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The Bulloch Herald.
OFFICIAL OFQsW 0FT}iE COUNTY.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
PUBLISHED FRIDAYS.
DAVID B. TURNER.
F.DTtOB AN1> PnOPRIKTOR.
Entered at tho postofflro at Statesboro. Ga., as
second-class mail matter
Statesboro, Ga., July 27, 1900.
Recent observation has revealed
the fact that the dragon fly, known
as the “snake doctor,” feeds on
mosquitos and experiments are un¬
der way for breeding dragon flea
in great numbers and turning
them loose in localities where mos¬
quitos abound.
A young man in Auburn. Me.,
to play a joke on his barber, paid
him 35 old fashioned cents. Later,
when he found that the barber hud
sold one of the coins for $35, he
did not feel so well satisfied with
his joke, or at least thought it had
become misplaced.
A despondent New Yorker spent
his last cent in paying his fare to
Coney Island, intending to jump
off the pier and drown himself.
He was so cheered by the sights of
gav Coney that he walked all the
way back, spent the night in one
ol the parks, got a job next day
and is now happy.
Many regiments of the British
army have nicknames of which
they are exceedingly proud. This
is not the case with the Eighteenth
Hussars, now on service in South
Africa, which has been nicknamed
“Krugers Own” because such a
largo number of its men were cap¬
tured by the Boers.
A Kansas editor wrote that “Mr.
Brower is about to start for a fish¬
ing resort, and says: ‘I am going
to a place where I shall feel at
liberty to wear one gallus, go
without a collar and roll up my
pants.’ ” The item made it Mrs.
Brewer, and some little talk was
aroused by the paragraph.
Robert Johnson, a street news
vender, died in Washington as the
result of prostration during during
the recent het spell. Two vears
ago he was terribly frostbitten in
tiie 3ame city, and it became nec
cessary to amputate both feet.
The operation was performed in
the same hospital where he died.
The Japanese government
through an agent has just made
very largo purchases of shoes, cloth
and iron for the Japanese army in
St. Louis, Mo. Said the agent:
“Our men will wear American
■shoes and boots into China and
when they reacli Pekin will hang
American shirts on tho walls to
dry.”
Of all tho freaks one reads about
in the papers, that fellow up in
Maine who can talk and wont is
the greatest. It is said that lie
has gone for twenty-five years
without speaking to anyone except
his mother, never even speaking to
the girls with whom he waltzed in
his youthful days, though his
voice is all right.
In the new regulations for the
navigation of the Suez canal,
which have just been promulgated
is a provision that no vessel shall
pass through the canal unless it
has a searchlight capable of light¬
ing the channel 1,400 yards ahead
and also electric lights capable of
illuminating an area af 240 yards
around the vessel.
An Atchison, Kan., man points
with pride to tbe honesty of inhab¬
itants of that city as exemplified
in the fact that a woman lett a
well-filled pocketbook on a chair
in frout of a hotel there and found
it safe and unrifled on returning
several hours later. A jealous con
temprorary in a rival town com¬
ments on the circumstances as
follows: “As a rule people pass
along the streets oftener than this.
It realy isn’t so had as the story
would indicate.”
The way of the tax-dodger is
hard. The mayor of an Ohio town
recently bought a piano from a
Toledo firm, at the same time
giving a testimonal of the great
merits of one he had bought from
the same house eight years before.
The testimonal was published] in
the Mayor’s own town aud the tax
assessor referred to his books and
found that tho mayor had never
made any return of the
instrument in all those eight years.
The mayor has therefore been
ed upon to pay back taxes on
piano for eight years, as the
monial said the instrument
as good the eighth year as tho
first.”
An I'lilimely Oenlh.
Along the coast where The Her
ALD editor lived in his moreyouth
ful days “old Tony Gomez” was a
well known character. He was a
trader by occupation, and dealt in
oranges and tropical fruits. His
little sloep plied up and down the
coast at frequent intervals, and
was alwavs loaded with Gomez’
class of merchandise, which he re¬
tailed out in the small coast towns.
Gomez was an old man when we
first knew of him—lie claimed to
be 108 years, but lie was quite
handy with his gun and occasion¬
ally hunted big game. One day
lie went out in quest of a wild hog,
and hearing a noise in a bunch of
low palmcttoes, In* made a noise to
frighten the hog from the conceal¬
ment, when he proposed to shoot
it on the run.
But instead of a hog running
out, a bear raised up 111 front of
Gomez and looked him calmly in
the face, Gomez dropped his
shooting ir'n and exclaimed:
“Mine zingan 1 You no touches me
I no touchee you!” And he tied.
This brings us to say that the
old man is now dead. The Fort
Myers (Fla.) l’ress reports his
death as follows:
“Word reaches us from our
Everglade correspondent that old
Toney Gomez, the centenarian, lias
been drowned while fishing, on
Thursday, July 12, and his body
had been recovered the following
Saturday much decomposed, and
buried on his island, Panther Key,
where he had lived for so many
years. It is strange that a mat:
should live to an age granted to
but few, to have escaped accidents
and disease for a period of 122
years, and at last to meet his death
iu an unnatural way, by drowning.
The fact that he was out on the
waters of the gulf fishing at the
time he met his death, is evidence
that the old man was still vigorous
enough to get about, and it is pos¬
sible tirat Re may nave lived
another ten years had he not
with the sad accident which
ed in his death.
That he was one of the oldest,
not the oldest citizen of
United States, at the time of
death, there can scarcely he any
doubt. His story has been known
for years to our citizens, and
over ten years he and his wife had
been wards of the county,
County Commission! rs on
occasions making personal
gation about the old man, and
over ten years have paid paid him
paid him the sum of $8 per month
from tho county funds.
Toney Gomez, in telling
story of his life to a Press
sentative iu May, 1896, stated
he was a native of Portugal, and
went from the island of Madeira
to France, while very young. After¬
ward ho went as cabin boy on
vessel sailing to this country,
the captain of the bark was so
cruel to him that he ran
when the bark arrived at
ton, 8. C. From there lie came
St. Augustine, Fla., long
the Spanish flag ceased to
over the fort. He said while in
France he saw Napoleon
on dress parade many times.
said ho had been married
once, aud, looking at his aged
wife, ironically said, “that was
one tco often.” He had never had
any children. He was a
of the Roman Catholic
and exhibited his cricitix with
pride. The island on. which
lived was distant about fifteen
miles from the Marco
which was his address. At
time of this interview with him
he was over 118 years of age, which
would have made bim over 122
years old at tho time of his death
He said he had never taken a dose
of medicine in his life, and always
had good health until within
last few years, when he had
been troubled with rheumatism.
Toney Gomez in physical
up, was a short, heavy set
with a head of heavy curly
which had once been black,
was then silvered all over.
had large, dark eyes, fairly
preserved, and bore marks of
ing been rather a handsome
He served iu the Seminole
from 1835 t< 1837, under Genera
Oke«hobw battle,'*
fought , ~ Dec. - ,oo~ 183i, at , ,, the edge >
~
of Lalce Okeechobee His wife
hails trom Glynn county, Georgia,
and is over seveuty years old. The
remarkable age attained by Toney
Gomez, who spent so many years
of his life on his island home on
the Gulf coast, is proof that this
coast is extremely healtliful and
the climate conducive to longevity.
To Save Ihe Longer*.
Great anxiety has been felt in
this country for weeks for the
safely of the American minister,
Edwin I*. Conger, and his family
at Pekin, Chinn. Recent reports,
however, have afforded some hope
as to their safety, and now the
Atlanta Christian Scientists pro
pose to preserve them by a method
peculiarly their own.
The Atlanta Journal of the 19th
explains it as follows:
“Atlanta Christian scientists are
deeply interested in the fate of
Sam Pike Conger, wife of Edwin
P. Conger, the United States min
ister in Pekin. Mrs. Conger is
the representative of the Christian
science movement in the Flowery
Kingdom, and as such she i s
known throughout the world.
It has boon reported that Chris¬
tian scientists all over the country
wero concentrating their thoughts
upon Mrs. Conger, and that the
center in the movement of focus
ing mind force upon China is the
Christian scientists denomination
of Chicago. The alleged reason
for the selection of Chicago is that
Mr. and Mrs. Cougar have close
family ties there.
When seen by a Journal report¬
er today, Mrs. Livingston Mims
said:
“Christian scientists never focus
mind on anybody because their
method is not human wi)l, mes¬
merism cr hypnotism. But each
scientists who knows of the seem¬
ing peril of Mrs. Conger endeavors
to think of them as safe and per¬
fect in Hie Divine mind- That
God is ever present love with them
protecting them and saving.
“They believe that the 91st
Psalm realized is a sure protection
from all ovjlj that Christian
science applies nre great trmn of
the omnipotence and omnipresence
of God to all human conditions.”
Mrs. Mims then spoke of two
recent accidents which have lately
been a shock to the people of this
State.
“These accidents,” said Mrs.
Mims, “have illustrated the
tecting power of (Jhristian science,
“One of them is the accident
with the late report of Captain
Brown's death. A young man who
was standing on the platform with
Captain Brown was thrown from
the car at the same time and
The young man was a Christian
scientist as also was his
and she holding him in mind as
God’s child under tho Divine pow¬
er ond protection he was enabled In
continue his journey to Cumber
bind returned safe, safe and happy.
“Thu other accident I mention
is tbe one which ocenrod between
Atlanta and Macon in which so
many people lost their lives and
so much mention was made ol the
strango phenomenon that two
ladies right in the midst of the
wreck were absolutely untouched
and uubruised.
“It was easily comprehensible
to all Christian scientists who
learned that one of ladies was a
Phriatinn Christian scientist scientist, who who held nc ui on on to to
the power and presence of God as
a protection from #11 ills.
“1 have known students in yel
lew fever districts who have had
tiieir hrmes and families as safe as
if a cordon of angels were about
them.
“By this same realization of God
as tho ever present love and abid¬
ing in the conviction that God’s
promises set forth in tho 91st Psalm
are true.
“He who dwelleth in the secret
places of the most high shall abide
under tho shadow of the Almighty
and no plague shall come nigh thy
dwelling—from 91st Psalm.
“Should it then be surprising,”
continued Mrs. Mims, ‘ that Chris¬
tian scientists are full of love and
gratitude to the discoverer and
founder of Christian Science—the
Rev. Mary Baker Eddy—who has
made such glorious things possible
to us and that the far away aisles
of the seas and even distant China
and all other nations of the world
are calling her blessed?”
THE DEMOCRATIC NOfllNEES.
TheTicket Setectcd ». Us,Tweed.,
Primary is a Good One.
Ordinary—S.' l. Moore, jiu
Clerk_S. C. Groover.
Sheriff— .J. /, Kendrick.
Tax receiver—A. J. Iler.
’ ax collector—P. R
Surveyor*_j\^ j'\’ r !fetor' l< 'r *
Coroner_D. Q. Stanford.
These are the successful
; n Tuesdar’s primary
tion. They are good men, and will
be elected in October without
position.
It will be observed by
to the tab'e accompanying that an
unusually heavy vote was polled,
the vote never having been exceed
ed in a democratic primary in this
county. This notwithstanding the
fact that two or three hundred
persons who have moved into the
county since the registration of
1808, were not allowed to vote
cause their names were not on the
registration lists. Some ill feeling
was caused by this state of affairs,
,,ut n, ' 0< * exist no longer if the
reason is fully understood. By a
resolution of the democratic mass
meeting on the first Monday of
this mouth, provision was sought
to be made for the new-comers by
allowing the names of all qualified
voters who had moved into the
county since 1898 to be transferred
HOW THE CANDIDATES RAN IN THE COUNTY.
—Number ok District
Represen’tive— 44 4 « 4 " *8 1209 j 1320 1340 1523 i 1547 1575 Tot’J
A. M. Deal 46 67 21 98 21 337 69 96 25 38 26 844
Sol. Akins 16 46 3 26 7 147! 6 10 1 5 9 276
T. S L. Miller 24 29 30 25 116 226 39 26 49 21 34 509
Ordinary—
S. L. Moore 51 15 IO — , 88 ZD 391 48 99 63 47 IsL ZD
G It Trapnell.32 126 1C ?? 68 4- 238 69 36 13 ! 20
Clerk—
It. F. Lester 46 102 7? 35 82 283 49 73 28 32 30 792
S. C. Groover 36 42 71 r— 122 65 343 69 63 48 32 ! 45 886
Sheriff—
J / Kendrick 65 96 31 951 52 336 rc. 93 68 OC 963
I,. (). Akins cr 48 22 40 29 269 34 3 © 572
W. A. Waters 14 65 17 ^ 1 : 3 TC 1 109
Tax Collector—
I' II M’Elveen 49 44 32 &5i 332 43 107 56 40 999
Tax J G Receiver— WilliamS|42 101 20 51 294 70 28 18 25 683
A. J. Iler '82 145 50 153 134 629 108 133 70 64 70 1,637
Treasurer—
W W D’Loach 70 89 54 89 67 396 120 I N 50 55 45 1,141
II I Q!liff 17 43 64 72 209| 1 -f 25 11 21 ; 497
Surveyor— ■ I
H. J. Proctor 47 95, 37 128 10! 309j 55 105 38 | 52 81 j 988
Coroner—
DQ Stanford 75.132, 49 129 104 5441 99 | 84 59 i 20 68 1,353
p-gisiniuoit tJOT>«rer-er*
to the lists of 1898, but when the
committee went to work on the
matter they found themselves ut
tcrly upable to distinguish between
tint new-comers and those who may
have been here prior to 1898, so
decided that it would be best to
udd to the old lists only such as
as ba<4 become of age since
time, which was done,
The campaign which resulted in
selection of the ticket wlrch
heads this column, was an unusual
one » those best posted in
county politics were unable to fore
with any degree of satisfaction
themselves or those whom they
supported, who would be the
ners. This uncertainty was occa
si fll >cd 'urgely by the tact that,
doors bad been thrown open to the
populists and a cordial invitation
extended to them to
in Hie primary. To what
they would accept tho
and in what manner, was the
lem , that , | . puzzled. ,,
Talk of private trades with their
leaders to deliver a solid vote to
certain , . candidates, ,. , . was heard i j on
some sides, and it was openly ad
mi tied that manv of the party had
be!d a meeting and endorsed
tain of the candidates as more ac
ceptuble i to them than Others, and
a ol4ul t would . . , be .
t () nominate those men. This
tion of the populists was taken
a cue by the friends of the candi
dates who were not thus
and it was vigorously used as an
electioneering scheme among
who pride themselves upon
rock-ribbed democrats. With
effect it was used may bo
from the fact that not a man
was understood to have been
endorsed, succeeded in being
inated. Lot it be uudesrtood
no intimation is meant to be here
in con rained that those men
dorsed by the populists were
true-blue democrats, for they all
were; but . they were more accept
able to some of the returning pop
lists than were their opponents,
and unfortunately for tho candi¬
dates thus endorsed, the mistake
of a united effort iu their behalf
was taken advantage of by
opponenis. Apparently, however,
the talk of a united action on the
part of the populists, was a bug-a-
boo. While perhaps as many
four or five hundred of them voted
’ most o( thfm di(
so as individuals, , (vhich ... clearly
demonstrates their good faith in
returning to the democratic party,
Mr. L. O. Akins, candidate
sheriff, was one of the first to feel
|] K , ;j| effects of the populist
( * orsomf!,, t- He and Me38is. Ken
drick and DeLoach apparently
•’food about equal chances of
caring the nomination, until Sat
| «rdiy the friends of the two
gentlemen decided to make Akins's
defeat certain by concentrating
against him. The result was
DeLoach withdrew from the race
and threw his strength to Kendrick,
with what result the figures show,
Of all the contests, that between
Messrs. Groover and Lester for
clerk was the most exciting, and
more general interest was felt in it
than in any other. Mr. Groover
has held the office for four years,
and is now nominated for his third
term. Mr. Lester announced less
than three weeks before the pri
inary, and during that time he and
his friends have been doing some
“tall hustling” to acquaint the
people with the fact of his candi
dacy. That they succeeded Is
shown by the small majority by
which he was defeated.
In justice to Mr. Proctor, and as
an explanation of Lis failure to
Uttl NS lllglj ULIltTS TCI til my
position it should be understood
that Mr. Proctor was not an avow
ed candidate for the office of sur
veyor, and many of his friends de¬
dined to vote for him because it
was understood that he would pro
bnbly prefer not to be nominated.
It is stated by some that he will
decline to accept the nomination.
This would leave the office for
either Mr. Lew, Mr. Hendrix or
Mr. Berry Hodges, each of whom
received from one to fifteen votes
iu the primary.
H& SHOWED HIS HAND.
And Thns l*nt Ills Wealthy Son-In
taw on Guard.
This father-in-law makes no hones of
telling that he Is a fatherly committee
pf one, neting In behalf of the young
man who married iifs only daughter.
The new member of the family was
not schooled in business, Jins luxurious
tastes and never knew what It was to
have anxiety regarding money matters.
"Governor,” he said one morning to
his adopted father, “I don’t quite like
this thing of sitting around trying to
figure what I shall do next. I think
j-q ta ke a whirl at this game of bust
ness where they say that 95 per cent of
the players lose. I'd like to buck the
odds once Just to see how I stand with
tll0 fl ,kht .lame. 15ut r wnnt a partner,
tor some day I'd be sure to take the
yacht and disappear until I reached a
big ready to come back. What do you
think of the partner Idea?”
"It’s all right. Lots of people would
toll you never to take a partner. That’s
because they are too timid to play the
game or arc afraid of the other fellow.
I made my pile out of partners. It Is
not necessary for mo to write the thing
out as though I were demonstrating a
geometrical proposition. See that your
partner is rich. Also see that he gradu¬
ally loses what he puts Into the busi¬
ness, and to this end It Is necessary
only that you know more than he does.
You get the idea?”
Tlint very evening the wife of the
son-in-law went to him with shining
eyes.
"Dick,” slie said Jubilantly, "you're
the h, °'‘ iost asthc l \« arest bo ?
on earth. 1 heard papa tell mamma
not ten minutes ago that he guessed he
would go Into partnership with you In
some kind of a speculative venture,
ami papa never loses, you know.”
“That's what I’ve heard. But you
J" st tell the governor for me, ‘Nay,
nay.’ He can borrow all he wants. I’m
Slow, hut he showed me his hand,
Wonder if he thinks me an idiot?”
Detroit Free i’ress.
W'e find it hard (o love those we
measure ourselves against—especially
It the pattern is a little large.—H, A.
Kendall.
Tlint la Different.
“Love laughs at locksmiths,” quoted
tbe minister's wife.
"But not at wedlocksmiths,” amend¬
ed the minister.—Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
SAM MIS WAS WISE.
DIDN’T PROPOSE TO BE CONSIDERED
AN EASY MARK.
urm it He Were only nn Elevator
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[Copyright, 1300, by C. B. Lewis.]
Three weeks ago. when Mr. Skidmore
moved Into room 140, lie called me up
to his office and begat*
“Sammls, an elevator boy and a
tenauf should work In harmony. * I
want to woik iu harmony with you.
\ou need some one to give you father
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ly counsel nuU to keep you out of tbe
pttfnlls of life. Almost any flay when
you come up here I will advise you to
the host of iny ability, in return you
can help me. As you go up ami flown
you will hear people asking for a law¬
yer. You can direct them to me.”
“Yes, sir.”
“I make collections, secure divorces,
smooth over family quarrels and hunt
up the next of kin. I shall advertise
in the papers to some extent, Sammls,
but In a general way my work is on the
quiet.”
“So as to avoid a rush, sir?”
“That’s it, Sammls. I don't like
rushes. A quiet, steady business Is
the one that pays, l'ou can help me to
build It up. People will be looking
about the building for some one to col¬
lect a debt, start a lawsuit, secure a
divorce or what not, and you c-au steer
them to mo.”
“For a whack?” I asked.
“I know nothing about whacks, Sam
mis,” he replied. “That sounds like
a slang word to me. In return for
wlint you do for me 1 suhll, as I said
you a moment fatherly ago, advice be and delighted counsel. to Lapp* gtigttj
be the moans of saving you from the
gallows. Heed my advice, boy.”
1 got up to go, wondering if lie
thought he had found a soft mark,
when he patted me on the back and
continued:
“Remember the name. Sammls—
Skidmore. If any inquirer should he
so overparticular as to inquire what
sort of a looking man 1 am, you need
not go Into particulars.”
It was only a day or two later when
a woman came in and asked if there
was a tenant In the building named
Higgins. She was followed by a man
who asked the same question, and dur
io&nSg a ‘kVr ftfflfal 1 * ifSSf‘fiuf W
crowd Increased, and dually along
came a tall, gaunt woman with gray
eyes and two frout teeth gone, who
said:
“It’s Higgins I’m after, but ho may
have changed his name. I’ll tell you
what sort of a looking man he is.”
She described Skidmore to a dot, and
then I saw my way clear. I told every¬
body to come at a certain hour two
days later, and when the hour arrived
there were 14 of ’em. There were
landladies, tailors, shoemakers, hatters,
grocers and land knows who else, and
all of ’em had their fists doubled up. I
got ’em all in the ear at once and scoot¬
ed ’em up to No. 140. It was a race be¬
tween ’em down the hall to see who
should get into Skidmore’s room first.
They reached Ids door In a body and
banged It open. For ten seconds there
was a silence that smelled like a kero¬
sene lamp dying out, and then 15 yells
arose on the air. Mr. Higgins lind been
found. If there had been only one
creditor, he might have tried a bluff,
but when 14 of ’em rushed in on him
he was knocked out. He might have
Jumped out of the window If they
hadn’t laid hold of him. They plied on
to him like so many tons of brick, and
within three minutes he was a dusty
wreck. Then they went to strapping
among themselves, and by the time I
could get a policeman the whole build¬
ing was In nn uproar. When quiet had
been restored, a doctor felt of Mr. Skid¬
more’s head and arms and legs and
body and said lie was not fatally In¬
jured, though he wouldn't be able to
play golf for six months to come. Mr.
Rasher, the agent, gave him notice to
quit at once, and by and by ho rung
for me to come up. He had his world¬
ly goods under his arm and was going
far away. As he got into the elevator
he looked at me in a reproachful way,
and, heaving a long sigh, he said:
“Sammls, this Is your work, but I
cannot blame you. I gave you a cold
bluff.”
“You should have whacked up,” I
said.
“I know. I see when it Is too late. I
took you for an easy kid to work, and
the mistake has wrecked my life. How
many wore there In the crowd, Sam¬
mls?”
“Fourteen, sir.”
“I thought there were 100! Well, it
Is all over.”
“Have you any fatherly advice to
give me?” 1 asked.
"Not to speak of, Sammls. Just con¬
tinue on In the way you have begun,
and you'll own the whole building
6ome day. When the next tenant
moves Into No. 140, Just relate my cx
perlence to him as a sad and solemn
warning against trying to dodge an el¬
evator boy." M. Q rAD
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Mnnaer Cure For Drink.
Jeremiah O’Leary of the east Surrey
regiment was shot during the battle of
Colenso, a Mauser bullet penetrating
tbe , brain. , After lying for five hours in
the trenches O'Leary was found by the
ambulance corps and removed to the
base hospital at Pietermaritzburg,
uhore Sir William MacCormnc by a
marvelous surgical operation, during
which a portion of the brain was re¬
moved, succeeded in saving his life.
His memory is slightly Impaired, and
B9 has lost his taste for beer-
Domestic.
I.arry-Be hivins, Dtnnls, that euM
hen’s atin tacks.
Dinnis—Maybe she’s goln to lay a
carpet—St. Andrew’s Gazette.
The native dress of the better clut
0 f Japanese of both sexes Is a loose
wrapper, open at the chest and at the
w0lst con(lnoJ b J a etrdle.
It Is estimated that an average of
eight matches are used dally by every
man, woman and child.
Traffic In Talismans.
As a drowning man will catch at a
straw, so will those broken down Id
health or those who pursue the fickle
goddess of fortune seek the advice
of men commonly known as “quacks."
A healthy man or a person favored
with the good things of life has no use
for medical works or for the occult
sciences. The latter thrive on the un¬
fortunate—those who want to better
themselves in life and do not see their
way clear to do so. Hence they seek
the assistance of the mysterious, the
Occult, the magical, and It Is for thte
reason that talismans still flourish In
the civilized world and will continue
to flourish so long ns the supernatural
sways human minds.
There are thousands of talismans
sold In New York and other metropoli¬
tan centers every year. There ore hun¬
dreds of men and women who make
a business of making and selling them,
and as much ns ?3 and ?10 is often
paid for a little circular piece of leather
or metal containing Inscriptions sup¬
posed to possess marvelous power. The
charms sold these days are manufac¬
tured from the descriptions contained
in the now rare books of Agrlppa,
Gadbury, Rabid Solomon and others.
They are chiefly of Hebraic origin and
have been used by believers for hun¬
dreds of years.—New York Herald.
The Undertaker.
The body of the deceased was to
come by train. The relatives assem¬
bled at the house to await the arrlvat
of the hearse from the railroad. But
the train was late. The mourners grew
nervous. The undertaker, an unctu¬
ous, bowed old man, kept creaking
through the sitting room and the par¬
lor out to the front door and looking
down the street with auxious gaze.
At last in the silence there was a
grind of wheels on the gravel without.
But by this time the funeral party had
retired to the dining room to partake
of some refreshments. They were
seated gloomily and silently at the
The undertaker appeared at
the door of the room. With the palm
his right hand rubbing the knuckle
of the left he addressed them.
“Friends!”
The knives and the forks were laid
down. They looked lip. The funereal
“Mrs. Partington” continued: “Friends,
the remainder of our dear, deceased
friend Abram has arrived. Are we
ready for the obsickles?” — Lewiston
Journal.
Colnmbns and the Egg,
Columbus, having promised to stand
an egg on end, failed at the first trial,
but he reversed the egg, and It bal¬
anced perfectly.
“Tell me, Chris," said King Ferdi¬
nand, “why did you turn tbe egg over?"
could not staud on its head."
It Is said that Columbus gut tbe idea
pf discovering America from this Inci¬
dent. But, of course, theories are not
always what they are cracked up to
he.—Baltimore American.
ORDINARY’S NOTICES.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA—Bulloch county.
Whereas, J. C. Trapnell, Administrator of s. W.
Wallace, represents to the court In his petition,
duly tiled entered on record, that he has fully
administered S. W. Wallace’s estate, This Is
therefore to cite all persons eoneemed. kindred and
creditors, to show cause. If any they can, why said
administrator should not be discharged from his
administration, and reeelve letters of dismission on
the first Monday In August, 1900. This May 5, 1900.
C. S. MARTIN. Ordinary B.C.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Bulloch county.
To all whom It may concern:
II. F. Lanier having, in proper form, applied to
me for permanent letters of administration on the
estate of Charlton banter, late of said county, this
Is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of
kin of Charlton Lanier, to be and appear ut my office
within the time allowed by law, and show cause. If
any they can, why permanent administration should
not lie granted to B. F, Lanierlon Charlton Lanier's
estate.
Witness my hand and official signature, this 10th
day of July, 1900. c. S. MARTIN. Ordinary B. C.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Bulloch county.
To ail whom if may concern:
W. S. Preetorius having in proper form applied
to me for permanent letters of administration on
the estate of E. T. Webster late of said county, this
is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of
kin of E. T. Webster, to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by law and show cause, if
any they can, why permanent administration should
not be granted to W. S. Preetorius on said E. T.
Webster’s estate.
Witness my hand and official signature, this 10th
day of July, li*00. C. 8. MARTIN, Ordinary B. f.
Sale of Valuable Land.
Whereas, E. M. Bohler <H(t on the lath day of
January. 1H98, execute and deliver to J. W. Ollltf A
Co. a mortgage deed to a certain tract of land In
the 1209th District of llulloch county, Ga., whl«h
mortgage deed Is of record In book No. 0, folios
53(1 and 587, of Bulloch county records, the same
being given to secure a debt of Two Hundred and
Eighty-Six and til 100 Dollars, evidenced by three
promissory r otes, the said mortgage deed contained
a provision empowering the said J. W. ollltf A Co.
or their agent or legal representative In default of
payment In any of the several sums covered by said
Instrument to sell the lot of huid covered thereby
after advertising the same once a week for hair
weeks in some newspaper published In Btillix'h
county, and whereas the said mortgagee has fulled
to make the payments or perform the covenants
contained In the said mortgage. Now we, J. W.
(11 HIT A Co., will on
TUESDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 1990.
within the legal hours of sale at the court house In
Statesboro, Ga., sell the lot of land described In
said mortgage deed, by virtue of tho
power contained in said instrument and distribute
the funds as therein directed. The following is the
description of said lot of land shown by said
mortgage deed:
All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and
in the 1209th G. M. District of Bullis h county.
Ga., containing Sixty (00) acres, more or less, and
hounded us follows: On the north by lands of
Akins, on the east hy lands of Martha
on the south by lands of H. N. Wilson, and
the west by lands of II. N. Wilson. This 80th
of June, 1900.
J. W. OLLIFF A Co.
