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THE MACON TELEGRAPH Sixteen Pages First Section ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1904. DAILY—17.00 A YEAR SYLVESTER, CAPITAL OF WORTH COUNTY SYLVESTER, Ga., Dec. 24.—To fully realize the extent of south Georgia's new growth, one must travel and keep moving to be abreast of the splendid developments that are reaching out In every direction. As things are measured in the South, the moral, ed ucational and material developments in wiregrass Georgia are truly aston ishing. New towns of modern growth, new railroads, new schools and churches, nfew fields and handsome farm houses are evidences of advance ment on every. hand. Modern Im provements and facilities in the towns and the latest agricultural machinery and Implements and improved live stock on the farms indicate the rapid advancement in commercial, indus trial and agricultural pursuits. Thrift and prosperity are visible throughout the p ney woods, and the farmers are accumulating property at a rate un known since the halcyon decade im mediately preceding the civil war. when the Just tariff laws favored Southern farmers, because they could sell their cotton in the highest mar kets of the world nnd purchase the necessaries of life in the cheapest markets—Just the reverse of the pres ent unequal law which forces them to buy their goods at home at artificial values fixed by combinations, and at higher prices than the same goods ore sold by the same manufacturers to foreign people. , In spite of these unjust conditions, the farmers of south Georgia have prospered by reason of the splendid resources and advantages of the coun try. Though robbed of a portion of their earnings by the unequal tariff law, they have made money by adopt ing the diversified system of farming by which they raise their own provis ion supplies. and make cotton as a surplus crop. Throughout the wire- grass - region of Georgia this system has made the farmers prosperous nnd Independent. Variety of productive soil and climatic advantages enable them to diversify their crops, giving them a wide range of products and making them independent of the all cotton system. It Is these unsurpassed advantages that nre attracting so many thrlftv agriculturists to south Georgia from regions which nre less favored by na ture in natural resources and advan tages. And It is the thrifty farmers that are supporting the growth of so many prosperous new towns. Sylvester is one of south Georgia's new towns and the record of Its growth Is a notable example of the remarka ble advancement of the wiregrass country. Its history ns a town dates back scarcely a decade. It is located on the Atlnntlc Coast Line, formerly the Brunswick nnd Western railroad, three miles south of Isabella, the old county sent, and was for years known ns Isabella station. Being the center of a magnificent farming section which began to attract settlers, the place be gan to grow ten vears ago, tho name was changed to Svjvester and Incor porated as a town In 1898, Just six years ago. As the surrounding coun try developed ns a fine agricultural section, the town took on a substantial S rowth. its trade expanded very rap- lly and It soon became a plnce pf considerable Importance. Like other south Georgia towns the past ten years, Sylvester's growth Is remark able, ns towns grow In th’s section of the country. A dozen years ago it was only a slab town, such ns build up around naval stores plants, with not a decent building in sight‘and only one small store. Today it has several blocks of modern business houses. In cluding first-class mercantile establ ishment* carrying Immense stocks of merchandise, industrial enterprises, a large hotel, a 113.000 brick school house, fine church edifices, one of them brick costing 810.000, handsome residences, public buildings to cost $75,000 In course of construction, and other Improvements and conveniences, while the population has grown within ten years from two to three white families to about 1,500. To Judge by the business section of the town, the population would he estimated nt nearer 1.800 than 1.500, but conserva tive officials nnd business men of the place estimate the latter figures as being near the number of people In the town. In growth of business nnd trade, Sylvester has hnd a notable advance ment, proof of which Is the great In crease In Its cotton receipts the first five years, growing from a few hun dred bales to nbout 9.000 this season. This remarkable Increase In cotton receipts nol only shows the Immense growth of Sylvester’s trade, but Indi cates the splendid development of the agricultural resources of the tqwn's surrounding territory. This extraor dinary growth of the town and coun try Is surpassed by very few communi ties In the South. During the period above Indicated, some fifty business houses of various kinds were established in Sylvester, among them some of the lergest store* In southwest Georgia, more fully de scribed further on In this article. There are six churches, some of which nre fine buildings and all in a flour ishing condition. The growth of the Progress of the Tlagnificent County and Her Growing Little City==Its Remarkable Growth and Solid Prospects==Sylvester Is the Trading Center of a Wide and Fertile Ag ricultural Territory===A Town of Much Wealth and Culture efforts had been made to move the capital of the county but none were successful until after the passing from the scene of Col. Harris. But last March an election was held for the re moval of the county seat from Isabella to Sylvester, and the latter won by a decisive vote of nearlv six to one; a law was passed by the legislature making it the capital and the„ new court house and Jail are now in course of construction. The new temple of Justice will be one of the finest in the state, costing, exclusive of the furni ture, $55,000. It is of stone and brick ftnd is to have all the modern Improve ments, furniture nnd fixtures. The Jail is to cost $15,000' and will be a modern prison in every detail of its construction, having a system of sen sitive cells, by which the Jailer may sit in his office and hear conversations of the inmates. These public buildings will be completed nt an early date. At present a brick store house is be ing occupied as a court house, having been fitted up for temporary use. and the fall term of the superior court was held In It. The old Jail at Isabella is still used for county prisoners, but Sheriff Sumner will move them to Syl vester as soon as the new Jail Is com pleted. As an evidence of Sylvester’s pros perity, it is noted that the town/ has never had a financial failure. This is ft showing that few’ towns can make. The town has two Masonic orders— Blue Lodge and Royal Arch Chapter, both In flourish condition and grow ing rapidly. A Knights of Pythias lodge Is now being discussed and will be organized nt an early date. There Is a city court which facili tates legal business nnd lessens the expenses of the superior court. Frank Parks is Judge and Jos. Tipton is soli citor. High Social Standing and Good Morals. Sylvester Is a town of good muni cipal government, good morals and the progressive citizens maintain a social status of high rating. The people generally are sociable and hospitable without being ostentaceous, moral nnd' Christian spirited without showing the characteristics of thb Puritan. They suppdrt their churches nnd schools with a liberal hand nnd pull together In a spirit of unity for the moral, so cial and material upbuilding of the community. They also support the moral social functions which add to the pleasures of home life and lighten the burdens of the business man. De moralizing practices are prohibited, and wherever immorality shows Itself it is drlyoji out w,lth a hard hand by the progressive, municipal authorities. Sylvester’s Splendid Educational Ad vantages—A modern Public School System. As Sylvester's rapid, substan tial growth developed into a modern town of wealth and progressive citi zens, the need of first-class educa tional advantages wrn* soon discovered and a monument, characteristic of the people. Was promptly inaugurated for the establishment of a first-class school, with the result that Kylvester public school was chartered by tho legislature of 1903, bonds were Issued by the town and a* handsome brick school house of, modern construction nnd the latest fixtures and conven iences, w’ns built at o cost of $12,860. It Is an up-to-date structure, affording every comfort nnd convenience for pupils nnd instructors, heuted by hot air, water works and sewerage sys tem throughout the building. Tho building Is located on a hill of con siderable elevation In the center of an pight-acre campus In the northeast section of the city, only a few blocks from the business district. The school Is supported by Its prorata share of the general school fund, supplemented by local taxation. It Is under the con trol of the city nnd managed by a board of school commissioners com posed of the following members: J. 8. Westberry. T. J. Pinson. R. L. Dearlso, T. K. Helnsohn and T. R. Perry. J. 8. Westberry is superin tendent and Prof. John Hall Is princi pal. There are nine teachers with a general average attendance of 260 pupils. Students nre prepared to en ter the sophomore class In any of our standard colleges. Sylvester’s Magnificent Territory—Un surpassed Farming and Horticul tural Section. Sylvester Is located within a mile of the geographical center of Worth county, a community noted for Its productive soil and salubrious climate. If Worth county had began ten years ago to advertise It* splendid na tural advantages among the farmers of less favored regions. It would have been today one of the most populous churches furnish further evidence of and best developed counties In the the tor* *- —“ ,J * gd * — g| wire-grass belt, for no portion of that fertile country surpasses Worth In soil and climate. \Vith the limited adver tising it has had. it has made wonder ful advancement In all lines of de velopment. The Atlantic Coast Line railway was built through the center of the county In the early seventies, | but for two decades. It seems, that it whole- I added but little to the county’s wealth Baptist _ few years ago with eight members on Its rolls; now three hundred names are carried. The Methodist church has a similar growth. There are va riety works turning out all kinds of building lumber, buggy and wagon factory and general repair shop, public ginneries. cotton warehouses, whole- . sale grocery stores, livery and sale I and population, because Its fine ad- stables, printing ofTice. telephone ex- I vantages had not ben discovered by change for local and long distance I the farmers of other sections. About lines, patent medicine factories, two | 1888 the Georgia Houthern railway was banks, nationnl nnd state, with ample capital nnd facilities, and a first-class public school, are going to make up a busy town of commercial Importance. Cotton, naval stores, lumber, syrup, horticultural products, melons, etc., are shipped from Sylvester to the markets of the country. Sylvester's Fine Public Buildings. When Worth countv was estab lished it was a region *solated from railroads or river transportation and. pptrselv populated. The countv seat . was located within a mile or two of the renter of the county and given the mme of Isabella, in honor of the wife of Gen. Worth, for whom the county was named. The place never grew be yond tbe few families of the county officials and one or two others—for jrng years It remained about the same, for in th*»» period there was nothing to encourage the growth of a village »., like Worth, remote from transportation facilities. ell* ber the for Hon. W. Ha tars' of the state built through the north corner of the county causing the enterprising town of Ashhurn to spring up. increasing the population and wealth between the census year* 1890 and 1900. During the decade 1870 to 1880 the population increased from $.$78 to about 5,000; from 1880 to 1890 the increase wu* from 5.000 to nearly 11,000, and In 1900 the population had reached 18.664, showing an increase of nearly 8,000 for the decade. No census has been taken since 1900. but the growth dur ing the past four years has been un precedented and can be safely and conservatively estimated at 3.500, giv ing the county a total population of 22.000 at the present date. The ma terial growth of the county during the past decade ha* kept pace with the population, growing from $918,000 in 1890 to $2,511,000 in 1900 and the in crease since 1900. owing to the rapid growth of Sylvester and the establish ment of Industrial enterprises In the county, will reach probably $750,000. giving the county a total taxable value of $3,211,000. These figures speak out for Worth -unty** splendid advancement and is fair lllnstmtlon of the rate at which i'i wlre-gra;*s section of Georgia is { being developed. If times remain proa- on ! perous, the census figures a^ the ex- cade in 1910, I! ment. such as was never before known in the South. As before stated, one must travel and keep moving to fully realize the extent of south Georgia's magnificent growth. Twenty years ago to have spoken to a north-Georgian of the w’ire-grass region as an agricultural or horticul tural section, was to have been laugh ed at, and In his estimation it was fit only for lumber and naval stores—the land was good for nothing, outside of the yellow pine growth, except to help hold the world together and to raise gophers, salamanders and malaria. In north Georgia the piney woods country was referred to ns the “pine barons." “the frog levels." “the gopher hills," etc. No one considered the wire- grass lands fit for raising grnln, cot ton and fruits, and It was thought to have been a chill and fever Infested region, where good health was un known. These were fnlse notions that exploded themselves like bubbles In the air, after the railroads were built, opening up the country. After all, south Georgia owes its development to the pine trees. The demand through out the civilized world for yellow pine lumber and naval stores caused rail roads to be built through the pine for ests In order to transport the lumber nnd naval stores to market. Railway construction nnd tho lumber and naval stores industries brought thous ands of people to the “pine barons'' or wire-grass region, causing towns to spring up which were supported prin cipally by the Industries mentioned. At first It was thought that after the des truction of the timber supply, these towns would go under for lack of sup port. the agricultural Interests then being very limted. But the growth of these new towns caused the establish ment of country weeklies, w’hlch began to sing the praise of the wire-grass country and to advertise its fine ad vantages. Tho saw mills and navnl stores operators hnd brought many men from the Carollnns, Virginia and north Georgia, some of whom pur chased land In various localities after the timber supply hnd been cut off, nnd engaged In farming, having dis covered that the lands were very pro ductive and the country henlthy. These men made known the advantages and resources of the country to their friends In their former homos which caused others to come and so immigra tion to the. wiregrass section has con tinued to expand as the advantages of the soil and .climate became known., The towns which started up under the support of the lumber nnd naval stores Industries, Instead of losing trade nnd population after the saw mills nnd naval stores plants moved out, have grown faster than ever in business and population, by reason of the settlement of the fertile lands around them by thrifty farmers who came from other sections to better their prospects. Worth is one of the big count 1e*. having an area of 778 square miles, six-sevenths of which Is probably available for 'cultivation, though scarcely ten per cent, of It has yet been cleared, which gives some Idea of the vast possibilities of the county. Worth's soil is principally of the sandy loam and pebbly clay subsoil varieties, the Intter predominating, and is capable of Improvement to a high state of fertility. There is scarce ly an agricultural or horticultural product known to Southern soil, than can not he profitably produced In Worth county. The farmers raise from 10 to 15 bales of cotton to the plaw and ample grain, forage and meat to run their farms, many raising meat, corn, pota toes and syrup for market. This, of course. Is only the ordinary yield, where no special efforts are made to Increase production. By the morn liberal use of fertilisers the yield may he doubled. This has been fully de monstrated frequently—ln fact, many farmers make a bale of cotton to the acre and from 225 to 40 bushels of corn. On a 12-acre field near Hylves ter, 750 bushels of com was produced, being $214 bushels to the acre. This was by the Intensive system which has not yet been generally adopted in this community. Worth county produces as fine sugar cane as can be grown any where and the quality of the syrup made Is the best. Velvet beans thrive and many farmers are beginning to raise them, finding them to be the best known for age crop and a great fertiliser for worn out or poor soil. Land can be made rich by raising them and at the same time make abundant crops of forage, especially for cattle. Worth county's soli Is also well adapted to the growth of casava which is des tined to become a profitable crop In south Georgia. Worth produces the finest of melons and money Is made shipping cantaloupes nnd other mel ons. The fruit Industry 1s destined to become In a few years very profit able In this section, as the soil and climate are splendidly suited to the growth of nearly every variety of fruit An elberta orchard near Sylvester has made good money for *t* owner. Pe cans grow well here and some are planting groves of fine paper-shell varieties. Unimproved farm lands in Worth county are worth from $3 to $10. and Improved lands from’$5 to $15 per acre, according to location. Land has in creased very rapidly In value The same tracts that sold twenty years ago for taxes at 10 to 20 cent* per acre, are worth today, after the timber has been cut. $5 to $10. unimproved. The Flint River and Gulf Railroad. The Flint River and Gulf railroad is a new line now under construction from Ctrlyle on the Georgia Northern railroad, running from Albany to Moul trie. to Ashburn on the Georgia South ern and Florida, via Hylvexur. Twelve miles of track Is graded and the rails are laid on seven mites. Construction work Is being pushed with ;* I «rge force of hands and It Is expo* t«* l that the road will be completed to S’. Ivester by February 1. This road will open up some magnificent agglcultor.il land* H 1 hegrfof Worth coul great deal for Sylvester, giving much to its growth in trade and population. The Flint River and Guff Is one of sev eral new roads in South Georgia under construction or recently completed. Those already In operation are making money and some of them are extend ing their lines, or preparing to do so. Mr. C. A. Alfora df Willingham, new Sylvester. Is manager of the Flint Riv er nnd Gulf. He Is one of Worth •ounty’s most substantial and enter prising citizens. Sylvoster’s Enterprising Sitizenship— The Progressive Men Who Are Building a Modern City. Sylvester has reasons to feel proud of its progressive citzenshlp. It has business and professional men of ener gy, education and integrity who are never slow in supporting movements foP advancement or betterment of their town and community. The citizenship generally is patriotic, always ready to subserve personal Interests for the moral, educational and material up building of tho city, the business men are public spirited nnd conservative and by high-toned business methods, have greatly expanded the trade of tin* town. To the new comer of deslmble char acter Sylvester extends the glad hand nnd manufacturing and Industrial en terprises are given substantial en couragement. These conditions, nnd the fact that Sylvester's merchants nnd bankers are In position to afford every facility nnd accommodation to their patrons, makes It a. first clans mnrkot town for the farmers of that section and n desirable place of real dence and business. The men who are liberal in giving their means nnd their efforts to tho ad vancement of the city nnd county fol low: Col. Claud Payton* Lawyer. Col. Pnyton is n nntlve of Kentucky, came to Georgia twelve yenr^ ago, admitted to the bur- In 1895: has been six years a resident of Sylvester: prac tices in all tho courts, state nbd fede ral. He is one of South Goorgin’ij lead ing a conservative and progressive ex ecutive. Ho Is an ab!e lawyer and a popular citizen nnd a probable con gressional candidate for the second Georgia district to succeed Judge Griggs. His name Is being discussed In different parts of the district as a probable aspirant In 1906. He is pop ular In this section, is a man of edu cation nnd ability and would doubtless make a stropg candidate. He is a pub lic-spirited citizen nnd believes III working for tho upbuilding of his com munity. J. 8. Sl J. H. Westberry, Merchant;;. Firm is composed of J. B. 6r. J. H. Westberry. They do o general supply business, carrying one of the largest stocks of general merchandise needed by the people. Their store Is up to date. They buy cotton and other form product* and are also leading farmers. J. B. Westberrv is a director of tho Bylvester Hanking Company, connect ed with other business enterprises, su perintendent city public school und member of hoard of county commis sioners. T. J. Pinson, Naval Stores. T. J. Pinson Is one of Worth coun ty’s leading citizens. He Is engaged In the manufacture of naval stores; president First National Bank of Byl vester. wholesale grocer, cotton ware house and farming. He Is one of Hyly vester's public-spirited men. J. D. Bridges, Sumner, Ga., Lumber and Naval Stores. J. D. Bridges located at Hutnner, a few miles east of Bylvester, Is a prom inent business man, engaged In the manufacture of f lumber nnd naval stores. Is a general merchant, one of the largest farmers In the county, di rector of the Bylvester Banking Com pany and interested In other enter prises. He is nlways ready to encour age every movement for the commu nity’s advancement, lie enme to Worth twenty years ngo from Dooly county. A. P. Majors,Cotton Buyer and Farmer Also sells horses nnd mules; came here recently from Webster county; sold his farm nt Richland in that coun ty for $25 per acre and purchased a farm here for $13 per acre; says the latter Is the better land, makes more, costs less to cult!vats nnd less waste land on It. Runs 15 plows, made this season 12 hales to plow and a bale to the acre by fertilizing and that the land here Is easier cultivated than red land. He Is well pleased with his new home. J. N. Sumner, Sheriff. Elected sheriff of county In 1900, re elected 1902 and 1904. He Is an effi cient officer and Is popular throughout the county. Resides at Isabella on ac count of the county Jail being there, but on completion of tiie new Jail will move to Bylvester. li- Is connected with a mu- mill nt Willingham near Bylvester and Is also a farmer, running five plows near Isabella. Sylvester Barber Shop. R. I. K. Blalock, proprietor, runs a first class shop and gives polite and prompt service. Everything Is kept neat and clean: came here recently from TIP on and is rapidly building up a good patronage. T. A. Spurlinc. Merchant. Carries an up to date assortment of dry good*, notions, dress goods, trim mings. gent's furnishing goods, pianos and organs. New Horne, end Ideal and Houthi.md sewing machines, furniture and mat'ingn. coffins, caskets and un- dertakerH* implies; came here seven years ago from Tlflon and hns suc ceeded in building up a fine trade by good business methods. Bank of Sylvester. Oldest l»*nk in town. Does * general banking business and Is a strong ty and i financial institution, with conservative U the warn/. A number cf | wUl t«U a wonderful utie of develop- the county s*. the people of the county In reaching | Hurplu.- $10,600; uadi will also mean « 609; deposit* $190,999 to I ganlzed 1898. C. A. Alford, president; T. C. JeffordH, vice-president; J. H. Westberry. cashier; G. F. Alford, as sistant cashier. W. T. Kilpatrick, Contractor. Does a general contracting business nnd builds frame Buildings anywhere within a reasonable distance of Syl vester: furnishes material for build ings aiul makes estimates promptly. He is a reliable contractor, came here from Terrell county eighteen months ngo. J. W. Warren, Clerk Superior Court. Elected eight yeurs ago; re-elected in 1904. Native of Worth county, Is an efficient' officer, courteous and ac commodating and Is popular, public spirited citizen. Owns farms neur town which he rents to tenants. J. W. Price, Ordinary. Judge Price was elected ordinary of Worth county nbout eleven years ago. He made a good officer and is one of the county's substantial men. Ho is also a farmer and engaged In the manufacture of railroad cross ties. He came to Georgia while a young man from South Carolina. C. D. Hughes, 8ewing Machines and Jeweler. Bells sewing machines and attach ments. Repairs sewing machines, or gans. pianos, watches, and clocks. bargains in drop head Singer machines, and is a reliable workman. Came here fifteen years ago front South Carolina nnd is well pleased with Houjh Georgia nnd particularly Worth county. Robort A. Holmes, Real Estate and Insurance. R. A. Holmoft Is the leading real es tate agent, sells farming lands and city property. Has fanning lands all over Worth county for sale. Does also it fire insurance business. Came here seven yearH ago from Pike county. Has held the office of mayor of Bylvester and Is a public spirited citizen. J. R. Rutland, Grocer. Carries nice stock of staple nnd fnney groceries and has an up to date store, doing a good business, constantly Increasing his trade. He Is also Syl vester's efficient marshal, keeping things straight lit town. J. H. Pate, Furnituro. Is the lending furniture denlor, car rying a first class stock of all kinds of furniture and aijlls for ennh and on In stallment plan; does a largo business. Ho Is a nntlve of Webster county and has been In business here four yours. Sylvester Drug Co. Bylvester’* leading drug store and a first class establishment, carrying a complete stock of drugs, medicines, notions, druggists sundries, cigars, to bacco and all articles to bo found In un up to date drug storo. Walter T. Clementn is proprietor/ Native of Montgomery county; has been here two years and Is building up a fine trade. Sylvester Racket 8tore. Dry Goods, notions, clothing, shoes, gent’s furnishing goods nml all articles usually kept in u first class dry goods store. W. A. Jones, proprietor, canto here from rutnam county seven yoars ago and has succeeded In establishing a fine trade. First National Bank, organized In April, 1902. Does a general banking business nnd its pat ronage has steadily Increased since Its opening day. Capital 125.000. Hurplu* nnd undivided profits $6,000. Deposits $60,000. T. J. Pinson, president; K AJ. Johnson, vice president; G. M. I’lnsnn, cashier. Officers and directors pre safe, conservative financiers and among tho leading business men of the county. The 8ylvostsr Hardware Co. Carries a general line of hardware, farm Implements, mill supplies, cutl ery, stoves, etc. A first class establish ment. G. L. Blalock is the manager, formerly of Plnrldn. Macon nnd Tlflon. coining here recently nnd Is building up a large trade. A. McD. Cameron A Son, Grocsrs. Carry a nice slock of fancy and stople groceries nnd have a good trade. Come to Georgia severul years ngo from North Carolina. Thinks Bouth Georgia a splendid country; expects to engage In farming next season. J. W. Smtih &. Co., Dry Goods. Everything In the dry goods line, gent's furnishing goods, ladies' dress goods, trimmings, notions, etc. Hns a nice store nnd his customers are many. Mrs. D. A. Golden, Milliner. Sylvester’s leading millinery store, up to date stock of millinery goods, fine trimmings and notions. Millinery and dress-making a specialty. Everything In millinery goods. Drs. T. C. A H. M. Jeffords, Physicians and 8urgeons. Drs. T. C. & H. M. Jeffords are among the leading physicians of WOrth county. Came here from Ware county a few years ago. Dr. T. C. Jeffords Is a graduate of the Atlanta Medical and Dental College. Dr. II, M. Jeffordi graduated at the University Medical College at August;/ In I960. Both are public spirited citizens. Dr. T. C. Jef fords is a large real estate owner and is vice president of Bylvester Banking Company. Polhill A Williamson, Lawyers. One of Worth county's leading law firms, doing a general practice. Col. a. J. Polhill ceme from Forsyth fif teen years ago and began practicing here. Held the office of county school commissioner ten years up to 1904; alderman of the city and will be itu mayor for 1905. Judge J. If. William- son. a former citizen of Forsyth, came here one year ago. He was six years judge of city court of Forsyth and was solicitor two y**ars. lie Is the Tele graph’s efficient correspondent at Byl vester. H. D. Hansford, Dry Goods. One of Sylvester's up to date stores. Carries fine stock of dry goods, cloth- tog, shoes, hats, notious and gent’s furnishings. Came here from Sumpter ount/ two years ago and by courte ous business methods has built up a good trade. J. 0. Gregory & Bro., Grocers. J. O. and Pope Gregory ure the mem bers of this firm. They have a nice store, carrying full lines of staple and fancy groceries, fruits, vegetables, etc. buy and sell country produce. They are young men of business ability and ure Increasing thlr trude constantly. Sylvester Supply Co. f General Mer chants. This Is one of the largest mercantile establishments in this part of the state, does a general supply business, carry ing in stock everything needed by the people of the county. T. K. Helnsohn Is proprietor. Came here from Indlnna seven yenrs ago and has been success ful in business. He Is also Sylvester’s popular and efficient postmaster, ap pointed six years ngo. when the busi ness of the office was small. He *ay* tho receipts of the office have grown very rapidly and that It will soon he a third class or presidential office, lie Is also engaged in farming near town and thinks South Georgia Is a fine country. West Medicine Co., West’s Wound Cure. This concern manufactures West’s famous “Wound Cure,” nnd “Wine of the Forest," which are sold throughout the country wherever^ patent medicines are used, and they are said to be ex cellent remedies for man and beast. They travel ns many as eight men In various sections of the country. They nre sold to be remedies that can 1st depended upon and the manufacturers have hundreds of reliable testimonials from people In this community and elsewheru who have tried them. The company Is Issuing un almanac and calendar for 1905. They buy bottles for these remedies In carload lot*. N. West is manager nnd promoter of the enterprise. He is a native of Ran dolph county. Commenced business two years ago and Is rapidly Increasing his output. Will probably tnovo his plant to Macon us enlarged facilities are needed. Pinson A Johnson Co., Wholesale Grocers and Cotton. This firm conducts a wholesale groc ery btislnoss, cotton commission house and t’dtjon warehouse, doing a very large business, buy cotton, sell fertlll: ers and run. Urge, forms. They ha' line Georgia cane syrup for sale. The firm’s officers are G. M. Pinson, vice president and E. M. Johnson, secretary and treasurer. C. W. Hillhousc, Hardware. Carries an up to date assortment of general hurdwnre goods, silverware, building material, sash, doors, blinds, brick, lime, cement, lead, oil and paints, stoves, crockery and glassware, stoves-, tinware, wagons, harness and agricul tural Implements. Came to Worth county from .Randolph county eleven years ngo. He is also a farmer nnd connected with half a dozen important enterprises in this community as di rector or stockholder, and Is a mem ber of the town council. James McGirt, Variety Works and Wagon Shop. Conducts n general blacksmith, horse shoeing, wagon, buggy and repair shop, being an expert workman, nnd Is pro prietor of n first class variety mill for the manufacture of building material. Cume to Georgia from North Carolina. Recently moved from Poulan to Sylves ter. . L. Doariso & Co., Wholesale Gro ceries and Cotton. Conducts a large wholesale grocery business, deals in bagging and ties. Buys cotton and cotton seed. R. L. Deurlso nnd G, F. Sumner are the firm members, both public spirited citizens. L. Sutton, Livery and Sale Stable. First class livery, feed and a.ilo stable. Sells mules and horses and keeps up to duto teutns for hire. Cur ries a largo stock of mules und horses; also engaged in farmlhg near town and deals in farm lands, having some line tracts for snle. Cume here from Irwin county eight years ago. Sylvestor Inn. The leading hotel of Bylvester, cen trally located; large, comfortable rooms, tubla fare the best the murkets afford, service polite aqd prompt. J. A. Kitchens, also of Poulan, is pro prietor. Mis. J. W. Evans, formerly of hotel wt Poulan, is manager. Under the new management the Bylvester Inn in growing In popularity nnd is one of the best In Wiregrass Georgia. Worth County Local. One of Wiregrass Georgia’s live weekly papers is the Worth County Local, published ut Bylvester by Clif ford Grubbs, editor and manager. Has a good circulation, la the official organ of the county und a good advertising medium. Its colfflnn* nre well patron ized by - tlfe local merchants which speuktf for their enterprise. The Local In doing good work for tho upbuilding of tho community. C. A. Alford, Capitalist. One of Worth county’s leading busi ness men, interested in different en terprises nt Bylvester and other points, leading promoter of the Flint River and Gulf rn II road and now engaged in it a construction. Ills home is ut Willing - hum, near Bylvester. WHY WE GROW OLD; H0W--BUT NEED WE 8igns of Dooay in Men and Animals and How They May be Avoided— Latest Word of Soienoe. From the N. Y. World. The proximate causes of failure of isiwer In old age are now coming to be fairly well understood. Everybody knows that the different parts of the human organism daily die and ure re newed, that the scurf-pin loses the vitality necessary to protect the true nnd peels off, and that even tho cells of the bones are exchanged for new ones, until It may he said that the mun who lives beyond maturity retains no part of the body that he wus born with. Hence It was at one time taught, say* T. P.’s Weekly, that the signs of senility were due to a failure on the part of the repairing cells to perforin their functions. Hut this Is now seen to be a fallacy. Hueh hair as an old inon does retain on his head grows with greater quickness than when he was young. On the limbs, within the nostrils and ears, hair gets more abundant and stronger; and With the Mongolian race the beard doe* not ap pear until late in life. The finger and toe nails, which are formed by the Hume secretion as the hair, gro wfaster In old age than in youth. Plainly, therefore, It is not the repairing cells that are at fuult. > The true cause of senility must therefore be loked for deeper, and It seems that we find It in the voracity of certain wandering cells always present In our bodies. Borne of these cells, which physiologists class togeth er us macrophugl, seize upon the color ing matter of the hair nnd make It white: others devour the contractile tissue of the muscles, while yet others take from the bones the mineral sub stances necessary for their healthy ex istence. and reduce them to the brittle condition which makes falls and other Injuries so often fatal to the old. Meanwhile similar cells are at work upon the liver and the kidneys. Can nothing be done to arrest these giant cells In their Regan-and>Gon- erll-llke attack upon the parent who i them life? Prof. Metchnlkoff, se researches on the subject have lately attracted much attention, thinks that there can. He suggests the use f counter-poisons, either In the shape <f attenuated cultures of the very tacllll In question, or by direct anti dotes, among which he mentions milk treated with a special ferment coming from Bulgaria, which stimulates the secretion of lactic add and raises up other microbes to fight against the hurtful ones. But he warns us that his theory as yet depends more upon conjecture than on fact, and the only proofs of It that he adduce* are the activity of the mac- rophagl in bacterial diseases like lep rosy and tuberculosis, and the very re duced proportions In long-lived ani mals such as birds and tortoises of that large intestine which In mam mals Is the chosen I ouie of microbes. More practical, perhaps, are th« rules for longevity which he himself quotes from our own countryman, Dr. Weber, and which may almost bo summed up in tho Greek maxim. “Nothing In excess,’’ Most of us eat too much, nnd for a man making no speri il demand on hfa strength four and a half ounces of ni trogenous food nnd throe aru| n half ounces of futa or other hydro-carbon t per day art ample. Bleep, too, shoul l not be prolonged bey »nd six or seven hours, according to sex; and It rr.uy be doubted whether . le frequent nap* to which old uge la io naturally dis posed do not give occasions to tho mar rophagl cf which they are prompt to take advantage. Wine, which halt been called the blood of the aged, ha > as often proved their bane, and Himiitd be taken sparingly. Exercise—con stant, dally and regular—ts of the greatest advantage. By such'mean* the contractile tlnnuo or the muscle* muye be preserved from the Mncrophtigi's arsuulta, while tho digestive apparatus, Imperilled alike by the loss of teeth und the decay of activity in the excretory organs, may be kept In working order. Without insisting upon the doubtles» exceptional case of M. Legouve, tho veteran academician, who fenced dally up to his death as ri nonagenarian, it may be enough to '’junto in this con nection that In the Botith African war a largo proportion of those fighting against us were white-hslred men of 60 and upward, nnd that the expecta tion of life in an agricultural laborer of 70 Is a good deal better than In an alderman of the same age. By an observance of such rub** u seems probable, that • man untouched by Infection,, or constitutional disunite may succeed in averting rr.oxt of the disagreeable concomitants of old «g«. Lima, a Live City. Bouth America isn't so bad a region, according to Alberto de la Torre Huc- no, who In Castells’s Magas in*- .iu Lima the one which most highly re commends itself to rich and poor. Living Is cheap, and .then; are finer public statues in the square* than New York has. That of Bolivar weigh* eleven tons. ItAce course, tennis clubs, theatres— all fine and really popular, not exclu- slve. Bpanish communities are • nxcu- tLilly democratic. There I* a stone bridge 300 year* old nnd good ns ever, li Is at least fin ished and the Williamsburg Bridge lit this city Is hot. The slaughter-house anil Its stock- yards, the telegraph lines and post- offiee are owned and conducted l>y the government. The Income goes to th>> national treasury. Tuxes needn’t wor ry any one. “Pearl of America" the natives c;41 Lima, of the marvellous mountain »ir and the gensfous spaces. Nol i of Bouth America." The Preacher’s Closing Words* From the Chicago Tribune. The members' of the It* . Di Fouth- ly’s eougreg ttiou •‘••tiled th**n • lv« s in their seats, | He had just said: "One word BMf$ i and I have done." The doctor looked keenly •*< them ver his glasses for a moment. The !• closed tb - bo*»k In front «.< "An.*-•* • ' he said.