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Volume 18.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, September 30, 1899.
Number 24.
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CHAPTER I.
E0 W I COMB TO HEAR OE THE BEAUTIFUL
WHITE DEVIL.
The night was sweltering hot, even
for Hongkong.
‘■Hello! Who’s this?” said Pecble.
“P, i-.'v, by all that’s human. Watch-
p : ,j, what of the night? Why this in
decent haste?”
The newcomer was a short, podgy
B!; ui, with a clean shaven, red face,
rne richest man in "Hongkong, met a
woman staying at this very hotel. She
pretended to he just out from home and
no end innocent.
‘‘Well, Vesey was so awfully smitten
that he wanted to marry her—bad as
all that She took him in hand and one
day got him to take her for a cruise in
his yacht Of course he jumped at the
chance, and off they sailed. Out at sea
they were met by a white schooner. I
hito both, very prominent eyes, large j believe Vesey was in the middle of pro-
ears
almost marmalade colored hair.
“j'i ..sly is suffering from a had attack
0 f suppressed information,” said Ben-
n- t il, who had been examining him
critically. “Better prescribe for him,
Dt Konuanville. Ah, I forgot you
don’t know oue auother. Let me intro
duce you—Mr. Horace Veuderbruu, Mr.
pc Normanviile. Now you’re acquent,
as they say in the farces. ”
“Out with it, Poddy, ” continued
Peckle, digging him in the ribs with
tlie butt of his cue. “If you don't tell
us soou, we shall be sorrowfully com
pelled to postpone our engagements to
morrow in order to witness your inter
ment iu the Happy Valley. ”
“Well, in the first place,” began Mr.
Yanderbrun, “you must know that the
Ocduadatta”—
“Well—well, skipper—Perkins, mar
tinet ami teetotaler; chief officer, Brad-
lnini; otherwise the China sea liar!
What about her? She sailed this even
ing for Shanghai?”
“With a million and a half of specie
aboard. Don't forget that. Went ashore
m the Lv-ee-moon pass at 7 o’clock.
Surrounded by junks instantly Skipper
dispatched third officer in launch full
steaui for assistance. Gunboat went
dowu posthaste, and, like most gun
boats, arrived too late to be of any use.
Apologies, Peckle, old man! Skipper
and ten men shot, chief officer dirked,
first saloon passengers of importance
cleaned of their valuables and locked up
in their own berths. The bullion room
was then rilled, and every red cent of
the money is gone—goodness knows
where. Now, what d’you think of that
for news?”
“My gracious 1”
“What junks were they?”
“Nobody knows. ”
“The Ly-ee-moon pass too! Right
under our very noses. Griminy! Won’t
there be a row?”
“The Beautiful White Devil again, I
suppose?’ ’
"Looks like it, don’t it? Peckle, my
boy, from this hour forward the papers
will take it up, and—well, if I know
anything of newspapers, they’ll drop it
on to you gunboat fellows pretty hot. ”
“If I were the British navy, I’d be
dashed if I’d be beaten by a woman. ”
1 thought it was time to interfere.
“Will somebody take pity on a poor
barbarian and condescend to explain?” I
said. “Since I’ve been iu the east I’ve
heard nothing but Beautiful White
Devil, Beautiful White Devil, Beautiful
Whito Devil. Tiffin at government
house, Colombo—Beautiful White Dev
il; club chow, Yokohama—Beautiful
White Devil; flagship, Nagasaki—Beau
tiful White Devil, and now here. All
Beautiful White Devil, and every yarn
differing from its predecessors by miles.
I can tell you I’m beginning to feel
v ery much out of it. ”
Each of the four me£ started in to ex
plain .1 held up my liand in entreaty.
"As you are strong, bo merciful,” I .
cried. “Not all at once. ”
One of the silent footed China boys
brought me a match for ray cigar and
held it until I had obtained a light.
Then, throwing myself back in the long
cane chair, I hade them work their
wicked wills.
“Let Poddy tell,” said Peckle. “He
boasts the most prolific imagination,
hm on, old man, and don’t spare him. ”
Veuderbruu pulled himself together,
signed for silence and, having done so,
began theatrically: “Who is the Beau
tiful Devil? Mystery. Where did she first
hail from? Mystery. What is Her name
—1 mean her real name, not the pictur
esque Chinese cognomen? Mystery. As
far as can be ascertained she made her
first appearance in eastern waters in
Rangun .July 24, IS—. Got hold of
some native prince blowing the family
treasure and blackmailed him out of
§500,000. A man would never have
come out of the business alive, but she
did, and, what is more, with the money
to boot. Three months later the Vectis
Queen went ashore, when 48 honrs out
of Singapore, junks sprang up out of
nowhere, boarded her in spite of stub-,
born resistance on the part of the ship’s
company, looted her bullion room of
£50,000 and her passengers of £3,000
more. ”
“But what reason have you for con
necting the Beautiful White Devil with
that affair?”
“White yacht hanging about all the
time. Known to be hers. Signals passed
between them, and when the money
was secured it was straightway carried
on board her. ”
“All right. Goon.”
‘‘Quite quiet for three months. Then
the sultan of Surabaya chanced to make
the acquaintance in Batavia of an ex
traordinarily beautiful woman. They
Went about a good deal together, • after
which she lured him on board a steam
yacht in Taujong Priok, presumably to
sa >’ goodby. Having done so, she coaxed
him below, sailed off with him there
au d then kepc him under lock and key
until he had paid a ransom of over 400, -
bb guilders, when he was put ashore
a gain. Two months later Vesey—you
now \ esev—of Johore street, probably
testing his undying love, and all that
sort of thing, you know, when my lady
clapped a revolver to his head and bade
him heave to. A boat put off from the
stranger, and both lady and friend
boarded her. The long and the short of
it was, when Vesey was released he
had signed a check for £50,000, and,
by Jove, the money was paid on the
nail! Chinese government had a score
against her for abducting a mandarin of
the gold button. They tried to catch
her, but failefL English cruiser went
after her for two days and lost her near
Formosa. Silence again for three
months, then new governor and wife,
Sir Prenaergast Prendergast, were com
ing out here on theOloomoo. Her lady
ship, who, you know, was mixed up in
that Belleville business, had her famous
diamonds with her—said to be worth
£30,000 There was also £80,000 in
gold going up to Shanghai. It is sup
posed that the purser must have been
bribed and in the business. At any rate
when they arrived at Hongkong both
bullion, diamonds and purser were mys
teriously missing. Couldn’t find a trace
of ’em high or low Whether they went
overboard in a fog, whether they were
still stowed away on board, nobody ever
knew. They were gone; that was
enough. The governor was furious and
worried the admiralty so with dis
patches that two cruisers were sent off
with instructions to look for her. They
pottered about aud at last sighted and
chased her to the Philippines, where
they lost her in a fog. Those are the
principal counts against her, I believe.
Rum story, aiu’t it?”
“Extraordinary! Has anybody ever
seen her?”
“1 should just think so; sultan of
Surabaya, Vesey, native prince and all
the people staying at this house when
she was here. ”
“What description do they give of
her?”
“Quite a young woman—eight and
twenty at most, tall and willowy; beau
tiful features, clear cut as a cameo; ex
quisite complexion and rippling golden
hair, a voice like a flute, figure like
Venus aud eyes that look through yours
into the uttermost depths of your soul.”
“And isn’t she worth being enthusi
astic about? By Jove! I’d like to know
her history. ”
“And do yon mean to tell me that
with the English, American, French,
German, Chinese and Japanese fleets
patroliug these waters it’s impossible to
catch her?”
“Quite—up to the present. Look at
the facts of the case. She’s here today
and gone tomorrow. White yacht seen
near Singapore today—copper colored
off Macassar on Thursday—black with
white ports near Shanghai the week
following. The police aud the poor old
admiral are turning gray under the
strain. ”
“By Jove! I’d like to see her.”
“Don’t say that or you will. Nobody
ever knows where she’ll turn up next.
It is' certain that she has agents every
where and that she’s in league with
half the junk pirates along the coast.
Glad Pin not a man worth abducting.”
“But in spite of what you say I can
hardly believe that it’s possible for a
woman to carry on such a trade. It’s
like a romance. ”
“It’s not like it; it is a romance, and a
pretty unpleasant oue too. Sultan of
Surabaya and poor old Vesey were glad
enough to see the final chapter of it, I
can assure you. You should just hear
the latter’s description of the yacht and
its appointments. He used to make ns
creep when he told us how this woman
would sit on deck, looking him through
aud through out of her half closed eyes
till he began to feel as if he’d have to
get up and scream or sit where he was
and go mad. He saw two or three thiugs
on board that boat that he says he’ll
never forget, and I gathered that he
doesn’t waut any more excursions in
the lady’s company. ”
“He must be a man without imagina
tion. ”
“He’s a man blessed with good sound
common sense. That’s what he is. ”
“It seems incredible that she should
have escaped so long. ”
Peckle took up his cue again.
“Hear, hear, to that. And now, Ben-
well, my boy. if you don’t want to go
to sleep in that chair turn out and finish
the drubbing you’ve begun. I must be
getting aboard directly. ”
Benwell rose and went round the ta
ble to where his ball lay under the
cushion. The imperturbable marker
called the score as if there had been no
pause in the game, and the match was
once more getting under way when the
swing doors opened and an elderly man
entered the room. He was dressed in
white from top to toe, carried a big um
brella and wore a broad brimmed solar
topee upon his head. Unce inside he
paused as if irresolute, and then, look
ing round on its occupants, said politely:
“Forgive my intrusion, but can yon
tell me where I can find a gentleman
named De Normanviile?”
“I am that person,” I said, rising
from mv chair.
“I hope you will not think mernde,”
be continued, “but if yon could allow
me the honor of five minutes’ conversa
tion with you I should be obliged.”
“With pleasure. ”
I crossed the room to where he stood
fcnd signed him to a scat near the door.
“Pardon mo,” he said, “but the busi
ness about which I desire to consult you
is of a highly important aud confidential
nature. Is there any room in the hotel
where we can be alone?”
“Only my bedroom, I’m afraid,” I
answered. “We shall be quite freefrom
interruption there.”
“That will do excellently. Let us go
to it. ”
Arriving at my room, I lit a candle
and pushed a chair forward for him.
Having done so, 1 took up my position
beside the open window. Down in the
street below I could hear the subdued
voices of the passersby, the rattle of
rickshaws and the chafing of sampans
alongside the wharf. I remember, too,
that the moon was just rising over the
mainland, aud to show how unimpor
tant thiugs become engraved upon the
memory I recollect that it struck me as
being more like the yolk of a hard boiled
egg than ever I remembered to hpve
thought it before. Suddenly I rerrfein-
bered the laws of hospitality.
“Before we begin business may I offer
you some refreshment?” I asked. “B.
and S. ? Whisky?”
“I am obliged to you,” he answered.
“I think I will take a little whisky,
thauk you. ”
I put my head out of the door. A
servant was passing.
“Boy, bring two whisky pegs. ”
Then returning to my guest, I said:
“Do you smoke? I think I can give you
a good cigar. ’ ’
He took one from the box and lit it,
puffing the smoke luxuriously through
his nose.
“Yon are a stranger in Hongkong, I
believe, Dr De Normanviile?” he be
gan.
“Not only in Hongkong, but you
might say in the east generally, ” I an
swered. “1 am out on a tour to study
Asiatic diseases for a book I am writ
ing. ”
“You have achieved considerable
success in your profession, I believe.
We have even heard of you out here. ”
1 modestly held my tongue. But so
pitiful is the vanity of man that from
this time forward 1 began to look upon
my companion with a more friendly air
than 1 had hitherto shown him.
“Now forgive my impertinence,” he
continued, “but how loug do you con
template remaining in the east?”
“It is very uncertain,” I replied,
“but I almost fancy another six weeks
will find me upon a P. and O. boat
homeward bound. ”
“And in that six weeks will your
time be very importantly occupied?”
“1 cannot say, but I should rather
think not. So far as I can tell at present
my work is accomplished. ”
“And now will you let me come to
business? To put it bluntly, have you
any objection to earning £1,000?”
“Not the very least,” I answered,
with a laugh. “ What man would have,
provided, of course, I can earn it in a
legitimate manner?”
“You have bestowed considerable at
tention upon the treatment of smallpox,
1 believe?”
“1 have had sole charge of two small
pox hospitals, if that’s what yon mean.”
“Ah, then our informant was right!
Well, this business, iu which £1,000 is
to be earned, has to do with an outbreak
of that disease. ”
“Aud you wish me to take charge of
it?”
“That is exactly what 1 am commis
sioned to negotiate.”
“Where is the place?”
“I cannot tell you.”
“Not tell me? That’s rather strange,
is it not?”
“It is all very strange. Bnt with
your permission I will explain myself
more clearly. ”
I nodded.
“It is altogether an extraordinary
business. But, on the other hand, the
“I don’t really know what to say.
There is so much mystery about it. ”
“Unfortunately that is necessary.”
I paced the room iu anxious thought,
hardly knowing what answer to give.
Should I accept or should I decline the
Dffer? The £1,000 was a temptation,
and yet, supposing there were some
treachery lurking behind it that, in iny
innocence of the east, I could not fath
om—what then? Moreover, the adven
turous side of the affair, I must own,
appealed to me strongly. I was young,
and there was something supremely
fascinatinc about the compliment and
the mystery that enshrouded it.
“Look here,” I said at length. “Pay
tno half the money dowu before I start
as a guarantee of good faith and I’m
your man. ”
“Very good. I will even meet you
there. ”
He put his hand inside his coat and
drew out a pocketbook. From this he
took five £100 Bank of England notes
and gave them to me.
“There, you have half the money.”
“Thank you. Really, I must beg your
pardon for almost doubting yon, but”—
“Pray say no more. You understand
the conditions thoroughly. You are not
to divulge a detail of the errand to any
living soul now or when you return.”
“I will give you my word I will not. ”
“Then that is settled. I am much
obliged to yon. Can yon arrange to meet
me on tho wharf exactly at midnight?”
“Certainly. I will be there without
fail. And now tell me something of the
outbreak itself. Is it very severe?”
“Very. There have already been near
ly 100 cases, out of which quite 50 have
proved fatal. Your position will be no
sinecure. You will have your work cut
out for you. ”
“So it would appear. Now, if you
will excuse me, I will go out and en
deavor to obtain some lymph. We shall
need all we can get. ”
“You need not put yourself to so
much trouble. That has been attended
to. To prevent any suspicion arising
from your asking for such a thing, we
have laid in a stock of everything you
can possibly need.”
“Very well, then. I will meet you on
the wharf.”
“On the wharf at 12 o’clock precise
ly. For the present adieu. ”
He shook me by the hand, picked up
his hat and umbrella and disappeared
down the staircase, while I returned to
my room to pack.
“You are a stranger in Hongkong, 1 be
lieve?”
pay is equally extraordinary. I am com
missioned to find a doctor who will un
dertake the combating of an outbreak
of smallpox on the following terms and
conditions: The remuneration shall be
£1,000; the doctor shall give his word
of honor not to divulge the business to
any living soul; he shall set off at once
to the affected spot, and he shall still
further pledge himself to reveal nothing
of what he may have heard or seen when
he returns here again. Is that clear to
you?”
“Perfectly. But it’s a most extraor
dinary proposition. ”
“1 grant yon it is. Bnt it is a chance
that few men would care to let slip.”
“How is the person undertaking it to
Ind the place?”
“1 will arrange that myself.”
“And how is he to return from it
Sgain?”
“He will be sent back in the same
Vay that he goes. ”
“And when mn| he start?”
te “At once, without delay; say 12
it’clcck tonight. ”
“It is nearly 11 now.”
“That will leave an hour. Come, Dr.
Do Normanviile, are you prepared to
tmdartaks it?”
CHAPTER II.
AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE.
The last stroke of 12 was just boom
ing out on the muggy night when I
stepped on to the landing stage to await
my mysterious employer. The hotel
servant who had carried my bag put it
dowu and, having received his gratuity,
loft me.
Suddenly the patter of naked feet be
hind me caught my ear. A Chinese
chair borne by two stalwart bearers
was approaching. Very naturally I set
tled it in my own mind that it con
tained the man whom I was to meet
aud turned to receive him. But when
the conveyance was set down'it was not
the respectable Englishman I had seen
before who stepped out of it, but a port
ly Chinaman of considerable rank and
dignity. He was gorgeously clad in fig
ured silk. His pigtail reached half way
to his heels and was adorned with much
ornamentation, and I noticed that he
wore large tortoise shell spectacles
which, while they completely hid his
eyes, gave a curious effect to his other
wise not unhandsome countenance.
Having descended from his equipage,
he dismissed his bearers and began to
stump solemnly up and down the land
ing stage, drawing closer aud closer to
me at every turn. Presently he sum
moned up courage enough to accost me.
To my surprise he said:
“What for you come here one piecee
look see?”
Not being an adept at pigeon Eng
lish, I simply answered:
“I’m afraid I don’t understand yon.
“What for you come here look see?”
“I’m waiting for a friend.”
“Your friend allee same Englees-
man?”
“Yes, I believe he’s an Englishman
“Y'ou go way look see chop chop?”
“YouTl excuse me, but that’s my
own affair, I think.”
“Allee same smalleepoxee, I think.”
“Yon may think what you please.”
“S’posing you say smalleepoxee, allee
same one piecee thousan pound?”
“I’m afraid I can’t continue this con
versation. Good evening. ”
I turned on my heel and was about
to leave him when he stopped me by
saying in excellent English:
“Thank yon, Dr. De Normanviile.
I’m quite satisfied. ”
“Good gracious! What’s all this?”
“Why, it means that I have been try
ing yon; that’s all., Forgive the decep
tion, bnt the importance of onr mission
must be my excuse. Now wo must be
going. Here is the boat. ”
As he spoke a large sampan shot out
from among its companions and came
swiftly toward the wharf.
“Two cautions before W6 embark—
the first, remember that I am a China
man and speak only pigeon English;
the second, if you are armed, be care
ful of your revolver. The men who
work the junk we are going down to
meet are not to be trusted, hence my
disguise. ”
He left me and descended the steps.
The sampan by this time had come
alongside. A woman was rowing, and
a vigorous conversation in Chinese en
sued. When it was finished, my com
panion beckoned to me, and picking up
my bag I went down to him. Next mo
ment I was aboard and stuffed away in
the little poky rathole of a cabin
amidships. My friend took his place ba-
eide me, a small boy took the helm,
and we poshed off. Not a word was
ipoken, and in this fashion for nearly
an hour we pursued our way down the
harbor, passed a flotilla of junks, thread
ed a course between the blue and red
funnel boats, and finally swept ont into
the clear space that stretches away from
Port Victoria as far as Green island.
For hours we seemed to be imprisoned
in that stuffy little cabin. Like most
sampans, the boat smelled abominably,
end as we could only see the mechanical
rowing of the women in the well for
ward aud hear the occasional commands
of the tiny boy steering aft our enjoy
ment may be placed on tho debit side of
the account without any fear of miscal
cnlaticn.
At length my companion, who had
not uttered a word since he stepped
aboard, began to show signs of impa
tience. He rose from his seat and peered
out into the night. Presently he appear
ed to be a little relieved in his mind,
for he reseated himself with a mattered
“Thank goodness, ” and gave himself
up to a careful consideration of our po
sition.' Through a slit in the tarpaulin
I could just see that we were approach
ing a big junk, whose ample girth al
most blocked the fairway. Her great,
square cut stern loomed above us, and
round it our cockswain steered ns with a
deftness extraordinary.
As we came alongside one of the
women rowing drew in her oar and said
a few words to my companion. In an
swer he stepped out of the shelter and
called something in Chinese. A voice
“Two cautions before we embark.”
from the jnnk replied, and the answer
being evidently satisfactory we hitched
on and prepared to change vessels. A
rope was thrown to us, and when it had
been made fast my guide signed to me
to clamber aboard. I did so, and the
next moment was on the junk’s deck
assisting him to a place beside me.
Two or three men were grouped about
amidships watching us, and one—the
owner or skipper of the boat, I pre
sumed—entered upon a long winded
conversation with my conductor. As
they talked I heard the sampan push
off and disappear astern. Then our crew
fell to work. The great -sails were
hoisted, a hand went aft to the tiller
and within five minutes we were wad
dling down the straits at a pace that
might possibly have been four knots an
hour. All this time my companion had
not addressed me once. His whole at
tention seemed to be concentrated upon
the work going on around him. He
treated me with the contemptuous in
difference generally shown by China
men toward barbarian Englishmen,
and that I was wise enough not to re
sent.
By this time it was nearly 2 o’clock.
The wind was every moment freshening
and a brisk sea rising. The old tub be
gan to pitch unpleasantly, and I found
repeated occasion to thank my stars
that I was a good sailor. Sharp dashes
of spray broke over her decks at every
pluDge, soaking us to the skin and add
ing considerably to the unpleasantness
of our position. Still, however, my
companion did not speak, hut I noticed
that he watched the men about him
with what struck me as increased atten
tion.
Seeing that I had had no sleep at all
that night it may not bo a matter of
much surprise that I presently began to
nod. Stowing myself away in a shel
tered corner, I was in the act of indulg
ing in a nap when I felt a body fall
heavily against me. It was my compan
ion who had dropped asleep sitting up
and had been dislodged by a sudden roll
of the ship. He fell clean across me, his
face against my ear. Next moment 1
knew that the catastrophe was inten
tional.
“Keep your eyes open, ” he whispered
as he lay. “There is treachery aboard.
We shall have trouble before long.”
After that yon may be sure I thought
no more of sleep. Pulling myself to
gether I slipped my hand into the pock
et that had contained my revolver, only
to find, to my horror and astonishment,
that it was gone. My pocket had been
picked since I had come aboard the junk.
My consternation may be better imag
ined than described, aud as soon ,as 1
could find occasion I let my companion
know of my misfortune.
“I gave your fair warning, ” he re
plied calmly. “Now we shall probably
both lose our lives. However, what
can’t be cured must be endured, so pre
tend to be asleep and don’t move what
ever happens until you hear from, ma
That little pockmarked devil harangn-
ing the others for’ard is Kwong Fung,
the most notorious pirate along the
whole length of the coast, and if we fall
intb his hands—well, there will not be
two doubts as to what our fate will be.”
He tumbled over on to his side with
a grunt, while I shot my eyes and pre
tended to be asleep. It was growing
cold, the wind was rising, and with it
the sea. Already the stars in the east
were paling perceptibly, and in another
hour at most day would be bom.
I could not take my eyes off the
group seated frog fashion on the deck
tor’ard. Their very backs held an awful
fascination for me.
But, as it soon turned out, my inter-
ist in them was almost mv undoing,
for had I not been so intent upon
watching what was before me I should
perhaps have heard the rustling of a
human body outside the bulwarks
against which I had seated myself. In
that case I should have detected the fig
ure that had crawled quietly over and
was now stealing along the deck toward
where I lav. Iu his hand he carried a
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Atlanta, Ga.
The True Citizen and the Semi-Weekly
Journal $2.00 per year.
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How often do you hear people
say, “I am all worn out, have
no ambition, am nervous, cannot
sleep nor eat.” In every case
the advice should be : Get a
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Regenerator of Strength, Health
and Vigor.
SOLD BY LEWIS R. FORD.
Georgia :: Railroad
Connections.
For information as to Routes, Schedules
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PASSENGER * AND ° FREIGHT,
Write to either of the undersigned.
You will receive prompt reply and reliable
inlormation.
JOE W. WHITE, A. G. JACKSON.
T.P.A. G.P. A.
AUGUSTA, GA.
S. W. WILKES, H. K. NICHOLSON,
Kodol
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ATLANTA,
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S. A.
MACON.
M. R. HUDSON,
S. F. A.
MILLEDGEVILLE.
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ATHENS,
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AUGUSTA,
Is LOAN
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INSTALLMENTS!!!
Loans negotiated on
improved farms at reasonable
rates of interest and small com
missions. We are now prepared
to negotiate loans for our clients
on BETTER TERMS THAN
EVER BEFORE.
LAWSON & SCALES,
Waynesboro, Ga.
novl ..’88—tf
(trade MARK REGISTERED NO. 17438.)
FROG POND
CHILL AND FEVER CURE.
THE ORIGINAL NO CURE NO PAY.
50 CENTS A BOTTLE.
The old reliable the kind your fathers
used to take. The one that never fails
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experimenting with new cures. But go
for the best from the jump. Frog
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pound of cure combined. Ask for it—
take no substitute, if your merchant
does not sell it write to us we will send
it direct for 50 cents.
DAVENPORT & PHINIZY CO.
■Wholesale Druggists—Selling Agents.
AUGUSTA, GA.
For Sale in "Waynesboro by R, C. NEELY
and P. L. CORKER.
FALL GOODS ARRIVED.
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(The Tailor,)
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To Select From.
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RESIDENT DENTIST,
Waynesboro, Ga.
Office Over Gray’s
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Office houis: 8 to 1 a. m., and from 2 to 4
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reasonable. The expense of a trip to a
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Fulcher & Berrien,
Waynesboro, Ga.
NEGO i’IATORS OF LOANS.
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D.
512 9th Street, Below Union Depot,
AUGUSTA, GA.
THE OLD RELIABLE
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All goods sold at wholesale prices.
Quality guaranteed. Prompt shipment.
Nocharge for Jugs..
Seaborn H. Jones,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WAYNESBORO,
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WAYNESBORO, -
Office at the Opera House
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606 and 60S Broadway, : AUGUSTA, GA.
Bell Phone 1675. Strower Phone 274.
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