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Coca! news Turns.
Mrs. Mary E. Heflin of Jackson is
hare for the fall.—Sparta lehmaeiite.
Mr. and Mre. Lavosia MadtU*
Jackson have been on a visit t hi:
week to Mr. and Mra. A. S. Florence.
—Mooticelui Nr.
Col. Threat Moore of Jaokson has
been in attendance upon court here
this week. —Monticellu News.
Rev. Hanal of Jackßon was ming
ling with friends In Glxdeeville last
Friday.—MonticeJoNews.
Mr. J. T. Mayo of Jackson spent
from Saturday until Tuesday with
Mr. G. B. E lis.— Monticello News
Miss Dollle McKibben returned
home on Monday after a ten day vis
it to Mies Daniel.—Henry County
Weekly.
Mr. Harold Mallett of Jackson was
the guest of friends In McDonough
Thursday.—Henry County Weekly.
Dr. and Mrs. W- H. Copeland have
returned to their home in Jackson af
ter a weeke visit to friends and rela
tives in tliis city.—Henry County
Weekly.
Me.-srs Wilson Gibbett and John
Smith former pupil* of Mrs. J. K.
Hanna at Douglas Ga. spent Sunday
afternoon in the city as her gutsta.
Miss Annie Nutt is the guest if
Mrs. J. W. McCord
The Milliaery openings t the diff
erent: department stores Wednesday
and Thursday were well attenued.
Many pretty dress good and beauti
ful bats, dear to the feminine heart,
Were shown, the hats especialy exci
ted the admiratiou of all the ladies
combining as they did the effective
designing and excellent taste of the
Milliners.
Mrs. O’Kelly has ret urned to her
home in Tifton after an extended visit
to her purents Captain ami Mrs. L.
D. Watson.
Mr. H. L Daughtry’s familj have
returned from Indian Springs where
they spent the summer.
Mrs. Frank Shelton and son Frank
Jr. ara visiting her sister Mrs. C. P.
Carmichael In Monroe.
Mr. John Duncan of Atlanta sper fc
Sunday with his mother at Mrs. YV
K. Lanier's.
Henry Hendrick who was brought
home from Vincent Ala. quite sick is
improving.
A speedy recovery is being antici
pated by his many friends,
Miss Tallie Jolly spent part of the
•reek in Atlanta.
Mr. G. T. Fossett is -up fn m
Tooutsboro this week.
Mr. Harold Griffin of Hartwell
spent Sunday and Monday with Mr.
A. H. Smith.
Mr. Dav Goodsonof Atlanta spout
Sunday with his mother.
The special Rally day program for
last Sunday morning at the Baptist
Church was splendidly carried out
and much praise is being showered
upon the energetic superintendent.
Mr. Dee Tulleraou of McDonough
•pent Sunday in the city.
Miss Dollie McKibben has returned
home after an extended visit to Mbs
UlUn Daniel in McDonough.
Mrs. John Pittman spent Sunday
da che city with Mrs. Susan Moore.
Miss Minnie Browning has returned
from Ytlanta.
Dr. Jamerson has moved into Dr.
YY’oods reidence on Dempsey Avenue.
Mrs. YV. H. Naliy and Mrs. Fm
H ark ness are visiting Mrs. 8. M,
Pope who has been real sick.
Mist Kthei Gillard spent the week
end with her sister Mrs. H. W. i
;W right.
The Literary Club met at Mrs. Ray
mond Carmichael’s Monday evening.
The Vicar of Wakefield was discussed
Miss Matfisue Hatn conducting the
study after which hot chocolate an.
■wafers was served. The next meet
ing will be with Miss Adeile Nutt.
Mr. Cliff >rd Sanders from Stark
-was mingling with his friends in J .ok
son Tuesday.
Dr. Akin was down from Jenki'n
burg Tuesday,
Three Short Short Stories, for Leisure Hours Reading.
How the Chicken
Was Hatched.
[Original.]
At one time (luring the civil war
while we were campaigning Id Virginia
our brigade became separated from the
main urrny, and we were In such a
jHisttlon between the Confederate
forces that If they couid have acted in
concert they might have captured us.
Hut neither one knew of the other’s
proximity—that is, we inferred they
did not, for they made no move against
ua. But even If both knew of the oth
er's presence they could not communi
cate with a view to making a concert
ed attack without sending a messenger
through our lines.
One morning when I was In charge
of n picket post a young girl came into
the lines with a basket of butter on
one arm and a basket of eggs on the
other. She said she had come from a
small plantation Just without our linos
and would like to sell us her produce.
Since our rutlons had for some time
been largely composed of salt pork
and hard tack my mouth watered for
her wares. I tasted the butter and
found It delicious. As to the eggs,
they looked tempting enough; but,
yielding to an old habit when buying
eggs, I held a number of them up to
the light to muke sure they were fresh.
All transmitted a portion of the light
except one, which transmitted none.
It seemed to be of exactly ahe same
weight, size and shape as tue others;
but, looking through it, I coukl not see
a ray of light.
'•There’s u chicken In that one,” I
remarked to the glri.
“If there Is, I don't see how it got
In. I'll take It out. I think the ie;t
are all right.”
She took the egg out of rr.v hands. I
selected half a dozen of the others and
a pound package of the butter—all I
could take care of while on duty—ln
tending them for our company mess.
The girl went on in toward the camp,
and 1 saw no more of her. We did
not refuse citizens admittance within
our lines. Wo reserved our refusal till
they asked to go out. And wo espe
cially objected to their going out on
the opposite side from which they
came in. It was passed down among
us from headquarters that wo were
between two tires and no person what
ever should bo permitted to pass
through our lines.
YVe enjoyed our fresh eggs and but
ter immensely and wished all the dairy
men in Y'irgiula would come in with
thoir produce. Several officers asked
where we got them, and when I told
them that a country gil l had come into
camp to sell them one of them went
off to find her. This was in the even
ing after supper. The Inclosure wi La
in the picket circle was not very largo,
and ho might easily have come upon
her if she had been in camp. Either
she was not In camp or she was hid
lng. Someone suggested that she had
gone through the Hues. As our safety
depended upon no one in the Confed
erate Interest getting through the lines,
this excited attention. I sot out with
several others on a still hunt, but we
all came back with the report that no
girl of the description given was in
camp. 1 felt it my duty to report the
matter to the general, only mentioning
•the girl and my having bought some
of her butter and eggs. The general
swore n good deal when he beard it,
since be had given strict orders as to
the departure of any citizen from our
lines. Every officer of the picket was
questioned, and all avowed that no one
had gone out during the day. The
only way I could account for the girl s
disappearance was that she had stolen
out between two pickets after duak.
The next morning a flag of truce
was seen coming, and when it arrived
the otileer In command presented a de
mand for the surrender of the brigade,
stating that they hud us surrounded.
The geueral sent them back with a
proposition which delayed matters till
after nightfall. Then he ordered the
four regiments composing the brigade
to cut their way out in four different
directions, each fighting on its own
hook.
That was a terrible night. I shall
never forget it. Our regiment took to
a wood, where we came upou several
regiments, and In the light one half
were captured, the other half getting
through and away. I was with those
who were captured. Two of the other
regiments were taken entire, and a
third had the good fortune to strike
an unguarded opening and marched
through it
The next morning I with the other
prisoners was undergoing an inspec
tion by the general who had captured
us when one of the officers with him,
a beardless boy, rode up to me and
put out his hand.
“How are you. captain?” he said.
*T owe my life to your stupidity. If
you'd boon smart I would have
swung within a few hours after you
passed me into your lines.”
“Who are you?" I asked, putaled by
a resemblance I could not explain.
‘TUX til®, country who sold vou
THE LITTLE
SCHOOLMA’AM.
| Copyright. 1907, by Mary Mclteon.]
She was a teacher m one of the pub
lic schools in the city, having a “B"
class, and she was referred to as “that
little schoolina’am” ofteuer than ns
Miss Sutherland. She was hardly above
eighteen years old, and there wr
those who thought it curious that s - a
u slip of a girl should have secure; I re
position. There may have ;er i
“pull” somewhere, but as she* .n per
fectly competent to All the place no
one bnd any right to complain.
The little schoolma’am was one of
six teachers boarding, with good Moth
er Williams. She had kept a board:.;g
house for schoolteachers for many
long years and had come to tie regard
ed as a mclther to that class. She took
Miss Sutherland under her wing at
onco, and no incident of note happened
for the firs# three months. Then a dia
mond ring belonging to one of the oth
er teachers in the house was suddenly
missing. . Three more afcicles were
missed; then a detective was called in.
lie was not ten minutes making up his
mind about it.
“The three robberies were committed
by the same person, and that person is
your Susan,” he said. “The fact that
she has been with you for five years
and has never stolen anything before
makes no difference. Men live straight
live* for fifty years and then commit
crimes. Let me take her to the-sta±lou
house, and I can make her confess
within half an hour.”
Mother Williams would not listen to
this. She not only refused to make a
but gave the toucher the
I amount she had lost and kept Pusan in
her place. The robberies were, of
course, a subject of conversation
among tbc teachers, but that any one
i should suspect another was a thing
impossible. It was a month before
anything further happened. Then a
debt of .S7O was paid to Mrs. Williams
in cash. As she had no bark account,
slit; put the money in liur trunk in her
room. In just a week it was missing.
She couldn't .say within £r?e days of
the time it 'was taken. It was there
all right of Monday, but on Thurs
day she looked for It in vain. The
door of her room was never locked,
and on Tuesday afternoon when she
went out to market she remembered
that she left the key In her trunk.
This last robbery made tilings look
serious indeed. Every one clamored
for another detective to be called in,
and the girl Susan, who felt that she
might be under suspicion, declared
that she would not remain another
day unless a thorough investigation
was made.
There are detectives and detectives.
The second one called, heard the par
ticulars of all the robberies and did
not lay any one under suspicion. He
said he would think it over and see
what could be done. He talked with
the servants and the teachers and
agreed with them that It was a mys
terious case. Two wedks had gone
by and ho had not been beard of again
when the little schoolma’am took a
book in her hand of a Saturday after
noon and went into one of the public
parks. She had been reading for half
an hour when n man sat down on the
bench beside her. She looked up to
recognize the detective. 110 was a
middle aged man, of fatherly look,
and, though engaged in detecting and
punishing evil doers, It was evident
that he had a kind heart. After a few
casual remarks had passed he said:
"Miss Sutherland. I have been wait
ing for the last three days to see you
alone. Had I called at the house ami
hud a private conversation with you it
•might have been embarrassing.”
“But why should yon want a private
conversation with me?" she asked.
“About those robberies, my dear. 1
have found where the ring and the
watch were pawned. I have the dates
when you expressed the money to
your sister Mary.”
“Sir!”.exclaimed the girt, rising.
“Sit down, child, and don’t attract at
tention. You can’t be vicious by na
ture. You have not spent a cent of
the money on yourself. It has all gone
to someone else. Tell me what actu
ated you. lam here to pity more than
to accuse. I can’t believe that you
realised the heinousness of your of
fenses. Don’t weep and draw atten
tion. but Just tell me all about it."
Tty' <*'-! •'■in wh'te as a sheet and
butter and eggs. My neck "being tn a
halter, I got nervous and left th
wroug egg In the basket. That egg
! you couldn’t see through was filled with
sand and a message from my general
to General B. here, arranging for a
concerted plan to capture you Yanks.
Of course you couldn’t see through
it. There was a chicken in It. as you
: said, nucl the chicken has been
hatched.”
When I was exchanged the war was
over. I was glad if it. for I btul r.o
heart to continue In the service after
the fearful results of my stupidity.
I’rom that day to this I have never
beer, able to lie.tr the sight of an egg.
SPEXCEIt TROYYBRiDGE.
Hunting a Grave.
[Original.]
My cousin Mary and I were very
! Intimate, and our fathers’. farms ad
joined, though the distance by the road
between the two houses was half a
mile. I had been at Mary’s one even
ing, staying much later than usual.
There was no man to escort me home,
and 1 was forced to go alone. Mary
suggested that 1 take the deg with me,
and I did so. It was 11 o’clock when
, I started, and it was bright moonlight.
We fanners’ daughters are used to
go dig about alone in the couutry, and
; I didn’t feel afraid. If there was ti
. midtty in me it was rather uue to super
| stition than any real danger, a super
j stition that every one feels, more or
less. Of course I made figures out
j of the stumps aud patches of moou-
I light, but they always turned out
stumps and moonlight, and I was be
coming more or le6s used to them when
suddenly the dog set up a howl and,
putting his tail between his legs, ran
off in the direction from which we had
I come.
I was the more astonished when I
I saw the object that had frightened him,
, a man, for I had relied on the dog for
protection. I proceeded on my way,
and the figure advanced slowly toward
me. When we met I saw a young
1 man about twenty-five years of age,
i very b udsome and evidently a gentle
man. I was not unused to seeing city
' folk in the region, for we were ueai
the ocean, ana there were summer re
sorts above and below us, though the
t season had passed, an.l the visitors
were mostly gone. I felt no fear of
injury, for the man raised ills hat
politely, though with apparent effort.
Whetl. r it was the moonlight that
ghone full in his face or r.ot 1 c mldn’t
tell, but he s<‘omed to bo very pale.
•a 1 nbo Ik at there 'as a i odor
of the :.oa about him. Let t .is may
have ’-a borne on a light puff of air
that p ..-sod as I met him.
“Can you direct me to tin? church
yard?” he asked.
“Follow the road in the direction
you are going' for about a mile,” I
replied, “and you will come to it. It
■ lines the road. You can’t miss it.”
For heaven’s sake, what did the
tm.n want at the churchyard at that
time of night?
“Do you know the hour?” he asked.
“A lirle past 11.”
Was he ill. staggering about in tbc
road, or was there something the mat
ter with my vision? He seemed rath
er to be swaying with a motion sim
ilar to that of waves. He looked at
me appealingly. A cloud passed over
the moon, and when the light came
again lie was standing before me per
fectly tranquil, looking into my face
with a persuasiveness I had never en
countered before.
“I came out for a walk,” be said,
“from the ocean. I thought I’d go in
land. I heard there was a church
yard near bore, and I wanted to see
it. But I don’t feel equal to proceed
ing further. I think I’ll go back.
Would you mind my walking with
you—that is, as far as you go?”
He "was so gentle, so deferential, so
spiritual, that I had nothing to fear.
Indeed, his very presence threw over
me a singular spell. I gave the de
sired permission, and we walked along
together.
“Why did you wish to visit the
churchyurd?” I asked.
“Welt, there aro peace and rest
about a churchyard, such a contrast
with the lb e world. One . day wo
trembhLg all over, but she fought back
her emotions and after a minute said:
“It was all for Mary. Mary Is my
sister, and she Is a cripple. She hasn’t
had the chanoe that I and other girls
have had, and I have always pitied
her. If you knew her and knew how
good and patient she Is you couldn't
help but love her. Soon after I came
to teach school a young man fell In love
with her. We are very poor hut very
proud at home. I wanted this young
pan to marry Mary—l wanted It, oh,
so bad, and I—l stole the things and
money to buy her clothes. That was
It—that's aIL Ton can take me to Jail
now. We are all rained and Mary
can't get married now.**
The detective sat there with his face
in his hands and his eyes on the ground
tor long minutes, while the ltttle school
ma’am trembled and gasped and
sobbed. Ffcally bo reached out his
band and touched hers and said:
“No one knows it but you and I.
I have the ring and the watch, and they
can be sent to the losers through the
mall. As for the money, we will pay
it back together, half and half. When
we have got It together I will tell you
how. Go on with your teaching.
That’s all. - ’
That's ail.the reader need knew, ex
cept that Mary was married six months
later and that a mystery greater than
the robberies still hangs over the
boarding bouse. M. QUAD. 1
Among those who west to the cir
cus Monday in Atlanta was Dr. R. w.
Robert Lee, and John Billy Mays and
Mote Watts.
Mr. J. T. Preston of Flovilla was i n
Jackson Tuesday.
Bob Henderson was up from his
country home near Flovilla Tuesday.
Mr. J. T. Burford from Knoxville
fenti. was down Tuesday looking after
:he sale of the Burford land the g
-ate oI which lie is administrator.
Mr. Henry Lee Burfsrd was doss
from Atlanta Tuesday.
Mr. S. T. Haizlip is over irora Ea
tonton visiting friends and relatives.
Mr J. M. Trapp was up from Indi
an Spring Camp Ground Tuesday.
The Jacksonian had a pleasant call
from Mr. R. E. Lee of Atlanta Satur
day.
Rev. Parry L>e Pastor of the East
Macon Baptixt Church was in Butts
Saturday attending the funeral servi
ees of hif mother.
Tiie hearing for the purpose of de
termining whether or not the bonds
recently voted in will be validated
was postponed till the 28rd of Oct. ob
a-count of Judge Reagan being dis
qualified.
Mr. and Mrs. Lavosia Maddox have
Mfc for South Georg a where they
will make Dublin their future home.
| Judge F. Z. Curry sn-ntthe first of
;t.he week in utlauUon business.
1 Mr. D. S. Driehell 0 f Juliette was
m i “cd to Fiss Bel|e Nolen Wednei
di. ~ unit gat tae home of Mr. and
Mrs. 0, .V. Towles at Cork. Our con
g ...ilatinr• nre he. rb ly extended.
The population of the world averages
109 women to every 300 men. :
I
Ev.r Noticed It.
A man stood on the eighth floor of a
skyscraper and pushed the button for
the elevator.
In a moment another man came
along on the same floor and did the
same thing. He also knew the first
man had pushed the button.
Presently a stenographer came trip
ping along and gave the button a vi
cious jab. She also knew the previous
two had pushed the button.
In a few moments more an elderly,
woman came along, sized up the
crowd and rang for the—but why go
on?—Milwaukee Sentinel.
FOR SALE:--My houshold
furniture at a bargain by
Oct. is* Moving to South
Ga. Don’t want to pay
freight.
R. S. Brown.
are a part or’Uie turmoil'of living be
ings, with our ambitious, hates, loving;
the next we are inhabitants of ft
dead city. We speak neither to ou*
companions nor to the living. The suii
and the rain fall on us, the winds
rock the branches above us, but noth
ing disturbs us. How different a bur- '
ial at sea! There we sink to the Ix>t- i
tom or drift into some cove in the
rocks, but if we are not far enough
beneath the surface we undulate with
the waves that are rolling over us,
now sucked partly out, now slowly
driven In again, never knowing what
is in store for us except that we must
drift, drift, drift"
The last three words were almost ft
wail.
We bad by this time come to tba i
farm. I pitied my companion. Be I
seemed so miserable out in the night,
as If ho were seeking a place to rest I
among the dead. I offered to awaken J
my father and. take him In for tb* |
night, but he shuddered and declined.
“I must go back to the sea,” he said- I
Leaning on the gate, I watched him I
as he retreated. There was again about I
him that swaying I had noticed before, I
and I sniffed the salt sea smell. Wbeo I
I could see him no longer I went to j
and to bed, but not to sleep. AH night |
I seemed to be rising and falling wttb I
the waves and smelled the odor of sea- I
weeds.
In the morning I saw some peopk I
coming up the road carrying a bier, j I
questioned them, and they told me that I
the body of a young man who had been ■
drowned while bathing during the sea* ■
son had risen to the Burfaee and they I
were taking it to the churchyard f® r ly
burial. I asked them to let roe so® I
the corpse, but they told me the
lid was screwed down. Besides, it
no object for a young girl to look upo n -^H
Tbls happened years ago, but I ha'® ■
never been the some woman since. ■
the autumn when the moon is near t ■
full I often walk between Mary's 8 ■i
our place, thinking to meet the straw ■
ger who seemed to be hunting r - V
grave. He has never appeared. ; ■
wonder if tbe dead ever do nop® B ® ||
living beings. F. A. MITCHEh- ; K