The Miller County liberal. (Colquitt, Ga.) 1897-current, August 01, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMiller County Liberal MZ 48 Keep Your Town Alive I A town is very ranch like an in- ■ dividual. Tn be flourishing, it must have energy and t nterprise. The peo ple in a town should reinembe. that individual prosperity depends to a large extent upon the charac ter of the place in wh’ch their bus iness is located. • Every public measure should b« liberally supported bv all, espe cial'y the business mwi At the present day there is as mueh competition between towns aS there is among persons and bus •-iness enterprises. A man seeking a location will invariably select, a town that is vp to the times, and is eagerly in fa vor of every modern improvement A town in these modern times can not afford to be peopled old fogies or aut'-deluvian fossils who are , continually kicking at every enter prise. To make a flourishing town you must believe in its future and work for it, encouraging every improve ment. Help every worthy man, every enterprise, nod encourage every good man to locate in your i town. > Let every citizen who has the J Lest interests of our little city at I heart, bestir himself to activity B along this line. Eldorendo Mr. J. L Divis went up to At lanta Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. K Pridgen moved Io Moultrie last week. Mis Guy Brown spout the week end over iu Brinson with Mies Marie (1 eorge. Mrs. J. H. Blake and little son, ■Pridgen, of Atlanta, are guests of Mr. and Airs. Will-Pridgen. Miss Annie Davis is expected home Ttntday from a plepenn' visit with friends at Warm Springs Miss Marguerite Robinson, from near Bainbridge, was a pleasant visitor of Miss Valentine last week. Mr. and Mrs. Pet Hatcher are entertaining a seven-pound boy who will date his birth from July 20th. Mrs. and Miss Willi ms, from near Attapulgus, have been wel come visitors cf Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Franklin. Mr and Mrs. J. D. Parker, of Barlow, Fla., are spending a few weeks with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. \V. Franklin. Quite e crowd of our citizens are interested in the argumentnow .. in progress in Bainbridge of the , G. F. &A. Railway and are anxious about the decision of Judge Bar rell. Messrs. Elbert Franklin and - John L. Davis left last week toen iist in the U. S. service. Theyjare in the school for bakers. Mr. Leon .Williams left Monday for Valdosta to be examined for the Navy. These boys ail have loved ones ■ and. friends who hated to say k. “gmxlbye” them, yet wi feel that * .they will do as our fathers and g'and fathers did, “give their b.-st r sos our country.” s’ * “Jack.” Upon the arrival in Europe of more of our soldiers, among whom was Kermit Roosevelt, they fre quently shouted wi.h enthusiasm, “Are we down-hearted? No!”| They are in high spirits. WATCH COLQUITT GROW THE LEADING CITY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. Pioneer Citizen Dies | Tuesday morning about 4 o’clock | Mr. A. G. Hixon passed away at bis home near White’s Bridge Church, in the southern portion of this county. We failed to learn the cause of Mr Hixon’s deaths For several years he lias been one of the fore most of Miller’s progressive citi zens. He was known far and wide foi his hospitality. \V< dare say ihat no man, woman or child ever left his home, at the crossing of the Colquitt and Baiiibridte and the Cedar Springs and Newton public roads, without wishing that ‘ they could stay longer. ■ Besides bis wife lie is survived by one sou, Mr. Oliver Hixon, who balds a lucrative position with the G., F. A A. Railw’ay Company. El is remans were interred in the Pilgrim’s Rest Cemetery today in the presence of a large number of i sympathizing friends. He was a considerate husband, an indulgent father, a true friend, and a kind neighbor. We extend to Ins wife and sen cur heartfelt sympathy' May He, who notes the sparrow’s, soothe their wotind«d hearts. Indolence Indolence is (he sleep of the mind. What is often called indo lence is, in fact, the unconscious consciousness of incapability. 'That men want is not talent; it is purpose; in other words, not the powi r to achieve, but the will to labor. The da.kest hour in the history of any' young man is when ho sits down to study how to get money without honestly earning it. Laziness grows on people; it be gins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to go the more he is able to accomplish. Indolence is the dryrot of even a good mind and a good character : the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what might, be a happy and useful life. Os all our faults, that which we most readily admit is indolence. We persu de ourselves that it cherishes ail the peaceful virtues and that without destroying the others it merely suspends their functions. In 'olence is a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroy, ed, though the appetite may sur vive.— Selected. Bill’s Nativity A traveler recently chanced upon I a resident cf a sleepy hamlet w. . Alabama. *“• “Are you t. native of Ibis town?” asked the trav- ler. Am I what?” languidly asked the one addressed. “Are you a native of this town?” “What’s that?” Just at this juncture there ap i peered at the open door of the| cabin the man’s wife. At't-r f careful survey of the questioner she said: “Ain’t you got no sense, Bill? He means was yo livin’ heah when yo’ was bornd or waa hornd before ;yo’ begun livin’ beab. Now an swer him. PULL FOR COLQUITT OR PULL OUT. COLQUITT, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Ist. 1917 ; He Stirred Up Something i , A long, lean, lank man a stere in a nearby town recently and ' quietly slid into nt.e of the vacant chairs, conveniently scattered over ': store near the The clerk pulled himself to gethor from a half-dose, apprnched the man an I asked if he wished Io purchase anything. “Oh, no,” said the man, “1 just dropped for a few minutes.” Abou* half an hour passed, when the manager of Ihe store approach ed the man and asked what could Le done for bin:. “Why, nothing Hint 1 know of,” said .the man, ‘ You see I have nervous prostration and the doctor said that I seek a very quiet place, and seeing that you do not adver tise I decided your store would he about the quit test place 1 could locate. Suddenly there was an uproar in the store, and it was anything hut iouiet there fur the next few miri utea. The little man was stood on his bend out on the sidewalk. Anyway, the store had a big dis play ad in the home paper the fol lowing wi ei:. Local Notes (lotton picking will soon he the order in this neck < r tile woods. Mr. J. V\ Bailee and family re turned Tuesday from Panacea Springs. Judge E. A, Eoiiston was in town Tuesday, shaking hands with friends. Mr. Walter Cooper returned Monday from Bainliriilge, where he went to attend the burial of Mrs. John Cooper. Messrs. A. J. M-Ocrtnick, Alex Stevens and J. A. ;■>,evens, promi nent citizens of the southwest por tion of the county, were in town ; Tuesday. Mr. B. Cosby Bird luiti, been commissioned Ist Lieutenant in the medical section of officers' re serve corps of the United Stabs Army. At the Baptist church there has been a two week’s grana revival in progress at which, up to the time we go to press, 37 members have joined, About 21 of these are cindidates for bapUsm. It is more Sattis factory to be a prominent and respicttd citizen of a small village than to he an in significant stranger, jostled and ignored, by the hurrying mass of humanity in a metropolis It is better to be a hog on a farm than a caged lion in a monngeri’e Maybe some neighbor con’d make good use of an implement you have stored awjiy in a shed. It is a neighborly as well as a pa triotic duty to lend it to him. I Then, foo, he mt y in turn be able | to lend you something you need. Mr. Carey Brown and family, from Pine Bluff, Ark., accompa nied by Mias thia Brown, of £l - Ark., arrived in our city Tuesday. Mr. Brown came all I the way from Pine Bluff in his I car without happening 'to detain him. He and his family and bis niece are receiving a cor dial welcome from his many rela tives and friends in this, bis na time state, •*>» It seems hard to think Kerensky atone should shoulder destiny of Russia, rV. Down in Diffee ’ • Mcsquitoes they are swarming, Down in Diffee; ' i Ttieir bite is most alarming, I , Down in Diffee. They sing solos o’er your head, Almost yank you from your bed, Till you think you'll soon be dead Down in Diffee. , The bedbugs hold conventions Down in Diffee; With blood-suckiqg intentions, Down in Diffee. 1 hoy'll go for you each night- Wit h or witbout a light, And put repost to llighl; Down in Differ. • The froggies give you concerts, Downin Ihtl'ee; And they’ve become real expert*, Down in Diffee Some play I he baritone, While others the slide trombone, They make the mud-holes foam Down in Differ. There are other things as well, . Down in Diffee; And some of those are swell, Down in Diffee, But let’s now call a halt - Thosi things I’ll net exalt For it s time to use some salt, Down in DiiTtgr --Bill. Fair Warning Tiro editr-ss is anxious to have every amount paid the Miller Coun ty Liberal properly credited* She has had much trouble on account of fees due the Liberal having been collected by* parties not authorized. All parties are hereby notified not to pay any amounts due the Miller County Liberal to any one except the editn ss, Zula B. Took', or to one or the other of her three children, viz: Ona Zula, Willie, or Joseph Toole, The editress can usually be found at the printing office or a! her home which ie near the public square, and will gladly give the proper credits and receipts for amounts paid to the paper. Zula 3. T ole bus. Mgr A Prop’r. July. 1, 1917. bwine-Feline Tenderness An amusing thing takes place almost “v -rv afternco i in Unit 4 l’b Liberal office. It seems that by appointment a little red shoot and a cat meet and fondle and aa ress-eacn other until they both be come so infatuated that piugy roots him out a cool trench and j flops into it while kitty caresses| his fat jowls and seems happy. j Notice All parties indebted to the un dersigned are requested to settle, their accounts or call at my 'office and make satisfactory arrangement to settle same, as I shall leave s >on for army service. 8-1 ts B. Cosby Bird. r Twelve really live men are worth ] more to a town than a round thous-i and of such useless material that ; lays around like rubbish in u rush- • iug stream that is aching and! foaming to run mills and factories. G., F. & A. Ry. May Be Sold Bainbridge, July 29. A newd®- velopmont in the pending strike of the Georgia, Florida and Alabama Radw’ay train neo was added today || in the rumor which is in circula- ! tion here to the di et Ihat the road will be sold to the Soabo rd Air Line in case the strike mate rializes Fuel) a dial would link the local lino to the Seaboard at Richland and enable the latter to operate through trains from Columbus to Jacksonvilo, as the Senboard hrs abeady a line from Columbus to Richland nnd another from Talla hassee to hicksonville. The G, F. A A. wr uld thus he converted from a short line into a !branch of a main line and this sec 1 tiou would thereby be given much better train service. While other points in tnis sec tion would be lien< tilted t>y the change, Bainbridge would un doubtedly suffer the loss of both the railroad shops und general offi ces located here, Those turn loose over a quarter million dollars an , i.ually, mid naturally, Bainbridge I would regret to see the sale ef fected. It has bi'iui bipossible to obtain a ciiidiriualion of the proposed sale ns their board has no office and the president of the G., F. A A. lives in Atlanta. Medicine or Food You have always bought the bulky stock food and given to your stock ns a, medicine. Why not buy only the medicine and furnish ; your owu food? The medicine will be much more curtain. In fact, B. A. Thomas Stock Remedy is so certain to give the right, re sults that we sell it on the money back plan. If it doesnt straighten up your horse, cow or sleep, wo give your money back. J. S. Bush, Growing Hogs For a Hog to be profitable in must be kept growing from blllh to marketing age. He cannot be profitable unless lie is healthy. He can alway be in a profitp-roducing condition if be is fed B. A. 'Thom ae’ Hog Powder. We positively tell you that this remedy prevent.- cholera, removes worms and on es thumps, If the powder does riot make g' nd, we will. J. S. Busti. Notice The Colquitt National Bank, located at Colquitt, in the State of Georgia, is closing up its affairs. All note holders mid others, cred I itors of sai i Association, are here-i by notified to present the notes I land other claims against the Asso- Iciation for payment H. L. Harrell, July 21,1917 Cashier. 7 24 91 Notice If I owe any man er any firm 1 want to settle the amount and i want all who are indebted to me to call and settle theia accounts or give me their notes. Unless settlement is made or i notes are given some accouuts J I hold will have to be suel to keej i lhenf from going out of date. Respt, Joe Toole Don’t Be Pesimistic i j Don’t be pesimistic so far as your town is concerned. Cant you see that if you go i about with a long face bewailing . the miserable fate of your home town, it only lie! s to pullitdown? ■ Don’t say that the town is dead, that its citizens are back numbers, that the population is steadily de decreasing and a hundred other evils that probably exist only in vo ir own liiind. If you cant’t say 1 nnvthing good, then keep still. Don’t let other people know that yen haven t the energy to move away from such a miserable hole ns you claim yon are living in. H you are n property owner don I tell the whole world that your property is worth just half as mueh as it was a year ago. It is vary possible that, they may bi lieve you nod some day you may want to sell that property and you will only be able to get just half ■ its worth. So you see, that when you talk ■ against your home town it only hurts your interests. Your town has as good a chance uh many other towns, of becoming an enterprising cify. Ail it needs is a few good boosters. S'i put your shoulder to the wheel mid boost and the result will astonish you and ropav vim over,again for your efforts. Try it—Mr. ,Pe*si mist ! I’ho interests of a town or city and the community arj identical. That which benefits one is certain to t'lvor tln> other. Often there is mi unreasonable nntagoi ism in the farming i ommu+iity’ against their own town. Foituuateiy in this community all our best and rooit progressive farmers have a kindly > interest in our town and are in musi..Btic in wishing it success. Tins emoiiry W'Hits men who m have courage without whis "l"!? i t it. and joy without ehout ng I'or it. M< n who enn tell the truth, mid look tin world and the d'Vil right the eye. Die second call under the army draft lull will be coming just as anon ns lh > boys .viio are accepted under tun first cull have then is'iiiu ii for .-ei vic ' nnd transported I" the front. Albany Herald. tow iTOimiy x Id' s ' luHbil JWL P<p®sl I » esh <$ i CHILL rJi FEVER IFOR CHILLS AND FEVER DUMB AGUE BILIOUS FEVER INTERMITTENT fever and ALL MALARIAL DISEASES , AND LA GMIPPE. DIRECTIONS TWO TEASPOOHFULS IN . WA TER EVERY THREE HOURS UNTIL IT ACTS WELL. THEN L THREE TIMES A DAY CHILDRBN IN PROPORTION TO AOS FRKC22 25 CKNTS M*NU’*C’uPlPs II JACKSONVILLE. FLA. 11 ’J Buy it at druggists and General stores or postpaid rozxY