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THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1909.
No. 42.
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House Furnishing Department.
Window Shades 25c to 10c. Cooking Stoves and Rang
es. New Home Sewing Machines. Organs $50 to $75.
45 pound Felt Mattress $15. Other Good Felt Mattress
$7.50. Royal Monarch Springs $3.50. Gocarts for the
badies. Matting from 15c to 30c yard. Good white
China Matting 30c. Tabestry Brussell Art Squares $12.
50. Hall Carpet 25c yard. Window Shades made to or
der. Large assortment of enamel ware, Crockery. Wooden
ware, Glass ware. Big lot of ladies and mens very hand
some umbrellas at 50c, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.50.
In The Dry Goods Department.
30 inch Percale 10c quality 9c. 35 inch ’White Linen
24c quality 20c. 36 inch White linen 30c quality 25c. 50
inch Sheer Linen Lawn a bargain at 25c. White check
Nainsook 6c and 10c. 40in White Lawn 12-1-2 quality 9c
25c quality stripe linen 19c. Blue and Black Skirt Duck
at 10c. 52 inch Brilliantine in blue and black 60c value
at 48c. 27 inch Sirona Silks Ginghams variety of patterns
at 22-1-2. 27 inch Oreton at 7-l-2c. 27 inch Simpsons Ed
dy stone good value at 7c. Large assortment Sheffields
Suitings at 5c. 27 inch Crepe Chiffon 15c-value at 12-1-2c
27 Inch Swiss Applique variety of Patterns at 25c.
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- New Store
G. W. & G. F. Granade announce to the public
that they have opened a Grocery Store on Railroad
Street in the building recently occupied by J. P.
Jones, where they will constantly keep on hand a
complete stock of
Fancy and Family Groceries.
They solicit a fair share of the patronage of the
public, and guarantee fair prices, correct weights
and first-class goods.
G. W. & G. F. GRANADE.
Railroad Street, - T HOMSON, GA.
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By DOROTHY CARLTON.
S Copyrighted, l'J03, by Associated 5
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“Mu. wo ain't got much to be thank
ful for, l reckon, but the Lord knows
—lie knows,” remarked Joslnli Wayne
to his wife the morning set apart for
gratitude for the year's blessings.
“We’ve got each oilier. Slab, and
that's a heap,” she replied softly.
“That's right,'Marttm. We're spared
by O' d's grace, hut will Hanker Hall
spare us when the mortgage comes
due next month?" And lie shook his
head dubiously.
“Deacon Mali is mighty close fisted,
pa, and lie likes to get good farms
cheap. If he don't get ours, it will he
divine answer to prayers. It’ll he a
miracle,” do hired his wife.
“The hook says the Lord takes care
of his ( hildren, Martha. We'll put our
trust In him.” And the careworn, toll
tired farmer rose and left the house.
“If Mary was only here," sighed
Mrs. Wayne, "and, seeing as she ain’t,
it would be powerful comforting to
talk about her, hut Slab is set In Ills
ways. Seemed as if 1 knew she was
happy I'd he thankful in spile of the
mortgage." she said to herself as she
hastily wiped away the starting tears.
Ten months before Mary Wayne had
eloped with a man who passed three
weeks’ vacation at the farm the sum
mer previous.
John Mott had been delighted with
the weathey beaten old farmhouse and
Its surroundings when he first glimpsed
them, not that they stirred an ar-
gun to hunger ror companionship or
young people when she returned. In
candor the girl could not he called
i heauliful, hut there was that in her
I fare to make her good to look upon.
Iler features were not regular, hut
the ensemble showed strength of pur
pose.
rubbers would not have raved over
her eyes, hut discerning poets could
have found In their depths that tender
sympathy which makes some women
akin to angels.
She had taught school the term be- |
fore to aid In lifting, the blanket of
obligation that haunted the old people
In the evening of their lives.
She was the only child, and her one
aim was to make their last days com
fortable, hut the hope seemed far from
fulfillment, for her savings were small,
the mortgage loomed large, and the
hanker was a grasping, inexorable
Shyloek.
Still, the year and more that Inter
vened before the blow would fall
might bring many things, so Mary
worked and prayed.
To Mott the girl was a revelation,
lie had known girls In the city, hut
they lived In a world apart from
Mary Wayne. Here he found sincer
ity and frankness that came from the
heart, not the mind.
The difference In types appealed to
him, charmed first and then held his
affections. When ho said goodhy at
the end of his stay he knew lie had
found the one woman he needed, and
he hoped to win her.
In the autumn she resumed her
school duties In a town several miles
distant from home, and it became a
fixed engagement that Mott should
spend Sundays with her. She rarely
went to the farm at week ends, as the
trip Involved expenditures she did not
feel Justified In making.
Mott’s visits were comforting from
the beginning. Gradually she realized
“Do you belong to a church?”
stern inquisitor continued.
“Well, Mr. Wayne, you see T
pretty busy, and I I
Molt.
“You are not u Christian. You are a
money changer In the temple!” thun
dered the old man. “I know your city
ways. You forsake all paths except
those that lead to fortune. You are
hypocrites and deceivers!” lie shouted
1 In concluding the denunciation.
"Then I”— began the young man.
| “Never see my daughter again, sir.
j Goodhy.”
"I love her dearly, Mr. Wayne, nnd
■ she loves me. I'll not promise never
! to see her again.” And he loft with a
j heavy heart.
It took v.;;xy, many days to decide
I whether to go where her heart led or
j obey her Puritan parent. I11 the end
m ! love won, and I11 January they were
ft\ j married In Chicago.
!.. | Farmer Wayne received one letter
J from Ids daughter that lie read. It nn-
| tiounced her marriage. Subsequent
missives wore returned unopened, and
he forbade Ids wife to uientliin her
child's name to him.
Thanksgiving day held little cheer
for the occupants of the old farmhouse.
There would he Just two lonely eld
people at the table who expected soon
to he called to an eternal reward.
“I hope Mary is happy," Mrs. Wayne
spoke aloud without thinking.
“Don't, mu, don't!” cried her hus
band.
"Why, Slab, you're crying,” nnd she
ran to soothe him.
“Martha, I was wrong. I know it j
now. Things have changed since wo |
were young, and because that young
man did not see his duty as I see mine |
1 drove Mary from home. I wish she |
was here, wife; I wish she was here,
Cfld' <m
■•osnng ms wnnnitsi
hand calloused by honest .-.ill.
“D^ur Lord, we thank thee.” ho bo-
Rtnmmcrod I gon. and while he spoke with find the
Olliers ulood bowed la reverence. At I
!;s conrlimk'n Mary slipped her arms
ala ut her husband's neck and, half
‘urnlng, said:
• “Father, you forgot one thing.”
“Yes. Mary.”
“To thank him for sending me the
dearest lover husband In the world.”
“Aye, Alary, girl, and to Us a son,"
her father replica.
Press Bulletin No. 15 Georgia Slate
College of Agriculture.
8khj> (J UN.
What Hie Emanuel Movement
RealK Is.
“What is this idea that has aroused
a storm of oppo.-;il imi and approval
froi> one end of the country to the
other V” says Woman's Hum;: Com
panion for March, and ttien proceeds I H|1( | j )I01 | llc , ;
A gradual change has been taking
place in the production and salt* of seed
corn in this country during the last
decade. Previous to this lime nearly
all life corn used for seed was shelled
and sold to the grower in t liatcondilion.
At pieseiit the tendency is for more
and more of the seed corn to be bofight
on the co In The reason for this change
is due to the fact that many cars of
corn are worthless for seed, and by
purchasing Hie corn on the eob the
grower has un opportunity to select
lhe ears that are likely to yield well.
Many ttf the undesirable qualities in an
ear of seed corn can be detected by the
eye, but very often a good looking ear
will Show a very weak getmination
weak plant yielding
to answer its own question completely . ollly u mibl)ill insU , ad of a good-sized
and ell'ectivel.y. The movement, started
by Doctor Worcester in Emanuel
'ear. The < 'ollege lias made many ger-
j mination tests of samples of corn from
Church, Boston, has spread, until now i (ij( ,. crent secti)ns of lhc Slate . Th ,
embraces seventy-live churches. Jt | work been carried on ns follows:
is brought out plainly in this arlicle 11(ishel , lots of corn have been secured
that, while the mind's influence over
the body was demonstrated centuries
ago, the Emanuel Movement is an ab
solute departure, because it is a combi
nation of religion and medieitu—the
physician and the minister working
hand in hand to relieve the .stillerings
of mankind. Every step of the move
ment tuts been undertaken under the
auspices of the physician. Its great
value to the church is brought out
dearly. In Ibis March issue, Dr. Wil
liam It. Parker says, in pari:
‘Its significance to the church is
and Ills voice was broken with the j hard to overestimate. It means turn-
grief that was in it.
An hour later Mrs. Wayne, glancln
for nea |- ly all of the tests, the ears be
ing divided into groups according to
size of car and the results o r the tests
from Hie different sized ears kept seper-
ate. Many tests have been made and
in every case Hie total per cent germi
nation and the per cent strong germi
nation was in favor of the large cars or
i^trs that came near tlie standard of
size for the variety tested.
The following example will illustrate
the point: Ninety cars of Henry (irmly
corn were used for the test. The stand
ard size ear for this variety is about lf>
ounces. The ninety ears were divided
Announce to the people of McDuffie and adjoining
counties that they have recently greatly enlarged their
business and ace now better prepared than ever before
to furnish their customers, friends and the public
generally with every article usually kept in a Grocery
Store. At our store on Railroad Street you can al
ways find a large stock of
Flour, Meal, Meat, Lard, Sugar,
Molasses, Salt, Tobacco, Bag
ging and Ties.
And many other harm Supplies*. The buantities in
which we will purchase these goods will make us buy
and sell at the LOWEST market prices. We solicit
the patronage of the trading public.
Thomson Mercantile Co,
tistle soul, but because they recalled ; they were dear to her in anticl
ine boyhood days and the home he j j )n f[ OI1 -m-i memory, nnd one Decem
ber night she found herself and knew
they were necessary to her happiness
had left, an orphaned youth, to make a
fortune in the metropolis of the west.
“Almost like a dream come true,”
he thought, and he lived again the
years when he was blood brother to
the woods and its people. Ilis finan
cial success and business standing in
the city were nothing to him In the
country.
He was just an eager boy, who was
restless to go fishing and swimming
and club tree limbs for chestnuts,
Mott’s next call was eventful. Hi
was suri^of his love for her. Because
of his uncertainty as to her reciproca
tion be experienced unrest and sought
to learn Ids fate. Mary loved him and
when he proposed told him so. Then
he journeyed to the farmhouse home
of his sweetheart’s parents.
“You may write to any one In the
city you know as to my character and
out of a window, saw two young peo
ple descending from a carriage. One
was Mary, the other her husband.
The old farmer was sleeping on the
lounge lu the living room nnd did not
hear the cry of joyous reunion she
I made as Mrs. Wayne ran down (he
path to droop, weeping, lu the young
arms of her daughter.
“John -would come, mother, and I’ve
wanted to, oh, so much,” she said.
“I’m so glad, Mary, l’a has forgiven
you, I think, from something lie said
today. He's sorry the way be spoke
to Mr. Mott.
“Call him John, mother,” said Mary
gently.
“Mother,” said Mott, “let me he a
son to you,” and he kissed her wrin
kled clic-ek.
“Father’s asleep in the sitting room.
I'll"— began Mrs. Wayne as they en
tered the house.
“N'o, mother. Come up to my old
room. John will see father, and I’ve
something to toll you,” and Mrs. Mott
led the older woman upstairs.
The farmer was awake when Mott
entered.
"Mr. Wayne. Mary and I have come
to ask you”— he started.
“There, there, boy. Let’s forget
what I said. Times have changed. If
Mary could love you I know you arc n
good' man. Make her happy—you’ll do
that':” nr.il bis hand went out to his
son-in-law.
“I % will, sir, I will," fervently Mott
replied.
A moment later Mary and her moth
er came into the room. Mrs. Wayne
ir.g ihc minds of men back to Iho j into two lfrolH , S) Hie first group con-
churcli for practical help and succor, j taming -10 ears weighing from 14 to 17
To the teacher, the student, the reader, ou „ e es. The average total percent
tin thinker, it means having a new | germination for this group was 04, and
topic added to his interests, a new re- tp(> per cent st rong germination wits 55.
gion opened to development. It i '1’lie second group contained 60 oars
comparable to the popular discovery \ weighing between 11 and 111 ounces,
of psychology twenty years ago, when
that t.ecum the most interesting sub
ject of reading in the world. It means
clearing away mist and confusion from
a subject cf great impovtan -: and let-
The average total per cent germination
for this group was 85, and the per cent
; strong germination was only 311 ascom-
j pared with 65 for the large ears.
(Second, 80 ears of Hembree corn,
ting in new light upon Hie working of| locn , variety, was tested. The staud-
our minds. It means strengthening j lird s j ze eur j- or ujj s vai q e ty is about 14
each man’s confidence in his ability j 0UnceSi The 80 ears were divided into
to help h I nisei t and his fellows. I two groups. The lirst group consisted
the clergyman it has given an effective of 40 eurs we j g | ljn( , from 13 t0 15
argument for the power of the spirit, | ounces . The average total per cent
the efficacy of prayer and the presence j germination for these ears was 70.75,
of God. 1 o the medical profession it j while the per cent strong germination
has done perhaps the greatest service
in cheeking, if not curing, the materia
lism * liicli was so general in its ranks.”
Don’t Back Away.
though It was August, all at once, nijjnty to care for Mary,” he told him.
and his only discontent was because j “Young man, cities are wicked
all his desires could not have slmul- pi aC es,” said Farmer Wayne. “Do you
taneous gratification. j believe In God?” he asked abruptly.
Then came Mary. She was away j "v.Tiy-er—of course, Mr. Wayne,”
when he first .arrived, .and iie had hi- | ^ r op]| C( j i aba-ilied at the text of the
The Lurid Glow of Doom.
was seen in the red face, hands nnd
body of the little son of H. M. Ai’ums,
of Henrietta, I’a. His awful plight
from eczema had, for five years, defied
was 59.2. The second group consisted
of 40 ears weighing from 9 to 12 ounces.
The average total per cent germination
for these cars was 00.4, while the per
cent str >ng germination was only 10.5
as compared with 39.2 for Hie standard
sized eais.
These results show that seed corn is I
in good condition in many cases and
should lie tested for germination before
We have something to sell. Drop in and let us
spill a little chatter about a good thing, and you can
take it, or leave it according as it hits you and no ex
pense hill either way.
I am the Carriage Dealer, took it up long ago. I
have sold enough nice work each succeeding yeaf to
qualify as the Leader in my line.
Now you can hear about me One-Hundred and
Fifty Miles from my buggy shack in any direction
you go, and when it comes to what is what in any
thing you hitch a horse to ;—pardon me for starting
the applause,—hut I’m the greatest noise in the
country.
REM EM B E R TH E QU A RTETTE
Babcock, Chase, Frazier and
Coskery At
749 Broad St. Augusta Ga-
all remedies and baffled the best doctors,. planting. The difference In germina-
wlio said the poisoned blood had a flee- J Hon between the different sized ears of
ted his lungs and nothing could save corn in this test corresponds to previous
him. “Blit-" writes his mother, “seven | experiments made by the writer, and
bottles of Electric Bitters completely 1 should be a guide id selecting corn in
cured him." For Eruptions, Eczema, the ear for seed as weak germination is
Salt Rheum, Sores and all Blood Disor- at least partly responsible for low
ders and Rheumatism Electric Billers yields of corn observed throughout the
i 1 908 BANNER YEAR. {
was crying quietly as though her grief is supreme. Only oOc. Guaranteed by
was not great.
"Slab,” she said, “here’s our Thanks
giving.”
“What, Martha?" he asked.
"Mary and John have paid the mort
gage.” and she took the paper from
her bop.om.
Firmer Wnrne slipped to his knpc«.
Gibson Grug Co. Dr. A. J.-Mathews.
country.
I’. O. Van.-viter, Supt.,
Field Demonstrations.
Athens, Georgia, March 1, 1909.
Dongola Cotton Seed Tor Sale
1 have for sale 109 bushels goo 1 Don- j If you v/ant a small farm near Thomson
golu cotton Seed at 6( cents bushel
4t.
Ira L. Farmed.
—from thirty to seventy-five acres call
on iu.v JO. Farmer
^ Not-withstanding the panic and other business
^ drawbacks, our sales were larger than any previous *
year. We are better prepared than ever to sefve you ^
and can give you your money’s worth every dine.
Agents for Suerene Food.
< Arrington Bros. & Company. 1
/ LEADING GROCERS, ?
j 863 BROAD, ST., AUGUSTA, GA. 5'
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