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WORLD’S GREATEST
AUTOMOBILE RACE
Savannah, Georgia.
N O V E M B E'R 2 6 , 19 0 8.
400 Mile International Contest
United States
vs
France, Italy, Germany.
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The Grand Prize Race of the Automobile* Club of
America, with the co-operation of the City , of Sav
annah.
The Savannah race will correspond to jtlie Grand
Prix Race of France. ' '‘$1
The race will comprise 16 laps or 400. miles.
'fiie course will be patroled by State troops, and
special police.
The fastest machines of America and Europe "will
compete.
The most reckless and daring drivers ofthe]United
States and Europe will handle the racers.§££££&'*}<>* '
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The prizes will be a $5,000 gold cup, and the] win
ning drivers will receive $8,000 in cash prizes.
It will he the greatest race ever held in ^America
or Europe.
Drivers of international fame’have pronounced the
Savannah course the safest and|fastest in the world.
BREACH OF PROMISE.
HUMBLED THE PRINCESS.
LIGHT CAR RACE NOV. 35, 1908.
EXCURSION RATES
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
FROM ALL POINTS.
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Manner In Which the Law Treats It
In Different Countries.
England Is tlie best place, from the
plaintiff's point of view, for a breach
of promise action. All other coun
tries seem to regard with grave sus
picion any attempt to recover mone
tary compensation for the loss of a
prospective husband, and unless the
plaintiff has a very strong ease Indeed
it Is never worth her while to carry
her grief Into the law courts.
In France breach of promise cases
are rare, for the simple reason that
the law requires the plaintiff to prove
that she has suffered pecuniary loss.
Now, this is not an easy thing to do
on the part of the lady, especially in
a country where n girl without a dot—
that Is, n mnrrlage portion—has a poor
chance of finding n husband. Holland
nnd Austria have adopted the French
system, and the result has been about
the same. Breach of promise actions
nre rare, the Injured damsels or their
relatives usually taking the law Into
their own hands.
Practical Germany, as might bo.ex
peotod, lias perhaps the best method
for solving this problem. When a '
young couple become engaged they
have to go through a public betrothal
ceremony that ought to knock all the j
shyness out of them. In the local
town hall the pnir declare their affoe-1
lion, willingness to marry, etc., ending
by signing a collection of documents
that apparently leave no loophole for
escape. But If either party to the con- j
tract wishes to withdraw another jour
ney Is undertaken to the town hall
and another collection of documents :
signed, witnessed and scaled. Then
tlie authorities determine the question
of compensation— should It be claimed.
In this connection It may be said that
the man can nnd often does claim a
solatium for his wounded feelings.
The usual award is one-fifth of the
marriage dowry. It Is easy to under
stand when all this Is remembered
how loath the young people of Ger
many are to break their betrothal
oaths.
As the law of Italy affords little or
no protection whatever to Jilted dam
sels or swains, it is not surprising that
the stiletto should be the favorite mode
of deciding breach of promise cases.
The Italian law demnnds that the per
son suing for the breach shal produce
a written promise to marry from the
defendant; otherwise the action cannot
proceed. This difficulty Is almost In
surmountable, and the Italian judges
are seldom troubled to adjudicate be
tween one time lovers.
To bring an action for breach of
promise of umriage against a reigning
monarch Is an achievement, but It has
been done, nnd by an English lady
Miss Jenny Mlghell sued the sultan of
Johorc, and us there was a doubt
whether the dusky one was actually a
reigning monarch the case was allowed
to come Into court, but the judge quick
ly disposed of the action by ruling tt
Inadmissible for the reason referred to,
and Miss Mlghell was nonsuited.
It Is remarkable that one of the two
nctlons which have brought verdicts
for £10,000 each to the plaintiffs should
hnve hail for Its defendant the editor
of a matrimonial paper. The second
case was between a well known actress
nnd the eldest son of an earl.—London
Tlt-BIts.
Tune For Tune.
Frederick the Great made generous
presents to all musicians except flute
players. lie played the flute remark
nbly well himself. A famous flutist
once asked permission to play to the
king, hoping that Frederick would
show his appreciation of his skill by
some valuable gift. Frederick listened
attentively while he played a difficult
piece. "You play very well,” he said,
“and I will give you a proof of my
satisfaction.”
So saying he left the room. The mu
sician waited, guessing at the probable
nature of the proof. Presently the
king returned with his own flute and
played the same piece. Then he bade
his visitor -‘Good day,” saying, ‘‘I have
had the pleasure of hearing you, and It
was only fair that you should hear
me.”
Boynnd His Aid.
A womau who had a telephone In her
apartment called up the telephone com
pany nnd asked that the service bo dis
continued. The man who took her mes
sage tried to be exceedingly polite.
‘We nre sorry to lose you,” he said.
“Are you dissatisfied with nuything?”
“I am,” said the woman emphatic
ally.
“I am very sorry,” said the man.
‘‘Perhaps we can help you. What is It
you do not like?”
‘Single blessedness,” said the wom
an. “I am going to he married tomor
row.”
“Ah,” said the polite clerk, “you are
pnst our aid. Goodby.”—New Y ,Ai Sun.
Fall of
tha
Dusky Beauty From
South Sea Islands.
One night John Sharp Williams,
while a student at Heidelberg, Ger
many. was In attendance upon a swell
function at which the guest of honor
was a dark skinned princess alleged
to had from one of the south sea Is
lands. This princess was magnificent
ly bedecked nnd bejeweled. and her
warm olive complexion, sot off by a
mass of black, kinky hair, full red
lips, snow white teeth and black,
sparkling eyes, made her the center
of the function. The mascullne-Uke
Germans Bwarmed about her like bees
around a honeysuckle vine, and even
Dutch femininity could not discount
the charm of her manner or the beauty
of her person.
John Sharp was Introduced, of
course, nnd Immediately upon obtain
ing a nenr view of the princess (?) his
southern Instincts rose to the surfaco
nnd his southern blood began to boll.
Watching bis opportunity, be managed
to get to the beauty’s elbow. Then, re
ducing his voice to a low, but perfect
ly audible key, he seut Into her star
tled oars this alarming query: -
“Look hero, nigger, where did you
come from?”
Panic stricken and with nil her self
possession scattered, tlie alleged prin
cess turned upon her interrogator as
she heard tlie familiar Intonation of
j tin> southerner and looked Into his un
relenting face. Then she stammered:
1 “Fum South Carollny, boss, but for
ile Lnwd’s sake don’t toll It.”
Whether John Sharp respected the
j pitiful plea of a southern negress in a
faraway land and permitted her to
ontlnue her bold Imposition upon the
credulous Germans the story does not
tell. But the fact remains that the
‘princess” realized that she was In the
presence of one who, from intimate
knowledge of her race, had divined
her African origin, nnd she could only
throw herself on his mercy.—Biloxi
Herald.
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Men and Method* In the Famous Old
French PrUon.
The Bastille as a prison was appar
ently better kept nnd cleaner than
either BIcetre or the Chatelet, and im
prisonment within its walls did not, It
would seem, dishonor the prisoner or
his family. A great many prisoners
were charged as mad, and under this
elustlc term the violent maniac, the
ambitious madman, the young spend
thrift. the megalomaniac, the reacher
for the philosopher's stone or the se
cret of perpetual motion — all these
tiresome persons might be and were
Included.
How, then, did these prisoners live?
In the underground cells or dungeons,
as In the cells In the towers, the prison
ers were on bread nnd water, as a rule.
In the other rooms In the main build
ing three meals were served a day, with
drinkable wine—“vln potable.” In cer
tain cases, according to the quality
nnd distinction of the prisoner, be
might supplement the meager furni
ture of Ills prison and get a provision
of books. Very favored persons were
allowed tliolr own servunt If he would
consent voluntarily to undergo con
finement. Voltaire began to write the
“Heurlade” as prisoner in the Bastille;
Abbe Morel lot of the Encyclopedia
speaks of t ho great fortress as the
cradle of his fame, but wo must re
member that It was perhaps not nd-
visablo to say much about tlie Bastille
when you were still living within Its
walls and that, ns M. Mouin has re
minded us, “the old Spartans offered
sacrifices to fear.” Prisoners, more
over, hud to sign on their release an
elaborate declaration by which they
swore never to divulge, directly or in
directly, anything they might have
learned ns prisoners concerning thu
Bastille.—Mrs. Frederic Harrison in
Nineteenth Century.
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A Knotty Problem.
“It’s no use,” said thu young man
with heavy rimmed eyeglasses. ‘ I can’t
get this political economy straight.”
“What’s the trouble?" asked the pro
fessor.
-I can’t discover whether a lot of
people go broke because we have hard
times or whether we have hard time3
because a lot of people go broke.”—
Kansas City Independent.
A Painful Dilemma.
Willie—What’s a dilemma?
Johnny—Well, it’s when you can’t sit
down because your dad licked you for
going swimming and you can’t stand
up because a crab bit your toe.—Illus
trated Bits.
A Feat For BlonUin.
“Speaking of the straight and nar
row path,” said a congressman, “re
minds me of a story about a mr/i I
knew in Chicago who stayed very lato
nt a dinner at the club. When he
came out ho started to walk in tho
middle of tho street.
“ ‘Iley, John,’ said a friend who met
him as he was making tho best of his
way along the car tracks, ‘why don’t
you walk on the sidewalks?’
“ ‘Walk on tho sidewalks?’ snorted
John. ‘Do you think I’m Blondln?’
Saturday Evening Post.
Got Tired Quick.
A farmer hired a hand from town.
The first morning the new hand went
to work he accompanied the farmer
Into tho hay field. They put on a load
and hauled It to the barn. By the time
it was unloaded It was 9 o’clock.
“Well,” said the new hand from town,
“what will wo do now?” “What will
we do now?” roared tlie farmer. “Why,
we’ll go after another load of hay!”
“In that case,” said the new hand
from town, “I will resign.”
Pat and the Lava.
An Irishman, having returned from
Italy, where he had been with his
master, was asked in the kitchen,
“Now, then, Pat, what is the lava I
hear the master talking about?"
“Only a drop of the crater,” was
Pat’s reply.
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No Advance Copies Given Out.
Gwendolen — What did Archie say
when he proposed to you? Esmeral
da—He won’t say It until next Thurs
day night, and it won’t be released be
fore 12:30 a. m.—Chicago Tribune.
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