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DO Y()I T WANT. TO BUY THE BEST. Everything in our line is the best. Cole’s Hot Blast Heaters can’t be beat. We handle the best two-horse Steel Plow on the market. Ah SO \ / 'arke Cutaway Harrows, 8,30 and 32 disc. -fl $ The celebrated Tyson & Jones Buggies at a bargain. Get prices on furniture before buying; we can save you money. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL WORKS. LE6AL Georgia Houston County; J. P. Cooper: Administrator Robert Nelson, deceased, has ap¬ plied for leave to sell all the belonging to the estate of said deceased. This is therefore cite all persons concerned to pear at the January Term of the Court of Ordinary of ton county and show cause if they have, why said should not he granted. Witness my official signature i this Nov. 14.1908. S. T. Hurst, Ordinary, Geoi-gia Houston county: W. M. Wynn, Administrator Mrs. E. M. Smith,-deceased, applied for leave to sell all lands belonging to the estate said deceased. This is to cite all i>ersotusconcerned appear at the January r 11 erm 1909, of the Court of Ordinary Houston county and show if any they have why said cation should not Vie granted. Witness my official this Nov. 2, 1908. S. T Hurst, Ordinary. Geoigift Houston county: To whom it may concern. .). E. Cheek having made, cation to me indue form to appointed Administrator the estate of James H. Hall, late of said county, notice is hereby given that said application will heard at the regular term of Court of Ordinary for said ty to be held on the first in January 1909. S. T. Hurst, Ordinary. Georgia Houston county: S. C. I. T. Woodard, Clerk as Administrator of Mrs. E. Tooke, deceased, has applied dismission from his said trust. This is therefore to cite all sons concerned to appear at January Term, 1909, of the of Ordinary of said county and show cause, if any they have, why said application should be granted. official Witness my this Dec. 7, 1908. S. T. Hurst, Ordinary. Commissioners Sale of Land By authority of an order judgement of his Honor \\ . Felton Jr., Judge of the Court of the Macon Judicial cuit and of the Superior Court Houston county Ga., in the ot Mrs. Georgia Peyton et, al Mrs. Emma Rooks ot al, for partition, m u Houston , c ior Court; We will sell on first Tuesday m .l»n,ary be to l e t •H. ’ Ga.* within the legal iii hours sale to the highest bidder, public outcry, all that tract parcel of land situated, lying being in the original Tenth trict of Houston county Ga., being the East half of lot Sixty (60) and containing hundred acres more or less, being the lands deeded by M. Nelson to Nlfs Edith Doles four children, an4 bounded as lows: On the North by lands Jim Arnold, on the East by W. A. McLemore, on South by lands of J M Simmons and on the West by lands of W. W. Howard. Sale made for par¬ tition. Terms cash. I. T. Woodard, M. L. Cooper, G, W. Winn, Commissioners. Sale For Partition Under and by virtue of an or¬ der passed by the Superior Court of Houston County on the 7th day of December 1908, in par¬ tition proceedings of Mrs. Mar¬ tha W. Munford, et al., versus Mrs. Annie E. Warren, et al., the undersigned, acting as commis¬ sioners duly appointed by said order, will sell at public outcry before the court house door at Perry, Ga., to the highest and best bidder during the legal hours of sale on the first Tues¬ day in January 1909, the follow¬ ing described property to-wit; 1060 acres of land, more or Jess, known as Oaky Tucky plantation, about , . four , miles smith ot r Perry > ami being the place now occupied by Eugene Anderson as a stock farm, being owned in fee simple at the time of his death by J. L. Warren. Eugene Anderson, W. C. Livingston, W. W. Merriman, Commissioners. Statement of the Condi of The Exchange Bank, Located at Fort Valley, Ga. ; at the Close of Business Nov. 27,1908. RESOURCES: Loans and Discounts - $108,737.72 Demand Loans and Cotton Advances 12,107.21 Overdrafts - 10,121 63 Furniture and Fixtures 2,174.77 Other Real Estate 1.720 Due from Banks and Bank¬ ers in the State 8,296.18 Due from Banks and Bank¬ ers in other States 6.256 64 Currency - - 2,899 00 Gold - - - 1,830 00 Silver. Nickles and Pennies 4,330.02 Checks and Cash Items 1,292.50 Total - 159,765.07 LIABILITIES: j Capital Stock Paid in - $ 50,000.00 Surplus Fund ! i Undivided Profits, less Cur* rent Expenses and Taxes f 6,432 10 | ! Individual Paid Deposits Subject J i to Check - - 78.621.49 | Time Certificates 24,602.77 j Cashier’s Checks - 109.3 1 Total 159,.65 67 i g TATK 0F Gkoroia. \ j County Before or Houston.) C. E. Martin. me came Cashier of The Exchange Bank, who | being duly sworn, says that the above an( j foregoing statement is a true con jdition of said Bank, as shown by the | Loots of file^ Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 9tfa day of December, 1908. J. C. McDonald, Not. Pub.. Houston Co.. Ga. lot Infanta and Children. Tl» Mil You Km Always ta(M Bsar* th Sign Stars of ( Famous Anagrams. Of all the extravagances caused by the anagrammafclc fever when magy years age It was at Its height, none conies up to that of a Frenchman named Andre Pujom, who, discovering In his name the anagram Pendu a Rk>m (the seat of criminal justice in the province of Auvergne), felt bound to fulfill his destiny, committed a crime In Auvergne and was actually hanged hi the place to which the omen point Among the papers of William Oldys, the bibliographer, waa found the fol wing anagram on himself: to word and will I am a Mend to you. AM one fMend old is worth a hundred new. Tbe Father Pierre de St Louis be qpme a Carmelite monk on finding out that hts lay name, Ludovtous Bar telemi, gave the anagram qprmelo 3e devovet, and Sylvester, in dedicating a translation of Du Bartas to his sover¬ eign, made the following anagram: “James Stuart—A just master.”— Minneapolis Journal. Trapping an Elephant. '•Elephants are easily trapped-,” said a 200 kee u er - “'W oasil v trapped and - ! ver >' f si,y tamed The trapper chooses a spot ****, popular with elephants ‘ and digs (eet a u nd tweuty > re , Ie 5mT „„,„i s this l.olo with . Wjrtl boar(1 fence except in one place, -where he hangs a swing gate. Next he finds a herd of elephants, chooses the ' animal he wants, maddens it and makes it chase him. "The man along on his nag, the elephant thun¬ ders close after, and .just at the gate¬ way the man swerves to the right, but 'the elephant, too heavy to swerve, hangs right on through into the hole. He’s mad at first, terribly mad. they give him no food or drink, they build ardStod the pit fires of wood that almost suffocate him with smoke, and they daze and stupefy him with shouts and banging of brass pans, The elephant is completely broken and subdued in three or fdtir days, He comes forth and follows the trapper humbly and timidly, with tears in his eyes.' A Boy and a Thousand Dollars. A New York judge gave lws son $1,000, telling him to go to college graduate. The son returned at the end of freshman year without a dollar and with several ugly habits. At the of the vacation the judge told his that he had done all he could for him. If he had wasted the money that to have taken him through college, might as well leave home and make own way in the world. It was a awakening for the young man, but knew that his father was right. And strong was the good influence of upright father that he did leave to go to work in downright He went back to college, made his through, graduated at the head of class, studied law, became governor the state of New York, entered the Inet of the president of the States and made a record for that tbe country will not wittingly die. It was William H. Seward. • ••a vice ei—r.,«enc» “It's sthra^g: alxmt tb’ vice dinev ” said Mr. Dooley. “Th’ uincy Is th’ highest office In th’ Iv th’ people. Th’ vice prisidiucy th’ nex’ highest an’ th’ lowest. It a crime exactly. Ye can’t be sint Jail frit, but it’s a kind Iv * —“Dissertations by Mr. Dooley. »» His Hops For Rovsnge. Judge (to barber sentenced to —If you have a last request, the will be glad to grant It. should like to shave the prosecuting torwsv.—Muaieh Jo trend. ton ib .Its Kind Xo* H«i Always Bsuflt Sifistvs Nov. 4 1903. Dear Friend: Last summer I wondered what they did with all they the grapes. took them I ani know dri-s now 1. 4 < o yV them and made them in to ^ raisins. Raisins are * mighty | t*, n nice to go in cake,and J* ob*s raisins and nuts 1 are mighty nioe to hand round whs a you .wont to b spend a long time at r; the table talking. 1 / The best seeded rais ■ ins cost 12 1-2 cost a i pack. V Your friend, / ,S3. JACOB. / <c -r Copfrijbt i«07.1>> Ouicauh Advcnuing Co., Chgo j 5.S. You don't know what nice raisins and mis, Citron and Date s and things they have at. W. K.Thweatts, YOU HAVE SELECTED THE GIRL. Now let us furnish the home. We have a magnificent line Of Furniture and Carpets and can save you money. Let us show you. \ ! E. J. & P. D. WILLINGHAM. ; Macon, Ga. For Castings of f J ALL , j Call on us for prices before placing your order elsewhere,, l Below are a few of our specialties. Sash Weights, Ash Bumps, Ash Bump Boors, Venti= lators of ail Kinds, Grate Bars, Plow Castings, Stove | j Castings, Bog Irons, etc. Our Motto: Quality First, Workmanship next, Price last. We are agents for the Canton Marble Works and can CALL save ©N you OR money WRITE on all kinds of monumental goods. Neil’s Iron Foundry, H. C NEIL, Prop’r. Fort Valley, Ga.