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"> Since I have been in the Real Estate business, I have had no property to offer, that was more attractive and more certain of safe investment, than these business lots which 1 offer below. More People Pass Them Each Day Than Any Section of Athens They are Sure to go. First Come, First Served. No. 6 is Sold Who Will Get the Other Five? W. A. MALLORY Alley Lumpkin Street SOMETHING ABOUT PAST CONVENTIONS PATHETIC PLEA OF OLD VETERAN History of Past Demjcraticj May Cause Governor to Is 1 National Meetings in this Country. sue a Pardon for his Offense. Washington. D. C\, December 12 — The assembling < f the members of the Demi oral ic national committee in this city today marks the beginning of rlt • Democratic presidential campaign of 1908. The purpose of the meeting is to decide upon the time and pine-’ for holding the national convention that will name the candidates foi president and vice president. Cliica go, St. I/Ottis and Denver are engaged in an active fight for the honor of entertaining t.he delegates and the crowd of shouters and visitors that go to make up a national convention. Several other cities would like lo hav,. the convention, among them Cincin nati, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Louis ville. The chances of most, if not all. of the cities last named are rendered exceedingly small by their inability cither to make good with the necessa ry cash bonus or to guarantee the hall 1 and hotel accommodations necessary to a gathering of such magnitude. The convention next year will be the twentieth notional assemblage of the Democratic party. Among the vet eran Democratic leaders in the city to day, some as members of the nation al committee, others holding seats in congress, there has naturally been an exchange of recollections in regard lo the conventions that have gone by intermingled with speculation as to the convention that Is to come. There are many leaders here who have at tended a half a dozen of the Demo cratic national conventions. The national delegate convention method of nominating candidates for president and vice president did not come into vogue until 1832. Previous to that date the nominees were select ed by caucuses of members of con gress by oniative of state legislatures or or mass meetings, or by a sort of tacit consent- The first democratic national con vention met in Baltimore in 1832 and concurred in the popular nomination of Jackson for president and nominat ed .Martin Van Buren for vice presi dent. The Maryland metropolis con tinued to be the chief meeting place for the Democratic national conven tion* until within a few years of the civil war. Though the first convention met In 1831 It was not until 1840 that the lint national platform was adopt ed by the Democratic party. In 1848 .tlanta. (la.. December 12.-Pined u.iu and 12 months in the cli.iin- gang in each of five cases for sell- i -ng liquor illegally, S. H. Dean, 08 ! years of age. a one-legged Confeder ate vet-ran, ill and enfeebled by dis ease, lias filed a petition for pardon witli the prison commission, through his attorney. Representative William j Unit. ■Mr. Dean lost his limit in the Con federate service, lie was tried before ARE GETTING BETTER Elimination of Roosevelt Helps the Nebraskan MAYOR SMITH On Retiring from Office in City of Macon. Macon, Ga., December 12. change of administration iu At the •ity :tf- Ju.lge George P. Goiter, at the Octo- President. Roosevelt this evening re her term of Fannin county superior court, and plead guilty to the charges. Washington. D. C., December 12.— The democratic national convention will in all probability meet the lat- fairs tonight Mayor Smith was pre- tor part of June next year. Bryan 1 sented with a beautiful loving cup will lie the nominee. The choice of 1 and other valuable gifts. Mayor Smith location seems to lie between Chica-jmade a strong and touching parting go, Louisville and Denver, with Cleve- address, while the now mayor. Judge land, also, in the running. Kansas Miller, spoke on the difficulty that City and St. Louis seem to be out of'will he met in handling tiie financial it 'affairs pf the city next year with pro- Bryan is just as much the nominee hibition in effect, of the democratic party for the next J He promised to carry out all the race as though the convention had pledges made and called ciKin the cii- finislicii its work. Tile declaration of , izens to assist. The finance committee was named The heavy fines were then placed on him. . Since his conviction .Mr. Dean has been in the Blue Ridge jail too feeble ' to work. H ksuesfrop jh'JcgETA llo work. He asks for a pardon, set- 11ins up that he has 3250. which he is i willing to pay to secure his freed me'I Ho has a wife and four small children. His petition states that prior to his trill ho had abandoned selling wild cat. and gave solemn promise that he would never again lay himself lia ble to the law. Governor Smith lias announced it as his policy to grant no pardons by payment of money fines for such of fenses. It may he that the extreme age and febleness of the petitioner, the fact that was a brave and loyal Confederate veteran, and the further fact that he has a family to support, will prove an ameliorating combina tion of circumstances to influence the governor in letting him off with a light jail sentence. iterating his election night pledge as followsi J. R. Riley, chairman: E. that lie would not he o candidate for j.T. Willingham, W. P. Wheeler, Sam a third term, has wonderfully inspired Meyer, A. E. Chappell. Alderman N. the national committeemen who are tonight discussing the outlook. Many of them have expressed the belief that the president, handicapped bv the third term millstone, would prove an easy victory for Mr. Bryan. With President Roosevelt out of it, they be- | lieve Mr. Bryan can defeat any man | the republicans can name. He is more closely identified with the Roosevelt program than any other man in the country in either party. He has fought, for them, urged them, anl praised' the president when the latter put them into effect. L. Brunner was made mayor pro tent. After all the new officers were sworn in the special session was adjourned. KILLS HERSELF Wife of Prominent Farmer in Forsyih County Com 1 mits Suicide. climbed the small tree, tied the rope to the limb near the trunk and jump ed. The body was warm when dis covered. Mrs. Mayfield was in good health, her domestic relations were ideal nnd there has been found abso lutely no cause for the rash act. Mrs. Cole prominent county set Branch. Ga., Dec. 12,-- Mayfield, the wife of a fitrmer living in Forsyth eral miles from Ltis place. was found at an early hour this morn ing. swinging from a limb of tt tie" tear tbe spring which furnished wa ter for the family. The woman had gone to the spring after a pail of water, and was gone so long that, the anxiety of the husband led him to go in search of her. Ar riving at the spring, he could see nothing if her at first, but directly saw her swaying hotly «it the end of a r pe. the feet a few inches from the ground. The woman had evidently There is nothing better offered the public today for stomach trouble*, dya pepsin, indigesion. etc., than KODOL This is a scientific preparation of nat ttral digestants combined with vege table acids and it contains the same juices found in every healthy stomach KODOL is guaranteed to give relief It is pleasant to take; it will make you feel fine by digesting what you eat. Sold by all druggists. • ••••••••••a** •• « FIGHTS SCHEDULED • • FOR TONIGHT. • • Jack O'Brien vs. Bill Heveron, • • six rounds, at Philadelphia. • • Willie Fitzgerald vs. Peter Sul- • • livan. fifteen rounds, at Salt Lake • • City. • • • • • • • • • • • DEPOT FIRED BYJEBOBBERS Columbus, Ga., December 12.—The depot of the Central of Georgia rail way at Fort Mitchell, Ala., was fired at an early hour this morning by in cendiaries, w1io took advantage of the excitement to enter the residence of G. L. SaJkj.s, a merchant, who resides not far from the station. When the people at the Sallas home were awakened hy the fire and ran to the scene they took the precaution to lock tiie house and Mr. Sallas also took his money with him, carrying it to the store. While they were at the fire burglars battered in a window at the residence and went In, but could not find no money or Jewelry, and so far as known took only a shot gun. The depot was a total loss and the freight stored therein was also de stroy el. The people at Fort Mitchell .sent to Columbus fof dogs, with which they the convention took steps to appoint' V»C» DeWITT A CO., Chicago, m. hope to be able to track the burglars, the first national committee ever form- ‘ FOR SALE BY ALL DRUMUETE. For Weak Kidneys Inflammation of the blad der, urinary troubles and backache use DeWitt's Kidney end Bladder Pills A Week’s Treatment 25c “THE GREAT DIVIDE” AT COLONIAL GOON Stay-at-liomes who have not visited New York City during the past two years, will soon have tan opportunity to discuss intelligently the greatest dramatic success of the past decade with their more fortunate neighbors who have had the advantage of a Broadway view of "The Great Divide" during the two years run in the me tropolis. for William Vaught Moody's vividly vital American drama is to he presented at the Colonial at an early date under the direction of Henry Mil ler, who produced and presented "Th? Great Divide" at his Princess Thea tre, and later at Daly’s Theatre. New York, where it attained a record- breaking run of over five hundred performances. Nice room* and board. Boa Air. HOW HE HAS MADE A SUCCESS l. T. Cooper Tells Chicago Reporter Why He Accom 1 plishes so Much. Cured of Bright’s Disease. Mr. Robert O. Burke, Elnora, N. Y„ writes: "Before I started to use Fo ley’s Kidney Cure I had to get up from twelve to twenty times a night, and I was all bloated up with dropsy and my eyesight was so impaired I could scarcely see one of my family across the room. I had given up hope of liv ing, when a friend recommended Fo ley’s Kidney Cure. One 50 cent-bot tle worked wonders and before I had taken the third bottle the dropsy had gone, aa-well as all other symptoms of Bright’s disease.” Sold by all drug gist*. No man in recent years has been more successful in restoring human health than L. T. Cooper. During his stay in Chicago, and while he was meeting thousands of people daily, he gave the following reason for the re markable demand for his medicine to a reporter: Mr. Cooper said: "My new Discov ery is successful because it corrects the stomach. My theory is that few can be sick if the digestive apparatus is working properly. It naturally fol lows that few can be well with a poor digestion. "I know the inexperience that most of the tired, half-sick people that are so common now-a-days have half-sick stomachs. Put the stomach in shape, and nature does the rest. The result is general good health. My medicine dots this. That is why fifty thousand people here in Chicago are using it who never Beard of me until a month ago." Among the fifty thousand mention ed by Mr. Cooper who used his medi cine in Chicago is Mrs. Hilda Pflueg- er, living at 1203 Ainslie Avenue. This is the statement she makes con cerning her experience with the med icine: I have been sick for six years with stomach trouble. I was always hun- . hut did not dare to oat much, as I had severe pains in my stomach, and also through my body. I could not sleep at night ind was very restless. 1 was also very nervous, and would have severe headaches. I was consti pated .and always felt bloated after fating. "1 had tried many remedies, but could secure no relief, until one day I noticed in th e newspapers what wonderful results Cooper's medicines were ttcoomplishing In Chicago. 1 de cided to try them, and shortly after commencing the treatment I began to feel .better. 1 did not have those severe pains in my stomach, and I could sleep at night; my appetite Im proved, and 1 can now eat well. I am feeling like a new woman. "I am very thankful to Mr. Cooper for what his remedies have done for n.?. They have restored me to good health, and I would advise any one who suffers as I did to try them." We sell the Cooper medicines. They aro easily the most celebrated prepa rations ever introduced In this coun try, growing in poplarity dally.—The Orr Drug Company.