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Newnan Herald. LISHED EfEKV TUESDAY. ^ CATES,] Editor and Publisher. I«u* OF ftCBgCMPTIO.X : »pv onevear, in advance ... $1.50 i paid in advance, tho terms are 12.00 a yoar. of six ellowed an extra copy, awo nnm tiers complete the volume. THE NEWNAN HERALD. W00TTE5 k CATES, Proprietors. WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION. TERMS :*.$].50 per per year in Advance. VOLUME XX. NEWNAN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16,1884. : NUMBER 9. The Newnan Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. KATES OF ADVEKTISI One inch one vear, $10: a column one rear, *100; less time than three months, $1.00 per inch for first insertion, and 60 cents additional for each subsequent in sertion. Notices in local column, ten cents per line for each insertion. Literal arrange ments will be made with those advertis ing by the quarter or year. All transient advertisements must be paid for when handed in. Announcing candidates, «fcc M |3.00 strictly in advance. Address all communications to A. B. GATES, Xcwcftn, Ga. 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WOOD and METALLIC BURIAL CASES ■cplG-Bni Jrders attended to at any hour day or night, jp® THOMPSON BROS., Newnan, Ga. DAVID H. DOUGHERTY, THE ONLY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRY GOODS HOUSE IN THE STATE THAT SELLS STRICTLY FOR SPOT CASH. We were iu the Northern Markets this season just right to attend the big auction sales of Blankets, Flannels, Knit Underwear, Shoes, &c. On these goods as well as on many other lines we dety even New York to make as close figures. Everything in the Finest to the Commonest Goods kept by a Dry Goods House can be found in ours. Our motto is, “Your Child Can Buy as Cheap as Yourself.” And our Golden Rule, “SPOT CASH” enables us to guarantee a saving of 10 percent to those who buy of us. CLOAKS A SPECIALTY. SW“Se nd us your orders or come in person and we will you. that higii prices are out of fashion and that fair dealing helps trade more than fair weather. 39 and 41 Peachtree street, ATLANTA, GA. There was something very op pressive in the silence pervading Lytton Hall. In any other house in the country such death-like still ness would have been portentous, but here it was no uncommon thing. For years there had been no chil dren’s voices, no dancing feet, no cheer nor hospitality in the old gray mansion. Lytton Hall was a dead letter to the outside world, and its haughty owner was almost a stran ger to her own townspeople. This woman—sole mistress of the Lytton estate and the last of her name and race—stood in her rich though faded parlor and looked out upon a colorless February day. She was a graceful, handsome woman, with a face which would have been beautiful had it not grown cold and mirthless in the years she had lived alone in that silent house. She was twenty-seven years old and unmarried. She was expecting a visit from the superintendent of the Treadwell Mills. She owned the buildings, and had sent for this man to come and confer with her. She observed with haughty displeasure that he did not come until long after the hour appointed. The Lyttons had been an extrav agant race, and the last generation or two had found it difficult to sus tain the family pride upon a ruined estate. Miss Lytton’s father had l(een compelled to go into trade, and had bought the Treadwell Mills, hoping in time to cancel some of the debts left by his improvident fore-fathers. When he died he left his mills heavily encumbered, but they were doing sufficient work to be made profitable in a few years, if judiciously managed. Miss Lytton had advertised for a superintendent and had chosen Gerard Lincoln from a score of applicants. Why she had done so it would be difficult to divine, since she appear ed to dislike him. She had known him in childhood and had played at marbles with him as ardently as though she were not a patrician. When they were boy and girl their intimacy had continued. He had helped her with her Latin lessons and assisted with her sums. He was doing them now, though in a differ ent capacity. Nothing was ever spoken concerning those old days of his prosperity, when he had been able to meet her upon an equal foot ing; and she now treated him a shade more imperiously than any other of her employees. It would have been difficult to imagine Gerard Lincoln subservient to any one. He was a man of thir ty-five years, with a bearing proud, though not as arrogant, as her own. He was a strong man physically as well as mentally, and h id a physique which a mill-hand i (variably respected. His lace bore evidence of his decision of character, and was a forceful face. He was a shrewd judge of human nature, and kuew the men in his charge thor oughly. He was a just man, and one who exacted obedience. Had Miss Lytton been like other people she would have felt gracious ly towards this superintendent; her interests had prospered under his wise management. He was a gentleman; he was a man of liberal culture and inherent refinement; nevertheless, she told herself a dozen times a day that he was insufferable. She was certain her estimate of him was correct when he entered her parlor three hours after she had sent for him. She did not offer him a chair when he entered her parlor; she remained standing while he briefly told her that he had been detained at the mills by a committee from the strikers. Then he strolled over to the fire place and quietly warmed his hands while she waited for him to resume his account. He knew she was im patient for information,but he would give her none unless she asked for it “I am waiting to hear of this committee,” she said, controlling her temper by an effort. “I beg yon will tell me, in as few words as pos sible, what is the present condition of my affairs.” He replied without changing his position or appearing aware of her offended dignity: “The mill hands struck at noon to-day; the machinery is stopped. The men demand an increase of 10 per cent, in their wages, and refuse to resume work before it is grant ed. These are the bare facts, in as few words as I can reduce them.” She began pacing the long room, “I understand that you have been severely criticised by a trades- union. Its members are enemies of the aristocracy,- and call such peo ple as you and your ancestors ty rants. If you refuse to grant the workmen’s demand they propose tearing out the machinery of your mills, or burning them to the grouud. She gave a contemptous little shrug. “If they burn the mills they will kill their goose of the golden egg,” she said. “By destroying my prop erty they will lose their only means of support.” “There was once a dog in a man ger,” he said dryly. “These people have s me of that animal’s selfish ness; they do not wish to keep their positions at your terms, but they are unwilling to see others in their places.” “What would you advise me to do ?” she inquired. It was the first time she had ever directly asked his advice. “If you were a man,” he said, “I would tell you to resist the strikers to the death. If you grant what they ask you will barely earn yeur daily expenses, and can do nothing towards paying your mortgages. You have paid just wages, and as much as you can afford. There are hundreds of honest men who would be thankful for the work at your terms. “Then we must employ new work men.”- “But you are a woman,” he con tinued, “and your course must there fore be different. It would be haz ardous for you to contend against four hundred desperate angry men; it would be better to compromise, or even bear the entire loss than to live here in danger of having your property destroyed, and possibly with your life imperilled.” She allowed the shawl to slip from her shoulders to the floor, where it lay unheeded at her feet. Her face, in its proud calm, would have been a study for a sculptor. “It is my wish that the business should be carried on exactly as though my father were living,” she said. “I will not condescend to compromise with these outlaws; I am not afraid, and they may burn the mills—yes, and this house also— before I will yield an inch. Em ploy new men at once. Their pres ence in the mill will be my only answer to the strikers.” “Your method is courageous,” he said, “but impolitic.” She interrupted him by a gest ure. “I have decided,” she told him. “No argument can alter my deter mination.” He drew on his gloves preparato ry to leaving. “Since your decision is final I will carry it out to the best of my ability,” he said. “I can engage almost enough new men in a day or two, and some of the old hands will return when they find the strike is likely to be unsuc- cessful. After this affair is settled I am going to tender you my resig nation, for I think of changing my occupation.” She glanced at him inquiringly. “Are you going out upon strike, like the others ?” She asked the question a little in solently; she was aware that he was looking at her with his shrewd crit ical eyes, and she would not for the world have had him suspect that she regretted his going. “Yes,” he said, with quiet earnest ness, “I am going ‘like the others.’ Before I go I will make a demand which will far exceed theirs.” “Her proud face flushed, but she answered coolly: “Then I will be obliged to treat you as I will the others.” drawing a light shawl about her, as if becoming suddenly cold. “This business is more serious than I at first supposed,” she said at length. “Tell me the particulars.” They were facing each oth“r now, and he watched the effect of his words. There was much suppressed ex citement throughout the town next day. It was learned that Miss Lyt ton would make no terms with the strikers. Gerard Lincoln had advertised for new workmen and had received hundreds of applicants. Many of the old hands were en gaged ia a drunken carousal which had re ndered them insensible to reason. A few men had expressed their wish to be reinstated, and had been assigned to their old places. During the day the superintend ent sent a note to Miss Lytton, urging her to leave town till after the excitement had abated. “The men are crazy with drink,” he wrote, “and in their present con dition are capable of doing yon per sonal injury. I have watchmen guarding the Hall, but nothing can prevent an evil-minded person from throwing a stone through your win dow.” Her answer was as follows: “I approve of the precautions you have taken, but do not think it nec essary to leave town. I am not in the least alarmed, and will remain at the Hall.” He tossed her letter into the fire. “You are too proud to show the white feather,” he said, as if address ing her. “After all, there is little chance of the strikers going to the Hall. It is the factory that they are after. If I believed you wen in actual danger, my dear Lady Disdain, I too would use coercion and force you out of town!” He had engaged 300 new men, and had organized them as a guard. Ev ery man was bound to protect his own loom. This he was more wil ling to do since by so doing he se cured his own bread and butter. At nightfall on Monday Mr. Lin coln received information that the mills would beattacked at lOo’clock that night. The new employees were secretly given notice to be on the grounds at the time appoint ed, and a few policemen of the town were informed of the expect ed trouble. Early in the evening Mr. Lincoln paid a visit to the Hall, and found the building shut up as close as a tomb. The servants, who knew something of the night’s prospects, took the precaution to bar every window and door as though fortify ing themselves against an army. During the afternoon Miss Lytton had experienced a revulsion of feel ing. She was not a nervous woman and was accustomed to abide by her decisions; but she began to fear that thi3 time she had made a mis take. Previously she had only con sidered the danger with which she was threatened, but she suddenly re membered that her superintendent would share the risk. He was the limb between herself and her work men, and they naturally looked upon him as their employer. They knew him, while many of them had never seen her. They realized that he had the power to employ or dis charge them. He had increased and decreased their wages at his will. They would probably wreak their vengeance upon him more viciously than upon a woman with whom they had never had personal dealing. When he saw her that night she was Jess authoritative at first than usual, although her manner was cold. He told her of his arrange ment for protecting the mills. She learned that the new men were armed with rifles, and that the strik ers had been joined by a mob of tramps and outlaws who had never done an honest day’s work in their lives, but who were infatuated with the prospect of a night of plunder and riot. During this recital Miss Lytton had been nervously clasping and unclasping her hands. “I have changed my mind,” she said at length, her voice a trifle quicker than usual. “I wish to re tract. When I said I would not compromise, I did not foresee how serious this difficulty might become. I wish now to give up the struggle. I can afford to sacrifice my business interests better than risk the shed ding of one drop of human blood.” Her woman’s heart was begin ning to assert itself. “Your decision is merciful,” her superintendent said; “but it. comes too late. You cannot now give these men what they ask without being unjust to the 300 new hands to whom you have promised work, and who have come to you, promising to stand by you in your emergency. You have not work for 700 people, and it would be gross injustice to send adrift the unoffending work men to conciliate .a crowd of ruf fians.” Her nervousness increased. “What can be done?” “I do not know that a riot can be averted now,” he told her; “but I will do what I can to quiet the strik ers. I have been used to control them and may succeed.” “Do you mean that you intend to address this mob ?” They had both been seated be fore the open fireplace, but she arose now and stood facing him. “Yes,” he said, “I will try to in duce them to give me a hearing.” Her color faded slowly from her face. “I do not wish you to speak to the strikers,” she said sharply. “You have not my authority for address ing them!” He made no answer, but a little ironical smile touched his lips and exasperated her into further speech. “You have planned to resist them. You have said they are crazy with liquor and that they are joined by professional law-breakers. There can be no wisdom in speaking to them. They are unworthy of re monstrance. You have done what you can to protect the mills; if they mu.~t burn let them go without any humiliating appeal to-their destroy ers.” “The strikers are men,” he said, ignorant and ill-guided, but not de void ot reason or conscience. They know me as a workman, not as a capitalist. They believe that I have no personal interest at stake, and may, therefore listen to me.” “Bat,” she said, her voice now broken by intense feeling, a A forbid you to speak to them.” The sarcastic smile returned. “Then I'm ns t be disobedient.” “It is time you understood your position,” she continued passionate ly—she was utterly bereft of her usual calm; “I own the mills, and have the right to do as I choose by my own workmen. You acknowl edge that you area,workman like any of the others, and, like the oth ers, you must obey my commands.” “I am so like the others that I am going to disobey you,” he said quietly; “you see the strike is gene ral.” He, too, had risen, qnd was look ing down into her face with an ex pression on his own which nearly robbed her self-possession. She changed her tactics. “Why you should work in oppo sition to my will is a mystery. You have had a specially independent position. You have literally been master of the mills ever since you entered them. You have ignored me and my authority. I am sur prised that you should wish to leave a place where you have matters so entirely in your own control.” He did not alter his position, but his face plainly showed his strong emotion. “I am ambitious,” he said. “I am not satisfied with being master of the mills. I would be your master and have you for my wife!” She turned away with such anger that he believed he had lost her. “This is an insult!” “No,” he told her, his voice deep with feeling, “it is the greatest hon or I can bestow. I offer to make you my wife and give you my life’s devotion. You call this an insult because you are Miss Lytton, of Lytton Hall, and I am your superin tendent! An accident of birth has given a pedigree and has made you appearcold and into:- rant, yet I knowitis in your nature to be courageous, as womanly and as per fect a wife as ever a man was bless ed with.” “I cannot prevent you from say ing what you like,” she said with suppressed excitement. “A woman living alone has no protection from persons who force their opinions upon her.” “She has her own weakness for her defense,” he answered more gently. “Since my presence and sentiments are unwelcome, I will leave you. I will not again offend you; believe me, I would not have spoken if I had not loved you.” He left her, and she sank down upon a lounge. She was so silent that a servant who entered did not observe her, and turned down the lights, believing the room to be un occupied. The firelight glanced about, brightened the faded furniture, and finally shone soft and warm upon Helen Lytton’s face. She was ly ing still, deep in thought, her dark eyes fixed upon the fire, her lips and cheeks crimson as wine. She was startled out of her rev erie by a shot from a distant rifle. She sprang up and listened. It was followed by a dozen more reports, which rang out sharply upon the cold night air. They came from the direction of the Treadwell Mill a . What terrible tragedy was being there enacted ? Her heart beat tumultuously, and her face was drained of its warm color. Her suspense was painful. When would she know the result of her first decision concerning the strikers. He was there amid all the noise and danger; she was sure nothing she had said would deter him from trying to save the mills. Would he come back and tell her the result of his efforts. Might he not be injured, dying—dead, even— and so unable to come to her? She caught up a cloak, wrapped it close ly about her, and drew its hood over her head. 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The rioters were strong in number, and the police lorce in that little town was small. Behind the barred doors of the main building 300 silent men wait ed with rifles in their hands. On ly one window was lighted. It was n the superintendent’s room. As the crowd approached he stej - ped out upon the parapet surround ing his window and commanded the men to stop. Many of them were accustomed to obey him, and did so now without reflection. He loilowed up the little advant ige he had gained. “Four hundred of you have con e up here to-night,” he said, “armed with clubs and rifles with which you mean to injure one helpless woman. God help you, workmen, for having fallen so low as thus!” He explained that if their de mands had been granted the mills must necessarily have ceased run ning in a few months through lack of profit. He asked if half a loaf was not better than none. He reminded them that the looms Jiad kept the wolf from their doors for many years, and given them certain support. 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