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Ordinary*s
STATE 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 Fomby’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 admission
on the first Monday in March, 1899. Dec.
Ctb, 1898.
J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary.
S“tItEOFGE6rMA,
Spalding County.
Whereas, B.R. Blakely, administrator
of Mrs. Melvina Couch, represents to the
court in his petition, duly tiled 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.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Spalding County.
To all whom it may concern: J- 0.
Gilmore, administrator Clark Giimore, 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 Bapt’st
church (colored), east by lands of Mis.
Ella Turner, south by lands of Mrs, Nancy
Mathews and west by lands of G. W.
Speigle.and sold for the purpose of paying
mortgage in favor Mrs. C N. Pixley and
administra tion,and 1 will pass upon same |
on the first Monday in February, 1899.'
Jan. 2,1899.
J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary.
S~ TATE OF GEORGIA,
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.—m., and to
show causd, if any they can, why perma
nent administration should not be granted
to 8. 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 grant .-d by the
Court of Ordinary of Spalding county,
Georgia, at the January term of said
court, 1899,1 will sell to the highest bid
der, before the court house door in Griffin,
between the legal hours of sale, on the
first Tuesday in February, 1899, Two
shares of the Kincaid M’fg. Co. stock No.
89. Two shares Griffin Compress stock
No. 35, Two shares the Griffin M’l’g. Co.
stock 196, four shares The Merchants &
Planters Bink stock No. 131, One 2nd pre
ferred Central Income R. R Bond No.
3911 Terms cash. ’
Jan. 2,1599. S. GRANTLAND,
Administrator of Mrs. Susan M. Bailey,
deceased.
In Re 'j Application for set-
B. R. Blakely, admr. i tlement with heirs
of the estate of Mel- and for a discharge
vina Couch, deceas- I as administrator,
ed. - jin Court of Ordi-
nary, Spalding
I county, Ga., Dec.
J Term, 1898.
B. R, Blakely, administrator of the es
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 estate, and on appli
cation made by said administrator, an or
der was granted at the December term,
1898, tv erve 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.,
Mrs. Virginia A. Bellour, of Boston, Mass.,
Miss Nannie F. Crawford, of Boston,
Mass., Mrs. Nancy Crawfud, of Morgan
county, Ala., George Crawford, of West
Tennessee, Reckerson C. Pierce, of Acme,
Tex., Mrs Mary King, of Oswell, 0., Mrs.
Sarah Crow, of Algiers, La., Mrs. Eliza
beth Holland, ot Montgomery, Ala., James
J. Crawford, of Mobile, Ala , Mrs. Nancy
F. Calvin, of Orwell, Ala., and the heirs of
the above named parties, if any of them
are dead, and all 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.
Corn
is a vigorous feeder and re
sponds well to liberal fertiliza
tion. On corn lands the yield
increases and the soil improves
if properly treated with fer
tilizers containing not under
7% actual
Potash.
A trial of this plan costs but
little and is sure to lead to
profitable culture.
Ai ai> -ut Kota.sh—ihe results of its use by actual ex
pc-’nv-m on the best farms in the United States—il
told in a little b-.oi; v r; :h we publish and will gladly
U&d i:-u io any faraic; in America who will write for it
GEX.uAN KALI WORKS,
§3 Nassau St., New York*
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HE I-ACcL) GREAT DANGER.
But, Not Knowing It, He [Reaped Be.
lug lonaldrrrd Brave.
“I noticed a couple of reminiscences
as to myoid branch of service, ” said
an ex-naval official to the writer,
“which reminded me of an incident in
my own career. 1 was an assistant en
gineer on a cruiser bound from Norfolk
to South American ports, and our ship
was telling off 14 or 15 knots an hour
one day, when a crank pin came out,
and the next instant the crank was
thrashing around in a most recklessly
unsystematic fashion. Everybody in the
engine room—and there were some men
of considerable rank there just then, as
it happened—made a dash for the deck.
Meanwhile I quietly took four or five
steps and shut off the steam. Os course
the engines stopped, and then followed
the delay caused by making the neces
sary repairs.
“It didn’t occur to me that I had per
formed any act of an especial character
until the chief engineer informed me
that I was a confounded fool. ‘Don’t
you know your place under such cir
cumstances, sir?’ he asked, and when I
answered that I thought I had taken
my proper position he continued: “No,
sir; your duty was to make your way
as soon as possible to the deck. With
that piece of steel whirling and crash
ing about it was one chance in a thou
sand that a single soul would escape an
instantaneous cooking, because if that
thing had carried away the steam con
nections your life would have ended
right then. ’
“‘Well, I took the chance,’l an
swered.
“ ‘Yes, sir, you did, but you didn’t
Know it, therefore it is not at all to
your credit,’ was the chief’s answer,
and it was so absolutely true that I
couldn’t for the life of me make any re
ply. ” —Detroit Free Press.
THE POWER OF WILL.
lie Wanted. Io Live Four Days, anil
He Succeeded.
It would be vain to attempt to de
scribe the sympathy for the poor and
suffering which William Stokes could
throw into his voice, says his biogra
pher. One of the stories he used to tell
is of peculiar interest, not only for its
revelation of human kindness, but as a
proof of the power of the will in pro
longing life.
An old pensioner was a patient of
Stokes in the Meath hospital. His life
was despaired of, and, in fact, his death
was hourly expected. One morning,
having many patients to care for and
believing that the pensioner was uncon
scious and past help, Dr. Stokes passed
his bed without stopping. The patient
was greatly distressed and cried out:
“Don’t pass me by, docther; you
must keep me alive for four days.' ’
“We will keep you as long as we
can, my poor fellow, ’ ’ answered Stokes,
“but why for four days particularly?”
“Because,” was the rtqly, “my pen
sion will be due then, and I want the
money for my wife and children. Don’t
give me anything co make me sleep, for
if I sleep I shall die.”
On the third day after this, to the
amazement of Stokes and others, the
patient was still breathing. On the
morning of the fourth day he was alive
and conscious, and. on entering the
ward Stokes saw him holding in his
hand the certificate which required sig
nature. As the doctor drew near the
dying man gasped:
“Sign, sign!”
The doctor quickly complied, and the
man sank back exhausted and within a
few minutes crossed his hands over his
breast and said, ‘ ‘The Lord have mercy
on my soul,” and quietly breathed his
last. ‘
Where He RepnYred It.
When illicit distilling was common
in the highlands, there was an old man
who went about the country repairing
whisky pots.
The gauger met him one day and,
surmising that he had been doing re
pairs at no great distance, asked what
ho would take to inform’him (the gaug
er) where he repaired the last whisky
pot.
“Och,” ’said the old man, “she’ll
.shust tak’ hauf a croon.”
“Done!” retorted the gauger. “Hero
is your money, but be careful to tell
me correctly. ’ ’
“Och, she’ll no’ tell the gentleman a
lee. ’ ’
Getting the money, the old man
quietly remarked:
“I shust mended the last whisky pot
where the hole was.” —London Spare
Moments.
!ngenlon»,
“My wifo is the most ingenious wom
an who ever lived,” said Kipper.
“I believe you,” returned Nipper po
litely.
“But you don’t know why you be
lieve me,” intimated Kipper.
“To tell the truth, I don’t. ” replied
Nipper, looking bored.
“Well, 11l tell you. We’ve been
married 12 years and lived in the same
house all the time, and this morning
she found a new place in which to hide
my slippers. ’ ’ —London Standard.
No Wonder Russia Is Unorani;
Russia, with her population of 129,-
000,000, has only 743 newspapers, but
little more than half the number pub
lished in the state of Pennsylvania,
which is 1,430. Os the 743 there are
589 printed in Russian, 69 in Polish,
44 in German, 9 in French, 5 in Ar
menian and 2 in Hebrew. No English
newspaper appears in the list.
The earliest known mention of the
pianoforte was in a playbill dated May
16, 1767. The principal attraction was
given thus: “Miss Buckler will sing a
song from ‘Judith, ’ accompanied by a
new instrument.called pianoforte.”
About 1,500 tons of iron and brass
wire are yearly manufactured in Brit
ain into pins.
AUTHORS’ MANUSCRIPTS,
Net Xeees.v.’iry i ur Cditora to Read
■ bcm irom Ik l::nh>K to End.
Oi.ce more the tale goes round of the
author who I'nt a story to three jour
nals and had it returned by every one
without having been read. He knew it
because he had pasted two of the leaves
together. Very likely. We do not think
of reading through a half or a quarter
of the articles that are sent to us. It
often does not take half a minute to dis
card what one knows he doesn’t want.
It is an old saying that one does not
need to eat a whole joint to learn
whether it is tainted.
It would be a revelation to some of
these writers to see how fast an expi
rieuced and conscientious editor can, at
times, go through a big pile of essays,
stories or poems. The title is often
enough, and he would say, “We don't
want an article on that subject, ” The
next article begins with a page or two
of commonplace introduction, and that
is thrown aside in half a minute’s in
spection without turning more than
the next page. The next begins with a
platitude—“We can’t print that stuff. ”
The first verso of this next poem has
false meter and is tossed aside. The
eext begins In schoolgirl style, with
‘‘dove” and “love;” it is not read
through. Os the next the editor reads
ten lines. It is simply a dull descrip
tion of a stream in a forest—not want
ed. The next poem begins in a fresh
way, seems to be constructed according
to the rules, is pretty good. It is put
one sido to see if other better poems
will crowd it out. The next is a story.
The first page is promising, but the sec
ond shows a coarse strain, and the read
ing stops there.
Ten articles are decided upon, and
with sufficient good judgment, in ten
minutes, for a minute to a manuscript
is often twice as much time as it needs.
It does not take that long for a dealer
to stick an iron skewer in a smoked
ham, draw it out and smell of it. Not
one article in a dozen perhaps needs to
be read through.—New York Independ
ent.
INSECTS AS HOODOOS.
Tltey Keep Settleru Away From Many
Varta of the World.
Nothing could more strikingly illus
trate the importance of small things
than the large role which is now at
tributed to the mosquito in the etiology
of some of the most serious and wide
spread diseases to which the human race
is subject. It is truly said that what
prevents the successful colonization of
many tropical countries and what
throws the greatest obstacle in the way
of civilization of and good government
in vast regions of central Africa is not
climate, not distance from home and
not unfriendliness on the part of the
natives. The obstacle is malaria, and
now wo find that the prevalence of ma
laria, so far as man is concerned, de
pends on the mosquito, and that this
pestilent little insect, in addition to ir
ritating and annoying, is the means by
which ibe poison of malaria is propa
gated and distributed.
For years back botanists have known
the important part played by birds in
the scattering of seed and of insects in
the distribution of the pollen of plants,
and it seems not unlikely that pathol
ogists will have to recognize in a much
larger degree than has till lately been
done the large part taken by the subor
dinate forms of life by which we are
surrounded—our cattle, our horses, onr
dogs and cats, our flies, onr mosquitoes,
and perhaps even our fleas—in dis
tributing disease from man toman, and,
as is stated in regard to the mosquito
and malaria, in deciding whether the
extension of our empire over great areas
of the globe’s surface shall be possible
or not. —Hospital.
Pa n.ctnntion.
What a great difference in tho mean
ing of a sentence a misplaced comma
can make! Take the following, for ex
ample:
“James, my husband is a very sick
man. ”
“James, my husband, is a very sick
man.”_
The following bit of perverso punc
tuation was perpetrated by an English
compositor. What the author meant to
say can be ascribed by a rearrangement
of.the punctuation marks:
“Caesar entered on his head; his hel
met on bis feet; armed sandals upon
his brow; there was a cloud in his right
hand; his faithful sword in his eye; an
angry glare saying nothing, he sat
down.” Pittsburg Chronicle - Tele
graph.
Gay Fawkei’ Lantern.
It has been settled beyond a doubt
that tho identical lamp which Guy
Fawkes carried in poking about in tho
cellar of thehousesof parliament, when
he intended to blow them up, is now in
existence. This lantern is in the Ash
molean museum at Cambridge. Guy
Fawkes was carrying this lantern when
he was arrested. The history of the
lantern has now been fully established
and it must take its place among the
most celebrated exhibits in the museums
of the world.—London Mail.
ChUtlren’n Sleep.
Growing children cannot too careful
ly bo enjoined to get plenty of sleep.
The boy or girl who has lessons to learn
must waken early after a good night’s
rest, and this is insured only by punc
tuality in retiring. Eight o’clock is a
good bedtime for all young people un
der 15 and should be insisted upon by
parents. —Harper's Bazar.
Professor Bryce made a bad slip in
bis book on South Africa. He accuses
the Boers of abusing the English by
speaking of them usually as “rotten
eggs,” whereas the Transvaal phrase is
root neck, “red neck,” and applies to
the British complexion.
Iron horseshoes have been found dat
ing back to the year 481
A BEIJIOI S “itOBLEM.
THE. COMPASS ANO THE GROWING
USC OF ELCCTRICITY.
A Danger '1 bat the Magnetic Needle
May He It end vi<> d !• met icnli y I «e-
IcHM to the Mariner nn<l (he Mur
vejor—A ( iirionu Discovery*
Although the invention and introduc
tion of the trolley tystem of street rail
ways have been of inestimable value to
civilization it has incidentally wrought
some harm here and there. EmpharL
was laid on one of these drawbacks to
electric tr:, tiuu l.i : address delivered
by Professor A. V,. Rucker at a recent
meeting of the British Association For
the Advancement of i ience.
In various p:r: i of the world observa
tories have been established for the pur
pose of keeping trek i.f the changes in
the direction in which the magnetio
needle points. It was long ago discov
ered not only that tho r mpass does not
aim directly at G ; erth pole, but that
tho amount of in its indica-
tions from true ucith undergoes slow
alterations. Hence it is necessary to
make frosh charts, showing the varia
tion for different parts of the globe
every few years. But in order to get
the data for such corrections—of the
highest importance to the surveyor and
mariner—it is requite that careful ob
servations be made continuously at a
number of widely separated points.
Two of the most famous and hitherto
useful institutions of this class are situ
ated in Washington, in the grounds of
the naval observatory and in Toronto.
Tho interference of the electric currents
that run through the earth and the
track of trolley lines which have been
constructed near these observatories in
terfere so much with the behavior of
the instruments of both places that the
records now obtained are practically
worthless. And the experts are greatly
puzzled by the problem of escaping from
this vexatious interruption of their
work.
So delicate are the influences which
the magnets in such an observatory are
intended to investigate that they can be
perceived only when the apparatus is
most scrupulously guarded. The room
in which they are mounted is under
ground. Visitors are never admitted ex
cept under unusual circumstances and
are required to deposit their jackknives,
keys and all other metallic objects about
their persons before entering the apart
ment. The magnets, generally bars of
steel not over six inches long, are poised
above a scale that is graduated to the
most minute fractions, and a telescope,
on an adjacent pillar, is used to read
the fluctuations, which are too small to
be discernible by the unassisted eye. A
tiny mirror, as big as a dime, catches a
beam of light more slender than the
lead in a pencil and reflects it away to
a sheet of slowly moving photographic
paper, on which a permanent record is
made. The arrangement of the apparatus
is such that the movement of the mag
net is magnified many times in the rec
ord, in order to render the changes per
ceptible.
There are three sets of instruments
on duty in such an observatory. Ono
swings horizontally, like a mariner’s
compass. Another dips up and down.
A third is designed to measure the in
tensity of thoearth’s magnetism, which
is a separate thing from the direction
in which it acts. And so sensitive are
they that their readings are apt to be
interfered with by exceedingly trivial
causes. It is customary for the superin
tendent to inscribe on the scroll “Visit
ors admitted,” whenever such a breach
of the regulations is permitted, so that
if any abnormal fluctuation is detected
in the motion of the magnets a suspicion
of its meaning will bo excited in the
mind of the scientist who afterward ex
amines the photographic trace.
Ln spite of the delicacy of the appa
ratus, it may seem surprising to the lay
mind that the passage of trolley cur
rents at a distance of many -ods from
tho observatory should bo able to affect
the instruments within. But they do,
and it is impossible to separate in the
record the variations produced by genu
ine changes in terrestrial magnetism
from those which are caused by the
trolley. Professor Rucker said a few
days ago: “From all parts of the world
we bear of observatories ruined or
threatened by the invasion of the elec
trical engineer. Toronto and Washing
ton have already succumbed, Potsdam,
Parc St. Maur, Greenwich and Kew are
besieged, and the issue largely depends
upon whether these great national ob
servatories can or cannot make good
their defense.”
Although the practical service to
mankind which is rendered by institu
tions of this class is alone sufficient to
justify their maintenance and to war
rant alarm as to their future, there are
other questions involved which possess
profound interest for the philosopher.
We know that the earth is a magnet,
but as yet no oms - Ts able to say what
makes it so. The fundamental secret of
terrestrial magnetism has not been
solved. Then, too, there are various
changes in direction which mark the
behavior of the needle that remain to
be explained. What influence is it that
makes the needle swing to and fro to a
microscopic extent every day? Why is it
that the diurnal swing is greater in
years of sun spot abundance than at the
minimum stage of solar activity? Why
do the indications of the needle differ
in summer from those of winter? What
is the key to the mystery of tho long
period movement that makes it neces
sary to rechart the situation? What
causes the convulsive behavior of the
magnets for a few hours or days when
there is a great outbreak of sun spots?
And is there any relation between the
weather and the fluctuations in the
earth’s magnetism? There are theories
on these subjects, but no generally ae
cepted doctrines, and the human mind
is sc constituted that it will not rest
until further light is obtained.—New
York Tribune
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