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The Slade “Amendment.”
Ab might have been expected a
great many papera outside of Geor- '
gia are treating in serious view 1
the bill offered in the House of *
Representatives of this state by 1
Capt J. J. Slade of Columbus 1
proposing a constitutional amend
ment whereby every man whom a
good woman wouid’nt‘ l trust in the
dark” will be disfranchised, lhat
18 the fate of freak laws, enacted
or proposed—and of the freak
Legislators!
The Chattanooga Times remarks
editorially:
J. J. Slade,of Muskogee county,
Georgia, is the author of a bill
pending in the Georgia Legisla
ture which undertakes to revolu
tionize thh whole plan of Ameri
can citizenship. The object of
the measure is to totally disquali
fy every negro in the Btate for the
elective franchise, and by a sub
terfuge worse than the grand
father clause to nullify the consti
tution of the United States and to
prescribe by statute that no man
shall be entitled to vote who can
not furnish the registrar of voters
certificates of two “chaste whites
women” declaring that they would
be willing to trust their persons
to “the applicant” unattended by
any other person, “in the dark or
other places of seclusion.”
The Times hedges quite appro
priately with the following state
ment, which is hardly complimen
tary to our states:
Os course, no such foolish meas
ures will be made into law, even
in Georgia, where freakness has
had a wide vngue in the past.
Thoee who know Captain Slade,
of Columbus, will realize that he
takes himself a great deal more
seriously than anyone else takes
him. He is the extreme of an old
timer. He makes such fetish of
honesty that it becomes fananti
ciem with him. At heart he is a
good man—thats why his people
let him and his antics continue in
the state Legislature. They know
the old man means well, but—
They know he is a good man, con
scientious, faithful and true,
bub—.
It is a pity that he cannot be
appropriated for his real worth by
those who do not know him. We
are frank to admit that the bill he
has proposed gives no key to a just
estimate of the real man which
Captain Slade is.
As for his bill—candidly, it is
to laugh !—Ex.
I .he Sheep Census.
According to the Census Bureau
the sheep industry has not shown
any material change since the last t
census in 1000. Excluding lambs,
because of the difference in the
time of the year when the census
was taken, it is shown that there
were 39,470,812 wool-producing
sheep in 1910, as compared with
89,852,967 for 1900. Corrected fig
ures are expected to show an ac
tual decrease of about 1 per cent
from 1900. Taking the returns by
geographical divisions, there was
a decrease of about 1,000,000
sheep in the North Atlantic divis
ion there was a decrease of about
154,000, and in the South Central
division the decrease was about
168,000.
In the North Central division
there was scarcely any change,
10,069,451 being reported in 1910,
or ouly some 14,000 more than in
1900 The Western division show
ed an increase of about 1,000,000
sheep.
Watering Places on Public Roads.
One of our subscribers who has
a lot of driving to do looking af
ter the interests of our large
mercantile firms, ha 3 suggested
that, we write a line or two on the
urgent need of watering places
along the roads for horses. We
think where the branches have
been bridged, a better crossing is
the result, but it is a pity that
the streams could not be arranged
so that mules and horses could get
acces to them. In hot weather
live stoc k suffer when they go for
a few miles without water, and
this matter should receive the!
prompt attention of the road sup- (
ervisor or road workers. It would
cost very little to fix wutering j
places on all the roads. If the J
stream cannot be diverted, a basin \
of some k’nd could be fixed so that
it would be kept full of fresh wa
ter all the time. Horses are like
people—they need water, and a
lot of it.
Thirty Years Together.
Thiri v years of association-think
of it. H'iw the merit of a good
thing stands out in that time—or
the worthlessness of a bad one. So
there’s no gue-swork in this evi
dence of Tlios. Ariss, Concord.
Mich., who writes:“l have used
Dr. King’s New Discovery for 3O
years, and its the best cough and
cold cure I ever used.” Once it finds
entrance in a home you can’t pry
it out. Many families have used it
forty years. It’s the most infallible
throat and lung medicine on earth
Unequaled for lagripe,asthma, hay
fever, croup, quinsy or sore lungs
Price SOC and sl. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed bv Brown Ouom Drug
Co.
So rich is Argentine tobacco in
nicotine that most of it is used for
the manufacture of insecticides.
Attack Like Tigers.
In fighting to keep the blood
pure the white corpuscles attack
disease germs bke tigers. But often
germs multiply so fast the little
fighters are overcome. Then see
pimples, boils, eczema, saltrheum
and sores multiply and strength
and appetite fail. This condition
demands Electric Bitters to regu
late stomach, liver and and kidneys
and to expel poisons from the
blood. “ They are the best blood
purifier,” writes C. T. Budahn, of
Tracy, Calif., I have ever found.”
They make rich red blood, strong
nerves and bnild up your health.
Try them. SOC at. Brown Odom
Drug Co.
Nearly twice as many women as
men are engaged in the industries
of Japan.
Foley Kidney Pills will check
the progress of your kidney and
bladder trouble and heal by re
moving the cause. Try them. Sold
by all Druggist.
WE ARE IN THE
Real Estate
BUSINESS.
Ist. For the Benefit of Lyons.
*2nd. For the benefit of Toombs
County.
3rd. For the benefit of ourselves
If you wish to buy a nice Lot iu
Lyons, either to improve or for
investment, call on us.
If you wish to sell your house
or your Lyons property, then come
to see us anyhow, because Mr.
wants to buy it.
If you wish to buy a farm in
Toombs County, let us show you
what we have.
We have newcomers in our office
every day, wishing to purchase
laud in Toombs County. So if
you wish to sell your farm or
lands, then list it with us.
Williams Realty Co.
Toomb9 County Bank Bldg.,
Lyons, Ga.
HELLS
These are the shells that have
won every interstate handicap
for the last two years.
Better pattern, better penetra
tion, greater velocity for the I
same load I
The rhell is stronger, surer, safer!
For ail shotguns.
RrrrUngtQlL-LlMC —the perfect I
[hooting combination.
Rein,,lo. Arm. Union M.I.Ui,
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l OVERDRAFTS, No. 1.
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<► An Overdraft is an amount due to the bank by a depositor, and ”
!! comes about when the bank pays the depositor’s check fora larger ;;
“ amount than the depositor has to his credit, subject to check, in the <>
bank. ”
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• > For example, let us say that A deposits $500.00 in bank, and <|
!! theD, through an error at some point (as in subtracting the amount ;
” of some check from his previous balance, on stub of check book,)
-- draws checks on the bunk amounting to $510.00. If he is in good it
it credit at the bank, and is known to be careful and disposed to do “
” the right thing, it is most likely that his checks wfill all be paid, in
• • eluding the last one presented. i!
it As Overdrafts are regarded with much disfavor in all well man- “
” aged banks, it is evident that no good bank will tolerate the deposi
“ tor who willfully draws checks for more than he deposits. Such a Y>
ii one anuoys both the bank and those who handle his dishonored “
” checks, and to some extent brings into disfavor what should be a
” great privilege to every reputable citizen—to have a checking Ac
<> count with some good bank. ”
it Our next card, Overdrafts (No. 2), will have our By-Laws gov- 0
” erning our treatment of Overdrafts.
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BITTERS and kidneys.
Money to Loan
Loans negotiated on first mortgage
on improved farms, payable in
annual installments. No commis
sion charged on loans. Seven per
cent. only. Thos J. Parrish,
Attorney, |
McNatt Building, Lyons, Ga.
SEABOARD AIR LINE
SCHEDULE.
Leave Lyons — 6.2 Ba. m. )
5.40 p. m. s For Savannah, Ga., and Points Beyond.
10.00 a. m. i For Helena, Cordele, Americus, Mont
-7.50 p. M. gomery, and points beyond.
For information and reservations, call on nearest Ticket Agent,
Seaboard Air Line, or write R. H. Stansell, A. G. P. A.,
C B. Ryan, G. P. A., Portsmouth, Va. Savannah, Ga