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Three Negroes Killed in Reprisal Fcf
a Girl's Murder.
SEIZED MUSKETS FROM ARMORY
The Town in llir If.iailo of mi Ariiu-1
Mo!> ? Frrntlril Over I lip !t!iirdpr < > I
n fair]?Negro L'o;itiln1 Ion Flpil In A1!
Dlrrrtlnnn ? Their House*
, nn.l Hhhlle.l AVISJi liullot*.
Pierce City. Mo.?For nearly fifteen
lioura this town of 3000 people has
boon in the hands of a moh of armed
.whites, determined to drive every i
negro from Its precincts. In addition
to tlie lynching of William fJodley. no*
cused of the wanton murder of Miss I
Gazelle Wild and the shontin.c to
death of his grandfather, French Godley,
the nioh cremated Peter Hampton,
an aged negro, iu his home, set
the torch to the houses of five hlnehs,
ami with the aid of State militia rifles:,
stolen from the local company's arson:'!.
drove dozens of negroes from
town.
Hceklcss firing broke several plat.?
glass windows and a train was fired
into. None of the passengers was
hurt. The local hardware stores sold
out their arms early. The mob was
composed of a thousand or more, and
110 masks were worn. Thirty negro
families were driven from theit
houses.
, noon the excitement died
down, the mob gradually dispersing,
more from lack of negroes upon whom
to wreak their hatred than for any
other cause, l'very negro has left tli?
town except a few railwav nin-t.va
known to lie respectable, but these
nu'.st also leave.
It is now h-lievod that the man,
Willia-ui Codlo.v. lynched, was not tlu?
real culprit. A negro named Stark,
under arrest at Tulsa, Ind. Tor., across
the border from here, tallied exactly
with the description of the assailant.
I He was held there awaiting ideutltlca'" Eugene
Barrett, also known as Carter.
in a confession while a rope was
around his neck, accused doe Lark, a
'Pr^co railroad porter, of being implicated
in the crime, and Lark was
arrested at Springfield. latter Lark
gave a detailed statement as to his
whereabouts Sunday, and lie is not beOkiahonta
City. Okla. Tor.?William
Favors, the negro porter who is under
arrest here, accused of the murder of
Miss Wild at Fierce City. Mo., admits
that h?> was in Fierce City on Sunday,
but says lie can prove his Innocence
by five men. He snvs he was at the
station from l". 1?>. the time when the
"boh" train returned front Monnctt,
until after the llnding of the girl's I
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I.ToTftS Sii-jro Horned at tho Staler.
Dallas. Tex.?Alf Wilder, a negro
charged with the nuinlor of Mrs. Caldwell.
a (Irayson County farmer's wife,
was burned at the stake near lied
NEW YORK POLICE UNDER FIRE.
Three Tenderloin" Olllchila Held l'or
Neglect of Duty.
New York City.?As a result of the
judicial inquiry being tarried tin by
District-Attorney I'liilbin, Just lee .!ironi"
and the olileers tif the Society
for the Prevention of Crime Into the
conduct of the l'oliee Department,
warrants were issued for the avres{
of Wartltnan Clen.ion, Warduian
Dwyer and Sergcnut Shields. All
these were connected with the West
Thirtieth street, or Tenderloin police
sttition. and Shields was acting captain
while Captain Flocd was ui> his
vacation this summer.
The warrants charge neglect o'
duty, (flenimn and Dwyer were served
with warrants. Sergeant Shields,
hearing that a warrant had been issued
for his arrest, surrendered himself
to Justice Jerome, the warrants
being signed by that .Magistrate. I
nun nil* ri'porH'r that I
the had dono his duty as a police otli
cor ntul that ii' a warrant was out for
liis arrest it was an outrage.
Th?- three police officers were quiekJy
arraigned before Just lee Jerome,
wlio held tlleiuion in die sum of
$:itIt?>. and 'lie others In 2?*20n0 each,
.security heing i?t once furnished.
EUROPE NEEDS AMERICAN WHEAT.
; Short a ije of 3(1S,000,(II)0 Runlinll to It#
Miulr I p ill < lie L'nlteil States.
in summing up the crop situation.
The best authorities estimate the
wheat crop of the United Kingdom
nt .rHl.000,0O0 husli'ds; that of Franco
at dOO.Oijp.oh i bushels; and the crops
of Il.-lgtum anil Holland at iO.oODaxhl
bushels, a total of 8t)tl,(HK),<KX) bushels
, . . ,..n ill r,? * ' 1
B* Northwestern Kit rope, which needs
hii^hch*.
Aineriea, wil'.i liomc wnnts not exreeding
lotUHtO.OOO bushels, has
Oo.'.OiHt bt.shcls, and is. therefore, al.le
to deal with the dciiclt single-hand* d.
i^m.)
Accused of Counterfeiting.
Secret Service agents have arrested
three men at San 1 rauclseo, Cat., ?<n
t ie charge . ; passing notes printed
front tin* stolen plates of the dclunct
State liunk of New Hrunswlck. N. .1.
They ate Frank J. l'erry. Win. It* gat; |
H and K. \Y. Smith. retry gave the in I
formation ou which liognu and emit it
50 /ere takeu.
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RUPTURE WITHTHE PORTE "
Tho French Ambassador Breaks Ofl
Diplomatic Relations.
?r. rnnifnn* Account tlio Sultan of T>n<
plirttv?Turkish Ambian trior llomulii*
in rarts at Ilia Tout.
Constantinople. Turkey.?The French
Ambassador. M. Constnns, lias given
notice to tho Sultan's First Secretary
that nil diplomatic relations between
Km nee ami Turkey are t>roken off.
an<l tlmt the Ambassador lias in
formed liis Government to Mils effect.
M. Constnns communicated direct
with the Sultan because tlic latest no- ,
foliations wore transacted with the
Sultan personally. ,
The Ambassador justified his action
on the ground that the Sultnr. broke
his direct, personal promise, given to j
; y. Cor.stans. at an audience in the
Yihliz 1'alace, regarding tlte purchase
of the quays and the settlement of i
tlte disputed French claims. The Foreign
Minister also gave formal assur- ]
& !
I | ~1!TT,
1 . , 1
IIIi e ?'.. a-4 \X>TJfeS&Lu
1 - BfLTiX OX* TfRKET,
(The French Ambus<ndor nccutas blot Of '
duplicity iu diplomatic negotiations.) 1 ;
a noes that the agreement would ho
enroled out. so. in view of this double f
breach of faith. M. Coustnus holds '
thai it is impossible for Franco to "
continue diplomatic relations with
Turkey.
FKKNCII STATIIMKXTOF TITII CASI\
Abdul ilatiiid Arrined of Duplicity in
Dealing Willi M. Couatan?. I '
Paris, France.? A high official of '
the Forolgu Olliee said that the exact ^
situation at Constantinople is as follows:
,
The Sultan, at the last audience
which he granted to M. Coustans, the
French Ambassador, agreed to send <
the la tier the same or on the folio wiug }
day a document giving complete satisfaction
to France regarding the
I claims cf French citizens iu the mat1
ter of the quays, iu accordance with *
the lories jrranged between the Sul- <
tan and m. Coustans verbally. In- ' ]
stead of doing this the Sultan sent M. I
Coustans a document In which the 1 -
tonus differed essentially front those !
arranged at the audience. Thereupon
M. Constans declined to negotiate <
any further or to hold other comniu- ,
nieatlons with the Porte, and referred
the matter to the French For- <
eign Ofllce. As the matter stands reeii.ons
heitvoeii Ai. < 'oust.ins and the
Porte are broken off, hut France and
Turkey are still in diplomatic relations
through the Turkish Ambntfsa- ,
dor :st Paris. I
"If the Sultan does not keep |tlie
promises which he made tit the last
audience," continued the official, Mwe
shall have to recall M. t'oustans and 1
send the Turkish AmhassnUor his
psissports." I
iteplying to a question, the Foreign
Office official said:
i "So raval action on the part of 1
France has yet been decided on. The :
stories in the papers to the effect that
French warships are under orders to (
he 1:1 t'cadim. ss to proceed to the llc>.spi.rus
have n<> fouudati n in fact. Such '
a measure might, of course, become
necessary, but that eventually litis
I not yet been considered hv tn?? ii>nt??i. 1
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| (Jovcruuiuut." t
Opinion in Uii^liliicton,
Washing n. D. Tlio Franco ^
Turkish differences regarding th? ^
wharfage concession sir?? not regarded ,
lion? ;is evi'ii remotely threatening ,
war. M. t.'onstaus, the French Am|has>a<loi
a. Constantinople. has taken (
a step similar to that of Andrew 1).
White wln-ii ..1 mister to I'.-rllu during |
tlie disputes with llisinarck concerning
tiie Herman claim to require mill
tary serviee from t!erumii? natural- t
Ized as Amerienn citizens.
A PHYSICIAN'S SACRIFICE.
Dr. Knapji. of SI. (.outs, to vliui Itiir.^alf '
I |> Willi ? I-..." -
St. Louis, Mo.?Dr. Louis Kunpp,
aged forty, u practicing physician of
tins oily, has given up hU wife and j
four children and will isolate 111mself ^
from the world. He Is to nurse Dong (
(long, u Chinese leper, who was found
here two weeks ago. The doctor, who ^
is a graduate >1 a Detroit medical I
cftllwge, has taken tlual leave of his !
family.
l>r Knnpp and his patient will live
in a thrce-r ioiii l'raine lionse now being
built hy tin- city authorities at quar- .
antine until necessity for his service
shall have muled. Dr. Knapi| will
take Ids library to quorantine and will
devote the greater part of ids roie to
the study of leprosy. There were Ave 1
ether applicants for the position, ?*
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JRT MILL, S. C., WE
HIGH MARK JN PENSIONS
Roll For the Past Year Largest in
History of the Bureau.
A Net Gain Over 1000 of 420G ? Totn)
Dlnburscmcntu From JulyJ, 1700, to
June 3t?, 1901, &2,703,350,033. "Washington,
r>. C.?Commissioner'
Leans has prepared a statement showing
the operations in the principal
features of (he Pension Bureau (luring
the last fiscal year as compared with
former years. The statement is prepared
for the use of the National Encampment
of the O. A. It., which will
lie held before his annual report is
ready.
It shows that the number of pensioners
on the rolls June .".0 last was
'1)7.735, a net gain of 420(1 over last
year. The total net loss to the roll
.mi iu;-; lue year wan
A comparative table shows that tho
roll for the year just closed is the
uliigli-water mark" in the history of
the lY-uuion bureau, the next highest
having been reached in 1 80S.
The gnins to the roll since 1S9S were
13,93-1 widows of the t'ivil War and
5004 from the Spanish war; total,
18.93S.
The total amount paid to pensioners
as first payments on the allowanee
of their claims in 11 .)1 was 99,1)34,7(51,
or S10G.238 more than the first payments
in 100b. This amount represents
the arrears of pensions aggregating
075 claims allowed, to an average
of nearly ?1500 each.
The fees paid to attorneys amounted
to ?591,243, an Increase of almost
?74,000, due to the Spanish war. The
amount paid to pensioners under the
general lnw during the year was ?37.SG7.233,
a decrease of ?1,790,233 from
tiie amount paid last year.
The Spanish ynr pensioners received
?1,173,225, an increase over last year
of ?842,320, and the pensioners under
ihe act of 1890 as amended May o.
11)00, received $00,973,481, an increase
over last year of ?1.207,402.
The total dlsburai iuenis for pensions
from .Inly 1, 1790. to .Tune :to of this
*ear aggregate 82.703,350,033.
't?;ore were 45,800 claimants for pondons
duHng the year. Tho pension
oils still contain the names of one
urvivor and 1527 widow.; on account
>f the War of 1812,' 1080 survivors and
l'-7!) widows on acc'tunt of Indian
>vnre, and 75G8 survi\ rrg and 8109
ividows on account of tho Mexican
ivar.
The statement gives the following
unr.ujits of money paid pensioner*
1 ruler different Administrations:
President Grant's first term, 811C,130.275;
average yearly, 829.031,0>'> I.
I'resident Grant's scconu term,
>111.303,88T; average yearly, $28,508.>39.
President Hayes's adininist ration
>11",322,189; average yearly, $38,330,122.
Presidents Garfield and Arthur's
tdminlstratlon, $237,823,070; average
rearly. 830.456.2CS.
President Cleveland's first term.
>.'105,030,662: average yearly, $70,409.10*.
President Harrison's administration,
>519.707,720; average yearly, $129, 20.931.
President Cleveland's second term,
>557,930,407; average yearly, $139,487,102.
President MeKinley's first term,
?500,000,547; average yearly, $110,KKM37.
L0VE-MA<1NC ON A TRANSPORT.
I'hlrtjr School Teacher Couple* Wethlei)
at Honolulu?Goiisi; to ainnllii.
Cnrhondtde. 111. ? The transport
rhontns, which reached Honolulu havng
on hoard 300 male teachers and
I I ..1 C 1 ^ '
... . .i ll#.iif icaciiRl's lor the l'liiliplines
to engage in educational ser\
c.-s under the Tuf; Commission had
i luatriraonial epidemic. The young
ru n and women ou hoard represented
ilmost the entire Union of States,
having been appointed from the sev. 'al
Normal schools in the countr.v.
After the transport, left San Francisco
friendships were formed which
soon ripened into love, ami the day
! d'ore the arrival at Honolulu C.'upturn
bnford found that thirty couples
lesircd the nuptial knot tied. lie refused
to permit the ceremony on
hoard the vessel and the next ?lny it
lergymnn at Honolulu 'made the
thirty pairs happy by uniting tliem
in matrimony. Prior to the sailing of
Hie transport several other cases
iv.-re reporte i.
This Information reached this city
through one of the young men vent
from the Southern Illinois Normal
University.
(ILLED BY YELLOW F E V E rt TESTrtio
E.ipnrlmonta Willi Mo.-.ciuiloci l?.
Craie a* u Comcqucuce.
Havana. Cuba. ? Chief Surgeon
riavard announced that the cxperineats
lu the Investigation ?> * tl.
>roj>ajxation of yellow lever. so far ;.s
these Involved the uoosquito test, will
m discontinued. Tlio derision was
akou btcatise one of tac non-iuunr.nes
tvho was recently bitten by tin in
'feted mosquito died of yellow fever,
i'he 111:1a tva3 a Spnnhird. t'e.-divd to
aeeonie an immune, nnd therefore allowed
bitrself to be bitt a by an infected
mosquito. Atmtlrr i nin who
ivns bitten Is also suffering from
irery b;ul ease.
AeeonlluK to Major Ifavanl. f
'ases duo to mosquito infection pri >
to the latest two wcro light. but tl
uattor 1 as assumed a more dan?, raus
fcrtn than tte first cx peril teats l< d
die Yellow Fever Coctniiisi^u to expect.
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DNESDAY,"AUGLFS7 2
IINOREVENTSBFTHEWEEK
"WASHINGTON ITEMS.
President. MoKluley issued n proclamation
inviting nil the nations of
the world to take part in the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, to be held
at St. Louis.
President MeKinley pardoned Michael
Parr, serving a two-year sentence
for embezzling funds of Canton. Ohio.
11 v*tnt!ire.
The Columbian Minister called at
I lie State Department, and cave nnd
received assurances re.cnrdins tho
staio of affairs on tlio Isthmus of
Panama.
Eilward V. Sheparil, chief clerk In
tho Patent Offlco. was illsmlssod becauso
of irregular!! ies In his otlloo.
Twolvo farms aro reported in Alaska
hy tho Census Bureau in a bulletin.
Secretary Hoy wont to Canton to
soo President MoKinley about tho
South and Central American troubles.
on: Aoot'TKU islands.
The transport Thomas, with six
Iiunilrod teachers on board, arrived
it Manila from San Francisco.
The customs receipts In Cuba in 100(1
were Rl!t.b!)P.!)".'J, against S14,S."Vl,lHil
for IS:IP.
United States Judge Fstee decided
that Chinese born in tho Hawaiian
Islands are American citizens.
Hay rum imported from Porto Bleu
must pay a distiller spirits tax.
The plan for a school at Tutuila, Samoa.
was abandoned for the present
because of lack of funds.
It was dooiilod that ootToo may go
from the Fa i tod States to Porto It loo
free of duty. ^
ntlMKSTIC.
Bir.'glavs dynamited t li ^ safe in Hit
postoltioe at Petersburg. Tetin., and
uot S::UH.
The Iowa Democratic State Cmiv. ntioii
nominated Thomas J. Phillips,
>f Ottumwa, for (Inventor. ;ui<l adopt
tVl n form realiirininj; ilit? national
platform of the Kansas Pity National
Convention.
Miifth. '.v C. P. Harden prevented a
reduction of Willis and averted a
strike at I'ail lllvcr. Mass.. l>y buyhit;
i > all reculars rt i; > an I a hals
rents.
Governor Loii-fitm r.mntl Mi i
flppi's Treasury short niot.ojI. lb
*a.ve tlio Treasure: an opportunity t<
uako good the shortage ami it \va"on\
Wilbur 1*. Wakeninn. Appraiser of
he Port of New York, discovered
/urthrr irregularities in importations
of Japanese silks.
The battleship Iowa sailed from San
Francisco for Panama.
A Policy car at Chattnnoopn, Tetin.,
31 rtick ami killed Lewis Meaehatn,
aged 10b years.
Mayor II. T. Dttnenn, of Lexington,
Ky? deelared he could not stop gaiiihiliigr
there.
Two men wore killed and seven
wounded hy the explosion of a shell i
at Port lliley IJeservntion, Kansas.
P.eeause she believed her doff had
ceased to love her l>r. Sarah V. (Iroff.
of Cincinnati, Ohio. shr>t the animal
and eoiuiuiticd suicide.
It was estimated that 11.000 immigrants
have been smuggled through
tile port of New York in violation of
' the laws within live years.
A thief s cured $1t)0?) in iewels left
l>v Mrs. J. 1-5. Huston, of Auburn. N.
Y.. Sn her berth on a steamer at
Skaiciiny.
The new submarine torpedo boat
Moei rsiii was lamu lie?l at Lewis
.Vixen's yards, in Kli/.abethport, N. J.
The pilot beat .Tamos (lordnn 1! a
itett w;is run down and sunk by thf
.steamship Aleiie, of the Hambuv^
American Line, off Sandy Hook, and
three pilots and a steward perished.
1" 11 i i1 States Senator Fairbanks
was slightly injured in a runaway at
Minneapolis. Minn.
Two persons wore killed by a trolley
ear erashimj in.o a enrria re at
l\ " sjiv ('it v. Mo.
.i.ii.a V. 111:"IS, wmi rolioed liie Sepiy
Company at Crockett, Cal., of over
in inillioii, pleaded guilty,
.Inlin T. Ilayden, secretary-treasurer
ol director of Swift ?V- t'o.. at New
York City, is missing and S'Jn.bOO short
in his aeeounts.
The first bale of South Carolina eotton.
weighing 5-N pounds, reaelr <i
I 'liarlesiuii, ; lid sold for ton ccuts u
pound.
FOKKIGN.
A hurrieane in Sjiain caused sit
deai lis and ihe loss of a lr.rgc ainnuir
of properly.
Advices from Japan say that an
eari.v nr. .'i; ii|? <>i ; lie t :: i n net, title Ii.
internal dissension. is likely.
(Iriji'i'.i' IT. O. .Jeffries. of tin* Colombian
army, believed that then* would
no war between thai country and
Veno/.ttiJa.
I'iiJt* ii persons were drowned l>y
tie' lp-izitiji of a vessel at Troj;uie.\
l-'rance.
There were . ovt n eases of yellow
fever at I'orl l.Imon, Costa lliea.
TI. Chile-,11 < aoinet resigned lieeause
tlie Chamber of Deputies voted
entrary to the ideas of the (Jovcrn-1
: in r--. a; ding national defense.
A s -vere gale did damage in several
Wi" lie];;.11 islands.
Several news;inpers in Itussin oxpt"
sciI their approval of a eousnieri
ial nil!:itiep I t", ween Itussia and
Vni. ricu against the proposed tlertuan
tariff.
IMES
8, 1901.
I o
ARP ON OLD FRIENDS
Bill Says lie Receives Letters From
Old Men.
KNEW EACH OTHER LONG AGO
Likes '.lie Letters nnd Tries to Answer
Them? Rheumatism in Arm
Crcmps Kls Replies.
They are not all ilcatl. In fact, they
seem to multiply as the years roll on?
my contemporaries. 1 mean. 1 receive
more letters from olil men than I ever
ili.l. and they write well and give long
epistles. When a man gets along in the
seventies he feels lonesome, notwithstanding
the near presence of children
and grnndchildrch. The companions of
his youth are gone, and so some of
these old men unbosom themselves to
me for sympathy. I like such letters
and try to answer them all, hut rheumatism
in my arms and hands cramps
nty replies. One old gentleman from
Alabama says he feels better after he
has written, for he is a native Georgian
and loves her people and her old
red hills and the sweet memories of
| Ihnory college and his visits to Ath ns.
I when his uncle Klizar Newton lived.
' md he met me there in the forties.
J md John Grant and Dan Hughes and
Jack Brown and Billy Williams, who
J married my friend's cometi and took
barge of the blind asylum and how
he heard Dr. Church preach and was
charmed with the music of the choir
where Miss Ann Waddell and Rosa
j Cringle and other pretty girls snug, j
' tnd how a tall, long, high man. with a
big hooked nose and a huge "pomum
, \damus" on his throat, sang base, anil
how lie was a roommate of Tom Norwood
at Kmory and a classmate of
Bishop Key and Judge A. B. I.ong!'treet.
the author of "Georgia Scenes,"
was the president: and how lie roniov- I
: to vi lloma in IMP ;>n l married an I
| '..is si veil daughters and no sons an i .
us ti n orphan grandchildren, and lias |
[to work early and late to support and' |
ilu ate them, but never so. s and rare- I
! y luais from any friend of his youth ]
I .ml is at times sad and depressed and j
'tones for sympathy. Poor old man. i
wisii that lm lived near me, for I ]
would visit him and cheer liini up. and ,
.11 him anecdol s and antidotes, and
we w ntld t ilk over the times and swap '
'olleeo '.oi s and lu ag :it> ?ut the g n il
ild days when there were n ? tele- j (
.'ranks or t- lephom s or bicycles.an 1 w e
iid not want any; no sowing ma h.n ? '
ir store clot lies, and we didn't mod
my; no football or baseball or hazing ' '
?.? dni.?i<^<2 ?\?* -i Miiomii'. * ~~
- ..... unit ma. .\im in '
hose Mays iMiiip Toombs ami Stephens ' :
ind Ju.1l' 1 loug.ierty anil Unwell Cobb I
ami Walter Colquitt ami spake to tli* '
people face to face, and sin h eloquent
men as (Jenrso Poarceo and Bishop j
.'apers and Jesse M"reer and Dr. lloyt
ind Colliding and Ingles preached to
theni. Ves, we would t;lk about the 1 j
lays of our boyhood, when there w;u j
no gas or kerosine or friction matches ?
nothing hut candles to Rive us light. '
and no Prometheus to steal Are from '
heaven to licht them with. Shakespeare
knew how it was. for ho wrote; '
"How far that little eandle throws its i
beams!
So shines a Rood deed In a naughty 1
world."
If Shakespeare wrote by randl light,
why shouldn't we? And he, too, us d ,
th" Hint and steel to make a spar! to
light them. "Pick your ft 1 lit and keep
your powder dry" was (3cner.il Jackson's
nrd r to Now Orleans. When 1
was a young merchant gun-flints were
as i onimon as marbles, and 1 s dd them
at the eiiiio price 1<? cents a do-en.
Wonderful, wonderful are the cbatig s.
and we old people fall in with tli at
and adapt them to our in-" and our
i ir.ifort. I wouldn't be s t h.e k to tin
I it , i .. : r i i * 1 '
'I 'II (III! > . I I * ' J. J, I I I I I 1 Y\ ? / til
<*n. >y seeing this generation all set
back about seventy years, just fur
about a vvci k. .Vy A! sbam.i fri-id an I
other veterans would lie tickled to
(' nth to see the r.niv rsnl dismay- no
railroads or telegraph. no mail bur
once a week?and cents for a s'n l
1 it. No ?Ini 1 v n -wspapers in the
state and only fo r weeklies, with : 1
sensations, no suicides or lym-hings
There would he no cooking stoves, n
coal, no steel jions or < nvelopes. no!
cigarettes. No millionaires or free n.g I
gers. 1 renunib r v."hen cotton was
packed in round bales with a crowbar '
The Ions has was made first and was
suspende 1 from a hole in the sin '
house fir a* and Undo Jacl; sot down
in it and packed the cotton hard a i* !
was thrown to him. He packed tw<
bal s a tla^ ?.'id they weighed lOf j
pounds each. Two of them filled tho
bed of the bis v;ason and five more
were crossed on top and fastened down i
with a lens pole. All the little spaces j
were filled with eorn and fodder, the i
big cover put on ami with a four or
six-horse t?am we worn off f >r Augusta.
It was a ten-day's trip and wo hoys
wore happy to go along and camp out
all nig* t and listen to the nigger dri
vers ton about ghosts and Jaek-o'l.antorns
and witches and raw heal
and Id >ody born s. It wat gr. .it fun. We
brought back sugar and molasses in
groat hogsheads. It was brown sugar,
for white sugar wasn't Invented, except
a failed loaf sugar, which
was put up in five-pound cones and ,
covered with blue paper. That kind j
was t'ur rich folks aud was very prcc- !
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iotls. It was crystallized like these .
tie square lumps that are common now.
When our mother would unwrap the
loaf she would let us children lick the
sweet white tissue paper that was next
to the sugar. It was good. Most anything
was good then. A stick of striped
candy was a rare treat. So was half an
orange, or a bunch of "reesins." its the
niggers called them. Most anything
was good then, for our appetite had
not been surfeited with cakes and
sweetmeats, as titty are now. We loved
sassafras root and angelica and sugar
berries and locusts and wild cherries
and the inside bark of chee#nut trees
and slippery elm. We were always hungry
and hunting for something.- My
Alabama friend is sad. not only because
he has lost his youthful companions.
but his youthful appetite. Even
ginger cakes have lost their relish and
a gaino of sweepstakes and town hall
and hull-pen their fascination. I envy
the happy children as they play around
me. but 1 am happy, too, in trying t,.?
make them happy, for 1 know that
there is trouble enough ahead of them,
for man that is h.?rn ?>f .1 woman is of
few days and full of trouble. The best
we can do is to do the best wc can to
fortify against it and t ike the had with
lite good. Try to be calm and serene,
for life Is full of blessings and we
should school ourselves to magnify
them and ho thankful. 1 have not forgotten
the poor little hoy who slept
under the straw, and one cold windy
night his mother laid an old door on
straw to hold it down, and he said.
"Mother, 1 reckon there are some little
boys who havent got any door to put
over them." It is a good way for us to
think about those who are worse off
then we are, and toy Alabama frlen 1
knows there are thousands of them.
lint I must stop, for it is hard to
write a ? !'.< rfnl letter these gloomy
days. The weather i? depressing an 1
that helps my Alabama friend t .> feel
sad. Coho says that a long wot tain is
worse on a man than a long dry
drought. Wo have not seen the blessed
sunshine for four long days and the
wind has blown down mv nrc'ty buUcr
bean arbor Hat to the grojnd. -Bill
4rp in Atlanta Constitution.
COMFORT FROM ELECTRICITY.
How Croatly it /id; Vlon to Enduro tho
Heated Term's Agonies.
Ti.c lint w. dii r. to equal which in
iiUcn-ity the met; iologn.il authorities
liavc had to go hack thirty years, had
many mitigations that were not available
to the la t g.iteration; and they
were largely < ! an electrical nature.
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telephone, uiul>litin iiH'ii to sii in their
iliices or country homos and transact
>ti-in ^ at a distance witliout any nc
rossiiv t<> trudge the Saharan streets.
I In v -ay the ordeal i- a trying one at
>uch -i a on, to tlie little telephone girl,
nit -he does lu i work hravely and well,
l inn there is the fan motor, bringing
"sea breezes" into the hottest building.
I heir | polarity wa, Immense as
t relief to weary pe pie, and the market
was soon swept hare of them. We
have heard of one society woman who,
with a number of her family under the
weather, went to an electrical store
and. being told all the fans in sight,
were sold, laid violent hands 011 one and
refund to he comforted until she was
allows >1 to carry 11 away in perspiring
triumph in her carriage.
As for the electric light, that has long
been a familiar boon, but one needs to
get out in the country <>r Ty the scaside,
where > nly oil lamps and candles
arc available, t > realize > nc? more how
grateful and cool tiie little incandescent
lamp is. Moreover, in town the ice
cream free/ei >>r the ehctrie stove c;m
he run fr?>:n the suite circuit as the
lamp, lull i;i tlie In?li lay v. < 'rutc
force and fir a- 11 aic di .agreeably
ncce ary. I In u nd 1 is that electricity
is -til! ij lnilt known anil u id outside
tin towns and cities. It i- most
lie d. d b;. th 1 i waves and amid
tin- e. rn'a-ltls and potato patches.
i'crliaps llie biggc t electric boon of
all in tn li <. a! mini; weather as tlnit
which has hull the subject of so much
flattering comment recently is the trolley
ear. All the street railway coinI
an es report a hit-;, time, and tlu ir employees
were worked to tl'.c point of
rxhau tion. Any cttr?ory glance at
the ears will -how that tTie travel is
i|ttite largely of a recreative character,
especially in the hot nights, when entire
families with the late-t ailing little
baby 1 loard the cars t<? go for a fifteentnile
swift criti- for live cents a head?
for the adults. The -ick man docs not
ji w take up his hed and walk. Tic gets
rein f tin- e stttnttier nights by jumping
on the fir-t trolley car and leaving his
l?ed In-hind hint. l ite trolley car thus .,
does on ma e t r the suffering population
that which electricity does more
ii. hvidually f- r timber- of the community
wh can each pay for a teleph'?n<
. a lamp, a 'ail motor. anil a freezer
t r them-elvi . f?reat indeed h
cUctriiity in tin* ?!ays!
< o i, j nil i ln>:*n Nffilnd,
A < .1 ' I .. < < .< ;> >nil? lit. Kt'.ltes
i .1 t .i i ' ;tj ' a- exhibited
of ' 1 from the
i! 1' i recently ills!
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. . ?1 v to Northum
?m. - V* . in 1 s; nt to tbfc
i' v ri-altiirnl Society to
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