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E u we'oc Co., Augusta, Ga. MAKERS OF CLOTHES THAT FIT. —Don’t fail to consult us before buying a suit and you will be sat isfied with results. We have some ejegant patterns just imported for the season trade. Our LEATH ER-SHADE BROWN is some thing attractive and our plaids can’t be beat. Other lines that are staple the year around. —We want your business and are willing to come after it. Drop us a line about your needs and we w ill see that you are supplied. Ev erybody knows us, if you don’t let’s get acquainted. Howe 6c Co., Augusta, Ga. ,O r Purity, Mellowness and Rich Flavor are the distinguishing qualities of SunnyBrook the PURE. FOOD Whiskey It is distilled in the good old Kentucky way and is especially adapted for home use. Every bottle is sealed with the Govern ment "Green Stamp," a positive assurance of full proof, full quantity and a fully matured age. It stands unequaled as a rich and healthful stimulant—a sure cure for many of the minor ailments of the human system. DELIVERED DIRECT TO YOU EXPRESS PREPAID BY ANY OF THU FOLLOWING DISTRIBUTERS: M. M"\UK'-tTRtN.\'* *T?!m i, t’.UANIKt.. M»r.. (Imtisn-.cii. Tcnti. I’AI’I. IlKYMAN. t'hnttju’oofn, r«*nn. CU\< HI,UM K CO E"U,mvW»'. YU. ItKIiINCFIKT !* Co . .1 •.rim.invUle. Fla. c C. Hl'TI.1 It. .WK.tnvil1t\ Fin. )>. V. A !■ v Tore; l I, V .onviUo. Fin. II. I.FVYSTFIN A Co.. Mi»n**Mnn»ry. Ain. L. I.OF.K WillsKC.V C » . Formerly at Montgomery, Alj>. No n Bottles £1 Bottles $*■ ill 1 -s:h Gallon M J gft l ull Quarts Hi « ^ ■ fcij RyoorUourK" tton .Mnt'iVil l niprc^ c,o. D. > with your order. »ill*t * ?V' ]•' r rtf?-TTn 1 - ~nww 3 WE BEGIN A Larger, Stromrev anti with better facilities for serv ing the public than ever before. The increase in our deposit account of $15.000.00 during the past year testifies to the absolute confidence the public has in this Bank. With our CatHtul Stock increased to $50,000.00; Stock-Holders Li ability of $50,000.00; Surplus and Profits of $12,500.00 we will offer to depos itors security amounting to $112,500.00. OUK OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS are men who have made pro nounced success in their ptivato business affairs and they have direct supervision of this Bunk. EXCHANGE BANK Milledgeville, Ga. WE r.VY 4 PER. CKM OX SAY1NU DEPOSITS. Rural Telephone and Rural Free Delivery Good roads. Rural Free Delivery In” on the line at the same time if and the Rural Telephone as benefits they desire, to the farmer, can hardly In equity he compared as they are not In com petition with each'other. Good roads have always been a benefit. Rural Free Delivery from Its start In 1897 Down South It is the white wo man's protection In the country dis tricts. In many sections of the Uni ted States where Rural Telephone lines exist, It Is customary to furnl3h them has been a great help to the farmers ! weather bureau reports over and In eleven years according to the ] each morning. For instance at V report of the auditor for the post , o'clock in the morning the telepbom office, has grown to a total of 40,000 , company In town will give three long carriers. Hut the Rural Telephont j rings over each rural line entering starting since that time Is already! Its exchange and those who desire outstripping both of these In the! may, on taking the luceivei oft .-e number of farmers It Is reaching and hook, hear the operator read the the ways in which it Is benefiting weather bureau report. The com • hem. j panics often also give- out at the The Rural Free Delivery carrier's same time, the prevailing market route rarely exceeds 24 miles in quotations. length and serves on an average j The* Rural Telephone certainly Is about 70 farms. A Rural Telephone the farmer's greatest servant. In will operate as far as 40 miles with ( using it to do errands. It saves him as many us 30 or 40 telephones on time. In dry seasons, he may be the line. Ol course In the well set- ■ promptly notified of the approach of lied states the farmers have both, but • prairie or forest fires, of not lufre In the vast sections of open country, quent occurence If his farm adjoins It is obvious that it will be some n railroad, or In case of fire in bis lime before Rural Free Delivery can own home he can summon aid with reach as many faring as the Rural out losing • the farm himself. It Telephone. ] is hnrd to say in what way It helps The low first cost of the Rural Tele- film the most on the various things phone puts It within the reach of all. mentioned above. Wherever he is. On lines less than 12 miles long the ark him IT lie would bo wllljgg to do cost. Is $4.91 per mile not including' wlthoutjit and his answer is. "No! poles—the luttf r to bo cut and fur-j In the vast sections of open court- pished by the farmer himself, On j try away from schools, churches and lines over 12 miles long the cost is other conditions improving country out ?r,.s7 per mile; same arrange j life, the Rural Telephone Is fart blent about the poles. In either case,!"reaeitlnw out nnd lomovlng one ol SAMUEL EVANS, SON & CO. GOTTOMROKERS AND WAREHOUSEMEN Every Accommodation and Convenience for Our Customers and the Trade. HIGHEST PRICES' PAID FOR COTTON Your Patronage Solicited. WE PAY Hlobest Gash Price For all Kinds of COW PEAS Edwards BoilliDg Worts IMD HD nr Milledgeville, Georgia* the cost of his telephone set coin pi etc is $13.00. The above figures represent standard "ground" ono wire construction and long distance tele phones. it is a simple matter to build the line and no operator Is re quired. Hie annual maintenance < xpense Is not over $75—the renewal of the dry batteries In the farmer's telephone. In addition the farmer can run a line to a neighboring town exchange mid long distance servlej to the rest of the country. The Rural Telephone in sickness or emergency enables the farmer to summon Immediate aid. It enables him to learn the latest market prices and so get more money for his pro ducts. It removes the isolation of country life; It Improves the condi tion* surrounding tlie farmer's wlf ■. During the day und evening It Is used a great deal for social Inter course—everybody being able to "gat nest disadvantages of living ouutry, namely, that one must a considerable distance to market or talk with a neigh- the g! in the travel reaeli bur. It is estimated that there are about 7 million farmers' families iti the United States today, taking the word farmer In Us broadest sense and In cluding all faniHles living in the open country. Of those it Is estimated that In the few yours since the Ra tal Telephone has been considered seriously, more than two million have adopted It and It Is rapidly being extended. The Rural Telephone born of ne cessity and of vllat benefits to the farmer has us Its further recommen dation, Its accessibility to the entlr. population of farmers, many of whom cannot be reached by Rural Free De livery o' good roads for generations to come. Future Goose Fjarming- By J. C. Clipp sight to me.' 1 will venture to say, Jhat the majority of us have this same weakness. It ia for this same reason, and from the fact that they are remunerative, that geese are be coming more and more In favor with many land owners of the world today. The American people are Jsut begin ning to learn the science of goose j farming. But few of us understand the raising of geese in large numbers, as they do In China. That country Is I the most famous goose country in the! world, producing millions ot pounds' annually. However, the raising of j geese in large numbers will come by j experience. At the present time large (locks are grown on some wet swampy I lands that can be used for nothing else. 1 observed quite a large inter-' eat manifested in parts of Wisconsin | in goose culture; theye they have Ideal surroundings, large ponds and canals, that are lit for nothing else. Tho % feathers are very valuable as! well ns the flesh, hence the Impor tance of giving more attention to i this part of poultry culture. Keep a diary; begin o:i the first day of the new year and follow it up daily. You will be surprised ho,/ many tilings that are important 'o remember you will find stored away. Do not hesitate to go Into the poul try business In-cause you see so man $ others In It already. As long as-we are Importing thousand t upon thou sands of dozens of eggs annually and the price of tggs continues to go higher each succeeding winter, it does not lock much like we would soon overdo the matter. The heavy influx of foreigners to this country and the greater numbers of peopl'j living In the cities and towns helps to Increase the consumption of poultry and eggs. Tho Increased number of t-gg.t used by manufacturers In recent years tends to take care of any sur plus there might be. \ When eggs for market are the main object enough hens of tho right sort must be kept the year around. Hens ought never to be put In the I The world does move and the poul- same quarters with the turkey, pea-] trynian must move with the rest, fowl, or guinea hen, because these worry md drive them about. Ducks also ought to have a separate sitting place because they soil tlieir feath ers with the droppings If they sit on the ground In the ordinary hen house. Birds of flock together. a feather should Gun shells at cost W. H. Leonard. Ti e time Is fast approaching i There are thousands of -acres of when goose farming will have crowd- wet lands that can be utilized Into oil out turkeys entirely. As a turkey goose farming. Such localities arc breeder I really dislike to make this] unlit for turkey growing, but could) prophecy; but nevertheless 1 fearing- ly believe it, shuply because this country Is soon going to be too dense ly populated for the growing of tur keys, Further west where there Is more range, turkeys will bo found lending In popularity over geese, but in eastern and central states the con ditions will soon be most favorable for goose farming. CHICKEN FOOD. Good for fowls, also domestic animals, con sisting of broken corn bo tnado profitable with geese. In j and other grains, Kurope, where every inch of sou is known as “Screen ings.” Oconee River wanted fur the growing of crops, th canals, large water basins and small ponds are concerted Into goose cul lure. It can be done here just as well as in Europe. Where turkeys can be successfully grown, continue to give them room, as nothing on the farm is as profit- The reason due to tho lairo any In Europe geese are very popular, 1 able unless it Is gees due to the thickly populated country, geese are so profltabl- tuaklug It next to att impossibility to j fact that they do raise turkeys ns they require consid- grain sc erablo range. However, ttirkeys will | well on be very popular in this country for nothing else. If thy majority of.farm many years to come. But 1 am quite ers would give goose fanning n littlc confident the tlm is fast approaching comIderaliou they would scon sei when turkevs In this country will ho Unit they have pastur- Mills. 2-17 tf. it. red approaching dry will ho Unit no more. Geese filling in where they] lands that would not conflict with idler fowls, or live stock. The rtr-rritis Biacksmittiino ol mi Kinds on snort No te Done'Be DR. F. ff. WOLF, D.'O. Eyesight 'Specialist “Glasses Bight Good Sight-” "NUFF SAID." At Mrs. Julia Parker’s Milltnerv Store, Milledgeville, Ga., SAT. MARCH 6th, 1909 Very Serious It is a very serious matter to ask for one medicine and have the wrong cne given you Tor this reason wo urge you in buying to be careful to get the genuine— THEDFORDS once supplied the tvau'.s of the fes-,any live holldais. Every pouitrymnn who lias hml any experiences with turkeys well under stands that they are a fowl that pos itively cat.ot stand close confine ment, while geese can stand confine ment reasonably well; in fact, they do not require range only in search of grass. They will do quite well 111 close confinement it they have the green food supplied artificially. ********* . FOR UP-TO-DATE JOB PRINT- • • • • 1NG SEE THE NEWS Q. We have recently equipped our office with a complete stock of Legal Blanks, which we will furnish you in any quanti ty, from a single copy to a thousand copies, at the lowest prices. C. Our catnlog, containing a list of over two hundred and fifty forma, furnished free upon request. fact that almost evt country has nioro rr makes it certain tin crease in popularity t K farm In this - waste Linds esc will in- time passes and population Increases. Those waste lands must be converted into some use in order to bring In a profit und nothing else will do it more sure ly than a well managed flock of well- bred geese. They will be most profit able of any thing ,to my mind, grown on the farm of waste lands. Perhaps there is no other fowl In existence that appeals to tho well-to-do farm ers as does the well-bred goose. What Is a finer scone than a choice flock of large white Emsden geese, or the large gray Toulouse geese, or any other variety ot well-bred geese? Nothing that I can cull to mind, un less it would be a fine flock of tur keys and I could not conscientiously give the preference to turkeys as I would be bound to place them on an equality, viewing them from a profit view point. In a majority of In stances. In a thickly settled commun ity, geese are far more desirable than turkeys. In noting the words of a well to do westerner not long since in conversation with him on this sub ject he said: "A flock of uniform, well bred geese swimming on a sheet of clean water is a* most pleasant Next Door to J. K Is especially nec essary at this sea son of the year. Would appreciate a portion of same. The reputation of this old, relia ble medicine, fer constipation, in digestion and liver trouble, is firra- ly crtac fished. It does not imitate other mecicines. It is better than ethers, or it would not be the fa vorite liver powder, with o larger c'.I ethers combined. sold ly Town Have One Doctor No sense in running from one doctor to another. Select the best one, then stand by him. Do not delay, but consult him in time when you are sick. Ask his opinion of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for coughs and colds. Then use it or not, just as he says. A W« publish our fbimu.a* « W* banish aleohoT from our modicinoo urfo you to oonauit your i/ers - Always keep a box of Ayer's Pills in the house. Just one pill at bedtime, now and fben, will ward olf many an attack oi biliousness, indigestion, sick headache. How many years has your doctor known these pills? Atk him all about them. —- Mate V* tka *. C. An* Oa., lowaU. I«M-