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OFFIKIAL ORGAN JEFF DAVIS COUN
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HAZLEHURST, GA., OCT. Z2lst,
Hailstones fell in Atlanta a few
days ago as large as goose eggs.
About SIOO.OOO damage was done
to properly in that city by these
extraordinary large hailstones.
We have about come to the con
clusion, that Peary nor Cook, either
cot within a thonsand miles of the
north pole. Cook has beat I’enry;
to the lecture platform, and thus
the squabble,
Ty Cobb says that he will de
mand SIOOOO a year, after this
year’s saason closes, for his services
as a ball plaver. And if he fails
to get this, he will spend next
year down in old Georgia, leading
a quiet life.
There has beena about $l5O sub
seribed by our citizens for the pur
pose of fencing in our cemectery.
Marshal Web) has this matter in
hand, but so far has only been able
to collect in about $17.90 of this
$150.00. He is anxiovs to have
the work done, and evervy individ
ual in this town ought to be as.{nx
ious #s he, to sex a nrice fence
around the “silent litt,‘,:—,"'city” of our
dead, and not wa,i ¢ for bim to eal
JJJ,)_QM}LG‘I“H‘-‘, Yt "hunt him u» and
give him what you have subscribed
to have this work done. |
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A prominent Atlantian got drunk
in that city a few days ago and
raised a “roguh house’ at his home.
His wife started suit for divorce
and he gave her SIO,OOO in cash, to
withdraw it, promising not to tank
up any more. A few days after
wards he was drunk again, raising
sand. The police locked him up,
and at the trial Recorder Broyles
told him that if he -ever appear
ed before him again, charged with
drunkenness that he would give a
chaing:ny sentance. Since the
above was put in type, we sze from
the Atlanta papers that this same
party was up before the Recorder
the next day, charged with the
same offense. He got two weeks
on the chaingang.
Where Do Yeu Spend it.
The surest way to stop the pro
gress of your town or to kill it is
for its citizens to make excuse for
living in it and to trade at other
places. . :
Your merchants are your neigh
bors; they pay a large portion of
your taxes; they are you. They help
to keep your schools and churches.
They have a right to expect vou to
trade with them.
If youtrade elsewhere every dol
lar you send away is a leak in your
town’s finances, and if your neigh
bor follow your example, your town
would be bankrupt, your merchants
go out of business, your property
depreciate in value, empty houses
would be numerous' and you your
self would soon desire to get
away.
Don’t ask your home merchant
to credit you when yeu never
spend a cash dollar witn him.
Don’t expect sympathy from your
neighbors when you are sick and
your money has been spent where
it would damage their interests—
away from home.
Don’t send your home paper an
obituary of your wife or baby and
expect the editor to print it free of
charge when you don’t even take
Pounds Is to Blame, ts Any One,
Mr Editor--Allow me space to
make a little_explanation. A few
days ago the President of the Board
of Education got notice from Mr,
Pound to hold an examination for
the County School Commissioner,
and he proceeded to do as direeted,
which I suppose has given dissatis
faction, and that some of the peo
le are blaming the Board for it,
}l)‘his should not be, as the Board
knew nothing.of the matter until it
was all over, That is, as far as
I know, lam sureasto mysell I
I did not know of it until the third
day ofter, and then did not believe
it until I saw Mr Mlnshew, and he
told me. Now I wish to say that
if any one is to blame it is Mr,
Pound. But I think this was only
to fill the office from March 1910 to
the general time to elect officers,
at which time a county school com
missioner will be elected also.
T H TurNER,
Wiitl Mcleod Gees Life Sentence.
We clip the following from the
Douglas Enterprise:
The case of the state vs Will Me-
Leod, charged with the murder of
Miss Mattie Graham near Ler horae
in the northern part of the county
several weeks ago, was taken up!
l'uesday afternoon. Nobd much 1
ltim.e was lost in securing a’jury,
‘which consisted of 11 farmers andi
one druggist, and the merits of thes
case was gone into without 4ny
dalay.
The defendant was ably répresen
ted by Attorneys Calvid Ward and
}Quinccy & MeDgonald, while the
state was assisted by Lawyer
licholls Graham of Meßae, a rela
tive of tae murdered woman. The
killing was not denied by the de
fer..e, and the main plea of justifi
datson was the cendition of the de
fendant’s mind, the defendant
claiming that he was not mentally
responsible for the act. The de
fense showed that the prisoner had
an idiotic sister, and an uncle oa
the mother’s side who had bzen
sent to the insane asylum.
Two speeches were made on each
side, the state openig with the ar
gument o’ Colonel Echolls Grakam,
followed by Mr. Jap McDonald who
made one of the best speeches of
the session. Attorney Calvin Waid
followed Colonel MeDonald with an
hour’s speech, for the defense,
which was a very strong argument,
and left a good impression with tl,el
jury. The state followed with anl
hour’s specch, after which the!
judge gave his charge to the jury.
{'hey remained out until about
seven o’clock returning with a
verdict of guilty, with a recommen- |
dation for mercy, which gives the
defendant a life sentence in the
penitentiary.
The attorneys representing Mec-
Leod did everything that was pos
sible for the unfortunate man, and
it was their masterful efforts that
saved the defendant from a more
serious verdict. ,
The Independent Farmer.
The complaint that the young
men are deserting the farms and
flocking to the cities in search of
opportunities to better their for
tunes is a familiar and long stand
ing one and doubtless in the past
there was good reason for it, but if
tide doesn’t turn and the pendulum
swing the other way in view of the
high prices of farm products and
the . superior independence of the
farm life ynder prevailing eonditions
we will have to credit it to the lack
of good sense on the part of our
country youths, The Savannah
News tells of the following incident
which is to the point:
‘““A farmer who operates a one
horse farm was a customer in one
of Savannah’s hardware stores
yesterday and he was in a particu
larly good humgr. In the course
of his talk with the merchant
he said that he had harvest
ed his crop of cotton and sold
it, the yield being thirteen bales.
He sold most of his crop for some
thing more than twelve cents a
pound and the balance of it for thir
teen cents a pound. He received
for his cotton about eight hundred
dollars and his cotton seed are
worth about $125. He raised be
s.des his cotton, a crop of corn,
sweet potatoes enodgh for his fam
ily, other vegetables, a ccn
siderable, amount. of hay and
sugar cane, and chickens and eggs
more than sufficient for the use of
his family. He has thirty acres of
.and and farms it with one horse.
‘With the m?&h of the assis
tance his family gave him he did all
the work himaelf‘Fg
A revenue of ei%‘ht or nine
hundred dollars in the city where
all or more than allof it is necess
ary for living expenses would not,
of course, be anything to brag of,
but so much practically elear from
his money crop after making his
domestic supplies represents a ccm
fortable fortune in trxe country.
“And,” as the Savannah News
says, “it seems strange that
so many men will practically starve
in the cities when they might live
so well and be so independent as
farmers. Why is it that the farm
is avoided and deserted when inno
other occupation is there such cer
tainty of a living and where there
is so much leisure in the course of
a veer. This farmer to whom we
have called attenticn will have little
or nothing more to do until next
January, when he will begin prepar
ing for another crop of cotton. The
unoccupied lands of the southern
states offer good homes for millions
of peoj 1o of he cities, who are al
woys practically on the edge ¢
starvation.” f
Jeff Davis County Singing Convention
"~ The Jeff Pavis County Singing
Convention met at the Methodist
church, Hazlehurst, on Saturday
morning at 10 o' clock; on Octobe:
15,1909, and was called to order
by President Wood, and was open
ed by singing “Jesus Lover of My
Soui’” and by prayer by Rev. Jor
dau.
Rev. Jordan gave an interesting
talk of welceme, on behalf of the
church. Judge J. H. Parker deliv
ered the address of welcome on be
half of the city, which was respon
delto by an clojucnt reply by
fresident Wood.
The next business in order wasi
appointing of leaders of quirers..
Ist Song---Thompson’s Chappel---
I»ad bv T. J. Brown. Second Song
(\liss Virdie Jores organist) led by
rat Herrington. 3rd---Cypress
Pond (Miss Minnie Lee Arnold or
ganist) lead by T. J. Brown.
" After appointing committees and
singing a few selections, the Con
vention adjourned for dinner.
APTERNOON SESSION.
T'e Convention was called to or
der by the President at 1:30 after
which Rev. W. J, Googe made an
interesting talk on “the old times.
The committee appointed to sc
lect the noxt place for the conven
tion to meet at, read their report as
follows:
“We, the committee agree that
the convention convene at Satilla
Saturday before the third Sunday
‘n A pril 1910.
The following officers were elec
ted to serve for twelve months:
President, P L Wood; Sec, und
Treas, J H Parker. e
The Convention adjourned to
meet at Satilla on Saturday, before
the third Sunday in April next: !
WINGS THAT WERE FINS.
Evidence That Penguin’s Pinions Were
Once Used For Swimming.
Ornithological puzzles are the pen
guins, with their curiously shaped
wings and odd, unbirdlike, upright car
riage. The peculiaritios of their wings
suggest that the penguins are descend
ants of birds which used their wings
rather than leys in the pursuit of prey
under water, and as the struggle in
tensified between the competing indi
viduals the most expert at this sort of
swimming would get the most food
and oust less successful rivals. The
winners gained advantage over their
neighbors in proportion as their wings
improved as swimming organs and in
versely and of necessity became less
suited to perform the work of flight.
In all other birds the feathers, though
shed annually, are more or less grad
ually displaced. But in the p’enguins
the new feathers all start into being at
the same time and thrust out the old
feathers upon their tips so that these
come away in great flakes. Whereas
in all birds save penguins the new
feathers as they thrust their way
through the skin end in, pencil-like
points, formed by investing sheaths,
in the penguins these sheaths are cpen
at the tips and attached by their rims
to the roots of the old feathers, and
hence these are held to their succes
sors until they have attained a suffi
cient length to insure protection against
cold. 0
The curious device for retaining the
warmth afforded by the old feathers
until the new generation.can fill their
places is apparently due to the fact
that penguins are ,nqglves of the ant
‘arctic regions, although some now in
habit tropical seas.—Chicago Tribune.
PR L Y '-Aw*“‘"’dfl,.«i“";“v".,". g R
ot onions, according to a French
Fbyoician, are said to be a sure cure
for pneumonia. The remedy is as
follows: Take six or ten onions, ao
cording ‘to size, and chop fine, put
in a large pan over a fire, then add
the same quantity of rye meal and
vinegar enough to make a thick
paste. In the meantime stir it thor.
oughly, letting it simmer for five
or tem minutes; then put in a cot
ton bag large enough to cover the
Igngs, and apply to chest as hot as
the patient can bear, In about ten
minutes apply another, and thue
continue by reheating the pouitices,
and in a few hours the patient will
be out of danger. This simple rem
edy has never failed to cure this
too often fatal malady., Usnally
three or four applications will be
suflicient.
Safe on the Railway.
A well known humorist entered
an English railway carriage in which
was one of those ladies who travel
in constant fear of collisions. At
every jolt or sudden stop she cried
out: “Have we left the rails? Is
it an accident? Are we going to be
killed?” Her fellow passenger paid
o attention, but remained wrapped
in silence.
Presently the lady said to him,
“Are you not afraid of railway ac
cidents?” “Not I, madam,” answer
ed he, reassuringly. “It has been
predicted Ihat I shall die on the
scaffold.”
She changed carriages at the next
station.
Can't Be Cut Off With a Shilling. ‘
French parents (or, at all ewnts.‘
those with more than 2 shillings to
dispose of by will) are precluded fmmi
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 balf must in
evitably pass to the child. Those with
two children can dispose of only one
third of their property, those with three
childrer of one-fourth, and so on ac
cording to the size of the family.
Stern parents occasionally scek to
evade the law by subterfuge, but the
disposal of property in I'rance s
hedged round with so many restric
tions that family black sheep are rare
ly mulcted of their legal inheritance.—
London Mail.
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Should Die For Her.
Her—You don't Jove me! Him--I do.
I've just had my life insured, haven't
12 Her—Yes. but it would be just like
you not to die.—Cleveland Leader.
ur Fall Opening
G)\r e take pleasure in snnouncing that our
e ,'»/3?)4 Fall Opening begins Friday, 15th inst.
v *%{d We invite the ladies of Hazlehurst and
surrounding country to visit our place of bus
iness, up-stairs over Citizen’s Bank, and inspect
our line of beautiful Fall and Winter Hats,
Millinery, ete. Soliciting your patronage, we
are Respectfully,
MISSES NANCY AND LUCY QUINN
Truth and Education will
Re-Create Citizenship.
A region over six hundred miles long and two hundred wide, i
this country, is covered by a range of Mountains extending from the
borders of Pennsylvania, to Northern Georgia and Alabama.
For years the inhabitants dwelt almost apart from all other peo
ple, their life was secretive and suspicious, they were scarcely known.
With the onward march of civilization, brave souls carried God’s
word and the seedlings of knowledge to these benighted ones, and this
influence soon changed the primitive shack to the more modern struct
ure, and to-day are to be seen throughout the Appalican Range, the
effect of truth, knowledge and development. g
Paralleling the change wrought in this vast territory, is a picture
:n our own beloved Georgia, where until the advent of a class of men
belong ng to the new south, we depended on the outside for aid and
knowledge, while in truth the assistance given kept us on a parity
with the inhabitants of the Appalacians before Gods word and educat
ion reached them.
Bright, true and honest ‘men came to the front to direct the
destines of our people, who soon learned to appreciate their efforts
and feslty to home enterprise, hus buit in Georgia an organization that
for fair dealiug and conservativiess has no competitor, for the EM
PIRE LIFE stands alone. g
For particulars, write or see,
FRED O. WALLIS, X Gen. Agent.
Special Agent: (e gt AL R
“FT R, KNIGHT, Hagjehurat, Ga, o § 7msgiarmsi 1o
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for Post Cards, and get scene of the
G& F wreck, We have the exelu
sive sale of these cards,
Please your wife by calling at the
Capitol Drug Store and get a nice
basket of grapes,
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