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I, 4 I A REVOLUTK _______? $*,>--?? ?- .??? ~ ? ^Si F.y IrmaB ^ moments' thought. "1 believe I ean I'lo.isri "It was in a log house. such as the first settlers lived in. that a girl of about lift eon years of ago was bonding over ;ho ffoii-.toe busily engaged in broiling s!i * of venison. Another girl about a year older was spreading a roar-*', hone elaih on the table and procuring it for tic evening meal. - . 1 ,t... ,.U| ?r ,1,.. r iiiut :> :a;v. >.im un- .n .... fire, as she r. 'What can ho keeping him?' " 'News frmn the front that ho is so anxious to hfar. p-'reliance. l'oor fathor.' it is a m>:y trial for him that ho is unable to go to Washington's a hi, ami has no sons to soiiil. If I were only a boy now !' ^hft'lier black eyes sparkled ami her cheeks crew red at tile thoucht. 'Would you go, Elizabeth?' asked tli? other. " 'Indeed 1 would. I do so !onc to do something for our country.' " 'But war is dreadful.' said the other and her cheeks grew pale at the very thought. 'I am sure 1 never eouhl go.' " 'Tlive would not need. Dorothy; some one would have to stay with father, th e knows. Thee is a dear child, at:d I am sure thee loves our country as much as I.' "The mother of these girls was a Quaker and the elder often used the quaint form of speech when talking to tl*e younger. It came from her as a sort of caress. ".lust then the door opened, and the father entered. lie was a man well past seventy. with hair as white as snow. His bright eyes were not yet dim. and there was a very s'rikiiii resemblance bctwvcu him and his elder daughter. " "What no.ws, fa;Ik yY as!;<\l Elizabeth. "Nothing. Nothing new. except that tlie English, led by the traitor. Arnold, have btcn raiding the country again. That is old now. hot a runner just came wiih a fuller story.' ' Elizabeth's c.v<s Hashed lire at the mention of Arnold, for the colonies were very bitter against this man that 9 had been false to them. " T wish I could go." 44 T wish thee ecuM. child.' answered the father, as he tool; his place at the table. "The next morning nft-n- doing the Usual work Dorothy took l;e>- knitting fend sat by the door while Elizabeth Iffonght the wheel from th? corner ami began to spin. " "When those are finished there will civ n-iir* TUinuhv. ?s she hcM up a sock she was working on. 'Tin y will help some poor soldier next winter.* "'Yes. we ran help that way. Slad tfr\v will be. ! am srro." answered her sister, as she started the win el buzzing. "A f-nv moments later the door was darkened, and as they looked up in surprise at the breathless man that stood tlsrre he pasped out: " 'The fort is attacked, and if it falls the town will be sacked,' and before they could say a won] lie was cone. "'What shall we do?' moaned Dorothy. but Klizabeth was at work. She hastily collected what few valuables tliey had and mnd--? them into a small bundle. Then running a short distance from the house she hid them in the hollow of a tree. "'1 d > r-n think they will 5*::d thmn there,' she s:;id. *<"!.:ur ;tp. Dorothy, the fort h.:> n : y t fallen, an 1 many i jj " & . k i'j l i. ft'V ill ? ': *! )>/{ . I'd /St'. ' . ,Jr .-?>. ?{ ?r ' y 1 J < ' ,*vj ^ j ? t'i 5 v%Ve-l 'f?. f ? 1 ; i V *1 ^ ; \ t-JS&cz i '\ , { '"1 1 M /... -v<Vm ' *'iOTJ SHALL FAV F->1: TIT AT. YOV lit*:* sv!" us cn;:-:i>. bravo an! true men :;i ? thus; walls.* "Tlioy could not work. hut sat in th' doorway waiting itml "watching utn talking to thoir neighbors. who wcr; also anxiously wating. '"Soon their father < ame in. His f:i? < was ilrawn and paie. but his ?\vs wer. bright. A cry went up as a soliile; cauic running through the strets. "'God help the town!' lie oried. 'Th? fort has surrendered and th-? P.ritisl I have murdered the general and nios of the men. The traitor. Arnold, is it command!' "There was confusion at once. Ever: person able to hold a musket got read; for the defense that they knew wouh ? - .Tr"? dnarV'lass. i V-y.'ag^^rr^ tv-.gy5S*?*. ?\jmsr ^ .. > . Mattlicws. bo usfebs.;. but the? loohn^ fir r")t muti-.v, a:..I ihi'V lift- rjniui'il to soil ; tlifir livfs as nearly as possible. Doro- j JiliiM li, IMMI 11*^.111, i I??it Eliza bet ' ft:]lowed her father's ex! ample :jr*:l t>ok down * ?uu that she i knew well how to handle. Tiny had j not long to wait. The soldiers eatne i : through jh" streets killing the inhabit- j j ant * and burning >!i<nr homes. beaded , [ hy Arnold himself. Eliza he? h saw her | I p.-or o!u father shot down before h?r. 1 ' and Dorothy fell in a faint across his fl prostrate body. Quick as a flash she ; r.-.i.-rd her musket and aiming straight ] at Arnold liretl hut the shot missed j and before she could try attain it war.; wrested from her and she found her- ; I self i:i tifc~> power of two stalwart solj diers. | " "So you would shoot the cvn-.rnl,' t said one. " T would kii! a murderer and a trait- i or!" answered she, scornfully. h "'You shall pav for that, vou hu-sy!' , he cried. " j "I'.ut over Arnold's face sw* *?t a j 1 flusJi of shame. What his thoughts < | were as lie looked at the faco of the I ; girl no one knows, but his hotter na- ? tltre conquered. s "'1'nhand the girl!' he eotuinanded. ' "I give you your life.' he said, turning i to Elizabeth, 'and remember that l?en-1 ' edict Arnoid can appreciate bravery, i a even in an American girl," and he rude s < $&' '*. ^7 $?$*&$'$* ?$ **< ST'- ^ 4r A#4 $P& w# ?.* << / -&*>&1h?y *; SlJ&jf x^S''$ ' & '?0?w^:vv '*&? i r ?w J fc. <P3&Ss&&;r %/$$ . lllf-ffltlSfe INDEF on with a wave of the hand." i " viv? vmi sun- that is a r??ai. tnu? story. yraudninV" u<ked lit" sir!. '\y.ii; surf, dearie. for Klizabeth , to!U it r.;,- herself, and Elizabeth was i | my Into;her." - Oetroit Five Press, j llnDtnii to 1!?"\ t% ?- tl:?* tr. :ie>ill Hall Diitn'r A Ruvemcnt liav am for its ?. - jf?*t the revival of a o:i? o i upnljir, but now :ilr.ior-t f'V*:ton. loeal custom, the ?"!?, brat ion of the Fourth of July with a dinner at Faneuil Hall, iias been start- 1 ; < '! by a eir? i?? of men prominent in ; batri"!!'' enterprises. many of them members of th - ih?stouian So.-i'ty. i i!;t? ivlobniii??ii vii 11m Jourth ' be.c.in in ! *>! the ]:>:rI oliservauee of the day. apart from the rinyinir of beil? and liriut; of e.imion, consisted of banetl. ts by ptlblie-spiriled eitizei.s It varlotts taverns thiouukont the town of 1_J? i: ?Ii. After dinner, under t!." inspiration of the ;;oi,d things that had b !! partaken of, there was plenty of o'atory. of | o, ;>;.), 1 v-v-iii<-v- Ani-.-rieaU h-roi-in ami liberty were ;h<? themes. Alter many years this custom result- ! ed i:i tlio :c^ririnir of ;i!l tin* smaller banquets intc- mi'' irror.t one, held an : 1'j:111 y in l-'nncuil H.il! at which the ? greatest orators <;f the day wore proud to he speakers. The custom fe]' into disti-e during 1 the anxious day ; of the Civil War. nearly forty years ay.\ and n > attempt has be on made f<? revive it until now. 1 r- The men hack of the movement be lieve that a revival at this time, iu r spite of the discomforts of diiiiii? tin- j d *r such e.rciite.st.tiices in hot weather, ! ' will prove popular and will he effective i in cherishing a love of liberty and of > the traditional Institutions of the res public and they hell; ve that at presen; ] such opportunities for reviving nieui> ories of the snerl'leer. of the men of the p Revolution are too few.?Boston Daily 1 4 dob?. i ft* ' * - .v. > *j :v A'-.a':" Sft . k:; ; ,.v, . ' |j5t .. 1 -:\ -'" ' % * '.'+>& : > V- i H A : 4 VT* V yz?** : - '?^V ' f s -, pdtm&m- ' ! Stony PoinL |i > Light House. | Wo I "And now rlie lonely sentinel J.o ?.?-. out across tin* v.ator." The blinking eye of the old lijcht j louse. at Stony I'oinl, attracts tlio at- ' on:ion of ilie passerby to that ldstor- j i al battlefield where, on July 1t*>. 177!?. ! or oral .\ lit In nv Way no routed the | trirish and eapturod that stronghold of j ho Hudson. Tliis hold dash. aj.:ain-t 1 in li odds as seemed to ntak" it al- j uost foolhardy, and other equally dar-' iiu' attaeks, won for Ceti'Tnl Wayne lie epithet of ".Mail .\mnouy. men* re Tin* outlines of the old breastworks till visible upon this hill, wlmh pro- j - f 'v vv>k^?mbw *1m i % ? !> . ;S.<. /;; ;fi 2 . "'V.y.'i:-.. it '; * I- ri "J- v ENDENCE HALL, PHILADELI jeets its stony point into the Hudson, nnd ;?s one pazes upon this hold promontory. and realizes how the eliarpe was 11:;.do from below. the fact that it was sue. >>,'.ll is almost boyoml belief. The attack was made at midniph:. with (ieiiefal Wayne in Li:e lead, ami v.;:.- considered one of the most tiiriillufr and decisive victories of the KevoIn ion. Sixty-tlifee Itri'.ish soldiers ami !if:ern Americans were killed in this battle, ail of the oilier Ibilislt soldic s, with the exception of one lieutenant, i.einp made prisoners. ?>11 the litili of last July. Stony IV int became a State park, ami thereby another credit mark was added to the o.-iety for the 1'reservation of Historic and Scenic Objects.?Four Track News. A 'QavAflTV-Ci V t\ V if i iJW? j | ? |; || jjjj| . iPsiS ? ; ??-J ' CARPENTERS' HALL PHILADELPHIA, PA. ; Firs; Meeting; Place of Cor^rcss. Old Fort Putnam ^Vhen the Involution had become a for.^0I1(' eou'-lushm the import:iu<'?> of fortlf>Mnj? Hudson River at its narrow passt^? auioiur the Highlands was sttjijresfi d to *{>'' ('oiitin.'iitul Congress l.y the Proving' Assembly of New Yt-r':. and 0!i the ''tj1 October. 1773, the former dim-ted t'U' latter to proeeed to make such l*<v*jActions as it should deem 1- si. In pursuance of these diroviions a number of forts wefs < reeled at various points. In March following it was determined to erect a strong fori at West Point, and under the direction of Kosciusko, the famous Pole. Fort <Million was built. To fur tli'T <l"f? lid l'ort Clinton and command t!i?? river a strong fort was erected on Mt. Independence and called l'ort I'utnam In honor of General Israel I'ntnnm. commander of the post. After th?* Kcrolution the old fort was almost destroyed hy people in the noighborliood using tae material for building purposes, but in 1S'J4 the (lovernmeiit bought the land on which it stood, and tic picturesque ruins of the old fort remain to this day as one of the most attractive spots about West I'oiut.? I'our Track N'cws, k jp: f ^ PHiA. For it Fourth of July I'ionir. The spread cortainly looked very invitinjr. and tlie national eolors, e>pt>eially the red and whhe. were voi v j much in e?i?leiii e. Flap-paper nan- j ! kills were used, and these were also ! ! sea tiered here a:ul tltere <. .r i!:.? white. j / litlli i?i r\{ f1>.? iwil?l! f1|ft!iif>< \ i j tiuiifli of senrht columbine. \vli:?*h ! . some had found in Use woods. was | ; plated i:i ;i M:ii? n?l \vliit?> |titoh;r in j I tlii' rent:1.'. ami :;t ?i t Iter s:?!- of this! I !?:i~k?'t-< of red \vliit?? elnnies. | j St'.'iTi'.! tomatoes ami r::?l:>!n < afforded I : I ho ii-.'c. snry 1 it of color. I -iihs 1>> inir' very appeti/.in:;. Ticwon* offset l?y j hartl-hniled wra>?]? ?I in white tlsj sue j taper, am! titty !:; !< of cottage I eiit e: '. There was. of utrso. the usual I alntiitlait'e of sandwich s of many va rieti' S. in? iinlinc: it.tin. ton:;uo. eh-v?<? j ! ami lettuce. also fi*i. ?? olilo! Sara- ! I to.;a eliijts. rolls, pie's! ?s. olives. ami | ; List, tut: not least. !? : cream ? -nt out j from the city. For h v.-ra^o they had delicious letm?nsi?le, which v.-as served i ill True iUMi." i:imii*in mini ;i 1111 j>:iil.? Alice Carlo:*;: Wheeler, in the Woman's Ilonie Companion. Why llnrry Wasn't I*r?n<1. Little Harry's oldest sister has just presented her husband with a now J baby. "Will, Harry." said his father, "do yo;i feel ]>rou<l of hohi.w an uncle':" "No." replied the ur< liiu. "Why not':" asked his father. " 'Cause I ain't no uncle: I'm an aunt The new hahy's a girl!"?New York Pr< ss. WILL HAVI: MEW FAIR BUILDINGS T Prospect* firlght For the Best State Fair Ever Held. ! If Columbia, Special.?The "old buildin?" at the fair ground is to come down, and out of the timbers is to be constructed a now "hall of agricul- f( titio" which w 11 be as roomy as the so-called "new building" ou the Elmwood avenue side of the grounds. 'n The location of the hall of agriculture will be changed so that there will be i plenty uf room around the ar-rna in which the crowds may circulate. L>ast year and the year befor* there was a i great jam in trio passage way around en the arena between the two main pr buildings and at times persons c.o^ld of not get from one place to the other. m\ Mr. A. \V. I.ove of Chester, the new ve general secretary of the fair was in Ti the city, and went over the grounds sbi with Mr. E. A. Guignard, member of of tile euocutive committee, and Mr. C. no C. Wilson, architect. Plans for the new die building have not b.on drawn, but the fet requirements of the State Agricultural shi ami Mechanical society have been in made hnnwii t.; the architect and he ag will p epare details in accordance of therewith. Pr' In addition to this new building, two aff large r> -tanrants will be built, in dif- C01 ferent parrs of the groun Is. Firstclass meals ill be serve! in the e Ida: es. and there will be lodgings for * the concossiontis. Thc.e would ho a (jrJ greater number c? these concession- tjv er.s coming into the city i .mi o.imr State-.; bui for the lack <f inch hotel ^ accommodations 0:1 the grounds. The entrance to the grounds is said ^ to be ba lly located, an i Mr. 1/vc ^ wants the street lailrvay com pan: to !_ ? o lifr!< further __ I"?- * ' pe west on El 1:1 wood avenue. This would r(?] in a measure relieve the congestion nu around the entrant e and 1h tween the & buildings on "Ldsj Jays." Defore ieav- jr(' ing the city yesterday afternoon. Mr. c<, !>ove said: "We will have poo- ^ plo In this fall if the Chamber of cj, Comm.- ice will help u.s as I am tare ou it will. I propose to w :r'v tin roan ties th( of tho State with the lope that the ati exhibits of tie* county fairs will be pent to th? State fair." He has other plans which will ensure now f attires and give new life to tho fair. ch; Already the committee in charge jj are anticipating the State fai al- wj, though that festival doe:; not occur until the late autumn. Though th fair has alwavs been a season of en- pr< jevm. nt and festivity yet it is tho in- th: tontion tliiv. year to surpa/-- n!' provious efforts in that line. There will he in tho languag of slang Ions "rome- to thing doing" every minute and the affl visiters will leave the oily delighted 40( with Coiumtdu's hospitality. As last year, the street carnival will he a most prominent feature of the fair. The illks will not be behind the 'nt project as the law of that order now no forbids its participation in such entorpriros. hut the Chamber of Com- . ntorce will take upon its If the duty of carrying out a carnival such as was mc had last year. The city fair assooirw j ap tic.ii. as told in The State of last i pr week, has dissolved and has been c?>, merged into the Chamber of Com- , S(] mcrce. ) ??! Seer; tary A. W. Love cf the State : .J. Fair Association has lately been in i jns correspondence with the Chamber of Commerce and has entrusted to them go; a large part of the preparation neces- J10 3ary to make the fair an eminent sue- ms cess as far as Columbia is concerned. rui It has not yet been decided whether an or not the midway on the grounds will be done away with. In the event 0*( that it is its place will be supplied by fOI the side shows on Main street as in C{ the last carnival. A new feature of jo, this fair is to be a great military ov parade with the co-operation of Adju- jni tant and Inspector General John D. fl(; Frost who. it is said, is thoroughly < enthusiastic over the plan. In case hi: the State encampment is secured for ne Columbia it is certain that the militia Cr of the State will wish to return in the cu fall to attend the fair. Of course the football game has al- an ways been a star atraction with the tei college men and women of the State and last year the crowd which saw cu ("lom. :>n defeated by Carolina was the th< largest ever assembled on the athletic ne field at the fair grounds. wi Another R;s gnation. Jacksonville, Fla.. Special.?Captain J : D. K. Maxwell, superintendent of the I 31 rixrh division of the Seaboard Air Line j ni: vi.h in a:Iqnarts s at this place, has re- . cj, s'ur"d hi?- posit:and A. P. Crnnol- I Iv. now ass-tam superintendent. has !:i0 1' t;; app.-in: d to sin . ted him. The n(. change will take effort July 1. Captain Ma.woll will remain with the road in w<: an advisory rapacity. New Corporations. The Mrrrean Wood and Iron Works rlv of Spartanburg was chartered Sat :r- *" day. The capital stock is $40,000. .Mr. Wn?. .M. Jones is president and trrt.is- II rror. Mr. Walter S. Montgomery sec re- j.;. tr.ry. and these ofticers together with the following constitute the board of yj| directors: tlco. \V. Nicholls. V. M. iu r\>n > Coffin. Horace L. ,* I5o:i:ar .m l J. (I. Evans. The Charles- f()I ion Hunting .and Dishing club was also jr, chartered. The Consumers' Grocery f4., company of Florence applied for a ;t! (onunirsion. The corporators are \V. H. I'.ailoy. Anf;;s McTaggurt. W. P. Gtirch ' ' ar.d S. Stackley. 3?' 5f>j State Press Association. rat The members of the South Carolina ,lf Tress association will go to Denver this year. The meeting of the assoI < iation will he held at the White Stone atl j I.ithia Springs on the 7th to the 10th of July. .Mr. E. H. Aull, president of .' th? association, while in the city yes- ' ' tcrday stated that the hotel is being 1 gotten ia readiness for the reception of th> the association The electric car line |n, is in operation and the host. Mr. J. T. Harris, is making unusual prcpara- r'' t:cns. co 1 i m A?j pial is Removed. ie Tillman Case Goes lo Lexington County tf Tf\T /" a !iTr?\ / I M f? An IFMIIir itki u.vA^itu LHArvut ur VENUE the Case of the ?>tate Agaitst Jag, Tillman For the Killing of Editor Gonzales. Rem oval is Qrdered. First Day. Columbia. S. C.f Special?The Clrit Court, Judge IX A. Townsend esiding, Monday took up the case James H. Tillman, charged with irder. and a motion for change of nne was heard. On January 15th llman. then Lieutenant Governor. , ot and killed N. G. Gonzales, editor The State, who had repeatedly deunced him when Tillman was a can-'late for Governor last year. The delse produced about 300 affidavits to aw that a fair trial could not be had this county because of prejudice ainst the defendant. The majority signers to these affidavits are not eminent citizens, and the principal Idavits were made by defendant's insel and friends, who asserted that i Columbia newspapers and preach3 incited feeling against Tillman their reference to the case.. The 3-serution presented about four hun?d affidavits in reply. Practically all e ministers of Columbia asserted it they have made no reference to ? case from their pulpits, that newsper men, including Messrs. W. EL d A. E. Gonzales, respectively edi and publisher of The State, stated affidavits that the Columbia pars had conspicuously and carefully Trained from inflammatory denciations of the defendant. These sertions were backed by statement? im bank presidents, lawyers, physlms, college professors, merchants d men in all lines of business, iniding many citizens of the county t3ide of Columbia. The reading of . ese was not concluded when court Journed for the day. Second Day of the Trial The second day of the hearing for a angc of venue in the case of James Tillman, indicted for murder, ended th the arguments only fairly begun. Tuesday morning the prosecution ?sented additional affidavits alleging it a fair trial can be had in this mty. these affidavits being similar those presented yeasterday. The [davits for the prosecution number ) or more. Then the defense introeed a number in reply, the whole ntber of affidavits en both sides bcl about 730. T he defendants' attorys read numerous articles printed in e State relating to the killing of at paper's editor, these being for the >st part messages of sympathy and prcciative to Mr. N. G. Gonzalez avers offered for Mr. Gonzales' rerery by the Columbia ministers the nday Lcfore he died were also read evidence that the preachers as well the press had tried to stir up feelr against the defendant. * The defense desired to introduce Tie of Mr. Gonzales' editorials deuncing Lieutenant Governor Tllltn last year, but Judge Townsend led that these were not competent d they were excluded. The argument was begun at 5 lock p. m. by Col. George Johnston^ the defense. Cel. Johnstone is ono the most eloquent and resourceful vvers of the State and he spoke for er an ho ir. criticising and comment? on certain of the prosecutions' afavits. , Court adjourned at the conclusion of ' in at 9 o'clock Wed sday morning when Mr. Andrew awford will open for the proscrion. There will be five hours' argument il a derision may be given in the afnoon. The defendant was in court thrtught the proceedings and participated in e several consultations of his attorvs. Neither his wife nor mother 'ix? present. Third Day. \rgument on the motion of a change vent:- in the case of Jamc-s H Tilltn. indicted for murder, was conu'.cd at 7) o'clock Wednesday aftert. a mi .Judge Townsend at once ant'.r.i .-d his decision that the change be granted. C: ;nsel disagreed in - :r.;ng 'he .aunty where the easa Dt.ld be S' nt. H? day's proceedings opened with yumonr of Mr. Andrew Crawford the p:csi>ution against tIi - motion. sjv.ke fur an'hour an 1 a half and ? pr? cntatdon of the law was highly mpiinicntod. Hi- was fallowed hy \ K !I. .V Iran for ;h- defense. wh> so devoted himself lagely to the law the case. .Vr. G. Ihmran "ollinger, rmeriy Attorney General. n?>\t arfisscd the court for the prosecution, st answering the arguments on th-i i r side, Soli. i'.or Thurmond closed * th" p os.cution in a elearcut jech. Mr Croft closed tlie argument, 33ting that there were ample aecoru)dation at Saluda and that it Is t Tillman's stronghold, fudge Townsend then instructed the torneys to draw up an order for a nnge of venue and leave tho county ink. Dn Thursday an jrtler v/as issued by e court removing the trial to Lexgton county, to be held at the next gular term of th-i court for that imty. /