In Stepp v. Farm & Home Life Ins. Co., 222 Ga. App. 257, 259 (2) (474 SE2d 108) (1996), the attorney for the applicant testified that he caused the foreclosures to be advertised in the legal organ of the county at issue, identified the publisher's affidavits of publications, and affirmed that the ads ran four times during the month that preceded the foreclosure. The Court concluded that the affidavits were not hearsay but were "competent proof of the facts recited therein, namely the contents of the advertisement and the dates of publication."