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tZ HUGH LEE,
lawyer >
KGTON, ji GEORGIA,
VTill Practice in State
And Federal Courts^..
fece in Shepherd Building
Next to Court House.
W. J. HIGGINS,
- DE i\roFXfci*x*,
Covington, C a.
.v ami vastly imp ove*! method of
, ne making the beat lilting
r K Arti8 ,.",l Teeth,
iiK )(,,„» n to the profession.
plate J If wanted.
wns. Bridges and ail other work up
f Office Swords’ Building.
. W. Ragsdale.
lYSiClAN & SURGEON.
j c a i| s answered promply,
day ami night.
Office Phone 101.
kleiice Phone 20o
THE WIDE-AWAKE
ressins Club.
lew process of ( leaning. Dying and
Lgt Idlin' is giving satisfaction.
Trial anJ Yon Wiil be Convinced.
L W WATSON,
ie
m Your Property,
n piv;':iwl to insure property of almost
1 deseriptii-u, Midi ns store bullding-i
Baud! (lwc.lings ami furniture, also gii
Land n i ; nety, I represent die oldest
Ironci-i ami most liberal companies in the
I, I can vvi im tornado insurance on <1 wd
L: oao quarter of one per emit, per annum
lild see rm'.
J. SHEPHERD,
Li; Kire Insurance Agent.
L A. S. HOPKINS,
DENTIST.
Ofiiee lminbers Building,
to Clark Hanking Co. Covington, Ga.
t. F. YANCEY,
DREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS
IN ALL SEASONS.
r Pfiirori.iT'* S iicited.
Next Door to Pi .m fi'ice.
J. S. LEVY.
EMEHAL - HEPAIfl - SHOP • ■ ••
H Repair Your Guns. 1 i.stols, Bicycles
Come to See Me.
Basement East Side Court House.
. M. DIAL,
gho an LY IE«.
!°ods iG.twrcl in At.y Bait i*l Town,
ur I'ntr nage Solicited, Phone ”(>
rst-Class Restaurant
MJLA HASS, Prop.
ALL KINDS OF CAKES TO SEL 4
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uis Mi'ler s Old Stand. Pin lie 2 -2-J
KINGTON DRESSING p cc.
Pressing. S Cleaning. U Etc.
AH kinds of Repair Work done.
,f k Guaranteed. I’lmtie 199
VV. H. MINTER,
SOOT AND SHOE MAKER.
' -et s;,l e Court House,
|r, os niadc in Order. Fit Guaranteed.
,e,ltra! 1; ' pair Work Guaranteed.
TAHLEY’S business college
r M ACON, GA,
[Success piness College, js yours if you attend a good
pi pittion. e will , W’dlfy you nnd secure you a
"> rite for catalogue.
W H. STANLEY, Pres.
- POLICY IN
3E EQUITABLE WILL
wkiv-'i'i"-. Yf,rR ! '" 1 ’ YOVR WIFE OWN AND OLD CHILDREN, AGE.
PROTECT |PR0T(-;ct v "> k niTSlXESS ENTERI’ltlSENS
iTROVl!)).; A MORTOAUE ON YOUR HOITSE
THE PURCHASE 1 ’kICK FOR A
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PERMIT Vur ' 1 '0 LIVE IT’ TO YOt'Ii. IN
COME.
PROVIDE A college course for yovr
sox.
prevent t forced sale of property
prevent N V NEND FOR WORR V ABOUT
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FIRM I’AUTXBilS OF A BUSINESS
prevent FAFPERISM and encouraoe
thrift.
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THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE, COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY
morning.
dry boxes valleys
PLACES WHERE DEAD BODIES
pb ~-t„ ARE
e J CLIMATE.
d“T“" “oa“y - “* A,r u -
f or i nburieii
po.e 0n *
ordi„„ r ,. JUoMr
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Aino,^ the most curious ibinga in
est continually'cS perhap * lLe
hothheLXer which
of 10 ' Un0US Par *
for iu *h»nce. the air is
Ik so
8 ^ im P° ssi Dtc for
body Uo,li m to decompose a
in the ordinary
way. 11 ere and there in the mountains
hLu™ «.«hi *? laius TJS' ° lie ma >’ JZ'Zlo discover a
»«». t0
dust than ‘
to life.
There is literally a “valley of dry
.r? a battle tI 110t was fu fought 5 froui during Va| paraiso the Raima- where
ceda troubles. Ilere “ay be seen today
. odies .. of ,
men iiiid horses scattered
among the rocks that are like nothing
so much ns Egyptian mummies, shriv
eled by the tierce sun and embalmed
the natural dry atmosphere.
This is not, strictly speaking, “a val
ley of dry hones,” but that there j S
real one in Ceylon no one who has vis¬
ited that island can doubt for a mo¬
ment. It is a peculiar fact and one
which Is borne out by the testimony of
the English planters in Ceylon that
when an elephant feels its last hour
approaching it will if permitted to do
so escape into the jungle to die. Once
the sick elephant gets away it is never
seen again. Where they go to is the
problem.
It is absolutely certain that they
must go somewhere, and therefore as
they vanish so mysteriously in the
hour of death one cannot but give
credence to the tale which Is often
brought down from the hills by the
Tamils and Cingalese.
According to these people, there is a
“valley of dry bones" near Talawakele,
which is about twenty-five miles south
of Kandy, the old capital of the is¬
land. This valley, to be correct, ij
said to be a vast underground tunnel,
with numerous hut difficult to find en¬
trances and exits. Such places are
common in Ceylon, but the particular
cave where the elephants go to die has
never been discovered, though numer¬
ous expeditions have sought for it.
In view of the fact that the de
pbants do disappear when they are
about to die it seems probable that
sonic such place does exist cn the is¬
land, for it is certain that the great
unwieldy beasts do not swim across
the gulf of Manaar. The person who
finds tills elephant sepulcher will prob¬
ably reap a fortune in ivory.
Another strange place exists as a
real “valley of dry bones” in the is¬
land of Jamaica, West Indies. Of
course there is a legend attached to it,
but here are the hard facts and an
actual description of the valley itself.
It is situated near the Cunacuna gap,
in the Maroon country, at the eastern
extremity of the island. This region is
clothed in primeval forest, and (he fact
that rain falls on an average twelve
hours a day all the year round gives
the jungle a luxuriant green vegeta¬
tion not to be found elsewhere. But
this valley, though situated right In
the heart of the “wet country,” is bare
of leaf and life.
The limestone rock is white and hot.
Giant trees that seem to have been
blighted suddenly stand up all gaunt,
white and dead. The valley is sheltered
from the wind and the first force of the
rainstorms. As a consequence this
strange ravine is silent, unmolested
and quite dry.
The weird feature is that, although
vegetation seems to have been dense
here in former years, nothing wd)
grow now. Nature has come to a eoui
plcte standstill. During the hot season
the temperature of the valley is almost
unbearable, and it is visited by seismic
disturbances that cause the dead trees
and dry hot stones to rattle like dry
bones; liouce the name the valley has
acquired. of dry
The legend of this “valley
bones" can hardly be taken without a
pinch cf salt, but let us he nothing if
not complete. Many years ago. says
the negro story teller, a woman lived
on a plantation in t uba. She was no
torious for her cruelty to r si-r.es.
She used to throw cayenne pepper in
their eyes and altorwaivl stu ■- cactus
needles into their bodies just for sport.
One night the slaves revolted and
burned the plantation house to the
ground. The woman managed to os
cape in an open boat to Jamaica,
where she sought refuge from her cue
rules in the heart of the jungle.
Here she developed a mania for col¬
lecting ail sorts and conditions ot cats.
When she had procured a multitude of
the feline tribe she amused herself by
torturing them. The legend has it that
every night the demoniacal shrieks of
the woman nml the cries of the cats
were to be heard even in the Maroon
villages. But one night a severe ear th¬
quake came is ml swallowed up tbs
cats, their tormentor and her home,
New York Herald.
Forbidden Fruit.
A request was * once once made to the au
thorities of one c-f the colleges at Cam
bridge th&t row jKlg&t 'oe found on
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the spacious lavriJ
ft,n lady i-i/Y? Gnwsing e- ; ^ deafly ■ «» J® —
nlav lawn tennis. of the
enough wlmt would he the result
admission of these students of the fair
er master sex among the undergraduate*. ^
replied that it was ordered in
the statutes of the college that the
dens must be devoted to the purposes
,a-finriculture and must not be used for
bnsbai'drv.—Spare Moments.
Order and falsehood cannot subsist
together.—< ’arlylc,
fg
i Jhe educational institutions of
the "■““>“>>’» Hnm, Mission so
| cwi 5 vvas maintained last year at
a of $19,188.11. Tlii.iuclud
' 4 ° ,,] ) r the salaries «»f the
ers ’ ft “ d necessary repairs of the
h* 1 '‘dings. The fees of the men.
«»™ amounted to $8,015.75. You
Ca “ readll Y e- how important it
»t that each number pays 1 the ex
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a \ 3 l0ve ° tlR duf do ^ ,, lar I ca . l led for over and
“ s trust every member
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I °, f 'Z om \ mc '“ t v *«• d »«•
i lfc " ill not be much from each one
| lmt wi,t aid greatly in the work
I «e are indeavorine ° to carry y on
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1 PREVENTIVE WORK.
I Moat .. . of f ladies know
our that the
Yashti D-aconess Hmne at Tho n
dsvi in, II, c. L.a , was dedicated , to God „ ,
,
Oct. 19th 1903. Tins is indeed n
girls, bjH»f.r who W are pb.„. left to drift, with
no one to look after and care for
them, here they can 8 icure a gram
mar school education, Christian
industri.-.i training which wiii lit
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lera ur us u won,ai ho0li
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promise vfRmrn • Lt - u
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The 13 rooms of the Vashti
*>». W„ , r i r fnniishml,
household necessities sup|)lied,
g> od piano has been donated, the
running expenses have been met
each month, and there is a balance
of $100 in the bank. Each gift
bus come as a fres-will offering,
showing the confidence of the com
munity in the enterptise. Two of
the seventeen girls now in the
home, came from distant stales.
Miss Annie Heath deaconess, still
has charge of the home, and she is
doing the work well, for which the
Ltrd has prepared her. Miss Aliae
Groover is her assistant.
The Week of Prayer was o iscrv
ed three afternoons. The ui et
itigs were very well attended m d
greatly enjoyed and we feel that
following the strong sermon, in
the Mission work, delivered by
our Pastor, they will give new im
petus to the work. Oar hearts
were made glad to have the young
ladies attend the meetings, and to
hear some of them say, they , n
j iyed them, We look forward
.. ii h great pleasure to the time
when our young people will he
come more interested in the vv rk
of the church.
CASTOniCA.
Bears the Tiie Kind You Have Always Baagfn
Signature ^ „ . % /-C
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Pifh and Point.
j You sire not expect'd to accept
allot your iuvituti< in,
Quit talking when it is plain
the other fellow isn't listening.
\Ve wish we could have as goo !
a time as young people think they
are having.
Our punishment used to hang on
a nail behind the kitcbei. <! 1 >«. ’.
1 Where did yomsusod l«* hang?
No matter how rich or iidlnui
nal any man I ecuues lie can 1 ev
er be ;,s independent as a hired
girl
All the old people seem t<> be
looking for the impossible—young
people with no foolishness about
them.
Occasionally a man talks of “al
wanting to do what's right, T t
ways
as if he thought he had a moticp
oly on the desire.----Atchison
Globe,
Better than Pills
The question has been asked
1 in what way are Chamberlain's
t Stomach Liver . T l „. ->• i_ t „ i i
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j or to ihe ordinary catartic and
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i- V er pills? 1 Our answer
, and , moo 1 p
! are easier
U) j. e anc } their effect is so agreea
OI)e } jar dly realizes that it
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produced , . by medicine, „ n lhen 'i. pn
j 1S a the bowels but
nnt on be''appetite ly move tho
linpiove t and aid
,
sale cents . pel
digestion’ I*or Smith at 25 and The
bo'tie by Brooks &
Covington Drug ,, Co,
THE OTHER man
ICtwyrigiit, tan. by c. b.
forw capture “? output i'"'!
a Confederate
™ doublVof‘a .-"T*' r Were th * Prisoner
j York be the privtt? iTt'w
roglmont- H
C ° nfederat * was
t
a Louislana Anient. When placed
J„ brothers. by Each was sei>med about to be ‘win
years old; each , twenty-two
was about five feet five
srjrwsrjwri color, and their
even voices were the
same except that the southerner had a
little more drawl. The pair were ns
much astonished as the officers and
surgeons who were called to look them
over.
You will not he surprised that advan¬
tage was takes] of this curious coinci¬
dent to send Thomas into the Confeder
atc lin<,s - As preparatory step he
was given a week in which to pump
j " “kehekl. The prisoner did not know
! ,;rr'Ld r ',onr.“
«ny subject. Thomas got from him bis
: fan,iIy historj ’ <PII! Plcte. then the name
of the town from which the man hall
; ed, with incidents of people and streets;
tben tbc names of his officers and com
™ des ’ " ith inci,!( “ nts ° f campaigning,
! The Federal had been an actor before
™. listin ” and ^ cultivated a wonder
fnl memory. When he bad stored up a
thousand different things in bis mind
1>0UK,!t t,!e «nlform worn by the
STSST ^ “ ** «“
One niglit Thomas was taken down
to the front and made a bolt for it.
In other words, it was made to appear
that one of the Confederate prisoners
was making a dash for liberty, and the
picket opened a sharp fire, but took
care not to aim at the running man.
On reaching the Confederate lines
Thomas was sent to the headquarters
of General M a hone. The general seem¬
ed a bit suspicious, and Thomas, play¬
ing the part of Wakefield, asked that
his captain he sent for. It was a cou
pie of horn’s before the officer arrived,
and the general at once said to him:
“Captain, this man who has come
into our lines tonight claims to be a
member of your company. Is he or is
he not':”
“He certainly is, sir,” was the prompt
reply.
“What’s Ids name?”
“John Wakefield, sir.”
That settled it.
After three or four days and under
pretense of visiting a cousin in a Vir¬
ginia regiment Thomas covered the
front and had a look at guns and forti¬
fications. When he retained to camp,
calculating to take the first opportunity
to escape, he was at once put under
arrest. It appeared that Wakefield
and some of his comrades had raided
a store of a lot of eatables, and the
proprietor laid ascertained their names
and now demanded their punishment.
When the merchant ami Thomas
were brought face to face the latter
declared that Thomas was not the man
he represented himself to be. Why he
should have made such a declaration
is a puzzle, but he seemed to he guided
by intuition. lie was ridiculed and
laughed at, but he stuck to his assertion
and even denounced Thomas to Gener¬
al Malione. As stated after the war,
the general had felt doubts of Thomas
from the first, which may again be set
down to the sense of intuition.
The name of the met chant who had
been despoiled was Saunders, and be
was of an implacable nature, lleing
put on his mettle by the sneers and
ridicule, he determined to prove his
case at all costs. As the accuser he
had the general ask hundreds of ques¬
tions. He knew tiie town and the peo¬
ple from which Thomas as Wakefield
claimed to hail and in the course of (he
day had trapped him a dozen times
over. As an offset all the officers and
privates of the company asserted that
Thomas was Wakefield and that there
wits no room to doubt. lie went at it
and related every incident of camp life
for a year past and told of things which
it seemed impossible for a stranger to
know.
Genera! Mahon * was clearly puzzled
over the case and took two days to.
think it over. At the end of that time
Thomas was escorted back to find a
soldier in Federal uniform in the gener¬
al’s tent, and there were also two civil¬
ians in waiting. It was a little surprise
for the spy. The man in Federal uni¬
form claimed to have known Thomas
as a Federal soldier under the name of
Brown, and the two civilians claimed
that he had never been a resident pf
their town. -
Thomas realized that the pinch had
come, and he braced himself to make a
fight for 1 is life. General Mahone
treated him in the fairest manner, and.
sicting as his own counsel, he went at it
and soon had the supposed Federal sol
dier all twisted up and out of the run
ning. Then he tackled the civilians, and
they proved to be as easy game. In¬
stead cf being cornered up he cornered
ids accusers, and It was so well done
that he was complimented by the gen
eral. When the case had been conclod
r( p Mahone leaned back and looked at
the prisoner for a long minute and tbeu
•aid:
"Wakefield, everything is in your fn
vor , and I am going to dismiss tb*
c i i; >rgps.”
There is no doubt that in time the ia
position would have been exposed and
flmt ^ wou](1 have ended h!s ufe on
the gallows, but one night during a tor
riblo thundwsterm, with n row going
on between the pickets at the same
tfmP< he made a bolt nn(] fortunately
readied the Fedora! lines in safety.
) M. QUAD.
Livery, Feed And Sale Stable.
J. C. WEAVER, PROP.
New Buggies and Good Horses to Hire.
Prices Reasonable.
Mules and Horses kept on Hand For Sale,
CASH OR ON TIME.
BR0Wrs 0LD stand PHONE 105.
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MILLINERY.
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r6C6i.VBCl FlllB lot TrilHIHQCl jEx3/tS
for fall and winter wear. Latest styles btyit^S in III
OililarenS, MiSSeS and Ladies Shanes whiOh VT
Will OfleT at remarkably lOW prices. Also a
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line ,. of ladies
and gents furnisliino’s
Our notion deoartment will w ill be Ud complete ^Ullipiete
Call _ and
examine our nriOP=; A * B “
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aterprise Store
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