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HORSESHOE LUCK.
An Old Myth That Goes Back to the
Greeks and Their Sea God.
Of all the emblems for good fortune
the horseshoe stands among the first
Everybody knows it is unlucky to pass
a horseshoe on the road without pick¬
ing it up. It is a luck emblem of the
greatest power. We are indebted for
this statement to old tales centuries in
age that have descended from father
to sou, from mother to daughter,
through the years.
The old myths repay research. The
luck of the horseshoe has a most re¬
spectable beginning. It is traced to the
religion of the old Greeks and their sea
god, Poseidon, who was identical with
the Homan sea god Neptune.
To Poseidon horses were sacred, and
to him they were sacrificed. Poseidon
was believed to have created the first
horse when he struck the ground with
his trident and a horse sprang from
the hole, which afterward became a
spring. The sea god was the lord of
springs. To him all springs were
ascribed. In the shape of a horse he
sometimes wandered by the shores of
his ocean domain, and where be struck
his hoofs deeply there the waters gush
ed out and permanent springs were
found. This is the reason why horse¬
shoes are reckoned lucky. Going to the
root of the matter, one sees a nature
myth as the root principle. From the
sea all rain comes, and to the sea all
springs owe primal origin, and to the
rain and the fresh waters, sea derived,
we owe all fertility on earth.
The old Greeks therefore worshiped
Poseidon as the fortune giver through
his springs. They gave him horses, his
precious beasts, and they adored the
footprints of horses when they found
them, for they might be the very foot¬
prints of the god himself.
When the horses came to be shod the
transition of the luck emblem from the
footprint itself to the shoe mark, prac¬
tically the same thing, was easy.
Pegasus, the winged horse, from
whose hoofs the water springs gushed
co)#ously when he came to earth, has
been credited with the origin of the
horseshoe luck.
The horseshoe was a specific against
earthquakes. It would keep a house
safe from harm by earth shaking.
Again one perceives the sea myth—
Poseidon was the shaker of the earth.
—Team Owners' Gazette.
Obeying the Autocrat.
That fine old New Englander, Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, laid down the
rule that the law of the road entitles
a man to two looks at every pretty
woman. This fair and proper limit
provokes no complaint in Kansas City,
and It is not commonly exceeded,
though we would have to go far afield
to find a locality with more women
worth looking at than are seen on the
streets of Kansas City every day.—
Kansas City Times.
We are receiving daily our stock of Fall Goods, the Largest and Most Complete Stock
that we have ever carried, and we ask the ladies to give our
Dress Goods and Hosiery
a look before buying. We also have a beautiful line of Ladies Ready to wear Suits and
they are beavties. Give us a call.
Agents for Onyx Hosiery The Store of Good Values.
“IN THE HOUR OF DEATH”
A Note on the Authorship of a Well
Known Poem.
The question is often asked in news¬
papers and magazines. ••Who wrote
the poem beginning 'In the hour of
death, after this life's whim?'”
The answer is given that nothing is
known of the author. It is true this
poem was published with only the ini¬
tials of the writer in the University
Magazine In 1879. But 1 bold the
manuscript of the poem, and 1 have
also Blackuiore's letter that accompa¬
nied it. Black more has been so long
dead 1 do not feel that there can be
any harm in giving his letter to the
public. I subjoin an exact copy of it;
also of his poem.
AGNES E. COOK.
"Teddn.. Jan. 5. 1879.
“My Dear Sir—Having lately bpen
at the funeral of a most dear relation.
I was there again (in a dreamt last
night arid heard mourners sing the
lines inclosed, which impressed me so
that 1 was able to write them without
change of a word this morning. 1
never heard or read them before to
my knowledge. They do not look so
well oil paper as they sounded. But
if you like to print them here they are.
only please do not print my tmtne be¬
yond initials or send me money for
them, With all good wishes to Mrs.
Cook and yourself, very truly yours.
"R. D. RLACKMORE.
“K. Cook Esq re LL. D."
Domlnus illuminatio mea.
i.
In the hour of death, after this life's
whim.
When the heart beats low. and the eyes
grow dim.
And pain has exhausted every limb.
The lover of the l,ord shall trust In him.
When the will has forgotten the lifelong
aim.
And the mind can only disgrace its fame.
And a man is uncertain of his own name.
The power of the Lord shall fill this
frame.
When the last sigh is heaved and the last
tear shed.
And the coffin Is waiting beside the bed.
And the widow and child forsake the
dead.
The angel of the Lord shall lift this head.
For even the purest delight may pall;
The power must fail, and the pride must
fall.
And the love of the dearest friends grow
small.
But the glory of the Lord is all in all.
— R. D. B. in Memor lam M. F. G.
—London Athenaeum.
The Learned Cabby.
Scottish Cabby (explaining historic
landmarks of Edinburgh to American
tourists)—Yon's the house o’ John
Knox. Tourist—Waal, who was this
John Knox, anyway? Cabby (shocked)
—Mon! Do ye no read yer Bible?—
London Punch.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
City Tax Ordinance.
For The Year 1909.
For the support of the City of Cov¬
ington, for the year 1909 to defray the
ordinary and contingeut expenses
thereof, it is ordained by the Mayor
and Council as follows:
Sec. 1. That a tax of 50 cents per
hundred be levied and collected on
each one hundred dollars worth (or
fractional part thereof) of all real
estate in said city, and all other prop¬
erty, including merchandise, stock in
hand, money and solvent debts, held
or owned within the limits of said
City, on the first day of April, 1909,
and subject to taxation under the laws
of Georgia.
Sec. 2. That for the payment and
improvement of the Public Schools of
said City tor the year 1909 and 1910, a
tax of 50 cents per hundred dollars on
the value of all property enumerated
in the foregoing section, be levied
and collected.
Sec. 3. That for the payment of
two bonds of $500.00 each falling due
Jan. 1, 1910 and July 1, 1910 and in¬
terest on outstanding bonds of the
City, and to create a sinking fund, a
tax of 40 cents per hundred dollars,
on the value of the property enumer¬
ated in Section 1 of this ordinance be
levied and collected.
All City Taxes for the year 1909 as
provided for by its ordinances, are
called to be paid on or before Novem¬
ber 5, 1909 to the City Tax Collector,
and it shall be the duty of said Tax
Collector to issue Tax Executions
against all persons tailing to pay their
taxes within the time named.
Passed at regular meeting of the
Council, Oct. 5, 1909.
CHAS. G. Smith, Mayor.
J. J. Corley, Clerk.
FOR SALE.
Eighty acres of land in Newton
County—new 4-room dwelling—
new barn and out-house. Will
sell for cash or on easy terms at a
bargain—Apply to Mrs. W. C.
Thompson, 332 Houston-St„ At¬
lanta, Georgia.
Not Equipped.
“I’d never go up in a balloon.”
“Of course not. Where would you
get the sand?”—Philadelphia Ledger.
There Is Money In Farm Lands i
There is no investment today safer than the purchase 0 ( f
The wise is already copping small a
lands. guy a tract here
there and while contented in the slumbers of night there is a stea
upward advance in his holdings. Ten years ago fiifteen
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you are short on funds, I am in position to assist you at a reasonable rate of interest to borrow
ever amount you may desire. Here are a few farms listed with care. Read them over.
312 acres of extra good land. Lies 4 1-2 miles
from Covington and 2 miles of Salem. Has 6 room
residence, 4 tenant houses from 2 to 5 rooms each.
160 acres in cultivation, 50 acres of as good heavily bottom
land as is possible to find and 40 acres of
timbered original forest, lies on two public roads.
Willcut this up this property into three farms, con¬
taining 158 acres, 92 acres and 63 acres. This prop¬
erty is one of the real live bargains now listed and
for a quick sale will take $25.00 per acre.
100 acres lying 3 miles south of Covington on
road to Stewart. Good four house and tenant house
with 2 rooms recently completed. 50 acres in culti¬
vation and 12 acres in bottom land, plenty of old
field pine. This property is cheap at $30.
112 acres lying 3 miles out and frontin the Geor¬
gia road. Three good houses on farm, 80 acres open
and in cultivation and rents for 6 bales of cotton.
Fine investment. $3000 is the price on this farm.
100 acres near Starrsville and can be bought now
at $30.00 per acre. There are 2 small houses on this
place and the rental is 6 bales. The location will al¬
ways make this farm desirable.
CHAS. G. SMITH, REAL ESTATE, COVINGTON,
lars was a good price for fan
lands and in that short space land vail
have doubled. The same thing will ret
itself within the next ten years is the opir
of the leading real estate men and the Masters of the world’s
ces. God stopped adding land territory to our hemisphere
ago but the incubator factory of human beings is busy all the
and it is estimated that the population of the United States w
doubled in less than twenty-five years. You may not have f Q
five thousand dollars to sink into a place, very few of us have
have a little and that little will start you on the road to succesl
independence if properly used and wisely invested. If y 0li
until you have all the money to pay down at one time, you]
never buy a farm. Get purchase. busy now, look You over the list of proi it]
make your selection and will never regret
49 acres part of the
where land values are steady at from 25 toaOdl
per acre. One fairly good 5’room house with
35 acres in cultivation, splendid orchard,
now $1500.
92 acres lying just north of Covington art till
excellent farm. Land good with plenty of
One third cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years. sell! Haa
room house and two tenant houses’. Will
for $2000.
100 acres lying well and in good state of cJ til
tion. 65 acres in cultivation and balance in
Has 5 room house and tenant house of 3 r|
barn, stables, etc. 25 acres in bottom land,
is a bargain for this property.
126 acres in the northern part of the count! hoi
lies largely in Walton county. Has 5 room
tenant houses with 2 and 3 rooms each, 60 f
open, 12 acres in pasture, balance heavily milesl timl
Good orchard and all kinds of fruit. 7
Covington, 3 miles of Jersey and 12 from Mi
Convenient to church and school. For the pi
$2750 will buy it. Half cash, balance to suit.
