BIORALS.
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0116 is a Red Seal Shoe, it is
Il right.
. - H, Cook & Son,
You can find schrimp and
trabs at the City Case two or
three tims a week,
We have been two-thirds sick
and half mad all Jhe week, DBad
fix to be in, isn’Yit? : '
Coli Grant’ made a business
&ip to Douglas and Waycross
a few days ago. 3 ‘
A pretty good way to kill your
town, is to sit afound and talk
.a%bout. yout homg paper, ‘and kill
it. “ '
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.Wa.tch for pur bargain show
window ngxt-weel.” It will pay
you tQ gee it.
: H. Cook & Son,
. Woodsman's camp was or
anized out at Denton on Satur
y with a membership of " sis.
h.
We have had splendid rains
liroughout this secfion the past
ew days, which ha’g helped gar:-
dens and crops wqnderfully.
We are glad to see Cashier
Geo. F. Armstrong out again,
after being confined to his bed
several days, from 3 bilious ate
tacks : ‘
Oh, how we do p;obe to find
out something evil to say about
our neighbors, and how loth we
are to ever tell anything good
that we might hear akout them.
Wanted— A good combination
horse for buggy. plow and sad
dle, that wiil weigh about 1000
pcunds, and notover 8 years old.
S. W. Johnson.
" Mrs. J. J. Frazier and children
left on Tuesday last for bliilen,
to spend a few days with rela
tives. She will visit relatives in
Columbus before returning
home.
A few odds and ends in men’s
ladies and childrens shoes and
slippers at greatly rednced
Rprices. :
H. Cook & Son.
Judge Julian H. Parker return
ed home from Columbus Satur
day, where he had been to attend
the convention of the K. of P.
He reports having had a most
delightful time.
' Judge R. T. Williams . and
H. G. Moore visited Kelly Lodge
No. 514, F. &A, M, last Satur
day and reports having had an
enjoyable time. Uncle Bob says
that Kelly Lodge is grewing
right along. : -
Mr. Robert Harrison and son,
Pertie, returned home irom
Jacksonville Monday, where
they had been for several days
visiting Mr. Harrison’s sen and
daughter, who resides there
They report having had a de
lightful time.
[* Rev. J. A. Blanton filled his
appointment out at Satilla Sun
day and preached toa large con
gregation. A new church build
ing is needed out there badly,and
the people of that section should
get together and devise some
plan to build one.
Mr. J. M. McDonald, our ton
sorial artist and deputy marshal
has two of the prettiest pointer
puppies we have seen within a
long time. One is six and the
other two months-old, and he is
giving them yard training. When
the next bird season rolls around
he will have them well trained.
Mrs. P. W. Leffler, of Macon,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Middleton, of this place, came
down Saturday to spend a few
days with her parents. Her lit
tle brother, Master Urban Mid
dleton, who had been in Macen
geveral months, came down with
her. ;
The Bankrupt steck of goods,
ébelonging to F.. M. Taylor, was
%old on Monday last to T. H.
Wearthly, =
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?E ‘ Ledislature.
The eurrent rumot that A, J.
Herrington, ‘*nm Cler¥ of
Sumfl:r and County courts woud
be a candidate for: the Legjisla
ture to succeed the present in
cumbent, ha¢ brought many
inquires and‘Tsolic!ta.tionl from
his friepds throughout the coun
ty.
So persistent were Mr, Her
rington’s friends that The News
man interviewed him relative
thereto, receiving the following
statement:
- "I think it too soon for one to
declare his political intention for
the next campaign, as the sanle
is more than a year off, but I am
prepared to state now, that I will
not be a candidate foi the Le gis
latare in the Approaching
primary. However, l'appreciate
the solicitations and encourage
ment of my friends ‘very uuch.
I feel profoundly’ grateful to
the people for past favors, and
am glad to be assufed by them
that the individuals'whom I may
have had political difference,
brought about by regson of my
former campaigns, chn be num
bered on the fingers of one hand.”
Al.lnt Easter Ha@d,D@adf.
Aunt Easter, or more familiar
ly cafiled Grannie Hand, died last
Friday at the home of her son’s,
Mr. Henry Hand. 12 miles south
of here, and was buried Saturday
out at" the Philadelphia burial
grounys, Rev. J. A, Blanton, of
Surrency, prédching the funeral.
Grannie Hand was known and
loved for many miles’ around.
She waj in her 78th year at time
of her death,and had been a con
gistant member, of the Mission
ary Baptist church for fifty
years. oShe had been a nrember
of the Philadelphia-churcly'for 35
years. . it
She left nime ¢hildren living,
and had four dead. She had 87
grand children living, and 72
gieat grand children.
‘Everybody who knew Grannie
Hand loved her. She was kind
and good, and always ready and
willing to administer to thé sick
and to sit up with them, and
nurse them. '
BShe will be surely missed from
thé neighborhood she resided in.
But, Grannie now has gone to
receive the precious reward she
worked sp faithfully for during
the any jong years passeq.
They €an't Plyy Ball,
We are kinder shamie of our
base ball boys, because theyv had
no business to do it. After wip
ing up the earth with the DBax
ley team a couple of weekg age,
during three games, they had to
go down to Baxiey last Thurs
day and beat ’em again. Why
don’t our boys play with a team
that can interest them. Baxley
can’t, and its just throwing away
time and labor for nothing, when
our boys play with them. May
be, some day, Baxlev will have a
base ball team that will interest
our boys—but it surely hasn’t
got one now—then'our boys can
tackle 'em again. But, as we
say, it is all folly tp play with
them again, until they get some
players.
Well, as usual, the score stood:
T L R R G
B o e
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While out strolling ' last Sun
day afternoon we passedthrough
the cemetery, and regret to say,
it is still badly neglected. It
does seem to us like those who
live in this place, and who have
relatives sleeping there could
keep their graves cleaned off. The
cemetery is in a bad shape, and
should be thoroughly cleaned up
and a fence put around it. The
people of Hazlehurst, who have
relatives out there, can do this:
Appoint -a day, all those who are
interested in the cemetery meet
theré and give it a cleaning up,
and set out some flowers around
the long neglected graves.
Now, will you do this?
" We have delivered quite a num
ber of ro¢kers on the coupons
already. There is one left forl
you however. Bring your cou
pons, trade it out and get your
chair free. It you have not got
a coupon call on us for one.
| H. Cook & S:n.
iy Tudge's ofice last Saturday
morning, ‘&12“ with two or three
other gentlemen) chatting pleas
s}:tly with your honor, who had
just returned home from 'Colum
bus, when a colored woman
entered, with ababy in her arms,
As she entered -the room : she
asked:
“Am dis de place whar de
S'licter stays?"’
The Jadge Feplied that it was
not, but that he coyld listen at
her troubles, and told her to go
aliead and rélate them. She
befzan thusly:
‘l’s er po’ ’oman #n’' hab two
little bits er chilluns to watlk for,
'case dair no count daddy hao
gone an’' lef’ me an’ dem.. Well
| some time er go'l goes out to de
riber whar day buildin’ dat rail
road bridge ’cross de riber—to
cook an’wash for some white
folks ouf dar. I's er 'oman dat
works hard. Dar’s er lot' er
‘omans out dar dat don’t do* er
Gofls t'ing but 'pick er box,
(guatar), gamble, drink, fight étc.
Dey don'tlak me case 1 works.
Well, dar’s er’oman out dar
who calls hersef er.‘ Jesse,'* an’
she carries er pistol buckled
round her, sides she habscer rai
ser“in boss ob her stockins an’ one
in her bosom. She" totes dése
weapons all detime. Yisterday
she com’d to thy shanty an’cuss’d
me fur eber' t'ing ' she Qould
think ob. Den she beat me"' wid
sticks an’ bottlés. Now, mine
you, I wasn’t openin’ my mbuth
to her whilst shé was doin’ dis,
case I wusscar’d ob her. -- Den
she grg‘b up de aX, an’ sdy she
gwine to kill me wid hit. T jest
couldn’t stand -bein’ butcher’d
er carv'd all up wider ax, so I
grab’d my younguns an’ run. An’
I's here, wantin’ something dun
wid dat desperado ’oman, who
calls herself ““Jesse.” I's scar'd
ob her, an’ es de law don’t per
tect me I'll be ’blige to gib up
dat job out dar. whar. I’s makin’
er honest libin’ fur myself an’
little chilluns, by washin’ an’
cookin’ for.de white folls.”
The Judge issued a warrant
for that “bad oman‘‘ ‘who calls
herself Jesse James. and turned
it over to an officer. \
Special Edition
Our biz special edition Will ap
near nexs week, Local mergh
ants and business men should
remember it will be the best op
portunity ever offered them to
advertise, as every home through
out this section will receive a
copy in addition to several thous
and sent abroad to advertise the
town and coynty. Space can not
be ségured after this weelk.
Ladies dress goods worth 10
12+ and 15¢, now Tic per yard.
| H. Cook & Son.
Mr. P.H. Callahan, wihe went
‘down to Jacksonville last week,
returned home Monday night,
and reports having had a most
delighttu! time on this trip.
Prof. J. C. Beguett gpent sev
eral days at Jay Bird springs
regently.
Campbell’s Stains and Floor
Finish are guaranteed by the
makers to give perfect satisfac
tion. You can refinish floors
furniture and interior woodwork
with these stains and the resuit
will come up to your expegtation.
Prepared in all colors. Dry hard
over night. Peoples Drug Store
}will tell you all about tl:em.
My, B. F. Spivey left last
Thursday for Ceylon, Ga., where
he will spend the summet.
If you are looking for furni
ture, see us before huying.
H. Cook & Son.
Farm For Salé Cheap,
One Hundred and Fifty acx'es'
of land one mile from Tifton,
and One Hundred acres in culti
vation. Thisfarm canbe bought
for nearly half price inside of
sixty days. For full informat’on
address W. M. Giddens, Tifton,
Gecrzia.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bweat, of
Broxtow, are here visiting ‘rela:
fives: Y :
i Trom troes .and plants,” with
?dr oud growth and brilliant
owers, are wvery inhlar;:,tix'a In
fi.“fi there h’tn:lt the .', %or
ggardliness of slow growth.' Na
ture does everything with a lavish
hand. Small annuals in colder
climes do not seem' remarkable
when they have their full growth
but to perfect their flower and seed,
but in she larger growth 'of the
tro{ics this does seem a remarkable
N Dartag my s ca th windverd
_ my stay on'the windwar
side of the island of Oahu I save
been stu(}ving the banana tree? In
growth and habit it §s exceedingly
interestink. Very truly does it'live
but to produce its friit, for, thaugh
& stem aftains a Height of from
twelve to dighteen feet, as soon as
one bunch ‘of bananas ripens it is
“pan” in Hawaiian 'parlance, “fin
ished” in English. ft is cut down
and another tiny shoot starts from
the ground to* pursue the' same
course, - |
¥ach banana represents a single
flower, and we eat the fleshy seed,
pod ‘or ovary, something as iy the
apple, only that the seeds have no
covering, as in that fruit. * The
large cluster of flowers is incjosed
in leaflike coverings, which roll
back and fall off, dne by one, as a
hand of the flowers E ready to open.
By a hand one means two rows of
flowers going half around the stem.
I have often’ wondered what was
meant in the oriental stores by a
“hand” of bandnas. Now I un'a{er—
¢tand by looking 4t the empty stem
from which we have just finished
eating the deliciotis fruit. 'As soon
as the fruit first begins to turn the
stem“ls cut and hung up to ripen.
Banands hanging in the porch to
be used at will are a very good sub
stitute for the apple of colder
climes.” : .
But'{o return to the flowers. The
first hand of flowers turns very sgon
into tiny green bananas, and then
the next leaflike bract rolls back
and falls off, and a hind of floyers
Ladies
.~ AND-.
Surrounding Country.
We have just received and opened up for
yaur inspection the swellest line of Sum
mer Dress Goods ever seen in this town
before, It is something new.
Is the name of the goods, We have it
Fancy Caelers and White. = '
We have also just received a beautiful
line of
Men’s, Ladies, Girls & Bays
BOYDEN OXFORD'S.
Our Store is the place where yofi esn be
suited in footwear.
Drop in and inspect eur new and beau~
tiful line of Ties, for both ladies and gen’
tlemen. They are dreams.
Hew about a Mosquite Net ?
We have a nice line.
- Yours to please,
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have_not' come ¥ 7‘“ ootion,
and there is often seen hangingys
folded bunch at the extreme endVil
the covering.—Living Church, !,
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Peculiar Marriage le A
Northern India and the island'®2
Banquejy can certainly claim td
have the most 'peculisr marriage
rites of any country.” In the formen
& cow and a calf are invariably res
quired at the marriage. ‘The ani
mals are'driven into a narrow run»
ning stream, the priests and the bes
trothed ‘douple also standing'in t!:a
water. The man'and woman eachl
catch hold of the cow’s tail, and the
priest pours water cut of & glass
vessel upon theif joined ‘hands;
while alr' present’ mutter certain
prayers. The young folks are then
decldred to be man and wife, and
the priest claims the'cow and calf
as his fee. In the ysland of Banp
quey the officiating 'priest takes a
sharp knife and with it’'makes 4
smalfi incision'in the right leg of the\
pride and bridegroom. From each
incision he gathers'a few’ drops ofi
blood and transfers thém to the
other one’s leg. This operation, to~
gether with & short religious formu-,
la;' constitutés the whole bf the mar
risge ceremony. ~fl
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A Wonderful “Cgon *= Y
Some of :.e: tenants Of a Sevfeh
nobleman noted for his temperance
principlées were being kntertaimed
one day at dinner.- Theré were plen
:fl of aerated water and milk for
em, but nothing strohger. Ona
of the farmers, who knew by Sfih
riefive what'fo expect, Had provided
hind§elf with'a flask of #itm and, un:
knoWn to a brother fariher, pourega
a geperous q\m}};ity into' the glass
of i_fiilk w_hich"-'})is néighbor hadl
elected to drink.’ In due time the
unsuSpecting farmer pit the glass
to his lips and seemed to enjoy it 86,
that he never st%pped till he fin
ished it. Then he turned to hig
" “end and remarked, “Hech, m
Tpas, what & cog!” -— Tondor
