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THE ;; NEWS 3
Entered at the Post OITicto at Gray
Ga., as second-class mail matter.
Official Organ or thk County.
Published Every Thursday.
Subscription Prick. $1.
T. R. TURNER, Proprietor. | \
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T. R. TURNER....... I Editors. :
J. A HENDERSON, . . . ji
No Atlanta man should disgrace
the administration by riding on
the water wagon while Woodward ;
is mayor.
What does Bryan mean by toss- 1
ing bouquets at Roosevelt? These i
he parlous days and 'twould he n
good idea to watch as well as pray.
Tho public will pay handsome¬
ly if tliut "nigger in tho wood-
pile" who started the Morris-Os-
borne racket will come out and
stop it.
It wouldn't surprise us much if
Billy Osborne is having some one
torpedoed while he holds the
enemy's attention with the heavy
ordnance.
We don't care a rap for long-
winded speeches on the things
that donated the parly in the
last eleotion. What wo want is a
man to show us the way out of
the woods.
The town of Monroe is to hnvo
m >r«j light. Tho Walton News
s\ye: "It is said that tho city lias
ordered some fine wire threads.
With this sire, lightning bugs are
to he tied on telegraph poles to
light up the si rests. ”
A Cofitly Blunder. /
-' Either Hon. Philip Cook, sec¬
retary of siute, has acted hastily
and without proper consideration
in passing upon the question of
a boundary liqp between Jones
and Baldwin Counties, or lie did
not have before Ipin. such infor¬
mation as the* interests of this
county demanded when,.tho de¬
cision setting aside the recent sur¬
vey was made. In tit her case the
blunder Inis cost the tux payers bf
tho county $400.00 and tliore is
nothing whatever to allow for the
outlay. Secretary of State
Cook in his decisioif’publiehed in
another column states that be¬
cause of objection on the part of
both interested parties the line
surveyed hr Royal R. Smith is an¬
nulled. Our inform ition is that
only one lins, that run by a sur¬
veyor employed abcording to law.
was submitted l<> the, secretary of
state for his decision. X"<1 why he
should get this line conftispd w ith
atyothor and improbable survey is
perplexi ig. The plat the secre
tary of state hud before him when
he made Ins decision showed a line
that was perfectly satisfactory to
the people of Jones county. No
objection to it whatever hud hem
filed.
Since the first agitation of
the proposition to eetubiish 4
boundary line between the two
counties Bald win county has be$n
ceaselessly vigilant in prosecuting
her opposition think to th*< new far line and
we do not we are wrong
in attributing our noiisuocess to
the energy of the Baldwin county
officials. We have slept over'our
rights in the matter and are pay-
ing th« yens I ty—$400.00 of the
people's money, and the county
line proposition to be thrashed
out again.
But if wre mistake not th« tern-
p«r of tha people of Jones county
there will be another survey at
the earliest poasluo moment and
another effort made to recover a
part of our territory that is wrong-
fully incorporated iu another
countv.
The Join s Bounty Jsew if is ono
of the most independent papers in
the state. It doesn’t fail to
press its opinion ab-tit men und
measures.—Macon News.
Delegate to be appointed,
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At th® mas* meeting of farmers
fo b« held in Clinton tomorrow
delegates to the Cotton Growers’
Convention to be held at New Or-
leans on January 24, 2~> and 20
will be appointed. It is hoped
that one or more from donescoun-
ty can attend the New Orleans
convention. The program
ed for this occasion by Hon. JIar-
vie Jordan promises to b
cislly entere.ting p* Colton grow-
era.
The Meeting in Clinton.
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Tin* meeting announced to he
heid tomorrow morning in Clinton
•it ten o'clock should be attended
by every' farmer who can possibly
•diare th? time to lie present. Tho
itirpose of the meeting is to g.-t
he farmers of the county tngeth-
rand discuss the cotton siiua-
. loll.
There is a movement through¬
out the state looking to theeoope-
ration of all farmers in an effort
to reduce the cotton acreage, and
Jones ci-unly should not be hack-
in helping to push tho en-
terprisc. The farmers know be-
yond all doubt that it would be
r iij n( ,t ls t„ produce another crop
liko the one made Inst year and
,ire reduce w " rk the '"« nn, °"K for tl,eu,M,lve8 tho present to j
crop
year, and the object of this moot-
mg is to get the plan prominently
before the people and secure the
cooperation of every one in carry-
ing it out.
Thu furinors of Jones county
are in u prosperous condition and
rliern is no good reason why they
should not remain so, yet if the
idea of a largo cotton crop is per¬
sisted in disaster is inevitable.
But if cottm is made a secondary
crop, nnd other things—corn,
bacon, syrup, potatoes, grain,
cattle, etc.—are made in abun¬
dance, there will he no need to
fear I ho price of cotton. It ii
pobably true that never before
have the farmers shown such a de¬
termination to grusp affairs and
remedy an evil as they are now
showing. This is one of the best
signs c'f the limes nnd it only re¬
mains for the movomont to he or¬
ganized in order to accomplish
something.
Attend tho meeting tomorrow
mid give your assistance in this
movomont. It will moan, if suc¬
cessful, prosperity and happiness
to our people and should receive
tho hearty support of every farm¬
er, merchant and business man in
I ones county.
Keep tho State Fair in Ma¬
con.
The movement to change the
place of holding the state fair
from Macon to Atlanta doos not
seem to ho meeting with any greut
degree of success. We think the
State fair should remain in Ma¬
con. That city spent more time
and money on ibis institution in
its efforts to make it a su-cess
than all (lie remainder of the stub
put together and it would he
manifestly unjust to carry it to
Atlanta or to any other city. In
the holding of fairs Macon has
some lights and advantages not
possess.(1 by any other city in the
state. 5ho is more centrally lo¬
cated than any other city and is
in the middle of tho richest agri¬
cultural section of the state, and
as the fair is for tho benofit of the
agricultural class, n more easily
leached hy those | eople who con-
tribute most to the sum ass of the
fair. K*ep the fair in Macon.
Tliy Story of A King.
From tho Macon Telegraph.
Onoy upon it time, as tint story
goes, the k'lig did something
which pleased the owners and
keepers ot the vineyards round
about in hi* kingdom. Word wont
| out among them that on a certain
‘Giy they were to assemble, each
bringing with him a cupful of the
best witr* from li is best vintage
Rbd deposit it in n CHsk to be pre-
sented to tlu ir sovereign as a
! token of their esteem, and inci-
j dentally husbandman to tickle thought his palate. that One
, in a
| whole cask of w ine one cup of
water would not he detected, and
; so he put water in for his portion
keeping hie pood old w ino. The
( cask biting filled win duly sealed,
and with much ceremony deli ver-
ed to the king. When it was open¬
ed it was discovered that tho cask
contained nothing but water. Ev¬
ery contributor hud shrewdly, as
lie thought, come to the same con*
| elusion, would not that bo just detected. one cup Then of water the
I king went out nnd had all of their
liund* i hopped off!
! 'ibis story conies’ to mind, in
i view of the proposition to cut
down the Cotton ctop. it is fear-
ed that when the impression get*
. pretty well soaked in that th® far-
mersare realty g..ing tocurtail the
j prop there will be a widespread
temptation to dodge hack and
, pliuit just a "leetle" more cotton,
moral of the story is obvious
King button will chop some
if they make that u istako.
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The Line Between Jones
ami Baldwin Counties.
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To the Jones County News: I
mu in receipt of the following
communication from the secru-
lary of etute:
“Whereas, the proper anthori-
ties of the counties of Baldwin
and Jones having*tiled in this of¬
fice protest and objection to the
survey and plat returned by Roy¬
al It. Smith, surveyor, defining
and establishing the boundary
line between the said counties,
and.
Whereas, objectors pray that
said survey and plut be set aside,
It is therefore ordered
That the survey and plut as
filed by the said Royal It. Smith
defining and establishing the line
betwenn Buldwin and Jones coun-
ties bo annulled nnd the record
thereof vacated,
Witness my hand and officinl
signature this tenth day of Jail¬
uary, 1005.
Pim-ir Cook, ■*
Secretary of State.
As regards tho above order to
annul the survey made by Mr.
Smith I desire to make the fol¬
lowing statement in hehealt if
the nnthoriti'-H of Jones county:
Jones county did not in any
manner object to the lino as run
by i ho surveyor and does not ijow
object, but simply objected to ti e
lands known ns the Bivins lands
mid the Bagiev lands being pul
into Baldwin county. The snr-
v v and plat shows that licit!) r
of lh"S» tracts of land touches tl e
Buldwin county line and that
they do not touch each other, and
to run a line ns the act of 18C-7
lavs down, by commencing at the
northern extremity of tho Bivii s
lands, the county line would pars
-omewhere between Haddock and
Blountsville and place Haddock
entirely in Baldwin ccounty and
also place all the land lu low such
line in Baldwin county, Jones
county did obj-ct to this and still
objects, hut as, the survey did not
include the Bivins or Baglcy tru:t
it seems Hint the s-cretiiry of
state entirely misconstrued the
action of the Jones County author-
itie t.
Very.truly,
J.C\ Barron,. ’*'■ •
The Uountry’H Mainstay.
The far nor still rules the \mer-
n an commercial world. Secretary
•>l Agriculture Wilson has demon
• tr.ited this recently in the imw
graphic way, and he maintain-
that farming is not only a money
making business, but that noothei
vocation equals it in its increment
from year to year. He says tluii
it is the .‘nriners who within tin
last fifteen years have piled up a
foreign tin I a nc*» of trade in onr
favor of $4,800,000,000. Think
»f it 1 In 1004 the soil produced
$ 100.000,000 more than in 1908.
This is almost incredible. No nu
tiotl k i„ c „ the earth began to rub
ever enjoyed such an extraordi¬
nary addition to its products in so
short u space as a twelve-month.
American farms arc today worth
$2,000,000,000 more than they
were when tho census was taken
only four and one-half years ago.
The value of the farm products
last year was $4,900,(XX),000. In
that year the farmers spent $100,-
000,000 for farm machinery, and
owned horses worth $1,150,000,-
000, and he points out that the
hens of ‘he country laid enough
eggs to pay the interest on the
na,lo:,Bl , , , fl,r , twelv , * U' ara -
The secretary makes an eloquent
plea to young men to seek the
farm lands and to cultivate
them. He cites tho improvments
in farm life duo to the gradual
extention of rural mail delivery,
rnilioad facilities, irrigation, etc.
lie does not think the business can
he over done, as he believes the
trade of America w ith the outside
world will continue to widen, ms
the population of this country
—affording tho home market
—will co-itiuueto increase.
And the glorious tbii g about it
all is that the lands over which
floats the flag of the United
States can produce all the neces¬
saries and nearly all the luxuries
of Ufo in abundance.
The following item, headed
‘-Cars On u sliding,” appeared m
the local column of a wooly west
weekly: “Jim Carr, wile and
daughter, Gertie, spent s today at
Siding, the guests of
Frank Carr sod wife.’’ That’s
lailioaiing jufit a few.
LETTER STATE CHEMIST
John M. UcCandleSB Regarding
Fertilizers.
HB GIVES FULL EXPLANATION
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Of the Analycle of Fertlllxers Contain-
ed In His Last Lettsr and Alto Dla
cusses the 8ubject of “Fillers."
In the analysis of the complete fer¬
tilizer.- the mono-calcic or
hate of lime g;- en at 9 52’ier
contains 5.78 per cent, of water.olubl.
phosphoric acid. That is to say in
one hundred pounds of the fertiliser,
there are nine and fifty-two fiurulrCwtns
pounds of superphosphate of lime,
which dissolves readily In water, and
of this amount flvo and seventy-eight
.. hundredths , ... „ .
pounds , are pure *
rlc acid. In , like ,,, m»nn»r the tertll- ,
Izer contains In one hundred pounds
3.02 pounds of reverted pno.ipt.ct-; ct
lime, and of this amount one and fir-
ty-eight hundredths pounds are pore
phosphoric acid, and readily soluble
In water, but which ,do"s dissolve
slowly In the soil and soil-water This
Is also sometimes called “citrate-solu¬
ble” phosphoric acid, because It dis¬
solves in a solution of citraf eof am¬
monia made to Imitate fhe action of
soil Water. The water-soluble phos¬
phoric acid or 5.78 pounds, and the re¬
verted phosphoric acid, or 1,53 pounds,
are added together, making 7.30
pounds, and their sum is called the
available phosphoric acid, being con¬
sidered as available for the use of the
plant.
Under the “reverted” phosphate of
lime you will see In tjae analysts there
are 1.99 pounds of trl-calcic pbosphi.te,
pr, as It Is usually called, "ilonePhos.
phate” of lime. Of fhis amount <0.91)
ninety-one hundredths of a pound Is
pure phosphoric acid, but it Is in the
form of tri-calcic phosphate, end will
not dissolve In pure water or in the
soil-water, and It is, therefore, called
tho "Insoluble” phosphoric acid. It
Is sometimes also called the "Acid’
soluble phosphoric acid because, when
the chemist, analyzes it, he use* phos¬
phoric acid to dissolve it. The "Avail,
able" phosphoric acid and the "insol¬
uble" phosphoric -acid added together
make what ts called the ‘Total" phos¬
phoric acid., or all the phosphoric acid
there ts in the fertilizer
Valuable Qruilties of the Gypsum that
Is Found in Fertilizers.
Referring bach to The analysis, un¬
der the Item trl- or Bone-phosphate,
you will find that the fertilizer also
contains twenty-four and six tenths
pounds of sulphate of lime or gypsum
or land plar.ter, which are all differ¬
ent names for one and (he same thing.
Gyprum-ls a good fertilizer of itself,
and has a special action of its own in
the soil, breaking up the potash-yield¬
ing sflicates in clay soils and bringing
the potash into soluble form as s>ul-
of potnsh. This gypsum, as
liaSp been remarked, was formed when
the sulphuric acid was mixed with the
powdered pbesphate roaU. and it is
now held a prisoner by the Itme ip
such a way that it has lost all of ifg
former raus-lc and corrosive qualities,
and can do no harm but on4y good in
the roll.
Under the item of gypsum we find
3.19 pounds of sulphate ’ of potash;
Phis comes out of the fra fit it. used In
making the fertilizer, and -it Contains
one and seven tenths pounds of actuaj
potash (K2 0). Under this Horn you
find three-tenths of & pound of muriate
of potash, which also carre cut of the
kaln’f and this contains 0.19 of a
pound of actual potash; under this
Item again you find 0.56 of a pound ol
actual potash. This came out of the
cotton seed meal. Adding the three
actual potash Items together, they
amount to two and forty-five hun-
dredths pttr cent (2.45) or pounds per
hundred. lastly, look further down
tho line till you come to the item pro-
teis. You already know all tbout
protein as I have written you so much
about it In previous letters, This
thirteen and two tenths pounds of
protein contains two and eleven hun¬
dredths (211) pounds of nitrogen.
Now. when the State Department ot
Agriculture analyze* a fertilizer, it does
not mako such an analysis as this,
because It would be too laborious, too
eosfly, and would really do no prac¬
tical good; so they go at once into the
meat of It and analyze the fertilizer
for Its available phospnortc acid, its
nitrogen and potash, and calculate It.
v.Uue from these three ingredients.
The analysis of such a fertilizer as
we have beau discussing would appear
In tho annual Bulletin in this form:
Avattablo phosphoric acid ....7.36 p.c.
Insoluble phosphoric acid. ... 0.9ip.c.
Nitrogen
—«“«»............
11.83 p.c.
As you see this analysis only
up twelve and eighty-three hundredths
pounds per hundred You need no long-
er ask what constitutes the other
eighty-seven and seventeen hundredths
pounds. All this extra 87.17 per cent
is "filler" put In by nature and not by
man.
All About "Filters.”
In this connection we may profitably
uy a few words in regard to "fillers."
A “filler" may be defined as being any
•wwa. 1 W'.atn-. By* an l Ok!-' Olatiae \
1* ui.'-j mlloi for Kciems, feilor, So-
thrum, S.wld Head, Sore Nipples, Chapp»
' or sale >y drcggi.-t* al *5 cents |>er box.
TO HOIVtHOWWBBS.
For putting « hon< in u fine health? cea
tat of apprtito, relieve eonstijviti m 9 com**
per package. For uut by
*u!>*fanee put Into a fertilizer, or ex¬
isting there naturally, which is not
phosphoric acid, nitrogen or petash.
Fillers are of two kinds, natural and
artificial. I have just given you an
instance of a natural "filler,” in the
complete analysis of the fertilzcr made
out of acid phosphate, cotton seed
meal and kalnlt, and In this mixture
only twelve and eighty-three hun-
dredths pounds per hundred consisted
of phosphoric acid, nitrogen and pot-
anh; the rest was all filler, put there
by nature In the original making of
these materials. It is true, man did
* n fcomfc ' sulphuric ucld, but that
was nece * 8 »ry to make phosphoric
aCid aval,ab,e or toll ' ble - E ° “ c «»
scarcely be considered as an artificial
filler.
The artificial “filler” is the filler j>ut
In by man for the purpose of reducing
the total percentage of plant food in
a fertilizer. Tfie materials used as
artificial "fillers” are numerous; they /
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may he sand, , „ powdered , , cinders, , . graph-
lte .. slate, . . shale, . , pyrites cinder, marl,
gypsum, etc. All of them are prac-
tlcally without any value as fertilizers;
how is it, then, you inquire, that such
substances can be put Into our fertil-
/ Izeis, If we have an efficient inspec¬
tion by the Department of Agriculture-
I will explain to you how that Ig .
Suppose that a manufacturer, instead
of having on hand only South Carolina
Acid phosphate, cotton seed meal and
kamlt when you call on him for an
8-2-2 goods, has on hand some of the
highest grade materials known to the
trade.
He has say, acid phosphate made
from Tehnesse,e or Florida rock, which
contains 20 per cent, of available phos¬
phoric acid; al£o nitrate of soda with
16 per cent, of nitrogen, dried blood
with fourteen per cent, nitrogen, sul¬
phate of ammonia with twenty per
cut. nitrogen, muriate of potash wl*
BO per cent, of potash; with these ma¬
terials on hand he receives your order
for a fertilizer, guaranteed to oontaln
as small an amount of plant food as
the law will permit, viz.; twelve per
cent., made up of eight per cent avail¬
able phosphoric acid, two per cent.
nitrogen, two per cent, potash, Ccn-
sidering the materials he has cn hand,
he figures out this formula:
825 pounds of 20 p. c. acid phosphate
215 pounds 14 p. c. dried blood
75 pounds of 16 p.' c. nitrate of soda
£S pounds CO p. c. muriato of potash
1200 pounds
Now in this 1.209 pounds of high-
grade materials he has all the plant
food you called for. with a small mar¬
gin for safety. You called for eight
per cent, of a ton In available phos¬
phoric, acid or one hundred and sixty
pounds, and In his 825 pounds of (twen¬
ty per cent, acid phosphate he h83
given you one hundred and sixty-five
pounds of available phosphoric acid;
you called for two per cent, of a ton.
or forty pound* snf nitrogen, aiid in his
215 pounds of dried blood, containing
fourteen per cent, nitrogen and seven¬
ty-five pounds nitrate of soda with six¬
teen per cent of nitrogen, he has giv¬
en you forty-two and one-tent'u pounds
of nitrogen. In like manner yon called
for forty poinds of potash, and In
eighty five pounds of fifty per cent.
muriate of potash he lias given you
forty-two and a half pounds of actual
potash. Now the best thing both
you and the manufacturer, the cheapest lie
thing for both of you, would for
him to send you that twelve hundred
Itoufids put up In six sacks, which, up¬
on inspection and analysis, would
show:
Available Phosphoric Acid ..13.75
Nitrogen 3.50 p. c.
Potash . o.a4 p. c.
But no. yoti won’t have it that way,
you must have a ton, ten racks of 8-2-2,
so fhe manufacturer rather than enter
upon a campaign of education with
all of his customers, obligingly freights
into his factory eight hundred pounds
of powdered slate mined some hundred
miles away, utterly worthless as fer¬
tilizer, and mixes It in with the twelve
hundred pounds of good fertilizer mak-
lng one ton. This mixture on inspection
and analysis shows :
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Available Phosphoric Acid... .8.25 p. c.
Nitrogen..... . ..2.-10 p..«
Potash........ ... 8.12 p.c.
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For Sale.
vo.m two.uv horse eogi.e au
boih-r, one No. J saw mill with
48 inch iiisertcd tooth saw, t and
one yoke of nxmi. The mill
i praeticaHy new, having Iwwii used
tneaw only 80,000 feet of lumber,
,ut
j M ayside, Ga.
! MONEY.
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! Loans negotiated on improved
farms at lowest market rates, and
on most liberal terms.
Business of nineteen years'
standing. More than three mil¬
lion dollars in loans negotiated.
Facilities unsurpassed.
HOWARD M SMITH,
814 Second St., Macon, G«.
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Winter Toari?t *»*•• yi»
Central of Ga. Ry.
Excursion tickets on sab- daily
r li ‘. *•"“ 80 ’ !?“• •" ’-«”•» "■
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OUR BIG CLEARING
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UP SALE.
It is one of tho rules of cur house to havo as few goods to carry
over after January ns is possible, To accomplish this we have to
sell a groat .many of the best goods we have in the house for only R
l )ilr J- °f the original cost. Here is your opportunity to make good
money, 1
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Tailor Suits,
Worth $12.50 t- 18 ,o nr, 00 now - 60
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Worth 15.00 t«- 20.00 now D 75
Worth 25 00 to 80.00 now 12 50
Wwr( ;. 95 .OO to 80.00 now 15.00
HALF PRICE SKIRTS.
Beautiful Broadcloth, Tnfft-la and Crtpe cloth, plain, plaited or
ruffled, with slight sweep, (which can bn cut to round length) sold
formerly for $6.00 to 20.00, now half price.
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Comfort Sale'
$1.50 cotton comfort for 1.28
2.50 cotton comfort for 1.65
8.50 cotton comfort for 2.40
5.00 damask comfort for 5 20
7.50 damask comfort for 5.85
8 50 dnmnskjcomfort for 6 75.
10.00 damask comfort for 8.48.
Other Big- Trade Holders.
20 yards good yard wide homespun for one dollar.
16 yards good lied ticking for one dollar,
20 yards good checked lintm spun for one dollar
O o. di'Zfii towels, good sizes, for one dollar.
] I 1-4 yards Barker bleaching, yard wide, for one dollar.
$l 25 quality wool waist, well made, for 75c,
Men’s wool *(>x, heavy and warm, per pair 15c.
50c quality undershirts and drawers each 89c.
500 yards spoid'c'ottou good for machine5c.
1 bar cats'ile soap, Jjcakes in buT, 5e.
One dollar qualify m n’s shirts for 50c.
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Tli 3 Price of Cot¬
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! ton Is Down
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But not more so than Hie price of
| our buggies.
All we ask is nu opportunity to
show you our buggies and quote f
you-our prices. If yon are in the
market fora buggy we will sell
you. iurririy T*~*
We have recently received
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SOIHG OI XXie XlStXi CiSOIXieS W V8*
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JllCleS 6V8F S06D '111
ashworth & coleman
218 and 220 Third St Macon, Ga.
AETEAS i
The World’s Best Baby Medicine mH £
Baby Ease cure* all stomach and
bowel troubles of babies and children, k
It is unquestionably the most valuable
remedy known for these disorders.
Used when teething it prevents sickness and *
pam and often save# babies’ lives.
Read the followiRg letter from a grateful
ra0 ^M? Baby r J~T> Ease is “Taibotton, restful, helpful Ga., and June soothing V> 1903
r !l‘ ef for suffering baby, a
a ‘balm in GileacP to
s. Lynda Lkx >etak."
Manfd by T. P. MARSHALL, MACON, GA.
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Top Coats.
$20.00 Coats go now for 10.00
18.00 Conts go now for 7.50
1-5.00 Colored rain coat for 10.0")
10.00 Oxford rnin coat for 7 50.
Blanket Sale.
$1.00 11-4 gray blankets 80 -j
8.00 10-4 white hlandets 2.25
8.50 11-4 gray blankets for 2.75
5.00 11-4 w hite blankets for 4.00
7.00 11-4 whits blankets for 5.25.
8.50 114 white Calafornia blank¬
ets for 6.75.
10.00 12-4 whiteCalaforoia blank¬
ets for 8.00.