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Instead, there were *r£ ■f* taphs as these: “Mother- w^, ■ft death in her kitchen;” “Sac' book ^ mem ’ey. of Jane—sh» ac m ^ sell' into etc T* \ washed herae 1 ■ft swept out of 1 Buy ^ broom. p - tery-—and The people ‘ i s. . them—ma *oce!&Ji ■ft an instan g ■ft the htou ^ ter for / .j v^^you see . > tery, y ■f* * WE WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR. -ft * THE PAST ^ IF YOU HAVE USE D OUR GROCERIES DURING ^ * YEAR YOU HAVE HAD GOOD HEALTH, BECAUSE OUR HIGH * QUALITY FOODS ARE WHOLESOME AND NOURISHING^ +C * IF YOU HAVEN'T BOUGHT YOUR GROCERIES FROM US ^ * MAKE A RESOLUTION NOW TO DO SO ALL NEXT YEAR AND * f * YOU AND YOURS WILL BE HAPPY AND HEALTHFUL. * ~ GROCERY ORDER TODAY. * GIVE US YOUR * / * * * J. D. Wilson & Sons * * * * * of Quality >9 * * <> The Grocers * * If PHONES 175 AND 176 AUTO DELIVERY * * * £ £ I s s % £ A S THE OLD YKAR passes into history, let’s turn £ £ 7^: iW-'h our ovl backs tum and on it, face and the forget that its mistakes otfers and fail- is new us new op p(*r?tinit'es and possibilities, and let’s meet every op¬ h portunity MAKB GOOD and responsibilities in every case, then with we the will determination have nothing to £ £ to j* regret when we come to the end of 1920. £ £ ■ Si We wish to extend our mo.-t cordial thanks and pro¬ £ £ 11 £ year, found 1919, appreciation the BEST to every YEAR one that in helped the history to make of this our £ 1 i business. ■ We hope to continue to merit your friendship i nd pa¬ tronage in the future, by giving the Rest Values that m your money can buy, and by fair and curtious treat¬ k.' ment. We wish you and yours the fullest measure of happi¬ ness and prosperity that your fondest hopes may enter .tain; •i \V .< *•* : ' A cordial welcome always awaits you at -v £ EDWARDS BROS. £ Men’s Furnishings & Shoes. i 0%, ,$25.00 PAID TO ANYONE WHO USES ' PLURASAV ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS FOR PNEUMONIA, COLDS AND RISING BREAST, AND FAILS TO GET RELIEF. Plurasav Co., COLUMBUS, GA. «•■ * For Fresh Groceries, Tobaccoes, Cigars and Fruit come to ” ~\ \ f j a xa yd ‘3NiaaiHiH3avn 3H1^ | ^ y ’ ga - January i, 1920 . EZRA PROVED TRUE PROPHET His Prediction That Funeral and Mar . riage Were Before Him Turned Out to Be Exact. Last week a frit*rid drifted In from (he Old Home Town, now 20 years hack of me, and we had a season of gossip about the old acquaintances which was aoul satisfying. Some of the stories were pathetic, some were sordid, some were humorous, bnt ail of them, illustrated -phases of life la a country town. Perhaps this one about Ezra was the best. When I left the Old Home Town Ezra was the possessor of a wife whom he had had for 25 years or more, and who was In fairly good condition, although a little deaf, as might well he, for no woman ever talked more fluently or more willingly than did her husband. For some rea son she was taken ill and died, and Ezra mourned her for a time, not an exceedingly long time, and then he be gun to take notice and presently mur ried again. Tills wife No. 2 was, of course, a later model, hut she, too, fell ill, and the physician advised an operation. Ezra hired an automobile and went with her to the hospital, where the physicians told 1dm that there was lit tie hope that she would recover. He went home sorrowfully, and finally he “Good broke out to the driver In this way: J j Lord, I’ve got to go through It all again—bury this wife and then get another one!” And he whs h true prophet for things happened just as he predicted, —Hartford Courunt. ; i ANY FOOL CAN FIND FAULT I Rractically Impossible for Any Prop¬ osition, However Good, to Be Absolutely Without Flaw. There is nothing however good hot a person may find some fault in it it he Is determined to do so. There is nothing perfect that is of man’s mak¬ ing. There is nothing that mail origin ales or performs hut what contains [ more or less of his weakness. Worth, like water, must stay below the level | of its source. It Is quite naiiirai that ■ a person should dissent. The scientists ; dispute as much as the theologians, j Every time one ^hiatus a new stand- | point he changes his opinion, Kvery tinie he meets a friend he finds yiat he differs. So we must make up our mind* to disagree in the right spirit, observes the Ohio State Journal. Tf we don’t do that: and our disagreement fulls into 111 will and anxiety, then we become enemies of the truth and social pests besides. The person we earnestly and candidly disagree with may be right and ourselves wholly wrong. It would make us feel very absurd sometimes In the midst of a violent controversy, to have a sudden light let in on the controversy and show our adversary entirely right. The safest thing, so far ns one's conduct toward hint Is con¬ cerned Is to remember lie may be right and treat him accordingly, Markings of Horae’s Coat. It Is found that there Is a very defi¬ nite connection between the coal color of horses and the frequency with which white markings occur. Thus the latter are by far the most com¬ monly associated with the chestnut color. And not only are they the most prevalent In chestnut horses, bnt it is also, of course, a well-known fact that the markings are apt to bp more ex¬ tended In nature in the case of this color than in that of any otlfer. Chest¬ nut, therefore, apparently possesses • so to speak, a special affinity for these markings. Bay ranks next as regards the degree oT frequency with which white markings appear in horses of this color, although it comes a good way behind chestnut in tins respect. Then follows brown, while the white marks are met with less frequently among black and roan colored horses. Why Strike Collapsed. Two telegraph operators worked in the office of the Milwaukee Free Press. Both were employed by the press as¬ sociation and not by the paper. They came soused one Sunday Bight, de¬ cided to strike, making demands for more pay and shorter hours front the managing editor of the newspaper. They were told to make their petition to their employers. The telegraphers retired for a council of war, put the strike into effect aud decided to picket the office. The office had but one en¬ trance, but there must be strategy; so one of the strikers posted himself directly in front of the office and the other around the corner, the two be¬ ing out of sight of each other. Then each had the same hunch of getting another drink. They left their posts aud that was the end of the strike. Other operators were called in and the wires buzzed merrily on.— Pep. ' Novelist’s Wife Puts In. “She regretted the bath. She missed it, anti so must we all. In modem his¬ tory, as in modern fietiou, it is not uice in the ieast for the heroine—even 1 such a dubious heroine as Maruise— to have a bnthless day. As for heroes, in She polite chronicles, they get at least two baths a day—one heroic cold shower in the morning and one ho: tul) in the late afternoon before get¬ ting into faultless evening attire. This does not apply to heroes of Russian masterpieces, of course, for they never bathe. (‘Why should they, my wife puts in, since they’re going to commit suicide* anyway?*)”—“The Cup ot Fury,” by Rupert Hugh es. ? - . ,1 - BRAVE MEN AND OTHERS. •Y*m fond of bravo people,' said old Cap'n BUI. “I like to near tell of adventures that thrill. 1 take off my hat to the men ot rne past. Who felt the ship winkin' an’ stink till the last. But when I see folks that jump in where , it’s deep, And laugh as the treacherous waves ’round them creep, There's one class of humans I say could be spared: Tlie people who haven’t the sense to be scared. “A man who haa fought in the trenches will run When he sees a tool friend start to play with a gun. The stanchest and steadiest seaman afloat is afraid of a summer boy rocking a boat. The man who Is Attest to plan and to serve Is the one who knows danger and braces his nerve. The worst of the hardships in life are prepared By people who haven’t the sense to be scared.” MAKES SURGICAL WORK EASY Recent Invention Quickly Locates the Presence of a Foreign Body in Human Tissues. The difficulty often encountered In attempting to remove foreign bodies from the tissues is well known, writes Dr. A. G. Bellman of Portland, Ore., in the Journal of the American Medl cal association. Even when Roent genograms are at hand or when flu oroscopy has been done, there Is fre quently great difficulty in removing the foreign body. By the use of transilluminntlon any foreign body that will cast a shadow may be located In a surprisingly short time. Having cut down to the supposed location of the foreign body mid hnv .9 f A f. The Operator at Work. lng arran^d the light, the operator looks through a tube at the tissues, which may be held tip or otherwise suitably manipulated. A dark room is unnecessary. When once the foreign body is located, it Is a simple matter to remove it. The tube may be of any suitable material, brass or other metal or a darkened test tube; a roll of paper may be used In an emergency. The angle at which the tube is used may be varied to meet conditions. A Sheeplike Vegetable. A euvious plant growing iu Peru la known to the native as “yareta” or “vegetable sheep." It grows abundant¬ ly among rocks at high altitudes along the Andes of Bolivia and Peru, where it constitutes a conspicuous feature in the landscape because of its pecu liar manner of developing the so called “polster,” or cushion formation. The “yareta” forms hillocks or small mounds often three feet high and sometimes several feet In diameter. Moreover, the entire mound is made up of a single plant, not of a colony of individuals, and it attains this enormous size and extreme compact¬ ness by a. process of repeated branch¬ ing, so that The ultimate branches are closely crowded and the outer surface is continuous. The flowers of the yareta” are very thin, only about one-eight of an inch long, and are borne in small clusters near the tips of the branches. The fruit resembles a miniature caraway seed. The na¬ tives use the plant as fuel. Glad-to Go Back 7 A large draft of negroes came Into one of the replacement camps in this country. The exasperated personnel staff was having its troubles, and one of the men whose duty it was to find out the men’s home addresses, asked: Where did you come from?” «< Oh,” was the reply, “Ah just got off’n the train out hyer. <• Damn it all, I know you just came in, but where from? ft “Does y’all mean where Ah was before Ah come hyer?” “Yes, that’s what I mean. M tt Oh, Ah was in jail, in Pine Bluff, doing time. Another Waste Is Checked. The manufacture of waxed papers and carbons has heretofore been at¬ tended by a great waste of material consisting of a mixture of wax and paper pulp. The government officials have recently discovered a method of separating these and making use of the material. Simple Tastes. “Do you care for pastels, Mrs. Caw her? II “T can’t say that T do. The children like to go to one of them French pas¬ try shops and buy dabs of this and that, but old-fashioned cookies and ap¬ ple fritters are good enough for me.”— Birmingham Age-Herald. «1 ri Raw and Reeking. “Yon gotta quit feeding me on oat¬ meal,” declared the hack writer. Beef is too high,’’ retorted bis wife. “No matter. My publisher says he’s got to have some red-blooded stuff.”— Courier-Journal. - MACON OPTICAL CO. 1. N. KALISH, Prop. 352 SECOND'STREET, MACON, A r T - Manufacturing and Dispensing OPTICIANS Send us your broken glasses tor quick repairs.' tt VISITORS FROM NEAR BY TOWNS are finding it profitable buying high-class groceries at Piggly-Wiggly. worth The saving on a few dollars’ pays their gasoline bill..... PIGGLY-WIGGLY •• ALL OVER THE WORLD. *« 400 SECOND STREET, MACON, GEORGIA /^iiiiimmiimiTniiinTTTTTiTiTTmriinnDiiiiiiiiiiiiHiim^ i 31 lOUS Biscuits ctncfl Muffin*? Housewives who have tried many kinds of flour know they can get the most delicious and appetizing bakings of all kinds when they use the famous SMS/moN sensing FLOUR. Feathery biscuits and muffins that rouse the dullest desire are certain to result when made with this brand. Sensation is'made only from best wheat and the capacity of the mills is 1,000 barrels a day, thus assuring an ; ample supply to meet the increasing demands that are s coming from all parts of the South. z An important factor is that no baking powder, soda nor salt is required, rig all of the ingredients that are needed being so exactly mim mixed in the flour that it cannot fail in baking. ✓ For S«le in Fort Valley by MARSHALL GROCERY COMPANY ON »l*i EVERY B«G. L. M. Nesmith sells the best to be j had in flour. adv.! -,--o-- A C. RILEY, JR. LAWYER Fort Valley, Ga. Loans Made on Real Estate. 0 CHAS. S. VANCE Civil Engineer and Surveyor County Surveyor, Houston Co. ’Phone 193, P. O. Box 475’ Fort Valiey, Ga. l-l-4tpd •o L. M. Nesmith ma*ces the strong¬ est guarantee on flour that you have ever had. adv. MICKIE SAYS f OWUWrtAV Vvf V!*. iVANKOSOILED M*'NUTHtVf , ©ON FROW-. K.E.T J . V. BOTWtRS '. li r EXCEPT MJV.EVI SOV.SEBOOM DRAGS uq L. HOGG. GOS O' COVN JEST hS 'Nt'RE GVYTlVi' BENDS T 1 OfcSV\ TO PRESS \\ J fit 1 w " J03 r~«'X>3HT MS* .NV Knew what TSSOV.-3U5 was— SOT US NEVER Sam . a NlSWSPAWlft v, 1 ii, jet- ♦ ♦ IDOttCR 8 8 Classified ‘j 8 Ads FOR SALE—One large Cole Heel¬ er, practically new; one cabin4t base Mantel, quarter-aawed oak, with grate and French tile; also one ma¬ hogany parlor set. Mrs. Glenmore Green. FOR SALE—Two nice building lot* containing about 1-2 acre each, on College St., just in front of new school building. W. J. Evans, at Evans Bros. Garage or res. cor. Col¬ lege and Green Sts. ■M 10-3? T FOR SALE—Ford Roadster in firsts class condition. Evans Bros. Ga-* rage. FOR RENT—One furnished room. Apply 128, Macon street. LOANS ON REAL ESTATE AT ATTRACTIVE RATES. A. C. RILEY, Attorney at La#. INCOME TAX REPORTS Those desiring my help in making out Federal income tax returns will please register their names in my office, and I will notify each one when ready to prepare his return... It will facilitate matters if ■*-.*—■ ru will register early so I will know just what is before me. To do justice to those I prepare I can’t undertake more than 200 returns in the limited time allowed for this work, so that when that number have registered I can’t take on any more. W. H. Harris, Office at Ga. Milting Co., Fort Valley, Ga*