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"1*V ' , ' WESTWARD.
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.V , ' BT MABEL EABLX.
Beyond the murky rim of hills
Where fading city sunsets glow,
To-night a robin swings and trills
i In ope tall cottonwood I know;
The shadows flung from branch and stem
Along the yellow sandbar rest?
I shut my eyes to dream of them,
Here in my window, looking west.
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s\ N The shadows lengthen on the sand;
The log-built barn across the way
JTkrrvwa wMp its Honrs nn either hand
Beneath the rafters piled with hay;
The palings of the gray corral
V\ Glimmer and waver in that light
'Above the sleepy brown canal,
Oat yonder on the ranch to-night.
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Far off that sunset glory sleeps
On level.benchlands golden brown,
?iWhere browsing slow along the steep*
One after one the cows come down;
And on their homeward pilgrimage
? Each trampling hoof and horny crest
Shakes perfume from the tufted sage?
>. ; ? Oh, fair faint incense of the west!
To-night, I know, beyond the rim
Where all my prairie sunsets fade,
-* . God's far white mountains look to Him
Clad in His glory, unafraid;
; : * The solemn light on peak and scaur,
* '" -The clear,, still depths of cloudless air, j
- The trembling silver of a star? - j
What would I give to see them there?
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/ - The mountains; call me back, to lay
? , Myvweakness^nn their boundless might;* |
The canons call the home to prajr
In silent stainless shrines to-night;
i A (Yet h^r in dusty mart and street
I. shut mine ears against their call?
figjC Content to find my exile sweet
rX: With love that recompenses all.
?Youth's Companion.
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A WOMAN'S VICTORY
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here was the usual num^
V ber of summer guests at
- ?*T * Gull's Head.
^ \ i Graniie Cottage^-a long,
low, old-fashioned building?stood
a few rods from the hotel,
and accommodated about thirty guests,
of whom^Dorothy Stretton was one.
Porothy was at Gull's Head with
fieri father" and a widowed aunt, who
?0. ' acted as chaperon.
^' People said.she was the gentlest,
; /< loveliest girl they ever knew with her
i friends and with^fhe unfortunate, and
that she was like ice for coldness when
Bgj|s she chose to be. -v
Oscar Dindmore, who had followed
' "% ber-to Gull's Head, was boarding at
> the Excelsior House.; He was considered"
a ^capital fellow" among his assoqiates;
he spent money freely, owned
a yacht, drove a,handsome pair, was
... witty, accomplished, and had been
ic\ nearly everywhere.
; This man, -who had been flattered
'' and courted enough to spoil most men,
was iu love with Dorothy, and she was
,'.y not indifferfnt to him, though she endeavored
to be.
V- * He was too bold a lover.to.be daunted,
however, qnd so, one lovely night,
Ife iWhen a pale young moon swung low
-?w?Si ?,? cnlomn em nnd fhp sound Of
tripping, feet mingled with the throb
of viol and cornet in the hall, he
wrapped a shawl about her, drew her
oat upon the balcony, told his story'
??V . as be alone could tell it, passionately
^ . and tenderly, and waited for her reply,
scarcely doubting what it would be.
fia gazed at her in amazement when
the girl's sweet lips syllabled softly:
v^Ijirpthy! I would have sworn that
yhflraved me. I know yon to be above
trifling with the honest love of any
man!" he cjtied. *
g- "i thlnk .lt will make 3*>u angry, but
,v I must speak, much as I value your
friendship. I refused your offer tonight,
Hp Dinsmore, because I know
v jtbatyou are frittering away a splendid
manhood, and God does not put us into
the Vorld to cultivate the meaner part
of our natures. It is an actual sin
for a. man of your ability and means
to dr^ft hrfth the tide, as you are drift
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The -low -vibrant voice died away
upon the cold night air.
Oscar stood before her in confounded
silence*a hot flush burning his
brow.
. And through this thought was the
> Uneasy consciousness of his own shortly
. comings, t
He 'collected himself with a sudden
effort, and smiled with cold courtesy
jB8 fee flfve her his arm:
- "Miss Stretton is pleased to be criti-,
cal," he observed. "But even blame
from her own lips is an honor. Shall
iwe return?"
"I knew yon would be angry with
me," the said, wistfully, just before
they entered the hajl; "but I have
spoken only the truth. Your future
, Use in your own hands." v
Pot: weeks Oscar avoided Dorothy,!
and lived so recklessly that he became
the talk of all the/people at Gull's
Head.
Day by day the girl saw him whirling
by behind his handsome thoroughbreds
with a set of men who were glad
to spend his money; or heard his voice
in reckless laughter as he betted in
the bowling alley or billiard hall; and
not infrequently she saw by his flushed
face and unsteady eyes that he had
been drinking too freely.
Dinsmore never missed an expression
on the f6ir, pale face when she was
.within sight, although lie scrupulously
avoided speaking to her. He took a
- eort of savage delight in his reckless
course, aid in the grave sorrow of the
girl's eyes, and all the while his love
for her grew stronger and stronger in
his heart.
The summer was ended. The first of
i < the September days had come, and Dorothy's
party were preparing to return
? to town. The girl had suffered a new
experience, for the pain was too deep
1 for uninterested eyes to read.
In the six years which followed, it
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was a mystery to Dorothy's friends
\vhy she did not marry. Suitors she
had in plenty, and admirers who would
have wooed her had they dared: but
Dorothy, to all appearances, was invulnerable.
It was during the winter after her
twenty-sixth birthday, that she, in company
with her father, was traveling
in England, and the fame of the great
surgeon, Doctor Dinsmore, came to
their ears. People flocked co him in
scores: his operations were'" wonderful, i
and his sympathy and generosity something
to be told of by the destitute and
suffering with tears and blessings.
A rapturous hope thrilled through j
Dorothy's heart when she first heard j
of him. She remembered that Oscar j
had told her of studying medicine and j
surgery, aunougn ue uau never ptuc- ;
ticed?but then, Dinsraore was a com- j
mon enough name. Oh, if it were only j
he?the man whom she had never for- i
gotten!
They met at last, at a reception. It
was her old-time lover, grown a trifle i
broader, his dark hair slightly sprinkled '
with gray, the gay insouciance of look
and manner gone, and in its place a
gravity and dignity which relaxed at i
times into a genial pleasantry that was j
irresistibly'attractive.
He came to her soon. There were ;
spectators all about them, but they I
only saw two old friends meet with a ;
handclasp and a smile; they never I
knew what the souls of the man and
woman said to each other in that brief I
glance.
Dorothy went home from the recep- j
tion in such jubilant spirits that her
father wondered mildly what had come j
over his quiet daughter.
But he understood when Dr. Dinsmore
called the next day and made a j
formal proposal for Dorothy's hand.
> "So this accounts foj your refusal of j
the best men of our acquaintance?" !
said Mr. Stretton, rather quizzically, as
he turned to Dorothy.
"Yes,'father," very quietly.
"Well, Doctor Dinsmore, I am glad j
to be able to grant my hearty ap- j
proval, although Dorothy, of course, j
is of age to choose for herself; and I
am glad to see, sir, that your money
has not kept you from a truly noble j
I manhood." i
"Mr. Stretton," replied Dins more, j
drawing Dorothy within the circle of !
his arms, "to yonr daughter I owe ;
what I am to-day. Six years ago, j
when I was living an idle, selfish life '
of dissipation, she refused my offer of j
marriage, and told me to make a man j
of myself. So, you see, sir, a woman's
I 'No' has been my salvation; and her
'Yes' shall be the magic word which !
opens the way to liappiness."?-New j
York News.
A "Confidence" l)og.
"The kinship of living things," as j
scientists phrase it, seems to explain j
why it is that there are animals which ;
pursue the tactics of "Confidence men." j
A Hartford butcher has found such a
one. A patron, he tells the Post, has
a collie that came to the butcher one
morning with a slip of paper in hk?
mouth.*
"Hello, doggy!" said I, and the collie |
wagged his tail and dropped the paper
on the floor at my feet I opened it j
It was a signed order from his master j
for a piece of sausage. I gave the dog j
the sausage. He ate it and went J
home.
Time* after time the collie came with j
these orders to me,and finally I stopped
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reading cnexn. x^ucu, x piwuuicu, nao
for a sausage, and each procured a i
sausage. I suppose, all told, the dog
got as manj as twenty pounds of sausages
from'me in two months.
But the master, when I presented my
j bill, objected. He said he had only
given the dgg about a dozen orders,
whereas I must have honored nearly
a hundred.
' Well, the upshot was that tjie two of
us got together and did a little detec- j
tive work. We watched the dog. We
found that whenever a sausage hunger i
seized him he would hunt until he
found a piece of white paper?any j
piece he could find?and bring it to
me.
I had been carelete, you see. never
looking at the paper, and through my
carelessness the collie had fooled me i
for two months.?Youth's Companion.
KIt?1 Organizations.
The man who had been keeping his i
scat in a crowded street car spoke at
last to the youngv woman who Bad
been eyeing him intently for five minutes
of longer.
"I know I ought to get up and let |
vmi ha.ve mv seat, madam," he said.
"but I'm pledged against that sort of
thing. I have just joined the Sit Still
Club, an organization we have formed
in our part of town, and if I should
violate the solemn obligation I took
when I became a membenaffthat body
I should be expelled and* held up to
the execration of all the other members."
"That is all right, sir," replied the
.young woman. "You mustn't mind
my looking at you. I'm a member of j
the Stand and Stare Club."
After which she continued to stand
and stare at him.?Chicago Tribune.
It Was 80 Sodden, Too.
The German professor had no': been
in this country very long, and his
knowledge of English was still somewhat
shaky. He was anxious to learn,
however, and never used German in
speaking to the students if ho could
think of the English equivalent. He
was young and handsome, and as all
the students were young women, he
was universally adored. As he was
hurrying to recitation one day he
bumped violently into ji young woman
who was rushing in the other direction
to another recitation. Stopping and
j taking off bis hat, he murmured:
"Oh, promise me."
And the maiden, blushing rosy red,
said she would.?New York Press.
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j STATE NEWS ITEMS. |
Wholesale Fruit Dealer C-iicides.
Charles G. Welbrock, a wohlesale
fruit dealer at Charleston, shot himself
in his private office, while under
temporary aberration of the mind.
The inquest could cast but little light
UU tut; LI agcu^ , SlULV UlCIC n tit
witnesses to the suicide
He was laboring under a severe
mental strain, as was evidenced when
he applied for lodging at the county
jail a few nights ago, alleging fear
of bodily harm, a fact which has just
become known since the suicidei He
married a Miss {Schmidt, only a few
days previous to the tragedy.
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Concerns Declare Dividends.
Many thousand dollars have, been
paid out in semi-annual dividends the
first of this year by Union concerns,
as follows: Union Cotton mills, 3 12
per cent, $21,000; M. and P. National
bank, per cent, $3,000; People's
Bank, 3 1-2 per cent, $2,100;- Hames
Grocery eompv;y, wholesale, 5 per
cent. $700; C. E. Lipscomb company,
wholesale groc.ers, 5 per cent, $1,000.
In the county the Bank of Jonesvllle
paid 3 per cent semi-annual dividend.
Jonesville Manufacturing company had
Lockhart mills the same.
- 6treet Cars for- Union.^
Union is to- have a street electric
railway system in the near future, the
city council having granted a very
liberal franchise to L. G. Young
and his associates.
The franchise provides that the
wnrl- shall hoflrln in p-nrwi faith UDon
the construction of the track within
the town limits on or before the 1st
of July, 1906,, and that the railway
shall be completed and In operation,
within six months thereafter, unless
restrained by insuperable obstacles,
and that the franchise is granted exclusively
to L. G. Young and his associates
for the period of Jlfty years.
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Cat Pitted Against Dog.
Because they pjtted a wild cat
against a bull dog in a fight several
nights ago, which tided in the death
of the cat, Dr. Hext M. Perry, president
of the branch of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
of this city, today swore out warrants
before Magistrate Stradley for the arrest
of three prominent young men of
Geenville."
It is understood that the fight took
place in a dark wood near the city
on a very dark night. It lasted for
half an hour, and though the cat.which
was an unusually large animal from
the mountains, was finally killed, the
bull dog was fearfully bitten, scratched
and acerated.
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To Connect Union with S. A. L.
The laying of rails, on the new railroad,
to connect Union with the Seaboard
Air Line, begins in a^few days.
Robert Russell Company, the railroad
contractors, have moved two-thirds of
the camp to Carlisle, so that this work
can be pushed. Unless the weather
seriously Interferes, the large force of
hands employed will have the rails put
down rapidly, the only delay that may
arise being caused by the building of
trestles, the two principal ones being
several hundred feet long over Neals
and Hopkins creeks.
It is impossible to say just when the
line will be completed into Union, but
it is assured now that it wiil be in a
comparatively short time.
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Injunction ic Dissolved.
The temporary injunction granted
the Southern railroad restraining the
Union and Glenn Springs railway'from
crossing under its , tracks near ?he
power house in Union has been dissolved.
It is understood the reason
tie Southern railway took the step,
was .to insure the work of going under
its track being done in the most approved
and substantial manner.
A pile driver and large force of
hands are now at work preparing to
begin the work of construction and
going under the tracks to connect the
roadbed, which U now graded up to
each aide of the embankment of the
Southern.
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Newbarry Banks Flourishing.
The financial Institutions of Newberry
are in a very healthy condition,
. as is shown by the following report
of dividends declared January 1:
National Bank of Newberry on a
capital stock of $150,000 declared a
semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent.
The Savings Bank at Newberry,
semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent,
: 'on a capital of $50,000.'
j The Commercial Bank of Newberry,
i on a capital stock of $50,000, declared
a 4 per cent &eml-r.nnual dividend.
The TCfiwberrv Cotton mills, with a
capital of $400,000, declared a semiannual
dividend of 4 per cent
The Newberry Warehouse company
declared a 6 per cent semi-annual dividend
on a capital stock of $10,000.
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Bound Over to Peonage.
On the testimony of several Italian
I laborers from the phosphate mines at
j Fon Fon, one of whom walked 30
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miles after making his escape from I
camp, to ask the Italian consul for pro- |
tection, United States Commissioner
Waring, at Charleston, a few days
ago, bound over Thomas Scandone, an /
Italian contractor; Alexandro Pisacre- '
ta and Alfonso Pascal^, who are alleged
to be guards, to answer in the
United States court at Columbia to the
fthnrcp r>f hflvlnc hpl l ninprs in a />nn.
dltion of peonage. The story told by 1
witnesses through an interpreter was
to the effect that they had been brought
to the mines under promise of (
good positions and since their arrival
they were forced to work while a
man stood over them with a gun. They
were not allowed to leave camp, and
one claimed to have been beaten because
his work did not satisfy Scandone.
They all claim to have been ^
told they would be taken to work in
. the mines at $2 per day. Scandone, |*
they said, had not paid them any- a
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Crum Finally Lands.
The nomination of W. D. Crum, a negro,
to be collector for the port of r
Charleston, S. C., was confirmed by i:
the senate in executive session by a 3
vote of 33 to 17. Crum has' been t
nominated by the president three c
times, and in addition to these nom Q
inations has received three recess ap- ? 8
pointments, and is now serving under c
the last of these. Confirmation was t
opposed by Senator Tillman, who ob- t
jected to the appointment of a ne- v
sro. \t
Senator Tillman made a speech de- j
voted almost entirely to the question _
' of the constitutional rights of the * J
I riraaMcnt Irt" mflVo ft TAOeSS aDDOint
ment when no actual recess had occurred,
the senate having adjourned
one session and begun another at
noon of the sam^ day.
The race issue played a very insignificant
part in the debate, which was
participated in by fully a dozen senators.
When Crum receives his commis<
sion he will be entitled to receive the
salary which has accumulated since
his flcst appointment
CRUM CONFIRMED,
'Senate at Last Ratifies Appointment
j of Negro as Collector at Charles-1
ton, South Carolina.
The nomination of W. D. Crum,
- colored, to be collector for the port
of Charleston, S .C., was confirmed
by the senate in executive session
Friday by a vote of 33 to 17. Crum
has been nominated by the President
three times, and in addition to these
nominations has received three recess
appointments, and is now serving un-.
der the last of these. Confirmation was
opposed by Senator Tillman, who objected
to the appointment of a negro.
Senator Tillman made a speech devoted
almost entirely to the* question
of tbe constitutional rights of the
President to make a recess appointment
when no actual recess had occurred,
the senate having adjourned
one session and begun another at noon
of the same day.
He introduced at the last session
of congress a resolution on the subject
of constructive recesses, which
was referred to the committee on the
judiciary. Senator Piatt, of Connect|
icut, chairman of that committee, said
tiie resolution had oeen reierrea to a ^
sub-committee, and that he expectefd
a report would be made later. ^
The race Issue played a very inslg- ,
nificant part in the debate, which was z
participated in by fully a dozen sen- j
ators. j
When Crum receives his commis- j
sion, he will be entitled to receive the
salary which has accumulated since
his first appointment
WILL RETAIN SMALL GARRISON, f
Jape Are Busy Preparing to Locate
Permanentnly at Port Arthur. ?
A Tokio special of Sunday says: ?
The Japanese intend to establish a I
naval station at Port Arthur. Vice Ad- a
miral Shibayama probably will be c
placed in charge of it. 1
The military administration at Port c
Arthur will retain only a small garri- t
son as soon as the prisoners are with- *
drawn and order is restored. ?
The fleet is busily engaged in clearing
mines, but. owing to their great
number navigation will be unsafe for
a long time. Only government craft (
will be allowed to enter the harbor.
It is probable that Dalny soon will
be opened to neutrals. Japanese com- 1
pvies are preparing to establish week- 1
ly service to that port. <
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CORTELYOU FOR TREASURY. *
Latest Piece of Cabinet Gossip Going - J
the Rounds at Washington. .
Tho* larpst niccp of oahinpf firoaain r
at Washington runstTthis way: Imme-u]
djatefr after March 4 George B.-Oor- <t
teiyou, chairman of the republican na- c
iiorial committee, is to be made postmaster
genera], to hold the place until
about June 8, when Leslie M. Shav of 1
Iowa, secretary of the treasury, is to
retire, and to be succeeded by Mr. I
Corielyou.
8$eks to ftapoal AN Diverce Law*. c
bill was tatroduiced In the Start? c
Legislature of North Carolina There- i
day repealing all divorce laws and re- J
enacting the l*w of twenty-one years <
ago, which node the BibHcal reeaoo J
the only ground for absolute divorce, i
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FACTS SMOTHERED)
Congressman Livingston's
Resolution Turned Down. '
TABLED IN THE HOUSE
>bject of Measure Was to Got Inside
Information as to How Govern,
ment Secures Its Special
Cotton Statistics.
A Washington special sy-ys: The cot00
statistics question was aired quite
ally in the house Thursday, when,
iter considerable dtecussdon, Colonel
ivingsfcon's resolution calling lor investigation
was laid upon the . taile.
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In brief/ the .argument against the
esolution was that it was unnecessary
n the light of previous investigations,
dr. Burleson of Texas, a cotton planer,'Mr.
Lowering., of Massachusetts, a
otton manufacturer, and Mr. Sims
>f Tennessee were among those who
upported the motion to table the resolution,
and Incidentally these gen1
em-en had much to say in praise of
he efficiency of the tyro departmentsrhich
- deal with statistics of cotton,
uad other crops.
Colonel Livingston disclaimed any
'urpose- to question the honesty of
he agricultural department or the
ens us department statisticians, but he
irgued that in view of the widespread
liseatisfaction over Recent ' reports
Vv. AM InwAeflMtl/m
uare biwuw uv ou n*> ww0?w.???u.) > .
The agricultural committee, which
it first determined to report the resjlutlon
favorably' with some minor
hanges, finally determined to take
jontr-ury action, the members of the
scxmmittee being convinced that wee
10 good ground for crlthdm of the
ptatistidans and no need, as they
lee it, of any investigation.
The question came tip on a motion
)y Mr. Wadsworth,^ chairman of the
committee on agriculture, to lay on
he table the resolution presented by
Livingston ^everal week^ ago, calling
m the secretary of agricuttnre for-,
nformation regarding the method of
collecting cotton statietics.
The motion to lay on thp table prevailed
after Messrs. Burleson of - Texts
,Wads worth of New York, Loverng
of Massachusetts and Sims of Tenleesee
had vigorously defended the
governments estimates.
In criticising- the action of the
xxmmittee in ordering the resolution
x> lie on the fcaole, Mr. Livingston
paid that there wee nothing jn his
^solution which charged dishonesty
w falsehood on the part of the agricultural
department, but he did insist
hat there was dissatisfaction in the
South over the department's report
Phe press of the South, he declared,
lot only wee dissatisfied with the colon
estimates of the agricultural department,
but we? determined" if the
stimates were made on accurate information
and would be given much
nore than two months apart, to de??wj
it.? 1
uauu MMC wuv/iiUVU VI uio wauouw
llrigion of the department.
Another cause for dissatisfaction,
le said, was that the department es- .
hnated the adreage of cotton last
rear more than a million acres too
nuch, and corrected the estimate in
>ctober. "The department,'" he said,
that could make a mistake of one
nil lion acres in the product of cotton
n the South in one season, seems to
ne ought to give the country the inormation
upon which such informaion
was based."
moody after beef trust.
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'few Attorney General Presents Brief
to United States Supreme Court*
The brief of the government in the
ase of Swift & Co. vs. the United
States, known, as the Beef Trust case,
rrepared by Attorney General Moody,
ras presented to the supreme court
>f the United States at Washington
Wednesday. The brigt ie deypted prlnipally
to as argument to show that
he packers are engaged in a consptr
icy to monopolise interstate comtierce
in fresh meats." \
existence of trust denied.
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Jwift Declares Beef Packers Are Net
in Combination^
The annW,. meeting of the* stockholders
of Swift & Co., in Chicago on
Pfciwflrieiv wait )?? o mtmh**
>f eastern capitalists. In an address
o the stockholders. President L. P.
3w<ft said; in part:
"It is needless for me to say to those
jresent who are more or less fam liar
with the facts that the reports in
drculation about the "beef trust" are
rtthout founda.tkei. There is absolutey
no conspiracy or combination to
lontrol prices of Hye stock, the eale
vf meats- or packing house products."
ITONE WANTS INVESTIGATION.
ntroduces Bill in Senate Concerning
Campaign Contributions.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, introluced
in the senate Wednesday, a resjlution
reciting some of the assetions
of Thbmas W. Lawson'and Judge
ton B. Parker concerning campaign
sontributions and asking the judieary
committee to inquire, into th?
^legations.
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GEORGIA ELECTORS MEET.
Transacted Brief Business and Listen- '--^A
ed to Excor.-ation of President . f?*d
Georgia's thirteen, votes in the elec ' 'f.i
toral college were cast for Alton: B. y''"{
Parker and Henry G. Davis, democratic
candidates for President and Vice
President at the last election, by the
thirteen Georgia electors who assem- |P
bled Monday at noon in tye senate ^
chamberAtlanta. . ^
The announcement of the vote for .
each candidate was received with great
applause in the galleries and on the
floor of the house. The meeting adjourned
in a very short time, there
being nothing, else to do alter casting
the vote except to nominate a messenger
to carry the returns to WashWhen
"the hour for meeting arrived, ^
Colonel 8. C. Qunlap of . Hall County, ' \
nominated Colonel T. %. Felder, Jr., a
of Fulton, for president of the college. j
Seconds to the nomination came from j
al parts of the hall, and Mr. FeWer I
was unanimously elected. t j
When he took the chair, Hon. ' J
George Collier of Butts nominated Ste- ; j
ven W. Postell of ^Fulton for sec re- \
tary. Mr. Postell was unanimously /j
elected. v
Mr. Felder asked the indulgence of |
the electors while he addressed to 3
them a few remarks. He made a 1
short speech, in which he thanked the I
electors for naming him president, and , 1
Men be Severely scored Ihresridevt r j&M
Roosevelt, accusing blur of partisan-. ^ j
shi-p of the worst sort, and charging i
that it seemed to "be his chief aznbi- j|?|
tion to appoint former negro ,;slgv^? ^ J
STOESSEL WAS DECEIVED.
Spies Palled to Report That Kuropatkin
Had B#*t Whipped. \m
Captain TsunadoT the Japanese staff v |j3
officer, who was seat to Port Arthur^ 7
to inform General Stoessel of th6 coa- 7 Ml
tents of the message of the emperor
of Japan, saying that the garrison
should be treated wtth tlie greatest
consideration, says: 2^3
"General Stoessel's first inquiry waa
About the whereabout^ of General Kuropatkin.
I said I did not know ?*actly,
but understood be was isome-77 ,v j
where about Mukden, - uM
"General Stoessel remarked that
had last heard from General
kin October 6, saying he would, tio?o/ 7S|
to relieve Port Arthur soon. General
Stoessel added that he had S
Chinese aples, who returned and fr#- j
ported that General Kuropatkin. wdtb >^j 4 n
a relieving armv. was at KInchou, tti 0( 1
miles* north, of Port Arthur. V M
ulous at my statement tlrat General J|
Kuropatkin has been defeated
driven back toward^ Mukden, so-T;
duced maps, showing him the posl|fon
of the two armies near the 8h*l&VyjB
river and gave Stoessel detaijs.of p *
ropatkin's defeat, with the loss
000 to 50,000 men, at which
sian general expressed anmcaeat^d'^ .' :j
quickly remarked that he had heen .^1
"General Stoessel then asked W *
the Baltic fleet was and I toldhim that
some of the ships had not passed/tfe -*K 9
Cape of Good Hope. , i fl
eral Stoessel said: ;B
"'Now that Port Arthur has fallen, / S
there is no use for the fleet coming M
"I then asked General Stoessel what ,, '9
had caused the most damage to the ^fl
garrison during the siege and he thfc^. /:(
'"Your 11-inch howitzers.-After they?~
arrived our defensive works ^acamoe^p^Q
MORGAN DRAWS COLOR LINE,
Alabama Senator Makes Stronq Argu- I
Vnent Against 'statehood Bill. "* "* fli
In the Senate, Monday, Mr.
gan, of Alabama, spoke against the -.jSH
statehood bill. He spoke parttenlarfy
of the character of the population of ]
New Megico and Indian Territory. He
declared, that the framers of the coin
stltution were of the white race, and . 1
it wag not the intention that Kesi- {
cans. Indians, negroes and half breeds 1
shonid be brought into citizenship.- He^)- JB
said that if Arizona and New Mexico JB
were admitted into the Unign, this 1
class of citizenship would control th*> flB
elections, and that bribes and whisky .
might control them.
DECLARE REPORT UNTRUE..
Alabamiana Declare They M Not
Dine with Booker Washington. >
The report printed in New fork
that members of the Birmingham jj^B
Ala., delegation who wegtto Washing ^ I
ton to inrlte the President to viait^
that city fraternized and dined wtUr; ? H
Booker T. Washington on the teals:v>
en route, is emphatically denied bj
every member "of th<* party who faas-^^H
returned to Birmingham. *
NO DATE YET FIXED, v '
I . 'f ' ; - V ?: ^
President Hopes in Near Future -tcrv^^M
Visit Four Southern Cities, rB
A Washington dispatch says: In js
talking with members of voting defc'
egatlon from Birmingham. Al*., .Sat-V;^ I
urday, Prcddent Roosevelt expressed J I
the hope that in the near future h$9 H
will be able to viltt Atlanta, How
cities of the South he Is
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