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« LEGAL NOTICES.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
GEORGIA—Mitchell County.
By virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary of Mitchell County,
will be sold, at public outcry, on the
first Tuesday in December, 1925, at
Ahe court-house door in Mitchell Coun
P y, between the legal hours of sale,
the following described lands, to-wit:
All that 125 acres of land, more or
less, of lot No. 222 in the 10th land
district of Mitchell County, Georgia,
being all of said lot which lies on the
West side of the run of Whiskey head
branch which rims from North to
South through the central portion of
said lot.
®fe'st Also an undivided one-third inter
in all that portion of lot of land
No. 181 in the 10th district of Miteh
elrtCounty, Georgia, lying West .Rail¬ of
the right of way of the A. C. L.
way containing 175 acres, more less, or
less, except 100 acres, more or
being all of said lot on the East side
of Ell creek, heretofore sold off of
said tract, the tract above described
containing 80 acres, more or less.
Terms cash.
_ P This October 31, 1925.
Kate Adams "Wilkes,
Admx. of Estate of
William Wilkes.
lInd sale under power of
ATTORNEY.
GEORGIA—Mitchell County.
Under and by virtue of the powers
contained in that certain loan deed
made and executed by George W. Wil¬
liams dated November 30, 1920, in fa
wor of John Hancock Mutual Life In
ssitSBwe Company, which said loan
deed is recoded in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court for Mitch¬
ell County, Georgia, in Deed Book 39
pages 334-5, and in accordance with
the terms and requirements of said
loan deed, default having been made
in the payment of the principal note
due October 1, 1925, and interest due
for the years 1923, 1924 and 1925,
respectively, the power of sale con
Aiined in said loan deed has been in
-yoked and has become operative, and
the undersigned, the legal owner and
holder of the indebtedness secured by
sa i loan deed, in the exercise of said
power, will, on the first Tuesday in
December, 1925, sell at public outcry, before
to the highest bidder for cash,
the courthouse door of Mitchell Coun¬
ty, Georgia, at Camilla in said county,
within the legal hours of sale, the fol¬
lowing described property conveyed
said loan deed.
iH 52.20 acres on the West side of lot
number 108 in the 10th land district
of Mitchell County, Georgia, describ¬
ed as follows: Commence at a point
or^the West lot line of said lot 30
chains South of the Northwest corner
of lot at a point where said line cross¬
es the run of a small branch; thence
down the run of said branch in an
Eastern direction 30 cabins to the
point where it empties into the run of
Little Creek; thence down the run of
I said Little Creek in a Southern direc
n 20.2 chains: thence West 32.3
chains to a point on the West lot line
of 'laid lot; thence North along said
line 13 chains to starting made point.
Said sale will be for the pur¬
pose of paying the principal of the in¬
debtedness which said loan deed was
given to secuA, and the interest there¬
on tp date of sale, and the expenses
of this proceeding, the principal due
being $1300.00, and the interest to
date of sale being $315.80. by the
conveyance will be made
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Company to the purchaser, and the
proceeds of sale will be applied to the
expenses of sale and said principal
and interest, all of which are secured
by said loan deed, the remainder, if
any to be paid to George W. Wil¬
liams.
This October 31, 1925.
John Hancock Mutual
Life Insurance Co.
LAND SALE.
GEORGIA—Mitchell County.
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority contained in a certain
security deed executed and delivered
by p. B. Rolin to J. N. Carter Com¬
pany dated March 7, 1921, and record
m in the office of the Clerk of the Su
"rior Court of Mitchell County, Ga.,
in Book 39, page 437, there will be
sold before the Court House door of
said County of Mitchell, on the first
Tuesday in December, 1925, between
the legal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, the following describ¬
ed real estate, with the equity of re¬
demption thereof, and the equity of
redemVtion of any interest therein,
resting in D. B. Rolin, his heirs and
assigns, tc-wit:
^411 of that West 89.68 acres of lot
"land No. 97 in the 10th District of
Mitchell County, Ga., as shown by
survey made by A. J. Stanaland, Sur¬
veyor, September 1, 1915, beginning said lot
at the Northwest corner of
and running thence East along the
North line 17.55 chains; thence at
right angles due South across said lot
51.1jp chains to the South line of said
lot; thence West along said South
line 17.55 chains to the Southwest
ner of said lot; thence North along
tro West line of said lot 51.10 chains
to the point of beginning. the
Said property will be sold for
purpose of paying the remainder due
on the promissory note, to secure the
payment of which said deed was giv-
1 en, and the costs of this proceeding; $1453.
said indebtedness amounting to cal¬
36 principal and $467.21 interest deed
culated to December 1, 1925. A
vjjll be made to the purchaser contained in ac¬
cordance with the powers
inlaid security deed, and the proceeds
of sale will be applied first to»the
payment of said indebtedness and the
costs of this proceeding D. B. and Rolin. any sur¬
plus will be paid to
Said land is subject to prior lien
in favor of The Chicamauga Trust Co.
fort $2,000 principal besides interest
na said property will be sold subject
t^said first lien.
Jh: tis November 3, 1925.
J. N. CARTER COMPANY.
By J. N. Carter,
President,
LAND SALE UNDER POWER OF
ATTORNEY.
GEORGIA—Mitchell County.
Under and by virtue of the powers
contained in that certain loan deed
made and executed by James M. Bur¬
gess, dated February 11, 1918, in which fa¬
vor of Amanda M. Johnson,
said loan deed is recorded in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court for
Mitchell County, Georgia, in Deed
Book 33, pages 544-5, and in the ex¬
tension agreement relating thereto,
dated January 30, 1923, and whereas
said loan deed and extension agree¬
ment together with the property
therein described as well as the in¬
debtedness therein referred to and se¬
cured thereby was transferred by the
executors of Amanda M. Johnson to
Mrs. Seba M. Lewis, said transfer be¬
ing evidenced by deed dated May 27,
1924, recorded November 4, 1924, in
deed book 43, page 479, records
Mitchell County, Georgia, and in ac¬
cordance with the terms and require¬
ments of said loan deed and extension
agreement, default having been made
in the payment of the interest due
January 1, 1924, and said Mrs. Seba
M. Lewis having, as authorized in said
instruments elected and declared and
now electing and declaring the prin¬
cipal of the debt secured by said in¬
struments due and payable at once,
the said Mrs. Seba M. Lewis, the legal
owner and holder of the indebtedness
secured by said instruments, will, on
the first Tuesday in December, 1925,
sell at public outcry, to the highest
bidder for cash, before the court
house door of Mitchell County, Geor¬
gia, at Camilla in said county, within
the legal hours of sale, the following
described property conveyed in said
loan deed:
All that <115 acres of lot of land
number 189 in the 11th land district
of Mitchell County, Georgia, the same
being all of a 50 acre strip, in North shape
of a South parallelogram, entirely extending the West
and across
side of said lot and bounded North,
West and South by original land lot
lines, except 5 acres in the South¬
west corner in the shape of a rec¬
tangle 110 yards East and West by
220 yards North and South and bound¬
ed on the South and West by the ori¬
ginal land lot lines, and being in the
village of Branehville.
Said property will be sold as the
property of the estate of James M.
Burgess for the purpose of paying the
principal of the indebtedness which
said loan deed and said extension
agreement were given to secure and
the interest thereon to date of sale,
and the expenses of this proceeding!
the principal now due, being $550.00
and the interest to date of sale being
$99.62.
A conveyansce will be made by the
said Mrs. Seba M. Lewis to the pur¬
chaser, and the proceeds of sale will
be applied to the expenses of sale and
said pricipal and interest, all of which
are secured by said loan deed, the re¬
mainder, if any, to be paid to the le¬
gal representative of the estate of
James M. Burgess.
This October 31, 1925.
Mrs. Seba M. Lewis.
By Hill & McElvey,
Her Attys. at Law.
NOTICE.
Notice Electric is hereby given that Company the Col¬
umbus & Power
has applied to the Georgia Public Ser¬
vice Commission for authority to is¬
sue and sell 25,000 shares of the par
value of $100 each of its preferred
stock, Series B; issue $2,500,000
three-year five per centum gold cou¬
pon notes, to be dated November 1st,
1925, due November 1st, 1928; and
authorize the guaranty by said Col¬
umbus Electric & Power Company of
$424,000 of five-year non interest
bearing notes of the South Georgia
Power Company, to be given in pay¬
ment for the property, assets, and
franchises of the Georgia Alabama
Power Company, and of its subsi¬
diary, South Georgia Public Service
Company.
This matter has been assigned for
hearing before the Georgia Public
Service Commission in its office, State
Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia, at session
beginning 10 o’clock A. M. November
12th, 1925, at which time all persons
interested will be given an opportuni¬
ty of being heard.
This notice is being given in accor¬
dance with the requirements of the
Georgia Public Service Commission.
COLUMBUS ELECTRIC &
POWER COMPANY,
By Reynold M. Harding,
Vice President.
Laurens H. Crowell,
Asst. Secretary.
SHERIFF SALE.
GEORGIA—Mitchell County.
There will be sold before the court
house door in said County on the first
Tuesday, in December, within the le¬
gal hours of sale the following des¬
cribed property, to-wit:
In the Eleventh District of Mitchell
County, Georgia, and being that tract
or parcel of land consisting fifty of the
western one hundred (150) acres
of land lot number 53 and more par¬
ticularly described as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner
of said lot running thence east along
the north line thirty (30) chains,
thence south fifty (50) chains to the
south line of sadi lot, thence west
along the said south line thirty (30)
chains to the southwest corner, thence
north along the west 'line fifty (50)
chains to the point of beginning.
Said land levied on as the property
of George M. Cochran and Robin S.
Cochran to satisfy an execution issued
on the 6th day of June 1921, from the
City Court of Camilla, in said county,
in favor of the Columbia Mortgage
and Trust Company, George of Cochran Memphis,
Tenn. against M. and
Robin S. Cochran.
This November 5, 1925.
Sheriff C. Mitchell D. CROW, Co. Ga.
Unable to Rescue Franklin
Between 1847 and 1857, 39 expedi¬
tions were sent Into the Arctic re¬
gions to find Sir John Franklin who
set out for the North pole, May 19,
1845. The last one found relics of
Franklin’s expedition.
SHERIFF SALE.
GEORGIA—Mitchell County.
Will be sold before the court house
door in Camilla, Mitchell County,
Georgia, to the highest bidder for
cash between the legal hours of sale
on the first Tuesday in December,
1925, the following described prop¬
erty, to-wit:
Tract 1, 104.90 acres of land in the
Northern part of lot No. 125 in the
9th land District of Mitchell County,
Georgia, described as beginning at
the Northwest corner of said lot;
thence South along the west lot line
16 chains to a stake; thence South 62
degrees East 7.5 chains to a stake;
thence East 23 chains to a stake;
thence South 7 chains to a stake;
thence East 18 chains to a stake; on
the east lot line thence North along
the East lot line 26.24 chains to a
stake at the North east corner of said
lot; thence West along the North lot
line 48 chains to point of beginning.
Tract No. 2, 69.95 acres in the
Northwest part of lot No. 126 in the
9th land District of Mitchell County,
Georgia, described as follows: Begin¬
ning at the Northwest corner of said
lot, thence South along the West lot
line 26.24 chains to a stake; thence
East 26.66 chains to a stake; thence
North 26.24 chains to a stake on the
North lot line; thence West along said
North lot line 26.66 chains to the
point of beginning. Excepting there¬
from the right-of-way of the Gulf
Line Railroad which crosses the West
original line of land lot No. 126 at a
point 26.24 chains South of the North¬
west corner of said lot and extends
North 54 degrees East 33 chains of
uniform width and contains 4.95 acres
of land. As surveyed by B. P. O. Ed¬
wards January 13, 1920. Tracts One
.1) and Two (2) containing a total
of 169.90 acres net.
Said property levied on and to be
sold as the property of Elmo A. Por¬
ter to satisfy an execution issued
from the Superior Court of Mitchell
County, in favor of The Prudential
Insurance Company of America,
against Elmo A. Porter.
This 4th day of November, 1925.
C. D. CROW, Sheriff.
NOTI CE OF SALE.
GEORGIA—Turner County.
By virtue of an order from the court
of ordinary of Turner County, will be
sold' at public outcry on the first Tues¬
day in December, 1925, at the court
house door in said county, between
the legal hours of sale, the following
described lands, t'o-wit:
One half undivided interest in all
tracts or parcels of land lying and be¬
ing in the county of Mitchell, State
of Georgia, and described as follows:
50 acres of land in the northwest cor¬
ner of lot of land number 345 in the
shape of a square, also 37 1-2 acres
more or less of same lot described
as follows: In the shape of a paral¬
lelogram and bounded on the north
by the above described 50 acre tract
and the lands of Mrs. M. C. Davis,
on the east by land of Mrs. M. C. Dav¬
is, on the south by the land of J. J.
Martin, and on the west by original
land line of said lot and 15 acres in
the northwest cornel of lot of land
number 361, said tract being in the
shape of a parallelogram 2 1-2 acres
wide from east to west by 6 acres
long from north to south. All of said
land being in one body and being in
the 11th district of Mitchell County,
Georgia. And all of the following
described lands to-wit: lot of land
number 360 in the 13th district of ori¬
ginally Do^y, now Turner County,
Georgia, containing 106 acres more
or less. Town lots number 11 in block
B, as shown Llewellyn, by plat of W. L. Story
property at made by R.
D. Flippen, C. E. in 1912, fronting 25
feet on Railroad Avenue and running
back even width 125 feet. Also town
lot number 2 in block D, of the same
subdivision and shown on same plat
and fronting 50 feet on Railroad Ave¬
nue and running back even width 190
feet to an allely, both tracts being
part of lot of land number 59 in the
2nd district of originally Irwin, then
Worth, now Turner County, Georgia.
Also City lots number one in block 59
and number 18 in block 61 of the
Brown and Bussey subdivision of Ash
burn, Turner County, Georgia, as sur¬
veyed by R. D. Flippen C. E. and be¬
ing a part of lot of land number 109
in the 2nd district of said county.
Terms Cash.
This 2nd day of November, 1925,
E. M. STEPHENS,
Surviving Executor of
Estate of J. R. Stephens.
SHERIFF SALES.
GEORGIA—Mitchell County.
Will be sold before the court house
door in Camilla, Mitchell County,
Georgia, to the highest bidder for
cash between the legal hours of sale
on the first Tuesday in December,
1925, the following described proper¬
ty, to-wit:
Twenty-five (25) acres of land in
the northeast corner of lot of land
number one hundred and twelve (112)
in the Ninth land district of Mitchell
County, Georgia, bounded as follows:
West by lands of Dilliard, east by
lands of Timmons & McWhite, north
by lands of Vines, and on south by
lands of Collins. Said property levied
on and to be sold as the property of
Zach Finney to satisfy a tax fi. fa.
issued by W. H. Taylor, Tax Collec¬
tor of Mitchell County, for State and
County Taxes for the year 1924.
Also at the same time and place and
in the same manner, the following de¬
scribed property, to-wit:
Fifty (50) acres of land in the
northeast, corner of lot of land number
332 in the Ninth land district of
Mitchell County, Georgia, bounded
north by public road, east by lands of
M. Shiver, west by lands of Estate of
W. H. Bozeman and south by lands of
W. -E. Bozeman. Said property levied
on and to be sold as the property of
Mrs. S. C. Clark to satisfy a tax fi.
fa. issued by W. H. Taylor, Tax Col¬
lector of Mitchell County, for State
and County taxes for the year 1924.
Also at the same time and place and
in the same manner, the following de¬
scribed property, to-wit:
That certain lot and building there¬
on known as the Mrs. Perry lot in the
City of Sale City, Ga., bounded as fol¬
lows: North by Broad street, South
by an alley, West by lands of Tom
Stokes, and on the east by lands of
R. E. Baisden. Said property levied
on and to be sold as the property of
Mrs. J. G. Perry to satisfy a tax fi. fa.
issued by W. H. Taylor, Tax Collec¬
tor of Mitchell County, for State and
County taxes for the year 1924.
Also at the same time and place
and in the same manner the following
described property, to-wit:
One potato warehouse in the City
of Sale City, Mitchell County, Geor¬
gia, bounded on the north by lands of
F. R. & N. E. Ry. Co., on the east by
lands of W. Edwards, on the west by
lands of F. R. & N. E. Ry. Co., and on
the south by Maples street. Said
property levied on and to be sold as
the property of South Georgia Pro.
Warehouse Co. to satisfy a tax fi. fa.
issued by W. H. Taylor, Tax Collec¬
tor of Mitchell County, for State and
County taxes for the year 1924.
Also at the same time and place
and in the same manner, the following
described property, to-wit:
One vacant lot in the City of Sale
City, Georgia, bounded on the north
by Broad street, on the south by an
alley, on the east by lands of C. E.
Chambliss, and on the west by lands
of F. A. Perry. Said property levied
on and to be sold as the property of
J. O. Dekle to. satisfy a tax fi. fa. is¬
sued by W. H. Taylor, Tax Collector
of Mitchell County, for State and
County taxes for the year 1924.
Also at the same time and place
and in the same manner the following
described property, to-wit:
Georgia, One lot in the City of Sale City,
on which is situated a cer¬
tain sheet iron building, bounded on
the north by lands of Mrs. E. B. Mc¬
Daniel, on the east by Barnes street,
on the south by an alley, on the west
by lands of the City of Sale City,
Georgia. Said property levied on and
to be sold as the property of W. H.
Bozeman, Agent, to satisfy a tax fi.
fa. issued by W. H. Taylor, Tax Col¬
lector of Mitchell County, for State
and County taxes for the year 1924.
Also at the same time and place
and in the same manner, the follow¬
ing described property, to-wit:
All of lot of land No. 332 in the
Ninth land district of Mitchell Coun¬
ty, Georgia, same being and contain¬
ing 250 acres, more or less. Said
property levied on and to be sold as
the property of W. E. Bozeman to
satisfy a tax fi. fa. issued by W. H.
Taylor, Tax Collector of Mitchell
County, for State and County taxes
for the year 1924.
This 4th day of November, 1925.
C. D. CROW, Sheriff.
NOTICE OF SALE.
State of Georgia—Mitchell County.
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain deed to
secure debt executed by C. E. Brew¬
er to J. P. Cooper, dated February 12,
1919, and recorded in Book 34, page
161, in Clerk’s Office of Mitchell Su¬
perior Court, the said J. P. Cooper
will sell at public outcry, between the
legal hours of sale on Tuesday the 8th
day of December, 1925, before the
courthouse door of Mitchell County
to the highest bidder for cash, all the
following described property to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land, be¬
ing lot of land Number Two Hundred
and Forty Two (242) in the ninth Dis¬
trict of Mitchell County, Georgia, con¬
taining 250 acres, more or less, by ori¬
ginal survey, and being all the land
conveyed by Pomp Perkins and W. M.
Griner to Sophia B. Beckham by deed
dated August 3, 1911, and recorded in
Deed Book 25, page 246, Clerk’s Of¬
fice of Mitchell Superior Court.
The indebtedness secured by said
deed to secure debt is five certain
promissory E. notes executed Cooper, by said C.
Brewer to said J. P. each
dated February 12, 1919, each bearing
interest from maturity at the rate of
8 per cent per annum, one for the
principal sum of $1400.00 due January
1, 1920; one for the principal sum of
$1320.00 due January 1, 1921; one for
$1240.00 due January 1, 1922; one for
$1160.00 due January 1, 1923; and one
for $1080.00 due January 1, 1924.
All of said notes are past due and
unpaid, and the power of sale in said
deed to secure debt has become opera¬
tive.
Three is now due and unpaid on
said notes the aggregate principal
sum of $6,200.00 and the furth.gr sum
of $1,565.33 for interest to this date.
Said land will be sold as the prop¬
erty of the said' C. E. Brewer to sat¬
isfy the indebtedness described above,
and will be sold subject and inferior
to a certain security deed executed by
Sophia B. Beckham to Pearsons-Taft
Land Credit Company on April 20,
1916, the debt secured being the prin¬
cipal sum of $2,300.00, said deed be¬
ing recorded in Book 29, page 477, in
the Clerk’s Office of Mitchell Superior
Court.
The proceeds of said sale will be
first applied to the payment of said
above described notes aggregating,
the principal sum of $6,200.00, besides
interest, and the expenses of this pro¬
ceeding, and the balance, if any, will
be paid to the said C. E. Brewer or
his legal representative.
A deed will be made to the purchas¬
er at said sale by the undersigned,
subject to said security deed executed
in favor of said Pearsons-Taft Land
Credit Company.
This 2nd ' day of November, 1925.
J. P. COOPER,
C. E. Brunson,
Attorney at Law.
CITATION.
GEORGIA—Mitchell County.
To Whom It May Concern: of said
L. A. Howell, a resident
State, having in due form applied to
the undersigned for guardianship of
the person and property of Mildrem
L. Foster, minor child of Weaver F.
Foster and Mamie Howell Foster, late
of said County, deceased, notice is
hereby given that said application
will be heard at the next term of thp
Court of Ordinary of December, said county, on
the First Monday in 1925.
Witenss my hand and official signa¬
ture, this the 2nd day of November,
1925.
R. E. L. CULPEPPER,
Ordinary Mitchell Co., Ga.
Devoutly to Be Wished
Coal mines will be run by machin¬
ery and loss of life practically un¬
known 75 years from now, declares a
mining expert.
Neighbors
(Continued from page 6)
carue up to our door. Jack and Jean
had also seen them coming) and rushed
over to Fourteen to share in extending
welcome. It is only among the pioneers
that real welcomes occur. Jack swept
Spoof into the house, and I turned our
own oxen out and put his In the stable.
We were soon to learn the cause of
Spoofs absence from our threshold
for a full three weeks. It seemed that
to protect his extensive supply of per¬
sonal effects Spoof had bought a pad¬
lock for bis shack, and one frosty
morning this padlock fell to the
ground. Spoof picked it up, and, wish¬
ing to use his hands for some other
purpose, thrust the iron link of the
lock In his mouth, thinking to hold It
there a moment. He had no trouble i
holding it, but suddenly found to his !
dismay The that he couldn’t give it upl J
frost in the Iron had, igith an
effect very much like fire, seared his
tongue and hung on so tenaciously
that when at last he wrenched It out
ft carried some of the flesh of that
tender organ with it.
‘‘I couldn’t speak,” Spoof explained,
In telling »f his misfortune, “and there
were so many things I needed to say
just then.”
His predicament had been bad
enough. For several days he had been
unable to eat. “So I’ve come over
here to make up for it,” he added.
After the first outburst over Spoof’s
arrival had subsided an embarrassing
silence yawned across the path of our
conversation. There were great things
to be said and no one to say them.
The girls glanced shyly at each other,
and at us, and Jack, by pantomime
behind Spoof’s back, sought to convey
the information that I was elected
spokesman. So for lack of prepara¬
tion I plunged in bodily as one may
take a cold dip when he lacks the will
power to do It slowly.
“Jack and I have also had a mis
fortune, of a sort,” I said. “We, too,
have lost the use of our organs of
speech, permanently.”
Spoof narrowed his eyebrows quiz¬
zically. “Then my ears make up for
It,” he said. “I hear you as usual.”
“It Isn’t in effect yet,” I explained.
“We are to be married at Christmas.
Behold the parties of the first part,”
and I waved a hand at Jean and Mar¬
jorie while I turned a phrase of Jake’s
to good account
Spoof sprang to his feet. “Oh, by
Jove, how wonderful! What lucky
dogs! Your pardon, ladles, that my
first word was to them; I fear my
envy outweighed my good manners—If
I have any left A bachelor’s shack Is
not exactly a school of polite behavior.
It is my visits at Fourteen which have
saved me from becoming quite a sav¬
age. I—I feel that I should make a
speech.”
He was as good as his word. Mount¬
ing a chair he gave us a bantering dis¬
sertation on the joys and perils of mar¬
ried life, to which we listened with
much seriousness. But underneath,
and running through his words, was
something which all his banter did not
hide. Spoof was playing the game,
but I wondered how many little yellow
devils were skewering his heart.
The practical part of It was Spoofs
ready offer of his help in arranging de¬
tails. The problems of securing the
services of a minister and buying the
marriage licenses demanded attention.
Even so ethereal a thing as marriage
cannot entirely escape the humdrum
of the material, but it was a time when
we felt strangely Incapacitated for the
commonplace. We were flying too high
for earthworms; larks or eagles were
our prey.
Jack suggested that we had thought
of driving to the nearest railway sta¬
tion, some thirty miles distant, for the
ceremony. We understood that a min¬
ister was located there and that the
young man who ran the poolroom wu
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
GEORGIA—Mitchell County. order
Under and by virtue of an
granted by the court of Ordinary of
said county, at the November Term,
1925, held on the first Monday in No¬
vember, 1925, on an application for
leave to sell certain real estate be¬
longing to the estate of J. P. McRee,
deceased, late of said county; there
will be sold before the\ court house
door in the city of Camilla, Tuesday Mitchell
County, Georgia, on the first
in December, 1925,' at public bidder, outcry, be¬
to the highest and best
tween the legal hours of sale, the fol¬
lowing described property, to-wit:
All the undivided interest belonging
to’ the estate of J. P. McRee^deceased, parcel of land,
in and to that tract or
lying and being in the town of Bacon
ton, County of Mitchell and State of
Georgia, in the ninth (9th) land dis¬
trict, being and containing five (5)
acres, more or less, and being more
particularly described as follows:
Facing East on the Dixie Highway
two hundred fifty and one-half (250-
1-2) feet, more or less, and extending
back westward five hundred and twen¬
ty eight (528) feet and being bounded
on the north by lands generally
known as the Henley estate lands,
on the east by the Dixie Highway find
a parcel of land owned by the Atlan¬
tic Coast Line Railroad Company, on
the south by said parcel of Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company and a
street and on the west by lands of
G. W. Hobbs. The land is more par¬
ticularly described by survey recorded
in Deed Book 28, page 554 in the of¬
fice of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Mitchell bounty, Georgia.
This November 4, 1925.
MRS. J. P. McREE,
As Administratrix of the
estate of J. P. McRee, deceased.
Intrusted with the duty of Issuing naBfc
rlage licenses. He carried a smalt
stock of tobacco as an auxiliary to hk
pool business and a small stock «f
jewelry as an auxiliary to his tobacce
business and a small stock of wedding
licenses as an auxiliary to ,hls jewetrj
business.
“It would take you two days to make
that trip with old Buck and Bright,"
Spoof protested. “Perhaps more;
they're soft with being stall-fed and
may quit altogether on the road, and
you may not find a convenient armful
of hay with which to fix them. Fancy
having to send word, ‘Wedding post¬
poned on account of the Indisposition
of Buck and Bright!’ No, you must
leave all these things to me. You
boys are too busy with—much more
Important business—to be worried
about details.”
Spoof made his plans joyously. If
he was not happy at heart over the
fact that Jean was to marry me no one
could have read it In his face. He
would have a minister, he would have
licenses, he would have wedding rings
—leave it all to him.
A wdek later he came puffing across
the crusted prairie, in broad-soled Can¬
adian felts.
“Admire my scows,” he commanded,
as he hove them into view. “Twin
schooners of the deep—”
“Traveling In bullast,” Jack inter¬
rupted.
“Nay, laden with good tidings. Ah,
there she breaks out a line of signals,”
and Spoof started to wig-wig a mes¬
sage which none of us could decipher.
“ ‘I fear thee, Ancient Mariner,’ ”
said Jean, “but what, are you driv¬
ing at?”
“Just this, that the contract Is let
to one John Locke, minister, the low¬
est, and, In fact, the only bidder. He
will be .aided and abetted by an indi¬
vidual called Reddy, for reasons which
will be obvious when you see him.
Reddy, like Jake, appears to harbor
no surname, although no doubt for offi¬
cial purposes he signs something to the
marriage license. They will be out by
midafternoon Christmas day, and the
ceremony will take place in the main
drawing room of my country residence
on section Two. Carriages at four
thirty. You see, I lost no time In go¬
ing to town—”
"You to town, with those ‘bullocks'
of yours!” Jack exclaimed. “And you
libeled Buck and Bright by suggest
ing—"
“I went to town, but not behind my
bullocks. There are some things I
will not do, even for so great a friend¬
ship as I bear for thee. I had a driver
and a spanking team of mules.”
“Mules? Whose?"
“Our American friend, Burke, lent
his team and himself for the occasion.
The fact Is he had misgivings about
lending the team without himself, so
he came along. He was afraid I would
not treat the mules diplomatically. fur¬
Nothing, I assure you, was, or Is,
ther from my intention. But, my word,
such language! Driving bullocks is
only a beginner’s course compared^
with the demands made upon a mule¬
teer. . . . Burke rose very greatly
in my estimation.”
So we left the details in Spoof’s
hands, glad enough /to be rid of re¬
sponsibility for them.' There was much
to do, and Jack and I found ourselves
banished to Twenty-two while the
girls made use of the shanty on Four¬
teen for operations concerning which
we were permitted to have nothing but
curiosity. Their wedding splendor
must, we knew, be designed with such
skill as Marjorie and Jean possessed
from the best of the clothing they had
brought with them from the
Love may laugh at locksmiths, but It
has to bow to dollars and cents—when
the trousseau Is under consideration.
Money, as Marjorie once remarked,
may be bad for the heart, but it’s good
for the appearance. But there was no
money to be had for this occasion, and
Marjorie and Jean cut their cloth ac¬
cordingly, literally as well as figura¬
tively.
Also, the news had to be broken to
those at home. Each of us wrote a
letter, although, to save postage, we
enclosed them all In one envelope.
There had been little correspondence
since we came to the homesteads,
mainly because we were as yet thirty
miles from a post office, and letters
might lie for a month without a chance
of delivery. But this was something
to be written about
I recall that these was moonlight
Just then, and night on the prairie was
a base of Ivory cupped with an In¬
tangible bowl of blue. Always there
was the nip of frqst in the air, but It
was a nip that was not unpleasant,
and by no means did It succeed In con¬
fining us within doors. During these
bright nights Jean and I took long,
never-to-be-forgotten walks across the
snow-piled, moon-swept plains. I
could feel her firm little figure swaying
with mine in our strong stride across
the wind-packed snow, while our
shadows—our shadow, I should say—
fell In grotesque caricature by our side.
There were moments when we were
very, very close to the Infinity which
bounded us on every hand, and the
wonder of that great, white, silent
ocean would surge into our hearts and
mingle with the wonder of our love.
A quarter of a mile from the shanties
and we were as isolated from all liv¬
ing things as if we had been let down
In the midst of the Polar sea, or drawn
by some mighty spirit Into the farthest
void of space. Even the boisterous
wind paid attention enough to blur our
footprints out behind us and so com¬
plete that sense of infinity of isolation,
We were so tremendously alone that it
seemed the world was full of our¬
selves and God.
But a gaunt phantom of doubt and
uncertainty Stalked us even on those
moonlit walks.
TO BE CONTINUED.