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3^1 PUBLIC ROADS. Cost of Bad Highways and Effects of Good Ones. The public highways"have a very im- ; . portant bearing on the judgment form- ed by strangers in regard to the thrift and enterprise of any county. One who is looking about for a good local ity in which to settle will be apt, all things else being equal, to decide up on a county in which good roads give him easy access -to a market at all seasons of the year. It has been estimated by those who, have given the matter chreful | atten tion, that in a section of country hav ing first-class roads the transportation of his produce to market, will cost the farmer just about one-fourth the ex pense involved in the same traffic over our ordinary Georgia roads. Professor S. W. McGallie, assistant state Geologist, in his excellent treat- ease on “The Roads and Road-Building That He Who Runs May Read. Materials of Georgia/’. S£Lys: “it is a well-known fact that in the winter and early sp-jlng months, the majority of our. common dirt roads become well- nigh impassable for heavy traffic. Dur ing this s®a«on of the year, the teams, which might be profitably engaged in hauling the farm products to mar ket, remain idle, at a considerable, ex pense to their owners in the matte? of attention, feed, etc. . / Cost of Bad Roads. “Professor J. A. Holmes, State Ge ologist of North Carolina, in discussing this item of expense chargeable to bad roads, places the loss due to-this cause in 56 middle and western counties of that state at .$1;600,000 pe?-annum, an amount sufficient to build' more than 75 miles of first-class macadamized road. “Now, if the above figures are cor rect, and they are undoubtedly plausi ble, it would be no exaggeration to say that the farmers of Georgia annu ally sustain a loss of more than $2,000,- 000 from tins cause alone. In other words, this large sum of money would be an annuel net gain to the farmers of the state, if the roads were so im proved, that teams could be used at all seasons of the year. Effect of Good Roads. If time and space allowed, we should be glad to quote more from Prof. Mc- Callie; but we will do this at another time and show how good roads dimin ish the wear and tear on vehicles, harness and horses, and how they in crease the value of real estate. On the moderate estimate that good roads will increase the value of lands con tiguous to them by $2 per acre, Prof. McCalJie thinks that this apparently insignificant amount would aggregate more than $lO,UOO,0OO,,a sum equal to about one-half of the present assessed valuation bf all the farming lhnds of the state. Sonne Good Roads In Georgia, While urging our people to progress on this line, we are glad that we are not compelled to go beyond our own State for examples of good roads. Sev eral hundred miles of first-class ma cadamized roads have been built in several counties under the system pro vided by our laws for the Improvement and maintenance of .public highways. The Manchester and Peachtree roads near Atlanta, in Fulton county, are thoroughfares equal to the best ideal. More than 76 miles of splendid ma cadamized roads in Floyd county give tt> the citizpns easy access to the thriv- . ing city of Rome. The Washington Pike and the Savannah Valley roads, of Richmond county, make travel and transportation easy to' Augusta. Roads of similar merit radiate from Mafcon in Bibb county, from Savannah in Chatham county, and from Brunswick near “the marshes* of Glynn.” GA. DEP’T. OF AGRICULTURE. The lesson of this statement is not hard to learn : John Wana-^ maker pays one thousand dollars a day to the newspapers of his home town for advertising, says the Macon News. 'Those who do not think if pays to advertise should be convinced by this example; for, truly* there is no doubt that this merchant prince knows what “pays,” and how to sncced in business. The Wananiaker storos are the big gest in the country, and their immense-and complete stock is being . offered'* to the public through the columns of the news papers. And for this service Ms. Wanamaker pays $822,500 per year. * To the Press he pays $60,000; to the Ledger $60,000; to the North American $75,055 and to Evening ing Telegram 850,000. TJp to a few months ago Mr. Wanamaker was using a page in the (Record at the rate of $75,000 a year, which would have made an annual expenditure of$372,500. When he wanted to renew his con tract with the Record the pub lishers asked $87,500 more, or a total of $112,500. Mr. Wauama- kei* refuged to pay that sum, thinking that no one else would pay that for a page. The proposition was put to Lit Bros*, who accepted the contract without a moment’s hesitation, and they are now paying that enormous sum for the use of the page for one year. The State Convention. Here is one that is being passed around by the newspapers that is applicable to all towns: “There is no reasonable excuse for a man living in a town if he dosen’t like it. If you have no word of com mendation to say for your town, its institutions or its people, emi grate. Jou won’t stop the course of events by going away, neither will your carping criticism cut any figure if you remain. The church bells will have the same musical ring, the dogs will play just as briskly, the fish will bite just as well and the pure air and bright sunshine will have the same health-giving properties. Speak a good word for your neigh bors if you can, if you can’t don’t everlastingly enlarge their faults. If you have become thoroughly sour and disgusted and cannot see any good in your town, move away; go somewhere where things suit you. Read It in His Newspaper. George Schaub, a well-known German citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio, is a coiistant reader of the Dayton Volkszeifcung. He knows that this paper aims to advertise only the best in its columns, and when he saw Chamberlain’s Pain Balm advertised therein for lame back, he did not hesitate in buy ing a bottle of it for his wife,who for. eight weeks had suffered with the most terrible paius.in her back and could get no relief. He says: “After using the Pain Balm for a few days my wife said to me, ‘I feel as though born .anew,’ and before using the entire co.nten.ts of the bottle the unbearable pains had entirely vanished and she couldagain take up her house- Virvlrl /Infioa lV* ; TTfl hold duties.” He is very thank ful and hopes that all suffering likewise will hear of her wonder ful recovery. This valuable lini ment is for sale by all dealers -in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. Some I people after casting a crust of bread upon the' waters, think they should get. a bowl of milk toast m return. It has been said repeatedly that politeness is cheap and always may be at command, without money and without price. This is an exaggeration of fact. Some times it is most difficult to be-po lite. There are course, rough rude men to be met now and then who try one’s gentlemanliness to its limit. The stomachs bf writ now and then, are out of gear ers and it is hard to be cheerful when one is suffering from indigestion But anyone with any sort of good breeding may put on a veneer of politeness that will pass for the solid article, and certainly there is no commodity in the market that will bring as immediate aud good returns.—Ex. Mr. J. H. Hale of South Glas tonbury, Conn., who is the owner of a large peach orchard in Con- necticutt as well as the largest or chard in Georgia, at. Fort Valley says that the Oonnecticutt crop this year will be exceptionally large^ approximating 1,000,000 bushels,. He looks also for a sue cessful season in Georgia peaches The state convention will be composed of 850 delegates. The majority rule governs, hence it will require 176. votes to nomi nate. The counties are entitled representation in the conven tion on the basis of two delegates for each representative in the low er house of the general assembly, At its last session the general assembly passed an act reappor tioning the representation in ac cordance with the federal census of 1900. Under this aet seven of the counties lost one representa tive each, and seven gained one each, leaving the total unaffected. The counties are divided into three classes, those of the first class having three representatives each, those of the second having two, and those of the third one. They will therefore be represent ed in the convention by six, four and two delegates, respectively. The counties of the, first class are Fulton, Chatham, Floyd, Bibb, Richmond and Thomas. The counties of the second class, twenty-six in number, are Burke, Muscogee, Decatur, Washington, Carroll, Dooly, Sumter, Laurens, Gwinnett, Coweta, Cobb, Jack- son, Troup, Meriwether. Houston, Bulloch, Emanuel, DeKalb, Wal ton, Wilkes, Bartow, Hall, Mon roe, Tatnall, Lowndes and Elbert. The counties of the third class, 105 in number, are all of those not included in the foregoing lists. These for convenience are sometimes called the “country counties.” They will have 210 votes in the convention, against 140 for the “city” or more popu lous counties. A contemporary, the Gains- ville News, recently,printed a ^ta ble dividing the state into con gressional districts and showing the representation in the conven tion of each district. The table shows that the First district, 10 counties, will have 82 votes; the Second, 15 counties, 80 votes; the Third, 12 counties, 32;tbe Fourth 10 counties, 80 votes; the Fifth, 8 counties, 24 votes j the Sixth, 10 counties, 26 votes; the Seventh,18 counties, 84 votes, the Eighth, 18 counties, 28 votes; the Ninth, 17 counties, 40 votes; the Tenth, 11 counties,28 votes ;the Eleyenthl,,18 counties, 40 votes. When a boy turns his bulging pockets inside out >ve marvel at the quantity and variety of arti cles he has stowed away. Odd Hardware, - Harness, - Saddlery. Full line Agricultural Implements. BEST GOODS. m CLOSEST PBICE. ifij ■Harness Repairs a speciality. 463-465 Third St. MACON, CfORC Iwi At ffl.il $1.75 $2 and $3 jer Gallon, Merchant Here. It is a good thing to remember wheh the children are noisy that some day they will be married, and living far away and the house will be quiet as a tomb. lengths of string, marbles, horse-chestnut, a top, brass nails, hickory-nuts, an apple and many more articles are t garnered by this “snapper up of unconsidered tri fles.” , We think the collection must be hard on a boy’s pocket, and it is. But do we ever think of the variety and miscellany of the substances we put into the pocket of our stomach? There’s the apple and nuts, and things be sides quite indigestible as brass nails and with no more food value than so many marbles. And yet we wonder that the stomach“givos out.” When the stomach breaks down under the strains of careless eating and irregular, meals it" can be perfectly and permanently re stored to health and strength by the use of Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. "The action of this medicine on the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition is so marked, that re lief from disease is at once exper ienced, and the headaches, liver “troubles,” kidney disorders,skin eruptions and other symptom^ of a diseased stomach are quip 1 ' 1 " cured, Whenever the use oi laxative' medicine is indicated,use Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They act in harmony with the ,‘Discovery” and assists its ac tion by purging the bowels foul accumulations. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W'. Grove’s signature oh each box,25c. - -m - Every manufacturing establish ment in San Francisco that for merly used ten tons of coal daily is now using U&R£?rhi{t; oil for fuel. ' • If lou Suffer from Kidney Troubles Use Smith’s. Sure Kidney Cure. Noth ing libhit for diseased kidneys. 50 cents, at Oater’s Drugstore. Charges paid by me on all packages of DIRECT TO CONSUMER, SAVING MIDDLEMENS’ PROFITS. All Express TWO GALLONS or more. Terms, cash with order. ;V J; _ 'j . . ;~. y v, Send your order and write Cor Descriptive Circular of Wine* mid Brandies. References, the Cominecinl Agencies, or any J. H. WOOLLEY, Cherryrllle. jffl (1. Ga. Poultry Herald. OFFICIAL organ of the STATE ASSOCIATION. Subscription Price . a Year. -ADDRESS- GA. POULTRY HERALD, VALDOSTA GEORGIA. The Herald FREE one year to every Homb Journal subscriber who pays & 1.50 strictly in advance. ■/ Xj. T=3 A TP.'PTTIT .t-v GROCERIES1A1ND COUNTRY Cor. Second and Poplar Sts., MACON, CA, tkGEHGY FOR TH& ALU. STEM, WOVEN WIRE '99 INCH is put on it. Does not mutilate, but does efficiently turn cattle, horses, hogs and pigs. Made of largo, strong wires, heavily galvanized. Amply provides for expansion and contrac tion. Only Best Bessemer steel wires used, always of uniforin quality. Never goes wrong no matter how great a strain every rod of amerbcan fence guaranteed by tho manufacturers. Call and see it. Dan show you how it will|save you money and fence your fields so they will stay fenced. C. H U H N, DEALER IN SPORTING GOODS.: Bicycles, Baseball Goods, Fishing Tackle, Gups, Pistols, etc. Hand- spine Specialties, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Mechanics’ Tools. Repairing of Guns, Bicycles, Etc. 520 MULBERRY ST. MACON, GEORGIA The Four-Hour-Sleep Society is the latest thing in associations and it is Chicago bred. The mem bers argue that more than four hours’ sleep is unnecessary, and they pledge themselves not to have more, and to bring up their children on the same plan. tt FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS New Rival- -“Leader"' “Repeater" i«wrrwwrrn<rrirrwwoy'rn' ******* IF-you, are ! 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