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Rural Police.
As a means toward pitting
down and keeping down ail sorts
of lawlessness in the rural sec¬
tions of the state, The Macon
Telegraph has for some time been
advocating the creation of a state
constabulary. The argument in
favor of such an organization is
apparent to everybody. Such a
proposition has upon several oc¬
casions been presented to the leg
islature, but for various reasons
it has not commanded sufficient
support to be enacted into law.
The question of cost is, neces¬
sarily, one to be carefully consid¬
ered. And yet if such a system
as has bsen proposed would re¬
sult in the maintenance of quiet
and order and confidence in the
rural sections of Georgia, it
would certainly be worth any rea¬
sonable expense.
On this matter of cost, The Tel¬
egraph cites the interesting ex¬
perience of Connecticut. The
legislature of that state appropri¬
ated $13,000 a year for its-rural
police, but the system in its prac¬
tical operation resulted in bring¬
ing into the treasury last year
about 810,000, which shows but a
net cost of §3,000. Speaking of
the results attained in Connecti¬
cut, The Philadelphia Public
Ledger says:
“It is impracticable for any
state to provide a police force
large enough to patrol and pro¬
tect the countryside as effectual¬
ly as the streets of a city are
guarded, but the Connecticut ex¬
perience shows that a small state
police establishment can be use¬
ful in co-operation with the local
constabulary in the detection and
arrest of criminals. In many vil
lages and country districts iesi
dents are practically without lo¬
cal protection. A state police
force in a measure gives them
protection by making the escape
of criminals more diffiult. The
numerous arrests made by the
Connecticut state force for viola¬
tions of the liquor laws indicate
the inefficiency of the local au¬
thorities with respect to these of¬
fenses. The Connecticut system
was not received with much favor
at first, but it is now asserted that
it is meeting with popular ap¬
proval. The force has been re¬
cently engaged in the successful
pursuit of a murderer. The use¬
fulness of a body of trained state
detectives, subject to th3 call
any community needing their ser¬
vices, is apparent.”
If such a system is necessary
in a state like Connecticut,
should be doubly necessary in
southern state, and would be
doubly valuable in the results ob¬
tained. As The Telegraph well
says: “The grand purpose of
the Georgia legislature should be
to make safe the home of the far¬
mer. What better object could
legislature body seek to
What is government for if not
requite the taxpayer and give
him value received? What are
taxes paid for if not for home pro¬
tection?”
With an efficient rural police,
the time ought to come when
in the country would hstve thrown
around it all the safeguards
city life. Certainly if it is possi¬
ble to attain that end, no
benefit could be done the
of Georgia and the state
Constitution.
Sflod Tor Children.
The pleasant to take and harmless One
Minute Cough Cure gives instant
in all cases of Cough, Croup and La
Grippe because it does not pass immedi¬
ately into the stomach, hut takes effect
right at the seat of the trouble. It
out the inflammation, heals and
and cures permanently by enabling the
lungs to contribute pure life-giving
life-sustaining oxygen to the blood
tissues. Sold by Lewis Drug Co.
The Panama Canal.
Now that our quarrel with Co¬
lumbia is ovei, now that^he re¬
public ef Panama has been estab¬
lished, and now that the United
States has undertaken the con¬
struction of the gVand canal
across the isthmus, it i3 possible
to take a clearer view of the sit¬
uation. The Marine Review of
Cleveland, a lake-port by the way
with extraordinary railway facili¬
ties, observes that estimates vary
ae to the time when the canal will
be completed, but it maintains
that it will be ten years before it
becomes navigable. It goes fur¬
ther and says that it will not be an
artery of commerce to compare
with Suez or Sault Ste. Marie,
for a generation or more. It holds
that the traffic does not at present
exist to make it eo, that it will
not afford Great Britain a shorter
route to the Orient thaq she al¬
ready enjoys by way of Suez.
The proof of the truth of these
assertions will depend upon what
the years may bring torth, for it
is to be remembered that many
things, even including a change
in the trend of commerce, may
happen in the course of a “gen¬
eration.”
The Marine Review maintains,
with ample reason, that for a long
time the canal will be, commer¬
cially, chiefly valuable to the
United States among the nations,
but admits that the strategical
importance of the canal over¬
shadows its commercial advan¬
tages. “Not for many, many
years’” it says, “will the canal
be able to pay the interest charges
on the investment, and, there¬
fore, it is to be regarded as the
magnificent contribution of the
United States to the common fa¬
cility of the whole globe.” The
Review further remarks that it is
probably the last great geograph¬
ical change that mankind will
make in the structure of the earth.
It is hardly worth while, at this
late day, to discuss the propriety
of the method by which the Uni¬
ted Slates government acquired
the cession of the canal zone or
strip. The fact is that it has been
acquired. The Panamanians, as
The Telegraph has already skid,
are somewhat disappointed that
the United States government is
disposed to establish ports of its
own at either end of the strip, in¬
dependent of Colon and Panama.
That is the natural penalty of the
bargain. The Review’s position
is most interesting because of its
somewhat novel viewpoint. It
may be that it is correct. Un¬
doubtedly the great manufactur¬
ing nations of Britain, France
and Germany find a shorter route
to the Orient by the way Suez—
the route they have long enjoyed
—than by the way of the Panama
canal. On the other hand the
productive power ot the United
States is probably as great as
that of nearly all Europe, and to
United States commerce and its
enlargement the eanal will be a
tremendous competitive factor.
The interest of the Southern and
Eastern planters and miners and
manufacturers lies in the opening
of tt>e canal. It is a very good
wager that it will be opened in
less than ten years, for the Re¬
view acknowledges in the course
of its article that there is no scar¬
city of labor.—Macon Telegrapn.
Can Ton Eat?
J. B. Taylor, a prominent merchant of
Chriesman, Tex'., savs: “I conld not eat
because of a weak stomach. I lost all
strength and ran down in weight. All
that money conld do was done, but all
hope of recovery vanished. Hearing of
some wonderful cures effected by use of
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, I concluded to
try it. The first bottle benefitted me,
and after taking four bottles, I am fully
restored to my usual strength, weight
I and health. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di¬
gests what you eat and cures. Sold by
Lewis Drug Co.
How To Stay Young.
How old are you?
The adage says that women are
as old as they look and men as
old as they feel.
That’s wrong—says the Atlan¬
ta Journal.
A man and woman are as old
as they take themselves to be.
Growing old is largely a habit
of the mind. “As a man thmk
eth in his heart so is he.” If he
begins shortly after middle age to
imagine himself growing old he
will be old
To keep oneself from decrepi¬
tude is somewhat a matter of will
power. The fates are kind to the
man who hangs on to life with
both hands. He who lets go, will
go. Death is slow only to tackle
the tenacious.
Ponce de Leon searched'in the
wrong place for the fountain of
youth. It is in oneself! One must
keep oneself young inside. So
that while “the outer man per
isheth the inner man is renewed
day by day.”
When the human mind ceases
to exert itself, when there is no
longer an active interest in the
affairs of this life, when the hu¬
man stops reading and thinking
and doing, the man, like a blasted
tree, begins to die at the top.
It is the spiritual part that keeps
man alive. Let one give himself
over to the lowest forces of his
nature and he will soon die of
animalism.
Many a man is dead on his feet
and is only walking about to save
funeral expenses. He has edu¬
cated his children, accumulated
a competence, accomplished his
ideal and he retires from his la¬
bors in order to linger and die.
Death readilv accepts the invita*
tion.
Slowly the world is learning
the secret of longevity. And the
average of the years ef human
life is being raised no less by
mind habit than by improved
conditions.
You are as old as you think
you are.
Keep the harness on.
Your jo*b is not done.
One Of Many.
H. A Tisdale, of Summontftn, 8. C.,
suffered for twenty years with the Piles.
Specialists were employed aud many
remedies used but relief and permanent
good was found only in the use of De
Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve. This is only
one of the many, many cures that have
been effected by this wonderful remedy;
In buying Witch Hazel Salve it is only
necessary to see that yon get the genuine
DeWitt’s, made by E. C. DeWitt & Co.,
in Chicago, and a cure is certain. De
Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures all kinds
of piles, cuts, bums, bruises, eczema,
tetter, ringworm, skin diseases, etc. Sold
by Lewis Drug Co.
A new era is dawning upon the
south. The lands denuded will
be clothed again, but with anoth.
er garment; instead of the pine
tree, it will be the peach tree and
vine; instead of sage grass, the
luxuriant vegetable and the wav¬
ing corn; instead of the piney
woods piny, the proud and swift
Hambletonian; instead of degen¬
erate catt’e, the Jersey and Dur¬
ham; instead of the razor-backs,
the Berksire and Poland. The
log cabin will also be displaced
by the modern, well-appointed
house, school house and churches
coveniently located will admin¬
ister to the development of bur
mental and spiritual faculties.—
Democrat., Oct. 16
Many Mothers of a Like Opinion.
Mrs. Pilrner, of Cordova, Iowa, says:
“One of my children was subject to
croup of a severe type, aud the giving of
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy promptly,
always brought relief. Many mothers i
in this neighborhood think the same as J
I do about this remedy and want no
other kind for their children.” For sale
by Lewis Drug Co.
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Phone No. 6. Camilla, Georgia.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
AMERICAN FIELD AND HOG FENCE
58 INCH.
i ' 47 IN.
39 IN. 9
r 32 IN. 7
1 26 IN.
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Regular Style Special Hog, Horse and Cattle Style
Stays 12 in. or G in. apart Stays 12 In. or 6 in. apart
Made of large, strong, high-grade steel wires, heavily galvanized.
Amply provides for expansion and contraction. Is practically ever¬
lasting. Never goes wrong, no matter how great a strain is put on it.
Does not mutilate, but does, efficiently, turn cattle, horses, hogs
and pigs.
EVERY ROD OF AMERICAN FENCE GUARANTEED
by the manufacturers and by us. Call and see it. Can show you how
it will save you money and fence your fields so they will stay fenced.
For sale by Camilla Trading Company.
Double Daily Passenger Service.
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Montgoraery, Troy, Ozark, Dothan, Elba, Bainbridge, Thomas
ville, Valdosta, Waycross, Savannah, Charleston,
Brunswick. Jacksonville and all
Florida Points.
Through Pullman cars on all through trains and to
New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, Richmond, and all points
east over its own rails to Richmond and Norfolk, to St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louis¬
ville, Chicago. Kansas City, Birmingham, Nashville, New Orleans, and all points
west and northwest.
No. 72. Leave Camilla going North an 10:36 a. m.
No, 74. Leave Camilla going North at 6:04 p. m.
'•To. 71. Leave Camilla going South at 3:00 p. m.
No. 73. Leave Camilla going South at 8:43 a. m.
Connection at Savannah with Ocean Steamship Line and M. & M. T Company tor New York,
Boston and Baltimore.
No. 32 leaves Shomasvllle daily at 6; 15 a m., connects at Jesup with through sleeper for Wash¬
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