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The Font Valley Leader, Officicil Organ of Houston Lor ler Publishing Co., Lessees. R. M Editor and PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. Terms of Subscription: Ono year .......... ..... $ Six months........ Thri*c months..... Entrred • wond-cbiss matter Aug. 2U, 11W thopoat o!i ;in at Fort V allay, Da ..under the of (Jongri i of March 8 1879. We cannot gurantee the cation of any article sent later than Tuesday noon. TELEPHONE Fort Valley, (la.,Nov. 30, 190 8. Is The South a lit Political Power? Of all the exchanges that to our table we are only able locate two newspapers that to urge their readers to turn and give William J Bryan an whelming Democratic vote; those ] or ye scri l.S • W u don’t protend to be “T tn! 1 you so < 1 5 instead we first favored the of a n t whom Democracy stomach, Failin'** in that kept quiet, rather , than , the policies < . <’ North yankci vV )SO te ambition \ to gain the free which he could only get the race' for President. The staunchness of the of this paper to has never been His Daddy “was a democrat ' J His Grand Daddy was a crat. But we darned if we for Bryan, whether the Reader” may call it 'cratic or not. We are tired of voting for thing that may be nominated President and called a We didn’t vote for And we are thankful that it be necessary for us to as president for the next years a man who solicited negro vote, who sent his to a negro school, and a man was supported by the and whose supporters the Georgia delegation to national convention, by the band to play that tune is damnable to every li Marching Through Georgia.” They Say A branch of the They family live in all towns, and rural districts. out-number the Smith, Jones Brown families two to one, belong in all “classes,” and (i sets” all “herds” and “droves-’’ You never hear any of the They Say families New York, Boston, nor Atlanta for the reason that these are too busy hustling for k staff of life to bother with strip,' of folks. Representatives of, the Say families, attend all and religious gatherings, and social functions, and with and ears open, manage to something to tell other of the Th Say set. ,1 Said Mrs A to Mrs B Say” M rs C takes something her tea.” When this bit of passes i round among the Say folks a few days, “this thing her tea,” will smell corn liquor. Did you notice how “sheepish” B looks? well They Say his father stole a sheep and whole family has been f c sheepish” ever since. • And so it goes. The They family has no soul to 8*re, head to crack. They roam about at will, and as aimless as a mad dog, and “bite,” ant snap )> at good and bad alike, What a pity they cant be muzzled. I unrortc. a Opposition, opposition; nothing but opposition!” “What’s the matter, dear?”. _ “My parents objected when I wanted to marry him, and now he kicks be | ! cause I want a divorce. Louisville Courier-Journal. Natures and Man. Huxley was once talking to Sir Wil¬ liam Gull about the healing power of nature. Stuff!” said Gull. u Nine times out of ten nature does not want to cure the mau. She wants to put him in his coffin.”—London Telegraph. His Explanation, it Henry, whispered Mrs Smithers, straightening up in bed a what’s that noise in the library?” “Must be history repeating Itself, »» ftuittered Houry drowsily. “Go to sleep! 1»> T STEPS TO HEAVEN. The bfRcnil of flow Mount Omi’t Stairway Was Oat. Mount Omi, on the border between ; western China and Tibet, has the long¬ est staircase in the world. On top of the mountain there stands a Buddhist j temple, around which gather some of > the holiest traditions of that religion l and which is made a Mecca to the Obi QGSe To facilitate the ascent of its slippery Bides some 20,000 steps have been cut the mountain, forming a single fllght> up whlch the pH err Q toils. Because of its inaccessibility few Eu , ! ropeans have ever visited the spot, but a number of travelers have ascended j | tiie stairway and are positive that it is I no legendary myth. There is a legend that in earlier times the pilgrim was forced to hseend the mountain without artificial aids until the monks conceived the plan of requir¬ ing every pilgrim who would gain es¬ pecial benefit of his journey to cut a single step. it Wi!» «_ • 3 reti’-r. *. ...... than successful concert that awe the best known co^oser-imwlnaas was met in the street by a frietWL * “Pleasant trip?” hie friend inquired. “Blensant drip!” the musician at sweml. “Aeh, himoie"; no! Vy, vhar, we got down dbere t&e baritone bat forgot Ills tress dronsers, uad vol shah re do? So I go at: und blay, and l run qvkt behint tUe s< enes und chanch, und tot go ,msJ und aing und come qviek hack again, und I put ’em on und blay. ' “’Ach, I haf Branched ;ny dvousore »efen time dnae von efenlngs alreutyt II It is told or tins same musician thx ho Is now enjoying the conjugal feJlc of a third attempt, and upon beic# bat-rod need to a young man at a recap | 5Iou rooer.Uy ho sain: I “Ah, you married? >» "Yes,” the young man recited. • Vot a goot vife? “Fine. M “Goot—goot! I haf now, too. aht iShe make those fire und cook uud nefei boiler at all. She is dc pest vife I efei | bp.f, you belief me.”—London Awirer* ! Taxation Facts. Besides water, school and electric light tax, aggregating about $5,000, the city is collecting this year for ordinary expenses abgut $5,250, twice as much as under Mayor Skellie’s administration, and collections of fines and street taxes are far heavier. Those who pay the taxes' are asking “Why this enormous increase? What benefie dobs the town receive from -it? ' * They tell us the water plant is making good profits, and the electric light system more than paying expenses, and yet the regu¬ lar city tax is not onlynot reduced but actually increased to the limit,and assessments also increased. No matter how much profit the water wiprks makes, the water tax of $1,885 every year for 30 years must be collected by taxation from the people. The at constitution provides that “at or before the issuance of the bonds” provision must be made to collect from the people by taxation thoy'ntire principal and interest. Such provision was made in issuing the water bonds and the electric light bonds, and those two taxes must be collected every year until tin bends are paid, without regard to whether the enter¬ prises pay or not. the city issues $10,000 of 5 per cent 80-year telephone nds as ■ ;> ised> every cent of this $10,000 principal and - 15,000 inter esl ’5,000 in ail—must and will be raised by taxation, and we \\ ): 1 VO fastened upon us this additional tax for 30 years. The lav 1 wisely said that no such tax shall be imposed upon the people w ithout their express consent. liven should the business pay (although no town in America ever did make one pay), the rates would merely be lowered, thus benefiting subscribers only, but all the people would pay the tax for 30 years. Are the 233 citizens of Fort Valley walling to place this addi¬ tional tax upon themselves and their children for 30 years just so a few out of the 72 of these citizens who are telephone subscribers can get a different kind of telephone? It would seem so much more reasouable for the dissatisfied ones to do without a telephone or to build a system of their own, and not *** bother the people or the people’s money in the matter, Tax Payer. c t£l i tu£s T. w Million jgBP& *yi ® l ■‘fy . V. X* ,Ujjif- 'J L H ' p --* \ *1%; i » i JS|*M - . “ Mi pt t © rm <-• 3 “ r * i BP "tp; mw s . . 7 * A* : “ Ts- 1 V;> A PERFECT understanding by the public of the man¬ j agement and full scope of the Bell 1 cleplume System \\mr ! call have but one effect, and that a most desirable one —a marked betterment of the service. Do you know what makes the telephone worth The object of this and several succeeding maga¬ while to you—just about the most indispensable zine advertisements is not to get more subscribers. It is thing in modern life ? to make each one of you a better link in the chain. **■ J in¬ First, give "Central” the number dearly and be It isn’t the circuit of wire that connects your strument with the exchange. sure she hears it. Give her full and dear informa¬ It's the Twenty Million Voices at the other end of tion in cases of doubt. She is there to do her the wire on every Bell Telephone ! utmost to accommodate you. We have to keep them there, on hair trigger, Next, don’t grow fretful because you think she ready for you to call them up, day or night— represents a monopoly. The postmaster does, too, downtown p in Maine, or out in Denver, for the same reason. And to take the telephone system useful to The usefulness of the telephone is its univer¬ those Twenty Million other people, we have to sality , as one system. Where there are confusion. two sys¬ keep you alert and ready at this end of the wire. tems you must have value two telephones—and Then we have to keep the line in order.— Remember, the of the service lies in the 6,000,000 mi of wire—and the ce *1 t piris number of people you can reacli without confu¬ props lv drilled and accommcd «.i ; last sion—the promptness with which you get your degre d the appar; us v.d to the L response. ; ■V. it of cffic Cv So respond quickly when others call you, bear¬ Quite a job; all told. ing in mind the extensive scope of the service. Every telephone user is an important link in ike The constant endeavor of the associated Bell sy nportant as the opevtor. -With companies, harmonized by one policy and acting a little wall meant suggestion on our pact, we as one system, is to give you this best and most believC we can improve the service—perhaps save economical management human ingenuity can a second on each calk devise. The end is efficient service and your atti¬ There are about Ax billion connections a year over tude and that of every other subscriber may hasten these lines. or hinder its accomplishment. Saving a second each would mean a tremendous Agitation against legitimate telephone business time saving to you and a tremendous saving of —the kind that has become almost as national in operating expenses, which can be applied to the its scope as the mail service—must disappear with betterment of the service. a realiza on of the nececsitv of universal service. American Telephone «§r Telegraph Company And Its Associated One Policy—One System Sell Companies I, Universal Service V. A \ UNITING OVER 4.030,000 TELEPHONES Including those of The Fort Valley Telephone Company. Words Pawed. Judge—You say that words passed between the accused and his wife. DM you hear what they were? Witness^ No; I didn’t hear them, but I saw them. Judge —Saw them? Witness — Tea. They were in the dictionary that he threw at her. Experiment. "T have been married twice, once for fovs and once for money. ff !• Are you satisfied?” ■ | tt Not quite. I should like to try mar¬ ■ rying for a little of both, if I may.”—■ j Puck, In the Eestenrant. “He seems to be an experienced waiter. . Oh, yes. Noto the calm IndiSerenco with which i'n treats people who are So *■ hurry, tt OAST 0» B«ar3 the Kind You Have Always Bought Signature V f i ) Nov. 4 1908. , Dea Friend: Last summer I wondered j what they did with all ! the I know grapes. now they took them and dried and made them into raisins. Raisins are mighty nice to go in cake,and raisins and nuts are mighty nice to hand round when you want to spend a long time at, the table talking. The best seeded rais¬ ins cost 12 1-2 cts a pack. Jour friend, JACOB. P,S. You don't know what nice raisins and nuts, Citron and Dates and things they have at. W. K. Thweatt’s, YOU HAVE SELECTED THE GIRL. Now let us furnish the home. We have a magnl icent line 1 Of Furniture and Ca and £ can save you money 1 Let us show you. j E. J. & P. 0. WILLINGHAM. Macon, Ga. ’ \ \i i fl I #* nN o \ r \ t P' rO^-J / / I ' ; I I i 9 S3. ------■ •'-u-n Copyriybt AJ»cn:siog ,, 1907,^)/ Ouwsulc Co., Ctgo Jr