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Farm Animals Drowning by
Thousands.
JU AD RUSH INTO MISSISSIPPI
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Houses and Barns Swept Away
Like Driftwood.
HUNDREDS WITHOUT HOMES
At Least 2,000 Persons Dependent
on Charity.
The Water Runlilug Through she
Crcvawe at Greenville With
Frightful Velocity—The Waters
Already Reach 15 Miles Inland
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and the Destruction of Hundreds
of More Farm Houses Inevitable.
Four Live* so Far Reported Lost at
Greenville—The Levees Melting
Away Before the Flood Like Saad.
St. Louis, March 30.—A special to the
Scripps-Mcßae Press Association from
Paton Rouge, La., says that the break dn
the levee ten miles below Greenville, Miss.,
is the worst so far to occur. Thousands
of feet of the levees, weakened and soft
ened by the high water, are melting away
like sand. The break last night was 2,000
feet wide and the water is rushing into
Mississippi with frightful velocity. The
inhabitants are fleeing for their lives, leav
ing all behind. Cattle, horses and other
live stock are drowning by the thousands
and houses and barns are being washed
away like driftwood. It is estimated that
fully 2,000 people are already homeless and
at the mercy of charity. The waters have
already reached fifteen miles inland, and
the destruction of hundreds of more farm
houses is Inevitable.
Harvey Klemmer and two sons, who at
tempted to save some stock, had their
boat overturned and were drowned.
It Is also reported that Mrs. John Mar
shall and a soil who were alone in a little
hut, two mlltW from the break, were un
able to escape and were drowned.
Two historic and famous plantations of
Jeff Davis and his brother, Joseph
jjPavj'/i, »i»j miles biMryy Vicksburg, are
to become as< a£ water and de
struction.
Sixty-two miles below ’’nckHburg is the
historic plantation of Col. Zachariah Tay
lor. With the threatened rise of three
more feet it will be a total ruin. The
household goods are being removed and
the stock driven to places of safety.
'The little church upon the plantation,
In which Jeff Davis was married to
Gen. Taylor's daughter, is threatened with
destruction. The water has surrounded
It to the depth of two feet.
The river has risen about six Inches In
the past twenty-four hours at this city.
Unless the heavy rain continues for sev
eral days, ft is not expected that the river
will go above the danger line. Advices re
ceived this afternoon from Alton, Hanni
bal and Keokuk, state that the river In
about stationary and no fears of a flood
are entertained.
Helena. Ark., March 30.—The river rose
here two and a half Inches during the last
twenty-four hours. The weather nas
cleared and Is bright and sunshiny, giv
ing a needed breathing six'll to the peo
ple who are working on the levees.
The Iron Mountain trains have been
shut out of Helena owing to backwater in
the St. Francis river having flooded the
track across the Lagulllo river bridge
north of Mariana. Fifty thousand bags
Intended for use here in repairing the
levee were thus stopped and trains on the
Cotton Belt railroad are bringing them
around to Clarendon.
After the severe gale of yesterday re
pairs are-being made In the whole line erf
levers in order to be ready for the bad
weather yet to arrive.
A citizens committee raised $6,000 yes
terday and 11.000 to-day for the purpose of
prosecuting the work:
Camp Black, established by the relief
commit te© for the care of the colored re
fugees, is now a village of nearly 200 souls.
The refugees, both white and black, are
not averse to work, and yesterday when
the situation was so critical they went to
work with a will.
The rescue steamer Maude came up
from below at noon and represented the
levee below as being in good condition
and ready for eighteen inches more of
Water.
Altogether the situation is more reas
suring notwithstanding the adverse
weather .bureau reports.
Vicksburg, Miss., March 30.—The high
water r«-c-»rd at this place since 1862 was
broken this morning, the gauge reading
49.8, A third crevasse is reported in the
Mississippi, seven miles above Arkansas
City. Its wafers added to these crevasses
will complete’the inundation of the lower
Mississippi delta.
The break reported at Greensburg Land
ing, Ark., has not been verified as yet.
Th© Louisiana levees are holding, but
Lake Providence reports that th© water
is running over Pitchers' Point levee for
two miles.
Th* break at Gunnison, or Perthshire, a
short distance below Australia, which oe
curred at 6 o’clock yesterday evening. Is
serious and damaging. At noon to-day
it had widened to 1.600 feet, and was cut
ting its way fast, it is feared that por
tions of Greenville will be flooded.
A break occurred at 3 o’clock this morn
ing at Mound Landing. Bolivar county,
©even miles north of Arkansas City. At
S o’clock p. m. to-day this break had
reached a width of 800 feet and was wid
ening last. The water was going through
with terrific force
President Maxwell of the Fifth Louis
iana district says that unless unforseen
events occur the Louisiana levees will hold.
Information just received states that the
large levee* at Homichltto, Isoaquena
county, to tn s dangerous condition.
A New HallrnnO !*<><» I Ing Bill.
Washington. March SO —Senator Fora
ker introduced in the Senate to-day a
modified form of th© Patterson pooling
Hit which permit* railroads under cer
tain restriction* to poo) m th© matter ot
tb* transportation of freight*
FILIBUSTER PLOT FOILED.
The Tug Monarch Taken Into Key
West by the Winona-
Key West, Fla., March 30.—Last night
customs officials at this port detected the
steamer Clyde and schooner Cora taking
on coal, and failing to satisfy the officials
as to the disposition of the same, an in
spector was detailed to duty on board the
schooner Cora, with instructions to pro
ceed with her and see what disposition
would be made of her cargo. Capt. H. H.
Williams of the Cora refused to take his
vessel out with the officer on board, and
the steamer Clyde proceeded alone, and
when about sixteen miles northward of
this city, she struck on Horse shoals and
came back in a badly damaged condition.
The large wrecking pumps on board were
set going, and kept her from going down.
At 9:30 o’clock this morning the steam
tug Monarch was brought into this port
by the cutter Winona. Yesterday morn
ing, the cutter, acting under instructions
from the collector of customs, left this
port to cruise along the coast, and when
off Bahia Honda harbor, thirty miles to
the northward, sighted the Monarch,
which was anchored there waiting for
coal. An officer was sent on board with
Instructions to take her to Key West.
Her arrival here caused considerable ex
citement. This is the second time within
ten days that an attempt has been made
to supply the Monarch with coal from
this port.
Last week the George W. Childs was
reported as having supplied her with coal.
Capt. Lewis, formerly of the Three
Friends, is on board the Monarch.
EXPLOSION IN A TUNNEL.
Two Men Blown to Atoms and Four
Others Badly Injured.
Chicago, 111., March 30.—1 nan explosion
at 8 o’clock this morning in the new
Northwest Land tunnel, foot of Oak street,
two men were killed and four others seri
ously injured.
The names of the dead men are:
OWEN O'MALLEY.
PETER GALLAGHER.
Th© Injured are:
THOMAS GALLAGHER, badly burned
about the face and arms.
DENNIS HAYES, burned about the
fqnp nnd hnpk
PATRICK CONWAY, slightly burned.
Unknown man, slightly burned about
the face and hands.
Eleven men were working in the tunnel,
2,300 feet under the lake. An unusually
heavy blast had been prepared by the
meh, and the work had been safely accom
plished. The fuse had been lighted, and
the warning given the men to get at a
safe distance. O’Malley and Peter Galla
gher stayed behind for an instant, and
were within a few feet of the bla*t when
the explosion occurred. They received
the full force of the blast, and were, lit
erally blown tc pieces. ’
Hayes, Conway and Thomas Gallagher
had run a considerable distance when the
explosion came, and would have been out
of the reach of the force of an ordinary
blast. Besides being burned by the ex
plosion, they were crushed and bruised by
heavy stones and masses of clay.
BERRYHILL’S BIGAMY.
He Claims to Have Violated the Law
Through Ignorance.
Atlanta, Ga., March 30.—Frank Berry
hill, a Milton county farmer, is in Fulton
tcounty JaMl on the Charge of bigamy. «
Berryhill admits that he has two living*
wives, but denies that he has wilfully
committed a crime.
He was arrested at his home last night,
and reached Atlanta this morning.
The warrant for Berryhill was sworn
out by the first Mrs. Berryhill, whose
maiden name was Zllliann Perkins.
Mrs. Berryhill No. 2 was Leila Sweat, a
young Atlanta girl, who, for more than a
year, has been living with the man now
charged with being a bigamist.
Berryhill says he was only 13 years old
when he contracted marriage with Zllliann
Perkins, and she was some eight of ten
years his senior. One day Mrs. Berryhill
left horn*. She wrote a letter saying she
was tired of living with him and had decid
ed to go away. It was afterwards report-,
ed that she had left the country with an
other man.
After Zllliann left, Berryhill says he did
not know there would lie any harm in
marrying again, but kept single for about
nine years. On Oct. 11, 1895, he married
Leila Sweat in this city, and they have
been living together on a farm in Milton
county.
Berryhill can neither read nor write, and
his clothes do not indicate that he is very
prosperous.
TWO HAILHOADS TO BE SUED.
fitnte Want* $5,000 For Failure to
Build a Depot.
Atlanta, Ga., March 30.—Attorney Gen
eral Terrell has brought suit against the
Central and Southwestern railways for
$5,000. the penalty for failing to comply
wlih the railroad commission's order re
quiring them to build a new depot at
Americus. This order was issued about a
year ago, after a full hearing of the cit
izens of Americus and the railroads. Sim
ilar orders were issued for new depots at
Leesburg, Lyons, Forsyth and Dallas.
Depots have been built at all those places
except Americus, and a suit for the $5,000
penalty in that case is now pending.
Lexlugtou Road to Be Sold.
Athens, Ga., March 30.—Capt. James
White, as trustee for the bondholders, has
advertised the Lexington Terminal rail
road for sale at Lexington, Ga., on the
first Tuesday In June. Thia is brought
about by failure to pay Interest on $44,000
of bonds. The road is five miles long and
extends from Lexington to Crawford.
Price of Whiwky Advanced.
Cincinnati, 0., March 30.—Whisky dis
tillers’ finished goods were advanced yes
terday from a basis of $1.17 per gallon to
sl.lß. This was done without any formal
agreement among producers.
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CRETANS IN MORTAL COMBAT.
TURKS COMPELLED TO RETREAT
FROM SPINALONGA.
Heavy Fighting; Throughout the En
gagement—The Turks Make a Des
perate Defense of Their Position,
But Unable to Withstand the On
slaught of the Christians—Cretans
Attack Izzedin and Are Bom
barded by the Warships—Russia
Won’t Help Blockade Greece.
London, March 30.—1 n the House of Com
mons to-day George N. Curzon, under for
eign secretary, announced that on March
25 M. Nelidoff, the Russian ambassador
at Constantinople, had communicated to
his diplomatic colleagues at the Turkish
capital copies of a telegram which he had
received from the admiral commanding
the Russian warships in Cretan waters,
urging the appointment of a European
governor for the island of Crete with full
powers to act, and urging the withdrawal
of tne Turkish troops from the island, also
stating that the admirals of the foreign
squadrons were of the opinion that such
action was necessary. Mr. Curzon said
that the government of Great Britain sup
ported the suggestions made by the Rus
sian admiral and that the other powers
had the matter under consideration.
A dispatch to the Central News from
Athens states that a strong force of In
surgents to-day attacked the Turkish
troops at Spinalonga, Crete. The troops
made a desperate defense of their posi
tions, but could not withstand the deter
mined onslaught of the Christians and
were .finally compelled to retreat. There
was heavy fighting throughout the en
gagement. The dispatch adds that a ves
sel lying in the harbor of Spinalonga,
laden with ammunition and other stores,
was captured by the insurgents, who re
moved the captured supplies to places out
of reach of the Turks.
The Canea correspondent of the Stan
dard telegraphs that the blockade of Crete
by the powers is not enforced as severely
as it would be in the case of actual war.
Provisions are landed daily. Hitherto
only half a dozen small craft, which had
already landed their cargoes, have been
captured.
The dispatch adds that there was heavy
firing at Suda to-night, and it is supposed
that the insurgents attempted to surprise
the fort. The attack wajs probably re
pelled with the assistance of the shells
and the use of the searchlights of the war
ships in the harbor.
Trieste, March 30.—The Austrian govern
ment has forbidden the exportation of
7,000,000 cartridges, which were ordered
from an Austrian firm by the government
of Greece.
Athens, March 30.—1 tis reported here
this evening that Russia has refused to
take part in a blockade of the ports of
Greece, upon the ground that such action
would now be too late to be effective in
maintaining peace.
Crown Prine© Constatine to-day formal
ly assumed the command of the Greek
troops in Thessaly. He issued an order
to the army in which he expressed his
conviction that at this critical hour, when
the fatherland was being weighed In the
balance, all would do their duty, be faith
ful to their oath, exhibit patience and
firmness and obey the law and their com
manders.
Canea, March 30.—The insurgents to-day
attacked the town of Izzedin, which
caused the warships to bombard them.
Later, the place was occupied by a mixed
detachment of international troops.
RETICENT.
He Declines to Talk About the Con
dition of Cabs'* Army.
Havana, March 80.—Several reporters
went to San Cristobal to-day for the pur*- •
pose of interviewing Gen. Ruis Rivera,
the commander of the Insurgents in Pinar
del Rio, who was wounded and captured
by the forces of Gen. Valesquo, after an
engagement on Sunday.
The reporters found Gen. Rivera, who
was confined in the quarters of the guar
dia civil, resting more easily than he did
yesterday, his wounds having been attend
ed to by the Spanish physician. He was
very reticent regarding the condition of
affairs among the insurgents, in the prov
ince, positively refusing to answer any
questions on the subject. He spoke freely
enough on other topics and dwelt at
length upon the history of the ten-years
war, in which he played a prominent part.
One of the interviewers asked him if he
did not think it useless to cause so much
bloodshed In fighting against the sover
eignty of Spain. His face at once became
very serious, and he replied; * "Time will
shew; history will judge.”
Both Gen. Rivera and Col. Bacaloa said
that they were thankful for the good
treatment they had received since they
were captured. Gen. Rivera presented a
diamond ring that he wore to the sur
geon who attended him after he was made
a prisoner.
Madrid, March 30.—A dispatch from Ha
vana states that the Spanish troops have
seized twenty-two rebel dynamite depots.
The dispatch adds that the rebel leaders
Miro, Perico, Delgado and Bermudac have
died from fever.
It also states that the rebels under Go
mez. and another band each lost forty
men killed in encounters, the localities
of which are not given.
FORTY YEARS IN THE SHOE TRADE.
Daniel O’Neill of Charleston Dies Af
ter a Notable Career.
Charleston. S. C., March 30.—Daniel
O'Neill, a well-known shoe merchant,
dropped dead in his store in this city to
day. Mr. O’Neill was 63 years of age and
I was born n Ireland. He had been Identi
fied with ths shoe trade of Charleston for
I forty years. Apoplexy was the cause of
I bis death.
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CAUCUS ON THE COMMITTEES.
THE REPUBLICANS PI T IN MOTION
REORGANIZATION PLANS.
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A Combination Understood to Have
Been Made With Certain- Populists
Whereby They Are to Vote With
the Republicans on the Question
of Reorganization—Jones, Stewart
and Kyle Believed to Have Been
Promised Good Chairmanships.
Washington. March 30.—The republicans
of the Senate this morning put into motion
the machinery looking to the reorganiza
tion of the Senate so far as the committee
vacancies are concerned. The caucus was
called for 10 o’clock and was promptly at
tended by almost every one of the straight
republicans of the body. Adjournment
was not taken until 11:30.
Senator Allison, chairman of the caucus
committee, made an elaborate report, in
which he told of the troubles that had con
fronted and which still stood in the way
of the committee. Many conferences had
been had with the democratic steering
committee, and at no time were the mem
bers of that committee, and particularly
Mr. Gorman, its chairman, willing to ad
mit that there was any changed condition
in the republican party since the Senate
committees had been reorganized by the
republicans. The democrats insisted, said
Mr. Allison, that they should have the
same number of men on the committees
as they had under the previous arrange
ments, and declined to permit the repub
licans to take an aditional number suffi
cient to out vote the silver republicans
who had bpljed the St. Louis convention,
ana who were now members of the com
mittees, if they continued, with the demo
crats.
Short speeches were made by Senators
Hale, Galilnger, Wolcott, Wilson and oth
ers. The only new member who spoke
was Senator Mason of Illinois. He con
tended that the now senators were entitled
to committee assignments and that the ef
fort should be made to place them. If the
effort was futile no blame could be at
tached to the straight republicans. They
would at least have made an effort, and
more than that the new senators could not
ask; tbht muchj, howeveS 4 . they
were entitled to.’ *
Mr. Allison stated that the situation had
been carefully canvassed and while suffi
cient votes to pass the necesasry resolution
were not now in sight, he said that the
committee hoped within a very short time
to be able to say that the votes were att
hand that would give the republicans the
absolute control of the membership of the
committees.
The result of the discussion, which was
of a decidedly varied and somewhat nebu
lous character, was a resolution instruct
ing Chairman Allison to appoint a com
mittee on Committees, which will assign
the republicans to the various committees
on the basis insisted upon by the repub
licans. This will, at least, put the ma
chinery in motion and force the fighting
to a finish.
It is understood that a combination has
been made with certain populists where
by they are to vote with the republicans
on the question of reorganization. Ths,
populists, who are to be given good chair
manships, are said to be Senator Jones
of Nevada, Stewart and Kyle. It is un
derstood, also, that Senator Hoar of Mas
sachusetts opposes such a combination
and will not agree to any recognition of
the populists.
TWO SUITS OVER INSURANCE.
Heirs of n Columbus Lady Asks a
Judgment for $44,000.
Columbus, Ga.. March 30.—Two sensa
tional suits have been filed in the superior
court by the heirs of Miss S. J. Salisbury
agalpst the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York. The suits are for the
face value of policies for $30,000 and SIO,OOO
damages, and $4,000 attorneys’ fees.
Two premiums had been paid on policies
amounting to a little over $4,000. Miss
Salisbury died in Thomaston on Nov. 30
last year and on the same day second
premium was paid in this city.
Proofs of death were forwarded in De
cember, together with the two policies,
the beneficiaries presuming there would be
no contest over the payment. They have
since been unable to get the company to
return the policies or to take steps to pay
the same.
They learned that the company had sent
representatives here who had secured de
tectives to try to get evidence of fraud.
The beneficiaries feared the local agency
would be discontinued, which hastened
the suit.
To-day they received notice from the
company that the policies had been can
elled with an offet to return the premiums,
but the Columbus banks refused to cash a
check for the purpose. The offer will
be declined to-morrow, when the money
is expected by express from Atlanta.
SOUTHERN MITUA MS SMASH.
Directors Want to Get the Company
Ont of the Receivership.
Atlanta, Ga., March 30.—Another effort
is to be made to get the Southern Mutual
Building and Loan Asociation out of the
hands of the receivers. This action was
determined upon at a meeting of the At
lanta directors to-day, who have made a
thorough investigation of the affairs of
the association since their appointment at
the stockholders meeting held here last
month. They are convinced that the as
sociation is solvent and believe that it can
be made to pay dollar for dollar if the re
ceivership is vacated and the association
placed in the hands of the directors to
manage as they see fit. The question will
be discussed at a special meeting of the
board of directors which will be held in
Atlanta next Friday, which was called
to-day.
Bank of Wry moth Suspends.
London. March 30—The Old Bank of
Weymouth suspended to-day with liabili
ties of ISOCtW.
RAILROADS ARE TO RESIST.
JOINT TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION LAW
YERS IN CONFERENCE,
Capable Lawyers Express the Opin
ion That the Decision in the Trans-
Missouri Case Does Not Apply to
the Joint Traffic Association—Sev
eral Men of National Renown nt
the Gathering—Western Roads
Called on For Their Bills of Lad
ing.
New York, March 30.—An important con
ference between counsel for the members
of the Joint Traffic Association was held
to-day in the offices of Carter & Ledyard,
No. 54 Wall street. *
The conference, which was attended by
the attorneys from almost every railroad
included in the Joint Traffic Association,
was for the purpose of discussing the de
cision of the supreme court, in the Trans-
Missouri (Freight Association case. There
are capable lawyers who declare that this
decision does not apply to the Joint Traf
fic Association, and all the phases of the
situation were discussed.
The meeting was held behind closed
doors, and reporters were excluded.
Among those present were E. J. Phelps,
ex-minister to England, special counsel
for the New York Central; Frank Loomis,
also of the New York Central; Jojin B.
Kerr of the Ontario and Western, ex- ■
United States Senator George F. Ed
munds, special counsel for the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company; Receiver J. K.
Cowan of the Baltimore and Ohio, ex-
Judge Ashbel Green of the West Shore,
• Frank Bond of the Michigan Central, J.
B. Jennings of the Erie, Henry Wyckham
of the Chesapeake and Ohio, R. W. De-
Forest of the Jersey Central, and James
C. Carter and Lewis C. Ledyard, counsel
for the Joint Traffic Association.
The conference lasted until nearly 2
o’clock. When it adjourned, Mr. Ledyard
announced that a letter had been drawn
up and sent to the Joint Traffic Associa
tion, giving the views of the legal advisers.
‘‘The decision reached,” said Mr. Led
yard, “was to join with the United States
government in procuring as early as pos
sible a hearing in the Joint Traffic Asso
ciation appeal.
“The attorney general is to make a mo
tion without concurrence in the supreme
court on Thursday next to have the ap
peal heard in the present term. In the
meantime the Joint Traffic Association
has been advised to continue as it has
heretofore, pending the determination of
the legality of the organization.”
Mr. Ledyard, when asked what steps
the Joint Traffic Association would take
in case the supreme rourt decided the or
ganization was illegal, said that the con
ference did not consider that phase of the
situation.
When the case comes up in the supreme
court the argument for the Joint Traffic
Association will be made by Mr. Carter,
ex-Minister Phelps and ex-Senator Ed
munds. The railroads expect this formid
able array of legal talent to present their
case in away that will result In a de
cision in their favor.
Chicago, HL, March 30.—A1l the eastern
railroads, which enter Chicago, except the
Chicago and Grand Trunk, have received
notices from the interstate commerce
commission to forward to the offices at
Washington, on or before April 10, all bills
of lading and other evidences of shipment
of grain and grain product and packing
house products between April 1, 1896 and
March 1, 1897. This notice created some
surprise and concern among the freight
officials, who had been Inclined to treat
lightly the published announcement that
the commerce commission, aided by the
Chicago Board of Trade investigation
next month, intended to make a searching
inquiry into the giving of reduced rates.
The omission of the Grand Trunk from
the list was agreed to be a mistake, al
though the first impression gave rise to
the charges that this road had been fore
most in rate cutting Chicago officials say
the evidence desired will be prepared as
soon as possible, and they are afraid to
be caught furnishing false statements to
the commission.
An important meeting of presidents,
general officers and traffic men connected
with western roads will be held In the
Rookery to-morrow. It is understood that
the plan to be carried out. in view of the
supreme court’s recent decision, has al
ready been prepared by a committee.
The proposition is to maintain the
ern Freight Association as a bureau of
statistics and information. This is ren
dered necessary chiefly because the five
members of the board of administration
are under two years contracts to the as
sociation at salaries of SIO,OOO each and
the railroads cannot utilize their services
in any other manner. To the railroads
interested the bureau will really be for the
purpose of enforcing the maintenance of
uniform rates by one road acting as a
spy and informer on the others and threat
ening exposure to the interstate commerce
commission for every secret violation of
the law in making discriminatory rates,
which may be discovered by a competitor.
There is to be a verbal contract embrac
ing the salient features of the present
agreement, omitting the direct penalty
clause. This agreement to inform on vio
lators of the law is considered the only
way to prevent secret rate cutting.
Passenger officials of western roads met
to-day and decided to continue the mile
age and clergy permit bureaus of the
Western Passenger Association. The gen
eral organization will be maintained for
the purpose of compiling statistics and
disseminating them for general informa
tion.
Messrs. Newman of the Great Northern,
Munroe of the Union Pacific, Bosworth of
the Canadian Pacific and Bissell of the
Santa Fe were to-day on their way to
New York to attend a meeting of eastern
railroad men. The question is to agree
on a division of west-bound trans-conti
nental business.
W. A. Russell, general passenger agent
of the SL Paul and Duluth road, has re
signed.
BIBLE CHAIR AT ATHENS.
The Matter to Be Laid Before the
State Legislature.
Athens, Ga., March 30.—Rev. H. R. Ber
nard, financial agent of Mercer University,
who has been engaged in a controversy
with Chancellor Boggs over the question
of establishing a Bible chair at the uni
versity. has drawn up a resolution which
he will introduce and champion before the
Georgia Baptist convention at Gaines
ville. This resolution will call for the ap
pointment of a committee to meet
similar committees from other de
nominations and prepare a memorial to
the legislature of Georgia, asking the
passage of a law that will bring into har
mony present conflicting religious Inter
ests without detriment to any of the col
leges of Georgia.
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A I.ITTLE LECTURE FOR THE HEAD
OF THE HOUSE.
HOW HE LOOKS TO HIMSELF.
Mister Man!
That’s you, Mr. Reader.
You know what an important individual
you are. Survey the landscape all around
you there isn’t an object equally large
and important any place in eight. You
know that—you feel it—you realize it.
The man next door may feel just as
important and just as big and just as
puffy as you do—but the man next door
is a conceited idiot—he always is.
Now honest, sit down and "size up” the
question impartially, and then admit that
this Is about the way you view the uni
verse. There may be stars away off mil
lions of billions of miles away that are
really great, blazing suns a hundred
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The fact of the matter, Mister Man, is
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You dimly wonder minute how the
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because you think so hard and think
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ise that you are really not thinking
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about going home to her mother. The
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Then, some day, your wife takes the
bit in her own teeth and sends tor a»doc
tor. And he says—consumption—ner/ous
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disease.
Now, Mister Man, realizing as you do,
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There is a sure and speedy remedy for
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"I was seized with grip last winter, and
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My little daughter had bronchitis. Th#
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