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The Baxley base ball club beat
ouy team last Friday alternoon.
" Dr. M. N, Stow, of Jesup, was
in our town on Monday last on
business.
Mrs. John McLean and chil
en, of Douglas, are visiting
relatives in our town this week.
The County Bchool Board held
their regular montkly meeting
at the court house on Tuesday
last. ‘
Low cutshoes for men, wo
wen and children fat way down
prices at Wolfson's. "
There will be preaching at the
?a.demy by Rev. G, J. Bortle
ough, on the 2nd Sunday in
Avgust, -
. My, S. B. Fréedman will leave
for New York.on Sunday morn
itz next to buy his'fall and win
te‘fiétock of goods.
* Mike Thomas has moved his
stock of goods from adjoining the
Ppostoffice, to one of the store
reoms back of the Peoples Drug
Store. ' &
. Messrs. Best & Williame will
have most of their falland wirter
goods in by the first of Septem
ber, ther they will announce
their {all opening. Y
- Rev. Lee Roy Byrd, who once
resided in this county, but who
ismow a citizen of Texas, was
married at Comstock,. that state,
on the 29th of last month, {
. 4The south beund ‘pa.ssei:ger}
,tlain on the Southern was six
heurs late on Wednesday morn
ing, owing to arun off,of a
freight up the line some where. |
Rev. Hearn filled the pulpit at
the Methodist church en Sunday
night last, and preached to a J
large and appreciative congrega
tion. Mr. Hearn was stationed
here once. ‘
The editor of this. paper has
been placed under many obliga
t®ns te Col. Parker, the popular
and brilliant young editor of the
Baxley Banner, for courtesies
shown him while there last ¥ri
ay.
*lf you have any doubts about
Je® Davis county not forzing
right to the front, just read the
following: The tax digestgsl:ows%
again 0f75124,000.00 over last
year. - Isu’t this proof suflicient
that we are coming. :
~ Cotton will soon begin td roll
into market, and its time our
merchants were placing their
ads in The News to catch their
share of the fall and winter trade.
Let the farmers know what you
have for sale, and how you are
going to sell it,
~ Miss Nellie Deal who has
been employed in the telephone
office at this place for quite a-
Iwhile, has quit and gone bagk to
jher howe in the country. Miss
Nellie was. ¢ very penular young
lady and -vas very attentative
to* her business, and she will” be
migsed by the patrons cf the
t2lephone. iy,
Elder W, B. Screws filled on
appointment at the academy, ab
this place, on Tuesday Imorning
last. Heis a Primitive :Baptist
minister, ;engaged in pastorial
and evangeliistic work. He will
hold a series of meetings at thic
olade some time in the near
uture. i
The editcr of this pdper has
een placed under many obliga
ions to Congressmaa W. G.
3rantly, for rendering, bim val
ab4e assistance in having his
lagy copyrighted. A mobre oblig:
g gentlemman than hedoth not
ve, and his District is very
oud of the record he has made
I Congress.
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Jadge Wiilis F. Dart, of Doug~
s, dropped in to chat with us
f@w moments on Wednesday
orning last, while waiting for
e south bound passanger train.
e was on his way to Baxley, to
ttend City Court. TheJudge is
“ fi% pleasant and agreeable
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hEii 0‘ j:"‘&?na 4&-*[ ofl In i
Wednesday to decide ‘the loca
tion for the school building went
in favor of the Pace property by
a big, majority, There were 73
votes' cast in favar of buying the
Pace land, and 19 in favor of buy
ing the Fendig property. So,
the school building will be eréc
ted where it will be convenient
to all patrans of the school.
My, J. Avery Mooye informs
us thaton September first he
will move to Douglas, and in the
future will make that place his
home.- Hazlehurst will regret,
very much, w loose Mr. Moore
and his estimable wife, They
have always been zealous and
active workers in the Methodist
church, bothef which are mem
bers,and they will be sadly miss
ed from our town,
Weare going tocanvass this
town and surrouniding country,
shortly, with our subscription
book for the purpose of collect
ing. We are going to transfer
the names to another bnok, and
as there are no credits, scarcely,
on the old subscription book, we
will have to leave thie matter
‘with our subscribers, as to “how
%much they are due the paper,
Col. Wade Watson, of the “law
firm of Padgett & Watson, Bax:
ley, has ‘placed the writer and
every mémber of His company,
under mgny obligations to him
for the many courtesies extend
ed us while in his town, and the
assistance he rendered in help
ing us get ready to give the per
formance. Colonel, we certainly
appreciated your valuable assis
tance. \
There is one thing that can be
truthfpily said about W. H Ellis,
and that is, he certainly makes a
good Sheriff, And that is what
the people elected bim for, te
serve them well—and he is doing
it. Many of these who opposed
him lasgt year, admits now that
he makes a good Sheriff. There
is nodoubt about him gaining
friends since his el2ction, owing
to his close attention to business.
Fall goads is coming in, daily,
at Woiiscn's,
Our ball team didn’t geem to
be init much yesterday after
poon in the game with the Ab
baville club. The score stood
at close of game, Haziehurst 2|
Abbeville 7. We expect better
results from our ooys to-day and
tomorrow. The Abbeville base
ball clubis considered oneof the
best amiateur teams inthe state,
Our boys will intersst tham be
fore they leave our town, how
ever,
. The Ups and_Downs ¢f a Coun
try Bditor—-Moestly Downs, was
played’ in Baxley last Friday
aight to a large and appreciative
sudience, Quite a number of
our people went down to witness
the performance again, thus
swelling the andience on Friday
night. Several of Baxley’s most
prominent citizens told the man
ager of the company, that if we
wolld come baclk there again
in the near future and give an
other performance, -that they
would guarantee us a much lar
ger audience. Baxlyy treafed
us nice.., There wasn't a single
incident occured that marred
the pleasure of the visit, =
It has been rumored around
fer a couple of week that Mr
T. H. Turner would be in the
race for Représentive in the
Legislature, next year. We met
him Tuesday, and asked him how
about the rumor? He -replied:
“Well, I have beard it ‘myself,
many times lately, and don't
Ynow how the rumor got cut. I
will say this, aslonz as the. ru
mor bhs started,. if my friends
want to run me when the time
comes why, I don’t knpw if 1
would Mave any objsctions, But,
its most too early to begin to
tallkk about syeli matters yet.”
So, from what he said; he will
probably be in the race next yeuar
We feel confidert, that!there
will be at ieast thres or four
candidates in the field, at the
proper time, rumning for this
same offica, ‘‘And the longest
pole gets the persimmon.’”’ '
A few pairs of lddies, misdses,
children; men and 'boys slippers
to g 0 at a bargair: ‘' Call dmd.see
them, thoy are all the-Red Seal
bragd, © © | H Cook &.Fon;
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- ta, will Ercct Owur
‘Waterworks
Plant,
The Mayor and Aldermen have
closed a contract with J. B. Mc:
Crary & Co., of Atlanta, to build
and complete the waterwerks
system for the city of ‘Hazle
hurst. Mr. W. M, Wilkes,
their "suprintendent, is now
on the ground, &and work
will begin at once. Material is
already arriving, and they ex
pect to complete the plant in
sixty days. ¢ ;
These contractorsove ‘men of
well known standifig, havingbuilt
several score” of such plants
thronghout Georgia in the last
few years, and the city expects
to have one of the best plants in
the s%nccording to size.
The well and pumping station
will be located on Latimer Street
in front of the Hazlghurst Cot
ton Oil Company’s ginnery.
The entire bond issuac has been
sold at par and accrued interest,
and plans will be adopted for the
new school building within the
next few days. Assoon as pos
sible after the adoption of plans
a Bontract to erect this building
will be made and work on the
school building will begin. Every
effort will be made to start the
work on the building in thirtyi
days. ad |
‘ Fine Cropa, ~
_Last Sunday afternocon we got
into the buggy with Mr. J: W.
Hinson, and rode out to one of
his places with him, which i$ sit
uated about one mile southwest
of town. Mr, White is living on
this place, and his crop shows
that he is a good farmer. We
are not going to exageraye or Le
raboutflthis crop; they will p:'ck a
‘bale of cotton to the acre, from
what we saw, and it will b 2 a 90U
pound bale. tco. And corn-—my,
my. They will gather 50 busa
ols of corn to the acre from the
field we saw. And not only corn:
will they get from this field, -but
peas in abundance. Mr. Hianson
informed the w:iter that he .was
going te have tlic pea-vines ¢t
for forag . " e, e
We are not thraugh yet, ..,
Mr. "W. F. Hioson .Has-a
farm right cpposite this Tuodel
farm we have just descrivz<, and
we noticed that the cottun and
corn on his place were equally!
as good ‘as thet o 1 Mr., J, W.
Hinson's placo. § g
It farmers don’t make money
this year, they might as well
quiv the business, for the good
Lord has sent them seasons at
the proper time. and we hear
of nothing but good-crop reports
from all parts of our county,
We neglectéd to state that Mr.
Newsome is ténding Mr. W, F.
Hingon’s place this year, he too,
has demonstrated by his good
crop that he knows how to raise
corn and cotto:n. :
‘Fruit jars at cost, Quarts at
63¢&ts. per doz. - Halves at 87cts
pex.dozen. H. Cook & Son ~
Ball Games For Thisweek
£ : __. 2
Hazlehurst Vs Abbeville,
Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. Let’sall go out -and wit
ness these three games.
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MONEY MONEY!
We are lending rhoney on im
proved real estate, ini"Jeff Davis
county, 5 year's at 7 per cent 10
terest. We want your business.
M. A. Grace, Manageer,
o Dauglas, s
A’Eice liné of straw-hats going
at actval cosg. H. Coox &.Som,
Any int:e‘ili'gen‘tf -person: may
earn a'good fncome : correspond
ing for newspapers: experience
unnecessary. . Send stapip for
full particulars. . Empire _Press
Syndiiate; Middlepsrt, Ni Y
Letus know your wanis in
furniture. = We ‘expect ‘a:.car
Joad in a few days. ... oo
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A NN EIN
LD POWDERHORHS
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They Were Once Important Im
plements of Warfare.
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TREASURED AS HEIRLOOMS.
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MHanded Down From Father to SBon and
From Friend to Friend=—Engraved
and Ornamented, They Wore Used as
Gifts Instead of Jeweled Swords.
Modern Inventions have robbed, war
fare of much of its romahce and the
soldier of much of his old time pictur
esquéness. Although the powderhorn
né an fmplement of war disappedred
long before the magazine gun of todgy
was dreamed of, it wasn't so very long
ago, as a matter of fact, that men
were. carrying powderhorus, Some of
the goldiers in the Mexican war, for
example, used them, :
The powderhorns carrfed by the
fighters in the early days of this coun
try were often of comparatively sim
ple workmanship, but they were cher
ished and handed down from father
to son and from friend to fricnd.
Strange to say, though cherished in
this manner, collectors have had a
very hard time in locating any great
number of the powderhorns used in
this country, and this in spite of the
large numbers used in the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. :
In the French and Indian war the
English and Americans carried 10,000
powderhorns,. it has been estlmated,
to say nothing of the number carried
by those on the French side. In the
Revolution . there were, according to
the best estimates, about 10,000 pow
derhorns in use in the American
army without counting those on the
British side. The European troops had
iong diszcarded them, of course, but
their colonial allies naturally were
equipped with them. 3
A few vears ago Isaae J. Greerfwood
presented so the New York .Historical
society o collection of water color pie
tures of powderhorns he had found
still in existence. "
Althcuzh the search was prosecuted
withgreat diligence, the number of pow
derborns actually located and sketched
was not much more than 400, showing
how quickly the borns have been dis
appearing, - , ‘.
Powdertiorns are supposed to:have
come into use almost simultaneously
- with the. Invention of gunpowder. A
way had to be found to carry the pow
der and keep it dry, and men quickly
found that there wasn’t anything bet
ter or cheaper in mediaeval times for
& purpose than the horns of an ani-
They were in general use in the sixz
teenth century and were brought to
this country by the first settlers. The
Oldest horn whose picture appears in
the collection was found near Schenee
‘fady, N. Y., and bears the date of 1683.
- Jt was generally the borns of-their
own cattle that the farmer fighters of
‘America used. The loss of a horn in
nowisé impaired the usefulness of the
anfmal, and bulls' frequently were
.called upon to make the sacrifice. Such
horns were easlly obtalned and
wouldn’t rust and could be carried in
the rain and through streams without
the powder in them getting wet. *
They were:always worn under the
ioft arm by a strap that wént over the
rizht shoulder, the curve in the horn
conforming to the shape of the body
and sefving to keep it out of the way
+6f the wearer. There was a stopple in
‘the small end, and without being un
- glung the powder could be poured into
the right band and thence into the gun.
Bolled, scraped and cleaned and col
ored with an orange or yellow dye,
wiiich was the ‘way most of the pow
' derhorns were' preépared, they lent
thémselves more readily to ornamentd
tion' by the owner than did any other
part of his equipment, and it is this
fxcf which has made them particularly
fnteresting as bi’st?r_}ca'l relics. Admir
“4ng. friends In the *df;'nys when powder
"horns were in general use instead of
.presenting & hero with an emgraved
sword gave” hinr ..a ‘finely decorated
powderhorn.’ ’ :
. Sometimes the horns were made to
order. and the engraving done by pro
fessionals. Many of these horns were
peaufifully colored, the most popular
shade being a sort of orange: tiat.
Perhaps the most remarkable exam
ples. 6f the engraving are.to be séen
on the geograplicadl horns’whose pic
tures appear-i the Greenwood collec
ltlou. " These geographical horas fook
the place of pocket maps for the early
ploneers, They were the work of pro
fessional engravers in places likeé New
Jork'and Boston, . =~ ¥
~ Some of the borns In- the eollection
“gontaln’ practically ‘complete maps of
; the old trails and waterways.' One of
she Dbest of thése bears the date of
1767 and shosvs New York with its
barfibr filled with ships and New York
state as far as Lake Champlain and
Ontarto. The Hudson valley, with its
“‘settlements, dppears on most of fi;e
'n'»tmbbicnl,;homf.dmovereé- Ope
oPn shows the country betßeen BElljk
‘@het -“‘m_ - -, oy
" The horns thus filled a double pur
pose, supplying the traveler with @
map and carrying his powder for him,
One of the best specimens in the col
lection shows Havana, as well as the
trall from Albany to Oswego. It is
believed to have been owned by a sol
dier in the English army which cap
tured the Cuban ecity and who laten,
served in the colonies, -~ Washingtow,
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IOSt. Lo e «'&M"
Malke hay while the sun ghines, and«
the sun ‘nevér shines so steadlly and
bright as when you are young, :
Ry Only a Man. b
Little Muriel flew into the house
flushed and breathless.
“Oh, mother,” she cried, “don’t scold
me for belng late to tea, for I've had
such a disappointment! A horse feldb
down, and they said that they were
going to send for a horse doctor, so of
course I had to stay. And after I'd
walted and waited he came, and, oh,
mother,.what do you think? It wasn't
a horse doctor at all. It was only &
man!’~Everybody’s Magazine. | 2
A Concise Explanation. b
“How does that man always manage.
to appear as the leader of you people?"':
“I suppose,” answered Farmer Corn-:
tossel, “that it's simply because he'S.
smart enough to get abead of us.”—:
Washington- Star. M Y s :
3 Spbehhtu—— .. ). |
; : Not Consistent.
“What was I saying when I dodged
that automobile?’
“You were saying that life is not
worth living. But if you think so
why did you dodge?’ — Louisville
Courier-Journal. : ~
" Man is made of dust, but he is usual
ly out for more.~Exchange.
R s Spelling.
" On a member of parllament belng}
accused of bad spelling Disraeli bu
morously defended bim by declaring
that “a man mist be an idiot who
could not speil a word more ways tham
one.” S eb, \
Me Did lt on Purpose and Was Willing
: to Back It Up.
The tall, slender citizen in the
frock coat, who had been riding in
the smoking car of the elevated
railway train, was making his de
viousway-out of it through the nar
row space left by the passengers on
the side seats who had crossed their
legs.
One man whose foot blocked the
passage almost entirely refused to
surrender an inch of space, and the
tall man, after waiting a moment,
raised his own foot and brought it
down with emphasis on the other
man’s ankle and instep, crushing
the offending foot to the floor and
stepping on it with his whole
weight, after which, with the serene
consciousness that he had perform
ed a public duty, he left the car,
went down the stairway to the
street and proceeded on his way.
He had walked about a block
when he felt a slight tap on his
shoujder. He turned around and
found himself facing a wrathful
looking person, whom he recognized
as the man_whose foot he had just
ground and who had limped after
him as fast as he could.. -
“I should like to ask you, sir,”
said the wrathful person, “if youw
stepped on my foot on purpose back
there in the car.”
“Most undéniably and emphatic
ally I did, sir,” answered the tall
man, “and if you feel like starting
anything on account of it you won’t
“find a better time or place to start
it than right here andp now. Don’t
hesitaté a second if you feel in
clined that way. Sail right in. Any
thing goes.”
“I’m going to tell you that you'rg
a tuffian and & brute anyway.‘
‘snorted the indignant person.
- “Just sO. And you’te such a con
*temptible, ir‘x_fema{ hog that I don’t
care a straw what your opinion of
she is,? retorted the other, knock
ing the ashes out of his pipe, put
ting it in his pocket, buttoning his
coat around his slender but muscu
‘lar form and standing at ease.
“Have you any further business
§ wit‘;h ane pe (i .
_“T’d like to know who you sre,
f_'ch'at’salg’e‘ oAR o g .
-, “My name is Gwilliams, = Here
is my card. Ready to answer a call
‘at any time””, "' s
o “Well, sir; yow'll:get it in the
~neck some day . b o
“Thanks. You'll get it in ‘the
foot every time yoil give me such’s
'chanice as you @id. th.ismcml;?g
m%fi#d start ahything?. Noi
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