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For County Surveyor,
I hereby announce myself a candidate
i . -JCounty Surveyor, ot Spalding county,
W.the democratic primary of June
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For County Commissioner.
fnr«)B Cat-*- : Please announce that I
. candidate for re-election for County
1° miUioner, subject to the action of the
: Cratic primary, and will be glad to
r!«-the support ot all the voters,
have the suppv A TIDWELL.
At the solicitation of many voters I
®F h rebv announce myself a candidate for
Amni v Commissioner, subject to the dem-
Sc primary. If elected, I pledge my
if to an honest, business-like administra
fun of county affairs m the direction of
taxes- R- F - STRICKLAND,
p .lower texes.
1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for County Commissioner, subject to the
SLocratic primary to be held June 23,
nZiL If elected, I pledge myself Ho eco
nomical and business methods in conduct
ing the ass »irs ot the county.
tßg W.J. FUTRAL.
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I hereby announce myself a candidate
for County Commissioner of Spalding
jonntv. subject to the Democratic primary
, ofjune 23d: W. W. CHAMPION.
To the Voters of Spalding County: I
hereby announce myself a capdidate for
r ‘ selection to the office of County Commis
sioner of Spalding county, subject to the
i Atmocratic primary to be held on Jnne 23,
1898 My record in the past is my pledge
fe for future faithfulness.
K'fbrmi D. L. PATRICK.
For Bspreientatwo.
To the Voters ot Spalding County: I
am a candidate for Representative to the
i«rjslature, subject to the primary ot the
Editor Call: Please announce my
name as * candidate for Representative
(rom Spalding county, subject to the action,
nt the democratic party. I shall be pleased
to receive the support.of all the voters,and
if elected will endeavor to represent the
interests of the whole county.
«T. 13. Bell. w
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For Tax Collector.
I respectfully announce to the citizens
of Spalding county that I am a candidate
for re-election to the office of Tax Collec
tor of this county, subject to the choice of
the democratic primary, and shall be
grateful for all votes givenme. .
For County Treasurer.
To the Voters of Spalding County: I
announce myself a candidate for re-elec
tion for the office of County Treasurer,
subject to democratic primary, and if elect
ed promise to be as faithful in the per
formance of my duties in the future as I
have been in the past.
J. C. BROOKS.
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For Tax Eeosiver.
Editor Call : Please announce to the
voters of Spalding county that I api a can
didate for the office of Tax Receiver, sub
ject to the Democratic primary of June
23rd, and respectfully ask the support of
’ all voters of this county.
Respectfully,
R. H. YARBROUGH. '
I respectfully .announce myself as a can
didate for re-election to the office of Tax
Receiver of Spalding county subject to the
action of primary, if one is held.
8. M. M’COWELL.
For Sheriff.
I respectfully inform my friends—the
people of Spalding county—that 1 am a
candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject
to the verdict of a primary, if one is held
Your support will be thankfully received
and duly appreciated.
MJ. PATRICK.
I am a candidate for the democratic
nomination for Sheriff, and earnestly ask
the support of all my friends and the pub
lic. If nominated and elected, it shall be
my endeavor to fulfill the duties of the of
fice as faithfully as in the past.
M. F. MORRIS.
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SPRING REMEDIES
For “that tired feeling,” spring fever and
the general lassitude that cornea with
warm days, when the system hasn’t been
cleansed from the impurities that winter
nas harvested in the blood, you will And
in our Spring Tonic and Stomach Bitters.
For purifying the blood and giving tone
to the body they are unexcelled!
N. B. DREWRY * SON,
28 Hill Street.
I«ow Bates to Baltimore, Mi.. Miy 4 28’
1898-
Account of the quadrennial general con
ference M. E. church, south, Baltimore,
May 1-38, the Southern Railway will sell
tickets May 2,8,4, with final limit May
31.1898, at half rates—one fare round trip.
Choice of routes, via Washington, all rail,
•° r Jia Norfolk and steamer.
For fUll particulars address,
S, H HaBDWieK,
A. G. P. A., Atlanta.
Randall Clifton, <
t. „ „ . T. P. A., Macon.
C. 8. White, T. A., Griffin.
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THE STAGE DRIVER’S BLUFF.
Hairbreadth Stories of Accidents W h,ch
Failed to Awe One Paseenger.
As we left Sandy Gulch for Rising
Sun there wore six male passengers to
go by the stage, and the route was oVer
the mountains and full of chances of
disaster. The driver came out from
breakfast as soon as the stagb was ready,
and looking about on the passengers he
selected a small, pale fuetd man and
invited him to climb up beside him.
While the pale faced man was climbing
the driver whispered to the rest of us:
“1 picked him out in order to scare
him to death. You fellows will see a
heap of fun before • we’ve gone ten
miles.”
Two minutes west of the gulch the
road made a sudden turn, with a sheer
fall of 100 feet down to Wild Oat creek,
and the driver put his horses at the gal
lop and said to the man:
“We may get around all right, or we
may fetch up down below. Hold your
breath and say your prayers.”
The passenger made no move and did
not change countenance, and after mak
ing the course all rightthe driver rather
indignantly demanded:
“Didn’t you see that'the off wheel
run within a foot of the edge of the
precipice?”
“It ran within six inches, sir,” was
the reply.
Beyond the curve was a down grade
of a mile, and with a yell and a flour
ish of his whip the driver urged his
horses to a dead run. The five of us in
side had to hang on for and
every half minute the stage seemed
bound to go over.
“Did you know that if we’d struck a
rock we’d all been dead men in no
time?”
“Os course.”
“And you wasn’t pray in?”
* “Not at all.”
Three or four miles farther on the
driver tried his man with another curve.
In bis determination to make a close
call of it one wheel ran off the edge of
the precipice, and only a sudden effort
of the horses saved the coach. We were
flung in a heap and frightened half to
death, but the man beside the driver
never lost a puff of his cigar. When
things were safe, the driver turned on
him with:
“That surely was the brink of the
grave.”
“Guess it was, ” was the quiet reply.
“The closest shave you will ever hev
till the last one comes. ’ ’
“Yes.”’
“See here, now, but what sort of a
critter are you?” was the query. * ‘ Don’t
you know ’nuff to git skeart?”
“Nothing has happened yet to scare
me. ”
“But mebbe you want me to drive
plumb over a precipice 1,000 feet high?”
“If you conveniently can. The fact
is, I came off up here intending to com
mit suicide, and if you can dump the
whole of us over some cliff you’ll oblige
me. ” —Atlanta Constitution.
Stopped the Figlit.
“Well,” said Bliggs while sitting up
in bed talking with the family lawyer,
“I’ll tell you all about it, but not a
word to any one else, mind you. I’m a
sight and scarred np like the hero of a
German university, but I suppose it’s
something to be alive.
“You know the governor has been
urging me to strike nut and see what I
could do for myself. He’d advance the
money, to be charged against my share
of the estate of course. I kept my eye
open and I saw a chance that was worth
a fortune in one plungp. A couple of
fellows in our set had a falling but,
with which I think jealousy had some
thing to do, and agreed to put on the
gloves as a safe and honorable way of
settling their differences. They had a
private ball, and it didn't require two
thoughts od my part to convince me
that a reproduction of their mill would
make a hit and fortune. To make sure
I provided myself with both a vitascope
and a veriscope. I had a big pile of
films on hand for the occasion, and you
know that these films are of celluloid.
The janitor was my fellow conspirator.
“About the third round, and while
we were getting along swimmingly,
there was an explosion like the blowing
up of a dynamite factory, the select au
dience stampeded, the principals hustled
down the back stairs and the police
found tme unconscious under a wreck.
Something had set that celluloid off,
and I’ll never know what did jt. No
one else has a theory. Just tell the gov
ernor that I made a bad investment. ”
Detroit Free Press.
Hew York English.
We have been told by a keen and in
telligent observer who has returned to
this city after a sojourn of two years
abroad that the average New Yorker is
becoming very careless with his Eng
lish; not only does he jumble his words'
together in every conceivable sequence,
but he makes a gesture to supply a norm
or verb and rattles off slang the analogy
of which is often intelligible only to
himself. Without recalling for the mo
ment any specific examples, we believe
our friend to be correct. He doesnot go
far enough, however; there is&cfotHer
side. If the New Yorker at times tries
to get an idea out in the fewest possible
words, on other occasions he is tediously
tautological and prolix. Ono has only
to keep an open ear in a car ride up
town to find confirmation for this.
Here, as though relaxing the exigency
of economy of speech that has been prac
ticed while discussing affairs all day,
needless and endless repetitions take
place and the obnoxious “I say” intro
duces half the phrases that are uttered.
We haven’t any explanation to make,
however, or remedy to offer.—New
York Times.
The Difference.
“Why are some statues made life
size and some heroic size?”
“A life size statue represents a man
as big as he was, and a heroic size
statue represents him as big as, he
thought be was.’’—Chicago Record.
BAD INDIANS Or ONEIDAiI
Record of Old Abo Antone and Fan>/ly Xn\
the Early Daya of New York* ' s
“They hanged old Antone and I’ll give
'em a chance to hang me some Bay I”
yelled Alexander Antone as Officer Wiloox
of Oneida dragged him into the polioe sta
tion the other day. “I murder you before
long, do you hear?” he shrieked again and
again as the officer exasperatingly paid no
attention to his ravings, but calmly drag
ged the red man to a oelL As the heavy
iron door closed with a crash he broke out
again like a maniac, shrieking blood curd
ling threats and curses.
Alexander Antone, says the Oneida
Union, boasts that he is the. grandson of
Abram Antone, one of the fiercest savages
ever known in this vicinity. Abram was
born on the banks of the Susquehanna in
1750. His father was a Stockbridge In
dian and bls mother was the daughter of
an Oneida chief. When one reviews the
life and bloodthirsty deeds of the offspring
of this pair, nne cannot wonder at the
savage instincts which show in the blood
of hisprogeny. In 1798 Abram had some
trouble with an Indian 1 who distributed
government allowances to the Indians.
He claimed he had been defrauded. He
met the agent at Chenango point, at the
raising of an Indian house, and at the
feast, after the work had been done, delib
erately shot the man through the heart
and calmly walked away. Nothing was
done.to ward bringing him to justice. His
most atrocious deed was the murder of an
infant child. He came home one day and
found the baby crying. He was in an
ugly mood and seizing the child from its
mother's arms raked back the bed of coals
and buried the infant in the flames of the
fireplace.
During his career he lived in panada for
some years. A white ma:y insulted a
squaw there and Abram reseated it. He
was struck across the face by the white
man His blood boiled, and from that be
followed his enemy until he bad an oppor
tunity to plunge a knife into his heart in
a hotel bedroom. In or about 1810
Abram’s daughter Mary received atten
tions for a time from a young Indian in
this county. He transferred his favors
soon, however, to another dusky damsel
and married her. Mary killed her rival,
for which she was arrested, tried, convict
ed and hanged.
One John Jacobs, a half breed, had been
a witness against her, and Abram consid
ered him the cause of her death. He swore
to kill him, and Jacobs fled, and returned
only when Abram sent him word that he
would not molest him. He was hoeing
corn in a field with others one day when
Abram approached, shaking hands with
each. As he approached Jacobs he said,
“How d’ye do, brother?” and drawing a
knife from his left sleeve plunged it three
times into the man’s body. Abram got
away and then began a life of many Dar
row escapes from officers of the law. He
had a wigwam in what is now the town
of Sherburne, and there two whites found
him one day peacefully making a broom.
Ho waited as they advanced to capture
him until they were close at hand, and
then pointed his rifle suddenly and ordered
them away. They went, and later Abram
used to laugh as ho told the story and em
phatically boasted that his gun was empty.
' He grew bolder as time went on, and used
openly to enter villages and towns with
apparently no fear of being taken. At last
one in whom he had confidence betrayed
him. He was induced to enter a trial of
skill at shooting, and when his rifle was
empty officers seized and captured him.
He was banged in public at Morrisville on
Friday, Sept. 13, 1883.—Utica Observer.
Marie Antoinette In the Conclergerie.
“The Last Days of Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette” is tho title of an article by
■Anna L. Bicknell in The Century. Miss
Bicknell, in speaking of J removal of
the queen from the T n to the
Conclergerie, says:
The next day two gendarmes were placed
in the cell and remained there permanent
ly, never leaving the unfortunate queen
any privacy. By the care of Mme. Richard
a screen was put up before her bed, and
was her oqly protection against their in
cessant watchfulness. They drank,
smoked, played cards, quarreled and
Swore In her presence. Tho smoke was
particularly disagreeable to her and affect
ed her eyes, besides causing headaches.
As she had brought nothing with her
from tho Temple, she begged to be allowed
the use es the linen and other requisites
which she had left there. After sme delay
a parcel was brought containing a few
articles carefully folded and put together.
As she looked at each, the queen’s eyes’
filled with tears, and turning to Mme
Richard she said mournfully, “In the eare
with which all this has been chosen and
prepared I recognize the hand of my poor
sister Elisabeth.” After receiving thia
parcel of necessaries the queen wished to
put them away, but had no means of do
ing so in her cell. She begged Mme. Rich
ard to lend her a box of some kind, but
the jailer’s wife dared not procure one for
her. At last Rosalie offered a bandbox of
her own, which the queen accepted with
thankfulness. Poor Rosalie also lent her
a mirror of the humblest kind, which she
had bought at a trifling cost for her own
use—a small glass in a painted tin frame,
which was received as a boon by the royal
lady whose majestic beauty had been re
flected in the hall of mirrors at Versailles.
Royal Lovers.
Julian Ralph, in a letter from Copen
hagen, gives a pen picture of the latest
royal bride and bridegroom: “Icame here
on the same boat with the Princess Inge
borg and her husband, Prince Charles of
Sweden. Wo bumped against one another
and were a little 111 together and laughed
at our companions without my ever dream
ing that my companions were royalties
They sat on a deck settee for hours, went
down stairs and dlnedat 8 shillings a head,
with a rather rough lot of young men at
their table, and were altogether as demo
cratic as could be. But for the most part
the royal pair—she in plain dress and he
In a lounging suit and a squash hat—sat
up to each other for all the world like a
pair of German the
most of a chance to be together She looks
16, is slight, very blond, very emotional
and Inclined to be merry. He is a tall,
masterful looking man, with clear cut
face, gentle es and a manner toward her
that is all tenderness and pride. They wore
coming home at the end of their honey
moon. ’
The Cure For Amerioaaltla.
American! tis is oi) the increase, the wise
ones say. Americanitis comes from an
intense desire to “git that” and an awful
fear that you cannot. The ounce ot pre
vention is to cut down your calling list,
play tag with the children and let the old
world slide Remember that your real
wants are not many—a few hours’ work
a day will supply your needs—then you
arc safe from AmcricaniUa—and death at
the top —Philistine.
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REMARKABLE SHOQTING. [“
Killing Four Caribou Out of Five at Xxmg
s DUtance*. ? '
A party of four of us left Bath for the
upper part of Maine for a four days’
hunting trip. There was one man among
us, Orderly Sergeant Richardson, U. S.
A., at Fort Popham, Me., still in the
service. On the third morning three of
us—the sergeant, another and myself—
left camp together in search of game,
the snow falling thick, but calm; no
wind. We had not gone more than a
milo from camp when we saw on the
next ridge (a hillside) five caribous
standing in such an open place that it
was almost impossible to get nearer to
them without being seen. After a wait
of some time for them to change their
position, that we might advance and get
a shot of more certainty, our silence
was broken by the sergeant’s remark
that he had killed deer as far away as
that, and thought he could kill one of
these.
We all agreed to let him take a shot
and estimated the distance at 500 yards.
When he got in his position, which he
calls the Texas grip, and selecting the
one on the right told us to look out for
him, at the crack of his rifle, to my
great surprise, down came the animal
With his back broken. The others, being
bewildered, ran in a circle like, coming
to a standstill somewhat nearer to ns—
all hands estimated 450 yards. Again
he selected the one on the right, and at
the crack of the gun again the animal
dropped, shot through the heart. The
other three leaped off in another direc
tion, as we estimated, 600 yards. Then
the sergeant adjusted his sights to that i,
distance, and to my great surprise he
killed the third one. The other two sep
arated and one of them came back near
to the first one that was shot, when he
stood broadside to us, and the sergeant
fired, but shot low and broke both front
legs just above the knee. After a little
skirmishing about in the brush we
found him, and one more shot from the
old springfield rifle, With the sergeant
behind it, gave us four out of five cari
bous and only five shots fired, and Sy only
one man at that. We went into camp
with flying colors and were the center
of attraction that evening.
One of the party inquired of the ser
geant where he had obtained snoh profi
ciency in marksmanship, when he pulled
his coat open and exhibited a splendid
gold badge from the army, a distin
guished marksman’r medal, won by
him in 1889 in the division competition
of the army, department of the east.
Our party were on this hunt for several
days and killed six deer, two elks and
four caribous, of which Sergeant Rich
ardson killed four caribous, three deer
and one elk, and he killed them all over
800 yards, except one deer, which he
shot on the run and about 150 yards’
distance, breaking its neck.—J. 8.
Jones, U. S. A., Retired, in Army and
Navy Journal.
ELEPHANT CURIOSITY.
An Animal Which Stands With Xta Feet
Imbedded In Rock*.
On the Miles Wilbur farm, less than
two miles from Palmyra, Wia, nearly
midway between Bald bluff and the
Curelian spring, on a wild, rooky hill
side of the Kettle range of bluffs, may
be found a huge rook known far and
near as the “stone elephant.”
It is annually visited by large num
bers of people, some of whom pronounce
it a petrified elephant of monster size,
but the theory most generally believed
is that it was hewed out of the solid
rook in which it seemed imbedded cen
turies ago by some prehistoric race.
As if-to substantiate this latter theory,
from time to time many valuable tools,
relics and implements unknown to the
people of this age have been found about
its base and in that immediate vicinity.
It is about 20 feet long, 6 or 8 feet high,
of a dark gray color and weighs hun
dreds of tons. The body only is above
the level of the ground, its legs being
deeply sunk below, holding it firmly in
a standing position.
A tradition believed by many is that
around this huge stone the Indians
gathered to offer sacrifice to the Great
Spirit and burn their prisoners at the
stake or make them the victims of slow
torture known only to the Indians. It
is a long established and generally be
lieved theory that in this immediate vi
cinity and about Bald bluff and the big
spring were some of their most famous
battlefields and hunting grounds.—Bos
ton Transcript.
Hia Furlough.
“What is a furlough?” asked a Co
lumbus (O.) teacher.
“It means a mule,” was the reply of
Mary.
“Oh, no,” replied the teacher, “it
doesn’t mean a mule.”
“Indeed, it does,” said Mary. “I
have a book at home that says so.”
“ Well, ” said the teacher, now thor
oughly interested, “you may bring the
book to school, and we’ll see about it.”
The next day Mary brought the book,
and in some triumph opened to a page
where there was a picture of a soldier
standing beside a mule. Below the pic
ture were the words, “Going Home on
His Furlough.”—
Immm Bromley’s Wit.
One evening Isaac Bromley was at a
billiard room, accompanied by a friend.
An accomplished amateur was display
ing marvelous skill at the game. Al
Ike’s request the friend introduced him
to the player. “Mr. Squat,” said Ike,
“really yon are one of the most remark
able players I ever met” “Soott,” said
the player and the friend simultaneous
ly. “No,” said Ike gravely and firmly,
“a man who can play, billiards lik»
that must spell his name with aq. *
Exchange.
A Chance For Inventors.
Johnny Hay—What kinds of engage
ment ring d’ye sell?
Polite Jeweler—All kinds.
Johnny Hay—Well, I want one a girl
oan’t sneak out of.—Jewelers’ Weekly.
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AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “QASTORIA,” AND
“PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK.
7, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, qf Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the same
that has borne and does now on
bear the facsimile signature of wrapper.
This is the original “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,’’ which has
used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrappei' and See that it is
the kind you have always bought *7* Ofl
. and has the signature 0} wrap-
per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
fiesident. j
March 8,1897.
Do Not Be Deceived. |
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist offer yo”
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he docs not know.
“The Kind You Have Alwavn Bought’’
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The Kind That Never Failed You.
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