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T HE MANSFIELD
trading CO.
The Mansfield Trading Company
of the largest general merchants
supply houses in tire county and
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tv as well a& Newton.
The Compnay was organized severa
ago will Mr. S. R. Campbell as
veaj ihe * line been re-electec
president. He
time since the organization and
.very management the business
under his
has grwn wonderfully. They occupy
large store rooms and warehouse
two will
space A visit to this store prove
profitable to you if you are in the
market for anything to eat or wear.
E. H. ADAMS
E, H. Adams the real estate man of
ansfield is one of the liveet wires in
ewton county. His work for the
wn of Mansfield has helped it in
any ways. He is a progressive in
ie true sense of the word and is
ways on the right side when, it
>mes to improvement, for the town.
e .is a member of the school board,
farmer, a merchant, a real estate
an and an all round good fellow.
Lazenby & Sons
This ie a store of good things to
eat . Buying fresh groceries every
week and keeping fresh meats all
the year makes this store one of the
most popular in the town for eatables
A complete line of fancy and family
groceries, fresh meats, fish and oys¬
ters are carried and they enjoy an
excellent trade from the people of
the town and surrounding country.
The firm is composed of Mr. Frank
Lazenby and two sons, "Messrs. John
and Edgar Lazenby.
Utilized Spare Time.
“On* can accomplish much by utlk
|Wng That spare tall girl moments." “That’s right
yonder has read seven
lummer novels this season while she
*as dummy at bridge.”—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Peop] es Bank
A good ba ik in the best
little Town in the State.
Ask the Bank Examiner.
We look carefully after your bank
ing needs. : • • • • • y
COME TO SEE US
PEOPLES BANK
Mansfield, Georgia
b- O. BENTON, President
R- S. FRANKLIN, Vice Pres.
L. H. FRANKLIN, Cashier.
COTTON EDITION
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MANSFIELD SECTION
Bank of Mansfield
The Bank of Mansfield was organ¬
ized several years ago with Mr. E. L.
Almand as president, and since the 01
ganization this bank has enjoyed the
patronage of a large number of the
best accounts in that section. Mr. Joe
S. McGarity is cashier of the bank
and also lias hte honor of being the
mayor of the town.
R. W. CAMPBELL
Mr. R. W. Campbell, whose adver¬
tisement appears on another page of
t v e paper is a cotton buyer, farmer,
cotton seed man and a member of
the Board of County Commissioners
of Newton county. He is one of the
most substantial men of the county
and a worker for his town, Mans¬
field, Along with his other business
he lias found time to sell a large
number of Buick automobiles in the
ccunty in the past two years.
It Happened in the Suburbs.
She was running across lots to
catch the 1:25 train for New York. It
was precisely 1:24% and the train al¬
ready was panting into the station. At
her heels was a youngster making as
good time as he could, and he was
crying. By the time she reached the
station steps she was a good one hun¬
dred yards ahead of the little boy, but
he kept at it, crying louder and loud¬
er. The conductor was holding the
train for her.
"Madam,” said the conductor, as she
climbed up the car steps, “who is that
little boy?”
"My youngest,” she said perfectly
breathless.
"What’s he crying for?”
“I didn’t have time to kiss him good
by.”
“Well, you get right off this train
and kiss him. We can wait better
than he can.”
The conductor stood with his hand
on the signal cord while the operation
was performed, and then the train
went off, leaving the youngster happy
and smiling.—New York Sun.
Knows Not Wisdom.
A man who does not know how to
learn from his mistakes turns the best
schoolmaster out of his life. —
Beecher.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Sept. 24, 1913.
MANSFIELD AS A COTTON AND
COTTON SEED MARKET
(By Special Correspondent.)
The geographical location of the
town is one factor which brings a
great deal of cotton and seed to this
market. The roads leading into Mans
field are void of red muddy hills
which is quite an item in hauling
heavy loads of cotton and seed. Cot¬
ton and seed are Mansfield's only
support; hence the careful considera¬
tion given to them by the business
men of this Town. The Towii has
grown rapidly in the last few years,
and cotton and seed has been the lead¬
ing feature. It lias grdjwn from one
cotton buyer to 7, and from 2 seed
buyei-s to 8; so competition is very
keen. We are well prepared for
handling cotton, having 2 large brick
warehouses, with cement floors, which
makes fire risks a minimum. The
old fogy way of buying cotton off
the wagon was discarded several Year
ago, all cotton going directly to the
warehouses, there it is weighed and
sampled, and sample given to the
seller who has the pleasure of seeing
j seven cotton buyers who are anxious
for the staple. Evidently Mansfield
mus be a goon live cotton market as
the warehoues receipts showed that
nine thousand bales came to this mar
ket in 1911. There are a great many
larger towns in Georgia which did
not handle that much cotton in 1911
As a seed market, it is hard to beat.
Mansfield has the reputation of being
the second largest market of wagons
in Die state. The old saying is “the
more a man does the more he wants
to do.” Therefore the quantity of
seed that comes here makes things
lively in that line. It is said that
Mansfield gives a little better price
for .seed than any other place. The
oil mill called a special meeting in
1911 for the purpose of devising some
plan to keep the seed buyers at
Mansfield from paying more than the
market price, and when the chairman
stated the object of the meeting, one
fellow said, “h— no, you can’t
that, they have always paid too much
for seed and now they think have
that right.” The effort was made
but failed. So the cotton and seed
business in Mansfield is steadily
growing.
EMPTY PISTOL AWES THIEVES
Girl Lets Them Run Away After Her
Dog Whips Theirs in an Excit¬
ing Fight.
Kittanning, Pa.—With an unloaded
revolver, Miss Estella Smith, sixteen
years old, of Walkchalk, near here,
held up two burglars at four o’clock in
the morning in the home of her fa¬
ther, H. C. Smith. During the excite¬
ment a dog which accompanied the
burglars mixed up with a wire-haired
Irish terrier belonging to Miss Smith.
When her dog had won, Miss Smith
was so elated at the victory, and im¬
patient because she could not arouse
her father that she told the burglars
to make themselves scarce and take
their whipped cur with them.
During the fight between the dogs,
Miss Smith became so excited by the
success of her dog that she careless¬
ly flourished the revolver in the face
of the cowed men, whereupon they
begged her to put the gun down.
When she told them to go they gladly
ran away.
FRITZI SCHEFF A BANKRUPT
Noted Actress Files Petition In New
York—Liabilities $150,000—
Assets $75,000.
New York.—Fritzi Scheff of foot
light fame filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy here. She owes approxi¬
mately $150,000. Her assets, includ¬
ing real estate at Big Stone Gap, Va.,
home of her former husband, John
Fox, Jr., novelist, are listed at $75,000.
Hound Causes Jail Sentence.
West Milford, N. Y.—Because a
hound he sold refused to stay with its
purchaser, James Gregory spent one
day in jail here.
International Marriages.
There are five hundred A rican
women in Europe who left their na»
tlve land as the brides of so-called
noblemen. Out of these, two hundred
have been divorced or are separated
from their husbands.
People’s Bank
The People’s Bank was. organized
when Mansfield first began to grow,
several years ago, and since that time
has developed into one of the strong
banking- institutions of the county.
They were first organized as a brand
bank, but a short, time afterward they
re-organized and became independent.
Mr. L. H. Franklin/, the cashier, is
one of the best known young men of
that section of the county and as
such has made a very popular official
C. C. LUNSFORD
Mr. C. C. ' Lunsford has been in
Mansfield for the past four years and
in that time has built up an immense
trade in fertilizers and buys his share
of cotton. He has a large warehouse
and receives the cotton market all
through the day and keeps this post¬
ed on a bill board in the warehouse
office. Mr. Lunsford is a native of
that section of the c-ounty and knows
everybody and is one of the most pop
ular men in the town. He is a mem¬
, ber of the city school board and is al¬
J ways on the progressive of every¬
1 thing t’ at comes along.
SIREN SENTENCED TO SIBERIA
After Wedding Sixteen Men and Rob¬
bing Them Woman Was Convict¬
ed and Deported.
St. Petersburg.—After causing in¬
numerable men to fall in love with
her—actually marrying 16 of the more
impressionable and richer ones—Ta¬
tiana Betcheriak has just been exiled
for life to Siberia.
The woman, who is now more than
forty years old, retains her remarkable
beauty to a surprising degree. She
married at the age of sixteen and
lived with her husband about three
years.
Becoming a widow, she soon wedded
a rich land owner and compelled him
to spend large sums upon her. When
he was nearly ruined she left him, but
remembered to take all his valuables
with her.
The . t “husband” was a stock
broker, who quickly fell captive to the
fair Tatiana. Having induced him to
transfei r!l !-! - >erty to her the ad¬
venturous beauty sold it and escaped
abroad with a lieutenant, whom, how¬
ever, she quL*! deserted in order to
wed a iasciuateu Oriental consul.
Seizing, all the consul’s realizable
possessions, his “wife” left him poste
haste and returned to Russia by means
of a stolen passport. Here she was
wooed and won by an important offi¬
cial. Again she left her latest “hus¬
band,” after abstracting all portable
valuables, but this time she was
caught and exiled to Siberia.
It now seemed as though her career
had received an effective check, but
the chief jailer in the far eastern
wastes soon came under the spell of
the beautiful Tatiana and fled with
her to Constantinople.
Here, however, the woman chanced
to encounter her former “husband,”
the Oriental consul, and, with a justi¬
fied dread of complications, she sud¬
denly left the chief jailer and returned
to Russia.
For two years she lived peacefully
In Russia, and enjoyed a considerable
private income, having realized excel¬
lently upon her various “husbands’ ”
valuables. Also she made a great
number of other eligibles temporarily
happy by “marrying” them.
In this varied path of life she con¬
tinued until her sixteenth victim, a
lawyer, became wedded to her. The
union proved peaceful and happy;
there was a child. But, at a ball in a
small town she came face to face with
a former “husband,” who, despite her
entreaties, informed the man whom
she genuinely loved.
The latter instituted proceedings,
and the police then discovered that
the woman was a former convict
Erratic.
“One objection, it seems to me,
against being a great man,” said the
person who habitually does his think¬
ing along erratic lines, “is that after
a statesman has made footprints on
the sands of time it keeps him busy
trying to obliterate them.”—Puck.
Coogler-Wood Co.
This firm composed of Messrs. A.
E. Coogler, John Wood and W. N.
Blake is one of the live firms of the
town. Doing a general merchandise
and supply business, they have custo¬
mers in the entire Mansfield section.
They carry an up-to-date line of cloth
ing and men’s furnishings and in fact
everything carried in an up-to-date
store. They invite the patronage of
their friends.
Johnson Pharmacy
This is one of the neatest little
drug stores in that section of the
county and one that serves the best
cold drinks and the purest drugs.
They carry a full line of drugs, and
sundries and patent medicines. They
make their drinks from the purest
of syrups and juices and it is pleasur
to go there for a drink. The proprie¬
tors are Messrs. Jones and Boyd.
MOUNTAIN LION STEALS FISH
Four Anglers Spend Weird Night In
California and Lose Their
Breakfast.
Redlands, Cal—To catch a fine
mess of mountain trout and then
have a mountain lion take it is no
fun, according to A. H. Holgate, G.
Huizing, G. Gardener and N. Songer,
who have just returned from a fish¬
ing trip to upper Bear creek.
The anglers caught a fine mess of
trout and only used half of them for
the evening meal. Just before they
went to sleep they heard a noise on
the rock above them, and an investi¬
gation revealed a big wildcat slinking
off in the moonlight.
Fearful that the animal would come
back after the trout they hung them
on two upright poles in the ground.
About midnight they were awakened
by the roaring of a mountain lion
that seemed to be almost on top of
them. One of the men was brave
enough to move toward the sound,
hut the fierce roaring of the lion
scared him away. In the morning
when they went to look for their
breakfast of trout they found it gone.
Why not pay ue that dollar to-day.
The Best and Strongest
We have more surplus and undivided profits in
proportion to our capital stock than any Bank in
Newton County.
This bauk opened for business, October 10th,
1905. Has paid to stock holders $13,250.00 in
dividends and now has a surplus and undivided profit
account of $11,169.60.
On this strong showing we invite you to do
your banking business with us. When you have
money, leave it on DEPOSIT with US. When
YOU NEED money, come to SEE US.
A STRONG, SAFE and CON¬
SERVATIVE BANK. : : :
BANK of MANS FIELD
Mansfield, Georgia
J. M. HURST, President
E. L. AMAND, Vice Pres.
JOE S. McGARTY, Cashier.
Advertise—
For Results—
Through The News Columns
$1. A Year In Advance.
Almand Supply Co.
The Almand Supply Company was
one of the first big firms to begin
business in Mansfield It started
with E. L. Almand as President and
since that time has grown and built
up a fine business in Newton, Morgan
and Jasper counties. The President,
Mr. E. L. Almand is one o a the best
business men in this section and has
otner interests at Social Circle. It
occupies its own, building and owns
eother property in the town of Mans'
field, which is very valuable.
Value of Appreciation.
To know that we are a disappoint¬
ment to our friends has a paralysing
effect on our energies, and there are
many people in the world who have
failed simply from want of encourage¬
ment and appreciation. We feel it our
duty to find fault where blame is
merited, but are not nearly so careful
to acknowledge work well done, or to
show gratitude for services willingly
performed. . . . It is the dumb,
silent folk who moet appreciate warm¬
hearted words and actions. What a
much brighter world It would be If we
were more generous In this respect;
how happy we might make our friends
if we gave them the benefit of our lov¬
ing thoughts Instead of loeking them
tightly In our own breasts.—Jessie de
Horne Valsey.
Youthful Lady Mayoress.
Crlatabelle MUlgate, though only
twelve years old, Is lady mayoress of
the town of Newport, England. Her
father is mayor, and her mother being
dead, she performs acceptably the du¬
ties of the position on aU publio occa¬
sions.
In the Lawyer’s Light
Bix—My lawyer tells me I have a
strong case.
Dix—He probably means that It
Is one that will last for years.—Bos¬
ton Transcript
Cannon Balls of Stone and Iron.
Stone bullets were used until the
year 1514 when they were supplanted
hy Iron. It was near the close of the
sixteenth century before leaden bul¬
lets were generally adopted. Stone
cannon balls aro yet used In some of
the eastern countries.
