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The Miller County Liberal. VOL. XV. Yes Madam I have those pins, any style or price, Veil Pins, Waist Pins, Bar Pins, Handy Pins and Chain Pin Sets. In fact you will find any thing in the Jewelry line in my place. lam going to move in one of the Wilkin Buildingsand am going to show you a nice place also the goods. I have anything you want in solid gold which is my specialty. EDWIN J. HUNTER, JEWELER. ,aaoBBOHB Miwa-wt (SKOKae cskx&k* trauHMO tt ace Local Paragraphs. We are glad to note that the in fant son of Mr. and Mrs. I. B Bush is now convalescing. The ben that eats Aunt Patsy’s Poultry Feed cannot help but lay because the feed is turned into Eggs. Get it at Sholar’s. Mesdames J. P. Cook and W. H. Grimes are now in Atlanta at tending the spring millinery open ings. EGGS FOR SALE —By those who teed Aunt Patsv’s Poulty feed to their liens. Sold by J. E. Sliolar The court house square belongs to the county and all loyal citizens will be glad to know that the premises have been cleared of all unsightly debris, except one old iron safe, and that the grounds have been turned over with the plow and leveled. Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls cheap at Sholar’s. Mr. D D. Grimes returned last week from a pleasant visit to Nash ville, Ga ,-where he was the guest of his son, Mr. P. G. Grimes “Pat’s’ many friends here will be glad to know that he is doing well in Nashville, ■ Several barrels of pure, home made cane syrup for sale at rea sonable price. For particulars call at Colquitt Idardwaie & Fur niture Co. ts Mrs. D. B. Womble is in Early county at the bedside of her daugh ter, Mrs. Swann, who is very sick measles. John John Jones, who is now a resident of Jacksonville, Fla., is here on a visit to home folks. Send Possum To Georgia Governor Clarence Richardson and Gus Ragan, two convicts at Chamblee, both with petitions for pardon pending in the executive office, sent a fat possum to Governor Brown. Not two months ago an aged ne gro woman, seeking freedom for her son, interviewed Governor Slaton with a prize pullet under one arm and a basket of eggs un der the other, both mercy gifts. C. D. Dolbow, of Darien, a fish dealer, shipped Governor Brown a 20-pound river sLad, one of the first of the season, today. Both the possum and the shad were rs shipped to Marietta, the governor still being confined to his house with a severe cold. —Atlanta Geor gian. Woodward Is Again Suggested James G. Woodward, of Atlan ta, is elated to again endeavor to come back. He is a man ofextia ordinary executive ability and gave the city administrations that won for it the reputation of being the best governed municipality in America, but that was nothing. He was regularly nominated in a Democratic primary and de feated in the general election. It was in this election the Atlan ta Journal, after participating in the primary and becoming in good morals bound to support the nom inee did not ds so, and after the election virtually said that the “niggers” who supported the in dependent candidate, almost with out exception, were better citizens than those loyal white Democrats who remained true to their party’ pledges. Eggs For Sale Brown Leghorn Eggs, 15 for SI .00; Buff Orpington eggs,ls 1.50; The chickens are fine single Cimb fowls. Thosi desiring eggs cun get either of these fine breeds by notifying Mrs. Joe M. Shingi.er Colquitt, Ga. FOR TREASURER I am a candidate for Treasurer of Miller county, subject to the primary of April sth. If elected, 1 promise an efficient and faith ful of the duties of the office. Sam M. Wateon. Former Miller Citizen Is Dead The remains of Mrs. Heard, widow of the late John V. Heard, a long time a prominent and re spected citizen of Miller county, were brought to Blakely for inter ment last Friday from Dotban, where she died on Thursday, the 15th, inst, Mrs. Heard was quite au aged lady and was also for a long time a resident of Arlington, later following her children to Do than. Her husband and two of her children are buried in Blake ly’ cemetery and for this reason her remains were brought here. It was quite a cc-incidence that she should be buried in the same tcwn on the same day as her formei friend and neighbor, Mrs. C. J. Mulligan, whose death we chroni cled last week. Quite a party of Dctban and Arlington friends at tended her funeral. —Early Co. News. COLQUITT, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 1912. He Is With Us ■ ! Now For Keeps | -- T ¥ BY J. W. L. 1 1 j James Roberts, the negro IP 4 black and presser, and some nfiA tache, who have until very recent-1 ly been in the employ of Mr. Et S Lawhorn at the City Barber I Shop, tire now securely locked in the fond embrace of the law. James is a former chef of Jack sonville and according to hie mod,, est admissions prepared the good things to eat for the uueste in one of the most fashionable hoti Is in the city of dampness, for all of 1 which he was lavishly rewarded iff the first of each month. Afterffgj life in the metropolis of the “If of flowers” lacked at least onJ its essential ingredients; perhaps it wae. ■ At any rate, Roberts to Colquitt, as he nad a perfect right to do, where those things for which hie very’ existence yearned i might be found in abundance. | Upon his arrival in our progress ive little city, after making due investigation and finding the wa ter fine, he waded right in. Well, our good triend Lawhorn looked prosperous to James and his mustache. Noihiug unusual in that. Any stranger would have arrived at the same conclusion, which was correct. Hadn’t Air. Lawhorn just equipped one of the handsomest and most complete barber shops south of Alaeon? Didn’t it make things fairly hum in bis place of business to supply’ the wants and desires of his large and increasing clientelle? Well, then. James "kinler“ fell into the job of boot black and presser in the new establishment. |He was at tentive to his busisaess and polite and accommodating to Mr. Law iiorn’s friends . and patrons. In fact he fitted his new situation so superbly that it looked as though he was destined to grow up with the business. In Darktown society James, at once became a “shining light.” In society he squandered t’ie even ing’s leiaure hours. His hand was always full of trumps. Finally, “ Jeems ” committed matrimony. That was the signal] for a violent uprising among his fellows on the social side, who had 1 grown jealous of Jimmy’s mus tache and social triumphs. Things were so stormy for a while that it requited almost th 3 undivided time of Chief of Police Jordan to protect Jamie in the possession, ownership and enjoyment of his newly acquired property. The Chief is not a demonstrative fel low, but is positive, firm and very convincing when he gets down to business. It will suffice to say I that things soon became normul and the new boot black and press er went back to his labors. The days that followed were not uneventful ones for Colquitt. One morning, no less conspicu ous a person than John A. Rocke feller, having arrived from Arling ton the evening before, put in kis ( appearance at the Liberal office. Mr. Rockefeller was in Colquitt and as strange as it might seem ( was “broke” and the writer, who for several weeks bad been laying his plans for a quiet and sane Christmas, had just a few of the ( world’s goods. A rather singular ( co-incidence you may think. Nev- , ertheless it is true. Our friend was anxious to ride on the next ( passenger train to Tallahassee | aud we were able to and did make f arrangements to gratify his wish es. | Then Mr. “A. No. 1,” the world’s I most famous tramp paid the city i a visit. The manner in which be met with our fellow townsman, 1 Harry Stein, was, indeed, “touch ing.” > Roberts seemed to draw an in- - . . - i Peter Poor-Devil Timely Prayer •A- ’ > Peter Poor-Devil went to church pine Sunday. The preacher’s text ' i iAs: “Out of the abundance of ■ /ip In-art the mouth speaketh.” [As soon ns the sermon was over, l' ’’eter Poor Devil arose and said, iet us pray.” When people are hji church, the motion to pray is a ■privileged motion and is not sub ject <o debate. So there was noth ’i’ng to do but liste-., and Peter ■ prayed as folh ws; | “O Lord, I’ve got to prny or I know the people here ' lou’t want to bear me prny, but I ian’t help it. I “The preacher’s text ins taken I’m- muzzle off of my mouth. 1 yj.) Lord, I am getting awful ,3easy about this here earth of lours. Lord, Isi tit right certain its Yours, that’s what’s a bother ing- of-me. I want to know if you .Still own any property here, if so, " ..here is it ? ; “I want to know if you ever cotne here on a visit any more? They told me you was here and helped to run the protracted meeting last winter ard done such grand and glorious work. But, 0 Lord, that work has nil gone to pifees, and I’m afraid it wasn’t yours. What I want to know is, do you guarantee your work not to rip, ravel or run down at the heel? If so, I know you wasn’t hero lust win for. “bailie Perkins is done raveled, Bill is running down at the heel and a whole lot of others is a iip pit’. 0 Lord, I just want to tell you this because I know they are impeding on you in these digging. If there is any real old fashioned blue-jrans Christianity’ here they never put it out where a fellow JAsti -0 Lord, aiqt that kind of Christianity getting mighty scarce and what are you going to do about it? “0 Lord, if these people about here have got any religion, it has got so many flounces, ruflb-s, rib bons, tucks and gores that you wouldn't know it yourself if you should meet it in the road. “Lord, one thing more and I’ll quit. I want to know if it is Chnst-like to make fun of people because they are poor and can’t dress flue? Is it Chnst-like to back-bite and run down folks in their absence aud try to eat ’em up when you meet ’em? You never done that when you was here on earth did you? “What is right, to go with the crowd or be on the Lord’s side? “Lord, you needn’t answer this publicly here today as it might break up the meetin’ but if you , feel like answering it in some ; way I wish y T ou would. —Ex. Amen. Attention Teachers!; The Annual Teachers’ Institute j will be held in Colquitt from April 15th to the 19th and every teacher, unless providentially hin dered, will be expected to attend. The Institute will be conducted by Mr. F. E. Land, State Supevis or. B B. Bush, County j Superintendant. ] spiration from these or some othor events that a “setting hen never, gets fat.” Consequently, like the Arab, lie folded his tent, and he also folded up a pair of trousers, the property of his employer, in 1 said tent, and departed. As time passed it developed that the subject of this little story! had been careless with certain funds. He was so careless that Mr. Lawhorn had him brought back to Colquitt and he is now being entertained at the Aliller county jail where he will be al home for some time. Weekly Happenings Around Mt. Hebron Airs. Will Powell and little daughter, Willie Ola, left last week for their home in Cyrene af ter a pleasant visit to the home of Airs. Powell’s parents, Air. and Mrs. Henry Batts. Miss Sadie Batts is visiting Miss i Lon Bell at Coleman this week, Mrs. E. D. Taylor and little daughters, Inez and Elizabeth, spent Monday in Kestler <s the guests of Mrs. W. AL Bradley. Messrs. Carlton Gav and Thad McCorkle, of Colquitt, attended Sunday School here Sunday af ternoon. Mr. Oscar Taylor who has been confined to his room for the past two weeks with small pox, is bet ter and will soon be able to come out again. Friday n : ght is debate night. The subject for debate is Resolv ed: That money has more influ ence over man than love. Mr. and Airs. W. B. Moody and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Aloody’s mother, Mrs. Fannie Christie. Mr. Wyatt Aliller spent Satur day with Mr. Lanier Hardy. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Batts stent Sunday nt the home of Mrs. Sudie Batts. There was a large attendance at Sunday School Sunday. “Duo Puellae.” State Campaign Starts In March In spile of the Atlanta lull and the disposition of Statehouse offic ials to discourage a long campaign politicians in certain sections <|J the stale are active, and the gub ernatorial campaign promises to open up as early as the middle of Match. “I am surprised at the lack of interest in state politics in Atlan ta,” said Judge W. A. Covington of Moultrie. “In South Georgia State politics is getting to be the live topic.” It might be said without au thority that Judge Covington who was a candidate for the United States Senate before the Legisla ture last summer, may be found in the lists for governor before the campaign is far gone. Joe Rill Hall, of Macon, already in the field for governor and who will begin bis campaign at Xnox viPe on the third Alonday in March, was in Atlanta today, and ilike Judge Covington, was sur prised at the luck of local interest in the gubernatorial fight which will be run off in August.—Atlan ta Georgian. How Does Your Stationery Look? Does It Suit You? If it does not you should try us with your next order, lie guarantee perfect satisfaction in every particular in all lines of JOB PRINTING; and neatness and promptness shall always be our motto. A man’s business is generally sized up by the appearance of the stationery he uses; so take the hint and get the BEST. Hiller County Liberal [The Truth About The Street Work It seems that some of the resi- Idents of the county were very much dissatisfied on account of the work recently done in Colquitt bv the county road working force. Perhaps if these loyal citizens realized the fact that the tax-pay ers of Colquitt pay $1 200 road taxes a vear they would be ready toadmitthat the roads [sheets| here should be worked. In 1911 only about §2OO worth of worth of work was done here, and this year §3OO will cover the expense. Therefore, §1,900 of the road taxes for the two years goes to the county. Every thousand dollars worth of property, whether in an incor porated town or not, is taxed two dollars for road revenues. The best citizens of the town most earnestly desire the roads of the county worked; and the tax payers of the county, living in the ruial districts, should be glad for the roads within the incorporation to receive a portion of the work done by the chain gang force. Within the incorporate limits of Colquitt there is six hundred thou sand dollars worth of taxable property aud the loyal citizens in iho county would feel ashamed of their county site should the roads here be totally neglected. In addition to the §1,200 paid by direct taxation street taxes are collected from the residents here. Oolquittonians are certainly striving to do their best for the town and county. We learn from the columns of the Cuthbert Leader that J. H. Jones, erstwhih* editor and pub lisher of the Stießjunn Sun, is now on the o the Ma con Ti'ley- apA. ’ 1. that the former editor is nergotr- Ic and learns rapidly. At first blush the.com pliment appears to be a pronounced one, but one ao- with him cannot be greatly impressed. A rag doll with Jones’ utter lack of informa tion would learn just us rapidly and at the same time be far more modest in his pretensions. A fairly well authenticated ru mor places Judge T. A. Parker in the race for congress in opposition ■to Congressman Brantley over in i the Eleventh district. Ex-Justice Holden, of the Georgia Supreme Court, is looked upon as an almost certain candi date for congress in the Tenth district. A contest between him and Congressman Hardwick would make things fairly hum in the “Bloody Tenth.” JV0.27