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of the Two Day* ! H^HVcio*rl]r Hot Forth by B. M? W^BfrIn ovder that "Memorial day*'3ffid R8^^" Decoration day" may never be conHf founded by the children of the South, the Ladles' Memorial Association ol HT Atlanta, have secured from Hon. 11. W M. Blaclcborn an artlole in which the history of the two days Is clearly set forth. ' Mr.. Blackburn's artlole follows : 'To the Ladles' Memprl&l Assocla tlon: In answer to the honor im plied In your request that I prepare an artlole, defining the difference be tween 'Memorial day and 'Decoratlor day,' in order that these days maj never be confounded by the ohlldrer of the South, It gives me pleasure U submit the following, as the truth o history : " 'Memorial day Is of Southern or Igln and application, it stands a? the day Initiative, when honor Is done to patriotic soldiers, who fought and fell In defense of a cause as sacred he heaven Is Just. It was adopted more than two years before 'Decoration dgyJ-was even suggested In the north. jX^'The incident that suggested this epiphany of the Southern cause is one that adorns a distinct page In the glowing volume which has made historio the Southern character, accentuating the couplet. " 'The tendcrest are the tru st, "The loving are the during.' "A number of ladies representing the Soldiers'Aid Society, of Columbus, Ga., visited on March 12, 1800, Llnwood Cemetery, to give a spriug dressing to the graves of Confederate soldiers. While thus attending thh duty they observed the little d&ugh terof Mrs. Williams gathering wild flowers and placing them on the graves of the unknown Confederate dead. Thus the Immortal suggestion of organ /.ad remembrance was given to these loyal Southern women by the Inborn patriotism of a little child ; Memorial day had its origin in the impulse that gave birth to the Con federate cause ; Innocent devotion to the Southern home. ''On returning to their homes these'true Southern women decided that day to organize the tir-it Memorial Association that was instituted in the South, and with a view' to making It general, Mrs. Mary Ann Howard Williams gave her name, and the namos of her associates to glory, by addressing a letter to The Columbus Times, which will ever remain a part of the imperishable service From this eloquent appeal 1 extract the following stirring sentences : " 'The ladles are now and have been for several days, engaged In the sad, but pleasant duty of ornamenting and improving that portion of the city cemetery sacred to the memory of our gallant Consederate dead ; but we feel it Is an unfinished work, unless a day be set apart annually for iis special attention. We cannot raise monumcntlal shafts and in soribe thereon their many dee^sof he rolsm, but we can keep alive the memory of the debt we owe them, by dedicating at least one day in each year to embellishing their humble graves with flowers. " 'Let the soldiers' graves for thai day at least, be the Southurn mecca to whose shrine her sorrowing women like pilgrims, rr ay annually brhq their grateful hearts and lliral \ tl r ings. When we remember the thous ands who wore buried ' with thel: martial cloaks around them," with nuf ? ' v.uu vjiii ini/iau euremony ( i interment we would invoke the aid of the m js thrilling eloquence throughout Lh< land, to Inaugurate this custom, h] delivering on the appointed day, 2U A day of April, this year, a eulogy 01 the unburied dead of > ur gloriou Southern army. They died for lliel ' B6uT?tty.s?> " 'The proud banner, under whlcl they rallied In defense of the holies and noblest cause for which heme ever fought, or trusting worn i prayed, has been furled forever. Th country for which they suffered am died has now no name or place amoni the nations of the earth. Leglslativ enactments may not ho made to di honor to their memories, but th veriest radical that ever traced lit: geneaology back to the deck of tin May lljwer, could not refuse us tin simple privilege of paying honor t< those who died, defending the life honor and happiness of the Southon women." ''In order that the lofty courage o ta^^^thls patriotic app*a', which retleotcc flMyptbcndlog character of th< Boutfern woman, may be appn outer at this late day, it must be recalled that It was written at a time wiiei Georgia was under the m >st oppres stve and suspicious military rule when even a breath of Confederal sentiment invited tho eagle eye o some suspicious military despot. "The suggestions met with prompt and loving approval, show!.ig that il had been nurtured in the breast 01 the women of the South since tht first soldier fell at Manassas, and tin 26th day of April became throughout tho South, a holy day. Here anc K there we olwervo a caution, born 01 extreme oreedism, that would seem tx Indicate a lack of confidence In tin sanQtily of the day the sacrlliglous de ?" 1>artu?h fcliat changes the date wher It falls on the Sabbath), but the truth and the beauty of the day h exemplified only when it is observed on the date fixed, without regard U the day cf the week on which it ma) fall. In truth tho Sabbath id tlu only, day of the week that comport* with so holy an observance. Thlt occasional departure is all that Inter feres with Its consistent and univer sal observance in the South. This exalted view of the day Is so domt j nant In Georgia that the heads of the different institutions of learning l^in this Stato, in answer to sug ^^ gestions, havo discontinued col fcbletloa as saoreligiou8 sport. "Memorial day Is more sacred |||&^ throughout the South, than any lega nuiiuuy. H| DECORATION DAY. " 'Decoration day 1h of northern s|[ origin and application. It was evi dently suggested by the Southern movement, as It was never generally gin observed In any of the states prior be May, 1868. The day and Its purpose are best descrlled In the Eooyolop idla Americana, vol. VI : |? " 'Decoration day, a legal holiday MM In all the states except Idaho, foi agmL decorating the graves of soldier* ^^B killed In the civil war, whether li HA national or private cemeteries. The custom of "Memorial day," as it ii jjisS otherwise called, originated with ttu Southern States, and was copied scat Hjn terlngly, and on different days, ir SB some of the northern states, all in the nam spring, for natural reasons. On th( birju an uruti, May, of that year for Graud Army service, in so decorating graves; choosing that day, possibly, as being the date of discharge of the last union volunteer of the war. Since then all the States have adopted it singly, there oelug no national law on the subject.' "The above Is erroneous as to the , adoption of Decoration day by all the States. Whllo the grav- s of Union soldiers are decorated wherevt r f< und, ' largely by treasury appr >prl atlon, the ' Southern States, as such, havo only adopted Memorial d^y, tiie oh ervanoe of which Is made ^a 'red by the volun tary offerings of the In m \ In certain localities of tho South, where 5 climate conditions retard the birth of Spring, more suitable days arc we1 looted, generally with a view to com memorating some battle, but lu each 1 case, carrying out the central Idea of I Memorial day. 'J "it do?s not appear from Mrs Williams' letter, or any authentic paper that thoro was any special reason ' for selecting (he 2Hth of April, and wo may tin refore assume that It Is merely coincident that a date was do 1 term!nod upou which represents the anniversary of the last death strug 1 gle of tho C >n federally. "Holding In admiring devotion 1 you, who keep tho faith. I am with greit respect, "Yours faithfully, '' I ICN.l M. Itl.ACKHUUN, Atlanta, Ga., April 22, 11)06." FIK^T IN THIS SERVICE * Air J. C. ( Arlington Itectiro to tho ItecordM Upon the Matter. To the E Utor of Tho State: I have b ion somewhat Interested in the controversy between Mr. A. W. Brabham of Olar, and Sergeant Benson of "Gregg's First Regiment." As a matter of record, there were three It.finiry regl cents from this State In tho Conft derate army, each claiming the d. signal Ion, "First Regiment." i uityu iuu[hi quite a cnnuiCL in ine tisUmonyof eye-witnesses as to who actually llred the Qrst shot on Fort Sumtor, hut no such doubt exists as to the order of formation of the scv oral commands. On December 29th the Secession con vent Ion ordered the raising of a regiment of volunteers, under the precautionary act of the legislature passed on December 17th. 10 even companies, 1 O.VJ men Including oUlcers, were mustered Into service for defense of the State, for the period of six months. The first of t hose c< mpanle/, the Darlington Guards, reached Charleston January 3rd, six hours In advance of the Itichland It 11 s Next, day they were mustered in, the Richland ltlllcs as (Jo. A and Darlington Guards, Go. B. This regiment was reorganized In Virginia and still retained its designation, "First Volunteers." Under the same act of December 17th the convention called for 12 mo iths troops and |a regiment was made up of companies chlelly from Orangeburg and Barnwell; one from s Colli ton and a part of one from Lr x ii gton, was formed, with Johnson i lliigood, colonel, and T. J. Glover > lieutenant colonel. These troop< reached Charleston April lllh, 1801, I and the r glment was olllelallv deslg, nated "First South Carolina Volun, tters." r Under another reso'.uMon of the convention and the act of the legislature, creating "A Mlli'ary 10-tab r lis iment for tli State of South Carolina," (January 28 h, 1801) authoriz , ing the raising of a regiment of int fan try, a battalion of ar lll<ry anl a a squadron of cavalry, 900 men, were it' tu snrvo fnr I r ... ?j ? ?-j n>.#!?. > i of Brig. Gen. Dunuvant, 1 known as the regulars, s J. O. GaHingt n, r Columbia, S C., Apr!) 25, 1005. Kiiichln OmiHcd hy Telephone. t Interruption of iu a telephone s conversations at L xlngton, Ky., j Wednesday evening is held r? sponsible 0 for an attempt at suicide which will 1 prove succeisful. William T. Atchi^ on, a brakeman, aged 23, had met. (1 and courted Miss Minnie Thacker, 0 age 1 20, by telepi' ue, her parents obp j?ciing to the suit. They had a misH und rstandlng which was being dis B eu ed when the young woman says p the telephones were disconnected, .j Atchison evidently thougiit sho had answered him by hanging up the re j celver. Going to the saloon of Tom C okrlll, famous In tlie Breathitt f county feuds Atchison wrote a fare1 well note and then made Cockrill an 3 otT r for a pistol on display. Asking \ to examine it he placed the muz/.'e at his breast and fired a 45 cilloer bul j 1 t through ids body just over the ilea t lie Is not expected to survive . the night. 1 . t R1 urileror on Jury. ' James Work and his wife, colored, arrested at 10 1gefl-ldc' arged with the mur ler of Sam Pmckey, an aged ne j; gro at Aiken last Thursday. Plnckey r was murdered for his money as lit 5 was known to have money. James Work was drawn on the coroner's jury u which nat on the remains of the dead ' negro. It is remembered that Work f sat with liis head bowed in ills arms } throughout the inquest. Testimony i involving him was not brought out at " that time, but developed later. The 1 evidence is circumstantial, but strong. Another Mine Horror. I Sixteen men were killed and one , will die as the result of an explosion , at the Eleanora shaft near Big Hun 5 Pa., Friday night. The mine is own ; ed by the Rochester aud Pittsburg 4 Coal and Iron Company. The night shift was small or there would have been more fatalltlzes as every man , was in the mine at the time of the . explosion, except one is reported killj cd. Three bodies were recovered, two , of them were brothers named Kirkwood. The men were English spoak. ing and resided at Kieanora, a small mining village two miles from the shaft, Murdrrod lor IIIm Money. Sam Pick, colored, aged 76, who lived alone and was supposed to have 1 money, was found dead in his house In Aiken county en Mnndnw monin,. 'ui?HI 1 his head having be en crushed in and ' his throat cut. The purpose was j \ robbery. James Work, a young ne gro man, and his wife have been ari rested, charged with the crime. The evidence against them is said to be strong. I Ktlle<l by a Fall. ) At Florence, Italy, Wednosday, the 5 tlfteen year old daughter, Alex, of the i l'earburan family of rich New York era, attempted to rescue a petd< g at the Hotel Seville. The animal had i climi>ed out on the roof and the girl i in following it fell through a skyllg it )' and was instantly killed. Editor Spartanburg Herald. I once heard a gentleman say facetiously that he oould not live in Spar- G tanburg because he would not acknowledge three tenets. The flrst was that Wofford College was a higher institution of learning than the University fl of Edlnburg; the second, that I)r. Coke Smith whs more eloquent than ^ the Apostle l'aul, and the third, that c< Dr. Carlisle was a greater philosopher 0i than Copernicus. U I pass the two tlrst without com (j raent, but of the third 1 wish to say i\ that 1 do not believe that young men f( found more pleasure or more to lift tl them up Intellectually hy sitting at. the feot of Capornleus, than they do at p the feet of the Orand Old Man of the y Old Iron Dlstrlot. I, I am thinking of an evening spent ti with him, and as 1 recall It 1 am ro- t minded of a grand tig ore whose feet c touch the earth, hub whose head Is [ above the clouds, and whose utterau- (j uuocs make ordinary man ashamed of n Ids sordid sent Intents and sottish In y stlnots. Our conversation was on a i wide range of subjects; religion, poll- p ties, and domestic atfairs. On each p the utterance hy him was of a sentl- <| moot so human, so natural, so Him- q pic, tint, withal so tilled with moral up e lift, that there was made plain the a nobility lo life of whatever sphere. Holng myself from Pair field county, p the county of bis nativity, ourconver- a sat Ion turned often to Incidents of his n boyhood days. Ilo told of being sturig 0 tn a bod or nettles In Wlnnsboro (?he nettlcs-arc still there, 1 believe) and t, ho explained the philosophy of tho s feting. lie told of a Mr. William h Adger, whose plantation is marked by \ a railroad station of that name, who )j after waiting for tho stage for Char- e leston, and finding it full upon its ar- u rival, set out and walked to Charles- c ton, gettii g there before the st age be q ciuse of Lne mHdy roads. I have t heard of my grartlmother speaking of n this Mr. Adger as a "line old Irish H gentleman?none liner on earth." And c Dr Carlisle contirmed the opinion. And so.lt went Incident after In- a eldent was told by this philosopher of t. near four score with the clcafn ss of r detail of a happening of yesterday \\ and the vigor of a man of thirty. The c whole would make too long a story for , this communication, but of especial " interest is a half Mexican silver dol s lar, which I)r. Carlisle has in keeping t for Wofford College. D ha half d> 1 t lar with which Genera* George Wash- v ington paid for his breakfast In Lau- t caster County, when he made a tour of tin S >uth In 1791 The father of t ids country declined private hospital- u itics on this trip and insisted on pay- f tng for all he got. t When on his way back north he ? stopped at the home of a patriotic y family in Lancaster County, who wish- ? ed to place all they had at his disposal, but he insisted on paying for his i breakfast, which cousisted of a bowl j of porridge a piece of trast and a cup | of colTee, with the half of a M xlcan dollar. The half c in was given to the daughter of the family, who treasured It until her death, at an old j ngi, win 11 she bequeathed it to a friend, and lie in turn presented it to Dr. Carlisle for WoiT >rd College The coin Is of (special value as 1 under r stand that even the Natiodal Govern , ment has no piece winch they^can J tract back to the baud of Washing- ,, ton. It Is indeed a treasure for WoiTord, ' and in after years it will tie doubly so for having been in the custody of a ( second man whom power could not tempt, nor wealth bribe to cease to serve Ills God, Ids country and his fel- }l low man. F. H MoMastkh * TRiaD TO PJiS GUARDS. c A Chain (<aiiK Prisoner's Dastardly | Attempt at Murder. a A dastardly attempt to poison the * superlntendeiit and the two guards of * one 01 uie county cnaingangs was " made Wednesday afternoon at the camp, about twelve miles below Or- ' angeburg, by John Sims, alias Curly r Sims, a negro convict. Sims was Hent ^ to the ehalngung from O'angebug, , convicted of house-breaking, and with *' a year's sentence. He had made a good convict and had recently been 1 made a trusty. As he bad only six more dajs to serve, It Is believed he ^ intended, after the poison had done Us work, to free the other convicts and all would escape. Chain gang No. 2 was at work on ^ the public road a few miles below Orangeburg In the territory alloted to the special supervision of County c Commissioner Livingston. Sims was " left at the camp by the guards as they went to work with the other convicts. a Sims was the cook for the guards, and 14 did light work around the camp. When the guards returned to camp Wednesday afternoon Mr. J as. E * Hoover diank a quntlty of the water ' f.om the bucket kept for the use of the guards, and observed a peculiar taste ah >ut It. He called the attentlon of t he other guards to tills pe- v cullarlty, which prevented them from drinking alsoof the water. As it was J1 they tasted the water to see what was the matter with It. (' Very quickly Mr. Hoover was taken severely 111. A physician was sum w moned and for some time his life was despaired of. However, he is now ^ wiougut w) oe out pr danger. The " other guards had drank so little of ' the water that they were not affected. ( As soon as Mr. Hoover whs taken sick * Sims disappeared, and his whereabouts are still unknown. Sims was alone in charge of the camp, and it Is \ supposed that he placed poison in the Ui drinking water. Why he should wish * to do injury to the guards is not known, as his term of service would have expired In about one week longer. His sudden disappearance in conneo- , tion with the other clroumstances . lead to the suspicion that he is responBible for the poisoning of the water. Efforts are being made to effect his * capture and prosecution upon the . charge of attempting the lives of the a guards will be instituted. Sims is a y young, slim, black negro, and has thick curly hair. Frank Inahinet, an P ex convlc, is suspected of having . something to do with the dastardly attempt to poison the guards, as he was seen about the camp on Wednesday and dlhappoared with Sims. ir Kohhprj *n(l Murder. At New York the body of Marie i\ Daccl, forty five years old, was found & dead in a room of her apartment at (j 54th street Wednesday morning with jr a handkerchief stuffed down her ^ throat. The woman was evidently f, strangled for the purpose of tobbery. y) The police are looking for two men p, who, It is sild by her daughter, visit- [0, ed her mother Tuesday. The womao rc was separated from her husband. ^ Betired Teachers. liven by Andrew Carnegie, and I* to be Known aa the Carnegie Foundation. A gift of $10,000,000 by Andrew arnegle to provide annuities for colige professors who are not able to ontlnue in active service was announ?d Thursday by Frank A. Vandcrp, Vice president of the National Ity bank or New York Professors In tie United States, Canada and New}undland will share in the dlstribuIon of tho income of the fund. United States Steel corporation 6 er o. nt. tlrst mortgage bonds for $10,00,000 havo been transferred to a oard of trustees and steps will be akeu at once to organize a corporaion to receive the donation. Dr. Prithett, president of the Massachusetts nstituteof Technology, and Mr. Vanerllp havo been selected by Mr. Carogle to obtain data on the subject to o presented at tho tlrst meeting of lie board of trustees, which will take lace on Nov. 15 Tho bonds havo a ar value of $11,000,000 and will pro uce an annual Income of $500,000. die corporation which Is being form d will bo styled the Carnlglc Foundtlon. Mr. Vanderllp smt a letter to the ress giving the foregoing information nd Inclosing a letter from Mr. Caregle dated April 18, which says In art: "1 have reached t.hc conclusion that ho least rewarded of all the profesloos Is that of the teacher In our Igher educational Institutions. New rork city generously, and very wise t, provides retiring pensions for teach rs in ncr punnc schools and also for er policemen. Very few indeed of pur ulleges are able to do so. The conseueuces are grievous. Able men hrsl ate to adopt teaching as a career and lany old professors whose places liould be occupied by younger men annot be retired." Mr. Carnegie says that the fund will ppiy to universities, colleges and ecbnlcai schools "without regard to ace, sex, creed or color," but not to mtitutlons supported by State or >lonlal governments. Another class xoluded is reparian institution. '() ily such as are under control of a ect or require trustees, or a m j >ritv hereof, or olilcers, faculty or students, o belong to any specified sect, or rhlcta Impose any theological test, arc o be excluded." Mr. Carnegie specifies the duties of be trustees and concludes with the iop3 that "this fund may do much or the cause of higher education and o remove a souice of deep and con tant anxietv to the poorest paid and et one of the highest of all profesions." Among tho c named as trustees are: 'resident Edwin H. Craighead of Tu ane and George II. Denny of Washngton ai d Lee. STILL IN J AIL. Krnyon V. Millard ltemalns in tho Custody of tho Slier I IT. Tlie preliminary hearing set for rhurrday in tlie case of Kenyon V. dillard before M igistratc llrunson for ilgamy was postpontd until next Thursday at tlie request of tlie attoricvs for tlie prosecution. In tlie meandine Millard will remain in Jail, wlieie le litis been confined sluci liis arrest, le Having railed to give the bond of ive hundred dollar* required f -r hi ippearunce at court. When M Hard *as first arrested he employed Gen las. F. Izlar to represent him, but on rhursday he atinourioed that he would :onduct his own case and dispense vith the services of Gen. Izlar, Milard has no money to pay an attorney, md lawyers, like newspapers, cannot vork for nothing. No doubt this is .he reason why he gave up the valuible services of Gen. Izlar. Attorney Wteks, of St George, did rot come to Orangeburg, but comnunicatid with Solicitor Ilildebrand, vho appeared for iiim before Magisrate Hrunson and urged tire continu ince, wliicli was granted. Magistrate Irunson said lie could not divulge tiie vldence submitted by the prosecu ion, as it was not complete, but it vas of such a nature that ho bad no lesitancy about granting the conlin lance. Neithcrdld the lawyers here inercsted in the case divulge the result f their inquiries, but It was liarned rom unofficial sources that other let ers had been found which prove cm lusively that Dr. Millard lias been tiarrled twice before coming to South larolina and that there is grave doubts s to wife No. 1 ever having secured divoico. It has been rpnnrt.orl t-.hot. Ainio--/* ad written a letter to his last victim Ince lie was arrested confessing that e had been married three, times be ore his coming to South Carolina and hat the wife he married in Orangeurg made Ills fourth matrimonial enture. It Is further staled that he Defeased that he did not know poslIvely whether he had been divorced rom any of his numerous wives or not r whether they were living or dead. Vhether he wrote such a letter or not re do not knov, but we are satlsded hat Millard had been married at least bree times before he married Miss lenyon, and if the State has the facts I is claimed It has Millard is heading 5r the penitentiary for a term of ears long enough to oonsume what ttle time he has left. Millard is at last sixty years of age, and a ten ear term would wind up his earthly areer. The young lady he so cruelly 'roughed Is still with her mother at t. George. Yank and lltih Mix. This year's celebration of Memorial >ay In Philadelphia will be marked y the participation In the exercises, \ an otlloial capacity, of a Confederte leader, Gen. Fltzbugh Lee. This 111 be the tlrst time in the history of tie Grand Army In Pennsylvania that Confederate general has delivered a lemorlal Day oration under the aus Ices of a Grand Army post. Gen. >ee will be the guest of Col. William i. Curry Post No. 18. Ab Bad an Kngland. Rider Haggird, who Is now travsl>g In America as the representative f the British government to investlate the overcrowding of the populalon In cities and its relief by rural ^Ionization, recently delivered an adre. s at the University of California 1 which he said: "I do not want to ilk about Amerloan conditions, but *om what I have seen and from what our statesmen tell me the lot of the oor here is lust as bad as It Is In my nvn country. The problem Is just as :al as It Is in E lgland, and you will svs to solve it sooner or later." Bauer Indicate* This. According to Section Director Bauer the week ending Monday morn. L lng, April 24, averaged much cooler than usual, especially during the tlrst three days with s'owly rising ternperatures until Saturday when maxlma above 80 decrees were recorded n in the south-eastern count i s. Tlie p< lowest for the week was 28 degrees at t( Greenville on the 18th. The week H olosed with temperatures considerably ai below normal. There were general w showers and thunderstorms on the tl 21st, with hall in the central counties, ft but the rainfall was very light in the g( extremo western and southeastern oounties whero the need of rain Is In- ri dicated. There was no damage by n hall. J Full reports on the damage to fruit, is vegetables and tleld crops by the I freeze and frost of the 17th and 18th, c Indicate severe and extensive Injury p to peaches, apples, plums an 1 other y fruits in the wtstern o tuntles, especially on low lands where the destruc- si tlon was practically total; In the oen- t tral couutles and In the commercial g peach raising districts the damage was serious but nob total destruction at any point; while in the eastern and southeastern counties the damage to fruit was slight. Garden truck was < largely destroyed In all sections, ex cept in the coast truck regions, where the damage was not material, although thin ice was noted to within about twenty miles of the coast. C irn that was up was nearly all cut 0 to the ground, but only a small por- r tlon of It will need to be replaced, as t it is thought that it will grow again, ^ Very little of cotton that was up y escaped and practically all will have , to be replanted; considerable has al- j rfladv liM'-n rniiliiiitnH A .vr?ui?u, " HJVT ll'^UI tt) J lrdtcate that wheat and oats were in y j ired, though the large majority report both grains all right and still (] promising. Tobacco that was set out v was only damaged. Watermelons, 0 cucumbers and like tleld crops were v practically all destroyed and will be replanted. Many of the correspondents state that It is too early to de- s termine the extent of the damage to a peaches, as the fruit is dropping rapid- c ly- r The weather was generally favor able for farm work and rapid progress v was made in cotton planting. It was j too cool for favorable germination and y growth Corn looks yellow and sick s ly. Kirly corn Is being cultivated, t Cut worms arc numerous in many \ places. Transplanting tob .ee > was ^ delayed by the cool weather, but to wards the close of the week made fair progress. Cotton plan tit g is nearly t (lnlshed in the eastern parts of the state and about batf tin 1st ted in the western part svliere the season Is later ^ than usual. Tlirrt In n DitT^r- hoc. S The dilTercnce between Kennedy's ' uaxauve 110.icy ana Tar and all other 1 Cough Syrups is that it moves the c bowels, tlmsexpelling a cold from the. I system. This relaxes the nerve-tis- i sues and by its healing and soothing r elTect on the throat and lupgs the . cough is relieved?cured entirely. * Kennedy's is the original Laxative lloncy and Tar. Itcontains no opiates. Good alike for young and old. Sold by a Dr- E. Norton. Milllonairos Weil INior UlrlH. . Two marriages of unusual Interest c are announe d from Philadelphia r this week. O le Is that of William ' II. Wanamaker, brother of John g Wanamaker. to Miss Wall on, teacher s ef his children. Mr. Wanamaker Is \ 70 jears old while Miss Walton is > twenty tive years of age, a brunette and pretty. t The other marriage has already t taken place and was that of Samuel < S. Itemyer, a milii maireof Pittsburg, \ to Nellie II. Paris, who has been | travelling with a circus and carnival compinies. She is v ;ry beautiful. Mr. t Reymtr moves in the highest social c circles. lie has several millions in his e own right. c Hot Wi Riher I'iIps, c Persons alllicteel with Piles should ; be careful at this reason of the year. . Hot weather and bad drinking water H contribute to the conditions vhich N make Piles more painful and danger- * ous. Dr Win's Witch Hazel Salve stops the pain, draws out the soreness and cures. (Jet the genuine bearing the name of E. C. Do Witt & Co. Dr. E. Norton c Swiped the Funds. Frank G. IPgelow, president of the First National bank of Milwaukee, was arrested Monday charged with the embezzlement of over 1100,000 of \ the bank's funds. The arrest of Mr. . Blgelow followed his confession to the board of directors < f the bank that be 11 was a defaulter to the extent of ?i - 450,000. Following Mr. Rigelow's COQ- ^ fessloM he was removed from the pros- u Idency of the bunk, and the facts in * the case were laid before the federal fl authorities r 8 Billions Bill was getting bloated, t And his tongue was muchly coated. u Patent "tonics" wouldn't cure him, Companies would not insure him. All his friends were badly frightened, But their spirits soon were lightened, " For Bill said?and they believed him, e EARLY RISER pills relieved him. o Dr. E. Norton. c / Negro Under the Ile<t, O Mrs. Nellie Wesley, of Atlanta, 81 ll Pryor street, was awakened about * midnight Wednesday night by a / noise directly under her bed. She 1 noticed the noiso for some minutes r\ before moving, and finally found that there was a ntp.ro man hiding under s< the bed. She became frightened and v screamed, when the negro Jumped P through a window and maue his a escape. JJ ? II Strictly Oonnino, a Most of the patent medicine test.l- t monlals are probably genuine, The u following notice recently appeared in tl the Atchison (Kan.) (Holie: "Joe K Tack, a well-known engineer, running ct on the Missouri Pacificbetween Wicli- it it a and Kiowa, lately appeared in a big one, with a picture, and when he ^ was In hisollice to-day, we asked him u about it. He says lie bad terriiic pains in his stomach, and thought, he had cancer. His druggist reeom- ** mended Kodol and lie says It cured b bin. He recommended it toothers, pi who were also cured." Kodol Dys- tr pepsia ('ure digests what you cat and hi cures all stomach troubles. Sold by u Dr. E. Nortoa. u Mad Oat Bit Him. vv Will Brotherton, a son of the for- if' mer police commlsioner, while mow- gi ing a lawn In front of the residence al Wednesday morning, was attacked ic and bitten by a oat suffering from ol hydrophobia. The cat was killed 1m- hi mt diately and Bret lerton sent to the gi Pasteur institute for treatment to ?| prevent an attack of the rabies. r< Among the Killed ooal Option CauHcd the Fixlit and the Town of Hoiuputeail l? Urcatly JKxoltetl. At Hempstead, Texas, Monday ight at a mass meeting called to etltion the governor to send rangers ) enforce the local option law, J. N rown, a leading lawyer and staunoh ntl prohibitionist, began shooting, [any other persons followed suit and aree men were klll< d, one man was itally Injured and two others were jverely wounded. The dead: J. N. Brown, Congrcssiau John M. Plnokney, Tom Plnokey, brother of the congressman, ohn Mills, a leading prohibitionist, It i feared, c innot survive the night. ) c. Tompkins, private secretary to ongressm m Plnokncy, and Rolling irown, son < f J. N. Brown, are seerely wounded. Tnere arc many armed men In the trects tonight, but It Is not believed here will be any more trouble. The overnor will send rangers. PLAYED WITH A LIVE WIRE. >no Child Mot Death and Oito Seriously Hurt. Although shocked by 2,300 volts of lcotriotty from a live wire, the curcnt burning oil one finger which fell o his bare leg so charged that it turned the llesh, Jesse V. Thomas, 8 'ears old, of Madison, Ga., suffered 10 other Injury save a general shakng up and deraugemcntof the nerves low, several days after the accident, oung Thomas is resting easily. Thomas held on to the wire fully Ive minutes before bis little sister viLii more presence or mind than any if the rest, heat i ff his clutch on the vire with a basket. TOUOIIKD HA UK 1'LAC'K, W. G. Tuomas, of Atlanta, who Is torekieper for the Georgia Hallway ,nd Klectrio company, and a brother if young Thomas, describes the occurence. Young Thomas and a companion vere returning home from an errand Sear the Thomas heme work was rrogressing on a small house. In ome way a piece of tlmb:r fell upon he wires above. They s>gged an,i iroke down an old post near the two >oys, and one of the wires sank to vithtn a few feet of the ground. The boys expressed a nat oral curiosl ,y about the charge on the wire, and Thomas' companion said: "I'll touch It and see whether It cllis us If you will." There was an argument about who hould get killed tirst, and Anally Thomas companion, who cculd wait 10 longer, grasped the wire. He le>elved no shock. Thorn s was em widened to t ucb it also. Ileciug u t and ran Ills hand along until he cached a bare place. The 11 he felt a jo^erful clutch on his hand. He lapped his other hand over tho one hat was held. This also w solulched, md young Thomas screamed. KINQKK KKLL OKK. Thomas' companion, frightened by die sight of the boy's writhing tigine >11 the wire, ran to the Thomas home icarby and gave the alarm. Ruth Thomas, 10 years old, ran with him. md seeing her brother helpless, matched the basket which be had wrought from his errand beat off the wire from her little brother's hands. Just as the troy swung loose from die powerful current of 2,,'100 voltJ, lis little linger on the left hand fell iff anrl IrAnnarl r\ l?ln V.? 1 1 4 ' u 1?IIU .11 Wfpu-l \J\J Hid I 'Cl I It'K . Il L vas so charged with the current that t burned an ugly place In the lljsh. Thomas was taken home and a doc* xir hurriedly summoned. The rest >f the little linger had to he amputat id. Beyond, this, however, and burns >n the lingers of the right hand, none >f them are serious, and the burn on die left 1< g below the knee, young Thomas received no severe injury, le is now resting easily and beyond a evere shaking up suffers no incon 'enlenoe from the 2,300 volts of eleo rlcity he received through his hands. PRAISES BLUE AND GRAY. Governor General lOmphaglzna Glorles of a Ito-tlnlted Country. On Wednesday Governor Terrell deIvered the Memorial day address at ja Grange, Ga. After paying a trib ite to the heroic dead of both the Confederate and Federal forces, lie eferrcd to monuments erected by the Southern pe pie to Confederate he oes. "These mouumonts," Terrell leclared "not only embla z m the gloy of the men who fought under the tars and bars, but stand as a tribute o the valor of the men who fought mder the stars and stripes." He concluded: "It is our duty to emember in love and gratitude the levotlon and sacrliicts of the confed rate soldier. We should do tills not nly as those who believe In the priniples for which he fought, but as Lmericans, his valor, as well as that f the Union soldlor, is the common uncage 01 an Americans. Though re were divided forty years ago, to ay we are united and united forever, 'he unanimous action of Congress In BStorlng to various Southern States Confederate llags that were in the posasslon of the government and unlersal approval of that action by the eople of every section of the country, ttcst the fact of the complete reun >n of our people. Just a century beire the war between the States, Canda was in the throes of civil strife, 'ifty years afterward the Canadian overnment ereobed a monument with tils beautiful Inscription: "Valor ave them a common death, History a jmmon fame and Prosperity a comion monument.' "Three years ago I stood at the ase of the Montcalm and Wolfe mon ment and as 1 looked upon this jlendid tribute of a reunited peop'e ) the mem >ry of their common and erolo past, 1 thought of the mighty ast of my own loved country, and In ly heart sprang up the dream and ope that some day there would stand pon the loftiest hill that looks down pon the r&tion's capital a monument hose apex would catch the first team of the rising sun and would ather its last lingering kiss as It nks behind the West. At its base i heroio mould would stand the forn s ' Lie and Grant, hand clasped to and, the sureties of the bona that ave peace to our divided country, >onsors of the second birth of our igeneratcd and Indissoluble Union,"! four Troublo, lie Will Oivo You Ilia 11 Ho Worth More to You Than ill Charge $5 or $10 for. REATMENT IS PERFECT. ^Nills {n v vO^V "No iiiIhIo?<1Iiik i j * " ^ fig Htatooiont or doorp \ ? tlTO l?rtm<)Hiti?>l)8 ?l- , ;.;v?y lowed Mu nil viae111 II t jkI - v-y 'j| II \ ih to MVMIOOI), ^ R <) I)K ta IK. Kiii:r\ 11 IIKAKT i^^WMBBlllJMJIS^Ia^g^ I) i KM.AId \Y< TUOritl.K, I.KIi^B aro utllictcd with jH lose no m for hesi^fl^^^^BHfl[|Pd on over <|iiartor century < > r^^^^BPuTy, an.I when ho 01100 discharges y< BJPrcured, you need hnvo no fear that you will over be troubled with your disease strain -his earns uru i???r. \ Write this Skillful Specialist About Expert Opinion Free, Which Wi What Your Local Doctor W HIS SYSTEM OF HOME T for medicines."' ifct. J. NKWtON Whoso KuowIimIko I If von are fooling ill, and d > not, know just, wliat is thenmttor with you, do not nutko tho mistake of calling on your local .doctor for consultation hut just simply writo to Dr. J. Nowton Hathaway, 88 In man llldg, Atlanta, Oa? just how you huffor, and ho will connsol and advise you for nothing, whilo your homo doctor will chargo you anywhoro from $1 to $10, for tho sanio service, and again. Dr. llathaway's advice is worth ton times more to you, for iiis wide experience in the treatment | of tlie.se diseases f'2o years), enahles him to at once understand the exact nature of yonr trouble. He will also send you a Self-Kxainination Blank and a valunhlo hook on your disease, of which he is tlio author, freo of cltarge. Dr. llathaway's specialty is diseases of a chronic or lingering nature, and these he lias successfully treated for over twenty-llvo years. The success he has met with is something remarkable, lie has reached tho head of Ins profession and his title of "the recognized authority on Chronic Diseases" justly belongs to him. Not only has he cured thousand of sufferers who cull at his ofllco for treatment, hut nearly every State in the Union is represented on liis list of cured patients whom he was able to cure by his method of homo treatment. I le has iiad special success in curing cases of longstanding and of a complicated nature, after several doctors had given them up as incurable, but wiiotlior your case is of long stauding or not, you should at once seek the advice of this great specialist. It will lie of great lienollt to you, even if you do not take treatment. KILFYRE! KILFYB That Is exactly what it is, aF clay at the State h air showing its ti Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw M property should have them. For st COLUMBIA S Oohimhin. ? <T~ Tbo mi whiske I Morphine | Ci^aret ff a>?lt, I Habit ' nablt Ourod hv 132u Party St for P n. nor 'M 'ni, so dtrt 1 THE GTJINARD 2 CM>I^ITVIU || Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof 0 Flue linings and Drain Tile. l*r 9 or millions. 4 / ?0CK*P0UltRy^ 1 rjtEDlCINRj I This great stock medicino ia an money saver for Btock raisers. It I m is a medicine, not a cheap food or I H condition powder. Though put up I in coarser form than Thcdford'al H Black-Draught, renowned for the I I cure of tho digestion troubles of I | persona, it has tho same I of invigorating digestion, stirring I up the torpid liver and loosening I tho constipated bowels for all stock I and poultry. It is carefully pro- I pared and its action is so healthiul fa tliat stock grow and thrive with an I occasional doso in their food. It I cures hog cholera and makes hogs grow fat. It cures chicken cholera H and roup and makes hens lay. It I cures constipation, distemper and I colds in horses, murrain in cattle, I and makes a draught animal do I more work for the food consumed. I It gives animals and fowls of all I kinds new life. Every farmer and lj raiser should certainly give it a I trial. ?.{. It costs 25c. a can and saves ten I1 times its price in profit. PrrranoRu, K as., March UF>, 1904. I have been using your Black-Draught H Stock and Poultry Medicine on my stock for some time. I have used all kinds of stock food but 1 have found V B that yours Is the best for my purpose. J. 8. HABBON. I DeWITT'S WITCH HAZEL SALVE, THE ORIOIMAU A Well Known Care for Piles. Curat bitlntt* tore*, chapped hands, ?oMmi, akin diseases. Makes burns and acalds fialnlats. Wa could not Improve the quality ( paid double the price. The best salve that experience eaa preduoe er that raeney eaa buy. Cures Piles Permanently DaWltt'a is ttte eririnal and only pure and fenulne Witch Hazel Salve made. Look for the name Do WITT on every box. AU others are counterfeit. ratraatD av B. B. DeWITT A CO.. CHICAGO. Dr. 8. Norton. i 8hot~l>y Police. At Pittsburg, Pa., W. D. P. Lapp, aged 19, a member of a prominent and wealthy east end family was shot and killed Wtdnefday by Polioeman Ulloro. Two of young Lapp's com panlnns were arrested and held as witnesses, but the third one escaped. They ran when ordered by-the polioeman to halt. Ullom was arrested. moiU'iit. l)r. Hathaway is the author of eight valuable medical hooks which should Im? in the hands of every one alllicted, or every head of a family, and he will send any one of these hooks to you on receipt of your name and address. I, dis asos of the throat and lungs; 2, kidneys and urinary tract; 3, diseases of women; -I, skin, rectal, rheumatism; 5, hlood poison; 0, nervous debility and vital weakness; ' 7, stricture; 8, varicocele. 14in hook for men entitled "Manliness, Vigor and Health," should be in the hands of every man, Writo for it, it is free. If you do not sulTer yourself semi him the name of some one that does. Do not forget the address.? J. Newton Hathaway, M. I)., 88 Innum llldg., | At Inula. Ga. IE!! KILFYRE!!! iro Killer. D > n ) uhr \\ t m ovory re fighting qualities. (ill, Ginnery and any ono owning tie by [JPPLY 00.vdiinorv Supplv liotisn of 'bp Stab I All OrMgaod ^Aablta. IiiHtltiito, of ^ <Tr?M* fc>, (J, flon l?1 f? . Brick Works. 5 11A H- C " Terra <3ot t;i Building Blocks, for 5 cpared to till orders for thousands m m A Proposition of Interest To all readers of this paper, who call or write for treatment within the next 30 days 1 will cure t hem of the following diseases for ONE-HALF my usual charge: LOST MANHOOD, SYPHILIS (blood poison). (i()NOK11 E, < 1LEET, STR10TURE, V A III COCKLE, RUPTURE, CATARRH and all CHRONIO DISEASES, of both sexes. Diseases of women cured without operation. PILES cured under guarantee wit hout the knife or any tying or burning operation. > Consultations, Examination, Advice Free. T. 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