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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1904.
| Think
j It Over
One of the Growing ♦
Towns of the Famous |
County of Tattnall. $
M IWore speaking of the pretty town
ft ot Collin* and It* prospects, It may be
[I of Interest to reader* to say something
M of Tattnall comity*
j: Tattnall la the central diamond of a
I beautiful cluater. It la like a slant oak.
Will DfOSlimo you I amW a beautiful trove. Tattnall la boy-
? . •_ »?!• U dered on the north by Kmanuel, north-
eaet by Bulloch, southeast by Liberty,
southwest by Appilng and northweat
by Montgomery. What county can boost
of more hlatorlo aurroundlnfa? The
very namea suggest patriot lam, revolu
tionary fame, great men, noble women,
nnd glorious deed. No county la better
watered than Tattnall. The Ohoopee
river runn through the center of It, and
the Altatnaha la on the southeast and
the Cannmichee on the northeaat, while
rreeka abound, flowing Into Ohoopee
fronv th<* weat, nnd othera emptying
Into the Altumaha and the Cannouchee.
Among the oldest towna are Reldavflle,
the county alte, Perry's 9JIII. and Hur-
renry. New towna have aprung every
where along the llnea of railroads,
which rroaa fhe comity In all direc
tion*. Among erirly settlor* were Kze-
klel HGifford, Kaeklel Clifton. George
Payne, John Mobley, Joaeph Bell. Wm.
Mann. Wm. Hodrea, Kdward Kennedy
nnd Thorn** Bourke. The people then
like their deecendunta, were Induntrl-
oua and hoapltable. The landa of Tatt
nall sloping toward* Liberty are level,
but the upper portion* ore aomewhat
hilly. The soil along the atreama la atlff
while the upland* are light, that la
sandy with day subsoil, nnd produce
astonishingly well. -
ror Whom Named.
Tnttnnll county was named for Gen.
Josluh Tattnall, onee governor of the
state. Covernor Tattnall was the son of
Col. Joslnh Tattnall, and waa born at
I Ion* venture, near Havutmah. whleh
came to the family from hla grandfa
ther. Co|. Muloyne. Col. Tattnall, father
of the governor, had baen an officer In
tha British colonial aervlca and had
fights
When the revolutionary war broke
out. CoL Tattnall waa offered command
of the force* for defenae of Georgia, but
refused by reaaon of hla former rela
tion* with the mother country. He op
posed appeal to arma; yot oposed the
measure* of Kngland. but declared he
could not take up arma agnlnat Geor
gia, nnd he left the country taking with
him hla aon Joslnh. then eleven year*
of age. and placed him at Kton school.
Fenring the boy would-return ho waa
later olaced on a Brltlah man-of-war—
for service and safe keeping. But the
youth longed for Georgia and hla ayin-
pnthica were with the patriot* nnd he
was not alow of speech In ao declaring.
While under the Brltlah flag a dispute
^irose na to the war of revolution nnd
It* cause* nnd young Tgttnall espoused
the cause of AmfisAearfle fought a duel
with hla dlansflnnt and wounded him.
4 * nfflly 18 years of age at the
aro just starting in lifo.
You havo boon recent- [*’
1 v graduated from the '<
High School or Col- ft
logo, or you havo gone ft
as far in the Public ft
Schools as you intend ft
to. Now you are anx- ft
ions to got a start in ft
business. Qualified ft
men and women are ft
continually in demand A
and at good salaries. A
!i Business Men... v
arc continually calling V
on ub for help. A V
young mail or woman V
with a thorough husi-
net-s education, nood
novur bo among tlio
army #f tho unemploy-
od. A visit to our
school in tho Pythian
Cast In Building (51(1 V
Mulberry street, will V
convinco you that wo M »>•*'> in ti.ttie,
. tl against the Indiana.
can qualify you for a i —
successful business ca- V
roer. Cntaloguo Froo V
fur tho asking. V
Address ft
G.W.H. STANLEY, I
President. V
A
[ Stanley’s
Business
College
- fliONE *21. t
M \CIIN, CiA. A
Wash Vests
ibundance,
*d or Ftrl-
All good.
fraying In the
Vests $2 to
The Jacobs' Rowen Co.
mprrsslons take root In early life
and Tattnall waa true to hla boyhood
thought* und Idea*. Young Tattnall es
caped sotneho* <frorn the Brltlah navy
and landed In Georgia, without a dol
lar, hut led home by hla Impulaea to
help the patriot*.
On aurrender of Havunnah he waa
made captain of White Bluff dlatrlct.
In which waa altunted Bonaventure,
hla blrthnlucc. the moat plctureaqu*
*I*ot In the atate. In 1782 he had com
mand, of the Chatham artillery. Chat
ham artillery! What a book could be
written on that glorloua company! —
From the revolution to the war of 1890!
In 1798 Tattnall waa colonel of the reg
iment. In 1800 he wna brigadier general
and aerved In wars to put down the
Creek Indiana.
Hut Colonel Tattnall's civic aervlcee
were great. He aerved In the atate
lefMature when the capital waa at
I^4<^-<Ue. He waa the leader In the
sedate In* 177C. aa waa General Janie*
Jarkaon In the hmme. and took promt
nent pert In resclndlngg the Yatoo nc
of January. 1785. In 1788 he retired
to Bonn venture—that rent ful and beau
tiful home of hla—there dispensing an
elegnnt and generous hoapltallty to all
visitors. In 1801 he waa elected gov
ernor of the atate. It waa then that
the people of Georgia, grateful for ser
vice*. nitd admiring that pluck that
brought hlni back to Georgia and hi*
narrow escape from a Itrlttah man-of-
war, determined to erect a monument
to hlni In token of their reaped nnd
appreciation. Ho Tattnall county waa
formed—laid out from Montgomery In
1801.
The legislature pardoned hie father
for the eon's sake—removed acta of
dlanblllty nnd conflacntlon. and reatored
the older Tattnall to full cltlsenshtp.
Governor Tattnall Ilea burled In the
beautiful cemetery of Bonaventure.
Tattnall la now one of the eounttea
of the pine aecllon whose worth la
recognised. People from the hlil coun
try are moving to these level and pro
duettve and healthy lands.
Tattnall haa many towna now. The]
have aprung up aa by spontanlety,
but none lays claim to beter advan
tages than Collins.
Collins took Its name from a no'
and worthy cltlsen. a prosperous farm
er. Mr. Perry Collins, an old settler.
The Aral depot waa built here In
1880. The Amt railroad, waa run from
Meldrlin to Lyons, five miles above
Colllna. Then came the *'8.. A. M.,**
. built by Ham Hnwkln*. of Americu*.
I «ml the third road la the Htlllmniw
yards from Colllna: aoutheaat la a
branch of Thomas creek, not more than
300 yard* away; northeast la a branch
of Cedar creek, about n quarter of a
mile from town. All the rivers and
creeka nnd branch*-* abound In flih.
Mr. T. O. Jones fa also one of the rep
resentative citizen* of Colllna. He la
a large farmer—run* a grlat mill and
a public ginnery, which haa all the
latest Improvements for producing flne
samples. Here 1* planted the short and
long ataple cottons, the long staple be
ing moat largely planted. Mr. Jones
aaya good farmer* make a bale of long
staple cotton to the acre, and that the
land* here are peculiarly adapted to
the long staple.
If new brlrkhuildlnga, four In num
ber, now being erected by F. M. Wil
liam* A Hon. are evidences of thrift and
enterprise, then Williams A Hon can
take a front seat. Thsy believe in the
future of Collins, and arb putting their
money In brick and mortar here at
home. They are not making a mistake,
for thla |a a railroad center and a great
section of the plney wood*.
Messrs. F. M. Williams A fion deal
In generul merchandise, giving prefer
ence to the grocery !lne.
Any reference to Collins and leaving
out Mr*. Morris and her elegant re
treat for the "boys on the road" would
be like speaking of a garden nnd the
rosea left out. This cosy cottage-hotel
was designed by Mrs. Morris herself.
It Is *• cool nnd shady, the clambering
vines clinging all about It, as to almost
tempt the belief that the dell, und the
shaded branch and the cool spring Is
Just out of door*. The drummer—the
man "on the go" all the time, fatigued
with bent, weary from dust of travel—
find* here the coveted resting place;
and dreams come to him which rest his
body and mind—delightful to him as
the flowers smiling from the garden-
bringing thoughts of home, which, nt
last. Is the only Italy, ofter crossing
the Alps of travel and the highway*.
J. C.
Ladles and nentlsmsn's pockstbooks
at half price. Hogs Druo Co.
Soldiers' Home Trustees.
ATLANTA, July 1.—A meeting of
the board of trustee* of the Holdlera*
Homo will be held here Wednesday.
July 6th, for the purpose of electing a
superintendent of the home, and re
ceiving the quarterly report* of the of-
fleer* of the institution. A number of
nppMcatlona for admission to the home
will be passed upon and It la quite
probable that some of the Inmates who
have shown a disposition to disobey
the rules will be requested to leave the
InatUiUton.
One Lady's Recommendation Sold Fifty
“°*ee of Chamberlain'a Stomach
and Llv.p Tablet.,
* h » v *. ■ believe, .old nfty box** of
Chamberlain’* Stomach nnd i,lvor
Tablet* on the recommendation of one
ady here, who flrat bought n box of
them about n year ago. She never
tire* of tolling her neighbor* and*
friend* about tho good qunllll** of
the*e Tablet*.—P. M. Shore, Drugglat.
Rooheater, Ind. The pi Oil .ant purga
tive effect of the«e Tablet* make* them
a favorite with ladle* everywhere. For
■ale by all druggleta.
RAILWAY BUILDING
FOR LAST SIX MONTHS.
A* had been anticipated, railway
building In the United state* during
the drat alx month* nf 190, ahowa n
falling off In comparlaon with the cor-
re,ponding period! of 1*02 and 1001.
Increnned operating expenaea and He-
creaaed traffic, reeuttlng In amaller net
earning*, together with the continued
etrlngency In the money market., fur-
nl«h the explanation of a decline In
ronatrurtlon. Operating expeneea. al
ready high, were materially Inereaeed
during the flrat quarter of the year by
the verity of the winter, and the
•prlng found many of the railway,
borrowing money for pre»ent nece*»|.
tie* and ronatralned to retrenchment,
both In their current expen*e* and In
their project* for the Immediate fuJ
ture. Oonaequently many plan* for
Improvement and extension, propoaed
by eome of the front railway *v«lem*
were (impended nnd are ,1111 held In
abeyance.
t'nnalderlng theae condition*. It I*
aurprlHlng to And. from n collation of
offlclnl report* received hy the Railway
Age. that no leaa than t.t]7 mile* of
track have been completed during the
flrat ,lx month* nf the year on 1st
line* In SS elate* and territorial, a* In
dtcaled In the following table:
INHK.RT TARI.K
Track Laid from Jen. 1. to June 30. 1904.
A rleon* ..
Ark.net,
i-.tlfornta
0*nrat*
llllnnl
Indian Territory..
Iowa
uarvt-oulalana ...
Vrirvltml
Michigan
Mlnm-*n1s
Mississippi
Ncvn
Nort‘
«»hi,i
North Carolina..
No.
Un*a.
Air Lti
Hi
(ircal Slrcnmhcninjr Toni;
BASS’
BARLEY WINE
superior to all Milt Extracts
Q'*u. Circular,
»’A RICK ST NEW YORK,
r, Tavlcr U R'lcy Drug Ca.
ATLANTIC A BIRMINGHAM R*Y.
lit by Grorgt Brinson—and
irth la thr road from bar* to
■lla. Ho Colllna haa oullrt.
Hoads radiate from here aa enokea
from the hub. He built the flrat brick
store In Collin*, which haa two atnrtea,
and hla building covers nearly a block.
Hla partner la l»r. C. a Walling, a na
tive of Houth Carolina, moving here In
1897. The two physic Inna not only do
a large drug business, but Are itrac-
phyalclsna and enjoy a large
tilt-
inul;
rnuicv manufactures,
f Dr. Kennedy, a caa-
In the taking, does not
d la a great Intestinal anti-
which they have a wide
educated doctors are pub-
nd aid in schools and pub-
e*. and are a blessing to
tlty.
r. Kennedy's large stores
Mr. Wolfe Upaltt, a mer-
ah and enterprise, dealing
Is, notions, hats, shoes,
rsllaes. making a specialty
Wynmln
Total In
18.80
78.94
81.98
181.30
MM
til.it
M *. U '“ *. n '’. , * r .l m 11.927.13
The track laid during the flrst *lx
month* of 1903 amounted to 1.881 mile*,
while for the entire year It aggregated
cloth!)
I tin
ountry, but preferred
educated himself to
e runs a general sup-
miles If the same ratio Is main
tained during the present year the new
mileage for 1904 wilt approximate 9.000
miles. However, present conditions do
not warrant the deflnlte prediction that
thla ratio will he maintained, for a
large percentage of the track laid dur
ing the past six month* has been on
tinea which were graded last year and
on which track-laying was begun be
fore the close of 1901. The work of
grading since January 1 has proceeded
on a much smaller scale than during
the flrst half of 1909.
Furh avstema ss the RanU Fe. the
Rock Island, the Burlington, the Chi
csgo and Northwestern, the Chicago,
Milwaukee and 8t. Paul and the Illinois
££ I Central, which were generous contrib-
sits I utora to the new’ mileage of the past
k*r-1 few* years, are doing practically noth
log thla year except to complete
tensions which were unfinished on De-
I comber 31 last.
The Missouri Pacific la continuing
work on Its river line from Memphis
I to New Orleans and on Us White Hirer
I extension from Bateavllle. Ark., to Gar
bage. Mo* but has laid only fifty-four
ntles of track this year on both of
hese extensions’, the Sin Pedro. Ijos
la push'
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Hops—brought in large part from Bohemia—selected by our
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Water—from six artesian wells bored 1400 feet to rock.
Just a food and a tonic—brewed with the extreme of cleanliness
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TRACK SUPPLIES
AND TREATED TIMBERS
Preservative Treatment Prevents De
cay, but Woods v Qest Adapted for
Treatment Will Not Withstand Wear
Under the Rails Nor Hold Common
Spikes. ___
The annual consumption of ties on
208,132 inllea of railroad triick In thla
country !■ 114,000.000, nnd It la yearly
becoming harder to meet thla demand.
Granite, metal, and more recently, con
crete ties have been experimented with
but nowhere permanently adopted, and
the hiditntlon* are that wooden ties
are not soon to be displaced. The Bu
reau of Forestry his for some time
been making studies and experiments
designed to Improve the present condi
tions and to prevent the exhaus
tion of the timbers from which ties are
made. Bulletin No. r»0. "Cross-Tie
Forms nnd Rail Fastening.* with Spe
cial Reference to Treated Timbers." hy
Dr. Hermann von Schrenk, which has
Just been published, gives the lutest
results of these Investigations.
The manner In which ties have hith
erto been made haa been determined
largely by the ease and rapidity with
which they could be cut. They have
been obealned from trees of all dlame-
tern from 9 Inches upward, the most
serViable portions of live straight
trees being selected. The sipwood top
sections nnd trees killed by fire. In
sects. disease, etc., or blown down,
rould not be utilised, owing to the fact
that ties frame sapwood or dead timber
decay rapidly.
A it bough large ties make n better
roadbed than the tame amount of tim
ber In a greater number of smalt ties,
the flrst consideration to have aa great
bearing surface as possible on the bst-
lnst. A trspesnldal or modified half-
rjund tie. with a base of 10 to 12 Inches
r.nd a top-bearing aurface of 6 Inchea,
distributes the weight of moving train
loads upon the roadbed na effectually
as a rectangular tie of in to ]£ Inches
hroAd. The half-round tie Is good for
the lumberman becauae In numerous
Instances two ties of thla form can be
made from a log which would furnish
but one rectangular tie; In other cases
material for several boarda la saved
where a rectangular tie would have
taken the entire log. Thla form la bene
ficial to the foreat, alnce It encourages
the cutting nf large trees and the sav
ing of small ones until they reach more
\nlunbel site, and permits the utlllxa-
t*on of much timber from the tops,
hitherto left In the woods. The half-
round tie is advantageous from a me
chanical standpoint also, because It
gives greater bearing surface per mile
and a correspondingly more stable
track than rectangular flea. This tie
form la therefore advocated by the Bu
reau of Forestry aa economical of tim
ber. conservative of the lumber supply,
and at the same time equally efficient
with the forms In common use.
Ties ar#i commonly graded as flrst,
second, and third class, and culls, or
ties which either In slxe or in quality
j
Williams
n island—
; over 200
allente
Ne
id I>
l will complete trtoklaying thla
Its line In Kansas. Oklahoma and Texas
and is Just beginning tracklaying at
several points; the Louisville and
Nashville Is going forward with the
construction of it* line between Knox
ville and Jelllco, Tenn.. and la building
a number of abort branches; the Ht.
Louis and Fan Francisco Is pushing
to completion extensions on various
portions of Its system, and the Chesa
peake and Ohio and the Norfolk and
Weatern have Important extensions un
der way. The Wabash has completed
Its line Into Pittsburg, but la making
slow progress on the %’artous links in
Weat Virginia and Maryland.
Five states nnd one territory show
additions of over 100 miles each for the
flrat half of the year. In Missouri the
track laid aggregates 249 miles, which
Is six miles more than were completed
In that state during the entire year
1908. and Texas shows 284 miles of
track for the flrst half of 1904. against
357 miles for the twelve montni
1908. Illinois Is third with 151 miles.
Nevada fourth with 187 miles. Penn
sylvania fifth with 107 miles, and Okla
homa sixth with 104u miles.
The development of the great South
west continues, seven stau* and terri
tories In that section of the country
showing 909 miles of track laid on 20
Hues. In the states west of the Missis
sippi river 1.948 miles of track hav
been laid on 01 lines, ami In the states
east of tha Mississippi and south of the
Ohio 330 miles of track have been put
down on 41 llnea, making a total of
l.t2S miles of track laid on 109 llnea
In the states west of the Mississippi
and south of the Ohio. There will b*
little building in New Kngland states
this year and thu* far no track *s re
ported. while only two of the middle
states—Pennsylvania and Maryland—
show any addition* for the am hA
the year.
fall below the specifications, but which
the railroads generally accept up to a
certain percentage of the total number
of ties, though at a greatly reduced
price. There in however, no accepted
standard an to whnt constitutes n first
second, or third-lass tie. and the speci
fications of the various railroads show
wide differences in the dimension* re
quired. It Is proposed by Doctor von
Schrenk thnt a standard classification
be adopted, consisting of six or more
classes to be known ns A. B. C. etc.,
each class to he of a deflnlte slxe. and
no provision to be made for culls. This
will tend to economy, since the smaller
ties will fall Into the smaller classes
and will be sold nt their market value
to the roads which want them. Instead
of. as largely now. to roads which do
not want them but, having received a
certain proportion of them mingled
with those of the specified size, do not
feel warranted in rejecting them al
together. This proposal has been
adopted by the American Engineering
and Maintenance of Way Association.
A far greater economy, however, than
can be hoped for from the adoption of a
new tie form or a new tie classification
Is thnt promised by the studies which
the Bureau of Forestry has directed
towards opening new sources of supply
of ties. This It alms to do by making
possible the utilization of cheaper and
more abundant kinds of timbers in
place of the high-grade woods now em
ployed. The commonest as well as the
best tie nmterlnl of the past nnd pres
ent In this country Is white* oqk. which
resists both wear and decay excellently,
and Is consequently cheaper In the long
run than less expensive woods like
beech, red oak or loblolly nnd lodge-
pole pine. But white oak. besides be
ing one of our finest timber trees. Is
becoming high-priced, nnd further, as
railroad men know well. Is becoming
scarce even faster than the advancing
price would Indicate. Not only Is it
very wasteful to make .ties of white
oak, which can be manufactured Into
much more valuable products If a lower
grade wood will dt>. but Boon, under the
present demand, white oak ties will no
longer be obtainable In the required
quantity at any price.
The first step in the search for sub
stitutes was to discover how to prevent
rapid decay nf softer woods when laid
In the tmek. Preservative treatment*
has long been In general use abroad.
With proper methodi It can be made
entirely successful, nnd impregnation
with creosote, xlnc chlorld. or other an
tiseptic substance* allows the use of
many wood* hitherto passed over, ss
well as of sawed ties, sapwood. and
dead timber. Preservative treatment
can make a beech or red oak or pine
tie outlast a white oak tie. But the
wearing away of the softer fibers of
these woods under the rail and around
the spike raises a new set of problems.
Even with cheap treatment practica
ble. which Insures Against the destruc
tion of the tie In the ground by decay.
It Is neither economical nor safe to
equip a road w ith such tics unless me
chanical devices can be found which
will prevent rapid wear. Ties chemical
ly treated realat decay, but the softer
woods can not withstand wear of the
rails nor hold the spikes under the
heavy traffic of American roads.
This is true not only of ties upon
which the rails rest directly, but also
where the old forms of steel pistes in
serted btween rail and tie are used.
Indeed, the thin plates with prongs or
spines and flanges nltherto generally
used in the United Jttates. appear to
hasten rather than retard wear of the
tie. With accompanying screw-spikes,
which hold the rail firmly to the tie.
severs! forms of plates can be Intro
duced successfully. Wooden tie-plates
can be used, which, when worn out.
are easily replaced.
The functions of spikes are. flrst. to
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Genuine Daniel Boone, 5 years old, 4 full quarts, express paid $2.60
Genuine Daniel Boone, 5 years old, 1 gallon jug, express paid $2.35
Genuine Blue Grass, 4 years old, 4 full quarts, express paid $2.25
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PHONE 414 361 THIRD ST, MACON, CA.
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hold the tie* to the rail*, and. second,
to prevent the rails from spreading.
Nall aplkea are still used for this pur
pose In this country. In driving n spike
into a white oak tie the strong and
elastic liber of the wood Is bent down
ward. maintaining a close contact, so
that powerful resistance la offered to
lta withdrawal. When driven into such
woods aa hemlock and weatern yellow,
lodgepole. loblolly, or shortleaf pine,
the fibers of the wood are crushed and
broken.
As a result the spikes .do not hold
with sufficient firmness to withstand
the undulstory motion of the rail nor
the lateral pressure against them; they
become loosened, and the constant fric
tion enlarges the spike bole until water
collects In It nnd decay begins. The
spike must soon be driven in a new
place, and this constant resptklng rap
idly ruins the tie. Even If the tie has
been treated with a solution like xlnc
chloride, the mater will leach out the
•alt. »o that decay-producing factors
begin their w*ork. The solution of this
difficulty Is achieved by the use of a
screw-spike. In the soft woods screw-
spikes will resist nearly three times as
great a strain as nail spikes. If In
serted In r. screw dowel of hard wood
the power of the screm-aplke Is still
greater. A key, operated by two men,
a hand-power screw-spike driving ma
chine, or a machine with electric poiver
may be employed to Insert screw-
spikes.
Arrangements are being made for the
extensive Introduction of these appli
ances. the need of m*hlch has developed
so conspicuously In the brief experience
with treated timbers. If In the main
tenance of a stable track, so Indispen
sable for the safety of- trains moving
at a high rate of speed, the proposed
equipment fulfills the promrse of ex
perimental testa, on Important step tn
the better utilisation of our forest re
sources will have been made.