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The Miller County Liberal.
VOL. XV.
A Fountain Pen Free.
Every lady who trades SI.OO or
more from July 15th to Aug. 15th
will receive a beautiful Fountain Pen
free. Now listen: If you need any
kind of pins I have them in any style
and a pin that will sure suit you.
I ask you to call around and see
what I have in belt pins, hat pins,
waist sets, brooches sets
These goods are guaranteed to wear
and give entire satisfaction. Two
thirds of my present stock is solid
gold and after Sept, will sell solid
gold goods only. li I have ever sold
you a piece of jewelry and it didn’t
give satisfaction just call around and
get a new one free something that
will stand. lam here to serve you
and will serve you right. Call and
see what I have.
EDWIN J. HUNTER.
| Jeweler. J
I Local
Paragraphs
I About Town.
Mr Arthur Chapman, a substan
tial citizen living east of town, was
here Saturday, accompanied by his
charming wife.
Vegetables are scarce in Col
quitt: and some of our truck far
mers missed a fine opportunity to
make money but not having a -up
ply ready to narket the latter part,
of July, in August and the early
portion of September, Cabbages,
rutabagas irish potatoes, etc., ship
p»d»in here are in demand.
Mr and Mrs Carl E. Stinson who
reside near to Flat Creek church
we r e among the agreeable couples
attending to business in town last
week.
Parents, pupi's and teachers are
thin King much about the opening
of the fall term of the Colquitt
High School. Miss Mildred Ter
rell of Bainbridge who is to taKe
charge of the primary grades has
been in the city this week making
preliminary arrangements. The
school opens Sept.
Since Thursday, the 15th inst
Mi and Mrs J. S. Wilkin have
been entertaining an infant daugh
ter: and the esteemed parents are
receiving congratulations from
many friends and relatives, especi
ally relatives for kin ship with this
wee lady will be properly claimed
by hundreds who live in and near
to this city.
Mr J. L. Tabb, his wife and
children, Mrs J. T. Persons and
Miss Ruby Adams left yesterday
morning to spend a week or ten
days at Lanark. Saturday Col.
Persons intends joining the party
from Colquitt. The recreation
will doubtless be yery much ear
joyed by the mem er* of the cen
genial party from thia city.
Cotton is opening fast.
Settling time is almost here: and
hippy will be the citizen who can
arrange to meet his obligations.
Mr Claud Geer who now reside*
five miles from Albany was down
last week and it was a genuine
welcome extended to him by his
old friends here.
MrJ.P. Nelson who ho’ds a
good position in Banks, Ala, came
oyer Sunday and spent a couple of
days at his home here.
Mr E. H. Harrell, a former resi
dent of this city who moved in
January to Early county within
five miles of Blaxely was, Inst
w >ek, among the pleasant callers
at the Liberal office.
Miss Charlie Bush, of Colquitt,
arrived in the city last Monday and
is visiting at the home of her sis
tor, Mrs C. C. Buggs.-Camilla
Enterprise.
Mr L E. Phillips, a thrifty
young planter living near Babcock
is saving hay while the sun shin“s;
and he will doubtless sell it for a
good price.
Only a few tggi are now being
offered for sale in this progressive
little city.
“Cotton picking’’ is now enga
ging the attention of the progres
sive farmer.
Camilla has two new hanks.
This gives the city four banking
institutions.
Macon, having established a rep
utation as a manufacturing center,
is now a ship building port. A
citizen of that place is completing
a sea-going craft, 32 1-2 feet long
by 8 feet wide, fitted for salt water
motor driven and electric lighted,
in which he proposes to make a
trip down the Ocmulgee and visit
the sea coast islands early in the
fall. Perhaps this is the forerun
ner of many pleasure craft, which
will later lead to the commercial
navigation of the river to the Cen
tral City.—Savannah News.
The Liberal always notes with
pleasure any successful achieve
ments made in Macon, the Central
City, which, as a true South Geor
gian, we Lope some day to note has
become the capital of Georgia.
Mrs Dr Glover of Ashford Ala.
and Mrs E. S. Ward of Haleburg
Ala. reached the city last evening
to spend some time at the pleasant
homes of mesdsmes Geo Cobb and
S. M. Watson, both of whom are
daughters of Mrs Ward.
We have the swellest line of station
ary to be found in town. Say Whitings
New Yopk and we will do the rest.
Dixia Pharmacy.
Mr B. F. Stegall was among the
thrifty citizens in town yesterday J
who V'ert offering cotton for sale. I
COLQ UITT, GEORGIA, WEDNESDA Y, AUG UST 21 1912.
Injured Crank-
ing Car.
Mrs C. C. Baggs was quite pain
fully injured last Sunday afternoon
while trying to crank an automo
bile. She and her husband bad
started for a ride and while he had
turned aside for something she at
temp*ed to start the motor. Eith
er a back-fire or the heavy com
pression of the engine caused the
crank to fly back, striking her on
the wrist and fracturing one bone.
While the break was not a serious
one, she suffered much pain fora
time. The injury is now rapidly
healing. Camilla Enterprise.
Pin In Throat
Mr Elton Tabb, about eighteen
years old and a son of Mr and Mrs
Matt Tabb who live north-east of
town, is suffering with an ordinary
pin in his throat.
Saturday while lying down the
lad had a pin in his mouth; and
when he yielded to an inclination
to cough the pin was drawn down
his throat.
Mr W A. Wlrtaker brought the
boy to Dr W. C. Hays who found
it impossible to locate or move the
oin without an operation. The
pin has lodged about where the
neck joins the collar bone.
An Unusually
Large Egg.
Mrs W. B. Gessett has a fine lot
of Plymouth Rock chickens.
Friday the lady found in one of
the nests an egg weighing 4 ounces,
measuring the long way around
7 2-8 inches, and it was 6 3 S i i-J
ches around.
A hen’s egg ordinarily weighs
fiom 1 ’-2 to 2 ounces, so it can
be readily estimated that this eg?
was unusual!) large.
Cotton See:! Meal and Hulls at
he Colquitt Gio Co. Phone 56.
Remember you live in a malarial
couutiy, therefore you ueed Qui
nine, Roberts 23 Tonic is a mild
purgative containing Quinine and
pepsin in sufficient quantity to do
you good. Try a bottle today.
Get It At The Dixie Pharmacy.
Noted Hymn Writer
Dead.
William Gurtavus Fischer, known
through the world wbereyer the
Christian religion is to be found
for his hymns, died last night at
his Lome 209 N. St. after a brief
illness. The best known of the
more than 20 hymns was “1 love
to tell the story” another hymn
known to every Sunday school
in this country was “Whiter than
snow” other hymns which are fa
vorites and in meat of the hymn
books are “I am trusting Lord in
Thee” and “A little talk with Jesus”
Mr Fischer was well known am
ong religious bodies, and in the
famous Moody and Shanky religi
ous meeting held in tne old depot
Mr Fischer directed the chorus
which was of more than 1,000
voices.
Rev. H. P. Stubbs and his in
teresting family returned last week
from Lanark where he Spent his
vacation. The minister tilled bis
regular appointment at the Metho
dist church Sunday.
Mrs F. D. bush is over in Do
tbati Ala. being entertained it the
respective homes of three or four
of the class mates were with
her in Gainesville at the Brenau.
Mrs Bush is one of our most fas
cinating matrons and will doubt
less be the recipient of many plea
sing attentions during her visit.
Eldorendo Echoes.
Quite a crowd of young people
attended services at the Nazarene
church at Boykin Sunday night.
Mr and Mrs J. L. Davis return
ed Saturday from Indian Springs.
Several candidates have visited
Eldorendo during the last few
days.
MrC. E. Franklin went to Col
quitt Tuesday.
Gordon and Anuie Davis have
returned from a pleasant visit to
relatives in Cordele.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Lofton have
moved from Eldorendo. We re
gret losing them very much.
Wo feel proud of the children in
Eldorendo.
Little Irene Wells and many
other little children here repeat the
ten Commandments verbatim.
Mr E. M. Franklin and Miss
Ona Franklin wont up to Boykin
Sunday P. M.
Mr R. W. Williams has puichae
ed Mr J. D. Epps’ faim.
There will be services at the
.Metiiudist church here next Sun
day and Sunday night.
Mr Geo Hall was in Eldorendo
Monday to see his little daughter,
Elizabeth.
Mr V. H. Smith’s dwelling in
the western part of Eldorendo is
nearing completion.
Mrs Valentine has a nice little
cottage which adds to the P. 0.
Block.
Farmers are getting ready tor
the harvest
Sweet potatoes are being dug,
is being gathered,and same
corn hauled in.
VV ith beet wishes to the Liberal
we are ringing off.
“Faith”
Arm Broken.
Mr. P. W. Roberts was here at
the election Wednesday.
He and Mr Will J. Middleton
engaged in a friendly wres’le. In
some way Mr Roberts fell and his
arm was broken.
Drs Cook & Hays bandaged the
injured member, and the gentle
man was taken to his home.
Mr Middleton gieatly deplores
the accident.
The Liberal is requested to an
nounce that revival services be
ginning Saturday night and to be
continued through Sunday the 25
will be conducted at old Salem
church by Messrs J. S. Story and
Musselwhite. The public is in
vited.
Joe Dawson is now speed king
of the world, crushing last years
record. He covered 78 and 1-2
miles in an hour.
A Crochet Counter
pane.
Mr W. F. Lunsford was in town
this week and he gave us a des
cription of a bed spread which his
wife made in the eighties.
The counterpane is home made
in the the fullest sense of the word.
The cotton from the piece was
manufactutured and picksd byhin.
and his young wife from a patch
he had grow, and the prettiest and
most perfect bulls were selecled.
The industrious young couple
picked the seeds from tne staple
with their hands and then Mn
Lunsford corded and spun the cot
ton into thread which she croched
into the counterpane.
The children and grand child
ren of Mr and Mrs Lunsford will
appreciate and will tell of the ex
ample of patience displayed in
making the home made bed spread.
News From
Near Babcock.
As we have not seen any items
from this community in quite a
while, we will call again although
news is scarce in this part of the
woods.
The little mill here with Mr
Bohannon as manager is making
things hustle. A vast amount of
shingles have been shipped.
Little Miss Lucile Tabb is visit
ing relatives here this week.
Miss Annie Lou Phillips from
Miller visited her pretty cousins
Misses Annie and Cullie Stanton
last week.
Melons are gone now conns
oppossum and potatoes.
The ice cream supper at Mr and
Mrs R. D. McNasrs Friday night
was very much enjoyed.
Mr Byron Powell of Colquitt
was down in our community last
week.
Mrs M. V, Vann is expecting her
cousins, the Misses Giimes to visit
her.
Mr R. D. McNair attended to
business in Colqu’tt Saturday.
Mr Smiley Donalson passed
through our vicinity this week.
We heard a young man say he
was half married last Sunday he
had hi i conscent and was just
waiting. Now girls don't all speak
at once.
Mr B. L. Meritt is speaking of
making departure soon. We won
dir if a certain young lady will be
crying.
We are glad editress your trip
was enjoyed. So mucti beautiful
senary, I know you saw, I am anxi
ous »o read some more of your
voyage.
Sunshine.
Reminiscences of
The Journey.
Perhaps our readers will be most
interested in a rehearsal of the
seenes and the emotions awaken
ed by them on the day spent in
Washington.
Since girl hood we had enter
tained the hope that sooner or latet
we might visit Washington. The
yearning became more intense
through the ten years we taugh*
school, but during the last decade
we kept the desire so deep down in
our hearts that it failed to find any
expression until our “liege lord
and master’’ sain: “We will go to
Baltimore and from there over to
Washington."
The only reason we were not
thrilled with delight was the feu
that business or sickness would de
tain or recall us before we could
visit the capital.
Early Thuisday, Aug. Ist found
the three from the Liberal house
hold and little Marie Williams, a
merchant’s daughter of Bell Fla.,
at the terminal station in Balti
more, ready to go over the electric i
trolley line to Washington. j
We bought the tickets providing t
for the steamer trip down the Po-1
tomac to Mt Vernon.
The car drew up near to the
White House. The large party
went to the entrance but an officer
in a dark blue uniform,said;“come
tomorrow. President Taft is en
tertaining the Notification Com
mittee today and the White House
is closed to visitors for the first
time in months.”
Near to the “W bite House”
which is elegant in simplicity,
stands the State, War & Navy
Building, a granite and marble
structure 565 ft by 342 ft contain
ing 500 rooms and the entire build
ing is fire proof since the records ,
and archives deposited there are
priceless and beyond restoration.
A young man or woman could
profitable spend a monthin this
building impressing upon the mind
lessons and facts of historic inte
rest.
There are two miles of well ligh
ted marble hall wny.
In these spacious halls iuceased
*n glass are the forms of soldiers
in uniforms worn from the earliest
period of U. S, history, offices
and private men calvarymen arti
lery men etc.
There are models of ships, each
in a seperate case, relicts from the
Main taken from the ship after it
had been submerged for more than
a dozen years. The gun has a de
posit of shells and moss, the type
writer and watch can only be dis
tuinguisbed by the shape, but an
old rubber over shoe and a sailors
blue sweater look as natural as if
they had been laid aside the day
before.
On the third floor is the State
Library containing its 50.000 vol
umes, many of them valuable and
also priceless heirlooms, viz. the
Declaration of Independence incas
ed in an airtight glass case which
is inclored in a great iron safe,
Thomas Jefferson’s desk, the ink
stand and quill used in writing and
signing the Declaration.
Incased under glass in this a
partroent is also a gold headed
cane given to George Washington
by Benjamin Franklin.
There are many medals which
have been awarded to the U. S. and
the presidents have had them put
under glass for preservation and
display.
In the Secretary of the State’s
specious room has been bung many
valuable paintings.
We went from this building to
the Capitol, distinguished for its
commanding siieutiion, ita
proportions and for the exterior
|and interior decorations which
beautify it.
Reaching there at 12:40 wo sent
our card to Senator Hoke Smith,
whom we heard was on that day
appointed to make a speech befire
the appropriation committee, and
we feared he would be too busy to
see us. We eagerly awaited his
reply: and was very much pleas'd
when the “Capitol’’ policeman or
detective invited us to the recep
tion ball, where after a little time
Senator Smith met and extended
to us a genuine “Georgia” welcome.
It would please Georgians to see
huw Senator Smith is esteemed by
his colleagues.
Here is another reference to
Senator Roke Smith which will be
of interest to Miller countains who
have always put our county in the
Smith column.
When ready to leave the State,
War and Navy Building for the
Capitol our little party approach
ed a dignified stranger about to en
ter the building, and the editress
said, Pardon me, but would you
tell us where we could catch a
street car that would take us to the
capitol ?
After directing us to the car the
gentleman said, “yon are strangers
I presume you are going to call
on your congressman ’ “No we re
plied our congressman was called
I home Saturday on account of ill-
I ness in his family, but we may call
1 on our senator.”
“Who is your senator?” was
asked.
“Hoke Smith.”we replied!
“He is the biggest and brainiest
man in the senate. I live in the
North; but I would get up at mid
night to vote for Hoke Smith for
auy thing, from president on
down.”
Mr Toole said: I have voted for
him every time he has been a can
didate: and my county has always
given him a majority.”
One c 'clock found us in the Sen
ate Chamber and promptly at that
hour Vice President Sherman call
ed the body to order.
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