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POTTS AND PARKS I
ODDS AND ENDS SALE
Wr cm)i not jjivr* n definite description of just wlnit is
shown nt this sale, hut, you might visil us and find
the very thing you need fin-some special purpose, and
then at a suvinu price.
NOT ALL SHORT LENGTHS
(ioods offered at this sale lire not necessarily remnants.
Often the lies! article in stock may noi sell Inst., and
then we make a price that will move it These offer*
mgs come from various departments, from outings to
silks and trimmings.
YOU NEED ANY OF ifHESE AT
VERY LOW PRICES?
Outings, llanuellettes, ginghams, percales, waistings,
embroideries, bices, ribbons, braids, shoes and hosiery. 4
We Sell
American body corsets, Krippemlorf-Dittman Shoos,
Gold Medal black goods, IJuttorick patterns.
POTTS & PARKS $
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Notions, Shoes |
A Resolution for 1906
If you worn nut numhernd with our customers in 1 SKlf),
you nro cordially invited to enroll your name on our
hooks for UMHh
Why not resolve to trade at this store this year,
giving us a fair opportunity to demonstrate the olli-
cienoy of our service, to show the quality of our goods
and the reasonableness of our prices?
We feel sure we can hold your trade indefinitely if
wo can induce you to give our storo an impartial op
portunity to serve you this year.
Think about this matter and resolve to give us a
chance at your business.
C. P. STEPHENS & CO.
The Promot Service Grocers.
LUCKY
THIRTEENTH
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The sky was blue, the ocean bluer,
eml Dorothy's eyes the fairest blue of
ull. The sunil was white, the breeze
carousing, and Dorothy Roomed unusu
ally susceptible. I Judged It to be an
auspicious time to declare my feelings,
so 1 begun:
"Dorothy,dear, I have wealth through
no fault of my own, social status ditto
and a moderately good disposition. I
love you. Will you mar”—
To my surprise, Mistress Dorothy
sprang to her knees, crying, “Don't,
don’t!” and clapped her suinll hand
over tny mouth.
"Very well, then, I won’t,” I snld to
the circumstances.
"Oh, but I want you to!" was the
next astounding development, while
she <1 rapped down on the sand again,
bowed lier head and wept,
I thought I was used to Dorothy's
moods, but I realized then that my
knowledge eoncerulng them was small.
As I didn’t know what else to do, I
Jiot sat still. Finally she raised her
head from the snnetunry of her hands
and looked at me reproachfully.
"Oh, Oeorge, I've been waiting a
whole year to hear you say it, and now
why couldn't you have said It differ
ently V"
I sat up u little straighter. "How
should you wish me to approach the
subject V" 1 Inquired coldly.
"of course you don't understand,
poor hoy!" she sighed, poking hack be
hind her pink ear a little damp brown
ctiH, "I have a chum at home, and
we were always thinking of something
that no one else would. One day she
said, 'Let’s make vows.’ No wo each
took n piece of paper uud wrote on it
a vow which we were hound to keep
tf we were were—hung for It. Null's
vow was"—
“Never mind Nell’s vow," I said.
‘‘What wns yours?"
"I vowed I wouldn’t marry a innn
who didn't propose to me In a way no
other man ever did.”
"Ever proposed to you?" I asked Jeal
ously.
"No, uo! Ever proposed to anybody.
I vowed, so I have to keep It, Oh,
fSeorge, I’ve Just lived to have you say
It in some strange way!"
"There's no law against a fellow's
proposing twice, is there?" I asked.
She looked up eagerly. "Oh, you
haven't said It yet, you know. I stop
ped you. Do you suppose you could
think of some original way?"
"Well, I'll try mighty hard. Hut what
a fool thing for you to do anyway!”
“I know It," she acknowledge)), with
unusual meekness.
As our afternoons at Santa Monica
were devoted to the surf, we met again
In front of the bath house and hand In
hand walked toward the seething
breakers. She looked more ehnrmlng
than ever In her black suit, handed
with scarlet, and n scarlet handker
chief knotted about her small head.
"Heavens, Dorothy, how I love you!”
I exclaimed as we emerged from our
plunge through the first swell.
“And I love you, too, dear," she mur
mured, coloring n little. “You will And
some wny, won’t you?"
"Yes, If I have to pick you up some
day and run off with you."
“That wouldn't do. Some of the snv-
brch behave that way. It Isn’t the do
ing anyway; it's the asking."
"Dorothy Allen, soe thnt swell com
ing? When It gets here I’ll hold you
under It till there Isn’t a breath left In
your body If you don't any you’ll marry
me!"
"It Isn’t original,” she persisted. “The
man Nell’s engaged to said almost
that"
"Darn the man, and Nell, too!" I said
viciously under my breath. I didn’t
try any more that day. but she allowed
me one kiss as we sat on the raft and
thnt was something.
It would be a wearisome tnsk to re
late all the wbj-b In which I tried to
propose to Dorothy that summer, I lay
awake nights trying to think of some
wild and woolly way to ask her to mar
ry me, only to face bitter defeat by be
ing told that some other John had Bald
the aame to his Joan. Dorothy's knowl
edge on the subject seemed prodigious.
It would have looked suspicious to me
had she not really felt as bad as I
did over my Inability to be original.
The summer was almost gone. A
certain Thursday was to mark Doro
thy's departure for her New York home.
On the Tuesday before we, with a gay
party, were to visit Mount Lowe.
Dorothy’s pretty lips read the de
scription from the guidebook as we
left I .os Angeles and were borne swift
ly through suburban places toward the
fog wreathed mountains. The rest of
the crowd was considerately oblivious
of us two, so 1 made bold to Interrupt.
“Dorothy, this has got to end. I am
Losing my appetite, and I can’t sleep
nights. I have tried twelve times. If
I can't tlnd a way to suit you on this
trip I nui off for Africa or Shanghai
next week. You needn't look incred
ulous. I am In dead earnest.”
"Seems ns Though you might think of
something," she replied.
"And tf I do you are going to marry
me right away and let me go home
with you.” I went on. Ignoring the re
proach of her remark. "I deserve some
thing for all I've gone through."
She didn’t say yea, but on the other
hand, she didn’t say no, so I felt fairly
confident
“Echo mountain," called the conduct
or. "Change cars for Alpine tavern.
Five minutes’ wait"
On the right were the ruins of a ho
tel, which we went over to observe.
Here we found a cannon, mounted and
ready for business.
“That," snid the man who had been
there before, "Is fired off occasionally
to show the marvelous power of echo.
It reverberates here, yonder, to the
right, the left, many times over.”
I grasped Dorothy’s hand and drew
her n ny from the crowd.
“Darling,” I whispered, "I’m going
back on this car, nnd I'm going to mar
ry you tonight. Wnit here or at the
observatory yonder. When you get
tired of observing, pick your wedding
bouquet, for you will need It ns soou
ns 1 get buck. Goodby, sweethenrt."
And before she could do anything hut
stare at me In a half frightened, wholly
charming way 1 lmd caught the down
car nnd was out of her sight.
Once the car reached Los Angeles I
wns out. tonring along the sidewalk to
the courthouse, where the smiling coun
ty clerk favored me with the precious
hit of paper which would allow me to
wed my Dorothy.
"Do you know anything nbout any
of the preachers In this town?" I asked,
wiping my perspiring forehead.
Ilis smile broadened. "Well, if It is
a runaway match I shouldn't advise
you to tackle the Methodist. A tritle
narrow is Mr."—
“It Isn't a runaway match,” I an
swered hastily, "but for certain rea
sons I want the services of a young
man.”
"Mr. It. of the Unitarian Is about
your age, I should judge.”
"He's the man. Where can I find
him ?”
After getting definite directions I fled
down the courthouse steps. I found
Mr. 1!., who when he had heard my
story laughed immoderately, but, as I
thought a young man would, consent
ed to go with tne. Consequently the
last ear for Altadeim and Mount Lowe
found tis on hoard, together with a
huge, awkward parcel which I had
purchased on the way to the station.
As the car reached Echo mountain I
found a laughing, much larger crowd
than wo had started with uud In their
midst Dorothy, looking most uncom
fortable, hut holding in her little hands
n bouquet of Indian paint brush, tho
gorgeous coloring matching well tho
hue of her own sweet cheeks.
"Thoy’vo surmised something," I
whispered to niy. companion. "Well,
the more the merrier, I suppose; kind
of tough uu uh, though.”
At which speech 1 thought the min
ister was going to disgrace his cloth
again by unseemly levity. The crowd
drew brick a little as I ndvaueed to
ward Dorothy and Introduced the rov-
creml gentleman. I tucked her little
trembling liiind under my arm, and,
with my great parcel under the other,
the minister discreetly leading, nnd uft-
er us th(> crowd, though not fully un
derstanding the play, we wended our
way toward the cannon, mounted nnd
ready for business.
I dropped Dolly’s hand, tore the pa
per wrapping from my megaphone and
put It to my lips.
“Dorothy!" I shouted, and first this
hill, then thnt. here, there, yonder, re
peated her sweet name.
1 raised It to my lips again, nnd "Re
mine!" sung out the hills. Then I lnid
it on the ground nnd held out my
hand, while the women smiled nnd the
men tossed up their hats in delight.
The situation was severe, but my Dor
othy wns game. Rlushlng, tearful, yet
happy withal, she gnve me her hnnd,
nnd the minister stepped forward with
his little book.
THE CHRISTMAS RUSH
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DEPOT ST.
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At the Big Furniture Store was
terrific, but we were equal to the
occasion nnd supplied all who
catue with the right things in fur
niture and house furnishings.
Every customer went away pleas
ed with the goods and prices, and
everyone will remain a satisfied
patron of this store, because the
goods they bought will hrove em
inently satisfactory in the home.
The Christmas rush is over, but
the tide of New Year’s business is
beginning to How in. Join the
throng and come to the Big Fur
niture Store.
E. O. REESE,
NEWNAN, GA.
Newnan Marble Works,
J. E. ZACHARY, Proprietor.
Manufacturer and Dealer in
All Kinds Marble and Granite
Georgia Marble a Specialty.
All work guaranteed to be First Class in every particular.
Parties needing anything in our line are requested to call,
examine work, and get prices.
OFFICEfAND WORKS NEAR R. R. JUNCT’N.
NEWNAN, GA.
DU.T B. DAVIH,
Residence ’Rhone 5-threo calls.
OR. W. A. TURNER,
Residence Tlione
DAVIS &; TURNER SANATORIUM
Corner College and Hancock Sts.,
NEWNAN, - - - GEORCIA.
High, central and quiet location.
All surgical and medical cases taken, excep
contagious diseases. ^
R^fi ne «R n nri se co ? star| tly in attendance,
nates $5.00 per day.
Private office in buiding »Pho ne 5 two calls
Davis & Turner Sanatorium.
Careful Inspection
••••
Uenernl Hamilton'. Order..
In the Boer war one of the columns,
half Canadian and half regular, under
General Ian Ilnmllton, became so no
torious for looting that the soldiers were
nicknamed "the Thousand Thieves." !
Consequently General Hamilton re
viewed them one dny in n small village
near Bloemfontein, says the writer of
“Some South African Kemlnlscences,”
for the purpose of warning them
against any future depredations.
The column hnd Just drawn up and
was waiting for the general to begin
the review when a ragged rooster ran
out from a hut and across the front of j
the line. Suddenly a private left the
line and ran after the rooster.
"Halt!” shouted Hamilton.
The soldier ran on. He soon overtook
the rooster and turned back, wringing
the neck of the fowl. As he passed the
general he noted the fierce scowl on his
face. The soldier, an Irish Canadian,
was not easily daunted, but this time
he temporized. Throwing the defunct
rooster at the feet of the general, he
said, “There, now; I’ll tache ye t’ halt
whin the glneral says so!"
At which the column roared with
laughter, and even the general smiled,
and the soldier got only two days’ Im
prisonment for one of the most bare
faced breaches of discipline In the rec
ords of the army.
of the work we do—no matter
small the job—has a great dea
do with our success in repai
vehicles. We are not content
til we feel sure yon will be
tented. So if you have met ’
a break-down or a shake-d
come to us. What we can’t d
carriage or wagon repairing (
be done anywhere by anybody
MERCK & DENT
Buggy Builders.
Fnnlns Food Before Eating.
In nearly all parts of the arctic re
gions food Is frozen not only for pur
poses of preservation, but also to In
crease, us tho natives believe, its nu- j
tritive properties. Their fish and seal
flesh are frozen mid eaten in thin slices,
cut off by ax or knife. Seal flesh, half
decomposed and then frozen, is one of
the Eskimos’ greatest delicacies. Wal
rus liver, too. when frozen Is held to
possess great sustaining power, and it
Is considered that cooking deprives It
of Its delicacy of flavor. The natives
of the Titicaca batdn, In Peru, who In
habit a district 12.000 feet above the
sea, prepare their potatoes by soaking
them in water, then freezing them,
then steeping them In water and mash
ing them to remove die soluble matter.
After this they are dried and beoome
an article of food. They will then keep
any length of time and are extremely
convenient for carrying on long Jour
neys. The oka, another vegetable of
the district, la prepared In the aame
way.
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