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S. @. FACKLER, Editor and Publishe
JULIAN n. PARKER, Assoclate Editor.
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OFFIKIAL ORGAN JEFF DAVIS COUN
TY AND TOWN OF HAZLEHURST
Subscription One Dollar a Year,
I Kniered as second class matter
March 1, 1904, at the post offce a
Haziehurst, Ga.
Only a Woman \
It is the duty of every woman to
be a true lady. Boldness is a thing
which girls cannot afford to prac
tice. Wildness of manner and open
deriance of all those wholesome
laws which have made woman’s
name illustrious both in sacred and
profane history from the beginning
of time, are no more becoming in
girls than in angels. Delicacy is an
inate quality of the female heart,
which when lost, can never be re
gained. No art can restore the
grape its bloom or its sweetness to
the taste, when the mildews of night
have once settled down upon the
vine. Familiarty without love, with
out confidence, without regard to
the common rules of etiquette even
is des'ructive of all that makes
woman exalting and ennobleing.
1t is the first duty of woman to be
a lady. Good breeding is good
sense. Bad manners in woman is
immorality, awkwardness in some
may never be entirely overcome by
graceful action. Bashfulness with
some is constitutional, and cannot
be eradicated. Ignorance or eti
quette is the result of circumstances.
Woman are the umpires of all good
and refined society. It is to them
that all disputative questions in
ethics, etiquette and fashion are re
fered. To be a lady is more than
to be a princess. A lady is always
in her right worthy of respect. To
a lady prince and pesant bow alike.
A lady should not cultivate im
pulses that need restraint. Young
lady readers, do not presume nor
desire to dance with the prince un
sought. Be such in society, and
more especially at home, as you
will not only be the dispensers of
honor, but an alter where gifts of
frankincens shall burn, bt day
and night, in honor of your own ex
alted personal worth.. Carry ,your
self so womanly that men of high
degree will look up to.you for ap
proval and reward, and not at you
in rebuke. The natural sentiment
of man towards woman is’ respect
and reverence, a large share of
which he loses when he is obliged
to accoun’ her a being to be trained
or whiped into propriety. A man’s
ideal of respect is not wounded
when a woman fails in worldly wis
dom; but if in grace, in sentiment,
in delicacy, in tenderness, in modes
ty, she should be found wanting,
then she from that moment becomes
an object unworthy of the good
man’s resnect and esteem.
Often times I have seen a tall ship
glide by against the tide asif drawn
by an invissible tow line, her sails
unfurled, her streamers drooping,
she had neither side-well nor stern
well, stillshe moved on. But I knew
that on the other side of the ship
hidden beneath the great hulk,
there was a little steam tug with a
heart of fire and arms of iron, that
was tugging it bravely on, and 1
knew if the little steam tug untwin
ed her arms and left the ship it
would wallow and roll away, and
drift hither and thither, and so I
have known more then one genious,
high-decked, full-freighted, wide
sailed, gay penoned, who but for
the bare toiling arm and brave,
warm heart of a faithful woman
that nestled close to that husband
s 0 that no wind or wave could part
them, would have gone down with
‘the stream and been heard of no
more. These good women i
ways nn%eegmwhmwdfl
W ol RN A B Re T A
nature little twigs that are growing
in the wrong direction, She keeps
him in shape by continual pruning.
If the husband decides to do some
absurd thing, she will find some
means of preventing him from do
ing it. ; '
The wisest things a man com
monly does, are those which his
wife counsels him to do.
GRUMBLER.
The average reader has no idea
as to the trouble a reporter is put
to sometimes in trying to get the
real facts about a news item. We
have always tried to publish facts,
but sometimes it seems like impos
sible to get them. We will illus
trate one instance here: Several
days ago a gentleman lost one or
two toes somewhere on the G. & F.
R. R. We did our best to find out
where t%is accident occured, at and
which foot had lost the toes, what
he was doing when the accident
occured, ete., ete, and not a single
person---out of a dozen we asked---
could tell us anything except they
had *‘heard that a man had lost a
toe or two on the G. & F. R. R.”
but they couldn’t tell us where it
happened at, whether here, at the
the river, or at the end of the line,
Madison, Fla. We finally did get
the gentleman’s name Wwno was so
unfortunate, and that was all. So
you see, gentle reader, a reporter
has a hard time, sometimes, in try
ing to get the real facts so as to en
able him to write up the matter
intelligently.
An Echo From Happyland.
It is said that the general Ameri
can public is particularily fond of
comedy. Having this in view, the
management of Sun Brothers’
Greater Progressive Shows, that are
billed to appear here matinee and
night on Monday Dec 13th have
arranged to present at every per
formance what the management
styles. *“The Stars of the Comie
Firmanent,” in which they have
recruited purveyors and delineators
of fun from every country where
humor is known and appreciated,
thus making of it an International
Assemblage of the World’s Joyful
Jesters.
This season the “Main Show”
programme is replete with merry
and breezy entrees and interludes of
all kinds; here are some of the
names of the entertainers that will
appear, and they really are the
merriest band of jovial, joyful jest
ers that ever trod the tan-bark.
Fred Kenno, originator and creator
of more laugh provoking “stunts”
than clowns have ever known; A.
C. Millens, Australian Clown; Ed.
die Vernello, Acrobatique Joey,
Frederich Wright, Rustic Booby;
Jack Young, American clown;
Connie Boyle, as **Wandering Wil
lie;”” Coco Dutton, French puntomi
mist; Miss Annette Roltair, the on
ly Lady clown; Billy Chapman,
the German musical eccentric; the
Atlas Troupe, jolly English fun
makers; Frank F. La Vell, the Pre
mier Ventriloquist; “Murphy,” the
Simian Actor and a coterie of
others.
1. There are also a plethora of comic
trained animals, that present many
diversified exploits all of a hum
orous character and that all appeal
to the children and their elders as
well. Here will be found Big Bur
ly Bears, Massive Babboons, Cute,
cunning Ponies, Comical looking
Mules, Goats, Monkeys, ete., in the
garbs of fun-makers.
Two complete performance will
be offered here, Matinee at 2:00;
Night at 8:00 p. m. The tents are
all of massive size, the seating ca
pacity is so arranged to shelter an
audience of immense size.
1230 o’clock, there will be given
on the show lot, a galaxy of free
out-door exhibitions that are said
to beat anything of the kind ever
carried by a tented show. i
Notice
I will be in my office from the
first of Dec., and every day there
after, until the 20th inst. for the
%ux:pose of collecting City Taxes.
This Dee. 15t 1909. H. E. Derour
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NEWS ITEMS FROM DENTON. l
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Dentrn is a new town on the
G. &F. R. R., about midway be
tween Hazlehurst and Douglas, and
is destined to make one of the
best farming sections of Jeff Davis
county, with a population of some
500 people in the immediate vicin
ity. We have as good soil as the
vallies of California, and very much
of the same character and will pro
duce as well with the same expen
diture. We need good farmers to
help improve the many acres of un
tilled soil that is waiting to res
pond to tl:e touch of man. Her
people are very hospitable and
welcome all home, seekers, with
wide open arms.
Mr. Jaby Gault, of Canton, Pres.
of the Denton Land and Improve
ment Co., has been stopping at Ho
tel Denton the past few days “kill
ing two birds with one stone” hav-‘
ing a nice visit with his daughter,
Mrs. Steward, and looking after
the interest of his Company. We
always like to have Mr. Gault vis-l
it us.
Now that the stormy days secem
to have passed, things seem to be
in order for something to be doing.
We need houses, as there are a de
mand for them. We need a man
ufacturing plant, and there are
plenty room here for several of
them. Since we have better ship
ping facillties, this would be a good
point for a cotton mill.
Denton has one church nearing
completion and hopes to have
others in the near future.
Messrs. Denton and Raddenberry
made a flying trip to Hazlehurst
on Friday last. Tney were talking
oysters.
Mr. Jake Rickerson has accepted
a positionn with the G. &F. R. R.
at Madison, Fla., and will remove
his family there soon. We regreti
very much to loose them, but wish:
them success.
Mr. W. F. Brigman and family
have gone to Baxley on a visit for
the week, the family visiting, Mr.
Brigman to attend court.
Our minister did not fill his ap
pointment at the Baptist church
here on last Sunday, owing to sick
ness. We did not learn the
nature of but hope he will be able
to meet with us soon.
Mr. J. M. Jordan, of Route onei
is preparing to dig his well] deeper.
He has come to the conclusion that
thej way to get water is to dig.
Dr. G. F. McClendon will occupy
the place vacated by Dr. J. R.
Smith.
Master Walter Messer is quite
ill with malarial fever contracted
at Lumber City last summer. We
hope he will soon be out.
There seeams {0 be quite a water
famin2 on at present owing to ‘lack
of rain.
Tax Collectors Last Round.
I will be at the following places,
on the following dates, for the pur
pose of collecting state and county
taxes for the year 1909. This will
be my last round for this year:
Monday, Dec. 6th at Bridgeport,
Tuesday Dec. 7th at Denton, Wed
nesday, Dec. Bth at - Barrelhead,
Thursday, Dec. 9th at Altamaha
Precinct, Saturday, Dec. 11th at
Hazlehurst. I will have my books
open about fobr days before the
20th of Dec. at Hazlehurst, and
will close on the 20th for this year.
L. W. SpeLL,
Tax Collector Jeff Davis County,
W. 0. W.
Meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
nights in each months. All mem
bers requested to be present. =
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School Notice.
By direction of the Board of Ed
ucation of the City of Hazlehurst,
the following information is given
to the the public: The rates of tui
tion for non-residents of the city
are as follows:
First, second and third grades,
SI.OO per month, fourth and fifth
$1.25 per month,sixth and seventh
grades $1.50 per month, eighth
and nineth grades $1.756 per
month Fifty cents matriculation
fee is to be paid by each pufiil, all
of which is to be paid to the city
treasurer and his receipt taken and
exhibited to the principal before
taking a place in the school. The
public term is designated as the
five last months of each eight
months term. Full tuition is to be
paid at all times, but those entitled
tothe common school fund may re
ceive their prorato share from the
County Board of Education, as
though they attended a country
school, provided they make proper
arrangements with the County
Board in advance. Very Rerp’t.
J. H. BoonE,
Supt City School
For Tax Collector
1 herewith announce myself as a
candidate for the office of Tax Col
lector of Jeff Davis County, and
solicit your vote. Of course, I will
be goiverned by the Democratic
Primary. 1 also solicit the votes
of others, who are not Demo
crats. W. T. PARRISH.
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FIRE AT CAMDEN, S. C.
Presto-Carbon Tank Explodes Result:
ing in SIOO,OOO Loss.
Camden, S, C.—With a shock which
made the whole town tremble, a pres
to-carbon tank in the Southern Ex
press office here exploded, wrecking
the office building and causing a fire
which swept half a block of Cam
den’s finest business section, with a
loss of over $100,006. One negro
man {s reported to have been killed,
two prominent citizens injured and
five others are more or less hurt.
The cause of the explosion of the
tank of presto-carbon, held responsi
hla for the disaster is nnknown.
Gold Supply Draincd.
New York.—The draia of the coun
try's gold supply through shipments
to the Argentine Republic still con
tinues., So far this week $2,000,000
in gold has been engaged to be sent
to that country by the next steamer.
This brings the total shipments of
gold from the TUnited States to
Argentina since January 1 to $46,-
150,000. The total of gold exports to
all points in the same period is raised
by this week’s engagements to $97.-
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§ |adies Grimmed H?:;E
The most beautiful and the very lat- g
est models, such as you can see only in g
the very large cities and in all the very '
latest shades g
You Will Find at Wolison’s
g Who has just returned from New York g
and together with Mrs. Wolfson, they
have selected the prettiest Trimmed §
Hats ever shown in this community, ¢
and at §
As Usual,. Low Prices.
g When we say low prices on these g
snappy hats we actually mean just one
half the price that they are really worth.
Just give them a look and thore will be
a sale. Remember, also, that we have
a line of goods this fall for Men, Wom- 9
en and children the most up-to-date in §
every respect.
WOLESON'Q/
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DIMINUTIVE FARMS.
The Way Rea! Estate Is Divided Up In
. Portugal,
The Portugnese are an extremely
conservative people. Every man fol
lows rigidly the methods employed by
his father and forefathers. In very
many parts of the country the old
wooden plows are still used,
Wren a man dies, Instead of one of
the helirs taking the whole properiy
and paying the remaining heirs for
their parts the whole property is di
vided into as many parts as there are
heirs. More than this, each separate
part of the property is thus divided,
Thus, if the propecty consists of ten
acres of pasture land, eighty of vine
yard and ten of grain land and there
are ten heirs, cach heir will receive
one acre each of grain and pasture lund
and eight acres of vineyard, This proc
ess has been going on for a very long
time, so that now in the most fertije
part of Portugal the iand is divided
into ineredibly small portions,
The immediate result of this, accord
ing to the United States counsular re
ports, is that the product of the land
is barely sufficient at best to sustain
its owners. South of the viver Tagus,
on the other hand, there are enormous
tracts of excellent land lying unused,
but it has heen found impossible to in
duce the farmers of the north to move
into this region and take up large hold
ings.—Philacelphia Inquirer,
WHITEWASHING COAL.
Not Done For the Sake of Neatness,
but to Prevent Thefts.
Persons who have been somewhat
astonished by having whitewashed
coal delivered to them will be inter
ested to know that the whitewashing
is not done to improve the appearance
or to increase the burning qualities.
The treatment ueither improves nor
narms the fuel.
1t is a detective scheme on the part
of the railroads to locate and to pre
vent theft of the coal as it is hauled
from the mines to the consumer.
These depredations amount to thou
sands of tons annually, and the rail
roads are the sufferers, as it is up to
them to deliver as many tons at their
destination, often a thousand miles
away, as were weighed in when the
car was turned over for transportation.
Two or three tons may be removed
from a carload containing forty tons
without attracting atfention to its de
creased quantity until the car is again
placed on the scales. To locate the
loss, says Popular Mechanics, limewa
ter is sprayed over a carload of coal.
In a short time the watér has evapo
rated, leaving a load of white coal
Then removal of any coal leaves & big
black spot, which is quickly noticed by
inspectors and station agents and the
leak found and stopped.
Three Children Cremated.
Martinsville, Va.—T"hree small
children of Morrison Cabiness wer
cremated when his home, near Axton
burned during the absence of the par
ents.