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DICKERSON, KELLY
A ROBERTS
Attorneys at Law
Tanner-Dickersou Building,
DOUGLAS, GA.
W. C. Lankford. R. A. Moore.
LANKFORD & MOORE
Lawyers
DOUGLAS GEORGIA.
DR. WILL SIBBETT,
Treatment of Eye, Eax, Nose
and Throat a Specialty.
DOUGLAS, GA.
W. C. BRYAN
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
Lankford Building,
DOUGLAS, GA.
CHASTAIN A HENSON
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Overstreet Building
DOUGLAS GEORGIA.
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DR. GORDON BURNS
Physician and Surgeon
Office Union Bank Building
DOUGLAS, GA.
F. WILLIS DART
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Union Bank Building
DOUGIxAS, GA.
W. H. HUGHES, D. C.
CHIROPRACTOR
Union Bank Building,
DOUGLAS, GA.
DR. T. A. WEATHERS
DENTIST
AMBROSE, GA.
DR. E. B. MOUNT
VETERINARY SURGEON
Douglas, Georgia
Office: J. S. Lott’s Stable
TURRENTINE & ALDERMAN
DENTISTS
Union Bank Building
DOUGLAS, GA.
J. W. QUINCEY
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Union Bank Building
DOUGLAS GEORGIA.
MCDONALD & WILLINGHAM
Attorneys at Law
Third Floor Union Bank Bldg.
DOUGLAS, . . , GEORGIA
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DR. JAMES DeLAMAR
Office in Langford Bldg.
Hours 11 &. m. to 1 p. m.
Sunday 9 to 11 a. m.
DOUGLAS, GA.
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DON'T FORGET THU
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Bu Francis Elizabeth Lanyon
(Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.)
“Who threw that at me?” roared
quick-tempered, rheumatic old Richard
Shaw.
“If you please, sir, no one threw it.
It fell from the window up there,” and
the chauffeur, helping his master
across the pavement to his waiting au
tomobile, pointed upwards.
“I'll have the owners f the building
lu court!” raved the irascible old man.
“Yes, I will. I’ll teach them a lesson.
U’ura —I suppose she’s the culprit.”
Old Richard Shaw let down his chol
er. At the second story of the rambling
office building, a picture of dismay,
was as pretty a young lady as one
would see in a day’s journey. The
flower pot that had fallen from the
window sill was hers obviously, for
she had a half-filled glass in her hand.
She had been watering her preciou;
little plant, there was a false touch
and over It went.
Luckily it had landed directly on top
of the high silk hat that Mr. Shaw
wore, daubing it with water and soil
and making quite a dent in it. Had
it struck his face he might have suf
fered.
“Bah!” he uttered simply now r , and
gave the disfigured tile a fling into an
areaway. Sour and crabbed as he
was, the sight of that sweet, scared
: and genuinely sorrowful face had sof
| tened the asperity of his mood.
“Where is my nephew?” he inquired,
I as they reached the automobile and
found It empty.
“lie said he had some business in an
office in the building, but that he
I
3fP==r—w — ‘
A Picture of Dismay.
j would be back soon,” explained the
chauffeur. “Here is Mr. Vernon now,
! sir.”
A young mnn was' swinging out
j from the entrance to the building as
the chauffeur spoke. He hastened
I down the pavement, halted where the
! flowers had fallen and looked up. The
young girl drew back from the win
dow'. He proceeded to lift the bruised
and uprooted plant from the debris,
drew out his handkerchief, wrapped
the plant carefully within it and went
to the waiting automobile.
“Well,” demanded his ruffled and
bareheaded relative, with a broad
stare at the strange burden his nephew
bore.
“Your hat, sir?” evaded Harley Ver
non.
“Never mind my hat. That is a
thing of the past, thanks to that in
fernal flower pot! A memento, I reck
on?” sarcastically intimated the old
man, indicating the handkerchief.
"No,” returned Harley slowly. “You
see, I am the cause of the whole mis
hap.”
“I don’t understand,” said his uncle.
“I was in the office of a friend, just
above the one where that churming
girl was. Dropped my cigar. It hit
the window sill below, startled the
young lady and she gave the flower
pot a start downwards.”
“And therefore?” suggested Mr.
Shaw r .
“I’m going to get this pretty spray
of forget-me-nots repotted, or a brand
new plant. That’s justice, isn’t it,
uncle mine?”
“ll’m 1” muttered the old man, with
a keen glance at his nephew.
Meantime, in the law office where
she was stenographer. Miss Myra
Gage, the owner of the pretty face, a
sight of which had dulled the rage of
old Richard Shaw, was in quite a flut
ter over all the occurrences of the
moment. She had stared in wonder
as the handsome, well-dressed young
man gathered up the ruins of the
potted plant. She had seen the irate
old man fling his injured headpiece
away. She turned to the office boy,
who stood by her side.
“You saw this —this unfortunate ac
cident, Billy?” she faltered.
The lad was grinning. It was dull,
usually, in that conventionally sedate
law office, and, boylike, he welcomed
a deviation from its vapid routine.
THE DOUGLAS
i “Yes,” he bobbed. “The rich gin
is Mr. Shaw. Everybody knows him.
The good-looking guy is his nephew.
Mr. Vernon. He’s taken away the
dou’t-you-forget-its, hasn’t he?" ami
Billy chuckled and Myra blushed.
“I want you to go and get that hut
Mr. Slmw threw away,” said Myra.
“Bless me! what for?” stared Billy.
“Why, you see, it was all my fault
i breaking It, Billy,” began Myra.
“I don’t,” dissented Billy vigorously.
“That cigar hit your hand and startled
you. But I’ll get the hat, If you say
so; oh, sure,” and Billy forthwith de
parted on his mission.
“That was a pretty hard dent,” ob
served Billy as he reappeared with the
discarded hat.
“Thank you,” said Myra, handing
him a quarter. Billy fingered the coiu
thoughtfully.
“Say,” he broke in at length, “I’ll
give you back the quarter just to know
the idea."
“Of what, Billy?”
“The headgear, the hat. You can’t
mend it —there’s a hole clear through
the top. Make it over for yourself,
eh?”
“Maybe, Billy,” smiled Myra sweetly.
“Myra examined the hat closely. She
found a tag with its number on, “7%.”
She copied out the name of the maker,
who operated a select hat store not a
mile distant.
Myra consulted the directory. At
noon the next day she devoted the
lunch hour to consultation with the
hatter in question. She received some
information which pleased her. Mr.
Shaw was a regular customer, had his
hats made on a special block, and any
order in that direction could be swift
of execution.
The office where Myra worked closed
at five in the afternoon, and the next
day Myra passed through the large
office where her desk was, a hat box
in her hand, ready for the street. She
had closed her desk. Now, at it stood
a young man. He had unwrapped a
parcel and the covering lay on the
! floor. Upon the desk he had just
| placed a bewilderingly beautiful flower
pot constructed of tiles and brouze, and
in it was the forget-me-not plant.
He was straightening out the leaves
as Myra approached. He turned, his
face all smiles. It was Harley Ver
non. He lifted his hat promptly.
“You will pardon me,” he said, “but
I took it on myself to replace your
property which my carelessness near
ly destroyed.”
“I—l thank you,” faltered Myra. “It
was very kind and thoughtful of you.
Please pardon me, but I, too, was just
bound on a mission of restitution.”
“Indeed?” uttered Vernon.
“Yes. I destroyed Mr. Shaw’s hat.
I have got him a new one. This is iL
I wish to get it to him.”
Harley Vernon chuckled, ne could
scarcely repress his jollity.
“My auto is below,” he said; “not
for worlds would I have any other
than yourself deliver that hat to the
dear old fellow! A sight of your face
tamed him down yesterday. To find
an honestly inclined young lady, spend
ing her own money to replace an old
hat —hello! a thought. You haven’t
saved the old one, have you?”
“Why, yes,” assented Myra, marvel
ing at the sudden excitement of this
erratic young man.
“Is it handy?”
Myra produced it from a wardrobe.
Young Vernon turned out its inside
band, drew out a folded slip of paper
and smiled profoundly.
“My uncle lost a valuable receipt,”
he explained. “Just now I wondered
if he had not absent-mindedly placed it
in his hat. Sure enough. You give
it to him with the new hat, please.”
Which Myra did. for she accompan
ied Harley to the Shaw home. Old
Mr. Shaw openly admired the desire
of a modern young lady to make things
square. He said some pertinent things
about an estimable girl after Myra had
left.
Upon which hint Hurley acted.
There was a wedding before the year
was over.
"All on account of them don’t-you
forget-its!” pronounced Billy, the office
boy, expansively.
Enough to Hang Him.
The following instance of conclusive
circumstantial evidence came to light
in a case in which Lord Chancellor El
don was employed on circuit; in later
years he related it to one of his daugh
ters in these words:
“I have heard some very extraor
dinary cases of murder tried. I re
member in one, where I was counsel,
for a long time the evidence did not
appear to touch the prisoner at all,
and he looked about him with the
most perfect unconcern, seeming to
think himself quite safe.
“At last the surgeon was called, who
stated deceased had been killed by a
shot —a gunshot —in the head, and he
produced the matted hair and stuff
cut from and taken out of the wound.
It was all hardened with blood. A
basin of warm water was brought into
court, and ns the blood was gradually
softened a piece of printed paper ap
peared—the wadding of the gun—
which proved to be half of a ballad.
“The other half had been found in
the man's pocket when he was taken.
He was hanged.—Loudon Tit-Bits.
Sheep and Superior Beings.
We laugh heartily to see a whole
flock of sheep jump because one did so.
Might not one imagine that superior
beings do the same, and for exactly
the same reason? —Greville.
To Help Him Out.
“You are lying so clumsily,” said the
observant judge to a litigant who was
making a dubious statement of his
case, “that 1 would advise you to get a
i lawyer."—Browning’s Magazine.
®PIl Y
CARE FOR LITTLE CHICKENS
Do Not Worry Mother Hen by Inter
ference—Feed Bread Crumbs
When 48 Hours Old.
When the eggs begin to pip, do not
worry the hen by Interference, but
let her severely alone till the chicks
are all out and dry. Then remove
to a dry roomy coop which should be
rat and skunk proof. If you can have
a small runway attached to the south
side, enclosed by wire netting, so
much the better. The hen should be
kept confined for a few days, allowing
the chicks to run in and out at will.
Do not be in a hurry to feed the |
little fellows, but scatter some coarse
sand or clltek size grit in the chaff
or litter that you put on the floor of
tlieir coop. They will pick at this
and begin to learn to scratch for them
selves. When 4S hours old, give some |
dry bread crumbs or hard-boiled egg.
Feed, often, but sparingly the first few !
days. Vary the food given, using!
rolled oats, cornbread, curd and stale j
light bread ground fine, or soaked in
milk and squeezed dry.
Keep grit, charcoal and clean drink
ing water always before them. Feed
the hen first and the chick feed will
last longer. After the chicks are two
weeks old turn the old hen loose with
them to go where she will, always see
ing that they are securely cooped for
the night. At this age three feedings
a day are sufficient. Cracked corn,
kaffir and wheat is a very good diet,
in addition to what they pick up.
BUFF ORPINGTON IS POPULAR
Fowls Do Well in Confinement and
Are Very Hardy—Laying Quali
ties Have Been Proved.
The Orpingtons are an all-around
fowl, stately and handsome. They
were originated in England about
twenty-five years ago, and are among
the larger breeds, beautiful buff color,
pink or white legs, white flesh, plump,
round bodies. Weight of cock 10
pounds, cockerel 8)4 pounds, hen 8
pounds, pullet 7 pounds. They do well
in confinement; four-foot fence is all
that is neeesary to confine them. They
are very hardy and are not affected
An English Buff Orpington.
Jiy change of climate. They are very
heavily feathered, do not mind cold
weather, and are good winter layers.
While they make good mothers, are
easily broken up when broody. The
Buff Orpingtons have become very
popular in the United States. The
Orpingtons have proved their laying
qualities in many laying contests.
There are several varieties of Orping
tons, but the Buff seems to be the
most popular.
HOPPER SYSTEM OF FEEDING
Begin by Supplying Dry Mash and
Later Include Grains—Feed Oats
for Bone and Muscle.
At this time of the year if it has
not previously been done, the hopper
system of feeding should be Intro
duced for the growing chicks. Begin
by supplying the hoppers with do
nnish and later include grains, espe
cially oats. Some tell us that their
chicks will not eat oats, but there is
nothing better for growing bone and
muscle. Hopper feeding greatly les
sens the amount of labor in caring
for chicks and gives the smaller and
weaker chicks an equal chance at the <
feed with the others.
ERADICATE LICE AND MITES
Piece of Blue Ointment Rubbed Into
Skin Is Recommended—Clean
Droppings Out Weekly.
If hens are lousy, rub a piece of blue
ointment the size of a pea into the
skin just beneath the vent and on the
underside of the wings. Mites are
sure to accumulate if the droppings are
not removed every week and the roosts
-prayed with kprosene emulsion or dis
nfectants.
UGH! CALOMEL MAKES YOU SICK! ’ 7
CLEM! LIR JHOWELS MY WM
Just. Once! Try “Dodson’s Liver Tone” When Bilious, Consti
pated, Headachy—Don’t Lose a Day’s Work.
Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful; make your work a
pleasure; be vigorous and full of am
bition. But take no nasty, danger
ous calomel, because it makes you
sick and you may lose a day’s work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes Into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That’s
when you feel that awful nausea and
cramping.
Listen to me! If you want to enjoy
the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing - you ever experienced just
take a spoonful of harmless Dodson’s
Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer
sells you a 50 cent bottle of Dodson’s
Liver Tone under my personal money
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Fortunate.
“There goes a man I envy.”
“That shabby old fellow with a
spade on his shoulder?”
“Yes.”
“You don’t mean It?”
“Yes, I do; I know that old man.
He can’t read, so the war news In
the papers doesn’t disturb him, and
he’s as deaf as a post, so there isn’t
a chance for him to be drawn Into an
argument about the war.”
WOMAN’S CROWNING GLORY
Is her hair. If yours Is stiAaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use “La Cre
ole” Hair Dressing and change It in
the natural way. Price SI.OO. —Adr.
Benefit of a Doubt.
“That woman seems to know every
thing that goes on In the neighborhood.
I don’t see how she can be much of a
help to her husband.”
“You can’t tell. Maybe lie’s a detec
tive.”
Dr. Peery’s ir DEAI) SHOT” is an effective
medicine for Worms or Tapeworm in adults
or children. One dose is sufficient and no
supplemental purge necessary Adv.
Some men are born poets, but most
editors have poetry thrust upon them.
Cold storage is a failure when it
comes to keeping an engagement.
A million other women have found
the same solution these six have
Almost every woman at some time has had a coffee prob
lem. Over a million American women have settled tneirs
the same way ! Read what these six say—
“l recommend Arbuckles’ Coffee “I have used Arbuckles’ for year*
to my friends. I buy it all the time and think there is no coffee to equal
because it is better coffee.” Miss it.”-Jfr*. J. L. Walper, Shepherds-
Ball, Mercer, Ky. town, W. Va.
“I U3e Arbuckles’ because it is “I have been using Arbuckles’ Gof
stronger than Ssc coffee and Ar- fee for years. I think it is the only
buckles’ packages are full 16 oz.” coffee fit to drink.”— Mrs. A. G. WallL
—Mrs. Vonachen, Coldwater, Kan. han, Lay, Colorado.
“1 have been using Arbuckles’ for “We have used Arbuckles’ Coffee
years, and have always found it the for ten years and have not yet found
best I ever used.”-Afr». Johnathan Its superior or equal.”- Viraie Hada-
Bigrigg, Coshocton, Ohio. way, Bessemer, Ala.
Arbuckles’ is the biggest selling, most popular coffee
in the United States. Have you tasted it ? Get it at
your grocer’s—either bean or already ground—and serve
it in your home. Know why a million other women say
that Arbuckles’ is the fittest coffee they ever tasted!
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as famous as Arbuckles’ Coffee. Write for snecial pre
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ARBUCKLES* COFFEE
back guarantee that each spoonful
will clean your sluggish liver better
than a dose of nasty calomel and that
It won’t make you sick.
Dodson’s Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You’ll know it next morn
ing, because you will wake up feel
ing fine, your liver will be working,
your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson’s Liver Tone Is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give It to your chil
dren. Millions of people are using
Dodson’s Liver Tone instead of dan
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale of calomel
is almost stopped entirely here. —Adv.
Dangerous Place.
“That’s a peculiar looking bruise you
have on the back of your neck,” ob
served the doctor.
“Yes,” said his patient. “I’m sub
ject to those. You see, I’m a clarinet
player in an orchestra.”
“I don’t see how that can produce
bruises ou the back of your neck.”
"It doesn’t produce them exactly, but
it places me in a position where I am
very liable to get them.”
“How is that?”
“I sit directly In front of the man
who plays the slide trombone.”
MOTHER, ATTENTION!
Gold Ring for Baby Free.
Get a 25c Bottle of Baby Ease from
any drug store, mail coupon as di
rected and gold ring (guaranteed),
proper size, mailed you. Baby Ease
cures Bowel Complaints and Teething
Troubles of Babies.—Adv.
Too Refined.
“I wonder if Mrs. Jones could make
this kind of a tart answer for the
church supper purposes?”
“My dear man, Mrs. Jones is too
much of a lady to make a tart an
swer for anything.”
Hongkong reports a shortage in car
bonic acid gas.