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CANDIDATE FOR^
Clerk the Superior Court
Your vote and influence will be appreciated, and if elected, a thorough
and efficient performance of the duties of the office is pledged.
CAMPBELL TO RUN
FOR LEGISLATURE
MEMBER OF BOARD OF COMMIS¬
SIONERS WILL BE CANDIDATE
FOR LEGISLATURE IN STATE
PRIMARY.
R. W. Campbell, of Mansfield, will
be u candidate for the lower branch of
the state general assembly as a repre¬
sentative of Newton county, In the
state primary which will be held late
in the summer. This statement from
Mr. Campbell verifies the story publish¬
ed in the News week before last that
he would probably be a candidate.
Mr. Campbell is a member of the
present board of county commissioners
of Newton county, a prominent planter
and citizen of this county.
The formal announcement of his can¬
didacy will be made next week.
Ilis many friends maintain that he
will make a strong race in his candi¬
dacy for the legislature.
Loyd Will be in Race.
A. I.. Loyd, of Covington, the pres¬
ent representative from Newton in the
lower house, will be a candidate for
i e election. He has not made his for¬
mal announcement, but it is thought
it will be forthcoming in the next few
weeks.
DAMAGE CASES OCCUPYING
ATTENTION OF THE COURT.
The euort since its opening Monday
morning has been on the damage
which involve suits of various people
against the power company which con¬
structed the huge dam in Butts county,
The allegation of the plaintiffs is that
t ack water has brought about damages,
it is said that there are possibly fifty
of these damage suits filed in the New¬
ton Superior court, but only in fifteen
cases have subpoenas been issued for
this terms of court
Green Johnson, of Montieello, is rep¬
resenting the power company in these
ts, and the plaintiffs are represent
by Cols. Rogers and Knox, of Cov
ton.
HOUSE FOR RENT.
One five-room house on Montieello
street at $8 per month. See C. C.
Breok*, er A. I. MeOarfftT-
Jersey News
Mr. and Mrs. Curk Hamby, of Dixie,
spent Saturday and Sunday with tbeir
mother near Jersey.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Watkins, of Al
covy, visited Covington Saturday .
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Watkins and lit¬
tle sons spent Sunday with Mr. O. W.
Ewing and family.
Mr. S. A. Beam visited his brother,
Mr. J. B. Beam, at Tampton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Beam are smiling
over a little “son beam.”
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Watkins, visited
Covington Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Watkins is spending the
week with her aunt in Athens, who is
very ill.
Mr. Berry Watkins and Mr. Hugh
Murray visited Mr. J. D. Wiley Sun¬
day.
Messrs. Charlie Wiley and Watson
Kitchens, of Cornish Mountain, visited
friends near Aleov.v Sunday.
Mr. Walker Few and Mr. Lester
Murray visited Cornish Mountain Sun¬
day.
The child of Mr. and Mrs. George
Bryant is very ill, but we wish a
speedy recovery.
MASTER S DEGREE TO BE
CONFERRED ON FOUR MEN.
At the next regular meeting of the
Jolden Fleece Lodge No. 6, F. & A. M„
March 20th„ the Masters degree will
be conferred on four candidates by
Past Master R. P. Lester, large atten¬
dance is desired and all transdent
brothers are respectfully invited to
meet with them.
BAPTIST LADIES WILL BEGIN
WEEK OF PRAYER MARCH 28.
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the First Baptist church of Covington,
will observe the week of prayer for
home missions, beginning Monday af¬
ternoon, March 23rd, at 3 o’clock, and
lasting through Friday. All churches
are cordially invited to attend.
The program is as follows:
Monday—Mrs. C. A. Sockweil, “Back
to the Country.”
Tuesday—Mrs. H. W. Williams. “Ad¬
equate Church Building.”
Wednesday—Mrs. J. C. Upshaw,
“Shares in the Building.”
Thursday—Mrs. Ed Hutchins, “City
Conditions.”
Friday—Mrs. C. C. King. “Founda¬
tion Centers.”.
MRS. A. D. MEADOR.
President.
VM* tOVUMilOA IN Miff ft, vT£iMaU*At, llAiUC* 1ft, UttA.
TOOK Th iit’LL m "-oft uf r»f r i c
A Request That Surprised tne
Sultan Abdul Hamid.
TALE OF A BADLY USED TURK.
A Truthful Account of an Experience
at the Court of the “Illuminator of
the Universe” That Reads Like a
Story From the Arabian Nights.
Many fantastic stories are related of
Abdul Hamid, the ex sultan of Tur¬
key, and his court. The following,
however, came to me from a reliable
source, writes a contributor to Cham
bers' Journal, and once when l tuld
the story in company one of my listen¬
ers told me that he personally knew it
to be true. It is worthy of a place
among Scheherazade's famous tales.
Not far from the sultan's palace lived
a certain Ahmed Rushdi Effendi, one
of the hundreds of clerks employed at
the sublime porte. Ahmed’s duties
consisted of writing ornate official
communications to provincial gover¬
nors. For this tie was supposed to re¬
ceive a salary of 200 piasters (about
$Si per month, if. however, he receiv¬
ed this salary six times a year he
thought himself lucky.
Compared to many of his colleagues
the government offices. Ahmed was
In comfortable circumstances. He
owned bis own house, so lie had no
rent to pay. and he gave his leisure
time to cultivating the tiny garden
that supplied his family with fruit
and vegetables the whole year round.
Ahmed Effendi. not being ambitious,
was a contented man.
In bis peaceful household there was
only one discordant note. The cause
was a dwarf peach tree in Ahmed’s
garden that bore every year six or
eight mammoth peaches. Early in his
married life his wife dreamed that her
husband would one day attain emi
nence and that the peaches were con
nected with his fortune.
Fifty times each year she urged him
to take the peaches as an offering tc
the sultan. “We are simple people.”
she would say. “Such magnificent
peaches are not for us. Carry them, 1
pray thee, to the palace and "-esent
them to the benefactor of the V arid.”
But Ahmed would reply:
. “Wife, no good conies to those who
hare relations with the palace. I, who
have always been discreet, do not wish
to fall under suspicion.”
But at last, after twenty years, Ah¬
med yielded to his wife's importunity
and carried the beautiful fruit to the
palace. There he entrusted the peach¬
es to the grand chamberlain, who.
knowing the sultan's fondness tot
fruit, promptly carried them into the
presence of the Illuminator of the Uni
verse. The sultan graciously accept¬
ed the gift and commanded Ahmed to
wait until he was at liberty in order
that he might himself thank the grow¬
er of such splendid fruit.
it happened that the reception room
where the scribe awaited the pleasure
of tlie sovereign was filled with a
band of suspected bomb throwers, and
Ahmed was presently hustled away
to prison with tiie supposed revolu¬
tionaries. He was thoroughly confus¬
ed by the rough treatment of the
guards and could only stammer: “1
am the man who brought the peaches!
I am the man who brought the
peaches!"
In prison he soon became known as
“the man of the peaches" and was
looked upon as a harmless lunatic.
After many months the suspected
bomb throwers, including Ahmed,
were brought before the criminal
court. He told his story to tlie judge
and asked that the grand chamberlain
be called to confirm his words. The
judge granted ids request and was
greatly surprised when the dignitary
told of the arrival of Ahmed at the
palace some months ago and of his
mysterious disappearance. The cham¬
berlain took the afflicted scribe to bis
own suit in the palace and went to ex¬
plain matters to the sultan.
The sultan, sincerely sorry for the
unlucky mistake, commanded the
•hamherlain to promise Ahmed that
nnv wish of his should be fulfilled.
Ahmed replied that he would accept
not one. but three gifts, and that he
must name them to the sultan per
sonally The sultan was much con¬
cerned and ordered the scribe ushered
into his private study.
“Sire." said Ahmed. “1 ask for a
hatchet, the sum of 200 piasters and
a copy of the Koran.”
“Your desire is granted." answered
the sultan, “on condition that you ex¬
plain the meaning of your singular
request.''
"Sire." replied our hero, “with tLe
200 piasters 1 shall obtain a divorce
from my wife, the original cause of
ail my trouble: with the hatchet 1 in¬
tend to cut down my peach tree, and
upon the Koran I wish to swear an
oath never to enter the palace gates
again so long as I live."
Apelles’ Masterpiece.
The masterpiece of Apeiles was the
Venus Anadyomene. “Venus Rising
From the Sea.” The falling drops of
water from her hair form a transpar¬
ent silver veil over her form. It cost
$ 121,000 and was painted for the tem¬
ple of Esctilapius at Cos. and after¬
ward placed bv Augustus in the tem¬
ple which he dedicated to his lllus
trions patron. Julius Caesar. Part of
the famous pleture was injured and
no one could be found to repair it—
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