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SHERIFF SALE.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
Will be sold before the court fcuose
door of said county, between the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in
August next, the following described
property, to-wit:
One Maxwell, five-passenger tour
ing car automobile, number 70520.
with motor number 66083.
Said Property levied on and to be
sold *s the property cf W. J. Duggar
to satisfy a mortgage execution is
sued from the City Court cf Doug
las cf said cownty, in favor of The
Citizens Bank of Douglas, against
maid W. J. D«ggar.
This the 4tfo day of July, 1816.
DAVID RICKETSON, Sheriff.
SHERIFF SALE..
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
Will be sold before tHwe court house
floor of said county, between the legal
hours of sale, on the £rst Tuesday in
August next, the following property,
to-wit:
All that piece or j«arcel of land in
the city of Douglas, Ga., 60 feet
fronting on Dcugia's and McDonald
public road on th» west side, and
running’ bhck< 200 feet, more or less.
Bounded on 't*he east by Douglas and
McDonald public i«ad; south by kinds
cf the e.-tate of B. Peterson; west by
lands cf the estate of B. .Peterson,
and north by lands cf Elias Lett, Sr.,
and being a portion of lot of land No.
193, in the Sixth District of Coffee
County, Georgia., with imprwraunents
thereon. Said iand levied err by H.
C. 'Ellis, legal (Constable of the 748
District G: M. in said count;.', as the
property of Joe Mumford st> satisfy
a fifa issued on the 3rd day of July,
1916, from thee J. P. Coir'S "748 Die
trict G. M. iii said county, if favor i if
Mrs. B. Peterson, executrix of the
estate of B. Peterson and ‘against J»e
Mumford, said fifa delivered to me
for advertisunent and sx.li as provid
ed by law.
This the "sth day of Ji.-jy. 1916.
DAVDI RICKETS IN, Shafi'ff.
SHERIFF SAME.
GEORGIA Coffee Count 1 .. ,
Will be Fold before the court inrose
doer of stud county. tsetcreen the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in
August r».:xt the following described
property, to-wit:
That tr act or parcel -u? land n. the
city of Douglas, Cofi'et County, ■.- a-.
being described as lot o. 21, in Floe!.
No. 144, according to Sugden survey
cf lands of Daniel G. Purse. J”., in
said city of Douglas! a pij at• ol w hich
appears j on record in Deed Book No.
17, Page 155 of Records for Deeds
; r’office of Clerk of Superior'’C ourt
,* •"•«» Cor-.i”. C-a., Sr.rontmg routh
tn £--■ , -tr.'Ct f«rt -i •’ 'ur -ng
back of equal width T ibS Tedt, more
or less, 'to a fence.
Said property levied on anu ’to be
sold as the property of Mamei L.
Thomas to satisfy an execution is
sued from the justice 'Court 'iff ’the
748 District G. M. of .said county,
based un a judgment in attachment
in favoi of Geo. L. i acchton. against
said Mamie L. Thomas. Said prop
erty levied bv Henry l €. Ellis, Con
stable. and fifa and levy turned over
to me for advertisement as pro* ided
by law. This July 3, Wl6.
DAVID RICKETS ON, Sheriff.
SHERIFF SATE.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
Will be sold before the court huose
door ctf said county, between the legal
hours (f sale, on the front Tuesday m
August next, the following described
property, 'to-wit: , .
Those lots or tracts m the town of
Nicholls, Coffee County, Georgia, as
shown on Deen Realty and Improve
ment Company’s may of their addi
tions to the town of Nidiolls, being
part of land lots Ncs. 49S and 514,-Of
the Sixth Land District of said Gtff
•fee courtly., and numbered as follows:
Lot 6. block 12; lot 15, block 13;
lot 16, block 21; lot 18, btopk 2L; left
IC, block '26; lot 10, block 88; lot 12,
block 88; lot 10, block 4; lot 9, block
S; lot 5, block 16; lot 4. block 120;
lot 4, block 49; lot 4, block 53, and
let 1, block 53. . 1
With improvements thereon, said i
property levied on as the property
cf Nicholls Realtv and Development
Company, to satisfy an execution is
sued on the 24th day of May, 1916,
from the City Court of Douglas, in
said county, In favor of the hirst
National Bank of Dunn, North Caro
lina, against Nicholls Realty and De
velopment Company.
Tins sth day of July, 1916.
DAVID RICKETSON, Sheriff.
SHERIFF SALE.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
Will be sold before the court huose
door of said county, between the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in
August next, the following described
property, to-wit:
One acre of land, lying and being
in the town of Nicholls, Ga.. and
bounded on the north by the right-of
wav of the A. B. & A. Ry. Co.; east
by’lands of Wm. Rabinowitz; south
by Jackson street, and west by lands
of Mark Hall, and being that same
acre of land on which is and was sit
uated the ginning plant of E. D.
Douglas, and being a part of original
land lot No. 514, in the Sixth District
of Coffee County, Georgia, together
with all other property of every kind
and description now situated on said
above described lands, excepting two
engines and one boiler, which are ex
cepted; also one paid of platform
scales, now erected near the ginning
plant, of E. D. Douglas, in the town
of Nicholls, Ga.; 1 10x14 Schofield C.
C. engine, fitted w-ith pulleys, gover
nor, governor belt, throttle valve, lu
bricator, oil cups, foundation bolts,
steam and exhaust pipe; 1 48x14
Stand L. J. boiler, No. 100 WP, with
dome, stack and guys, half arch front
fittings and fixtures, injector and
w'histle.
The personal property above des
cribed being riiachinery and other ar
ticles difficult expensive to trans
port tc the court -house cf said coun
ty. the same will be sold without be
inp bofc’T tbp court house door when
sold and the aom* BeacriptiCs is as
full as can be made and prospective
purchasers can examine same before
sale day where" the same is now lo
cated at the ginning plant recently
destroyed bv fire of E. D. Douglas, in
the town of Nicholls, Ga|
Said property levied on ard to be
sold as the property of E. D. Doug
las to satisfy an execution issued
from the City Court of Douglas of
said county, in favor of Douglas Gro
cery Co., against said E. D. Douglas.
This the sth day of July, 1916.
DAVID RICKETSON, Sheriff.
FOR SALE
GEORGIA. Coffee County.
To All Whom it May Concern:
By virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary of Coffee county,
will he sold, at public outcry, on the
first Tuesday in August, 1916, at the
court house door in said county, be
tween the legal hours of sale, the
following described property, to-wit:
Three quarters (%) of an acre of
land, situated in the town of Pearson.
Ga., same being in block 28 accord
ing to Marshall’s map of Pearson,
Ga., and hounded as follows: north
by Alien street; east by King street;
west by Douglas street, and south by j
lands of Mrs. Jeff Kirkland.
This July 3, 1916.
F. E. McNEAL, Administratrix |
of the estate of Missouri Gsosfcy,
GUARDIAN’S SALE.
GEORGIA, Coffee County,
Under and by virtue t.T an order
'from the Court of Ordinary cf Coffee „
County, Georgia, there will sold
at public outcry, on the first Tuesday
in August, 1916, at the court house
. doob in said county, between the legal
hours of sale, the following describ
ed property, to-wit:
That let or tract of land lying and
being in the county tff Coffee, stste
of Georgia, and being all r.f lot No.
7 in block No. 102. ",yir>g -and being
in the city of Douglas, Georgia, said
lot or tract of land ffrotttinf; o.i Dough
erty street in the city cf Douglas,
Georgia, 100 feet, and running back
west from Dougherty Street to an
alley 150 feet, and bounded north by
lot No. 8 in said block, on the west
by Dougherty street: or. the by
lot No. 6 in sard block,, ana trn the
west Ivy a tCn-foct alley, and being
a portion of idt of ’anti No. 1’77, in
the Sixth District, of Offee County,
Georgia, amd be-rg all of’ the property :
owned "by Holmes Hal! at this time i
in the city of Douglas. Georgia.
Said property will Is: sold *or the j
purpose of maintenance and educa- ;
tion of said 'Holmes Hall. Thu terms 1
of said sale wlii he cash, unless other- *
wise ansMSsmeed on the dav of sale. »
MET JGIAA 'FIERCE. ;
Guardian of Kolrues Half
‘ETFAT’WN
GEORGIA, '"Coffee "County.
The return off the appraisers sdv (
ting apart twelve months’ support "to *
the family of John B. Ellis, deceased,
having been filed in mv office, all per
sons concerned are -cited te show
cause by the 7ffh day of August, 1916,,
I why said application for 12 months? .
support should not be granted. Thu
July 3, 1916.
W. P. WARD, Ordinary.
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION
Notice is hereby ■given that there:
will be introduced and Its passage;
urged at the approaching Georgia ’
Legislature which, will convene on the;
28th day of June, 1916, the ‘following i
amendment:
An Act to amend an Act, ■entitled,
An Act to create a new Charter for
the City of Douglas, approved Dec
ember 20, 1899, and the several am
endatory Acts thereof, providing for
the divisions of the City of Douglas
into four (4) political wards, and
providing for one alderman to be
elected by the qualified voters of each
of said wards, and for the election of
one alderman at large by the qual
fied voters of the City of Douglas, to
fix a date for placing the names of
candidates for the various municipal
offices to be voted for at the munici
pal election. To provide for the bond
ing of the various municipal officers
of safid city, and for other purposes.
This Ju- e 22, 1916.
J. B. EXUM.
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CONGRESS
As a candidate tor Congress from
the Eleventh Congressional District
subject to the Democratic primary I
pledge myself to run a clean, fair race,
seeking my election by the purest
means and highest methods.
I shall appreciate every assistance
given, whether by vote, kind word or
helpful act, and if elected I shall put
all that I am and all my time into
earnest service of all the people of my
district, valuing at all times, infinitely
more than the meer name of Congress
man or the salary, the privilege and
honor of serving humanity and of la
boring for the people among whom I
live and whom I love.
Respectfully,
W. C. LANKFORD.
FOR SALE.
I have 13C acres of good farm
land east of Doerun, Ga., a two-horse
farm in cultivation, a good new wire
fence around it. It is good red clay
pimply land, a settlement on it, good
school and churches close. 3 miles
from Doerun, Ga.; 2 miles from Jack
son, Ga.; 9 miles from Moultrie, Ga.;
on Georgia Northern Railroad, and
National Highway. Will sell very
cheap for cash. If you haven’t got
the cash, will sell for part down and
good time on balance
For further information, write N.
M. Malpas. Douglas, Ga., or come to
see me at Ashley-Price Lumber Co.
Mill.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, AUG., 5 191«.
PETITION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
To the Superior Court of Said
County:
The petition of Mrs. Vicey Peter
son, O. Peterson and R. C. Relihan,
all of said state and county, respect
fully shows:
Ist. That they desire for them- i
selves, their associates and successors
to be incorporated and made a body
politic, under the name and style of
Peterson-Re’ihan Company, for a pe
riod of twenty years.
2nd. The principal office cf said
Company shall be in the city of
Douglas, state and county aforesaid,
but petitioners desire the right to es
tablish branch offices and agencies
within this state or elsewhere, when
ever said corporation may so deter
mine.
3rd. The object of .said corpora
tion is pecuniary gain for itself, and
its shareholders.
4th. The business to be carried on
by said corporation is to be that of a
dealer in merchandise, at retail or
wholesale or both, especially ir. the
handling and sale of gentlemen and
ladies’ furnishings, clothing, shoes,
hats, caps and all such merchandise
as is usually kept in a first class store
handling such lines of goods, or any
[line of merchandise that said corpor
ation may desire to hurdle and sell,
either as principal or agent.
sth. "The capita! stock cf ‘■aid cor
poration shall be Fifteen Thousand
Dollars ($15,000.09). divided into
shares of One Hundred Dollars (SIOO.-
• 00) each], with the iiTrvelege of in
creasing same fiom time to time; by a
i majority vote of stock then outstand
ing, to an amount not exceeding in
the aggregate the sum of Thirty
Thousand Dollars "$(30,009.00), and
with vi like privilege of decreasing rn
a similar manner the stock to a sum
not less than Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00).
More than Seventy-Five Par CLnt
(75") of the amount of said capital
stock has already been actually paid
in -cash or property lit tt fair and Tea
j sorable valuation,'anil petitioners de
jsi»-e the right vo have any and asl of
said capital p.t-yck paid in money or
|pr operty to Ire taken at a fair nalu
i rfcion.
6th. Petit loneri desire the right
jro rue and be sued, to plead and be
(impleaded, to have -and use a ccm
itnon seal, to make i il necessary by
laws and regtSations, and do allffhings
that may be necessary for the suc
kes-ful carrying on cf said business
[including the right to buy, he'd, and
f sell real estate and personal proper
ty suitable to the purposes of the
■ corporation, and to execute notes and
[bonds as evidence of indebtedness in
icurred, ot which rarav be memred, in
[the conduct off the affairs cl the cor
-1 poration and to secure the same by
m rtgr-sre. dead, or other
■fo: cf " : n ahk ( tit ti ig law .
i 7th. They desire for said corpora
tion the power and authority to ap-
I ply for and accept amendments to its
charter cf either form or substance
by a vote of a majority of itts Stock
[outstanding at fine time. They also
ask authority for said corpoiraXion tto
wind up its affairs, liquidate and dis
continue its business at any time it
may determine to do so by a wte df
j two-thirds of its stock outstemdnjg
|at the time.
Bth. They desire for the said cm
poration the right of renewal when
and as provided "by the laws of Geor
gia, and that it 'have all such other
rights, powers, privileges and immun
ities as are incident to like incorpor
ations or permissible under the laws
of Georgia.
9th. Wherefore petitioners pray
lo be incorporated under the name
•and style aforesaid with the powers,
privileges and immunities herein set
forth, and as .are now, or may here
after be, allowed * corporation of
similar character binder the laws of
Georgia.
F. W. DART,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
Filed in office this 7th day of July,
191*. GUS L. BRACK,
Deputy Clerk Superior Court.
GEORGIA, Coffee County.
I, Gus L. Brack, deputy clerk, of
the Superior Court of said county, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of the appli
cation for charter of Peterson-Reli
han Company, as the same appears
on file in this office.
Witness my official signature and
the seal of said court, this 7th day
of July, 1916.
[Seal] GUS L. BRACK,
Deputy Clerk of Superior Court Cof
fee County, Georgiu.
FOR SALE
Sale of real estate in bankruptcy.
Inpursurance of an order of the
Honorable P. H. Adams, Referee, the
undersigned Trustee in bankruptcy
for F. B. Judson, will receive bids and
sell, subject to the confirmation of
Court, all that tract or parcel of land
known as Land Lot No. 213, in the
Sixth District of Coffee County, Ga,
containing Four-hundred and ninety
acres more or less, bound on the north
by the lands of Samantha Paulk, on
the east by the land of B. H. Connon,
on the south by the land of Thomas
Davis, and on the west by the land of
J. B. McKinnon, to be sold as a part
of the estate of F. B. Judson, Bank
rupt.
Bids will be received at auction in
the office of P. H. Adams, No 513
Grant Bldg., in the city of Atlanta,
Ga., on the Ist day of August, 1916,
at the hour of 10 A. M.
For furtheu information apply to
Harry Dodd, Trustee, No. 325 Grant
Bldg., Atlanta, Ga., or to Messrs.
Dickerson-Kelly and Roberts, Attys.
at law, Douglas, Ga.
WHEN YOU NEED AMERICAN
Wire Fence, see J. S. Lott.
TO PUT ALL TOWNS
ON SAME RATE BASIS
local Stations To Have Same Freight
Rates As Larger Cities
TO BASE RATES ON MILEAGE
Railroads Issue Statement In Regard
To Proposed Revision of Freight
Rates In Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga. —(Special)—Explain-
ing the necessity for the revision of
freight rales in Georgia which the
railroads have proposed ar.d the gene
ral effects of the revision, the fol
lowing statement, addressed “To the
People Served by the Kailioads in
Georgia/' has been issued by Messrs.
E. T. Lamb, president of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic Railway;
R. A. Brand, fourth vice president of
the Atlantic Coast Line; W. A. Win
burn, president of the Central of
Georgia; J. H. Munson, vice president
of the Georgia Southern and Florida;
G R. Capps, first vice president ol
the Seaboard Air Line,, and J. M
Culp, vice president of the Southern
Railway:
“Beginning on June 26, the Rail
road Commission of Georgia will have
a public hearing on the petition of
the Railroads for a revision of
freight rates within the state.
“A change in the BASIS underly
ing the present system of rates,
along the lines proposed by the car
riers, appears inevitable. The car
riers are not unmindful cf the more
or kess drastic nature of the propos
ed revision. They also thoroughly
rer.7i/.e that their prosperity depends
upon the prosperity of the communi
ties they serve. They ask the sup
cart of these communities in the ef
fort to bring about this apparently
necessary change with fair regard
for al! the interests involved.
“Since the beginning of railway
j operation in the south there has ex
! isted in that section what is known
j'sts the “Basing Point System,"” under
| "which rates to certain points called
I' ‘Basing Points'* are lower than to
Bother points less distant, even though
! the less distant points are interme
! diate on the same route. To illus
trate, Atlanta and Cord ole are ‘Basing
Points.’’ The rates from Atlanta to
Cordele are low’eT than rates from At
lanta to po’nf.s he*wcen Mr..'-or; n~d
Co'dole iVorph which pa, ser traffic
’rom Atlanta to Cordele.
“ Even when the long and short
haul principle is not involved,
: charges are frequently less Tor a like
! distance from basing points to local
stations and between local stations
than between the basing points them
selves.
Only 60 Basing Points.
“With approximately 2,000 railroad
stations within the state, cr.iy about
60 are basing points.
“Public discontent with this system
■of charges has been expressed with
Increasing force for many years and
is now crystallized into an imperative
demand for revision.
"The basing point system has l>een
condemned by the Federal Congress,
by the Railroad Commission of Geor
gia, and by the authorities of other
states. In July, 1911, in its decision
nespecting a complaint against long
and short haul discrimination, the
Georgia Commission declared that
“the basing point system is wrong in
prfinc'ple.”
"Obviously, therefore, the basing
point system cannot survive. Its
abolition as to interstate traffic is
rapidly taking place under the 1910
Amendment to the Act to Regulate
Commerce. The most important in
terstate tariffs were revised in con
formity with the Federal Law effec
tive January 1, 1916, and the dispari
ties in favor of the basing points
wholly removed or greatly reduced.
“This revision was not at the in
stance of the carriers.
"The petition which the carriers
have presented to the Georgia Com
mission, copies of which will be
furnished on request, represents the
views of the railways with respect
to a fair substitute for the existing
system of rates.
Rates On Mileage Baaia.
“It is net possible in this brief
statement to set down in detail all of
the proposed rates or any great part
of them, nor to explain in detail basis
upon which they have been made;
however, the following general state
ments are made for information of
the public:
“Ist. The proposed rates are on a
mileage basis. They contain no dis
criminations as between the old
“Basing Points'’ and other points.
"2d. The proposed rates to the old
“Basing Points’’ are generally higher
than the present rates, while the pro
posed rates to the other points are
generally lower than the present
rates. The roads could r.ot make the
rates to all the 2,000 stations in
Georgia on the basis of the present
low rates to the SO “Basing Points"
except at a great sacrifice of reve
nue. We do not believe that the
Georgia shipping public will ask that
our revenues be depleted, as the con
tinued development of the Southern
territory is dependent more largely
upon the prosperity of the railroads
than upon any other agency, and un
less the railroads earn revenue suf
ficient to enable them to develop and
extend their properties business de
pression is inevitable.
“3d. For long hauls (distances
over 130 miles) the rates generally
represent reductions, except to the
old "Basing Points.’’
Reasons For Increases
“4th. For short hauls the proposed
rates generally represent advances.
We have asked for these.advances in
the short-haul rates:
(a) To partially compensate for
substantial reductions in rates for
long hauls, and even greater reduc
tions made necessary by the observ
ance of the long and short haul rule;
ar.d
(b) Because of our conviction
that, due to the increase in numbei
of jobbing points, the average length
of our short, or second, hauls will be
materially reduced; and that, owing
to the shifting of trade to primary
markets, such hauls will, in many
cases, be entirely eliminated.
"sth. On certain articles which
are given commodity rales the pro
posed basis means a reduction in the
freight rates on both short and long
hauls, except to the old “Basing
Points.’’
"On certain other articles given
commodity rates the proposed basis,
in some instances, means advances
both on long and short hauls. In
such cases the roads have proposed
these advances for the reasons that
the rates in Georgia on such articles
are substantially lower than rates on
the same articles between other
points in Southern territory; and, as
a matter of fact, rates on some of
the articles are actually lower than
the rales on ihe same articles in the
territory of exceptional traffic density
north of the Ohio and Potomac Riv
ers served by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and
otbet carriers of great financial
strength.
“There is no transportation reason
why rates on commodities in Geor
gia, lower than on interstate traffic
between points in Georgia and in
other states, should exist.
“6th. In addition to the proposed
readjustment of class and commodity
rates, the Railroad Commission of
Georgia is also asked to adopt the
Southern Classification, with certain
exceptions, to care for articles of
the gross or heavy type, ‘uch as
brick, clay, sand, niartle, granite or
stone, fire-procf tiling, etc., in lieu of
the present separate Georgia Classi
fication.
•Uniform Classification.
“The carriers, through a special
Committee known as the Uniform
Classification Committee, whose en
’l e time is devoted to c’ant.iyr-jtioi
work, have trace ’ lien rcttvolv
engaged in formulating a Uniform
Classification.
"More than 75 per cent of the de
scriptions of articles methods of
packing, carload minimum weights,
carload mixtures, and rules in the
Southern Classification were adopted
by the Southern Classification Com
mittee on the recommendations of
the Uniform Classification Com
mittee, and these descriptions, car
load minimum weights, etc., are the
same as applicable in the Official
and Western Classification territo
ries.
"There is every reason why a
state classification having intrastate
application should be uniform with
the general classification used on
traffic into and out of said state.
The necessity for uniform classifica
tion has been recognized and urged
by tlie National Association of State
Railroad Commissioners, various
trade and industrial todies, and the
interstate Commerce Commission.
“The adoption of the Southern
Classification would have the effect
of changing many ratirgs in Geor
gia on articles not covered by com
tnoditv rates and not assigned to the
Exceptions to the Southern Classi
fication. Some of the changes would
mean reductions and others advances
In the present ratirgs in the Georgia
Classification, but would result in
ratings, descriptions of articles,
methods of packing, carload mini
mum weights and carload mixtures,
and rules being uniform with those
generally applicable between points
in the Southern territory.
“A great niMn.v erroneous state
ments as to the effects of the propos
ed adjustment have appeared in some
Georgia newspapers. While we do
not believe that the Georgia press in
'ends to distort the facts, it is not
'mprolable that other erroneous
“tatemenfs will he published, due to
lack of proper information. We.
therefore, ask the shipping public to
<all upon the representatives of the
< arriers for any information that
they desire, which will be gladly and
promptly furnished.”
Will Furnish Information.
In order that any shipper may be
able to secure authoritative informa
tion in regard to any feature of the
proposed revision a committee of
traffic representatives has been
located at Atlanta with headquarters
at the Piedmont Hotel. This com
mittee is composed of the following:
C. B. Kealhofer, general freight
agent, Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic Railway; C. McD. Itavis,
general freight agent, Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad; N. B. Wiight, general
freight agent. Central of Georgia
Railway; .1. Vi. Cutler, general freigh'
agent. Georgia Southern k Floridr
Railway- G. S. Rains, genera! freigl
agent. Seaboard Air Line- Rands
Clifton. assistant freight traffv
onager, Southern Rrilway.
This committee or anv member c
' wit] be glad to promptly reply t
•equest.s for information from nr •
eorgia business man.
NAP RUCKER
FAMOUS PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
By RANDOLPH ROSE
NAP RUCKER is *
tne beloved idol < f
the Brooklyn fans. For m \
years lie was one of Jf 'Df*' (tflj
the greatest pitchers in o /■
the National League. t I
Ilis fast bail was a JL 3" J
marvel. It had every
body scared as no rjSbTey ■ L
player cared to be
“beaned” by a fast one
from Nap Rucker. lUNnoaru Rosa
But one day his arm gave him trouble.
It became serious ami soon Rucker had
to find a new motion—practical!}’ had
to learn to pitch over again. In doing
this he developed a slow bail—not just
an ordinary slow ball but the slowest
slow ball and the most tantalizing one
that any batter ever faced. While his
slow ball was a great success, be it
known his fast was not the same old fast
ball ot old.
In a game against New York, with
Otto Miller catching Rucker, Nap threw
his “fast” ball. Chief Meyers who was
batting missed it.
“What kind of a ball was that 2”
asked Meyers.
“That’s Rucker’s fast bail,” said
Miller.
"Huh.” grunted the chief. “I can’t tell
Ruckers’ fast ball from Walter Job nr
son’s slow one.”
Talking about pitchers reminds me of
a story on Hub Purdue and Miner Brown.
Purdue is a Tennessee product —the Gal
latin squash, they call him. and Brown
is noted as the three-fingered marvel who
gained his greatest fame with the old
Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance machine six
ar seven years ago.
Purdue joined the Cubs at Birming
ham on their way north in 1908. He
was an ambitious pitcher and marveled
at the skill and speed of Brown. That
day on the field Purdue said:
“Say, Brown, how did you lose those
fingers?”
“In a corn sheller,” replied Miner.
Purdue walked away very suddenly.
“Where are you going in such a rush,”
ask (si Brown.
“Going to look for a corn sheller,”
was the rejoinder.
FOR CONGRESS.
TO THE PEOPLE OFTHEELEVEN
TH DISTRICT OF GEORGIA:
■ I Oeg to formally announce my can
i didacy to succeed myself as your re"-
•c ynUtivs in the ; xty-.ift K Cor,
Jf* nth Eie .-nth . :is.i. •*_ <i Ge ; •:
• I reel tne deepest sense of gratitune
I for the partial consideration which you
| have accorded me, and have at all
j times been fully conscions of the
| duties and responsibilities resting on
ms. • ‘
I am better able to represent you
.] now than ever before, and have learn
led that which any new member of
j Congress must learn before he can
| hope to reach the same degree of
i efficiency.
j I am standing squarely and con
jfidently upon the record I have made,
i and point with pardonable pride to the
J achievements df the present adminis
j tratiori which stand unparalled in the
I history of this country. I have done
Imy humble part toward the ennet
' inent into law of the many, construct
i ive pieces of legislation which we have
| passed, bringing relief and opportun
' ity to the great masses of the people
| everywhere.
We are today at peace with the
, world; happy and prosperous, with
| our rights on the land and on the seas
! preserved and our standing and dlg
i nity as a nation fully upheld.
I have stood by our great Presi
dent in the many exigencies that have
arisen and have helped to uphold his
righteous hands in both his domestic
and forlegn policies. I shall hope to
give you a full account of my stew
ardship before the primary in Sept
ember. Relying upon the will and
pleasure of a just and noble people,
1 am,
Faithfully and obediently yours,
(Signed) J. R. WALKER.
Washington, D. C., July 22, 1916.
EXAMINATION TO BE HELD
The United State'! Civil Service
Commission will hold an examination
for stenographer and typewriter (male
and female) August 8, 1916, to fill
sventeen existing vacancies in Ala
bama, Florida,Georgia* Mississippi.
Tennessee, ird South Carolina, and
other vacancies as they may occur.
Entrance salaries from S9OO to SI,OBO.
Age, 18 years or over.
Application blanks ar.d full inf r
mation can be obtained by aj- vying
to hte Secretary, Local Civil S- .ce
Board, your city, rr the Secret ry,
FitliCiviL Service District, At ti,
Georgia.
This is an excellent oppert s.ity
for competent stem ja; nor . i
typewriters to secure g • or. • r.t
positions.
No. 66S
Thi» it a prescription prepared crpcch'ly
for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEV£ A.
Five or six doses will break any care, -nd
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acta on the liver betler !l>a»
Calomel and does not £ rino cr ikkc a. 25c
NOTICE”
cured of t Fv. 1 -
▼ere case of Piles of 40 rr mi • r
days without tha knife, pain or detention
business. ] want all such sufferers lu itaro
about this huxruiDt treatment.
NL M. JOSCT, Routs 4. Lamar. S C.