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When six hundred Russians freeze to
death in one bunch, it is certainly a
sign of a cold winter.
The Gibson Enterprise asserts that
the farmers in Glascock county are to
day in belter shape, generally speak
ing, than those of any county in the
State.
A literary bureau has been started in
the interest of J udge Parker, but we
fear it is too late. Editor Hearst had
this Held of eodeavor fully pre
empted six months ago.
It is seriously suspected that Hon.
John Temple Graves carried his guber
natorial bo<»oi with him on his lecture
tour to use as an air cushion and ac
cidently sat down 011 it so hard that it
busted.
The Engle ami Phenix cotton mill
Os Columbus has just received a ship
ment of $30,000 worth of new rnachin
■ry. That does not look like being put
out of business by high-priced cotton,
says the Milledgeville News.
Russia’s complaint at Ju pan’s
prompt assumption of hostilities after
the severance of diplomatic relation 8
was suggestive of the whimperings of
a big Lully who had been “trimmed off”
by a chap half hie size, says the Al
bany Herald.
It is announced that E. H. Blood
worth, of Barnesville, has entered the
race for senator in the twenty-second.
It is not known whether this is done in
the interest of Mr. Madden or Dr
Beauchamp, who are supposed to have
already pre-empted the field,
A Georgia exchange very correctly
Bays: “If the rural school problem in
this section ot the country is to be
solved.it will be largely' through the
agency of good roads. There is noth
ing that improves attendance upon ru
ral schools more than improved high
ways.”
William Jennings Bryan will deliv
er an address in Atlanta Thursday
on "The Moral Issues Involved in
Pending Political Questions.” That
has always been Willie’ mistake—sup
posing that there were any morals in
politics. We’ll bet he doesn’t convince
an Atlanta v.udience.
The classical editor of the Savannah
Press makes this notation : "Editor B.
F. Holder, of Athens, is going to move
to Rome to start a paper. The move
from Athens to Rome is classic, and.
we trust, will be profitable; in exchang
ing the glory ihat was Grt oce’s we trust
Editor Holder will find the grandeur
of Rome.”
The Jai anese are fighting tor the
Monroe dc<trine of the East; "the
Orient for Orientals.” Tbe expulsion
of Russia at d England from the conti
nent may had to the expulsion of the
Americans from the Philippine Archi
pelago, the Savannah Press fears.
Then, here’s to the further success of
the Japanese!
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Representative Adamson, of the
Fourth, says the Republican party be
lieves it has the Democracy in a hole.
"But it hasn’t,” he declares. "It re
minds me of a story told in the South.
A lone widow had a mule and it fell
into the well on her farm. She was
sure the mule had been killed and the
well ruined. She told a negro to get
his wheelbarrow and shovel and till up
the well, which at the same time would
bury the mule. The negro shoveled in
earth and the mule wriggled his ears.
He shoveled in more and tbe mule kept
on wriggling, and when the well was
filled up the mule walked out unharm
ed. The well is the Republican party,”
declares Mr. Adamson, “and the Dem
ocratic mule is going to get out be
cause the Republicans keep shoveling
in issues to us.”
CAHTORIA.
Btan the _/) llw Kind You Have Always Bosgtt
THE BALANCE WHIEL CONE-
The death of Senator Hanna i® to
be deplored by the whole country,
not bo much because of any states
manship of hie that will be missed,
or because of any attitude of public ■
benefaction that he assumed, but
because by weight of circumstance
and force of character he occupied
the position of balance wheel to tbe
party now governing the country.
Without him, and with the strenu
ous piston rod of a president going
in any eccentric way, we might re
joice that the Republican machine is
more liable to break down, only that
*t may leave the country in to one
knows what kinds of difficulties be
fore it goes to pieces.
With Hanna out, it becomes sud
denly apparent how there is no
Republican leader left who has the
cjnfidenoe and respect of all hie
patty <0 that he may shape its des
tinies. He was rot so good nor so
great as he might have been, nor
so bad and small as opposirg poli
tics portrayed h’m, yet he had a
common sense that gave him the
respect of the business interests ns
well as his colleagues of both
parties, and he is a man who will
be missed both at once and for some
time to come.
GBOW~
Don’t forget that the yaar 1904
will record a growth or a decay in
your business, whatever l hat may
be. You cannot hold it at the same
old notch, and a year fiom now the
indication—your bank account- will
have moved upward or backward
And then it will be too late to rem
edy any error that may have been
made, preaches the Thomasville
Times.
Why rot begin now? Put on
steam now. Turn over a new leaf
today. Begin to grow right row
Eternal hustle is the price of a
healthy "undivided surplus’’ in the
treasury.
If you are a merchant get a move
on your business. Dust up. Make
things so attractive in yen’- store
and treat the public so cordially that
hey will walk or ride out us their
way, if necessary, to get to your
place. There are plenty of people
who MUST have the things you are
< ffering for sale. They will buy of
you, too, if you make it sufficiently
interesting for them.
Jf you are a manufacturer, dis
tance your competitor by making a
little better goods than he makes.
Cut down the cist of production
and undersell him a little. Look
after little things as well as big
things, and look after them yourself,
everlastingly, eternally and always.
The ability of the public to consume
your output increase is ever grow
ing ; keep just, ahead and don’t let
them find out that they can pos
sibly get along without your pro
duct.
If you are a farmer your oppor
tunities are unlimited. It doesn’t
cost much to raise chickens, and
eggs are hardly ever below 20 cents
per dozen in Thomasville, says the
Times—and the same is true of
Griffin—even in summer,and in win
ter they bring from 30 to 60 cents.
Chickens bring from 20 cents to 40
cents the year round. It doesn’t
cost more than 15 cents per bushel
to raise sweet potatoes, and they
have been selling here all the year
at from 50 to 80 cents per bushel.
A little care and trouble will enable
you to have a fat pig or a fat yearl
ing for the butcher every week, and
Loth will yield you a big profit.
You can sell at a good profit ten
times us much be con and lard as you
can make. There are seven livery
stables in this city, and every one of
them have to buy corn, hay and
oats, and they have to get most of
it from the West. Why not supply
them from your farms?
The new year is still in its infancy,
let us all grow us it grows.
KING EDWARD AND KING COTTON-
It is quoted as rather remarkable
that the English monarch, in his
speech ojening parliament, laid
greater stress upon the crisis in cot
tan than anything else ; but the king
had grave reasons for paying such a
perhaps involuntary and reluctant
tribute to King Cotton.
The Springfield Republican has
taken the pains to gather the str
tistics on this subject and, as they
are, perhaps, not generally known
even in America, their recital is
most interesting at this juncture.
We are accurately told that England
in 1800 imported only 100,000 bales
of raw cotton; in 1899 she imported
3,519,000 bales and controlled 66 per
oent. of the world’s export trade in
cotton manufactures. In 1901 there
I were 47,000,000 spindles in England,
as against 33,906,000 in all the rest
of Europe,&n<! 21 400,000 in the Unit
ed States The act ievement of
Lancashire, v small district 76 miles
long and from 10 to 40 miles wide,
in obtaining such a mastery of the
cotton indus’ry of the world in the
nineteenth (century, notwithstand
ing that every pound of tbe raw
material used hud to bo import* d
thousands of miles over the sea,
must be regarded as one of the great
est industrial exploits of all time.
There figures show at a glares
what a tremendous stake Gre.t
Britain has in the South’s cotian
production, 1 nd what grave re s ms
she has for b; ing apprehensive of
future supply of the raw mat* Hal.
Wecan readily understand,too, ho'*.’
eager she his been to keep du-n
prices and how anxiously she re
gards the expansion of the cotto
manufacture ot the United States,
wish a probability of scant supplies
at rising prices,
The crippling or ruin of Lancash
ire, the centre of British cotton fab
rication, would deeply wound the
whole empire. To avert thisoaiam
ity other regions of the earth are
being investigated for an independ
ent supply, but with dismal pros
pects of success. Not only is it dif
ficult to find such regions, but the
labor problem is a serious one, even
if the desired locality be discoverer).
Efforts have been made to get
Southern negroes to go so Suh
Africa, along this line of exph i <
tion, but the colored people are not :
anxious for such a migration n
p obably wmldrot amount to m h
as a disciplined force, if they y ’.eiin u
to such persuasion.
King Cotton, therefore, is s i situ
ated as to perturb as mighty a p<-
tentate as King El ward. Oar C< n
tederate si res,comments the Aug s
ta Chronicle, were ridiculed when
they insisted on the prodigious po
tency of the royal staple, hut they
were not deluded. Had the Confed
erate autnornies availed themselves
of this advantage, euily in the day,
as Mr. Stephens proposed, the cor
fliot would Lave assumed different
aspects and history might have bean
differ* ntly written. As it is, cotton
is still the king of products and, if
the South sagaciously utilizes her
privilege mid constructive monopo
ly, she will not only make old but
New E gland tremble or be less
scornful and imperative.
Lettuce Prevents Smallpox-
Medical Talk.
Don’t forget that lettuce is a pre
ventive of smallpox.
So fas as it is possible for a human
being to be protected from catching
smallpox, lettuce is a protection.
No need for vaccination whatever.
Any person who eats a small quantity
of lettuce twice a day, morning ani
evening, is as well protected against
smallpox as it is possible for any one to
be.
To be sure, one ought to be clean,
ought to live in ventilated rooms, and
avoid dirt of all sorts. Also avoid con
tact with people who have smallpox.
Foolish exposure to the contagion of
smallpox is not to be thought of. But
there ie no need for vaccination.
Go calmly about your business.
Provide a small quantity of lettuce
morning and evening, and you can feel
sure that you have protected yourself
and your family in the best possible
awy against smallpox.
Lettuce is one of the oldest vegetable
remedies known to the medical profes
sion. Long before it was used as food
it was used as medicine. Many times
has been claimed that it had magical
or miraculous powers to prevent con
tagious disease. We believe this is car
rying matters altogether too far. But
lettuce does furnish to the system ex
actly what is needed to protect it
against the poison of smallpox.
We defy any one to produce’a case of
smallpox that has been contracted by
any person who madedailv use of let
tuce as a food. It there is any such case
on record, we would lie glad to hear of
it.
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Interesting rumors in regard to the
proposed gubernatorial candidacy of
Hon. John Temple Graves continue to
float down this way from Atlanta. It
issaidongood authority that Hon
Hoke Smith will take the stump in his
behalf and even that the great Tom
Watson may re ent-r the political
arena to speak for him. At any rate,
those who despise a dull time will be
happy if he does enter, says the Thom
asville Times-Etit er prise. Why, yes,
if all of those folks get into it, it may
be rather interesting after all—though
it can not even then be regarded as
likely to affect the result.
Nearly Forfeits His Life.
A runaway almost ending fatally,
starred a horrible ulcer on the leg of
J. B. Urner, Franklin Grove, Hi.
For four years it defied all doctors
and all remedies. Bnt Bucklen’s
Arrica Salve had no trouble to cure
him. Equally good for Bnrns, Brul
ses, Skin Eruptions and Piles, 25c
at Carlisle & Ward and, Brooks Drug
Store.
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•UNNY BID* SCINTILLATIONS.
Sunny Side, Ga., Feb.
Francis Andrews, an aged and highly
respected lady living in Union district,
passed away somewhat suddenly last
Friday and was buried at the Baptist
burying ground four miles east ot here
last Saturday afternoon, Rev. A. E.
Sansburn conducting the funeral cere
monies. Besides her two sons, Jacob
W. and Garnett Andrews, the deceased
left numerous other relatives and
friends, who mourn her loss.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Matthews, of Ny
son, visited Dr. Starr and family Sun
day.
Mies Mattie Johnson, of Flippen, vis
ited Miss Annie Laurie Patterson Sun
day.
Rev A. E Sansburn. of Griffin, filled
his regular appointment at Shiloh Sat
urday and Sunday.
Preaching at Tirzah next Saturday
and Sunday.
John H. Malaier’s house came very
near being destroyed by fire o>e day
last week. The blaze was soon extin
guished and but little damage resulied.
J. T. Mitchell has returned home
from a week's stay in At'ar.ta, where
he went in response to a telephone mes
sage apprising him of tbe critical ill
ness of his eon, Lewis R. Mr. Mitchell
reports that Lewis is doing nicely,
which intelligence is gratefully received
by his numerous Sunny Side triends.
Prof. W. G. Brown, who was recent
ly elected county school commissioner
of Pike, has many friends at this plaoe,
where he once resided, who are glad to
know of his success.
Judge L, O. Dar.-ey is receiving or
ders for his superb bared Plymouth
Kock chickens from several different
States and is rapidly disposing of his
large flock.
In the re-election of Prof. J. O. A.
Miller, of this place, as county school
commissioner, the county board of
education made a wise selection Prof.
Miller has held the office tor a number
of years and is one of the best school
commissioners in the State.
The several hundred delinquent sub
scribers of the G. S. W. are most cor
dially invited to assemble at the News
and San office on tbe 29th of February
for the purpose of paying up all past
obligations and renewing their sub
scriptions for the ensuing year. All
who are unable t<> attend are earnestly
requested to see the coi respondent who
has charge of his particular teiritory
and send in the cash by him.
Last Sunday was St. Valentine’s day
and th ? postoffiee at this plaoe did a
rushing business on Saturday. Sunday
and Monday, The correpondent was
the amused recipient of a gorgeous
work of art which was supposed to be
his likeness, beneath which was a beau
tiful verse informing him that he was
affected with “girl on the brain,”
Girls are the sweetest things we know
of, and the taste of the sender would
indicate that S. S. 8. really has some
brains, in which some people are sadly
lacking. ■
C'ASTOniA.
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VAUGHN VENTURE*,
Vaughn, Ga., Feb. 17 —We
are having one nn>re pretty day, which
ie much of a rarity these days.
The convicts are doing some good
work on our bad roads here, wnicih is
much needed.
W. U Kendrick filled his regular ap
pointment here Saturday and Sunday.
He was accompanied by his son Hill.
Miss Maude Kendall, one of our most
charming youug ladies, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Clyde Wardlaw, of East
Point.
Miss Rebecca Reeves, of Sunny Side,
is visiting her brother J B. Rews.
J I Foster, of Woolsey, hands ns
fifty cents and says send him the dear
old News for one year.
Miss Etta Parks is visiting her grand
mother and Nannie Vaughn, who is
quite sick.
CaB I NS CH A f.’
Double Cabins, (4a , Feb 16—The
farmers are very busy hauling out
guano, as the gi ound is Iwou et to do
any plowing.
Several from here attended preach
ing at Teamon Sunday and were dis
appointed, as Madame Rumor said
there was to be a wedding on hand
there Sunday.
Misses Mary and Maggie and Bob
Brooks attended tbe entertainment at
Patillo Friday night.
The valentine drawing at Mrs. G. W.
Fulf< rd’s Saturday night was quite a
success. Miss Luna Moore won the
prize for getting the most.
We were sorry to hear of Mrs. S. B.
Bailey’s death. There have been six
deaths iu the family inside of two years.
STANDING KOCK FKAOME6TB
Standing Rock, Ga., February 18.—
Rev. Walraven filled his regular ap
pointment here last Sunday even
ing and preached an excellent ser
mon to a good audience. Brother
Walraven has wrought qnite an im
pression upon our people daring his
existence here.
The first quarterly conference of
the Tarin circuit will meet with
the Tarin M. E. ohuroh on the 26th.
FOR
RENT,
6-room house on Poplar street, re
cently built, with all modern improve- i
meats, sls per mouth. . :
6-room house on South Hill street,’ V
close in, good neighborhood, sl2 50 per ’
mouth.
S. B. SAWTELL,
Real Estate Agent.
OVER POST OFFICE
All official members are urged to
be present.
Preaching at the Uni verbalist
church near here next Sunday at j
11 a m by Rev Thomas Chapman. > j
Mrs. Othel Morgan, who has been
aiok, is able to visit her mother, ,
Mrs Burdette, at Haralson this A?
week &
Mrs J. T Akin is very feeble yet
W M. Odom ht>s built him a new
lot fence of wire and plank and a
wash house, which adds very much
to the looks of bis plane
Last Monday Mr. Chai pell, who
lives on Unu.o ixc Bailey’s farm
mar here, had tbe misfortune to
get his house and all its contents
destroyed by fire last Sunday night. (
This community has had for the
last five months three fires * f
J. T. Addy recently received a
two horse plow from the Daybreak
Fertilizer Co. in Alabama as a
premium on one acre of corn raised
last year. Mr. Addy made 32
bushels on one acre.
Everybody, remember that
Standing Rock Fragments is agent
for the best three papers in Georgia
—the G. 8. W., Atlanta Constitution
and Semi-Weekly Journal.
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