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THE WATSON MELON. Seed grown for several years and introduced by me is of fered to the public in limited quantities, as follows: % lb., 35c; % lb., 65c; 1 lb. $1.25. Seed guaranteed pure and from first hands. Address W. A. WATSON, Thomson, Georgia. In offering this melon more exten sively to the public I desire to give its history. About eight years one of my brother’s (Thomas E. Watson) friends sent him a small package of the seed and stated to him that he called it the Watson melon. My brother gave the seed to me, I planted a few hills the first year and was so greatly pleased with the melon that I planted about two acres in them the following year, the yield and sales were so satisfactory that I discarded all others, I have been raising melons for mar ket the past thirty years, and I con sider the Watson melon the very best that I ever saw in every respect. It grows larger, under the same circum stances, has fewer rotten ends, keeps longer after getting ripe, is very solid, for which reason it is a good shipper. It is, in my opinion, the best melon ever put on the market, with a deli cious flavor that has no superior. W. A. WATSON. The Weekly Jeffersonian AND THE COMMONER TOM WATSON’S WEEKLY and WM. J. BRYAN’S PAPER Both One Year for Only $1.50 Mr. Bryan is the most conspicuous figure in American politics today. He is more —he is a World Figure. His views on men and things are awaited with interest in foreign countries as well as at home. THE COMMONER is his medium of communication with the world; but it is more than a per sonal organ, for it covers the whole realm of political thought. Hence, no one, whether a follower or an oppo nent of Bryan’s doctrines, can fail to be interested in the columns of this famous paper. Address THE WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN ATLANTA, GA. MORNING SUNBEAMS. Just fresh from the press. Our Latest, Brightest and Best Song Book No. 1, 25 cents; No. 2, 25 cents; Nos. 1 and 2 combined, 250 songs, 35 cents. I will mail one copy of either No. 1 or No. 2, to any reader of this paper who will send me the names and addresses of 3 or more leaders of music for only 15 cents, or one copy Nos. 1 and 2 combined for only 25 cents. Teachers of music, preachers of the gospel and the people in gener al, all say that Morning Sunbeams is the best all round all purpose book anywhere. Address all orders to T. B. Mosley, Boaz, Ala. REAL ESTATE. Those desiring to move to South Georgia, the most prosperous section of the state, can secure bargains in city property, farm lands, saw mill or terpentine sites, by writing to C. C. TYLER, Box 171, Moultrie* Ga. MARY BAKER EDDY. In Her Youth She Was a Graceful and Striking Figure. Mrs. Eddy was dainty, fragile and early in developments, writes Geor gine Milmine in McClure’s. Her baby manners, in an age which enforced the law that children should be seen and not heard, were considered a lit tle “forward.” She has kept her beau ty all her life; apparently there was not even an awkward age for her. As a young woman she was slim, alert and graceful. Os medium height, she had a well formed figure which she has not lost even in her old age. Her feet and hands were exquisitely fash ioned. Her features were regular and refined —a delicately aquiline nose, a rather long and pointed chin, a firm mouth, and a high, broad forehead. Her most striking beauty was her big gray eyes. Deepset and overhung by dark lashes, they had the gift of emotional expression. ‘‘When she was angry,” says an old neighbor, “they became fairly black.” All her life those eyes have had such an effect upon their beholders that they may justly be called an important factor in her career. Her skin was clear red and white, and her hair heavy brown. In this hair, as if the whole glory of her beauty, she took the greatest pride. She always dressed well and kept more closely to the fashions than was common in that rustic community, Her schoolmates remember that, when not more than 15 or 16, she introduced the “French twist” in Tilton. It was an age when languishing manners were fashionable. As a lit tle girl even Mary Baker adopted and exaggerated that pose. Her behavior was mincing and artificial, and by contrast it stood out in that rather rough and primitive community. Strong in the memory of the old inhab itants is her appearance at church. She hardly ever entered until the rest of the congregation were seated. Then she tripped in, dressed a little conspic uously, but always in taste —a picture of fashionable beauty which made strangers and visitors stare. These traits lured the village boys, and at church festivals all the young farm ers w'ere at her feet. BRYAN AND SOUTH CAROLINA. (The Charleston News and Courier.) If a torrential rushing toward Bryan should be observed in a number of states we would expect South Carolina, politicians to round up a Bryan dele gation out of the next state conven tion, but at present we incline to think that the name of Bryan has lost the conjuring power it once had among the masses of South Carolinians, and that the Nebraskan bulks no larger to their eyes than do a dozen other par ty leaders, of whom Carmack of Ten nessee is a fair example. If Bryan has the South Carolina delegation next year it will be because the rest of the country is hungry for him, and Till man, Latimer and others of our states men wish to be in line with the country. CANNON DODGED. (Florida Times-Union.) Speaker Cannon believes in high pro tection for others, but he stocked his trunks with linen clothes while in the tropics, and came home without stoping at the custom house. A high tariff for others is all right; when the people first endorsed the Dingley bill they were made to believe that the foreigner paid the tax. Since then they have not been able to shake off the grip. And so, the curse, like chickens, comes home to roost. WATSON’S WEEkA< IzSONIAN. OUR HISTORIC STRUCTURES. (The Columbia State.) The country is slowly but surely awakening to the importance of pre serving its historic structures, the places around which so many legends cling. Only a short time ago the New Mexico legislature voted to turn over the historic governor’s palace at Santa Fe to the government bureau of ethnology, instead of to the city for a town hall. The Alamo stands as a liv ing page of history to tell Americans how Ciockett, Bonham, Travis, Bowie, and their comrades died for their coun try. Fort McHenry, by the light of whose flashing cannon Francis Scott Key wrote the national anthem, has barely been saved from the disgrace of being turned into a cattle shed. Ihe cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born will probably be pre served by an association, and Arling ton, the home of Lee, is now open as a place for visitors to see, just as is the little cottage on Mount Mc- Gregor, where Grant died and the mansion in Richmond which was the home of the Confederacy’s president. And the list might be extended at length. One of the latest buildings to which interest has been attracted, because of its historical value, is Old Falls church in Fairfax county, Virginia, which is closely associated with the life of George Washington. Erected in 1834, enlarged once and repaired again, it is now falling into decay and SIO,OOO will be needed to repair it, of which sum $4,000 have been raised. Washington and his father were ves trymen in this church and he had much to do with its first repair. Brad dock’s troops encamped in the church yard and in the Civil war it was in the thick of the fray, and again in the Spanish-American war a large portion of our army was camped near it. There are,’ possibly, scores of other buildings in this country that are worthy of preservation. All have their traditions and associations, and they should be treasured and guarded. OUR TRADE WITH THE ORIENT. (The Indianapolis News.) If Japanese can run their ships for less than other people and so make lower rates than other people, they will undoubtedly get the most to do. At every port lowest cost of service commands the most business. But how would this Japanese condition in the Pacific alter anything, and in what way would it be a ‘‘serious handicap to our trade”? Os our foreign trade today none practically is carried in American bottoms. How does that touch our trade? If the Japanese are willing to live on a lower scale of life than others and do the drudgery of sea-carrying more cheaply than oth ers, what of it? It is so much our gain. Wherever our merchants can employ a ship at the cheapest cost they are so much ahead. The trouble with this contention is a mixing up of ocean carriage with trade * * * If we can deliver equal or better goods cheaper than other countries, we shall get the trade; carriage has nothing to do with it. There is precious lit tle sentimentality about trade. It is “strictly business,” and the man that sells cheapest will get it, just as the ship that bids lowest will carry it. ASKING TOO MUCH. (The Philadelphia Record.) We respectfully suggest to the pres ident that he direct Cortelyou and Bliss to publish a list of the campaign con tributors of 1904, with the amounts given by each. This would remove sus picion—or confirm it. WHITE RULE IN THE SOUTH. u (The New Orleans Times-Democrat.) This plan of white rule is working well in the south today, and the ne groes who behave themselves and are working are enjoying a greater degree of independence and prosperity than they have ever known before or than they enjoy or can possibly enjoy in a country where a different plan is be ing tried or different ideas prevail. If the situation is not perfect in ail respects, if the settlement is not as complete, as final and as permanent as it ought to be, it is because of the pressure from the outside, the stirring up of dissatisfaction and discord, the proposition for new plans of radical settlement, the calling of conventions and conferences to reopen the ques tion. People who compare the Thaw trial with English examples of swift jus tice should not forget the Tichborne case and the rank injustice wrought by a crazy English judge on Mrs. Maybrick. Evidently Roosevelt did not agree with Senator Cullom that “Harriman should be in the penitentiary.” At any rate he hasn’t yet ordered Attor ney General Bonaparte to chase him in that direction. Our Price Retailer’s x. SSO V.- LESS YOUR DEALER c -V buy I T. WITH RESERVOIR S3LOO This handsome Steel Rang* is an absolutely perfect combination of utility, durability and economyi and n< where can its value be duplicated for le?a than S3O. It i. eaay to operate, and consumes less fuel than ordinary Ranges It is constructed on strictly scientific principles consistent With good cooking; and baking can be done on oven bottom and oven rack at the same time. We give a written guarantee with every Range; and if it i« not perfectly satisfactory, return it at our expense, and we will refund your money. Out catalogue ehowe a full line of Stovee and Rangce from $4.50 up. Sent free on application. JOHN FOSTER CO., 265-7 Decatur Street, Cor. Moor*, ATLANTA, GA. IDLEWILD PROLIFIC COTTON has captured the south. Two bales per acre sure. Seed limited. Price cheap Selling fast. Home grown, guaran teed garden and flower seeds, cheap. Sole owners of Siberian Lettuce, grows outdoors all winter. Planted now brings 10c per head. Pkg. seed 10c. Write us. IDLEWILD FLORAL GARDENS. College Park. GMI Dewberry’s Delight Is a medicine that should be in every home at this season of the year, as it is the best stomach and bowel medi cine on the market. It acts directly upon the most essential organs, the liver, bowels and kidneys, thereby re moving the cause at the beginning, which is the proper time to aid nature. If you will keep Dewberry’s Delight on hand and use it strictly according to directions when you first suspect or feel the need of a medicine to remove the waste matter from the system and turn on the nerve force so the deter mining powers can come to the sur face it will insure you against 90 per cent of all ills that are likely to at tack the system. Sold by all drug gists. Price 50c per bottle. If not satisfied with results your druggist will cheerfully refund your money.