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THE INCREASE OF
The Number of Rural Telephones in
Georgia Has Increased From 648 to
5,816 in the Last Five Years.
Everyone is familiar with the rural
telephone, .Almont all kunow that it
is a comparaiively recent development
of life in the country and that the
movement of communication among
farms and for better connections be
tween rural and city districts has in
‘creased 'wonderfully within the pis.
sow yeais, Yet to those who are ig:
aorant of the real statistics the fig
ures of the last telephone census are
nothing chort of staruing, :
For .nstance, take the statement of
he census that in the period of 1902
© 1907 tae number of rural telephone
.gtations. in the entire country increas
« 449 per cent. People are usod. Lo
alculating percentage, whetner for in
trest ¢or business profit purposes, al
pur, five or six per cent-——seidom any
nore. A man who says he can getl
49 per ceut out of an investmeul will
b» regarded with suspicion. There
vas a man in New York City just a
f'w years ago who advertised a spec
ugtive scheme which he guaranteed
aould bring in an income of 520 per
cent, They called him “520 per cent
Miller,” and he was -sent away for
swindling, But it is an- actual fact
that whereas in 1902 there was but
2¢6,966 rural ’'phone stations in the
. United States, five years later there
were 1,434,773. . e -
The census figures show that the
south had a great share in this de
velopmént, The increase in the South
Allantic’ States was 469 per cent and
in the South Central States it was 867
pér cent, The actual figures, however,,
mean more than percentage, and show
bow the movement spread througn
each one of the states,
Below is a table showing the total
pumber of rural telephone stations in
rqach southern state in 1902 and on De
}cmber 31st, 1907, the latest date for
“ vhich figures are available:
: ; 1905 1907
Maryland ~ .. .. .. 94 5,073
yirginia ....... .. .. 5,599 15,155
West Virginia .. .. 1,839 24,234
North Carolina .... .. 1,833 8,990
south Carolina .. .... 1,020 2,096
. .. ... .. .. W 5,816
Tctal 8. A. States ...11,258 64,197
Rntueky .. o 0 ..- ¢. 3,197 13,051
Tennessee e ¢. .- .. 1,962 10,063
B ss os\ s ss BB 5,419
B .. ..., ;. = 6,973
. s s s« i ‘DB 6
ENas .. .o .. . 1@ 12,403
. <. oo os oo B 9 24,874
B .. is is s o BENS 41,862
“Total S. C. States.... 7,820 115,905
These figures icil graphically the‘
story of the activity of the southern
farmers. Wherever the telephone has
‘gone it has brought with it better liv
ing, an increase in the productiveness
of the farms and money-making oppor
tunities for the agriculturalist that
were not dreamed of before. In 1902
the phone was not a new thing—it was
used in all lines of business in the
ciies and on the more prosperous
farms and ranches all over the coun
-ry. e st el
But when one considers that in this
five-year period the number of rural
phones jumped from 94 to 5,073 in Ma-:
ryland; from 270 to 24,874 in Oklaho
ma, and from 155 to 12,403 in Arkan
gas, the manner in“which telephones
were popularized and raised from the
station of a rich man’s Juxury to that
of an every day necessity of all the
people can be readily understood.
The census, though its results have
only recently been published, does not
bring the actual conditions quite up
to date. No figures are available for
the year and a half since December
31st, 1907, but the increase in the
number of rural phone stations has
been even more marked than in the
five-year period to which the statistics
refer. The statement is made by the
‘Western Electric Company, the largest
manufacturers of telephones and phone
equipment in this country, furnishing
all the instruments and apparatus
used by the Bell system that in the
past six months 80,000 of their new
rural telephones wereg sold,
The reason fer this growth are not
hard to find, l.ife on the farms used
to be Irksome-—distance was so great.
The telephone is the annihilator of dis
tance, As one farmer expressed it:
“I am next door to everybody I want
to talk to. That telephone puts my
isolated farm in the heart of things.”
Many limes a farmer has been saved
a long trip to town; has been able
to get the doctor or the veterinary
surgeon in a hurry, where without tel
ephone cemnection he would have been
helpless
CURE FOR PELLAGRA.
Graduate of Cambride Says Africans
Use Herbivorous Treatment.
Durham, N. C.—J. 8. Orcorde-Ter
ry, a native African, graduate of Cam
bridge, lingland, and medical mission
ary, studying bere, declared in a news
paper aiticle that the native of Afri
cg curcs 90 per cent of pellagra by
herbivorous treatment, and he gives
the formula.
The doctors have taken his sugges
tion, and are working upon some of
the Durham cases to see what effice
¢y there is in the remedy. :
G (RN (HER gy s iy 8 N
. Yhe (emiitméles';that we are fpre
| f;g@ (forf A k' amee Shet é tover
|igoent 10 AOES B e P
” TO LIVE FOREVER,
. Thomas KEdison has perfected A
storage battery which he says will
last indefinitely and revolutionize the
present propelling power,
Prof, Munyon says it is only a
question of time until a remedy I 8
discovered that will supply the waste
of the human body, so tHdt 6ne may
live on almost indefinitely, barring
accidents, This seems almost too
good to be true, but nothing seems
to be impossible in these days when
we consider the flying mac.'ne and
the wireless telegraph,
Prof. Munyon has certainly revolu
tionized the practice of medicine, He
does not believe in bullding hospitals
for consumptives, He says that con
sumption can always be traced to a
cold, Cure a cold and you prevent
consumption. His Cold and Cough
Remedy will break up almost any
form of a cold in a few hours and
positively prevent Bronchitis and
‘Pneumonia. To convince the medical
world and people in general of the
truth of his claims he has distributed
millions of vials of the Cold Cure, ab
solutely free, from the leading news
paper offices throughout the country,
and the cures that have been reported
from its use have been most astonish
ing. These little sugar pellets con
tain no opium, morphine, cocaine or
any harmful drug. They seem to re
lieve the head, throat and lungs al
most immediately.
In order that no one may be de
prived of this remedy he has placed
it with all the druggists throughout
the ‘United States for the small sum
'of 25 cents, or sent postpaid on re
ceipt of price, and witl each bottle he
gives this guarantee: *“lf Munyon's
Cold and Cough Cure does not do all
that is claimed for it, I will refund
your money.”" '
There are four advantages in tak
ing Munyon’s Remedies. First, they
are absolutely harmless. Second, they
are pleasant to take. Third, they re
lieve almost immediately. Fourth,
they cost nothing unless they give
satisfaction.
Munyon’s Guide to Health sent
free on request. Munyon Remedy
Co., Phila., Pa.
The Swiss Goverment spends more
money, in proportion to its population
for the relief of its poor, than any
other country. .
For HEADACHE—Hicks' CAPUDINR
Whether from Colds, Heat. Stomach or
Nervovus Troubles, Capudine will relieve you.
It’s liquid™-pleasant to take—acts immedi
ately. Try it, 10c., 25c, and 50c. st drug
e
. One good swift kick will some times
accomplish more than a lot of kindness
ipati nd seriously a -
e e TR R Doty
cured by Dr. Pierce’s lellets. Tiny sug.r
coated granules. -~ =
TO KEEP EGGS.
When eggs are only required to be
preserved for two or three months
they keep very well packed in dry
salt or bran. The meat of the egg
may shrink and rattle within the
shell when shaken, but its edibility is
not impaired. Coating the egg with
vaseline or butter will also keep it
for a short time or any application
which effectively seals the pores of
the shell and excludes air will pro
long the freshness of eggs. If the
‘egg is even momentarily submerged
in boiling water, the 2lbumen thereby
becomes sufficiently: coagulated to
prevent the cntrance of air._ln some
.of the rural districts in England and
Scotland, eggs for home consumption
are smutted over with a mixture of
suiphur and lamp black, a cheap and
effective preservative.—lndiana Far
mer.
Why suffer from a cold when Perry
Davis’ Painkiller will prevent it? ' In 25c.,
35¢. and sc. bottles. At all druggists.
The inclination of a man’s mind
forms many of his habits, customs
and crimes. ;
ECZEMA BURNED AND ITCHED.
Spread Over Hand, Arms, Legs and
Face—lt Was Something Terrible
—Complete Cure by Cuticura.
“About fifteen or eighteen years ago ec
zema developed on top of my hand. It
burned and itched so much that 1 was
compelled to show it to a doctor. He pro
nounced it ringworm. After trying his dif
ferent remedies the disease increased and
went up my arms and to my legs and
finally on my face. The burning was some
thing terrible. I went to another doctor
who had the reputation of being the best
in town. He told me it was eczema. His
medicine checked the advance of the dis
ease but no further. I finally concluded to
try the Cuticura Remedies and found relief
in the first trial. I continued until I was
completely free from the disease and I have
not been troubled since. C. Burkhart, 236
W. Market St., Chambersburg, Pa., Sept.
19, 1608.” Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole
Props. of Cuticura.Remedies, Boston, Mass,
THE LAST TRUMPET.
First farmer (pointing to the flar
ing horn on an automobile)—What's
that thing for?
Second farmer—Thet’s th’ thing
they blow jes’ before they run ¥’
down!—Town and 'Country.
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Because of mm ugly, aritzly, grey haire. Use “LA CREOLE™ HAIR RESTORER. Price, SI.OO, resall.
' NOTES, '
The brewst of the Indlan game is
very much ke that of the pheasuut
or the prairie chicken. The heft of
‘he meat lies on the hreast,
Don't try to ralse lice and chicks
in the same coop, for the former
will soon crowd out the Intter,
One of the best ‘ceds for hreed
ing turkeys is oats, and should make
at least one-half of the supplied ra
tion, especially during the next three
months.
In & market fowl the breast is the
main thing, but in o-der 1o cbtaiu
a desirable breast it is necessa.y to
have a good body first. Sc far as
actual quality is concerned, the col
or of the skin is of no f.aportance.
But when the market cails for a yel
ow skin, it is impo~tunt that ouiy
such be serveu. Poultrymen can
neither afford to quarrel with the
deg:nd nor try to reform it
cks are practically Immune from
cholera, roup and gapes. Their favor
ite diseases arc spinal meningitis and
paralysis.
Ducks kept entirely on land must
have deep drinking vessels, so they
can get their heads under ‘water,
Where shallow vessels or troughs are
used, they gum up about the eyes,
become listless, sit about, lose appe
tite, and eventually die.
On farms having high, dry land,
which has a light growth of grass,
and where a new breeding gobbler
has lately heen introduced, the larg
est flocks and the most thrifty look:
ing turkeys are found.
It is an old belief that geese or
their droppings will kill grass or de
stroy a pasture. The writer has 2
flock of six geese on a quarter acre
of pasture, and, notwithstanding that
geese have been on it for several
years, it is as strong and vigorous in
growth as ever; in fact, it seems to
be in better condition than it was
before geese were turned on it.
In closely built houses, where there
is poor ventllation, the air hecomes
“contaminated by gases arising from
filth and the accumulated droppings.
As the hens are exposed to these
gases during the night, it is no wor
der that the system becomes pois
oned by them and disease results.
| HAD ENOUGH.
~ “The alligator swallowed him.”
~ “An’ @id they kill the 'gator?”
~ “No; they thought that swallern’
him punishment enough!”—Atlanta
' Constitution.
~ Rough on Rats, unbeatable extermainator.
Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, 25c.
RKough on Bedbugs, Powder or Lig'd, 35c.
Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid, 25c.
Rough on Roaches, Pow’d, 15c.,Liq’d, 25¢.
Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, 23c.
Rough on Skeeters, agreeable in use, 25¢,
E. 8. Wells. Chemist, Jersey City, N. J.
. About the conly chance some of us
have to count our chickens is hefore
they are hatched:
Thousands of country people know that
in time of sudden misha% or accident Ham
lins Wizard Oi! is the best substitute for
the family doctor. That is why it is so
often found upon the shelf.
The fool and his money are not
as soon parted as the cgotist and his
self-respect,
WHY PEOPLE SUFFER.
Too often the kidneys are the cause
and the sufferer is not aware of it.
Sick kidneys bring headache and side
pains, lameness and stiffness, dizzi-
B ness, headaches,
dr -+, tired feeling, urin
{ arytroubles. Doan’s
® %zf Kidney Pills cure
the cause. Mrs.
\\ e Virginia Spitzer,
Bt Buena Vista, Va.,
il ‘ (v~ says: “For thirty
o WM\ \\} vears T suffered
W 8 ißa\ § § everythingbut death
ey with my kidneys. I
cannot describe my suffering from
terrible bearing down pains, dizzy
spells, headaches and periods of par
tial blindness. The urine was full of
sediment. I was in the hospital three
weeks. Doan’s Kidney Pills were
quick to bring relief and soon made
me well and strong again.”
Remember the name—Doan’s. For
sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburu Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
You may call a man a rolling stone,
but don’t insinuate that he isn’t on
the level.
Mre. Winslow’s SBoothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion,allays pain, cureswind colic, 25¢ a } ottle
We say a man drinks like a fish
when we really mean he drinks like
a lobster. |
For COLDS and GRIP. |
Hick's CaruplNß is the best remedy—
relieves the aching and feverishness—cures
the Cold and restores normal conditions. It's
&uld—ofl’ecu immediately. 10c., 25c. and
~ atdrug storea
Of the 3,238 fires which occurred in
London in 1908 electricty is said to
have been the cause of 101, and 355
were attribltable to gas. \
Afraid of Ghosts b
Many people are ufnig of ghosts. Few people ” g et g
are afreid of gorms. Yét the ghost is a fancy and |X *fev. e -
the germ is a fact, If the germ ocould be magnified || y y*S™G &, w '
to’a size equal to its terrors it would appear more |\- 3 vy
terrible than any fire-breathing dragon. Germs L s ‘v
can't be avoided, They are in the air we breathe, 3 :
the water we drink, “ '
The germ can only prosper when the condition S E
of the system gives it free scope to establish it- -
self and develop, When there is a deficiency of ;
vital force, languor, restlessness, a sallow cheek, :
a hollow eyg, when the appetite is poor and the '
sleep is broken, it is time to guard against the germ, You can
fortify the body against ull Tcrm- by the use of Dr, Pierce’s Gold- "
cn Medical Discovery, It increases the vital power, cleanses the
system of clogging impurities, enriches the blood, puts the stom
ach and organs of digestion and nutrition in working condition, so '
. that the germ finds no weak or tsinted spot in which to breed. ;
“Gplden Medical Discovery '’ oontains no aloohol, whisky or
habit-forming drugs. All its ingredients printed on its outside
wrapper. It is not a secret nostrum but a medicine or XNOWN '
composiTioN and with a record of 10 years of cures. Accept no ’
substitute—there is notling ‘‘ just as good.’’ Ask your neighbors. e
Woman’s Friend
Nearly all women suffer at times frem female
ailments. Some women suffer more acutely and
more constantly than others. But whether you have
little pain or whether you suffer intensely, you
should take Wine of Cardui and get relief.
Cardui is a safe, natural medicine, for women,
prepared scientifically from harmless vegetable in
gredients. It acts easily on the female organs and
gives strength and tone to the whole system.
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The Woman’s Tonic
Mrs. Verna Wallace, of Sanger, Tex., tried Cardui. She writes:
“Cardui has done more for me than I can describe. Last spring I
was taken with female inflammation and consulted a doctor, but to
no avail, so I took Cardui, and inside of three days, I was able to do
my housework. Since then my trouble has never returned.” -Try it.
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