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Truth Is Straßger
Than Fiction.
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ahow my srratitude to you, hat T
want to make one request; whatever
you do, don't say anything to wound
Capte. Anderson's feelings. I would
not have mentioned tire matter for
anjMhingin the world if r had thought
it could cause him the slightest sor
row. 1 think if you use names you
nalist adhere to plain, simple facts,
uncoiored by the pen of the roman
cer and without any kind of sensa
tionalism. I will trust you to do
this, and if you do I can see no
reason why the story should be ob
jectionable to Capt. Anderson or any
of his friends, of whom I am sure he
has a great many. He would have
to be wonderfully changed from what
he was when we knew him in Kansas
as Francis Marion Leeland, if he is
now without friends.”
It will be noticed that the name is
apelled with two “ee’s.” This at
tracted the attention of all who
knew Leeland or Capt. Anderson in
Kansas, but did not cause anybody
to doubt that Leeland was his real
name.
The question which naturally pre
eents itself to the average reader is.
will Capt. Anderson claim his valua
ble property in Kansas, now that his
identity has been so miraculously
discovered. In Georgia twenty-eight
years is the longest time at which
undisturbed possession gives undis
puted title. As Capt. Anderson’s
mysterious disappearance from Kan
sas and the abandonment of his
property occurred about thirty-three
years ago, there is little likelihood
that he could get possession again
even if he felt so disposed. Since
the war he has been totally indiffer
ent to the accumulation of wealth,
simply practicing law for the exquis
ite pleasure he finds in it, and he
will hardly trouble himself to look
into this question. He has a grand
son whom he loves dearly, and in
jvhom his life is centered as nearly
%% c&i* be under the sad circumstan
ces,
Capt. Anderson was the man in
the minds of the gentlemen who
Called at The Telegraph office yester
day as they all came from his section
of the state, and described him per
fectly without giving his name. He
is one of the most absent-minded of
men, and one day he walked into the
post-office of a town in which he was
a total stranger. When he gets his
mind fixed on a legal question, he is
oblivious to everything else. He
walked up to the delivery window
and stared vacantly at the clerk. It
was plain that he wanted mail.
“What is your name, sir?” he was
asked.
Capt. Anderson started, put. his
hand quickly to his forehead, looked
around nervously, as was his custom,
and was undecided what to do. He
finally gave it up and started out.
It was impossible for him to recall
his name. The clerk looked at him
and thought:
“Poor fellow!”
As the captain got about half way
down the steps he yelled out to him
salf:
“Anderson! Anderson! Dad burn
it—of course that’s it!”
He went back and got his mail.
It is said that he went over to
Monticello from Jackson in a buggy
once, and became absorbed in the
court proceedings and fought his
case with characteristic energy, de
termination and brilliance. When
lie had finished he walked out of the
court house with head down, running
overin his mind the incidents and
questions in the case. He mechani
cally turned his head toward Jackson
and walked along rapidly. After
awhiit he was calked by a creek
about two miles from Monticello.
In trying to get across he came to
himself, and realized that his horse
and buggy were at a hitching post
near the court house in Monticello
and that he was about to walk
twenty miles to his home in Jackson.
These incidents are Yhentioned to
show the peculiarities of the gentle
man whose history will cause a
profound sensation in the Kansas
towns where he once practiced.
He is joked about them by his friends
and his good nature and sound judg
ment make him enjoy the stories as
much as anybody does. It is by no
means probable, however, that he
forgot his property in Atchison or
forgot to turn over his pending cases
and legal business to somebody else
when he left. Mr. Ingalls is confi
dent that he was willing to sacrifice
ali of that in order to be forgotten.
Captain Anderson expressed a
great desire yesterday to see Mr
Ingalls, and (t 1 degrain will be sent
this morning notifying him of the
hour when the ex-senator will pass
through his town. The liveryman
who reported Leeland as being
drowned died two years ago without
correcting the report.
EUGENE ANDERSON.
Jenkinsburg.
Mr. D. E. Moore of Atlanta spent
a few days witli Mr. J. E. King a few
lays ago.
Miss Lizzie Moore is visiting her
sister Mrs. McElhaney in Jasper
county this week.
Preaching at this place was attend
ed last Sunday by a large and appre
ciative congregation. Mr. Hunt
delivered a fine sermon in the morn
ing and at night he took for his sub
ject ‘Temperance.” We are in sym
pathy with Mr. Hun j in his work in
temperance and most sincerely hope
that Butts couty will remain as it
now is a dry county.
Miss Pauline Thaxton spent Satur
day and Sunday visiting relatives and
friends in Jackson.
Quite a crowd of people from Jer
kinsburg attended the Merideth-
Wise marriage Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Ben Aiken spent a few days
with loved ones at Jenkinsburg this
week.
Dove shooting seems to be one of
the greatest pleasures for the men of
Jenkinsburg, by the way they get up
at 2 o’clock in the morning to go
shooting.
Miss Lola Childs entertained most
delightfully last Friday evening at
her beautiful home. Miss Lola has
numerous triends who delight to be
entertained by so charming a hostess
whose pleasure is to make everyone
have a pleasant time.
With best wishes for The Argus,
P. E. T.
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Dante and Purgatory.
Dante’s conception of the nature and
purpose of the pains of purgatory stands
in very marked contrast to the popular
ideas of the middle ages. In a word,
there is no trace in Dante of any arbi
trary or vindictive punishment in pur
gatory. No one can fail to feel the dif
erence—even when they resemble in
some of the details inflicted—between
the punishments in hell and those in
what Milton has beautifully described
as “the milder shades of purgatory.”
As Mr. Ruskiu has expressed it: In
purgatory it is no longer a question as
to “what the sinner has done, but only
what evil feeling is still in his heart,
or what good, when purified, his nature
is noble enough to receive.” The whole
purpose of the punishment is to enable
the sufferer to eradicate and conquer
what St. Paul calls “the motions of
sin,” to acquire that “holiness without
which no man can see the Lord,” and
to subjugate completely the rebel will.
Not only are the punishments in pur
gatory appropriate in kind for this ob
ject—there is never anything degrad
ing, grotesque or insulting about them,
as is often the case in the “Inferno”—
but besides the punishment there are
provided on each oornice subjects for
constant meditation by day and by
night, both of the virtue to be acquired
and the vice to be eradicated. The in
stant this purpose is accomplished the
soul is set free, and there is joy over
the whole realm of purgatory at its
liberation. The time required in each
case, until “infectum eluitur scelus,”
may be long or short, but that is its ab
solute limit, neither more nor less.
Thus Dante imagines Statius to have
expiated the sin of accidia, or spiritual
sloth, for four centuries, and that of
avarice for five centuries more.—Fort
nightly Review.
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I do not propose to manufacture new work, but give you as
GOOD REPAIR WORK
As any shop in Jackson. Mr. E. E. Henderson, formerly with A. G. Hitch
ins, will do my wood work. He is a fine workman, and will also do all kinds
of Gun and Bicycle Work.
I will give you as good horseshoeing as any shop in Georgia. I Avill shoe
your horse and treat' all diseases of the hoof and guarantee a cure. Come
and give me a trial. Thanking my old customers for their patronage, I
hope you will come to see me when in town. Respectfully,
D. F. THAXTON.
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We have some bargains in real estate on
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the benefit of those who cannot pay all cash
we have places that can be sold and paid for
on easy installments.
We have been turning over property rap=
idly within the past few weeks and ali our
customers are satisfied and happy. Tell us
what you want and if we happen not to
have it we’ll go and get st for you.
You don’t know how much we can help
you until you try us.
HARMON & CO.
Jackson Real Estate Bureau.