed.—Ex
EXCURSION RATES TO AT¬
LANTA VIA CENTRAL OF
GEORGIA RAILWAY,
Account meeting Greater Geor¬
gia Association to be held at At¬
lanta February 17. 1908, Central
of Georgia Railway will sell excur
sion tickets from all ticket sta¬
tions in Georgia for all trains leav¬
ing starting points after noon of
Feb 16, and for all trains of Feb
17, final limit Feb 19, 1903, at
rate one fare round trip plus 25
cents. Fast and frequent trains
via this line. For tickets and fur¬
ther information apply to your
nearest ticket agent.
Mill Notice,
After March 1st my grinding
day will be Saturday instead of
Monday. W E Tyner,
James, Ga.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE-
Georgia, Jones county.
By virtue of an order granted In
tlie court of Ordinary of said count}
at the regular January term, 1903,
and by amendment thereof at the Feb
house twin .1,903, will sell beforqr the aourt
dixir is. X^kbTofr,. said county,
.luring the legal hours of sale on thi
first Tuesday in March next the fol¬
lowing land belonging to the estate of
deceased, Annie L McCarty late of said county,
towit; Three hundred and
twelve acres, more or less, all lying in
one body in Hawkins district, said
Jones couuty, and more particularly
described as follows; One hundred
and five acres, more or less, being the
west half of lot Nos. 100aud 93 and
bounded by lands of the Pottle estate
and Freeman ou tho West, on Gic
I South by the Freeman lands, on the
East by lands of the estate of A II S
McKay and on the North by other
lands of the estate of Anni6 L McCar¬
ty. Also two hundred and two and
one-half acres, more or less, jn said
Hawkins district of said county and
hounded on tlie North by the Macon
public road, on the South by other
lands of the estate of Annie L McCar¬
ty, on the East by land* o{ the estate
of A II S McKay and, on the North by
land*of W L «nd J D McKav.
C S MeCinTY,
Feby. 3th, 1903. Admr.
EXECUTOR'S SALE,
Georgia, Jones county.
By virtue of »n .order granted by
thecoiirt of ordinary jor. of taid county,
there will be sold cash at public
outcry before the court house door in
said couNty, during the legal hours of
sale on the first Tuesday in March,
1903, six shares of $100.00 each of the
Macon Gas Light and Water Co. as is
shown by certificate number A 47. For
further information apply to the un¬
dersigned. This Feb. 2nd 1903,
K H Kingman,
Executor Mrs M B Fitts.
Trespass Notice:
As I have set out a lot of peach
trees on my place all stock must
be kept off or they will bo im¬
pounded and damages collected.
I mean what, I say.
G C Smith, Gray, Ga,
Ellis Restaurant
WLWri ght, Pop.
461 Poplar fit Macon,Ga
Our purpose is to supply a long
felt want—a Clean, Neat, Weil
kept, Up-to-date Macon. Restaurant in
the City of
Everything that the market af-
fords will be found upoj our ta
hies.
Special provision made for La-
dies,
Dinner at
25 cts. J . . '
w sSNa 5
PERFECT PASSENGER
AND SUPERB
SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE
eerwsea
ALL PRINCIPAL POINTS
M THC
Southeast
Connecting: at
SAVANNAH with
STEAMSHIP LINES
PLVtaKJ BB TW g g*
Savannah and
New York,
Boston,
Philadelphia*
Baltimore
AND ALL POINTS
NORTH AND EAST
Complete tnformation wm ,
schedules of trains and
Bailing dates of steaiwens
cheerfully furnished by
any agent of the company
THEO. O. KLINE, W. A. WtNBORK,
General Sup-1, Traffic M«n«gnw
J. O. HAILE, Gene ref PnM*r Agwrt,
r. C. ROBINSON, Ase't General (Mr AgMfc
SAVANNAH, QAt
Georgia, Jones County.
The following ia a copy of an estrny
appraisement and description which
has this day been handed me, the Or¬
dinary of said county, by Jim Ford of
the 359th District, G. M.
•‘The following is a particular de¬
scription of the marks, natural and
artificial, brands, statue, age and color
if a certain no re this day exhibited
to us as an estray by Jim Ford, to-
,vit: color red, w.tli white strip in
forehead, about ten hands high. 12
years old, buck very sore, of the value
d thirty dollars. This l(5th day of
fan. 1903. J R VanBuren,
P A Smith,
Freeholders.
Witness mv hand officially, this
Tan. 23rd, 1903.
RH Bonner, Ordinary.
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■fflEDroRD’si
BLACKDRAUGHT
THE ORIGINAL
LIVER MEDICINE &
biliousness A sallow complexion, and dizziness,*®
a coated tongue J B
are -common indications of liver
and kidney diseases. Stomach and a
bowel troubles, severe as they are, a
give immediate warning by pain, B I
but iiver and kidney troubles,
though much less painful at the start, are I
harder to cure. Thedford’s B
Black-Draught never fails to bene- B
fit diseased fiver aud weakened kid- ■
neys. It stirs up the torpid liver
to throw off the germs of fever and
ague. It is a certain preventive
of cholera and Bright'* disease of
inforced the kidneys. by Thodford's With kidneys Black- re¬
Draught dwelt immune thousands in of persons have
the midst of yel¬
low fever. Many families live in
perfect health and have no other
doctor than Thedford’s Flack-
Draught. in It is always on hand for
use an emergency and saves
many expensive calls of a doctor.
Mulliiu, S. C. March (0, 1901.
I twv* wed Thedfowts Black-Draught
for three years and I neve not hadtego
to* doctor since I h*ve been taking It
It Is the best medicine for me that is
on the market for fiver and kidney ,
troubles complaint*. and dyspepsia (tfv. A. 0. and LEWIS. ether 90 %
OeWitt’s Little Early wisersi
Tffea tsmmiA H nllt*.
Cr*W sir A fber. own FREE Only selection) £0 PATTERN t* trrery an1>* I
cents a year.
MS CALL'S, 50 ***■
MAGAZINE V\
YEAR
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THE McCALL co..
m-llS-117 Wftt 3H< St. «ta YORK.
<Vne Minnie Cough Curs,
__ That it «M it was mate for-
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TO THE
CITIZENS OF JONES COUNTY.
In addition to our general line of Merchandise and
Heavy Groceries, Farmer’s Supplies and High Grade Gu¬
ano, we carry in stock at ail times the famous
BAltNESVILLE BUGGI S,
built by Jackson G. Smith & Son, and a handsome line of
— COFFINS and CASKETS.—
We invite your inspection of our goods and prices as
compared with other places*
We also carry at all times BRICK and SHINGLES
GIVE US A SHARE OF YOUR PATRONAGE.
BARRON & HENDER ON,
Round Oak, Ga.
Everybody who has been to
see our New Shoe Store
says it is the
“Best Ever.
They say we have the best stock of Ladies’ Dress Shoes at $3
$2,50, $2, and $1,50 ever seen anywhere, and that our stock
80S, Boys’ and Children’s School aud Dress Shoes is ■matchless, an:.
the prices so moderate too.
The expressions of approval of the gentlemen on our display of
dress shoes and shoes for general wear for all the people is highly
gratifying.
They all declare our several lines of Gent’s Shoes at $2.00, $2.- 0,
$3.00aud $3.50 are far ahead of any thing ever sold at those prices.
LESTER-WHITNEY SHOE CO.
516 Cherry Street,..................... Macon
gj&'Mr. S. A. C. Everett is with us.
Thirty Years Experience in
Selling COtton.
I refer to the best people in
Jones countY
m.
Ship m your cotton
MACON, GEORGIA.
•0 A/ 10
A Pleasure to Dress Well
WHEN Clothes of the right sort are obtainable
at the right figures. They must fit, be well
tailored and wear well.
OUR CLOTHING will meet with your ap¬
proval. Made in a variety of fabrics to select
from.
RLCheek&Co
3rd. St., Macon.
vp #
M.C.BALKC0IVU,
Hardware Guns Pistols Stoves
Wagon Material.,
Plows and Farm ools of all
kinds.
Third Street, Near Post Office, MACON, GA
^i. i vpis i ..a oatvKe row Lift Aw*ji
If you *»ot to quit tobacco using magneUa, easily
,od forever, bexuaae well,strong, Ne-To-Btio,
ruilof new .’if: »ad vigor, talto
the wonder-v. other, that makes weak mon
strong Many £aiu ten pounds iu ten days,
Over sod.OOu cured. Buy No-To-Bac of you*
dr • rgist. I’-.der guarantee to care, 50c or
l! no. Booxlet and srmple mailed free. Ad.
tkerUhS RemadjCo..Uueagoo*NewYo**-
tfvurfbodjr do.
Cases rets Can (tv Cathartic, the most-vet
jerlul medical discovery >t tlie age, plea*
int and refreshing to L,e tas*e, and act, gently
»n<t positively on kidneys, liver dispel bowels,
cleansing the entire system, habitual constipatws coids,
cure sod headache, lever, Pieast l and boj
biliousness. ay try a tlf
of O. C. C. to-dav 10. 'Jo, fa rents. Bold
MHauaissa ;retire, b. iidrtfigul*-