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CLEAN SWEEP!
ALL GOODS MUST GO!
We are not going out of business but we must make room in twenty or.
thirty days for our spring stock. Now if' you want goods cheap come to
J.F. WELCH’S
These Goods MUST BE SOLD at a BIG REDUCTION.
We have a big line of Dress Goods. These goods
must be sold. We will give 15 per cent discount on
these goods.
We have a nice line of Notions that we will give
a good discount on.
We wayt to call your attention to our Clothing
department. 20 per cent discount on all Clothing.
A line of odd coats and vests that must be sold.
These coats are good values but we have no pants
to match. Pricss $ 1.50 to $4.
A good line of odd pants that must be sold at
about half price.
Now to the Shoe department. We have a big
line of shoes; most of them we bought before the ad
vance; they must be sold to make room for spirng
stock. Come and see them.
We have a few Ladies and Misses Jackets left.
The must go at about half price.
Let us call your attention to the Skirt department;
these skirts must be sold at some price.
We have some mens and ladies’ underwear left
that must go at a big reduction. Come and see.
This entire stoce MUST be reduced one half in
the next thirty- days.
WELCH’S
WELCH’S
WELCH’S
Wise and Otherwise.
Sweet pleasures often leaves a
bitter taste.
Nothing hurts a conceited man
like being ignored.
A man’s good judgment usual
ly shows up the day after.
Some men make a specialty of
posing as horrible examples.
When members of a family
quarrel a lot of truth leaks out.
Most people would fall short if
measured by the golden rule.
With too many people charity
is more of a fad than a virtue.
Sow good deeds to-day if you
would reap happiness to-morrow
He who envies the happiness
of others will never be happy.
Hope is the material used in
the constructions of air castles.
The fickleness of some people
is what makes them interesting
Remember that drinking to a
man’s health will not prolong
life.
Men who are honest for policy
will be dishonest for the same
thing.
There’s always room at the top,
but few of us care for an attic
room.
After a man gets caught in the
act he is willing to pose as a
reformer.
It’s a padded cell for any man
who thinks he can please all his
relations.
Do as you would be done by
when you discover anyone trying
to do you,
It’s difficult to account for the
bright sayings of some children
after hearing their parents talk.
Most people are willing to tell
*Jie truth if it is of a disagree-
r1 denature and hits somebody
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THE INVENTOR OF CHESS.
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jis going to tackle the
^orrow that age finish-
His Price Seemed Modest, but It Could
Not Be Paid.
An Arabian author, A1 Sephadi,
relates the following curious anec
dote:
A mathematician named Sessa,
the son of Dahaf, the subject of an
Indian prince, having invented the
game of chess, his sovereign was
highly pleased with the invention
and, wishing to confer on him some
reward worthy of his magnificence,
desired him to ask whatever he
thought proper, assuring him that
it would be granted. The mathe
matician, however, only asked for a
grain of wheat for the first square
of the chessboard, two for the sec
ond, four for the third, and so on
to the last, or sixty-fourth. The
prince at first was almost incensed
at this demand, conceiving that it
was ill suited to his liberality. By
the advice of his courtiers, however,
he ordered his vizier to comply with
Sessa’s request, but the minister
was much astonished when, having
caused the quantity of wheat neces
sary to fulfill the prince’s order to
be calculated, he found that nil the
grain in the royal granaries, and
even all that in those of his subjects
and in all Asia, would not be suffi
cient.
He therefore informed the prince,
who sent for the mathematician and
candidly acknowledged that he was
not rich enough to be able to comply
with his demand, the ingenuity of
which astonished him still more
than the game lie had invented.
It will be found by calculation
that the sixty-fourth term of the
double progression, beginning with
unity, is 9,‘123,.'172,036,854,775,808,
and the sum of ali the terms of this
double progression, beginning with
unity, may bo obtained by doubling
the last term and subtracting the
first from the sum. The number
therefore of the grains of wheat re
quired to satisfv Sessa’s demand
will be 18,446,744,073,709,551,615.
Row, if a pint ^contains 9,216
grains of wheat, a gallon will con
tain 73,728, and a bushel (eight gal
lons) will contain 5S9,784. Divid
ing the number of grains by this
quantity, we got 31,274,997,412,295
for the number of bushels necessary
to discharge the promise of the In
dian prince. And if we suppose
that one acre of land is capable of
producing in one year thirty bushels
of wheat it would require 1,042,499,-
913,743 acres, which is more than
eight times the entire surface of the
globe, _for the diameter of the earth
being taken at 7,930 miles, its whole
surface, including land and water,
will amount to very little more than
120,437,889,177 square apres.
If the price of a bushel of wheat
be estimated at $1 the value of the
above quantity probably exceeds
that of all the riches on the earth.—
Follies of Science.
John Boyle’* Battle Run.
John A. Boyle, a Massachusetts
man, took part in the civil war and
liked to toll about his experiences.
At u meeting one evening he told
about the experience he had at the
battle of Bull Bun us follows:
“I suw the men drop their guns
and run, so I dropped mine and ran,
too, but I was chased by one of the
enemy, who had his gun in his hand.
I ran the fellow a good race for two
miles, and then I stumbled_und fell
and was expecting him to come up
and shoot me. Ho didn’t come, so
I looked around to see where ho
was, and to my surprise Raw him
sprawled out on the ground about
two yards from me. I got up and
looked at him and saw that he had
died from apoplexy.” *
Boyle’s hearers asked what he did
next, and he replied, “I wept for the
man that I had run to death.”
Several years ago Judge Wait,
then a young lawyer in Boston, hav
ing an account to collect, wrote to
the delinquent asking for payment
and signing himself, “William C.
Wait.” The man to whom he wrote
answered promptly with a witty
note, saying ho would bo much
obliged if the lawyer would change
his name to “Will U. Wait.” Mr.
Wait, ignoring the facetiousness of
the “letter, wrote quite sharply, de
manding an immediate payment of
the bill, whereupon he received a
short note in reply, saying that,
after all, the delinquent thought
the lawyer’s name should bo simply
“Will Wait.”—Boston Herald.
Their First Quarrel.
She—Strange how married peo
ple can quarrel, isn’t it, dear? Here
we’ve been married two whole weeks,
and not an unkind word has passed
between us.
He—We shall never quarrel, dar
ling, until you begin it. I never
shall.
She—That’s just like a man. I
know you’ll be the first to quarrel.
He—Now don’t be unreasonable,
dear. You-—
She—You never used to think
me unreasonable. Why didn’t you
find that out before you married
me ? Etc. Tears and door slam.
“Mamma wants two pounds of
butter exactly like what you sent
her Mast. If it nin’t exactly like
what she got before she won’t take
it,” said a young boy to the proprie
tor in an East Germantown store
recently. The grocer, his face
wreathed in smiles, turned to a
number of customers who stood by
and remarked blandly: “Now, some
people in my business don’t like to
come in contact with particular cus
tomers, but I sincerely say I do. I
take great delight in serving them
and try my best to secure for them
what they desire. Just wait anoth
er minute, my little man, and I will
fill your order with pleasure.” The
little bov, being thus encouraged to
speak, admonished the busy grocer
to “be sure and get the same kind
of butter, because a lot of pop’s re
lations arc visiting our house and
mamma doesn’t want ’em to come
again.”—Philadelphia Bocord.
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A Plea For Pork.
Pork, including ham and bacon,
is cosily our second most valuable
meat food and has laid the literal
foundation of our western civiliza
tion. What would an army, an ex
ploring party, a railroad gang, a
lumber camp or a harvest field bo ,
without bacon ? Most of the re
stricted “hygienic” diets on which
our patients put themselves are
chiefly notable for tho fact that
they arc deficient in proper food
value, and whoever lives on them
will be dyspeptic just as long ns ho
does so.—McClure’s Magazine.
T. I_j. Varner
DEALER IN
FERTILIZER
Cotton Seed Heal
and Hulls.
Cotton Buyer.
Also Handle Buggies.
HIRAM, GA.
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Southern Time Table.
Taking effect Jan. 10, 1905.
GOING NORTH.
No 7—Due at Dallas 9:05 a. m.
No. 15—Due at Dallas 5:51 p. m.
GOING SOUTH.
No. 8—Due at Dallas 10:45 a. m.
No. 10—Due at Dallas 6:45 p. m.
W. A. FOSTER, Agent
Where you find Shield Brand Shoes
it is a safe place to trade, because
they are sold by reliable merchants
everywhere. Be sure to ask for
Kiser's King $3.50 Shoe jf
for men, and you will get your
money’s worth. Made in 37
styles and all the popular
“Leathers, Patent Colt, Vici,
Gun Metal, Box Calf, etc.
M. C. Kiser Company
Manufacturer!
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