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CHURCHVELL’S
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"We 1ST eed ,h * Alon ev Sale
In order to raise a certain amount of money fcv Dec
cember 1st. We are going to give some of the
biggest bargains ever offered in
Dry, Goods, Clothing,
Shoes, Notions, Tin and Enamelled
Ware, Matting, Rugs etc.J
If you want to save money don't fail to come
to this sale. \
See Big Price List.
A. F. CflURCHWELL & Co.
133 Broad St. Thomasville, Ga,
Money Savers to Mankind.
Cotton Warehouse
Williams & Mitchell, Pr ps.,
DEALERS IN
Horses,Mules, Cattle, Cotton :!.
We buy all kinds of U i f i I * i)) J ill))/ the
highest market price aflall times. When you havehome-
thing to se'i see us.
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That many homes are whited sepulchres I
* Beautiful to lock upon from the outside, but a
§ inwardly full of c.ead men’s Furnishings, old stuff, *
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° won’t heat. Machines that won’t sew. China ihat |
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Time Table Effective Sept. IIth
Trains Arrive
Quicken and [Best Line to Macon 4
^ Thomasville
Atlanta, St. Louis aud all points West. 4
Finest equipments iu the South, Coaches §
a 12:10 p. m. 7:35 p. m
electric lighted, with fans in summer §
and steam heat in winter, making travel f
comfortable and easy, •
* Trains Leave
Tickets ou sale to all points in the f
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THEODORA
, [OrlKlnal.l
In mediaeval times, when Homans,
Dormans, Franks and Spaniards were
successively pouring over Europe, there
was a king, De3irlus, who inherited an
Impoverished kingdom from his ances
tors. Deslrius wns a good and wise
man; but, being unable to right at
once wrong* that had been perpetrated
by his father and grandfather, his
people considered him n very bad man.
Soon after Deslrius came to the
throne a son and heir was born to lilm.
Had the kingdom been prosperous
there would huve l>een great rejoic
ings. As It was there were grumblings
of discontent. “Another of this ac
cursed race," they said, “to bring more
burdens upon us.” This was absurd,
for If the king and his heir both died
the government would pass into the
hands of Theobald, who was worse
than any ruler they had ever had.
The queen could not nurse her babe,
and It was necessary to provide a wet
nurse for him. The, king fancied that
his child might draw good or evil with
her milk and wished that his nurse
should be an excellent woman. The
kingdom wns searched, and a young
woman, Theodora, wns found whom
every one snid was ns pure as a dia
mond. Her husband had been a sol
dier and fnllen in the king’s service,
her own child being born after the fa
ther’s death.
At last and very suddenly the vol
cano that had been muttering burst
forth. Theodora was In the royal nurs
ery with I’rlnce John and her own
son Otto, who were the same age.
when she heard n distant clamor like
a hurricane sweeping over a forest.
Nearer and nearer it came, growing In
intensity, and she began to distin
guish the howling of men, the rattling
of arms and the shriller voices of
women. Then she heard terrific sounds
as of some heavy weight striking on
wood nhd at last the giving way of a
portal. Shonts of triumph followed,
ond Theodora knew a mob bad entered
one of the wings of the palace.
Then the prime minister opened
the door nnd looked in with n face
white as ashes. There sat Theodora
between the royal, gilded, lace covered
cradle of the prince nnd the wooden
one of Iter own son, calmly waiting,
“Tlie king luw escaped,” said Der
Bird, speaking hastily, “hot imd tw
time to provide for tbe rtfinpvnl of the
prince. His majesty sert mo to beg
you to resort to some device at which
your sex nro adepts to save the heir
to the throue. You cannot take him
nwoy, for every exit Is in possession
of the.jnob. They will be here anon.
Hark! They comet”
Without waiting for a reply be rush
ed from the room, and the nurse could
hear him running in tlm corridor. Go
ing to the prince's cradle, she took him
up and laid him beside her son. The
prince was a brunette, his ancestry
having been Frank, while the other
was fair, after his north German par
outage. Theodora took np her little
Otto, hugged him convulsively to her
breast and laid him In the prince’s
cradle. From one end of the corridor
came n clatter of footsteps, the clank
of weapons and a^emmor of voices.
Doors were thrown open as if in
search, and presently a man 'armed
with a scythe stepped Into tbe nursery.
At the same moment somo one raised
the cry;
“The king’s bodyguard! They are
comlngl”
The man with the scythe, seeing the
roynl cradle, cried;
“The prince Is here! Come, let us
finish tlio Job.”
At the same moment a door at the
opposite end. of the corridor fruin
which the mob lmd eutcred was
thrown open, the quick tread of mailed
feet was hoard coming nlong the pas
sage, and the captain of the guard.
rwortl in hand, entered Vtlio chamber.
Hi swung the gigantic blude, nnd the
man who had called to the mob fell,
cut half in twain. In rushed a dozen
soldiers. Their leader took the infant
from the royal cradle. Ills men form
ed n barrier about him, uud they ear
ned the child nwny.
The revolution,had culminated. More
troops arrived, nnd within a few hours
all was quiet. But when the babe was
brought to the king nnd instead of Lis
dark eyed, son he saw u blue eyed
child he was in consternation. Then i:i
another moment came a messenger I
from Theodora, begging that the king
would come to the nursery, since It
would not be safe for her to come t<
him. The king, eager for news of his
son. went, as suggested, and on enter
ing the room saw Theodora standing
over the royal cradle.
HOW HE PASSED
THEM
which tlfe little one had passed had
brought dire results. The child was In
convulsions juul in an hour wns dead.
The king was lu agony. Ills queen
hod been murdered by the mob,
now his sou and heir had also passed
away.
Meanwhile little Otto was being
treated as the prince. A sudden
thought struck the king. Might he not
he brought up as heir to the throne?
When quiet was restored the first
act of the king was to ennoble Theo
dora, whose son had been returned to
her, as heir to a throne. As years pass
ed the kingdom grow more prosperous*
and Theodora, who retained the charge
Of the heir apparent, was beloved by
every one in the kingdom. When the
king announced that he was about to
marry her and make her bis queen his
subjects were much pleased.
It was not known that Otto was not
the true prince until Theodora gave the
king a son of his own. Then the king
announced her heroic act and Theodora
was worshiped aa a Wring saint
JOHN TURNER WYETH.
[Original.]
“When poverty comes iu at the door,
Tom, love dies out of the window.”
“It shouldn’t, Molly.”
“But it does. If you had plenty of
money I’d love you as I did when I
mnrrlcd you. But now, slaving as I
tto”-
“It isn’t *so much that, Molly; It’s
seeing other women enjoying the splen
dor of wealth.”
“No matter what’s the cause, my
mind's made up.”
Tom Beverly made no reply,
knew that “a willful woman must
have her own way.” One day a few
months after this Interview he came
home to find her gone. She left a note
saying that she had no fault to find
with him except that his poverty made
life a burden to them both. He wrote
her that ho regretted her Inability to
take comfort with him In a homely
way; tl^at he was not a “dog In a
manger,” uud If she found an oppor
tunity to marry n fortune he would
not stand In her way.
Mrs. Beverly was an attractive wom
an and soon found just such an op
portunity as her husband had referred
to. She wrote Beverly asking If he
would stand by hls word and help her
get a divorce. Beverly, who had vain
ly hoped hls course would bring her
back to him, was much disappointed,
but be kept hls promise and signed u
paper confessing to a number of sins,
any one of which would turn any wife
against him. Mrs. Beverly got her di
vorce and became Mrs. Willard. She
had married Beverly for love; Willard
she married for money.
The first time Beverly saw hls for
mer wife after their separation he wns
trudging along on foot from business.
She was riding with her second hus
band in a glittering equipage with
both coachman nnd footman. The
sight gave the deserted man a shock.
His philosophy was all gone out of
him. Still be was too generous to
grudge the couple their wealth. But
he was human enough to wish to sur
pass them la their own luxuries, lie
then ami tlwre made a resolve that he
would one day drive by the couple In a
more resplendent carriage and boras
than they pusHcssed.
Beverly urt® still a young man Ids
bod boon krytng tbe foundation for bis
bushiew*. drawing a niggardly sum for
living expenses, ofteu making nothing,
and when he made anything above ex
penses leaving it in tils business for
capital; ( It was this that had tired
out hls wife. The first year nftfcr she
left him he made a fine unexpected
profit. This put him an his feet, and,
following his resolves, be expanded his
business and made money rapidly. In
five years he was a rich man, nnd In
five years mare be wns more than a
millionaire.
Meanwhile Willard, who wns n dar
ing speculator, was getting on the
wrong side of the cotton market, nnd
bis fortune was melting away. Bev
erly had been too poor to move In the
same set with him nnd hls wife and
consequently had not kept track of
them. By the time Beverly had accu
mulated sufficient means to live os
they did Willard had lost everything
nnd retired with his wife to a dingy
cottage in the suburbs. Consequently
Beverly did not even hear of their al
tered circumstances.
One day Beverly was trying a new
pair of horses he had purchased. They
wore high steppers, their harness was
gold mounted, and on the rear seat of
the sparkling drag behind them sat
two liveried lackeys with folded arms.
Beverly came upon the last carriage of
n funeral procession. He was obliged
to check hls restive horses for awhile;
but, coming to n point where the road
widened, he pushed on beside the
train. Passing the mourners’ carriage,
a woman In widow’s weeds sat look
ing out of y tl:e* half drawn curtain.
erly glanced aside and In the mel
ancholy face saw for only a moment
the features of Ills former wife.
For ten years he had struggled to be
able to pass her and the man who had
supplanted him with n finer equipage
than theirs. Alas for Uymnn triumph*
When they come they wither. The
woman he had desired to excel was
rli-lug In a common cab, her husband
In a hearse.
I lever ly drove on to the city, where
he learned r.ll the late happenings to
his rival ond the woman who could not
wait for fortune to cotno by slow
process, If Indeed It would over come.
When the widow returned to her shab
by home she found a note there ad
dressed in n well known hand.
She opened It, and out fluttered
check. It was for a thousand dollars
and was signed “Thomas Beverly.”
The note read: *
For ten years I have struggled to porv-
bc-hs the meuns to outdo you anil the man
who took my place. Thin was to l»c my
revenge. Death nnd misfortune have de
prived me of it. I wish fer no revenue,
but If you nan find it In your heart to use
the check J inclose you will give me com*
HIS TRAINING
ONLY AN ELEVATOR
BOY
[Copyright. ISM, by T. C. McClure.] | [Ollll
"Wlmt yon need." said the younger When tte g^BtokWlean
Miss Rod own to the big young nur ml
who lounged on the rail, “is a thor
ough course of sprouts. You can’t ex
pect to win Nau’s heart with five
pound boxes of candy and expensive
flowers alone.”
"I Imagine I.am a trifle—er— raw In
these things,” salp Hicks, smiling at
the earnest face before them.
It was an attractive face, full of
pretty dimples and prone to flash upon
you some surprising expression you
lmd never dreamed could be so en
trancing.
“I am a rather faint hearted court
ier, I’ll admit,” he added, with an
easy laugh
“You are, that’s true,” said Miss
Rodman.
“My dear Miss Rodman,” said he,
“I am not Nan’s keeper. What right
had I to say whether she should go
or stay?”
"Act as If you had the right any
way,” she advised.
Hicks laughed.
“I’m fearful of the consequences if
I did,” said he. “You see, all those
years when I dwelt at the mines with
only the society of half breeds and
greasers have done their full work.
In tbe society of such women us your
sister I’m as bashful as a schoolboy.”
"I’ll help you,” she said. “If you
were like the other men hero I’d never
offer my services, but you're so big
and good natured aud so helpless.”
“Thanks,” he said. “I need help
badly. What do you intend to do?”
“Educate you,” she said, “or educate
the fear of women out of you. I be
lieve I’m the only girl hero you’re not
afraid of. 1
“May I ask for some bint as to your
methods?” he said.
“I’ll serve as dummy and instructor
in one,” she explained. “You must de
vote two weeks to me. Begin as If you
had Just met me. Take me driving
and to the dances and all that sort of
thing. Ih short, make love to me and
finally propose. I’ll watch you care
fully aud give you points. When
you've takeu your diploma In this
course strike out for Nan.”
Hicks straightened himself on the
veranda rail.
“I’m awfully grateful to you,” he
sahl, with conviction, “It’s ifo end
kind of yon in take this interest and
trouble. When do we begin?”
“No time like the present,” iSbe
laughed. “You may go down to the
stable, get the cob aud take me for a
drive.”
“iAjok here," 8*ffl Hicks, “V 11 do m >'
very best, and I’ll try* to got my les
sons thoroughly- I’llbrihg some candy.”
“Not yet" she said. “That will come
fn the advanced lessons.”
She wntclusd him walk briskly down
the walk, ami a bewildering smile
brought out all her dimples.
*1 wouldn’t hnve gone with Wil
liams if I’d been Nan,” she said point
edly ns she went into the house to ar
ray herself for the drive.
fort.
The next day the check was return-
I, with a note:
I would gladly Rive you comfort. Tom.
and 1 um not too proud to accept your
kind offer. It is simply a crushing ccr.s-i
of my unworthinocs and your superiority.
Providence gave n:e the moans to be hap
py. but I threw happiness away
for my fault. I can only bear
a merited punishment and work my way
to self-respect.
Two years passed, during which th*
woman worked faithfully and patient
ly. Then Tom Beverly convinced her
that she could better atone for he”
fault by comfortiug him, and they
remarried. Old age with them was*
tinged with sadness at what they bad
lost; otherwise\tbey were happy.
MARY BROWN COLCLAZER.
The next two weeks were busy ones
tor Hicks. He was devotion itself to
the younger Miss Rodman. He took
her to the casino dances and sent her
endless supplies of candy and flowers.
They drove together through the sur-
rouudtng country. They poked about
the river in a punt and discovered all
sorts of jolly retreats nnd quaint little
lovers’ nooks.
The elder Mias Rod man looked on
with condescending approval. She be
gan to treat Hicks with sisterly frank
ness. Two weeks earlier this would
have made him extremely uneasy.
Now he did not care.
Hicks and his instructor were punt
ing on the river one afternoon. The
girl looked up suddenly, j
You’re coming on nil right,” she
said encouragingly. “I didn’t know
you could say such nlco things ns you
re this afternoon.”
Neither did I,” he said, with a
frankness that set them both laugh
ing.
"I think.” said she, “you’ve got
about nil you can qut of this coursa
Therefore I’ll give you your diploma,
and you’d better begin on Nan.”
“Just a little longer.” IIIckK object
ed. “I need more confidence yet."
lie looked at tbe girl quizzically, and
their eyes met—only for a moment, for
hers suddenly fell.
“If you like, then,” she said and
laughed rather artificially.
Two evenings later they sat In a
quiet corner on the casino verauda.
came on Hawkins & Co. offered
gal inducements to the young men In
their employ to enlist. Every man of
spirit—so it was considered—took *&*
vantage of thq offer. The day befotO
they marched the recruit/ were given
a lunch at the store—a dry goods
house—in the lunch room on the top]
floor. After eating and drinking and
being highly commended for their pa*
trlotlsm by a Junior member of tb*
firm they went down in the elevator*
which was run by Tony Moxon.
“Why don’t you enlist, Tony?” asked
one of the recruits, Ben Gumming**
Jeerlngly.
Crowded in the back of the elevator
was Susie Toole, a pretty cash girl, oft
whom Gummings had cast longing
eyes. He felt the effect of hls new
uniform, and as there was no Spaik*
lard present upon whom to shovr hls
pluck he must needs visit It on Tony.
“Oh, Tony’s only an elevator boy,**
oaid another of the party. “He doesn't
count”
“Oh, elevator boys aren’t old enoqgfr
to puss muster,” put In another. SIqq*
Tony was twenty-two years old and ft
grown nmn, this was intended to bft
witty.
By this time the elevator had reach*
ed the ground floor, and the soldier*
passed out Tony, who had not utteroft
a word in hls defense, looked arouoft
to see If all had left, when he eopIg$.
Susie Toole.
“Why didn’t you talk back at
Tony?” she asked.
“Talk isn’t knocks.”
“Well, why didn’t you hit at 'em! 1 *
“Oh, I didn’t want to tell ’em why f ’
don’t enlist.”
“Would you like to enlist, Tonyf*
“Yes, I would. Auythlng would bt
better than tbe drudgery of running
this elevutor all day. But I’d Ilka to
go anyway. I always had a fancy to
be a soldier.”
“Why don’t you go, then?”
“What would mother do?
starve.”
“That’s right, Tony. You’re a noble,
good nmn. You stick to your elevator
and your’mother.”
Susie passed out and was soon tttvlf
swerlng the shrill calis for “Cashn
running back nnd forth all day as me*
cbnntcally ns Tony ran his elevator.
The SpntrtsbvVineriran wur .tvas ot
short duraXtoiv, ond when it ended thf
troops came home. Th<*e from Haw*V
klqs & Co.’s store had a^l been Ip camp
In Florida and had seen no fighting a*
all.
Through the open windows came the uw>lsllJUif utK , YV i4ju wumM . XWAf
dreamy notes of a waltz. Ilieks leaned . topped this time at the fourth floor*
These young men were ip tbe fssfff
regiment, nnd oue day. it was aft*
nouucod that the command would sft>
ter the city tiie next afternoon. Slack
they would pass down the main
on which tlio llnwklua store was sltt*
ntetl, the wlmlows of that building
were full of people- Of course then
wns not the same enthusiasm ns If th*
returning troops had gone to Cuba »"<*
fought at Santiago, but It was no*
their fanlt that they didn't, and ttud|
were entitled to a warm welcome,
While the people at Hawkins’ w«N
waiting for the troops, suddenly smoKm
wns seen Issuing from the upper rear
windows, and simultaneously there
wns a cry of Are. The members of the
firm In the office looked at one nuothw
with blanched faces. Their building
was full of people, nnd it wns on fire.
There would bo a slaughter worse ...»
that before (Santiago, for the victim*
would be women nnd children. The!
staircases were narrow and steep. On
etch side pf the store were two el
tors, but who would run au elevator up
Into n burning building?
Three of the four elevator boy* flu*
sorted their posts at the first alarm.
The fourth boy wns Tony Moxon, and
he did not desert his post The bead of
the firm wns rushing about wildly on
the ground floor when he noticed
Tony’s elevator come down loaded
with people. As soon as It conld ba
emptied Tony shut the door nnd start*
ed back. The sight of bis Insignificant
elevator boy going up through the
smoke to tlio region of flames quieted
Mr. Hawkins.
It seemed half an hour before Tony
came down again nnd delivered anoth
er cargo of. women nnd children. Ry
this time tbe upper floors were tn %
whirl of flame, and the smoke on thft
lower floors was stifling. Neverthele**
Tony shut the gate and pulled the wtCft
rope.
‘You’re not going up again?" 1a*
qulrcd the head of the firm, aghast
Before the words were spoken tbft
legs of the elevator boy were Just dlft
appearing above the celling. Tony
toward the girl and took one of her
bands In bis. In the moonlight he saw
the telltale color creep Into her cheeks.
“You haven’t any Idea what your in
struction has come to mean to me,” he
buld. “But now that I have Ifcarnod
what it means I can’t live without It.
You must Instruct me through life.
I shan’t say will you marry me, but
you must marry, me, Betty.”
She started, then laughed softly.
“Oh. yes, of course, the proposal,”
she said lightly. 'T'vtf uo criticism to
make. It’s very well done. Only you
must remember at the really critical
time that my sister’s name Is Nan, not
Betty.”
“This Is the critical time,”, said be
gravely, “and you know I’m not re
hearsing. I’ve not given Nan a thought
since that first ride of ours. I've been
In earnest—terribly in earnest—all tbs
time. Don’t say you haven’t been too.”
She was silent.
“Weren’t you in earnest?” he asked
in pleading tones.
Her eyes were looking pensively far
away, but her band tightened about
bis. ^
’Did you ever suppoee I was a kin
dergarten for Nan’s suitors?" she
asked. BARRY PRESTON.
The fifth was too hot for any one tot
live, he thought, nnd all must have
come down. But, hearing n shriek
above, be went ou. At the elovator
gate lay a body. There was too much
smoke to see it distinctly, but Tony
took it In and, descended, picking op
people by th? way. When he reached
the ground floor there was no
there but Mr. Hawkins.
“I got a corpse here, Mr. Ilawkinft*
said Tony.
The two carried the limp figure out
of the elcrator. looked at the facq
beheld Susie Toole.
That was Tony’s last trip. Ho
about to get into tbe elevator f<M
another when a fireman seized him.
“You little fool, get out o’ bere.”
Tony yielded to a superior authority*
picked up Sujie Toole aud carried ‘
out on to tbe sidewalk. At that
ment there was a blare of trumpetft •
roll of drums, and tbe United St****
volunteers made their way through
opening In tbe crowd effected by '
police.
Tony eventually became a partner kg
Hawkins A Co., but long before theft
bo married Susie Thole. j
LENDA & PHILUMt j
