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\ f FRIDAY, JAN. 0,1909. To Clear On F**bnwrv 13 an expert representing THE DU PONT POWDER COMPANY. wffl give a DEMONSTRATION d Stump Blasting at Wavorortst, Ga. on the (arm o! G. W. OEEN •who has kindly placed his property at the disposal of the Company. Every Farmer and all others interested are Invited to attend.' SWAMP AS ir BETfER SCHOOLS WAS 10 EABir EXPLORERS Y0II1 IS OK DISTRICTS AMERICAN WIRE PENCE I IN STOCK AT rtW Tines 38 per rod for 18 bar* 4(5 inche, high, "12” stay with staples end stay wire. Ellwood F.ultry and Rabbit fence and Poultry Nett- inf all heights. P. N. Harley Hardware Comp’ny Local and Long Distance Phones 186. Interesting Description of Fa- (Four Have Voted for local Taxa- • mous Swamp Whioh Will betion—Other Districts Want to Read With Pleasure in View of, Hold Elections at an Early Date Work to be Undertaken There for This Purpose, by Heberd Company at Early, Local taxation for bettor schools Date. in Ware county is proving to be From a volumo entitled “Geor-’a popular subject throughout the gia, Historical and Industrial” I ® ntir ® count y- and U is ,,nl - v " ...... .. . . , question of time before the ques- [)iil)lished by tho state depart- .. . . . . .. * tmn will have been put to the vot- ment of agriculture, is taken the' f „ „ f , he forty . onfi di;) trictw of the following description of tho fa-'county. Already tho districts mous Okefinokee Swamp which ’ known ns Ruskin. Moore, .James- will bo of wido interest in view town, and Pino Vniley hnvc voted of the fact that it is in this terri- for local taxation. Tho latter tory that the Hobcrd Company'named wants to go the limit in the wiH begin their operations within. assessment for improving the a short time. The hook was lent. schools. tho Journal by Prof Pound and, The local taxation question will of the big swamp the writer says:*bc voted on in the Manor district. “Dr. Thomas P. James in his. one of the largest in the county on hand book published in 1876 says, Tuesday, Feb. 23. Other districts ‘I have seen no section of Gcor- aro considering tho matter gia in which the people seem to! rionsly, and petitions for eloc- securo a comfortable supply ofltions will not doubt be eoining iu food with less effort, and can see. to the ordinary overy month no reason why the wlii'le country • . -—' may not ho made equal, if not su- j yerior, to that section of Prussia,- where Frederick the Great found-1 cd the city of Berlin. Thcro is ■ the greatest similarity in the soil, and topography of the two sections, and should tho tido of German im migration be turned thither, there I would soon be realized to them the comforts and pleasures of the Fa- BUSINESS EDUCATION THE ROAD TO SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS. We make a specialty of prepar ing young men and young women for the duties of life. All commer cial branches, including, whole sale and retail bookkeeping, job bing and commission, manufactur ing, b'anking, practical law, math emntics, English, Penmanship,’ shorthand. Typewriting, offleo practice, etc,, successfully taught Students may enter at any time, but if you expect to jmroll with in the next few weeks, wo will ad vise that you come ,in on one of the following dates, Jan. IS, 21, and 28. Feb. 15. Our prices are right, our rates are reasonable. SPECIAL NOTICE. IN ADDITION TO OUR REGU LAR WORK, WE HAVE DE CIDED TO OPEN A NIGHT SCHOOL, FEB. 10, 1909, AND WILL TEACH ANT OB ALL SUBJECTS MENTIONED A- BOVE. FOB FULL INFORMA TION, CALL AT OFFICE, OB TELEPHNE NUMBEB 260. WAYCROSS R. F. ZKIGLBR, Hrincipal. She Changed Her Mind. •When the lady next door called to complain that Tommy had been persecuting her pet eat, she found the boy on the front steps. “I want to see your father!” she demanded. . “I’m afraid you can’t see pa now,” the boy replied, respectful- iy... s “I intend to see him instantly, the lady insisted in a loud voice. “Well, all right,” the little fel low agreed, opening the front door. ‘Walk right up staifs. TooII find pa in the bathroom takin ’ a bath.’VLadies’ Home onraal. $600 BEWABD. For any case 6t rhumatism which esnot be cured with Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Reme dies, internal and external, re lieve at once, euro guaranteed. Restores stiff joints, drawn cords and hardened muscles. If your ' druggist has not got it do not take anything else. Send descrip tion of your case, take the agency and secure treatment free. Drum mond Medicine/Co., 84 Nassau street, N. Tjh* ■* Miss Thelma Baum is spending some time with friends in Val dosta. rimi thorland. From the Okefinokee Swamp in tho extreme southeast section, thousands of tons of muck can ho obtained, which with the aid of the Satilla River marls, will convert tho sandy and red clay lands in its neighborhood into QUESTION WORRYING 00V. Six Brunswick Circuit Men Want It, and It Won't Go ’Bound. From Atlanta Georgian. If you were governor of a groat tho most productive truck gar dens. According to an act passed by tho legislature Oct. 29, 1889, and approved by tho Governor, John B. Gordon, tho Okcfinokco Swamp was sold to certain gen tlemen incorporated as the Siiwa-> neo Canal Co., of which Henry Jackson of Atlanta was elected president, and E. A. Thornton, vice-president of tho Atlanta Na- stato—Georgia, for instance—and if it was up to you to appoint a solicitor general for a circuit court. Andi'jf a half dozen of your firmest, and most faithful friends wero clamoring for tho job, aid ed and abetted by a retinue of their friends and yours. Wouldn’t it put you up a treof tional Bank was made vice-prcsi-, Tho tulRW( , r is: Kar , far up> to tte dent. Explorations made by the company have shown tho swamp. P mos nu ^ to be about forty-five miles long! For wccks Governor Smith has with an average width‘of about w om a thoughtful and wearied thirty miles. In it are numerous >®« k - His bouyant step has lost islands covered with long leaf "omowhat of its sprightliness, and yellow pine along tho central frc 0«ently when discussing top- ridges, while on their hammock ics oI rtsto and natlonal "»P* » lands are found tho red bay, white f"’»W look " t « aIs > nto hia *y®, bay, magnolia and whito holly, i his voice becomes subdued and he known as the Henderson wood., P 8U8CS Tor a moment ns if lost in This last named tree, when dry, is. deepest thought, white like ivory, with a grain not Then, you may put it down, the perceptible, and from it cxcell- K« vcrnor turning over in his ent piano keys are made. Tho red i m ' nd the question of whom he bay tabes a beautiful polish not aka 't appoint solicitor of the inferior to that of mahogany. The Brunswick circuit. For weeks and timber bays or cypress brakes ran-1 w ccks that question h»s been np- ning north and sonth through tho, permost in the mind of Georgia’s swamp supply the very best qual- ^ executive. For days, yes ity of black cypress, which will| and for n 'K hta . ho ka * pondered it, cut from 25,000 to 100,000 feet to and the records i ntho executive tho acre. One of the islands,-call- 1 offlc ® ahow no decision has been ed Billy’s Isinnd, was once the' reached. home of the Seminole Chief. Billy There are six men seeking the Bowlegs. Okefinokee Swamp! appointment, all-of them capable, abounds in fish and game of alii" 11 of them influential, all of them kinds. On some of the islands are "W® to "how why they should be found deer, bears, turkeys, wood-' favored with the job. And the cocks, partridges and snipe. Here I governor ponders snd tosses on also dwell tho otter, wildcat and l hia c °ueh at night. It is a serions panther. The waters of the swamp' proposition, this thing ofappoint- abound in bream, perch and the |'"(? solicitors general, large mouthed black bass, the last | Timc and again it has been ru- The Beet Fertilizers for Com That the yield of com from the average farm can be greatly in creased by intelligent and lilieral fertilization haa been repeatedly • demonstrated. Large crops of good corn result from preparing the land well, using the right kind and quantity of fertilizer, good teed • and proper cultivation. Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers will greatly u increase vour yield per acre " of com or any other crop, lu some cases remarkable results nave been obtained. Mr. C. W. Carutheis of Sumpter County. Fla., writes: “Word* cannot express the value of your fertilizer. It is really so far ahead of other Companies' goods, that it would not pay anyone to use other brands; were they given free and put in the field. I can prove what 1 sav to l>e a fact. I made a test on five acres. I used on one half the la’nd your fertilizer and on the other half another company's fertil izer, same grad'j; the land received the same cultivation every time. I kef<t a com it account of the amount of money I got off tack half a .. '.ft'* f rom the tand on which / used Virgin ia Carolina fertiliser Hum I did off the other half. I got four times as much torn from the land on which l used your fertiliser." Write today to nearest office of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company for a free copy of the new 1000 Farmers’ Year-Book or Almanac, full of the most valuable and unprejudiced information for planters and farmers; or ask your fertilizer dealer fora copy. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co, Salts Offu ts Itutinm; (I. Va.\ Norton. V Columbia. S. C. Atlanta. Ga. Savannah. Ga. Memphis, Tenn. Salts OgUts Durham, N.C. Charleston, S C. Baltimore, Md. Columbus, Gs. Montgomery, Ala. Shreveport, La. WHAT YOU NEED IN A WAGON or carriage is durability. Attrac- ive appearance is important, of course, but quality is absolutely essential. For vehicles of every kind that will wear as well as they look we invito inspection of ours. When you see how attractive they are. you will realize the broadness of our quality guarantee. J. A. JONES BOGGY GO. Waycrosp, - Georgia. being sometimes called trout, ; mor ® d tk *t the governor had which the fishermen after the | reached a decision and had named primitive Indian fashion, often ob-i‘ h ® >"® k y man. Newspaper eor- tain by shooting them with bowi r **I M>ndcn **' k *ve rushed in to and arrow. Tho cypress brakesJ verify tho rumor and time and are separated from each other by 1 “gain they have been greeted with what ’are ealfed pntirieS, though' tk ® smiling denial by Secretary covered with water to the depth jTkyl. of two or three feet, which innum-1 Matters of minor interest (o erable water lillies cause to re.!state and hation have been lost! semble a field white with cotton, {sight of. The revision of the tar-1 The water being drained off i iff. disfranchisement, the rogula-| leaves a muck eight feet deep the I tion of the railroads and the col- great utility of which as a fertii-1 lection of the Chatham near-beer izer has already been mentioned.”.lax have been pushed into the background and consigned to ob livion, while pends the appoint ment of a solicitor general for the Brunswick circuit. . Among those who seek the ap pointment aro Hon. W. W. Lamb- din of Waycross; Hon. A. B. Estes of Pierce county; Hon. B. G. Parks of Waycross; lion. M. D. Dicker- son and Hon. W. F. Dart of Dug- las; Judge-J. H. Thomas, judge of the city court of Baxley. . ' It is said the governor will make the appointment within the next few days. He may, and then ho may not, 1 I I J RECRUITS FOR COUNTY 6AN6 Mrs. J. C. Robertson of .Macon is the gnest of her grandmother, Mrs. M. A. Andrews. 1 Mrs. A. C. Nielsen and Mjss Madge Champion of New Haven, Conn., are tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Finn. They expect to leave shortly for Tampa, Fla. In City Court yesterday Harris, colored, was sentenced 6 months on the gang in lieu o! fine of $30 for stealing n rit Will Davis, also colored, was se fenced *to pine months for simp larceny. Neither paid the fine ii posed by the judge and were ca ried out today to the county ean near the Satilla, where they w assist in the work on the new roi to Blaekshear. For set of seven port eat beautifully illustrated wi scones along tho line of the 1 Ianta, Birmingham and Atlan Railroad, send ten cents in poi ago of coin to W. H. Leahy, G« eral Passenger Agent, Birman horn and Atlantic Railroad, J ianta, Ga. 94