Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LOY Ii AT LONG RANGIi Charles O'Muara was an operate' '', New Vorkon ono si?o ol a p,Uftlr?? plexod wire running to Chicago, "ho operator on ihn corresponding sith' In (Jnieago was Mids Auiy Davidson. Uoth were export, ami ihe tn/nuor In which they kept tholr message hooks clear excited the admiration of their chiefs in tholr rospeotlve elite O'Meara wan a handsomoAnd ir.telii gent young irishman. W?h jot black hair and mJflkiie andylrreut, soulful blue eye JMBf 11 ' ??/ seem iilnu/f^BrTiioii^'i'/.to posses* the powoJ^fa.-einii'./ , After having wor&d the wire, to gether u few months O'Meura and MiH9 Diivldson became well ^g^juaiuted, although, of course,jv^iUfrer nuil ever Been the other/ *Thoy bad abundant opportunities for? conversation in the early morning bejfore the Wish of busi ness of ttio .lay icgun and In the lute afternoon when thy rush was over. There is sort o/ telepathy in telo grapby, as all telegraphers admit, und their certainly -.,tta Hl ttiid cut.o. Long before any w.vd of love bad passed be tween thenj each had become conscious of a Vh'ier regard for the other. O MQ,ara could reeogni/.j In an instant tg&^~ touch uf a strange hand on the key Chicago, and Miss Davidson was as quickly 30ll80iOUS of tlie change when any other I ban O'Meara's bun ' noanlp? uluted the transmitter in Ne York, There la as tnnch that is u.atu. tly characteristic in the manner in whiou telegraphers form the do s and dashes us there is in the manifold forms of eh Irograpby. Quo morning Amy complained of feeling 111. "i am afraid, she Bald, ''that 1 will have to give up aud go homo. I would do so auroly if 1 could atTord to lose tho time. My head aches dreadfully. Dear me ! What would my mothi-r aud sister do if I should be come really nick ? They have 110 ono to take eare of them but me,'' There was a treraulousness io the dots und dashes which plainly indi cated to O'Meara that the girl, a thou sand miles away, was weeping softly, as Indeed sho was, with her band rest ing wearily Against the resonator con taining tho rounder, ll j replied : "Try yj stick it out to-day, dear. Wo wh'i take it easy, and perhaps you will Je'el better by to morrow. At any ruh*/, don't worry. ' /It was the iirst time he had used any term of endearment in their inter ,1 course, and she was very much atleoled. But sho brightened up u liitlo und managed to struggle through the day's work. Nc*t morning O'Meara found a strange operator at ihe Chicago end of the wire,and when he inquired for Miss Davidson he was told that sho was very HI. Tho poor fellow realized now, i( ho never hud before, thut. he wih dosply in lovo with a woman ho hud novor seen. Uo became so fretfui and irritable aa to excite comment among tho others in the ollice. " What on earth is tho matter with O'Meara V asked ono of the operators on tho opposite sido of tho "quad "of tho man who sat at tho uext instru ment. " 1 guess bo's in love with that Chicago girl who is sick," was the reply. Ono morning tho answer made by the Chicago operator to O'Meara'a in quiry as to Miss Davidson's condition contained but one word ? " Dead !" O'Meara utten d a kind of moan, and hie head foil upon his desk. When ono of tho chieis aroused him, ho found the young man's faco Hushed and his eyes bloodshot. O'Meara was sent home, where he remained for weeks eutiering from a severe attack of brain fever. When at last ho had recovered and returned to tho ollice to report for duty, tho chief told htm to take his usual seat at tho Chicago quadruplcx. "If you'd just as lief givo mo another wire, I'd rather have it," O'Meara said. "1 don't think I care to work with Chicago any moro." There was 1. t-winklo in the cyo of the chief as ho said : "You uted to do some tine work on that Chicago wire." "Perhaps so," O'Meara replied aadly, "but I had a lino operator to work with." " Well," said tho chief, " that's a line operator there yet?tho same one, I believe, that was the.ro before." " That cannot be?for biic is dead !?' This with a groat sob. " I think ; ou had better return to tho old wire, for tho present at leas*." tho chief said. " Then, if you aro cut Batistled, I will transfer you to some other circuit." O'Meara walked slowly ovo:' to his old place to rolievo tho man who was at that moment receiving some mes sages from Chicago. As he neared tho instrument and heard the characters coming with a dearly lovsd and fami liar sound his heart almost stopped beating so overwhelming was tho surge of emotion. Lio listened a moment until at tho beginning of another mea Bage came tho signal of tho sending operator, " A. D." "Who, in heaven's name, is thcro in Chicago," ho almost shoutel, "thut darea to sign 'A. D.?' " " Amy Davidson, of course," was his friend's reply. "Don't trilhi with me," O'Moara cried. " Amy Davidson is dead I" "Not by a long shot," said tho opera tor, making way for O'Meara. It waB only a rumor that somo chuckle headed asa accepted aa a fact. Sho has been back at work for two weeks or more. From the manner In which she haa Inquired about you every day I should imagine that she takes un in terest In you." When ho 8at down beforo tho In strument, his band trembled so that be could scarcely form tho dots and dashes to ask : "Is that really you. Amy ?" Ho gave his own signal, " O. M." " Yob, Charlie, and I'm eo glad you are well again." tier reply was as Muttering as his question had beon tremulous. Some of tho operators in tho Now York ofllco wondered at seeing a young man eittinr; at an instrument with tears of joy streaming down his face, while lu the CK?. '<%\7olllco there wan surprlso becauso a girl wa9 crying and smtllny at tho samo time. Whea he recovored his equanimity, O'Mea? said : "They told mo you woro dead, and I believed ii, Tho shock nearly killed me." " It was merely a rumor, I'm happy to say, but when 1 came back to work I was greatly depressed at hearing yuu wero so 111. Now wo will both bo well and happy again." "I will novorbe thoroughly happy my darling," O'Meara replied, " until you are my wlfo. l am coming out there soon to olaim you* May I V" "Dear me! How oan you wish to marrv a girl whom you havo never seen r" Thl? was another instant of tramu leuinsis In transmission. "Thai's all right," O'Meara said. " I'm willing to risk it if you are. I've twu und loved y?>? u long time, ii if I haven't see u you. Can I come you .' ' A I may bo sojnomely that when you me you lyhiy be terribly dimp led. 1 i"^y have red hair und klon, ajyfoi in my eye and it terri b)oAUmi>Jon my buck. Could you stand nil tlitit^r" replied O'Moara, " if you cou^^pitund my bald bead und red ^fgBf' was more ' tb's pleasantry, W!i tiien MISS bavidson seriously Hgrecri to marry her distant lover. ? fter many more conversations on the wire it was agreed that Miss D.tvidson and O'Meara should meet at a half way point, Pittsburg bel?g Ii nully selected, where they should bo mar ried. This course was chosen in the hopu that the consummation of their peculiar courtship could bfa accomplish* cd secretly, thus avoiding the good natured, hut embarrassing dialling of of their fellow operators. But thut wire on which they made their arrangements ran through tho iJittsburg I otlicer where there were automatic ropuatlng instruments. An operator standing beside tho repeaters ono day overheard tho dual arrange* meats, heard the description euch gavo ihe other by whlsh to insuro identification at the depot, and tolu uli about it to the I'ittsburg operators, who thereupon determined to make tho occasion of tho wedding interest ing. A committee was appointed to watch the meeting of tho couple and to prepare for a reception. O'Meara arrived at I'ittsburg a day ahead of Miss Davidson, as had been agreed upon, and was at the. station on tho following day when her tra n pulled up from ttio W68t. His heart wad beating wildly as he scanned tho alighting passengers, and ho was loo preoccupied to notice thut lie was being watched by half a dozen young men. Nor did be notice that be was ob served closely by a tall, bron/.o haired and decidedly handsome young woman who had alighted from a Pullman car and was standing: in tho ehadow of a baggage truck loaded with trunks. There was a smile on tho young wo man's faco as sho limilly stopped for ward and touched O'Meara on the shoulder. " Llow d'ye do, Charlie?" sho said. ' Are you really Amy ?" ho cried, grasping her outstretched hands in both of his. "You told me to look out for a short, curly haireu girl, with a limp in her left foot, and 1 gave you au accurate description of myself." "Notso very accurate!, though," she laughingly replied. " You dldu't ted mo half how good looking you are." it was evident to tho watchers, who now oamo forward, that they were pretty well satisfied with each other. The committee introduced themselves and announced that tho couple wer,: j to be conducted forthwith to a hotel, i wbore, at s o'clock thut evening, they were to bo man ted. This arrange ment was carried out, and during the evening the I'ittsburg operators and their wives and daughters attended the wedding reception and supper at the hotel. Tl?;-; BUFFALO EXPOSITION. Two Vim n;; Weinen to Represent Souih Carolina on the i'an-d inert can Exposition Hoard. In response to the following letter received by Governor MeSweeney from the d.rector general of the Pan-Amer ican exposition to be held au Buffalo, N. Y., from May 1st 5.0 November 1st, 1000, the Governor named Miss Mary llemphil'. of Aboeville, and Miss Lucy lloyt, of Greenville, as the State's rep resentatives : Sir : The act of the L?gislaturo of this State creating tho Pan-American exposition provides that a board of wo men managers to consist of not le^s than 2? members shall be designated by the board of directors. The organization of this executive board of 2') will take place immediately upon the designation of its members by tli3 president'of the company. This board will have Its headquarters build ing upon the grounds of the exposition and arid have charge of and carry out such work as may be decided upon by the board after its organization. In keeping with tho spirit of tlio act to which I have referred and in har mony with tho earnest desire of the au thorities of tho exposition to place within the reach of all tho States and Territories every possible advantage which may spring therefrom, tho board of directors provided at a recent meeting tha". two honorary members of tho executive board of women manag ers to which 1 have referred, should be designated for each S:ato and Ter ritory. In accordance with tue terms of this resolution, and by instruction of the president and of the executive com mittee, I havo tho honor to request your excellency to transmit to me the names of two women from your State who will thereupon be commissioned to lie honorary members of tho said executive board of women managers. Tho executive board will correspond with the honorary members so named In tho different States concerning tho worK ol women as it relates to tho ex position, and it Is believed much cun be done through this board to further tho many branches of work In which women aro now engaged in our coun try. I shall bo gratified if your excellency will givo this your curliest possihlo at tention in order that proper commis sions may bo issued to such porsons as you may bo good enough to doslgnato. I havo tho honor to bo, sir, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Wm. O. Buchanan, Director General. ?"Tho Russia," ono of tho loading newspapers of St. I'ctorehurg, has a vigorous article on tho text that Hol land's adversity is Russia's opportuni ty. ?' Kogland has fettered Russia hy many treaties. Tho momont hascomo to break theao fottors. Now is the time to pay off old scores. Europe has many and heavy debts to settle with T*r ,land. Kngtand did not BOruple to urn to her own advantago Russia's weakness after tho Turkish war, so Russia should not hesitato to avail her self of tho opportunity presented by Kngland's dilllcultlea in South Africa. Thero is no tlmo to bo lost. Russia must not wait for tho promised reor ganization oi the lOnglish military sys tem. If she does her hour will havo passed and it will bo too late." ?Tho now law requires that horse shoors who want tu ply thoir calling in Michigan must take, out cortiticates I on or boforo March 22, up to which 1 date thoy can register without the ex amination that will horoaftor bo re quired. ?Thore Is a woman whoso pastor re oontly asked after her health. Her reply was: "1 feel very well, but I always feel bad whan I feel t?U,bt> oaute I know I am going to fee. worse afterwards." IN IHK TOWN OF LADY8M1TH It Will be Known on History'* Paffe* ae The Scene of the Greatest Hero ism of Modern Times. While walking along the street not long ago your correspondent accident* ' ally lieard u young man say to bid I elderly companion! "It in a good thing ? that tii jso warn break ,out occasion* I ally : they make people read more and , then learn facts about foreign conn I tries that they hint neve r heard of DO* j for.-." This is true, to a certain extent, of liudysmith. Natal, for there is prob I ably no city in the world the name of ! which is so frequently seen in the col i umns of tho daily newspapers, yet I about which there is so little known outside of the fact that for the past j few months it lias been thi> base of General White's operations in South Africa. We hear of Klmberly because of its mines, and of Durban because it is an important African seaport : but until recently littje has been written about Ladvsmith. There, Is a pretty hit of romat.ee at tached to the origin of tho name Lady* , smith. <;.ie evening, many years ago, during the Peninsular war, two young Kiu'lish (Ulcers wore visited by two young and beautiful Spanish girls of gond family who begged protection from the dangers to which war exposed them. Pho officers, bolng naturally gallant, which accomplishment was probably ' quickened by the extraordinary beauty ; of tho two refugees, secured them the I protedtion and shortly afterward Sir I Harry Smith, one of tho ollieers, fell desperately in love with one of the I young ladies and made her his wife. Subsequent events mado Sir Hurry figure conspicuously in tho affairs of the growing little town and when it came time for tho place to 1? oOloially recorded tho village was called Lads Smith in honor of the wife of tho gal lant Sir Harry Smith. Ladysmlth is one of the most impor tant towns in Natal. It Is situated in the midst of a rich wool district und has a dry and bracing iiir that Is very delightful. Us elevation is several thousand feet above tho level of the sea, and the border of beautiful hills which partly surrounds the city shelters it to a great extent Irom severe winds that, unobstructed, might do irreparable damage to the city. Tho greatest danger that befalls the district from climatic conditions comes during the rainy season. Ladysmith is situated, as it wore, on a tongue of land which protrudes into the lviver Kip, a Email innavigable body of water, which frequently over Mows, leaving ruin and disaster behh.d. These over llows are usually accompanied by ter rific thunderstorms and generally oc cur during the summer. Some idea of the disastrous results of these storm;, can b i gleaned when it is mentioned that they are in striking similarity to tho thunderstorms and hurricanes which visit the coast of the West India Islunds almost annually. The citizens of Ladysmlth, in times I of peace, are, an industrious people anil the city boasts many public buildings I and business interests, the latter of which areconnected with the govern* mu.it railway which has extensive re I pair shops at Ladysmlth, The inhub i Hants, as is generally supposed, are not nil Dutch or descendants from the early Hollander settlers, but are com posed almost rqually of descendants of the French Huguenots, the remaining few being Fast ludiu merchants and natives. But there are, however, verv few natives in the immediate city. Tho nearest seaport town to Lady* i-inith is Durban, and it is here that j most of the freight for tho eastern i purt of the two Dutch Republics is I landed. From Durban the freight can reach its destination only by passing through Ladysmlth, thus making the city quite a commercial center. The western branch of the government rail way crosses the Frei; Stato border only thin y-seven miles from Ladyemitb, while the southern branch passes through N'e.woastlo and Lang's Nek, where the British sutTet od so terribly iu 1881. The most important of the public buildings of Ladysmlth Is the Town Hall, which is a pretentious and sub stantial Structure of Doric style. It is constructed of tho blue whinAono and white freestone typical of the districts surrounding Ladysmlth, and surmount* ing the hall is a towor tlttod with a clock. This clock strikes every hour, and the tones of tho hell are so clear und silvery that they can bo heard on a perfectly still di>y by people labor ing in districts several miles from the city. Another building, probably less in teresting to violators of the law, is the prison, which adjoins tho fort, then thero are tho pnstolhce, a public li brary, a court house and several churches of tho Catholic, Lutheran Dutch Reformed, Weslcyau and Con | trregatlonul denominations. I At present tho picturesque beauty of I tho broad level plain in ttio vicinity of I Ladysmlth, between tho hills and tho I to^n proper, is marred by tho presence I of thousands of white tents, and an lu* I teresting feature of General White's stay at Ludjsmith hus been tho active drill!t. r, '.lurching and countermarch ing tin.'. iavo taken place daily in the camps surrounding his headquarters. Tho town hall and churches arc to day used as hospitals, to which arc brought tho soldiers wounded during tho frequent skirmishes which take place in the vicinity. Although the streets of tho city are paved, tho pavings now are in a dan gerous condition and it is very dililcult to mako one's way through tho once hcautiful avenues. Tho waterworks system, which was introduced into Ladysmlth several yoars ago at a cost of $130,000! has been cutolT, and opera tions In tho more recently creeled gas works have been suspended. There uro only three hotels in the town, and these too uro used as hos pitals, though in times of peaej very satisfactory accommodations can be obtained at these hostolries. There aro many 1 cautlful spots surrounding I Ladysmlth that wcro used for pleasure \ grounds, but thoso upon which campH uro not pitched are the scenes of the bloody combats that occur almost daily, the news oi whloh English mothers wives and sweethearts await with bit ter uoxloty. ,- ?? ? * ? 4>t? ?In tho war of 1812 206,018 soldiers served sixty daya or moru. Of that number HO,(RIO drow pensions, but of tholr widows Iff),000 drew pensions. At tho present tlmo th i ono survivor of tho w?r of 1812 Is drawing r 1 a year, vhllo tho widows aro rocolvlng $203,007, Tho widows of Mexican ve terans aro rccolvirg $818,007 a year and tho surviving "eterans $1,107,094. ?Charles M. Schwab, who Is now president of tho C trooglo Steel Com pany, went to wr.rk in tho Carncglo Iron Works at Plttsburg twenty years ago at a stak? driver at a salary o( (1 a day. Today hs draws a larger salary than tha President of the Unlfed States. I He Is only 37 ysars old. A COIU'OKATION TOWN. Whore One Man in Absolute Ruler and Thero Ih no Private Owner* ship. Springfield Republican, Probably the most remarkable Urvn in tho United Stated Is Pol/.er, S. 0< Though a nourishing, progressive bus* loess centre, with a population of ovor o.tioo, it lias no city government, no councils, no muyor a?d no police. In spite of this extraordinary condition of nHairs, tho city has the reputation of being one of tho hist regulated cities in tlie country. It bus been in ex istence 17 years, and presents one of the most interesting phases of the study of tho municipal problem that over confronted the student. It has uo newspaper, no courts, no lawyers, no saloons, no theatres, no politicians, and in tho ertire population of t>,0<JU not ono face is black. There is no private ownership, everything in tho city, land, buildings und munufaclur log industries belouging exclusively to the great corporation wbloh establish-1 b(! tin: town. In its entire history there has never been u single murder committed, and tho city has never ex perienced a strike ur any kind of labor disturbance. The antecedents of all persons coming into the town us re sidents and employes are carefully in vestigated, and only tho.-e bearing un tarnished reputations are permitted to remain. The town has several line schools, there are a free circulating library and reading rooms, which are free to every resident. Tue citizens are industrious and thrifty, uud in the only bunk of the town havo Invested over $lUU,ODD of their savings. One man has supremo authority over tho entire town and its inhabi tants. Thin man is the president of the company which founded and owns tho town?Edison A. Smyth. When interviewed for the Mail and Express recently, Mr. Smyth remarked : "Our system d ;cs away with all the ovils of politics and oil! ;e seeking. Of course, you might argue that it vtsts u great deal of power in the hands of one man anil that tho ubtinu of this au thority might result in dangerous con ditions. There is a certain element of truth in that, but we have been living under this system for IT years anil our city is one of the best governed In the country. Our citizens are not burden ed with exorbitant tuxes, neither are they compelled to maintain useless anu expensive otliceholdors. I"./cry one in Polzer must work for a li.iny, und time serving pulltiolana and those who iive* ut tlie expense of other peo ple give our town u wide berth. It is to tbia fact that I ascribe a great measure of ou* success, for I am firmly convinced that most of the lawlessness which exists in grout cities proceeds directly from the pernicious influence of the polll ielans. " While Pelzer is essentially a cot ton town, this is not our only industry. There are, besides tho four great cot ton mills, an oil mill, a broom und mattress company and a savings bunk. The Polzer manufacturing company hours all tho expenses incident to tho operation of the city, and does all the muniolpal work required, including lighting, tiio sanitary work und tho street cleaning and repairing. Bight hours is the limit Of u day's work, und wo keep Saturday half-holiday all the year round. Our employes occupy some lil)U or more cottages, built for them by tho com puny, und each Is sur rouuded by a largo garden. Large pastures are maintained for the cattle, which the people own and which con sist of cows, horses, sheep and goat:. Many Ol our oltizOOS own their own horses and vehicles. The public school system is highly i lli dent, and tho schools are kept open ten months in a year. Those who work at the mills are required to leave their work at some stated time eacli week In order to receive instruction. Education is compulsory, and our system includes all grades. hi very elTort Is made to combine the educa tional and practical, and all those students who manifest particular apti tude uro selected for advanced educa tional courses. Women are furnished the same facilities as man. " Wo have no local nowspaper, and wo. don't want any. < )jr reading rooms subscribe to 26 leading dailies, which are sent hero from all tho prominent cities and contain all the information that is necessary to keep our people in touch with tho outside world. Wo have no law courts, because we don't need any. Our citiz ns live in peace and friendship. They do not quarrel '. they have no financial claims against each Other, and the trilling occasional differences which occur I am able to decide myself. If we allowed ono lawyer to live hero, another would soon move in to tight him, and tho result wou.'d be dlsoord. We have no alder men, no courts, no municipal councils, no police. Tho residents keep the peace and get along comfortably with out thorn. We have no drunkenness becauso wo don't permit liquor wittiin tho city limits, and drunkenness furnishes more than half the business of a police force.'' ? -Mv^rA ? ? ? n^m~???? ?The Be.nbourd Air Line has hmshed Its lino from (Jumdcn to the outskirts of Columbia. A train, with General Superintendent '. U, MoBoe's car at tached, made tho trip between the two places, and materials for the depot at both places aro being put on the ground. The link between Carudcn and Uheraw is nearly done. Between Columbia and Cayco, the terminus of the l-'lorida Cen tral and Peninsular, nearly all tho track has bt.cn laid, but frosbets havo Interfered with tho 'completion of tho bridge across the Congureo. Tho cntlro line of eighty miles will be complete (romOhetaw to Columbia and thonco to Cayco in threo weeks. I ?The Turkish minister at Washing- | ton, All Forrougb Hay, has requested representatives of tho press at tho National Capital to ruf rain from mak ing reference to his family in the pub lic print-. Ho explains that this is a mark of respect shown to u man of his rank In his own country, and ho ex pects to havo tho samo consideration shown for him horo. ?Tho houso at No. li.'l i'rinco street, Now York, which was sold tho other day, was tho residence of 1'resident Monroe after his retirement from tho chief magistracy of tho nation. Ho died there on July I, 1831. Since that dute the property has been used as a billiard table factory, a Vlonncso res taurant, a Hjogarla i restaurant and a furrier's establishment. ? It Is said tho actual numbor of men surrendered by (Jen. Cronj.3 was 1,(100. CASTOR IA For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signatare BILL ART VISITS CANTON. HAS KNOWN PL A OK LONG TIME. Ho Tolls About the Prosperity of the People ?Ho Onoo Mittle a Trip to Canton on Horseback Whloli He Will Never Forget. It locks liko every lowD8hip ai.d county and section has got something peculiar to itself tiiat is valuable for human purposes and helps to sustain the people and make tiiem prosperous. I was ruminating about this because I havo just visited Canton, a small re tired village of 2,000 people. I have known Canton for tifty years and havo a good reason for remembering it. Soon after 1 was married my father-in law, Judge Hutohins, asked me to ride over there and deliver some important legal papers to the clerk of the court. 1 was to ride his 11 no saddle horse '' I ?eo/' and he told me where to stay all night. So I kissed my pretty young wife good by and made an early start for the thirty live mile journey. 1 was a good rider and Leo was u free traveler. Iln I hill and duwu hill UD(] on tho lovol I stretches ho never broke his easy pace, making about eovori miles an hour, and it was just twelve o'clock when I reach* oil Canton. While 1 was feeding ttio horse und rubbing him down I begun to think how lonesome it would bo to stay there all night und how lonesome my young and pretty wife would bo all solitary and alone by herself and no body with her to comfort her. I looked at Lee and ho looked iike he, too, would rather go back to where he came from. So about 1 o'clock I remoulded and Bet his eara towards Lawrencevllle. Ho scorned all right for many miles, but Blacked up when a low miles from home and wo got there just as the fam ily were sitting down to supper. I saw my wife's smile of pleasure und I saw, too, tho judge's look of surprise und displeasure. Ho rose from the table and went out to look after Iiis favorite horse. 1 then began to realize that seventy miles in a day was a long ride for a horse and that I hud done wrong. Next morning 1 was up by daybreak to look after Leo. Ho was all right and as game as ever. The judge never said ! anything hard, but he looked grieved. He, too, went out to look after Ins horse and when ho came back said: "I reckon l had better give you that horse or never let you ride him agai l, for if you are to kill him 1 would rather he would be yours than ml00." That is all lie said, and it was enough. Sometime after that lie did give him to me and he was the gumest, proudest and best horse I ever owned. Hut I never rode him seventy ml loa in a day any more. 1 never think of Canton now but what tho memory of that episode comes over mo. Well, I would ride a hun dred miles in a day now to reach my homo and my wife, but it would bo on a railroad. Cuntou is tho county scut of Chero kee?a large county, that was the homo of the Cherokee Indiana until 1830, Tho nuiiio cornea from Chera, which means lire, and the Cherokees wen-, known among the tribes as tlie pro phets of divine lire. There were sev eral Indian towns in this region and their chiefs were known as Stop and Chicken and Laughing Ual. The region around Canton is ricli in minerals Gold and copper and iron and marble abound in her hills. Some of these have enriched many men and the pursuit of them have ruined many more, but lately new processes of min ing have made the results more certain and now Northern and English capital has given fresh vigor to the work of digging, crushing, quarrying and re ducing the ores and finishing the mar ble. Marble work is especially being extended and new quarries being open ed. I was told only a few years ago Judge. Gobor and a few associates bought a marble quarry not far away for OUO and were recently offered $2">,0(Jl) for it and refused it. The. Geor gia Marble Finishing Company has planted near the depot very extensive works that employ over 100 hands, ull white and all Georgians, and most ull of them young men. Mr. Brady, a very courteous Boston gentleman, is the manager and said ho was pleased to say that these Georgia bays were just as ready to learn the art of working and finishing marble and ju-t as quick and skillful as any ho ever controlled. I watched them at work in tUo tlillor ent departments and was proud to seo their progress. This is a largo plant and the marble was seen in all its stages from the. great blocks ju>t from the quarries to the most beautiful of finished monuments and columns und building blocks. There were bund reds of them and were all to fill orders prin cipally from the North and East. It takes forty-eight hours to run tin-gang saws through one of those huge blocks. Tho saws aro of the hardost steel, out j have no teeth. They are moved rapidly by steam power and work through j sand and water. Some of the men are working with mallet and chisel and some turning marble In turning lathes and somo are polishing on the horizon tal planes of immense revolving wheels that are Hooded with water and sand. Everything there is up to date and is a great improvement on the old me thods. "Up to date" is new an ex pression that is heard everywhere con cerning machinery. 1 hear 1 it at Ei sloy at tho iron and si 'el plants and I heard it In the cotton .jillsof South Carolina. All machinery now must be up to dato or it will bo rejected. Tho pay roll to the workmen In this one marble plant is $500 a week, and most I of this is spent in Canton. Just so it is I with the gold nines not far away, ''"be i gold mining companies aro mP.klng j money by up to date procossei and I Canton gets a good share of that. 11 Is I now oortaio that a cotton mill is to be ! oullt right awav. for an order has heen given fur the. luuntH and BpindlOB, all up to date, and as soon as iho spring opens tho work ol building the mill will begin. Mining for gold und silver is, ' , reckon, the oldest industry in the world outside of agriculture. Moses tolls us that In the Garden of Klon thero whs gold, and it was good. Cold and silver very aoon began to be a bimetallic cur rency. Abraham bought a burying ground with 100 shekels of silver that was current money with tho merchant and it was remarkable that a silver shekel was worth 60 cents and a gold shekel worth $10. ThAt isont very fur from 10 to 1. Maybe wo had hotter fall back on thoso .ok 1 >nt scriptural relations of tho motuls and make ours 20 to 1. They hud b >th silver and gold in groat abundanco, for Xiohuriah salth : " Thoy heuped up silver as tho tho duHt and gold as tho miro in tho streots." And Moses ealth Abraham was rich in silver and gold. In tho long ago I used to know the good pcoplo of Canton, but thoy have all passed ovor tho rlvor. Tho Mc Afees, McConnolls, WheelerB, CrlHh ams, Tatcs, Hrooks, Husks, Mullins and Dyers. Somo of their bous and daughters aro thoro still and gavo me generous welcome, and I wan pleased to pat their little ones od the head and say be a good boy and mind your mamma. 1 saw the old" timo-honored Canton homo of Joe Brown, tho olaoo whore ho lived when, like CincinnaltH, ho was called on by a committee and in formed that ho had been Dominated for Ooveroor, Oid Joe made his start right hero in Canton teaching school, /ears ago I met General Ira Foster and he aatd ! " Yes, I know Joo's parents before he was burn. They were very poor. His Aunt Sidney did my washing when 1 ' was a young man living in Dahlonega. Joe cultivated a little patch of hillside I .and with a pair of bull calves and I every Saturday hauied something to town to sell and lako back something to tho family. In 1830 I was riding to I Caidon in a buggy and overtook a young man walking in a very muddy lane. Ho had a striped bag hanging over his shoulder and looked tired. 1 asked if ho would not got up and ride with me. He looked down at Ids shoos and said lie was to.) muddy. Hut 1 in sisted and he broke oil' a splinter from a rail and cleaned the worst of the mud oft and got in. I learned from him that he was the same Joe Brown and was going to Canton to get something to do. And ho did. They made him up a school und he taught it. 1 have kept my eye on him for forty years and he i-? still a wonder to me.'' As 1 surveyed the time-worn prem ises 1 ruminated on Iiis eventful life, llow he rose und rose and rose again and n. ver fell. Everything that Midas touched turned into gold and just so every political effort that Joe Brown made was a success. 1 recalled bis long controversy with Hob Toornbs and how Anally he de nounced Toomba in the press as a liar and a scoundrel and Toombs sunt a (rlend to a?k him if Iiis church rela tions would prevent him from aceopt Ing a challenge, and old .ioe replied : "?o tell him to try mo," and Toombs never sent it. 1 recalled the time when Henry Orudy was discussing witii Toombs the advantage or disad vantage of a young man with a colleg iate education and said: "There were some very great and successful men who never hud any education to speak of. There was Patrick Henry and Henry Clay and Tom Benton and there was Joe Brown, who was so poor In ids youth he had to plow a bull." '?Plowed a hull you say,'' said Toombs. " 1 never heard that of him. but if it was so you may set that down to his cod it Henry, but it was a dls graee to the bull." But 1 am pleased to remember that these two great and notable men made friends before they died. Old Father Time is a good doctor and mellows us all down. Bu.i. A UP. KRUGISR'S STIRRING APPEAL. He Declares I'hai l'nst Victories Bliow 'ihat the Lord is on Their Side?Tho Heer? are Iteady for Peace. A special to the London Times from Louren/.o Marque/., dated Sunday, Maroh 4th, says persistent reports con tinue to arrive that the Transvaal ro public has opened negotiations looking to tho securing of peace. On the other hand, it is asserted the Boors will make a stand at Gloncoo and Lalng's Nek and that in tho meantime en trenchments at Pretoria arc being ex tended in anticipation of a siege. A conference between the Hours' presi dent, it b added, and the general com mending the Boers in northern Natal wa . hurriedly arranged on receipt of the news of General Gronjo'a surrender. Until Thursday night tho confirmation of the surrender was withheld from the public. President K ruger sent a fervid religions appeal, with orders that it should bo read by all tho olllcors to the burghers urging them to stand fast ami strive in the name of the Lord, for unless they had faith in Him cow ardice would set in and their posi tion would bo hopeless the moment they turned their backs on the enemy. Their past victories, lie declared, showed that the Lord was on their side. Too president bOSCCObod the burghers not to bring destruction on t.'ioir progeny. Continuing the special ? aaya that n high authority in Bloem | fontoin declares that in the event of a repulse of the I'Yce State forces, the latter will retire towards the Transvaal and unite with their brethren there, maintaining the struggle to the last. The New York World has received from its correspondent in Brussels tho following signed statement from Dr. W. J. Lcyds, the Transvaal's diplo matic agent in Ltirope, on the present situation and the outlook In the Boor war: " I nover had any doubt us tu Prosh (hint Krugor's desire to settle matters' of difference in an amioablo manner. Ills fervent wish for arbitration, often expressed, shows dearly that lie whs ready to accept an honorable, Impar tial solution of all the dillloultios. "It is perfectly sure, that a proposal of intervention to stop the war on such a reconciliatory basis would, notwith | standing the advantages gained by the republics! Und him ready, lie never I wanted and does not now want war. ' He wants peace, but would not, ami never will, sacrilice the independence of tho republic. "Much has been made in certain quarters of General Oronjo's capitula tion. Cronje Is one of our finest gen orals and his loss will certainly be felt, but there are others. Experience has I shown what gonerals like .loub rl, Meyer, Uewet, D.darey and Huthu can do. Most of them are men who only during this war have takon command of our forces. They came forward on Ihr ?? i)11*" 'if the moment. "The moral effect of Gronja's capitu lation can not he very great. If it la borne in mind that our pooplo are light ing with undaunted determination for their rights und liberty, und tl.at. tlx; more they are pressed the more unan imous a front they will make. " I have read what is said of the Kree State troops. 1 cannot believe they will take a different view of the situa tion. They feel, as they did before, that their existence as a free people will bu ended if tho South African re publics should succumb The obstacles on the way to Blocmfontoin are grad ually more and moro numerous and aerious. if tho Vaal river bo over crossed our people have tho formation of tho country entirely in their favor. As I said before, arbitration has al ways been our motto, and I think the republics would not bo avorso to that principle still. Should England show herself intransigent the effect on the two republics would bo an increasing determination to strain every nervo in j defending their independence. Then, too, the sympathies of the D itch po pulation in South Africa would he gradually moro am! moro aroused In our favor." - Ovor *tinO.()00,(?)0 havo been invest or .n oloctrlj lighting In tho United Stutes. ?o y\. js T o xi. i jy.. Bean the s> ltl0 K,ni' Yo? l,a*B AlM), Bou?ht CIVIL WAlt IN KENTUCKY, ARM BD Bf BN BH1KLD THK CON SPIHATOKH. Tuylor ami Hl? Followers Prevnul Ar rest or Powers and Davis?Militia staiul off Civil Authorities?Tito Fugitives Aro Taken Oll Train nt Lexington. Tho situation in Frankfort, Ky., reached a }>oint of excitement on Sa turday almost approaching that of the stirring times immediately following the assassination Of Goobel. The rein statement of tho military p.?wer in complete control of the State executive building and the refusal of the military authorities to allow the local police and civil otlioers to enter the building for tile purpose of arresting Secretary of State Caleb Powers and Capt. .toil" W. Davis, charged with being^eces sories to the Goebel assassination,'and the probability of a COD 11 lot between ibe civil and military authorities, made tiie situation look serious. City Mar shai Richardson applied at the execu tive building and demanded to bj ad mitted for the purpose of arresting Powers and Dav'.S, but was turned Duck and the warrants were then banded over to Sheriff Suter. The latter also ' presented himself at the executive building and demanded admittunoo. j He was referred by the ollleer in charge i to Col. Morrow, and the latter being found, said : " I am sorry, Mr.Sheriff, but it is against Guv. Taylor's orders to let unv one into tho building todav." ShoritT Suter then held a consulta tion: with County Attorney I'olsgrovo, Common wealth Attorne y Franklin and other ollioUils. Meantime the police force had been doubled and a detuii guarded each of the entrances to the State house grounds to prevent tho men wanted from escaping. At tho conference between the olllolals it was decided that the sheriff should summon a large res'jrvo force of deputies, to bo called into use in tho event it was de cided to attempt to enter the building by force to make the arrefts, and in pursuance of this, the sheriff swore in 50 men, who wore stationed in the neighborhood of the sheriff'sOilloe dur ing the ufternoon. Shcritl Sutor made another attempt to get an audience with (Jov. Taylor, but was unsuccess ful. Tho streets wero fairly blocked with people in the vicinity of the State house?but there was no open demonstra tion, though It was evident that tho po pulace was on the side of the olvll auth orities. At :io'clock Sheriff Sutor, hav ing failed to get any sort of understand ing with the in lltary authorities as io the arrest of the parties, submitted tho question to Democratic Gov. Beckham to decide to what extent the civil offi cers should go to gain admittance to the building for the purpose of making the arrests. Secretary of State Powers and Capt. Davis were slipped aboard a Chesa peake and (duo train at S o'clock and speeded toward Lexington. A -quad of soldiers coining from the Governor's mansion at double-quick, caught the train just before it pulled out. With them were Powers and Davis, dressed in soldier's uniform and before tho guard of deputy sheriffs: became aware of what was going on the train loft. The Chesapeake and Onlo train from Frankfort had with it, in a separate ear to themselves, on its arrival In Lexington, Secretary of State Caleb Powers, Capt. John Davis, capitol tquaro policeman, and Lieut. V, K. I'cake, of Coving ton. Intelli gence had preceded them that they were on their way to Lexington anil were trying to make their escape. When the trained pulled into the depot the entire police force of tho i Ity tinder Sheriff .lohn Mel). K >se ami Sheriff Henry Bosworth, with a large force of deputies, boarded the train. On entering the coach the officers found it contained about twenty-live soldiers with Powers and Davis, tho soldiers being under command of Lieut. I'eake. Lieut. Peake sprang to hi - feet at once and commanded the soldiers to clear the car. in an instant twenty revolvers were drawn by the olPeor and they were all leveled at Peake, who gamely tried to pull his own re volver, but, as ho drew it from the scabbard, a policeman smashed him across the hand with Ids club and thus prevented what would have undoubted ly resulted in a tragedy. The eher 1 IT commanded the conduc tor to cut off the car. Tho conductor remonstrated, Btated that the tram carried Unite I States mail, and the demand was not then prossod. A local attorney recognized Powora and also pointed out Davis. They were soi/.ed and hurried otl to jail. As tho pro cession swept toward the jail some people started the report boat there was to bo a lynching, and soon tho streets were packed with people, an enormous crowd gathering about the jail, Davis, Powers and I'eake were nurried to the upper cells, but i'eake was later released on bond on a com mon warrant on the charge of resist ing arrest. The Associated Press correspondent saw Lieut. Peake in company with ilia attorney, but he refused absolutely to say a word. The correspondent sought interviews with Powers and Davis, but tho 0 ill cor a refused to permit anyone to hoc them at that time. Davis and Powers were both dis guised. Both wore tho regular soldier uniform complete, even as to the leg gins. Davis had shaved oil his m<)U8 tactio and goatee, lie had $lii.'> in money on his person and a revolver. There was found on Powers $1.300. In tho inside peeket of oach uiun was found a pardon from GOV. W. S. Taylor, duly signed and sealed. Attorney W. (J. lhmhip, Postmaster F. C. Fl kin and Attorney IX. (J. Btoll called on Secretary of State Powers later and to the Associated I're-- cor respondent they stated that Powers told Dunlap substantially that he was not lleeing from arrest. Ho was sim ply getting away from Frankfort to avoid lying In jitil as VVhittier had done : that he nad done nothing to fear arrest, as ho was not guilty of the charge, and that he was going to Har boursvlllo, In the Eleventh Congres sional district, where Taylo?'s juris diction was fully reoognl/.od. Capt. Davis had little to s?>y to them excopt that ho thought he had made a mis take In leaving home: that he. had nothing tt) fear from a trial. Neither explained his disguiso. Aftor arriving at the jail a report got out that a special train went hack to Frankfort for the purpose of bring ing ui> men to rescue the prisoners. Sherill Hosworth applied at once to the armory for a special detail of soldiers under Capt. LODgmiro, and they responded, arriving at the jtil a few moments lator, prepare d to resist tho rumored prospective attack. The Sheriff thon designated a posbo to sup plement tho rquad of uoldiers provid ing trouble might come and declared that any attempt to tako either one of tho prisoners (rom jail would bo re sisted tt) a linlsh, but It Is generally bolioved this precaution was altogeth er unnecessary. The excitement be gan to subside by 11 o'clock. Secretary of State Towers was blood lug profusely when taken to bis coll. He Bald bo bad noon struck on tho ' head with n club after reaching tho inside of tho jail, presumably by one of ' the arresting olllcers. There was I much suppressed excitement among tho local Goobol politicians, us if a coup were In propect, but it is im ; possible to learn its true inwardness. j The jail was oarofttlly aud strongly guarded during the night. Frankfort, March IL?Tbc Demo? ; crats and KepubPcans lu Kentucky aro today, for the lirst time sinco tho pros j ont political complications assumed ! acuto form, divided into armed and or ganized factions. Surrounding tho oa pitol and t'io State executive building : and camped in tho grouuds around I Gov. Taylor'^ homo aro nearly 200 State militia, well provided with am munition, while in tho corridors of tho : Capitol hotel, in which tho Democratic State executive ollices are located, and , in the streets adjacent to that building I are 00 special .'boors and tho men and hoys of a militia company that was or gan i/.-d in Frankfort today as tho nu des ofGov. Beckham'* State guard, be sides scores or more of heavily armed citv. -us, partisans of tho Democratic element. Within an hour after Djuio cratlo leaders today heard a rumor that an attempt was to be made by tho Stato militia to take Gov Beckham Into cus tody a petition had been circulated and signed by the requisite number of men necessary to form a militia company. The men will guard the Capitol hotel all night against any possible attempt to arrest Gov. Beckham, o.ily two days more remain for the Legislature to remain in session, but the develop meats of those two days are. looked for ward to with apprehension by leaders of both sides. The Democratic partisans say that should tho militia attempt tu interfere j with the session of the Legislature. persistent rumors of which have been j in circulation all nay, it will be next I to impossible to avert bloodshed. The Republican ofilolals, however, deny '? tiiat such action has even been contem plated ami that the Legislature win i no he molested In any way. That the ! report is believed In Democratic cir cles, however, Isshown by the fact that ! the advisability of holding the session in some other plaoo than the State ! house iiai been under advisement, and ] even at a late hour tonight the ques* ; lion bud not been tinally settled. Frank kokt, Ky., March 11.?Tho i first move on the part of (Jov. Beek ham's followers toward the formation ' of a Sta'.e guard under his adniini-tra ! tion was taken hero today. City j Clerk I Jen Marshall circulated a paper and enlisted the required number of men who are to compose a new com i uany. The guns for this company 1 have been provided by citi/.ens here, most of them being either neodlo guns 1 or Winchesters. This afternoon a report gained our I renoy that Guv. Taylor hud given his I soldiers orders to arrest Gov. Beckham i nod etiler oflicers of tho Domooratlo 1 .State government. On recount of this report, the, men enlisted by Capt. Mar ? .-hail were assemb e-: at the city hall, ' armed and sworn in as special i)oliee , for tlie purpose of protecting tho Do , mocratic cilioers who are still quar terod at the Capitol hotel. A large number of citizens also voluntered and were assigned to various posts in the vicinity of the hotel to oiler a resis tance in chsc the talked-of arrests were attempted. Gov. Taylor's soldiers, Who are on guard at tlie State house, were re enforced today by the arrival of the Barbourvillo company of ~\ men, all of whom are fully armed and equipped. More troops are looked for to-night. The PlnOVlUo and London companies are expected some time during the night or tomorrow. Gov. Beckham this afternoon appointed Col. David 15. Murray, of Clover Point, j assistant adjutant general with tlie I rank of Colonel) and he was sworn in. ; The official announcement was made , that this appointment is only tempo I rary. This was regarded as signili cant, it being understood it at Col. Murray accepted the appointment on j account of the gravity of tho present ! situation and with the understanding , that he could rcjign when the COndt ' lions in the State becomo more, quiet. ".arlan Whittakcr and W. 11, Cul ' ton, who were confined in jail here I charged with complicity in the assas ' slnation of Goobol, were remove;! from ; the jail at an early hour this morning and taken in a hack to Shelby vi lie, ; where they were placed on a train ami ' sent to Louisville, umh r a heavy guard. ' It is understood they will be kept in ' the Louisville jail till tho April term ; of the circuit court, when they will be ? returned here for trial. .Mrs. I'utte.-.-on, daughter of Kx Presldent Andrew .facKson, Is to do nate land for a park to surround tho grave of the; Kx-President at Greene l villc, Tonn., and asks that the national ; government assume control ol the park. WHY DR. HATHAWAY CURES Reason* for His Mai His New, Pro it...,i. Dr. Hi of in. ini'iit. It twentj yea Clll'l' Ml tin pra uctliod I nooxpprl h- resell 01 hi OM'iori laosl nxioii' iin' m any Bpei lall?! in his lino in tin' world. M< wiirbm?? anted from aim ol tlio Im\s| mcdlcnl colleges In (ho countr.v iiihI porfocp eil Iiis medical Mint surgi cal education by oxtoii" si \. ? hospital practice i arlj in hin professional enroor ho inado discov eries wlilrli placed htm nl tlio head ol his prolog ^imi ;i< n specialis! in treating w linl nrc generally known ns private diseases of men iind womou. I hi- system ol treatment ho linn moro ami morn perfected each yoni until i nlay ins eures are so Invariable a- in in> the marvel ol tie' mcdlcnl profession. h;n joying tlio largos! practice "t any specialist in tie' world hi' stilt innlnlnlnfl a system of noun unl fees w hlcli makes a possible foi nil to obtain Iiis services. Dr. Hathaway treats anil cures Loss el \ itatiiy, Varlcocolo, stii< turo, Blood Poisoning in its mi forenl stages, lUieumatlsm, Weak Hack, Nerv ousiiess, ail mannor >?( Prlnnry Complaint*, t i ers. Sores and Rkln diseases, Heights Dlscnso und ait forms ol Kldno) Troubles. Illstrentinenl (<ir iindertoncd nun restore*; los| vitality ami makes tli ' patient a strong, well, vigorous man. j Dr. Ilatltnway's success In t!. treatment ol ! Varlcocolo ami Rtrlctiire w itlioiii Hie aid of knife ? nr cautery ts phnnomonnl, Tito patient is treated i by this method nl ids own homo without pnlnoi I I'iss Ol time (nun h?l*l(10S*. Tlllsls pOSlllVOly the i only treatment which cures without an operation. Dr. IfalhAwnj calls tlio partlciilni nitontlonol siiiforori from Vnrlcoeele and Rlrlcturo to pages j7,w,79, .?) and si "t hts now liook, entitled, "Manliness, Vigor, llonlftV'acopyof whieli win tie sei it flee on application. Write today ti'i tree book ami symptOn) blank, mentioning your complaint, J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. Or. Ifutlmwav Si Co., mill ItroaU St reel, A t lim lu. O?. mknrioN mis I'APKH wiu:.v whitinq.