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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. A Grand Fa nilv Medicine. •* It gives me pleasure to speak a good word lor Electric Ritters, writes Mr. Frank Conlan *f No. 4116 Houston St , New York. It's a grand family medicii e iordyspep eia and liver complications while for lame back and weak kidneys it cannot be too highly recom mended.’’Electric Ritters i emulate the digestive functions, purify the blood, and impart renewed vigor and vitality to the weak and debilitated of both sexes. Sold under guarantee at Dr. G. \\. 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.” The Best Pills Ever Sold. “After doctoring 15 years for 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; "wr tesß. F. Avscue, of Ingleside, 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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