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Reads Like a Romance. Remarkable History of Anderson Pitman, a Confederate Soldier.?-Thought Dead for Forty Years. Atlanta Constitution. In 1862 Anderson Pittman, a sturdy citizen of Habersham county, Georgia, enlisted a* a private in the company organized by Captain Ezekial Fuller to go to the front in defense of the southland. lie was a brave soldier, an intrepid fighter, and no mm did his part more nobly ?\ AiA - miaii uiu mis mumy son of the mountains. His wife and home were left behind with many loreborlings of the future, but this did not deter the north Georgian from doing his utmost to repel i the attacks of the invaders. Krom time to time after Pittman left tor the trout, his wife received messages from him. Th at last one came just before fine battle ot Ohickamanga. Inasmuch as he was not heard trom sitter this engagement, it was presumed that Pittman was kill a/ad his faithful wife mourn e?X nun as (lead. Many days 9he waited patiently for Rome jmes. from her husband, but none came. What little information that 9he could gain after this fearful encounter was from friends from thi9 section, and their belief was that* Pittman was dead from a Yankee bullet. Some years after the conflict between the north and the south was ended, Mrs. Pittman's heart ami hand were sought, by a man named Benton Whitecofton, of j Hall county. She yeilded to his w ooeng.aiulbecame Whiteeotton's wife They lived happily for several years, when Whitecotton was slaju by a mm named Bryant for tne alleged reporting of an illicit dihllery, and she was loft a vidow, as 9he thought, for the second time. Instead of being killed at Chiekatnauga Pitt man was captured by the federal soldiers and Tvassent to a northern prison, where he was confined until after the close of the civil war. When releaser!, L'ittman became involved in a difficulty with a man at the prison and killed h;iu. l'ittman was imtnedi itely arrested and thrown into prison for this crime. Subsequently, IMtnian was put on trial for ki11 in_r this man. lie was convicted a id was given a sentence of forty years in the oenileilliarv. Havinir no nienns with which to clear himself of ^ t he charge or show a justification of same, he was son' to the penitentiary ami served his term. COMES ItOMK SKKkfNO WiFK. ^ The first part of the past week / *here appeared an old man in the hills of llahersh tm inquiring for Awoinan I)v the name of I'ltts*an, whose husband went to the war in Captain Ezokiel Ful'er's company. The people were as bounded wli<?n this man told ^ 'hem that he was none other than ^ Anderson PiMmin, and that he whh t-eoking his wife and his peo pie. Friends of the family took it.. . l l r_ 11 - -i i)i<i idiiow hi cnarga. Inquiry roveilol Hie Inot thht I'ittimn's wife, who now goes under the name of her last hut band, Whitecotton, had move to Bartow county, at or nei Cartersville. Mr. Pitt man nephew, Hugh Keeler, readil consented to help his uncle t find his wife. Accordingly Thurs day morning Koe'er an i Andei eon bonded the Air Line Be train at Cornelia and went t Atlanta. There Keeler transfe red the old man to the Wester and Atlantic tram bound f< Cartersville. This true story is one of th most peculiar and interestin yet unearthed in this section < the state. The trials and viciss tudes of Anderson Pit I man ar I r unlike those endured by an man in all the world, and hi reunion with his wife, after s many years of bitter eeparatiot was the happiest moment of hi otherwise sad, stormy life. Program of Children's Da Exercises at Flat Cree Church. The following programme wt successfully carried out at tli recent Children's Day exercise at Flat Creek Baptist church : Singing by school?No. 2 Prayer by pastor. Singing by little people?Brin them in. 'Tis Children's Dav?Dewe Marshall. What the Fool has Said?Be sie Knight. The Boy of his Word?Hya Faile. Singing?No. 7. IIow God has Spoken?Eul Marshall. Freely ye have received, freel give?4 boys. Singing?158. Reliance?Lula Marshall. God's Gifts?3 girls. IIow a Little Helps?Ola Pi man. Singing?59. The good that we can_doLula Knight. God is Love?9 girls. The Girl who Smiles- Gill)'] Gardner. !. >'vnxiii^ ? iicoicr my vio to I liee. The Way of a Boy?Labor Pitman. Within the Solemn |TetnpleGladvs C >ok. Only Small Boys?Oscar Wi liams. Singing?145. Little Soldiers?3 girls. Pantomime? My Faith Loo! up to Thee. Singing?No. 14h. The Seasons?I girls. The Master Sculptor-?Lul J Marshall. My Grawhn i?Beulali Gar< I ner. Singing?H>7. Song of the Homeland ? j boys. j Nature Prayer?Lola Kuigh Tenting on the ^Old Cam I Ground. I Homeward Bound. Short Sermon?(Jroxton (Jar( ner. i Prayer?by Nancy Hilton. Singing?By little people. The Cotton Crop---Greate: Deterioration in South Cai olina. Co'umb a special in Oharlott . ? r ir ' a y >- f 1 jREJOLVED I THAT [ WOULD RATHER GO ? AROOHD IN A NIGHTGOWNTHAH IN THE HOT HEAVY GARME AT.J aSOHE BIG TOLKS AND LlTTLE foLKS WEAR. VbU CAN ATfORD To 55 BUY NEW CLOTHES NOW. JOHNIER CLOTHES ARE CHEAP-SO CHEAP i e yCpWN THAT YOU CAN AF fORD TO 0REJ5 K ,(l ' \[\ THE WHOLE TAFAIW. BuiTCP.'? U*I<; SUIT IfQtvmeiiY Hflfc ?y the tu<rm.??ow? c? Chicago. r<o. e< ! 18 i n D .w 58 i lg Clothes will not burden you if you wear the iy right kind. Should you go around not look8. ing tidy ? You do, do you believe others will think well of you? If others think well M r ? ... ol you their good opinion will put you forward. No one is independent. We can help a to put you forward by dressing well, you and your children. Our summer goods (which can yet be worn a long time) have gone through the slaughter house. The prices on these goods are cut. See how cheaply we 1 can "put you forward" and yet keep you cool. rt d n Yours truly, ! ? f; II liiiiKiislcr Mm-anlile Co. * Ob-erver: Ac sordini; to ii rures percent. These Stales show in-lto Kent's home and demanded compiled by Secret iry B F.Tay- crease: Arkansas 29, Mississippi his children. Kent appeared on lor, of the S >11?h C irolin i branch 2$, Louisiana 53, Indian 'l'erri the scene, and, while he wac of the Inter-S'a'e Cotton Seed torv 24, Oklahoma 14. Texas 1 <?. I wrest.'iiur with a \t ? Crushers' Association, this State I I'reddent Smith ol the cotton | Kent se curt d a rifle and shot her has suffered more than any other ^SSO(*'lM?11 s,l.vs /'"P *" ,'!',s lorm<*r husband through the 1- . .. . , ,7. _l Siato this year will he the small ua??i m it? cotton c op. 1 ho falling ol! j pgt in len is 21 per cent as compared with , ? , , last year. Mr. Taylor's conclu* \ Killed by Divorced Wife. , DllC W6St P6D1 B.16 Collt^G sions are reached irom detailed! . 4.sth year begin* Sept. Pith. Witt reports he has received from all' s,UPVePor ? L, ? August 1? f,,,, Faculty of Five Men ami Nine qt! . ^ a . Charles Attawav was shot and Women 14o pupilH?2n per cent in31 the Southern S'at98. All show in-I. . crease over last year New Carnegie . VT .. instantly killed today at Blanch Dormitory with all Iiiotlern comforts, r- creases excep' Ceorgia, North . . . . ..... reatlv for riccnnannv ill the fall I'?Oarolina and South Carolina. s,rd? Me*r ,,U8 Clt^ h,s d,vorc ual extras RoSrd and Tuition *1M> r|iiin j. n I ~?l ? ir- *' ? ursii 1' 1 " I i no ueurease is l'? per who, mrti. ??ni i\eni, jr. I'**1" y*?r ,e|cent an<l the North Carolina 11 Att&way, who was insane, went AbbevuKe to.MKS BI>u? WeltTsi'c.