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• Bagwell Business College.
PRGIA’S LEADING BUSINESS TRAINING SCHOOL.
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FELIX BRYAN.
J-tenographer Southern R. R. after
four months course in night School
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attorney at law,
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splice? over First National Bank.
(. A, JOHN'S,
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S Courts.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
Winder. Ga.
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ing' the l>est. positions* clearly
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SOUTH BOUNU
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gard tees of No. 13.
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tended ‘‘south” to Seaboard Air
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The Biggest and
the Best Net For
Getting Results.
In seining fish to get results
You have to take the net resuits.
In business, too, to get results
You figure on the net results.
Netting fish and netting profits sug
gest each other. In each case you
must put out a net that moves around
and gathers up the results.
So far as business goes, the local
newspaper is the biggest and best net
for getting results. It circulates around
town and in the country also.
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THE THIEVESOF JAPAN
Ingenious Rascals, Among ths
Cleverest In the World.
ONE OF THEIR FOXY TRICKS.
The Method by Which Tney Steal the
Shoes Off the Women’s Feed. In the
Public Streets —How a Miser’s Money
Chest Was Bared and Looted.
An Englishman entered a first class
car of one of the railroad trains that
run between Tokyo and Yokohama,
lie was a little red in the face and ap
parently ruffled in temper. lie had
just discovered that his pocket had
been picked in the station, and lie ex
claimed bitterly against thieves in gen
eral and Japanese thieves in particu
lar.
An American who had been engaged
in Yokohama for a number of years
noticed the Englishman’s quandary.
Turning round to me, he said: “Our
English friend seems a hit excited. If
he growls at having ids pocket picked,
what would he say if he had Ihe shoes
stolen off his feet?”
“That Is clearly an impossibility,” I
laughed.
“1 don’t know about tHat,” he re
turned. “It may not happen with our
western style of shoes, hutfou and
lace; but, ail the same, I have heard
and I know it to be a fact that the
sandals of Japanese have been stolen
off tiieir feet.”
“Weil, how is It done?” 1 asked.
“Very simply,” he answered. “Sup
pose a Japanese woman who has a
particularly fine pair of lacquered
clogs is one of a great crowd that is
watching a passing procession or a re
ligious celebration of priests in front
of a temple. Along comes an expert
pickpocket—or pick foot, I don’t know
which you want to call him. Ilis
keen eyes, fastened on the ground, dis
cover those desirable clogs. There
upon he makes up his mind that he
wants them.
“The first thing she knows the own
er of the clogs feels an unpleasant
sensation in her left foot. Naturally
she wants to stop It, and quite me
chanically and almost absently site
slips her right foot out of its clog
and begins to scratch that uncomforta
ble spot In her left foot with her toes.
She feels relieved. Forget ling all
about the Incident, she becomes ab
sorlied in the spectacle again. Soon
the irritation crosses over to a sim
ilar spot in her right foot. Absently,
once more, she slides her left foot out
of Its clog and begins to soothe the
troublesome spot with her toes.”
“The thief was responsible for the
Irritation and walked off with the
clogs,” I said.
“Certainly. The rascal caused the
trouble with a bit of straw or wire,"
he returned.
“But one would think that the mo
ment the foot of, the victim touched
the grouud Its clog would he missed
aud the thief would run the chance
of being caught before the second
couid be stolen.”
“Oh, that is one of the cleverest
parts of the trick.” explain**! my
friend. “The thief comes supplied
with a pair of cheap wooden clogs
costing but a few sen. and the owner
of the lacquered footgear goes away
with them and never notices the dif
ference, at least not until It Is too
late to profit from the knowledge.”
“Are Japanese thieves so very clev
er, then?” 1 asked.
“Oh. very!” he returned. “Some
time ago I heard of one of them who
used to carry a handful of watch riugs
to fit into the stems of all sorts of
watches that he might come by dis
honestly. Once he lifted a watch In
a train, and the owner, missing it, but
not knowing who the thief was, set
up a shout and had a poHceman sum
moned. The police, to satisfy the vic
tim, insisted that every one In the
train show his watch. When the turn
of the thief came he drew out of his
pocket the stolen timepiece, and its
original possessor, not recognizing it
on account of the changed ring, missed
an easy chance to regain his property.
“It was the same fellow, 1 believe,”
he continued, “who v nlfcringed by the
expenditure of a little money to have
himself enrolled under different names
In the various lists of different towns.
When arrested Le gave one of these
various names to the authorities. The
police, on looking up the record of the
name given, were unable to find any
black marks against It. Thus he al
ways managed to escape with a light
punishment for bis first offense, com
mitted I don’t know how 7 many times.
“But I don’t know that any of these
fellows were as clever as another thief
I heard about. You know many of the
Japanese sleep on a sort of bed made
jip on the floor, called a feuton. Well,
nn old Japanese miser kept his money
In the house, concealed In a small
chest of drawers. _ In the daytime he
never took his eyes off his treasure,
and at night he had his feuton pushed
tightly against it, so no robber could
get at his money without awakening
him.
a "way ‘of "steaiitig The hoard without
being detected. Well, on n certain
night one of them entered the house
and gently, little by little, pulled the
bed.on which the miser lay away from
the chest of drawers. Then he quickly
emptied the drawers of their cur
rency, shored the bed hack to its orig
inal position and made his escape.
“Several days passed before the un
fortunate miser detected his loss.”—
Chicago News.
A wise skepticism is the first attri
bute of a good critic.—Shakespeare.
HIS ALIBI.
It Cleared the Accused, but Furnijhed
an Odd Sequel.
A highly respectable gentleman ar
rived at York one evening with lug
gage and dined well, went to bed
early, rose in good time and hud a
substantial breakfast. After this meal
he casually asked the landlord if there
was anything of special Interest In
York. “The assizes are on, but I do
not know if there Is anything particu
larly Interesting in the list,” was the
response.
“Thanks,” drawled the stranger
“I’ll look in if 1 happen to pass the
court and see.”
He did look lu and heard u follower
of Dick Turpin In the dock, charg'd
with highway robbery, pleading his
innocence vehemently to a stolid judge
and jury, who, with firm faces, did
not look as if they placed much ere
deuce in the prisoner’s profession of
innocence. Suddeuly the prisoner
eaugh* sight of tlie stranger, who had
strolled in from tlie hotel out of curt
oslty.
“Here, thank God. is someone who
can prove my innocence!” cried the
prisoner, pointing to the stranger, who
was aghast at becoming the center of
Interest so unexpectedly.
He seemed astonished and shook ids
head.
“Oh, yes,” cried the accused: “Just
think! You were at Dover-a long
way from here. You came out of the
Ship hotel, aud I took your luggage
lu a wheelbarrow to the Calais packet
at the pier. That was the day I am
supposed to have committed the crljme
up here.”
The stranger seemed bewildered
The judge, struck with the tragic ear
nestness of the prisoner, questioned
the stranger, hut the latter could not
assist him much.
“Have you any notebooks, *’ asked
the judge—“any memorandum of your
movements on that day?”
“I am a merchant,” replied the stran
ger, “connected with an old established
firm of bankers lu London. I travel a
lot and of course enter everything in
my books. Here are my keys if the
court cares to send to my lmtcl and
bring' here the books out of my case.
1 can easily settle tin* point.”
The books were fetched. The gentle
man had been in Dover that day and
had left by the Calais packet. This
was sufficient for the judge ami jury.
The prisoner was acquitted.
Comic sequel: Both the “hanker from
London” and the highwayman were
placed lu the same dock shortly after
ward charged with daring burglaries
in tiie neighborhood. Harry Furniss
In Ixindou Standard.
The Usher Woke Up.
At a certain county court the Judge
Is lu his private capacity a kind heart
ed man. The usher of the court is
aged—very aged—but as he had been
a faithful servant for many years he
was retained in that capacity; One
morning he fell asleep in court and
began to snore. The noise lie made
naturally disturbed court proceedings,
but the judge displayed great tact In
dealing with the matter.
“Usher Jones,” he called out loudly,
“someone is shoring.”
The usher woke tip. lie jumped to
his feet and glared ferociously round.
“Silence!” he roared. “There must
be no snoring in court!” Exchange.
Without Imagination.
There is a certain New York busi
ness man of a rather waggish disposi
tion who contends that ills wife lias
no imagination.
At dinner one night lie chanced to
mentldb a tragic circumstance he had
read In the evening paper on ids way
home. A passenger on a transatlantic
steamer had falien overboard in mid
ocean and had never been seen again.
“Was he drowned?*’ asked the wife.
“Of course not," answered the irre
pressible hubby, “but he sprained his
ankle, I believe.”—l.lppincott’s.
Hearties* Gamblers.
The rage for gambling at Whie’s
and Almack s clubs In London in other
days led to most outrageous betting,
as to which Walpole tells what he
calls a good tale; A mau dropped down
In a fit before the door and watt car
ried Inside. The club instantly made
bets as to whether he w 7 ould die or
not, and when a doctor w 7 as called in
to attend him ills ministrations were
interfered with by the members be
cause, they said,’ these w’ould affect
the fairness of the bets.
docks' Tn T r : : talc prerjues
many a pitiful sight. Most of the lots
are contained id the regular sailor’s
sen chest, all marked with the name of
the ship from which they come. It is
not unusual for those who have lost
friends or relatives at sea to attend
these auctions, and there are times
when the first news of such a loss
comes through the recognition of fa
miliar objects.
A Fair Offer.
Small boy (who lias been watching
amateur gunner’s failures for an hour
or more)-Say, mister.
Sportsman—Well, what is it, boy?
“Gimme a nickel an’ a start as far
as the fence an’ you kin have one at
me.” -I,ife.
Reformed.
“I hear your son is something of an
aviator, Mrs. Comeup.”
“Well, to tell tho truth, ho was a bit
that way, but lie’s taken the pledge,”
—Baltimore American.
Flowers are the sweetest tilings that
God over made and forgot to put a
soul into.—Beecher.
H WAS A”FINE COO.
A Little* Story of William M. Chase, the
Portrait Painter.
Several years ago I bud a studio at
Hammersmith and was hurrying Into
London one morulug to transact some
business. Just as I swung around a
corner occupied by a fishmonger's
market my eye was attracted to a
magnificent cod stretched out for ex
hibition on a dean slab of white mar
ble. Whatever my mood for color was
that morning, that fish completely Bt
fed and filled it. I must paint it, 1 de
cided.
I called out the proprietor and told
him what I wanted. I was a bachelor,
I explained, and did not want to buy
the big fish. I only wished the use of
it os a model. Could I rent it?
“Ow, now, sir,” he said, with true
British stolidity. “11l never rents my
fish. You see. It’s Saturday, too, sir.
Hi must sell him today, sir.”
However, I explained that I needed
the fish for only a few hours, nml di
rectly wo strmk a bargain. If after
two hours I still wished to keep the
fish I should buy it. At the end of the
stipulated time the boy came. I was
not quite finished. “In n few minutes,”
I said, and when I looked up he was
gone.
Shortly afterward the proprietor
came, tiptoeing in and peeping over
my shoulder. I could hear lilm softly
sighing, and 1 said nervously, “In a
few minutes now, in a few minutes.”
“Don’t ’urrv. sir: don’t ’urry,” ho
urged. “She’s gettin’ on! Ill’ll tako
my chances, sir!”
When the painting was finished he
refused at first to accept any remu
neration, but at length, with a mut
tered upology. he charged -a shilling!
The painting was hung and shortly
afterward purchased by tlie Corcoran
Art gallery for a very substantial
sum.
On my next trip to Lot doit I deter
mined to call up my fishmonger, tell
him of the good fortune that had at
tended the paint lug and tender him
some fitting reward. To my great stir
prise he not only refused again any
sort of fee, hut evinced no surprise
whatever at the figure the painting
had brought, though the price paid
represented several times over the In
vestment of Ills shop.
“Alt, hut it was a fine cod, sir!” ho
said, and ids eyes glowed with pride.
"Now, wasn’t it?”—William M. Chasa
in Delineator. •*
Partner* In Debts.
“My tooth is just killing me,” she
complained.
“Why don’t you go to the dentist,
about It?” asked he.
. “Recanse,” said she, “I owe him
money."
“You and I seem to be in hard luck,”
said lie. “Now, look nt me. Every
time I go out in m.v automobile it
breaks down right in front of some
store where I owe a lot of money.”—
New York Press.
Honeyed Word*.
“How are you getting along at
home? The last time I called your
wife was giVing you the dickens.”
“Quite true. I had been a bad boy.
Hut she relaxed. I.ast night she came
very near calling me honey.”
“You don’t mean it! How was that?”
“She called me old beeswax.”—New
York Press.
No Hurry.
“Of course, Tommy,” sa*id the Sun
day school teacher, “you’d like to be
an angel, wouldn’t you?”
“Well—er—yes’m,” replied Tommy,
“but I’d like to wait till I cau be a.
full grown angel with gray whiskers.”
—Philadelphia Press.
Didn’t Agree With Him.
"You should never take anything,
that doesn't agree with you," the phy
sician toM him.
“If I’d always followed that rule,
Marla,’.’ (he remarked to UU wife,
“where wvuld you be -Loudon