Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f . - .. - -WWHEN M llpk A __ ~ They told me in the night that ?hc v k > flead, And then I knew from out nv life r & fled All beauty: that henceforth mv path v. led In lone v lands; that I should m:#s 1 ^ red ^ ui woca.ana roses ana tnc mornm glow. For she was ray best friend! The wo: js she said In prayer each nightbeside my trundle b 4 . * I still recall; the pillow then she spread ^ With such a touch that I no more c know! I ' REAPING it ^7 By HELEN jjjgj jjgj jju wish, nine gins, y< r" would keep quiet for tv I cc nsecutive minutes." rC- i==i p=* The Rev. Mr. Brewsfo was sitting at his stud ?kv i&w.c, grounded by antique lookii Egf-1 Greek testaments, lexicons and man script folios, trying to reason his wj through a knotty point of church dc &X. trine, while, in the wide seat of ti low window beyond, just on a lev ? .with the street, two little girls v eight and ten were curled up lil plump white kittens of a larger grow fe/ chattering on the respective merits SPs .- a colony of staring dolls. Meta Brewsford, the younger, was ; fair as a spring anemone, with floatii |sk curls of silky gold, and blue, glitterii ||-| X , ? eyes; while her cousin, Eloisc, w; I darker and more gypsy like in h childish beauty, given, moreover, laying down the law to Meta, and ts. tng every possible advantage of h . two years of seniority. "You see, Meta," she gravely coi menced, "I am older than you, and? "Hush wid you clatteriu', childher corrected Bridget, who had just con in to lay the table for lunch, for it w: in the sunny dining room where M Brewsford loved to study, and his litt . people to play, since Mrs. Brewsford death had somehow thrown a gloo over the rest of the house. "Sorra t your poor papa can write an' you thorA likp fl hive o' bees i Iv swarmin' time." Meta was just looking up to remo strate, when a sunbrowned, swartl countenance was flattened against tl plate glass window that overlooked tl street, and a hoarse voice pleaded: "Please, miss, give a poor boy a piei or bread?" > Meta started back with a little ci as the big, black eyes, glittering wii restless, uncertain light, met hers?tl eyes of a boy about eleven, whose raj scarcely clung to his lithe, supple figu and who carried a basket on one arm "Get along wid ye!" cried Bridge shaking her fist at the apparition ( the other side of the window, "or I call a policeman, that I will." - But Met&'s soft little heart relente Slipping down from her temporal throne on the window seat she ran ? her father's side. / . "Papa, it's a poor boy. and he loo] so hungry; can't I give him a piece < bread? Say, papa, can I call him in?' "Call him in, indeed," echoed Elois haughtily. "Why, uncle, he's as dir - * as a charcoal man, but it's just lil | Meta!" Mr. Brewsford, slowly struggling o of the misty realms of dead and goi centuries, looked hopelessly from 01 the other of the little speakers. "Who is dirty? What is it that y< ? .want, Meta?" } I a And tnen, arousea to u seuss ol ?>u was transpiring around liim, lie said: . "Certainly, of course. Open the doc ', Bridget, and call the poor boy in." * And Johnny Piper, summoned by ti unwilling Bridget, slunk into t) room, like a young pariah as he ws js staring around him, while Eloi started back, gathering her dain silken skirts around her as if the :were pollution in the very air si i. breathed. "Keep away from me, you dir boy," she said, while Meta ran to pi sundry slices of bread in his basket. "Papa, can I give him an apple?" si 4 pleaded. "Meta, don't," warned Eloise. "The are only three red aples for lunch." "He can have mine. I don't want I would much rather he should eat Here, boy, is a red apple, and " But a shrill outcry from Bridg checked her in her half-uttered speee1 "Did ye ever see the likes o' th: masther, dear? See now, it's the silv fork off the table intirely that he's hi 0 den away undher the rags o' him, ai us puttin' the bread in his mouth, t ungrateful spalpeen!" "I told you so," complacently enu dated Eloise. It was too true; tlie juvenile culpr caught in the very act, had no word || defense to plead as he stood wi down-hanging head, while Bridj; ' flourished aloft the silver fork she h I'; pulled from one of his ragged cc * pockets. "Masther, will I call the police?" s demanded, triumphantly. |V* \ But Meta begau to cry. "Papa! papa! don't send liira to j:' lie's so little," she pleaded. ? "It'll be good for him, the murdher jj**' " young thafe!" cried Bridget. i "It's just what he deserves!" sf I Eloise. While the boy himself bro into an unmelodious howl, as < screwed his dirty knuckles into t sockets of his eyes. I "Boy. come here," said Mr. iire\ ford, gravely. "What did you st< that fork for?" "Wanted to sell it to Old Joe, ? ? OTHER JDIED. ZJOSZO V.ICE. ras She sought the smoothest ways for me t -o. lad Ana her sweet faith brought a!! the mount a ins low. ay The seeds of kindness that she piactc* grow? he Are blooming now unharmed by frost o snow, S's By crystal dews from heaven nightly fed ? _ 1 1 T 1 11 it. - 1 -rV.11'4 rt i!en J U .VCii ll'.oiJ tflC 'ds Her smile to me is bright, as was the bow To those upon the flood; I miss it so cd Sow when the winds unbridled wild!' blow an And rains descend on my deienseles hcacJ! % HE HARVEST. A X7 FORREST GRAVES. 3U Chatham street," blubbered the youth k0 ful criminal. "What would you have done with tin rd money?" y. "Bought marbles, an' taffy." "How much would he have paid yoi for it?" iy "A dime." ,c- "The poor boy has no idea of th( be value of what he has stolen," said tin el minister, pityingly. "What is youi UI te "John Piper." th "Well, John, don't you know it is of very wrong to steal ?" "Xo?o?o, sir." as "Then you must be very ignorant, 3g John." 3g "I suppose I is," the boy said, glancas iug furtively toward Meta's pitying er eyes and Eloise's contemptuous gaze, to "John," persisted the good clergy' k- man. "do you know that you ought tc er be sent to jail?" "Don't give me to the police, sir!" n. whimpered the boy, "and I won'c nevei do it no more!" t" "John," said the minister, solemnly, ae 41 will let you go on one conditionas that you come to my Sunday-school, or ;r. the corner of M and C?*- streets, le next Sunday morning at 9 o'clock prei's cisely. Will you promise me to come?" m "Yes, sir." lit And so John Piper was allowed tc a retreat, little Meta running after him in as far as the basement door to slip the big red apple slyly into his basket, n- "Just like Meta," said Eloise, scorniy fully, "and here she'll have no apple ie for her lunch." ie "I don't want one," said Meta, stoutly, and her father patted her golden :e head with an approving touch, that was worth many apples to her. ry But when, on the succeeding Sunday, th the good man looked around in his iq little fiock, John Piper was not there. It was as might have been expected: re he had seen the last of that youthful . guerrilla of the streets., 'Sundayit, schools were not to Master Piper's >n taste, whatever might be said of silver '11 forks and big red apples. "I am sorry," said the Rev. Mr. d. Brewsford, "very sorry. I had hoped ry to sow ne^v seed in the soil of his obta durate heart, but I shall have no opportunity now. I am afraid." ts "I am sorry, too, papa,'' said Meta, of softly. > ?**&?** ;e, The sorrow of years had whitened ty the Rev. Mr. Brewsford's luxurious ie brown hair, and little Meta was Miss Margaretta Brewsford now, while ut Eloise had grown into a dark, sparkiie ling beauty, who loved to heighten hei ae Jewess-like style with scarlet flowers and au Oriental splendor of costume. >u It was summer evening twilight when the two girls sat together enjoy at ing the cool freshness of the air, but a : little silent withal, for of late weeks a >r, slight, intangible coldness had risen uj: between them, and for a reason as sin tie gular as it was all suScient, {hey were tie both learning to regard, with mort ts. than ordinary feelings,'the same man. se Mr. Montressor was handsoms ty enough to justify the infatuation oj re any young lady?tall, dark and hand be some, the fact of his being the heir tf a West India uncle's wealth served tc ty reflect additional brilliance on his tie graceful ease of maimer. It was only a brief while ago that he had been in he tvoduced to the arena of New York so ciety, but during those few weeks Ik re had signally "made his mark." Hall the young ladies that moved in the cir it. cle of the Misses Brewsford were ii it. love with Mr. Montressor, and poo] Eloise and Meta had somehow caugh: ;et the infection. h. While they sat chatting idly in th( it, twilight the doorbell rang, and botl er colored crimson to hear Mr. Montres id- sor's voice. The next instant he was od shown into the room. " he With one or two pleasant words o; . greeting he sat down beside Meta in- Eloise half arose, as if to leave tin apartment, her cheeks burning witl it, fevered glow, born of the bitteres of pangs of jealousy, tli Mr. Montressor watched her with : jet curious light in his dark eyes, ad "Miss Eloise, I beg you will not leav< iat us." lie said. Eloise resumed her seat with a tos: he of her jet-black tresses. "Oh, I thought?I did not know bu that you had something particular t< til, say to Meta." "I have, but it is nothing but what in' would-rather you, too. should hear." Eloise looked puzzled, but relieved lid nevertheless. Meta colored until he >ke soft cheeks looked like sweet pear bios he soras newly opened to a June sunrise, he "I wished," deliberately went on Mi Montressor, "to ask Miss Meta Brews cs- ford if she would become my wife." i?al There was an instant of utter silenc ia the dusky gloom of the room, am in then Eloise rose up. \ .. > ; I * " " ? "" ' **Is it necessary that I should stay here to bo longer insulted.?' she asked in a choked voice. 0 ' Insulted, Miss Brews ford! I am l r.ot sure that I entirely comprehend - i you,*' echoed Mr. Montressor. ^ I And the tropic fervor of Eloise's nai turc broke through the bonds of all r maidenly reticence. ^ "Oh. John. I loved yon! I have wast* cd all the softest tenderness of my heart upon you. hut now " "Stop!"' interrupted Mr. Montressor, _ i "every word you speak now will bo bit1 terly repented in the future. Be silent, s if you respect yourself. Meta," be said, turning to the shrinking figure at his side, "you have not' yet answered mc. Will you be my wife?" - And Meta, trembling and yet infinitely happy, answered: "i'es." "The reason I wished your cousin, as well as yourself, to be present," said Mr. Montressor, "is because my love is no new thing of yesterday. It dates back more than ten years, when I first met you and your cousin. Eloise." Both looked up in surprise. ' "I think you are mistaken, John," - '-a:* Meta. softly. "No, dearest, I am not mistaken, i Take your memory back over the lapse of years to a bright winter afternoon. See if you can remember two little i girls playing with their dolls in a sunny dining room window, whiie their father was busy over his sermon i for the following Sunday, just beyond. ? And then conjure up before your mincl's eye an elflike boy, who re turned their generous kindness by pocketing a silver fork." > "I do remember it," said Meta, smiling. "for he carried my red apple away in his basket. Poor fellow, he was , half starved, I suppose. But what of it?" "I arn that boy." ; "You?" "Yes. My uncle, who had n^ver for given my mother's contracting a rash > marriage against his will, apd who had steadily refused to see me when I ' was left a helpless orphan adrift in the streets of New York, finally relented, and a few months after I was beg, ging my bread of kind-hearted strang ers saw me the heir of wealth of which i my wildest dreams had never con, ceivcd the least idea. But I never for got the two little girls, one of whoa ' pitied me as heaven's angels may pity erring man; the other of whom sneered ? at and scorned the poor outcast. I i knew you both when I saw you. three > mouths ago, even before your names were spoken in our introduction, al though it is scarcely strange that yor. f failed to recognize me. under a new name, and changed by the slow gliding away of ten years. Meta, do you woni der that I fell in love with you at first . sight?" Thus was reaped the harvest sown , years and years ago.?New York Weekly. Odd Callings. A professional copper changer, and 1 nnlv one does business in London, al> though there are said to be or fou:' | others divided about among the big manufactureing towns of the north. Even so, however, says "T. A. T.," the ' calling can hardly be regarded as an overcrowded one. The "copper changer" was the product, primarily, of the penny-in-tlie-slot machine. He collects the coppers from ' the owners of these, paying special attention to the gas companies, and alsi from 'bus companies, tramway manaa; ers, etc., and exchanges them for sil| ver at public houses and elsewhere at ' a smaller margin of commission than ' the banks .charge. The London representative of the craft started business in an exceedingly humble way ' about eighteen months ago. He now owns his own light cart and a couple ' of horses, and disposes of over a to a of pennies and half-pennies ever?' L working day in the week. 1 Perhaps, however, the least crowdel > profession in the whole world is that which is exorcised, greatly to her own i profit, by Miss Florence Pullman, the ' eldest daughter of Mr. George M. Puiltf ;?a hr?r rtntv to namo the pala 111*1 11, O. L. i. . x ?. X. V. . I tial cars turned out by the Pullman L Company, and for doing this she draw s the really handsome salary of S10.0C'> } per annum. > Lowly End of a Famous Ship. The Enterprise, which took part in the search for Sir .John Franklin. :-s ; to be used for pile driving for the Dov\ er Harbor Works. The Enterprise and the Investigator left England, unj der Captains Collinson and McClur:;, p respectively, in January, 1S50, and it J was in the May of 1S">5 that Captain 11 1 Collinson returned home after one of ? the most remarkable voyages over r> j corded even in the fascinating story of . Arctic exploration. Of all the expedis rions fitted out by the Government o { discover Franklin's fate, Collinson s f i came nearest to success, and liis voyage has been described as a record * of patience, endurance, and unflagj ging perseverance, under difficulties t which have perhaps never been surpassed.'' t Australia's Latest Flagu#*. J The caterpillar plague in Australia ucciiniin<? ?larminir uroporiious, and s agriculturists are beginning to fear for the beautiful crops which have rot suited from the recent splendid rains. > The invasion is now extending from the southern part of New .South Wales I to the western border of the colony. Trains are frequently stopped through I. the rails being rendered slippery by r the crushed bodies of the insects, i- which cross the tracks in countless numbers. An extraordinary sight was ' witnessed near Bathurst, where a trav> eling army of caterpillars, said by eyewitnesses to be several inches deep, e utterly consumed the oats in a seven3 teen acre field and the wheat in an ad! joining field within a few hours. . . '. - " ?; tt:'r"T' ' - -. -v' S SOLTH CAROLINA jj A STATE NEWS ITEMS, jj .?MrororocxjfMfvJC\J "General'' Lee Swung Up. News has been received of the' ! lynching of a negro, "General" Lee, in Dnrrheater rountv a few days ago. It is staged that Lee had attempted to criminally assault a white woman near Reevesville, and, after being captured by a posse, he was secured by a mob of men, who hanged him to a tree. * ? * Carnegie Ready With the Cash. John 3. Cleveland, chairman of the 1 committee of Spartanburg citizens which has in charge the Carnegie library project for the city, has received | a letter from Mr. Carnegie's secretary i stating :hat Mr. Carnegie has agreed j to donate, as it is needed, ft is prob| able that the building for the library, j which is to retain the name of its ' founder, Dr. Lionel Chalmers Kennedy, will be begun in a few weeks. It j will be removed from its present site ; on Kennedy Place to the lot adjoining I the court house on Magnolia sitreet. * * Fuman-Wake Forest Debate. Arrangements for an inter-collegiate debate between Furman university and Wake Forest college were completed at Greenville a few days" ago. J. L. Vass, Jr., and A. B. Langston will represent Furman.in this contest. Wake Forest speakers have not yet j been selected. The query edopted J is: "Resolved, That th Expansion Policy' of the United States Government Is for the Best Interests of Its ' People." Wake Forest, affirmative; j Furman negative. Debate will be held j in Charlotte, N. C., on the first Monday after Easter. * * * j Annual Editors Chosen. The election in the Calhoun Literary j Society of Wofford College for the editors of The Annual of this year resulted :n the following men being chosen: J. P. Lane, R. 0. Lawton, B. Con| nally, William Brobham, ,J. C. Candler. of Atlanta; T. B. Wuson. The societies have raised so far over $500 for this, their first edition, | and the prospects? show enthusiasm in the first steps to issue an annual. The editor in chief and business manager will be elected by the corps of editors. j* * * Message an Able Paper. Governor D. C. Heyward's first annual mtssage to the legislature was an able, clear-cut business paper. He outlined a plan for getting the state on a cash basis, $425,000 having been borrowed to tide over until the next taxes are collect*. 1. His recommendations as to state schools an immigration bureau and good roads were on progressive and practical lines. Treating of the dispensary, he show- j ed the receipts last year were $425,000 , j greater than the year betore. He at-1 I -..it-.?i 4-Uir. ^ on inprpncfl in irioiiicu ciixo uut iv/ uu -? i the amount of liquor consumed, but to :i restriction in the operation o. "blind j tigers." . The legislature is a harmonious body, and a useful session is anticipated. * * * Big Lumber Plant at Hamburg. The large plant of the Hardwood j Lumbe * Company, located in Hamburg, and which is now nearing completion at a cokt of between $40,000 and $50,000, marks the beginning of another industry for Augusta, Ga., and a feeder of the city's prosperity. Captain A. J. Twiggs and Frank E. Fleming are the leaders in the organization of this company, and everything is about ready for the beginning of operations. The plant is one of the finest of its kind in the south, and its promoters have every confidence that it^vili be a paying investment. ^ trirtirtitir a.ZT\11V I iiu AUUllS 1U IUC Tikimi,!, vui>-w?..v down the river a few miles, are rich in hardwoods of great value, and the wonder is that a hardwood lumber plant was not established years ago for the handling of these woods and their manufacture into marketable products. Chief among this wood is cypress. There is also oak, hickory, cedar and walnut. In connection with the establishment of this plant, Captain A. J. Twiggs was in Columbia a few days ago in consultation with State Secretary Jesse Gantt. endeavoring to purchase all the state's land fronting on the Savannah river in Hamburg. Recently South Carolina reclaimed a lot of land in Hamburg under the original grant to the Hamburg municipality. The town is now a deserted village, hence the reclamation of tne streets and other public lands by the state. Captain Twiggy wants the land for yard room in the future, as the new lumber plant enlarges and expands. The placing of draws in the bridges across the Savannah will enable the land to be used with great advantage for the establishment of wharves and other yard facilities. A special from Columbia is to the effect that Capta'in Twiggs offered $100 per acre for the land, and that the secretary of state will recommend the acceptance to the public land com f' i *" ^ W $ j mission. The new plant will employ a large number of experiened mechanics. d | Governor Heyward on General Gordon. J i Following is a summary of the eulo| gistic address delivered by Governor! j Heyward at the funeral services over j General Gordon in Atlanta: "The heart of South Carolina goes out today to Georgia and to the south, because of the death of the distinguished soldier who has fought his last fight and won his last great victory. We are here a delegation sent by my state, representing every de-, partment of the state ^government, to say to the people of Georgia that we mourn with them he deah of John B. Gordon. We who loved and honored him are here to place a wreath upon his bier, and from grateful . hearts to pay him loving tribute. "South Carolinians loved him and followed him?followed him amid the j smoke and carnage of battle, followed : the inspiring figure, with radiant face i j and flashing eyes, on the dark charger ! ?followed Gordon, the Chevalier Bay-1 ard of the Southern. Confederacy. "In the trying days of reconstruc- j tion they gladly followed him again, ' | when he crossed the Savannah, and by | the side of his old comrade in arms. Wade Hampton, he assisted us in the I redemption of our state. And now, | with bowed heads, with saddened I hearts and with hushed voices, it is ' ? ? - -it ? *1.1 I ATM I aii iiiesmuauie yiivnegc iu ucui, a.uu especially to the old soldiers of South Carolina, who are represented here today, to follow him once more, even j though it be to his final resting place. ' j "There are others here today of his j native state, men who tought beside I him, who will speak of tneir dead I chieftain as a soldier; there are those ! who will speak of him as the statesman; there are those who will speak of him a sthe petriot and a citizen, and for all of these, my friends, x?e stood forth, grand, glorious and inspiring. But we of South Carolina come today to stand beside tne silent form of General Gordon and tenderly, lovingly and reverently to pay our homage to the , great-hearted man and to the loyal friend. A9 such he came to us in our I hour of need, and as such he will be held by us in everlasting remembrance. "It had not been long since his bright sword had ceased to flash in j the air that he saw there was work to be done in South Carolina. Over in j our state we were battling for home j rule, for white supremacy, struggling 1 for the very preservation of our civil!- j zation. The odds, the times, and even ; fate itself, seemed against us. We j had rallied around our great leader, | I Wade Hampton?we had placed our | all in his keeping? and then it was that your Gordon came and stood by ! Hampton. > j "This is not the occasion, nor does j my time permit details. I need only t say that by following such leaders South Carolina was redeemed, and the names of Hampton and of Gordon ^ill ever be enshrined in our hearts, as generation follows generation. The, portrait of your gallant son hangs: upon the walls of our capitol, even as bis memory will live in our hearts, and ; this is the message I bring you today j from the people of my state. "Brave and peerless Gordon! He has gone from us for awhile, beyond the reach of our voices, but he can never go beyond the reach of our love, j He has joined kindred spirits in the ; great beyond, where are gatJbred now so many of his comrades who wore the. Confederate gray. "As a great general of the Southern I Confederacy, as governor and United . States senator of the grand old state of Georgia; as a patriot, a citizen and a man, John B. Gordon stood always : for truth and right. In his loyal heart there was no room for aught that was j not brave and noble. We stand before j his bier today with hearts chastened j with sorrow, but with hearts quicken-j - " -!J- ? i ea wnn priae Decause ut iuu ictu.u . he has left behind him. A precious* heritage this, to his loved ones, to his j state, to the south and to his country. ! "Today the flag on the capitol of my ; state floats at half-mast, in honor of i General Gordon. Today the people of the entire south feel that a connect-1 ing link with the past has been sever- j ed, and that no man can take Gor-! ' I don's place in the hearts of our people. His work is finished, he sleeps , and sleeps well. He has fought a: &fod fight, he has finished his course, j he has kept the faith. We know him. i know that there is now for him a crown of righteousness, peace and rest forevermore!" J , LYNCHING IN FLORIDA. Mob Takes Prisoner from Officers and Hangs Him from Tree Limb. A negro by the name of Jumbo Clark was lynched at High Springs, Fla., Thursday aiternoon. Clarke had criminally assaulted Miss Jessie Mizell, a 14-year-old girl, while she was on her way to school. The matter was soon reported to the authorities and immediately there went a posse in search of the offender. He was captured seven miles from High Springs, taken back to town and made to confront his victim, who identified him. Officers left with the prisoner for Gainesville, the county seat, but they cevon rrnlPS out and VV CI C U> VI WIW ? M...*. ? the prisoner taken from them. He wa? hanged to an cak tree, his body riddled with bullets. There were fifty men in the mob and no masKs were worn, though the lynching occurred in broad daylight. '' ' j ; ' " -v::^ *' BUY LANu IN SUlTlH ? * * j t Chicago Packers Turn This j Way tor Feeding Grounds.' I SECURE IMMENSE TRACTS - <j In Southern Alabama and Northern Florida?An Industrial Venture f -J of Great Benefit and Proportions. Edward F. Younger, a well known > 1 Chicago correspondent states that the 4 Swifts, the Armours, Nelson Morris, | and Schwarzchild & Sulzberger?"the stock yards family''?have purchased ? 1,000,000 acres of land in southern Alabama and northern Florida, according "{ to ?tories published here, but not fully confirmed by the packers. I The news of^the purchase has start- v 1 tied the stock yards, Lasalle street " r | and the railway world. These interests | see behind the purchase a move intended to revolutionize the meat industry of America. . -. < < The 1,000,000 acres, it is declared, J* was purchased from the Louisville and > Nashville railroad at an average price of $3.75 an acre, making the total mon| ey consideration^,750,000. It is declared that the great Chicago v I packers intend to establish on the ro- . J J claimed swamp land and the pinelands > j | of Georgia and Florida the greatest . % cattle feeding grounds in the world, ; and to escape freight rates and double ! hauls?the "local" rates between Mon-- 33 1 a* . " * !JZa?L \ tana and Chicago and Chicago and j New York?to rid themselves of the * > ! great expense of shipping, and to fat| ten cattle on cassava. The corn products trust is interested because, it is said, the packers intend, r in connection with their feeding ^ ground, to establish great starch facto- . J ! ries and to manufacture starch and ' other products of the cassava root and put them jn the field in competition j with corn products of the trust CONVENTION IN PANAMA. ' J First Steps Taken for the Adoption of ^ a Constitution. A special dispatch from Panama \ says: Members of the junta and sev- # eral consular representatives \ were -3 I present Friday at the first session of the constitutional convention, which Si was also attended by a great crowd cf people. , Dr. Pablo Arosemena, temporary president of the convention, delivered the opening address, wnich was re- \ - t peatedly interrupted by applause. Dr. Arosemena said: - "The republic will live less by its material power than by the virtues it will practice. Independence must be maintained and the republic must adopt, without reserve, hat policy of ' probity which is born of justice and % knowledge." Dr. Arosemena reviewed the favorable auspices under which the republic * had been born and said: "Its security is protected by a powerful people, in whose veins runs the V rict blood of these puritans who shook off, with the dust of their sandals, the torment of religious intolerance and , \ the opprobium of political despotism." Dr. Euesbia Morales delivered the * Junta's message to the convention, after which the ministers leiX the meeting. The convention appointed Aristides ?, ' J Arjona, Juan Rautista Amador and Manuel C. Jurado a committee to . I draw up an ansyrer to the jnnta'9 message. . '/ vj TWO UNDER PEONAGE CHARGE. Randolph County, Georgia, Farmers ^ Bound Over in Federal Court. Charged with peonage, 0. A. and 0. F. Knighton, two farmers of Randolph county, Georgia, were placed under bonds of $1,000 each by United States Commissioner Brown at uoiudjdus, Friday. Their cases, which will be tried at the next term of the United States court will be the first peonage cases , ever brought in the western division of the federal court in the northern uis- > trict of Georgia. '' . . v IN HANDS OF RECEIVER. i ' j i Georgia Car and Manufacturing Com* pany in Financial Trouble. The Georgia Car and Manufacturing t> ! Company has been placed In the ! hands of a receiver. Merrill B. Oalla; way, of Macon, was appointed recelv- * | er by Judge Emory Speer, of the Un!j ted States court. The order taken before Judge Speer j provides that the receiver take imme- 1 \ j diate possession of the company*s>prop j erty and that he negotiate a loan 'of - , \ I sufficient money to meet ail pressing [ claims and pay employees. CHICAGO STRIKE RESUMED. * | After Truce of Fifteen Days Drivers Go Out Again. The strike of livery drivers began j anew at Chicago Thursday. After -a truce or nueen uays ionowmg ine tro? ; quois fire, nine:y-five per cent of the ^ \ | 600 drivers of carriages and hearses | are said to be out and once more the | black undertakers' wagons were pwt j into service in lieu of hearses at fuaj erals, while mourners were obliged to : J [ resort again to the street care journeyI ing to the cemeteries. .? J