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i'iM»R.gN1'RRPRtrti< f»IOMX*Vrt < T.B.«K r > » ' Watch-. Wait For CHURCHVELL’S Big "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. ItoitoftoatoitoKoatoitoitoKoieoftofcoKoitoitoiioitoatoitoKoitoitoitoitoito s I DID YOU EVER STOP TO CONSIDER s 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, * o good enough in its time but out of fix. Stoves that 3 ° won’t heat. Machines that won’t sew. China ihat | £ won’t match: \ | thiite:! \ o Does your interior match your exteror? If it .v o doesn't, come tel! me j-our troubles Here are •* g House Furnishings to match an exterior. 3 | C- S- d-u.iba.2^., 3 * House Fumiugs, Crockery. Broad St. Thomasville Ga g Koacr.*aKOKoatoitoKoKOKOKoKotcoKo > 'ol'oltoxoa'o*oitottc>to»'o>coXo N d; 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 f Thomasville United States. 'j f If you are contemplating a trip, ask 7 • 7-40 a. m., 4:15 p. m oar Agent tor information—we may be a f Daily. ewBBSSBaaaaoaeaoasaaaw ,bl» to save yon money and time.; I EL C. McFadden, A. E- Glover, General Passenger V-gent, hotnasvillC.’ I. G. Knapp, Com, Agent, Fitzgerald:^ “ 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