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The Miller County Liberal.
VOL. XV.
Local Paragraphs.
Mrs R. O. McNair of Arlington
and Mrs Harriet Clifton of Boykin
were guests Thursday at the at
tractive home of Mr and M.s B. C.
Bird. Friday Mrs B. B. Lane and
her son, Mr Grady Lnnecam» over
in their touring car and carried the
ladies to their hospitable home
where they remained till Sunday
His many'friends here were glad
to see Mr W. B. Brooks’ ajeading
citizen of Babcock here Mon
day,
Mrs J. F. Brown spent Saturday
vi-rv pleasantly with relatives and
friends in this c : ty.
Mrs Lillie'Darby and Alisa Ona
Franklin of Eldorendo spent Sun
day at the home of their broth
er, Mr J. B. Franklin.
Mr H, E. Minter of Jakin was a
pleasant guest Sunday night at the
hospitable home of Mr E. S. Rad
ii ey.
Mrs C. R. Brown spent Monday
here pleasantly with relatives.
We regret to note the illness of
Mr H. T. Smith at his home near
town. He is the es'ecim d father
of Mrs M. A. Gay of this citv.
Mr J. M. Nalls of Boykin was
among the substantial citizens in
town Monday.
Dr. E. B. Baughn was called
Monday to the bedside of Mrs
Shelley Bird who is ill in Eugene
at the home of her husband.
We hope the lady will be convales
cing soon.
MrFlozelle Lewis a thrifty citi
zen, was shaking hands with his
friends in town Monday.
Mi. W. Bailey returned Mon
day from Atlanta where he went
on a business t r ip.
.' ftev. H. P. Stubbs, pastor of the
Methodist church was ill Sunday.
The sexton rang the church bell as
usual, and a congregation gather
ed at the church. Prof. L. A.
Page, Judge C. C. Bush and Mr.
Joe Shingler gave instructive and
entertaining readings from the
Bible and talks which were appre
ciated by all present. The minis
ter lias the mumps.
A letter from Mrs. R. H. Lewis
of Sparta reached the editiess Sat
urday. The hand of her eon, Mr.
Joe W. Lewis, which was broken
and crushed in the job press Tues
day was getting better fast, and
she and her husband were very,
grateful to the good people of this
section for the treatment accorded
her sou. Their family physician
Dr. Jernig ni, whom Mr Lewis was
so anxious to reach, complimented
very highly the work ot Dr. J. 1.
Cook in setting the crushed bones
and in sewing up the lacerated
flesh of the band.
There is to be an important gath
ering in Albany today. Judge
W. 0. Dancer was appointed yes
terday by the Board aof County
Commissioners to represent Miller
county and Mayor P. E. Wilkin
selected Mr. L. E. Calhoun to rep
resent the town. Both of the gen
tlemen are keenly alive to the best
interests ot this section, lhe con
vention is to devise ways and
means for bringing the superior
advantages of South West Georgia
before the masses of their fellow
citizi ns in the United States.
Mr R. L. Jones of Babcock was
here yesterday and was aec >ided a
hearty welcome from his many
friends in this city.
There was another steady down
pour of rain iu this section Tues
day.
Mr and Mrsß. W. Odum were
among the pleasant visitors iu
town yesterday.
Iler many friends will be pleas
ed to learn that Mrs B. B Bush is‘
up again from her recent attack of
measles.
Mrs Annie Addiscn's friends re
gret to know that she is ill. Miss
Hettie Dizon has been on double
duty in the telephone exchange for
several days. We hope Mrs Addi
son will be well again soon.
A newsy communication from
Ml Hebron reached us nftvr the
forms were “made up.”
The State Democratic Executive
Committee has been called to
meet on March the 12th. Matters
pertaining the holding of a Presi
dents! primary or the naming of
a Democratic Nominee for presi
dent is to be discussed.
A Brave Maty
Congressman S. A. Roddenberry
our immediate lepresentutive has
the courage to stand for the rights
of his people for six hours when
nearly every member of the House
was against him.
Private bills to appropriate an
additional ,SSO 000 00 for “rela
tives” of Union soldiers was what
was grinding our plucky congress
man. »
Despite the death of the Union
soldiers the pension appropriation
for them grows steadily each yeai.
Millions of the people’s money
is thus distributed by unscrupu
lous law makers.
And while our congressma n fail
ed to defeat the bills he stood for
six hours contending for the right
eous consideration of the people’s
rights.
Congressmen Roddinberry lias
the thanks of the people be is so
ably and fearlessly representing.
Blind Tiger Exposed.
On Saturday night the 17th. nit.
Mr R. L. Jones the chief of polic.
of Babcock disguised himself, and
bought a quirt of whiskey fr< m
Anna Haley, Col. who lives near
.Babcock on one of Mr Isaac Addi
son farms.
Last week a warrant was sworn
out for Anna and deputy sheriff
F. B. Adams arrested her.
She was not imprisoned. Mr
Isaac Addison gave bond for her
appearance at tue city court.
Anna has been suspected of sell
ing whiskey for a long time, and it
is said that when the Grand Jury
convenes other ev'dens«s of her
sales will be placed before that
body.
Every law abiding citizen will
appreciate, the good piece of letec
tive work done by Mr Jones in ex
posing the “oliud tiger’" which |in
her care has gained much notorie
ty-
It is said that she receives from
the express office about fifty gal
lons a month.
Walking Over The
U. S.
Mr. Al Edwards who is making
an effort to walk from one capital
city to another until he has visi
ted each caiital in the United Sta
tes has been here about a week.
As he walks be rolls a light
wheel banow the wheel being like
a bicycle wheel.
He left his home in Indiana in
September last year; and if he
walks and rolls his light vehicle to
every capital city in the U. S.
witffin ibree years and reaches his
homa in Indiana b- fore the expira
, tian of the three years he will re
ceive ten thousand dollars fr< m
the business men of his home
town.
Within the past four months the
stranger lias visited about a fourth
of the capitals: but he is now suf
fering with lagriptand theeditress
heard him say to a gentleman in
what seemed to her a tone of dis
couragement “I am gaining a lot
of experience, but if I lose my
health the curse I am to receive
will be of no benefit to me.”
COLQUITT, GEORGIA, " \)NESI)AY, MARCH 6 1912.
A Gun Causes
Anxiety?
Thursday evening just after dark
Mr and Mrs H. H. Mims heard
something disturbing a hen find
biddies.
A day or two previous Mr ??
hid purchased a small single bar
rel breech loading shot gun.
The new weapon was seized
the gentleman who was anxious, to
investigate the cause of the h/n’s
troubles.
The hen and her family were
under the house.
Mr Mims discovered a oat catch
ing the little chickens and he shot
the cat, killing it: but what sur
prised him most be had shot bis
wife, also.
The lady was stooping down
near the opposite side of lhe hou~e
and was not observed by her bus
band until one shot had penctia
ted her face and another bad en
tered tier leg near the ankle. We
are glad t tat the wounds were only
slight.
The next morning one of Mr.
Mini's sons was handling the gun
in the house when a report was
heard, and it was found that the
load from the weapon had narrow
ly missed the child’s little sister.
One of the neighbors says the
gun had caused Mr Mims to be
very nervous. We hope he will
not ha\e any more anxiety on Re
count of the weapon.
The Chance Os
The Farmer.
A communication deploring the
o idiiion of the farmers and ex
prea.ing a real tyrade
on the merchants and hifc/jV-y
men of th’s town was banded to
the editress Saturday by a good
citizen’ who must have recently
talked with one man probably in
distress.
The farmers of this section have
some golden opportunities.
Letuisee. Mr. W, H. Dunn
>wn:ng and operating a small one
horse farm near Boykin deposited
about Christmas mere than $500.-
03. He owes no man anything ex
cept to love him. Since then he
has marketed the ground peas
gathered from four acres of land
$225,00. He raises no cotton: but
sells much pork and other provis
ions.
A few days ago Mr Spoon-
er told us that lie had recently sold
from one and one half acres of land
s'z2sUO worth of sweet potatois.
A few weeks ago Mr Joe Toole
sold a mule he raised after using
the animal seven years furs2so.oo.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Lane in
tbeir magi.iff,ent country home
provided with water worksand sur
rounded wi h fertile acres are bles
sings to humanity in as much as
they often sell corn, meat, lard,
syrup, potatoes, fowls, eggs, but
ter and then they donate to neigh
bors buggy loads of good things to
eat, Mr Lane owns a ban Isome
car.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Tabb live in
luxury on another splendid faim
in this county. With a big depos
it in the bank, herds of cattle I
bringing per head from SIO.OO to'
$20.00 and a good automobile they
are far better off than scores of
their friends who live in town.
Them there is Mr W. B. Shep
pard who is giving bis children a
collegiate education from the re
sources from his excellent farm.
We could name hundreds of
other cit Zens of Miller county who
have bank accounts or full pocket
books and are prospering on the
farm: but each paragsaph contains
a suggestion or good for thought.
No Miller county like Brooks
county has “mighty big men” far
ming and the energetic and thrif
ty planter certainly can clear
money on the farm.
THE SECRET OF WEALTH.
You do not need to be poor all
your life.
You can have money if you will
pay the price for it.
The two impoitant words in this
article is T H R I F T an d
T I M E.
The thrift of the French is pro
verbial.
■They work on a simple princi
pal.
Spend less than the income and
save the balance.
In saying the French figure on
two factors, thrift and time. They
realize that the greater of the two
is time.
Time ,is that which piles interest
on princ'pal.
The Frenc area bond buying
p ople.
They buy their on Goverment
bonds-called Rentes, and they bold
them so is to gtve Time a chance
to make interest on the princi
pal.
A French Renta maybe purcha
sed for as little as ten francs “$2.”
But the French do not coniine
themselves to Rentes at “25.”
each.
They hold as a people American
securities, the interest on which is
§(100,000.000 per year.
Ln other words everyman woman
and child jin the Unitvd States
pays io the French nation nearly
$7 per annum as bonus on French
thrift.
, There are 90,000 000 of peoplf
in the U. S.
Twenty millions are children in
■public schools.
•Deducting these there are 70,000
090 remaining. But it is safe to
say they are not all bondholders
in America.
■ yVhy?
There are three reasons.
, y L The American people pu
their money rn saving banks. Thert
is now on deposit in our saving
batiks $4,000,000,000. You can
o'conceive this sum of money,
but it means (about S4OO for the
depositors
It is not as easy to buy small de
nomination bonds in America as it
is in France.
Despite our prosperity, we are
not strictly a thrifty people-—We
waste.
A man in New Hampshire, who
now considers himself well-to-do,
saved a dime every day for fifty
years.
With compound Jinterest this
amounted to $5,572. With a little
farm paid for this man is indepen
dent, for.bis bonds pay him S2BO
a year.
Go to a firet class bond bouse.
For safty have your bonds regis
tered
A first class bond houss will
take just as much pains with Jyour
ordei for a hundred-dollar bon!
as it would if yoy bought a thous
and bond.
If hard times come on and you
need your money the eashire that
sold you the bond will lend you
money on it.
Money makes money but the
money that money makes make
more money.
Folds--Grant.
Sunday Mr John Grant of this
place and Miss Hattie Folds, of
the New*J.ight community were
happily united in marriage, Judge
W. C. Dancer officiating.
The bride is a pretty young lady,
not yet sixteen years of age. She
is the daughter of Mrs Ida Folds, j
Mr Grant is an esteemed young;
gentleman who holds a position
here in the barbershop.
The popular couple have taKen
rooms in the residence occupied
by Mr and Mrs Cole.
The congratulations and best
wishes of the Liberal are extended
to Mr and Mrs Grant.
rtw cCMdrtnt taf*. W*. <• •*<«*••
Col. R W. Grow.
Forjudge Os The
City Court.
Following will be found the for
mal announcement of Col. R. W.
Grow for the Judgeship of the
City Court. This was handed in
for publication in our last issue,
but the accident in the office caus
ed the delay.
Col Grow is amply qualified to
discharge the duties and his can
didacy ia meeting with the appro
val of many voters.
Announcement.
I take this method of notifying the
White Voters of Miller County of my
candidacy for the position of Judge of
the City Court subject to the action of
the white primary to be held in the
spring of 1912.
If elected I promise a conscientious
administration of the duties of the bench
without favor or affection, fear or ha
tred of any one. •
R. W. GROW.
Womanly Wisdom.
“Just rain and snow, and rain
again, and dribble, drip and blow!
Then snow and thaw and slush,
and then—
Some more rain and snow!’’
Put a scratcher for matches in
every room of the house, and eave
the walls.
Paint the vinegar barrel, hoops
and all, and save them from rust
ing off and making a mass in the
cellar.
The invitation to a modern
fashionable wedding ought to
read, “the honor of your presents
is requested.”
It is time to look through the
cellar and see that there are no
rotten turnips, cabbages or potato
es to pollute the air.
“There’s a lots of gir’s that don’t
ever intend to get married.” “How
do you know?” “I’ve asked several
of them.”
When you spill hot grease upon
the floor, immediately pour cola
water upon it. This cools it bet
fore it can strike into the wood.
When dressing poultry co not
waste the feet. Place them in
boiling water for a few minutes,
and the skin and nails will come off
easily. They will make a deli
cious bit of soup or jelly.
It is nature forchildaen to snore
if they do so, take them to a doctor
to learn the cause of the obstruct
ion to the free passage of air from
nose to throat. The tonsils may
be enlarged, or there may be some
growth in the nasal passage, or
catarrh of the throat or nose.
From March Farm Journal.
How Does Your
Stationery Look?
Does It Suit You?
If it does not yon, should try us
with your next order. We 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
Savings And
Remedies.
Borax water will restore the gloss
to sateen ’n”wuehing.
Fine ginghams and percales will
emerge from the tub with the gloss
and dressing of new malarial if
dipped in sweet milk instead of
starch.
Ink stains are some time remov
ed by soking in sour milk and then
rinsing in a week solution of chlor
ide of lime.
Try removing mildew by socking
•in a weak solution of chloride of
lime then rinsing in water.
To erase all ti aces of scorch stain
wet the scorched place rub with
soap and bleach in the sun.
Use warm water to sprinkle
starched clothes and the effest will
be satisfactory.
To remove stains of blood soak
them in cold water then wash iu
in warm soapy water and finish by
boiling.
Blass stains may be eradicated
by saturating the stain with KTose
ne then putting the garment in the
wash tub.
Iron rust stain yield to the fol
lowing treatment. Soak the stain
in lemon juice sprinkle with salt
and bleach several in the garment
in the sun.
Salt may be used to scrub grease
spots from the top and doors of
i he stove.
Dilutted oxalic will remove ink
stains from books without injuring
the print.
Squeaking doors may be quieted
by brushing the hinges with keyoi'
seneoih .
la? >*” '* **
Soda will remove grease frofti all.
cooking utensils.
Keey white paper on theshelves
of the refrigertor, it gives a clean
app( ar.mce.
When making meringe nssgranu.
!ated sugar in preference to powder
ed.
Salt will remove fresh ink from
a corpet.
Salmon which is to be fed to an
invalid should be wrapped in greas
ed paper and broiled.
Car Robbed.
Sunday night a freight car side
tracked at Boykin was broken into
and robbed
Two boys both of then sons of
Mrs Lizzie Glover who lives near
Boykin are in jail charged with
complicity in the crime.
Suspicion points very strongly
to one or two men who have not
5 et been arrested.
The car was sealed but it was
broken.
Some of the goods from tbs car
were found behind the residence
occupied by Mrs Glover.
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