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. CTY LIGHTS. It's a -n>nd<d, luring city, and its myt'ad of lights, Show a glow upon the heavens to the counV ^ try boy o' nights.. * "Come," they beckon o'er the valley. "come to wealth and power and praise; It's for you the world is waiting," and the countrv bov obeys. K, Now the lights are thick about him, blinking, flaring everywhere. Turning gloomy night the blacker, shedding clown a sickly glare On the hunted, haunted faces, on the folly and the pride, Raising miles of dismal shadow walls where fear and failure hide. ?Twas a snlcndid. luring city when its host of gleaming lights Cast a glow upon the heavens for the country boy o' nights; But its heart is l>ke a cavern, and its face is seared with scars. And its sky so fills with gaslight that he cannot see the stars. ?-\ewarK ^\. J ) ->ew?. ^ | The | Literary Niece. mwmm , it tmmt ' ??? R _ VST riCKLEBUKY was ? ~V _ __ ;.l X'_* + I..-.V. V M a 11 01U Iliciiu. .\Ul tiiiiL uiu i O JX Q maids need, of necessity to X K be in anywise different from the rest of the world. V Only Aunt Picklebury was different. She had, as it were, a vein of original ' ity running through her. She liked to .wear her broche shawl wrong side out, |a- and to tie her ribbons askew, and to iv put the flowers on the right hand side ' ' of her bonnet, while all the world was 1 .wearing theirs on the left hand side. And she could afford to cultivate as large a crop of peculiarities as she 2 pleased, for Aunt Picklebury had money. It had been part of her peculiarity to emigrate West and buy lands just when all her relatives were located in a snug little Eastern town. "Are you crazy, Melissa?" her married sister had plaintively demanded. "No," Miss Picklebury had answered, "but I want breathing room." The lands had risen in value with -? ^ -1-?i :,j . +K/v n-^vct_ p; almost lauuiuus lupiunj, mc ncsiern settlement had grown into a young pi city, and Miss Melissa Picklebury was % rieh. She sat knitting; with a magazine gj-\r:v open on her lap, one bright October " morning, when Harry Hay den came !?,. in, the junior member of the firm of Hoyt & Hayden. who transacted Miss Melissa's legal business. ' "'Crying, Miss Picklebury?" he exjfs claimed, cheerily. "Why, what on earth is the matter?" Bp "Was I crying?" asked Miss Ticklebury, somewhat shamefacedly. 44We 11, you couldn't help it j*ourself. Harry, if you had been reading this ^ story. It's by my literary niece?the prettiest little thing you ever saw.-' pif-? . "The story, or the niece?" "The story, of course. I never saw my literary niece, but I dare say she W- is rawboned and sallow, with holes in the elbows of her frock and grease spots on her apron. But she writes .well; there's no denying that. I read all her papei:, and I almost always |P lailgh and cry over them. It's a great I talent, Harry." "So it is," assented the young man, carelessly. "I have written East for one of my sister's girls to come and stay with me," said Aunt Picklebury; "I told them to forward her by express. She'll b> here this afternoon. I want you to go to the office and meet her." "The literary niece?" said Harry, g, laughing. "Goodness forbid!" said Aunt Picklebury, with a grimace. "I want no Ink spots on my chintz bedroom furni. ture, and fine frenzies about sunsets and autumn leaves and things. I wrote to Polly to send me a homespun, sensible girl, that would be a companion io me; not a full-fledged fashionable young lady." "All right," said Mr. Hayden. Miss Picklebury looked after the young man as he strode away over the ' - dead drifts of yellow leaves that lay In the road. "A nice young fellow, that," said he to herself, "with no airs and graces about him. I like him. Perhaps"? Miss Picklebury was by no means free from the feminine trait of castle-buildIng?"he will fall in love with my sensible niece. If be docs, he shall have my blessing." The niece by express arrived that night just as Miss Picklebury was sitting down to tea. She was slight and graceful and dark eyed, with a clover pink complexion, and a laughing, dimpled mouth. ^ Aunt Picklebury liked the looks of "lier. "What is your name, my dear?" she said. ? "Clara," said the newcomer. "You are very pretty," said Miss Picklebury. "I think I shall like you." "And I know I shall like you. Aunt Melly," said Clara with a great hug of the old lady's plump, cushiony form. "Let me see," said Miss Picklebury; "there are three of you?the literary one, the school teaching one, and the sensible one." "I hope we are all sensible, aunt," said Clara, coloring a little. "I hope so, too." said the old lady; "but I have my doubts on the subject. I am afraid of literary folks, and I don't like schoolma'ams. Can you sew?" "Oh, yes, aunt dear." "And darn stockings, and put on neat patches, and mend linens?" "Of course I can." . I fee: " ; . . 1 "Can you cook?" ? "I'll show you to-morrow, Aunt Melly." "Oh," said Miss Picklebury, "I've an idea that the literary one and the school teaching one are rather inefficient. ' "Indeed, aunt, you are quite mistaken. I "Oh, well, never mind all that." said Miss Ficklebury. "Only I'm .dad your mamma sent me the sensible one of the family." Clara Courtenny plunged into the domestic details of Miss Picklebury's establishment like a Dee into a honeysuckle bell. She made preserves, con COCICU. CiiKC ;iiiu it't ciru in jmi?, .-^v. cleaned the house after a style that made Aunt Picklebury open her eyes in admiration; she nepapered the best room, and "was discovered by Harry 1-Iayden on the top of a step ladder, with her chestnut braids tied up in a towel, whitewashing. "Isn't she charming, Harry?" Aunt ricklebury demanded contidentially. "Delicious!" the young k.wyer answered with .mphasis. And so he came autumn evenings, while Aunt Melissa hustled away in the corner and took shrewd and not unsatisfactory note of things in general. ' "Tell me about your sister," he said one evening. "Which sister?" said Clara, who was skillfully putting together a marvellous mathematical silk quilt of her .aunt's. "The authoress?" "Oh." said Clara. "Wei1, she is o good deal-like me." "As young?" "Oh, yes." "As pretty?" "Now, that's nonsense." said Clara, seriously. "Of course, both my sisters are a great deal better looking than 1 am." "I have read her writings, some of them," said Harry, "and if I wasn't afraid she was spectacled and inky I should almost be tempted to fall in love with her. Would she love me, do you think?" Clara colored and bent closer over her work. "I?I don't know whether she would or not" said she. "Well, I shall not try," said Hayden, laughing. "To tell you the truth, Clara, I have always had a holy horror of authoresses." i "Very complimentary to my sister," said Clara, pouting a little. And of course Harry had to pacify her. and just then Bridget called Miss Picklebury into the kitchen, and when she came back the young people had great news to tell her. They were engaged! "Ah!" said Miss Fic-klebury, rubbing her nose with her knitting needle, "I'm glad to hear it. I knew my sensible niece would be appreciated here in. the West." Mrs. Squire Seaberry came to the office of Hoyt & Hayden the next morning. "Oh, Mr. Hayden," said she, "such a star as I hope to secure for my reception to-night! A real, live authoress. And to think that she has been living incognito among us for so long!" "Whom are you alluding to?" asked the puzzled lawyer. "Miss Courtenay, of course. Annie r1-- 4-Vtsv " Luuntua,*, iuc uuuivitoc. "Oh. you are mistaken." said our lie. ro. "This young lady is Clara Courtenay." "Annje Clara Courtenay," distinctly enunciated Mrs. Scaberry, wisely nodding her head. "Don't you see? Annie C. Courtenay?that's her invariable signature." . Harry Hayden went to the Tickleberry mansion as soon as he could decently get rid of Mrs. Squire Seaberry. "Clara," said he, "what is your first name?" Miss Courtenay colored scarlet. "Annie," she answered. "Why?" "Because," said he. dryly. "I hare just discovered that Miss Ticklebury's sensible niece is also her literary niece." Clara hung down her head. "Harry, are you very angry with me?" "Xot a bit. Didn't I tell you I vras almost tempted to fall in love with Annie Courtenay?" "You see," pleaded Clara, "Susie has just commenced a course of German, and Marian couldn't leave her School, and?there seemed no one but me to come. And I thought aunt would forgive me even if I did write stories for the papers." "I'll answer for her pardon," said Harry Hayden, laughing. Miss Picklebury was a little astonished at first, but with Clara's arms around her neck, she could only forgive the sly little diplomatist. "Who would have suspected you of being literary.*' said she.?Stirling Observer. TThat Gold Eeaterg Can Do. Gold beaters, by hammering, can reduce gold leaves so thin that 2S2.000 ? 1*?/I nnnn norOl ntllfvr tn nro iUUSl U<_" IU1U .-..v.. 4--duce the thickness of an inch; yet each leaf is so perfect and free from holes that one of them laid upon any surface, as in gilding, gives the appearance of solid gold. They are so thin that, if formed into a book 1500 would only occupy the space of a single leaf of common paper, and an octavo volume of an inch thick would have as many pages as the books of a well stocked library of 1500 volumes with 200 pages each. Expensive China. At the Hotel Drouot, in Paris, a dish of old Rouen faience with blue and red decorations brought $1181. A hollow dish of old Rouen, with blue decoration in the Chinese style, realized $253, and another, decorated with blue , eupids, brought $243. . -.*? " " fs' - ' " ' s-:-"-'I' ' \ SOUTH CAROLINA I j jj STATE NEWS ITEMS. ^ i i Lee Green Not Guilty. j An Aiken county jury found Lee j I Green not guilty of ihe murder of j 1 Abram Surasky ,a Jew peddler. . * * Stubbs Kills Woman. Roxie Stubbs shot and instantly killed Lizzie Miller, at Cripple CreeK, a suburb of Greenville. * s?c Miss Cadell, of Gadsden, Ala., seMiss Cadell, of Gadsden, Ala., was ! secured to conduct the department of i drawing and sketching. She will asI sume her duties Tuesday, July 5th. ! The school will continue four weeks, 1 including Saturdays, and will close ; July 23d. * * * Lamp Explosion Causes Fire. At Chester, a few days ago, the explosion of a kerosene lamp in one of ! the houses in Neal's quarter started a J small fire and four houses were Jej stroyed before the fire could be conj trolled. The houses were occupied by ; negroes and were fully insured. * * Newberry's Summer School. Newberry's summer school for the teachers of the county opened in the j graded school building under most flatj tering auspices. Professor S. J. Derrick, principal, has associated with him in his work Misses Kate Lou Neel and Elizabeth Dominick, all of Newberry. * Will Die on Gallows. A Columbia news item states that Hoyt Hayes, the young w-hite man convicted at Walhalla, Oconee county, some time ago of the murder of his j wife, will hang unless there is interi ferenre hv the chief executive. The supreme court of the state has ren- I dered a decision sustaining the court and dismissing the appeal. * * * Spring Opens With Ball. The opening ball at Harris Lithia Springs, near, Waterloo, the famous rescrt in upper Carolina, was given i Friday evening. It was considered one if the most successful openings the Springs has ever yet enjoyed. A large end gay party, representing every county in the upper part of the state, was in attendance. Twenty couples went from Laurens, driving down in carriages. * * * Bishop Dedicates Church. Bishop W. W. Duncan dedicated the new church at Sharon last Sunday and a large number of people from Spartanburg was present. The new edifice is built on the site of the old church, which was one of the historical landmarks of the county. The occasion was a very auspicious one for the people of the Reidviiie secnon. * * * Sheriff Gets Convict Prisoner. Sheriff Calloway, of* Wilkes county, Georgia, was in Spartanburg a few days since en route home from Union, having in custody Ben Williams, a white man, who is an escaped convict. Williams was serving a five } year sentence in the county above mentioned for larceny. He effected his escape from the gang and at the time of his second arrest was engaged at j work on the Neal Shoals dam, in Union county. * * a Youth Mysteriously Disappears. Forrest, the 5-year-old son of H. D. ! Berv, of Dillon, left the home of his j parents June 15, riding a bicycle and ' going in the direction of Bennetts; ville. Nothing has been heard of him since that date, and fears are entertained that he has met with foul play. He is described as having light hair and complexion and a scar on his up! per lip. Summer School at Laurens. The county summer school for teachers opened at Laurens in the : graded school building, with a large i attendance, and with Professor Frank ! Evans, superintendent of the Spar-1 tanburg graded schools, in charge of the institute. He is ably assisted by Prcfesor B. Y. Culbertson, principal of the Madden High School, this county. and Miss Maude Inez Tillman, ct the graded school faculty, of Salis- j bury, N. C. * * * Physician Undergoes Operation. Dr. F. L. Potts, who left Spartanburg several weeks ago for Philadelphia, to undergo a second operation for apendiciti& is improving rapidly from his illness .according to reports from the Quaker City, from the surgical treatment and is expected to return home at an early day. His improvement is the source of much gratification to his many friends in Spartanburg. * / N . m\'f ... ' vV ' ... ,> r" '/j?"liT'iffn 1 'I' ii i' i f'l nwiypy" n?iiji . .C' ^ v >' ' ~ BROUGHTON FLAYED' I Well Known Atlanta Divine i Attacked By Police Chief. WAS IN BARBER'S CHAIR Remarks by Dr. Broughton'in Sermon Wherein Chief of Police Westbrook Was Scored the Cause of the Trouble. At Albany, Ga., Monday afternoon R. N. Westbrook, chief of police, assaulted Dr. Len G. Broughton, of Atlanta, with a rawhide whip. The attack was made in a Broad street barber shop. The encounter caused wild excitement. The trouble started Sunday afternoon when Dr. Broughton, who is leading a series of meetings at Auditorium, stated in the presence of a large congregation that rottenness pervaded the city government of Albany. He specifically charged that Westbrook had been taken from a house of questionable resort in a state of. intoxica 8R0KE UP THE HOUSE. Sensational Incident Occurs in Georgia General Assembly Over Proposition to Honor Cleveland. A resolution, the object of which was to indorse in unqualified terms Grover Cleveland fcr the democraiu nomination for the presidency, brought a sudden termination to the session of the Georgia house of representatives Monday some forty minutes before the regular hour of adjournment, and in more or less confusion. The hcuso adjourned without acting on the resolution, but after having refused on viva voce vote to lay it on the table. The Clevelandites view this action in the nature of a partial victor}*; the anti-Clevelandites assert that the resolution would have ! been defeated had it come to a vote. The interesting feature of the matter is that a resolution proposing to indorse Cleveland or anybody else should result in breaking up the session of the house, andi that, too, in disorder somewhat cn the line that! is usually prevalent at political conventions. The Cleveland resolution, which was Introduced by Speaker Morris, of Cobb, referred to him as "America's greatest statesman." An amendment was offered by Mr. Boykin, of Lincoln, proposing to strike the name of Grover Cleveland and to substitute that of Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York, "America's greatest jurist." But the amendment never got to a vote, nor did any other motion in connection with the resolution except the motion to t ab he. Early in the session the house passed a resolution by Mr. Cann, of | Chatham, providing that the general assembly should adjourn from July 2 to July 11 for the purpose of attending the national democratic convention at St. Louis. This resolution went through on viva voce vote with little opposition, but was defeated in the senate. However, later in the session and following the line of Mr. Cann's resolution, Speaker Morris introduced the following resolution, which immediately aroused a storm: "The general assembly having passed a joint resolution to adjourn from July 2 to July 11 for the purpose of 1 attending the democratic national I convention at St. Louis in a body, therefore be it resolved by the house, that the special train carrying the general assembly of the state of Geor-1 gia to the natuional convention be dec-1 orated in flags and colors in favor of ! the United States' greatest statesman, Grover Cleveland, for the next nom!-1 nation of the democratic party for president of the United States." LIARS SORELY HARRASS BELL. General in Charge of Colorado Martial Law District is Wrathy. A special from Cripple Creek, Colo., says: Genera! Sherman M. Bell, who is governing Teller county under, martial law, has issued another statement for publication in which he says: "There are one thousand lies being written about me. I am acting under orders of the governor of the state of Colorado. He stands for peace and quiet and good government, and has instructed 'me to see to it that the Western Federation of Miners shall not directly nor indirectly murder any more men, and they shall not So far as placing Denver under martial law is concerned, that rests solely with the governor, provided he should see fit to do so. I am his adjutant general commanding the military forces of the state and will see to it that hundreds of bad men are deported, and after martial law has finally been I called off, if the citizens permit the j cattle I intend to deport to return, that will be their business. No man ! who wants to work will be molested, but the person who lives solely and only by his mouth, provided Governor Peabcdy gives me the word, will have to emigrate. The time for temporizing talk in Colorado has pissed. What' we ought to do now is to act." SARATOGA BANK CLOSES. Run on Another Institution Led Officials to Be Cautious. The First National bank of Saratoga, N. Y., was not opened for business Monday. A notice signed by Na-j tional Bank Examiner Van Vrankin and posted on the door, stated that at j the request of the directors and by j | order of the comptroller of currency,' - * 1 : me earns. was civbcu. I A run which began on the Citizens' I national bank Saturday led many to 1 be apprehensive of a financial raid by j small depositors on the First National bank. APOLOGY NOT SUFFICIENT. ' Germany to Demand Reparation for Stoning of Her Minister in Haiti. i The German government has decided to send a warship to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after having agreed with the , French government that a simple apology was not sufficient reparation on j the part of the government of Haiti . for the recent stoning of the French ' and German ministers. : * tion. He prom 1 sea 10 proauce arnaavIts to sustain, his charges if they were desired. Westbrook denied the charges and his friends confidently stated be forehand that he would personally resent them. The oall opened Monday afternoon when Cruger Westbrook, a son of the chief, made a personal attack on H W. Jordan, who has been taking a prominent part in the revival meetings and who, it was alleged, had furnished 'Dr. Broughtcn with the information trhich had been used in the sensational charges made. Monday afternoon just before 6 o'clock, Dr. Broughton went into a Broad street barber shop, accompanied by several of his friends. In a few minutes be was followed by Chief Westbrook. Dr. Broughtcn was in a barber's chair. Westbrook made several inquiries as to which of thp several gentlemen who were being shaved was the Atlanta divine. As eoon as he identified Dr. Broughton the chief produced a heavy rawhide whip and struck him three* or four times, but owing to the interference of a dozen persons the blows did not take full effect. There #were several side' fights precipitated in the excitement. It is charged -by a number of persons who were present that Dr. Broughton had a pistol and threatened to use it.* He assumed the defensive with a heavy iron -cuspidor, held tightly in one hand, the other hand being thrust into one of his coat pockets. Westbrook used some unprintable language in denouncing Dr. Broughton, who did not reply. The chief said: "I will beat you to a frazzle if I have to follow yqu to Atlanta." The affair has created intense xxcitement and further sensational developments are predicted. Dr. Broughton wired the following account to The Atlanta Constitution: "Albany, G-a., June 27.?* Special.)? 1 was attacked in a barber shop here this afternoon by the chief of police and struck over tne neaa wun some- > thing like a loaded butt end of a j whip. Friends protected and a mob j was threatened. Albany's good peo- j pie, including the mayor, are enraged at such a cowardly attack No wound from the lick.?Len G. Broughton." NO TICKETS ON SALE. All Arrangements for Democratic Convention at St. Louis Complete. No tickets of admittance to the democratic national convention, which be gins at the Coliseum in St. Louis on July 6, will be on sale and there will be but three avenues through which they may be secured?the Business Men's League, through the courtesy of members of the democratic national committee or the delegates, who are assigned three each, besides their own, in all. they amount to 10.S04, plus a few excess, the number of which will not be known until the convention opens. | JUDGE GRAY FOR CLEVELAND. Well Known Delaware Jurist Expresses Preference as to Nominee. A special from Wilmington,' Eel, ! says: Judge George Gray has ex- j pressed his hope that former Presi- j dent Grover Cleveland would be nominated for the presidency by the St. ! Louis convention. Next to Cleveland he favors Judge Parker for the nomi- j j nation. I "I have repeatedly stated that I am j j not, and will not be a candidate for \ i the presidential nomination. ! "I have also repeatedly said that I am in favor of Judge Parker if Mr. j Cleveland is out of the question. CATTLE IN PHILIPPINES. Three Carloads of Fancy Jerseys Go from the Mississippi State College. Three carloads of fancy grade Jersey cattle have been shipped from Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College to the Philippine islands. This is the first shipment of blooded cattle made from the United States to the Philippines since the American i acquisition of these islands. exists between our common schools and the state university, the School of Technology, and other ~ colleges ' ' throughout th? state. . . / "With pardonable pride I think the state may look upon the continued improvement in her convict system. An examination of the systems of other states, where conditions are similar >3t lo those in Georgia, will show that we # are far in the lead. "The act passed at your last session disposing of the %onvicts for a period of five years, commencing April 1, * 1 ' * ??'Ufn affoft nnH . I i " a????? I GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Some Important Recommendations for the Consideration of Georgia's , Lawmakers. Governor Terrell's annual message < to the general assembly of Georgia contains many timely suggestions, as the folowing extracts will show: "I call your attention to and invite ^ your consideration of the growing sen- , timent in our state in favor of placing around our primary elections every safeguard necessary to make them ab- *:solutely fair in every particular. These elections are now practically the equivalent of general elections in j* 4 Georgia, and no voter should be allowed to vote therein unless constitutionally and in pursuance of law eligible to do so, ana every vote aeposited should be sacredly guarded, , ^ and with scrupulous honesty counted. "The scarcity of labor during the growing and harvesting season has , become a serious problem to the farm- ^ ? ers of Georgia, and similar conditions i throughout the southern states have checked the production of cotton * * Beyond question it is wise to enocurage the immigration to our state of thrifty American people. This has ^ ? been the policy of western states, and their growth in wealth,productive power, and all that makes a commonwealth great, has excited the wonder ^ and admiration of the world. Immigration may be best encouraged through a state commission, and I recommend that one be established. * * * The railways of the west are working hard to induce our popula- ^ tion to leave us. Texas alone has 75,000 Georgians. If we do not set counter influences to work, the drain will . increase, and the labor problem will become far more serious than it is at present. "The inflexible rule of the constitution which torbids the creation of any new county, has brought about in some sections unexpected and unintentional hardships. The matter is one calling for an appropriate amend- , ment to the constitution providing for the creation of new counties up to a fixed limit, or by such other legislation as will meet a condition of serious and permanent hardship to many good citi- t zens who are entitled to relief. # "In my message of November 8, 1902, your attention was earnestly called to the propriety of exempting college endowments from taxation, 1 where the fund is not so invested as to come into actual competition with the business and commercial interests of other citizens. $ "I wish to urge again upon your far vorable consideration the question of agricultural schools, as presented in my message of November 8, 1902. I feel sure that a thorough investigation of the question will convince you that such schools will supply, in a vprv larae degree, the gap which now. l'JU4f nas oeeu can iCU l&iCV W44W?f IIH seems to be operating very satisfactorily in those counties which met the requirements of the act for the work- ing of such convicts. There is a provision, however, in section 4, of the act, to which I desire to call your spe- ^ cial attention and suggest the propriety of an amendment thereto. The governor calls special attention to the necessity of equalization of tax returns and quotes from his mes- ? sage of last year on this subject TROPHY WON BY THE OREGON. Famous Battleship Excelled in Gunnery Contest. ' ^ It was officially determined by the navy department Wednesday that the battle ship Oregon was entitled to the trophy for excellence in gunnery in the last annual target practice for which the ships of the navy have been in competition and the award was ?r dered made accordingly. ^ COCAINE TRADE BARRED. Judge Calhoun, of Atlanta City Court, A Issues Portentious Edict. Under a ruling made by Judge Calhoun in the criminal court at Atlanta, *>' the places where cocaine is sold to ^ ' people addicted to the use of the poisonous drug must go out of the business, or be ready for a conviction when evidence is found against them. f The ruling was that the subterfuge used by such resorts by which alleged prescriptions are given will no longer ^ be tolerated in Judge Calhoun's court. FOUGHT OVER VACANT SEAT. | 1 Deplorable Murder Mars a Picnic Gathering at Adrian, G?. A.t a picnic at Adrian, Ga., Friday, . Ed Spivey, of Adrian, and Charles Hili ton, of Vidalia, became involved in a ! fracas in which Spivey shot and in- < I stantly killed Hilton. Spivey claims he shot in self defense. His clothes were cut and a kniie 9 ! was found in the dead man's hands. } The trouble was brought about by j Hilton occupying a seat which Snivc-y j had vacated for a short time to get sume water. , x