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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 e extra &(X y 5oC. e can save you money on most any line and especially on SHOES. Come to see us in the old stand formerly occupied by Newton Co Bank 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 W-”—Yonkers Statesman. T*a?w«i teSBCftM SHiite SimSWIT *Ude to FIT FIT TO WEAR. o. M 'mm? 2 i ' I i J/X m l i: ’ ■ ! ! t a 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. - sai^the r sic nti, “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. Boston.—A startling tragedy was enacted in the public garden near the 6ntranCe of the Boylston street sub ' Suffering from nervous trouble, with ... which ....... he had been afflicted for 9e 3 ’ Lawrence R Bovle a ... shot and l ^spaper man, h 0Wn ife by the same m€ans - E. H. MOBLET J I jps H8S m rnmm ■ Wtm 4 Ml ’ j ■; 10 . I ! i V/ 4 * i 9 m j - ar If • 'I I 'V Ifitl jjl* 4 Mm V H l Mv, Hy ;\\\ . Eg Wm f i Wf* vtb .5 % a/ /' n I L /A f' : m ■ i ft fe L 4 f/ J[//> ‘SBES'-XiS xSLii ...... ; Be SURE YOU SEE THE NAME j : Anything cheaper than Brenlin is false economy Get shades that wear— Look for the name b ken lin We have Brenlin as advertised in the Ladies’ Home Journal, Outlook, Everybody s, Woman’s Home Companion, etc. Don't place your order for shades until you have seen Brenlin, A low-priced shade is not necessarily economical. Brenlin is all that is claimed for it, costs but a few cents more and makes every shade in your house look well and wear well. 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