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NEWTON COUNTY NEWS.
HUSTLING HAYSTON
Interesting News Items from that
Live Town.
Mr. Oliti Harwell, one of Mans¬
field’s handsome young men, spent
a short while Saturday witn bis
cousins, Frank and Chester Viu
ing.
Mr Charlie Hardeman and sis¬
ters, Miss Pearl and Kxcer, were
the guests of Mr. Jim Morgan’s
family a short time this week.
Mesdarnes Sam Savage and Jean
Aaron spent oue afternoon this
week with Mrs. J. L- Coffer.
J. L. Aaron and son Vennis,
made a business trip to Covington
Saturday
Dr. R. L. Hollis spent several
days recently at Macon and For¬
syth.
Mr. and Mrs. Starr Jones and
Mrs. Will Howell were in Mans¬
field Friday afternoon shopping,
Mrs. Sum Savage and bright lit¬
tle swn Willie spent afternoon in
Mansfield last week.
Messrs Frank and Chester Viu
ing made a flying trip to Mansfield
Saturday afternoon,
Jut Hays of Woodlawn was in
our vicinity one day last week.
Misses Pearl and Excer Hard¬
man spent Friday afternoon very
pleasantly with Mrs. E. J. Ozburn
and Mrs. Will Harwell.
Mr. Weymau Loyd, of Mansfield
was mingling with friends here
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Manon Loyd and
bright little son Carroll, spent Sat¬
urday night with their parents Mr.
and Mrs T. E. Hardman.
Miis Lillian Adams, one of
Wood lawns’ sweet young ladies
the latter part of- last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Will Greer’s family.
Misses Ina Chatin, Stella Greer
and Nora Hays went to Covington
one day last week.
Mrs. B. F. Greer spent one day
last week in Atlanta with her hus¬
band who is at the hospital.
A. L. Jackson spent Sunday af¬
ternoon very pleasantly with Mr.
T. E. Hardman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Loyd, of
Rutledge, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Hays Saturday
and Sunday.
Misses Ina Chafin and Stella
Greer were the much admired
guests of Miss Olivia Hays one af¬
ternoon last week.
Mr. Guy Morgan who is attend¬
ing school in Mansfield, spent the
week-end here with his parents.
I’d Rather Die, Doctor
than have tny feet ent off,” said M. L.
Bingham, of Pnnceville, IU. “but you’ll
die from gangrene (which had eaten away
eight toes) if you don’t,” said all doctors.
Instead he used Butklon’s Arnica Salve
till wholly cured, Its cures of Eczema,
Fever S ues. Boiles, Bums and Piles as¬
tound iheovorld. 25c at C. C. Brooks and
Geo. T. Smith . m
When the Heart is Affected.
By rheumatism or any of the
mucles near that organ, it is like
tampering with an electric wire,
for death may come at any
moment. If life is worth it, do
not hesitate, but get Dr. Drum¬
mond’s Lightning Remedy Send
$5 to the Drummond Medicine Co.,
New York, and they will send you
two large bottles, enough for a
month’s treatment, by first
express. It is not as quick as
elect-ictv, but will save yor life if
you take it in time.
For Sale
I offer my home in Coving¬
ton, Ga., on Anderson Ave. for
sale. Apply by letter or in person.
MRS. F. M. CLARKE,
76 W. Peachtree St.
* Atlanta, Ga.
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DOINGS ABOUT DIXIE
Little Pargraphic Pictures of the
Daily Life There.
Miss May White spent the
week-end with her parents in
Covington, Mr. and Mrs. 0. H.
White.
Misses Sadie and Ora Biggers
spent Thursday in Mansfield.
Miss Nora Hays, of Hayston, is
the admired guest of her cousin
Miss Mittie Kenerly.
Miss Western Dobbs is spending
this week with her grand-mother
at Woodlawn who is very ill.
Miss Mollie Rakestraw has re¬
turned home after an extended
visit to her sistar Mrs. Hattie Bel¬
cher iu Covington.
Mrs. C. S. Biggers spent last
week with relatives at Mansfield.
Miss Lillian Adams, of Wood
lawn, spent Monday with her sis¬
ter, Mrs. W. W. Biggers.
Misses Mittie Kenerly and Nora
Hays spent Monday afternoon
very pleasantly with Miss Nora
Dobbs.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lunsford
spent Friday afternoon at Mans¬
field.
Mr. R. T. Webb and family
spent Sunday last with Mr. T. M.
Kenerly and family.
Mr. J. T. Ward and son, Jeff,
of Alcova, spent Monday with Mr.
E. W. C. Dobb’s family.
Several from here attended the
Odd Fellows barbecue at Mansfield
Monday evening.
Mr. F. D. Biggers and daughter
Miss Bobbie Lou spent Saturday
afternoon at Mansfield.
Mrs. R. T. Webb spent Monday
afternoon with Mrs. Elmer Luns¬
ford.
FAIRVIEW’S FACTS.
Live News Notes and Personals
About its People.
Our school closed for the pres¬
ent term last Friday. All things
considered it was about the best
term we have ever had.
Mrs. Ellen Sherwood was called
to the bedside of her sick daughter
at Winder Tuesday.
We were pained to hear of the
accident of Mr. Charlie Hunt’s lit¬
tle girl who fell and broke her arm
Rev. M. L. Underwood has been
on the sick list for several days.
We hope he will soon be well.
Our people are somewhat afflic¬
ted with fish fences, and are law
abiding citizens, and would like to
have the law on fishing published
so they may not make a mistake.
Mr. J. J. Owens attended the
Memorial exercises Monday.
Mrs. Mattie Estes a:*d son Earl,
of Atlanta, are the guests this
week of Mr. and Mrs. James
Neely.
Owing to the rains Sunday, we
failed to have any preaching at
Shiloh.
Mrs. Lula Hammond was the
j guest Monday of her sister, Mrs.
Ethel Dobbs.
Mr. ,T. W. F. Park was visiting
relatives near Conyers Sunday.
ADMIN1STRATORS SALE.
By virtue of an order granted by
the Court ot Ordinary at the April
term 1909, will be sold before the
Court House door in the City of
Covington, Newton county, Ga.,
on the 8th, day of May 1909, to
the highest and best bidder for
Cash, the Jewelry Store consisting
of the stock in trade, fixtures and
tools of the late J. P. Sain.
Sold for purpose of paying debts
and distribution.
Covington, Ga., April 15th, 1909
J. J. CORLEY, Administrator
upon the Estate of J. P. Sain de¬
ceased.
STARRSVILLE ITEMS.
What the Live People are Doing
In that Section.
Mrs. W. T. Corley and daughter
Aline, oue of the belles of the
younger set visited Miss Nell
Wright, of Leguin, last Monday
afternoon.
Mr. W. T. Corley and Mr. C. C.
Epps, Jr., were in Covingtou on
Tuesda y.
Mr. Ossiau Benton and J. L.
t* pp ______- were in r* Coviug.on . Tuesday# ,
,
Miss Lucile McDowell our pop¬
ular and efficient music teacher
entertained a few of the young
people Friday evening.
Genial Charlie Wright, his
brother Felix aud charming sister
Miss Nell, of Leguin, attended the
entertainment at the home of Mrs.
C. C. Epps, Friday eveuing.
Mrs. W. T. Corley and winsome
little daughter, Aline, were in
Covington Saturday.
Miss ... Rubie Epps visited . . Mans
field Thursday and Friday.
Mr. Idus Harwell, of Mansfield,
was in our ’ville Friday.
Mr. H. D. Terrell, of Coving¬
ton, was ln our midst Wednesday.
Mr. Grady Epps, one of Starrs
ville’s young men visited Atlanta
one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. f. L. Epps spent a
short while with their father Mr.
C C. Epps, Sr., and family Sun¬
day afternoon.
Quite a large crowd attended the
entertainment at the home of Mrs.
C. C. Epps’ last Friday evening.
All report a pleasant time.
ALL ABOUT ALM0N.
The Record of the People Who
Go and Come.
Rev. Crow failed to fill his regu¬
lar appointment at Shiloh, on ac¬
count. of sickness. We hope he
will soon be up again.
Mr. James W. Ellis visited Mr.
H. M. Warren, of Conyers, Mon¬
day.
We are sorry little Miss Daisy
Hunt had the misfortune to break
her arm. Hope the little one will
soon recover. j
Mr. R. A. McCart and son Bruce !
passed through midst Monday, j ,
our
Mrs. L. L- Ramey, Mrs. Laurie
Barber and baby Ezell, a r e visit- !
ing Mr. R. A. McCarts’ family !
this week.
Mr. Sam Rice spent Saturday
night with Mr Dessie Yaucey.
Mr. Henry Rice and family
spent Saturday night and Sunday
very pleasantly with his mother
Mrs. Frank Rice
Mr. Riley Robinson was in Al
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inon 011 ua , y*
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rice spent
Monday with Mr. Warren Smiths’
family.
AT HAWKINSVILLE.
Personal and News Items of Gen¬
eral Interest, j
1
Ml. bam Rtce spent last Satur
day night with Mr. Jessie Yancev
at Almon
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Dobbs of
Almon spent last Saturday uight
with Mr. and Mrs J. T. Rice. :
Mr. Ad. Dempsey, of Oakland,
was the guest of Mr. G. W. Haw¬
kins, last Monday afternoon. i
Mrs. L. J. Ramey and- Mrs. I
Carrie Barker spent a few days
with relatives at Ebenezer.
Mr. and Mr9. D. F. Rice spent
last Monday with Mr. and Mrs. C.
W . Smith of Fairview.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Young and
family spent last Saturday night
with Mr.and Mrs. W. T. \V a lpee
No Time For Retreat.
In an Irish garrison town a theatrical
company was giving performances, and
some soldiers from the local barracks
were engaged to act as supers. Their
duties included the waging of a fierce
fight in which, after a stirring strug¬
gle, one army was defeated on a given
signal from the prompter. For a few
nights all went well, but on the Friday
evening a special performance of the
piece was to be given under the patron¬
age of the colonel and other officers
of the garrison. The two armies met
as usual at the end of the second act,
when they fought and fought and kept
on fighting, regardless of the agonized
glare in the eye of their (actor) gen¬
eral, who hoarsely ordered the proper
army to “Retreat, confound you.” But
the fight still went on, and soon the
horrified manager saw the wrong army
being driven slowly off the stage, still
fighting desperately. Down came the
curtain amid roars of laughter, and
the fuming manager hastened to ask
the delinquents why they had failed to
retreat on hearing the signal.
“Itetraite,” roared a burly fusileer
whose visage had been badly battered,
! “and Is It retraite ye’d have us, wid
* he c °if n f 1 aad a11 the offlc * rs ln the
boxes? —London Scraps.
Mind Your Own Business.
An old custom once prevailed ln a
remote place In England of giving a
: clock to any one who would truthfully
i swear that he had minded his own
i business alone for a year and a day
! an< * bad not me ddied with his neigh¬
bors. Many came, but few, if any,
gained the prize, which was more dif¬
ficult to win than the Dunmow flitch
of bacon. Though they swore on the
four gospels and held out their hands
In certain hope, some hitch was sure
to be found somewhere, and for all
their asseverations the clock remained
stationary on the shelf, no one being
able to prove his absolute immunity
from uncalled for interference in things
not in any w’ay concerning himself. At
last a young man came with a per¬
fectly clear record, and the clock
seemed as if it was at last about to
change owners. Then said the custo¬
dian, “Oh, a young man was here yes 1
terday and made mighty sure he was
going to have the clock, but be didn’t.”
“And why didn’t he get it?” “What’s
that to you?” snapped the custodian.
“That’s not your business, and you
don’t get the clock.”
The Chinese Sampans.
In Canton 400,000 people spend their
whole existence in boats, which are
theie called sampans. They are born
in them, lhe In them from infancy to
old age and finally die in them. Col¬
lectively these boats form a floating
suburb to the city proper, one of the
most amazing human settlements in
the world. Every creek is crammed
vith them. Along the main banks of
the river they are huddled twenty deep
-so close together that the covering
of mats appears continuous as far as
the eye can reach. And each sampan
houses a separate family, with its own
big brazier lamp, which serves for
heating, lighting and cooking the even
ing meal. The scene when a really
serious conflagration once gets a prop
er hold in the midst of these floating
wooden homes may be imagined. Es
cape is impossible except for those
moored at the outermost edge. In oue
of these conflagrations over a thou
sand persons lost their lives.
V. Wanted Her.
“An old couple from the east,” says
the Detroit Free Press, “are visiting
tl gets f r out T of L n sight Ci of , ty „ the “ father, Vf m he , oth f is
constantly asking for her and is not
content till they are together again.
The other evening she went to another
part of the house while he was in the
parlor and after he had asked for her
a half dozen times the son said, rather
curtly:
“ ‘It seems as though you couldn’t
be without mother five minutes at a
time.’
tt i You’re right,’ said the old gentle¬
man slowly. ‘That's the reason I mar¬
ried her. y yy
A Suit of Ratskin.
A thrifty Welshman at one time ex
hibited himself PuDlicly in England at
tired in a costume composed from top
to bottom of ratskins, which he had
spent three years and , a half , in collect- t
i,,g. Ibe aim »»« made entirely bj
L-Iircij “coat (.Util, wTSSi V\ tilblvUitLID118L.Io, tousS Zllt LipjJLL
gaiters and shoes. The number of
rats required to complete the suit was
570. Most curious of tl,e saimetts
“ *?; ‘■“’l 1 ■ "to* * ;
Worst Place For It.
Small Johnny had been Ill for sev¬
eral weeks when one day an aunt from i
a distance came to visit the family.
“Why, Johnny,” she exclaimed, “how
thin “Ycs’m,” you replied are! Have you been sick?” j
the little fellow. “I
bad the brain fever and right in my ;
head, too, the very worst'place I coukl !
have bad it ”
;
His Secret. !
' Student—How would you advise me j
to go about collecting a library? Pro¬
fessor—Well. I’ll tell 1
3 'ou how- I man¬
aged it. When I was young I bought
books and loaned them. Now I bor- i
row books and keep them.—Stray !
Stories.
Took Her at Her Word. 1
“I’ll never tell another man I’d rather !
dance than eat.” i
“Why not?” 1
“He kept me waltzing until all the •
restaurants were closed.”—Exchange, j
Wherever - there is a failure — there is j '
tabout some luck, giddiness, some superstition j
some step omitted, which <
tiature never pardons.—Emerson. '
Avalanches.
There are avalanches of different
kinds, but when the term “avalanche”
is used it is generally supposed to ap¬
ply to falls of great bodies of snow or
lee, says Mr. Edward Whymper in the
London Strand Magazine. One of the
first occasions of this kind which at¬
tracted attention took place in 1820,
upon Mont Blanc, and it is commonly
called the Hamel accident. Dr. Hamel,
a Russian, set out on Aug. 18 to go up
Mont Blanc, accompanied by two Eng¬
lishmen and eight guides. They had
ascended to a height of more than
14,000 feet, with five guides in front,
who were cutting or making steps,
when all at once the snow above them
gave way, and the members of the
party were carried down a thousand
feet or more over the slopes up which
they had toiled. Snow again broke
away above and more or less covered
them. Some of them struggled out,
but three of the leading guides were
hurled into a crevasse and buried un¬
der an immense mass of snow. The
bodies of these men reappeared at the
foot of the glacier thirty years after¬
ward.
Two Bits of Wood.
Importance cannot be reduced to a
matter of size. The success of a piece
of work may depend on a tiny detail.
Such is the case ln regard to that
marvel of construction, the violin.
Rev. H. R. Haweis in his “My Musical
Life” tells of the care nnd labor ex¬
pended on two little pieces of wood
which go to make up the perfect
whole. The sound bar Is a strip of
pine wood running obliquely under the
left foot of the bridge. A slight mis¬
take ln its position, looseness or in¬
equality or roughness of finish will
produce that hollow, teeth on edge
growl called “wolf.” It takes great
cunning and a life of practical study
to know how long and how thick the
sound bar must be and exactly where
to place it in each Instrument. The
sound post Is a little pine prop, like a
short bit of cedar pencil. It Is the
soul of the violin, and through It pours
all vibrations. Days and weeks are
spent in adjusting the tiny sound post.
Its position exhausts the patience of
the maker and makes the Joy or the
misery of the player.
Moving on Short Notice.
I was lying on the floor of an old
country log house one summer day near
a big open fireplace when I heard a
peculiar, frightened squeak. I got up
to see what looked like a huge mouse
moving at a very rapid walk across
the room. When I got a closer look I
paw that it was a mother mouse mov
lug her whole family. At least I hope
there was none left behind, for very
soon a small snake, but large enough
to put into a panic the mother of four
j ess than half grown children, came
through the empty fireplace and after
Lhe little fugitive. The mother mouse
bad two in her mouth, and fastened to
either side of her, apparently holding
0 n with their mouths and for “dear
life,” were the other two. I killed the
enake and watched the moving family
disappear through a hole in the corner
i & 0 not know whether they returned
after awhile or whether the father
mouse put up a “To Let” sign and
joined them in a foreign country ’fam- but
I fl 0 know' that I saved a happy
fly _st. Nicholas
The Creditor's Letter.
Here is an interesting letter received
by a well known English tailor in re¬
ply to a “final” application for settle¬
ment of a long outstanding account: “I
have much pleasure in informing you
that I have placed you on the list of
my creditors, your number on the roil
being 103. In view of your name ap¬
pearing so far down my list and iu
common fairness to my other creditors
who have been on my books now for
some considerable time, I am afraid I
cannot hold out the slightest hope of
the ‘early’ settlement which you ask
for. I think it will be well, therefore,
if you discontinue forwarding your
frequent ‘reminders,’ which can do no
possible good and which are a con
stant source of annoyance to me.”—
London Pick-Me-Up.
A Doubtful Outlook.
A woman in evident distress was
standing at her door.
“What’s the matter, Mrs. Brown?”
inquired a neighbor "
- ob , kn0 „ „, hat to dD ,..
.
! h0 Jf| ,,CP *j|~p '- V ' yy “ B,I1 ' S »W at the foot
« Wei!) what about that? „ said the
other /
„ s[xiri ,„ xl , lrs Er ..
don’t know Bill! When Lb skb wins
be gets on the loose, and when they
lose he comes home and whacks me.
They’ve played a draw today, and I’m
sure I don’t know what he’ll do this
time!”—London Express.
Variety.
“I can’t see why you don't like hotel
life,” said Mrs. Gramercy. “It re
lieves a woman of all her cares and
gives her so much spare time. Now,
honestly, don’t you find that home
cooking becomes rather monotonous?”
“Not at all,” replied Mrs. Dark.
“Why, my dear, we have a new cook
every few weeks.”
Fair Offer.
“Can you tell me how- to live 100
years ?”
The philosopher stroked his .beard
thoughtfully. “I will try,” he said, “if
5’ 0U can give any good reason for
wanting to live 100 years.”-Pliiladel
pbia Record.
Earlier Yet.
Clubman— I tmderstand, sir, that you
began life as a newsboy? Guest of
the Evening— I fear some one has been
fooling yon. I began life as an Infant I
—Philippine Gossip. ‘ I
I AFTER MANY
YEARS
The coming 0 f Memorial day
led the Atlanta Georgian to the
following observation which will
prove ot general interest: i
“In advance of the memorial
day exercises we can not resist the
impulse to comment upon a f ea
ture which .
is well calculated to
make it one of the most ,
sive occasions which mpres .
we have wit¬
nessed in Atlanta since the bug:
sang truce. es
Col. J. T. Van Orsdale, com
mander of the seventeenth regi¬
ment at Fort McPherson, has
cepted from Grand ae
Marshal Ob car
an invitation to participate in the
day’s celebration.
And two battalions of United
States soldiers will swell the
marching ranks which will pay
tribute the Confederate dead.
Both the acceptance and the
tender of this invitatioi i are hap
pily in accord with the present
era of good will.
The fraternal leaven has been
at work for years.
It began in Atlanta even amid
the Bmoke and ruin which told of
General Sbermau’s destructive
march. * * *
it was Atlanta’s message which
Benjamin H. Hill, in his great re¬
ply to Blaine, proclaimed on the
floor of congress in 1876, when he
declared that the south was back
in the union to remain.
It was Atlanta’s message which
Henry W. Grady, in his wonder¬
ful New England speech delivered
to the Puritan commonwealth ot
Massachusetts in 1889, when he
reconsecrated Plymouth Rock to
the sentiment of human brother¬
hood.
Consequently, President McKin.
ley only caught the spirit of his
environment when he declared
before the assembled legislature in
the capitol of this state in 1898
that the time had come in the
progress of reconciliation for the
Federal government to join hands
with the south in doing honor to
the Confederate dead.
Following the initiative of Pres¬
ident McKinley it was an inspir¬
ing contribution to the sentiment
of national fraternity that the last
stroke of Mr. Roosevelt’s official
pen should have ordered the res¬
toration of the name of Mr. Da¬
vis to the tablet on Cabin John
Bridge, near Washington, D. C.
The return of captured battle
flags is becoming almost an every
day occurrence.
And we are reminded by these
generous and patriotic episodes
that while it is well enough !0
cherish the heroic memories of
battle, it is time to forget the bit¬
terness of conflict.
Both Tainted.
“You are in the employ of that mil¬
lionaire up on the hill, aren’t you:’
snapped the sharp faced woman who
ran the butter and egg shop.
“Yes, ma’am,” responded the man in
the white apron, “and I want two
pounds of butter for my master’s ta¬
ble. lie said he’d send to town after
it, only the roads are so bad.”
“He did, eh? Well, we are not par¬
ticular about his trade. Did you tell
him I shid his money was tainted'.'”
“Indeed, 1 did.”
“And what did he say?” but¬
“Said so was your blamed old
ter.’’—Chicago News.
A Fixed Law.
“You are positive Ihis happened on
Tuesday?” demanded counsel.
“I am,” said the witness.
“Sure it was Tuesday?”
“Yes.”
“Why not Thursday or Friday.'
“Because we had chicken that day.
Chicken day is Tuesday where
board.”—Louisville Courier- Journal.
The Cock's Declension. She
The cook picked up an egg.
looked at it doubtfully.
“It’s bad,” she said.
She dropped it. added, ■Es
“It’s worse!” she hastily
change.
Not Acting.
Actor—All the newspapers say •
impersonation of Caesar last night wa»
absolutely real. Rival— Perhaps that’s
Everybody I’ve met says it cer
so.
tainly wasn’t acting.
" - ther
Preserve just reIa , .. i '" _ a 0
your t a g»ct
does _
men ' Thelr misconduct <
your duties— Epictetus. ,