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The smvices at the Methodist church
last night were highly interesting.
The subject, “If So, What Then?”
was handled by Dr. Bradfrps in bis
usual lucid and forcible style.
An infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
R. F. Strickland died yesterday morn-
deal of wisdom into the following ar¬
ticle:
Whydon't you write up the tows,
puff, blow, Ac,, and get up a “boom?”
While we claim to hare done a fair
share in this direction, yet for the
gratification of those who seem dis¬
posed to keep shooting this same
question at ns, we state that we
might devote every line of our avail¬
able space to writing up the town,
and we may blow till the sound of
our bora is heard echoing find re¬
echoing over roonntam, hill and dale
from Maine to Mexico, and from
Alaska to Florida, but unless our
writing and Wowing be backed up
by action and enterprise upon the
parted the people, vUsable
will not obtain. Wind work must
tial. The editor’s say so in advocar
cy of that which will inure to
general interest must be supported
by the say sos of those who would
become the beneficiaries. In
words when the Editor pulls, the
people must push.
We state further in answer to this
question, that the business outlook
and prosperity of a community is
not judged solely and altogether by
what is seen and read in the editori-
look to the other departments of the
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certain the business life, the business
capacity, the business activity,
strength and enterprise of a town,
the business world looks to those
columns of the town’s newspaper
through which its people bare the
opportunity to tell the world of their
business, and through which the out¬
side world has an opportunity to
judge of their business thr% ; Into
and through these columns out.
riders look to see whether or not the
editorial bogle’s blast is supported
by facts that give it pith and point.
If tkey do not find these facts ac-
diet is that here is a live
are in the path of thrif
tire world to know it. By
and in this way, the bosi
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road to lay a side track to the
ground, which has been secured from
Peter Harris, when they will begin at
once to erect the necessary build-
A gentleman from Jackson county
says that he has a saddle horse that
has more sense than the average
school boy.. He can ride the horse
up to his front gate, hitch him to a
post and go into the front porch, and
by command make the horse un¬
buckle the saddle and shake it ofi,
slip the bridle, open the lot gate with
his nose, go into the stable and close
the door.
H. T. Johnson of Texas has sent
A. J. Johnson of Americas one of the
oldest *10 bills afloat. The bill,
which was sent as a ksepeake, is on
the Mississippi Railroad Company,
and bears dateof June 8.1839, and
is therefore almost fifty years old,
bearing interest at 4 per emit. If the
Mississippi Railroad Company is as
well preserved as their note is, they
can pftj on demand.
An attempt was made to kill M.
ft T n n «J An . „ -Jt f xronnnk
Florida A Western road at Gkmmore
ten miles from Way cross, Friday
of Bryan F
church, in Wi
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