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j. M. ASHLL I*i' .-,i 'out; J. S. LOTT, V. President- C. E. BAKER
Cashier.
Directors,
J. J. LEWIS, LLIAo LOTT J. M- ASHLEY, J. S. LOTT, HENRY
Vi.; ..,KS, J. W. QUINCEY, JOHN McLEAN.
Accounts i I i Jividuals, Herchants and Corporations
Solicited.
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J. D. LOCKRIDGE. Agent.
DOUGLAS, - - GEORGIA.
f TWENTY-ONE! 1
OF THE
Best City Lots in Town for Sale. Now
is the time to buy you a good lot to build on, Buy
while you can select a good location, on the Prin
cipal resident street in town. Every
one of these lots is high and dry, and can be
Bought for Less Money now, than ever
before, li vou want a good home, or if you want
J O V
to double your money in six months, by investing
don’t delay, until this opportunity is gone.
r Property in Douglas is increasing in value every
r'day. Now is the time to buy. Terms easy.
For further particulars address,
Lawson Kelley,
DOUGLAS GA
Sheriff Sales for June-
GEORGIA, —Coffee County. Will be
sold on the tirst Tuesday in July, 1905 at
the court house door in the city'of Doug
las, said county, during the legal hours id
sale to the highest and best bidder the iol
lowing described pioperty: lot of land So
48 in the 6th district of Coffee county.
Ga., containing four hundred and ninety
(400) acres, more or less. Said land levied
on to be sold as the property of .lease Lott,
Sr., under and by virtue of a li. fa. in
favor of Georgia Supply Co. and Hart
felder-Garbutt Co. against Lott-Tyler
Lumber Co, issued from the city court of
Douglas.
Also at the same time and place there
will be sold to the highest and best bid
iier the following described property: one
hundred and ninety (UK)) acres, more or
less, o i laqd lot No 8 lying and being in
die Ist district <sf said Coffee county, and
bounded south, east and north by the or
iginal land lot line and on the west by the
Nine Mile creek, together with ali im
provements thereon; levied on to be sold
as the property of H. J. Solomen, one ol
the defendants, under and by virtue of a
li. fa. Psued from the city court of Doug
las in favor of Dwelle A Dwelle against
H.J.andJ. L. Solomen.
Also at the same time and place the fol
lowing described property: eighty (80)
acres, morvor less, of land lot No '528 it)
the sth district of Coffee county, Ga.,
hounded north by the B. A W R. R., on
the sout h by land of Lewis Bectom, on
the west by land of John Graham and on
the east by land of T. M. Ponsell. Also
twenty (20) acres, more or less, of land lot
No 548 in the sth district of—Coffee cottV
ty, Ga , and hounded as follows: on the
north by B. it \V. R. It., on the west by
land of John Graham, on the east by land
ot T. M. Ponsell and on the south by
, Lewis Bectom. The said tvv* tracts con
taining one hundred (LOO) acres, more or
less, and being almost in the square.
S lid property leved upon as the property
of Rachel Holt under and by virtue of a
li. fa in favor of J. A. Danghtrey,' Admit -
istrator on the estate of Peter Vickers, de
ceased, from the city court of Douglas.
This li. fa. being based upon a judgement
for borrowed money seem ed by a deed up
ion said premises, the deed reconveying
said described land to Rachel licit, as re
' united by law, has been executed , tiled
and recorded before levey was made.
Also at the same time and place will I e
sold to the highest and best bidder tlie
following described land : a tract or par
cel of lani situated on the north side of
the right-of-way of the A. A 1!. 11. R. in
the town of lhishnell, <ia., said county,
same being one hundred and fifty (150) ft
front and running back north of equal
width as front two hundred and
fifty (250) ft, more or less,
and the land whereon ;'is situated
the storehouse now occupied by .lames
Smith. Said property levied upon and
sold as the property of the defendant,
James Smith, under and by virtue of two
li. fas. from the city court of Douglas—one
in favor of the Fitzgerald Mercantile Co.
against James Smith and the other in fa
vor of Meinhard. Kchnul A Co. against
James Smith and W. W. Willis
This oth day of June, 100.5.
W. W. SOUTHERLAND
Slier; JT
The I»Ie of Mnn.
The Isle of Man Is situated in the
Irish sea, nearly equidistant from
England and Ireland and belongs to
Great Britain. The government is
vested in a lieutenant governor, execu
tive council and house of keys. It was
ruled by Northmen from the ninth or
tenth to the thirteenth century; was
annexed to Scotland by Alexander 111.
and was afterward ruled by various
kings. It was ruled by the Stanley
family from the beginning of the fif
teenth century to 173.5, when it passed
to the earls of. Atbole. In 1765 the
British government acquired most of
the royal rights of the Athole family,
the last rights falling to the crown in
1820. English is generally spoken, and
the native Manx is fast disappearing.
It has an area of 220 square miles and
a population of 56,000. The three legs
used on its coins are the emblem of the
Island and signify “The Isle of Man
kneels to England, kicks at Scotland
and spurns Ireland.”
Lord Liverpool’s Rape of the Teapot.
Lord Liverpool, who was traveling
incognito, after breakfasting at a hotel
In London, ordered his valet, a raw
Sussex youth, to clear the table and
pack everything in a portmanteau. By
this order, of course, -was meant Lord
Liverpool’s letters and papers. But
the youth took it to include the silver
teapot and spoons. When Lord Liver
pool was driving down Oxford street a
cry of “Stop thief!” was raised, and
the landlord of the hotel arrived in hot
pursuit. There in the street the prime
minister lia< the mortification of hav
ing his luggage opened, and in it was
found the plate. Never would the
statesman laugh at the episode even
years after, so great was his fear that
the story might get into the newspa
pers.—London Spectator.
A Political Secret.
Do fore Napoleon 111., emperor of
France, became interested in the Mex
ican empire project he had a plan in
mind for certain mysterious military
operations in Morocco. A writer says:
‘•The Germaji agent of a firm of Liege
gunsmiths used to go at dead of night
to a private door in the Rue St. Hooore,
press a button and be received in secret
by Louis Napoleon himself. The Ger
man was to secure arms to the order of
Napoleon, but all was to be secret.
Payment was to be made through a
Swiss banking house, as part of the
capital of a railway in the Grisons.
But it all came to nothing. Mexico
claimed the horizon and the German
and his guns were forgotten, and the'
secret of it all is still to seek.”
A Queer Insect.
The “walking sticks,” “walking
leaves,” etc., are among the most curi
ous forms of insects inhabiting tropical
America. They belong to the great
family of phasmldaes and are as odd
specimens of animated nature as one
could well Imagine. The type of the
family Is an elongated creature with a
cylindrical brown body, looking exact
ly like a small limb or twig with the
bark on. Some of the branches of this
numerous family live in the torrid por
tions of Africa, where they attain enor
mous sizes. Vane, the great traveler,
said he had seen them so large that
“they had the general appearance of
great, animated clubs moving up and
down the branches and trunks of the
gigantic tropical trees.”
“Handle With Care.”
If you send a package marked “Han
dle With Care" by freight, the railway
employees will take every opportunity
to tumble It around and dump it on the
depot platform as though it were a
bale of hay. We once saw a railroad
employee so sick he could scarcely hold
up his head, but when Ills wandering
eye happened to. fall on a package
marked “Handle With Care” he arose
with an expiring effort and threw the
blamed thing the length of the depot
platform, danced upon it, then shrieked
and died.”—Alma (Kan.) Signal.
Sensitive Nerves.
When the points of a hairpin are
passed along the cheek from a point
near the eye to the edge of the upper
lip they seem to separate. The reason
Is found in the fact that the nerves of
the upper lip are more sensitive than
those of the cheek and consequently
differentiate the two points. Portions
of the back are so little sensitive to the
touch that two points throe inches
apart will create the impression of but
one.
The Highest Tides.
The highest tides in all Europe occur
in the Bristol channel, where at spring
tides there is sometimes a difference
of over forty feet between high and low
water. The highest tides In the world
occur at Fundy bay, Nova Scotia,
where the difference Is over seventy
feet. The lowest tides in the world ex
ist at Lake Michigan, where the differ
ence between high and low water is
only three inches.
HomemaktiiK.
Men do not make their homes unhap
py because they have genius, but be
cause they have not enough genius.
A mind and sentiments of a higher
order would render them capable of
seeing and feeling all the beauty of do
mestic ties.—L ords worthy
A iJoict tret.
In Thomas E. Parish's book, “Gold
Hunters of California,” are some good
stories of the old days. Here is a yam
about the biggest gambiug Mr. Parish
knew of in that time of big betting;
“A man of the name of Moore had
been betting and lost over and over
sums aggregating several thousands of
dollars on the game of faro. Finally,
as he turned to leave, the dealer asked,
‘Are you through V’ Moore halted, hesi
tated, then, turning and taking from
his pocket a key, held it up and said,
•I will bet you everything in my safe,
which this key unlocks, on the ten.’
•How much is in your safe?’ inquired
the dealer. ‘I do not know, but it is
a large sum. If you win take the key,
open the safe and secure all the money
you find there. If I win we will go
to the safe together, count the money
and you must cover the amount,’ was
the answer. The challenge v,as ac
cepted, the bet made, and Moore won
something over $47,000.”
London's ‘-Mohocks.”
At the beginning of the eighteenth
century a number of ruffianly young
men of the higher classes—called by
Swift “a race of rakes that play the
devil about the town every night”—
known as “Mohocks,” infested Lon
don, sallying out drunk into the
streets, carrying short clqjos loaded
with lead at both ends and perpetrat
ing shameful cruelties upon peaceable
passersby, wantonly wounding and
disfiguring the men and subjecting all
alike to atrocious insults.
Lccky says that matrons inclosed in
barrels were rolled down the steep and
stony Snow hill. Watchmen were un
mercifully beaten and their noses
wore slit. Coaches and chairs were
overturned on rubbish heaps, and coun
try gentlemen visiting the theaters had
to be accompanied by their armed re
tainers as if in time of war.—Pearson's
Weekly.
A Fitting Reply.
Major Lomax of the United States
army w;ts visiting in Canada soon
after the war of ISI2. Ho was enter
tained in Quebec by the officers of one
of the royal regiments.
After dinner speeches and toasts be
ing in order, one of ‘ho British officers,
having imbibed too generously of the
champagne, gave as u toast, “The Pres
ident of the United States, Dead or
Alive!” The toast was accepted with
laughter.
Major Lomax rose to respond, saying,
“Permit me to give as my toast, ‘The
Prince Regent, Drunk or Sober!’ ’’ The
British officer sprang instantly to his
feet and in angry tones demanded,
“Sir, do you intend that remark as 911
insult?”
To which Major Lomax calmly an
swered, “No, sir; as the reply to one.”
A Funny Blunder.
According to Law Notes, Sergeant
Ballantine used to tell this story on
Lord Chief Justice Coekburn of Eng
land: One night while Ballantine was
passing along Piccadilly he came
across a policeman who was arresting
a woman he claimed was drunk. He
stopped to expostulate and stated that
the woman seemed to be ill rather than
intoxicated. Just at this time Lord
Coekburn, who was then attorney gen
eral, came by on his way home from
the house of commons and Joined in the
discussion. Immediately another of
ficer rushed up and, seizing Coekburn
by the collar, exclaimed, “I arrest you
also.” “Arrest me!” cried the astonish
ed attorney general. “What for?”
“Oh,” replied his captor, “for many
things. You are well known to the po
lice.”
A Wonderful Record.
The Rev. Air. Mattisou was curate of
Patterdalc, England, for nearly sixty
years. His income for many years was
£l2 and never exceeded £lB per annum.
He married and lived comfortably and
had four children. He buried his moth
er. He married-his father and buried
bis father. He christened his wife and
published liis own banns of marriage
in the church. He christened and mar
ried n!l his own children. He educati
on Ills own son until he was fit for col
lege. He lived till he was ninety-six,
and died worth £l,ooo.—London An
swers.
His Closes* Relation.
"Mamma," said a young Great Bend
hopeful the other day, “who is my
closest relation? Are you?” ”
“No,” sweetly replied the mother,
“your father has that distinction. He
never gives me a cent unless I ask him
for it.”
And it was a full half hour before the
old man discovered that the paper he
was reading was upside down.—Larned
Tiller and Toiler.
Permanent Ideals.
To live in the presence of great
truths and eternal laws, to be led by
permanent ideals—that is what keeps
a man patient when the work', ignores
him and calm and unspoiled when the
world praises him. —Balzac.
A Snrprlse In Store.
Sweet Innocence —Fapa says that
you can’t afford to marry. Guileful
Youth—Oh, how absurd! Why, it only
costs a few dollars! Sweet Innocence —
Is that so? How foolish papa Is! I’ll
tell him.