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@l)c Cnlljonn Countn ottrter VOLUME xvm. ftft Clerk vu., 7If. Broad Street , Albany , Ga., Stye jteu; Gents Furnishings, Trunk, Hat and Shoe House, at the store formerly occupied by the Muse <fc Cox Co., extend to the readers of The Courier and the people of Arlington and Calhoun county an / Invitation to the {Pay Day Carnival, -----And----- Street Jair, 9 fov. 21 , 22 and 23 , and ask while you are here to make our store jmur headquarters. *11/6 are showing this season one of the strongest lines of Shoes, Hats. Trunks and Gents Furnishings ever seen in Albany. Special attention given to mail orders. (rfi. Davis 8 fit. ALBANY, GA. Hofmaver, Jones & Co. Of Albany, Sa., cordially invite the people of Arlington and vicinity to attend the If ay Hay Carnival and Street I*air on 7fov. 2 1st, 22nd and 23rd Bring your friends and make our store your Headquarters, Your meeting place. Ample accommoda¬ tions provided for visitors and we request, you to make use of them. Lunch rooms, telephones, desks and stationery at your .disposal. You are welcome whether you wish to buy or not. If you have shopping to do, you will find this a splendid opportunity to select from our mag¬ nificent stock of Dress Goods and Trimmings, Wraps and Tailor Suits Millinery, Carpets and Ladies and Men’s Furnishings, in fact every¬ thing carried iu an up-to-date depart¬ ment store. Our 97fay n if icon t lines of It olid ay Soods wilt bo on display and our im¬ mense TJoy *Department will be open (two weeks earlier than usual) for the convenience of visitors, giving them first choice of our extensive lines of Christmas Goods. We will put them aside and deliver them any time before Christmas and prepay express on purchases of $5,00 and over. Onr displays are worth coming to see. One fare round trip on a/l roads. ~ Hofmayer Jones & Co ALBAJTY, GEORGIA. C/Jc* Jirlinyton I Wishes to call your attention to the following preparations which are guaranteed SURE CURE: Jfor tense ‘ s Sot dan <5 ye jCotion, for sore eyes. We obtained this formula from an oculist in De¬ troit, Michigan, Remember it cannot be excelled by any. Our jfrlinyton Corn Cura is an¬ other one of our SSose Curas. Try it and be convinced. We have other preparations that we wiii teti you about next week. ‘Watch out for the advertisement. Stemomber that our ‘Druac e. ere aii pure and fresh. WE MANUFACTURE a number of preparations that a yreat many retail druyyists in the State purchase from the wholesaler. Vito do this because we have had 29 years experience. Jtbout the fst of January we will receive our handsome Soda ‘Water Scuntain. Come and see U3. RESPECTFULLY, TJhe jtfrlinyt on {Pharmacy. aCocal jCaconics 9 0 0 0 —See the new advertisements in The Courier this week. —Come to Arlington and drink our life-giving artesian water. —Rev. H. B. Humphrey filled his regular appointment at Rowena last. Sunday. —Jack Frost was a welcomed vis¬ itor in this section last Saturday morning. —Editor Mercer is making a hust¬ ling paper out of the Twice-a-Week Fitzgerald Enterprise. —Farm lands in Calhoun county are away up yonder in price and they are scarce at that. —The oil mills are running day and night now in order to keep up with their demands. —Probably chills and fevers will be less frequent now, that we have had a good heavy frost. * —Divine services were well atten¬ ded in Arlington last Sunday ; the weather being very pleasant. —Councilman Robert Riley says the boys run the liog over him while he was in Quitmon last week. —A Democratic office-holder in Washington will be very lonesome for the next two years at least. —We understand that wild turkey abound in plenty on Spring creek, about four miles belovr Arlington. —Trade with Arlington’s hustling merchants and don’t send away from home for anything you can get here. —Come to Arlington to do your trading and trade with those mer¬ chants who invite you through our columns. —The Central passenger train is now running on through to Sellers- ville, Ala.,a distance of 95 miles from Arlington. —The cotton receipts for Arling¬ ton will reach pretty close on to the six thousand mark now. This is far ahead of any previous season. —Have you paid your street tax? If you have not, don’t get impatient and think you are being slighted. Clerk Parramore will call on you in a few days. —Possum hunters are having lots of fun and fine luck these cold nights. It is said that the woods are full of the grinning varmints and that they are fat and juicy. —Invitations are out announcing the approaching celebration of the ; fifth anniversary of the wedded life of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Bost- ARLINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1900. Suyene’s Worm tSyrup will do the work each and every time. This formula we have used for 20 yegrs. y Cura Si— For Headache, Neu¬ ralgia, etc. The formula is one used in Berlin by specialists. Try a package. wick, on Tuesday evening Nov. 27. —The passage of the Stock law by the Council last week has been all the talk on our street this week, and everybody we have seen heartily commend the action of the council, and say “it’s a good thing. j» —The 29th day of this month is Thanksgiving day. Invitations for the noon dinner will soon be in or¬ der, and we find upon investigation, that our turkey coop is empty. We don’t mean this as a hint at all. —Thk Courier hasn't, got any¬ thing else to say about the hogs, cows, etc. Our efforts lia^e been rewarded, after two years hard la¬ bor, and we are just as happy a.s Bryan would have been had he been elected. —See notice in another column where the Central railroad offers re¬ duced rates to the Hay-Day Carni¬ val and Street Fair at Albany next week. This ,will be a grand thing for the people of this section and everybody should go. —The Valdoster Daily Times is the latest exchange to find its way to our desk. It is a neat six column folio, well edited and tip top typo- graphally. The new paper has our best wishes. Messrs. B. F. Jr., and J. I. Holder are its editors. —The Georgia Pine gives excur¬ sion rates now going and coining from Bainbridge twice every Sun¬ day. Passengers can now spend <a good portion of the Sabbath in Bain¬ bridge, Arlington or intermediate towns.—Bainbridge Democrat. —The Arlington Furniture Com¬ pany have their advertisement back in The Courier this week. Read it and consult them when in want of furniture of any kind. They have a large line, and we will vouch for the prices being in reach of all. —There is a good deal of building and repairing going on in Arlington at present, which is good evidence that the parties who are making these improvements have confidence in the future of our town. Let the good work continue to go merrily on. —For the first, time within two years, this scribe went in the woods, last Saturday morning, with an eye murdering a few squirrels. Af- * er about twenty-five shots we brought back four robins and two squirrels. (The latter cost 10 cents each.) —Prof. Anderson tells us that the Arlington High School is flourishing. They have more pupils than seats for them. We understand that more desks have been ordered and th ty will arrive very soon, and then the pupils will have nice comforta¬ ble desks. —The Courier has turned some neat work for out of town cus¬ tomers since our last issue. We lmve new type, now presses nml the best, stationery that money con buy, which, together with an artistic job printer, enables us to turn out only neat and up to date work. —Editor Thomas, of Arlington, was in Columbia Saturday night in search of a printer, and secured the services of Mr. John Alford until January. The Breeze can recom¬ mend Mr. Alford very highly and regrets that it will bo deprived of his services when in a tight.—Breeze. —It is suid that the telephone line from Edison to Arlington will soon be completed and that it will bo built from Edison to Morgan and thence to Leary. This will prove a great convenience to the people of the county, and will, no doubt, provo a paying investment for the promo¬ ters. • —Fat v.’omon have to bo honest, but, every thin woman is really thinner than she looks.—Blakely Reporter. Jack, we advise you to keep your hair clipped very close while making such suggestive ex¬ pressions, or else some woman in your baliw’ick will add it to her “rat.” —Mr. J. E. Toole has accepted the agency for the Southern Express Company at Arlington, and he Iihs moved the office from the depot to his store. This change of location will prove more convenient for the business part of Arlington, and lias relieved the railroad agent a deal of trouble. —A country editor wrote a nice lit¬ tle puff for a leading milliner, in which he said he wus glad to see her “stocking up.” Meeting the scribe on the street she soaked him with a parasol and threatened to tell his wife. The unsophisticated editor has never been able to find out what was wrong with his item.—Ex¬ change. —He who marries for love gets a wife ; who marries for position gets a lady ; who marries for money gets a mistress? If you are sick, your wife will nurse you, your lady will visit you and your mistress will in¬ quire about your health. If you die, your wife will weep for you, your lady will lament and your mistress will wear mourning, says an ex¬ change. —The moon is past its “full”.stage and now Arlington is in complete darkness every night. We under¬ stand that it will be fully another two weeks before the electric light engine will be ready for use. It was necessary to get another engine as the one they had could not be made to work. It is hoped that we will have lights of some kind at an early day, or night-, rather. —Have you thought about closing up your business on Thanksgiving day, as suggested in The Courier last w^?ek? Suppose we all close up on that day, and render thanks to the Almighty for the blessings he has sent upon us in the past. This day is our press day, but we will head the list to close up. What say you gen¬ tlemen? If we close The Courier will come out Wednesday afternoon or Friday morning. —Every body praises Arlington for her splendid business qualifications. You can hear outsiders praising us everywhere you go. This is a result of our hustling business men, straight, fair and honest dealing on their part. People have come to Arlington to sell their cotton, this year and to do their trading, who have never, been here before. This speaks well for our town and we are glad to be able to say it. —Had you thought about the great convenience the bank has been to you this year? You don’t have to run over town begging every fel¬ low you meet to change a dollar. And another important f ea ture this bank is that you can money there for safe keeping feel perfectly easy about it. can say honestly that we believe Bank of Arlington to bo the safest, bank in the south. It has good, strong men at the head of it. —Rev. Mr. Kerr filled his regular appointment here last Sunday morn¬ ing and evening at the Methodist church. Unless Mr. Kerr is given this charge for another year by South Georgia conference, which meets at Cuthbert on December 6, lie will only be with us one more Sunday which will be the last. Sun¬ day in this month. Mr. Kerr has greatly endeared himself to the peo¬ ple of Arlington and thoy will deep¬ ly regret, to givo him up should ho be sent elsewhere. —The following is a voluntary en¬ dorsement written The Courier by the clerk of the Southwestern Bap¬ tist Association, for whom we printed several hundred 20-page minutes not long ago. We appre¬ ciate the endorsement, coming as it did, and we are publishing it with¬ out the clerk’s knowledge: “I am well satisfied with your work. You got ino out a book as clean of mis¬ takes as any I ever saw, and I lmve seen clerks from other churches in the association who express groat satisfaction.” —Agent W. C. Baker was checked out by Auditor Fite last Friday, and Mr. J. C. Tatum was checked in to fill Mr. Baker’s place until ho re¬ turns. Mr. Baker’s health has been considerably impaired for several weeks and the little rest granted him by the railroad author¬ ities will no doubt prove of great benefit to him. We wish him a most enjoyable “off,” and trust that he will be much inproved when ho returns to Arlington. Mr. Baker left. Sunday, accompanied by his wife, for Enfaula, Ala. —Probably the next iusse of The Courier will bo printed from our large new cylinder press, which we expect to place in our office by next Tuesday. It is of the best, make and will carry a form equal to one en¬ tire side Jof The Courier. This is the finest press south of Macon and wo invite our patrons around to see it run. It can he adjusted to print anything from an envelope to a six column quarto newspaper. You need not be surprised if The Courier comes to you with an in¬ creased number of pages within an¬ other week or two. —Electric typewriters are expect¬ ed to make their appearance on the market this autumn. A number of them have bean 'patented and there will be some rivalry. They will cost about. $200. The electric typewriter is a power machine, all the work of the moving parts being done by an electric motor, while the operator simply indicates the characters. It looks like an ordinary typewriter and the keyboard is the same. The printing is accomplished by mere contact of the firiger. No pressure being required, there is no fatigue. Another advantage is that is practi¬ cally unlimited. The work is done as fast as the keys are touched. The Pointer Brand Hats are the lowest, priced standard make All of the latest styles. Sold by J. 8. COWART. A Villedge Blacksmith Saved His Little Son’s Life. Mr. H. H. Black, the well known villedge blacksmith at Grahamsville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., says: “Our lit¬ tle son, fiVe years old, has always been subject to croup, and so had have the attacks been that we have feared many times that he would die. We have hail the Doctor and used many medicines, put Chnm- berlain’s Cough Remedy is now our sole reliance. It seem to dissolve the tough mucus and by giving fre¬ quent doses when the croupy symp¬ toms appear wo have found that the dreaded croup is cured before it gets settled. ” There is no danger in giv¬ ing this remedy for it contains no opium or other in jurous drug and may be given as confidently to a babe as to an adult. For sale by Pharmacy. OASTOHIA. Always Btwgtt Bears the The Kind You Have Signature NUMBER 47. * t flip !tiwn : iwimH ■ m m. m » a, jCadies* Jfats. P i i I have just received a Jc®. nice Hi and well assorted line of I rf/'w’ OJJedium Sorter ft Jfats at a t a rare from bargain. Can save you 20 to 25 cents on them. i ©aM • B fg and inspect the line. You * a can surely find something fn & this assortment to suit you J m * and at prices unreasonably low. I want * Tirade. | 9/?ore Consequently I am sellmc | P small LADIES’ profit. HATS at a very » | S mear. this for you—-SiOe | I me an of tan call. I * I um not in the Milliner , (jj and Dressmaking business ft H just for today, neither hr as, tomorrow. I am in it to k m Stoy 9 » t P and there is one sure way fg succeed, and that is to sell I at REASONABLE PRICES and treat my customers RIGHT. See that •' they go away satisfied, and ft they are sure to make my store their headquarters ft H again. X I S invite all lad too ^ I 11 to make my store their if headquarters when in town ft p and feel at home - . I have p y made all necessary arrange¬ « ments for your comfort. ■ Very respectfully, * i MRS. W. W. BIT, I I 97 ?Miner and ‘Dressmaker, |, V ARLINGTON, GA. t i SUCCESSOR TO » M i ibsiiBmwHWS'Hnvai 9 l/re. Cora jf. jHay, 1 •J[ Watch Maker, Jeweler and Dealer in Musical Instruments . t illM'iilK.'Wliat!! Jjopest (joods m -AT-- Ciuin^ prices, STOCK EXAMINE MY BEFORE MAKING YOUR PURCHASE. RELIABLE GOODS AT* LOW PRICES. THE LARGEST & MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF ^ HIP nfTOWN. w ip it UY NE\WGf)GDS STILL ARRIVING. CALL AND SEE MY STOCK OF Pianos & Organs J. W. JOINER 27 Washington St., Albany, Ga H. M. Calhoun, Attorney and Conncelor at Law,- Arlington , Ga. Office in Opera House Building.- Federal Practice in State and Courts. Prompt and persistent attention given all business. Bankruptcy matters a specialty.- DR. C. K. Sharp '9 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ARLINGTON, GEORGIA, B. W. Davis, Jr., Collecting - Agent. Office with A. G. cfc W. H. Pow¬ ell, Blakely. Ga. Prompt and careful attention'grren to all col¬ lections entrusted to me. 13-tf R. G. Rilky. A. R. Wauckb. RIC£Y&U/RKER, INSURANCES ^FIRE ARLINGTON r : r GA. We represent Old Keliablfe IA>EORGE dale, i u Arlington, Ga. Make and Repair Boots and Shoes. All work guaranteed or no pay