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|gj:lS8g? . • ' ' CORNER BROADWAY AND JACKSON STREETS, AUGUSTA, GA, Soda Water AND ICE CREAM PARLOR. HUYLER-’S CANDY. Si POST OFFICE, COT FLOWERS ISO PUBLIC BUREAU OF INFORMATION The Model Establisment of its Kind IN THE U. S. government must keep a standing army there and govern by force, or give those people a liberal govern ment of their own, which means a brown man’s government. He found them a superior people, far above what he exoectefi. The obstinacy of opinion, the intense greed of Hannaism, the baleful tendency to commercialism in our people and the utter abnega tion of justice to these struggling, brave Filipinos prevent this power ful republic from giving (hem their government and the right hand of friendship. The crime of rapac ity is on us for all time to come. Jpe grue gitisen. The Survival of the Fittest. WAYNESBORO, GA., NOVEMBER 20, 1901. J. Pierpont wants only one more church“corner” to get on the Saint’s list. Terry McGovern was made so sick in the bout with Kid Corbitt that he threw up the sponge. The po’ man gits to heaven; da say; I>e rich man loose de game; But Rock and Morgan pays dey way; And dey gits dar all de same. The fellow that has money to burn is that sort of a fool who easily finds the crematory in some other fellows pocket. It is reported that the revolution ists of Columbia have sent after a lot of St. Louis vaccine virus to make sure of their enemies. ters into half, if not three fourths of those complaints that shorten hu man life. Anything that destroys malarial prolongs our term of years and makes life more endurable. Health is economy and money spent iu preventing sickness >s a gain. It is the best speculation in futures we can devise. In the mat ter of destroying maiaria certainly much would be gained by prevent ing inoculation, and if the state would take it up through the legis lature for thorough discussion much might come out of the inquiry to benefit humanity. It is a vast work but that ought not to discourage us since the human race is a vast thing itself- Georgia ought not to lag. For her to begin the initiative would per j haps put mettle in other states and I the whole world might soon be en- 1 gaged in a prodigious scheme of hy giene that would extend its benefits to all future ages Low they are Lllirg it around that Rip Van Winkle didn’t go to sleep up in the Catskills; he was down in Philadelphia all the time. The trust magnates pretend that they get their best financial schemes from the farmers, who they say are daily addicted to watering their stock. We are just as stroDgly in favor of keeping Chinese out of the Unit ed States as we are of keeping American settlers out of China who claim U. S. protection. Major Gary may bo depended on to protect the old Vet., whose friends in political circles are growing ‘beaulitully less” as he fades away. His bill to rebuild the Home is in a fair way to become a law. Kipling has gotten down to the sensational clamor stage but, his lit erary fame is cold up to the knees already, while the bookman’s crafti ness is gradually wrapping it up ir. silence. In the dispensary matter Sam Jones goes right in for fighting the devil with fire water. His idea is to ’’abolish the barroom hells by dispensary damnation ” He has kinder “guv in” on total abstinence and prohibition, and left local op tion away back ‘ The book sellers teli us that Win ston Churchiii’s "Cnsis”is in its 30!h thousand. And yet better books have been written in the last ihree months than the “Crisis.” ”—Savan nah Press. Having thought the same we fake the liberty to quote and endorse what the Press says BAD SPELLING. The war on bad spelling, we have it, has begun. Before there can be a successful war made a great many things will have to he done The beginning will be the annihila tion of such garbage as Swinton’s Word-book and a re urn to the methods of the old blue-back Web ster. The confusion that origiDafes in the mind of a child over the Swinton mode of arranging words is never corrected in ail iife. There never was any good reason for adopting such a book over the Web ster spelling bock, except that one man wanted to make money out of his hooks and was, as usual in such cases, willing that the best method of progressively arranging and grouping words, should be put aside for the sake of greed. Yet with proper sort of managing it has tak en root and prospered. THE VOICE FROM THE LAND OF THE FILIPINOS. Senator Bacon has returned from the land of the Filipinos. He went there as a member of a congression al! eomird.tee to investigate the ! condition of these so-called Ameri can insular possessions He says our Inquisitive Fiiend:—‘Bid j’our hu-hand hate to die?” “Widow’: —Yes, he was awfully mortified by it.” I. F.:-“I guess too he hated to leave you ?” W : ‘ Don’t know. He said he hoped to meet me in heaven ‘where there was no marriage or giving in marriage.’” PRO BONO PUBLICO. “Since the discovery that ras a- ria is certainly propaga’ed by the bite of the mosquito the Italian gov eminent has been taking steps for a systematic attempt to drive the ecourge from their country. Mala rial fever, as is well known renders extensive regions uninhabitable and its extinction means for ihat country a very large increase in material resources.” This matter of the extinction of this poisonous pest ought to attract more attention in the South than it does. Our too earnest hunt after money i3 a barrier to all scientific suggestion from whatever source. It requires a menace that cannot be disregarded, such as yellow fev er, ch ilera and the iikp, that threat ens death to whole communities, before coucerled action is adopted to prevent them But in reality cot a hundredth part of the destruction to human life is occasioned by yel low fever or other malignant epe- demics. It can hardly be denied, howeyer, that malarial poison en- Getting Thin is all right, if you are too fat; and all wrong, if too thin already. Fat, enough for your habit, is healthy; a little more, or less, is no great harm. Too fat, consult a doctor; too thin, persistently thin, no matter what cause, take Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. There are many causes of get ting too thin; they all come under these two heads: over- jwork and under-digestion. Stop over-work, if you can; 1 but, whether you can or not, take Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, to balance yourself with your work. You can’t live on it—true—but, by it, you can. There’s a limit, however; you’ll pay for it Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is the readiest cure for “can’t eat,” unless it comes of your doing no work--you can’t long be well and strong, without some sort of activity. The genuine has this picture on it, take no other. If you have not tried it, send for free sample, its a- greeable taste will surprise you. SCOTT & BOWNE Chemists, 409 Pear! Street, New York. 50c. and $i.oo? ail druggists* ■■THE YANKEES ARE COMING.” Mrs. E. C. Blount of the Daughters of the Confederacy Records an Interesting War Incident- How Mr. Jethro Thomas Was Captured and Released. How little that expression carries with it to-day. What volumes of terror were couched in those four little words a third of a century ago. It was the latter part of Nov. 1864, in the alternoon just before the sun dropped below the tree lops, when that much dreaded announcement was made at the door of a farm house not many miies from Way nesboro. “The Yankees are com ing!” Consternation and horror reigned. The master oi the house was home on a sick furlough, and being clothed in the uniform ot the Con federacy, he realized what it meant to be found there by the eoemy, so In a secoBd he was in his saddle, trotting away as fast as his faithful horse could carry him, leaving his wife spellbound. As coming events cast their shadow’ before, so the comiDg yan- kees raised a dust before them. For down the road a cloud of dust arose and the tramping of many hoofs were heard. The announcement was realized for here was Kilpatrick’s cavalry. The fence surrounding the place was no obstacle, for over these riders came swarming around the house like so many black birds, and many of them dismounting and walking in. The brave mistress of the house roused herself to meet them. She asked them if they were ,l friend9 or foes.” “Why,madam,we are friends,” replied her uninvited guests. They made every effort to get what information they could from her iu regard to the location of Gen Wheeler and his men. She replied to their inquiries evasively deceiv ing them whenever she could. Fi nally they rode away. She still standing with bold exterior but a mighty tremor within. Two mornings later this good wo- an after anything but a peaceful night,she being alone with her little children and the servants of the household, came into the breakfast room and there found the nurse weeping pitifully. On being ssked what was the matter she, made no reply, but continued to sob as if her heart would break. After much persuasion however she said, • Masse Jetty’s dead,” meaning Mr. Jeihro Thomas, for it was he who left the house on the anuouncment that the Yankees were coming “That is not so,” replied Mrs Thom as “Yes, Miss Nancy, it is, dem Yankee dun shoot Ma9.se Jetty yes terday upyunder at .de Whitehead place for pappy dun tole me so ” Mrs. Thomas despatched a mes senger over to Mrs. Whitehead, who sent word back that -Mr. Thomas had not been shot, but had been taken prisoner. A few days later another visita tion was inside at the home of Mrs. Tnomas. This lime however it was a company of Confederale soldiers, who havmg been engaged in a skir mish at Bethel church sought shel ter under this hospitable roof for their wounded Five soldiers were cared for and by gentle ministra tions were restored to health. One left on crutches his leg having been amputated, Another, quite a young fellow begged so pitifully, that his leg might be spared, that his re quest was granted, but It was long after the surrender before he was able to return to his home. A Lieut. Levy of Louisville, Ky., who was spoken of by his company as the “bravest of the brave,” was among those who were wounded. His wound was a most dangerous one and a life and death struggle en sued. on which, life conquered. His hostess often wonders if he is still alive. When Mr. Thomas mounted his horse on that wretched November afternoon he set out to tell the peo ple of Waynesboro that the Yan kees we r e coming. He was joined on the way by Mr. John Scott and together they traveled to Waynes boro in double quick time. When they reached what was then the outskirts of the town—many of you remember the old land mark, July’s shop—they spied a yankee picket. Before he realized who they were they captured him. After proclaim ing the news they had come to brine they set out with their prisoner for a piace of safely. They sought the seclusion of the woods on the Whitehead place, now the proper ty of Mr. C. E. Rowland,of Augusta, where tbeir captive from sheer ex haustion threw himself on the ground and went fast asleep. Not long did they rest in this quiet apo f before they were surrounded by a party of Fpderal soldiers. It was supposed that the negroes had be trayed them. Tbeir prisoner was then released and they filled his piace. The soldiers accused Mr. Thomas and Mr. Scott of bush whacking, and threatened to shoot them, but that however was ail bluff intended to frighten them. After carrying them around the country. Mr. Scott was set free, but Mr. Thomas’ coat of gray was the means of his being kept in “durance vile ” He was taken to Savannah and there he remained until the early part of February. From thence he was taken to PointLookout where he was confined in prison until the fol lowing June, when he was paroled The fourth of July, 1865, he landed in Augusta, Ga. Broken down in heal!h, superinduced by the hard ships of prison life, his trip home was attended by many dangers, in fact but for the kindness and assis tance of a fellow comrade, he would probably have died on the way. The meeting of this friend was by the way, quite a co-incidence. A few days before Mr. Thomas was caroled, he was walking around the prison grounds, and seeing a group of men throwing dice, he walked up to them, as he did, the man with the box looked uo and who should it be but an oldBurke county friend Mr, Ransom Saxon. They had each been in the same prison for weeks but neither one was cognizant of the fact. There was of course a renewal of friendship and on the journey home Mr Saxon “stuck closer than brother” to this oid friend of ante bellnm days. On reaching Augusta Mr.Thomas then feit that be was on the “home stretch” and not many days elapsed before he was folded in the arms of his faithful wife, who had re ceived but one letter from him since she had heard that terrible an nouncement“The Yankees are com ing.” After the war Mr. Thomas moved to Waynesboro ,vhere be lived uutii the fall of 1885, when the ia9t sum mons came. He was a faithful and true citizen and the people of this emmunity felt that a prince and great man had fallen in Isreal when he fell asleep. Among Mrs, Thomab’ most valued relics of ibe past is Mr. Thomas’ parole. Communicated. Dear Mr. Editor: — I trust your readers will not object to a continu ation of the subject of our Academy and its interests. I desire an • need very much the assistance and sym pathy of our patrons in properly ad justing our grades, or rather the pupils in the grade’. When the pu pils of the Waynesboro Academy come to feel that this school stands for thoroughness and a high stand ard, the grades and course of study, the reports, honor roll, and diploma will mean something beyond the ordinary. We have taken a step in advance this fail, and I feel grati fied at the results and hopeful of the future. We hope this year to perfect the gradation which has been developing for the pa-*t few years. Starling this fall, we pro pose to act upon the policy that if a pupil can’t keep up with the grade he is in,he should try a lower grade. Thus, we shall not allow a pupil to drag through a wholo year in work shat he can’t do and then fail of pro motion at the end of the year. I feel sure this po-i'ion will be endorsed by every fair-minded patron of the school. At the beginning of this term we promoted some pupils conditionally because we felt justified in doing so'for various considerations, at d because we kuew our present poli cy would adjust the matter prompt ly and absolutely fairly. As I have said, I feel gratified ov er lhe present status of affairs. The school is in a good healthy condi tion, and unless we take a back ward step the future may be looked forward to with confidence. And this is where I ask the cheerful, hearty co-operation of parents and pupils. We have an earnest, iffieien*, hard-working set of teachers, and they may be relied upon to guard the child’s every interest. Where it becomes necessary to reduce a pupil iu grade,if the situation is met in the right spirit by all, it will surely result to the great advantage of the pupil. There is a little matter I should like to call the attention of the par ents to, by way of suggestion. I would strongly advise that every pupil have lunch or dinner at noon. Our half-hour reces9 from 12 to 12:30 gives ample lime tor eating, and I think it should be used for that pur pose. I believe it is injurious for children to work from breakfast to two o’clock without anything to eat; besides they cannot well get off sometimes at even 2 I hope this matter will be conside-ed. I shall give you next week our honor roll for the second month. I hope to take up soon some edu cational topics of more general In terest. I. L. McNair. [This communication was crowd ed out last week ] -Ed. Cit. 8end ua the newt of your pectieo. Beltwood. Correspondence Citizen. Mr. Jones accompanied by Misses Hall and Inman spent Saturday hunting. Mr. C. T. Belt returned from Mil- len Wednesday. Miss Mabel Fryer, a charming and accomplished young lady from Talbotton, is with the Misses In man. Miss Hall, of Sandersvillp.is visit ing her aunt Mrs. E. R. Beit. Mr. Ellison, of Herndon, spent Wednesday evening at Beltwood. Misses Hall and Fryer will be in Waynesboro Tuesday chaperoned by Miss Belt. Mr. and Mrs. Inman Davis, of Midviiie, were in our midst Sun day. R^x, the handsome Great Dane, owned by Mr. C. I. Belt, killed two coons and one dog in thiriy minutes one night la3t week. -tke- Job Couldn’t Have Stood It If he’d had Itching Piles. They’re terribly annoying; but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve will cure the worst case of piles ou earth. Ic has cured thousands. For Injuries, Paius or Bodily Eruptions it’s the best salve in the world. Price 25c a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by H. B. McMaster, druggist. ANNOUNCEMENT. We have reduced the sub scription price of The True Citizen to $1 00 a year from August 10th, 1901. The cash must accompany the name. Those who are in arrears for past amounts, will pay up to August 10th, 1901, at the old rate and from that date at the new rate. Statements are cow being made out for old amounts due. and we ask immediate attention to them The Citizen will be kept up to the high standard maintain ed for years past. The best sto ries,telegraphic news, agricultu ral reports, local happenings and rerorts from a good corps of correspondents form a weekly budget of news that can not be secured elsewhere. We hope to visit every home in the county and will appreci ate your patronage. We club with some of the very best city weeklies printed. Read the list, select your paper and send us your name. The following papers together with The Citizen for one year. Home & Farm $1.25. Atlanta Semi-Weekly Jour nal $1.50. New York Thrice-a- Week World $1 65. Atlanta Weekly Constitution $1 75 Savannah Semi-WeeklyNews $1.75 The Semi-Weekly Chronicle $150. Respectfully, SULLIVAN BROS. General Merchants, GIRARD, - GEORGIA. TTraansoraac*i3K<-5215 New Store ! Fresh Stock! Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Groceries. Everything First-Class ! Best Buggies and Wagons on Earth ! Ill c ssc-secssacKScr?: X^O“W2 ET I A CLEAn BRAIN Is the vital necessity in lifp, and when the stomach, bowels and liver are disordered, the brain is befogged and clouded. To regulate the bowels, tone the liver, and put the digestive organs in strong.vigor, use Lamar’s Lemon Laxative, Purely Vegetable, Pieasantlj’, Powerful. NOTICE. I will be as the following places on dates given below to collect taxes for 1901. which are now due. Please meet me promptly. Stale rate, $5-11; county, $1.31, making *9.75 on the thousand: 63d Alexander, Oc’. 22d. filth Lively’s Store, Oct. ‘23d, and Nov. 26th. 68 h Girard. Oct, 21th. and Nov. 27th. 67th Greens’ Ct t, Oof 29th. 65th Tarver’s, Oct 30th. 66th Hatcher's Store, Oct. 31st. 61st Lawton, November 12th. Millen, November 13th. Midvi'le, November 14th and 29tli. Gough, November 19th. filst Perkins, November 2<>tn. 71st Harrell's. November 21st. 74th Laws’Store, Dec. 4th. I will be in my office during court, and on itturdays, ana each day from Dec 1st to 20th when the law requires me to close. Office back of Court house. Respectfully, J. M. WARD.T. C. B. C., Sept. 25th, 1901. 61st 73d 72d J. H. Schroeder, -Dealer in- SNUFF AND PIPES, 502 Broad Street, Corner Centre, AUGUSTA, Ga. TRESPASS NOTICE. A'I persons are herebv forbidden to hunt, fish, cut timber or otherwise trespass on all lands owned or controlled hv me. All viola tors will be prosecuted. J. G. PERKINS. November 2d, 1901 Perkins. Ga. All persons are hereby forbidden to hunt, fish, or trespass iu any manner upon any lands owned or controlled by .I A. and J J. Gresham lying in the 65th and 67th districts, G. M., Burke county,Ga. Ail tresspassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. * J. A GRESHAM. J. J. GRESHAM. Oct. 21st. 1931. * Farmers and Laborers Wanted. I have 300 acre* now of farm land not rented Th s land is in high state of cultiva tion, with good buildings. X will rent or lea-e fro one to five years. This land is suitable for upland or Sea I-land cotton or SugarCane, Rice and Potatoes. I also want. 400 acres cleared u • tortarming. I will hire it cleared up.or leaso it from one one to five years at a bargain Any one waning a job of work lor the winter and a farm for next ► uminer can get a bargain from me. For further information write or call on me at Stillmore, Ga. W. J. MORGAN. Shoe Making, £1 REPAIRING, Ac. I am located on New St., Cobbham, where I am prepared to give satisfaction in mending Shoes and Harness at short notice. Satisfac tion guaranteed. I solicit a share of your pa- • • a 9 •O 't I ♦ <> ♦ ♦ % 4 $ I $ <* ♦ ❖ * <* ♦ ❖ V ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ O V t ♦ <> * ❖ * ❖ o G o :: Hunter, Pearce & Battey, Cotton Factors, And Wholesale Grocers, CJ Savannah, -j-a. T hT J-Oi Money loaned Cotton Shippers S on approved security. I % * M fg Did You Ever : : : Ride an Elephant ? : : m <2> s •o> I am going to N.ew York in a few days to re plenish my stock. Hotels and Railroads as compensation desire cash not merchandise. I have thousands ot 0 of goods and if you have any cash you have a chance to increase your bank account by making 15 per cent, in stead ot 8 per cent. If you doubt my word call on me. Sligh’s Crystal Palace, AUGUSTA, GA. Ivt !v% kn hA bA rA M ZA sA, * Plant Now . . |l Alexander Seed |l Co’s Choice . | Sweet Peas . . J Mixed or separate colors- Price ^ j ounce, 10 els ; Lib 25 cts ; pound ^ ] 75cts. Ey mail, JO cts. per pound ^ j ext'a. » DUTCH HYACINTH BULBS.-As- ^ sored colors, 55 cts per doz- By ^ I mail, add i0e\s. perdoz. $ NAR' ISSUS BULBS.—Eight varie- & ties, assorted, 25 cents per dozen VEGETABLE SEED.—Onion Sets. ^ Georgia Rye,Seed Wheat, Clovers, $ Grass Hsed. 0 Send or Bring us yourorders. ^ Alexander: Seed | Company, | | 905 Broad t.. Augusta* Ga. J €> % SHERIFF’S SALES. TXTJLL be sold before the court, house door V V in the city of Waynesboro. Burke coun ty, Georgia, between the legal hours of sale, °n the first Tuesday in December, 1901, tl e following described property, to-wit: All that lot or parcel of land, lying, situate and being in the town of Milieu, Burke countv, Ga.. an containing fifty S',50) feet on Win- tliroD street, running back two hundred feet at:d bounded North by Winthrop street. East by lands of W, A. Wilkins. South by W. a. Wilkins and West by lands of L, F. Davis. Levied on as the properly of and In the pos sess on of the,defendant Eliza Jones, by vir tue of and to satisfy.-, fi. fa., issued from the Superior Court, of Burke county. Ga.. in favor of Thomas J. Floyd against said Eliza Jones. Written notice given. Purchaser to pay for titles: w. L. McELMUBKAY, Sheriff. Josiah Holland, Atty, Millen. W ILT, be sold before the court house door, in the city of Waynesboro, Burke coun ty, Georgia, between the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in December. 1901, the following described real estate, to-wit: All that tract of land, lying in afbody, and situa ted in the 65th district. G- M , of Burke coun ty, Ga .containing one hundred and twenty- seven (127. acres, more or less, and bounded North by lauds ot W. G. Tarver, East bv waters of McBean cree k, and lands of thees- tate of S. G. Story, South by Sam Palmer and West by ianus of Frank Cat swell. Lev ied on as the property of and in possession of the defendant. F. Elizabeth Vollotin. by virtue of and to satisfy a fi. fa., issued from the Superior Court of Burke county. Ga , in favor of A L. Aiwood. againstsai ’. F Eliza beth Volloton. WriLten notice given. Pur chaser to pay for titles W. L- EcELMURRAY. Sheriff, B. C. Lawson & Scales, Attys. Perfect Passenger Semes. 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Bates, Schedule* 8 Train* and Sailing Date* of Steamer* Cheer fully Furntehed by any Agent of the Comp*"?- VHEO. D. KXINE, General Sapt. Trafie Ma.>»« J. C. HAILE. Oen’l Fase. Afft., SAVANNAH, GA.