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R IM HE EP VOL .---NO. 48. PICKENS S. C., THW, DECE1 Silver Dollars Given Aw (1reenville,' S We have placed in..our store V Silver Dollars. We have had made ft will unlock the box. With every Q given a key attached to.a tag. Keys month after October 1st, and the 1o0 be given $5.00 as a preont. This is a new ard novel way we h in cash what we have heretofore paid greater number will be benoflItted. ATr SMITH & You will find the b Men's Wear at GREENV Sole agents for Stetson's Stiff Hats. Se THU NXAI, INVESTIGATION. REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE. The Attorney General's Concise and Comprehensive sumumary of the Results. The report of the joint committee "Lo investigate the affairs of the State penitentiary," appointed at the last session of the general assembly, has just been issued from the presses of the State printers, and is being sent to the membera of the general assembly, who are asked to preservo their copies. The volume contains 458 pages. Pre liminary to the report of the committee, which has already been published in .The State, and tne transcript of the voluminous testimony is a message from the Governor transmitting the whole to the general assembly. In this message the goveraor q9otes the resolution, all correspondence between his oti'o and the attorney general's office. Then the message conciudes thus : The whole matter was then placed entirely ia the' hanJs of the attorney general, with full power to act, and protect, as far as possible, the in terests of the State. He set to work dliliently to ascertain the liability of the bondemeniof the late superintend ent of., the penitientiary and to colleet the several amounta due the State. Criminal action was also brought against the defaulting superintendent in the seselons ct, rt for RWchland county, under three beparate indict ments. These cases will come up for trial at the spring te:-m, 1900, of the criminal cours for Richland county. As soon as the atorney general de termined theillability of the bondsmen of the late superintendent, they came forward and paid the . amounts for which they were liable, as will be seen from the following communication from the attorney general: Executive-Dapartment,. Office of the Attorney'General. Columbia, S. C., Oat. 2d, 1899. To His Excellency, the Governor, Co lumbia, S. C. Sir: Upon the coming in of the re port of the committee of the general' assembly appointed to investigate the affairs of the penitentiary, your excel lency referred the same to me. to ake such action as would protect the inter ests of the State, and 'I at once pro ceeded to give the matter attention. The committee has divided the late superintendent's liabIlities into two classes, viz : First, as shortage ad nitted by himself, items aggregating 62,584.41; and, second, liabilitIes " con tested by him," composed of "convict hire on the Watson contract for the years 1896, 1897 and 1898, *7,400, and stable rent, $740, aggregating $8,140." I beg to call your attention, first, to the second class of liabilities, so-called. Upon investigation I find that Neal, as superintendentr, for the years 1898 and 1897, accepted in payment for convict hire two notes, whion he discounted at the Carolina National bank and placed the proceeds to the credit of the peni tentiary. The State received the money arising from theme discounts, and, consequently, cannot count this as a lOss. TI be bank must suffer on this account, unless the general assembly gives it relief. For the payment of the hire of con victs for the year 1898, J. B. Watson, the contractor, gave to the board of di rectors of the penitentiary his check on an Anderson bank for $2,600, which check was transferred to the Car olina National bank, and one of the notes above mentioned (for 1897) wasn there with'taken up, and is now in the pos session of tho penitentIary authorities. Inasmuch as this check was credited to the penitentiary account, being ex changed for the note taken up, it fol lows that this cannot be alleged am a loss chargeable against Neal's official bond. As to the last item, $740, referred k as " sta ble rent," it seems that it was allowedi by the board of 4ireotors a. an item of expense, and is not charge able as a breach of the ofticial bond.J am, therefore, of the opinion that al the present time none of the charge. contained in the second class of 1iabf lites could be made the basis of a sail against the bondsmen of the late super intendent of the penitontiary. It wil be noticed that on the account of tht lease- of convicts for the three yeari mentioned, the State has lost $2,600 but I know of no legal steps which car be taken to rocoves this amount. Among the first items of the firs class of liabilities ($3,684.41), there art two which were deducted when de I mand was made upon the bondsmen The report charged up "cheok un pa< j and carried by Burris, $172." Uos investigation I find this paid befrt the report was referred to this office There Is also charged, "W. W. Russell note for $000," for which the peniten )'tiary received the money, which it,bha never returned to the bank, discount ing 6he note. As long as the Btat< 'ay by Smith & Bristow outh Carolina: L handsome Oak Money-Box contaiining or us a niaiber of keys, some of which ish Purchase of $1.00 or more will be can be Iried the first Saturday in each ders of Keys That, Unlock the Box will xve of advertising, and give to our trade for advertising, with the hope that the BRISTOW'S ct of everything in Popular Prices!! LLE, S. C. e our special line of Men's $3.50 Shoes. holds the proceeds of this discounted note it cannot demand of the bonds men reimbursement on that account. . Therefore, deducting these items, $172 and $600, from the $3 584 41, we bave as the amount chargeable against the bondsmen at the date of the report the sum of $2,812.41. I notified the bondsmen, Messrs. Wilie Jones, W. S. Pope and P. H. Haitiwanger, of the claim of the State, and it gives me pleasure to say that they have promptly met the demand upon them, each paying the sum of $937.47. I now hold the State treas urer's receipt for the amount paid on the boksd. Senator Tillman, upon the presenta tion of his bill, as reported by the committee,, paid the amount due the State. I desire to acknowledge valuable as afstance rendered me by the Hon. W. F. 8tevenson, chairman of the com mittee oF investigatio. Respectfully G. DUNCAN BELLINGER, Attorney General. The attorney general has diecharged ale duties in this matter faithfully, and I commend lise diligence. I have thus given you inldetail the course taken on this report, so that you might be in full possession of the facts in the case and be able to take intelligent action, if you should deem any further- proceedings necessary. I have not felt it my duty in this con nection to do more than to lay before you plainly, and as briefly as possible, the facts in the case and the action taken by me, inasmuch as you have the report of the committee and the testimony. Trusting this will meet your approval, it is respectfully sub mitted. M. B. MCSWEENEY, Governor. WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL -Thurs flay, December 14, will be generally ob served throughout the country as the centennial anniversary of the death of the Father of His Country a0 Moun' Vernon.. Nowhere will the day be more solemnlycelebrated and with as xulaby Approprtate ceremonies ab at the national capital, which bears his name. .Men In every class ofofficial and civilian see'ice are joIning hands, regardless of seat ia nd party, in a united effort to do proper reverence to the day. Exer cises of the most solema-character will he held during the afternoon at Mount Vernon, where rest the remains of the Illustrious patriot and warrior ; in the Epiphany church at 4 o'clock in the af ternoon, and In Convention Hall and t~e LaFayette Square Opera House at night, each under the auspices of some patriotic organisation. The Grand Lodge of Masons of the District of Columbia and Virginia will celebrate at Mount Vernon. A prell minary meeting will occur under their auspices in the Alexandria opera house on the eve of the centennial. The pro gram of the Masonic celebration on the following day is to incelude a parade of local and vlsi tin g M ason'c bodies from the Ebbit House, by way of Pennsyl vania avenue and Seventh street to the Mount Vernon boat. They will steam to Mount Vernon and disembark there, to march over the exact route followed by the funeral cortege of Washington a centuryr ago. President McKinley and cabinet 'will travel to the tomnb by electric care, and the President will deliver an oration. The Masons will glve a recponaWlladsht, beginnn69.'lak anighotel . A Nuw INDUSTXY.- ' Photograph ing tombstones,' says the Philadel ph Ia Record, "'Is a novel industry which hag been ineittuted by a colored man ef this Alty, who was at one time boy of all worlc Ia a photograph gallery. Hie has recently branched out for him self, and has already established a re msunerative business which promises to open up even a. .wider field in the future. He visits the various ceme teries with his camera, and when the day is fair he takes pictures of many of the imposing monuments. After he has developed his plates he takes the proofs around among the relatives of the deceased, and usually finds a ready sale for his pictures. Of course, he has to take ,chances, for he works en tirely without orders, trusting to senti msent for his sales. Still, he says, it is very seldom that'he doesn't get an or der. Hie allso has a habit of haiunting the asarble works where tombstones are made, and by striking while the iron is hot he takes a picture before even the bereaved relatives have seen trk .te. This is always a ten -Seuator Mlason, of Illinois, has in troduced into the United States Sen 8Qt~tcap repu ins ir aewg glo against cruelty anid opiesion and offering,-them "cur beat hopes for the full .ioes--of. their determlieq con test for. iborty,"' ANOTHISR BRITISH DUFEAT ENGLAND MUS r SEND MORE MEIN Gen. Methuen Checked in His Ad vance and Thrown Back-A Dim tinguished Ofloer Killed. Each important battle seems to brini a worse reverse for the British, an( the London newspapers sorrowfull, admit that Lord Methuen'@ check & Magersfontein is the most seriou event the war has yet produced. Thi Morning Post says : " We have hat our day of humiliation appointed fo, us. Let us accept it humbly and sober ly and be the better and stronger foi the lesson it has taught us. This las reverse w1I make us a fresh butt o Europe. There never was a more ap occasion to prove to Europe what w< are worth." The position Lord Methuen assaultet is thus described by a correspondent " Magerefontein range terminate on tLe east with an abruptsaddle rock some 150 feet high. Boer entrench ments run around the whole front The position is some two mils long due east and west. The western endi of the trenches follow the contour o the kopjes and afford a retreat." It is estimated that Lord Methuen. forces amounted to 11,000 men and per baps more. No reliable estimate o his loEses has yet been received. All the papers comment upon th4 extreme gravity of the situation an( upon the momentous decision Lor< Methuen has now to make-whether t. remain at Modd3r river or to retire o Orange river. The Times says: "A least 30,000 additional men must be sen out. Tbe entire available reserve mus be called up and the militia and volun teers turned to account. Efforts mus be made to increase the local colonia forces, and further offers of troopi from Canada and other colonies mus be sought and accepted." TheStandard, whichoomments upor the "seemingly astonishing number of Boers," is driven to the conjecture that a substantial portion of the Boei commandoes has been recruited fron the Cape Dutch. All eyes are now turning hopefully to Gen. Buller, who taking into ac count the troops with Gen. White al Ladysmith, has altogether 30,000 men. The Standard says: "At this momeni there must r e few men in her majestym dominions having great a weirht of cart upon them as Gen. Buller carries on hit shoulders." The special correspondent of The Daily Mail at Modder river, doocrlb ing the fighting says: "The Boer trencbes extended fai beyond the kopje into the open plain Those on &he plain were hidden b screens of leaves. Those near thi kopje were guarded by a double line o barbed wire. Evidently they fearec our storming and bayonet attack. " We teked the kopj) and trenchu with an intense, well directed fire, o various guns, including a naval gui and a Howitzer battery, both usini lyddite. I believe they suffered seven damage. The Boer prisoners repor that one lyddite shell fell among fort, men, only fife of whom escaped un hurt. Other shells burat in the enemyi laager, causing its complete destrue tion. " The Boers are in still larger fore than we found them at Modder river outnumbering us by almost 3 to 1. -Thi Transvaalers are apparently dominat ing in their military councils, althougl in a minority." The British casualties included th, Marquis of Winchester, major of th< Second battalion Coldstream Guards who was killed, and Col. Downham o the Gordon Highlanders, who mal mortally wounded. When the Highianders met the mur derous point-blank ire of the Bern about 200 were mown down. The Blacl Watch regiment on reforming was ablt to muster only 160 men. The Boers los heavily in the trenches and also in thi wire entanglements when they cami into the open in an attempt to make flank attack on the BritIsh. The terrIfic British artillery fire pro yoked no response except from thn Beer rifles until nearly 4 o'clock in th afternoon when the Gordon Highland ers formed to renew the attack on thi entrenched kopje. They advanced witi tLhe utmost gallantry to attack th Beers, close to the place where la; their dead and wounded comrades c the Highland brigade. 'The enemy opened with a heav, shrapnel fire as the British advanced and it was found physically impossibli to take the Beer trenches. The Britisl got within 200 yards, but could not ge nearer. It was here than Col. Dowu hahn fell. This morning (Tuesday) both side occupied the positions they held befor the battle. The greatest bravery wa d splayed by both officers and mes The wounded include Lieut, Col. A. i Codrington and Capt. Sterling, both c the First battalion of the Coldstreau Guards. A detachment of Boers, posted amonl some thick bushes to the east maintais ed a most destructive Mr. on our righi With the remarkalsie talent for taki. cover which the Beer always display they were generally speaking Inavino ble, and, although the enemy's artilli ry was practically silenced, his rile fir was so persistent and concentrated, a well as usually well aimed, that it ws absolutely impossible for the Britis infantry to take the position by assaull At the first advance of the H ighlanc ers the Beer shootIng was somewhe high, probably owing to the darknesi Otheurwise the British losses woul have been still heavier. LONDON, Dec. 14.-The British hay met with disastrous defeat ineSouth A rica. The Doers have overwhelme the queen's army in Oapz. Colony, an two generals, Gatacre and Methucr Ihave tasted the bitterness of Boer vid tory. Their armies have been force backward, and the long - boasted at vance of the British through the 03 ange Free State and the Transvaal, lt wa fKmely a been checkei pccted the BritIsh will march throug the enemy's country, the fact is no that tney have been whipped and whii ped badly. Nothirng short of great ri iIn forcements.and that a6 once will sai the invading army from practic'al al nihilation. It turns out that the battle of Xondd at Magorafontoin was the greato Boer victory r. Lrd M4 thuen's foroei only drive back lndei 0 K left a total C 832 oflicers an dead, Mound ed or captured on tlt In this num dbor sy o A e and pick of 0e,6 armyso day there is dorio a mourning.I hundreds of ngilsb eboudeholds. Even th ai Drltish T6!yps pore and tpartment' ih1 admit tempoir , .and - glan is now humills has not bo6 in dozens of yere THE SOUTELEIE NATIO4AL PAR The Origin of the Proposed Park 1i the Mountains of Western Nortl Carolina. The movement to establish a South ern national park, which now give such fine promise of success, had it origin in a hunting and fishing trii through a portion of the north wee country, taicen last May by Judg William R. Day, McKinle 'e forme Secretary of State; Dr, C. F. Amble and George E. Smathers, of Ashevjlek The party was riding through the gap phire country on horseback. One morn Ing while passing near the Whit, Falls, Judge Day stopped, enrapture( by the scenery._. ,The other two mom bers of the party rode on without no ticing him. Presently Dr. Amble turned back and found the judge si.l motionless under the influence of hil majestic surroundings. " Do you know what I was thinkini about ?" finally asked the judge. "No, but I would like to,' Fieplior the doctor. "Well, I was just thinking tha someth ing ought tobe.done to preservi all this "-sweeping'his hand over thi country. " Sometbing should be don to save it from spoliation." The ex secretary was lost In admiration of thi scene. "Why shouldn't It be made a na tional park ?" suggested the doctor. Judge Day thought the idea magnif icent and the doctor thought so, too. From that time Dr. Ambler began ti agitate the establishment of a nations park. He worked hard and alone a first, but soon secured the co-operatioi of others and presently there was i call for a convention supported by pro minent mep in all of the States of the southeast. The convention was held 01 November 22, and was a brilliant sua cess. There was a good attendance aos a well directed effort to secure the parl was inaugurated. The necessary corn mittees were formed and as expressin the sense of the convention and the ob ject of the movement, the followinj resolution was passed : "Whereas, the West has the Yellow stone national park and there is anoth er on Mackinac island, and the Bout] has none, and lumbermen are gainin control of the virgin forests, game I becoming extinct and could be reatorei by a park, mountain trout are dyini out, several hundred thodeand acre could be gotten here cheaply, all C which is unrivaled for scenery and i eentrally located ; there is a most salt brious climate; this would be a suitabi place for the national sanitorium fc sick soldiers, and the head waters < our streams shoUld b.e!taerved therefore be It " R 3solved, That Congress be aske to sot aside a forest preserve for tb park." I had a very Interesting talk wit Dr. Ambler, who as I have said, we the original mover in the enterprisi I asked him what were considered th best locations for the park, and he r( plied : " The several gentlemen here I Asheville who have during the pas few months promoted the movemen1 toward the establishment of a nations park in the Southern Appalachia montains, have not proposed and d nos now propose to advocate any on b spot in particular. Personally, it ha been my good fortune during the pas 10 years, to have been pretty well oye Sthe wild and unfrequented portions ( western North Carolina, northeri - Georgia, east Tennessee and Virginli and 1I do not hesitate at all to say tha 3 the moat beautIful parts of this Appa lachian range are located in wester 3 North Carolina. " I believe that if we can get Cor I gress to appoint a commission to ir i vesti gate this movement wester f North Carolina will have several site presented t6 them s possible locationi i Of course, the location of a large trac ,of land as forest preserve and nations m p ark is a difficult thing to do, partict I larly for the'reason that4 itrust be a t tuated away fromthe thickly inhabite -districts. I t~should -lheve the virgi forests; lb should ha*f8 some naturi B advantages and attractions. as regard~ a sensery, and there shonlid.4e some l< s cation. where a'g rioulture 'could I - 'pursued en a small scale if desired. I. " If the government investigated bh f practicability of this projecot their a a tention first will undoubtedly be a tracted to the Cherokee Indian resci f vation in the extreme western part the State. This seetion, indeed, hi .many advantages in. its favor. Ad ji r cent to this -reservation, which poi e messes about 8,000 sacres, there is traes of land between the Little Tei Snessee apd the Pigeon lrver,about 40 t s (10 miles in extent, .which is ,practicall s an unbroken wilderness coveredj by fd s eats its their atural state. This 40e h tion 1ias upwards of 60 mountains .over 5,600 feet in eieyation, and 80 over 6,600 feet, including the famot *t Clngman's Dome., The country is we . watered and from a scenic point dl view there is nothing which t ha1 seen in the heart of the took ii s' through Colorado, or Wyoming, thi .can begin to'compare with it In beaut d 4"Another tract, of groat beauty an~ osblties in what is now known 4 e bigland section. A park coal Sdnddlabtedly be situated in this regios de inciluding the 2,800 acres ,of the To: -: away company, of unlimited possibil -ties to its eastward. Indeed, perhal 't, fost feaaibib and most desirab . fall would be to establish ti Spark at bdth of these points acquirit a small strip of land along.tlie railroa west of Wayneaville, and join thei )two sections in this way. 4 "The third point to be consider'ed '5 what is known as BlIackcs, extendig -from thae Craggy mountains o.h LI ville and embracing the regidUalreai 'i well known for its besluty a~i timbe it 'This egminon has in lait tem uaa Mito, 0tolta joatr p p if The t -ellto* rd aInt I caot I iIng old .biertlltoate Was IReo ered Through a Womasi Dream. Here is - a good deteotive 6tory froin n the New York World. It', ay furnish a valuable pointer to deteotives else where. Mrs. Mxary Coleman had just received insuranico money on her hus - band's life and secreted it i4 a bureau s draw'er in her room in J6rsey City. On 3 Monday morning shd harried to -police ) -headquarters and reported the *lose of t a $1,000 gold c rhificate. Here is the e remainder of the story as related in r the Now York World: r Detective Doyle was put on the case. After searching Mrs. Coleman's apart ments he closely questioned the wo-. man and an idea came to him. 3 "Have you dreamed of the mono I either before or since you missed it ? he asked. Mrs. Coleman said that in a dream r she had scok a man take the mniney 1 from the bureau drawer and disappear through an open window. "Are you a somnambulist?" queried the detective. Mrs. Coleman had no recollectiQn of I ever having.wplked in her sleep. " The lose is agitating you," said the detective, and -h' advised Mrs. Cole 3 man to lie down and sleep. " You might perhaps dream of the 3 money again," be continued. '" You - might then secure another clue." 3 Doyle went back to police head4uar ters and assured Chief Murphy that - the money would probably be recover ed. He was about to start for Mrs. - Coleman's house yesterday morning, when the widow entered headquarters her face beaming. I Gleefully she exhibited :the $1,000 certificate. She hac- followed. Detec k tive Doyle's instructions. IRuring the I night she got out-of bed and tound the missing certificate in a corner of the room under the carpet. k She was asleep at the time' and did not. awake until late1U the morning. I She was lying on .v floor-with the certificate in one h - t and the 6ti.eI holding an upturneu crner 'as i of carpet. FEET ARE LARGER.---ShoetR re - and haberdashers who cater to. the wanti of the elite asbert that tbii.Dp 2 trons this year d.mnwd hosiery -And i hoes averaging from one'hlif to one e and a half sizes larger than tbAV did ilvc years ago. Ther'majurity of the dealers believe that the average length s and breadth of men's feet have been if steadily increasink since the wans of4 a the fashion whih'demanded a pinte$ toe and tight-1itting shoes. This they e explain by saying thatpthq afect of the r style in vogue six- years pgo wa' of cramp and distoi the natural develo ment of the feeX When the sIa' fort beoatmeetheor it d rion of fhion' nature a exerteji e itself., Yest w h b h 0 torted durlngt eign -of theo.arroir i shoe and polited tobelo bely gan , to is broaden and adapt thjer eves 'to their i. new surroundings. Th.e ob'kag',- tiibt o gradual, went for p, long tlhi unnotfc. i.. ed, and not. antittjiO mere ais . cently began to obspirVltheir. sales of a five years ago wii -hose-of today was t it found that the av'erage increase has t been approximately on siz. . 1 Several well kaown shoe dealer, e said that whaen they first begagnjo no o tice the apparent chang ethey boa. e Interested and studied -thei o~uegt s They found that whenrufa lce t manded the y of na'rr *hde ~1et r '-ere closely niinend add by.. c$&'e f became small. 'As styles ohangdi' a an easy lt .was .alene'desit'ed he- *s~ , seemed to expand and grow steadily, t largel' until the'fashion again- reqwIiredt -a small, neat ftoot, -when the process a~ would be repested. One merchant, versed in ancient-and Oriental history, -pointed out to me tIhe.fact that lI cognt-; -tries where the satahaIr other-slube n foot eoveritgg is generally. froi the s feet of the inhabita'nts aregona ,. tively large, and in countrie~ there a t big shoe is in poor tabte small fept are .1 in the majority.-Cincininati E~nfinirer, d -The president of tho CJhesapeake a and Ohio railroad has authorJxed the i general manager of that 'rbad to .coni s trapt with the Richknon4 (Va.) Loco ,. motive work for twenty-five a4idtional * locomotive.. The duplicestes of ten of these locomotives are .oy, o the road, * and fifteen are ia course of constrac. . tion in the shop. of the locorilotive ~. works. In addition, th'e works re~erred .to, have received an order from the f Seaboard Air Line for tigen t-five bi heavy ten-wheel locomotiyos, delivery . to begin in April next. IT is -statesi ,. that the works have received orders a for ninety-one locomnotives duati~ng -thb ~. past week. The plant~is running rijght yand day. - p -Light has at last been thrown on r- the origin of the. wore khaki, il 3- given to the materi~al from -whi h tlie if uniforms of soldiers in tr'opical climes >f are made. The word is derived- from is a Hindu root-khak, dust. Khaki is 11 dust-edored or clay-colored. It .was f ri'falsd fo ipe uniforms of SEs ndiairegimen is. . ~,4hU q f~d' States Supreme Court t &affli - the opinion of the court -. 'df dlaimif . n the -case of the Los Abra d Silver ni ning company agaernt the is republic of- iexico, holding th at claim *d to be fra1.diflent and unfounded. The ', claim wes fol' about S4.000,000. - -Coainder 'E. T. Wood, U. S. N., Sdied ofti pbid fever at his residence ain Wah Igibri, D. 0., on the 11th 1inet. e Hewain cogim"nd of the gunboat 6 PettelIE thebattle bf Manila ba. -ovevnor Brady, of Alaska arue Sthat the.territory is'ripe for stthood, also for a peniteontiar'y estimate to scost *100,000. -- g -It. is not edsy to nake a womn ,u. show the phite feathel' unless it hap9 ly pens~.t bd~in fashi6n. f. the nuatna nfthmanlden 'apg a, 'o~ WN 11I1414".A ill Atifakes a Totifi.and O~ f bay)Agtings--Dut1u Toenm 41, 6, qat fis fat0e, -his alte.rapig. durat w this -boo OarnesvillO 4i&T' . peroas towgq, - _, . a '. othdr inUPlq1 llt: Aeveral good 0 tkebs l'o was and thef Oould. tOkn an old' geniletisaha atcht hsaid member of the li 'latorg from thospe county au s - v and good man and' dled" aelyttd tha LegIslature of .whicl h wja4npm Ier made a how county' and -'kihod-t tfor him. But now t4re is not p-a1 n i2 a hundred In that conty n flows anything about him. I;Dd not O4. anybody-who knew wha'm r. Tho 1O the town ivas named (or. 'Just o I i11 not fincl any on% at Iarnpaville who knew what Mr."Pike that 'county was named for.. So I had 0o wait till I got home and -ex mined my book' and I learned that Z'buln Piue was a great soldier In the war of -1812-that:befire that he exploredshe ftr west, and was the, first mut to discover, and ascend thht very high-' mountaie which has ever since bpen called " Pike's Peak.' The town of Z 3bulon took his Ohrls tian name or 'ather his Jewish name, for Zebuida. was th lixth son of Jac*) and his deend became asilor. Nobody col wiBarnesvillie was namdo fce'. tNobodj cares very much who -town or county . was named for. 1e present seems -b be all that concerns us, and the historio part will soontpass into oblivion for the old men are nearly all dead. Not long ago I read how an Englishman was walking about the beautiful cemetery of Gettysburg and met a Cunfederate veteran there and said to hit': "NXhese grand monuments and grave stones will fordver perpetuate the mem ories of the brave met who fell, but I fear your* ConfederAte dead will soon pass Jnto pblivion unlces you give thum cemeteries.and monuments like these.'' " No," said the veteran, " Our. willt last ab long as these, for every stran gr who comes here will naturally ask tne same question '.that you did-: "Who killed all these people who are < As Itravel over the South I can tplt a proeperous town frohi a etsgnantone by the wheels that. are ,turning.A!Le .to ke' sti 0 and . the hum n# &Machl 'Iry. .'pr.' th absence p* all t, se ArneslIllea 16 g ahead aiao It Thon'--..uo, for both .have 'oottoc mniUs already and .Are - building more Thomaston oan -boast of: havlng' th4 oldest cotpn factory in Qeorgia for 1, was bullt in- 1833; and has been adde4 to in .later yeare- and now is ereotin another' wih a. capital. of $100,'A Everywhere are visible the. s'1gne e progress and 'business activity. Th nW hotpl recently built by-Mrs. Bane wich il gem of beapty qpd rejnd the'-traVler of Florida and the tfio All ardund are to be.seen ne' ri sidences of modern architecture.' Tt auditorium nearly coi&pleted is a ma Grecian beauty. APe - I -.*C the new hot wf Ftij ,-ad' mhan a an g the - stree of the..littig city. r i. Sandwic esth lishgd. bis plant 4pd kowns 1i IiAt'ponder it a moment. A woman I the foremost factor in the advanoiaj progress of a newborn city.'jNow I they will let her tes.r down the olt 'antedellum courthouse and erect new Qhe she will- do it. But she can' vote--when Is this fossiliferous relic o Spast age to be refofmed. 'The dirt' jest. n~e ro lau tis towh ha a vote'ilm upieouin Ate enie, while 'a widow whc paye te highest tax is exolu i. l~ busbne, ob;4~ho tegohefs -10 ourblie Mahbold are Wonien, but they'h no yoioe in a x e 1ri1lg pf teaoig d p~ th p rd-eg wioc' biIs ;dea ,aI a b seak no-I lliof tfieiead.). bit e r-o g 11l *ouldl have ,bee to' pSee the b~i lot box .jwst-where the j 'box1l0 nowu Io~overy county th0e le odtnmioside of honorable men abo -selo the meff who 'arf $16 to serve' onethe jury and their damfe-only-are placed in the jury box. Mena of bad'nloral ohiracter or exceeding -, Ignorance -areoexoluded, 'W~ ~ lpwp lastances where men of ' yb ealtlt were excludled bpost'Ibe 4hi ntas&otorious toes. The ri ghtito -sit upon~ ikjupy an~t try cases inyolvipg life, ahd -'lberty 01,prpt Is of far more lipwortaac $hn privilege of voting. . Thed.Wiybo purge the ballot box as well ~ ll tr bo. V~nygodnegrdes w~J ep~ in an:1 aome'bad -white men l$f ots*' am not afraid of being Ief(6 .t ogiez gire you? The ballot - 'as beUtt~ piirged in sodae way twonty counties that loa not succeeded .in driving 'and saloons and 'in nearl )p twenty the white vote - 'z6 them, buyt negroes aed' saloon owners oveftj large majority of thep lng county it -was is groes carried the a much wanted re for. and wives and sidters o~ the majority for. p have been over whol it. If it Ia'not con d woupen~ vote I their husbands aauie' and also its all edq tions-wh~oeo and bralin i16 people-are redd~f~ Daniel has come tj~ Our Thanke a turkey. th kind g ln anotheri been mAr U all he a61 t us OWy rra nV OT b 0 kt 4t - A% <g 14 Gath .0 IA . .no te 1MutiA ket 600 a t 100 Le ana ke ttrndcti yor tog ttl o .On6. Line - a en yound04 isP te o at o tes >50' in,a. Coe,:ol ollrsoile T , es iys8o 0 j81iop~ws Anoth~t 1W 1f al -'~aiik IWO ya a w no & k hngesto or ca~oe ik$.19 .A jr ON p e cii J d in a Teatehtwa ceKnIt6 stobk, 6ob iee a Waorna I eas. come, to The -New Stoi e -.wo"-,ou dollars will do double duty.,. " MAHO1N -NO.. exx UpA, ItIN e .J. H. MORGAN RO - $8.50 Thtisgat ar e FB * - G oyes I 'Gloves ! .pl0o 0o per paf ->~ '0 Pillow $h~t Kbdataffa