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THE NEWS,
Entered at the Post Office nt Jiray
Ga., as awond-elass mail matter.
Official, Oroan of tur County.
PuBi.isHKD Every Thursday,
Subscription Prick. $1.
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T. R. TURNER. Proprietor.
T. K. TURNER.......> Editors,
J. A. HENDERSON, . . . (
•Says a knowing writer: A” e
itor is a millionaire without. mo
ey, a congressman without a job,
king without a throne. He eon-
itructa without a hammer or saw,
builds u railroad without rails or
spikes, and farms w ithout a plow,
lie runs a butchershop in the
journalistic world and deals out
brains for cash or credit. He loves
those who advertise with him as a
brother. The editor is u teacher,
a lawyer, preacher; he sends out
truth to save souls and gets lost
himsilf. He Inals the wounded,
cures for the dying, rescues the
perishing, and then starves him¬
self when a hamsundwicii of kind¬
ness would jerk him from the jaws
of (h ath.
To Correspondents.
The Bninbrnlge Argus gives the
following advice to correspon¬
dents, which is so appropriate
that we copy it:
Write only on one side oi the
paper—this is essential.
Send us news. Something about
wliut is doing in the neighbor¬
hood that will be of interest to the
public. How the crops are com¬
ing on. If one man lias a partic¬
ularly fine crop, give him a few
lines. For instance, an item like
this: “Mr. Jones is feeling ba I
to-day. This is not nows. But it
Mr. Jones feels bad because a tree
fell on him, or localise lie got in¬
to a light and got his nose smash¬
ed, or because his horse run nuny
and threw him out of the buggy,
or because he was struck by light¬
ning, or even because ho had a
■eri oub case of some ill mss; either
of these additions would mako a
good news item—for tho public
would at once become interested
in Mr. Jones.
vlgain, if “Mrs. Brown went to
tow’n shopping yestesdny, I » no-
body would care particularly to
*eo it in tho newspapers, because
everybody goes to town shopping,
and it is nothing unusual that
Mrs. Jones should do tho same
But if Mrs. Jones went to town
shopping, and carried somo cloth
of her own manufacture to sell,
or n big loud of poultry, or some¬
thing to improve the market, etc.,
why then the readers of the paper
nt once feel an interest, in that
lady’s visit to town; and that
would be news.
Jgain, there is no news in such
itemsas—"Mr. Johnson went lip
to Arlington,” t i Babcock, or to
anywhere olse; that’s not a news
item, unless Mr. Johnson is a
tnnn of some particular promi¬
nence, But if ho went up to Ar¬
lington to do something, for in¬
stance, to pave the streets, start
a dispensary, announce for the
legislature, etc., then be begins
to get within tho public vision,
and the reader becomes more or
less interested in him.
The natural moving about of
people from one place to another,
is not news and wou’d not prove
to Ike general reader
Item, showing in.proeem.nt...
farms, churches, schools, stock ;
items of accidents, deaths,
riagss. eto., are what we
Columns of personals, ptinted
just for the purpose of putting
one’s name in the pnper, 1 ’ are no
good. , A . told . ., to-duy . for f
man ns
God's sake to keep his name out
of the paper every time he comes
to town, for which favor he would] i
gladly subscribe for the daily,
which lie did. I
Our correspondents would fur¬
ther favor us by writing plainly
and legibly, especially so when
writing names and places. It’s a
good habit to form when writing
for the press, to dot all your i’s
and cross your t>. Its no evidence
of brain power to write hurriedly
or illegibly. Horace Gieely w rote
that wav, but it was the Lest he
knew how, and it worried him.
Erl licit tion.
Mr. Editor:—As Hip farmlirsi
have about finished their work
and politics has taken a l>nck sent,
[ think it a good time to discuss
the educational conditions of our,
sect ion.
We ull know that without edu-
cation there can tie no prosperity,
therefore the better educational
facilities we have Ilia belter the
will be. We want old
Jones to riy,k among the foremost
counties of the state and to do
thin we ninut have good school.
The principal reason why the
people of the North have excelled
in most tilings since the civil war
is because of their superior educa-
tional advantages. It behooves us
to bestir ourselves and adopt the
measure* that will place us m our
rightful pusit ton. Northern
schools are supported by local
luxation, and it seems to me to be
a good plan and one that could be
profilubly adopted by tho people
of Jones conniy. In theso places
hero |ne n | taxation i» in force
the people take a special interest
in t heir schools. Tho old school
houses liuve been torn away and
larger and more commodious
buildings erected, Tile school
term Inis been lengthened from
four and live months to nine and
t<n mouths and the best teachers
tube had have been employed.
The great fault with our coun¬
ty is that we have too many mis¬
ers, men who think that money is
all a man needs m this life, and
that it is an abominable sin to
have to pay out a few dollars for
tho education of their children.
There is a large sum of money at
Mercer University for the educa¬
tion of tlm poor boys of Jones
county and there are but one or
two schools in the county well
enough equipped to prepare ahoy
for that institution. A boy who
is ambitious for an education and
who lias not the money to pay for
preparation abroad is forced to
borrow money and leave the coun¬
ty m order to prepare himself for
the free scholarship offered at
Mercer.
Our county ban plenty of schools
—you will find a school house the
size of a freight car nt every turn
in the road—but a great many of
them supplied with teachers
who receive about twenty-five dol¬
lars a month, five months in the
year, for their services and have
to wait twelve months for that. A
good teacher poorly paid is never
encouraged to do Ins best. The
remedy for this is consolidation.
With half the present num¬
ber of schools (he teachers could
lie paid twice ns much ami tho ef¬
fectiveness of the schools greatly
increased. Until this is done con¬
ditions will continue to grow
worse,
Poople do which not seem to appreci¬
ate that costs them noth¬
ing, mid a? long as all the school
money comes from tho state there
will i«a lack of interest in school
affairs. It was tho old apostle to
the Gentiles who wrote, “If any
one providoth not for his own
household ho hath denied th«
faith and is worse than an infi¬
del.” Fail to educate thu child¬
ren of our county and wo not oniy
make the child’s life n failure but
we have made county progress im¬
possible.
There is a huge number of our
citizens who have a wrong idea of .
what education means. Some)
seem to think tliut an educated
man is not good for anything ex¬
cept to be a lawyer, doctor, min¬
ister, etc. 1 have actually heard
people eny that it ruins a boy to
send him off to college. Educa-
tion means that every youth shall
have an opportunity to measure
|,i, me., 1.1 po.er. ............. hi,
fellow and he should to aid-
u d in discovering that work for
which be is best fitted.
Trusting that every Bcltm.l
tho county will have n pay term I
„f three or four months this fall
and that 1 the me people pet pie will win b«ar near in in
mind t hut ediicnt io t is nn invest-
ment nnd not an expenditure, I
Hm . Yours truly.
j \y Bioopwoktii
The humorous editor of a wes-
tern exchange grinds out the ful-
lowing: "His horse went dead and
and Ins mule went lame and he
lost six cows in a poker game;
then a hurricane came on a sum-
mer’s day and blew the house
where no lived away, and* the
earthquake came when that was
gone and swallowed the land that
the house was on; then the tax
collector he came around and
charged him up with the hole in
the ground.'
Tragic ii| If h Brevity:
The story of the llamiIton-Iiurr
dm! U tragic in iu brevity. The
little party of live—the principals,
their seconds and the surgeon—
was on the ground not long after j
sunrise. 'J'iie preliminaries were j
soon arranged. As Pendleton,
Hamilton's second, gave him his
pistol, he asked, “U ill you have
the hairspring set? - ’
“Not this time," was the signif-
icant reply, and the men faced
each other.
the best million- .
According to
ties on a disputed subject, Burr
fired nt the word. At the report,
Hamilton started forward with a
convulsive movement, reeled,
voluntarily discharging his pistol
into the foliage above him, and
foil headlong. Burr, with an ex¬
pression of pain upon Ins face.
sprang toward him, but Van Ness,
Ins second, seized him by the arm
and hurried him down the hunk
to their bout,
Hamilton, being lifted up,
j vived for u moment and gasped, ’’
“This is a mortal wound, doctor.
Relapsing again into unconscious-
ness he was ugain revived by the
fresh air of tho river. “Pendleton
knows, 1 * tie said, trying to turn
toward his friends, “that I did
not intend to fire at him.”
At 2 the afternoon following lie
breathed his last.
The memory of sleepwalkers is
extraordinary, not to say phenom¬
enal, especially when under the
peculiar impulse of tho disease
which prompts their movements.
Mortz gives an instance of a poor
basket maker who was unable to
either read or write, yet, strange
as it may’ appear, when in one ol
his somnambulistic vigils he
would preach fluent sermons,
soma of which were recognized as
having formed parts ol sermons
which he was accustomed to hear
when lie was a child attending his
parish church forty years before.
Attention Fruit Grov/ers
Can scdl few thousand trees, any
variety, twelve inches to 2 1-2
feet, at $17 per thousand, saving
y uC agent's connnisston. Stock
guaranteed tree from disease,
m :ulo not known ; from best known
'ind largest nursery in the .South.
Tin's nursery has shipped many
thousands of trees to Jones coim-
tv. Write at on I*. (). Box 157,
Macon, Ga.
MACHINES, MACHINES
A CAR LOAI>.
Anyone who needs a sowing ma¬
chine should call on or write to
me. I can give you the greatest
bargain in a new or second hand
mnohino you ever saw. Ibices
and terms to suit everybody.
G. T. SOUTHER,
Gray, Ga.
“Drink plenty’ of coffee if there
is sickness around you,” said a
prominent physician the other
day. “Coffee is a good preventive
of typhoid fever and cholera. 'J his
has been proven. Cholera germs
and typhoid germs have been
thrown into coffee and the aromat-
ic drink Jias not once failed to kill
the germs within an hour. Hence,
itrnid contagious condition* do not
neglect, among your other pre-
cautions, to drink three cups of
strong coffee at each meal.”
CITATION.
Georgia, .Tones county.
JjAhu,V,2- „...“dmillwmtor rft
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upon the estate of Ben L. Gruv, late
of said county, notice is hereby given
1 hi for^s.ill TeuiZ
term of the court of cmlinnr-v
to be held on the first Mon-
rt''^ lunt. Witness my hand
oltai-iullv .this August^1,1904.
It. II Donnkr, Ordinary.
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EXCURSION RATES VIA THE
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
Aoomint the viewing occasions
f j je Q ( , ntrft j 0 f Georgia Railway
sell low rate tickets on conditions
named below.
Knoxville, Tenn., account Sum
nier School, Juno 28--August
15th, 1904. round
One fare plus 25centsf< r
from all points. Tickets no
suit* June vO. 27, 28, July 2, 5, 11.
HI, 18 and 2 f)ih, 1904. Final limit
tt t«5 nays in addition to date oi
sale. J3y deposit of ticket by orig-
purchasers (persotmllv) Knoxville. with
th( . 8 , )W . itll ut
Tenn., between the hours of 8:0b
a. in. and 8:00 p. m., and upon
pnymei t. of 50 cents, extension ol
^ ''' I U '
For prompt nod reliable service
that your ticket reads via tin
Central of Georgia Railway. Ant
,,f the company will cheer
fully furnish additional informu-
tion on request.
To Flovilhi. Ga.Jtillieess camp
| meeting. One fare plus 25 cents
round trip. Half rates for vhil-
dren of five and under 10 years of
age frontal points in Georgia.
rickets on sale Aug. 10thto29ih,
inclusive. Final limit Aug 22nd,
1901,
To Tallulah Falls, Ga , Georgia
State Horticultural Society, and
Georgia Dairymen's Association
Tickets will be sold from all
points in Georgia on Aug 1st to
ttli, inclusive, nt one fare plus 25
cents lound trip. Half rates for
children of live and under 12
yearsof age. Final limit Aug 7th
1904,
To Hawkinsville, Ga., Annual
Meeting Georgia State Agricultu¬
ral Society’. Tickets will be sold
from all points in Georgia en Au¬
gust 1(3 and 17 1 h, atone fare plu-
25 cents round trip,; final limit
Aug 20th, 1004.
To Montengle, Term., Womans’
Congress Tickets will he sold from
all points mi the system of July
(SO, Ayg 1st and 2nd, atyono fare
plus 25 cents round trip. Hall
rales for children of five and mi¬
dor 12 years of age. Final limit
Aug 10th. Ex ten tion of limit to
Oct. Blst, 1904 may be obtained
iv payment ol difference “between
the one fare rate and the Tourist
rate, and deposit it with AgeiH.
N C & St L at Montengle, Tenn-
To Montengle, Tenn. Montengh
Sunday School Institute. Tick¬
ets will be sold from all points-on
tlie system Aul' 5(‘> and Kill, nl
one fare pi ns 25 cents round trip;
Half rates for children of 5 and
under 12 years of age. Final
limit Aug 551st 1901. Extension
of limit to Oct, fiUt, 1901, may
obtained bf dilVerenco betvvi i t tin-
one fare and the Summer Touris;
rate, and deposit with" Agent N
it rft at Montengle Tenn,
To Richmond, Vu., National
Association Stalionarv Engineers.
Tickets will he sold from ill
points on the system July fit), til
mid Aug 1st, atone fare plus 25
cents round trip. Half rates fm
children of 5 and under 12 years
of age. Final limit Aug 8 lh,
1901.
To Louisville Kv.. Biennial
Conclave, K of P. Tickets will
be sold from uii points on Aug 12
to 15th, inclusive, going and re¬
turning same route, at one fare
plus 25 cents round trip, tinul
limit Aug 81, 19UL
T’ckets will be sold on Aug 12
to 15th,, inclusive, going via di¬
rect routes to Louisville, return¬
ing via St Lotus and direct routes
In starting point, at one half of
one way rates,plus 50 cents., fi¬
nal limit Sept. will 10, 1904. granted Stop
over of 10 day’s be at
St Louis on return trip upon pny-
ment of $1 and deposit of ticket
"Bb one of the \ ululating Agen¬
cies at St Louis, in accordance
with the regulations established
by the St Louis terminal lines.
Side trip tickets w ill be sold
from Louisville toall points South
eLVnfVhrMi^Si.u^mu'e'r^wSH.'In mile.l
» r„.li„. of 550 et one fare
l ""’-' 5 cenl, round trip.
Tw Los Angeles and San ’ Fran-
cisco< c ai t Triennial Concalve
! V , ' shts “ f ’ 1 Vm l ,i,ir - Soverign
Grand Lodge 10 O F.
^ ^tremdy low rates going and
returning same route, or by di-
diverse routes, will be su'd from
all points on Aug 15th to27H.,
iuclusivse account Knights Tem*
pinr Conclave, and Aug 28tii to
S>pt 9th,inclusive, account. Nov-
*' r 'S u Grand Lodge 1 O O F; final
binit Oct 2fird, 1904.
To Nashville, Inter-stateTeach-
ers’ Association (colored )
will tie sold from all points on
Aug Sth, 9th and 10th at one
plus 25 cents round trip. Final
limit may lie obtained by
Nasl.ville, Tenn, w 1 tb bpeoittl
and payment of
50 cents.
For further particulars applv
10 " ,,Urt ‘ at Tk * k,?t
foLEYSKlDNEYCURE _ _
. Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right
BLACK
DRAU6HT
STOCK •O'i I
POULTRY
MEDICINE l
Stock and p altry have few
troubles which are net bowel and
liver irregularities. B I ai c k -
Pmught Stock and Poultry Modi-
cin»* i:i a bowel &u<l Uvpr remedy
for stock. It puts the organs of
digestion in a perfect condition.
Prominent. American brml«r* and
farmers keep their herds and (locks
healthy by giving them an occa¬
sional dose of lllack-tJraUght Stock
and Poultry Medicine in Muir
food. Any stock raiser may buy a
2.1-cent iialf-pound air-tight can
of ttiis medicine from his dealer
and keep his stock in vigorous
health for weeks, beaters gener¬
ally keep Black-Draught Stock and
Poultry Medicine. If yours does
not, send 2.1 cents for a sample
can to thu manufacturers, the
Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat-
taiiootfii. Tenn.
Rvohbuj, Ga., J*u. SO, 1W3.
Black- nought stock »ud Poultry
Medicine le the beet l ever tried. Our
8tOC* looking bed when yuu eeat
me the medicine end cow they ere
getting Sue. They ere loukiog SO
per ceot. bhockington.
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EXCURSION RATES TO
ST. LOUIS.
Via Cnn ral fa., Ry., A«-
c mi St. L uis Exp -
1 i n.
The Central of Georgia Railway
will sell excursion tickets to St.
Louis and return at greatly re¬
duced rates, as follows:
Season Excursion Tickets,
beginning April 25th, continuing
during period of Exposition, final
limit December 15, 1904, eighty
percent of double one way fare
plus twenty-five cents.
.Sixty day extursion tickets, be¬
ginning April 25, continuing dur
ing period of exposition, good re¬
turning any time within sixty
lavs in addition to date of sale.
fare and one-third plus twenty
five cents.
Fifteen day excursion tickets,
beginning April 25th, continuity
luring period of the Exposition,
good returning any time withii
fifteen days in addition to day ni
sale, one tare plus $2 25.
Coach excursion tickets, goc.<
reluming leaning St. Louis Min
time within ten days from am
including date of sale. Froii
Gray * 10 . 00 .
Tickets good via all authorize
ticketing routes, For schedule
and full informal inn upp'y t.
ymir nearest agent, or J. C. Haile
General Passenger Agent, Savan
null, Ga.
Illinois - Central
RAILROAD.
Direct Route to t
SI. Ltiis Eipilii.
TWO TRAINS DAILY.
In Connection with W. it A. R. It.
6 N. C. & St. L. Ry. from Atlanta.
I.v Atlanta 8 :25 a in Ar St. Ltmi-
7 :08 a in.
I.v Atlanta 8 :-‘i() p in Ar St. Louis
7 :3tl p in.
Through Sleeping Cars
From
Georgia, Florida and Ten¬
nessee.
ROUTE OF THE FAMOUS
CIIIE FLYER
r-im-in- the only morning Loni-! sleep
it , K froni Atlanta to 8 t
'N‘w oar loaves Jacksonville
8 »>'■ ......... 8 *> »•
I™'he a "re d«r in 81. Lento h.
£ <-t 1 <Jt- ate(l.
For rates from your city,
World’s Fair Guide Book and
Sleeping Car reservations,
f , , ■ • - h • . , in _
houses, quoung their rates, write
to
FR^DD. MILLER,
Truv. Ras.s. Agent,
At la it t ;t, Ga. j
No. 1 N. Pryor St.
MONEY.
Loans negotiated on improved
farms at lowest market rates, and !
most liberal terms *’
Business of nineteen years’!
standing. More than three mil - 1
liondollars in loans negotiated.
Facilities unsurpassed.
Howard m smith
14 Second £3t., Macon, Ga.
qam iK4a
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K ?-f\
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if Y ou Cio
A FISHING
TO A PICNIC
TO THE DEPOT
TO .MARKET
TO MILL
TO THE FIELD
1 .1 fact. IF YOU GO ANYWHERE, you need this elegant spring
wagon. Rear seat may be removed, or both seats, if necessary
Light, roomy, convenient. Of course the price is right, for it
sold by
Heard Bros,
GAO & 35‘i I’oplar Street Macon, Ga.
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IpORGIA !PP ; |}elvv’eei? Points i9
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7 1 * Alabama •i
——Florida
Drawing-Room Vestibule Sleeping Cars
;BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM. COLUMBUS. ATLANTA. MACON. AUGUSTA I
— • . AND BETWEEN ATLANTA AND ALBANY. CA.
Pullman Sleeping Cars fgfpi ll
BETWEEN ST LOUIS, NASHVILLE. CHATTANOOGA. ATLANTA. 4
MACON. GA.. and JACKSONVILLE. FLA.
;•
Parlor Cars on Day Trains n
between Atlanta, macon and savannah, ga. tv.
W. A. WIM ED tJ RIV, O. C. HAILE, F*. ,j. ROBINSON',
Vice oRESIOeNT AND TRAFFIC MANAGER. GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT. ASSISTANT OZtlZnM. PASSENGER AGENT fc-
M. C. BALKCOM ’ AGT.
In addition to a larger
Stork of Hardware,
I have added
A staple line of Croekcrv
And Baseball Goo :1s.
303 Third St, (Near €he.iry St root) Fst< <
Western <\ Atlantic llailro ail
And
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
. 1 *
,TO
ST. LOUIS AND ALL POINTS WEST AND NORTHWEST.
THREE SOLID TRAINS DAILY WITH PULLMAN PALACE
SLEEPINGCARS, ATLAFTA TOST. LOUIS WITHOUT CHANGE.
Only Through Cur Service, At lair
ta to Chicago, Withuot Change,
Close Connections Made at Atlanta with the Seaboard Air Lino
Railway, the Central of Georgia Railway, and the Southern'Railwa'
Trains.
For Map Folders or other Iiiformation'write to
C. E. HARMAN.
II. G. SMITH, G P. A., \Y. & A. RY.,
Traffic Malinger. At Ian1 1 , Ga
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BABY EA SB
*
The Best Spring and Summer i m
Medicine for Babies Children.
*
Thousands Spring and little Summer bring die of grave bowel dangers to brought babies and children.'
of ones troubles on by eating
unripe fruits, vegetables, etc. Serious results often follow a slight
derangement of tho digestive organs. Baby Ease is the safest, most
effective end best medicine for all stomach and bowel troubles of
babies and children. Pleasant in taste—children like it. ^
5. 25 CENTS FOR LARGE BOTTLE
your druggist hasn’t it, write to the manufacturer,
I T. P. MARSHALL, MACON, GA
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t s,sk about the FCZEE GCLO KIJJG erfer.
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