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GOVERNOR SMITH
GIVES ADVICE
Y hat Should Be of Benefit to the
People of Newton County.
Spend Your Money at
Home.
Recently Governor Hoke Smith
gave the following salutary advice :
“The man who spends his dol¬
lar at home will get that dollar
again sooner or later. The man
who soi.d-his dollar to some dis¬
tant i oint will never see it again,
and h<? makes it impossible for that
dollir to do any service to the lo¬
cal enterprises and local people
who would be benefitted by its use.
“It is a serious matter to take
m )ney out of the channels of busi
uess and send it away so that it
cannot be used to pay the wages
of the men and women and girls
who h ve part in our industrial
life aud who are expected to pay
o it their mouey so that in turn it
will furnish business for the butch¬
er, the baker, the mechanic, the
farmer, and the merchant, thus
keeping our state prosperous aud
our wealth increasing.
“What - chance has a Georgia
man to get hold of a dollar that is
in Chicago or New York?
“If (he dollar is in his own town
aud he does all that he can to keep
it there by patronizing his home
folks he will get it again many
times, tor a dollar that is kept at
home goes round and round and
round.
i t Georgia is far richer today than
she was before the war, when
$325,000,000 of wealth was repre¬
sented by the slaves. Leaving out
t he slaves, the state is twice as rich
as it was before the war. Much of
this increaso in wealth has been
due to our manufacturing indus¬
tries.
4 4 The following figures may be
interesting; In 18G1 the taxable
values of Georgia were $672,000.
000, including $825,000,000 of
slaves. Last year the taxable val¬
ues were but two hundred and fifty
million dollars while this year
tliey have about seven hundred
millions and it will not be long be¬
fore the tax values of the state of
Georgia will amount to a billion
dolla rs.
“The value of our manufactured
products amounts to more than
one hundred and fifty million dol¬
lars annually. The increase was
sixty per cent in the first five years
of the present decade and the cen¬
sus of 1910 will, I have no doubt,
show ihat we are producing by the
industry of our Georgia people
manufactured articles worth con¬
siderably more than two hundred
million dollars.
4 i What has been the effect? The
manufacturers have made their
profits, of course, as they deserve
to do, but all the people have
shared iu the benefit. The farmer
has a better home market for the
product of his labor; towns have
sprung up, lands have enhanced in
value and cities have grown.
“OilT fortunes are all interwoveu.
We all prosper together. The man
who helps bis neighbor helps him¬
self.
“Nothing will do more to hasten
the time when Georgia will be a
billion dollar state than a settled
policy on the part of our people to,
as far ub possible, keep our money
circulating among ourselves by
patronizing home enterprises. i y
HOKE SMITH.
MIXON.
(Last Week’s Letter.)
Mr. and Mrs. Mandie Hodges,
rf Butts county, visited relatives
in this community a few days of
last week.
Mrs. I. N. Vaughn spent part of
last week with her mother and
brothel at Eudora.
Miss Flower Polk spent last Fri¬
day very pleasantly with Mrs. Sal
lie Mae Pickett.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mask, with
children, were the admired guests
at the home of Mr. W. J. Fincher
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mrs. Howard Vaughn spent last
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Saliie
Mae Pickett.
Miss Ozella Kitchen, one t.f our
most charming young ladies, was
an attractive guest of the Misses
Polk Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Vaughn
spent Wednesday night with I. N.
Vaughn’s family.
Messrs. J. A. and J. E. Polk
mad" a business trip to Jackson
Satu rdav.
Mrs Mollie Steele and children
visited relatives in Jasper county
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Aiken spent
Saturday afternoon with their
mother, Mrs. Potts.
Misses Lonie and Berta Mse
Polk were greatly admired at Prof,
and Mrs. Dranes last Saturday.
Mrs. Jim Jones returned to her
home Saturday after spending sev¬
eral weeks with relatives in this
community.
Messrs. Willie and Grady Hod
ges, of near Cedar Rock, Butt;
county visited relatives and
friends in this community Sunday
and Monday.
BRICK STORE.
(east week’s letter)
The school at tbia place closed
last Friday for two weeks, or. ac¬
count f f measles. Almost every
home connected with the school
has more or less sickness in the
family, hence the school closed for
a short time. Miss Means, our
efficient teacher, will remain her^,
ready to open her school in a short
time.
Miss Fannie Taylor, of Social
Circle, visited Mrs. J. T. Taylor
several days ef the past week.
Mr. Iverson L. Graves, of Mem
dhis. Tenn., General Freight Agt.
of the southern railroad, was here
looking over his estate last week.
Messrs. Armstrong and Hays, of
Mansfield, were here a short while
Sunday.
Mr. \V. H. Aaron went to Cov
ingtou one day last week on busi¬
ness.
Misses Biggers, of Dixie, were
visiting friends here Sunday.
Miss Susie Dyer came over from
Monroe last week to be the guest
of her mother, Mrs. W. A. Dyer,
or several days.
Judge W. II. Stewart bas been
on the sick list for several days,
but we are glad to report him much
better now.
Mr. Hugh Panuel, ot Alcova,
was a welcome visitor here Sutrdav
Oue of the most enjoyable enter¬
tainments of the week was the
spend-the-night party given by Mr
and Mrs. W. L. Gibson on Thurs¬
day night at their home. Those
enjoying Mr. and Mrs. Gibson’s
hospitality were Misses Gertrude
Means, Cleo Patrick, Tina Ozburn,
Lillie Green, Lillie Aaron and Mr.
Bernard Patrick.
HAYSTON.
(Last Week’s Locals.)
Miss Paul Adams, of Shady Dale
was a visitor here Sunday.
Mr. Charlie Cofer, of Broughton,
spent,Thursday night with Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Cofer.
Mrs. C. W. Jackson was the
guest Sunday of Rev. W. N. Car
sou.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Banks
spent Saturday night and SuirJay
with the latter’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. Darby.
Mrs. E- O. Leftwich, of Conyers,
was visiting relatives here last
week
Mr. Ethridge Hays visited “a
friend’’ tear Rutledge Sunday.
Buster Williams and Carson
Cowans, cf Oxford, spent Sunday
with relatives here.
Mr. W. O. Edwards, of Leguin,
spout Sunday with Mr. John Ed
wards’ family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hays ar.d
son, Loyd, visited relatives near
Rutledge last week.
The entertainment last Saturday
evening at the home of Miss Stel¬
la Greer was enjoyed by all who
were fortunate eDou gh to attend
THE COVINGTON GA
WOLVES OF FRANCE. —
A Picture of Their Ferocity In the
Eighteenth Century.
“The ferocious wolf,’’ said a nature
student, “is the most perfect expres¬
sion of carnivorous bioodthirst that
walks. His jaw is the most terrible of
weapons. Its -slashing bite can break
the leg of a buffalo, and the noise of it
when at work in a sheepfold resembles
nothing so much as the incessant
cracking of a heavy whip.”
He took down a book.
“Here is what the wolves of France
were like,” he said. “This is a letter
from the famous Duchess of Orleans,
dated at Marly, Feb. 9, 1709;
“Tacks of wolves commit fearful
ravages. They have devoured the post¬
man of Alencon aud his horse. Two
of the beasts attacked a tradesman
near Mons, one springing at his throat.
In response to his shrieks two dra¬
goons who were walking by came to
his help. One drew his sword and rau
a wolf through the body, on which it
turned and seized its new assailant by
the throat. His comrade came up and
beat the brute off. but not before it had
killed the man. Meanwhile the other
wolf had seized the second dragoon
from behind and dragged him down.
Finally when effective help arrived
both the soldiers and one wolf were
fouud dead. The other had got away.
As for the tradesman, his leg was so
piteously torn that it had to be ampu¬
tated above the knee.’ ” — Cincinnati
Enquirer.
A CLEVER RUSE.
Remember 1 is When You Next Pur¬
chase Costly Jewels.
How Mr. Pierpont Morgan made his
millions would take volumes to relate,
hut an amusing little artifice by means
of which he succeeded iu saving $1,000
can be told within the brief space of
a couple of paragraphs.
Some years ago a jewelry firm in
New York sent the financier a fine
pearl, offering it to him for $5,000.
This Mr. Morgan decided to purchase,
and two checks were made out—one
for $5,000 and the other for $4,000. lie
then removed the pearl from its box
and, having substituted for it the $5,000
check, resealed the package.
Mr. Morgan's clerk was next dis¬
patched to the jeweler’s with the sealed
box and a note containing the check
for $4,000, statiug that Mr. Morgan
would be pleased to purchase the pear!
if they would be satisfied with the
cheek. The unsuspecting jewelers—in
ignorance, of course, of what the sealed
package now contained—closed with
the astute financier’s offer. And the
box in which the $5,000 check serenely
reposed was returned to Mr. Morgan
unopened!—Pearson’s.
The Queen Bumblebee.
The length of life of a queen bum¬
blebee is probably little more than a
year at most. Here is one reason for
this belief: She hatches among the
late broods of summer and soon after
leaves the nest, leading a vagaboud
existence, night and day, among the
autumn flowers. The winter she passes
in an earth burrow dug by herself aud
unaided establishes a colony in the
spring. Those combined periods of fall
and spring require the daily use of her
frail wings in the field at least four
months. Now, we know that the wings
of the worker honeybee wear out in
less than half that time; also that the
old queens who take to the field after
the nest breaks up in August fre¬
quently have tattered wings and soon
disappear. Nature does not supply in¬
sects with new wing cells as it sup¬
plies birds with new wing feathers.
So the loss of the power of flight at
this season of the year to the queen
bumblebee means (he loss of life.
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Dank Deposits.
“It’s odd the different sources of
bank deposits,” remarked a bank of¬
ficial. “For example,” he said, “we re¬
ceive thousands of dollars every year
from Cleveland men in (he army and
navy. The amounts range from $5 a
month from privates to $30 or more
from some of the officers.
“Most of this is sent to us direct by
the paymaster of the army or navy,
as the case may be. Just now we are
getting a lot of money from men in the
navy on this cruise to the Pacific. The
paymaster makes out a list of the
various deposits and sends along a
check to cover the total amount. Thus
the meu draw their pay and deposit it
without ever seeing it. Their pass
hooks in a good many cases are left
right here.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Despair.
“What do you want o’ the editor?”
asked the office boy, blocking up the
doorway.
“I have a manuscript poem,” said
the long haired caller, “which I wish
to submit for his inspection.”
i he office boy closed the door, hut re¬
appeared a moment later.
“Nothin’ doin’. We ain’t printin’ ho
poetry now,” he said, slamming the
door In the caller’s face.
“P>ard out!” exclaimed the poc-t, tear
ing his hair.
“Chestnut!” yelled the boy over the
partition. “I’ve heard that ’uu before.”
-Chicago Tribune.
In Washington.
“I made a glaring error today,” sigh¬
ed the cabinet lady.
j “How’s that?” inquired the depart
mental lady.
I glared at a woman 1 should have
ignored completely.” - Louisville Cou¬
rier Journal.
An Inspiration.
Mrs. Knicker—Henry, why d|<l
l^are your shoes you
l* blacked.—Puck. Left ’em to
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JAMES L. MAYSON
FOR CONGRESS.
The Platform of Mr. Mayson.
1. He stands for a Federal law
prohibiting inter-state commerce
in liquors.
2. He stands lor a reformation
of the currency system-by which
t he government will be able to sup¬
ply money sufficient to move the
crops and thus prevent money
panics at harvest time.
3. He stands for restricting im¬
migrants to home seekers—shut¬
ting the^oafer. put the pauper, the criminal,
and
4 He stands for a law prevent¬
ing Federal Courts from enjoining
State laws without giving the
State’s representatives a hearing
prior to the injunction, J and further
laws restricting the infringement
of states’ rights by these courts.
5. He stands against imperalism
and its necessary consequence,
namely, the increase of the army
and navy.
9. He stands for the installation
of public works such as post roads,
canals, the extension of mail ser¬
vice—especially the the rural dis¬
tricts, aud the adoption of the
4 • parcels post. ) >
7. He stands for pure politics,
the elimination of venal methods
and political trades.
Notice.
All persons are hereby warned
not to hire, harbor or give liveli¬
hood to Charley Davis, colored, as
he is under contract with me for
the year J 1908. R W. Dobbs.
Almon, Ga. 4t
Central of Ga. R. R. Schedule.
Ar. from Gordon 5:80 p. m.
4 « ( • porterdale 8:45 a m
4 I 4 4 i i 0:15 p m
Depart from Gordon 9:00 a m
I 4 “ Porterdale 5:55 p m
41 it u 7 :45 a m
Xt PAYS to advertise.
Women the Greeter Dreamers.
A Vienna doctor has published the
following figures:
Thirteen men out of a hundred as
agaiust thirty-three women dream dur¬
ing their sleep. The number of men
who dream frequently is 27 per cent;
that of women is 45 per cent. As a
general rule, it may he said that the
weaker sex has twice as much tend¬
ency to dreaming as the opposite sox.
The cerebral phenomenon under con¬
sideration is absolutely unknown to 9
per cent, and 14 per cent dream only
very rarely.
It seems idle to add that the same
doctor noted, what is perfectly well
known, that almost all our dreams are
suggested more or less directly by the
incidents of the material life of every
day.—Boston Advertiser.
Thrifty Paganini.
When Paganini was asked many
years ago to play at Vauxhall Gar¬
dens be inquired how many persons
the place would hold.
“That is impossible to say,” said the
rse ’ ° pcn space \”
Alter some reflection the great vio
linist inquired, “How many will the
largo, open space contain when quite
full?”
“Perhaps 20,000.”
“Ah, 20.C00 people! And you ask
how much?”
“Four shillings each.”
“Four shillings each! Twenty thou¬
sand at 4 shillings make 80,000 ; 80,000
shillings. £4,000. Well, I will play in
one Concert for £3,000, and you may
have the other thousand.”—St Louis
Republic.
Poles of the Earth.
The circle of the earth’s daily rota¬
tion upon its axis being (he greatest ot
the equator, the consequent greater ac¬
tion there of the centrifugal force dup¬
ing the period when the earth was a
3 ioldfng mass produced a bulging out
of the surface in the equatorial region,
with a consequent flattening at the
poles. Thus we have au oblate sphe¬
roid, with the length of the axis of the
poles about twenty-six and a half miles
less than the equatorial diameter.
A Literal Youth.
“Why, Johnny,” said Mrs. Muggins
“what are you doing here at imme?
Is Willie's party over?”
“Nome, ’ blubbered Johnny, “hut the
minute I got inside the house Willie’s
father told me to make mvself at
home, and I cameJ’-Iiarper’s Weekly.
Helping Her.
“You loved her very much?”
“So much that when her first hus¬
band died I married her that I might
share her grief and so lessen it.”
"And how did it work?”
“Fine! I’m sorrier u ow tor Ws a eatb
than she is.”—Houston Post.
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NEWTON COUNTY
• JURY LIS
List of Jurors Drawn For Mart
erm, 1908, of Newton Su¬
perior Court.
—GRAND JURY—
J W C B Stewart, Smith, Fielder F E II ard, Ozbiimj I
A B Simms, J W Peek,
W M H P Odum, Smith, W W S H Marbut, Boggus, j
J II Porter, E C Hull,
O P McCord, Jas W King,
E G Martin, J M Rogers,
H H Mabrv, J A Scott,
C I) Ramsey, J L Stepheusoi
A L Jackson, A S Hays,
C G Smith, D C Albert,
S R Ellington C E flardcmai
J E Phillips, R L Middlebrookj,
L A Patrick, T N Skelton.
—TRAVERSE JURY—
W T Patrick, E N Dabney,
J T C J McClendon, Edwards J TG II Willioghataj Aiken
J Woodie W Osborne Piper J W \V P Bran Hooper haul j
J L Marks B H Woodruff EllingM
C C Brooks W .'A
E W Fowler W B Livingstd
J H Downs J D Ellington
I 1 G Calloway C M Pace
J J Moseley 0 O Kimble
J L Skinner P H Henderson
W H Gaither N H Riper
J R Meador A J Banks
J J O.vens J () Stanton
J B Glass C A Lassiter |
J G Turner K F Hays
F II Bran barn N A Skelton
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