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Ashburn Advance,
J. B. HORNE and C. B. BRADY,
Editors.
Official Organ of Worth County
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
(Invariably in Advene©.)
One yenr...... $1.00
Six months... .Df!
Three months 25
Filtered at the poetofliec at Ashburn,
Georgia, n» mail matter of the second
class.
Apologetic.
A great many of our subscriber'
are, no doubt, looking this week
for the improved Aiivakck, as w<
gave it out that it was our inten¬
tion to enlarge and improve the
paper, commencing with this is¬
sue, and went to work and read¬
justed all of our forma, lengthen¬
ing Hie columns, adding on an ad¬
ditional one to each page and in
other ways preparing for our en¬
largement, wrote the Atlanta
Newspaper Union to send us a
seven column outside instead of a
six column, as heretofore. We
were preparing to start of! in
great shape, when, lo and behold,
to our surprise and horror the
“patent outside” came in Thurs¬
day evening in tho same old six
column form, knocking all ouc la¬
bor and anticipations into “pi,”
and no doubt sorely disappoint¬
ing thoti«ands( ?) of anxious and
expectant readers.
To say that we were disappoint¬
ed but feebly expresses it—wo
were entirely knocked out—and
all just Imeause our “patent” out¬
side was all wrong. Good thing
that our inside is not “patented”
or we would lw afraid to promise
anything in the future.
We will make the enlargement
next week, and beg pardon for not
keeping our late promise.
Skilled Labor.
Tho problem presented by labor
saving machinery, its constant
improvement atul the steady in¬
crease of its use presents many
grave questions touching both
economic and morals.
The question of what is lo be¬
come of the increasing number of
men and women who are thrown
out of employment by inventions
which faoiliate production is a
very serious one and will become
moro so, ns there is no possibility
of checking invention. On the
contrary there was never before
such a premium on it, so great an
Incentive to inventive genius or
such rich rewards certainly await¬
ing its achievements.
The Denver Post takes the po¬
sition that there has been a dis¬
tinct decline in tho skill of work¬
men nml that this is duo to the
improvement of machinery. It
says:
i i A revolution in the field of in¬
dustry is on go quietly that it is
noticed by very few, and yet tins
century will see the all-around,
thorugh mechanic pass out exist¬
ence in many branches. Machin¬
ery has taken his place. Skilled
labor is less in demand now than
it was years ago; il will ho still
less required as machinery is
made lo do the work formerly
performed by man’s trained lin¬
gers. A mechanic no longer needs
t,o know every branch of his trade
but he must be able to handle his
machine. A mechanic at the be¬
ginning of the century was re¬
quired to produce perfect work
and complete tne whole product
.
-«f bis trade, lie it a shoe or a
watch. At the end of the centu¬
ry the workman m the factory
produces, day in and day out, one
single piece multiplied many
times by tie' aid of the machine.
“As to the construction of eve¬
rything else entering into the tin-
i si ted product, he very seldom has
the slightest idea. He learns to
handle one machine, and there he
usually stops. He can minutely
describe the workings of his one
machine; of the others he ro-
mains profoundly ignorant. In
this way he gradually degener¬
ates to a machine, a part of tlv e
fine ho works with. I’rogrest on
the held of industry is for him
etrogresMon. Ho has deteriora*
led as a mechanic, and tho ma-
chine has changed shill into
tory labor.”
Much of what the Dost says is
true, but it goes too fav. Not on
ly in the ordinary linos of
but in tho highest, oven in the
most learned professions and the
purely intellectual pursuits the
demand and tendency of tho
is for -pecialiab. Men have ceased
to attempt as many different
kinds of work as they formerly
undertook and are now confining
themselves to specialties. Thi«
should have the effect of making
them more expert as far as they
go, though of course, it generally
narrows their range.
But, as to the question of ex¬
pertness, improved machinery
must again he considered. There
is after all, no machine equal to
th human hand, none that can
turn out such perfect work. But
the world demands larger produc¬
tion than ever before, swifter pro-
unction and cheaper. This
it, and whatever its evil effects
may lie, labor-earing machinery
we shall have with us, like the
poor, to the end of the world, and
probably more and more of each.
—Atlanta .Journal.
A contemporary states that
Spartanburg, S. C., has?twenty-
four cotton factories, and $2,000,-
000 more will be expended in the
county this year in the way of
new mills. All of these mills are
prosperous, some of them earning
dividends of 40 per cent, the past
year. Taxable properly there
has increased more than half a
million dollars annually for ten
years past, and now the tax rate
is very low. Tho county lias a
population of eighty thousand.
'Hie farms have increased in value
until land cannot now be bought
for loss than $20 or $30 an acre.
The farmers are growing rich
making food stuffs for the opera¬
tives—vegetables, poultry and
other produce.
Why not Ashburn and Worth
county start on the road to great¬
er prosperity by building a cotton
mill? Why lag behind longer in
the march of industrial progress?
Urtfc flail Delivery for All.
Representative Griggs lias just
asked the ptistoffice department
for several free mail delivery sys¬
tems in second Georgia district,
and they will be put into opera¬
tion at once. It is Mr. Griggs’
intention to have a delivery
touching each of the fifteen coun¬
ties in the district.
Representative Griggs can come
as near getting what he asks for
from tho postoflice
as any member of the house. It
will be recalled that when the re¬
cent deficiency bill stipulated an
appropriation of $150,000 to meet
expenditures in the free rural de¬
livery system over and above the
regular appropriation by congress
for this work for the last fiscal
year, a spirited and almost acri¬
monious helm to ensued on the
tloor of the house. The item car¬
ried the proviso that the postoflice
department should not again
overstep tho regular appropria¬
tion. It was largely through the
efforts of the Georgian that
proviso was stricken, and as a re¬
sult the tirst assistant postmaster
general has written him a per
senai jetter of thanks.—Ex.
Let Tien Reform Before Marriage.
“A girl should never marry a
man that she may reform him,'’
writes Margaret Songster, in the
February Ladies Home Journal.
“If he is in need of reformation
let him prove worthy by turning
from evil and setting his face
steadfastly and perseveringly
good render before herself lie asks her a girl life to
and to him.
Nor should a girl be too
with father, mother and friends
if they counsel delay in deciding
a matter which is to influence her
whole career and her lover’s when
they, with clearer eyes than her
own, perceive in him an
bility to her.”
' .*^This space belongs
J. 5. BETTS & CO M
DEALERS IN
General Merchandise.
Watch for their Spring Announcement
NEXT WEEK.
ESHiTigler IvT erca.ntile Co.
A Lesson
in Bargains
To be taught those who will be taught
during the next few weeks.
Our Hat stock is hard to beat—Neat, New
and Complete—and as low as low can be
Quite a nice
Lino of Dry (foods and Notions
%>
Are now on our shelves and we do not
expect them to reman there long if very
low prices will usher them out. Those
we have now—at your price and they are
gone.
Our Shoes are Nice and Stylish,
new and good. As wo make this line a
a special specialty we defy competition.
We shall sell shoes at, a price that will
cause the buyer to laugh and rejoice and
our competitors to stand and wonder.
Come in friends—price, buy and ca.xry off.
Also we have a general
Lino of Groceries and Confectioneries,
which we are always glad to swap for dol¬
lars. Our fancy candies are in the lead
here—all owing to the fact that they get
fresh goods and a heap for a dime.
Highest prices given for hides, either fresh
or dried.
(Respectfully,
Shingler
Mercntile Co.
.wsumuT-
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. J. F. GARDNER;
Physician and Suegeon,
Ashburn, Georgia.
GEORGE W. COOPER
DENTIST,
Ashburn, Georgia,
(Georgia |)out^err} ^ Florida Ry
SUWAHSE RIVER ROUTE.
Local Time Table, Effective Deem. 1,1899.
Subject to change without notice.
SHOO I L QUICK I QUICK DIXIE m-i.J I SHOO
FLY. F STEP. I stations, step, fl fly
5 CO pm 11 5a pm 1120 am Lv. Macon ,Ar 4 15 pm 4 10 am 1120;-m
5 30 pm 12 10 am 1141am . . . Sofkee . .. 3 53 pm 3 4!) am 10 50 am
0 52 pm 116 am 12 49 pm . .. Unadilla.. 2 48 pin 2 52 am 9 19 am
7 18 pm 1 37 am 112 pm ... Vienna ... 2 25 pm 2 31 am 8 48 am
7 37 pm 153 am §130 pm Ar. CordeVLv 2 08 pm 215 am 8 25 am
7 55 pm 153 am 147 pm Lv. Cordele A 2 08 pm 2 15 am |8 0oatr
8 05 pm 2 05 am 15Spm ,.. Wenona .. 158pm 2 05 am 7 54 1 m
8 35 pm 2 30 am 2 22 pm . .. W'urik ... 1 30 pm ...... 7 22 am
8 41pm 2 34 am 2 30 pm ... Aslibtiru.. 150 pm 135 am 715 am
9 30 pm 310 am 3 05 pm Ar. Tifton Lv. 12 55 pm 100 am 0 25 am
9 30pnu 3 15 am 310 pm Lv Tift«n Ar. §12 35 pm 12 55 am 0 25 m
0 12 pm 3 40 am 3 43 pm . . . Sparks ... il 59 am 12 22 am 5 45 n
10 25 pm 3 57 am 3 50 pnj . .. IL artpine - 1148 am 12 11am 5 32 am
11 20 pm 4 40 am 4 45 pm Ar. Valdosta Lv 11 05 am 1130 pm 4 40 am
4 40 am 4 55 pm Lv Valdo-ta Ar 10 50 am 1130 pm
5 05 am 5 32 pm . . . L ike Park 10 21 am 10 03 pm
5 37 am 0 10 pm Ly, Jasper Ar 9 45 am 10 34 pm
6 00 am 0 42 pm ... WhileSp’gs 912 am 10 04 pm
§6 20 am §7 05 pm Ar Lake City Lv 8 50 am 9 42 pm
0 55 am i 25 pm Lv Labe Citv Ar §S 30 am 9 25 pm
8 10 am 8 35 pm . Sampson Citv 7 25 am 8 10 pm
8 23 am 8 47 pm ..Hampton.., 6 12 am 8 Of pm
9 00 am 9 23 pm . . . Grandin . .. 0 36 am 7 20 pm
9 40 am 10 00 pm Ar. Palatka Lv 6 00 am 6 50 pm
JACKSOHYIELE LIME.
4 50 pm Ly Valdosta Ar 1100 pm
8 50 pm Ar Jaok’yille Lv 7 00 am
§ Meal Station.
Trains No. 3 and 4, (be ‘ Dixie Flyer,” have through sleeper between
St. Louis, and Jaeksojvil'e, yiu Tifton and through Vouch and Sleeper
between Macon UiiioD and Depot, Jacksonville via Valdosia, open for the reception of pas¬
sengers in Macon, ai 9:30 p. m., and remains in Macon Depot
on return until 7.30 a. m., and can be occupied until that time.
Harry Burns, D. G. Hall, General Agent,,
F. P. A., Jacksonville, Fla. 8 Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.
Wm. Checkley Shaw, Vice Pres., C. B. Rhodes, Genl. Pass. Agb,
Macon, Georgia.
Tifton & North Eastern R’y.
“SOLDIERS coloity route.”
Local Time Table No. 6.
H. II, TIFT, President. W. O. TIFT, Vice-President.
General Offices : Tifton, Georgia.
No7. No 3, Nol. Miles. Effective Dec. 19, >97. Miles. No 2. No4. No8
M. P. M. A.M LEAVE arrive !*• M. P. it. P M
..
X 10 00 10 8 S 0 Tifton 25 12 15 6 25 6 10
CO 22 TO 8 Ci 5 .....Brighton...... „ . , 20 1200 6 10 5 56
CO 30 TO 32 8 SS 8 .Harding...... 17 1151 8 01 5 48
W CO 14 f • Pinetta....... 11 11 81 5 41 5 29
CO CC 10 ....... qd 1125 5 35 5 23
^ t—* o CO 20 f • Fletc her....... Of 11 14 5 2 3 5 12
^ -t< Ct O 25......Fitzgerald 0 1100 6 10 5 00
ARRIVE LEAVE A. M.
Trams Nos 1, 2, 3 and 4 run daily, except Sund.iy Trams No 7 1 8 r11
on Sundays outy (0 Flag Station Trains stop only a
XT on signal l r»i a *
P .»*■
p ® 4 * aim
F. G. BOATRIGHT. Traffic M.n.gar,