OQALS,
%5 or G doses 6688 will es oo anycase
of Chills aud Fever,® Pricyvone”
| Drp. Perkle was in tywn a day
or two this \\‘Cl.‘k, \'iSjn'n:_: fl-ichds_
' Col. P. L, Smith went up to
Atlanta on Sund¥y last on legal
Lusiness., -
My. W. F. Lord spent Sunday
in Broxton, the guest of lis
daughter ¢nd her husband, Mr,
A J. Sweit,
We are glad to state that Mr.
Carl Butt is getting along nicely
gndel the excellent care of Dr.
fonigomery.
Mss Belle Pace came down
fron Macon on Friday last, and
i 3 spending a few days with
Tome folks. :
We have been reliably inform
ed that work will scon begin on
the new G. & I depot. It will
be erected near the crossing.
Miss Alice Me¢Eacliin came
down from Macon Sunday after
noon, and she and her mother,
Mrs. Mary McEachin, left }?’gemh
er for Hawkinsville Tuesday to
look after some business matter.
Judge J. H. Parjer is in Colum
bus this week, attending ‘the K.
of P. Convention, which convened
in that city on the 19th inst. He
wens as a delegate from the
lodge of K. of P. cf this place.
"Clerk A, J. Herrington 'is just
now the happiest man in Jeff
Davis county. And he "has a
perfect’ right to be happy too.
On last Thursday night the stork
left a fine twelve potind bay baby
at his home.
' Mr.T.R. Knight, cashier of
the Bank of Hazlehurst, left
Tuesday for his old home in
Barrien county, to visit friends
and relatives for a day or two.
The News wishes him a good
time.
Quite a number. of young Jla
dies and young gentlemen at the
hote! last I'riday night from
Lumber City, and other pgints
up the road, who had come down
to witness the closing exercises
of our school, and during their
wait for the train, engaged in
dancing for awhile.
We would like to hire some
lady to teach our three little boys
at their home, for three months.
Qr, they could teach them ‘at the
residence of Mrs. Swain, if they
preferred. For further inform
ation, call upon the editor of this
paper.
» The following citizens from
this place attended the funera]
of Mr, John McLean, at Douglas,
on Sunday last: Mr.and Mrs'J).
Avera Moore, G. W. Best, G. D.
Curry, and Judge R. T, Williams
and daughter. Mrs, Latimer and
Charlie, and Mr. C.7T. Latimer
went over Saturday.
Mrs. D. C. Thompson left on
Tuesday afternoon last for De-
Land, Fla., to spend a couple of
months with relatives. She is
just recovering from an attack o
malarjal fever, and no doubt the
change of climate will be a great
beniilt to her. : %
We are . indebted to Master
Samuel Cox for a nice, large
squash, which was bpresented to
us last Saturday. Samuel is the
son of widow Cox;, of this place,
and is working on a farmn near
Qcilla. Heis a very bright and
industrious little feilow, and
brought about a halt bushel of
squashes over, of his own rais
ing.
On Tuesday morning last, be
tween Y and 10 o’clock, cashier
Geo. F. Armstrong lost consci
ousness and fell to the floor,
while in the discharge of his
banking duties. Dr. Montgom
ery was sent for immediately
afterwards, and h 2 soon had him
recovered sufficiently to be carri- 1
ed to his home on a ¢ot. Welearn
just before goin: to press, that
Mr. Armstros 7 o resting easy.
His hundred:: o O lon?? Lad pat
rons threu hwony thiz seetion
hope to see i uach ?s}is_ cld |
ACCNSLOM e} (U A 0 TAE ALIeNE
Tdanlk within thuext day or Ywo.
* %We 41 | v ¢ e ;*.,v;
Before He Died.
07 g,
A man camtfw from the river
a few days ago with a nice lot of
cat-fish, which he sold very reacd
ily to thote who wers fond of
that specid of tish. v An old dav
key came up and allked hiw the
price of a cat about oy foot and
a half long? The fish dealed told
himn whathe would take for that
patticalar fish.
The old durkey got down on
his knees and examined the fish
carefully, taking ‘it up in his
right hand and helding it ounb,
to see how much it'would weigh.
Finally he said:
“Boss, es T kin scare up de
money, dat catfish am sho’
mine.”
After fumbling inevery potiet
he cxtracted Ibcts, saying that
that was the pile. The fisherman
wouldn’t 16t him have the fish
for this amount, say.ng that i}
was fully worth whai he asie@
for it—2oc¢ts.
Tho old darkey looked down on
the ground, sciatched bis head,
and seemed to be doing sone
tiard studying. Finally be saill:
“Boss, set dis fish to one side
for jes one minit, "case I's gwine
took hit way from here. Jes’
hold hit fur one minit."
And he was offin ahurry.
And, within @ minute’s time he
was back with the other nickel.
As he camé up he was laughing,
and said: ;
" “Boss dat fish am my meat, so
here's yo' money,’”’ handing the
tish dealer 20cts. While tlie old
darkey was trying to rya 4
string through the fishe’s giil so
he could carry it easy, he said:
"I went gn’ pond my knife to
. . {
git dat tother nickel, case when
I spied dis here cat fish I says.
Well, I's outen terbacker an’
de old ’oman am out ob soap, an’
I spects dar will be er debble ob
er fuss when I gits home 'bout
buyin’ dis fish, but I's gwine to
hab one mo’ cat-fish stew 'fo’ I
die. Ikno’ dat de old ’oman
am gwine to be powerful mad
when I goes hoine wid out dat
soap, case she was ’spectin’ to
wash to-morrow, but wash or no
wash,l’s got de tish, an’ as to ter
backer, I kin beg er nuff ob dat
till I kin buy seme. Yes, I knps
dat my old ’oman am gwine to
git ril’d at me when I gits home,
but, I's gwine to work an’ clean
dis fish an’ cook hit my self, an’
I hain’t gwine to talk back at de
old ’oman, | don’t care how much
she jaw ay me.”’
Here aby stander asked him
how he was going to cook hig
tish—{ry it or stew it?
The old darkey replied; *‘Stew
hit eb cos¢. I’'ll put on de pot,
arter I gits hit clean, an’ put hit
er 'bout one-third full ob water;
den I cuts de fish up i’ puts
hit in. Arter hit begin to bile I
chips uplittle pieces oly fat meat
an’ draps in de pot, den I chips
up er little onion in hit, an’ stirs
hit all er round. Den I puts er
'bout er half spoanful ob home
made bytter in hit, an’ stirs hit
er round ergin, Bout dis timede
cat will gin 1o gmell so good dat
de old 'oman will StQF jawin' me
'oout de soap, an’ will comeé’ in
an’ sot de table. Den'l sets de
pot off an’ sprinkles'black-pepper
in hit. At dis time de old 'oman
an’ me will be lafin’ an’ talkin’,
case she done forgit er bout de
soap soon as ghe git er whif ob
dat cat-tish stew in de pot. So
slie will sot de table an’ put de
bréad on hit, an’ po’ out de coffee
den; yum, yum, us goes to eatin
an’ prayin’ dat nobody will come
in till us cleans up de pot.”
’ " Two Pastors Gone
~ Revs. W.Denham and J. A. J.
Dumas, respectvely pastors of
the Prestyterian and Baptist
churches, of this place; have dc
cepted important pastorates, the
former in Arkansas, the litter
in Vidalia, and will be with us
no more. There was a parting
word and leave taking service at
each church last Sunday.
We commehd these men of
God to the confidénce and love of
the people where their lots have
sullen., Theirgoing away is a loss
to ws. They will surely be miss
ed.
Our S[)@Cial Baition willk af
ford eur merchants the Leds
cupertandy evor ofered ther
to ddvecticd » Tiwse iy Bhuit
TP R L
AL AT e S I
written a play, entitled “The
Ups and Downs of aCoantry Ed
ito#— Mostly Downs " Now,thédre
are no deep thoughts tangled
up in this play. It issimply a
comedy, and tho author, in writ:
ing it, has tried to link the story
together m @way that the simp
lost minds cwn keep track of it
when produced on th? stage,
There is ope thing certain, it is
founded on facts. Nearlyevery
thing that will be producad on the
stage aid actually occur to the
writer, £y :
Several of our citizens, who
claim ty ba erities on such mat
ter, have read the play, and com
plimented it very lighly and
insisted upon ©s preducing it
lon the stage this summer. We
have decidad todo so if we can get
a sufficient number of ladies and
gentlemen to assist us. There
are nine characters in the pay
Three or four gentlemen and
one lady have already promised
'v) take part in’ if, We shall
meed o couple more ladies and
‘two or three more gentlemen,
then we can go down to rehears
ine ina hurry. With three or
four good rehiearsals the play
will be ready to be ‘produced
on the stagé before an audience.
‘We wrote the play here, and
here—in ouY home town—we
hope to first produce it.
1f we can gét a sufticient num
ber of ladics and gentlemen right
away to take these characters,
we hcpe to be able to give the
p erformance about the middle or
the latter partof June:
Base Ball:
The Baxley base ball boys did
get it good and hard on Friday
afternoon last. Yes, our boys
laid it onto them. No doubt they
did their best, but they simply
wasn't {n itat no time during the
games. -
There were two games played
Friday afternoon, the first'game
ended as follows:’
HOREEIR occvveerssssiaseins®
B &oo vnsssoiinsionsvans ol
Second Gawme. ‘
Hazlehursb. .\.....ccc00000000.9
BRI ocssscninsisnssnnssnreged
Batteries— Williams, {Cromartie,
‘Girtman and Miles. '
The Baxley teqym seemed to be
disconsolate after their defeat s,
and longed to return hcme with
some honors, so they remained
over until the next day (Satur
day)and tackled our second nine.
At the wingd up the score stood:
PR T SRR eT | |
Bt itisssassssasitinss il
Batteries—Harrison, Middleton
and Beusi.
We leayrn that our third nine
has challenged the Baxley team,
to play them a match game on
the ourth of July.
Glad that there was a large
crowd out td> witness these
games. Thisis as it should be.
Our people ought to attend these
games. liencourages the play
ers, angl causes our hoys to play
better. : . ATFan,
Bankrupt Eale.
Under and by 'virtue of an
order passed by Hon. Max Isaac,
Referee in Bankruptey, on the
17th day of May, 1909, the un
dersigned @eo. I, Armstrong,
Trustee of the Estate of . M,
Taylor, will put up and expose
for sale at public outcry to the
highest and best bjdder for cash,
at the store where the sfock of
gaodsof E. M, Tgylor Bankrupt
is located in tlie City of Hazle.—li
hurst, ent’ the 24th day of May.
1909, within the legal hours of
sale, all of the faollowing prop
erty belonging to said Bankrupt,
to wit: The stock of General
Mérchandise, consisting of dry
goods, notions, Zroceries, tin
ware, fixtures and all other
things contained in said store be§
longing to the estate of E, M.
Taylor Bankrupt, at Hazlehusst,
Ga., and located on Tallahassee
street. : .
Said sale will be made free and
clear of all licns against the
said property, and the successful
bidder will be required to pay 10
per cent. of the amountof hi:
or her bid »n the date of the uule
andy the balunce upon cc»ufirma-—l
tion of she sdle ow. the Ce‘u't.‘
‘Thig the 18%h ¢4+, o 1 May, 1008,
Most- countries Jhdve died
have gone down fighting. The Ro
mdn empire perished like that.
The empire of the west became
80 weakrat last that it could make
no stand against its energies. Rome
was sacKed by the bnrl‘%-iuns and
eventually became not the capital
of a vast empire, but the city of the
popes, over which the pontills
reigned as kings. Tinally the city
was tuken without n real fight by
the soldiers of the king of Italy.
" The enmipire of the east had its
capital at Constantinople. Yor cen
turies it was the greatest power in
the world. But it became honey
combed with vice and enervated
with pride and luxury; also it grew
old and weak. ‘
Then the Turks made a tigerish
sgring on Constantinople and took
it 'by storm. The last of the Greck
emperors died sword in hand, and
his descendants are li\ang in Ing
land today in' very Luiable situa
tions,
Egypt, once so powerful and fa
mous under the pharaohs, was con
quered by Rome and was afterward
swamped by the Moslems. .
The great moguls used to reign
in India. ' In the days'of Queen
Elizabeth the “mogul, or emperor
of Delhi, as he was sometimes
cilled, was so powerful that he
tHought it a vast condescension on
hig part to receive an embassy from
the maiden queen. o
But as time went on the great
rajahs, or tributary km% rebelled
against the 'moguls. Indih was
rent asunder by the wars bétween
rival rajahs. This gave the Furo
péans a chance, ¥ ¢
"France at first held the upper
hand and nearly conquered” the
labhd. But then England drove‘
France back apd seized the empire
of the great moguls for herself.
The heir of the moguls still en
joys a pension given 'by the British
?ogg_rgmg\;x‘zt. e
Ladies
—AND-.
Surrounding Country.
We have just received and opened up for
yeur inspection the swellest line of Sum
mer Dregs Goods ever seen in this tewn
hefore. It is something new.
Is the name of the gopds, W=y have it
Faney Celers and White.
We have also jusg received a beputiful
line of : .
Tlen’s, Ladies, Girls & Boys
BOYDEN OXFORD'S.
Our Store is the. place where you ¢an be
; suited in fgotwear.
Drop in and inspect eur new and ‘bea‘u-- :
tiful line of Ties, for both ladies and gen’
tlemen. They are dreams. | -
How about a Mosquite Net ?
We have a nice line.
Yours to please,
FST & WILLIAZS
» < Tiagle
IMM 4 S , e H“” :
' than Russls. TR
own faults and follies. The mass oft
~the common people werl slaves ins
all but name; hence tho nobles and|
the people never stood. together inf
times of danger or disaster. !
' Poland was a big country, but it
was divided against jtself, and Rus
sia, Prussia and Austria combined
were more powerful. They all three
joined banSs, and ‘éach took a large
share of Poland in 1772. ' ‘
In 1798 the trio of robbers mada
a‘second swoop., Only tlie ghost of
Poland was loB:. Another year sawt
the end of the tragedy.c The last
remnants of Poland wére swallowdd
up by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
+ The fate of the republic of Ven
ice i 3 oné of the most dramatic in
all history. Its' doges ranked as
the equals of the proudest kings,
Its alliance was' coveted by the
greatest powers. All real power
rested in the hands of the dreaded|
council of ten and the secret three.
The latter was a trio of living mys
teries ‘and were knéwn by name to
practically no one in Venice, -
So the governmenit of Venice wasy
a terror'fo its own people and the
outside* world. Then Napoleon
came upon the scene, and “the Lion
of St. Mark licked the “dust.”—
Pearson’s Weekly. i
Stonewall Jackson's Apology.
- Jackson had occasion to censure s
cadet whé had given, as he'believed
the wrongn solutiofi of a problem
On thinking the matter over as
home he found that the pupil was
right and the teacher wrong. I
was late at night and in the depth
of winter, but ie immediately start--
ed off to the institute, some dis
tance from his quarters, and sent
for the cadet.” The drtg‘i;nquent, an
swering with much trépidetion the
untimely summons, found himself,
to his astonishment, the recipient of
a frank apology,—From “Stonewall
Jackson and thg Civil War ~
