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The Oglethorpe Echo
LEXINGTON , GA.
Over=Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
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<?L21I A Tihe kidneys are your
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impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
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their work.
Pains, aches and rheu¬
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cess acid in the
blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
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CLASSIC CITY DENTAL ROOMS
DR. C. A. RYDER, Mngr.
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Long Distance ’Phone 87.
M. J. NICHOLSON,
Practicing + Physician,
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A MASON HOUSE
LEXINCTON, CA.
MRS. EVIE A MASON, PROPIETRESS
1 1 1 I AV1NG opened the commodious house on
Church street as a hotel for both regular
jmil transient boarders 1 solicit a share of the
aatroi nage of the traveling MRS. public. AMASON.
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proved I negotiate mortgage loans without on im¬
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THE ECHO, LEXINGTON, GAg FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18.
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Copyright, IMS, by T. C. McClure
One of the distinguished features of
the little village of Par Ilills was the
deep gully that lay upon one side of it.
This gully was a never ending source
of fear to the inhabitants. Mothers of
bad children threatened them with it.
Mothers of good children warned them
against it. its sides were deep and al¬
most perpendicular. The bottom was
1 80 covervd with a <lense 6 rowth of un *
derbrush that it looked as though there
' end to its depth.
were no
Yoting I’erry Haskins, known as Pig¬
gy by his friends, was a very youthful
specimen of humanity in tbg village of
Par Hills. At times he was a bad boy;
lit other limes, few and far between,
he was exceptionally good. He was a
pusher at. any rate, and in enterprise
of all kinds he generally was the leader
of the gang. His daring knew no
bounds, and when the C. L. and P. de¬
cided to take in Par Ilills on its main
branch young Haskins was the first
lad of his crowd to cross the trestle
that had been built to span the gully.
And this he did even before it had been
completed. After that the boys called
It Piggy’s bridge. Piggy would crawl
out to the middle and with the eyes
of all Pur Hills upon him would lie
upon his stomach and gaze with inter¬
est Into the black depths of tlie gully
down below.
After it was finished young Haskins'
day was never a complete one unless
he had walked across the trestle and
then hack again. Pvon this was a
ticklish proceeding, for there was noth
Ing but the ties upon which to step,
and a misstep might prove fatal. And
then, besides, there were the trains.
One night in spring young Haskins
started upon his constitutional across
the trestle. He whistled as he wont.
But h<‘ was not the only thing that
whistled on that warm night, lie had
barely reached the middle of the bridge
when before Ids startled eyes he be¬
held the glaring headlight of a loco¬
motive. It was coming his way and
with infernal speed. He stopped and
stood as though turned to a pillar of
salt. The bridge held but one track.
There was no place to seek for safety,
for the trestle was no wider than an
ordinary train. And the train came
whirling down. It was not a hundred
yards away when Piggy Haskins did
the only thing there was left to do.
With the deftness of an agile monkey
he let himself carefully down between
the ties. Underneath him there was
naught but space and the bottom of
the gully. Over him there'was nothing
but the rushing, roaring train. The
train did not take much time in get¬
ting over; but, according to Piggy Has¬
kins’ calculation, it was a couple of
months at least. When at last lie drew
himself up tiiioii a place of safety he
felt that he had been through the ex¬
perience of his life. 1 iis limbs quiver¬
ed, and he felt obliged to crawl the
length of the trestle upon his hands
and knees, lie ran home, entered the
window of his room by way of the grape
arbor and, lighting a candle, hastily
regarded his appearance in a mirror.
Hi' was sure that his hair had turned
white during the occurrence. But it
had not. It still was a delightful shade
of red.
Years passed. Haskins grew to be
almost a man. One eventful morning
he shook hands with all his family and
friends and stepped forth from the vil¬
lage of Far Hills to make his living.
He went Into a far country and made
it. He became prosperous. It was just
ten years after he had left that he de¬
termined to return. In the meantime
lie bad not been back. Hi* parents one
spring morning received a letter from
him ^ which in its contents was "bV^ some
of
tics. It ended with this pleasing state¬
ment :
I am coming home for a short vacation.
And what do you good people think? I
shall not come alone. It is my purpose to
bring with me one of the most charming
girls tn this wide world, a young person
who tomorrow wilt become my bride. My
trip to Far Hills will be a wedding trip.
Expect us tn the evening of the Sd.
Haskins and his bride started from
the far country where they belonged
and purchased tickets for his native
place. All along the way young Has¬
kins regaled his bride with stories of
his youth. She listened with delight,
for at that early stage in the game
anything that Haskins said went
Haskins and his bride were due at
the old home somewhat early in the
evening. They would arrive at Just
about dusk. Haskins, suddenly aroused
by some of his old recollections, sug¬
gested a romantic scheme. He pro¬
posed that they should alight from the
! train at the little station shed at East
! Far Hills on this side of the gully and
should walk across the trestle. There
was but one thing that made Haskins*
young bride consent, and that was that
a lonely walk at that hour of the night
with Haskins would not be amiss. She
suggested the question of danger, ns in
. duty bound to do. but the suggestion
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can a larger or more attractive line of them be
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only made Haskins all the more deter¬
mined. And. above all, he wanted to
show his bride just where he hung on
that eventful night so very long ago.
It happened therefore that at East
Far Hills they alighted. And then,
stepping out upon the track in the wake
of the receding train, they walked
bug the trestle. In the near distance
'he lights of Far Hills gleamed. To
Fie right the moon, a large red ball of
lire, was just beginning to rise. Final¬
ly they reached the middle of the
bridge. Haskins halted.
“This,” he exclaimed, “is the very
.-not where I hung for dear life. I was
traveling In the opposite direction, and
When I reached this very spot I heard
a terrific whistling of an engine and
saw the headlight there, down toward
East Far Hills”—
He stopped suddenly, for suddenly
upon the still night air he heard the
terrific whistling of an engine, and he
saw a headlight down toward East Far
Hills. Another train was running them
down. Haskins looked wildly around
them for a place of shelter. There was
none. He knew then that there was
but one thing to do. Grasping his bride
Ju his arms he half slid, half lowered
himself and her down between the ties.
It was hard work, for he had grown
into a man, while the space between
the ties had held its own. One thing
was lucky—Haskins’ bride was small
and slight. He directed her briefly to
cling to him with both hands round his
neck. She did so. With his two hands
he clung to the ties above. They had
barely adjusted themselves when the
train was upon them. jMaskins whis¬
pered to his bride that it would soon
be over, and they would again be safe.
But Haskins had reckoned without his
host, for the train was a freighter and
was moving with the rapidity of a
snail. Besides, it had to wait till the
passenger train ahead had moved
along. Car after car bumped slowly
over the ties, and Haskins held on till
his arms, with double weight upon
them, seemed starting from the sockets.
Suddenly he breathed a sigh of relief,
for his trained ear acquainted him
with the fact that the last car was ap¬
proaching. It did approach, but it did
not reach them, for suddenly the train
began to back toward East Far Ilills
more slowly than it had proceeded.
Haskins groaned. The strain was be¬
coming unbearable. “I can’t stand it
much longer.” he muttered, gritting his
teeth. He shut his eyes and held on
tight.
And then the train stopped. Has¬
kins yelled for aid. The whistle
drowned his voice. Then the freight
began to move again, and this time It
moved forward.
“Kitty,” exclaimed Haskins wildly,
“kiss me for the last time! I—we’ve
got to drop. I can’t hold on—I can’t
do anything. Goodby until”—
And then they, dropped. They didn’t
drop very far. They dropped about a
foot or so, not more. For in the long
ten years that Haskins was away the
road had tilled up the old gully, and
they had been hanging in the dark for
nothing. Later they reached the house
of Haskins’ parents. As they stepped
into the light his bride gave a strange
start. Then she smiled. “Your gray
hair,” she whispered to Haskins, “is an
improvement on the red.”
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
i# ■VTOTIOE is hereby given to all creditors of the
estate of IV B. Coliins, late of Oglethorpe
county, deceased, to render an account of their
demands to me within the time prescribed by
law ed propeily deceased made out. And all required persons indebt¬ make
to saic are hereby to
immediate payment to the undersigned. Thie
3th day of November, 1903. JOHN' COLLINS,
J.
Admr. Estate W. B. Collins*
O TATE OK GEORGIA, OCUETliOKPE COUNTY,
ro —To Charles Jennings.—Pursuant to an
order of the Court ot Ordinary of ■said count! —
You are hereby notified that we have tiled our
application for an order for the distribution in
kind of real estate of Henry Jennings, deceased,
which Monday application January, will 1904. be heard on the first
in
WALTER E. WHITEHEAD,
CHARLES JENNINGS,
Admrs. of Henry Jennings.
Administrator’s Sale.
T> Y virtue of an order from the Court of Ordi
1) nary of Oglethorpe county will be sold on
the first bouse Tuesday doxr in in Lexington, January, 1904, between before legal the
court
sale hours, one vacant lot in the town of Lex¬
ington, Ga.,containing one acre more or less, ad¬
joining ningham iots and of lying Misses below Knox and Geo. J. Cun¬
side of public Sold street running on south
square. as the property (of
the estate of E.G. Roane, deceased, to pay claims
against siad estate and for distribution among
heirs. Terms cash. This Dec. 3, 1903.
E. T. ROANE,
Admr. Estate E. G. Roane.
Sheriff’s Sale.
f' vl EORGIA, Oglethorpe County —Will be
sold on the first Tuesday in January next at
public outcry before the c-onrt house door in said
county, within the legal sale hours, to the high¬
est bidder for cash, certain property, of which
the following is a full and complete description:
A one twelfth undivided ipterest in and to all
that tract or parcel of land lying and being in
Oglethorpe county, said state, containing three
hundred acres, more or less, adjoining lands of
the estate of .lonathau Watkiu-, lands of W. S.
Bush, A. A, Raye, R. E. Maxwell and Mrs. Cox’s
dower, the same being the northern portion of
the estate of 8. H. Cox. -ail property levied on
as the property Issued of W. H. Rains to satisfy an ex
cution from the City court of Athens,
Clarke county, in favor of otEdgwMaxwell.de E. C. Maxwell, as ad
miuistrat >r or, the estate
censed. Notice of this lew has beer, civeu to
the defendant iu fi la. This. Hec. 2d, 1903. Stiff.
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