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Elpino Items.
Quite a croud of young oeo
pie attended the sing at Live j
Oak Sunday. |
Mr. William Sellars from Oak
Grove settlement was a pleasant
visitor in our community Sun
da v.
Mr. Albert Shiver went to
Pelham Tuesdav on business.
Misses Minnie and Dora Leav
ins visited their sister, Mrs. Brag
Barrett near Cairo Saturday
and Sundav.
Misses Leila Cox and Mattie
Taylor spent Saturday night
with Mrs. J, L, Pinson.
Miss Ona Neel, teacher of
Pleasant Valley school was a
pleasant visitor at the home of
Mr. H. C. Pinson, Saturday and
Sunday.
Messrs: Troy Fullford.
Bennett, Walter Wynn and
John Palmer from Meigs, were
among the visitors in our com
munity Sunday.
Mrs. J. L. Pinson went to Cai
ro, shopping Monday.
Miss Leila Cox spent last
Wednesday night with relatives
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Whigham.
Mr. R. M. Brinson went to
Pelham Saturd y on business,
Quite a number from our com
munity 7 went to Colquitt county
last Thursday to attend school
picnics Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Jennie Maloy spent a
part of last week with her par
ents Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wam
bles.
A good many will attend the
picnics at Oak Grove and Pleas
ant Hill Thursday and Friday
of this week. '
Our farmers are not very busy
with their crops now, the weath
er being so di'v. So many 7 are
enjoying the fishing season and
catching lots of fish.
The school at Elpino is in a
flourshing condition. Our in
dustrious teacher will soon begin
preparations for a grand picnic
the 30 th of June. A good pro
gram with plenty of music will
be prepared.
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.
The Sunday School of Con
cord will observe the first
urday in June as children’s day,
in the grove near Mr. T. H.
liams’ about two miles south
west of the church. A
will be delivered by Rev. H. B.
Stubbs.
Red Rose.
At Good Hope Baptist Church.
The Tired Creek First
ly Convention will convene
Good Hope Baptist church
Saturday and Sunday. All
feel an interest in the
of sacred music are invited to
tend and bring well filled
with them as we want
to have a nice time; but we
want anything in the way of
or lemonade stands on t he
for gain or to attract the
tion of the people from the
est in the house.
John A. Hudson,
President,
and other members of the
tion.
Want the Messenger?
bring us along most any kind
country produce and pay
subscription with it.
At Poplar Spiing Church.
Dear Messenger Will youi
allow space in your columns for j
a few lines, to say that the ser
vices at old Poplar Spring church |
were very interesting last Sun
day. About 9 o’clock the peo
pie assembled at the house and
thirty or forty minutes in
praising God and singing; then
the people gathered at the pool
where the pastor, Rev. Mr.
Godwin, administered the ordi
nance of baptism. The congre
j gation, at the request of the
pastor, returned to the house
and spent an hour in singing,
led by Prof. John A. Hudson.
TMe music was simply fine a^d
tlfe people seemed to be de
lighted with it. At the close of
; o
the last <ong, “I feel like travel
j ing • on,” the pastor, Rev. Henry
^ Godwin, entered the stand and
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pieached a very interesting ser
mon. This will be a day long
remembered by the most of
those present.
A Visitor.
Woodland Items.
Friday about eleven o’clock
I we saw a black smoke curling
j up above the pines over towards
Mr. Belcher’s farm and we
thought some one was getting
their dinner too hot, but it was
only the woods burning. The
fire burned fifteen pannels of
Mr. Belcher’s fence and a small
strip of Mr. W. H. Waldron’s
woods, and had it not been for
the branch stopping the flames
it would have resulted in some
tiling serious.
Mr. Sim Brinson visited the
county site Friday.
Mrs. S. P. Vanlandingham
and Mrs. Noah Scroggins, at
tended church at Poplar Springs
on Saturday. •/
Miss Goldie Sasser dismissed
school Thursday until Monday
and visited the closing exer
cises of Miss Julia Gibson’s
school on Friday 7 , where Mr.
Fondren Mitchell was speaker
of the day.
Mr. Dave Dixon and family
visited at Cairo Sunday.
Mr. Jesse Ward, Sr., preached
for Rev. Taylor at Long Branch
on Sundav.
Mr. Wm. Mathis, W. A.
rette and J. N. Threkeld
down to Cairo Monday.
Cousin Tom says it will
on Thursday; if it don’t
just spit on your hands and
a new hold and hold on until
does rain and in the mean
be filling up that open
by your corn, run out your
ton middles, fix a few
rows for potatoes. Be sure
get ready for rain before you
fishing.
Uncle Jake.
In this issue will be found
poem which found its way
our office over one of the
mail routes with the name
the author missing. We
duce the poem regardless of
rule to print nothing
signatuie; but we wonder
in the mischief the author
pects the girls to address
in case they want to take
his proposition when even
editor don’t know his name
address.
Hon. Jno. R. Singleiary
ed Thorqasville Wednesday.
Made First Maple Sugar.
From the Chicago Chronicle, j
The legend of the discovery I
of maple syrup is a curions one,
and one of national importance
those of us who are real
Americans, for it was one of our
native Indian chiefs who made
the discovery, according to the
legend. This chief instructed
his squaw to cook a piece of
venison for his sole enjoyment
on his return from the chase.
After putting the meat to
cook in water obtained by melt
ing snow, the squaw became so
absorbed in making a pair of
moccasins for her husband that
she let the meat burn, as manv
more civilized housewives have
done since. Also, like the mod
ern housewife, she was ready to
meet the emergency. As there
was no time to melt snow again,
she bethought herself of the wa
ter running from the maple tree
behind the wigwam. This she
poured in with the meat.
The hunter was delayed in his
coming, so that when he return
ed there was nothing but a sticky
mess in the bottom of the pot.
Fearing a storm, the guilty
squaw 7 hid when she heard her
husband coming, but, hearing
no outburst, she ventured forth
and found the lusty chief utter
ly oblivious to everything about
him except the pot, wdiich he
held between his knees, eating
the contents with the utmost
delight and licking his fingers
with gusto.
This was the first dish of ma
ple syrup served and was a for
tun?te discovery by our forefath
ers, for history tells us that as
far back as 1730 the first maple
syrup and sugar were made in
Vermont and for many years her
output was neatly one third of
what was made in the country.
In the olden time maple
syrup making was not onlv a
picnic where many a love match
began, but it w r as a most nec
essary function, for maple sugar
was the only 7 kind of sweet
known to the rank and file.
Nearly every w 7 ell-to-do farmer
in those days ow r ned his own
sugar camp and every member
of the family w 7 as called on to
lend a hand in sugar making
time. Methods have changed
more than the seasons, and from
the middle of February till the
first of March the owner of
sugar camp begins to
ready. When the first warm
southwest winds begin to blow,
and the snow is soft enough
make good snow 7 balls the
has come to go to work.
Primitive sugar-making
gone its way, along with
dle-dipping and many of
other home industries of
ml
times. The ingenuity of
has brought about most
derful changes, among
the chains of evaporators,
ing and straining and
down, the syrup passing
^ne pan to another
without the aid of human
All kinds of country
taken in exchange for
tions to the Messenger.
For Tax Collector.
To the voters of Decatur county :
office i hereby of Tax announce Collector myself of Decatur a candidate for
caused by the death of county the to
the vacancy
cratic nominee. Hon. Mark W. Bates, and
the support of my friends in tlie
primary to be held on May 27th. if elected
shall endeavor to till the office to the best
charge my ability Its and pledge duty. myself to faithfully
every
.1. W. BUTTS.
Selling Out to Move!
Do You Warn a Bargain?
We Offer Vous
Mens’ wool suits, worth $5 to $10, at $8 50 to $0 50
Mens’ crash suits, worth $8 to $8 50, at f 1 98 to $2 42
JKoys suits worth $1 50 to $7, at 78c to $4 85
Mens’ pants worth $1 25 to $2 50, at 75c to $1 87
Mens’s and Bovs’ shirts wortn 50e and $1, at 89c to 78c
Umbrellas worth 75c to $150, at40c to 98c
A big lot of Laces and Embroideries at 2c to 3c per yard, In
fact a discount from 5 to Hardware, 65 per cent Glassware, on Shoes, Crockeryware, Overalls, Dry Goods*
of all kinds; Millinery, Furni
ture, etc; this to last until Aug. 1st, then we will move.
Yours to serve,
G. U. DUREIN, H - w -
P. s. — \y e pay highest prices for country produce.
So Vo
ffiaggett
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Senercil
Phone 58.
We Invite Inspection.
—Our line of
Spring and Summer
I - Is Now Complete.
u The assortment consists of euerything that is up-to-date—from the finest
to the cheapest—and the price is reasonable too. We given free McCall Dress
,'» pattern with each dress we sell.
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We are continually receiving new goods in the
iYlillinery and Fancy Goods Department
and you will find a splendid assortment in this line.
J. L. OC 1 VER,
Agent for Brown’s Shoes and McCall’s Patterns.
H$j
Rheumatic Pains Relieved.
The prompt relief from the severe pains
of sciatica rheumatism which is afforded
oy Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, is alone
worth many times its cost. Mr. Wilard
C. Vail, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., writes:
“1 am troubled with rheumatism and neu
ralgia of the nerves and Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm gives relief quicker than any
liniment I have ever used. J > For sale by
Wight & Browne.
50,000
Free Samples
You Can Get One .
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BLACK WEED, the great vegetable
remedy for Rheumatism, Catarrh, and
Kidney and Bladder complaint#, has met
■with almost instantaneous success be
cause it has made some noteworthy
oures of very severe cases.
Mr. John Post, of the Atlanta Fire
Dept., writes:
<1 For months I suffered with my kid
neys. I made every effort to get relief,
but failed until I accidentally came in
? 3 ssession of a bottle of Black Weed.
he relief obtained from its use was so
great before half the first bottle had
been used, that I put aside all other
medicines and am now sound and well,
having been cured completely by Black
Weed. At the same time I had an ag
gravated case of Catarrh of the head
and throat. Black Weed lias completely
cured this, and my head is now a®
as a bell.
BLACK WEED is sold by all drug
gists at $1.00 a bottle, or w® will send
prepaid upon receipt of price.
Send Your Name at and once address for
a trial sample of this great remedy,
which will be sent absolutely free, to
gether with our book containing valua
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Please mention this paper. Address,
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Since finishing the Interior improve- J
ments to my store I have put upon display J
one of the handsomest and most complete j
lines of Silverware Rnd Novelties ever 3
shown in this section. 3
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From the daintest novelty to the hand- j
somest table piece in Sterling and Solid j
and Plated Ware can be found in my j
line, making a display combining beauty j
and elegance with quality and service.
Everybody, the ladies especially, invited |
to aall and inspect this handsome line. <
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Cairo = = Georgiy. j
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DR W M. SEARCEY,
DENTIST
Office next to Wight & Browne
Drug Store.
Cairo, Georgia
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W. EARLE OLIVER
PHBSIOIAN & SURGEON.
Cairo, Goorgia.
Residence ’Phone No. 47.
Office ’Phone No. 12.
Jno.R. Singi.etkI|y. B. W. Ai>KI s •
SINGLETERY & ADKINS,
ATTORNEYS.
CAIRO. GEORGIA
Office over B. F. Powell’s store.
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