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COVINGTON CASH STORE
THIS FALL? If you havent, you are missing lots of GOOD VALUES you
ought to see before you make your purchas.
i lave you seen the $2 00 Rugs 34x60 that we are offering at 98c? We have had the greatest sale of Sample Jackets that has along.
the: yet to offer you. T ever come We have several good Styles in
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COVINGTON CASH STORE Covington, Georgia
DEMOCRATIC PEERS.
the House of Peers Not One of Birth
or Ancestry.
Strangely enough, the house of lords
still remains the most democratic in¬
stitution in England. It may still
claim for itself to be the Witenagemot,
or gathering of wise then, and one
wonders why it does not defend itself
along those lines.
It is not a house of birth or ances¬
try, for it is composed today to an
overwhelming extent of successful
men from almost every walk of life.
No one cares a fig what a man’s an¬
cestry was in this matter of fact land
if he succeeds, if he becomes rich
and powerful.
The mother of the great Queen Eliz¬
abeth was the daughter of a plain Eng
list gentleman.
A pot girl of Westminster married
the master of the pothouse. After his
death she consulted a lawyer named
Hyde. Mr. Hyde married her. Mr.
Hyde afterward became lord chancel¬
lor, with the title of Lord Clarendon,
and his wife, the former pot girl, boro
him a daughter. This daughter mar¬
ried the Duke of York and became the
mother of Mary and Anne Stewart,
both afterward queens of England.
It is evident that if queens of Eng
land may have a barmaid for grand
mother lesser mortals need not fret
on the subject of ancestry.
The Englishman would not be what
he is nor would lie In the least be
transmitting his very valuable Saxon
heritage if he gave tip his democratic
custom of an aristocracy of power for
Hie feeble ecntinei:!al custom of an
nri'tfcrruy of birth, Wlrnt the one
and the other is today answers the
quest n ns to the relative merits of
the two systems without need of dis¬
rvrsP a. Tho English, though nova
days many of them do not know it
therm-elves, are the most democratic
of all not ions.
VilPim the Conqueror divided Eng¬
land nm<>ng the commanders of his
army and eonfen-ea about twenty earl¬
doms. Not one of these exists today,
rnr do any of the honors conferred by
William Rufus. 1087-1100; Henry I..
1100-1135; Stephen, 1135-1154; Henry
II., 1154-1189; 1'ichard L. 1189-1199;
or John. 1199-1210.
Negro Hero’o Memory Honored.
Montgomery, Ala.-—Remarkable hon
ois were paid to the memory of Bob
Goodwin, a negro hero, who was
drowned in the Alabama river March
11, while trying to rescue two white
men. The white men drowned with
him. Hundreds of white persons,
men. women and children, took part
in the funeral services, and eight ca¬
dets of a fashionable military high
school served as pallbearers.
A Chip of the Old Block.
• rlmsonbeak—Owen Moore’s son was
In to see me today.
Yeast—Indeed! Doesn’t h* remind
you of his father?
\erv much. He wanted to borrow
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STRANGER THAN FICTION.
The Way the Captain of a Slave
Trader Was Convicted.
Romance writers are often blamed
for making the plots of their stories
turn upon slight chances and improba¬
ble incidents, but here is an incident
in real life stranger than fiction.
In 1799 the eutter Sparrow brought
the brig Nancy into harbor at Kings¬
ton, Jamaica, under suspicion that she
was engaged in the slave trade. But,
although many circumstances pointed
to this fact, no clear proof could be
-■obtained, as the brig had no papers
from which the charge could be sub¬
stantiated. The suspected vessel was
therefore discharged, but the day be¬
fore she left the harbor a man-of
war arrived, bringing some documents
that dearly proved her guilt.
These papers had been obtained in
a “highly improbable manner.” While
cruising off the coast of Santo Domin¬
go the crew of the man-of-war had
amused themselves by fishing for
sharks. One monster was captured
and cut up on deck, and In its stom¬
ach was found a bundle of ship’s
papers, the very documents flung over¬
board by the captain of the Nancy
when he was boarded by the Sparrow
Curiosity led the captain of the man
of-war to clean and examine the
papers, and the result was that he
brought them before the authorities at
the nearest port. The unlucky brig
was condemned on this romantically
acquired evidence. — St. Paul Pioneer
Tress.
A Lame Excuse.
“A French sentinel in Algeria.” said
a playwright, “had for his colonel a
very tall, lanky, round shouldered man.
This round shouldered colonel one
night was making a quiet inspec¬
tion. Fassing the sentinel, he found,
to his rage and indignation, that he was
not challenged. So he returned to the
man and roared:
“ ‘You didn’t challenge me!’
tt < N-no. sir.’ faltered the sentinel, sa
luting.
k t Well, why didn’t you?’ the colonel
demanded.
o • Excuse me, sir,’ said the sentinel,
•but I thought—I beg your pardon, sir— |
I thought you was a camel. » **
His Denomination.
A man who had been playing golf
with a clergyman heard him swear ;
two or three times under his breath. |
Suspecting the lapse, be could not be
sure of it until one monosyllable
came out with unmistakable clearness
After he had finished the match a
friend of his said: “I saw you play
ing Just now with the Rev. Mr. Dash,
Of what denomination is he?" “Some
people say be is a Congregatlonalist,”
replied his late opponent, “bnt I should j
call him a Profanltarlan.”—Argonaut
Particular Point*.
“Shall I touch out the wrinkles In
your face?" asked the photographer.
“By all means,” answered the elder¬
ly beau. “And also those, If there be
any. In my trousere.”>-Kansaa City
Journal.
SOME OE THE BIOGEST VALUES
That has ever been offered yon will be found at this store in the next 15 days. To close out my entire line of
L.LADIES LONG COAT SUITS^
That I have made some special LOW PRISES ON
Our $7 .50 Suits for $4 98 Our $18 Suits for $13 50
Our 10 00 Suits for 7 50 Our 22 50 Suits for 16 50
Our 12 50 and 13 50 Suits for 9 50 Our 25 00 Suits for 19 00
Our 27 5 o and 30 00 Suits for 50
We have about I hn ty Ladies Long 50 Inch JACKEST in Black and Tan, g not 1 new styles that we are
going to close out regaidlesr of cost,
II you need a long Jacket
cheap, don’t fail to see these
for they mnst go, we nee 1 the
room.
We have an excellent line
f ; ill lr e is cl j i ! <».
SAW THE GHOST.
A Story That Stood the Test of a
Court of Law.
As a circumstantial ghost story and
one that stood the cold scrutiny of a
court of law Booty’s case is without a
parallel. The date given is 1688, when
Mrs. Booty brought an action for slan
der against one Captain Barnaby for
what he bad said of her late husband.
According to an extract from a Jour¬
nal produced in court, dated Friday,
May 15, 1687, the captain on that day
went ashore with a large party of
friends to shoot rabbits upon Strombo
li, the island off Italy, which, from Its
ever burning crater. Is called “the
lighthouse of the Mediterranean.” At
about 3:30 in the afternoon two men
were seen running toward the volcano,
which was emitting flames. Captain
Barnaby then exclaimed, “Lord bless
me, the foremost is old Booty, my
next door neighbor." They then van¬
ished in the flames, a fact of which
every one present took note.
Upon Captain Barnaby’s return to
England he learned that “old Booty”
had died Just about the time of the
strange occurrence at Stromboll. He
then made the remark which was the
subject of the action, that he “had
seen old Booty running into the flames
of hell pursued by the devil.” Mrs.
Booty claimed £1.000 as damages, and
the case came on in the king’s bench
before the chief Justice, Sir Robert
Wright. For the defense, in addition
to the testimony of Captain Barnaby
and his friends, old Booty's clothes
were brought into court and identified
by several witnesses as being similar
to those worn by the foremost man
who ran into the crater—even to the
peculiar buttons on the coat. The
Judge was so impressed by this evi¬
dence that he said: "Lord have mercy
upon ine and grant that I may never
see what you have seen. One, two or
three may be mistaken, but not tblr
ty.” And so Booty’s widow lost the
day, and the case remains, perhaps, as
the only Judicially accepted ghost
story on record.—London Chronicle.
Sound In the Air.
A writer in the Strand Magazine de¬
scribes the astonishment he experl
eneed when riding over London in a
balloon at a height of more than half
a mile he heard the deafening roar of
the great city beneath him as it could
not be heard when on the ground. The
noise, even at that height, was so j
harsh and intense as to be painful to
the ear. How perfect a sound con
duetor the air is was shown when the
balloon drifted far over the city to a
wooded part of the country, where the
murmur of the leaves moved by the
wind, half a mile beiow, was distinct
ly heard.
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“No” No, said the candid candid kleotomanlac- kleptomaniac.
“when In arrested for pilfering F I
never give , my real , name. It would
compromise too many people.”
“Indeed! And what Is your name?”
inquired the magistrate.
“John Smith.”—Philadelphia Ledger
Wa have just received a beauti¬
ful line of of Ladies and Childrens
Furs and Mufft to match.
Any kind <>f Millinery we have it
Don’t fail to give us a look on
the above goodo mentioned.
HE OBEYED ORDERS.
A Young Recruit’s Rapid Rise to Title
and Power.
One day a young recruit was stand¬
ing guard before the door of the en¬
trance to Peter the Great’s private
hambers in the palace of St. Peters¬
burg. He had received orders to ad¬
mit no one.
As he was passing slowly up and
down before the door Prince Mensehi
koff, the favorite minister of the czar.
approached and attempted to enter.
He w’as stopped by the recruit.
The prince, who had the fullest lib¬
erty of calling upon his master at any
time, sought to push the guard and
pass him. Yet the young man would
not move, bat ordered his highness
to stand back.
“You idiot!” shouted the prince.
“Don’t you know me? You’ll be pun¬
ished for this!”
The recruit smiled and said:
“Very well, your highness, but my
orders are peremptory to let nobody
pass.”
The prince, exasperated at the fel
low’s Impudence, struck him a blow
In the face with his riding whip.
“Strike away, your highness,” said
the soldier, “but I cannot let you go
In.”
Peter, In the room, hearing the noise
outside, opened the door and inquired
what it meant, and the prince told
him.
The czar appeared amused, but Bald
nothing at the time.
In the evening, however, he sent for
the prince and the soldier. As they
both appeared Peter gave his own
cane to the soldier, saying:
“That man struck you In the morn
lng. Now you must return the blow to
that fellow with my stick.”
The prince was amazed. “Your maj¬
esty,” be said, “this common soldier
is to strike me?”
“I make him a captain.” said Peter
“But I’m an officer of your majes
ty’s household,’’ objected the prince,
“I make him a colonel of my life
guards and an officer of the house¬
hold.” said Peter again.
“My rank, your majesty knows. Is
that of general,” again protested Men
schikoflf.
“Then I make him a general, so that
the beating you get may come from a
man of your rank.”
The prince got a sound thrashing in
the presence of the czar, and the re
crult, who was next day commissioned
a general with a title, was the founder
ot a powerful family whose descend
ants are still high in the imperial serr
Ic « ot Russia,
Newspaper Man Shot Wife and Self.
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA