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There are heroes who on engines
There are heroes who rush boldh
There are heroes who give liungr;
l>ut another merits mention as a
For the man who doesn't grumbh
Let us give the heroes medals wh
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Nance Hooper was standT3
- ing at the head of a little
X. open ravine which wound
away toward the foot of
the mountain. There was
?|v a low rail fence across the head of the
|| ravine a few yards from the mountain
highway, and against this fence Nance
was leaning. A great mass of flowing
brown hair reached far down below
her waist, about which her homespun
frock was tucked into a large roll,
thus shortening her skirts, in order
'M that she might move about more freely.
|?.V Up to the right of the ravine was a
E&, . iitue log caoin wnere sue nveu.
It was late in tlie afternoon, and as
g? Nance called the hogs a great crowd of
v ' them came galloping up the hill to
j& ; scramble over the apronful of vegeKp
tables which Nance threw over the
|>* . fence. From far down the ravine came
* the roar of the Tuckasiege River as its
|ji' waters tumbled over the ragged
. bowlders that marked its bed. With
her elbows on the fence and her chin
ip resting in her hands, Nance lingered to ,
'i|? listen to the roar of the river while she
^ dreamed. Small clouds were gathering
p in the sky all around, and the young
girl's eye watched them slowly change
Bp; from one shape to another, forming to
reh.; her mind the outlines of various anigp?
mals and birds.
fe : . While Nance was thus lost in her
||t dreaming and picture-making she sud- .
denly felt an arm placed about her. .
Whirling around she found herself in
g?. the embrace of a tall young nioim||f
taineer, who held her llrmly about the
?|- i-Waist and was looking a world of ten|f|:'
derness down into her eyes.
:. "Oh, Zeb, how you scared me! Turn
me loose this minute!" cried Nance,
?? struggling to free herself. At the
I:-, same time two bright tears came into .
f:, her eyes.
"Won't yon kiss me, Nance?" asked
P . the young man, eagerly.
' "No, I won't. You didn't have any
business to scare me, that's what you
l|f didn't."
ig; V 1 Zeb released her and stood back. ,
?>' For a moment neither of them spoke.
Nance again stood holding the top ^
rail of the fence, and was gazing array .
Idown the ravine. Zeb stood a few feet .
away, with his eyes turned toward the
|||^' ground. At last he spoke:
"Nance, I'm powerful sorry I scared
it'-, you." x
The girl did not reply. There was
H'r;. another long pause, after which Zeb
I!* spoke again:
"Did a big day's work yesterday and
another one to-day, Nance. Put forty- (
five logs into the river, nearly all big
grp ones."
' * He waited a moment, during which
he cautiously raised his eyes to a level
srith the back of Nance's head.
f?|r "I?I sot that strip of land paid for
last Saturday: and?and I've got
enough left to build a house on it,
Bfe v Kance."
; Still 110 reply.
''Wages are better than they have
||;V been," he went on, "and I thought we
I*' might as well get married now. That's
what I've come to see about. Nance.
t? I think we've waited about long
Ik;' 'enough."
Silence still. Zeb sat down on an old
' stump near by and waited a long while.
Finally he rose again and gazed up at
the sky all around.
"From the looks of the sky the river'll
??>' ; be high enough to float logs in the
i?' morning," he said, thrusting his hands
K- . down into the pockets of his pantaloons
||| and striving hard to clear a strange
f;r hitskiness from his voice,
j ' "They're putting in machinery down
; at Dillsboro to start up a locust pin
*> factory, Nance. Reckon I could get a
good many locust blocks off of that
piece of land I've bought."
Again Zeb's vision, wandered toward
Nance, but she still stood motionless
by the fence, her long hair waving
"gently in the light breeze that was stirring.
And the longer Zeb gazed upon
the woman he ioved the fuller grew his
bosom, until he could no longer withstand
the pressure; and his words were
J; almost in the tone of a wail as he sank
Ip. back upon the old stump:
"Oh, Nance, ain't you ever a'goin' to
say anything?"
Nance continued as immovable as before.
At last Zeb replaced his big hat
upon his head and arose.
"T know what's the matter Nar.ee."
he said. "I can see it all now*. Pole
Dorsey's been a-eomin' to see you of
late; and?yes?I can see it now*. Nance;
you don't love me any more."
Zeb paused to steady bis voice, which
had grown a little husky.
"Nance." he continued. "I'd a -died
for you any time, and I thought you
would have loved :r.o right on, Nance,
right on. Put now?I?I can't say any
?ore. Good-by. Nance."
He turned and walked toward the
road. But he had only gone a fewsteps
when lie turned ana came back
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2 HERO.
for their daring on the fie'd.
let their courage be revealed;
r to save others in distress;
y little orphans happiness,
hero?ring the bell
t when lie isn't feeling well.
o go forth to dare and do
nd where flames are leaping, too;
h> the poor and weak and small,
nely wrought and white and tall,
with his troubles, just for spite,
iug when ho isn't feeling right.
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again, going close up to Nance, where
he stopped a moment. Then he spoke:
"Before I go, Nance, won't you teli
me, fair and square, is it me or Pole?"
There was no answer.
"Never mind, then; I know that you
just hate to tell me that you don't love
me any more, and I won't make you.
Once more, Nance, good-by."
He stealthily lifted a wisp of her long
hair and fervently pressed it to his '
lips, then walked rapidly away. Nance
heard the sound of his footsteps grow- ;
iug fainter and fainter as he ascended
the hard roadbed which turned over
the hill just above the cabin. Finally !
she looked around. Zeb was just disappearing
beyond the turn in the
road, and to Nance it suddenly occurred
that he might never return. A 1
scared look came into her eyes, and 1
for a moment she stood undecided '
what to do. Then she sprang away
from the fence and ran up the road, a
hundred fears taking possession of her
bosom. But Zeb was gone. "Oh. why '
did he go? Why did he not wait just
a moment longer?" She quickened her 1
pace and when she reached the top of 1
the hill was almost out of breath. *
Zeb had gone out of sight down the 1
mountain. She tried to call his name,
but her utterance was only a whisper. 1
But at last she managed to call;
"Oh, Zeb I" !
The breeze blew the echo of her own 1
tones back into her face. Tears gushed
from her eves, and she sunk down Ul)Oll
the roadside to sob awa3* her sudden <
heartsickncss.
The clouds began to gather and at ^
midnight the rain began to fall in tor- j
rents. By dawn the waters of the
Tuckasiege were high between its 1
banks, and the boom-loggers were busy
with their rafts, but Zeb Norton, their ,
former foreman, was not among them. J
Sis years had slipped away. Nance 1
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nuupci Mill u\cu tuui lie:. i u LULL iu .
the cabin on the side of the mountain.
She still went out each evening to call (
the hogs at the head of the ravine, and j
in her heart she still lived the old love
find deep regret. Zeb Norton has never *
been heard of since his sudden disappearance.
Gold had been discovered on J
the Tuckasicge, and the community
was wild with excitement. But what *
seemed unfortunate to the prospectors 1
was that the rich vein had been dis- J
covered 011 a body of land belonging
to one Zeb Norton, whose whereabouts ''
were unknown. They feared to pro- '
ceed with mining operations without (
having first having secured a lease of
some kind, and since this could not be
obtained from the owner the enterprise 1
was at a standstill.
Half a year passed by. One day a
passenger stepped from the morning ,
train which stepped at Dollsboro, and
stood with his hands rammed down '
into pockets, lie was dressed in the
style of a "Westerner. A wide-brimmed
sombrero rested on his head, and a
heavy brown mustache ornamented his .
upper lip. For a moment he gazed
all around him.
"It's not exactly like it used to be. (
though it ain't much changed, either,"
he muttered, as he picked up his valise
and walked toward a little l>oarding
house a few yards away. It was noon,
nn<l tho trnvplcr was liunsrrv. Meet
ing the landlady at the entrance, he
gave her a fifty-cent piece and asked
the way to the dining room.
After dining the stranger spent several
hours in wandering about the village.
Late in the afternoon he suspended
his valise on a stout staff which
lie rested on his shoulder and set off
up the river road afoot. Ever and
anon, as he tramped along the highway
he would stop at some high point
and gaze across the hills and valleys.
"Just like they used to be, all just
the same," he would usually mutter as
he turned away and continued liis
journey. .
At last he reached the highest point
in the road where it turned down the
mountain on the other side of the river.
"Just the same," he said, "there's not
even a change in the road. Wonder
if Mark Hooper lives there yet." he
contiued as he looked toward the cabin
off to the right.
A little farther along he turned away
from the road and walked slowly down
to where the fence crossed the ravine.
Here he seated himself on an old. fastdecaying
stump, allowing the staff ar.d
valise to carelessly slip from his
shoulders. Then, pushing his sombrero
back upon his head he locked his
fingers across his knee and gazed away
through the opening over the ravine.
It was almost sundown and there were
a few clouds in the sky.
"Just the same," he muttered again,
after a few moments' silence: "everything
just like it was. I wonder if
Nance did "
lie closed his lips tightly against
further utterance. There seemed to be
a sudden breaking loose of someihiug
which had been long tied up in liis
breast.
At last lie arose, and, shouldering
his staff and valise, started back to the
road. And just as he turned his back
toward the cabin Nance came out with
her apron full of vegetables for ihe
hogs, and came on slowly down the
path toward the fence.
The traveler, who had walked on
without looking backward, had scarcely
disappeared beyond a turn in the
road, when his ears caught the sounds:
"Pig-pig-pig-oo-eli." as Nance called
the hogs.
Again the staff and valise slipped
from his shoulder, and. with his hands
rammed down into his pockets, he
listened, while his heart heat heavily
against his breast.
At last he turned about and slowly
retraced his steps, leaving his baggage,
where it had fallen, in the middle
of the road. He approached within
a few feet of Nance before he stopped.
Then, steadying his voice as well as
he could, he called her name.
Nance suddenly turned about and.
gazed upon the tall form of the Westerner.
Then, bursting into tears, she
dropped her apron and impulsively
sprang toward him.
"Oh, Zeb I" she cried through her
tears, "I didn't mean it. you know I
didn't! Oh, why did you go away?"
Zeb caught her in his arms and for
a few moments there was sweet silence.
"\i\ance," said z.en. ac msr. ~i never
could think of loving anybody but
you. But when I came back to look
after that gold mine I didn't expect to
find such a jewel as this waiting for
me. It appears like I am mighty rich
all of a sudden."
"Ain't half as rich as I am now. Zeb,
for I've got you back again," and,
reaching up. she took his rough cheeks
between her palms and kissed him
under his big mustache.?Chicago Record-Herald.
Source of Radium.
Radium exists in combination with
lead and chalk and silica and iron and
carious other things that must be got
rid of one by one in a series of reactions
and operations that are complicated
and costly, says Cleveland Moffat,
in McClure's Magazine. For days
the powder must simmer over a slow
fire with water and soda, then it must
be decanted into big barrels, where a
tort of mud settles; Ihen this mud
must be washed and. rewashed. and
finally put back on the lire to simmer
igain with carbonate of soda. Then
comes more decanting and the settling
of more mud and the repeated wasting
of this, followed by treatment with
hydrochloric acid, which gives a coloifess
liquid, containing small quantities
)f radium.
To isolate these small quantities
from the rest is now the chemist's oblect,
which is attained in a series of
eactions and crystallizations that
inally leave the precious chloride (or
cromide) of radium much purified. In
lach crystallization the valuable part
emains chiefly in the crystals, which
jecome progressively richer in radium
md smaller in bulk, until finally you
lave the product of six weeks' manipulation
there at the bottom of a poreeain
dish. 110 bigger than a saucer,
>ome twenty-five grams of white crystals,
and these at so low an intensity
.about 2000) that the greater part will
je refined away by M. Curie himsc-lf,
is we have seen, in succeeding crrystalizations,
and at the end there will be
)uly a few centigrams (at 1,500,000),
cvhat would cover the point of a knife
jlade, to show for,a ton or so of grante
powder and months of hard work.
Gladstone's Strength of Will.
A remarkable illustration of Gladstone's
strength of will is given in Mr.
Justin McCarthy's "More Memories of
Gladstone," contributed to Louis
Wain's Anuual for 1903.
It was just after Gladstone's operation
for cataract. The doctor told him
that liis eyes must be kept closely bandaged
for some time, in order to prevent
the admission of light in the delicate
organs. Gladstone asked why a
man could not close his eyes, and keep
them closed for any period of time, if
such a course were necessary for their
restoration to healthful condition. He
was told that it was not likely any
man could have the nerve and the
strength of mind to keep his eyes firmly
closed for long hours after hours,
without a chance of his forgetting for
a moment the obligation that was on
him, or yielding to the mental temptation
to test his sight. Gladstone, however,
assured the medical man that he
could keep his eyes closed as long as
it might be necessary, and that he did
not like the idea of having to submit
to the bandaging process. So he was
allowed to have his way, and during
all the required time he kept his eyes
firmly closed, and only opened them
when assured by the proper authority
ihat the darkening injunction had been
removed.
This was in its peculiar way another
illustration of that strength of will,
guided by conscience, which Gladstone
liad shown at so many a great crisis in
his life.?Scottish American,
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The Largest Grapevine.
The largest grapevine in the world is
growing in the Carpinteria valley,
twelve miles east of Santa Barbara,
Cal., and is called La Para Grande. It
was started from a cutting sixty-one
years ago by a young Spanish woman,
Donna Ayla. It is eight feet four in
dies in circumference at its base, and
one of the horizontal branches measures
more than three feet in circumference.
The trellis covers about a
third of an acre, and heavy posts support
it. The vine produces as many
as 5000 bunches annually, at a conservative
estimate, and in good years
many clusters measure twelve or fifteen
inches in length and weigh siz to
eight pounds.?Kansas City Journal*.
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DeKalb Cotton Mills Sold.
The DeKalb cotton mill at Camden
i was sold there a few days ago. There
j were only two bidders, Morris Israel,
i of Charleston, being the successful bidj
der at $155,000. This is considered less
j than half the value of the property.
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Verdict Won by Moore.
J In the Yorkville court of common
: pleas, J. B. Moore, Jr., received a
j verdict for $10,000 against the Cataw- j
! ba "Power Company for the loss o? an
i arm and the sight of both eyes while
| blasting for the company last May. j
j Motion was made for a new trial.
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Knitting Mill at McColl.
A knitting mill to make underwear;
has been organized witli a capital of!
I $50,000 at McColl, in Marlboro coun-1
| ty. It is proposed that the mill use |
the yarns spun by the Marlboro Man
ufacturing Company, a $1,000,000 cor-j
pcration, which operates a mill at Mc-1
Coll.
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Magistrate Kills Lawyer.
Monday afternoon at Manning, Clar- j
endon county, under the court house
portico. Magistrate S. M. Youmans
shot and instantly killed Lawyer John
R. Keels. Youmans fired five shots,
all taking effect, and immediately gave
himself up to the sheriff. The quarl
rel was over a business transaction. !
Subterranean Noises Heard.
Subterranean noises like the ~oar j
of a distant train were heard in Bates- j
ville one morning the past week. There J
i was no shaking or movement of the j
! earth at all. Noises were distinctly i
| heard by many reliable people and j
j seemed to come right up from under I
i the feet.
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Big Haul Made by Constables.
Liquor constables held up two ear|
loads of liquor at Columbia last Monj
day consigned to "X.'" The wagons of
I W. H. Sellers, an alleged wholesale
"tiger," were caught in the act of
hauling off the stuff. A recent de|
cision of the supreme court prevents I
j the constab^s from seizing the liquor
i till it is removed from the cars.
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Commission for Crum.
At the meeting of the cabinet last1
| Friday Secretary Shaw presented to;
l the president the new commission of I
Dr. W. D. Cnim as collector of the i
port of Charleston, and the president I
signed it.
The commission was made out at,
i the time by the direction of the pres- [
I ident given Monday.
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j Miles Vice President of Company.
j The secretary of the state of South j
Carolina has chartered the Pope Clay j
! Products Company, of Aiken, to do j
business. The company has a capital {
of $700,000 and will develop the clay j
lands of Aiken county, mining kaolin i
and other materials on a large scale, j
The president of the company is Al-;
bert A. Pope and the vice president |
is General Nelson A. Miles.
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j Tillman and Sheppard Are Delegates. J
In the Edgefield county convemion ,
United States Senator B. R. Tillman j
and ex-Governor John C. Sheppard. j
both declared for Parker in ringing j
cnpAPhps Senator Tillman severely \
criticised ex-President Cleveland. Mr. j
Sheppard was elected at the head of;
the delegation to the state convention ;
and Tillman was also elected delegate, j
receiving the next highest vote.
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Collecting Funds for. Orphanage.
Good progress is being made in col- j
lecting the funds and subscriptions for \
the Georgia home at the Thornwell |
Orphanage, at Clinton. Already some.
$3,000 has been promised and paid,
and about $1,000 worth of materials j
also.
The plan is to raise some $2,000 j
j more in cash, so that a building suit-1
able to the majesty of the state and i
comparable to the generosity of the i
Georgia synod may be erected.
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Indorsed Judge Parker.
At a meeting of the Richland coun-;
j ty democratic convention in Columbia
j resolutions were adopted instructing
j the delegation to vote for ATton B.
: tho ctatp mnvention. This
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: is the first official endorsement of the i
: candidacy of Judge Parker and not |
I a single Hear?t man was at the con- j
i vention.
| The Greenville county demo:ratic!
! convention indorsed the action of the;
| New York state convention. Delegates j
I to the state convention were onin- j
I structed, but will likely put in a solid j
I vote for Parker.
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Mayfield Will Stick.
S. G. Mayfield will not withdraw!
from the race in the second district, j
: For several days there have been ru- j
mors that in case of a race Between j
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Croft and Mayfield tbe latter would I
withdraw. There was an agreement I
made at one time and entered into
by all with the exception of L_. J.
Williams that there would be a withdrawal
in case of a second race with
Mr. Croft. On account of Mr. Williams'
refusal the agreement was null
and void, and Mr. Mayfield states that1
he will not withdraw, but will be ir.
the second race.
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Pawned Gun Causes Tragedy.
At Monetta ,a little town without j
a marshal, about 40 miles from Co-;
lumbia, on the Augusta-Columbia 'ine j
of the Southern, in Saluda county, B. j
B. Burton, who runs a store, and lives i
on a farm about a mile and a half !
from the town, was shot and instantly !
killed by W. W. Tra'ikhill, neighbors j
of the Burtons, and living about two j
miles from town.
The shooting is said to have been the |
result of a quarrel which fhe Thrailkills
had with the Burtons, about a
month ago, growing out of the bop-owing
cf a revolver by one of the Thrailkill
negroes, who pawned the weapon
to Burton.
The shooting started in front of
Burton's store. L. M. Burton, who was ;
with his father at the time,was wound- j
ed in the thigh. Neither of the Bur-!
tons was armed. They- retreated to j
Stevens & Cato's store, about 50 yards, j
the elder Burton falling in that store
door, with his body riddled with buckshot.
Young Burton was wounded
with a revolver shot.
Both the Burtons and Thrailkills are j
highly spoken of as sober and industrious
farmers and good citizens. The
elder Burton leaves a widow and three
children.
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Mistook Mother for Burglar.
Mistaking her for a burglar, Capers !
Folk shot and probably fatally wound- j
ed his mother at an early hour of,
the morning at their home in Branson. I
Folk had retired about midnight. Hear- J
ing a noise, he reached for his pistol, J
opened the door of his room, and, see- j
ing some one standing at the front j
door, fingering the latch, he fired. Instantly,
his mother, Mrs. Henrietta j
Folk, spoke, and he realized that he j
had shot her. Mr, Folk is a young j
man of high respectability, and is almost
crazed with grief.
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Weather Bureau Work Delayed.
It is probable that there will be i
some delay in the erection of a j
weather bureau building at Columbia j
by the United States government. The |
total appropriation for the purpose is j
$10,000, and it is uesired to buy a
lot from the City with a part of that J
sum. The property, however, is direct- J
ly opposite the magnificent residence j
of E. W. Robertson, president of the
Loan and Exchange Bank, and com- j
mands a magnificent view of the j
city. p j
Mr. Robertson opposes the purchase .
of this property as he desires to turn j
it in/to a public park. The matter is j
now before the . street committee of
city council, and it will be some time
before it is acted upon, as Mr. Robertson
desires a hearing.
CRU.M AGAIN RE-APPOINTED.
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Colored Collector at Charleston Con- j
tinues to Hold His Job.
A Was^.ngton special says: President
Roosevelt ha^ again given Dr. '
Crura, the negro collector at Charles- j
ton, a recess appointment.
He did this almost immediately at- j
ter the senate adjourned Thursday, \
without taking action upon the pend- j
ing nomination. Crura will continue
to hold the office, therefore, and with
the promise that he shall be continued
as scon as the senate meets again. .
Senator Alison, chairman of the
committee on order of business in the
senate, in a public statement, gave
notice that the nomination of W. D. !
C'rum, to be collector of the port of j
Charleston, S. C., will be pressed to j
a conclusion at the next session re- j
gardless of ether business. The stat> j
ment is as 'follows:
"The committee on the order of .
business, at a meeting today, decided J
that if the nomination of Dr. Crura i
is again made and sent to the sen- !
ate, that it will be taken up immc- '
diately at the opening of the next ses- |
sion of congress and made the order j
of business until disposed of, the mi- j
nority senators having given notice |
that its consideration at this session i
would require a debate of at least two '
weeks.
"This action was taken because it 1
was impossible to complete the con- !
sideration of the case at this ses- |
sion."
FAIR TRAIN WRECKED.
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Eight People K'lled and Twenty Hurt J
While En Route to St. Louis.
Eight persons were killed and a
score were injured, none fatally, Sat.ur- j
day, at NV-ckles* Siding, ne&r Kimras- J
wick. Mo., in the wreck of a fast north |
bound train on the 'St. Louis. Iron j
Mountain and Southern Railroad. '
Through a misunderstanding of orders, j
the train ran at full speed into a side- !
track. The locomotive and several
cars turned over, causing death and
injuries.
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1 lie utrau ais. jeiucs ?-uf,iu
cer: A1 Gumpert, fireman; A. E. Taber.
master mechanic; Express Messenger
Groat; EdwaTd Bisibard, and
three other unidentified passengers.
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PRAYED FOR ROOSEVELT.
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Unique Proceeding in tne African %
Methodist Conference at Opening
Session at Chicago.
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A prayer -that President Roosevelt
might be returned to the white
house caused an unusual demonstration
at Chicago, Monday, says a dis- *
patch from that city, during the opening
exercises of the twenty-second
quadrennial conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Shouts of "Bless him, O God!" "Yes, * yes!"
and "Amen, amen!" greeted the
words of Bishop W. J. Gaines, of .
Georgia, when he invoked the bless- m '
ing of Gcd on the president of the * :
United States, "who had had the manhood
and courage to stand up and do
his duty at all times to men of every
" - * - ? ? ~ t- w '-V
coior ana creea in spue 01 oilier cm- ** ^
icism."
"If consistent with Thy will, O God,
when his term of office expires," continued
the speaker, "send him back- ? *
to the white house to serve another
four years."
The utterance of this sentiment was
the occasion of deafening shouts by * .
the assembled delegates. ]
Delegates from Africa were a center
of interest at the conference. These
delegates, fourteen in number, are
from the Transvaal, South Africa, and > '
west coast of Africa. With tWo exceptions
they are natives of the sections
of Africa which they represent
in the conference. A formal program,
including a march of the bishops and f
delegates, preceded the organization
of the conference.
Bishop Henry M. Turner, of Atlanta,
Ga.. then called Dr. T. H. Reynolds.
the secretary of the conference,
to the platform and the conference H
was declared organized. Bishop Salter
delivered the quadrennial sermon. ,
TYNER TRIAL BEGINS. * .
*
Aged Former Postmaster General Arraigned
at Washington Under
Charge of Conspiracy.
The second of the postoffice cases to
be taken up at Washington was be
gun Monday, when James N. Tyner ? ,
and Harrison J. Barrett were placed
on trial under an indictment charging
them with conspiracy to defraud the
government in connection with their
alleged failure to prosecute certain in- r vestment
companies operating in violation
cf law. For several years Tyner
?who was postmaster general in
Grant's cabinet?held the office of as- i
t
sistant attorney general for the post- * ^
office department, while Barrett?who
is his nephew?served in the same
office as ta w clerk.'
The work of securing a jury had be- *
gun when the discovery was made
that neither defendants had been arraignea.
Mr. Barrett was in court, but
the venerable postmaster general, now
in his seventy-sixth year, was not. *rpresent.
his counsel having waived all
formalities until the jury had been
completed in order to save his
strength. Owing to the feeble health
of General Tyner it was announced
that it would take several hours to get 4
him into court. Justice Pritchard
thereupon directed a recess.
When court met for the afternoon
session General Tyner was brought in
in an invalid chair. He was accom- * ?
J u - !.!<? ?"if? on otfondant anH
jJilllltJU U} UIO ?nc, on ?
his physician, the letter's presence being
deemed necessary because of the
fear that the aged defendant might
ccllpase under the strain.
Counsel for the defense waived the
reading of the indictment and the
two men pleaded not guilty. The
work of completing the jury then was
resumed. With three challenges left
to each side, the panel was exhausted
and court adjourned until Tuesday. '
Justice Pr.Vchard, after conferring
with counsel, announced that owing to
the infirm condition of General Tyner,
he would not be further required *
to attend court and that the trial\
would proceed without him. v
Robbers Murder Steamship Captain.
While resisting an attempt of two
highwaymen to rob him, Captain Carl
Uphoven. of .the steamship AJps. of
the United Fruit Company, was murdered
on the levee at New Orleans
early Monday morning.
DATE FOR RATE HEARING.
Fixed by the Georgia Railroad Comsion
for May 16th. 9
The Georgia Railroad Commission
has set May 16th as the date to resume
the hearing of the petition of the *
Atlanta freight bureau against the various
railroads relating to discrimination.
,
At this meeting the question will /
he thoroughly investigated and many
witnesses^ will bo examined. The
freight bureau has prepared its evi- *
dence for the hearing, and the railroads.
too, are getting together their
evidence.
CRUSADE AGAINST CHINAMEN. ?
Savannah Attorney Will Seek to Have
Celestials Returned to China.
Special Assistant Attorney General t
W. R. Leaken. who has just returned
to Savannah from Augusta, where he
instituted a case against a Chinaman
who had not a proper certificate of *
citizenship, said that a crusade will be
begun against the many Chinamen in
Savannah who have not the proper
certificates.
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