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TELEPHONE 34.
Friday, November 20, 1903,
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Athens 15 flooded this week
with the Baptist convention, |
Teddy's appeal to Mark is to
pleasc stay at the head of the Re
publican party ‘‘just one more
time”, and—part from a big wad
of “*dough.”
The cackling of geese once
saved ancient Rome. What will
the fowls in Rome, Ga., do when
the old vets meet there in 19047—
“lay low" and say nothing.
And now that dear Atlanta is
after pure ‘‘booze.” There are a
lot of old topers in Atlanta who
envy the man's job who is to be
selected to test the liquor.
Bishop Turner at the conference
of the African Methodist church,
at Columbus, advised his hearers
to let politics alone, as neither
party had a negro plank in its
platform,
The singers(?) of our country
have been pleading, a long long
time, for ‘‘Bill Bailey"” to come
home. Possibly Bill got mixed
up in some of those neck-tie par
ties np North and jes’' couldn’t
come back, .
Fasting for the cure of rheuma
tism is a new prescription, A
man in one of the Eastern states
fasted 51 days for that complaint,
and on the fifty-second day, after
commencing the treatment, the
undertakers got him,
The Missouri man who did not
believe the Missouri mule would
kick certainly had forgotten all
about the habits of the animal
kiagdom; especially the mule that
grows in the great state of *‘Mis
soury.” He twisted one's tail and
was promptly “cited.”
The Cuthbert Leader says:
There may not be as much in the
selling of a cotton crop as in the
raising of it, but the question of
marketing is one that concerns all
the farmers in this section, and
they shauld hear what Hon, Har
vie Jordan will say on the subject
in Cuthbert on the 2:lst,
The idea of Atlanta letting such
an old and valuable piece of *‘fur
niture” get away from her as did
that violin, last week, is more
than we can understand. The
SISOO valued instrument was cap
tured in Savangah, tho', a short
time after it had left its sweet
home and no doubt was only
playing a joke on that dear Atlan
ta. ot T e
Editor Holder of the Athens
Banner is pulling hard for a new
hotel, union depot, hospital and a
railroad to High Shoals and
Cranesville, The success of the
North Eastern Fair which was held
there in October is mainly due to
the Banner's efforts. Whatever
Frank gets behind, the enterprising
people of Athens help him push
to the goal. Success to the quill
driver,
Captain George M. Napier, of
« Monrog, and Hon. T, J. Shackel
ford, of Athens, are candidates
for Solicitor General of the
s Athens district. The race be
‘tween these two gentlemen will
‘be interesting as both are well
fitted for the place. Intrue words
the centest will be *“‘Greek met
Greek” until the ballots have all
been cast. |
| Politicians are getting in trim
!for next year's battle, Many can
didates are already practicising the
Ikissing art upon wooden babies in
,order that they will not fall short
tin their efforts to win the race,
while others - have built race
‘tracls that they may train to keep
‘in the lead.
John D. Rockfeller, Jr., says
the man who charges too much
for groceries cannot succeed very
long. While Kerosene oil is not
on the same list with gréceries, it
is sold at almost every grocery
store in the country, and possibly
the man he had in mind when
Imaking the above remark had his
groceries on the same list with the
products of the Standard Oil Co.
and was selling groceries,thinking
he was selling oil.
It is not an unusual sight to see
a farmer drive into our town with
three or four bales of cotton on a
wagon, the result of a week’s pick- !
ing—sell one or two and store the
others—pay up all he owes and goj
home with money in his pockets.
The short crop hurts them all, but
with 11 cents cotton they arc
coming out wonderfully and are
constantly learning to raise more
“hog and hominy” which puts
them in better shape. ;
We have watched the wagons
returning home from our town
this fall and very few of them
carry the heavy groceries that they
did a few years ago. Verily, the
farmer has learned the best lesson
of his life, to raise at home the
things that he can, instead of buy
ing them. The small things that
can not be raised there are not
near so hard to buy, in comparison,
ias the heavier articles of groceries
are. »
- Hon. Harvie Jordan, President
of American National Farmers’
Congress, will conduct the Far
mers' Institute for the eleventh
Senatorial district, in Cuthbert,
Ga,, Nov. 20 and 21. He will
address the farmers and their
wives on subjects, ‘“The Market
ing and Distribution of our Farm'
Products,” *Diversified Farm
Products.” Several other distin
guished speakers are expected to
be present and will address the
meetings.
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Hon. Judson Strickland, of the
city of Griffin, has announced that
he will be a candidate for the
office of prison commissioner, in
opposition to Hon, Joe Sid Tur
ner, of Eatonton, the present in
cumbent. We are of the opinion
that the gentleman from Spaulding
will have ‘‘a hard row to plough”
in his race against the gentleman
from Putnam. Hon. J. S. Turner
has filled the office with credit to
the State as well as to himself and
nas many friends throughout Geoer
gia who will support him for le
election, |
The merchants of Jackson cer
tainly know how to advertise,
The Jackson papers are full of live
large advertisements. They area
credit to the paper, the people who
do the buying, the merchants who
advertise and the county at large.
Monticello has some of the best
mercants in the state of Georgia
and they are liberal with their
money when it comes to showing
the people what they have for sale
by advertising., Advertising keeps
your county trade at home. We
wish them all success, especially
those who advertise,
~ Three hundred German fam
ilies have been located in Haber
sham and Rabun counties, This
was accomplished by Industrial
Commissioner Gay, of the South.
ern railway, Dairying is one of
their cheif pursuits, and they are
proving to be experts in that call.
ing. Very fine butter, milk and
cheese are produced on their
farms, The Southern Railway is
not only a great medium of trans.
portation butis a great material
developer of the countrye it tra.
verses as well,
Give Peun Bros. your job work
THE MONTICELLO NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1903.
In A Political Way.
The Monticello News is justly
appreciative of Jasper’s splendid
representative. We cordially en
dorse the following by our contem
porary: ““The voters of Jasper
could not vote for a more honor
able and active representative than
Hon, W. J. M, Preston, our pres.
ent legislator. This gentleman
deservesthe support of his county.”
—Macon Evening News.
The Covington Enterprise says:
“It has been the custom of the
custom of the Democratic party to
give a second term toits represen
tatives. Captain N. C. Carr has
made a safe and faithful represen
tative of Newton county and has
been ever ready to carry, out the
wishes of the people, Therefore
it would be right to give him an
other term.” 'The Monticello
News heartily approves of the a
bove and we also cordially join in
the endorsement.~Macon Evening
News.
Items of Interest.
~ Chewing gum is regularly sup
plied to inmates of insane asylums
by the Minnesota State Board of
Control.
~ Over 10,000,000 pieces of mail
‘matter covering $48,643 in money
}zmd $1,493,000 checks and drafts,
ircachcd the dead letter offlce dur
ing the year,
A Grand Rapids, Mich., girl
has just recovered $30,000 dam
ages in a breach of promise suit.
The Atlanta News well says this
beats getting the man,
The sum of $35,000 has been
raised for the establishing of a
Rural High School in Rabun
county. The school is to be
taught on the practical basis, and
pupils will'be instructed in man.
ual aud industrial education,
The greater number of the
clergy of the Church of England
have not enough to eat and drink,
hundreds of them are clothed in
second-hand garments sent to J,
charitable society, and many of
them have no fuel by means of
which to keep themselves warm.
The largest number of women
employed in any line of work are
in the United States postoffice de
partment, More than one-third
of them are past middle age, and
some are past 70, They fill all
kinds of positions, even many of
the rural free dellvery routes are
filled by them,
The biggest hog in Elbert coun
ty lives at Bowman, He is esti
mated to weigh nearly 700 lbs., is
75 inches around his body, 70 in
ches long and is white all over,
and is barely six months old. He
is so fat that he can scarely walk
and is penned up by Mr. C. D.
‘Vaughan, who hopes to make him
weigh 1,0000 pounds before he
dies.
There is a big gold excitement
in Lumpkin county. Prospectors
report to have discovered an im
mense mountain of rich auriferous.
gold ¢~ athe property of Judge
W. W. Murray and the Jumbo
Gold Mining Company. The
gold is said to be discernible withq‘
the naked eye, some of the grains
being as large as bird shot. This
is a big bonanza for Lumpkin;
county, and, indeed, the whole|
state of Georgia. ‘
The average price of Californial
wines ds ten cents a gallon with
cooperage. Such has been thc‘
enormous production of wine
within recent years, that attempts
are now being made to find some
other use for the grapes. which
grow in such profusion in Califor
nia, The American Grape] Acid
Association, 318 Fron Street, San
Francisco, Cal,, offers a prize of
825,000 for the best formula and
the right to its use, by which
grapes containing over twent®per
cent saccharine, and valued at §lO
per ton, may be utilized in pro
ducing tartaric acid at a pricei
which will permit exportation
without loss, !
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One Minute Congh Cume oot as |
Toat 's what It was wed for, i
Free Seed Will Be Sent Out.
The distribution of field and
garden seed by the Department of
Agriculture, which begana few
weeks ago, will last four months. |
About a thousand tons, or a total
of 45,000,000 packages, will go to
the States and Territories of the
Union. Every member of Coun
gress is allowed 12,500 packages
of garden seeds in five varieties,
and 500 packages of flower seeds;
all that is necessary for him to do|
to get them to his constituents be- |
ing for him to file their postofiice.
addresses with the department, |
when the seeds are shipped to'
their destinations.
In addition to this, the depart
ment itself has an allowance of
700,000 packages which it sends to
its correapondents throughout the
!country, various State grange as
sociations, weather and experi
mental stations coming in for
;shares.
The recent wholesale destruc
tion of seeds about which the de
‘ partment peopleare quite reticent,
are said to have been principally
cowpeasand beans that had rot
ted,
A faulty feature of past distri
‘butions which, itis said, will be
corrected this year, will avert any
more late distributions, such as
was the case last year, when
many of the consignments reach
ed their destinations too late fort
use. 'To regulate this, the coun
try has been divided into six dis
tricts, and seeds will be sent to
each ata time in accord with cli- |
matic conditions and require
ments. Another feature that has
been adopted is the exchange of
seeds by Congressmen, those hav
ing entirely urban constituents be
ing allowed to exchange their
quota of field and garden seeds
for'flower seeds.
Special selections of tobacco and
cotton seed will be sent to those
districts where it is deemed they
would most likely flourish, sev
enty packages, each containing
ne peck of cotton seed and 100
packages of tobacco seed, of five
papers each, going to the proper
districts, Itis expected that by
this method the department will
be ableto educate the growers as
to the proper seed for certain
soils.
Ten Thousand Churches
l In the United States have used
ithe Longman & Martinez Pure
Paints.
t Every Church will be given a
liberal quantity whenever they
Tpaint.
~ Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for
Linseed oil (worth 6o cents)
which you do when you buy thin
paint in a can with a paint label on
it,
8 and 6 make 14, thereforewhen
you want fourteen gallons of
paint, but only eight gallons of
L. & M.. and mix six gallons of
pure linseed oil with it.
You need only four gallons of
L. &M. Paint, and three gallons
of Oil mixed therewith to paint a
good sized house.
Houses painted with these
paints never grow shabby, even
after 18 years.
These celebrated paints are
sold by C. D. JORDAN,
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Sperss:
IS THE BEST
CLOTHING
}m::: “KEmall? &uw"
FOR SALE.
A scholarship on the Georgia
| Alabama Business College, located
in Macon, Any young lady o!
gentleman desiring to take a
course in this excellent school will
find it to their interest to call at
this office or writeus. We can
save rou money.
In Style, in quality, in Price.
Ideal High Lace and Button
Tuxedo Cut and Dußarry
Slippers are the swell things.
Qur stock is ready for in
spection.
THE REID SHOE CO.,
MACON, - GEORGIA.
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklhoma, Indian,
Territory, California, Coloradao, Utah, Wyoming
Oregon, Montana, Washington and other points.
West, Northwest and Southwest
Write or call on,
J. G. HOLLENBECK,
Dist. Passenger Agent. _
Louisville & Nashville R.R
No. I. Brown Building, opposite Union Depot.
Atlanta, Ga.
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Southern Pacific Company.
———==zSUNSET ROUTE e
Lowest rates and through service_to Califoruia. Ask about them,
Through the ‘‘Rice and Qil Belt.”
4 Daily trains; best service; best everything. Oil Burmng Lo
comotives.
Through Pullman Tourist car from Washington, Atlanta, Mont
gomery and intermediate points to Califorma. Tri-weekly.
No trouble to answer questions. -
J. F. Van Rensselaer,
R. 0. Bean, T. P. A. General Pessenger Agent Atlanta, Ga.
Union Zacifie Railroad Gompany,
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Jouthern acifie ‘Gompany,
Cheap colonist Rates to California
and the Northwest.
Sept. 15th until Nov. 30th. 1903.
Ask for particulars.
J. F. VAN RENSSELAER, Gen. Agt.
No. 13 Peachtree st., Atlanta, Ga.
R. O. BEAN, T.P. A,
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Southern Pacific Steamship
Company.
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NEW YORK, NEW ORLEANS, HAVANA, SERVICE.
Superior Boats, Finest Appointments,
Most Commodious staterooms, Ex.
cellent Table, . ‘ ‘
NEW ORLEANS TO HA\’ANA.——-I‘!A\’ANA TO NEW ORLEANS.
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For information address,
J. F. Van Rensselaer,
GENERAL AGENT,
No. 13 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
