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Ordinary’s Advertisements.!
or ATE OF GEORGIA,
Spalding County.
Whereas, E A. Huckaby, administiator
de bonis non of Nathan Fomby, represents
to the court in his petition, duly filed and
entered on record, that he has fully admin
istered on Nathan Fotnby’a estate. This is
therefore to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause, if
any they can, why said administrator
should not be discharged from his admin
istration, and receive letters of admission
on the first Monday in March, 1899. Dec.
6th, 1898.
J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary.
Spate of Georgia,
Spalding County.
Whereas, B. R. Blakely, administrator
of Mrs. Melvina Couch, represents to the
court in bis petition, duly filed and enter
ed on record, that he has fully administer
ed on Mrs. Melvina Couch’s estate. This
is therefore to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause, if
any they can, why said administrator
should not be discharged from his admin
istration, and receive letters of dismission
on the first Monday in March, 1899. Dec.
8 1898.
J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary.
TATE OF GEORGIA,
Spalding County.
To all whom it may concern: J. C.
Gilmore, administrator Clara Gilmore, de
ceased, having in proper form applied to
me for leave to sell Three fourths (J) of an
acre of land in Barnesville, Pike county,
Ga., bounded as follows: North by Baptist
church (colored), east by lands of Mrs.
Ella Turner, south by lands of Mrs. Nancy
Mathews and west by lands of G. W.
Bpeigle,and sold for the purpose of paying
mortgage in favor Mrs. (' N. Pixley and
administra tion,and I will pass upon same
on the first Monday in February, 1899.
Jan. 2,1899.
J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary.
STATEOFGEdRGIA,
Spalding County.
To all whom it may concern : S. J.
Hale having, in proper form, applied to me
for permanent letters of administration on
the estate of Mrs. Silvey Anderson, late of
said county, this is to cite all and singular
the creditors and next of kin of Mrs. Sil
vey Anderson, to be and appear at my
office in Griffin, Ga., on the first Monday
in February, by 10 o’clock, a. in.,- and to
show cause, if any they can, why perma
nent administration should not be granted
L; S. J. Hale on Mrs. Silvey Anderson’s
estate. Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this 2nd day of January, 1899.
J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Spalding County.
By viriue of an order granted by the
Court of Ordinary of Spalding county,
(Jeorgia, at the January term of said
court, 1899,1 will sejl to the Ipghest bid?
qer, before the cotjrt house door in Qriffin,
l,etwee» the legal hours of sale, on the
first Tuesday jn February, 1899, Two
shares of the Kincaid MTg. Co. stock No.
M). Two shares Griffin Compress stock
No. 85, Two shares the Griffin M’t’g. Co.
stock 196, four shares The Merchants &
planters Bink stock No. 131, One 2nd pre
Lrre<i Central Income R. R Bond No.
tfeil Terms cash.
Jan. 2, 1899. 8. GRANTLAND,
Administrator of Mrs. Susan M. Bailey,
deceased.
Jn Re Application for set-
jig. R. ijlakely, admr. i tlement with heirs
pf tlje estate of Mei- and for a discharge
vina Couch, deceis- \ as administrator,
ed. *■' in Court of Ordi-
nary, Spalding
county, Ga., Dec.
J Term, 1898.
11, R. Blakely, administrator of the es-1
tate of Melvina Couch, late of said county, |
deceased, having represented by his peti
tion duly filed in this office, that he is pre
pared to settle with the heirs of said es
tate, and citation having been issued and
published according to law. And it ap
pearing that there are a number of non
resident heirs of said es.ate, and on appli
cation made by said administrator, $n or.
der was granted at the December term,
1898, to serve said non-residents by publi
cation.
It is therefore ordered that Mrs. Sarah
Hendrix, of Water Valley, Miss., Thomas
P. Hendrix, of Water Valley, Miss, Mrs.
Martha M. Martin, of Nashville, Tenn.,
Sirs. Virginia A. Bellour, of Boston, Mass.,;
Miss Nannie IL- Crawford, of Boston,'
Mass., Mrs. Nancy Crawfoid, of Morgan
county, Ala., George Crawford, of West
Tennessee, Reckerson C. Pierce, of Acme,'
Tex., Mrs Mary King, of Oswell, 0., Mrs. j
Sarah Crow, of, Algiers, La., Mrs. Eliza- ■
beth Holland,otMontgomery,Ala .James
J. Crawford, of Mobile, Ala , Mrs. Nancy
F. Calvin, of Orwell, Ala., and the heirs ot
the above named parties, if any of them
are dead, and a|l other heirs and next of
kin of the said Melvina Couch, late of
Spalding county, Ga , deceased, be and ap
pear at the March term, 1899, of the court
of Ordinary of Spalding county, Ga., then
and thereto submit to a settlement of the
accounts of B. R. Blakely, administrator
of the estate of Melvina Couch, deceased.
.This Jan. 5, 1899.
J. A. DREWRY,Ordinary.
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PLAYED A WAR GAME.
HOW THE BIG MAN FLEECED THE
SUBSTITUTE BROKERS.
The Tricky Six Footer Worked Ills
PhyNiciil Defect to the Limit and
Reaped it Rich Horrent While the
Opportunity Lasted.
During the civil war in what was
then a pretty village of Michigan and
has since become a city without losing
any of its beauty lived a strapping six
footer who looked as hard as nails,
dressed well, talked smoothly and was
set up like a soldier. He had no means
of support visible to the naked eye in
the village which he called home, but
he would make occasional trips from
which he returned with plenty of
money and a fund of interesting talk
about some section of the north. The
people thought him a mystery, but bo
was a pleasant one, and curiosity never
went further than to ask ingenious ques
tions that were just as ingeniously par
ried. After his harvest was at an end
the mystery explained himself without
reserve, and no one expressed serious
disapproval of the way in which bis
wits had won him his money.
“It was a simple case of diamond cut
diamond,” he laughed. “I’ve been tak
ing fleeces from the fellow that went
out to shear. I’m not an Apollo Belve
dere, Diomedes or Samson in appear
ance, but I pass in a crowd as a fine
specimen of physical development. The
truth is that I’m a whited sepulcher. I
was born with a defective heart and
would not take three minutes of real
violent exercise for all the money you
could load on a freight train. I take
things easy all along the line, and the
engine keeps pumping up to require
ments.
“ When I could see the end of what
property was left me, pnd it was not far
away, I cast about for some light work
to do and concluded to deal with the
substitute brokers. There was no chance
of meeting the required medical exam
inations, so I took another tack. When
ever I visited a place in my business,
I’d manage incidentally to fall in with
the broker. I’m better than a raw hand
as a jollier, and I’d soon have some
mutual friends as innocent parties in
the play.
“When it came in naturally, I’d
chaff the broker about his business and
ask what kind of a soldier I’d make.
He would either jump open mouthed at
the proposition or chaff back under an
impression that I would never think of
going to war. In either case it would
usually come to some kigd of a proposi
tion from the broker. Then the other
fellows would guy me, intimate that I
was a bluffer and wonder how I was to
get out of the thing without a cleat
funk,
“Here’s where my fine work came in.
I’d demand a retainer, and I’d put it
high enough just to make the broker
think that I was trying to escape him.
If he would pay me a specified sum
down, I would agree to appear at the
recruiting office the next day and offer
my services, but I gave notice that I
assumed no chances. If they would not
have me, the broker must stand the
loss. The idea of my being rejected al
ways raised a laugh and only tended to
confirm the broker in the belief that I
was trying to escape him. When the
doctor turned me down, I went into the
dumps, became nervously timid, aroused
the sympathy of those with whom I had
become acquainted and snapped an or
der to the disgruntled broker to keep
clear away from me.
“The best haul I made was in Pitts
burg. A coal baron there who could not
well enlist and who had not been draft
ed wanted a representative in the army
who would make a name honorable to
that cf the principal. He was after a
big, handsome, intelligent fellow of
whom he could be proud and put the
whole matter into the hands of a shrewd
little broker. I managed to meet him
at the Monongahela House, and I work
ed abound to the main subject in the
manner I have described, but I could
see that be was sharp and did not like
to run any chances.
“While he went to dinner, after
which we w*ere to resume our talk, I
went out and had a short conference
with a huge truckmajp When I again
met the broker, that truckman insisted
on bothering us and, after showing a
proper amount of patience, I threw him
half way across the office, and he went
limping out, while all observers grew
wide eyed in their wonder. I did not
exert enough strength to throw a half
grown boy five feet, but the truckman
knew his business, and was paid S2O for
attending to it.
“That apparently cool courage and
gigantic strength removed all doubt
from the mind of the broker. I was the
man he wanted, and he wanted me
badly. I stuck out till I got $2,000 as
u‘retainer, ’ and then was rejected. I
felt like giving the money back when
the millionaire came around to condole
with me and tell how disappointed he
was in not having me for a substitute,
but I didn’t. It would have been an ad
mission,that I was not in a legitimate
line of business.”—Detroit Free Press.
The Sequel to the Joke.
; Many years ago a visitor to Edin
' burgh was being shown over the high
' court of justiciary. He made some re
mark concerning the dock and its du
; ties, and in reply the official jokingly
i said the visitor might one day be sen
tenced to be hanged in that very room.
The sightseer was the notorious Dr.
, Pritchard. Two years had barely passed
when in the dock he had so closely in
spected he was doomed to death for
poisoning his wife and mother-in-law.
—London Mail.
Judges in England have worn the pe
culiar wigs they now wear ever since
the reign of Charles 11.
The ancients took the owl for a sym
bol of wisdom because he always minds
his own business.
dREAT NERVE.
.4 Historical Incident of the Siege ot
Gibrnl tnr.
The most memorable siege of Gibraltar,
Indeed one of the most memorable of alb
sieges, was that which the fortress sus
tained from the combined sea forces of
France and Spain during the years 1779
to 1783. The great, attack on the place
was made on the 13th of September, 1782,
■nd all the resources of power and science
Were exhausted by the assailants in the
fruitless attempt.
It was on this day that a humble pri
vate performed an act which history has
handed down to us. The business of the
siege progressed. The rock by the batteries
sent forth its splinters to deal destruction
around at every impact of the Spanish
shot, but the return lire was of the most
telling description and most steadily kept
up by the British
But removed from the smoko and din,
in the laboratory of the garrison, sur
rounded by the chemistry of war, sat ono
man, a humble private. llis it was,
while his comrades worked tho guns in
the suffocating casemates of the covered
batteries, to prepare tho shells for tho use
of tho mortars, a dangerous task—so
dangerous in fact that even tho examina
tion of tho deadly missiles is considered
sufficiently perilous on board ship to war
rant a stage being slung over tho side to
bo occupied by only one or two men, the
others being kept at a distance. But
familiarity with peril robs men of their
fear, and Hartley sat busily making ready
shell after shell, filling them with the ex
plosive composition, and afterward fitting
in tho fuses, driving them home and rang
ing tho prepared shells in cases till they
should be fetched to be sent in fiery arcs
to deal death and destruction among the
enemy.
The laboratory was at that time full of
explosive material, every grain of which
was of inestimable value to tho beleaguer
ed garrison, and it had been accordingly
placed in a position which rendered it im
possible for tho shot or shell of the enemy
to reach it. But now the danger guarded
against from without threatened if pos
sible more terrible from within—threat
ened to destroy at one blow the whole of
tho explosive' compounds stored for de
fense, and this at a time when such a loss
would have been irreparable.
Shell after shell had been filled, tho
grim black spheres, as they lay ready, giv
ing but small signs of their deadly pdwer
—the force that should rend them into in
numerable shreds ot cast iron, each to
maim or slay.
Suddenly, while calmly proceeding with
his work anti driving a, fuse into a fresh
filled shell, tho fuse took fire, hissing
loudly as it discharged Its rain of sparks
and burning rapidly away. There seem
ed hardly flrna for thought, much less for
action, and tho first feelings of Hartley
were those of blank dismay.
Ho bad seen tho discharge and flight of
shells so often that he khew he could only
reckon upon its burning for a few sec
onds, and then would pome a dire explo
sion that would act ppon the part of the
fortress where he was like an earthquake,
tho bursting of the shell being, as it were,
but the flash in the pan that would prelude
the blowing up of the laboratory. But
with the calmness of the man whose trade
was one which brought him daily face to
face with death, Hartley seized the shell
in both hands, hurried out into the open
air and then with a tremendous effort
hurled the deadly globe far into space,
where a couple of seconds after it harm
lessly burst. It was not until some time
after that tho performer of this daring act
could thoroughly realize the great danger
that had threatened him with destruction,
and though tho peril was past it was
some time after, p'nd then only with un
strung nerves, that ho returned to his
perilous task. —London Chronicle.
The Last of the Witches.
Yeldhain, a highly civilized village in
the county of Essex, is now in a happy
and contented frame of mind. It has
buried the last of the witches—the end of
the long lino of sibyls which commenced
at Endor. Why tho poor old lady should
m*vo been regarded as the possessor of an
“evil eye” is a mystery known only to het
superstitious fellow villagers, except in
deed it was owing to the sorrowsand mis
fortunes she suffered. Her daughter died
a few days ago, and her brother was acci
dentally killed some hours afterward.
These calamities, instead of arousing
sympathy, only led to a belief by tho vil
lagers that she cast her evil eye on them
because, knowing her own departure was
at hand, she did not wish to leave them
behind. The poor old woman had a hard
life among tho villagers, who boycotted
and insulted her on account of her alleged
supernatural gifts, and attributed every
petty accident that occurred in the locali
ty to her malign influence. Now she is at
rest. —London Telegraph.
When Willluni Was a Colonel,
In discussing the recent scandals as to
high play among officers at Potsdam the
Germania relates that when a similar rev
elation was made in the old emperor's
time his majesty issued a very stringent
order against gambling in the army. This
provoked many private remonstrances on
the part of the young guardsmen and oth
ers, and the venerable kaiser was disposed
to relax the severity of his decree. He
found, however, a determined opponent
in his youthful grandson, Wilhelm, who
had recently been made a colonel of a
regiment.
“Sire,” cried tho stern upholder of mo
rality, “am I still at the head of my regi
ment or not? If I am, I intend to be mas
ter; if not, I beg to be relieved of my com
mand,”
Grandpa bad to give way, and ho signi
fied to the deputation that he would have
yielded a point, ‘ • but the colonel is as firm
as a rock.” This at least is one of those
things that are all to “the colonel’s credit. ”
—London Chronicle.
A Kindergarten Conundrum.
In a Utica kindergarten school a few
days ago tho subject before the class was
the hen. Among other questions asked
by tho teacher was “What does the hen
have that we have?” tho teacher at the
same time placing both her hands on her
head to indicate the portion of the body
referred to. The teacher was much sur
prised as well as amused when a little
girl quickly answered, “A comb!” The
teacher had placed ono hand on a comb in
her hair. Utica Observer.
Ip the Great St. Bernard.
Travelers are soon to be carried to the
top of the great ‘St Bernard by electrio
power. It has been estimated that 150,-
000 persons will travel from Aosta, in
Italy, to Marigny, in Switzerland, over
this route. When the road reaches the
high altitudes, sheds and protective walls
will bo built to prevent landslides and
other accidents. Power will be taken from
the numerous mountain streams of the
great St. Bernard. —Electrical World.
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TENNYSON’S FAITH.
The Problem of the Fir-ire. Life H.iX
the OomtiiHut Intereat.
A reader of the “Life of Tennyson,”
by hi- son, will be struck by the fact
that no subject interested him so deep
ly as the problem of the future life. He
will also observe that it was always a
problem to him, oua that he was con
stantly raising, that would not stay set
tled. To be sure, he was a believer in
immortality, but n t a restful believer.
He was all the time digging up the
roots of his faith to be sure they were
alive. The old question would not stay
unanswered. The reader of his poetry
observes the same thing. He is always
on the side of fruuj. but of a somewhat
disturbed faith. He belonged to that
“metaphysical soci ty” which invite I
into its membership believers of all
shades, with u.l shales if unbelievers,
whose object was to raise and answer
doubts about G< <1 and the future life.
He was the spokesman of the scientific
doubt of tho age, fluttering over the
dovecots of faith, but hardly settling
and resting nnd nesting therein.
One observes tbs contrast with this
fluttering faith who reads the interns of
Milton, with their abiding faith in the
future life. This is the spiritual con
trast between “In Memoriam” and
“Lycidas.” In Milton’s requiem, even
under its paganized form, there is a ro
bust- and jubilant faith in God and
eternal life. No question enters. The
mind and heart are satisfied. The dear
friend is beyond all doubt among the
saints and choirs above. One regrets
that Tennyson’s mental structure per
haps could find positiveness and rest on
questions of nolitiqs or poetry, bu|
must perennially dubitato—to be s_pre
with the hopeful balance of probability
—over questions of faith, ’!I believe J
know,” ho onco said, “the quantity of
every word in the English language
except scissors, ” but one seems to de
tect a treniulousness in his best expres
sion of faith, “I hope to meet my Pilot
face to face, when I have crossed tho
bar. ” —lndependent.
HARNESS REINS.
Made From the Stoutrat of Leather.
4 Word About Hand Hplds.
The reins of a set of single barqeit
are each about 13 feet in length, those
of a dopblp harness about 15 feet. For
business harness njiua. are of
leather, tanned • the reins of car
r,a®“ ..arness are made of russet colored
leather.
Reins require to be very stout, and
they are almost always made of steer
hide, the leather of which traces are
made, these, however, being of more
than one thickness. Occasionally lines
for light or for cheap harness are made
of cowhide, but not often. As a rule the
best of leather is used for the reins,
even in cheap harness. There can be ob
tained from the hides of leather suitable
for reins strips from seven to nine feet
in length, so that reins are always of
necessity made in two pieces.
The loops, or hand holds, often seen
on. the reins of track or road horses are
commonly made of lighter leather
stitched together and then sometimes
stitched to the reins, but more often se
cured to them in such a manner that
they can be shifted on the reins to suit
tho convenience of the driver. The
three loop hold, which is called the
Boston hand hold, is commonly used for
track driving. The single loop is the
one used by most drivers on the road.
There are patent hand holds made of
metal. The wooden buttons sometimes
seen on reins, used as hand holds, are
mode in pairs, one button of each pair
having a stem, with a thread cut on it,
which goes through the rein and is
screwed into the other button of the
pair on the opposite side.—New York
Sun.
Sowing Fanny Seed,
During early October is a good time
for sowing pansy seed for next spring’s
supply of plants for bedding out. The
reason for fall sowing out of doors ia
that the plants are not then subjected
to the hot, drying influences of the
house, which are so likely to bring on
red spider and other troubles.
Prepare a bed of very rich, porous
loam on a well drained location. Place
over it a frame to be filled with forest
leaves as a protection to the little plants
over winter. After sowing the seed in
the bed sift a very light covering of soil
over the seed, merely enough to hide
them. During the process of germina
tion never allow the bed to dry out, as
moisture is essyitial to perfect germina
tion of any seed.
As severe weather approaches cover
the bed with a few inches of litter of
some sort, forest leaves being preferable.
At the proper time in the spring the
seedlings may be pricked out of the soil
in the seedbed and transferred to the
bed in which they are to bloom.—Wom
an’s Home Companion.
One Day at a Time.
It is a blessed secret, says the British
Weekly, this of living by the day.
Any one can carry his burden, however
heavy, till nightfall. Any one can live
sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely,
till the sun goes down. And this is all
that life ever really means to us—just
one little day. Do today’s duty. Fight
today’s temptations, and do not weaken
and distract yourself by looking for
ward to things you cannot see and could
not understand if you saw them. God
gives us nights to shut down the cur
tain of darkness on our little days. We
cannot see beyond. Short horizons
make life easier and give us one of
brave, true, holy living.
Worth IHuctianf n«f.
“Doctor, I don’t know what’s the
matter with me. I can't sleep nights
any more.”
“Um! Let's see. What is your busi
ness?”
“I’m a night watchman.”
“Ah, your case is a remarkable one.
I must write it up for our Monthly
Medical Record."—Chicago News.
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