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Improving Roads by Taxation.
The problem of stopping tlx
large and ever increasing drift
of population from the rural dis¬
tricts to the cities can only be
solved by a general improvement
of the country roads.
The extension of telephone
lines into the country and the
rural free mail delivery have, to
some extent, improved the con¬
ditions of farm life, but good
roads would do more to change
existing conditions than any¬
thing else.
Bad roads do more than any¬
thing else to promote ignorance,
isolation, discouragement and
disgust among the country peo¬
ple. Good roads promote atten¬
dance to chu rch and to school:
they make social gatherings, lit¬
erary societies, and club and
lodge meetings possible during
the winter and spring. With
bad roads the farmer is compell¬
ed to hibernate, socially for three
or four months in the year. With
good reads, these months be¬
come the most pleasant, and in
some respects the most profit¬
able in the year.
The improvement of country
roads is now recognized as one
of the greatest questions before
the American public, and it is
coming to be recognized as a
question which concerns not
merely the rural politician but
the whole people. Many public
men have declared their convic¬
tion that road improvement is a
proper subject for national as
well as state legation.
The fact that Solomon, the
wisest of men, was a builder of
good roads is proven from quo¬
tation taken from Farrar’s Life
of S lorn on. Good roads though
will never be an accomplished
fact in the United States until
the national government con¬
sents to lend a helping hand.
No one feature of any country
gives it a more creditable rep i
tation than a system of good
roads, and no one country needs
it any more than ours.
The road business is one great
business that is left to itself; ar.y
old trail left by wanuering cattle
is good enough to follow after
the way is blazed. This route is
followed by successive genera¬
tions, and once established is
never changed.
America see ns to be a country
of extremes. Congress has spent
uncounted millions on rivers and
harbors, while on the other hand
for more than half a century, shn
has spent practically nothing for
good roads. Yet timre is one
hundred times as much travel
on land as there is on water.
Bills are now before both
houses of congress providing for
an appropriation of $24,000,000
to be used during the next three
years as a fund for national aid
to road improvement). The fate
of these bills depend largely up¬
on the attitude of the farmers on
the question. If they would
unite in a strong demand for Ra¬
tional aid it would speedily be¬
come an accomplished fact.
First—The improvement of
highways is too great a burden
for the rural populations to bear
alone- If left to them the prob¬
lem will never be solved.
Second—The improvement of
roads would benefit all classes
throughout the entire country:
hence the whole people should
share in the necessary expense
Third—The improvement of
roads is certainly as fit a subject
for national legislation as im¬
provement of rivers and harbors.
Fourth—The improvement of
roads is necessary to extension
of the rural free delivery system,
and congress is authorized by
the constitution to establish post
roads.—W. E. Vance, in the Mon¬
tezuma Record.
Petition for Charter.
GEORGIA— Mitchell County.
To the Superior Court of said county:
The petition of J. T. GoLette, Janies
Daniel and Mack Adams shows:
1. They desire for themselves, their
■associate's and successors to become a
body corporate under the name and style
of “Independent Rational Real Estate
Benevolent Society.”
2. The term for which petition ts art.
to be incorporated is twenty years, with
the privilege of renewal at the end of
that time.
3rd. The object of the proposed cor¬
poration is pecuniary profit and gain to
its members. Petitioners propose to up¬
hold the standing of its members in the
business world and to operate a henevo-.
lent society, and ask power to buy and
sell realty and personalty, to stand se¬
curity for its members and others and
receive consideration for same, to con,
duct a general mercantile and agricultu¬
ral business and assist its members in
the same, to sue and be sued, have a
corporate seal, mid have all powers inci¬
dent to the business and pursuits above
set forth.
4th. Petitioners desire incorporation
with One Hundred Dollars capital stock
divided into shares of the par value of
:four dollars each. Ten per cent, of said
capital Petitioners stock has actually been paid increase in.
desire the right to
said capital stock from time to time not
to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars.
5th. The principal office and lodge of
said corporation is to be at Baconton,
said county, and petitioners ask power to
establish branch offices and lodges
•wherever they may from time to time
see fit.
Wherefore petitioners pray to be made
style a body corporate under the name and
aforesaid, with all the rights liabilities and
immunities and subject to the
fixed bv law.
J. T. GoLette, i [
Jas. Daniel, S Petitioners.
Mack Adams,
Filed in office this April 18,1904.
S. E. Cox, Clerk.
Tax-Receiver’s Notice.
THIRD ROUND.
Pebble City May 16.
Maples o 17.
Pelham ** 18.
Branchville n 19.
Davis’ Mill il 20.
Alger ** 26.
Baconton it 27.
I will be in Camilla every Saturday
until July 1st except May 14, which day
I will he in Pelham. I will also be in
•Camilla court week.
My books will close July 1st.
Respectfully, C.
G. T. Akridge, T. R. M.
LOST.
One medium sized dark brown
mare mule, with bushy mane and
tail; strayed from our lot on the
-24th instant. A suitable reward
will be paid for the return of this
■mule to our mill at Pelham, Ga,
Higgston Lumber Co.
citation.
GEORGIA—Mitchell County.
L. M. Brooks and others having ap¬
plied for the establishment of a new
public road of the second class commenc¬
Branchville ing at Peoples’ turpentine still on the
running the and direction Wliigham of Pelham road and and
in
intersecting the Pelham road east of trite
Bay Pole Branch—ruiming through the
lands of People & Co., Geo. Davis, L. M.
Brooks, N. F. Mallard, A. Fowler, J. D.
Cameron, J. E. McElvin, D. F. Scar¬
borough, A. L. Scarborough, B. H.
Brenkley length and T. J. Wilder—the propos¬
ed of said road being about (4)
four miles. This is to notify all persons
that on and after the 12th day of April
next said new road will be finally grant¬
ed if no good cause is shown to, the con¬
trary. This March 8th, 1904.
J. G. Wood, Clerk Com. Court.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The law firm of I. A. Bush & Sous is
this day dissolved by mutual con-eut,
Mr. M. E. Bush retiring from the active
practice of the law. Mr. I. A. Bush will
continue to practice in all the courts ex¬
cept the City Court of Camilla. Mr. R.
I). Bush will practice in all the courts.
Except by special arrangement, hereafter each
member of the old firm will
practice alone. Isaac A. Bush,
Robert D. Bush,
Marshall E. Bush.
Camilla, Ga,, March 9th, 1904.
For Sale.
Gin Outfit complete, with en¬
gine, boiler, elevators, conden¬
sers and press. Also “Deloach’
saw mill and 36 inch grist mill.
Will sell all together or any
parts of same.
J. E. Coliinis,
Flint, ■ Georgia.
Wanted— One second hand
10x15 Gordon press with throw
off: must be in A1 condition:
send description, price, etc., to
Printer, Camilla, Ga,
A ROLL CF BUTTER.
Why It V/as Exchanged and Whs! Be¬
came of It.
The little town of Mercer boasts
a greengrocer with all the wisdom
of Solomon, reports the Philadel¬
phia Ledger. The other day a coun¬
try woman, famous the country over
for the quality of her butter, called
on this old Silas Treeves with the
pdd request that he take a five
pound roll of her making, giving
her in place of cash an equal amount
of butter from his own stock.
Knowing, as he did, that her butter
was better than any he had ever
handled and knowing, too, that she
knew that it was, the old fellow be¬
came somewhat suspicious and ques¬
tioned the woman’s motive.
“Well, you see,” she said finally,
“when I come to do the churnin’
this week I found a mouse drowned
in the cream, and somehow our
folks feel kind o’ oftish about eatin’
this here butter.”
“And do you expect me to sell
that kind of butter to my custom¬
ers ?”
“Now, look here, Silas Treeves,”
said the old woman, “my butter’s
better’n any your customers ever
gets, and as for the mouse—well,
what they don’t know won’t hurt
them.”
The old man took the butter and
weighed it, went to his cellar and
after a little while returned with a
roll of a somewhat dillerent shape,
but very much the same general ap¬
pearance, and, this being satisfac¬
tory to his customer, she took it and
went out.
About a week later the country
woman happened in the again.
“How’d you like butter?” ask¬
ed the old philosopher.
“First rate,” replied the woman.
“Folks eat it?”
“Yep.”
"Well, maybe you was right, after
all, about what people don’t know
not hurtin’ ’em. You et the butter
with the mouse in it, after all. I
jes’ changed the shape of the roll a
little.”_______
The Cynic Is Respected.
One of the seeming wayward¬
nesses of our human nature is the
respect for a cynic that lurks in
nearly every heart. The respect is
not for his character, certainly not
for his disposition, but it goes out
to him as a man of intellect and is
often disproportionate to his abil¬
ity. To hear that a man is cynical
is to accept him as of superior in¬
telligence. There is a universal def¬
erence to what is universally deemed
an unlovely and undesirable atti¬
tude of mind. The entrance of the
cynic into the drawing room pro¬
duces an air of expectant interest.
His rancorous comments are re¬
ceived as admirable wit. So at least
according to the contemporary nov¬
els of society; so even, though in a
somewhat less obvious and artificial
manner, according to one’s own ob¬
servation. We all find more inter¬
esting the person who discusses his
friend’s failings than him who
dwells upon his friend’s virtues. We
do not like the cynic better, but we
regard him as the more penetrating
and the better informed.—Arthur
Stanwood Pier in Atlantic.
A Rothschild Story.
The mob besieged Baron Roths¬
child’s house in Paris during the
revolutionary upheaval in 1848, and
the baron begged the ringleaders to
enter. They demanded an equal dis¬ all
tribution of his wealth among
the male adults of France. It was
clear that the safest way for Baron
Rothschild was the simplest, and
the baron, working out the sum,
found that it came to much less
than a franc a head. “We will, how¬
ever, call it a franc,” he said. “Ac¬
cept the first installment with my
compliments. And now, gentlemen,
you will allow me to resume my
business.” There was no longer any
need to be violent, and for 2 shil¬
lings a Rothschild bought the good
will of an angry mob.
Forger, but Not Criminal.
“Do you see that man over there?”
asked the detective, with an air of
mystery. eagerly, “I
“Yes,” said the citizen
see him. What of him?”
"That man,” Baid the detective
slowly—“that man is a professional
forger.” “Good gracious!” exclaimed the
citizen in surprise. “Who would
ever have thought it? Why don’t
you arrest him, then ?”
“Can't," said the detective weari¬
ly. “It isn’t against the law to
make horseshoes, is it?"
nYSTAND
Is at the Depot.
-K—I am there to furnish to the Public
Brick, Rough and Dressed Lumber
At prices that are Fair.
See me and save money. I carry a nice, new line of
GROCERIES.
My motto shall be:
“Fair Dealing and Prompt Service.”
Command me and your goods shall be delivered
at your door.
J. F. Clark.
HUNTER, PEARCE & BATTEY,
§2 Cotton Factors. Over 30 years experience.
Expert Handlers of ^^^
Sea Island
As well as r
Upland Cotton.
Liberal cash Advances against consignments.
Money loaned to’cotton shippers on Approved se¬
curity.
Large dealers in
Sea Island and Upland Bagging,
Sugar Cloth, Twine and Ties.
WRITE FOR TERMS,
126 East Bay St. Savannah, Ga.
Klint River & North-eastern Ry. Co.
Bffeotlve February Itli 1904, 10*30 a. m t
No. 3 No 1 Daily Niles Miles No 2 Daily Not
A. M. STATIONS PM
10 30 0 Lv Pelham Ar 25 4 10
10 40 1 ACL Junction 24 4 00
1105 6 Cotton 18 3 18
11 10 2 Riley 15 3 13
11 13 1 Hinson 13 310
11 23 14 Floride 11 3 00
11 35 24 Akridge 9 2 50
11 50 2 Sale City 6 2 35
12 00 1 Jonesboro 1 2 25
12 10 2 Tuton Junction 0 215
12 20 3 Port Arthur 3 | 2 10
12 30 3 Ar Tichnor Lv 0 2 00
Connections: J\o. 1 Pelham Ga., Atlantic Coast Line.
No. 2 Tichnor Ga., Georgia Northern Ry.
J. W. Byrd, Geh. Man. D. M. Rogers, Gen. Snpt