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Brevities
THE HALL OF FAME.
With nn income of $71,000 a day Mr.
Carnegie can still give away a few ll
brurfoa
Jantea Ell Watson, whom the Repub
licans of Indiana have nominated for
governor, represent* in congress the
district which used to send William S.
Ilohnan to Washington and Is forty
four years old
S. S. McClure is again in sole control
of the S. S. McClure company, publish
er of McClure’s Magazine, and of the
McClure company, publisher of books,
through his purchase of the minority
interest of Harold Roberts.
Thomas Robinson of outcrop. Pa., Is
a home loving laxly. He is ninety-one
years old and has never been over a
hundred miles from (lie place of his
tiirlli and during the sixty years of Ills
married Ills* lias not been away from
home more than one day and night.
William II l.ey.'lhe veteran clerk of
the journals of the English house of
commons, has retired from his post
after an uninterrupted service of forty
years, lie is the last of his name and
family among the clerks, a capacity in
which the Leys have served < r nearly
a century ami a half.
John R. Wise, for four years assist
ant superintendent of the Carlisle In
dian school, has been promoted to the
Huperiutendency of the Chiiocco Indian
school, Oklahoma, which Is second in
Importance to Carlisle. Superintendent
Wise scrvml twelve years in the Indian
department in Washington.
I.ortl Wemyss is still a very striking
looking man. who formerly Imre a
most extraordinary resemblance lo the
famous painter Sir John Millais and
who about eight years ago that is to
say, when in his eighty-second year—
contracted a second marriage with
Miss Oraee Blackburn, niece of the
late Cord Blackburn.
James (ilencalrn Thomson, Hie only
surviving grandson of Robert Burns, is
now In Ills eightieth year and lias been
In somewhat reduced circumstances
for some time. Efforts arc being made
to gel him a civil list pension and thus
place him In the position of the poet's
granddaughters, Mrs. Sarph Burns
Hutchinson and Miss Annie Beckett
Burns of Cheltenham, who each re
ceive civil list pensions of SIOO.
Woman Suffrage.
It Is not generally known in America
that women cun vote for the parlia
ment of the kingdom of Bohemia.
The International Woman Suffrage
alliance will hold its annual meeting
in Amsterdam, Holland, June 15 to
21. inclusive. Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Cult of New York Is president and
Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery of Phila
delphia the secretary.
The progress of the woman suffrage
movement in Europe continues. Now
it Is the Netherlands which comes for
ward with votes in commercial elec
tions for nil taxpayers over twentv
tive years of age. men and women
alike, and for all married women
whose husbands are taxpayers.
The officers of the National Woman
Suffrage association have invited all
the suffragists in the country to set
nside the Urst week iu June as "self
.denial week" and to deny themselves
wof some luxury or undertake some
service as a means of raising money
for the woman suffrage cuiise.
. .
| ' English Etchings.
There are about 13,000 square miles
of coal fields in the United Kingdom.
• At a church near Ledbury, England,
a sermon is preached once a year
against dueling.
i A. little girl who makes her living
setting matches returned checks she
fouud amounting to £022 aud got 5
shillings reward.
The Society For the Protection of
Children iu England against the cruel
ty of parents aud others receives now
40,000 complaints n year.
An attempt to Inflate the price of
butter In England lasted ou!y a few
weeks iu consequence of the decreased
demand. The retail dealers iuduced
customers to buy margarin by giving
free samples, and many liked these
better than the butter.
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for lame back and weak kidneys
it cannot be too highly recom
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blood, and impart renewed vigor
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PeLaperriere's drug store. 50c.
VALE, OYSTER!
Tempt me no more! I must not eat you
now.
Although from you I hardly can refrain.
Relentless fashion says I must abstain,
And so to her decree I humbly bow.
Tempt me no more!
Tempt mo no more! Or scalloped, fried
or roast.
With popper, salt, cloves, cinnamon, all
spice.
I'm unite aware you are extremely nice.
I hardly know which way I like you most.
Tempt me no more!
Tempt me no moro! Disconsolate I sit.
Thinking I dare not touch your luscious
fa re.
Oh, hang It all! For mode I do not
ca ro
There's no one looking—just a last titbit!
Tempt me rn> more!
-Da Touche Hancock in New York
Press.
Studies In Natural History.
v l - 6 —,!|yl >i'Ch o>,j 'i\\
“Oh, mammii, isn’t it queer? When I
pull pussy's tail her head squeaks.”—
Woman's Home Companion.
Seems Queer.
“ficorge.” confided the fiancee to her
mother, "is somewhat equivocal.”
“What do you mean, dear?”
“Well, when i said 'Yes’ he said he
was the happiest man in the world."
“Yes -that was tin* proper thing to
say."
“I know. But then I told him you
wouldn’t allow me to marry him for a
whole year.”
'"Well, what did he say?”
“He said: *(Jood! I shall he the
happiest man in the world for a whole
year thou!’"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Danger to the Fleet.
The teacher was telling the class
about the great American battleship
fleet now bound around the world
when she broke the main thread of
her narrative to ask:
"Children, is there any danger to
those precious battleships in going
around this immense circle?”
“Do they keep going around in oue
direction all the time, teacher?” in
quired one eager pupil.
“Of course.”
“Then they’re liable to get dizzy!”—
J udge.
And the Moon Man Laughed.
They were jogging along the old
road, and Cupid was so busy that the
young mau dropped the lines either
side of the runabout. It was then
that the wise old nag turned lazily
around.
"What are you looking at?” queried
the ow l by the roadside.
“1 am reading between the lines,”
laughed the old nag as she gave a
horse laugh and showed her long yel
low teeth.—Detroit Tribune.
And She Is Proud of It.
Two ladies were lunching together
one day when one. who is a member
of the Colonial Dames, said to the oth
er: "Why do you not join the Colonial
Dames? You surely must be eligible.”
“Oh, yes," responded her friend. "I
forget just now’ the name of my an
cestor, but I know we have been de
scending for many years.” Lippin
eott's Magazine.
Wise Old Farmer.
"Why in Me world has that old
farmer a dozen pitchforks sticking in
his load of bay?” asked the astonished
tourist. “Is lie crazy?”
"No; he is wise, stranger.” replied
the old gatekeeper at the crossroads.
“Them thar pitchforks are to keep
these pesky automobiles from mimin'
into him.”—CWeago News.
Why, Indeed?
A certain spinster was being con
doled with because she had no bus
bnnd. "Why,” she said, "i don’t want
a husband. Pin just as well off. You
see. 1 have a dog and he growls; 1
have a parrot and lie swears; I have a
cat and he stays out nights. Now,
why should I get married?”— Lippin
eott's Magnziue.
A Hcpeiess Case.
“A groat big. nblebodied man like
you ought to be aalmrued to tisk a
stranger for money,” said the well to
do citizen.
"1 know 1 ought,” nuswered Mean
dering Mike; "but, mister, I’m jes” nat
urally 100 kind hearted to tap ’em on
de bead and take It away from ’em.”—
Sketch.
Considerate.
"Do you want to see your wife per
mitted to vote?”
"Not right away,” answered Mr
Meekton. “Henrietta gets so much
enjoyment out of lecturing about it
that It would be a pity to stop it.”—
i Washington Star.
BETTER DO IT NOW?
Too late for Fire Insurance after it burns. Too
late for Life Insurance after your health is im
paired. Make use of opportunity. See us to
day.
KILGORE & RADFORD, Insurancec Agents ,
Office at The Winder Banking Company,'
At the End of the
Lower Level.
By AZILE AIDYL.
Copyrighted. 19')S, by Associated
Literary Press.
“My heaven!" said old Sinclair as he
rose impatiently from the table and
reached for Ids hat. “If only I was
strong enough to work it I’d risk the
cave-in. put up a drill there at Hit* end
of the lower level and • bore through
that confounded rock myself, and the
timber gang c’d go to"—
The door slammed, and his daughter
heard him stride on down the trail
leading to the mine.
Helen did not wonder at the outburst
of temper. Her father hud sunk his
last dollar in this mine, and now with
riches—as he confidently believed—al
most within- ids grasp the timber gang
refused to work without their last
month's pay.
It was impossible to “drift” without
them. The mine was unsafe and liable
to cave without the support of the big
timbers. Sinclair was confident that
once through this wall of slate which
they had struck in the lower level he
would find again the rich ledge which
had suddenly stopped 200 feet above.
Then wages would lie paid with inter
est.
To Mason, the owner of the adjoin
ing mine, he had said. “Any darn foo!
knows that a high grade four foot
ledge isn't going to stop off short, as
though cut in two with a saw, unless
old nature's had a spasm and in twist
ing things about given this slate a
chance to wedge itself in.”
And now as he swung on down the
steep trail he met Mason coming up.
“Things have come to a crisis there,
I hear,’’ said the latter, nodding his
head In the direction of the mine, "and
I'd like to talk to you about it before
you go down.
“The miners will not work without
the protection of the timbers. I be
lieve you are nearer through that slate
than you realize. I was (down in the
drift today, and the character of the
rock is changing. It's quite possible
that one more day’s work would bring
you to the quartz, but the men have
quit and you are helpless. What 1
want to propose is that you let me go
down there and work for two or three
days. No. no,” as Sinclair raised his
hand to protest; "it's all right. There
is less danger of a cave-in with only one
drill at work. Let me try it for a cou
ple'M' days anyway.”
“It's exactly w hat I would do my
self if I was equal to it.” said Sinclair,
"hut It's a big tiling for me to accept
from you, Mason. If anything went
wrong I”
"Nonsense! It won't go wrong. It's
only giving me a chance to prove I am
right. And no one need know what 1
am doing. I’d a little rather you would
not speak of it. particularly to—to Hel
en. Just a notion. And now I'd like
to begin this work tonight.”
Sinclair simply grasped his hand.
Then together they strode down to the
mine.
Everything was quiet. The pound
ing of the stamps had ceased. The
only sign of activity was In the engine
room, where the engineer was. as usual,
pumping the water out of the shaft.
Sinclair motioned to him. The huge
“bucket” poised at the mouth of the
shaft. They stepped well on to the
center, holding to the rope, and began
their descent. Down, down, past the
different levels, which were swallowed
up in inky blackness, the bucket glided
noiselessly on, the only sound teing
the drip-dripping of the water as if
percolated through the timbers lining
the shaft.
At last they came to a standstill
1,000 feet below. Sinclair reached
over and pressed a button at the side
of the shaft, and the entire tunnel was
ablaze w ith electric lights, stretched
along its roof.
The two men traversed the entire
length of the tunnel to the end of the
"stope.” where the miners had ceased
work a few hours before. Sinclair
helped Mason to get the Burleigh into
position, and then, saying he himself
would remain at the cugine through
the night in case Mason wanted help,
he walked through to the shaft and
signaled to i*e hoisted above.
Mason worked until early morning,
set off his blasts and went home for a
few hours’ rest. Returning at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon, he saw that his work
of the night before hajJ uncovered r'eh
gold bearing quartz. He chipped off a
piece and put it in his pocket, and then,
Intensely excited, he pushed the car,
filled with the worthless slate, along
the track to the crosscut, where an
enormous bulkhead support was being
built with the “waste.”
Mason deposited his load on the
“dump” and turned to push back when
he heard an appalling roar, but only
for a fraction of a second, then a tre
mendous crash, and he felt himself
hurled with terrific force against the
bulkhead, and all was blank.
*******
Up on the hill at the Sinclair cottage
Helen had just returned from her ride, i
but she lingered, chatting with her fa
ther and feeding "Sultan Ills usual
lumps of sugar. Suddenly they heard
a dull, muffled boom.
Sinclair turned ghastly white as he
exclaimed:
“My <lod-a cave!”
“Oh, dad, thank heaven the men quit
work! There’s no one in the mine.”
“But there is! Mason** there!” cried
Sinclair as he rapidly tightened the
girth of Sultan’s saddle. “lie thought
he could bore through that wall him
self. He’s been there since yesterday.
He asked me not to tell you.”
And the old man sprang into the sad
dle like a boy of sixteen and dashed
down the steep trail.
Helen sank limply on the lower step
of the porch. Mason to do this thing
for her father—Mason, whom she had
flaunted and treated with scant cour
tesy!
Her father’s words, “He asked me
not to tell you.” spoke eloquently of
wounded pride caused by her mocking
words which had sent him away, with
the command to remain away for the
last three months.
And now—oh, she could not bear it!
She gathered up her riding habit and
ran swiftly down the trail.
When she reached the mine the en
tire population of the camp lmd gath
ered iu excited groups near the hoist.
Sinclair, ready to make the first trip
down, would permit no one to go with
him. Slowly the engineer lowered the
old man down the shaft.
The Unit* seemed an eternity, par
ticularly to the fa!!, slim girl who stood
motionless and white apart from the
crowd, her eyes strained to catch the
slightest vibration of the signal wire.
At last came two short jerks—the sig
nal to hoist quickly. A great sob came
from the entire crowd.
“It’s uo use, my friends,” Sinclair
said, with his eyes on Helen. "The
cave began iu the SOO foot level and
has buried everything as far as the
crosscut.”
"But the manhole, dad!” came
through Helen’s white lips.
“There is only one chance in a mil
lion that Mason was at that end of
the crosscut. But if tie was he would
by this time have made his way
through the north drift to the foot of
the manhole, and then think of the
! climb—hundreds of feet!”
Sinclair led the way. and the anxious
crowd moved on to the north end of
the claim, where now existed the only
! egress from the lower level.
Dozens of men were ready to make
the descent down the small round
well, with its hundreds of feet of lad
der, hut Sinclair selected one of the
younger, stronger men. and just as tie
stepped over the edge u "clip-clip"
was heard. lie drew back, and tiie
crow and listened
The sound came nearer, eager eyes
peered into the dark below, and in a
few moments eager hands stretched
down to lift an exhausted, half Faint
ing man to the surface. His forehead
was cut. and the blood made his wtiite
face ghastly.' His left arm hung limp
and broken.
Helen, with a cry. pushed through
the crowd to his side and oblivious of
any one iu the world but him whis
pered a word ru his grimy ear.
Ilis pale face brightened. His eyes
shone as he took her hand, and, turn
ing to Sinclair, he said: "You were
right, old man. The gold is there. But
1 think.” with a glance toward Helen,
“that 1 as well as you have fouud a
fortune through the lower level.”
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chronic indigestion, nnd spending
over two hundred dollars, nothing
bus done me as much good as Dr.
King's New Life Pills. I consider
them the best pills ever sold;
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N. C. Sold under guarantee at
G. \\\ DeLaperriere’s drug store.
25c,
Application For Charter
GEORGIA, Jackson County.—
the Superior Court of said county.
The petition of W. A. Pledger,"
J. N Vonderlieth, T. J. W4f *
ford, J. C. Will ami, A. S \\Gl
- W. M. Fite, M. F.
Whitehead, J. B. Cheek and IJ.
W. Snow, all of said state anti
county, respectfully shows:
First. That they desire for tbem
se'ves, their associates, successors
and assigns to be incorporated
under the name and style oljk
“Statham Lumber and Furniture
Cos.”
Second. The term for which
petitioners ask to be incorporated
is twenty years, with the privilege
of renewal at the end of that
tome.
Third. The capital stock of the
corporation is to be $5,000 divid
ed into shares of SIOO.OO each.
Petitioners ask, however, the priv
ilege of increasing said capital
stock from time to time, not ex-/
ceeding in the aggregate $25,000?
Fourth. 40 per cent of said
capital stock of $5,000.00 has al
ready been actually paid in.
Fifth. The object of the pro
posed corporation is pecuniary
gain and profit to its stock-'
holders.
Petitioners propose to carry on
a Lumber, Furniture and Under
taking business, to run a planing
mill, saw mil l and such machines
as may be necessary and expe
dient m the ma/uifnctuie < f Lum
ber, Furniture and Caskets, to
deal in all rough material anV,
finished products of said business;
buying and selling for cash or on
credit all the materials that enter
into the manufacture and market
ing of said products, and all such
articles and things as may be
profitably, handled and sold in
connection therewith; acting as
general or special agents for other
or companies in selling or
handling and manufacturing such
products and articles similar
thereto.
To buy and sell machinery and
the necessary real estate for use*
in making said articles, to make
and execute all necessary con
tracts pertaining to said business,
and to exercise the usual powers,jl
and to do all usual, necessary and
proper acts which pertain to, or
may be connected with said busi
ness. To have and to use a cor
porate seal, r<> sue and be sued.
Sixth. The principal office and
place of business <>f the proposed
corporation will be in the town
of Statham, said state and coun
ty, and petitioners desire the
right and privilege of establishing
branches of their said business at
ether piaees in the diseretiou of
their board of directors.
Wherefore. Petitioners pray to
lie made a body corporate under
the name aforesaid, entitled t >
tiled’igets, privileges and immu
nities and subject to the liabili-.
ties fixed by law.
This May 1. 1908.
W. H. Quarterman,
Attorney for Petitioners.
GEORGIA, Jackson County—l,
S. ,J. Nix, Clerk Superior Court of
Jackson county, said state, do
hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true and correct copy of a pe
tition for charter filed in this of
fice for the Stat ham Lumber and
Furniture Company on May 16,
1908 This May 16, 1908.
8. J. Nix,
Clerk Superior Court.
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