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,T. M. A n ixsoN, Proprietor. VOL. XXIV AROUND HARLEM. Items, Personal and OtRerWlse Mr- JultvJfci Jiry, of Augusta, ■was in Hariem last Sunday. Mr. J. A. Lamkin spent sev¬ eral hours in Thomson Sunday Miss Rosa Hicks is visiting rein ti lies in Augusta this week. We are glad to learn that Mrs. Geo. King is recovering. Biack Draught IIatchbu’h. Stock Powders at R. R. Mr. W. L. Parker, of Dear ing, was in HarlensTlast Satur day afternoon. Mr. R. B. Btiruimm left yes terday morning on a htisiuoss trip to Montgomery, Ala The Misses Denning, of Au¬ gusta, were guests of Miss Ma¬ mie Lucy Prather last Sunday. Mr. Gto. Hicks was in Au¬ gusta last Sunday afte noon visiting Miss Emma Kemp. Rev. R E. L. Harris filled Ins regular appointments at the Baptist church in Harlem Sat¬ urday and Sunday, . Mr. A. T. Gray, who is con needed with the post office force in Augusta spent Sunday in our town with. It is parents. A good mule for sale cheap. Apply to G. M. Lazenisy, liar Inn, Ga., R. F. D. No. 1, Box 27 ■ . The Misses Hatcher returned from Augusta last Saturday af¬ ter visiting relatives during the week. Mrs. Pauline Jackson, and ^jildren, of Summerville* -Ga., B^navisitat kali's. U. the R. honio Hatcher of oniVcH ami he i the E.li. » n I.IT II! Wmmim B lor ^mmm!in mm and attended Gray's court in last SAuittAy It was tlie pleasure of the ed¬ itor to spend Sunday afternoon at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Evans in Grovetown. Mr. Robert Blackwell, of Marion, S. 0., returned on last Monday, after visiting Miss Belle McMillin. Miss Bella McMillin was in Amcricus, G.i., last Tuesday visiting Miss t iara Roebuck. Mr. Fred Bailey', who is a student at Stone Mountain high school, was down last Sunday to see his parents. Miss Mary Jones, of Appling, was in our town last Sunday the guest of Miss Virginia Wil¬ liamson. Frightfully Burned. Lliiis. VY. Mofiiv, a machinist, of Ford City, Pa., had his hand fright Dilly burned in an electrical furnace. ife applied Buck Ion's Arnica Halve with the usual result: “a quick and cure.” Greatest healer on <-artli for Burns, Wounds, Sores, Kc s'-ma and Piles. 25c at Dr. F. 11. Phillips. Druggist, llarl.m, and T. J-.. Nor , ell, tm vi'town, ( % Dr. Henry _ J. - Loom „ ,. Kye^iuhi-Sit'diam^. Specta.ihn and Eve GUtf.s fillet correct all correctable muscla, a„-l refractive Errors of the llumim Eye Sight. T ycs Glasses thoroughly examiiml and te absolutely ltd, needed. presented Artificial ohly when Human Eyes matched and inserted, ■Office and Optical store ti48 Broad St., Onposite Dlautor’s Hotel. AUGUSTA, GA. — - WHEN IN AUGUSTA CALI AT • Johnson’* Kcstati.ant, OPPOSITE OPERA HOl'KE, For vour meals. •Kvdrytblm? served ii» llrst-clttss order. -V-Y S : 'vYt- •; ■ v - A m? / 4* eilwt i vi i ?5i*; fg- * 1/, k ; 1 V Mr. R. U, f JP Sunday’ in Angus > -».i T5,i Mr; Fo-ter Rra bSBs. last Sumlit v fmm Mr. Albert Verd .jHUfcfT • Iia);k!m sevoraj pusift. Avas ill days ago. ;V;:' -V, ". Misses Maude find .t^tnlrte. Harris, of the yitilatlelpi.iu neigiiborltootl wore in our town pftl Irof. of J. school BASj’iu'mi, Jirintu favored m<? office witit at Appling. pieas otti* a ant call Saturday morning. A Ilealinje Gospel. The Rev.'J.jU. Warren, pastor of Sharon Baptisf Cliiireli, Relair, tin., says of Electric Bitters: “It's a Godsend to mankind. It, cured .me nf lame back, stilt johits, and com¬ plete physical collapse, was so weak it took me half an hour to walk t mile. Two bottles of Electric Bit¬ ters have made HE so strong 1 have just walked three mihy in 50 mln ilt'H anti feel like walking three more. I t’s pmde.a new man of me.” ireatest remedy lor weakness anil ill.Stomach, Liver soil Kidney coin plaints. Sold under guarantee at Dr. K. H. Phillips’ drug store, Har¬ lem, and T. E. Norvell, Grovetown, Ga. Price COc. Mrs. John Story, returned to her home in Milledgevtlle last Sunday evening after snending the day with Mrs. J. 1*. Mc Cortl. Mr. Covey Gray, who has been at home on the sick list, for several days, returned to his post of duty as night agent nt Decntur last Saturday. Mi-s. Lloyd, and daughter, . Miss Gertrude, arc visiting rel atives in .Augusta t)its week, Mr. George Larkin and wife reiurnetl lust Saturday from 1 hoih-on wfifth'-they went lo it lend •h-I.-mY the silver weddiutr oi Vic Y* T S 1 1 rotfier.inJuc 1 ! All. \1 • v.tOl>s ■ - , . Reward For the return of -our purse, lost between Harlem and Jessie W. Whitaker’s, last Tuesday evening week. W. 0. Hatcher, Messrs. G. W. Green and Al¬ bert Morris, t wo of Columbia’s rising young farmers, made our office a pleasant call on Saturday morning last. We arc informed that the next union meeting cf the third district of the Hephztbah asso¬ ciation will bo held with the Harlem Baptist church, em¬ bracing the fifth Sunday in April. Mr. J. M.. Reeves, of the Briar creek neighborhood, in McDuffie county, made our of¬ fice a pleasant call on Friday last. Mr. J. W. >Snndlin,of Statesboro, is visiting relatives in Ilarleni this week. The Outlook. Here is.what the Harlem corres pondenv to t he Augusta Chronicle has to say concerning the outlook far tliis year's work with the Lurches at thisjilnce: ‘•The indications point to a hap¬ py and fruitful year with the Har¬ lem Methodist and Baptist church¬ es, both of which are supplied with able and consecrated ministers,-— Methodist pastor, Rev. G. \V. Tum- 1 in is really grasping all. phases of the Situation, and with anuumis “'torgy-ht* ^ pushing his ^ ^ “h'^ly well as to to the all sat- his l ’‘“ u of all who have hcaid him. ,>■ Although having just appeared upon-!he field, the initial work of KM . E. L. Harris foretells n,i f things for the ehureh that he i*l.o imst.Hvand the uphtHldlng ohi hlglm^ sfolier religions sentl men! ainong the general public.— -M rJtiurris I* a m an of pleasing rid dr. 8 %tuj'holds the highest eg .ids <>! liiittpcopie and gcneraiiy, he highly hotii as a pro.*yltcr man, is es¬ teemed by the entire citizenry. The Baptist were fortunate In securing liis s -rvicoi for this year.” Devoted to tlie l irtritat of Colnnibia County. harlem, Georgia, tiu i; s day m;uakyTH i; grovetown dots. — BV Jt DOE, a rtaetive guest of Miss Carrie lleg *».!« week. Xtisa J.izzie (iieen is <>n a visit to Mary Paselml it. Harlem. Mr.. Wilburn P. Ramsey visited a bright young miss at Jtoneville Sunday evening. Messrs. J„ King. c. King, C, Dosh W, Wilson, of Augusta, and M. K y ans, of ThontHon were in tile vil '■*$«»”**$ ‘ r WIW °° k . the pastor ou Sunday last. The Messrs. Fisk were called to August* on Sunday morning. On last Thursday evening at \o-.80 as the Sous of IteHtJmd given orders to meet anil re-organise, three of the most prominent members were tak •n with « severe case of the rickets. .mil left on the ankle express at 11:80 or Augusta. After reaching the city just in time to return m the morning train and being out all night and catching nothing l'apt. Dock has called for their resignat ions and says that he will not allow bis members to associate with them any more. Miss H AlmaFlint, one of Harlem’s favorite and popular .voting was the pleasant guest of Mrs. E. E» Ramsey last week. Miss Lucy Briggs, one of our brightest educators of the upper of the county visited the home of Xlr, W. IV, Hamilton on Sunday. Mr. Ned Johnson, of spent. Sunday at the home of Mr. N. tVlrgfteld. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Gunter were up Sunday for the day. Has Enlarged His Business. In keeping with the progressive spirit of the times, Mr. Kulie Lana le" 1ms greatly enlarged his I, usl mss interests in Harlem, and the Ikntinkl calls special attention to ji* attractive card in this Issue. He ms recently reeeivetl the largest diipment and finest grade of Rock HIM buggies ever brought to this ,>laee and is mm‘ ..fering them to the -and feni1s ‘ In to his wheel .I'iglit add blacksmith repair shops he is prepared to furnish rough and dressed lumber. Remember, too, he still carries an up-to-date line of uu YfieYV enterprise S by , Roods giving : I’atronize linn your trade. home Mr. George Riley, who is con¬ nected with tlie Southern Bell Telephone Company with head¬ quarters in New York, was in Harlem last Friday and Satui. day visiting Miss LaFils Stur¬ gis. Tlie many friends of Miss De¬ lia Hatcher will regret to know that she is seriously ill in Au¬ gusta. Bigger Yields A given number of acres fertilized with Farmers' Bone produce a greater yield of cotton, than the same acreage with ordinary fertilizer, ft Farmers' Bone does more than that. It makes it possible to reduce the acreage and increase the yield. Try it this year. The man who uses AS \ V S ill k § Made With Fish has twenty-one years of fertilizer experience back of him. Over 13,000 carloads of Royster fertilizers were used on the crops of 1905. This volume of business stamps Farmers' Bone the best. LOOK AT OUR TWENTY YEARS’ RECORD / 1890-1,500 1888-260 TONS TONS \ ^ 1895-12,000 TONS 4^8 \ T 1900-58,455 TONS <s- 1905-130,091 TONS V * Norfolk, Va. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Columbia, S.C. 13 CENTS, COTTON. President Jlarvte Jordan, of the : > »>*'•* >*■»'"* «srree»H.»t. W,th a 8 - V,ldt * Rte ° f «PM»1 Ists, headed by h. R. 'Thomas, to tak » flve »“■>'.'>'»« ‘»»le8 of mi(l dUnK eottou fn>n* southern plant ers at the mini mum price of 18 cents a j>otUMi, liellyerable at in terlor points,(by or bofora July 1, 1<K)(>, Uie .leal t<> be closed as soon a s option on Y tile ha^S syiidiea qulronmuts ’ *Y^. ed. * forthe fak-lo^ of all bottom, ready tor tuarMNn"*' 'Sop. ffumvt* { timber Jfrop of 1‘kjli sl the then marj* pi ices to be not 1 as than the jKifnlinuiti 4 ... - Stl price flx ed b)'the i.gm'i»«ut ftrn (!ot$»tft & Asso clagntt. 'fo’.iXet This not In rtnmijlidffflffrftisvli holders ’ft- w ho * ire * ' *;f lo cents prcptired P „ aW*^»Wir to^ipince \wrk^un^lni fully nil south* an> t cm bankers i» aasistiug holders of cotton for higher prH-es. (Jther contracts \Mj|hc forwardetl u[)on I application t^Hill cotton gf^ars. ,> j , • -- The Yellow Fever,%*erm IILW’ has recently Wen dis ” dlle J®“jl.f ' 1 r. , T , . . * . ’ . -------- Augusta Ctihdi-le;^ mw it has Iieen demonistfah d that the dairy ing business i®frofitabli» t ptirsued an either a attentil'lslsiingpaid'to large |r smalt scale, consul erable the Industry in thi| ^etion. it, has re coived remarkt>Me impetus in the vicinity of (Wi igton during the last twelvemonths. Much attention has been directed tW ard the improve me.it of dairy W Wfrft the* result mui,c.'S 1 WtT ' ' *’T8retf (mad of higl» VnWe Jer»! Xcrliving t ]#o\s hi | the county. Qiie small it. I near town feeds and clothes his fam- i ily from the proWeds of butter ai d ! milk whieh.he geta-from one Jersey | C ow. The record of this one eow i and last ywir 1,000 ga,lions'of VV(W milk, which )llltu . r j 1 net ted the owner about $250. i Last year the dairies of Newton ' 000 county gallon# produced of milk approximately and 150,000pounds j j of butter, amounting to $100,000, or equal to 2,000 bales of cotton at 10 cents per pound. Mr. S.~E. Kelley and little I daughter, ot Appling, spent! several hours in Harlem last ; Sunday, An “MMMcScIwt System I5.V request We p«l»ii*h helotv a lettec front Ppqfc,A. : 1). Keitn, which "* t,u MtiionouKh, Henry county.^a. EnitoH rk.kih^ss-I-aV.iuS the educational <X affairs 0 f my home ami have been keeping in touch more or less with (lie schools of MeDuttle and Columbia. At the Teacl)i»r’* rimtitnte held }if th last Ktl^wer, 1 found |r '"'Aa not. a rural school in the that Jia^kan average attend ao.-^o 3Q pupfts. awfWdy rural schools In Nte etjan tended^Wie temp Istyd uiontbafr«e t«ruir the»a tilings ought nut i* _ r tenisle __ schools should have loiter oonsa !*W*t^d. have better houses, *" Ip d H Henry K^ded .g/’sterij established. Comity the. sellout en thtmlasm of the citizens Is great, tunl (hey are putting forth the f«% great «f forts that will surely ; iii tt$ years to «if in an «>nj|ghted and educated' citizenship, .‘ l,, HoAry county during the past eighteen >»ontU» we have put in the netglihof hood of (♦TmVWO) mty-flvo tlnmsniKl s ‘- 1,,,u l housea and school tlie end is not yet in VtSitt#»e ::HH2 w $lU,t».l) cKbh, ami. a number of Vurfft sc Rsails, 8 to ii4 H niiles fronOHmrailroad BaVc put up'houses •^,0iKI; idpg ,- i> »)tl|n()t:-* hutlit A. ntnnbor of KtiuFselTpdis .life' auditoriums, and the seboof house lias be|ome the swial., ccute. '>f the neighborhood. **’■? 'Twelve twehfjjMftfes£||d^g eotvsol%iedr selmtvts not represent of %h-t years ago, and we Ijpvv six wa'gmV to ‘mu! wagons'Shlong tlpv/ctrUtfrtm Wsehook Theae to the count) Board, costing $4o apiece, and tin itost of running them is F>'..jo per month. When the present term is over, threo more neighborhoods will consolidate their schools. *^#i»rous Grkhd-Juij has given the schools the felony convict mone.v which amounts to about $2,0 ») p. r This money lias been placet at the disposal of the building com mittee anti has gone to help or sup 1‘leim nt the rural schools, Seven districts of the county hav voted local taxation for an extra. 2 ti 4 months. Nearly every rural school t,le county is now running not Ies> k‘w with ^aVs^o^■w^rcV.m.dng". 20 to 25 pupils, n.on l,s i o»v havo a pm* cipal with 2 assistants and 250 pupils, and long term, The County School Commission el /V >f,U “ ! eomu eted by telephone wlth ^ ^'ool b. the county, and ° ,u dUlgw,t an<1 w,,,,,t - v school commissioner is in immediate touch with *11 the schools, and every < Terror Alarm Clock .J s ' tbs. w .hat unless you want. Alarm it. Guaranteed will ring’ . , mi nu wSft you stop time keeper. imc sure wake you. Last a life L 1 J inches Beautifully brOUZeo. Worth $1.00, OUT 1 price leSS. Ask • „ US. r v Bl . A Y _ Y .u AM » * FURNITURE CO ” M ' AUGUSTA CA. -ETON _y_, WHEELS. This .w HY essive Age. Got a RO K H'lL Mi BUGGY ke^ ■St and pace with progress, and everything pmt lining. A full , ’ §foek on hand all the t|uu>, rfhd *A»T TERMS, offered on . Harness X • DU ^5, and Wagons, g M m "Rough f% and Dressed Lumber : y.-v Wheelwright.“BiaCkstpitli ' ftill line of jJKDERTA ant] general KINU Repairing Simps. Also a „ X GOODS for ('ASH. t- - '* EULffi LANSDELL, : .S |y> : I.IAHLEA^, V i ‘ & ' GA, .....- ■- r • ......----- *0 •+% Y M CSllV wllf JT rW/lOf ' . ‘ > ' AGAINST LOSS LW,W (R VK DAMAGE UrtlTIftUC BY DI FIRE TIKE fR IK I UUniMMj. IGHTNING I am representing some of the best FIRE INSURANCE COM¬ PANIES in America. Will insure Town and Country property at a very LOW rate. Call or write me at the Bank of Harlem. ^ 'A k- •w. a- uwjr. B. G. REESE, Contractor and Builder, THOMSON, GA, Will make contracts to erect any and all kinds of Buildings, either of Wood, Brick or Stone, and for anything else in his line. The patipiage of Columbia and adjoining counties solicited little school nmnn in the county does not think that the duties of the day are over until she has had a talk over the phone with Mr. Dutfy, who knows the inner workings of every school in the county. This happy state ot' affairs lias not been brought about without a struggle on the part of the sive citizens. A number of the old timers, who “love things as they were afore the war” opposed the new order of things, especially local taxa tion, but we have carried 7 districts, and I believe that in another year every district in the county will go for file local tax. But considered only mini a mate rial point of view, this new order of things has enhanced the value oi real estate 100 per cent. Laud 8 to 10 miles from McDonough will bring $;(5 per acre, and lands near the towns have recently sold for $08 pir acre. ' 1 hope to soon see every country neighborhood, in Me Du Hie and Co¬ lumbia with it good school house, and every child that is within reach pupil of the school. Yours for better schools. A. D. K KAN’. Enterprise Circle. BY 8KCKKTA*®'. The Entcrpslse ('iretc held tlie r meetings respectively at the of Mrs. Barnesley and Mrs. B. B. Hatcher. Each hostess re dving -ami dispersing hospitality thereby making each a delight to all present. The are- still enthusiastic, nhd quite busymaking heautil'ul and useful articles for the public bazaar they intend to have in the early Spring, and from Which' they to realize a handsome sum to to their present' bank account, The next meeting will convene with Mrs. Willie Hatcher. The lite rary feature of the evening will be a $ 1ji Ye** ~ NO. study of (Sidney Lamer, selections and quotations from his words. A. f ill attendance is much desired arid all the former members are cordially invited. i.'U. PROF. P- M. * WHITMAN ' TflQ 7th «*.»•♦ » «*•> n ®IVE8 FREE EVE TESTS for all defects of prop ., ,u.,« ,„ d war. Lenses cut into your frame while you wait FREE OF CHARGE, Miss Belle Zacliry entertained a few of her friends, quite informal¬ ly, on Valentine last Tuesday evening to a St. party at the home of It t parents on 11 ieks st reel. M iss / e-hry was assisted in receiving by Aiiss LaFils Sturgis. The hum was prettily decorated In hoi house palms mid ferns, Indespers ed with little red hearts. The crowning features.of tin* evening were the two contests. One, of questions, with answers, as names of trees. The prizes wore] two beautiful little pins. The other contest was of two large hearts, the object being to pin the dagger nearest the eenter of the heart, the successful ones winning the hearts as rewards. At a late hour ices were fof served, after which the guests left their homes. KILL the COUCH AND CURE TM«J.uNCS WtH Dr. King’s New Discovery C3 c /Consumption OUGHSand OIOS 60c Free phc# & TrieJ- $1,00 Surout and ttuiekest Cure for all THROAT and LUNG TROUB M!S, or MONEY BACK.