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THI 0000 KOAOS MOVEMENT IV
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M. W. GROSS, Editor.
Tbomsoo, Oa., Nov. 28, 1902,
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A new i all road is talked of from Au
gusts to Savannah.
No man does bis duly to his God,
who does not do liia duty to his coun
try; the one includes the other.
Carrie Nation has been Interviewing
the Vanderbilts lately and raising the
devil with smokers and wine drinkets
as usual.
The tax rate this year has been
placed at 5.23 on the thousand. This
Is 021 leas than it was last year. Not
much decrease.
Some of our greatest dulljes are get
ting ou the right track after all. They
can do a lot of good by following the
gnat questions at issue rightly.
A poet writes that his publisher lias
Invited him to diue with him Christ
mas. Thus it is, brethren, we shall
all reap in due season if we faint not.
Taking everything into consideration
the Augusta Carnival was the worst
thing that ever happened to Augusta.
Such things are degrading and the
truth is they all come from the North.
They are singing the president's
hear hunt on the stage aud in the song
he Is made to kill enough hears to last
a campaign. That is the ivay with the
world. I wonder what those frantic
black Africans will get up.
No matter which way the Governor
exerts his influence, the General As-
aernbly could pass some good bills that
he would be obliged to sign, and the
General Assembly will buve no good
excuse.for not doing so.
There are reasons for hoping that a
majority of the present Senate will in
what they do and refuse to do, repre-
sent the people aud the right. If so
how different they will be from their
predecessors.
No man is a good Christian who is
not a good citiaen. A ntau cannot be
a good citiaen who does not vote right
on every question that arises. lie must
take a staud for the right no matter if
his pgrty qr his candidate is defeated.
Thare was a fearful wreck on the
Southern Railroad Monday morning.
Two persons were killed and several
were injurted. The wreck was near
Spartanburg, S. C., and a great deal of
damage was done to the cars.
Good roads are necessary to every
county. This fact, which is a very
plain one, seetus however, to have not
been appreciated in McDuffie county ns
it deserved to he until within recent
years. Time was when our county
roads presented much the appearance
of the pioneer’s trail, and, in fact, out
side of Ricbmood county, there wete
no good roads to be found anywhere in
this portion of the State. Now, in
stead of McDuflle’s roads being “paved
with single trees aod profanity,’’ ns in
days of yore, through the adoption of
a better method of work, they have
developed into excellent highways—
the beat, without doubt, in this section.
On the recommendation of the grand
jury, a road machine was purchased, a
road force secured, and the county
convicts, who had before been hired
out to other counties, were taken home
and put to work on MeDullic’s thor
oughfares. This was in May, lsiiH. Al
that time the movement was in irn in
fancy, and, witli tiie exception of a
thoughtful few, our citizens hud little
faith in it. In fact, to the average the
road machine was nr, object of ridicule.
Hut the new system, begun when the
late IIou. John A. Faucett was Ordi
nary, aud continued under the admin
istration of the present incumbent, lias
been uniformly successful. By the
use of the road machine, the road-bed,
iustead of being flat, as under the old
regime, has been elevated, and roads
! that formerly curved nwny like fence
• rows and looked like cattle paths have
• been straightened and widened, thus
I shortening distance and providing
, easier passage for vehicles. Hills that
used to be fnvorlto balking places arc
being cut down nnd long and tirygpmc
sandbeds clayed.
To instaoce the marked improvement
in the roads under the new order, a
few of them may be mentioned.
The toad lending from Thomsou to
White Oak enmp ground was, former
ly, from Its sandy formation, perhaps
tiie worst highway in (lie county. Hy
the liberal use of clay, however, tiie
heavy sandbeds have been covered nnd
travel on it is mucin easier nnd quicker.
Thu same defect, In n somewhat lesser
degree, fornkcrly existed in the road
from Thomsou to Sweetwater Church.
Clay has been used here, with the
same good results. Marked improve
ment has also been made in the Thom
son and Gibson rond.
A few years back, the hill on the
West side of Germany’s ereek, on t’^,
Cobbhnm rond, was a serious drawback
to heavily luden cotton wagons on their
way to Thomson. They generally
“gave out.” ou reaching it aud it re
quired time and trouble to make the
ascent. Now this bump of earth,
created by nature in a frolicsome mood,
has been leveled to such an extent thnt
the vexation of crossing it is minimized.
The traveler always knows wheu the
limits of McDuflle are reached hy tho
character of the roads he traverses.
The comparison nt the highways of
Warren, Lincoln mid Columbia with
those of this county, is decidedly in its
favor, and our roads, ns a whole, are
better than those of Richmond. Re
sides other vehicles, they are well
adapted to the automobile.
Money! Money!! MoneyUI
If yoa have any money to
lend or invest, or if yon desire
to borrow any, call on me, as
I can get it cheaper and
quicker than any one in
Thomson.
MATT W. GROSS.
Farms and Houses for Rent.
if you have a house to rent, or want
to rent one call on me. I advertise
your houses nnd farms for rent. List
them with me.
Matt \V. Gross.
THINKING OF BUILDING?
are, why not let me figufe with you. You
the MON good old MON and I want it. But I
don’t wantyour money unless I earn it. I always
strive Jo give
SATISFACTION IN ALL WORK.
rt am prepared to make you prices in
WOOD, MUCK and STOXX WORK
Any wori^ intrusted to me shall have my personal supervision.
YOUH8 FOR WORK,
McGREGOR McCOOK.
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* Address:
the McDuffie progress.
Buy Tour Whiskies
of tho MniMifucfhrcrnnd save mid
dle man’s profits.
CL .1. Hi
Distiller of
PURE CORN WHISKEY
At Valdosta the largo elephant of
the Harris Nickle Plate Show became
unruly and killed its keeper and caused
considerable excitement among thepeo
pie of that town. The beast was dually
run down and shot to death. It is said
this elephant has killed six other
litepers.
The General Assembly of Georgia is
rushing ahead to make more appropri-
at ions. They spend too much money
and do not collect any. The Railroads
are not paying their share of the taxes
and it is left for the General Assembly
to see after this. Quit imposiug on
the roads by taking free passes and
then you will have a better heart to
make them pay their share of the
taxes.
The, sentence of Col. Ed. Butler, the
9t. Louis millionaire politician, to the
penitentiary for three years, seems
very light punishment for the crime of
which ho has been convicted—-the cor
ruption and bribery of city officials. If
Matter had been a poor man, nnd had
stolen a cow to get meat for bis family,
he would probably have beeu sent to
the penitentiary for a longer time; but
being rich aod influential, he receives
a light sentence for ustng his wealth to
debauch public servants.—Savannah
News.
Several Important bills have been in
troduced in the legislature this session,
among which are, one to regulate as)e
of cocaine so as to stop its use by peo
ple addicted to the habit, one to work
leiony convicts on public toads. Both
of these bills wove.introduced by Hon.
T. J. Felder of IHbb, who is develop
ing considerable leadership and show
ing himMlf to be one of (he braniest
andboot members of the House. The
peqple of. Georgia am watching Tom
Felder wHk-eonstderable interest and
they will some day show him their, ap
preciation. He is right about working
convicts on the roads, and. wanting to
stop the use of cocaine.
and denier in WHISKIES of nil
tho leading brands. Tho host
, quality for tho money Satisfac
tion guaranteed or money cheer
fully refunded. All I usk is a
trial. Mr. G II. Emhiee is still
with me and would lie glad nt
any time to scire h^ friends Irom
Columbia and MiDafiie counties.
C. A. WYLDS,
833 liroad St., Augusta
P. Sv—Make my place
Ga.
Tho report of the State railroad com
mission, which is shoitly to bo issued,
shows an increase of nearly half a
million dollars in the net earnings of
the railroads of Georgia. The',increase
in the net earnings for 1002 was £452,-
181.45 and (lie increase in gross earn
ings, £1,700,548 35. Tho report nlso
■hows nn increase in the mileage of
Georgia railroads of 218.52 miles. The
average gross earnings of the roads per
mile for 1902 was £4,370.21; the aver
age operation expense per mile was
£8,005.47.
Administrator’? Sale.
GEORGIA, WAKBEN COUNTY.
By virtue of an order of the Court of
Ordinary of said county, will I»e sold at
public outcry on tho first Tuesday In De
cember 1902 at tile Court House In said
county between the usual hours of sale the
following real estate situated in McDuffie
county as follows:
One share In tho Bank of Thomson Mo
Duffle county, Georgia, also five shares in
the John E. Smith Manufacturing Co.,
Thomson, McDuffie county, uu. Terms of
salo cash.
C. W. MATHEWS. Adm’r
of estate of J. L. Mathews.
Executor's Sale.
Tho Commercial Pacific Cable Com
pany has Anally agreed to abide by the
regulations laid down by President
Roosevelt and will construct un inde
pendent cable to bo operated under
those conditions in time of pence and
turned over to the Government in time
of war. As a result of this agreement
Secretary Moody has given to the com
pany the surveys made by the U. S.
Ship, Nero,and it is expected that with
in six months the line will be in opera
tion between the United Stales and
Honolulu. Thence tiie cable will go to
Guam and Manilla nnd n new line will
be laid to some point in Chinn yet to be
determined.
GEORGIA—McDuffie County.
By virtue of authority vested in n»o hy
tile last will of Noel Humphry, late of sahl
county, deceased, will lie sold nt public
outcry, on the first Tuesday in December,
1U02, before the Georgia Railroad Depo-., In
Thomson, said State and county, between
the usual hours of sale, tho following de
scribed tract of land, situated in McDuffie
county, Georgiu, to-wlt: Tho Home PI tee
of the late Noel Humphry, rontuiniug four
hundred and forty-four (444) acres, more
or less, uud hounded on tiie north bv the
lunds of Mrs. Mattie Wilson ; East by tiie
lauds of Mrs. Juuo Simons and Mrs. J. C.
Johnson; South hy the land of Mrs. J. C.
Johnson, J. p\ Shields and R. H. Pearce;
and West by the lands of Mrs. Kinchen
Hughes and Geo. W.May. Said placesituat-
ed about two and omidialf (2J) miles from
the town of Thomson. Terms of sale cash,
purchaser to pay for papers.
This the 4tn day of November, 1902.
B. H. WILLINGHAM,
Executor of tho will of Noel Humphry,
deceased.
Sheriff’s Sales.
The Cuban situation was fully dis
cussed at the Cabiuct meeting. Gen
eral Bliss has goue to Havana to nego
tiate a treaty which shall provide that
Cuban duties ou American imports
shall remain stationary, while they
■ball be increased 50 per ceut ou im
ports from other couulrios and that, in
return, n concession of 25 percent from
the Dingley duties shall be allowed ou
Cuban goods coming into this country.
Geueral Bliss cables that he has found
great opposition to the proposition in
Havana, although ho is not yet dis
couraged. The President and his Cabi
net decided that no further concessions
would be made, that Cuba was acting
in an ungrateful aud illadvised manner
and that in no instance would the pro
visions of the Piatt amendment be
waived, at least until a treaty had been
negotiated. Incidentally it was slated
at the White House that tbe present
relations with Cuba were so acute that
tbos*gapers which wished to befriend
tbe administration would refrain from
disctiMiug.thc situation.
GEORGIA—McDuffie County.
Will ho solil before tho Georgia Railroad
Depot in Thomson, McDuffie County,
Georgia, within legal hours of sale ot» tint
Tuesday in December 1902, that tract of
land in Dcaring District, said State and
county, bounded North by land of Georgs
Larkin, East by Joe Miles, South by Reese
Hatcher and bam Dennis and West by
John E. Smith's Drano place, containing
fifty acres, more or less. Levied on under
a tl. fa. issued from Justice Court 123 Dis
trict O. M. said State and county in favor
of John T. West vs. William Murray and
A bruin Murray. Levied on as the property
of defendants in A. fa.
i Nov. 4th, 1902
E. W. HAWES.
Sheriff.
PROF. P.M. WHITMAN.
SPREADING OUT.
Our business is spreading out.
Wo are doing a much larger busi
ness than overbefoto. There must
ito tome reason for this. Yes, it’s
tue flour thnt does it. Our flotr
sells on its merits. People who
use it like it, because it does the
best kind o! luking. That’s why
they continue using it.
Leaders in ajl kinds of
GROCERIES A1STJD FEED STUFF
ABBMT0K Mas. & m.
£seft& Street* te*
Is now ready to show Goods and to surprise our patrons with some
extraordinary values. We curry this scusou the most complete so
lection ot
Clothing, Dry Goods and Dress Goods,
mSt '
All the Latest Things and Novelties.
OT7R. STOCK OP SHOES
will match anybody’s and surpass many.
*
-Our Pride bus always been and is now our-
IIMJIMY DKPARYMBNY
Our lady patrons who have seen fit to patronize ua in the past will
increase their patronage wheu they see what our Millinery Depart*
men! has in store tor them.
Augusta See Hive,
A. COHEN, Prop.
910-912 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
m mo per gal*
iieau*
quarters while you.nan in the cify.
W® claim to be the Lawcst Priced Whiskey House. We reully sell wbi*.
key at low at £1 10 per gallon, nnd ntind you ; distilled whUkoj — not n ducoc-
tlon of chemicals ■ • bat nt course lt'» new and under proof.
♦♦Casper standard” 10 Year old whiskey is a I’qnlii j. y ! It is actually
produced by honest Tar Heels In the Mountain Section ot North Carolina by
the old time process Every drop Is boiled over open furnace wood tires, in
old style copper stills, in exactly tbe same way it was made by uur grand
fathers a century ago. First rate whiskey is gold at £5 to £6 per gallon, but is
not any better than “Casper ’s Standard.” I is tbe best produced and must
please every customer Or we will buy ii buck with gob’—vr are Incorporated
Under the Liw* of N. (J., with sn nutbirbed capital c.f $100.90000 and ’be
Peoples Natioual Bank nnd Pie dmont t-avirg Bul k i f Winston-Salem, N. C.,
will tell you our guarantee is good. This old honest, mild and mellow whiskey
is worth one dollar per quart, but 'o more fully intr.dm e •‘Casper’s Standard”
we off r sample shipments ol ibis brand at half price, (pa eked in plain sealed
boxes)5quarts £2.05, 10 quarts £5.10, Exprm Prepaid Anywhere in
II. 8. All orders and remittance! In stamps.cash it by check. «tc..)i,s well
aa request* for confidential prtoe list mast be addre-aed as follows :
M. P. CASPER CO.. Winston-Salem, N. IT. S. A.
|d*ts Owe* ssn Warehouse : No’s. 1045.46 Liberty and 1, 3, 4, nnd 5 Maple Sts
WHET {1.10 PER GALLON.
DUNNE & CARR,
-DEALERS IN-
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
1137 Broad St., Cor. Marbury, Augusta, Oa.
tsape a nraoiAH?.
M Orion Pniptly Attiidii to. Wl.i io Aigista 6fve Us i Trial.
WRMT &
-DEALERS IN-
Liqnors, Wines, Tobacco and Cigars.
«IVC8 FREE EYK TESTS for all defects *
ug^griuOa Um proper gtossos mmI WAR-
i eases cut into your frame while you wail.
FREE OF CHARGE, I
2097thSt , Augusta,Ga j 1860 BROAD ST, A.TTO-T7ST A, »A.
DISTILLERS Of HAMBURO CORN WHISKEY,
viura « vum,
Factor®,
v
Reynolds St., Aigista,Gt.
Careful attention to nil business.
OLDEST PAWNSHOP IN AUGUSTA
teas* Waters
A5I>
Diam ond.-s
GO TO
LEWIS J. SCHAUL,
RELIABLE PAWNBROKER,
Jackson St., 1st Door from Broad Augusta, Oft
The Augusta Bee Hive
M. J. DOWNEY & CO.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL-
TLIGiTJOR, JD A
Gib-on *m Celebrated Pennsylvania Kye
Hunter'jXelebrated Baltimore Kye
Old Homestead Whiskey
Old Overbolt Rye
N. C. and Georgia Corn Whiskey
* * “ Celebi —
Agents for Celebrated Gin Phoaphate
Paul Jones Whiskey and IPabst Bear.
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE JU6 AND BOTTLE TRA0E.
91G Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA*
CHAS. F. BAKER.
JERRY T. SMITH.
BAKER & SMITH,
Cotton Factors.
WAREHOUSE ON REYNOLDS, CAMPBELL ANB JONES STREETS.
-A.TJ QUSTA, GhA..
Consignments of Coiton Solicited.
Si@Y©s» tenges* laitels
TILIHSTO -A.IsTZD GRATES.
LARGZST STOCK!
LOWEST PRICES!
Tin Plate, Galvanized and BTuVk Sheet Iron, Solder, Copper, Zine,
Tar Roofing and Sheathing Paper.
Tla Ricfiif aid lilTHizid iNt Mitil Wort l SpoMiNV.
REFAIRIITG PROMPTLY ZDOKTB.
BAYID SLUSKY,
1009 Broad Street,
Augusta, 6k
PIERCE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE,
Instructor*) in
LITERATURE, MUSIC, BOOKKEEPINQ, ART
AND ELOCUTION.
FACULTY »
Ed. L. RAY, Principal.
Miss Luna Johnston, Miss Buford JokaiU,
Miss Laura Jones Extra Teacher to be Supplied.
Miss Mamie Harrison, Mnsie Teacher.
School Building adequate and well arranged for School Porpoaea.
Full Term begins Monday, Sept.1st, 1902.
Expenses—Board iu families per month,$8.00 to $11.00.
Tuition, Private Term.
S/h, gthand 10th Grades : l*’ :
jd, bth, JtA, 6lh and 7th Grades ;
lst f ana Xd Grades : : •: |
PUBLIC TERM.
fx.00 per memtk.
$1.50 per mlUt.
$1,00 per «#*/£.
All pupils will lie admitted free except those who have one OT
more studies above the state school curriculum. Such pupils will
pay 50 ceuts each per mouth. Non-resident pupils wilt be ehergeM
regular rates of tuition.
INCIDENTAL. FEES.
Each pupil will pay 50 cents as an incidental lee on entering ecboel
tor the Fall Term and also for tbe Spring Term. Pupils who enter
tor tbe Public Term ulone will pay ouly oue incidental fee ot 10 eente
—this to be puid iu advauce.
advantages.
A thorough preparation for College, a healthful location, tbe beet
of religious and moral influences, excellent instructors in litenatnre,
music, art and elocution, exceedingly low rates of tuition.
A complete commercial course can bo bad at reasonable rata nf
tuition by making application to the principal. v ‘
For further information write to or apply to \
ED. L. SAY,
•r T. A. SCOTT, President Beard Trustees.
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