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iNew college building.
Columbia. Special.?Added to Colum"bia's
handsome new structures will be
this winter the $30,000 building, for the
Columbia Female college. The plans
of Mr. C. C. Wilson were accepted yesterday
and the new building?which
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large additions to the p-eseat structure
?will be begun in the fall. The drawings
show that the college building
when completed will be of imposing
appearance.
The committee appointed from the
"board of trustees to pass upon the
plahs met yesterday morning and after
deliberation accepted the plans of Mr.
"Wilson from those cf three architects
of this city. All of these plans were
handed in about two weeks ago and
during that time each of the members
of the- committee has studied them
carefully. At each end of the present
building will be a large structure approximately
150 feet long and 50 feet
wide and placed at right angles to
Plain street. There will be a corridor
straight through the entire building on
every Ccor.
' Boy Seriously Injured.
Anderson. Special.?Otis Bohanan. a
l$-year-old boy. was seriously hurt
last week in the overalls factory,
where he is employed. The little fellow
was trying to repair a broken belt,
which runs one of the sewing machines
when his clothing was caught by the
revolving shafting. There was no room
"between the shafting and the floor for
him to be turned round, and he was
caught against the floor and terribly
bruised. His left arm was broken in
hrr??> rvlacps and hf? was nrohahlv In
jured internally. His clothing was almost
entirely torn off. Medical attention
was promptly given him and h?
will recover.
Palmetto News.
A young man named Cleveland
Wood, from this State, lies in the jail
hospital in Atlanta dangerously
wounded as a result of an attempt to
rob a drug store a day or so ago. Wood
and a professional crock named Schmidt
were seen to enter the store and
the proprietor fired upon them, wounding
Wood severely. Schmidt and
Wood were both taken to jail and the
latter's father, who live3 in Edgefield,
read of the affair in the papers. Mr.
Wood is a poor man, having eleven
-children, and has a hard time In making
ends meet, but the ladles of Atlanta.
hearing of his condition, and
feeling sorry for the boy who has been
led astray, hav> interested themselves
and will endeavor to keeD the boy out
of the penitentiary.
^During a violent thunder storm at
Spartanburg Tuesday evening about
8:30 o'clock. Mr. Tillman Duncan was
was instantly killed by a stroke of
Hghtning. Mr. Duncan was at his home
in the western part of that city. He
had just finished eating supper, and
had started to rise from the table,
when the lightning struck the window
and he was hurled to the floor. He was
dead when h? was reached . by Drs.
Leonard and Cudd. Mr. Duncan's
mother, who was at the table with
him. was terribly shocked, but escaped
without serious injury.
State Constable Holmes, of Charleston.
was in Columbia Monday night in
conference with the governor, attorney
general and Chief Hammett and the
situation in Charleston was discussed.
Chief Holmes reported that the illicit
sale of whiskey had decreased in CharT
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upon the so-called social clubs in that
city who operate blind tigers under the
.pretense of being social organizations.
The county good roads convention
met at Yorkville Monday. John G.
Anderson acted as chairman and W.
D. Grist as secretary. There was a full
representation and an harmonious
meeting of the body favoring the per
capita tax and a special levy for improvement
cf highways. The meeting
also recommended the abolishment of
the Stat" farms and the applying of the
money thus expended to working the
Toads.
Monday afternoon, while bathing in
Hunt's mill pond, just'below Huguenot
Mills in Greenville, David Cochrar
the 14-year old son of John Cochrah.'a
carpenter, was drowned. The boy was
unable to swim and while standing on
a rock in the middle of the pond, lost
his balance and fell Into the water,
despite the efforts of his companions
the youth was drowned.
While engaged in excavating for
some work being done at Glendale by
the mill company, workmen dug up an
oia cannon Dan wmcn u is oenevea
was made at Glendale years ago by the
old Iron works plant there. The ball
discovered recently Is about four inches
in diameter and has been considerably
disfigured bv rust which has
formed on ""'side.
Race Trouble in Virginia.
Roanoke, Va.. Special.?Serious
trouble is threatened between tinwhites
and blacks near Blue Ridge.
"Several nights ago a colored woman
was whipped by a parly of white men
for insulting a lady during the absence
of her husband. This angered
the negroes to such an extent that they
have been aiming themselves. Several
blacks iame to Roanoke and purchased
guns and ammunition. A telephone
message says the whites are armed and
considerable excitement exists.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROP REPORT.
Conditions For Past Week as Qlver
Bv the Department.
The week ending S a. m., Monday,
July 27th, had a mean temperature ol
81.5 degrees, which is practically normal.
There were no very cool nights,
nor very hot days, making the temperature
conditions quite favorable.
The winds were generally light, variable.
and very dry. There was more
than the usual amount of bright sunshine.
The relative humidity was unusually
low throughout the week, that
caused vegetation to wilt considerably
in the day time, but It generally freshened
during the nights, but this condition
was favorable for ridding fields of
grass by cultivation.
The week's rainfall was very light,
averaging only 0.14 inch for the State,
anri consisted of widely scattered
showers. These showers were beneficial
whore they occurred. There is a
need of rain indicated for all parts of
the State, althcmgh early corn i3 the
only crop that has as yet suffered to
any materia] extent. The rain iS
needes to counteract the severe working
that crops received in ridding them
of grass. Laying by Is either finished
01 well underway, and but few fields
remain grassy. The drought is most
evere In York and adjacent counties.
Corn ia firing in the eastern counties.
In places old com is safe, in
other places it is in a critical condition
for want of rain. Young corn is
generally promising, but needs rain to
maintain this condition. Some fodder
has been pulled.
The condition of cotton is variable
to an unasual extent. A number of
reports indicate steady improvement
and a now promising condition, well
fruited and still growing and blooming;
in places there is considerable
shedding, with unsatisfactory blooming.
fruiting and growth, indicating no
improvement, and even deterioration.
A general summary of condition shows
that on clayey lands, and over the
western counties, the crop has improved,
but that on sandy lands, and over
the eastern counties, except parrs o?
Hampton. Barnwell. Orangeburg, Sumter.
Marlon and Marlboro, the conditions
are less promising. The cotton
crop would be benefitted by a general
rain. Sea-island cotton is in excellent
condition.
Tobacco curing is making rapid progress.
and in places is nearly finished,
I but the crop is about half gathered.
Some is burning in the fields. Marketing
is underway, and prices are unsatisfactory.
Early and late planted rice are doing
well, while Intermediate plantings
are poor and grassy in the Colleton
district; the Georgetown and coast
districts report an improved condition.
Considerable hay was saved In prime
condition. Minor crops, pastures and
gardens need rain. Planting fall truck
crops continues. Peas are not doing so
well.?J. W. Bauer, Section Director.
The State Fair.
The State fair for 1903 is being anticipated
already by those In charge
and the premium list has been issued.
The fair this year will be from Oct. 27
to Oct. 30. and in that time there will
be a larger variety of exhibits here
than there have been in recent years.
The farmers of the State are taking a
great interest in the stock and poultry
j exhibits and this line will be a full one.
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that their feature of the fair will not
be the least. Columbia is particularly
interested in horse flesh just now and
the padlock at the fair frOunds is sure
to be full this year when the ponies
are ready to run. There will be no carnival
this year by the Elks as the rule
of the great order now forbbids such
festivity, but the Chamber of Commerce
will endeavor to arrange an attraction
and street show that will
eclipse the one of last year. There will
be side shows, free band concerts, a
floral parade, a confetti battle, and a
handsome ball. The State ball will be,
of course, the premier social event of
the week, but there are already proposed
several private entertainments of
an extensive nature. The students oi
the South Carolina oollege will give
a german and there will be a cotillion
also.
The secretary will open his office in
Colombia on the first Monday preceding
the fair and will beb ready to record
all entries. This year the gates
will be opened at 9 a. m. and the build*
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ings will De cioseu ai o iu kUV wivv.
neon thus diverting the attention of
the crowds to the street shows in the
heart of the city.
Troops Withdrawn.
Springfield, lit.. Special.?Adjutant
General Scott had a conversation by
telephone with Lieut. Colonel Closby,
commanding the first battalion, Seventh
Infanthy, I. N. G.. regarding the
jail at Danville, this afternoon, in
which Ool. Closby said all was quiet
In that city, that the mob had dispersed
and that the work of repairing
the jail was progressing and would be
completed. As a result of the report
the adjutant ordered Companies A.
and B. to return to Springfield immediately,
leaving Companies H and I at
Danville.
Mr. J. A. Sullivan, of the reportorial
staff, and. in the absence of Mr. John
H Marshall, acting city editor of The
News and Courier, died suddenly Monday
night at 9:30 o'clock, in the re
porters' rooms.
A colored section hand named Hampton
was taken to Colombia Wednesday
night with a fractured skull. Hampton
had some words with a section
boss named Ross and the negro had
been struck with a heavy iron pinch
bar. such as is used in track laying and
repairing. He was in a very serious
condition.
anotSER^H
The Brakes Refused to Work ano|
Accident Follows.
VESTIBULE RUNS INTO WORK TRAIN
Fireman and Postal Clerk Killed, and
Seven Others lnjured--Train Thrown
Into Ditch.
Washington, Special.?Two were
killed and seven injured in a rear-end
collision between the Southern vestibule
limited on the Southern Railway,
and a work train at Springfield, Va.,
seven miles below Alexandria Tuesday
morning. The engines and several
of the cars were badly damaged.
The killed are: W. W. Woodward.
Jonesville, Va., 29 years old, postal
clerk; Walter Meeks, a fireman. The
Injured: Benjamin Rawiing, Orange.
Va., postal clerk, both legs broken,
may die; Engineer Harrington, engineer
of the passenger train, seriouslyinjured
about the heed, may die; John
L. Thompson, Washington, postal
clerk. In charge of the mail cars on
the limited, wrist badly cut; J. Frank
Keller, postal clerk. Lantzer's Mills,
Va., right arm broken; Fred J, Larrick,
postal clerk, contusion of right
leg and foot; T. A. Fontaine. Bethel
Hill, N. C., badly bruised; one unknown
passenger.
The Souehrn is double tracking tne
line between lrere and Atlanta and a
work train had been on the eiding at
Springfield, getting ballast out of the
pit The brakes refused to work and
the train got beyond the- control of its
crew, slipped out onto the main track.
The limited is the crack train of the
Southern between here and New Orleans
and is due in this city at 6:42. It 1
was between half an hour and an hour
late and was running at a high rate of
speed. Engineer Harrington was unable
to see the work train until within
800 yards of it The collision occurred
about 15 feet south of the siding and
the baggage, mail and express, and
several passenger cars were thrown in
a ditch. The engine of the limited waa
turned on its side and the other engine
was badly wrecked. The tracks
were made impassable for some houa.
Fontaine, Keller and Rawlings were
brought to this city and treated at the
Emergency Hospital. Engineer Harrington
and the other injured were
taken to Alexandria.
Pnnullsts Unite.
Denver. Special.?Amalgamation into
one party was effected by the two factions
of the People's party in national
conference. The following address was
reported by the committee and was
adopted:
"The manifest unrest which everywhere
appears in the nation demonstrates
the dissatisfaction of the
American people with the present
management of government and argues
the necessity of the reform forces
coming together in united action at
the ballot box to obtain proper legislation
whereby the right of the people
to self-government may be had for
themselves and their posterity. Experience
having demonstrated the futility
of any attempt to secure the enactment
of our truth either through the
Republican or Democratic parties, we
I believe the time is now at hand when
the United People's party should declare
itself emphatically opposed to
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any aimiauon wan ?r?iuc. ...
parties and unqualifiedly in favor of
national political action."
After reciting the fundamental principles
of the Populist party, as enunciated
at Omaha, July 4. 1898, the address
concludes as follows: "With
these principles firmly established,
equal justice would . prevail, special
privileges would be eliminated and I
ours would be. as patriots everywhere
desire, government of the people, for
the people, by the people."
mils Shut Down.
Whitinsville. Mass., Special ?A
large part of the cotton manufacturing
industry in this section will suspend
operations on August 1 for one week
with the outlook pointing to further
gradual curtailment in several mills
after resumption of work on August
10. Notices announcing the shut down
were posted by four of the largest
Companies Tuesday. If. is understood
the decision to close was In accordance
with an agreenient among certain
at the New England mills troas
urers to decrease the production during
August on account of the unfaror-1
-VI" market
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The Furniture Men.
New York, Special.?Labor and a<*
rertlsing, were the themes discussed
by the Furniture Association of America
at Monday's session of its annual
convention. The principal speech of
the evening was made by David M.
Parry, of Indianapolis, Ind., president
of the National Association of Manufacturers.
Crap Shooting in Church.
Atlanta. Special.?Reports received
from Camakaga, where it was reported
that two negroes had been killed and
many others wounded, as a result of a
fight between negroes, state that only
two negroes were seriously wounded
and five others severely injured. The
trouble originated over a game of
crap dice in a negro church near
Camakaga. Several negroes bare been
arrested.
H^nindustrial
Southern Statistics.
' Baltimore, Special.?In last week's
Issue The Manufacturers' Record pre
seats figures of assessed valuation ol
property for each of the Southern
States in I860, 1880, 1890, 1900 and
1902 as the basis for an estimate that
the complete figures of the census of
1900 will show the South possessed in
that year more than $14,000,000,000
worth of property of all kinds, only
about $2,000,000,000 less than that
possessed by the whole country in
1860. These preliminary figures obtained
from official sources enable one
to trace the growth of material
wealth in the South during the past
20 years. The Manufacturers' Record
says:
"These figures show an increase between
1S60 and 1880 in assessed valuation
averaging about $26,000,000 a
year, the actual increase, of course,
having been largely made with the
lightening of the reconstruction burden.
Between 1880 and 1890 the assessed
valuation increased from $3,051,175,098
to $4,659,614,833, or $1,608,339,735
an average of $160,000,000
a year. In the next ten years the
increase was to $6,467,553,031, or but
$798,038,198, an average of less than
$90,000,000 a -year. Bat during the
next two years, between 1900 and
1902, there was an advance to $5,916,960,712,
or $459,407,681, more than
half the advance between 1890 and
1900. The total advance between 1880
and 1902 was $2,365,785,614, or nearly
Qi nop rent
"Material betterment of the South
thus indicated is more clearly shown
In comparing the true .valuation of
property in the South with that of
property in the rest of the country.
The increase in true valuation between
1860 and 1880 was from $6,286,214,108
to $7,505,000, or $1,218,785,892
equal to only 19 per cent, in the South
while in the rest of the country it
was from $9,873,401,960 to $36,139,000,000,
or $26,263,598,040, equal to 266
per cent During the next ten years,
with the wonderful industrial, agricultural
and railroad expansion In the
South, the rates of increase in the
South and in the rest of the country
became about the same. Between 1880
and 1890 the tru* valuation increased
from $7,505,000,000 to $11,150,532,304,
or $3,645,532,304 equal to 48 per cent,
in. the South and in the rest of the
country the increase was from $36.137,000,000
to $53,886,558,893, equal to
$17,749,558,893, or 49 per cent.
"If there was the same rate of increase
between 1890 and 1900 as between
1880 and 1890 the true valuation
of property in the South for 1900
would be $16,787,810,000. If the actual
increase was the same the true valuation
would be $14,796,064,608. If the
same proportion of assessed valuation
to true valuation obtained in 1900 as
in 1890 the true valuation for 1900
would be $13,311,104,954. The total in
1900 of farm values, $3,951,631,632, of
capital in manufacturing, $1,153,002,368;
of railroads, $2,734,888,000; total
$7,839,522,000. The sum is 36 per cent,
greater than the sum of the values
of those three leading classes of property
in 1890.
riahog-ny Wrappers.
Fayettevllle, Special.?Samples of tobacco
were shown in town last week
from the farm of Hon. J. G. Shaw, in
Seventy-tirst township, which were
mahogany wrappers all through. Mr.
can. superintendent of Mr. W. M. Morean's
Dlantation. savs that such to
baeco he sold for 47 cents last year.
Messrs. Morgan and Shaw will together
cure 50 barns, and it is generally of
very fine grade. Yo'ing Mr. Eugene M.
Morgan has a small crop, rather better
even than the others, averaging
wiapper A all through.
Another Victim Dies.
Lowell, Mass., Special.?Mrs. Eliza
Galloway, one of the victims of Wednesday's
magazine explosion, died Sunday
at St. John's hospital. She is the
third of this family killed by the expiosion,
her husband and son having
lost their ilves. A little girl of 9, now
in the hospital, is the only survivor of
the family.
Postofflce Robbed.
Salisbury, N. C.. Special.?The postoffice
at Mocksville was burglarized between
2 o'clock and 2:30 Saturday
morning by unknown parties, who secured
|590 in stamps and $85 in cash
from the safe. The door of the building
was opened by the use of a chisel, af
ter which the handle of the lock of the
safe was pried off and nitro-glycerine
poured Into the cavity thus made. The
resulting explosion tore away the outer
door, and the Inner door was forced
without much difficulty. Three men are
suspected and officers are on their
trial.
Convicts Kill Three.
Sacramento, Cal., Special.?The chief
. clc-rk of the Folsom prison has telephoned
that three of the sheriff's posse
were killed and that two convicts are
1 l.ought to have been wounded. It is
stated that preparations are being
made to set fire to the Grand Victory
mine in which the convicts have taken
refuge.
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NEWSY CLEANINGS*
' An elevated railroad is to connect St.
Taul and Minneapolis.
Blackpool claims to be the best
lighted town in England,
i The latest count shows that there are
Shout 2000 of the Thousand Islands.
? Oreat Britain lias consented to a Bub
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gaiinii uiiHuiiiaiiv: iu ajuumvu.
Five hundred firms have b">en found
guilty of evading the stamp tax iu Mexico
City and will be fined.
About 50,000 acres of land have been
withdrawn from entry for the reservoir
, site at Owens River, Col.
President Harris, of Amherst, told
the Teachers' Convention in Boston
that college athletics help morals.
The cable steamer Scotia has been
purchased in London for use as a cable
repair steamer for the Pacific cable.
A Connecticut judge has declared a
man dead for being absent from the
State without tidings for seven years.
A monster electric locomotive .built
in Schenectady. X. Y.. for hauling
heavy trains proved successful in its
first trial.
It is claimed that there are over
1.000,000 habitual vegetarians in the
United States, and not one drunkard is
to be found among them.
Louis Julian MJllet, of Chicago, has
been appointed chief of the department
of mural and decorative painting of
tbe-World's Fair In St. Louis.
Running a leaky gasoline automobile
will be made a misdemeanor In San
Francisco, as It now Is in Detroit. Gasoline
disintegrates asphalt pavement
Governor Bates, of Massachusetts,
has appointed a special-committee to
revise the laws in regard to the relations
between employers and employes.
Entomologist L. 0. Iloward, of tha
Department of Agriculture, soys that
the enormous Increase in the numbers
of mosquitoes in the country, particularly
epidemic along the North Atlantic
coast, is attributable to the unusually
heavy rains of this spring and-summer.
PROMINENT PEOPLE. J
Thomas A. Edison is an enthusiastic
all-around automoblllst.
Queen Alexandra has become as popular
in Ireland as King Edward.
Emperor William of Germai^r is so
Infatuated with the automobile that he
is neglecting his ordinary horseback
exercise.
Prince Herbert Bismarck has asked
Professor Erich Narcks, the biographer
of Emperor William I., to write' a life
of his father.
Professor W. E. Olivet, of Baltimore,
has been appointed instructor of modern
languages at the Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Md.
Professor Willis L. Moore, Chief of
the Weather Bureau, takes a trip in
Europe to consult foreign weather officials
on meteorological conditions.
John W. Bates, of Weymouth, Mass.,
has in his possession the original old
flint-lock rifle used by John L. Burns
at Gettysburg, to whom a monument
has beeu dedicated on tlie battlefield.
Former Governor Bates is now living
, in.retirement on his large farm near
Eldora, Iowa. He has aged rapidly
since the death of his son. A valuation
of ^500,000 has been placed on his
farm.
By the will of Spencer C. Doty, of
Yonkers, N. Y.. the descendants of the
| Mayflowers pioneers of New York
come into possession or a small nowicu
trunk which came over in the famous
ship.
Clarkson Henry Tredgold. who has
come to the front of South African
politics as the newly appointed Attorney
General of Southern Rhodesia, was
formerly Solicitor General at Bulawny.
He has been a lawyer for fourteen
years.
Sir Frederick Treves, the famous
English surgeon who has just retired,
established a record in performing 1000
consecutive operations for appendicitis
without a death. He hates the ordinary
name of the trouble, which is of
American origin, and prefers ' perityphlitis.''
Negroes Going South.
Evansville, Ind., Special.?For 24
hours many strange negroes have
been passing through the city on
their way to the South where they will
seek homes. Many of them came from
Danville, 111., and points on the Illinois
Central Railway. Two coaches filled
with negroes gassed through at one
time. A number of the negroes who
left Evan3vllle duflng the recent riots
have not returned. The feeling agains*
the neg-roes in the southern Indiana
towns haa grown more intense since
the trouble in Evansville.
Decorations Destroyed.
London, By Cable.?According to telegrams
received here from Cork, a special
police force has been appointed
there to watch night and day in order
to prevent the destruction of decoralions
by those who are opposed to the
visit of King Edward and Queen Alexandra
to Cork. The decorations along
the route to be followed by the royal
procession, which were already far advanced,
were found In several instances
to have been pulled down and otherwise
damaged.
News of the Day.
In an Interview Judge Alton B. Parker
is quoted as saying: "I shall remain
on the bench; it is my ideal."
Witnesses ai ^uiumua, ?
fled that they saw J. B. Marcum shot
by Curtis Jett.
Stocks were again weaker in Wall
street.
Judge George Gray, of Delaware, has
agreed to serve as a member cf the
Alabama Coal Strike Commission provided
the commission will meet in
August.
, "Every man has a weak spot, if you
only know where to find it," runs the
old adage. The trouble is that every
i man has too many weak spots. It is
, more important fcr ua to try to find
one strong spot in ourselves, and then
develop that spot so that It will
i spread over our whole moral structure.
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BILL ARP. I
ssCTsss*iisiaunnixsssssssssi The
saddest and the sweetest things
ever written were concerning death
and love. Montgomery, Scott, Longfellow,
Lindley and Bourdlllon and
many others found their tenderest sentiments
on these subjects. Lindley
wrote his sweetest gems on the death
of a young lady. Just such another
would he have written had he lived
until our loved one died.
iTThou art gone from our gaze like a
j beautiful dream,
Thy grace and thy beauty no more will
be seen;
Tho' lost to sight, to memory dear,
Thou ever wilt remain;
The only hope our hearts. can cheer-*
The hope to meet again,"
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Longfellow says:
"The air is full of farewells to tho
dying
And mournings for the dead.
There Is no flock, however watched
and tended,
But one dead lamb is there?
There is no fireside, however defended.
But has one vacant chair."
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Montgomery says:
"Friend after friend departs.
Who has not lost a friend? ,
There Is no nnion here of hearta
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That finds not here an end."
And Longfellow Bays, by way of consolation:
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"There is no death. What seems so Is
transition;
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian.
Whose portal we call death."
All this very solemn and rery sad,
but it has its counterpart wneu iuojr
wrote of love. Scott says:
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'In peace love tunes the shepherd'*
reed,
fn war he mounts the warrior's steed,'
In courts Is seen In r*5 attire,
In hamlets dances on the green.
Love rules the camp, the court, th*
grove.
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love."
Solemn says. "Love is as strong as
death" and "God from necessity Is
love" and "Love thy neighbor as thy>
self."
And Wordsworth says, "A motherTi
love Is the holiest thing alive."
A mother's love! I was watching the
eagerness with which our neighbor,
Mrs. Munford, was cherishing the
memory of her lost daughter, the sweet
girl who had charge of the library
books committee and whose memory
now seems like a beautiful dream?*
dream to us, but not to the mother
who never will forget. When the
Cherokee Club prepared to make amemorial
for Mary she pleaded for the
privilege of placing it where Mary wttfc
wont to sit and have sweet companionship
with those she loved. Her beautiful
home was nothing and money wan
nothing. She said the library is In
debt Ave or six hundred dollars. Please
let me pay It off, for Mary felt like It .
was her debt. Let me have the floor varnished
and have chairs bought instead
of benches, and I want some
nicer tables for Mary's sake. Ple&sa
let me have a memorial for Mary hem
and give it her name?The Mary Munford
Memorial Library?" And so It
was done. Who could refuse a mother's
tears for the memory of her loving
daughter, and so it was done andt
the sign over the door will be the
Mary Munford Memorial library. But
thl3 is. not all of a mother's love. She
is going to buy the books that Mary
would have bought and make a donation
each and every year.
Now, good people, all who tarry or .
pass through Cartersvllle stop a little
while and see what love has done?*
mother's love. I wish that committee
appointed on Mr. Stovall's bill would
come and see this model library and
go back and plead for that $6,(XXk
wherewith to bujld the Winnie Da via * ^
Memorial hall. - The patriotic women
want It and so do the veterans whosn
time is nearly out May it be your l&ftt
and best work for Miss Winnie, whom
we all loved.?Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
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Mob Holds Up a Train.
Huntington, W. Va., Special.?A
Chesapeake & Ohio express train waa
held up by a mob of 200 men near
Clifton Forge, late Friday night, and
a desperate effort was made to take
regro prisoners from the train. Over a
hundred shots were fired by the mob
and when the train reached here 2b
bullets were buried in the woodwork
of the smoking car and all of the window
glass had been shot out. At Clifton
Forge the two negro prisoner*
were taken on board to be brought tn
Covington, Va.. for safe keeping.
Robert Lee Dead.
Jeffersonville, Ind., Special.?Robert.
Lee, the negro wno snot roucemu
Louis Ma9eey, at Evansvllle, July
and started the riot that resulted ia
the death and injury of many citizen*,
died here in prison Friday from the effects
of a wound in the lungs caused
by a bullet fired by Massey. Lee's wife
was killed by a train a few days before
the riot.
Postmaster-General Payne conferred
ith the President at Oyster Bay.
Wisdom cf Experience.
"What is your opinion cs to long
engagements?" c.uerled the young
cnrtrfrHrm lightly
Ill U11 W IIUiK ? . _
turned to thoughts cf a matrimonial
nature.
"They're the wcrri over," answered
the man who had found it necessary
to comb his hair with a towel for Io,
these many moons. "A long engagement
means a short bar.!: balance la
begin housekeeping on."
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