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The Fort Valley Leaden.
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Official Organ of
Houston County
Leader Publishing Co., Lessees.
R. M. Reynolds, Editor ami
W. R. Biunium, Associate
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Enterednaaecond-claaa mAlter Aug. 29,1906, the
the noat-aftlce of at March Fort Valley, Oa.,under
of Congwstt 8 1878,
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TELEPHONE
Valley, Ga^ August 14, 1108 ^
The Atlanta baseball club
well at home and h—1 away.
The convict business in
gia “is rank: it smells to heaven. 5
In the era of airships it
l U * e folks to get off
t so much that
nv as that
Up to and including last
urday Quitman received
bales of cotton.
A few days ago a
man killed 31 rattlesnakes
he Altamaha river. The
was slightly over 8 feet long
had 11 rattles.
The legislature has passed
law to the effect that hotels
have clean sheets !.« r very
Of course the law 7 does t
the same okl bed bugs:
But no one will believe
the Standard oil traffic
ever suspected that they
half so innocent as Judge:
cup says they must be
to have beeti.
John R. McLeans
Post is opposed to Bryan
R. McLean’s Cincinnatti
er is for Bryan. That i«
is called riding two horse* in op¬
posite directions.
Mr Bryan says that * La
Paloma” is his favorite tune.
This will surprise folks
thought his favorite turn? was
it Waltz me around again Willie”,
with the words and music by
Miss Democracy.
it The silly season is on,
everybody can see by the ravings
of the democratic editorials”,
says the Pittsburg press, And
if a Democratic sheet is’t handy,
you may find in a Republican
organ something just as goad.
A paper in a good sized town
in Michigan recently published
this item: “The business man in
this town who is in the habit of
hugging his typewriter had bet¬
ter -quit or we will publish his
name. n The next day 37 busi
ness men called at the office, paid
up their subscriptions and left
behind them 37 columns of ad¬
vertising and told the editor not
to pay any attention to foolish
stories.—Grand Rapids Press.
The fruit season for 1908 is
practically at an end, the few re¬
maining shipments being made
from north Georgia. Many in
this section lost heavily, some
made a little and a few made
a great deal. The fruit was un-1
usually early, and several varie- j
ties ripened at the same time
something usual. Houston still 1
leads all other counties in num- j
ber trees and peaches, and bids
fair to hold it. The canning fac- j
tories here did a rushing busi¬ i
ness.
I It should take Mr Bryan
not
lorn? to write his letter of
tance. He has such an experi¬
ence in that direction.
Kentucky is mistaken in
ing possession of the only donkey
that chews tobacco. There
of them in other states.
An antiseptic campaign fund
is all right in its way, no
but an ante-vp campaign is
j both for. P arties are really
' , w
John Tentple Graves who ,
j write direct to Gov Haskell
i Oklahoma instead of
j busy fofes.
The Sranton, Pa., man
recently married a codk may
be happy until lie discovers
she doesn’t know anything
j darning socks.
The “Springfield Republican
ports Taf “never
anyone”. Doesn’t he realize
this eccentricity be ay lose
the entire waiter and
vote.
Not on'y will Mr
charge a dollar a word on
hunting trip, but he will
the right to shorten some of
words Ib.y his own system
spelling reform
The superintendent of
in Washington is planning
cruisade against
noises. If this crusade had
gun while Congress was
j session it might have been
j preted as a personal attack
! Senator Jeff Davis or some
boa instic orator
A Subscription Love Letter.
“Dear darling delinquent!
precious in arrears! You are
shyliDo you think we have
out and gone! No, little
plum., we could not get away
we wanted to. We are at
same old stand dishing out
advertisers on sweet
and bright expectations.
They make an excellent diet,
darling, with a little
flavored with a word of
ment to serve as a desert.
are waiting and watering
thee, our turtle dove. We
to hetr thy gentle footsteps
the stairway below and hear the
ring of the happy dollar within
our office- Dear one, we feel
unusually sad and lonely without
you, dear. Now, little pie crust,
will you come? Do we hear you
answer in a voice so sweet and
beguilding, “I am coming,” or is
it only the winds that around our
office roar? We pause for further
developments.—Eastman Hustler
Notice to Automobile Owners.
We make a specialty of thor¬
oughly impairing automobiles of
all makes.
Eberhardt Machine Works.
Shop opposite C. of G. depot,
Fort Valley, Ga. 873
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“HARD CLIMCH”
GEORU WOOD FIBRE PLASTER
Beats the world for holding and lasting
qualities. Notice the keys! lock It and locks key ’as
securely as it there were a on
every lath. It never cracks, breaks or dis¬
integrates. In fact, it is the one and only
real wood fibre plaster which gives lasting
and guaranteed satisfaction. Itf a sold by
thousands of tons all over the South. Don t
consider using any other brand until you
write us for information, prices, etc.
V_J Ir’oxvi. v jl.UMBER,
COMPANY
Bryan Vs Taft
r The campaign is now 7
ing to assume definite shape but
there is every evidence that it is
going to b unusually „ quiet .
an
ione. In fact, when the substance
is boiled down, there are but very
few points of difference between
Bryan and Taft and thus far the
campaign has been totally
vo ^ 0 f bitterness and mud sling
j n ^ The Republicans are trying
to tantalize Mr Bryan by asking
him what he has done with the
“Sacred Ratio'’ of 10 to 1, and
whysiveris no long a running
mate with wheat.
Qei the other hand the demo
crate are assuming tfee aggresive
and are asking the republicans to
U name the trusts” that Roose
velt has busted” and to state
wfeat relief if they can, that the
republicans have afforded from
the grasping power of these giaut
monoplies.
] The democrats are also making
■
an attack on the administration
i departments in Washington,
; They claim that the great and
j pondrous machinery of
Department of justice has ac*
oomplished absolutely nothing
and that the trusts are as powful
to-day as they were when Roose
•velt entered the White house
seven years ago- They are also
making a ferocious attack on the
management of the Pension
Office, the Patent Office, and the
Land Office. They are claiming
that the Examiners in the Pen¬
sion office are refusing pensions
to meritorious .'applicants on
flimsy technicalities and on the
(other hand are allowing pensions
to many who have 11 never smelt
j powder”. They are also making
I attack the management of
an on
the Patent Office is designed to
prevent people from obtaining
patents, and point the fact that
from 18 to 25,000 cases are pend¬
ing all the time, owing largely
to the fact that these officials
take up the time of the inventors
in rendering trifling and frivo¬
lous actions instead of hastening
the cases to conclusions. They
claim that a patent should be put
through in from two to six weeks
instead of two to six months as
: is now the case, and if some of
the old fossils in the Patent office
and other branches of the govern¬
ment were fired out, public busi¬
ness would be greatly expedited.
The democratic platform con¬
tains a plank on patents and it is
evident that they are going to try
toeonvince the inventors that the
Democrats will give him greater
encouragement than the republi¬
cans have been doing.
Houston led all other counties
in peaches this year. She always
did lead in other kind of peaches.
We are glad to note the fact
that the son of our neighbor edi¬
tor is one of the crack shots of
the army. Houston has always
been proud of Brother Hodges
anyway, but is “sho’nuff” proud
of him now for having given to
Uncle Sam a young man of such
sterling character and worth and
who has proven such a credit to
Georgia.
AiOlYii kiy 'V*. . ..
A0 . , . , . |
u: today are but mere toys compared to
flic human body. T his is one machine
that must be given constant and iutelli
gent care. Owe permitted to run tor
far without skillful repair, the wreck is |
just ahead j
STUART’S BUCHU AND ?EIt |
has repaired more human ias, rei ieved |
cheeked the strain on weak parts and completely ( j
the cause than any other invito
ratmg cordial. It relieves kidney dis- ■
eases , catarrh of the biadoer, diabetes,
dropsy, gravel, headache, loss dyspepsia, pain
in the back and side, of appetite,
general debility, neuralgia, sleeplessness,
rheumatism and nervousness. STUART’S
BUCHU AND JUNIPER positively re-;
iieves these diseases. At all stores, igl.CQ j
per bottle. Write for free sample.
Stuaxt Drug Manufacturing Co.,
Atlanta Ga.
! Suicide in Perry
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; Perry, Ga., Aug. 12.—B
Pullen, a traveling salesman
the , Atlanta , _ Paper
j committed Wells suicide last night
the hotel here. He
1 to his room last night and
j leaving left a call in the office
awa«e him at 5 o’clock this
ing to catch the train. So
George B Wells went to his
to awake him, and not
any answer, another
man assisted in getting in
room and found him sitting
the floor leaning with his
against the bed. Wells at
notified the sheriff and the
ner held an inquest. The
requested the coroner to
mon a physician. Dr. H.
Holtzclaw was called in and
: covered that Pullen had cut
j throat on the left side,
the artery and jugular vein
bleeding to death- Before
mitt ing the act he took an
j j en vessel and placed it by
and must have held his neck
it, as it was half full of
There was a large pool around
He left a letter written at
vile to his house, but this
tained nothing discouraging;
about $48 were found in h;s
ing. Yesterday he mailed a
ial delivery letter to his wife
Mineral Mills, Texas. What
letter contained no one knows.
Mortification.
*4 Of course, doctor, German
ire seldom serious?
I never met but one fatal case.”
Fatal!”
Yes. It was a Frenchman,
j When be discovered it was
measles that be had mortification
In. , i
Hooking the Wary Trout.
Trout when hungry usually face
current. This fact should he
bered when approaching a bridge
eddy where the “speckladibeautles
to hide.” If possible. spots
be approached upstream. It may
a little more time to go around
come back up, but “make haste
ly” is said to be the first axiom
trout fishing. As the stream
warmer, the trout seek the cool
and shaded places. They are to
found where a cold spring bubbles
Into the stream or where a
creek enters. Often a number
the same haunt Each additional fish
means two more eyes to watch for the
fisherman. One trout is all that Is nec¬
essary to give a danger signal by
darting away. The rest immediately
follow suit. To catch more than one,
or even that in such a place takes
skill in the use of the line. But who
has said that trout fishing is not an
art?—Circle Magazine.
Our Pygmy Ancestors.
The armor of the knights of the mid¬
dle ages is too small for their modern
descendants. Hamilton Smith records
that two Englishmen of average di¬
mensions found no suit large enough
to fit either of them In the great col¬
lection of Sir Samuel Meyrlck. The
head of the oriental saber will not ad¬
mit the English hand nor the bracelet
of the Kaffir warrior the English arm.
The swords found In Roman tumuli
have handles Inconveniently small, and
the great mediaeval two handed sword
is now supposed to have been used
only for one or two blows at the first
onset and then exchanged for a small¬
er one. The statements made by Ho¬
mer, Aristotle and Vitruvius represent
six feet as a high standard for full
grown men, and the Irrefutable evi¬
dence of the ancient doorways, bed¬
steads and tombs proves the average
size of the race certainly not to have
diminished in modern days.—London
Hospital.
Great Musician’s Eccentricities.
Dolls were. the Idols, after his be
loved instruments, of Domenico Dra
th ® king of the double bass.
^ a d a huge collection of these pup¬
pets dressed In various national cos
tumes, and wherever Dragonetti went
the dolls were sure to go. That was
only one of thlB eccentric genius’ pecul
iaritles. He would never play unless
his dog were in the orchestra, and no
body would have got a note out of
unless he had been p erra itted to
sit in the orche£;tra next to the gta
door. .___ This —.. was a precaution to , enable
him to save his wonderful Instrument
case of fire. The instrument itself
he brought from the monastery of St
Pietro when on a visit to Yineenza, and
when he died he bequeathed it to St
Mark’s, Venice, to be used at solemn
services.—London Standard.
LE6AL ADVERTISEMENTS
Georgia Houston County;
To all whom it may concern;
I. T. Woodard, Clerk of the Su
Perior court of Houston countv.
Administrator on the estate of
i Willie J. Thompson, having ap
' phed for leave to sell all of the
| lands of said estate for the pur
! I pose of distribution and to pay
the debts of said estate. This is
therefore to cite all persons in¬
' terested to show cause before me
j a t tho S pJ^ September Term 1908, of
a
j g ran t et p Witness my official
signature this August 4th 1908.
S. T. Hurst, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Houston County.
W. A. Peytoa has applied for
guardianship of minor child of
Luther Doles, deceased. This is
therefore to cite all persons con¬
cerned to appear at the Septem¬
ber Term 1908, of the court of
Ordinary of Houston county, and
show cause, if any they have why
said application should not be
granted.
i Witness my official j!" nature t’.i
August 3rd, 1908.
Sam T. H Ordinary.
x ^ ; - e debtors and creditors;
fc j,^ estate 0 f Willie J. Thompson
i deceased, will present them prop-
110 erly attested; and those indebted
sa ^ estate will make payment
perior Court of Houston county,
Administrator on said estate.
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GEORGIA— Houston County.
To whom it may concern;
J. R. Miller, Administrator of
Estate of E. E. Miller, deceased,
has applied for an order dismis¬
sing him from said trust as ad¬
ministrator, representing that he
has fully discharged his trust as
Administrator. This is to noti¬
fy all persons interested to show
cause on or before September 7th
1908 why the order prayed for
should not be granted. This the
4th day of August 1908.
Sam T. Hurst, Ordinary.
| Birmingham
Sf tlaniic Railroad
SCHEDULES
Effective August 16,1908
DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE
NORTHBOUND
Lv Brunswick 6 30 am 6 00 p m
ii Way cross 8 15 a m 7 55 p m
i i Douglas 9 55 a m 9 25 p in
Ar Fitzgerald. 10 55 a m 10 25 p m
Lv Thomasville 7 30 am 645pm,
<< Moultrie 8 38 a m 7 50 p m
<< Tifton 9 48 am 9 00pm
Ar Fitzgerald 10 45 a m 10 00 p m
Lv Fitzgerald 11 00 a in 10 30 p nx
it Cordele 12 35 p m 11 45 p m.
ii Vienna 12 54 pm 12 04 a m
it Manchester Oglethorpe 1 55 p m 1 15 am
ii 4 03 p m 3 30 a m
• I Senpia 5 40pm 5 25 am
Ar Atlanta 7 55 p m 7 45 a m
SOUTHBOUND
Lv Atlanta 7 45 am 8 00pm
Ar Senoia 10 02 a m 10 18 p m
a Manchester 10 40 a m 12 00 n’t
a Oglethorpe 1 50 p m 2 35 a m
tt Cordele 3 15 m 4 15 a m
a Fitzgeral p
d 4 30 p in 5 35 a m
Ar Tifton 5 40 pm 7 00am
it Moultrie 6 48 pjm 8 10 a m
ii Thomasville 8 00pm 9 20 am
Ar Douglas 5 40 p m 6 50 a m
it Waycross 7 15 p m 8 25 a m
ii Brunswick 9 15 10 20 a m
p m
ing Pullman, drawing room, sleep¬ and
cars between Atlanta
Thomasville on trains leaving
asville Atlanta 6.45 8.00 p m; leaving Thom¬
p m. Close connec¬
tions at Atianta for all points
East and West. Electric lighted,
vestibuled trains.
44 The Standard of Excellence
in Passenger Service. f l
W. H. LEAHY,
Gen’l Pass. Agt., Ga.
J. R. ROWLAND j Atlanta,
Traffic Manager.