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r ISSUED TWIOB-A-WEEK?WHIDNBSDAY A.KT3D SATURDAY. l. m. obist & sons, Publishers. } % ^arnilj Jleuisgager: <Jfor the promotion off the jpolitieat, JSoqial, ^griqultupl and dfommenciat Interests of the jSoufh. { term91^e copi,EfiteNcent^kce' VOLUME 44~ YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1897. NUMBER 3. LOLA CR BY A. W. MARC Author of "Miser Hoadley's Secret," " "By Whose Hand ?" and Copyright, 1897, by the Author. CHAPTER III. LOLA'S VICTORY. "Isn't Mrs. Villyers coming, Lola?" asked Mrs. De Witt, as the three ladies Bat alone, waiting for Sir Jaffray, Lola having joined them at the table. "No, dear; she has a headache," answered Lola. "Wants to avoid being questioned abont her change of plan and sudden de- , parture, I suppose," was the reply. "Very likely," said Lola calmly. "I never knew any one who shrank from a certain kind of onriosity more than she i does." i "Yes, she's a sweet tempered woman. She's so?what's that word yon use i sometimes, Beryl??so altruistic. That means helping others out of a ditch and i keeping your lips closed, doesn't it?" I "Not quite," returned Beryl. "Well, it's very convenient now at i any rate," said Mrs. De Witt. "I'm really sorry she can't come, for I'm pos- ; itively curious about the reasons for your scampering off in this way, Lola, and just at the time Magog's off as * well. One of you might be following i the other. I hope Mrs. Villyers has not ' been setting that very 6tiff and proper < oap of hers at him and is running away i from defeat." i "I hope not, indeed," returned Lola, . with earnest innocence quite equal to i Mrs. De Witt's. "She is the best of good i creatures, and a love disappointment of i the kind is the last thing she deserves, i She has said nothing to me about it, i but there, of course, 6he couldn't, could i she?" And Lola turned her large, lus- J trons eyes upon Mrs. De Witt with an expression of real concern in them. i "No, I don't think either of yon'd exchange confidences on sach a sub- 1 ject," said Mrs. De Witt dryly, but ) smiling very sweetly. ' Beryl was amused despite the under- ' current of interest there was in the dia- I logue for her, and she smiled. i "I don't think it's very probable," 1 she said. t "Well, if any one ought to Know you i or I should, Beryl. You've had all the confidences of his first boyhood and I ! most of those of his manhood." "The shortest plan is to ask him him- I pelf," replied Lola. "Here he is. Sir i Jaffray," she said to the baronet as soou as he had taken his seat at the table, i "we are puzzled. The dear little worn- < an oan't understand why you are leav- i ing Torquay suddenly. I did not kuow i you were leaving till she told me, you ! know, and she wants badly to know I why you are going. Will you tell us?" ; There was not a gesture or expression ' in her face or manner to suggest that 1 she could know anything about it. Her ' attitude toward him was precisely what i it had always been, and her perfect self ! command and composure pleased him. He took his cue from her readily. He 1 smiled as he answered: ] "Is she asking again? Ju t now on 1 the balcony out there she wan ed to sug- ; gest that it was something about you, < Miss Crawshay." ; r<nln lnnphpd a Roft. low. sweet laush 1 that made the men who were at the tables within earshot look up and tarn I round and feel suddenly interested in the doings of the group which contain- i ed three snch pretty women and the < distinguished looking mau. Mrs. De Witt and Beryl were both 1 perplexed by the conduct of the other 1 two, and the former glanced quickly up to the faces of them both as if to find there an explanation, but she found nothing. "In here she hinted, as I think very ; unkindly, that there was forue lovemaking at the bottom of it, and that : you were running away either with or from Mrs. Villyers?I didn't make our < which. I suppose that's not so?" Mrs. De Witt looked up quickly, ex- ; pecting to intercept a glance of under- < standing between Lola and Sir Jaffray, but she was disappointed. i "No, indeed not," returned Sir Jaf- 1 fray. < "Lola, I think you're one of the most ' daring girls I ever knew," said Mrs. < De Witt suddenly. "You've i. Balaklava i pluck. You dash right in under the hot- ; test fire and try to spike the guns which ; are shelling you right and left." > "Not left, dear," returnee Lola, who was sitting at one side of the small table alone with Mrs. De Witt on her right hand at the bottom and Mrs. Villyers' empty place between her and Sir ; Jaffray, who was at the head. She . pointed to the vacant place with a sweep : of the hand, which included also the baronet, and laughed. Mrs. De Witt understood her, and, a fresh course coming at that moment, i Beryl took advantage of the interruption to change the conversation and lead it I away to matters which were not charged with personal references. When they rose from the table, Mrs. De Witt purposely linked her arm in ' Lola's, and, walking with her into the i drawing room, returned to the attack. "What passed between you and Sir i Jaffray this afternoon, Lola, on the : Veranda?" she asked. < "My dear, there was nothing passed between us. There was nothing to pass. J We wero alone." i "Your repartee is conveniently active f tonight, dear. You kno.-? what I mean. < What did he say? What happened? i AWSHAY. HMONT, B. A. The Mystery of Mortimore Strange," "The Old Mill Mystery." What was the result of the interview?1' "The dead ashes of a burned out fire and?a good deal of cigar smoke," she answered with mock seriousness and laughing eyes. Mrs. De Witt bit her lip. "You mean you won't tell me, Lo la?" she said irritably. "My dear, I'll tell you everything you ask me. You know I've no secrets from you, even about our own smoke. What do you want to know?" 4 'Did Sir Jaffray propose to you this afternoon?" asked hercompanion pointedly. In a moment the girl changed. She drew her arm out of her friend's and with a manner which suggested that Bhe considered the question had overBtepped the bounds of even the friendly footing on which they were she answered: "Surely you forget. Sir Jaffray, as you have yourself told me often, is all but engaged to marry his cousin. Do you know him so little as to think be could fool with me under those circumstances, or me so little as to think J would let him? You've been wool gathering, my dear, tonight. Now I understand what you meant at dinner. On my word I hope Sir Jaffray didn't, or I should never look him in the face again. But I must go to Mrs. Villyers now. Good night. I sba'n't come down again, and goodby if I don't sea you agaiu." And before Mrs. De Witt could answer Lola had kissed her and slipped out of the room, leaving her as puzzled as ever, but yet certain that there was "something in it" and angry because she could not find it out. In the early afternoon of the follow- j Ing day Sir Jaffray arrived at Walcote. ! Bis mother had been looking forward j with a little apprenensiou to cue interview with him, knowing as she did his jreat tenacity of purpose. She held so strong a conviction that a marriage with Lola would mean ultimate disaster, however, that she was resolved to struggle against it to the end. But she could make no impression on 3ir Jaffray's resolute determination. "I will marry no one else," was the burden of his case, and nothing else she could say or plead would alter him. "Mother, I have come not to hold out any prospect to you that your wishes oan prevail in this," he said, toward the olose of the interview. "I am sorry that you hold the opinion you do, and I [ have listened carefully to all you have said, but you have not changed me one )ot or tittle. A man must choose bis wife for himself. So it has been since the world was young, and so it always will be. What I have come to you to do la to tell you that the complication in regard to my cousin Beryl, which you and others have caused, however unwittingly, and until now with my unfortunate help, you and others are in duty bound to remove. Only yesterday with your letters to Beryl and me you increased that complication, though, mind you, I don't believe Beryl does care for me as you think or would wish " "You are pledged to her, Jaffray," laid Lady Walcote. "No, I am not pledged. I have aoquiesced in a mistaken course while I did not know my own feelings. That ir all. I have never breathed a eyllable to her which could suggest that I loved her or tbat I wished her to be my wife. Yon must see her and explain matters." "Why?" "Because Miss Crawsbay will not hear a word from me while other people couple my name with Beryl's. She is acting as an honorable girl, of course, in this." "Yes, acting," returned Lady Waloote dryly. "She would be noCruwshav if she could not do that. She knows her power over you. Shehasinfatuated you, Jaffray." "Mother, I have never in my life consciously allowed an unkind thought to find a lodging in my mind," said Sir Jaffray very earnestly. "Don't say what will leave a sting behind it. I oan't hear things against the woman I am going to marry. Try to reconcile yourself to this. Try to see that you are prejudiced, that you have no cause to dislike Lola except that she has come between you and a plan which yon have cherished. That is now impossible. It would be the foulest treachery and cowardice for me to marry Beryl leeling as I do toward Lola, and yon know how bitterly she herself would resent it. Can't you do this for me? You have done so much. HeJp me now fcn tho hanninpsR nf n lifetime." He stood looking down at her and [ then stooped and kissed her. She sat silent for a minute and then asked: "Where is Miss Crawshay?" "With Mr. Villyers^ at Mosscombe." "I will go and see her first and then tell yon my decision." And with that the interview closed. Lady Walcote lost no time in carrying out her proposal, and, ordering her carriage, she drove over at once to Mossoombe. When Lola heard that Sir Jaffray's mother was waiting to see her, she felt that there must be a trial of wits between them, but conscious of her hold over the baronet she was confident of the issue. "My visit will be a surprise to you, Miss Crawshay," said Lady Walcote as soon as Lola entered the room. "I have seen Jaffray today." "It is an honor at any rate, Lady Walcote," was the reply, calmly spoken. "When we parted last time," said the old lady, "we were not fortunate in choosing topics which allowed of our agreeing very well. I trust we shall be better friends now." "I hope so earnestly," replied the girl,' 'and with that object we had better not touch on the same subjects, had we? I am very jealous of my father's good name. He was to me both father nnrl mnthpr. " The old lady looked piercingly at Lola as she spoke, trying to detect any signd of artifice. "I knew yonr father long ago," she replied, "and I cannot bnt know what his family thought of him. I do not want to eay things to pain you, bnt this is not a moment for keeping silence for the sake of avoiding delicate snbjects. My son desires you to be his wife, and, as his mother, I wish to know many things." She paused as if to await an ezpres sion of Lola's willingness to tell her what she wished to know, but the girl made no sign. "Do you object to my asking you some questions?" 4 'I think you should ask them of Mrs. Villyers," answered Lola cleverly. "I have talked very freely with her. If you think she is capable of introducing from her house any one about whom you have these qualms, is this not an interview at which she should be present?" "No, I am not doubting her belief." "Then you doubt my statements to her? Is that it? I think, Lady Walcote, we shall be wiser to keep off topics of the kind. Stay one moment. Let us put the matter plainly. Your son has asked me to marry him, and I have refused. I have told bim that 1 will not be bis wife, that I will not allow him even to put such a question to me, and that 1 hold it for an insult so long as he remains hnnnd. directlv or imnliedlv. to his ccasiu and my friend Beryl Leycester." "He told me that, but that is not all." "Ail I" echoed Lola, as if moved by the word into some warmth. "Yon mean that is not all, so far as he is concerned. And what of me? Have yon thought of me once in all this?what my feelings will be? Or do you think, as he seems to think, that I am merely something to remain unconsidered, unesteemed, uncared for; something for you to come and examine and test and approve or disapprove; some cold and feeliugless thing, to be placed under the microscope of your family pride? You may forget, though 1 do not, that my father's family is as old and as honorable as your own, and that we do not recognize your right to precedence in any one respect save only a title and a fortune." Despite her prejudice Lady Walcote could not help admiring the girl for her pride and courage. ' 'I know your family tree bettor than you probably, and I have never questioned the past history of it," she said. "You mean you question only myself as the present member of it, and my father because he was driven abroad. But was there never a dark page in the history of your own family? Has everyone of your son's ancestors been as good and true a man as himself? Ido not want to pain you with unpleasant stories of the past. Enough that I ask whether your son is worse on account of the character fatuated tfcan e;u with Lola, and Beryl waBsoglad at his quite boyish delight that she praved earnestly her own unpleasant anticipations and forebodings might never be realized. rm_ J li I?III: ... T4 xne weauiug was uruuuut. it kjuu place on a glorious clay iu the late uutumn, aud tho whole district of Moss combe aud rouud Walcote kept holiday, kola haviug urged that everythiug lihonld be done to give to the event the utmost possible importance for the largest number of people. Sir Juffray had given this wish of hers the most, liberal interpretation, and for many years tho county had not seen a marriage marked by more ceremony and pomp and accompanied by such widespread merrymaking and lavishly generous hospitality. Both Lady Walcote and Beryl were glad when it was all over, aud the girl was pleased to think that she could now slip back into her quieter life, with the knowledge that she had played her part properly and made quite plain her attitude toward the marriage. She did hot contemplate that' there could be any real intimacy between her and Lola, but she felt that as they were to live as near neighbors all through their lives there must always bo souie degree of friendly relationship maintained. It was a great relief to her, however, that Sir Jaffray and Lola planned a very long honeymoon. Lola would not go to the continent, bnt preferred America and would not be satisfied until Sir Jaffray had agreed to take her over the ground of one of his rough hunting and shooting expeditious. She was no conventional bride, she declared, and didn't want a conventional honeymoon, and he yielded to this, as to everything she asked. Thev planned a tour, then, which I would take some mouths, and it was resolved that they should be away during the whole of the winter and not return until the new year was at least four or five months old Beryl was heartily glad of the arrangement. It would spare her from what was a great secret pain?the continual presence of Sir Jaffray?and she reckoned that by the time of their re turn 6he would have drilled herself so thoroughly in the altered state of things that the pain and smart of the v wound would be past. She set herself a liberal round of daily ? work of a varied kind and held to it with the resolve that it should provide her sufficient occupation to keep her 8 aloof from much intercourse with Wal- ? cote manor. But she laid her plans in necessary 8 Ignorance of a course of events which * were destined to mix her up more close- r ly than ever with Sir Jaffray and Lola. In the early part of the New Year ? Beryl was booked for a visit to an old ? friend's house, and after busying herself with some of the preparations she ? ***n 1 />nn offornnnn ir? fho rtarlr ^ TTttO YTtaAJWUg VUO U&WAUWU <u VMV |/M* u oloee by the drive and not far from the * house when she noticed a stranger go- * ing toward the honsa Her father fre- jqnently had people whom she did not * know to call upon him on various mat- c ters of business, but strangers were still 8 rare enough to attract attention, and f this one was certainly out of the com- c mon. I He was fair, handsome and foreign looking, and the girl bad time to notice J him closely, as they were both walking 8 toward the house, and he was some 20 c or 80 yards ahead of her. \ As she entered the bouse by a side I door the servant met her and said that r there was a visitor waiting to see her ? in the library. "To see me, Cballen?" she asked the J man. 1 "Yes, miss. He said it was to 6ee you T on particular business?private busi- c ness, miss." Beryl smiled. r "Are you sure there is no mistake? r What is his name?" "Turner, miss, pronounced foreign. I j couldn't quite catch it, and he didn't give me a card." "Well, I don't understand it, but I'll r go and see him." She went without waiting to take off her hat, thinking there was some mis- c take or that the visitor was on some c begging expedition. "You wish to see me?" she asked v when the man rose ana oowea wim wio air of a man of the world at bis ease. * "Miss Beryl Leycester have I the c pleasure of seeing?" 1 "Ye9, "she answered rather stiffly, 1 not liking her closer scrntiny of him. c "Then I have come to beg the honor 8 of a few words on a matter which is of 1 great consequence to me. My name is 1 Turrian?Pierre Tnrrian. I don't know 1 whether your fellow got it correctly." "I do not know the name." 1 "That is trne?1 am afraid quite true. I Nevertheless you can render me a great ? service, and it may be that what 1 have ? to say will interest you greatly. It may take some time to say all I want to sav, t however. May I pray that you be seated? ( I have a leg that is a bad servant since I I?met with an accident some two years ? ago." ? He placed a chair for her with an air of exaggerated politeness, and she sat f down, out of consideration for him and i disliking him more and more every t minute. TO BE CONTINUED. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. 1 The Christmas Holidays?Reunion at Mr. Hardin's ?Delightful Entertainments? t About People. V Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. a BLACK8BURG, January 4.?The holi- g days were spent very pleasantly by the 8 majority of our citizens. There were the usual home-comings and home- ^ goings, those annual reunions of fam- p ilies which are one of the blessings a and pleasures given to men by the coming of the Christ child into the 1 world. There were Christmas trees t at the Baptist and Methodist churches, c and several at private houses, and I t am pleased to say not so much of the r Doisy demonstration made by fire p works as has heretofore been the case, p There was quite a family reunion s at the home of Mr. Ira Hardin. All t the boys were there except Tracy, b Webb, Frank, Gus, Sage and Marvin c ?the three first with their families? c so that Mrs, Hardin's table, which n was loaded with everything to tempt I the palate of man and child, was fill- p ed several times, and on Christmas n eve there was a beautiful holly bush h in the parlor, tastefully and lavishly v decorated with ornaments and gifts t for all. 1 Mr. Tabor Tripp, who is attending n medical lectures in Philadelphia, spent a last week with his friends here. p Mr. E. A. Trescott was away for the n week, at Old Pendleton, where he had a delightful holiday with his people. a Mr. Givins Gallagher came home for a the week from Union, where he has c been for sometime. t! Master John Bruce, our efficient and a accommodating assistant postmaster, s is spending the holidays at his home e in Elberton, Ga. c Miss Laura Lumpkin is at home t< from the female college at Columbia, a The Nineteenth Century club, a so- b cial and literary organization com- t< posed of some of the prominent la- ti dies of our town, celebrated New h Year's eve by giving an oyster supper a at the residence of Mrs. B. G. Gaden, to which their husbands were specially n invited and honored guests. Of course, c as this was a privilege accorded only si once a year to the male portion of the respective households, each lord of h Kof si/mi lrl nncciKlv hp U LIJC LLi QUU1 iuai vvuiu vij w preseDt, was there in his best attire v and on his best behavior, so that for e once he was allowed to know what c passed within the mystic circle of s< which his better half was a member, d The literary feature of the club i9 the w selecting, at each meeting, of some standard author, a brief sketch of a vhose life, and quotations from whose vorks, are read at the next meeting. The meetings are held every two veeks at the residence of a member, ind the exercises consist of the bio;raphical sketch, the quotations, reciations, music?vocal and instrumentil?conversation, in which gossip is tositively forbidden, and, finally, light efreshments. On the evening in question, Tennyon was the author. A brief, but ineresting, sketch of his life was read >y Mrs. Guyton, quotations by all, ind the "Death of the Old Year" by drs. Anderson. Then an elegant and ountiful repast was served, after vhich there was music and singing, an election of officers, which resulted in :eeping in the present very efficient >nes: Mrs. Otis Osborne, president, tnd Mrs. J. M. Guyton, secretary, and inally "Auld Lang Syne," by the whole tompany, and happy greetings of a tfew Year. The same evening, Mrs. John F. fones gave an elegant entertainment it Cherokee Inn, to the young people if the town, wrich consisted of the 'ery amusing parlor farce, "A Box of donkeys," the characters being repesented by some of the ladies and ;entlemen at the Inn as follows : Edward Ralston?A promising young American, half owner of the Sierra gold nine?Geo. Giryan. Chauncy Oglethorpe?His partner, sec nd son of Lord Doncaster?P. S. Gilbrist. Mrs. Ondego Jones?An admirer of ank?Mrs. M. M. Freeman. Sierra Bengaline?Her niece, a prairie ose?Miss Anabell Johnson. Lady Guinevere Llandpoore?An Engish primrose, daughter of the Earl of 'aynaught?Mrs. P. S. Gilchrist. The spacious parlor was well aranged for the play by the taste and kill of Major Jones. It was brillianty lighted, the scenery was very besoming, and the acting was exquisitely lone. In her many efforts to enterain aud please the young people, for vhieh Mrs. Jones is so well-known tnd appreciated, she never succeeded >etter, and the play was such a detided success, it was determined, upon lrgent requests, to have it repeated i .. _ i ? - -?3?\ e. *u ~ ?n jasi nigni ^uouuayj iur iue uenrui >f the Episcopal church. It was done, md our citizens, as usual on such oc:asions, responded very liberally, conributing a very handsome sum for he church. Blacksburg, January 7.?On Tuealay evening Mrs. A. Tripp gave a >rogressive c^rd party to a number of >ur youug people which was a most mjoyable affair. Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Gilchrist leave his week to take up their abode in Charlotte, much to the regret of their nany friends here who will miss them i great deal and wish them bappiuess ind prosperity in their new home. Master John Bruce has returned rom a much enjoyed visit to bis home n Elbertou, Ga., and resumed his duies in the postoffice. w. a. NEW ROLL OF PENSIONERS. low It Is to Be Made Out and by Whom. The township pension hoards will neet shortly, and in order that their vork may be facilitated and made as ccurate as possible, the comptroller ;eneral has issued the following inductions : Rules for the guidance of township nd county boards of peusions, as auhorized by an act with reference to leusions, approved March 2, 1897, and cts amended thereby : The pension boards, as organized in 897, will meet as required by law on he third Monduy in January, at a onvenient place in each township, for he purpose of examining the township oils of their respective townships, and lassing upon any uew applications for iensions. All uew applicants for penions must appear iu person before owuship boards. Said applicants must - i _ r *i_ _ . 1 ave ine approval 01 iue iuw usmp uuu ounty boards before the stale board au approve* The township boards lay drop from the roll of pensioners he name or names of any party or parties which, in their judgment, are iot entitled to a pension under the aw, giving the reason therefor in writing, and also erase the names of hose whom they know to be dead, "hey may add to the roll only such ames of new applicants as may file pplications. Those already on the eusion roll need not prepare and file ew applications. All new applications not properly nd correctly tiled in each particular, lthough approved by township and ounty boards, will be disapproved by he state board. The county boards re requested not to forward to the tate board the name of any peusionrs disapproved by the township or ounty boards. Complete county and uwnsbip lists, as approved for 1897, re herewith sent to the township oards, from which they are expected o make up the list of those to be coninued on the roll; the same will be anded to the county board for their pproval. Township and county boards will otice that the law provides three lasses, "A," "B" and "C," (with five ub divisions of class "C,") as follows : Class A.?Those who have lost both ands, or both legs, or both eyes, or rhose absolute disabilities arising from rounds are equivalent to the loss of ither, and whose income does not exeed $250. This does not include aldiers whose disabilities arise from iseases or causes arising since the rar. Class B.?Those who have lost one rm or one leg, or whose disabilities from wounds are equivalent to the loss of an arm or a leg, and whose income does not exceed $250. Class C.?(No. 1.)?Those soldiers and sailors disabled by wounds, but not sufficient to be placed in Class B, whose incomes do not exceed $250. Clans C.?(No. 2.)?Those who have reached the age of 60 years and whose incomes do no exceed $100. Class C.?(No. 3.)?Widows of those who lost their lives while in the service of the state or Confederate states, and whose incomes do not exceed $250. Class C.?(No. 4.)?Widows above r A* lue age ui uu j^eaio, wuudd tutvuico uv ot exceed $100. Class C.?(No. 5.)?Widows of pensioners. This class is not mentioned in the printed acts sent out, but by the act approved 9th December, 1894. Blanks for tbe reports of township and county boards in accord with these classes and sub-divisions have been prepared and will be mailed to auditors for distribution among the boards. Class A gets $6 per month, or $72, and will be paid this amount; Class B, $4 per month or $48, and Class C, with each of its sub-divisions, $3 per month, or $86. After Class A shall have been paid tbe balance will be pro rated between B and C on tbe basis of $4 to $3. This money will be sent to the clerks of court as heretofore, as has been provided in tbe appropriation acts each year, and will be sent just as soon as tbe roll for tbe state can be corrected aod verified. Township boards cannot be too careful m these matters of "income" and "physical condition." It is a very poor man whose gross income from labor, rent, and other sources, does not exceed $100, or poor lands, if any, which will not produce this amount gross. Property sufficient to produce $100 in applicant's or bis wife's name debars him or her. Where soldiers or widows dispose of their property by giving or selling to their children they are debarred from receiving a pension. Tbe question of service to tbe state in connection with the various classes of reserves called into the service of the state just at the close of the war will depend much upon tbe evidence submitted to tbe state board. When real serviee was rendered the pension should be allowed. Any citizen of the state, over 60 years of age, and otherwise qualified, is as much entitled to a pension as that class of ber good citizens who merely met and organized on call, without real service to the state. Please note very carefully .the fol- ? lowing: Let township and county boards act promptly and fairly, giving tbe state board full information with complete reports by. township for each county, writing names full and clear, with particulars for approving or disapproving in each case. Township boards must first approve or disapprove, in writing, each new application, and then county boards, and afterwards tbe state board. In making reports to county boards township boards' reports should be signed by each member. D. A. Tompkins, Secretary of State. W. A. Barber, Attorney General. L. P. Epton, Comptroller General, State Board of Pensions. Attest: Kate F. Maher, Pension Clerk. Grant and Longstreet.?General Grant had as much to do with Longstreet's becoming a Republican as any one else. They had been schoolmates at West Point, had been graduated tbe same year, and received their commission at tbe same time. Tbey fought among the cactus bushes of Mexico, and bad drunk mescal from tbe same - .1 1 ?: ? t jug a lUUUSttUW L1UJC3. IL was at tfciI'erson Barracks, near St. Louis, that Longstreet introduced his cousin, Miss Julia Dent, to Grant, and it was Longstreet himself who told the young lady of the worth of bis friend. They were married, and the Georgian was at the wedding. When they next saw each other it was at Appomattox. After the formalitses of the surrender were over General Grant took General Longstreet to one side and said : "Julia wants to see you. Go home and see your family and them come to see me, won't you ?" Longstreet promised, an^ he Kept his word. When Gene.al Grant became president he asked for his advice, and begged that his former adversary now be one of his advisers. General Grant never bad a truer friend during his administration. They knew each other. When the tragedy took place at Mount McGregor, Longstreet suffered as if it were the loss of a brother. He has often visited the tomb on the Hudson, and has laid the gentlest tribute of a freind upon the marble. After a Swindler. Chester Bulletin: Deputy Sheriff Earl Colvin went to Atlanta Sunday to bring over Mr. Willingham, the bondsman for Messrs. Donaldson & Co., the contractors who built the A. R. P. -church. Mr. Willingham was arrested in Atlanta several days ago on a warrant sworn out by Mr. A. G. Brice, charging mm 01 omaining money under false pretenses. The requisition papers issued by Governor Ellerbe were promptly honored by Governor Atkinson, of Georgia ; but on account of some flaw in the requisition papers, Sheriff Colvin had to return without his prisoner. Another attempt will be made to bring him here.