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FRIDAY. MAY 10, 1907.
The Swainsboro Forest-Blade
says it is not likely that Hon. A If
Herrington will have any opposi
tion for Solicitor General of the
Middle Circuit next time. Col.
Herrington is mighty popular,
and would be a hard man to beat.
Rev. John Watson, known in the
literary world as “Ian McLaren, <■>
is dead. His best known work
and the one that gave him fame,
was “Beside the Bonnie Brier
Bush,” a collection of short stories
descriptive of Scottish life. His
stories were all sou’ful and beauti
ful.
The way in which the price of
spot cotton has been running
ahead of future quotations for
some months, would seem to indi
cate that the farmers are getting
independent of the New York cot
ton exchange. Every organized
farmer ought to feel good over
this.
A Savannah corporation has
been chartered for the manufacture
of a cotton picking machine. It
will work, or, at least, it is hoped
it will, by suofcm;
ful, will be able to gather five
thousand pounds a day, It may
or it may not be a blessing to the
farmer, blit, anyhow, we arc will
ing to risk it.
The Telephone would love to
see the Farmers Union and the
Southern Cotton Association both
pulling together for the cotton
planters, and not fighting at each
other. We trust Mr. Barrett and
Mr. Jordan will bury the hatchet
in earnest. The farmers are just
beginning to realize what can be
done by the power of united effort,
and the future holds greater things
in store for the organized cotton
growers of the South.
The reported effort to get Mr.
Grover Cleveland to run for the
presidency again, will doubt
less prove an abortive one. It is
to be doubted if Mr. Cleveland
could be induced to consider it,
and just about as certain that the
attempt to get the masses of the
American people to look upon him
as the man they need at the helm,
would prove equally unsuccessful.
Mr. Cleveland would suit the Wall
street democrats and republicans
as well as anybody they could find
—but not the people.
The question has been asked,
when merchandise is advertised,
who foots the publisher’s bill? It
is not the advertiser, for his profits
increase with every column of
newspaper space he buys. The
North Adam, (Mass.) Herald of
fers this logical answer as to who
pays the bill: The non-advertiser,
of course. A just portion of the
money he loses by his lack of in
itiative or energy, finds its way to
the printer, to advance the cause
of education and the interests of
the community. Are you adver
tising and making money, or hold
ing your light under a bushel and
paying for the other fellow’s pub
licity?
Rocky Ford News.
Mrs. Miriam Johnston has
recently moved into a handsome
two-story dwelling near the depot.
Mr. Bruner Burke has moved
his family into the beautiful new
residence owned by Mr. Arthur
Burke.
Rev. and Mrs. E. B. Sutton have
returned from a visit to Thomp
son, the old home of the former.
Mrs. James Newton is at Wood
cliff in answer to a summons. Her
son-in-law, Mr. J. P. Miller, is
critically ill near that place.
A cotton warehouse is the next
improvement the town has under
serious consideration.
Mr. Peter Cox lias returned
from Birmingham, Ala. His
friends will be pained to learn
he has had the misfortune
to have one of his legs cut off,
owing to the accidental discharge
of a pistol by his hands.
A bank has beeD organized.
Those interested will use the With
am system. The lot for the build
ing has been selected between the
two brick walls of the stores of
Messrs Orren Burke and W. H.
Parker – Son.
The second quarterly confer
ence was held at the Methodist
here. The pastor reported
each church on the circuit in an
improved condition — Sunday
schools and prayer meetings at
every charge, also an increase in
finances in every department. All
attesting to the untiring labors
the pastor on the work. Oak Grove
and Woodcliff were well repre
sented.
FIGHT THE MOSQUITOES.
Now that the spring is well on
towards summer, and there is so
much rain, it will bo well to begin
an early crushde against tho mos
quitoes. Do away with all tho
stagnant water around your home,
and thus keep them from propa
gating. Watch out for this closely,
and you will not have many mos
quitoes, and if you do away with
the mosquitoes you will uot have
malaria. This is important—even
more important than the extermi
nation of the grass in the crop. If
you can’t get rid of tho water,
pour kerosene oil on it and kill
them out before they rise from tho
mire to go forth on their mission
of disease and torture. They are
the natural enemies of the human
race and the purveyors of disease.
Let us wage an unceasing war
against them, and never give it up
until the summer is ended, and
Jack Frost bids us rest.
HISTORICAL EVENTS.
Plutarch, the historian, says that
his grandfather knew a young
medical student at Alexandria,
who often saw Antony and Cleo
patra, and so Plutarch probably got
a very good description of the
“glorious sorceress of the Nile.’’
This is interesting, in view of the
fact that Plutarch says her beauty
was neither astonishing nor inimi
table, but it derived a flavor from
her wit and her fascinating man
ner which was absolutely irresisti
ble. We’d be willing to gamble,
however, that Mark Antony called
her beautiful and would have
whipped the man who dared to
say she was not. Cleopatra was
Greek, and not Egyptian, in des
cent. She was a descendant from
Ptolemy, the Greek general, who,
at the death of Alexander the
Great, obtained Egypt ns his por
tion of the world. She was rather
short and slight iu stature, as we
3 ud S e from the fact % at
her slave Apollodorus carried her
iu to the apartments of Julius Cae
sar wrapped up in a rug. Cleo
patra had endeavored in vain to
get an audience with the stern and
classic conqueror of Gaul, and re
sorted at last to this ruse, Apol
lodorus telling the guards, by her
instruction, that it was a rare and
costly rug he was carrying in as a
present to Caesar. The great
soldier was writing when the rug
was brought in and unrolled, and
his surprise can be imagined when
the fair queen of Egypt sprang
forth, like Aphrodite arising from
the deep. The result was as she
had foreseen. She came, and saw,
and conquered. In a very short
while Caesar sent his men over af
ter her things. Cleopatra doubt
less loved Mark Antony better than
she loved any other man, and they
made things lively in Alexandria
during the few years he basked
there in the sunlight of her ’witch
ing smile, and forgot about the
rest of the world. Once they were
fishing together on the Nile, and
Antony being chagrined at his bad
luck, ordered an attendant to dive
underneatli the boat and fasten
one of the fish that had already
been caught to his hook. The
next day they were fishing again,
and Cleopatra sent one of her
slaves beneath the water, unseen
by her lover, and had him to fasten
a dried salt fish to Antony’s hook.
He pulled in his line, and drew up
the dried fish, amid the laughter
of the crowd. Antony had to ad
mit that the joke was on him that
time. There were several versions
of how Cleopatra killed herself,
when Antony was dead. Octavius
Caesar must have credited the ac
count that it was from the bite of
an asp, for when he carried an ef
figy of tho Egyptian queen in his
triumphal procession, upon re
turning to Rome, there was a silver
in the form of a bracelet,
around the arm of the image.
Annual School Rally.
The anuual School Rally will be
held at Pine Grove on May 17th.
Parents, teachers and pupils from
all the white schools in the county
are most cordially requested to be
present. It is expected that this
day will mean much to the schools
of Screven cou nty. There has bee n
a forward movement all along the
line, and it is earnestly hoped that
every citizen will assist in every
way to place our great state in the
front rank in this great cause.
Let all come with warm hearts
and well filled baskets and vie
with each other in making it one of
the most important days in the
school year.
The annual Teachers Institute
will be held during the week be
ginning Monday June 3rd. All
the teachers of the county and
those holding license td teach will
re required to attend from the be
ginning to the close and nothing
but a providential hinderauce will
be accepted by tho Board of Edu
cation as a sufficient excuse for
not being present. C. S. C.
II. J. Abnett,
The young ladies and some of the
children enjoyed a day at the river
last Saturday. One fish was
caught. They decided that was the
onlyoneinthe river. The lunch
hamper proved very popular and
was frequently consulted. One of
the little boys upset the boat and
the fair occupants were forced to
wade to shore; some of them got
in water waist deep. They claim
to have had a delightful time. The
uninvited wink and think.
At the school recently the ques
tion, “Is slavery right?’’ was de
bated. Some able arguments by
pupils on either side were presented.
Everybody in town became inter
ested. All the ante helium books
had the dust knocked off of them.
The opinions of Hon. Alex Stevens,
Ben Hill. Calhoun, down to the
“Clansman’’ was invited. Dr.
James Lovett was present and ap
pointed one of the judges. He
showed his loyalty to the “stars
and bars” by deciding in favor of
the affirmative. However, he was
“overpowered but not conquered’’
bv judges of a younger generation,
who gave the argument to the nega
tive.
Your correspondent, with several
other citizens from this town, at
tended the funeral of Mr. E. E.
Foy at Egypt last Sunday. Fully
one thousand people were present
at the Baptise church to pay their
last respects. Rev. Gartin, the
pastor, and Rev. Tom Lanier spoke
feelingly of the great life that was
ended—dwelling on the great
hearted man’s willingness to give
assisting everyone employment, thereby
them to raise their fami
lies creditably. At the cemetery
the Masons, led by Mr. II. A.
Proctor, of Scarboro, concluded the
touching exercises, The floral
tributes were many and beautiful
—excelling any seen in that section
of country. Mr. Foy for many
years operated a saw mill just
across the river from this town,
and assisted in the business enter
prise. He visited here from time
to friend lime, and never forgot, an old
no matter how humble their
circumstances. How sad to know
his hearty handshake will be felt
no more on earth. C.
Woodcliff Items.
Bro. Sutton filled his regular
appointment here last Sunday.
Mr. Jim Edeniield is out again
after a few days illness.
Mr. W. M. Parker paid Savan
nah a flying visit last week.
At present, little Eros is cut
ting up some very queer pranks in
and around the ’cliff.
Miss Franc Roach, who has been
visiting relatives in Savannah, re
turned home last week to the de
light of her maily friends here.
The Sylvania – Girard R. R.
Go. is building a warehouse here—
an addition that has long been
needed.
The crops around here are look
ing much better since the cold
wind and rains have ceased.
Our school here and neighboring
schools are expecting to attend the
annual school picnic at Pine Grove
the 17th inst.
An absent minded young man of
this place started for the doctor
last Monday and stopped at 8
house before he got there. We
don’t blame Dempsie for stopping
there, perhaps he wasn’t so absent
minded after all.
Hurrah! f or the Jamestown
Exposition; let’s all go.
Lakuy.
Caught Cold While Hunting a Burglar.
Mr. Win. Thos. Lanorgau, pro
vincial Constable at Chapleau,
Ontario, says: “I caught burglar a se
vere cold while hunting a
in the forest swamp last fall.
Hearing of Chamberlain’s Cough using
Remedy, I tried it, and after
two small bottles, I was complete- is intend
ly cured.” This remedy
ed especially for coughs and colds.
It will loosen and relieve a severe
cold in less time than by any other
treatment and is a favorite wher
ever its superior excellence has
become known. For sale by G. M.
Overstreet – Co., Druggists, Syl
vania, Ga.
OLD HOSS SALE.
Will be sold at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash, at the
Sylvania – Girard depot, in Syl
Vania, Ga., on the 10th day of June,
1907, between the hours of ten
o'clock a. m. and four o’clock p. m.,
the following articles, the same be
ing undelivered freight and ex
press matter transported by the
Sylvania – Girard R. R. Co. to their
destination, to-wit:
FREIGHT MATTER.
No 1, 1 box h-h goods, marked
Walter Hardy, Sylvania, Ga; No 2,
1 show case no marks; No 3 box
hdw S W Zeigler Sylvania Ga; No
4 box lamps and castings marked
W M F Reynolds Sylvania Ga; No
5, 1 case crockery marked W M
McDougal Sylvania Ga; No 6, 5 rolls
paper marked J P Willis Sylvania
Ga; No 7 G M Overstreet case pill
and 9 ‘boxes mty bottles,
Sylvania Ga; No 8 1 refrigerator
marked P Co.
EXPRESS MATTER.
No 9 1 pa marked L P Pearson,
sylvania Ga; No 10 1 pa marked S
0 Lee sylvania Ga; No 11 1 box
marked L Overstreet sylvania Ga ;
No 12 1 casting marked II D Wag
oner sylvania Ga; No 18 1 pa
marked H B Mills sylvania Ga;
No 14 1 pa marked J M Bazemore
sylvania Ga; No 151 pa marked F
Mims sylvania Ga; No 16 1 pa
marked L Sowell sylvania Ga; No
17 1 pa marked J M Lovette; No 18
1 pa casting marked II C Taylor
sylvauiaGa; No 19 1 pa marked
A S Anderson sylvania Ga; No 20
1 box marked T A Mock sylvania
Ga; No 21 2 pa marked W M
Parker Woodcliff Ga; No 22 1 pa
marked Hilton Co sylvania Ga; No
23 1 pa marked J W Boyd sylvania
Ga; No 24 1 pa marked B F Pow
ell sylvania Ga; No 25 1 pa marked
GM Overstreet sylvaniaGa; No 26
1 pa marked B R Saxon sylvania
Ga; No 27 1 pa marked C Pierce
sylvania Ga; No 28 1 pa marked J
Usher sylvania Ga; No 29 1 pa
marked G M Bowden sylvania Ga;
No 30 1 box marked J W Over
street sylvania Ga; No 31 1 pa
marked O C Everett sylvania Ga;
No 82 1 pa marked Waters and
Son sylvania Ga; No 33 1 box
marked N H Cooper sylvania Ga;
No 84 I pa marked Hy Morris syl
vania Ga; 35 1 pa marked S J
Oliver Sylvania Ga.
S. F. COOPER, Supt
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Application for Bank Charter.
GEORGIA, Sobeven County:
To the Honorable Philip Cook. Sec
retary of State. Atlanta, Ga.
The undersigned, whose names,
signed by each of them, and residences
are here hereto attached, bring this
our petition, in pursuance of an Act of
the General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, approved December 20th.
1893. and Acts amendatory thereof,
and respectfully show:
1st. That we desire to form a corpo
ration for the purpose of carrying on
the business ot Banking.
2nd. The name and style of the pro
posed corporation Ford, shall be BANK OF
rocky ga.
3rd. The location and principal
place Rocky of business shall be the town of
Ford, County of Screven and
State of Georgia.
4th. The amount of Capital Stock is
000.00), Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,
divided into 250 shares of
$100.00 each.
5th. The nature of the proposed
corporation shall be that of a Bank,
with continuous succession for the
term of thirty yearB, with the right of
renewal for a like term. To sue and
be sued. To have and use a Common
Seal, and nt pleasure to alter the 9 ame.
To a ppoint such Officers and agents as
the business of the corporation re
quires, prescribe their duties, fix their
Read the following two letters and listen what
Mr. Uly 0. Thompson, formerly of Screven county
now located in Macon, Ga., has to say about Sil=
ver’s Clothing:
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
Macon, Ga., April 15th, 1907.
Messrs. Isaac Silver – Bro.,
Sylvania, Ga •»
Dear Sirs:
Goods are too high up here in Macon, I think
they sell at least 25 per cent, higher here than they
can be bought of you.
You will do me a great favor by expressing to
me a summer suit. I leave the selection to you.
Yours very truly.
ULY 0. THOMPSON.
Macon, Ga v April 22nd, 1907.
Messrs. Isaac Silver – Bro.,
Sylvania, Ga„
Dear Sirs:
The suit which 1 ordered from you was duly
received and will say that I could not have been
better pleased as regards style, quality and price.
You have the Macon merchants “skint a block” in
prices. Thanking you for the favor,
Very truly yours,
ULY 0. THOMPSON.
ISAAC SILVER
– BRO.
The Clothiers.
compensation, and remove them at
pleasure. To make sucli by-laws as
may be necessary or proper for the
management of its property and regu
lation of its affairs. To hold, pur
chase. disooss of and convey such real
and personal property as may be neces
sary for its uses and business. To dis
count bills, notes or other evidences
of debt; to receive and pay out de
posits, with or without interest; to re
ceive on special deposit money or bul
lion or foreign coins, or stocks or
bonds oi other securities; to buy or
sell foreign or domestic exchange or
other negotiable paper; to lend money
upon personal security, or upon pledg
es of bonds, stocks or negotiable se
curities; to take and receive security
by mortgage, or otherwise, on prop
erty, real and or personal: all such and generally ,
to do perform other mat
ters and things not hereinbefore enu
merated as are or may be incident to
the business of Banking.
We herewith enclose the Charter
fee of $50.(0, and pray to be incorpo
rated under the laws of this State.
Signed : S. T. Parker, Orren Burke,
A. J. Brinson B, W. Miller, Oliver
Parker all of Rocky Ford, Ga., Petiti
oners.
GEORGIA, Screven County.
Before me, personally appeared the
undersigned petitioners, $15,000 who on of oath
depose and say that the
Capital subsci ibed to the Bank of Rooky
Ford, Ga., for which Bank deponents
are now seeking State, incorporation has actually by been the
Secretary of nnd
paid by the subscribers, held and that used the
same is in fact is to be
solely for corporation. the business and purposes of
the said
S. T. Parker, Orren Burke, A. J.
Brinson, B. W. Miller, Oliver Parker.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 26th day of April 1907.
(seal) J. C. Overstreet,
Ordinary Screven Connty.
State of Georgia.
Office of Secretary of State,
I, Philip Cook, Secretary of State of
the State attached of Georgia, do hereby written certify
That the two pages of
and printed matter contain a true and
correct copy of Ford.Gti. the Application of
Bank of Rocky of which is of for file a Charter, this
the original in
Department. Whereof. I have here
In Testimony
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
of my office, at the Capitol, in the city
of Atlanta, this 29th day of April in
year of our Lord One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Seven and of the Inde
pendence of the United States of
America the One Hunded and Thirty
first. Philip Cook,
Secretary of State.
GEORGIA, Screven County :
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in
June next, 1907, at the court house in
Screven usual hours county, of sale, Georgia, to the between highest bid- the
der for cash, the following property
to-wit: All that certain tract or par
cel of land lying in the 38th district G.
M., of said atate and county, contain
ing 235 acres more or less, and bound
ed as follows: On the north by lands of
of Perry Oliver, on the east by lands
V. L. Mallard, South by lands of L. M.
Strickland, and west by lands of R. M.
and J. G. Colson and Mrs. O. M. Hod
ges. Levied on as the property of R.
L. Poythress to satisfy a tax fi. fa. is
sued by T. V. Robbins, tax collector of
said county, on the 21st day of Dec.
1905. W. B. Thompson.
Sheriff, S. O . Ga.
GEORGIA, Scbkvkn County: M. M.
To whom it may ooueern:
GOOD CLOTHES
Are always worth what
they cost, but paying the
price does not always get
them. Silver’s Clothes
are good Clothes in every
particular and the prices
are 25 per cent lower
than what you would
have to pay in Macon.
Jamestown Exposition.
RATES FROM ROCKY FORD, GA„ AS FOLLOWS:
Season Ticket $24.50 sold daily April 19th to Nov. 30th.
60 day “ 20.45 “ “ “ “ “ “
15 day “ 17.40 i i l l i l i i i 6 i i < i
Coach Excursion 10.65 “ each Tuesday ; limit 10 days.
Endorsed, “Notgood in parlor or sleeping cars.”
Via Via Via Via
Augusta Savannah Augusta Savannah
Lv Sylvania............7 00 a in 7 00 a in Lv Norfolk........ 6 40 p m 6 40 pm
“ Rocky Ford.......8 46 a m 8 46 a m “ Savannah ... 2 00 pm
“ Augusta............2 35 p m ................. “ Augusta...... 2 30 p m ................
“ Savannah ........................... 1 05 p in Ar Rocky Ford 4 00 p ml 20 pm
Ar Norfolk ............7 30 a m 7 30 a m Ar Sylvania...... 4 30 p m 4 30 p m
Through Pullman sleeping cars from Savannah and
Augusta, Ga.
Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company.
Write for a beautiful illustrated folder containing
maps, descriptive matter, list of Hotels, etc.
For reservations or any information, address
E. M. NORTH, L. D. McCULLUM,
Dlv. Pas. Agent., Savannah, Ga. Augusta, Ga.
ICE! ICE!
We have rented Powell’s ice house and
will keep ice through the summer. We will
be prepared to deliver it to our customers at
all times on short notice. Ice wagon will
go deliver the rounds every day. We are prepared
to ice now.
LOVET – GRINER ICE CO •1
Sylvania, Ga.
Hankinson having in proper form ap
plied to me for permanentadministra- M. Hank
tion upon the estate of Thos.
inson deceased this is to cite all and
singular the creditors and next of kin
of said Thos. M. Hankinson to be and
appear at my office within the time
allowed bv law, and show cause if any
they can why permanent administra
tion should not be granted M. estate. M.
Hankinson on said deceased’s
Witness my hand and official signature
this 9th day of May 1907.
J. C. Overstreet, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, Screven County:
By virtue of an order of the Court of
Ordinary of said county, will granted be sold at
the December Term, 1905, Tuesday
at public outcry, on the first
in June, 1907, at the court house in
said county of Screven, between the
usual hours of sale, the followiug real
estate situated in Screyeu county.
ISAAC SILVER
– BRO.
The Clothiers.
Georgia, vided to-wit: A one-eighth undi
interest in one hundred acres of
land in the 34th G. M. District of Scre
North ven County, Georgia, Brier bounded on the
East by South waters of lands Creek ; on the
and by of J. E. Mulli
gan ; on the west by lands of Dr. W O.
Bowie; said by James land being the same tract
conveyed E. Mulligan to Mrs.
Eugenia December D. Brannon, underdeed dated
31st, 1891, and recorded in
Book “ P. P.” folios 60-4 and 605 of
Records in the office of the Clerk of
Superior Court ot Screven County,
Georgia , the atiove description being
the same as set out in said deed from
said James E. Mulligan ; said property
being sold as the property of Willie
Barney Hayman, my minor ward, and
being sold for the support, mainten
ance and education of said ward.
Terms cash , purchaser paying for title.
This 9th day of May, 1907.
J. V. HAYMAN,
Guardian of Willie barney Hay/'
