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Local and Personal
Mr. A. K Conner of Rochelle, is here
this week.
Mr. G. M. Elkins sfient the day in
Mcßae Wednesday.
For first class millinery call on Mrs.
G. D. Terry.
Mr. H. S. Hurwitz was in Mcßae
Tuesday, on business.
Mr. J. L. Hinson of Erick, was in
town Wednesday.
Mr. G. M. Walters was in Mcßae
Monday, on business.
Miss Lena Rogers spent Sunday in
Mcßae with her parents,
Mr. L, M. D Nobles of Long Branch,
was in town Monday.
Prof. J. R Auld of Erick, was in the
city Monday, on business.
For four choice business lots, close
in, call on H. S. Hurwitz
Mr. H. H. Grimes of Long Branch,
was in town this week,on business.
Mrs. L. P. Smith spent Sunday with
her parents at Mcßae.
J3ol. and Mrs. Hamilton Burch of
Mcßae, spent Sunday in Alamo.
Mr. J. D. Brown has returned from
a business trjp to Atlanta.
Mrs. William Brannen of Vidalia,
visited here Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Johnson spent
Sunday afternoon with relatives in
Vidalia.
Mr. R R. Harrelson of the Long
Branch neighborhood, was in town
Monday.
Col. E. P, Dell is spending the week
Jay Bird Spring, for the bi-n. fit of
his health.
Mrs. T. H. Nelson and Miss Lucile
Glertu-nts are visiting in Macon this
week.
Mrs. Wm. B. Kent and little son are
visiting Mrs. Kent’s sister at Dexter
this week.
Quite a number of < ur folks are nu«-s
---ing a v .ccinaied arm. Tney are all
improving, however
Mr. J. A. Hinson, one of Wheeler
county’s prosperous farmers, was here
on a business trip Sunday.
Mr. W. D. Horton, general manager
of the Mcßae Teh phone Company, was
here on business Tuesday.
Miss Atnurantha Burch and Miss
Edna Harbin of Mcßae, were here
Sunday afternoon.
Everybody is invited to attend prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening at
the Methodist chi.rch.
Mrs. D. A. Curry of Ailey, spe.it
Sunday i n I Monday wjth her daughter,
Mis G M. Elkins at this place.
Ponmastar J. R. Swan and son,
EdWiud, visited Mr. Swain s daughter,
Mrs. Rogers in Hazlehurst Sunday.
Mr W. E. Meeks of Towns, was hen
this week. Mr. Me ks wM m >ve here
about the middle of April t > engage in
ih mereanti e u.inuis.
Dr. I C. Conn was over fiom Scot,
one day this week. He ,is think tig
of locating here for the practice of
medicine.
Rev. L. A. Hill, presiding elder of
the Mcßae district, preached two very
fine sermons at the Me hi diet church
here last Sunday.
Dr. C. C. Smith of Mcßae, has been
here several days this week. Dr. Smith
expects to locate here in the near future
for the practfce'of dentistry.
Messrs J. Lee Hightower and J. D.
Brett are there when it comes to fish
ing. This is evidenced by their spend
ing sleepless nighis on the banks of
Alligator creek'.
Sheriff Wright carried Mrs. Minnie
Murry to Mt. Vernon Wednesday and
placed her in the county jail until ar
rangements can be made for her at the
asylum. She was tried before the
ordinary here last week and adjudged
insane. Bryant Murry, the husband,
W«» also before the ordinary, but was
released.
J A. Martin is acting as
chief of police this week in the
absence of Chief Lowery, who
is slightly indisposed.
A party of Alamoites went
over to Alligator creek Tuesday
right fishing, and what they did
for the mud cats is only explained
by the quantity of fish brought
back.
Skunk Was Monarch
In Moultrie for Time
Moultrie, March 26.—A skunk held
the police ferce and the entire citizens
of Moultrie at bay for (nearly an hour .
today and then was not subdued before i
irreparadle injury to several suits of ।
clothes was wrought.
The varment was discovered in the
grocery storo es P. 0. Heard, in the
Heart of the city. How he got there
no one knowt, but everyone in the vi
cinity knows that he was there. He j
was very unconcerned when discovered!
and walked through tho building at wilj
Greater deference would not have been
shown a king. He had it all his way
until a shot from a small bore rifle
ended his offensiveness.
Capt. Wiley Williams
Claimed by Death
Columbus, Ga., March 25~
Captain Willy Williams died at
his home here Monday afternoon,
after an illness of many months.
This announcement will bring
Unto d sorrow to his many friends
who knew him in the various
capacities in which he had served..
The funeral was be held Wed
nesday morning at 11 o’clock at
Trinity Episcopal church
The funeral services will be
conducted by Rev. K. T. Phillips
assisted by Dr. S. Alston Wragg.
The interment will be at Lidwood.
At the time of his death he
was a member of the state prison
commission of Georgia. Fie was
for many jeirs chief of the
Columbus police deoartment
Capt. Williams was | >orn near
Columbus Ga.,inHß6l, being a
son of the late William F. Wil-,
liarns and grandson of the lament
ed Wiley Williafns, who for a
number of yeirs was mayor of
Columbus and a prominent figure
in local bn iness and political
difcles.|
Captain Williams is survived
by two sisters He has a brother
in-law of Hon. Henry D. Clay ten
congressman from the Fifth
Alabama district.
As soon as he learned of the
death of Captain Williams, Chair
man IL E Davidson, who is in
specting the state farm at
Milledgeville, telephoned Captain
Goodloe Yancey, secretary of
the commission, directing that
the commissioner’s office in the
capilol be closad all day Tuesday
and until after Captain Williams’
funeral on Wednesday asternoon.
We Are Creature* of Habit
There was no rush at the moment
and the ticket chopper had time to
talk to the man waiting for a friend
In a subway station. ‘‘Yes, we see
lots of queer people here,” he said,
“and we have nearly the same people
every day and at the same hour I
know men who du not varv a minute
in a week in their reaching the ticket
hox. The queerest man we have at
this station we call ‘the whistler.’
Every morning at 7:26 he drt-s his
ticket in the box and he always
whistles. That wouldn’t be so funny,
but for years it has always been the
same tune. We all know the tune,
but no one knows tile song. Ills
ticket goes in the box at the same
note every morning, and th'n he
walks to the third post, opens his pa
per and whistles till the train comes.’’
—New York Tribune.
Lasting Joke.
How long will a good joke last?
Who can tell? You have heard that i
one about the good sleighing, in Can- ■
ada, and how by putting on a pair of;
pajamas and sitting on a cake of ice
before an open window and ringing a
bell one can get the same effect, and
much cheaper. Billy Emerson, the'
minstrel, originated that one • over'
thirty-five years ago, and it is one that ■
has never run down. DeWolf Hop’ier
began to use it in his curtain speeches
eleven years ago, and ever since, eight
times a week forty weeks a season, h^.
has used It and it has never tailed to
get a laugh. Always there are some
In the audience who never heard it ;
Hopper figures that with the addition
of a few score times at private func
tions he has “sprung" the chestnut
15,753 times. It Is his one best bet, he
says, and expects to use it as long as
he Is in public life.
MADE YOUTH A SAILOR
GREAT MAN REMEMBERED .Hit
PROMISE TO BOY.
Had "Fought for Jackson," and the
President Redeemed Partial Prem
lee That He Had Made Some
Year* Before.
The eubject of Mr. Stephen Bonsai’s
stirring biopraphy. "Edward Fitzger
ald Beale,” was the son of Paymaster
George Heale,,who served with distiao
tion under Macdenough at Lake Cham
plain, and of Emily, the daughter of
Commodore Truxtun of the famous
Constellation. Young Beale, as a
member of two naval families, there
fore, had what was regarded in the
old navy as a prescriptive right to en
ter the service.
With the advent of President Jack
son, all such rights were brushed
aside, and the claims of young Beale
might have been overlooked except
for a fortunate and characteristic in
cident.
The boys of Washington, where the
Reales spent their winters, were ar
dent politicians, like their fathers, and
they were divided by allegiance to
antagonistic statesmen. The disputes
between the Adams partisans and th*
Jacksonlans grew so bitter than the
boys decided to settle all their politi
cs) differences once for all by the an
cient test of battle.
Ned Beale was the Jacksonian
champion, and the Adamsites were
represented by a boy named Evans,
who afterward became a distinguished
citizen of Indiana. The fistic battle
was appointed to take place under a
long arch, which at that time marked
the southern entrance to the White
House grounds.
While the battle raged and the en
thusiastic spectators applauded, a tall
figure suddenly appeared, scattered
the boys, and seizing Beale by the col
lar, asked him why he was fighting
He replied that he was fighting foi
General Jaekson, and that his oppo
nent had expressed a poor opinion ot
the president’s politics and person
ality.
“I am General Jackson.” said the
man. “I never forget the men or boys
who are willing to fight for me, but 1
do not wish them to do it all the time.
Now put on your coat*."
A few years later, when Beale
reached his fourteenth year, his desire
to enter the navy became overwhelm
ing, One afternoon he called at the
White House with his mother to «e4
General Jackson and ask for a mid
shipman’s warrant.
Mrs. Beale told her story, and spoke
of the fact that her boy was the son
and grandson of men who had served
their country and been wounded in
battle. Jackson listened with cour
tesy, but seemed uncertain how he
should act. Suddenly the boy inter
rep ted his mother.
“Mother, he said, "let me speak to
General Jackson."
He then reminded the president ot
the fight and the promise he had
made, at least by implication, to serve
him whenever the opportunity pre
sented.
Without a word, General Jack^pn
tore off the back of a letter lying near
him. and wrote to the secretary of the
navy, "Give this boy an immediate
warrant,” and handed it to Mrs. Beale.
—Youth’s Companion.
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Treasure Hard to Get At.
News that a fresh attempt is to be
made to recover sunken treasures
from the ship General Grant recalls
the story of that ill fated vessel. She
sailed for London from Melbourne in
1866 and was wrecked off the Auck
land islands. For two years her dis
appearance remained a mystery. Then
chance led to the rescue of a few sur
vivors. who told how the vessel had
been dashed against a cliff 400 feet
high and in sinking had been swept
ivto a cave at its base. There for
close on half a century the wreek has
lain in fourteen fathoms of water,
with treasure to th* value of $1,250,-
000 in the bullion room to tempt the
treasure hunter. The estimate may
be an exaggeration, but the report
has already attracted five well
equipped expeditions. The swirl of
the. tide and the deadly backwash
within the cave have so far defied the
efforts of the most skillful and daring
divers to reach the treasure. It re
mains to be seen whether the sixth
attempt wUl'Share the failure of its
predecessors.
Ever. Rcyal ChHdren Are Inquisitive.
The sabdean of the Chapel Royal,
London, was giving the royal children
a religious lesson. They said:
“Please we want to ask you some
thing. If Adam and Eve had died
when they were babies, should we
have been here now?” "Which was
something of a poser. However, he
gave the neat answer: “There is
nothing in the Bible which tells us
that Adam and Eve ever were babies ”
Baber
New Barbers
BATH
And all Modern
Conveniences.
Fisst / Class Workmanship
We have opened to give the public
prompt service.
Palace Barber Shop
A. F. StMITH, Proprietor
A LAHO, GEORGIA.
Roumanian Tobacco.
Roumanla, the dark horse of tha
Balkans, may be said to have been
wafted into good government on a
cloud of tobacco smoke. For it was
the tobacco monopoly established by
the degenerate ruler Couza that
brought about his compulsory abdica
tion. Every Roumanian smokes, and
Couza came up against a national
habit-with the usual result. It was
in 1866 that the present ruler, Prince
Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen,
was invited, in the teeth of the con
cert of Europe and the sultan, to be
come Couza’s successor, and nothing
finer ever happened to Roumanla —ex-
cept its queen, "Carmen Sylva.” But
the good fortune of Roumanla Is also
due to Bismarck, who counseled the
young prince to accept the offered
throne, remarking: "If you fail you
will at any rate have a pleasant remi
niscence for the rest of your life."
Power of Smell.
If, when yc.n went to school as ■
child, you carried a tin lunch box
which often contained, let us say;
some gingerbread and sandwjchos and
perhaps an apple, It is worth while to
take * sniff at such a box again, now
It Is surprising bow this simple ex
periment may recall the patter ot
long-forgotten feet and the memory
of childish voices that startle over the
long lapse df years.
These flashes of memory aided by
smell are wonderful. Through smell
we achieve a seSse of the past; the
secret members of the mind ar*
aroused to life and memory. Whal
a pity that we waste this talent!
Unclaimed Lottery Prlxe*.
Many lottery prizes remain un
claimed. In France at the present
time there is said to be 360-0,000 in lot
tery money going abegging for want
of claimants. At the recent Brussel*
exhibition lottery, the first prize of
$40,000 remained unclaimed for weeks,
but the owner of the winning ticket
was discovered at last. Just before
the drawing of the lottery a young
Belgian miner was killed by a fall,
and buried, according to custom. In
his clothes. Not until he had been
dead some time did the advertise
ments for the lottery winner remind
the young man’s friends that he had
bought a ticket, which might have
been buried with him. They obtained
permission to exhume the body, and
in a waistcoat pocket was found the
ticket, which, had he lived, would
have made him rich.
IDELSON’S
DEPARTMENT STORE
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC.
Fair and courteous treatment
to all
Indian* to Build Model Village.
When the Indian* of the Queen
Charlotte Islands have already a na
tional reputation for enteeprtse the
Skidcgates, whose village lies at the
south end of Graham Island, have in
view the most ambitious undertaking
of the tribe yet. In the coming year
they will Install an electrical system
furnishing power to their Industrial
enterprises. V
They will put tn a modern sewer
system, water works and also fire
fighting apparatus.
The Skidegates are chiefly famous
for their band, which has the reputa- f
tion of being the best Indian band in
either Canada or the United States.—
Vancouver Sun.
S2O Gold Piece* a Quarter Each.
When five boys commenced to sell
$lO and S2O gold pieces on the streets
of North Scranton for 25 cents each,
Yvith the supply apparently unlimited,
curiosity was at once aroused as to
the source of supply, and the boys were
taken into custody and given the
“third degree." When searched the
youths’ pocketsproduced over SSOO in
gold coin and when questioned they
admitted that they had found a “pot of
gold.”
The money was buried in a box in
the cellar of a house formerly occu
pied by Peter J. Scanlon, who during
his lifetime had the reputation of be
ing a miser. There were $620 ip
shiny gold pieces in the box. The
boys, none of whom was over eight
years of age, thought they were brass
medals and sold about twenty of them
before being arrested —Scranton (Pa.)
Dispatch to Philadelphia Record.
Ae*cu* From Electric Shock.
In dealing with persons suffering
from electrical shock. If the victim re
mains in contact with the circuit Ms
body must not be touched by the res
cuer, but the latter may pull him out
of contact by hauling on the cloth
ing, or be may take off his own coat,
insert his hand in the sleeve and then
handle the victim with little or no
risk.
Almost any article of clothing or
material may be used, provided it Is
dry and of moderate thickness. Dr.
Morton points out that death from
electrical shock is only an apparent
death at first, and that there is prac
tically always a time during which ft
is possible to resuscitate the victim
by artificial respiration.—The Lancet.
