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) THE HAZEHURST NEWS ¢
S. @, FACKLER, Editor and Publisher.
| M. PARXER, Assoclate Editor,
OFFIKIAL ORGAN JEFF DAVIS COUN
. TY AND TOWN OF HAZLEHURST
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Hazichurst, Ga,
HAZLEHURST, GA.,OCT. 14TH
Hazlehurst is one of the best cot
ton markets this side of Macon.
. We neversaw a town in our life
that ever began to grow much and
spread-out, until it was bonded.
~ We haven't any patients at all
with a man who will sit around and
whine, and run down the town he
lives in, and yet will not leave it.
Now, the next important step
that our “city dads” should take,
is-to devise some plan to have some
kind of fire protection in this
town.,
Hazlehurst is a good town, filled
with enterpriseing, law-abiding
christian people, and extends a
hearty welcome to all good people
from other sections to settle in its
midst
Let’s all take a day off and go
up to the State I'air in Macon on
the 27th inst. It is advertised that
Dr. Fred Cook, the man who beat
Peary to the north pole by a year,
will be there on that day, and tell
how he did it.
“The Cuthbert Leader suggest
that every paper in the stave con
tribute one dollar to Editor Black
of Milltown; who recently lost his
office by fire. This is a splendid
idea, and if avery paper in the state
wouid do this, kditor Black
would soon be getting out the Mill
town News again. We rise to re
snark, that our dollar is ready.
We see that some of - hte large
cotton milis over the country are
contemplating shutting down, for
the purpose of bringing the price of
cotton down. They canshut down
when they please, the farmers of
this section will not be hurt by it,
for most of the cotton in this “neck
o’ the woods” have been picked,
ginned, and soid for a good price.
M i i
We long to see next vear roll
around. Then the woods will be
full of condidates, and the average
country editor will enjoy three
Square meals per. And just to
think, every fellow that announces
for office must fork over that “Vv”
In advance, or no announcement
goesin. Yes sir, we country editors
show do put on airs election years.
The Douglas Enterprise is now
owned by a stock comyany. The
COmpany is composed of some of
the most influential men in Coffee
-county. Iditor Frier was re-elec
ted a few days ago as editor of that
most excellent sheet another year.
The stock holders could not have
made a better selectiou. This
enterprising paper will soon add a
large, new cylander press, and new
type to its office, and make other
improvements.
Hans Wagner, of the Pittsbnrg
team---and who is considered one
of the best ball players on earth---
says of Cobb: “Cobb is what is
called a perfect player, He is tho
fastest man I have ever seen, He
has got ten more good years and
will continue to improve,”. We
half-way claim Ty Cobb as a citizen
of Jeff Davis county, as he ownes
M‘a-riig@'li'ttle farm a couple of mlles
from Hazlehurst, and some reaj
There is an old saying that nothing
Y}rolongs' longevity like a_pension.
pon the government records three
pensjoners are over 100, 256 are in
their 90's and 14,835 are .in their
80’s. One centenarian pensioner
claiming.' the greatest ageis Mrs,
Phoebe E, : Sparkman, of i‘airfield,
Fla. In a sworn getition accom
panyig a special bill in - Congress
which in January, 1907, increased
her pension to'sl2 per month, she
set forth that she was then 110
years old, which would make her
112 this year. She is pensioned as a
soldier’s widow; her husband Henry
Sparkmen, having served in the
Florida Indian War of 1839-40, as
private in Capt. Oliver’s' company,
First Regiment, Florida Militia.
In a dictated statement which Mrs.
Sparkman sent - some “time ago
she says: “I was brought by my
parents to this state (Florida)
when I was 8 vears old from Geor
gia, and settled in what is now
known as Gainesville, in Alachua
county, Florida. Of course, it was
a wild country at that time. In
dians were all around us. “We
lived in camps made of palmetto
blades and pine tops, same as In
disns, 1 was married at the age
of 25, on the site above stated.
At the uprising of thc Indians my
hushand was mustered into the
service and servod through the
war, We still lived at Gainesville
when the war was over and raised
a family of five children. My hus
band died in Gainesville,and I with
my family moved to Hernando
county, in South Florida the day
after my husband was buried”
~ There is not a weekly paper that
lcomes to our office that we appreci
ate more than we do the Inverness
(Fla.) Chronicle. Assoon as it is
taken from rhe postoffice we tear
off the wrapper and go to reeding
We published a paper in that coun
ty (Citrus) for four years, and
know everybody, who is anybody,
and of course enjoy reading it each
week. The best local editor on
earth is on that paper and his name
is Maqug Geo. Butler. It has leng
since been conceded by all the
other newsnaper man of that state,
that the Major stands head in his
line of work. We have known Ma
jor Butler for many years. He
has worked forns on sevcral oc
casions, and the only fault we ever
found with him was, he would hold
the paper pack an hour or so on
press day, if he saw ¢ny prospect
at cll of gathering upa few more
locals. ~ Yes, we honestly believe,
that Major Geo. Butler, of the In
varness Chronicle, is the greatest
local hustler on earth to-day, and
any paper is fortunate in having
him on it.
Both Jesup and Hazlehurst have
electric lights. Baxley is a better
town than either. What’s the mat
ter?---Baxley Banner.
The matter is, our town is forg
ing right ahead, Bro. Parker, and
YOMRS seems to be on the STAND
stiLL. We have not only electric
lights up here, but a water-works
plant, and will soon have a new and
magnificent school building. We
have good, hard streets, live enter
prising citizens, who pull for their
tewn and love to see it grow. Oh,
we are getting along fine up here, we
thank you.
The Hazlehurst News of last
week was an improvement over
previous issues, Brother Facklsr
must have that new press--Douglas
Enterprise, :
Correct you are, Brother Frier,
And not only a new press have we
but an abundance of new type,
How does the looks of this issue
suit yon? We have just added a
set of new rollers to our big press
also, . ‘
The issue of the Hazlehurst News
of last week was a very bright and
newsy sheet, This paper has great
ly improved in appearence and size
during the past few months, and
deserves the patronage of every
citizen of Jeff Davis County, ~We
- Charlie White in Atlanta.
We sce by the Atlanta Constitu
tion, that the charities of that city
have taker Charlie White in hand
and are raising funds to have him
treated for the morphine habit, and
for rheumatism. It will take $175
for him to be treated, but the pros
pects are, Charlie.will return to his
home in Baxley a straight young
man. The people of Hazlehurst
contributed about $30.00 just be-
fore he left for Atlanta. He came
up from Baxley and asked us to
write and print him a few cards,
with which to beg funds with,
that he was determined to get to
Atlanta some way. We did so,
and- late in the evening of the next
day he came into our office and ex
hibited S2O or S3O, remarking that
he had secured that much during
the day from our people. We told
him that after he left this' town
that he had better be particuler
with his money, and especially when
he got to Atlanta. lle promised
us he would. But we see in the
Atlanta Journal where he had been
robbed three or four times. One
time of SIB.OO. After he begged
the money to be treated with, it
scems like he couldn’t keep it for
the rogues. So now, the papers
and charties of that city have tak
en him in charge, the prospects are
good that he will receive the medi
al treatment he has longed for soo
ong. : ' :
Always be ready to say some
thing good about your town.
Espzciaily to strangers. ;
THEY WERE STUBBORN.
A Story lllustrating the “Sectness” of
the Cornishman. -
Your Cornishman can be very *set”
and stubborn. His determination of
spirit is more remarkable than admira
ble at times, though it may be amus
ing. . : -
Mr. Hook, the late royal academician,
was ounce, says Mr. W, H. Hudson in
his book on the “Land's End,” on the
sands at Whitesand bay, working at a
marine picture, when two natives came
up and planted themselves just behind
himm. There was pothing the artist
hated more than to be watched by
strangers over his shoulders in this
way, and pretty soon he wheeled
around on them and angrily asked
them how long they were going to
stand there.
His mwanner served to arouse their
spirit, and they veplied brusquely that
they were going to stay as long as they
thought proper.
He insisted on knowing just how
long they were going to stay there to
his annoyance, and by and by. after
seme more loud and angry discussion
one of them incautiously declared they
would stand at that very spot for an
hour.
“Do you mean that?" shouted Hook,
pulling out his watch. )
Yes, they returned, they would not
stir one inch from that spot for an
hour. \
“Very well,” he said and pulled up
his easel; then, marching off to a dis
tance of thirty yards, he set it up
again and resumed his painting.
And there, within thirty yards of
his back. the two men stood for one
hour and a quarter, for, as they did
not have a watch, they were afraid of
going away before the hour had ex
pired. Then they marched off.
Franklin as a Swimmer.
- In 1726 Benjamin Franklin was
‘working as a printer at Watts', near
Lincoln Inn Fields, and taught two
shopmates to swim *at twice going
into the river.” With them and some
of their friends from the country he
paid a visit by water to Chelsea, and
“in our return,” he recorded, “at the
request of the company, whose curi
osity Wygate had excited, 1 stripped
and leaped into the river and swam
from near Chelsea to Blackfriars, per
forming on the way many feats of
activity, both upon and under the
water, that surprised and pleased
those to whom they were novelties.”—
London Tatler.
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Her Housekeeping.
Growells—Smith's wife must be a
poor housekeeper. Mrs. Growells—
Why do you think so? Growells—He
declares he's perfectly comfortable at
home every day in the year.—Chicago
News.
Tree and Sea.
“By the way, what is the tree most
pearly related to the sea?”’
“The beech, of course.”
“Are you sure? Isn't the bay tree
nearer ?”’—London Scraps. ; ;
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Taking the Cure at the ' Sal* Springs
v Y ‘of Behemis,
When yofr are at Marieabad the first
sound you bear I 8 tup, tap, tup, ot youe
bedroom door, ; T
“Half pust 5! Time to get up!"
“All right!” you growl In reply, mil.
fng while you slowly get out of bed
against the absurd tyranay of medie
foal waters that lusist vn belug taken
80 early In the day.
Sallying forth, you find the Marlen.
bad world already astir, Water drink
ers are couverging from all sides to
the spring. Each one on arrival pro
vides bimself with a glnss and goes
forward to recelve hiw dnlly dose. You
Join the walting file. Soon It Is your
turn, and the attendant walden for n
modest coln fills you a bumper You
take It aside nnd eye It keenly, hold
ing It to the light. Then, surreptitious.
ly sniffing, yourtaste It enntiously, The
flavor, It appears, Is not unplensant,
You are reassured, and, assuming »
resigned nir, you drain the ghiss,
Elated by this proof of your cournge,
you wualk out, The band Ix playing,
the promenade crowded., lere you
may see the crowned heads, milllon
nires, great singers and all the other
celebrities who frequent Marienbad,
There Is o pecullarity of the place
that will quickly strike you-—the stout
ness of many of the visitors, As the
Baron von Seldsplitz, bhimself a man
of wirth, remarked to an English
friend, “There are many thick people
in Marienbnd.”
Hunger by thix time probably pos
sesses you, for it is 8 o'clock, but do
not expect a hearty breakfast, Crisp
rolls or toast and fragrant coffee will
be enough, served in the open air, To
a favored few an egge or a small plate
of cold ment is permitted,
Curlous morning tasks are prescribed
for some of the patients. Mr. X., for
fnstance, is ordered a piping hot mud
bath, while Mr, Z. follows the “terrain®™
cure. 'This consists In walking an in
creased distance each day, =0 as grad
ually to strengthen the organs of which
the functions are impaired. Most peo
ple, however, spend their time in read
ing, writing or lounging. l
The welcome call to dinner draws
all together about 1 o'clock. Agsiln‘
the fare is simple, the motto being.
“Nothing very sour, nothing very
sweet, nothing very salt, nothing very
fat.” Even the restaurants are not
allowed to provide dishes harmful to
the *cure.” So you make yourself
content with fish, roast meat or chick
en, green vegetables and stewed fruit,
and, as for drink, water, diluted claret
or Pilsener beer must suflice, Woe
to him whose cholce strays to made
dishes, pastry, cheese or spirits, for
these he must abjure as long as he
stays at Marienbad.
To rest awhile without taking *‘for.
ty winks” is the patient’s next prob
lem, and when he has worked through
it he will probably stroll along to 2
concert or make an excursion among
the delightful pine clad hills that in
close the Marienbad valley.
When evening approaches the gar
dens and promenade fill with people.
They sit about at smail tables and
sip their coffee while listening to the
band.
Your last meal is a light supper at
7 o'clock, and by 9 you should be in
bed.
The normal length of the *‘cure™ is
four weeks. It is said, however, that
Americans, with characteristic energy,
have been known to compress it into
something like half that time.—Phila
delphia Ledger.
Can't Be Cut Off With a Shilling.
French parents (or, at all events,
those with more than 2 shillings to
dispose of by will) are precluded from
the gratification of cutting a mutinous
child off with a shilling. A reserve is
established by law which no testator
can bequeath away from his offspring.
A Frenchman with one child can dis
pose of half his property according to
his pleasure; the other half must in
evitably pass to the child. Those with
two children can dispose of only one
third of their property, those with three
children of one-fourth, and so on uc
cording to the size of the family.
Stern parents occasionally seek to
evade the law by subterfuge, but the
disposal of property in I‘rance is
hedged round with so many restric
tions that family black sheep are rare
ly mulcted of their legal inheritance.—
London Mail.
An Instance.
Knicker—Time brings many strange
changes. Bocker—Yes: the boy whose
mother can’t make him wash his neck
grows up to be a rich man who goes
abroad for baths.—Harper's Bazar.
[ T Iwl® 1..
Makes Marvelons Cures in Blood Poison, Rhenmatism and Scrofila.
P. P. P. purifies the blood, builds up the weak and debilitated, gives
strength to weakened nerves, expels disease, giving the patient health and
happiness, where sickness, gloomy feelings and lassitude first prevailed.
In blood poison, mercurial poison, malaria, dgspepsia, and in all blood
and skin diseases, like blotches, pimples, old chronic ulcers, tetter, scald
head, we sa{ without fear of contradiction that P. P, P, is the best blood
purifier in the world. -
i Ladies wl;gso syatetrzssl are poilsoglteid and whot;ut;i bloo%ei: in an impure co
ition due menstrual irregularities, are peculiar: efitted by the won
derful tonic and blood cleansing properties of P. lf' P., PfioklyyAsl‘:, P
Root and Potassium. ML B GRS gt 4
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il DURERTIGE 6ili4 (e R AR L Re B T GRS R R s Y s
Dog Driving Over h3Ji and Snew of
o Sahsad : ,
Winter driviog with & team of a
dozen dogw Is declared by’ Dr/@eenfoll
of Labrador to be the uost fascipating
sport ever enjoyed by man, His de
scription of It as quoted by James
Johnetone In bis book, “Gremteil A4f 1
Labrador,” is as follows: ot povs
Although there 18 no harder work
whet driving over a rough country.
yet the bracing cold, the exhllarating
brightness of the reflected light from
the snow, the difficulty of getting bad-
Iy hurt, however sharply one shoots &
mountain side or ever tumbles over &
cliff, the absence of damp or wolstare,
the fact that one can, travel anywhere
In wsoft, light mocensins and in such
clothing as Is most conducive to agil
ity, without any reférence to conven
tionnlity, all help to'vanquish any re
allzation of labor on't long trip, 2
There Is Intvite seope for skill in
chooxing, tending: and training your’
dogs. alwo for hoth pluck and physlcal§
strength In driving, and all the eraft of
the woodsman Is called for in crouslng;
miles of virgin country, where ar any)
time any wrong turn will surely mean,
a night In the open and perbaps a)
temperature of 40 degrees of frost, 2
Dog driving also teaches one what)
boxing I 8 sald to teach, self control,
for of all the trials of temper one can
be called on to endure the worst Is.;
given a glorious day for traveling and)
when one Is In a burry, 1o have one's’
dogs run wid, listening to npothing,
not watching anything, but tangling
with every stump and tree and biting
at everything that comes In the way.
Asx one man told me when I asked
him what kind of a team he had: *l's
had to give 'em up, sir, though I loved
they well enough., Good dogs be that
wild it is too hard for to be a-handlin’
of ’em and be a Christian, too, sir.”
Very Controversial.
They were very controversial iln
those days. .
First.—Bowles wrote a book about
Pope.
Second.—Campbell abused Bowles’
book on Pope. | -
Third.— Bowles replied to Campbell's
abuse of Bowles on Pope,
Fourth.—Byron' wrote an answer to
Bowles' answer to Campbell's abuse of
Bowles' book on Pope.
Fifth.—John Bull wrote a letter to
Byron about Byron's answer to Bowles’
answer to Campbell's abuse of Bowles’
book on Pope.
Sixth.—Dr. Garnet has a theory of
the authorship of John Bull's letter to
Byron about Byron’s comments on
Bowles' answer to—it is like *The
House That Jack Built!"—Andrew
Lang.
Bare Poles.
Purser—Don’'t go on deck. madam.
1t is stormy, and we are running her
with bare poles.
Aunt Polly—Well, 1 suppose thar,
coming from such a cold country s
Poland, they can stand running round
naked. but 1 think it's downright
scandalous to let ’em.—London Teie
graph.
Brainless.
Nell—-Mr. Saphedde has more money
than brains. Belle—Why, I never knew
be had much money. Nell—He hasu't.
—Philadelphia Record.
Lucky Mamma Didn’t Hear.
“Papa, what is a maskeéd battery "
“A shrewish tongue concealed by a
pair of pretty lips, my boy."—Boston
Transcript.
Amos’' Anodyre.
“we ailways wondered a little how
Amos Dore and his wife got along—
really,” Aunt Em Macomber said
frankly. *‘Some in the neighborhood
said they'd never overheard a single
loud or cross word on either side, but
Lije Daniels always stuck to it that
Amos was as mis'able at bome as :
man could be.
“lle never spoke right out till Amos
died ané Mis’ Dore went back us
country to her follz:s. Then he let
out.)) : o+ ..
“What?" queried Aunt Em’s visitor.
“Well, Amos worked logging along |
side of Lije every winter, and sum |
mers they hayed together most al
ways, and it seems,” said Aunt Ewm
Impressively, “that Amos complained
of his shoes hurting him about all the
time. Finally Lije asked why he wore
tight shoes.
“‘Why don’t you get a pair big|
enough? says Lije one day. ;
“dWell, I'll tell you,” Amos says.
‘When I wear tight shoes I forget all
my other troubles.””—Youth’s Com
panion. 4