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CT AtW UILI 8) JEBEll S. C., 1~ AnTTITT)165. EWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1894. ___ PRICE $1.50 A YEAR THE COrSTABLES BLAMED. The Finding of Governor Tillman's Spe daly Invented Military Jury to Hear the Evidence at the Coroner's Inquest in the DarIIngton Trouble. The Columbia and Charleston news papers print the detailed report of Brigadier General Riebbourg regarding the operations at Darlington, giving much of the correspondence between the Governor and himself. Included in it is the report of the military court of eoquirY appointed under. Governor Tillman's orders to sit with the jury of inquest. It is.as follows: "DARLINGTON, S. C., April 5,1894. "Brgadier General R. N. Richbourg, Commanding troops, Darlington S. C.: "The undersigned having been ap pointed by you to constitute a military court of inquiry, under orders of Gov eraorTilliman, commander-in-chief, to sit with the jury of inquest in session at the Coast Line depot, said inquest being for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of death of Frank E Nor ment, R. H. Pepper and Lewis Red mond: - "We have the honor to report that we attended the inquest, askingthrough the coroner such questions as we thought proper, and heard all the testi mony. We have reached the following conclusions therefrom: "The sad tragedy which ended in the death of the three- men above named had its origin In a fight between two young men of the town of Darlington -Rodgers and Floyd. They met at the depot and after a few w-1rds engaged in fisticufft, in which Rodgers was whipped. At the fight one J. D. Mc Lendon, a State constable, was the friend and backer of Floyd, having a good deal to say to encourage the fight. After the fight Rodgers went up town and returned with several friends. About the same time the chief of police of the town arrived at the depot. Rod gers began cursing Floyd, and at the same time pointing to McLendon, said that he had aided Floyd, using very opprobrious epithets, to which Mc Lsndon replied in very Jorcible langu age. The chief of policearrested Rod gers and Floyd and for the moment had order restored. Mr. Sorment and one or two other citizens pointed to Mfc Lendon and said that he was responsi ble for the whole matter. Norment called McLendon a d-d s-n of a b-. McLendon replied that he would not take that and immediately drew his revolver and fired at Norment. Imme diately some six or eight citizens drew their pistols and the constables drew their pistols and began firing at each other, several of the constables using Winchester rifles. Wa firmly believe that had-McLendon not in.terfered, the chief of police would have had no trouble in preserving order and avert iug the tragedy. We'deem it unneces sary to state all of the testimony, as the copy of the same will be trans mitted to your headquarters and to the commander-in-chief. "We conclude from, the evidence that Frank E. Norment came to his death in Darlington, S. C., on the 33th day of March, 1894, from the effect of a gun shot wound inflicted by one J. D. Mc Lendon and that the said killing was felonious murder, and that W. P. Gail lard, C. B. McDowell, J. C. Murphy, J. L. NunnamnakeriR. M. Gardner, John Felder, 3. M. Scott, L. -H. Mc Cants, William Livingston, 0. C. Cain, E. C. Black, J. W. Holloway, W. H. Bryson, Jack Holling and Wash Owens are accessories. "We conclude that R. H. Pepper came to his death at the same time and place from the effect of a gunshot wound inflicted by one Lewis Redmond and that the said Lewis Redmond came to his death at the hands of 0. ~C. Cain and that said killing was felonious murder. Redmond was run ning from the constables and Cain shot him in the back with a Winchester rifle. All of whieb is respectfully sub mitted. "3. A. MOONEY, "Capt. and Chm'n Court of Inquiry. "H. J. HARVEY, Captain, ."3. C. CooPER, Sergeant. "A. D. MJLsTED, Corporal. "F. H. DANTzLER, "Fort Motte Guards." AFTER THE MILITIA. Governor Tmlman Intimates That There Are to be Plenty or omBeers Court martialed-The First Man. [The State, 13th.~1 The State authorities have begun to move against the military companies which declined to obey the orders of the Governor during the recent trouble. Yesterday the following order was pre pared by Adjutant-General Farley and it will be sent to all companies in the State which did not respond to the Governor's call: "You are hereby ordered to collect all arms and equipments, uniforms and other military property belonging to the State that have been entrusted to you, or in tbe possession of your com pany, put them in your armory or some convenient place and hold the same subject to orders from these head quarters, reporting the number and caracter of same to me. "Your attention is respectfully called to section 426 and 427 of the revised statutes in regard to the militia laws of the State. "By order of the Governor, "H. L. FARLEY. "Adjutant and Inspector General. "Official: 3. GARY WATTs. "Asst. Adjt. and Ins. Gen. "To-" iesterday Lieut. T. B. Wood ward of tpe 4,norenci Guards, Aiken Coun ty, sent in his resignation. The Gov ernor refused to accept it and told Gen. Farley to notify Lieut. Wood ward that he could not resign while under orders, and that a court martial would be ordered to try him and all other officers who refused to obey orders. Governor Tillman yesterday made public the stenographic testimony taken at the coron'r's inquest in Dar lington recently. The matter is entire ly too voluminous for any newspaper to attempt to publish. There are about 150 pages of typewritten matter. All the constables told pretty much the same story and they swear that young Norment, who was killed, fired the first shot. Col. John Gary Watts is preparing a report of all the military affairs inci dent to the "insurrection," as faras the Columbia end of the line is concerned. It will also give a statementof the guns taken away from the Columbia, Char leston and other troops. It will be made public this afternoon. Governer Tillman yesterday after noon offered the press an opportunity to copy every telegrom he sent out during the entire trouble. The mass of telegrams was so great that it was im possible for any of them to be handled yesterday. The most important will, however, very likely be published from time to time. GOOD ADVICE FROM CRaNKS. A Letter From the Peace Society to Gover nor Tillman-PeaCe Better than Blood shed for South Carolina. [Special to News and Courier ] CoLUMBIA, April 12.-President Alfred H. Love, of the Universal Peace Union, comes to the front with some new ideas of arbitration of the dispensary trouble, and writes Gover nor Tillman to this effect: Governor Tillman and Citizens of South Carolina-Respected Friends: A portion of young fellow citizens, orga nized as the Universal Peace Union, feel drawn to you in sympathy and a common interest in your trial hour. It is not our intentionto criticise the maintenance of law by your Execu tive, for he hascovenauted to maintain and execute the law, and we all admire the fulfilment of an obligation: neither is it so much our intention to criticise an expression of opinion of dissent from certain laws if those laws are not acceptable or popular, for it is a right we uphold and enjoy to express our opinions, but it is felt to be an oppor tune moment for us to urge upon you all the consideration of love, justice and charity, and especially to implore those who would violently :oppose the law to be patient and to abide by enactments and seek their amendments or abolition through the peaceable and potent means of the ballot. What the ballot makes the ballot can unmake. If the bullet destroys life the bullet cannot restore life. Especially do we want to present the better way of settling difficulties by arbitration, instead of having military force as a reserve tribunal, to have Courts of arbitration. From the reports we have received we find history has repeated itself, in so far that the military refused to act under of your Governor and that he ad recourse to volunteers. We may admire the surrendering of arms rather than using them against the Government; but what we wish to emphasize as a thought for the future and one more in accordance with our American idea, thoroughly Republi an and Democratic, is that deadly force is unreliable. Our people will think for themselves. One class shrinks from firing upon another class of our fellow citizens, and that the military system is not a guarantee of loyalty, but is a dangerous and an unreliable element. In your zeal and wisdom, good friends, will you not live in peace, preserving life, liberty and happiness, which will insure prosperity? Let us all strive to establish wise and impar tial aribitration for the ruinous, uncer tain and wicked military system. On behalf of the Universal Peace Union, A LFRED H. LovE, President. P. S.-A pril 6, 1894.-Although~ our latest information indicates that there is at least a cessation of hostilities, if not a restoration of order, and we believe a isbanding of the soldiers, we submit oes it not leave a sting behind? Is not the loss of life and treasury un cessary as it is sorrowful. Will it not incite evergone to arm, and ereate rilitary spirit that will induce the forming of rifle companies and brigades? s not the time opportune to submit the potent and practical influences of reason and humanity as exemplified by ourts of arbitration? We appeal for this and submit the proposition to your calm and earnest onsideration. A. H. L. I Already Convinced. [From Puck.) Mother (wishing to draw a moral) And he said, "Father, I cannot tell a Son-Humnph! Of course he couldn't -standin' there with the hatchet in his hand and chips on his clothes! The Superiority )f Hood's Sarssparilla is due to the tremendous amount of brain work and onstant care used in its preparation. Try one bottle and you will be con vinced of its surperiority. It purifies the blood which, the source of .health, cure's dyspepsia, overcomes sick head aches and billiousness. It is just the edicine for you. Hoon's PILLs are purely vegetable, car'fuly prepared from the best in 7gredient. A HERO DEAD. General Joseph B. Kershaw Passes Awa3 A Soldier Without Fear and a Man Without Reproach, His Death Will be Mourned Througb out the South. LSpecial to Journal.] CAMDEN, April 12 -Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw died last night at 10:30 o'clock, aged seventy-two. He was the mosi beloved and distinguished citizen o1 this community. The funeral services will be held to morrow afternoon at the Episcopal church. He was postmaster here and was en gaged in completing the Confederate records of South Carolina soldiers. STATE OFFICIALS TO ATTEND. Governor Tillman and all the State House officials will leave to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock for Camden to at. tend the funeral. Chief Justice Mclvei to-day telegraphed a message of con dolence to the family of General Ker. shaw. General Kershaw was born in K?r. shaw County and was a grandson of a distinguished Revolutionary soldier, He graduated at the South Carolins College and commenced the practice of law at Camden. He entered the Pal metto Regiment under Col. Dickinson and was distinguished for personal gallantry in all the battles of the Mexi. can war in which that splendid com mand participated. Before the beginning of the late war he became a leading citizen of Kershaw County and was a representative in the Legislature. He entered the late war as Colonel of the Second South Carolina Volunteers and took a conspicuous part in the bat. tle of First Manassas. Subsequently he was promoted to Brigadier and then Major General and was engaged in all of Lee's campaigns except when he was sent with Long street's corps to reinforce Bragg at Chicamauga. Afterwards he served in the ill-starred campaign against Knox ville. Though foremost in every fight General Kershaw was fortunate enough never to be wounded. General Kershaw was trusted and be loved by his men and enjoyed the marked respect and admiration of Gen. eral Lee who often imposed upon him the performance of important and diffi cult commissions. General Kershaw was elected a judge soon after the Democrats came into power in '76 and remained on the bench until last year, having de^lined to stand for re-election when the Legisla ture met in '92. He was recently appointed postmaster at Camdei. He was a devout communicant of the Episcopal Church. SOUTH CAROLINA ROAD SOLD. Bought in by W. H. Peckhamn for First Mortgage Bondholders, But Charles ton's Hope is in Rumor That the L.. a N. Wil Control It. CHARELESTON, April 12.-In pursu. asce of the decree of the United States Court, made last December, the South Carolina Railway was sold at public auction at 11' o'clock to-day. A large number of prominent financiers were present at thesale, but little excitement attended the bidding. The road was sold to Wheeler H. Pekham of New York, who repre sented a syndicate of first mortage bondholders, for $1,000,000 with which to discharge prior liens and outstanding indebtedness. The price paid virtually amounts to something less than .$7, 000,000. The Louisville and Nashville system, which owns about $900,000 worth of second mortgage bonds, was repre sented at the sale by 3. H. Probst, but he took no part in the bidding. There are rumors to the effect that there is an understanding between the first mort gage bondholders and the Louisville and Nashville people by which the lat ter may ultimately centrol the pro perty. Mr. Peckham deposited a check for $100,000 with Receiver Chamberlain, acting as special master, and the re mainder of the purchase money will be paid within twenty days. A E'evolutionary Heroin. One of the most heroic actions in the history of the Revolutionary times was that of Marion Gibbs, a thirteen-year old girl, who lived on a plantation near Charleston, in the State of South Caro lina. Marion's father had been a brave soldier in the Continental ,army, and been horribly wounded by a cannon ball, which left him a cripple for life. Shortly after the invasion of .Char leston, the British soldiers under Cononel Tarleton ravaged the sur rounding country, stealing the horses of the planters, and setting fire to their barns and homes. One morning while Mrion was busily employed with her spinning wheel, one of the plantation slaves made his appearance in the room where the young housekeeper was at work, and in great excitement begged his mistress to hurry to the swamp as the English soldiers were nearirg the house, adding that they bad already fired some of the buildings and shot several of the negroes who attempted to escape. Hastily summoning the servants, Marion had her father and the chil dren conveyed to a hiding place in the swamp but a short distance away, and directed the negro nurse to get the baby, and join them whdle she should get together a few needed articles. As soon as the red coats of the soldiers were obqerved approaching through e orchard. Mar-ion slipped out of the rear door and sped away to the retreat provided for this emergency. Upon joining the frightened grc up our little heroine discovered that the nurse and the baby bad not been seen by any one in the party. Without uttering a word she darted back along the intricate path that led through the lonely morass, fear and distress adding wings to her feet. Upon emerging from the gloomy forest she beheld the house in flames, and surrounded by soldiers, while flying towards her and wringing her hands in agony came Aunt Dinah, who sobbed out: "Honey, honey! is you not got de babby? Aunt Dinah jes stop one minute ter go ter de wash-house fo' de babby's clo'es an' when she go back de hous all on fire! Oh! tell me, honey: is you got de babby?" The next moment a little form flashed between the ranks of the dragoons, .nd disappeared within the structure, from which greedy tongues of flames were spitefully thrust out of doors and windows, accompanied by rplling volumes of black smoke. Before the startled soldiers had finished their cries of consternation, Marion reap peared, bearing in her burnt, brave little arms a white bundle, from which a child's frightened cry was heard as the heroic girl once more rushed away in the direction of the swamp. Instead of impending her fight, the English soldiers swung their hats and cheered her until the dark forest hid her from their view.-From Harper's Young People. rrohibition, Dispensary, Etc. To the Editor. of The Herald and News: In these days when there is so much discussion of the liquor question, whether it is better to have Dispensa ries, Prohibition, High License or Free Drinks. and whether wine is the fer mented or unfermented juice of the grape, it may be well to call the atten tion of all interested in the matter and sureif all are-to the instructions of one of the wisest and best lawgivers of all times to his people. He had de livered them from bondage to an alien race; bad safely led them through many dangers to the borders of a good land into which they were about to enter, and now, in a long and affec tionate farewell address, he recapitu lates the dangers through which they bad passed; the enemies they had fought and conquered, and promises them that, at some time, soon after they had possessed that good land wbich had long been promised them and to which they were going, their God, who loved them, and who had led them, and would never forsake them, would put his name in some place and make it holy,where he would abide and meet them when they went up to worship with their families and rejoice before him. He says: "Thou shalt truly tithe all the Increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thopu mayest learn to fear. he Lord thy God always. And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not' able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, whbich the Lord thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee; Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose; And thou ~shalt bestow that money for whatso ever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for urine, or for strongq drink, or for whatsoever thy soul de sireth, and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt re bjoice, thou, and thine household." Deut. xiv : 22-26. This was the way and manner in which a great religious' festival of the people of God was to be celebrated. They were to assemble at thbe holy place named, eat and drink and rejoice be fore him. This exhortation gave the people to whom it was addressed no warrant for indulgence in gluttony and drunkenness; but it was an exborta lion to eat and drink wine and strong drink before the Lord, and to rejoice and make merry with their families before him. The eastern people were, perhape, never given to excesses in the use of wine and strong drink, like the nations of western Europe, and if the descend ants of the Saxons, Scandinavians and others of the great Teutonic family, in this country, cannot be kept sober with out choking, it is.better to choke them a little. Yes,-choke them a little, but it is well at all times to avoid fanati cism. Madame Roland, a great and wise woman, when about to die ex claimed: "0 Liberty! what crimes have been committed in thy name." In the name of Religion and of God the earth haa often been wet with blood. PEACE. Declined the Job. Especial to The State.] DARLINGTON, A pril 1.-Mr. George Bland was to-day offered the position of dispensary agent in this place and declined. Mr. Bland is one of the very best citizens of Dlarliugton, a man of high principles and sterling intergrity and would have conducted the business admirably to the satifaction of all parties. Mr. Yeldell is still on the lookout for some suitable person for the place. The Deacon's Misinformation. (From the Industrial World.1 A crusty old Welch Deacon was asked for the loan of the schoolroom for a concert. He granted the request n the ground that no comic songs should be sung. The concert took place, and "Ta-ra-ra boom-de-aye" was sung. The Welsh Deacon's curiosity was aroused by the applause. He asked what "Ta-ra-ra boom-de-aye" ment, and he was told that it was Greek for Halellwia. Sunday was th'e hurch anniversary. The preacher held forth and the Deacon began shouting "Amen, amen, dioleb iddo," &c., and all present were convulsed when he burst out "Ta-ra-ra boom-dc-aye." ZEB VANCE IS DEAD! A Stroke of Apoplexy Ends a Brilliani Life. WASHINGTON, April 14:--Senator Zebulon Vance, of North Carolina, iied at his residence, 1,627 Massa chusetts avenue, at 10:45 to-night. The Senator had not been in good health for the year and in the early part of the present session of Congress :a com pelled to abandon his Senatorial duties and take a trip to Florida in the hope of recuperating. His trip proved bene ticial and on his return to Washington he was able for a while to partially re sume his official duties. His improve ment, however, did not continue long and for the last few weeks he has been confined to his home. He was practi cally an invalid, but lately has been able to receive a few intimate friends and superintend the looking after the interests of his constituents. During the past week he has been reported as doing as well as could be expected, and the serious change for the worse to-day was wholly unexpected. Shortly after 11 o'clock to-day he had an attack of apoplexy and became uu conscious, regaining.consciousness only a few minutes before his death. His wife, Thomas Allison, Harry Hartin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vance, Judge and Mrs. Houke and Rev. Dr. Pitzer and Drs. W. W. Johnson and Ruffin were at his bedside when he died. The critical condition of Mr. Vance became known this afternoon and soon inquiries from his many friends in this city were made at the house. Senator Ransom and Representative Hender son of the Seventh North Carolina dis trict and a few other close friends, spent the greater part of the evening in the parlors of the Vance residence and waited anxiously fer tidings from the sick room. They left about half an hour before the Senator died and were notified by messenger of his death. To Repeal the State Bank Tax. WASHINGTON, April 10.-The Dem ocratic caucus to-night reiterated that plank of the national platform which provides for the repeal of the prohibi tory tax on State bank issues. To enable this plank to be executed,.it decided that, when the Brawley bill is called up, an amendment should be offered repealing the ten per cent. tax on State banks, and that the Com mittee on Rules be directed to provide for a full discussion upon this and other amendments. One hundred Representatives were present. Messrs. Warner, Straus, Dan phy, Cummings, and Ryan were the only Naw Yorkers in attendance. Speaker Crisp was also present. Mr. Holman, of Indiana, called the caucus together. All Born in 1809. A wave of great men (or babies that were destined to become great) seems to have swept over the world in 1809. Why they were precipitated upon the world during that particular year will, perhaps, never be known, but it is a fact that the following named histori cal personages count it as their birth year: Lincoln, Gladstone, Darwin, Edgar Allan Poe, Cyrus McCormick, Benjamin Pierce, Alfred Tennyson, Mark Lemon, Jules Fayre, Raphael Semms, Albert Pike and Oliver Wen dell Holmes. It has been asserted that Jefferson Davis was born in 1809, but I find it was in 1808., Death of David Dudley Field. NEW YORK, A pril 13.-David Dud ley Field died suddenly at 3:30 this morning of pneumonia. Great Eailroad Race. [Atlanta Constitution, 12th.] There has not lately been such in terest in a race between two railroad trains in the south as that aroused by the second contest for speed between the Atlantic Coast Line and the Rich mond and Danville. The race was in progress yesterday. It was b'etween the two fast trains of the respective lines, and was for the purpose of testing the time that can be made by the roads between Jackson ville and New York. The Coast Line left Jacksonville at 10:25 o'clock a. m. Wednesday, the Richmond and Danvile at 10:43 o'clock a. mi. on the same day. The Coast Line had 149 passengers, the Rich mond and Danville 206. The two trains each had five coaches and one baggage car. The time of arrival in Washington yesterday morning of the two trains gives the advantage to the Coast Line by one hour and twenty-six minutes. The Coast Line reached the national capital at 7:I9 and the Richmond and Danville entered the car shed of that city at 9 o'clock, sharp. The Richmond and Dsnville, having more people than the Coast Line, had a heavier load, and, more than this, had to stop at Columbia to add another car for the comfortable accommodation of its passengers, thus giving it heavier weight than the other train. Further than this, some unexpected delay was incurred on the Virginia Midland di vision of the road. The'first race that was run by the two lines was a victory for the Richmond and Danville, and it is more than probable that this would have turned out the same way but for the increased weight of the train that went over the Richmcnd and Danville tracks. Since the Richmond and Danville entered the Florida field, it has brought tbehaedule donwn between Jackson ville and the enst to tw%lve hour. quicker speed than has been the rule heretofore. The Richmond and Dan ville has been getting a great share o1 the Florida traffic lately. A RECORD BREAKER. WASHINGTON, April 12.-The "spe cial hotel train" of the Atlantic Coasi Line from St. Augustine, Fla., eii route to New York, which left Jack. sonville at 10:25 yesterday morning, arrived here at 7:19 this morning and started for New York at' 7:30. The run from Jacksonville to Washington in less than twenty-one hours is said tc be unprecedented. Living for Show. What we want in our homes is a much simpler style of honsekeeping, and we shall have it when we learn the great lesson-which is the only r: medy for this matter-to live more for com fort than for ostentation; to live lesi for show and more for substance. There is where the evil lies. We live too much for others; tao much for the world. We fix up our homes altogether too much with the idea of either what the outside world will say of them or to outdo our neighbors. When we reach that point where we shall dis miss a little of that ostentation that is now so prevalent in many of our homes, we shall not only reach a hap pier state for ourselves, but we will remove one-half of the nervous ail ments from which our women are now suffering. It is all well enough to have a pretty home, with rooms filled with dainty bric-a-brac, mirrors, cush ions and ornaments of every sort. But someone must take care of these things, and generally it is not the help we may employ. So far as the orna mentation of our homes is concerned we are overdoing it in the majority of cases anyway. A room tasteful in its rich simplicity is the exception rather than the rule. The greater part of our drawingrooms resemble museums more than anything else, and a man is never so comfortable as when he is out of them. Between kicking something over, or knocking something off, the average man's mind is anything but a tranquil one in the typical modern drawing room. A Get-married-if-you-can Club. [From the Warren Tribune.1 Each girl member must pay into the common fund a certain sum in propor tion to her matrimonial chance, and the member who is last to be married will receive the entire amount. Now there is one member who is but sixteen and another whose age is an unknown quantity. As there are but ten mem bers enrolled in the organization, she of the sixteen summers mus4 pay just ten times as much as the lady 'Whose age isunmentionable. We have posi tive evidence that two of the young ladies'expect to be married in the next decade. A Verdict of S I 5,000 for Madeline Pollard. WASHINGTON, April 14.-The jury in the suit of Madeline Pollard against Col. Breckinridge for $50,000 damages for breach of promise of marriage, has rendered a verdict for Miss Pollard, fixing ~the amount of damages at $15,000. Confederate Veterans' Re-Union, Birming. bham, Ala., April 25th-26th, 1894. The Richmond & Danville Railroad, and The Georgia Pacific Railway, will make special reduced rate of one fare for the round trip for all persons attend ing the Confederate Veterans' Re Union, at Birmingham, Ala., 25th and 26th of this month. This is going to be a great gathering of the old Soldiers and their friends, and the people of Birmingham are expecting many thou sands to be in attendance. The Richmond & Danville and the Georgia Pacific are making prepara tions to handle the Veterans from all along the line in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and the low rate of one fare offered makes it within -reach of all to enjoy the great pleasures on that occasion. Call on any Ticket Agent of the Lines named for full information. southern Baptist Convention, Dallas, Tex., May 11th-15th, 1894. It affords us much pleasure to Invite your attention to the superior advantages of the Georgia Pacific Baiway, the Great Short Line. and its unequaled attractions for your journey on the occasion of the southern Baptist Convention at Dallas. The GeorgIa Pacific Railway from Atlana via Birmingham is the only Line presenting uhoice of ROUTES, and Memphis, 3 RUTS, and Sheeort, .Via Birmingha:r .(and New Orleans. In addition to regular service in Daily Operation, the Georgia Pacific contemplates Special Trains on this great occssion to most comfortably and expeditiously take care of our Baptist friends. Diagrams are now ready, and you should most certainly look out for your own best interest by seeing or communicating withi any Ticket Agent of this Line. or with ~one of the undersigned, before closing your r ragements. 7Be sure you get the nest, ROBT. W. BUNT, Ca As. L. HOPKINs, Tray, Pass. Agt., Tray. Pass. Aqt.. A uguEta, Ga. Charlotte. N. C. N. B.-You understand of course that the srvice returning home ward is also best by rhis Line. Hamelin Knows. LFrom the Boston DailyAdvertiser.] WAsHINGTON, April 9.-I saw As sistaut Secretary Hamilin, Mr. Carlisle's ieutenant, on the street yesterday af ernoon. "I can tell you." he said, "that the Wilson bill is going tbrough he Senate, and more quickly than most people in this vicinity think." amlin ought to know. No Quarter will do you as much good as the one tat buys Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. This is what you get with them. An absolute and permanent cure for Con stipation, Indigeston, Bilious Attacks, ick and Bilious Headache, -and all erangements of the liver, stomach, and bowels. Not just temporary relief, ad then a worse condition afterward -but help that la8ts. Don't hawk, and blow, and spit, but se Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and be SARGE PLV KETT. The Old Man Stuck in the Mud with a Bob. a iled Steer-A Courtship of Ye Olden Time. [From the Atlanta Constitution.] Everybody should get tired o1 "heavy" matters once in a while-I am tired of tariff, of finance and of "hard, hard times." If the coming of spring turns the young man's fan :y to love matters, I can't see why the old should not be ex cused a little on the same line. We like to live over again our "courting days," and it tickles us to think of what fools we were. So bashful, so hard to find words that suited-fools, regular fools, in the light of subsequent revelations. I hummed and hawed and seasawed for two or three years trying to "pop the question," when it could have been d.d in fifteen minutes just as well. After I had worked up courage to arrive at the point it.looked as if I would never get there-I could never get the answer. The old 'oman was mighty shy in her young days and she got me desperate with her shy ness, and to this day she brags that she never did say "yes," and she did not; it was this way. One Sunday after noon we went to old Hebron church to a singing. It struck me that afternoon as I watched that she had a right smart to do and say to other young fellows, and that I was nothing more than a knot on a log. I knew that I had lost twenty-five or thirty-five op portunities of getting some fine girls and was still losing-there was lots of them wanted me. When the singing was over and 1 stood at the buggy hold ing the horse waiting for her to get through talking to three or four young fellows I gritted my teeth and swore right there that I would bring the mat ter to a focus or burst a biler. We started off home after the young men had talked to her as long as they wanted to and I set my eyes to watching the front wheel on the right and never once spoke till we had gone more than a mile. She saw there was something the matter with me, she saw that I meant business about something, and I think she was pretty scared. At last I raised my head and spoke. We were right at the top of a long red hill' and could see away down the road for a mile. I think that my voice had such a ring of business about it as it had never had before, as I turned and said: "See that big pine tree side the road yonder?" "Yes," said she. "That one with the squirrel's nest up at the second limb?" "Yes," she said again. "Well," said I, as I cleared my throat >n an independent sort of way, "if you do not give me my answer before we pass that tree our engagement is off. I've stood this foolishness long enough. Do you understand?" "Yes," said she, with a tremble in her voice. "But," said I, feeling a little sorry for her trembling condition, "if you don't want to say 'yes,' son can just give me your hand. Lay your hand In mine. Do you understand?" "Yes,"said she, and we rode along in silence. "Down the hill we went, and I kept my hand lying open on my left knee. Through the sandbed and up the next hill we were. rolling and not a word Inor a move. My heart was beating fast as we arrived within ten feet of the tree, and I gave It up. When the horse's head was even with the tree I raised the whip to give him a lick, and it would have been a hard one, but I did not strike. Like a fiash she began jabbing her hand in front of me forxme to take and I took ite-that is all the "yes" I ever got, but it did just as well. To think of them times, of our feel ings, of all that shyness and bashful ness, is tickling now. It took me a month to ask the old folks for her, when I could have got her in a minute. That :s w hat I tell her when we have our spats, but privately, I don't put it that way. I thought 1 would die when I had to walk out before the crowd to get married, but after it was over, I saw what afoollIhad been. We had a mighty fine supper after the mrriage and I never will forgive myself for not eating more than I did-I scarcely eat anything. I was glad when supper was over, and we did pretty well wak.h ing the young people play till they be gan to break up to go home. That meant bedtime, and as I thought'upon it, I got right spotted. "Fool, fool, fool!'' that is what I think now as I look back and remember my bashful ness of that night. I don't know whether the young people of this day and time are as fool ishly bashful as we used to be, but they are foolish just the same. A .young couple of my acquaintance have just returned from off their bridal trip "tour" they call it-and from what I can learn, they have spent enough mo ney to have made a crop on. Twenty five or thirty years from now, this same young couple wIll look back and h ink of what fools they were. In the olden time we couldn't talk up to each other like they do now, and it was mighty trying on our greenness to get through with the ceremonies of the occasion, but it didn't take a whole lot of money to pay railroad fare, sleeping car berths and sich like, and after a day or two we went to work altogether to build up a home. Asa rule old-time marriages were a success. Sometimes thie success lay in one direction, some times another, but it was success. In my case, I was very successful in the accu mulation of wealth. Brown was a suc cess in the matt ildren. Chidren were a pride in d4 times; not a home with a nurse, but every Sunday the young mothers would prance up to church with them in their arur-if there were twins it was so much the better. The baby must stay at home now till the mother rushes to church and back. This is a hardship on the women and cruel to the litthe ones, and the consequence is t,at women are getting so they don't want no children, and if I had regards for children this way they wouldn't be born. If you got.to rent a house these days they don't want to rent if you are blest with children. You can't hire out as well if you have ebildren. This is not right; it is cruel, and we are going backwards on the tendency. As this is the season for young folks to boil over in love they have my advice to chunk up the fat; let her boil, and dont be foolish enough to delay what should be did at once marry, and if you can't succeed in ac cumulating wealth as I have done, you may imitate Brown and find yourselves in old age as happy as be. I don't care whether the young peo ple profit by the hints and advice I give here, or whether they like or dis like the way I put it, anyhow it is rest ful and pleasing for an old man to die miss "heavy matters" and live over the .past or "build castles" for the future. I need a little serenity and I think now is the time to get it-I look for "times" pretty soon. Brother Leonidas is too quiet to please me with the signs, the "two Sams" are conspicuously absent everything strikes me as the calm be fore the storm and I can't find out a thing. The other day I thought I had run up on the opportunity of my life to Interview a "big man." I was driving Brown's bobtailed steer and got stuck in the mud and the steer sulked. Just then Senator Joseph E. Brown drove up in his carriage and was compelled to stop, for he could not pass. I forgot my stalled condition, forgot the steer and with a rush I in truded to the side of the Senator's car riage. "What do you think of the situation, Senator?" I asked, with a kind of news paper flourish. "Twist his tail," said the Senator very calmly. This was a terrible cooler to' my en thusiasm, but with great presence of mind I answered: "He has no tail-he's bobtailed." "In that case," said the Senator, as he stroked his beard and smiled a broad. smile, "my best judgment is that you,. should sit down thereon that rock and wait till his tail grows enough for a hold-then twist." My eyes followed the carriage as . rolled off up the hill and in as short a time as it was I fully decided that I could nevet make a Bruff as an inter- - viewer. But I would like for some one to In form me "what is the situation." SARGE PLUNKETT. The First Lady in the Land ad he "Jewels." [Sprinfield Republican.l Mrs. Cleveland isan idea! mother. It is true that the "}Roses of France" have faded frm her cheek sipee her lovely form and face. first dawned on the city's astonished vision, but In their place has come a matronly sharpe a mother's tender dignity and a wife's high resolve. No woman looks at her, especially if she is privileged to seegher with her babies, without warming to intense loyalty. Ruth was not, to my thinking, a beautiful child, but one of < unusual attractions and exceedingly winning. When I saw lher in'.jpe spring, just after she had begun to _ alone, Ihad abunch of violets In mny~' hands. She wanted them, and I gave them ten her. She took them to a remote part of tho room, spread on's her dress, laid violet after violet upon It, looked at them awhile and then laid them daintily into- the tin foil and brought them back. I never saw so young a child so concentrate her atten tion. The last I thing I heard of her she was "doin down into the tichen to - see the titens,'' in which' expedition - she emulated Young America, North and South. Father, the later born, is an exquisitely beautiful child, or was when she was two months old. I have not seen her lately. The President 'will have it that she is n'ot as pretty as* Ruth, but nobody agrees with .him. "First come, first served,?' we cryl. wife of one of our Republican Senators was so charmed with the child that her husband grew quite Impatient of her reiterations. One day he en countered the wicker carriage and raised the curtain.. A few moments. after he interrupted his wife's lunch by the hearty exclamation, "By jove! you were right about that baby.!' Mrs. Cleveland is sometimes equal to her occasions. She wanted the photo graphs of her children and she got them without informing the photo grapher. No children were ever more sacredly guarded from the public-eye than hers. The Ineomae Tax-The Next Step. [From the New York Clipper.1 "What do yer think of the income tax?" asked Plodding Pete. "I ain't get no obections to it," replied Meanb dering Mike. "Only it does seemter we that the Government mhight go:the whole length ov~ the btring, an' per. vide every man with an income ter~hJ t." Dr. W. 0. HoYT, Rome, Ga., e 7 "I have found it both an agreeable and seful remedy in many cases of indi gestion, and also in nervous r.youbles attended with sleeplessness and a feel,