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Mnn^ a;. m t Clerk Superior Court * tiassz s». Voi. vin. THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1909. No. 42. rwum- MORE GREAT BARGAINS % % 0 0 £•# <^a^i^S£SS!SS^M£S£aa 0 w IN MOST DESIRABLE SPRING GOODS 0 0 0. .0 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. 0 0 0 0 0, 0 0 $ 0 % 0 0 Things are great or small only by comparison, inpressed with our great big bargains. 3 & 4 MAIN ST. The more you compare our prices with others, the more you become *7 % 0 gl CO, THOMSON, GEORGIA. 0 0 0 f fif-C'-sr J£;2LSL-2L-£jSL zLH. jfc&C-'S' ef-- f.t.e'.rs'.tetr. - vf- W iu % \i/ it# \b <?i# it# it/ it/ it# it/ it# it/ it/ it/ it# vV# - 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. -i>\s ^ v* -.A --a -~s -a ■-» ‘S -s -s-s-s -2 -'5 --St tho am 9) -WT ^V '4 t * 0* 'I* '*** * f? mvwwwmwwviTOvmv^i 3 j Mary’s Home coming. By DOROTHY CARLTON. S Copyrighted, l'J03, by Associated 5 ’’ Literary l’ress. J 0 MVMMMUWVMVIMtHUmWM# “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' —* *