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-- NE-WBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, -)F.OEM-BEI 24, 9..AEK 15)AYA THE STATE CAPITOL OF SOU IT CAROLINA, FAr11- A11OUT1I' ItUI1i1)INO NOW NI:AR ING COMPI.CToN. ViII ht Intorestiuig to III aiy-w1l,,, iml 14l6w the Work WVia I.uumn-Thie %Var 40 Ierato iil. n (The State.) 'lhe Splendid granite edilice which tla official domicile of the State f South Carolina, after having been ) years in building, is at last noar g completion. Designed origin Ily to cost $5,000,000 and intended, some of the political patriarchs of to State aver, to serve as the capi 1 of the Southern Confederacy, it today but a semblance of the con. option of John I. Niorasee, who esigned it. As it stands, it hits cost ho State of South Carolina $2,500, 00. It is intimately associated with any tragic incidents in the State's tory, and has becomo already one he historic structu1res of the coun t the session of the general as. ly of 1850, while the State was e throes of the first great agita the secession question, which in the affirmation of the right ate to secede, the logislative ittee on the State house re tha4 the State records wore in 't. of destruction by fire and ended that a fireproof build e'ected for their safe-keeping. skl. 'once of this report, the Yriation bill that year contained ,se authorizing the use of the d of the sale of lots in the city tmbia for- this purpose. No . uthorizing the erection of State house was passed, gh it is clear that it was litention of the leaders at e to provide for the erection creditablo public building. O'Neal gave the credit to lion. in Hunt of "leading the ure imperceptibly into the building a new State nerstono of a two story was laid lecember 15, 1851. nilding was oroeted on the re then occupied by the old tehoise, fronting on Main street, old btilding then standing at the por of Senate and Assembly ets. It was a modest struct rc, nded to serve as a wing of the t}ed capitol. It was about coin a cost of $250,000 and somo ords had been removed to summer of 1854, when the era in charge not iced he (leer and window arches. efects, becComfing more pro uoced, the commissioners employed n R. Niornsee, then residing in 'more, as consulting a rchiteoct. ee had designed the Smith natit ute and many other famous ga, and was one of' t lie fore. rchitects of his time. Archi 'ernsee absoluttely condlemn ted uire, and und(er his adlvice, ed to the ground, only a f the foundations being left, w remain under the went the present capitol. It was hat Nierntseo designed the ture which nowv standal, the eral assembly giving sanction to izssue of bonds for the "continua ii" of the construction of a new te:apitol. The adjoining square 4urhased, and thme buildmng ated up)on its p)rK'sent site. n anticipation of the approach great conflict the work was fever. ly pushed until the war practi y stopped it. A tramway was structed to the granito quarries he river, andI hundreds of labor were employed quIarry ing andi sing the hugit pieces of granite hired. When the work of build. was thus rudely stopped, the unted ' architect exchanged his wing instruments for the sword did valiant servyice in thbe uarmy the Southern Confederacy. On that momentous day to the ople of tils State, February 15, 65, when the army commanded Gen. W. T. Sherman reached the ah aenroas the Cngaree river verlookin~g Columbia-.at Casey's Mayor (oodwin surrendered the city, as it was absoliit.ely defenseless. Notwithstanding t.his defensoloss condition the city was shelled and the new capitol, with its white walls completed to the freizo line, was the mark of every gunner. Several shells entered the bare window openings and five struct the building, but made little impression upon its mas sive walls. The old State house was one of the 1,400 buildings destroyed by Gen. Sherman's army, and the gran ito at the southeast corner of the new capitol was iiaked off by the fire which destroyed the old building. At the time there was a large quan. ity of dresssed marble and other material for the building on the ground. The architect estimated the value of that destroyed by Gen. Sherman at $700,000, besides the mutilation of the beautiful marble in place on the front and rear porti cos which is still apparent. A mine was prepared under the building to completely destroy it, when a report roached the city that a wing of the army above Columbia had been at tacked by Ianipton's calvary. Gen. Sherman ordered the powder removed with the remark that it would be a useless waste of ammunition, and that he would "leave the people so poor that they would never com plete it.," hastening his departure from the city, then in smoking ruins. Work continued in a desultory manner until 1890, when it was en tirely discontinued, until the session of the general assembly of 1900, which appropriated $175,000 for the additions now being made, under plans of Architect Frank P. Milburn. A dome was adopted in lieu of the granite tower originally intended to surmount the structure. The granite work upon the old building is pronounced by experts to be without exception the finest in the United States, not excepting the splendid buildings of the national government at Washington. The massive square pillars in the lower corridor are howl from a single bluck of granite, and are finished in the bost manner known to stone cut ters. It was intended that the en tablature of the front pediment should be cut from a single stone, which was actually quarried and on the ground at the close of the war, but was never dressed, and during the reconstruction period the legislature donated a portion of it for a monu ment to a negro politician, when it was cut in two. This is said to have been the largest piece of granite at that time ever quarried in the United States. During the disgraceful pe riod which followed t,he we.r, when the people of the north were endeav orinig to secure the political rights of the niegro by overriding those of the intelligent and property owning peo - pie of the State, all material on the ground small enough to be moved was "appropriated," with all other property of the State, by the scala wags and tbieves then in control of the government. One hundred thous and dollars was expended in "fur mishing" the State house with desks, ete, that would have been exhorbi tant at one quarter of the prices charged, and included such items as a silver pJlated water pitcher for the Governor's offee at $1,500O cuspidors at $18 each, and other L.rtices in proportion. A majority of the mem bers of the house of representatives could not write their names, while a majority of the members of the senate woere in the habit of settling their personal accounts by ordlers upon the contingent fund of the senate. In cluded in necessary "supplies" for the general assembly wvere enormous quantities of champaigne and whiskey, which was freely dispensed in the little room on the right as you enter the gallerry of the senate. It was in this room that John J. Patter son, elected to the United States s nate, declared that there would 1)0 "five years more of good stealing in South Carolina," which became a Domocratic slogan. The beautiful 0':in chian columns, cut from a single piece of granite, are noteworthy specimens of the stone cutters' skill, while the mas. Sivo foundations of cut stono con. taining many inverted arches to dis tribute the weight, are marvels tc modern buildings. The building was first occupied by the general assembly of 1869. During the exciting events which followed the campaign of 1876, it was litor ally bombarded by the opposing po litical parties, and two bodies each claiming to be the legally elected house of representativos and each with its complement of officers, meeting in the same room-the hall of the house of representatives -a pitched battle was iminent, until the recognition of the democratic speaker by former Republicans gave a d cisive turn to affairs. M'IAURIN AND HANDALL. Tho Later Was the Regular "Ooinierea Democrat." Senator MoLaurin's reference to Samuel J. Randall on Monday was infelicitous. It showed that he was not thoroughly familiar with the re cord of the great Pennsylvanian. He should repair the deficiency, for, in a way, he is a disciple of Mr. Randall, and is now meeting with some of Mr. Randall's experience. Mr. Randall was what is now called a "Commercial Democrat," and the leader of that wing of his party which did not flop at the call of free trade. He believed in the policy of building up a great industrial America, and therefore addressed 1'imself to public questions more from a business than a sentimental viewpoint. But he paid dearly for his sagacity and his courage. As bitter war was made on him as has ever been made on the South Carolina senator. He was de nounced as a Republican in disguise, and all but road out of the party. He was overwhelming defeated for the speakership of the forty-eighth congress, and every effort was mad( to prevent his appointment as chair man of the commitoe on appropria. tions. But Mr. Carlisle, his success ful competitor in the speakership race with manly resolution refused to in flict the indignity. The South in particular turned against Mr. Randall. She owed him munch. He had defeated the first meas ure known as the force, bill and had always urged liberal protection for her industries. But this was ignored. South Carolina was willing to accept protection for her rice, Louisiana for her sugar, Georgia for her then rising cotton manufacturing, Alabama for her iron industry, and the Virginias and Tennessee for their coal, but they voted against the man who stood, both by performances and p)rofes sions, for their material prosperity, and assisted in his humiliation as a party leader. W~hen Mr. Cleveland came in he joined in the crusade. The patron.. age of Pennsylvania was so distrib uted as to render Mr. Randall pow. erless at home. . Many men whom he had made politically were tolled away from him, and he stood almost alone. But he never compromised an ic of his principles nor bowed the knee to anyb'ody. Mr. Randall's triumph came, bui not until he had gone to his honored grave. When the men who had de noucod and misused him at last wor a national election on their cry of free trade, they found themselves un able to keep their flamboyant cam paign promises, and turned to pro tee' ion in a futile effort to save them selves. WVell would it have been foi them and for the country if they had been ab)le to command in their them desperate straits the counsel of thiu man they had in his life rejected They might, with his aid, have ap plied in some business-like fashion the principles of protection to theii task, and saved the country hundredi of millions of dollars. Mr. McLaurin may not secure second term in the senate, but hi can do more than that, and he is in fair way of doing it. He can deserv< a second term, and can afford ther to leave the rest to fate and the fu ture.-Washington Star. Sell the average man grief with label of joy on it nod he'd be just ams happy as if ho ot the rai thin. TIlE FIENI11 MEi A'CIIs O1' Ti114 UAMPTON FAMILY. A Thrilling Story of tho War of th1 Iiev olutlont-GUn. Wvntlo lIai ti,l'H Agecd Oirandsiro Va sI,0lH lby thu liund ite Urasled int FrIo,IHlIp. - A 1,y's ExporIonce. [The State.] Stories of the Hampton family are Ilways road with pleu8re, for this family of unswerving pitrotismu has been closely identiliod with the most stirring events in State history since the beginning of the struggle for lib erty. As ho is in receipt of numerous requests for information as to his family, Gen. Hampton has consented to lot the appende d sketch ho re published. It is the original nn uscript of the late Gov. Perry and was first published in Juno, 1813, in "Magnolia.'' Vollowing is the story under the caption: ''REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENIS- IIE IIAMI' TON IA1i,." Anthony Hampton, the father of Gen. Wade Ilaupton, was among t he first emigrants from Virginia to the upper part of South Carolina. Ie set - tied with his family on Tiger river in the district of Spaitanburg. In I775 a war with the mother country, as England was then calltl, bocluse in ovitablo, and it was a matter of the highest importance to the inhabit ants of the frontiers of Carolina to secure a peace with the (:lheroke 1 ndians. To effect this the chiefs of that war. like and powerful tribe wore in vited to a "Big Talk'' at some coi venient town in their nation. Edward and 'reston ianptoi, the sons of Anthony Hampton, were delegated by their friends and noih. bors to moot the Indians at this con ference, and endoevored to )tlrsunde them, if possible, to remain neutral in the approaching struggle. But the British emissaries had already engaged the Cherokee warriors to make an incursion into the settle menta in the upper part of thn State, at the same time that the English Ileet under Henry Clinton and Poter Parker was to attact Charleston. It is well-known in history that theso movements were simultaneous. The young Iamptons had just ro turned from this talk with the In dians when a large number of their warriors commenced their work of death and destruction upon the in habitants of Greenville and Spartan burg. After killing the Hite family in Europe, they procoded to Mr. Hampton's where they found the old gentleman, his lady, their son Preston Hampton, a lad by the name of John Bynum, and an infant child of Mr. James Harrison. They approached( the house from every direction in order to prevent any of its innmatos from escaping their inhumnancarnago. Some of these Indians were known to both Preston Hampton and1 his father, and having received no infor mation of their visit was at first sup posad to be a friendly one. They met cordilly and old Mr. Hampton was in the act of shaking hiand(s with one of the chiefs wvhen ho saw a gun fire and his son Preston fall to the ground. This was a signal for an indiscrimii inate murder. The very hand1( which Mr. IIampton had, but a moment bo0 fore grasped in friendship, nowv sent a tomihawk into his skull. His wife was soon dispatched in the same manner. The infant son of Mr. Hampton was dashed against the wall of the house which it besprinklod with its blood and brains. John Bynum, the lad already mentioned stood perfectly astound(edl amidst this murder and carnage, having lost all presence of -nind and1( maikinig no effort to escape. At length an i ndian warrior raised his hand1( to dispatch the youth also, when the blow was arrested by tihe handl( of (lie chief, ho took the ladl und(er his protection. Mrs. Harrison, wvho wvas the daugh-. tor of Mr. .Hampton, had1 gone to a oeighbor's house, and on her return saw her father's house in flames, the Indians standing around it exulting with fiendish malignity, tile mangled bodies of her fatther, mother, brother and son lying scattered to and fro in the yard. She was going to rush for I ward, in the frenzy of the moment, to make another victim, when she was restrainedl by 11cr husb.ad a forced inl anothr lirction. lhey Houg;ht conCeahtnott inl at swamp and remaiIOd thoro indisCoverod untill thto (Iavagos loft the plac . Iho intl who was r(oscn('d by the ctiof wasa titlcort lby t ( luliatns Ito their nation, and remaine with thoem untill the treItty of 1777 whei the dlistriet of Pold(,ton and (Ireenvillo woro coded to t ihe whites. Ono articlo of t his a1gro(mn1( t was t hat the Choro k(Oo shouhldll urreIdor to 1(te m In i:sioners all t hei r priHoners an(d children taken from th( homi's of in habitants along tho frontiern. Anong 1ho8(' who woro th11 sur ron(delrod1 was John ByIunt. ILO had, however, bOen Ho long with tIto .1t dians that it was with relucttutce he was perStaded to leave th1em1. Shortly aftor this nassacro a large body of tho South ('roliun militia unuder tho conmnand of Col. Williamst narchod into the Chorokoo country burnt. and dest royed a great mlany of their towns atd settlomlents. Ifqury ollatpton, t Hon of Ainthony I lanp tonl, cornmdl(1ed thtis body of tulitin and killed with his owt lund nit in dian warrior atttirod inl IPreoston 1Iitmp,ton'H coat which wasH ilt moditltly roeognized 11s 1the one' mn which his broter was rnnrdeirti. Ed ward 11lampton ait 1.h0 611im of t ho miurder of his father and frtuly was ont a visit with his wife to hor fat her, Bayliss Etarlo, living on tIh head wit tors of P-acoulotto, and by tinis mean11.1 ose'tpo( tho fat( which he would ot horwisO hatve :hare 1 wit h his family. IIe aft( rwar ds becttie it itost at iVO parnt.iMan inl the cauiSO of htis country and was ultimatoly killod by tho "bloody cout'" inl the bosomil of his fautily. Jarlios tiarrisont, with the iIzoni generally of that otrt of thocoutry, sought protection in P'rinte's Fort, wher ho romtined until offerod nilt opportunity of mending his family into Virginia. 1o then devoted his owno personatl torvices excluivtly to his country and wit in the hatt los of Blaokstocks, Cowpons atnd1 Fn taw. (lon. Wado Iitlprtorn Was, it. is bO lioved, in North Carolina whon his father and family woro murdered(I in, Spartanburg. hlis sOrvices in the War of tho llovolution aro too woll known to be ment iono(d mn HkOtchet; of this charaotor. Iris extrtordinary gal lant.ry at. the head of a regiuieut. of cavalry in the battle of Lutiw, an sinted groatly in the achiovmuontH of that dlay and his noblo darirttng i an tivo oxortions overywhoro cnt.ributed( flinch to the success of tho A nio ican arms ini South Carolina. Tiht PrUaludent, (Conantin tiht state Deg tion) ats to AppiOI uoinmeiK andt ' trie, t Hatrmtontze thle iRepuhiilean Facl tin.. R~oosovolt is aidopting the plait of getting in formation from Deomocr-at,ie Senators aind Rtopresentati vos regard. ing atpplicantts for office mi thle South. Today, b)y apipointment, Ite conulted with Sentators Foster und1( McEnoiry, andtt itoprontativen .Broussard, of Louisiana, regarding Loisiana atp poinitment.s. Hie had it lint of atbout fifty applicants for places, fromt col locter of the port of New Orleans dlown to minor officos, concerning whom he ro(jpiosted ineformat ion. T1hte President also conisiulted Rtepro. nentativen Clayton, i'Thompsnon and1( \ViIoy, of Alutaama, about seome iap p)ointmieutn in that State. It is un.. derntod that the P'residlent in dlii posed1 to reappotinIt Mounrs Vaughni, Bryan andit Binghain, respectively, district attorney and1 miarnhal of the Middle dlistriot, and collector of in tornail revenue. i-Io in very desirous of harmoniziig the existinug Itopubh lican factions uinthe State. MiAY 3OET SOME itAoK. ilanlk) En1joined! F~rom3 Payinig Out I iherry Treeo Monmey. Charlotte, N. C., D)oc. 1 6.,-Judge F1red Moore of the an perior court has issuted ant ordler restraining the banks of Runthorfordton, which hold money bolonginig to the A mos Owen Cherry Tree Company, or its former owners, from paying out same. TIhis writ watsserved today. The order is made returnablIe Jan. 1 before Judge Coun oil at Newton and as obtamoed b~y Eaves & Rucker, attorneys. The action i proany take to it is rtaid, imtvo et h "nit ioit to, 1mn(1 it is probbl)lo thlt tho pr(n ut(+ra havo loft I ho et itto. Charlotto, N. (., )e'. W. Tho AmloH (wen vot (hlirry Tirot, ('(mpm)nn will formlally dli-4i lv(o {OnOurro'i. TIho restraining Irr to h ldl th1e 3nmpa 11)ny's: baInk; 111r(1unt. 1 a l)o -1ro(d )' it(orrtor S for \\'. 11 I I".0 t'er, tit ntn to w11)n tlit forimer proprit'l(irn a1ro sa i( to hIav I 1n tlodet It ef i)ouOro l'aving. (te SItat' it) tvt,bi airtt1' (Lon Ite fodoral ot urt. w;trrnt.it listor (h lait)1s to have host noi,n ey 1y tI dlal and I making; an 'itrt o ~ ~ ~ ~~~1t rtohrsuisefAB i, r. tios indlictotd hn\vo lod1, f iN .aitl intet alt; 1I t- ttr of the ( l1t W itt 1 R - I:tt"t by "\ t1n-t."''n t tu1111 b tr tr Tb'tl:t, t L' ru rnw ;. Iho I'(I n gIlr t 1 hioIy Som tinwsr; tVitt is ian I 'rrOniouI Otpitti Inin Of tho aclts of theo o''ont. (Ion.'T'J4. .1Iack tn i+ i t h ntoiti l ilre cr tdit oif (-Ip. nring I trirr'' 1"'orry. 1t in t ruo Ion .Ie1st( i 's ( ' 1,tr ';t ' opt 1\\"t. I li vialllty bltwoon th" I 'i. mIon' itntl ibh mnnhut river-', but1 thel kt'y It1 II ltr1ir'i 1''orry wiut 1ary h ttl Ili;ht'. (I( n. 1)1 0 ersVh's li;ri tlr 1itf titlHt i Lhtarotliniatns i )1 1 1r l l, I t tto lt tt' ing incideont ur:mrtl -i \ t .n, t'h 1 ')f o. i. ad S. (' lio ilnott t vli( u ot b)ntwoon 1,ovi;borg i111 th' N,volr. lII( wvont tothe su44, rgit n if (hm r(ig ini nnt l itdik ( ftor p'rmnis;o'ifon (t) rildo in thi n l n lnu o . 'TI h1' sitr go(on tld him to 1i 11t1 tc11, of' tho plutndor h+WH w tas rittt tt I ;f hC couild not koop he l t ldlt lt himll ro.ri I Hr spo dii it"oet foly ito ite Huhoo. i wait. rtot di'ltt io ther C Oinl aini put n'flml ti -r t. W hil n thet, PIotodnc wats rotc ' hlit nof,td to cross. Col. Ninc" sot ftr' th itVor ind toh 11him1 t git at giard1110 of tw o mon inni or r hp tho oltdr ocrOs f iot I'O(ltin e. T1h. ;oldlir 0idl hIt hadl gon oulit Of (t tO i and wonh1 nov( r go back ,aain. With a) guard oi oach oido attn ita bltyot in tho roar ho w s 11marofthtd back into tho lUn1itId Stat :. \'\.; w(+nit to 1rodIorile City Itid ( rout t.hat p)lace wo 11nado utlr waly nertms tho mnltin to wrdr (liaror lner-i- Fo ry. WVo adnt our way to th itopfur Thedera trooskie foring.Iii'it1 Ti hg mon l the atiatnco furlyt infrttotors n odr tol dtltmrttl t oop ftrm ieir boitng a fr om llu thet mouna ifTe dn ou r t.iment WostS giver kilOlod in to hago. SuITe or regimet f the bnrligado didnot looCity manint fact ththas alorte tmrnked o tousoi the Cotfeap.i hiurvafte plc. e. Cobb had a) Itetaresfight with nhe rei fomro mils i ur ar, cu kooin g thatod hard wi . and wreieth ofhm11 wih som. Cro. Itorfordi asefta. BOILERS BURST AND WRECK MILL. 'MANY l,IsVCs -,O4T ANII Iwo P1LANTrH I) IHTnt1)Y1.1) Accidtent Itn a Nteel 31111 tt I'Itt;tburg-Fivo I'atl il i Twaelvo Injret Alrealy IMn,oov'd anId MAor Thoti,ht to I,e ist 1) e.bri Two holorM Honrotd Th'Irotugh Altr. I',Iit,iibg, IDoo. 20. --'T'he Black I )inoidl St('1 Works of I'ark Broth er, h i rt iet h )t root, wst tho ioono tit morning of an awful accoidont, in lhich010 at lotst tito workmnenr lost tht'ir liv1as and t wolvo woro injurod. li) )orts 1a frooly circulatod that from ton to thirty woro killed, aind it. will not beat known how manty. are th'atd mit tit tho wrokago is cloared twaty. I ltwas about -1.I> o'clock as the night vrow was about to turn over tho mill to the day forco, that four b)oilery in tho ton-inch bar mill ox } loddtl V itlh toritic force. The mill wasH c'1)omloly wr', 0kod itnd dob)riH wIas pilo1I from lifty to Hovoity-Iivo foot high. 'he4 boiler works of Jantes 1It'Noil, tt}ul,ing, woro alsHO do. 'i royods. A forco of mnltl vent to work as tni'ekly as possile if ter th1to ox)loti i'n, ra,urching fotr hlu01ies. Fivo dead ttntl t wolvt' in jurotd halvo alroady boon I01m1ov,'td. Tho dadtl aro not idonti Iiv ial iho bistlj Irle at the morgue. I'Thore wtas not it straight 1)iece of it1 or Htol left inl tho entiro build ing'. ThiIl mil bis Hixt,y t11o Onl o1nch turn, anl' it is thought both crows were in tihe pilmt itttho tittml of the osx lls>iont. )na of t he boilers went OlOan litrouigi 1'Itrk Brothmtrs inill and ertl'h 'd into tho McoNoill plait, al most tInnolishintg it. '1'he only man it wi'rkc in th, McNoilll was lindolph h'orl1, Ilight wtchmatiltn. Hto was l,tknohktd down by the forco of the '%xplosion. A not her bai oilr wont through the air acro:8s Thirtieth stroot and crashoi into the rosidenco of Robert Prince. It wont t.hrouighi t ho front wall and fell into the collar, comipletely wreck ing; the h1ous18e. Princ'o and 1s1 fain ily woro attroo}) at the timo and had lo rOshII to th Itroot in t.hir night olothnm;. Tht other two hoilers woro lown to 1)iocits, aind it WasH thOse that ctisi! the cot)pleto destruction of the mill. About tu t Worcd l(lriwt att. Mrs. aNry rammol,,l Scott. has the folloin~iug timely Hiuggestiont as to thte popu alar maiinnier of writing "1Lot no thtoughtloss pauragraphier writo it, Xmtia,"' 'she protest", and contiining siay's further: "PIve oftoni b)oon tempijted to make this abbreviation, but have always boen piroveited by a fooling that has1 nuever b)oon analyzed unt1.1 i ow. Th'le clustomi of iniaking this sign for Clnhrits is becoming so univer sal that it, is dIestroyinag the boauty of one of theo miost bieauti ful wvords ill wr it torn Enuglish. IEvoe on calendars tad dainty Christmas cards wo) su this grotesqulo word. 'Tho dJay that celebratos t ho doaresta tondelrest and mtost impijortatnt event of all history in year atfter year being desecrated irn the waty it is being spent and now maust we haive the word1 itself shorn7 of its beanty by a lazy ab)broviationi. "Thew cross iS ia symbol of human aty, hb.ut ot of the livmng Christ whomn Clhristians commomerorate. Chirist was in niot a cross festival nor cross mauss, buit at 'chunrch festival,' atccoring to Woebster; a loving trib uite pid to One who bore but laid aido the cross for a crown. "W~rit,rs who would1 never think of mlarrinig their manuscript with a slanlg exp)ressioni doe not hesitate to tatke an unlawful liberty with this vord. No lexicographer has licon netd it yet, so far as I know; then, according to good English, it is in correct, anid when we stop to think about it, it is irreverent. "Wo.maay not be able to stop the b)oistorous, unchristian manner of eomoe in their attempt to celebrate the day, but we can oheck this piece of thoughtlessness and pro serve tihe word Christmas sared. Atlanta Journa.