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(Js , as socond-class unlit matter.
Official, Organ or tjik County.
PtiBigsirgn Every Thursday.
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T. It. TURNER, Proprietor.
T.R.TURNER.......J UNDERMOST, 1 IMilorH
fi. A. H ...
“The Fair—Our Advaiittt-
gesaintthi* Advant-
Bf©« of Other
I'oiintlcH.
In making preparations our
<-*» premium r** at *h« * »>* 1 f
jniportan.es Jh#l hL "’
take stock of our own
chances of success and arrive as
possibl" nt tho chances of
n««r as
other counties to do the sunie ,
thing. particularly nn ngri-
Julies j? whil.e <>th-
cultural polity, many
ha,ve iff addition to this, fine
«rs naval
t tin tier, fruits, tobacco,
stores, manufactures, sugar, etc.
It can ho easily seen, therefore,
that in order to be successful we
jn ist have a b.ettejr agricultural
display than any county in the
state. This is absolutely neces-
sary. ’J’hja much is conceded to
us by our rivals and their main
hope of success is bated upon Un¬
belief that they can defeat b\
presenting a display so diversified
that it wi)) overcome any super¬
iority gained by us in farm pro¬
ducts. Our euepgss hiffges upon
this point. There is no disguising
the fact that wo have something
todoartdU)® sooner wo realize
exactly what it is the better will
our ,chapees of success.
A great deal also depends upon
the efforts of Jone# county’s wo
men. It is perfectly trffP that
there was never a more attractive
disylay of pe.odjo work, fruits,
pregeryps pickleg, etc., than that
was shown at pur last county
fair. It was discussed over the
entire state nnd received more
praise from our visitors than any
department of the fair. A repeti¬
tion rf )n»t year’s exhibit in this
department would be of ine 9 timn-
pte value to our owp fair and
Would go far toward insuring suc¬
cess at the ijtate fair. With the
fight kffid of effort success is as¬
sured. We believe this effort
Fill be made.
A Little Boy’s Prayer.
A jitflp lipy, after saying night¬
ly the prayers which had been
(.aught hint, was (juito tenacious
of wljnt lie called praying in his
own jjay. Ho linij a large pumber
of brot))ers and sisters, whose
needs and peculiarities lie some¬
times niaeje the subject of Ins pe¬
titions. Qn one occasion, at com¬
mencing this txerviso, he was
overcome with sloop. Wrestling
with Idf* stupor, ho said :
“0, Lord, hlesj ElQaholh, and
make her hotter than she is » >
His head fell bnek on the pil¬
low, bqt soon rousing, ho mur¬
mured dyowaily, “Bless llonrv
too.” 7t was in vain; the tongue
refused its office, so lie added in-
distiucly: “0 Lord, leant; there
are too many of ’em,"and he
sank into (fie deep slumber c!
p tildhood
At another time, while conduct¬
ing this exercise iu a somewhat
more wakjful manner, lip said :
“Lord, plensp ldega father, and
give him a iie\y heart. O Lord,
Rless mothev-^-bqt you need not
give hsf a new heart, for sln-
pould not have any better one
than she’s got, and I don’t see
how she’d go to work to be any
better woman than fjho is now,”
A “buttermilk jag” is tho lat-
est. A n;an was recently arrested
ju Boston for boil.g under tiio in-
loxicutiiiR influence of buttermilk
In commenting op this the liar-
deman Free Press says: “No mat-
ter what onr sins may be we
was arrested for gittin’ drunk on
buttermilk. S > long as rve and
barley holds out we never will.”
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An exchange gives this recipe
which is warranted to kill every
s“‘ town to which it is properly ap-|
"Opp»“
r ade some# here else. Ask two j
prices for your pnqierty. Don’t
subscribe for your home paper, j
hut borrow it. Criticise every
you are not interested in,M I
Matrimony ant
A'lnutn Constitution,
There is n good chance in this
•onntry now for aonih
ng underwriter to insure tile
l V<-« ( f the bridegrooms.
A regular slew of follows have
wen mu idered lately by
rheir recently married wives and
very few adequate reasons for the
homicide* have been given. While
it is gratifying, in prospectu, to
be “loved to death,” no fellow
ann be expected to enjoy tl.e oper
At ion while the honeymoon is in
full swing and to have Li*
thausia administered in poisoned
eoff-oor with a meat axe.
Divorce is surely easy enough in
most part., of the country without
murder ns nn ancillary
1 ".....t porti.*™. easily agree ?r to i ' d.s- 1 ,,b
agree, and rush a decree a m-msu
et thorn through the courts like
running a pig through a sausage
uiill, they should be prohibited
us sternly us possible from taking
the law into their myn hands and
adding the disagreeable
of sudden and bloody murder,
gloomy funerals and criminal
court t rials to their pursuits of un-
conjugal freedom Such casis
are now moro than sporadic und
"the boys” would like to have the
courts put nn end to the
before husband-killing becomes
epidemic in the lund.
A Georgia IVach Farm.
Fort Vullov, Ga.,
June, 24, 1908
At, this time, when tho people
of Julies county are taking u deep
inter'i t in fruit culture, it might
be interesting to them to know
something of the manner in
which the largest peach orchard
in the World is conducted. Quite
i number, perhaps, are ignorant
of this fact: Georgia has the Inr-
gest single body of peach trees in
tho-world. This orchard is with¬
in two miles of Fort Valley and is
one of whicl) 1 shall write.
To the man who has already
gone into tho fruit business a
lengthly dissertation on the licli-
niquo of the business would
be interesting ,nnd 1 would ad¬
vise the man who has not, but n
tends to attempt fruit culture to
seek a more prosessionnl s uirce ol
information than this article. li¬
the main it shall not be my pur¬
pose to write of the business bid'
of the subject but of thechunges.
social and otherwise, the peculiai
intluuncos the fruit industry lin>
>n the people and tho charactei
of the migratory population
drawn hero as a direct result of
the substitution of peach trees foi
cot ton.
The packing season is now well
on and in this section about hull
a crop will be shipped. On n c-
count of the reports circulated in
early spring tlnu the crop would
He almost n total failure there i>
not here this year such a varied
assortment of humanity as was
here last , , year, l >4 there are do ,
grous enough to make the situa¬
tion interesting.
The average man’s conception of
a pencil orchard in most cases is a
hundred or two trees on a sedgy
spot of ground or elso an oat
patch with the trees as a secon-
dary consideration, or worse still,
a calf pasture or a pig lot. Here
near Fort Valley is an orchard of
a thousand acres, cultivated ac¬
cording to scientific principles
and looked after in a mannur
which if adopted by the farmers
of tho state in the cultivation of
crops would result in a most per¬
ceptible increase in returns. A
thousand acres of peach trees in
ono body, and every tree visible
from an elevation of thirty feet.
Just uow this orchard presents a
sight worth the time and expence
of any one to see. Standing on
the central packing shod the farm
looks a perfect sea of green with
i» 9 t enough of red from tho
mg fruit to vary the emerald
landscape and make tho
pleasant to the eye. ,
All day in nnd out among these
trees go hundreds of negro met,
uwd women picking the r i |H ,
fruit. To one whose cnly info.-
mation of antebellum customs is
based upon knowledge gained
troll) book and stories told by the
‘oldest inhabitants,” this must
present something like tho linys
,v,
undor tho fleecy staple and ;
,t ie song of the blacks was tnauos! music
the ears of him “to the
Opinions of the negro
upon u study of theiudivid-
iia! would cm to ho incorrect.
With three or fcur hu lid rod of
,hem here in one gang it is easy
to strike an average and get tome
idea of what iio really is, or would
were he not restrained by the
civilization that surrounds him.
Careless of apparal, impervit jus to
the sizzling heat and indifferei it
to everything except a ball snb-
sisteiico they go from morning
until night swayed by no
ones save nn occasional outburst
of religious fuvorand the perpet-
-ml response to that musicale in
slinct which results in rythmic
melody throughout theentireday.
Tents are provided for their ac-
and are located on
-me edge of the farm. Hero at
night they congregate andoftimes
greet the advent of another day
i 1 '*".t;•*" m!
scuffling of feet,
Much has been said and written
about the attitude of the north-
urn man toward the negro but ii
no instance lias the discussion
been absolutely clear of politics.
This orchard is owned by men
from Connecticut and these no-
groes are worked by them. M\
experience is that there is uo “at-
tiiyde,” when the political ele-
mont js eliminated. They regard
the negro much m the same way
than a man would an automobile
which lie expected to carry him a
certain number of miles in a given
length of time, a ton of cool from
which ho expected to get so much
energy. The negroo’s social and
•ducational status gives them no
concern whatever. They work
him because “thbre is money in
it,” and they treat him humanly
been use in most cases a negro
gives better service when treated
kindly.
All the fruit is packed and
graded by white people, about
half of whom are residents of the
immediate neighborhood, the re¬
maining half being gathered from
the four points of the compass.
There is some inexplicable
fiicinntion about the fruit busi¬
ness which attracts the lattci
dass hero each year. Among
them can be found the city chap
who is here for recreation, tlm
lector who wants a respite from
bone-sawing, tho school teuchei
ind the preacher who need discip¬
line, and the news paper man
•vho needs the money. Of conrsi
ill of them could go to Oceai
-Irove, Long Beach or Coney Is
land if they so desired, but they
loll’t.
But fho local crowd gets by fai
the most pleasure and money out
>f the occasion. The fruit pack¬
ing season is a red letter occasion
with them. Whole families come,
■ring cooking utinsols, provision
•to , nnd camp out or occupy a
house belonging to the company,
finch a time as they have, Their
rnnnlsnre short and simple but to
the disinterest! d observer they a it
interesting. The packing shed is
Cupid’s favorite stamping ground
during the peach season. And
why , shouldn t it her Uleasantlv
•
located, , surrounded ... by scenery
that suggest a tropical flower gar¬
den and with bushels of red and
yellow Georgia peaches piled Oil
every side there is necessarily nn
element of poetry in the situation
widen is perhaps the influence
that attracts people k> this place.
It needs but a glance to con¬
vince anyone that the peach in¬
dustry has been moro benefit to
Houston bounty than any other
of her industries. There is still
energy in the business and those
who own orchards are increasing
them. Men have made fortunes
here and are still adding to them,
l’bero is not now a whit less con¬
fidence iu fruit as a profitable
crop than there was ten years ago,
and there is not an orchard in
tli19 6ectl0 u thftt has not P rov<m a
8UCC08S ' vhero , P ro P e r methods
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" llL P 1,rsae ^* Jones countv lias
^ f |lut ^ a,u ' ,,1n " -' nn
m ‘ lu Ul> " l0re Ul oUt,to1 ’'
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CH AMBERLAIN’S n ,
CHOLERA AND a
RUOEA REMl ~ 0
The uniform success of
r f ied >' has mudo il Inmost pop-
ulur preparation in use for bowei
complaints. It is everywhere re-
cognised ns the one remedy that
euii always b„ depended upon and
tA a t is pleasant to take. It is es-
valual lu tor suinnur diar-
of a great many children each
For sale hvW. K.
Grav i W. D. Winters, Bradley;
L Ml ddlubrooks & Co., Had-
° Ck '
From .James.
Miss May Duffy spent Wadnea-
day of last week in Macon.
Mr R II Kingman spent Thurs-
day in Macon weighing cotton.
Mr It 11 Bonner and Bro Er-
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to Janies Monday afternoon.
Little Bessie Etheridge was ao
unfortunate last Wednesday as to
break her arm. Dr Anchors vas
summoued and soon had it fixed
jj ig8 g^ma Hoberta and-broth
,. r) jj r \y G Roberts, joined the
young yeople last Wednesday "
a game of tennis
Mrsl. C Morton, with her little
ones, left last Wednesday for n
,| )0V t stay witli her mother in At-
j al) t a
w jr "
from Belmont, N. C„ Wednes-
dny ; s doservjngly
proud of ”T” as ho brought a tine
record from his school.
Mrs II J Stewart and Mrs Lark
Stewart visited the family of Mr.
Otis Bragg Wednesday.
Misses Ida and Mildred Finney
-pent several days of last week
with their aunt, Mrs II J Stew¬
art.
Mr .full Stewart had a fall last
week which resulted in a sprained
inkle. He has not been well in
sometime and we are sorry to
learn that lie is now confined to
his bed.
We had a new neighbor to make
his appearance last week at the
home of Mr Walter Blanks.
7f Miss Annie Kingman’s
friends want to see her they will
no doubt find her in the yard sur¬
. rounded by her thickens. She
has been \ery successful with
ilicin and there is nothing sin
loves more than these pets. A
turkey gobler in her possession i-
piite a curiosity. When she sei
the turkey hen on fifteen eggs, sin
lid not take the gobler into con-
sideration and was surprised the
next day to find that he had
made , lnmself , ,, a nest . right . , , by ,, the
hen and taken posession of part
f tho eggs. Miss Annie
was at first indignant and thought
>f shutting him up in a coop, bill
fie manifested so much pride it-
this new adventure of his, -die lei
iini have l.is own way, and fm
ill ‘eo weeks ihe old gentleman line
be in sitting quietly on his nest
vi-h half t-be eggs under him. him:
tlif- V.Ir other under his companion.
Robert Kingman accompa-
ded his sisters, Misses Daisy and
Annie, and Miss May Duffy, a-
far as Macon, on their way t-
Cumberland Island. They lifi
Monday night. We hope they will
have a delightful time. Miss
May St; wart expects to join them
one day this week, and Miss Ote-
lia Conn, of Milledgcville, also
was to tie one of their number.
Go to Ashworth, Macon, and
have your wagon or biiygy tir-
shrunk.
Picnic.
There will a basket picnic and
dance on the Norwood place, near
the home of J. \V. Bradley, Satur¬
day, July 4. Band from Macon
will furnish tho music. The pub¬
lic is invited.
^ B. J. Giawson.
Com. I
J. J. Gordon.
CUTS. BRUISES AND BURNS
QUICKLY HEALED.
Chamberlain’s l’ain Balm is an
antiseptic liniment, and when ap¬
plied to cuts, bruises nnd burns,
causes them to heal without ma¬
turation nnd much more quickly For
than by the usual treatment
<nle by \V. FL Morgan, Grav; W.
D. Winters, Bradley; C. W.' Mid¬
dlebrooks, Haddocli.
SUMMER EXCURSIONS.
“The good old summer time”
is now upon us and the question
is: Where to go for rest and recre-
The Central of Georgia
Railway now lias on sale at all of
its coupon ticket offices excursion
tickets to all the Mountain and
Lake resorts in tho North, East
and West; to eastern cities and
resorts * a Savannah and steam-
.... P mes *° .
8,11 ’ - ' ’
delightful , .
freezes blow, the most
seashore resort on the south At-
Inntic coast.
Q tt j c j c ftlu i convenient
.. ep in g —
ull particulars, rates, furnished
etc., will be cheerfully
upon application to nearest agent.
;
<*ne Minute Cough Cure, cur***
Tfcst is i»h« : h ' vas madi Sor
EXCURSION KATZS VIA
TRAL OF GEORGIA R’Y.
Low rate excursion tickets
be on prIo at all ticket
on Central of Georgia Railway to
pants named and on account of
occasions specified below. Rates,
schedules etc., cheerfully furnish
Summer School, Knoxville,
Tenn., June 23 to July 81, 1003.
1 ickots on sale June 21 - 22 -_'.J- 2 <S-
J»ly 6-6-18 and 20, final
Id days from date of sale with the
privilege of extension nf final liin-
it to September 80 , 1903.
Summer school for colored teach
,!rs ' T "Hkegee. Ala., June 20 to
August 7, 1903 Tickets on sale
August 1C)! ' F ‘“ al 1U “‘ l
° ’ 1903.
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Summer School, Athens, Ga.,
July 1 to August 9, 1903. Tickets
ssrifinss»
( , !1V9 fron , date of sale, with limit priv-
ib-ge of extension of final to
September 80, 1908.
Excursion rates to Athens, Ga.
and return account summer
school, July 1, August9, 1908.
Tickets for this occasion will be
on sale June 2(5th, 29th, 80th. Ju¬
ly 1st, 2nd. 4th, 11th, 18tli and
19th, 1903, with final limit fifteen
lays from date of sale, at one
fare plus :5 cents for the round
trip, (minimum rate 50 cts)
Extension of the final limit to
September 30th can be secured by
depositing tickets witli Joseph
Richardson, special agent, Athens
and upon payment of fee of 50ots
it the time of deposit. Tickets on
-ale at all ticket offices
Ills LAS r HOPE REALIZED.
From the Sentinel, Gluhe, Mont.
In the first opening of Oklaho¬
ma to settlers in 1889, the editor
>f this paper was among the many
seekers after fortune who made
• he big race one fine day in April.
During his traveling about and
afterwards his camping upon hi.*
claim, he encountered much bad
.tutor, which, tngellwr with tin
-v.ro h-al, gim, l,i„i » v.ry ,»
vere diarrhoea whicli it seemed al¬
most impossible JmL» to chock, and
along in the cose heenme e<
bad he expected to die. One da.,
”"e ^ h.s neighbors brought him
me small bottle of Chamberlain s
Q oljc , Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy as a last hope. A big dost
was given him wink lie was roll¬
ing about on the ground in great
igony, and in a few minutes tin
lose was repeated, l’he good ef-
eet "f the medicine vas soon no-
iced and within an hour the pa
iient was taking his first sound
deep for a fortnight.. That Oil'
• ittle bottle worked a complete
:ure, and he cannot help but f eei
grateful. The season for bowe
lisordors b ing at intml suggest
his item. For sate hv \V. K Mm
,;.y. Gray; \\ T . J>. \\ inters, Brad
ey ; C. W. Multih.-brooks & Co.
Haddock.
Annual mei tii g Georgia Ba;
\ssociation, i'a11 uIuli Falls, Jul
3-4, 1908. Rate one fare for round
trip plus 25 cents, from all tickei
stations on Central of Georgii
Railway in Georgia, Tickets ot
sale July 1 and 2 , fin return lim-
t July (5, 1903.
TEAOHE ItS WANTED.
We need at once a few more
caehers, both experienced and in-
xperienced. We have more calls
ihis year than ever before. School,
mil colleges supplied with com-
petent teachers free of cost. Ad¬
dress with stamp,
American Teachsers’ Asoeiation,
J. L. Graham, LL. D,, Mgr.
Memphis, Tenn.
THE BEST COUGH MEDICINE.
I sell more of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy than of all simi¬
lar preparations put together nnd
it gives tho best satisfaction ol
any medicine 1 ever sold. I guar¬
antee every bottle of it.—F. C.
•laquith, Inland, Mich. This rem¬
edy is for sale by W. E. Morgan,
Grav; W. D, Winters, Bradley;
C. W. Middlebrooks & Co., Hud-
dock.
Ashworth’s method of shrink¬
ing tires, without heating, gives
perfect satisfaction. Hu is loca¬
ted at 220 Third fit.
Ashworth will shrink your bug-
gy or wagon without removing
Account Fourth • of July cele¬
bration, excursion tickets will be
on sale between all ticket stations
on Central of Ga. Railway, also
from ticket stations on Central of
Georgia Railway to points on con-
Meeting lines south of Ohio and
Potomac and east of the Missis-
sippi rivers, including St. Louis,
Mo., July 2. 8 ami 4, at rate one
: '" d mnMte
;‘i e r trl P (minimum late
oO cents) final-limit July 8 . For
further information apply to near
est Central of Georgia Railway
agent.__. , ___
-VIONBY
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^,r mg a t lowest »naraet rates, and on
»o*t liberal te.-aa.
Busine is of Afteen years standing
Here then thveo million dollars u
loans negotiated. Facilities nnsuf
passed. UOWA.aU M. BM1XH,
IP®- 31* Ss.-oad 3C. SHa' 1 ®**
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THE DANNENERG CO. g
WE ABE OFFERING THE BEST
LINE OF MENS AND BOYS’
CLOTHING EVER SEEN IN MA¬
CON.
THERE ARE XO HANDSOMER
SUITS IN THE CITY THAN
THOSE WE ARE OFFERING AT
$6 to $15 Per Suit,
THE DANNENBERG CO.
l Macon, Ga.
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H. L. BARFIELD,
MACON, GA.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
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Amply provides for expansion and contraction. Is practically ever-
^ ^stmg. Never mutilate, goes but wrong, dow. no efficiently, matter how turn great cattle, a strain horse*, is put on hogs it.
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EVERY ROD OP AMERICAN FENCE GUARANTEED
by the manufacturers and by us. Call and see it. Can shaw.you how
jU wiffsave you ipopey and fence your fields 60 they will stay fenced.
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a @38 WHAT PROFITS A MAN g
Gi To go out of the conntv to TiinkV pur-
chases wh“ii just a 5 goood: values can
da bo had at home? A' •
3 Onr Stock of Ladies’ Dress Goods, i ;
0 j! lints, Underwear, and in fact ov-
01 nytlung usually kept in an up-to.
date dry goods store is complete.
The Quality and Prices of oiuyLndiPs’ jj| hJ
i and Gentlemen’g Shoes will please you.
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Firmirs’ H 'V Suppii^* >. *>
w We guarantae our prices on Groo?ries an 1
to be as low ns the lowest.
m i
K nlwnys carry in stock n line of the celebrated
Urtmosville Buggies, also Brick nnd
ID) gpiiigles. Our stock -of Coffins:
m Caskets is ns handsome
os can be found anywhere.
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BARRON & HENDERSON a
omul Oak, G a. i
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False Economy. «
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Buying a poor article at a cheap a ii
price at twice is DEARER the cost of than the cheap buying one, the it best is Ii Mil’ feifei 5U
false economy. Often a “bargain”
is a burden ir.stend. sy
reason Men’s why clothes you shouldn’t for example. wear Any the mi
best if the price is within your means?
Of course not.
Our name is on garments specially
designed and tailored to meet your
needs. Style, fit, fabric, linings trim¬
mings, workmanship, all are of that
uniform excellence which has made our
name a familiar one among the correct
things in men’s wear, Some new and
exclusve things can be seen here. Give SW&ssSjgjg,-
call. N C*rr H> C’tthti f, r
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Benson, Walker & Moore,
THE UP-TO-DATE CLOTHIERS,
MACON GA
T, E. Merritt,
Wholesale and Retail Grocer,
Allien in need of groceries let me give you my prices.. *71
. T. E. MERRITT*
tMucon,