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W. H. HAFER, DENTIST. Fort Valley, Georgia Office over First National Bank. C. Z. McArthur, Dentist FORT VALLEY, GA. Office over Slappey's Drug Store. A. C. RILEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, WRIGHT BUTLDIXG, Fort Valley, Ga. Practice in all the courts. Money loaned. Titles abstracted. Tire $t Cife Insurance J\. D. Skcllic. Office Phone No. 54. FORT VALLEY, GA. C. L. SHEPARD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Fort Valley, Ga. Office Over First National Bank. TONSORIAL ARTIST For anything in the tonsorial lino don’t fail to call on WILLIAMS Next Door to Post Office. ■Experienced workmen and courteous at¬ tention lo all. Everything up-to-data. 5AM LOO, FIRST CLASS LAUNDRY FORT VALLEY, CiA. PRICE LIST. Shirts, plain.............. 10c Shirts, plain or puffed with collar............ 1212c Suits cleaned...... 50&S1 Pants pressed........ .25c Collars............... 2 1-2 Capes, collar or fancy 5c Cuffs each per pair 5c Chemise........... 10c Drawers........... 5c Undershirts....... 5c Socks, per pair ... oc Handkerchiefs..... 2 1-2 Handkerchiefs, silk 5c Shirts, night, plain. 10c Coats...... ..... ...15 to 25c Vests............ .... 15to20c Pan ts............ ... 25 to 35c Towels........... 2 1-2 to 5c Table cloths...... ... 10 to 25 Sheets........... i Pillow cases, plain .. 5c Napkins.......... ....2 1 -2c Bed spreads..... . 15 to 25c Blankets......... .25 to 50c Lace Curtains.... .20 to 25c Ladies’ shirt waist ,. 15 to 25c Skirts........... 2 ( j to 35c THE WILY BURGLAR. First Burglar- -“What’s that?” Second Burglar —•‘Thai's,my become sample c&set Ye see, I've just a house-to-house canvasser.” First Burglar—“What are ye sell in’?” Second Burglar “Oil to keep doors from squeaking, Great scheme, ain’t it?”—London Telegraph. THE ORIGINAL LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP KENNEDY’S LAXAT5VE CONTAININ',) HONEY AND TAR BROWNING IN KANSAS. “We wa’nt you to say a few 'Words about Browning.” "Well,* Indies,” responded Mrs. lloniebuddy, diffidently, “for pies and other pastry 1 recommend a hot oven; for beans, a slow tire.”—Kansas City Jouraal. Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. The only guaranteed kidney rem ^elv. Buy’t—try it—it costs you noth ing if it fails. Price 50 cents. Holmes Clark & Co. ti A SMALLER FRACTION. ■Nyer—“Is that Wedley’s better half —the lady he Is walking with?” Over—“No, she’s his better quar¬ ter.’! Myer- -“Better quarter?” Gyer- “Yes. she’s' his fourth wife.” —Chicago News. IDimMIYCORl fllgjces Kidneys acid Bladder Right / / e &M, A SERMON * 4ft nYT/\EREV~ ] [iUV//kNDEI5^ ’ W I 1 Theme: Divine Indwelling. Brooklyn, N. Y.—Preaching on the ftbove theme at the Irving Square Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Ira W. Henderson, pastor, took as bis text Jno. 20:22: “Receive ye the Holy Spirit.” He said: The reception of the Holy Spirit in the inner sanctuary of the human heart is the condition of entrance into the kingdom of God. The possibility of the immediate and present incom¬ ing and welcoming of the Spirit is reason enough for us to believe that the kingdom begins in this life and at once, if you will. The fact that the coming of the Spirit into the heart is contemporaneous with the entrance of the individual into the privileges of divine citizenship is sufficient demon¬ stration that spirituality is the key to, and the essence of, and the first re¬ quirement of admission to the king¬ dom. The one and only way to par¬ ticipate in the joys and blessings of the Spirit filled life is to cease from hardness of heart, and from intellec¬ tual self-glorification and self-trust, and to become as little children in humility and in receptivity to truth. Spirituality and divine citizenship are one and the same thing. Growth in spirituality is the test of efficient citizenship. The man who has stopped depending upon his own strength, his own wisdom, and has opened his e y 6 g and ears and mind and heart to the influences and manifestations of the Spirit is ready to receive, and in nil conscience will get, the papers and rights of a citizen of the kingdom of the God of Jesus Christ. And that soul only is being sanctified unto God¬ likeness and fashioned into the image of Jesus Christ who is growing daily, hourly, momently, in the gifts and graces of the spiritual life. To be spiritual is to become childlike. To attain spiritual development is the aim and the calling of those who are Christ's. the personal, The Holy Spirit, God puri¬ in fying, propelling presence of tiie life of man, is the means unto the spiritualizing of human natures according to the divine decrees. The i entrance of the Spirit means death to sin. The yielding of self to the gentle ministrations of the Holy Ghost is the first step toward indi¬ vidual transformation. The com | munion of the spirit of man with the Spirit of God brings peace, content¬ ment, rest and a wisdom and energy which are more than sufficient to meet the demands and the opposition of the world. No mere impersonal, unreal, this Spirit un¬ attainable something Is which Christ bade His disciples re C eive, and of which at a later time they received a fuller measure. It is the real, helpful, personal presence of God in the life. The spirit of man is a prey to all sin save the Spirit of God as a constructive, controlling force comes in. The transfusion of the soul with the vitality of the fills the dying heart of man with life. There are three characteristics the Holy Spirit to which l wish direct your thought. The Holy is a constant presence in the life the world, a controlling energy, soul satisfying comforter. The Holy Spirit is a constant ence and factor in the life of world. The entire list of graces and gifts and blessings which are ours at the hands of our Heavenly are constant. The gift of the is no exception to the rule. When God promises to men the presence and uplift of the Holy Spirit upon the fulfilment of certain conditions upon their part He means just what He says. Our Father is not fickle or changeable or inconstant. He is the game to-day, yesterday and forever. And His Spirit, which is His own real, personal presence in the hearts of men, is as constant as all else with which He has anything to do. When we were far away from duty and were serving sin the Spirit of the living God was knocking ever at our hearts. And though we hated ourselves and the depth of our own iniquity, though the world may have despised us and forsaken us, though everything in life may have held us as “unclean” with the leprosy of sin, still the Spirit of our livin o» loving Father stood wait¬ ing to reveal to us the wealth and beauty of the love of God and to re¬ vive our dying souls with the fullness of power unto eternal life. The constancy of the' Spirit as a factor in life is nowhere better illus¬ trated than in the experience of Christian men who have given themselves up, in less or greater measure, to His dominion. What a joy what, a comfort, what a stay it is to know that whenever and whereso¬ ever we may turn to the Spirit for the portion of refreshment that our souls so sorely need, we shall always find Him ready to supply our wants. There is no sense and no reason in much of our constant petition to God 1 10 in fin u3 -with His of thought Spirit. The and in¬ of fluences of types escapable. We prayer are hardly have grown so accustomed to ask God to fill us with His Spirit of power. But I submit, would we not pray better and more to the point jf we thanked our Father for the favors of His love and acknowledged to Him in person, what He already knows, our shortcomings and our lack of appropriation of the gift of His Spirit. The showers of spiritual blessings are forever falling free, full and sufficient upon human souls everywhere, Our prayers should not be of petition that God may give us showers, but rather of thanksgiving for past, present and future blessings and of dedication of self; through the riches of His grace ahd powers to a finer and more fruitful life for Him, The presence and influence of the Holy Spirit in the life of the world is a constant gratuity. If you are not the deeply grounded spiritual man that you should be the fault lies not with the Spirit, of which there is abundance unto all men’s necessity, but with you who have refused that wealth of spiritual power which, un¬ der God, might be yours if you would. Everywhere and continually the Spirit of the Lord is active. He knocks over at the door of the sinner's heart. He is forever pouring out the inex¬ haustible waters of spiritual life upon the parched soul® of men. But neither God nor His Spirit can fill an in¬ verted cup. The showers of blessings can not flood a closed heart. Then, too, the Holy Spirit Is a con¬ trolling energy in the life of the man who is susceptible to His influ¬ ence. Christ tells us that His Spirit shall lead us unto all truth; that He shall be our Guide, our Teacher and our Helper. The catalog of the activ¬ ities of the Spirit in the life of man is strengthening and sustaining. By Him we are led into the entirety of divine self-revelation and of eternal truth. Under the guidance of the Spirit of the living God we may pro¬ gress from truth to truth as the won¬ ders of God's universe are revealed to us and the application of everlast¬ ing verities brought home to our hearts. May no man flinch to follow the Spirit whithersoever He may di¬ rect. As Dante went through hell and heaven and the intermediate re¬ gions of the world beyond, and told in allegory and song the wonders that he witnessed and the sights he saw, so may we, with the Spirit as our Guide, be given grace to look truth squarely in the face and portray it faithfully to the world. And if we, as Dante, or beyond him Christ, shall be hounded by those who fear the light of truth we shall yet be certain that the truth, the truth alone, is worth men’s fealty and shall make them free. The Spirit as the Comforter ap¬ peals to the heart of every Christian. Who of us does not joy in the fact that above us and within us is this comforting Spirit of the Lord our God? The human heart cries out for comfort When distress and danger and destruction come upon it. When our hearts are bowed in anguish and our* souls are crushed with grief, when every human tie is severed and no mortal hand may avail to dispel our utter darkness, then the Spirit of the loving Father strengthens, sus¬ tains, sanctifies the soul. “Save me, 0 God, for the waters are come into my soul,” we cry out with the Psalmist. In the Judah wild^rndfes of the world our souls thirst for Him, our flesh longs for Him as in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Then the Spirit comes, and with His entrance the live springs of refresh¬ ment minister to our souls’ deep need. The Spirit as the Comforter is God in His presence ministering to the humanest of mortal needs. No man can live happily without Him. No man can weather the trials of tribula¬ tion and the temptations of prosper¬ ity without Him. Lending the sor¬ rowing light, hearts He keeps the suc¬ cessful level headed. The sense of the constant presence of the Spirit of God in the individual and world life is the certain indica¬ tion of a true religious experience. No man who lives near to God is with¬ out it. It is elemental in Christian experience. And this consciousness of God’s abiding and guiding is the mainstay of the soul. Without it progress is impossible in the truest sense. With it we may fight with fear¬ lessness, with hope unquenchable, against principalities and powers, against the wickednesses of high places and the sins of mighty men. For the abiding Spirit of the living God is the controlling energy in the life of humanity. Bad men may de¬ feat Him temporarily; evil policies may frustrate His purposes and hurl themselves against His plans; but the Spirit of God is unconquerable. He is the controlling, the overruling en¬ ergy of the world. In this Spirit we should find our strength. From Him we should derive the comfort of our souls. Let not your heart be troubled. Come what may, be the storms of life what they will, God will not leave us comfortless. He will not leave us orphans. He is with us. He will abide with every soul who bids Him enter. He will constantly refresh us all. He will give us courage and he our strength. He will suffuse us. He will comfort us. And He does. Conscience Not an Information Bureau If conscience is a safe guide to what is right and wrong then the Bible is not needed. There is no half-Way ground here, for a guide that needs guidance is no guide at all. And as a matter of fact, con¬ science is not a guide, and because so many souls mistakenly think it is, confused and wandering errors in the pathway of life are constantly made. Conscience is a monitor. It prompts and prods; it urges "Do what you know to be right; do not do what you know to be wrong.”. But it does not instruct us in what is right and what is wrong; it is not a bureau of in¬ formation. That instruction we re¬ ceive from God in many different ways, of which the Bible and the training of parents and teachers are some. Therefore it will not do to settle back in the easy assurance that we have a safe guide in conscience. We have a tremendous responsibility to learn, from sources outside of our¬ selves, what is our duty, and those sources are always available when we really seek them.—Sunday-School Times. ; It's easy for a deaf mute to Dve a girl more than tongue can tell. - • <» • < i > The Fort Valley Sanitary Meat Market | The above market is locoated at Norris’ Old •• Stand under the management of Mr. R.B. Burden. He intends to handle the best in his line. He < ■ manufactures his own Sausage and Sausage meat. Fresh meats on hand at all times, Cleanliness •; ■ » Full Weight And Prompt Service Guaranteed. j| < • Your trade is earnestly solicited. “One (rial will \\ > make you a steady customer.” The ladies of the :: i town are respectfully invited to inspect my stock | < • at any time. Verv respectfully, + < ■ • • R. B. BURDEN, Mgr. 4* * * Phone 47. * $ ANTHOINES’ MACHINE WORKS * We have put in the latest .f V improved Turning & Block Machine and are fitted up to get out m round, square and octagon V $§§■ m Balusters, Porch Spindles, ' Ilf Base and Corner Blocks. i ft We also have a first-class , Wood Lathe for all kinds of r hand turning. i n | We are prepared to get out all m. :■ j r T kinds of Dressed Lumber for - m buildings. Rough and Dress¬ A ic'.: ed Lumber, Flooring, Ceiling T4 n and Shingles on hand at all times. Don’t forget that we are still in Mmti M Hf the Repair Business of Engines, i I Boilers and other Machinery. ANTHOINE S MACHINE WORKS , Fort Valley, Ga. In case of sickness at night or fire or other emergency a Telephone is often worth in two minutes more than its cost for a whole year. It is the cheapest messenger service possible to employ. At a cost of 5 cents a day this messenger is at your elbow the whole 24 hours. We can now install phones more rapidly, and hope every fam¬ ily in town will avail themselves of our low prices and good service. Ft. Valley Telephone Co. Call At MURRAY & MCMILLAN'S For Fresh Seed Irish Potatoes Early Amber Cane Seed Wite and Golden Dent Seed Corn and Garden Seed Also Chattanooga Plows and repairs. Phone 19.