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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1886)
fl rom th« Cliit iteo OLIVIA; --OK, -------- - THE DOCTOR'S TWO IMS BY THE AT7TH0S OF * The. Second Mr*. Pit to (son'Never Forgotten " Kir., Etc. ClfAFTKK VI. i.kaviko r.MiuMi. ®I will send the child to you in a cal) oo Wednesday,’’ and the woman said, the hall; a. I rose made my way toward -you have not told me your addres ?" I paused for a moment. Dared 1 tell her my address? Yet my money w»a paid, and if I did not, I should Jose both it and the refuge I had bought with it. Besides, I should awaken hub picion and inquiry by .-dem o. It was m fearful risk to run; yr-t it m > mo 1 safer than a precipilot.s , ef.reat. i gave her my address, anil saw her write it down on a slip of paper. lodgings I As 1 returned to my grew <*lmer and more hopefuL It was not likely that my husband would me the address, or even hear that any one like me had been at the house. I did not suppose he would know the name, of Marfiuenn as my mother’s maiden name As far as 1 recollected, I had never sjK.ken of licr to him. Moreover he was not u man to make himself at all ith i ot and familiar wifcli persons whom he looked upon us inferiors. It was highly imj.robulde that lie would ssnter into any conver ation wilh his landlady If that woman did so, all ahe, would learn would be tlmt a young l*<ly, whose name was Marti ucaii, had Ukco a situation us IInglLsh t icher in • Fwneh school. What could then .be in that to make him think of me? 1 was 011 the rack all the next tiny, It was the lad day I should he in I n gland, mid 1 had a nervous drea l of no ing detained. If I should once moo in cpiitting the country h( tocted, ft semned as thonch 1 riu; hope to be 01 safety in Calvndo' . Ol Calvados 1 knew even less than of Mm ITiivnncl Iidumls; I had never the name before. But Mrs. Wilkinson had given me the route by which nt were to reach Nolroau; by ........... lc Havre, across the mouth of the Heine to Honllenr, to Falaise by train, and ftnally from Falaise to Noireau by one uibitH, It was an utterly unknown re gion to me; and 1 lmd no reason to agtnc that Richard Foster was ho!ter aequainfed with it than I. My anxiety wa* simply to get el. av away. in the afternoon the little girl rived quite alone, except that a uiati had been hired to carry a small 1 ox lor her, and to deliver her into my charge This was a great relief to me, ahd ! gladly paid the shilhng ho demamloii The child was thinly and shabbily dressed for our long journey and there lion, was a left forlorn thus loneliness with a strong, about herj»- which t „m a, d me to 1 10 heart. V, e % <• e ,hko pom , ! ' l ' k> *1 HiUtt* t ,, iarg< ey- »hjoli rero too U for her thin fm t t ni (o me ‘.... ( ZL .oar, noil’v h down,;. ,i, „ i . ,,i uM m I m ao giaul sno . said, .. witn . , a deep- , drawn B1 K" ' d relief; was afraid should never go. and school is such u heavenly place!” amused troubled The words vot me; ordinary they were opinion. so different from a child’s “It's such a hateful place at Mrs. WTIkimion’H," she went on, “everybody calling mo at once, and scolding me; and tl„-,o such , nnnv people to run orrauds fo. You don’t know what it is to run errands when you are tired to death And it’s such a beautiful ,’ splen- 1 d>d I I place where 1 vc re gou.g to! H hat IN your name, mv dear?" 1 asked, sitting down on my box and Pencil in trouble! Yet she nestled in mv arras like a true child, and a tear or two rolled down her cheeks, us il from vei v contentment. "Nobody has nursed me like th s ainco mother died,” sho said. »l« m Marv, but father always called me Minima, because 1 was the least in the I, il, ,v B.x-, H ,-hnnl mo ni i oiulon in I Pilin'- *%.)-«-1 you know- *; • 1 ‘ » ‘ . V'V v \1, . I nsed torail In r-u died' ,O T -n 1,0 el aid'he mother just before him; said, ‘Gounige, Minima! God will take mv Dttln ..ill’ So the In?' fathers and mothers made a subscri,, ,|,'| rn .,,1 hunllie’d ii, ... ....t „ i ’ of money n pounds- ami j’. a | tin-in fr*rears about this school £ whero I can Btav for a dred ljr*> pounds, and they all said that m,s »)» thine- th.-x 'tav . -mild lb. With me “n‘ But 'nearly >ve ad 11 to w Mrs Wilkfa- Z 'find two mouths, Imcause could not a governess to go with m . 1 lmtc her; 1 detest her; 1 should like to suit at ’ her'” ' The little fa v was all aflame, aud the large eye? b nmog. - Hush: hush. 1 saul drawing her hoatUltwnxvav., my shoulder again. Ilien there s Mr. I oster, she n-n tiiiuod, abno-t sohlung; he torments me so. He likes to make fun of me, and tease me, till 1 etui i oe-ar to go into Ins room. I-at her used to say it was wicked to hate anybody, and I didn ! hate any o lv then. I was sc happy., 11 but uni a h.-tc Mr. Poster and n ’V ' MllV ’ V 7 - *' "iMt U I,','- i I I f i t r f'i, ,' i t -I, -in )Zv ill’s L st.Z ho P 0 !'* i wit-.,- !!„' -i 1 * eimg i F', i>' * - •*'*' “Oh! thereto >>d in every way, b - •bc said, with emphasis; they frighten ■I A. He is fo id ,f torrucntiiig any thing, because he’s one .. Me had a cruel boy in our school once, so 1 know, But tbev are wry p. or poor as .H>b, Mr*. M itkinson ^says, aud Ini glad Aren’t _ you gad .' The question jarred in my memory ■gains: a pa-re nte craving after re wenge, which had died away in the 1 awet jL, and tranquillity oi Marie. A year [ should have r«v od in any iwan urisof i,un i-hment or rt > Ibution which nail overtaken those whoi nd destroyed o/perhaps mv happiness. But it wa#not so now; 1 J should rather own that it was only faintly so. h bdu- ver oc • rum <1 to lilt: that my would i plunge him into po erty itni ar to my I own. But now that the idea was thrust upon mo, I wondered bow I could liiiVi; overlooked tins necessary consequence of my conduct. Ought J to do anything for him? Was there anything 1 could do to help him; Ho is ill, too," pursued the child; “I heard him war once to Mrs. h osier ho know he should die like a dog. 1 was a little tiny bit sorry for him then, for nobody would like to die like a dog, and not go to heaven, you know, But I don’t care now I shall never see them again never, never! I could jlimp on t „f rnv skin for joy. I shan’t even know when he is dead, if he does die like a dog.” and IU! dead! My heart beat faster faster as I pondered over these words, Then j Hlumld bo free, indeed; his <jc a t}, wol ,l<l release me from bondage, from (error, from povcity—those three <:V iB widen dogged my steps. I had ncvc ,. ventured to let my thoughts run that wav, but ties, child’s prattling had now f„recd them into it. Richard Fos tl . r j)( dying; ” oh, Clod 1 what ought , (o (loV , eon j t j not make myself known to him; tbnt wa8 impossible, I would p,ii j thou -and times j,j sooner dio myself t mll n . )uril j„ m . But vet there „ imf , |,,, k to n,y mind the ‘first days W | 1<in 1 know l.im, when he was all ten dcruess and devotion to me; declaring Jiis that ho eoul<l find no fault in girl wife How happy 1 had been then for a )i t tl 0 while, exchanging my step m otln r’s harshness for his indulgence! H,. might have won my love; he had ajmost won it. But that happy, golden time was gone, and could never come, back to mo. Yet my heart was softened toward as I thought of him ill. perhaps dying. What could I do for him v/itlmut jiluing mvself in his power? There was one thing onlv that I could ol „. jitfclo sacrifice 1 could f,; r him whom I had vowed, in 4 .] u pjjHh ignovaiu*o, to love, honor, an<l c | 1( , r jsh in sickness and in health, until ,j ( . a th parted us. A borne was secured t0 tno tor twelve months, and at the end of that time 1 should have a bet t,. r career open to me. 1 had enough money still to last mo until then. My diamond ring, which hail been his own ,,j[q. (0 mo on our wedding-day, would j )0 valuable to him. Sixty pounds W(m i,j p,. !V j,elj> to him if ho were as )lool . ns this child said. Ho must be ,, o0 r, or ho would never lmvo gone to |j vo in that mean street and neighbor j l()OI |, Perhaps if 1m had been alone—I dn no t know, hut possibly if he hod been alone, ill, dying in that poor lodging of his, I might have gone to 1 asked myself again, Could you j lttVO done this thing? But I cannot an swot it even to myself. Poor and ill |,e was, hut I 10 was not alono. enough for me, then, that I cou}<1 <(o -oineMling , <mK) !lU lo service fot ]lhn paiTof ’fib,, old (lame of vengeance s heat left in it. 1 was fro* hatred of him. I set the cJbtfd ’ >-rn and wrote - r *»-•*" -• ““K a ‘nmosiu m .. Bttlo box. Iheso , are the words 1 wrote, and I put neither date nor name of place: I know that you are poor, amt I send you a p j 0 «i» sparo—tlio ring you once gave to mo. I am even poorer than youraeir, Put ' havo Just enough lor my immedl ito wants. I lorglre you, as I trust (Joil foiglvos me. This business settled, 1 returned to the child, who was sitt ng, as 1 had so often done, gazing pensively into the fire. Was she to bo a sort of miniature copy of myself? “Gome, Minima, . I said, “wo must hi thinking of tea. Which would you like host, buns, or cake, or bread and but tor? We must go out and buy them, and von shall choose.” “ wid.-li ’ weni nS I ,.,wt mfwS. *lw, ui,n •R'keil. v ,ked took looking at nioxvitli the thn carewo carowoii; , thump against the door brought a host l ’f fears upon me. But before I could stir the insecure handle gave way, and Iu> one more formidable appeared than * il0 landlady of the house, carrying l>e l>«r a tray on whudi was aet out a consisting of buttered ‘;™mpets and shrimps She put it down on my dressing-table, and stood surv -' ng »<• and us with an expression Inmign exultation, until sho had rc ooverod her breath suilic cntlv to apeak, firing “Those as u-e going into parts” she said “ought to get a good English meal a tore they start. If you was going to stay in England, miss, if would be quite a differe.it thing; but mo and mv master don t know what they may give you to eat where you're going to. Therefore, we beg you’ll ac “1“ “ f t!l ° and the shrimps, «“{ and th everything ” '^ lul aiul ; and 1 " l,U we ' r ' mean a '“ l tho no of <"'•*" »’>' >*• Vou’io been a very quiet, reg’lar lodger, and give no trouble, and wo rt! 9, ’ rr -V to lose you. And this, my Ula8ter ,s a ( st ' mo n,i * 1 V0 V‘ - 1 could hardly ,. control . my laughter, and 1 could not keep ha k my tears. It was a long timo now since any 'and one bad shown mo so much kindness svm thv as this. The dull face of the sooJ * brightened worcsm bv her kind hearted feeling, and, instead of thins uglier, 1 pul my’ips to her chock, “For!'’ aha exclaimed; “why! God bless von, rny dear! I didn’t mean any 0 ,j,know. Lor! 1 never thought.you’d ] ay me like that. It's V orv pretty of vo’u, it is: for I’m sure y 0 „ lt , Iroi.v to the backbone, as often oftvii i re s»\l to mv mastor. Bc good c-uiiU;- b. to »»t t all. you and the little miss, for you’ve a long journey before vo.u Go l Ideas you both, mx deiv s, aud giro yon a good eppetito. She b ckcvl out of the room as she was speaking, tlast, her face beaming upon as j„ There was a pleasant drollery about her conduct, and about the intense de light of tho child and her hearty en jovment of the fea?t, which for the time effeotn llv d ssipated my fears and my melancholy though-s. it was the last hour 1 should spend in my solitary room; mv lonely davs were past. Thj little elf, with her large sharp ejes and sagacious, womanly face, was to be my companion for the future. I felt closely drawn to her. Even the hungry appe- j tite with which she ate spoke of the ; hard times she had gone through. S hen she had eatec all she could eat. I heard | ^ser say softiy to herself, Courage, Minima!" j CHAPTER Vfl A LOSO JOCRNKT. ; It was little more than twelve months since I had started from the same sta lion on the same route; but there was no Tardif at hand now. As I went into the ticket-office Minima caught me \ j/ )y t,} ie dress, and whispered earnestly to my eur . class." “We’re not to travel first she said ; “it costs too much. Mrs. Wilkin gr> n said we ought to go third, if we j p, ni ij. ami v/m’ra to nay, they’! for me. please, only half-price, and pay ; vf >u again when we reach the school. I’ll come with you, and then they 11 see I’m only half-price. I don t look toe old, do i. answered, , i "You look very old,' I j smiling at her anxious face. “Ob, dear, dear, she said; *' ut J ! sit very small. Perhaps 1 d better not; come to the tioket-o hce, the porters are sure to think me only a little girl” She was uneasy until we had fair^ started from the station, her right to a j half-ticket unchallenged. j llio November night was cold ar# ! foggy, and there was little difference between the darkness of the suburbs and the darkness of the open country. Once again the black hulls and masts of two steamers stood before us at the end of onr journey, and hurrying voices shouted, “This way for Jersey and Guernsey." “This way to Havre.” What would f not have given to return to Mark, to my quiet room under Tar dif’s roof, with his true heart and fast friendship to rest upon! But that could not bo. My foot were setting out upon a new track, and I did not know where the hidden path would lead me. The next morning found us in Trance. light, It was which a soft, sunny day, with a mellow seemed to dwell fondly on the many-tinted leaves of the trees that covered the banks of the Sciae, From Horifjeur to Falaise the same warm, genial sunshine filled the air. The slowly moving train carried ns through woods where the autumn , seemed but a few days o’d, acacias'still and where the slender leaflets of the fluttered in the caryssing breath of the wind. We passed through i/iiles upon miles of orchards, where a few red leaves were hanging vet upon the knot tod- branches of ttM» aqiple tce^k be «««»u »*uion my nuga pyramids them stood of ap pies. Truck-loads of at every station. The air was scented by them. Children were pelting one' an other with them; and here and there, where the orchards had been cleared and the trees stripped, Hocks of geese were searching for those 1 -utter -d ; among the tufts of grass. siltqe were in blossom, and the chry S The mums were in their first glory. r j few countrywomen who got i r $> our I carriage st.ll wore their snow;- tfWdm j caps, as in summer. Nobody everybody M cold ami pinched yet, and was living out of doors. .-.a ! world, It was almost like .V , At Fflifi if train for a small omnibus, -» >> the name "Noireau* conspicuously flhilst door. I had discovered that th. little r ranch I knew was not of much serv ice, as 1 could in no way understand the rapid T.- answers that were given to mv questions. A . woman ame 10 us, at Ive i door of a cafe where the omnibus stopped in Falaise, and made a long diii , and earnest harangue, of which I not recognize one word. At length we started off on the last stage of oui , . J ; ‘ J ... n ,. LlcZ rt,. pn to ask myself the question anxious inm’.-rnir 1 1 !Gbf f r i li. ts imol an intci mmablo ! tune We lmd passed through long avenues of trees, ! and across a series of wide, . , . nn . valleys® tbf roa.ls into narrow ami up ^^irhoof-bcats We seldom shamble,! in sight oi the roads. were any house, and we passed through very few villages. I felt as if we were go¬ ing all the way to Marseilles. "I’m so hungry!" said Minima, aftei a long silence. I, too, naa been hungry for an houi or two past. We had breakfasted at midday at one of the stations, but w« lmd nothing to eat since, except a roll which Minima had brought away from kl '^*° a; but thw 1,a ^‘« a T; ar « dlon e a try to go to sleep, 1 said, lean les . me. she ansuerea, “am^itVTnch and its such a splendid school! I’m going to stay there four years, you know, so it’sfooi »h to mind being hungry now. ‘Conr tomn.o, DIivis! 1 repeated to my self. “The farther yon go the morese .’nre will be your hiding-place.” The dntd no -tied against me, and soon fell 1 'j 1 8b ° ! ,’ T* an un quiet slumber, , broken by * terrifying r - dreams. Sometimos I was falling from the cliffs in Hark into the deep, trans parent waters below, where the sharp rocks lay like swords. Then I was in the Gouliot Caves, with Martin Dobree »t my side, and the tide was coming ia too strongly for us; aud beyond, in the opening through which wo might haVe escaped, my husband's faeelookedin at us, with a hideous exultation ut'on it. I woke at last, shivering with cold aud dread, for I had fancied that he bad found rue, and was carrying mo away again to his old hateful haunts. 'Our omnibus was jolting and nun Wing down some.steep and narrow streets, lighted by oil-lamps swung across them. There were no lights in any of the houses, save a few in the upper windows, as though the inmates were all iu bed. or going to bed. Only at the inn where we stopped was ther's anything like life. A lamp, which hung over the archway leading to tilt yard and stables, lit up a group of pea pic waiting for the arrival of theomai bus. I woke up Minima from her deen and heavy sleep. ITO BX CO.NTI.SXXn.1 C1III.DRE.VS COLfJIX. Weather*WiM« Rosy littl- Dimph cheeks Came panting in from play. Tired out and sleepy too, ’Twas such a scorching day. On my knee she dozed awhile, Then said, as up she looked, “Polks called winter weather rare; I think this must bo cooked." —George Cooper in. Young People. Paintini; a. C amel. An elephant once played an amusing trick upon a camel whic i was its ncigh bor jn R mcnagt . rie . One of the workmen faad • ■» . b * . . ,. .. en , ln P a “ tln S a P orllfjn of the hous.-,touching off the ornamental projections with red pint. The young elephant ‘ ' watched him with "Teat inter .! est, apparently amused , at , the , bright u hits : 0 f color, The painter was absorbed in his work ^ the dinner-bell rang. He put hi pot . and , brush . ... down, and wen. off to hi, meal. The elephant waited till he was out of s , » hf > then carefully felt for the brush with his trunk. Next to the young elephant stood a s ] ce p y camel, dreamily cat ng hay. The elephant j took up * the brush and streaked the camel s side. Lie keeper happened along just then, and watched ,. vents . The elephant appeared highly * , d w hen it saw the red line of paint „ ,, s a J ' ” •' TV ben the painter returned the brush , was back in its place, the elephant was h • 6 earncstlv f into space ’ an(1 t lie catncl vtas emblazoned , all .. over , with red stripes, like a crimson zebra. - Jennie’* victory. Jennie, , said her sutcr Ella, are fond of talking about gaining tories; but I think if you would j h t bad temper 1 it wou ld be a glorious victory. „ But this made Jennie angry, and she wcnt away tonursc her anger. The first book she took up happened to bc a Bible; it opened of itscit to ,, the place: “A soft answer turueth away wrath.” Meantime, would you like to know what was the trouble? (In their way home from school Jennie and her frieud Albert quarreled. Albert said Jennie’s friend Lila Johnson missed a word, and Jennie said she didn’t; and they disputed until they both were angry. As Jennie read the Bible verse, she could not help thinking what if she had answered Albert that perhaps she was mistaken; then she was surivall would have been right between them; however, she was too angry to listen to the soft voice which was whispering this in her ear; she closed the book, and went down stairs. Cousin Harold, was in the sitting room with E la; when he caught sight of Jen ji'-fet-l an( q tearfulUyo- Vie began to question. Harold's advicif was to ask Albert’s pardon; and he volunteered to go with her to Albert’s house. Jennie was aim st sure to do as Cousin Harold said, and in a short time they were walking down street together. Only a block from her own house she met Albert, and stopping, said horridly: “Albert, I’m coming to tell you that I’m so:ry.” “Said Albert, “So am I.” “There!’’ said Cousin Harold, “1 fancy you have gained qit te a victory. What a fine thing it W-.ulil be if you were always a brave general and gained victories for the right.’’ After that she went to a store with Harold, and waited while lie did some or.and?. Whil; they were there, Albert came skipping back to a?k Jennie to go home with him to tea, that Mamma said so, and she had a real nice tea for him, “because it is my birthday, you know.” Cou-in Harold gave permission, and away went tlie happy children who we:e enemies such a short time before, but had been made friends by a few “soft words.”— Wanted “Fresh Meat.” At the battle of Perrysville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, the--Indiana regiment was pitted against a Confederate regiment of Louisiana Tigers, and the advance of that famous regiment which drove in the Federal pickets also drove into the Union 1 line a number of badly scared rabbits, I just as tho Federats began firing. One of the boys of Company G., after firing a shot, spied a rabbit jumping to warJs him, and fixing his bayonet, un¬ mindful of the approach of the enemy, as he charged on the little animal, said; “By Jove! I’m tired of hard tack, and I want fresh meat,” at the same lime j pinioning the rabbit to the ground. Though the company, only numbering fifty-two in the outset of the battle, lost twenty-two killed and wounded, the “fresh meat” soldier was spared to break his fast next morning on broiled rabbit. —Detroit Free Press. The Oily Cocoa. There is a tree in Mexico called the oily cocoa. Its seed is almost entirely com¬ posed of a fatty substance which has sometimes been used in making soap. A quantity of this seed was recently cupped to Europe, and a Stuttgart baker has successfully used the oil as a substitute j for lard in making bread and cake. The j seeds contain twelve percent, more acta 1 grease than ordinary pork lard, and can 1 be kept for months without spoiling. Jesse Tiiompsoii & Co, MANUFACTURERS OF Doors, Sash, Blinds Mouldings Brackets, Lumber, Laths, and Shingles. --DEALERS IN _ TTT ” IRUUW -i >-> rl rvtTr VXLcI.Qk> fll o co a OllU n rl DUliUClO "Rnil rl dpq' TJV* ±X<XL T , U. rlTlf7'<S W <Al ft* C? PLANING MILL AND LUMBER YARD, Hale Str et, near central Railroad \ard, Xa. Ufi-SSf j L £\>n Georgia. =— B 81 5 « JMOodl qoi ClOaCl, 04 Ot, iAUg A llO'I’Idfni IXSTcl, O ^y. €=t* E» _ witotvhivtv’ a tstty rfT\IL vh . DF YLER IN_ JU6SI « z IllllOl ll!?» t OOKIIl!' clSUl * |] Rt'tll- A(k f x r»^<> w illDf . ?5fOVCS. Grl’iltCS, . RliCl © 7 7 i 111 I fnilfiO. I^lirilitthintr ( r 9aOr)(i.S. lIUU!5b ■ l=»^Ruy the , EAhELSIOR COOK stove- ST. \E, seventeen s e different sizes and kinds 1 °ilEATIN(i for wood coal. Tinware, in Plate, STOVES in Great Variety, or 1 solder; Sheet Iron, Sheet Zinc, etc SEND FOR CIRCULARS AND PRICES. •w- H X>EIXaiI , I3t. :1F£J> f 811 Ellis Street AUGUSTA, Georgia. I $1.50 PER DAY ; LESS) THAN A DAY, 50c. EACH FOR BED AND MEALS. Thirty new jomo ust been added, newly furnished and carpeted. Electric alarm eblls in every room, Electric lights and Telephone. Elegant bath rooms in connec tion with the house, llot and cold baths free to guests. A. J. ADKINS, Pro. Tlie Crawford ville Hotel J. E-DARDEN, Proprietor, Crawford ville, CJeorgia. * Terms Day.’ It is the most convenient hotel to di'pot and post office; nearest to the business por¬ tion of the town. Tlie best board and lodging furnished to all cu.-.tomers. The rooms are large and comfortable at all times of the year. PORTERS AT EVERY TRAIN. JAS. G. BAILIE & SOftS, 714 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., Offer Special Bargains in a tremendious lot of CARPETS, CURTAINS, WINDOW SHADES, And Honse-Furnisliing Goods. tSCOrders by mail solicited and promptly attended to. AT »4S«W IMFEI Our stock is now complete in every department, and casual or (areful inspection will show it to be the handsomest and best assorted ever showed in this section. In announcing that we are thoroughly prepared for theFall Trade, wo will not g'O into descriptive details about the good"!, but simply say that everything Novel. Elegant and Fashion, able in the Dry Goods Line can be seen on our counters and shelves. The Stock includes everything from low-priced, sub¬ stantial goods to the very tinest manufactured at home and abroad. We gve a standiag, unqualified guarantee on prices against every market in the United States and anyone who doubts our ability to do this is earnestly requested to put the matter to a test. Every guarantee we offer will be fully maintained. \\ bother you are ready to purchase at present or not. we cor¬ dially invite you to call an l examine the stock. Samples split on application. In ordering goods or sam pies, please specify the goods desired, end whether the near est we have will do if we have not the exact thing ordered. 1>.4LY A ARM STRONG, BROAD AND ELLIS STREETS. AUGUSTA, GA..