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THE TWA There wore twa corbies sat on a tree, Large and black as black might be. And one unto the other gan say: "Where shall we gang and dine to-day? Shall we dine by the wild saut sea'. Shall we dice 'neath the greenwood tree? "As I sat cn the deep see. '.and, 1 saw a fair ship nidi at land: 1 waved my wings. T beat ray beak, The shir sunk, and I heard a shriek; There tney lie?one, two. and three? I shall dine by the wild saut sea." "Come, I will show ye a sweeter sight, A lonesome glen, and a new-slain knight; His biood vet on the grass i< hot, j -J_ ?i...f*o J11S swum Wcl.i Uliimt. IU?1 j'lji.ii.o uucnui And no one knows that lie lie-? there. But liis huwk, his hound, and his lady iuir. <*4STEPHANIES By A? I J*tOK. * was 1:1 Taris. now many J years ago. that I mot tor O T O in salon of the Coaij( & tesso Biane. XOW * was talking in an idle way w?:h an attache of the embassy when she entered. I had been rather bored, and early as it was had begun to think of leaving and dropping iu at the opera, but when I saw that lovely apparition I had no thought of leaving while she remained. "You know everyone?tell me who she is!"' I said 10 my friend, abruptly. "Stephanie tie Lussac,"' he replied. "widow ot that William scamp, raui de Lussac, whom you knew?at least \ by sight and reputation. Also the niece and adopted daughter of old Vnlroide, the reputed miser.'' "Paul de Lussac dead?" I exclaimed, in surprise. "Yes; his brilliant though questionable career was cut short in a tragic inauner. Did you never hear of itV They were at Xioe at the time; his yacht was upset and his body was never recovered. For a long time nothing would tempt Stephanie from the secluded life which she adopted at his death, but uow she is seen occasionally f / among her old friends, and she is quite as fascinating as ever. A strange thing, though?she has never worn hexjewels, which were really something marvelous, since her husband's death, and it has beeu whispered that he carried them with him to the other worid as a scp to Cerberus. But what is the matter? You seem struck," he added, smiling. "Will you present me?" I asked, and. still smiling, he complied with my request. I was struck, certainly, and hard hit, oven, at first sight. Years before, wandering through the Berlin galleries. I had seen the portrait of a very beautiful woman, who was then dead, and something in its exquisite loveliness hud gone straight to my heart. "That woman I could have loved," 1 thought?and even this portrayal of her features seemed to have its influence, however slight, upon my usually careless life. I found a copyist more clever than the usual run of them, and had him paint me an ivory miniature of this haunting face, and although in knocking about the ^orld 1 parted from time to time with most of ray possessions as I ceased to care for them, yet I retained this miniature, and it still kept its hcid upon my fancy. And now I was face to face with its living counterfeit. She might have just been sitting for the portrait, auu have come straight from the studio to the salon, for the likeness was miraculous. Here was the same sweet, oval face, beautifully poised above the slender neck, and crowned with rich masses of soft, dark hair, just threaded with a band of violet gray, that matched the velvet of her square-cut gown. And r" here were the same large, innocent, dark eyes, now looking straight into my own, and the same beautiful lips smiling up at me. The thought flashed through me, "If her mind is as beautiful as her perfect face and form. I. the careless man of the world, will strain every nerve to yvin her for my wife." So far did I succeed in gaining her favor that at the evening's close she had given me permission to call upon her at her home. I availed myself of this on the following afternoon, and found her seated by old XI. Yairoide's side, reading aiouu in hii?? from ;i nnmlprnes lonie. As 011 tiie eight before she was most simply but beautifully dressed. Quite disregarding the prevailing fashion, she wore a simple gown of some soft, clinging stuff that fitted lier perfect figure marvellously well, and fell from the waist downward in graceful folds. The souare-cut neck was finished hi some soft, old lace, but. as on the night before, she wore no jewels. Nor did she need to wear them: in my eyes no gems, however rare, could have added one jot to her perfect loveliness. The grace of her conversation charmed me more and more, but if it had not been so-if I had found her mind far inferior <o her lovely face?1 think I must still have loved her madly. Call it infatuation, or what you will, the thought of her filled both iny waking and sleeping hours, and I even dared to hope that this pearl of women might one day cousent to be my wife. A week later ali Paris rang with this beautiful woman's name. In clubs, in cafes, on street eornerswherever men or women me: or gatli ered. her name was spoken either ir pity or in horror. v A terrible murder had been com l CORBIES. * J-Ihound is to tiic hunting ga::e, Ills hawk to letch the wild-rowi hame, His lady's away with another mate, So ;ve shall make oar ('inner sweet; Oar liinuc's .-are. ear Kastin.: free. Come. and dir.e '::eat!i the greenwood tree. "Ye shall sit on his vhite hause-bane, .' will pick cat .his bonny blue ecu: Yc'ii take a tress of his yellow liaiv, To theek your nest when it grows bare; The gowden clown on his young chili Will do to row my young ones in! "0! cauid and bare his bod will be. Wi.en winter's storms sing in the tree; At his head a tori", at bis fret a stone, He will sleep, nor hear the maidens moan: O'er his white bones the birds shall fly, The wild deer hound, and foxes cry!" 5 SACRIFICE*^9b* 1 m >ii JA70LE. ^ ^ i inittod. CIU M. Vniroide had been j found dead. shot through the heart? and Stephanie do Lussuc had been arrested under suspicion! Struck with horror at the thought, and convinced of her innocence, I hastened at once to Jules Garveau, then one of the most celebrated lawyers in Paris, and begged him to undertake the case on licr behalf. He was already well informed as tc all the details that had then been made public, and although he consented to undertake the case, he was far from encouraging, for the evidence was strong against the unfortunate young prisoner. It appeared that upon the night of the murder Stephanie de Lussac and S r f.7. - TJ.- _ 1 X it. .u. vuiiUiue were* t;uuv mono loge-uier in their apartments. Madame's maid had asked for and received permission to be absent for that evening and tbe night. And. contrary to the usual custom. Mme. do Lussac had herself dismissed M. Yalroide's valet at an early hour in the evening. In the morning when the man sought his master's room at the accustomed hour he found signs of confusion there. The large, carved chest was open?an uuusual thing ? and some papers strewed the floor, but the room itself was empty, and the bed had not been occupied! In surprise he hastened to the library, and thero. in his large armchair, was M. Yalroide, his head resting upon the table beside him. Not asleep, though?as the man thought at first?but rigid and cold, with clotted blood upon him. and a bullet in his heart. The alarm was given, and a physician and officers of justice were soon at hand, but there was nothing for them to do but trace and bring the murderer to justice, for the old man had been killed instantly, and had been dead for many hours. The search was begun at once, and on the floor in lime, de Lussac's boudoir, which opened into the library, was found a dainty, silver-mounted revolver. marked with the interlacing letters "S. de L." It was Stephanie's own revolver, and one barrel of the deadly toy was empty. And Stephanie herself? They found her in her bedroom, in the dress she had worn the night before?and there was blood upon it?and there was a frozen horror upon her face. In reply to the questions put to her she would answer nothing, and so she was arrested and taken to prison to await her trial. The bullet which was extracted from the body of M. Vairoide was found to tit the empty chamber of Stephanie's pistol. That the murder could e.oi have been accidental was proved, for a box of valuable papers and large sums in gold, which rumor placed at various exorbitant amounts, had disappeared from the safe in the carved chest in M. Vairoide's room, where the soK.%.1 l 4. ~ 1. i. - r nuit-u liJIU J?.ViU U. iUlge ?Ki 11 VI his accumulated wealth. It was impossible, they said, that a woman could have secreted this box of papers so as to utterly baffle the detectives. whose whole energy was bent upou its discovery. But the accomplice. if there had been" one, had vanished without leaving a trace behind. The trial took place early in the following month. (larveau arranged that I should bo present and I saw her again?more beautiful, I thought, than ever. During her imprisonment she had resolutely kept silence, and in answer to M. (Jarvcau's repeated questions she only said: "I can tell you nothing." In vain he pleaded with her. and showed her what a hopeless case hers was if she persisted in this silence. "I can do nothing for you. madame, unless I am in your confidence." he said. "Though I. and also my friend, both believe you are innocent, and ihat your silence is to screen some individual of whom we can get ne trace yet we have no proofs, and the c-vidence is all against you. Madame, once more, 1 implore you to speak." She looked at him Intently, but only said, quiet iy: "No. you have no proofs." Then, after a moment, she asked: "Monsieur, what if they find me guilty V" And he had to answer: "The guillotine I"' She shuddered and turned pale, while her white hands circled her slender neck, as If to protect it from the deadly knife's cruel edge. Then, recovering herself, she said: "After all, monsieur, death must come." ; "But not by the guillotine!" he rei j.lied. indignantly. "Madame, I am convinced that you coukl be cleared by . simply giving me a eiew to the mysi tery of that night. You a'one can save yourself. I can tdo nothing. But it is - inconceivable that .> )u should thus. choose silence and an ignominious ] death in preference to an honorable l and happy life as the wife of an up- j right man." .Monsieur, what do you mean?" 'I mean that my friend loves you. and he is trying in every way to save you in spite of yourself, while he is half mad at the thought of the horrible fate that may be awaiting you." Her eyes dilated. Then she said, very slowly: "I have 110 alternative. { r>in : crimps u is ui'tter as n is. At the trial she pleaded "Not guilty/' but after that she did not speak again, ar.(l although the evidence was purely circumstantial, and the missing papers had not been traced, it was decided thai she had committed the murder to get possession of the o!d man's fortune. which she had intrusted to some party unknown, of whom they had been unable to find a trace. (larveau pleaded eloquently for her. but he had no counter evidence to j bring, and inasmuch as the murder ! had been done in cold blood, and the prisoner bad refused to reveal bor accomplice. the verdict was returned: "Guilty, and death by the guillotine!" Then, and not till then, could I gain admission to her. I had sent her many messages through Garveau, but now, for the first and only time. I was permitted to see her face to face. She rose to receive me. and if her. prison cell had been a palace, and she had been a queen, she could not have commanded more respect than she did then. I bent low before her. and overcome by a great rush of emotiou. I sank upon my knees and covered her white hand with kisses. She recalled me to myself with quiet dignity, but my grief j and passion would break forth, and I ; told lier of my belief in her innocence, and that she could even then be saved if she would only^speak, and I told her of my unchanging love. She was looking at me, and there was a strange light in her large, dark eyes. "Yon can still believe in me?" she said. "I thank you from my heart, but''?her voice was very low?"it is all, perhaps, better as it is?better for us both! You do not understand, but the thread of my life lias been so strangely tangled that now, when the end is near, I can be almost glad. If death were not coming to me I should be desolate, for you are the only one in all the world who loves me, and I could never have been yours, for?I am a married woman, monsieur." "Married?to whom?" I cried, amazed. "His name was Paul de Lussac," she returned, with visible effort. "But De Lussac is dead, and his death has set you free! Stephanie! Stephanie!" I cried, "what wild, mistaken idea is this? It is not yet too late. Speak. I implore you?for my sake?for your own! You will be cleared from all suspicion?you will be pardoned?and then you will be my wife. I will take you far away, and under the southern skies you will be happy, and you will forget all this as a hideous dream that has passed away." * * "It could never be," she answered, firmly. "I shall he faithful?to the death!" Her beautiful lips trembled as she added: ''Believe ouly that it is better so?far better for us both. Be* lieve that I thank you truly, and?for get me." I never saw her again. The dreadful sentence was executed, and I left Paris, carrying with me the miniature, and the bitter memory of the lovely, unfortunate Stephanie. Years passed, and the bitterness had become softened by time, when at last the mystery of the murder was solved, to me alone of all the world. It was in St. Petersburg, and one day as I was passing the Alexander Column I came face to face with a man whose features I knew well, for I never forget a face. "Paul de Lussac, alive!" I exclaimed involuntarily. If a glance would kill I should have been instantly annihilated, but he only shrugged his shoulders and said: "Pardon, monsieur, I know not cf whom you speak." lie was passing on when I caught him by the arm. "I speak of the man who stole a woman's jewels and disappeared: who murdered an old man for his money, and left an innocent woman to suffer for his crime. Thief, and murderer of them both! Mow do you know of whom I speak?" He turned on me like a tiger. ' Fool!*' he siiic:. rapldiy between his teeth; "you have no proofs! Dare to make such an accusation and you will perish miserably in the dungeons of St. Peter and St. Paul, or in the mines of Siberia!*' He shook ir.c off and passed out of my sight. He was right. I had no proofs, and so was powerless against him. But his warning?had I not been sure before? would have convinced me that it was he. Then I understood the full meaning of her last words to me. and I knew that beautiful Stephanie had gone to her death in silence ?o save the unworthy life of the man whom she once had loved.?New York Weekly. The !ze<I Watch. A watchmaker said that a gentleman gave him an exquisite watch to regulate. It was as perfect a piece of work as was every made. The watchmaker took it apart and put it together again twenty times, and could not tind any defect, yet the watch (lid not keep good time. At length it struck him that the balance wheel might have been near a magnet, and lie applied a needle to it; he found*his suspicions true, for there was all the mischief. The steel works in the other parts of the watch were in perpetual friction, yet with a new wheel the watch kept ' perfect time. If the soundest mind be magnetised by vicious associations, J , it must act irregularly. t ?rsir\jts>rsifMfsirs8fsi? I SOUTH CAROLINA I | STATE NEWS ITEMS. J College Elects Dr. Twitchell. Mayville W. Twitchell, Ph. D., acting geologist of. the state of Maryland, has been elected professor of the chair of geology by the trustees of South Carolina college. * * ? Third Cotton Mill Prospective. Following closely upon the organization of a fourth banking institution for Newberry, comes the announcement that the town is to have a third cotton mill. The names of some of ihe city's most prominent citizens are mentioned in connection with the enterprise. * * * Will Attend Sea Girt Meet. Arrangements are making to have the South Carolina National Guard represented at the Sea Girt tournament next month. Captain T. T. Hyde has been made the captain of the team which will be composed of the best military rifle shots in South Carolina. The team has not yet been organized, and will net be finally complete until the first part of August. * Negroes in Gambling Quarrel. As the result of an-alleged gambling quarel of several months standing, Wallace .Tetter shot four other negroes at Jerusalem church, in a remote section of Union county on Pacolet river. Services were in progress at the time. Dudley Woodson, who was shot in the side, is expected to die. The tlvree others are but slightly wound- j ed. The shooting was done with a | shotgun. Jetter has not yet been ar- j rested. * * Costly Jewelry Stolen. A robbery was effected at the Sea Island hotel at Beaufort Sunday by which a guest lost a jewel case containing $5,000 worth of diamonds and other jewels. The owner of the stolen gems, a lady boarder, had gone in bathing, leaving her jewel case on the dresser in her apartments at the hotel. Upon returning to her room she missed the jewels. The facts were reported to the authorities, result ng in the arrest of thiee negroes, domestics employed in the hotel on suspicion.'the hotel management is co-operating with the authorities and it is hoped to recover the stolen property. * * * New Railroad Formally Opened. The Union and Glenn Springs railroad, Union's Dew line connecting with the Seaboard Air Line, was foi mally inspected a few days ago, and ?>t11 nmhahl.. ho immcUintplu " 111 |;i V/UUUiJ wv avwyi VU iwiuvuim VV4J by the state railroad commissioners. A special conveying the railroad and city officials of UDion, the commission, members of the chamber of commerce and press representatives made the tour of inspection. This new independent road, which is nineteen miles long, will furnish much needed competition to the Southern railroad. In a few days a passenger schedule connecting morning and evening wjC^. the fast trains on the main line of the Seaboard will be put into effect. * * Depot at Jonesville Burns. The Jonesville freight and passenger depot was totally destroyed by fire last Sunday morning. This building, which was erected three years ago, contained much freight, inching some thirty-six thousand pairs of hosiery, made by a local concern. Two car boxes were also burned and tne loss, all of which is on the railroad, is estimated at seven thousand dollars. Rats are supposed to have caused the fire by getting among some matches accidentally. By hard work the new brick slort of Williams Bros., across the street, was saved, only the front being sightly damaged. * * Inspector Loses Money Mysteriously. C. S. Brown, a dispensary inspector of Columbia, has lost nearly $1,600. The manner in which the less occurred is a complete mystery. Brown went to Charleston to check up the books of Dispenser B. H. Matthews, and found a shortage of $1,600. The amount was made up and the inspector started for Columbia. In seme manner the money disappeared. * Matthews holds the receipt for the money signed by the inspector. There was considerable discussion as to the collection of the amount, the dispensary authorities insisting that the amount be made good, although the I law is very defective on this point. The money was finally raised by the inspector, and he has been temporarily suspended. Brown is now engaged in an effort to locate the lost money. * Seeking to Establish Alibi. Charleston frf.tal court officials are interested in the proceedings which have been instituted to establish an alibi in the case of C. H. Waring, H. E. Cuningham and C. Hinkev, now serving a terra in the penitentiary at Columbia, for the robbery of the Latta p.>stoffice, for which crime James Johnson, John King ano Rudolph Rabens were convicted at the April term of the United States circuit court, the first two named now serving a term of five years ir. the prison at Atlant.?/ Rabens' case is pending before the circuit court of appeals. The ledera! officials believe that the right raer were convicted before the United States court as the guilty parties although the gang may have been giiii ty of other robberies in the state. The papers in the case are now before Governor Heyward and he is expected to act upon them in a few days. * * * Many Banks Are Involved. The closing of the Darlington Trust company's doors at Darlington with a notice saying that the failure was caused by trouble of the Independent Oil company is now followed with announcements of a startling nature. In two courts petitions of creditors have been filed alleging indebtedness of about $750,000, with assets mainly based on cost of the mills, which was less than $100,000. Banks all over the country are said to hold paper o%this concern, including many warehouse receipts for o:l and for which, it is alleged, there may be found no oil. The stock ot the company was $1,000,000 and was largely held in South Carolina, Charleston having a considerable amount. In the United States court at Chat* lctte Judge Brawley appointed Bright Williamson, R. Lee Labby and G. H. Sass receivers. This follows the appointment of Williamson as receiver by Judge Watts of the state court. I Judge Watts has also appointed E. C. i Lide, former cashier, and L. E. WTil- j [ liamson, Jr., receivers for the Dar ! licgton Trust company. STEVENS SUCCEEDS BROWN. j Head of Georgia Agricultural Depart* merit Gees on Railroad Commission. Hon. O. B. Stevens, commissioner ] o? agriculture of Georgia for the past I six years, has been appointed rail- | | road commissioner for the' next six J i years by Governor Terrell. The ap- j ' pointment was made Wednesday j i morning and was#at the same time j | sent to the senate for confirmation. The announcement of the appoint- I ment created no surprise in political i circles, as it has been known for over j a year that Governor Terrell would j ' tender the position to Mr. Steven-, j j who is one of the best known men j j in the state. He has served in the I | legislature for r<any terms and has ; j always taken a prominent part in 1 - -- ^ ?s ! i politics, we nas run ine agmjuiimax department on a sound business baj sis, and bas put the department in excellent condition. He will resign as commissioner of agriculture, so it ia | | understood, when his appointment ia j j confirmed by the senate, j Mr. Stevens will succeed Hon. J. j j Pope Brown, the present able com- j I missioner, whose term expires on Oc- ; | tober 15th of this year. Mr. Stevens I will begin the duties at that time, I and will hold the place for six years, j The commission when Mr. Stevens ; ; goes upon it will consist of Warner | ! Hill of Meriwether; Joseph Brown j I of Cobb and O. B. Stevens of Terrell, j ail three of whom were appointed by j Governor Terrell. j Thomas G. Hudson, one of the best i known men in middle Georgia, will 1 be appointed commissioner of agrii culture to succeed Mr. Stevens. !. ENRAGED NEGRO RUNS AMUCK. Kills Wife and Two Other Women Besides Wounding Four Men. i A wholesale shooting affray. occur; red near Americas, Ga.,' Sunday | morning, resulting in the killing of i three negro women and the shootj ing of four others. A negro named | Hicks did all the shootng, killing his J wife, his mother-in-law and another j woman ere his thrist for blood was ' quenched. | Hicks and his wife had been sepaJ ram* some time. Early Sunday morn j ing he went armed to the house of j her parents, expecting to find her ! there, but learned, upon arrival, that j she was eight miles away, on another ! plantation. Without ceremony or ex| planation, Hicks raised his shotgun ' and kiled his mother-in-law in ber j tracks. Hicks then compelled the ! dead woman's husband, at the point J of the gun, to secure a team and ' carry him to where his wife was ! stay.ng. Upon arrival there an hour ! later, Hicks shot his wife dead, and then shot the old man, her father, ' wounding him mortally. j Hicxs then shot promiscuously un- I j til four other negroes had fallen, j making a total of seven victims j EXPLOSION MANGLES FOUR MEN ; Boiler of Threshing Machine Engine Did Deadly Work. ! Four men were killed outright and | seven others so seriously wounded j that at least a portion cf them wili 1 die, by the explosion of a threshing ! machine engine on the plantation of | Bush Banes near Axton, Henry ' county, Virginia. j The accident occurred far in the ! country, away from telegraphic and telephonic communication. WiLSONlTAFRAID ' Secretary of Agriculture Will Welcome Suit by Price. '*' >S GAMBLERS' QUARREL Threat of Wel| Known Cotton Broker to Resent Accusations Wilt Be Ignored ? Holmes May Yet' Be Prosecuted. That Secretary Wilson intends to take no step backward in his report on the cotton leak investigation was evidenced Monday by the statement that he was not afraid of any libel suit which might be filed against him by Theodore Price or other brokers mentioned in the report; in fact, he said, he would welcome such action, because it might be the means of de- > veloping such facts not already uncovered, and which it was desirable to know. "This is a quarei amcng gamblers, * he said, "brought about by the dis* satisfaction of some of them in not getting what they thought was their due. I have nothing to take back. As the hee.d of an executive department of the government, it was my v jj duty and right to give to the public the result of the investigation by the secret service agents into the charges ? j which had been filed leading up to the dismissal of Mr. Holmes. The secretary added that he had given consideration $o Mr. Price's request, as presented through his attorney, William M. lvins, of New York, "to withdraw the unjust, offensiye and unsustained charges and implicar tions" and had reached the determina tion to tane no further action in the matter. He said he would not communicate with Mr. Price or his attorney in any way. In view of the opinion by the Js United States dis;rict attorney, a crim- p tnal prosecution against Hcimes Would A; not lie. Secretary Wtlson intimated that he would suggest to President . || Roosevelt a recommendation to con- W gress that* legislation be enacted to ^ cover cases of similar character in- ' 'jjj volving a breach of trust. Roosevelt to Take Action. It is regarded, according to a die- ..f|| patch from Oysrer Bay, as not unlikely that criminal prosecution may re- ^ suit from the investigation of the cot- vv? ton report leak in the department of -J agriculture. The subject has not yet -M been presented to the president in a *.|2 formal way, although he is familiar | with most of the details of the in- ;'Jj quiry. United States District Attor- |j ney Eeach of Washington yas of the 3 opinion, after a cursory examination f of a part of the evidence adduced in Vf the investigation, that a criminal pro Jf ceeding would not lie against Assist- - ;i ant Statistician Holmes, who is alleged to have profited by giving advance in- ;i formation of the condition of the cot- % ton crop to certain brokers. The department of justice is not inclined to accept this view of the case. While no decision to institute criminal pro ' * ccedings has been reached, the subject is being considered by Attorney General Moody, who later will take up the matter with the president. FISHY STORY FROM CUBA. American Banker Held Up by Brig. ands and Forced to Pay Ransom. Julian Ccndoya, a wealthy Ameri- jfj can banker and agem of the Ward | Line, were dining with his family Sun- " day night at his home across the bay, from Sanitago, Cuba, was attack* ed by eight bandits, who covered the members of the family with guns and , searches the bouse. The bandits pre-7%jj sente-J a written demand for $30,000, and seized Mr. Cendoya as a hostage }Z. until the amount should be paid. I After parleying, Mr. Cendoya agreed to pay $2,000^ and the bandits ' withdrew. Monday morning Mr. Cendoya was allowed to go to Sanitago and secure the money, which he tum- ^ ? LV - of a rpnHAO 0(1 over TO l UC Laauuu uv ? * vous in the bay. RUM JOINTS DYNAMITED. Unknown Persons Wreck Three Sa- v J loons in Town of lota, Kansas. j Three saloons in the heart of the | business section of lola, Kansas,wer*? completely wrecked by dynamite on Monday. Much damage was done to ; other property in the vicinity and tne less is estimated a: $100,000. No one J was killed. There has been much agitation :i Ida recently to close the saloons, which have been run opeDly in violation of the prohibition law, and Governor Hoch had been appealed to to aid in closing the places. | ? '* >; ORDINARY FLAYS MINISTER. . ' | Judge Johnson Replies Hotly tc Sermon on "Race Fraternity." Hon. JohD C. Johnson, ordinary of ; Oconee county, Georgia, has issued an interesting statement bearing upon the recent lynching in Oconee and ' especially referring to certain utter- ? ances of Rev. Dr. Bradley of Atlanta. The statement excoriates the At- j lanta minister in most sfv.?rc terms. ~