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SLe %J Sua L* ML. Thr?f ?ig Experiences Shi . Enacted in Real J Cuni That "truth "de stranaer than fie-, t^n;'.'l?.a truij?in arjr;;trfte ?that <|t la hoKfBal?i.to ?tor, lt* welty.' But lt Lev?*, the woaderrul serial Jilin which is now hoing released by the TJatver- j sol Film Manufacturing Company. For, Lucila Love; tho CIrl of Mystery, la founded on foctoVund-. these facts oe-! cu red In the, life of a girl of sixteen ] year.! of ?ge. with the usual highly de-1 vclopod feminine sense of the roman tic", wbich had not been dulled ?y ?? few years on the ?fege. And today this.same young woman, whose name lo (.'race Cunard, is playing the lead in tho him which Itt rounded on her own ?.?xperience. it.ls not often that ?"women is for tunate, or unfortunate, . enough ro 1 experience in her own life a thrilling1 s?ries of events which ?be cen turu j io r.ncli good account' as Grace Cunard ls doing at the present time. To iiav j .boca through a nerve rack ing und OQUI trying experience cl?a? ly ?frecting the hon?r^of one h?ar und dear is like applying the acid j > lo a Jewel. In Miss Cunard's taSc it made a woman out.of a care, ?free but ambitious girl of 16 sum mers. And now ?h? ls turning this ilrst\ taste of life* abd its meaning in to on-e. of th? most exciting and un usda! moving picture drama* ever .eal as to. be appal / bruises, uf?h-' tal ; ;; woll a? physical and Misa Cun ard.cbtt look back with equanimity at tho present_liihe ?pori a three months v;u-.atton which seemed -life a lifetime of pain, anguish, and siclfcentng ?hx?;j ...-ty. . . I ^ery Ulllp of the news. In connec rinn with ino evems o? that ." temb?e numtner ever became public abd lt. in for that reason that all the chai r.oters in Lucile Lov?, who are drawn from real life, ave lu a measure dis orlglnal story and call tb*> characters hy. their righi, uamss from Hoeing* ?he :>v.\ which are exhibited weakly, so iii bas' Mlss'.Camird dom* ber work, ?r lt waa Miar Cunard herself who lo a : In ? rom I aee^i ledge, Uid> lng pictures and Bbe li least ono protoplay a. 1 at>. : A great many ot t ritten for her own use Well knott Jin aetra poarance "Dora Th work anc Patches" A awn on tSs^ Screen Were Life srd By Grace only one year did and all U?r 'girlhood associations aro concerned with. Co lumbus, Ohio. Bat she is French at hiarl and--*? we ber -parents, no what should he more natural than that I she should spend her first real holiday ?In Paris, che center'of the world to a Frenchman. AW to Paris she went wtih a tired body but a aptrit in which anticipation' mad- the Journey seem as long as lt dm to Coturnhus, when she orosaed frorr the otherside. Little did 'She-'guess </ii?t* waa before ber. For centuries her people had been promi nent in army rcftreles In France and many of them hail attained high rank. The relatives', with whom Misa Cunara' wa* to spend her holiday, were army people and'Her^jg^ajr's brother was ' an officer in a noten' French regiment, j Thlfc reglmenfcteas' detailed to service In northern Africa whercJ*ranco, Qer ? many^ft&aw apMItiay 'were all c?n Irenaln^ wttb em other and with the ^ArafsraemmVfc^ for torrl l-he women-df^this officer's;.family '^^?^w^?^^r^^0'- Atfff?rsvrv!1'here there waa-^amall 'foreign colony and where they ? tbought""tht^^w?aW'alp perfectly sai?. Grace Cunard's uncle was much opposed to haying the wom el In Africa at all; particularly dur ing the. hot sefrs?h, and be disliked especially to take the responsibility ? of having bia American relative in 's' f.'nc-i: where he could'a^it look out for ?'iCr ..ci.ii"-ty rt.? ,;cr ..-vuiu TTTTI ?- one ?V home. But Miss Cunard herself prov ed ps ?c?i^S?i???s;; factor. Bn? was no anxious io go'to Algiers that she swayed tba whblo family. She says ? timt^-vraVher own fault that Hi:e was^one of the actors in one of the most'daring attempts at besmirch ing th (j character 6f ,a responsible per rini, ev?r- made. She Just would no. so ft cha?ced-nia? Gr?ce Cunard Wfen to Africa abd lb a alago where " Wai enacted' such a drama as bo theatre ever played. It was too Bwift to be caught by a dramatist;, too vital to be''"Wiheh.bered,wf?h anything but ? shudder'. H conreri.cd tbM inragriW cf an officer and lt' was fully months bifore tho attempt wa? tin al ly frustrated. The central charaeee,r?s. weer ?W In ? state of collapse be fore it was oyer apd Mise Cunard was sent back to America a nervous wreck instead of a reated-up young actress. At..this; date.4t ^ould/.,.bo fatalf^J it misunderstandrnj far been avoided, i mer waa tbat Grace Cunard went into ? ?m.-ving- pictures. ; Hue waa a?rt physi cally able t" .?turn fr? the ?iram acte | athge, a Mend suggested that abe try moving pictures, and'aa the friend hap pened to ba a director of tue Blogra erfmpany her advent to the ?cr?ent jd, Always of an' net Ive turn of miad i Miss Cunard socu began to write her own scenaros and aa tbs pain-of the r^collecflon of tho experiences of her foreign summer wore of "f sh e. found; herself thinking more and more- about ? making them the Subject matter ol a*! big feature production. But whdgylttha^ explained hm- plan to Sir. 'Frans ta Ford, who is the director o? tho Gold ! (August. Ga.. Herald) . It. ls not tho purpose of the writer to reopen any oid wounds inane it} tho hearts of th.* people or this great country during that awful perito?Tra" American history when the North Was arrayed against tho South, when hro?ier fought against brother ans t?rher Sgainet eon in many Instances. All of that has been obscured by the tide of time and half a century iii? elapsed, bud more, since the beginning of. the awful carnage. It ta a* reunited .Aan.try now ana the veterans Itt grey march side Ijy aide with tba men who fought ander Grant and McClellan. However", there has been Sir mush aid "by his enrSnies" about Woodrow Wilson hot being a real Soctherh man that the Writer proposes to shoW that Wilson c?utd hardly hnv? jhee? ?tr)r mofo Southern than he ls. Dr. Jb?peh Wtbhm, hts father waa' called tb"th? pastorate of the Pl nit Presbyterian church of Augusta Itt 1868. ?nd remained here dunn*? ibm ?tarring times Immediately' pre**dja?i UJ?^wa-h' throughout 'that fearful struggle; and b? remame* hete hatti 1S70 abd saw. much ot the" tertlbW reeobstrUcUon period. Dr. Wilson waa gs ?r?eot champion of the cause of th?"Bdni?> ' i?l8!^0'nn ?- North, one of the oldest members of th? Presbyterian church agya ^remembers distinctly a ser v....... .... T. ttiTuJK %mzmiiT7*t . via . the separation of the Northern and j S?utuvr?i x-ii.-sbytorian churches; ur. Wilson waa emphatic lr? hts deenya* tlons that the Southern members of the church should dissolve' ita con?1 nection with the Northern Presbyte rian church. Air. North, by the way, ia an en thusiastic admirer of Woodrow Wil son aud believes-that the Democrats can win with him as th el Pleader. He thinks thfct t.he Republicans1 badly split and that the former Augusta boy -um whom the Democrats 1 In regard to Dr. Wilson and the Confederate cause, it is said of bun that ou One Sunday morning during t&e^War a message was received that General Xe? needed ammunition, pr. Wilson read a request from ,.<M?.' Kaines, commandant at the Augusta arsenal for the ladies and all Others tb go to the arsenal and help t?- g^ a efrain load of amniunltion r*'a<!y to bo shipped to Virginia iha't. nifeht. Ho cut hf^iterv?ee* short and sgld thai all Augustans who were not af the front worked all day Sun day gettt&g ?mt?rUu?ion te?dy for Lea. Vr"n?u ur. wilson waa pastor' of 'the Angostachurch tn 1881 a session waa b?T?h?bd a' resolution offered by1 Mt. Nortbem" Prcsbytorhia* "when ~*th ey IllMK AM) PALL OP THE ii. K. K. A Historical Survey of TronblotH Times by fine Who Knows. (Kroin an old copy of th? Yorkvlllo .Yeoman.) ^|J$?J8h to correct a little error in a previous, letier that waa a silp o? mv memory, when 1 said that T. J. Bell, i?sq., of Ycrkville, was one of tho Tcrugees vninirg Merrill's reign. X gg?^<*B?r Vivid-reeoUe<ij?? of J?Sv Bel? d?rb?g thoiW! days and know , thal he waa . at home and one of the rn^it irk-ada that roany of the prisoners : . ... . <.- -. -: r:- . gos. Merril) s promise to release1 al twenty prisoners oa Hoad whom Was mu^eeediafe for. sud afterwt a friend. I notice that fOuv Clay, Couuly cor respondent-says that h* foidv? (Hen ry TOUtams*) sveased mole that M*r iS-t?e male he lent Wc^ow I^I^ Jb Net a Real ? In Sj'rnoa&y Wjtf? Movement to passed a r?eola?fba -providing for all ?'rasby torteas" tcy^?aerve tho integrity t she United Stales and .denouncing thV war tfieh being waged by the North against the South an being moat unjust , The ?easton was held on An et 8, 18?3, and the next day at a ?a. m-.'3oS6pn Jones, the Augus ta seagate, presented the resolution I adopted* Ot tho Auguste aeaSlon. A short timo afUtrthat a meeting of all the Presbyterians of the South was called r0 ^ugpita 'and the Southern PreWrytorian church formed. I Tn*rfoniHrt?fnrrc^ lutfe? passed unanimously by the Au gusta session. ^ber??s. the: tieueral Assembly UteWliiWJfurtah church of the Untied States of America during ita late sos W?jHKWty of Philadelphia, adopted the fc?Ow?ag resolution by a large majority, to-wlt: y'msoiyod That in the Judgment of this assembly it I* tho duty of mern hun under ita cate to W&ijjifyB-their power to premote ant' perpetual o the integrity of the United Strtlee and to Ktrengrhen, uphold and eocounage ?fife General government In the just exercise of ail its functions under-Our noble constitution. And whereas, the resolution waa adopted In the face of the fact that Otir state rights had formait/ seceded on amr nareen wno omer? in forains the Confederate Rt nt?-, nt Maurlee "thereby absolving ua by the laws of God and man from all alle giance to" the Uwlie^- Staten of; Amor Therefore, be it resolved, first, That tbe session of this church sol emnly and *n thc fear of God, do here n or the nen*} er?iI Assembly, ns-necessitating an act of treason on our part toward our own molding the govern d States" ls waging ust and unrighteous . personal go nd us binding upon .-Mich n against both God the opinion of the aa fully come when goYornmenl a ment of y,*ue '*! our couscfenc ^oVtejraiHB end man. 'Sacor!',' session t&c rh ttl ? f>hiii*??J?n? j ant dbjict we respectfully and eura-1 [. u i^'v1?Li!hlJ>r^8lvt*r7 of **?p?- j [necessary notion i?~t&e* premi ses''In os early date aa possible. ! j -"^Lr -K COI>y ?r> this.1 be sent I jw trix- mOuTu^ior o? tito Hopovven ; j Hamp as pilot, about.. 12 o'clock one^ Bowen, N , B? Campbell and James i Barnett. After catching Owen about] -' o'clock, they scoured tho riYor bills for -Campbell until daylight. ArViving at Barnett's about' daylight they carno In asking -for Barnett, "arid ' found Campbell eating- his breakfast Tl?ev asked where Barnett was and Camp bell replied that he was In Arkansas, and had not been at home'since'he ? ?amp" ap" at ?he road W . that Campbell was the man they had j b-icn looking for all night and they' conversation bo? ecutdt' t make much speed swallowing, aa be expected lo see Hamp every m?nate, Hamp would f hay? identified*him-at a glatfca. .ny on? acquainted with these roR tF? wa* brought about by Gen. Scott jaonding our arms t?t?-different sec I tf?ns of the state, ?nd ai 1 who suffer red frnm rioafi -?an j?sre unyie??ls* 4o Icientspc ?a Banldly I Vt?-' i sew aye-j "And always, always scuded that horrible his^ ^ici,-the somd of ^bridl^ \hr eyes tej? w $m i p??. mm? no^lii wiuch leaped playful reddish flames. Now and :tpgi a figure would' dart toward the rafl and lunge ove^bai?, the |$die$ striking theater in great circles t?i?t lost themseWe? in one pother. She was conscious of her heavy clothing sodden with water ; was con^iou? pf - lack of suppo?fc Sqtoe?h^ long and wooden tiltil against her ?nd mst?nc ter %gersi cached the oar which floated cut to her from their boat which had been tossed and cnish^al*?!^ :fjhp-h^^ from the sec?m ornent of "hu??e Love, the (Mri of ^tiery"