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Entered at th Past Oiflce at Gray
Ga., ns second-cluesmail matter.
Official Oisoan ok thk Coi'.ntv.
Pnu ishfm Evkkv Thursday.
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Sit BSC HI KTI ON l'KIOK, $1.
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T. it. TOll.NLit, Proprietor.
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Como t<> tint Man* Meeting.
Saturday there will bo a mass
meeting at Bradley in the inter¬
est of tho Jones County Fair.
There will bo speeches by prom-
inrnt men who will interest yon
in what they have to nay. Their
subject will bo “Jones County,
Her Fair and How She Is to Cap
turn tho First Premium at the
State Fair.”
You will not experience u dull
moment throught the entire day.
Tlio pic nio feature of the occa¬
sion will be well worth your time.
You should comn to this meet-
tug.
You’ll be sorry if you don’t.
Come out and bear the speeches
and take a ride in the Jones coun
ty band wagon.
Tlio Summer Session of tlie
Eogislat lire.
A twenty day session of tho leg¬
islature for this summer is meet¬
ing with considerable opposition
from tome of Georgia’s legislators.
It is clour that it would not be the
part of wisdom to force nn early
adjournment while there is si
much important legislation de¬
manding attention. Much unfin¬
ished business was brought ovei
from tho Iasi session of tho logis
laturo that should receive atten
tion at tlio Juno session. The idea
of those who favor tho short ses¬
sion is that nothing shall be con¬
sidered except tliu convict ques¬
tion. Many think the interests of
tho state demand legislation on
other matters and thut a shori
session would bo
Georgia’s tax syst> m needs re¬
vision as much as does her con-
vict system and elioulu receive tin
careful attention of the legisla¬
ture as early as possible.
Somo important bills pending
in the legislature are given below:
The general convict lease bill.
The Kelley Australian ballot
bill.
'Tho West, garnishment bill.
Tho Folder convict bill.
Tho Houston child labor bill.
The Hall bill to restore the
right of trial by jury in this state
Tho Hall lull compelling for¬
eign railroad companies operating
in tliL state to incorporate under
State laws.
The Hardeman bill for teaching
agriculture in our public schools.
The Candler tax commission
bill to equalize taxes.
The district agricultural college
bill.
The college tax exemption bill.
Tho uniform text book bill.
The bill to amend the pension
laws.
Poverty unci Grout ness.
There havo been n few great
men in the world’s history who
have fought their way to the top
in spite of poverty and drudgery,
Tilt none were ever put there by
virtue of it. In the long run, the
great lenders in human progress
■—those who have, liko Lincoln,
risen above poverty—have been
few indeed. The fact is, tlint ev¬
erywhere culture, intelligence,
character, freedom, ethics, and
everything that makes for civili¬
zation and human welfare, have
come into existence and increased
with the increased production,
diffusion and habitual consump¬
tion of wealth, and those who
have lull* d to get tho wealth, who
failed to hum the cultivating in¬
fluences, remained tho drudges
and slaves of the race. In propor¬
tion as drudgery slackens, und the
conditions where every waking
hour . filled witli
is struggle”
appear, civilization advances, and
as it advances higher types of
nmnUs "roadef a^UuTsmm u "r J Ubl 1 '
er conceptio.is c m- .e\ elop, and
b.'Com* the characteristics of
Ci<*ty;itj)d great characters he- j
come SO numerous OS to be com,
s, J
Southern Baptist Conven¬
tion.
It is very probable that severa I
Jones county Baptist* will attend
theSouthern Baptist convention
which meets in Savannah in May.
U has heon announced that one of
the interesting features at the
time of the convention will bn the
first banquet of the Alumni Asso-
of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary at the De-
Soto Hotel on the night of May
7. It is estimated tliwe will bn
800 diners present. The names of
the speakers who have agre-d to
talk nt the banquet are as follows:
liev. James \V. Millard of Bnl*
timore, president of the Associu-
tion, will preside and act as toast-
master.
Uon. Joshua Levering, who
some years ago rati on the Prohi-
hition ticket for president, will he
present and will make an address
on a subject vet to bo selected.
Rev. J. William Jones, I). I).,
of Richmond, formerly chaplain
of the Army of Northern Virginia,
vvill speak on ‘‘The Seminary as
It Was Fifty Years Ago.”
Rev. Luther Little of Fort
Worth, a recent graduate of the
institution, will speak on “The
Seminary as It Ought to Be.”
Rev. F. C. McConnell, of At-
Innta, will speak on “The Semi-
nary and the Country Preacher.”
Rev. E. Y. Mullins, president
of the Seminary, will speak on
“The Seminary as it Now is ”
Governor Aycock of North Cur-
'fiiini will be present and make an
iddrcss.
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Itosloi of _ Blue ,tn<l Giny. (
By direction of Secretary Root
the war department has embarked
on tlio extensive Work of compil
ing and publishing a complete ros¬
ter of the officers and enlisted
men of the Confederate and Union
armies. This is the secretaryV
>wu project, and hu succoedod in
impressing congress with tho idea
that it would be only just and
fair to tho South to place on tin
ifficiul lists the names of the Con
federate soldiers, m order that
their descendants may truce then
family history with accuracy. Tin
north, through separate slate pub¬
lications, has covered this ground
pretty well for its own soldiers.
But the southern records and ur
■hives, never very complete, war'
scattered and destroyed, owing to
the outcome of tho war, and it n
known that many frauds are prac
ticed on the benevolent and main
families lack important links in
their histories because of the losr
of these records. Secretary Root,
in calling this matter to at¬
tention, said that tlio department
was constantly in receipt of ap
peals from stato officials for tran¬
scripts of the military records ol
troops, to answer which would
cott more than a million dollars,
so that tlio most economical wa\
would bo to publish a complete
roster.
Tlio publication will be dicl¬
inous ui size, including uo loss
that tnirty volumes, as largo as
the civil war records.
'The northern names will be
published with the southern be¬
cause it is desired to have all this
data in one compilation, instead
of being souttorod through various
state books.
Moreover it is felt to bon grace¬
ful thing to bracket the names of
the men who wore the blue and
the gray'. In order to carry out
this purpose, Secretary Root has
sent out a letter to the governor-
of all the states which furnished
trrops to the Confederate armies
asking their co-operation.
FOR SALE—CHEAP!
One four-horse steam engine on
wheels, one separator and one
yoke largo oxen.
J \V Bradley,
Bradley, Ga.
CON FK D15 R ATE YETE R A NS’
REUNION.
New Orleans, La., May 19-22,
1903. Reduced rates via Central
of Georgia Railway’,
Tickets will bo on sale at nli
ticket stations on Central of Geor¬
gia Railway to New Orleans, La.,
and return, at rate, ono cent per
mile in each direction, May 16-171
18-19-20,nnd ^ ">< >’ 21. final privilege limit of May |
ex- (
^^"^‘mugh trains will be op- j
crated without change. For j
promt and reliable service, see 1
that your ticket reads via Central
of Georgia Kailway. Rates, soiled-
u1hs a,ul otht * r information cheer-
the Company, I
Protect the Birds
It seems appropriate that Rep-
rerditative Birdsong, of Tennes-
see, should proposo a bill to pro-
tect the«ong bird* of that stale.
Georgia has made several ineffeot-
ual and fatuous effortB hi thut di-
root ion, and our laws on tire sub-
ject arc largely failures.
An exchange bus said that “a
birdless land is a dreary land;
when the silence is unbroken by
the s ngs of birds there is
ness that is oppressive.”
Speaking of the Birdsong bill
the Knoxville Journal says:
it is really a shame that the
state has not had n law before
now for the protection of the
birds against extermination,
They are our friends, and we are
their enemies. From the fine la-
dy who decorates her hat with the
remains of the dead songsters of
the fields and the forests, to the
thoughtless boy who cruelly robs
the nests of the birds
for his own diversion, including
the idle sportsman who regards
everything with feathers and that
Ily us a target for his senseless
marksmanship, a war of externa-
nation has been going ou against
1 he birds of Tennessee, which has
been waged until the forests and
fields show approaching extinc-
tion.
That they are the farmer’s
friend, considered from no higher
standpoint than the protection of
growing crops against the depro-
dations of harmful insects, is a
fact that will not admit of deni-
“L but they are the friends of
unsversal mankind in a nobler
„ ru i higher soii 60 . The man who
docs not lovo to see and hear the
birds has a good deal of the sav-
ige remaining in him and he who
wantonly destroys them is in need
of some restraining influence in
1 he shape of law, that will open
the way to a higher and better
tnto of civilization.
It would surprise tho average
Georgian to visit in the spring
and early summer souse of the
older Northern states, where the
birds are protected, should he gel
out among the farms. Within «*
few miles of the great cities of
New York and I'liiladelphia there
ire ton birds to one in Georgia to
• lie square mil*. 'The grain they
•onsume is not a drop in the buck¬
et to the insect life they destroy.
The birds are the friends of tin
'armor—not his enemies, as some
•rroneously suppose. They ar<
not only useful but they aro oi -
nainental and entertaining—add¬
ing a flavor to rural life not
found elsewhere.—Macon Tele¬
graph.
A Hoy’s Trip.
[The following communication
written by a young man of Jone-
oounty presents an object le c son
to the young man who is wont to
dream of tho splendors of the coun¬
try "just, beyond,” but which is
always a little further on.]
Following is his article:
“In my eighteenth year I de¬
cided that. 1 was sufficiently well
equipped to do battle with the
world and resolved to sell all my
possessions, which consisted of
only one pony, and try my for¬
tune in tho far West.
“After disposing of my pony I
took the train at Macon for Tex¬
as. My first stop was with rela¬
tives at Forsyth, where I spent
several days. Next in Atlanta 1
waited a few for a fnend who
had promised to join me there,
but nij’ money began to run low
and I decided to continue my jour¬
ney. As the train rolled out- from
Atlanta 1 began to get home sick
and was unable to overcome a de¬
sire to be back in Jones county.
But having sold my pony and
having written my father that 1
felt fully competent to take oare
of myself I had not the courage
to yield to tlie desire to return to
my home. Many times before my
journey was over I wished I had
obeyed that impulse to return
home.
"I next found myself in N nv
Orleans. After wandering around
like a lost man for several days
and getting on the wrong Haiti
two or three times I managed to
gBt away and in a Bhort time ar-
riv0(1 in Da ,,„, Texas.
“ Wh «» \ left ho * e ifc w »> j
determination to go to Texas;
where I expected to find a laud
flowing with milk and honey, but j
alas! what, a disappointment wds |
iu store for me. |
“I reached Dallas safe and in
good condition with the excep-j
tion of a slim purse. 7 wandered
around several days in search of
work but found it much more dif-
fienlt than I had expected. Aftor
several days’ fruitless searen I
met an ojd gentleman from the
country who kindly offered to car¬
ry mo home with him where lie
said I Could find cotton to pick
and other work to do. While at
ionie I tliought rt was hard to he
forced to work but I loved this
-old gentleman because he told me
where I could find work. I was
about shoeless and penniless and
was anxious to earn a dollar any
honest way I could. I went with
the old gentleman to his homo
and enjoyed the comforts of his
‘•mansion,” which was a one-room
loghouso. What he gave me to
eat was very thankfully received
but it was bo poorly prepaied I
could hardly eut it. The next
morning he directed me where I
might find the Jong looked for for-
tune. I found tbo place to which
he directed me and it was a cot-
con patch. I proceeded to shuck
off my coat and get at it, but inv
work lasted only one day, for the
following night a heavy snow foil
which put an ond to my cotton
picking. The old gentleman see-
ing my condition took care of me
until the snow melted and then
advised me to seek my fortune in
somo more promising section,
“My next work was that of a
.mail carrier from Pleasant Valley
to Dallas, but the weather began
To be so severe that it was impos-
siblo for me to continue work, so
I was forced to hu it another job.
It was about this time that I ex
porienced the only joy of my trip.
I met my friend and cousin, whom
I had expected to join in Atlanta.
After a long consultation as t<
what we should do we decided t<
go further north.
“We made all necessary ar¬
rangements and boarded the train
for McKinney where I got a jol
as drayman and was discharged
after tho first day, because, as the
owners said, I did bad work. 1
was not much sorry, however, as
[ did not like the job of draying
Hint night my cousin and I had 1
consultation and decided that tin
country would be much bette;
than the cities. The next morn¬
ing we took our satchels and start
ed into tho country afoot.
“Wo struck the railroad and
after going several miles came to
where the rail road hands were as
work. Wo immediately applied t*
tho foreman fur jobsand were pu
10 work. By night our hands wen
blistered and we were in bad con
dition generally. That night w
hold another consultation and d>
hided that railroading did not ex
actly suit us.
“From this point we went o
Sherman where we were employe
to break Texas ponies. The rnn
who owned the ponies brough
out one and instructed me how t-
proceed in breakiug him. One ex
perience was euough.
“At this point my friend and 1
parted. He went further north
but every step I made was towaro
Georgia. My next stopping pine*
was Bonham where a man em
ployed me to look aftor his stock.
While at this place I was taken
with measles. The physician who
was called in pronounced it small
pox and and I was sent to an ou*
house in a swamp to prevent th*
disease from spreading. The nexi
day soveral physicians mot thuv
and had a consultation and pro¬
nounced my case measles.
“When I recovered, like thr
prodigal son of old, my thought-
turned homeward and I wrote m\
father to please send me enough
money 10 pay my way home. H*-
sent it and I came in a hurry.
“T. B. Holland.”
Big Field Dots.
Mrs J R Bonner was called to
the bedside of her 6ick daughter
Friday.
Mr Pettigrew has been visiting
his sister, Mrs S M Pettigrew, of
James.
Little Gnss and Myrtle Burnett,
have been kept from school for
several days on account of sick¬
ness
Miss Jessie Stewart has been
visiting friends at James.
Mrs Andrew Kitchens and . fam- .
ily have been visiting Mrs Delia
Ethridge of James.
Mr Johnnie Bloodworth of Mil*
ledgevilie was with the home
Sunday.
Hon. L C Morton wa9 in our
last Friday.
Wilton Burnette was to see his '
Monday. 1 i
T. A. COLEMAN & CO.
The School Supply House,
Old school hooks bought, sold
and exchanged. Fine Stationary a
Specialty. Mficon,
308 Bccoiul St., Gli.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CON¬
VENTION.
Savannah, Ga.. if ay 7-14, 1908
Reduced rates via Central of
Georgia Railway.
Excursion tickets will be on
sale at all ticket stations on Cell-
^"i, "^Vruum, . &’ c (T'and
<m MaV for’
7 , a t rate of one'fare round
trip plus 25 cents; minimum rate
whole tickets £0 outs, half tick-
at-B 25 cents, tickets limi’ed May
^ n^vilegl'of'exU'nTi'm with
of final
ij m jt to June 1,1903.
The Central of Georgia Rail-
way is the direct line and offers
Perfect passenger service from
f.^a'and" Alabama ' Savannah"
Palace sleeping cars on night
trains and elegant parlor curs on
day trains. For prompt and re-
liable service see that your tickets
[j,,", cheorfiilly'lmd prompt lyTir-
tl j 8 hed on application to any rep-
resentative of this company.
EXCURSION RATES VIA CEN¬
TRAL OF GEORGIA R’Y.
Low rate excursion tickets will
be on ealo at all ticket stations
on Central of Georgia Railway to
points named and on account o:
occasions specified below. Rates,
schedules, etc., cheerfully furnish
ed on application to any agent or
representative of the company.
Slimmer School, Knoxville,
Tenn., June 23 to July 81, 1908.
Tickets on sale June 21-22-23-28
29, July 5-0-13 and 20, final limit
15 days from date of sale with tin-
privilege of extension of final lim¬
it to September 80, 1908.
Summer school for colored teach
•rs, Tuskegpp, Ala., June 26 to
\ugust 7, 1903 Tickets on sale
tune 28-24 and 25. Final limit
August 10, 1903.
Summer School, Athens, Ga.,
July 1 to August 9, 1903. 'Tickets
in sale June 26-29-80 and July 1-
2-4-11-18-25, 1908. Fnal limit 16
lays from date of sale, with priv-
lege of extension of final limit to
September 30, 1903.
Sugar Cane Growers’ Convon-
ion, Macon, Gn., May 6-8, 1908.
I'u-kpis on sale May 5th, and for
rains scheduled to arrive in Ma¬
son before 2:80 p. m.. May 6th.
Final limit May 10, 1903.
mfh Georgia
NL.ftY.C0. J
PERFECT PASSENGER
AND SUPERB
SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE
BETWEEN
ALL PRINCIPAL POINTS
IN THE
Southeast
Connecting at
SAVANNAH with
STEAMSHIP LINES
PLYING BETWEEN
Savannah and
New York,
Boston,
Philadelphia,
Baltimore
AND ALL POINTS
NORTH AND EAST
Complete information, rates,
schedules of trains and
sailing dates of steamers
cheerfully furnished by
any agent of the company.
THEO. D. KLINE, W. A. WIMBURN,
Oaneral 8up*t, Traffic ManagatV
J. 0. HAILE, Qonaral Paaa'r AgaaL
P. W aOMNSON, Asa’t Qcnarat Paw’r A fat.
SAVANNAH, QA.
■ ■ Virginia-grown gives the seed
corn very
SEED best and most satisfactory
glTlng sssffiisisffifs much larger and
^MM■■ 1 -I I IT 111 more satisfaclory yields
—— I *! " * than than Northe rn and
.. . Western seed com. We sell
togue which we will mall free upwn reqnest,
and gives prices and full descriptions of the best
largest yielding varieties. a
*1. W. WOOD A S0IS, RICHMOND, VA. )
arertbuoy ca>3 Co.
Cases rets Cand v CaUfartie, tlio m-eU-vor
lertul medical discovery <f ilse eee, p’.ea»
»nd wt aud positively refreshing kidneys, to the liver tas'e, and .ct bowels, geiitlj
on
tbs entire system, dHpel ccftio,
cure biliousness, hcadnclse, fever, pleas* habit-mi censtiratioo
o. C.C. to-day; t-iy and try b'cidoaP n bna
'UAt*micca*-ure io, •tt.ik. druggijfA- cents. I
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4l REPUTATION.
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“Reputotion. It fits clothes selling
as close as it docs anything made or sold.
|f If And in the clothes wo sell you have tho
wgm i reputation of manufacturers won from
Sibil*- J 1 f thousands and thousands of satisfied wear-
aw combined with our own reputation
ers,
; 'vN tho clothing trade Imre.
Hi won in
i We are sole agents here of the clothes
hearing this—
“Alfred Benjamin & Company.”
That means the newest fabrics!
Tho latest cuts I
and the most up-to-date clothing made.
t
Our new sp-ing suits have that bloom
J of freshness that pleases tho eye, with
CM,, f„ Mn prices to please the purse.
Benson, Walker & Moore,
THE UP-TO-DATE CLOTHIERS,
MACON GA
$15 v jyr JL R iA 0 ©
For the arrest of your attention while you read this.
THE BIG STORE
I am building on Third street will be ready as soon
as m n, money and material can build it. 1 will
GIVE YOU $15,00
On every buggy you move, saving me that trouble.
J W SHINHOLSER
Macon, Ga
HL BARFIELD
MACON, GA,
HEADQUARTERS FOR
AMERICAN FIELD AND HOG FENCE
S3 men. nvciBl* 55 INCH, n
9 r
■49 UN.
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2g|m, M.J.* r. s n Mm . 3g jnt H I IS
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Regular Style Special Hog, Horse and Cattle Style
Stays 13 la. or 6 in. apart Stays ia In. or 6 In. apart
Made of large, strong, high-grade steel wires, heavily galvanize 1.
Amply provides for expansion and contraction. Is practically ever-
lasting. Never goes wrong, no matter how great a strain is put on it.
Does not mutilate, but does, efficiently, turn cattle, horses, hogs
and pigs.
EVERY ROD OF AMERICAN FENCE GUARANTEED
by the manufacturers and by us. Call and see it. Can show you how
jit wi ll sav e you money and fence your fields so they .wjll stay fenced^
TO THE
CITIZENS OF 10NES COITY,
8ESS3
In addition to our general line of Merchandise and
Heavy Groceries, Farmer’s Supplies and High Grade Gu¬
ano, we carry in stock at all times the famous
BARNESVILLE BUGGIES,
built by Jackson G. Smith & Son, and a handsome line o:
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
gm-G IVE US A SHARE OF YOUR PATRONAGE.
BARRON & HENDERSON,
Round Oak, Ga.
M.C.BALKC0M,Agt
Hardware m - -m Gn Pivtols stoves
11 Hj
Wagon Material-
and Farm tools of all
kinds.
Street, Near lost Oifinc, ACON, GA_