The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 04, 1905, Image 4
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Brick Works. 5
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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. S. HOI LEYMAN, M. 1).,
THE SPECIALIST
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At Qcroway 7:40 a..a
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Lt Myrtto Dtaeb 0:4ft a. a
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Lt Oca way 1:15 p. a
Lt Odd way.... ft:IO p. a
Lt Mitt Beaah. 6:10 ?. a ?
-tr; rank ocposn ?' v
Railrced Fare Raid 60<
PR KB Courf-j Offered
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