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yjciety
Thr- sound of the tin horn Is heard in j
the land, and even yesterday's depressing
rain failed to dam|>cn the Christmas ar- I
dor. Crowds thronged the streets and u
epirit of jollity pervaded everything. For
the past three days there have been
Christmas trees —trees for die rich and
trees for the I'lKir, and of especial inter
est were those given bv the various kin
dergartens when “die Kinder” presented
their parents with gifts fashioned by their
own little hands. The Froebel Circle had
their annual tree yesterday morning at
the Guards’ Armory and over 500 poor
children were made happy by the pretty
presents they received.
So great has seemed the rush that n
day of rest before Christmas seems a spe
cial blessing, and every one will enjoy to
morrow doubly on this account. And tiien
will commence the gaieties of which the
gnater number will be for the younger
set. The Terpsichorcan Club will give a
dance at the Guards Armory on the even
ing of the 20th, and a second one on Jan.
. 3 at the residence of Hr. and Mrs. J. A.
G. Carson. Besides these, there will be
several private entertainments, and also
the hop given by the Lawton Cadets.
Mr. and Mrs. Fleming Grantland du-
Bignorv have sent out invitations for the
marriage of their daughter, Caroline La
mar. to Mr. Robert Cotten Alston of At
lanta. The wedding will take place at
high noon on the first day of the New
Year at Christ Church. Bishop Cleland
K. Nelson will perform the ceremony, as
sisted by Rev. Robb White. Mr. Edward
O. Alston of Atlanta will be the best man,
and Miss Nan dußignon the maid of honor.
There will be six bridesmaids, Miss May
dußignon, Miss Lina Woodbri.lge, Miss
Busan Harwood of Atlanta, Miss Margaret
Weed of Jacksonville, Fla.; Miss Salty
Miller of New York and Miss Ellse Ratt
ers. The groomsmen ore Mr. Samuel
WeymaTt. Mr. Shepherd Bryan and Mr.
Kelley of Atlanta, Mr. McWhorter and
Mr. Thomas of Alabama and Mr. Lowndes
Walthour. There will be four ushers,
Mr. T. Maybew Cunningham. Jr., Mr.
Lewis Malone, Mr. Edward S. Elliott anti
Mr. A. Godin Guerard. The. ceremony
■will be followed by a breakfast at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. dußignon. Among
the out-of-town guests who will be pres
ent at the wedding will be Judge and
Mrs. Alston of Clayton. Ala., the parents
of the groom; Judge and Mrs. Henry B.
Tompkins of Atlanta. 'Mrs. Charles du-
Bignon and Mr. C. T. dußignon of Mil
ledgeville, Mr. Seton Grantland and Miss
Grantland of Griffin. Mrs. Cleland K. Nel
son, Gov. Allan D. Candler, Senator Clay.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollins Randolph and Mr.
Marlin of Atlanta, nnd Mr. O'Brien and
Mr. Rolert Erwin of New York
The Age-Herald of Birmingham , Ala.,
says; "A notahle event In the so< lal life
of the South will take place in Savannah
at high noon on New Year's Day. Mr. and
Mrs. Fleming Grantland dußignon an
nounce that on the first day of January
at 12 o'clock their daughter, Caroline La
mar, will be married to Robert Cotten Al
ston. The ceremony will take place at
Christ Church, Savannah. It Is very Im
probable that any other wedding will oc
cur In the South this season which will at
tract so much sympathetic interest. This
marriage will be the closer union of two
families which for more than a hundred
years have made Southern history; and
the Lamars, with whom there Is a con
nection. adorned Southern life long before
one ofthem, Sidney Lamar, wrote the in
comparably beautiful lines to the “Daugh
ter of Mendoza,” and who was president of
the republic of Texas In ttie stormy days
of Goliad, and the Alamo. In Virginia, the
Caroiinas and Georgia the* Alstons wore
heroes of the Revolution, and have been a
proud, dominant race throughout the 12!
years of the republic. Members of the
family have long dwelt in Alabama, mak
ing their homes In Bartiour county. In
the long-vanished days of the old order of
chivalry when the dueling code was the
law for every geptlcman, it was -ahl, 'the
Alstons die with their boots on.” The
duißignons are of Norman extraction, as
the Alstons are Saxon. The dußignons
have long held high place In Georgia, and
have adorned with rare graces the best
element of Southern life. They have given
brave men and beautiful women
to the most interesting and most
charming part of all civilization
of the world—Southern cul tire,
beauty* intellect and courage. These
names, the Alstons, dußlgnons and La
mars, In themselves very largely consti
tute the more attractive side cf the gen
eral history of the South. Therefore the
marriage of Caroline Lamar dußignon to
Robert Cotten Alston Is of interest to all
Southerners.
The second brilliant wedding of the New
Year will take place on Wednesday even
ing. when Mr. Philip Thornton Marye of
Virginia nnd Miss Florence King Nlsbet
will he united in morrlage. Bishop Nei
eon and Rev. Robb White, rector of Christ
Church, will officiate. Miss Marie Nisbet
will be the maid of honor and the six
bridesmaids will be Miss Virginia Ixtrd
Nisbet, Miss Nannie Nlsbet. Miss Agnes
Kelley of Pittsburg. Pa.; Miss Elizabeth
Butler and Miss Mabel Stoddard. Mr.
Marye will bring a number of his friends
out for the wedding. His brother, Mr.
Robert Marye, will be the best man, and
among the groomsmen and ushers ore Mv.
Edward Marye, Mr. Morton Marye. Mr.
Frederick Talin, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Thomas
Brander, Mr. Archibald Peachy. Dr. Hob
son. Mr. Mordeock of New York, Mr.
Lowndes Walthour. Mr. Henry Walthour,
Mr. Rittenhouse Moore, Mr. Edward Dem
<re and Mr. Theodore Barnard. A re
ception will follow the ceremony at the
borne of Mr. and Mrs. John Nisbet, on
Forsyth Park.
Miss Sarah Hodgson was the guest of
honor at a delightful tea given Tuesday
afternoon by Miss Emma Huger. Miss
Una Huger assisted her sister and Miss
Hodgson in receiving the guests, while
Mis Itolsrt C. Harrison and Mips Har
riott Elliott poured chocolate and lea and
tie' refreshments were served by th •
Mi . Miriam Dent, Maggie While and
Clermont Huger.
Mr. and Mrs. Rl< rne Gordon g ive a
charming titt* dinner Tuesday I von In g
tor Mr. Wilson of Pittsfield, Vlas. The
other ftue.'is were Mr. ami Mrs. Ilenry
M-Alplit, Mr and Mr-. Charles A
Bheanton, and Mrs. Henry M. Hleete.
Mrs Holier! L Mercer. Jr., was hostess
TmsDy afternoon ai an in’, .m.l . ,
iv "t lu honor of Mis. wtfiiim i,. nay
Mr Mr .rsnir t - w.le Miss El./.a . lay,
Mm, Louiii xri Hun htoit,
Mrs. W. T. Hopkins, Mrs. J. R. Ander
son, Miss Jsdla Hill. Miss Phoebe Elliott,
Mis* Li iy Anderson, nnd Miss Emma Hop
kins.
Gen. and Mrs. W. W. Gordon entertain
ed Tuesday evening witli a dinner at which
the guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. J. De
Renne, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Minis. Mrs.
Robert C. Harrison. Mr. W. W. Gordon,
Jr., and Mr. Arthur Gordon.
Miss Virginia Lord Nisbet nnd her
charming friend. Miss Agnes Kelley of
Pittsburg, Pn., are expected from New
York to-morrdw afternoon, to spend a
fortnight with Mr. and Mrs. John Nisbet
on Forsyth Park.
Miss Jennie Rankin of Salisbury, N. C.,
will arrive next week to visit Miss Ma
bel Stoddard.
Mrs. Cleland Klniock Nelson is expectel
during the week to visit Mr. and Mrs.
Henry McAlpin.
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Clay left yes
terday for Richmond, where they will
spend Christmas with Dr. and Mrs. Hun
ter .McGuire.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Shearson left
yesterday morning for Aiken, S. C., where
they will visit Mr. and Mrs. Alan Leßoy
Reed at their charming home, "La Ca
sita.’’
Miss Leila Grantland will arrive from
Griffin during the week and will be the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Malone.
Mr. and tMrs. Louis M. LeHardy are
spending Christmas with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Miller at their home on The Hill,
near Augusta.
Miss Mary Clay Is expected from New
York the latter part of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Barbour Thompson of
Atlanta will arrive the latter part of the
week to be present at the marriage of their
brother, Mr. Thornton Marye, to Miss
Florence King Nisbet.
Mr. Martin Dunbar and Mr. Crossely of
Augusta will spend the next few days
with Mr. Edward Stoddard.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollins Randolph of At
lanta, who are now visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Dumvoody in Brunswick, will spend
a few days In Savannah next week. The
many friends of Mrs. Randolph will lie
delighted to welcome her to her old home.
■Mr. and Mrs. Habersham Clay were In
town for a few days during the week with
Jlr. and Airs. Malcolm Maclean, return
ing Thursday to Slrathy Hall, In Bryan
county.
The friends of Mrs. Reltze, who has been
spending the past five years abroad, are
welcoming her back to Savannah. She Is
the guest of Mrs. N. H. Finnie on Liberty
street.
Airs. James T. Dent will leave during
the week, for Hofwyl, accompanied by
Miss Miriam Dent, Aliss Ophelia Dent,
Miss Clermont Huger, Miss Minnie Mac
kali and Mr. Gratz Dent.
Miss Susan Harwood of Atlanta Is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Arthur M. Gibbes.
Air. Nash is spending the Christmas
holidays at his home in North Carolina.
‘Mrs. Henry Bell and the Aliases Bell of
Hagerstown, Aid., arrived during the week
to spend the winter in Savannah. They
have taken rooms on Bolton street, east.
Miss Mary Wayne arrived yesterday
from Vassar College to spend a fortnight
with her mother, Mrs. T. 9. Wayne.
Mr. Alexander R. Lawton, Jr., has ar
rived from St. Paul to spend the holidays
with his parents.
Mr. and Airs. J. A. Huger, Airs. Robert
C. Harrison, the Misses Huger, Air. Ar
thur B. Elliott and Air. Percy Huger have
gone down to Bluffton to spend Christmas.
Mr. Dan Hull Is expected this week from
Atlanta to visit Mr. Harris Cope. Jr.
'Miss Nan Screven arrived yesterday
from Baltimore to spend a week or two
with Mr. and 'Airs. W, W. Gordon, Jr.
Mrs. Cornelius Moses has sent out invi
tations for a card parly, which will take
idaee Thursday afternoon at her home
on Hull street.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huston of Cotes
vllle. Pa., arrived last evening and will be
the guests of Maj. James Stewart.
‘Miss Leiia Hill and Miss Eleanor Hill
left yesterday for Grovetowti, where they
will spend the holidays with their par
ents. Miss Lily Hill will also come home
from Bryn Alawr School for Christmas.
Mrs. George Dent returned yesterday
from Glynn county.
Mr. Thomas S. Wayne has arrived from
Nashville, Tenn., to spend Christmas In
Savannah. ,
Mr. Alexander Maxwell left yesterday
for Grovetpwn, where he w ill spend Christ
mas with his aunt, Mrs. Hill.
Alias Emily Lawton is expected home the
latter part of the week from Nashville,
Tenn., where she has been visiting Mrs.
Abram 'Carrington Read.
Mr. Neyie H. 9imkins will spend the
Christmas holidays with his cousin, Airs.
Crlstleld, in Philadelphia.
Miss Mattie I-ee Lockhart of Augusta
xvill be the guest of Aliss Flora Dancy
next week.
Alts. Bradley and Aliss Frances Bradley
of Germantown. Pa., will spend the winter
with Mr. and Airs. Carlton Champion on
Orkans Square.
Mr. Edward Stoddard arrived yesterday
from Augusta to spend Christmas with his
parents, Air. and Mrs. H. I. Stoddard.
Mrs. Henry B. Maxey of Brunswick is
the guest of Mr. and 'Mrs. Charles G. Belt.
Mrs. Walter Charlton and Miss Frances
Chariton will be at home on Monday after
noons and evenings during the winter.
Mr. Harris Cope, Jr., who has been vis
iting relatives In Griffin since leaving Se
wanee. returned home yesterday for the
winter vacation.
Miss Alaud Williams left yesterday to*
Scranton, Pa., where she will spend the
holidays with relatives.
Mr. Lewis H. 'Mercer arrived yesterday
from New York.
Mr. lieSaassure Ford has gone to his
home in Augusta for Christmas.
Miss Mary Comer lias returned from
Northampton, 'Mass., for the holidays.
Mist; Elbe! Chisolm Is spending Christ
mas witli frienda in Augusta.
Mr. Tracy G. Hunter, Jr., arrived yes
terday from St. James to spend the holi
days with his parents.
Mis* Blnnlckson of Kalem. N. J.. I* ex
pected Friday to visit Miss Anulette
Stubbs.
Mr. Antonio Waring has arrived from
Yale and Mr. James Waring from Law
rcnrevllfe to spend chrlsttnaa with their
mother, Mra. A. J. Waring.
Mr, and Mrs. W. F Pennlman left yes.
ler/lay for Brunswick, when? they will
-petal Christmas, returning to Bavannah
fur the New Year, Thu Alizse* Puud-
THE AIORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBEK 24, 189a
man will accompany their parents anl ,
they will all ppend the winter in Savan
nah.
Mira Anna McAlpin k-ft yesterday to
spend Chrisimas wltfi her parents at Lin
den, near Bluffton, S. C.
Mr. Churchill Jtfebenl of Pittsburg. Pa.,
is the guest of Mr. Sidney Stubbs.
Miss Crutchfield of Macon will arrive
during the week to visit Miss Frances
Charlton.
Mr. Hugh Harris left during the week
for Augusta, from where he will go to
Athens to spend Christmas at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Webb Howard are
vi;-! Ing relatives in Hardeeville, S. C.
The Misses Carrie Lou and Fannie Mel
drim arrived Friday from the Lacy Cobb,
in Athens, to spend the holidays.
Mr. Lew's Haskell, Jr., has arrived from
Baltimore, where he Is studying at the
Johns Hopkins.
Miss Freida Hauers returned yesterday
from Baltimore.
Messrs. John and Fort Hammond ia
spending the Chr.stmas holidays with their
mother.
Miss Ethel Mclntyre has returned from
Georgetown Convent for the holidays.
Miss Belle Shotter arrived Friday to
spend Christmas with her father and sis
ters at Gret nwich.
Miss Flora Dancy Is visiting Miss Mat
tfe Lee Lockhart in Augusta, where she
will attend the coming-out reception of
her friend, Miss Anita Phlnizy.
Miss Alice Dougan is at home for the
Christmas holl lays from Germantown,
Pa.
Miss Wilfle Dußose left yesterday to
spend the week with relatives at St.
Mary’s, Ga.
Mr. Wililam Dancy has arrived from the
Johns Hopkins Hospital to visit his par
ents, Mr. and Mrp. D. Y. Dancy.
Master* Cecil and Doping Gabbett ar
rived during the week to spend their va
cation at h me.
MJss Catie iilils has returned from Shor
ter College to spend Christmas at home.
Miss Fannie Harmon returned Friday
from Wesleyan College, Macon.
Mr. J. Ft. Marshall is spending Christ
mas in Richmond.
Mrs. Price and Miss Willy Rarkaloo of
Brunswick are visiting Mrs. C. B. Still
w< n.
Miss Jane Smart has returned from the
Woman’s College in Baltimore for the hol
idays.
Mrs. M. A. O’Byrne has returned from a
visit to friends in Atlanta.
Mr. R. C. Brooks has gone to his home
in West Point Va., for Christmas.
Miss Stella Bailey has returned from the
Georgetown convent to spend the holidays
with her family.
The first Harmonie hall of the season
will take place at the De Soto Tuesday
evening, the twenty-sixth. Among the
strangers present will be the party of At
lanta guests who wi.l come to attend the
Hirsch-Wei? wedding Wednesday evening.
Tuesday morning at Hannon Lodge a
very pleasant luncheon was enjoyed by the
following ladies: Airs. Grabfelder of New'
York, Airs. Lawrence Llppm&n, Mrs. 'Alon
tag, Mrs. Abram Vets burg, Airs. Joseph
Rosenheim, Airs. Jacob Lippman, Mrs.
Sidney Itosonbaum of Richmond, Airs.
Lewis Kayton, Mrs. Lewis Lippman and
Airs. Leopold Adler.
Wednesday evening Air. and Airs. Jo
seph Rosenheim gave a beautiful card
party at the De Soto, the guest of hpnor
being their daughter, Mrs. Sidney Rosen
baum of Richmond. The decorations were
entirely of green and white, palms and
smilax In lavish profusion adorning the
banquet hall. The guests were Mr. andr
Mrs. Leopold Adler, Air. and Mrs. Lewis
Kayton, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lippman,
Air. and Mrs. Kinil Newman, Mr. and Airs.
Lee Roy Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ro
senheim, Mr. and Airs. Abram Vetsburg,
Air. and Airs. Jacob Lippman, Mrs. Hirsch
of Atlanta, Mrs. Grabfelder of New York,
Aliss Tessie Rosenheim, Miss Ruth Kay
ton, Miss Carrie Kayton, Aliss Marie Ehr
lich, Air. Herman Myers, Air. Herbert
Kayton, Air. Gus Kayton, Air. Herman
Rosenheim and (Air. Joe Alyers.
A Christmas wedding in which many
Savannahians are interested will be that
of Aliss Virginia Barnard White and Air.
Paul Fitzsimmons Pritchard, which will
take place at St. John’s Church at 8
o’clock Tuesday morning. Both parties
are well known In Savannah and have
hosts of friends who wish them the ut
most happiness. The bride-to-be is the
daughter of Air. Steele McA.
White and one of the most
lovely and charming little la
dies to be found anywhere. The groom
is the son of Mr. William R. Pritchard,
a well-known rice planter. For the laef
two years he. has resided in New Orleans,
where he has a good position with one
of the large rice milling companies of that
city. The marriage will be a very quiet
one. No cards have been issued and only
ihe immediate relatives and n few close
friends of the contracting parties will be
present. At 8:40 o’clock the newly mar
ried couple will take the train for New
Orleans, where they will make their home.
A delightful entertainment was given by
Air. S. P. Shotter at Greenwich last even
ing for his daughters, the Alisses Belle,
Elizabeth and Eleanor Shotter. Fortu
nately the weather cleared towards 7
o’clock and the guests enjoyed the drive
as well as the beautiful fireworks that fol
lowed. Mrs. \V. W. Owens, Mrs. A. AI
Carmichael, Mrs. J C. Myers, .Miss Mary
Carmichael. Miss Alaud Thomas and Aliss
Elizabeth Haskell assisted Mr. Shotter
and Miss Emily Shotter in amusing the
young people, who were Aliss Clifford
Munnerlyn. Aliss Clermont Huger, Miss
Hattie Guerard, Miss Miriam Dent. Aliss
Margaret Charlton, Miss Anna Hunter,
Miss Virginia Haines, Miss Sarah Cun
ningham. Miss Lila Carmichael, Miss Do
rothy Baldwin, Miss Sarah Carmichael,
Miss Mary. Elliott. Aliss Florence Stevens,
and Owen Daniel, Gordon Haines, Jack
Myers, Anderson Carmichael, Duncan
Owens, and Willy Mackall.
Mrs. George Cann entertained pleasantly
with whist Monday -afternoon. Those
present were Airs. Thomas S. Wylly, Mrs.
\ “A Perfect Food,” 0
“Preserves Health,"
) “Prolongs Life.”
BAKER’S 1
BREAKFAST
COCOA ,
!“ It is at once a delightful food and V
nourishing drink, and it would be welt D
for humanity if there were more of it V 1
consumed and less tea or coffee.”— //
The Homeopathic Recorder. 1 1
5 Walter Baker & Cos. n-** y
/ DORCHESTER, MASS. (
) established Itto. ?!
1-4 Broughton Street, West f
Furnishings.^-
Will remove to the Old Postoffice Building on
Whitaker Street Thursday, and be Open
for Business on Saturday.
WE BEGIN OUR
CUT SALE
This week in present quarters, and will continue the
sale in the old Postoffice Building next week,
Sacrificing the Whole Stock
Until our Broughton Street Store is remodeled.
Emil Nfwnrnt, Miss J. A. Carson, Mrs.
J. C. LeHardy, Miss J. B. Chesnutt, Mrs.
W. D. Dearlng, Mrs. Bradford Dunham,
Mrs. William Carey, Mrs. A. B. Hull,
Mrs. Hinton. Mrs. W. G. Cann, Miss Hat
tie Saussy and Miss Brewer.
Among the boys who have returned from
the Technological School in Atlanta for
the holidays, are the Messrs. Sullivan,
Bell, Carson. Harper, Rankin, Launey,
Jones, and Cubbedge.
Messrs. Edward and Lester Karow ar
rived during the week to spend the holi
days at home.
Miss Julia Wayne Hartridge, who is
among the Savannah girls at Vassar, is"
spending the Christmas vacation in New
Y'ork with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford W. Hart
ridge.
Mrs. Russell and Miss Harrlette Russell
of New York, mother and sister of Mrs.
Clifford Hartridge, are expected during the
week and will stay et Mrs. Withers', on
Gaston street, east.
Mr. Louis Egan Is at home for Ihe
Christmas holidays.
Mrs. J. G. Jarrell is visiting her parents.
Dr. and Mrs. Bradfield, in LaGrange.
Mr. Benjamin Yancey has gone to Rome
for Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Guerard of Bluff
ton have arrived and will spend the win
ter with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lynah.
Miss Ruth Reid has returned from a
visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Huston, In
Cotesville, Pa.
Mr. F. M. Oliver has gone to Florida for
Christmas.
Miss Elise Guerard is visiling Miss Bes
sie Bond In Darien.
Mass Letty Lawrence of Marietta is vis
iting her grandmother, Mrs. L. F. Cold
ing.
Mtss Susie Jaudon is visiting friends In
Jacksonville.
Miss Meta Fretwell has returned from
Shorter College, Rome, for the holidays.
Miss Maude Hunter of Palestine, Tex.,
will arrive Tuesday to visit Miss Lula
Davis.
Miss Marie Cheatham, who has been at
tending Shorter College, Rome, Is at home
for the holidays.
Mr. John H. I.owe of Macon ts spending
the holidays with Mr. John Hastings Cut
ter on Y'ork street.
Miss Essie Whitfield of Brunswick is the
guest of Miss Clara Johnson.
Miss Sadie Sternberg and Miss Birdie
Muhlberg have returned from Washington
College, D. C., for the holidays.
Mrs. Robinson of Newnan, Ga.. Is the
gudSi of her daughter, Mrs. H. O. Hey
ward.
Mrs. Sidney Rosenbaum, after a delight
ful visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo
eph Rosenheim, returned yesterday to her
home in Richmond.
Mr. John Itnmbo left last evening to
spend the holidays in Augusta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welden of Atlanta
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Chesnutt.
Miss Pearl Osborne of Atlanta Is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Osborne.
Cadet Walker Cutts is home trom the
Hogue Military Academy at Black?ton,
Va., and is spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mis. E. A. Cutts.
Mrs. M. E. Wilson has returned from a
visit to friends in Jacksonville.
Miss Marie Scovel has gone to Mont
gomery for the holidays.
The Misses Coney have returned from a
visit to Asheville, N. C.
Miss Annie Kehoe expects to leave dur
ing the week for a visit to Miss Vaughan
of Augusta.
Mr. Robert Davidson is spending the
Christmas holidays with his parents at
Sharon, Ga.
Miss Mary M. Peters, the pretty daugh
ter of Capt. C. C. Peters of the D. H.
Miller, accompanied her father to Savan
nah on his trip last week. Her cousin,
Miss Madeline Young, also came out for
the sea trip.
Masters Gordon and Gilbert Rossignol
have returned from Gordon Institute, at
Barnesville, Ga., for the holidays.
Mis* Sadie Garfunkel will leave to-day
for New York, where she will spend the
remainder of the winter with her sister.
Miss Kitty Prosser returned during the
week from Shorter College to spend the
holidays.
Mr. I. M. Prager, who has been studying
civil engineering in Atlanta, Is at home
again with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
Prager.
Miss Fannie Price, with her mother, Mrs.
J. S. Price of Boonton, N. J.. arrived
from New Y’ork on the Grand Ducheese
Monday evening, and spent a few days
very pleasantly visiting Miss Robertine
Murphy and Mrs. Smith, at the home of
Mrs. Smith on Harris street. Miss Price
and her mother left on Thursday for their
winter home at St. Petersburg, Fla., to re
main till spring.
Miss Fannie Is>yle-ss of Dawson. Is the
guest of Mr. amt Mrs. K. B. Cheatham.
Misses Marie l’uder Hnd Adah Roberts
wilt leave this week for North Georgia, to
spend the Christmas holidays.
Miss Eva Stokes ha* returned to the elty
after spending several weeks with rela
tives and friend? in Jacksonville and Val
dosta.
Mrs A. J. Carver, Mis* Comer <Yirver
and Master Rogers Carver of Dawson,
Ga., ate visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Cheatham. #Ol Whitaker street.
Mis* Maagie Duggan ha* returned from
the Georgia Normal and Industrial Col
lege, which she has been attending, to
spend tin* holidays with her parents.
Mr and Mrs M. Prager have moved
Into tlteit new re; ideates on Hall and Whit
aker streets, and will be at home to their
friends after Jan. 1.
Mr. and Mrs. ,1. P. Solomons will spend
the holidays visiting friends In Scotia, S. C.
Miss I. Solomons has returned from At
lanta, where she visited her sister, Mrs.
Alexander.
Miss Agnes Rourke will leave Tuesday
for Augusta, where she will visit Miss
Mulherin.
■Misses Willie and Annie Lee Newton
will return from Asheville, N. C., this
evening, where they have been spending
several months,
HOW THE BOERS EIGHT.
They Are Hereditary Marksmen,
and Fight With Their Women
Near.
From the New York Journal.
How is it that the Boers keep winning?
How can these plain farmers of the veldts
and kopjes be victors in every fight of im
portance? TJnunlformed, undisciplined as
bodies of soldiery, unschooled in the arts
and sciences of war, they win victory af
ter victory against the flower of the Brit
ish army, whose Maxim guns are the
deadliest and their Colt's the wickedest in
the w p orld: whose men are perfectly drill
ed, and disciplined, and equipped; whose
officers fear nothing in the hope of getting
their Victoria cross, and whose general
commander is a man of undoubted skill
and proved persona! bravery?
The Boer army exists only on paper ex
cept in war times. There is practically no
paid force. There is little ijfjthe technical
drill so common here, and in European
countries. Many a Boer, who fights to the
death and kills a dozen redcoats before
he dies doesn't know fours right from port
arms, but he knows one thing—he can
shoot.
In South Africa they dig a hole In the
ground and put a turkey In it. Then
they cover the pit with a cloth with a
hole in it just big enough to let out the
turkey's head. Occasionally the gobbler
pops out his head to take the lay of the
land. Then the Boer marksmen shoot
with their excellent Martini rifles. The
red necks of the turkeys are called
"rooinoks.” So when the Boers shoot at
Englishmen they call them •'rooinoks.”
They fight with their women one day
behind them. When they administered
that crushing defeat to the British at
Majuba Hill their wives had no idea that
the redcoats were close and drove up that
bright Sunday morning in 1881 with fresn
bread and coffee. It was Gen. Joubert's
wife who first saw the English host. She
gave the alarm and Joubert so disposed
of his 600 Boers as to wipe out almost
completely the British force.
“The Boers are hereditary marksmen,”
says he. ‘We had to send our children to
school in the old days, and the country
was full of wild beasts and Kaffirs. So
every boy had to carry a rifle to defend
himself and his sisters. He was also ex
pected to prove his skill by bringing home
a bag of game from school. That's how
we teach our boys.”
These boys are men to-day. Joubert has
them divided into seventeen military dis
tricts. This is the army of the Trans
vaal. Each department is divided into
smaller and smaller districts, each with
its duly appointed commander. The smaller
the district the lower the rank of the offi
cer in charge.
Every man in the smallest district Is re
sponsible to bis officer and every one Is
taught to be a trained soldier without
leaving his farm. His complete equipment
is kept at home. The Boers have no bar
racks or armories. Every man is pledged
to appear at the appointed spot whenever
summoned. To mobilize the entire force
of the Boer army when war was declared
took but seventeen telegrams from Gen
Joubert.
The word passed down the line. In the
twinkling of an eye hundreds of postriders
were scampering over the veldts and
through the passes in the rolling hills
with their messages of war. Within forty
eight hours the entire force was mobilized
at the designated places, fully equippel
and ammunitioned and rationed for a
month.
“Forty bullets per Boer soldier and one
Briton per bullet"—that Is Joubert's mot
to.
If that is all the Boers had in their
fights then they well nigh lived up to that
fierce maxim.
The military axiom. “An army wastes
a mans weight In lead for every man
killed,” doesn’t seem to apply to the
Boers.
They don’t know much about tactics,
but they seem to know strategy. Their
movements are not so beautifully precise
as the Englishmen, but when the decisive
moment comes In the action they seem
to hold the commanding position—at least
that Is what Gens. Methuen, Gatacre and
Buffer have found out.
Mystery of the Rubber Bands.
From the Boston Globe.
A mackerel with a rubber band around
Its body was taken from a net at Prov
lncetown by John P. Woods. Several m k
erel banded in a similar manner ware tak
en by net fishermen on the New England
coast four or five years ago, and fishermen
generally were puzzled to account for
the band. That the bands were placed
upon the fish when email was evident, for
In every Instance the rubber was sunken
deeply In the body of the mackerel. The
mackerel raptured by Woods has worn Its
band for a long time, as evidenced by the
depth of the li tire. When taken from
the water, the body of the fish collapsed
at the point encircled by the band, the
upper end inclining at an anile with the
tall lurtiuti, yet tho skin wan not broken.
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REAGAN THEN AND NOW.
HIS OFFICIAL VIEW AS COMPARED
AVITH HIS INTERVIEW.
Some Important Facts About the
Final Winding Up of the Confed
erate States Government.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla., Dec.
23.—1 dislike to take Issue with so eminent
an ex-Confederate official as Postmaster
General John H. Reagan, but am compell
ed to do so In order to sustain tny pre
vious statements in regard to the position
occupied by him and President Davis and
Lieut. Gen. Wade Hampton during "the
last days of the Confederacy.” It is like
a case of appealing from Philip Drunk to
Philip Sober, in that appeal from Reagan
the reunion orator of 1899 to Reagan the
cabinet officer of 1865. In my previous ar
ticles on this subject I have asserted that
so far as I could discover from the official
records—they being the only reliable guide
—President Davis and Gen. Hampton were
the only distinguished Confederates who
openly advocated a continuance of the
struggle after the surrender of the armies
under Gen. Lee and Gen. Johnston had oc
curred.
I claimed that all the cabinet officers
had given formal opinions, solicited by
him, to President Davis against contin
uing the struggle for independence. I am
surprised, therefore, to find in Mr. Rea
gan's interview, published in the October
issue of the Confederate Veteran, a con
trary statement as to himself and Gen.
John C. Breckinridge, then Secretary of
War. “After this war had been complet
ed” (winding up the affairs of war and
postofflee department at Washington, Ga.)
says Mr. Reagan, “Mr. Breckenridge
struck out for the West, hoping to be able
to rally the remnant of the Southern
army and continue the war. I followed
and overtook Mr. Davis, and was with him
when he was captured. Before reaching
Washington, Ga., Mr. Breckinridge and
myself had advised Mr. Davis to disguise
himself in a soldier's uniform, make his
way to the coast and thence to Havana,
where he could take an English vessel
for the mouth of the Rio Grande. Then
he could make his way through to the
West, and in the meantime the plan was
that Mr. Breckinridge and I should rally
the remnants of the regiments of the
Southern army and be in readiness for Mr.
Davis’ coming to continue the contest. At
Washington I mingled with the men a
great deal and became convinced that no
considerable proportion of them would win
our proposed movement, and I communi
cated my observations to Mr. Breckinridge,
but he was of the opinion that he could
rally an effective force, and left for the
west for the purpose of putting the plan
into execution. The result is known, and
perhaps it is better so.”
Now for the official records upon which
I based my statement that Reagan and
Breckinridge opposed a continuance of the
contest. After referring to Lee's surren
der, the abandonment of the capital at
Richmond by the civil authorities, Mr.
Reagan says of the Sherman-Johnston
terms of surrender: “Painful as the neces
sity is, * * ♦ I must advise the ac
ceptance of the terms of the agreement.
* * * The army west of the Mississippi
is unavailable for the arrest of the victori
ous career of the enemy east of that river,
and is inadequate for the defense of the
country west of it. * * * With these
facts before us and under the belief that
we cannot now reasonably hope for the
achievement of our independence, which
should be dearer than life if it were pos
sibly attainable, and under the belief that
a continuance of the struggle, with its
sacrifices of life and property and its ac
cumulation of sufferings without a rea
sonable prospect of success would be both
unwise and criminal, I advise that yon
assent to the agreement. * * * I am
of opinion that if our people could be in
duced to continue the contest with the
spirit which animated them during the
first years of the war, our Independence
might yet be within our reach; but I see
no reason to hope for that now.”
These are brief extracts from the
lengthy opinion given over his own signa
ture by Postmaster General Reagan to
President Davis, under date of Charlotte
N. C., April 22, 1865. And the next day,
at the same place. Secretary of War
Breckinridge rendered a briefer opinion to
the President. After recounting the mili
tary disasters of recent date, and the
probable loss of several border states to
the Confederacy, he says: "For these and
for other reasons, which need not now be
stated, I think we can no longer contend
with a reasonable hope of success It
seems to me that the time has arrived
when, in a large and clear view of the sit
uation, prompt steps should be taken to
put an end to the war. • • • j_ '
spectfully advise • • , hiU you
to the states and the people the trust
which you are no longer able to defend ”
The following day Secretary of the Navy
S. R. Mallory gave n similar opinion, onlv
longer in which he declared that "the
Confederacy Is conquered; its days are
numbered." Ato rallying n , w army of
resist Mice, he says of the people: "They
are weary of war and desire peace If
they could be rallied an d brought to the
field, a united and determine,! ,Hop|e
might even yet achieve independence* but
many circumstances admonish ', ha
unltSTtUT* ' hNr co,dlal *"■'
° f H * a '" P. Benjamin
on Aptll gave an elaborate opinion, and
fully explained the hopelessness of
situation owing to recent heavy disaster?
"The Confederacy," he declared, "is in t
word, unable to continue the war by ar
mies in the field, and the struggle can no
longer be maintained in any other manner
than by a guerilla or partisan warfare.
Such a warfare is not. in my opinion, de
sirable, nor does it promise any useful re
sults. • • • Seeing no reasonable hope
of our ability to conquer our Independ
ence, * * * it is my opinion that there
(Gen. Sherman's) terms should be accept
ed.” In a brief, but concise opinion, the
same day. Attorney General George Davis
thus meets the trans-Mississippi proposi
tion for the scattered remnant of Gen.
Johnston's army: “If It should retreat suc
■ cessfully, and offer itself as a nucleus for
reorganization it cannot be recruited. Vol
unteering is long since at an end, ar.d con
scription has exhausted all its force. • *
* I therefore respectfully advise • • •
disbanding the armies of the Confed
eracy.”
These brief extracts from the opinions
rendered by the cabinet to President Davis
clearly show, as I have claimed in previ
ous articles, that the question of aban
donment of the Confederacy was virtually
settled at Charlotte, N. C., the last of
April, although the final collapse and last
cabinet meeting occurred at Washington,
Ga., on May 5, 1865.
If Postmaster General Reagan and Sec
retary of War Breckinridge saw fit to
change their views, as expressed officially
at Charlotte, and later on favored Gen.
Hampton's idea, indorsed by President
Davis, to continue the struggle with the
united remnants of the Confederate
armies, I have failed to find any such
change in the official records, the first in
timation of its coming to me in the Oc
tober Confederate Veteran.
Being absent when Gen. Johnston and
Gen. Sherman made terms of surrender,
Gen. Hampton claimed to be exempt from
those terms, and having already arranged
with President Davis to escort him to a
place of safety, or prolong the war with
the Confederate forces outside of the
armies of Lee and Johnston, he appealed
to Secretary of War Breckinridge, who
gave it as his opinion that Gen. Hampton
and such officers and soldiers as he may
have had with him while absent, were not
bound by the terms of surrender. Presi
dent Davis telegraphed Gen. Hampton at
Greensborough from Charlotte, on April
26. as follows: "If you think it better,
you can. with the approval of Gen. John
ston, select now, as proposed for a later
period, the small body* of men and join
me at once, leaving Gen. Wheeler to suc
ceed' you in the command of cavalry."
It Is quite probable that Gen. Johnston
did not give his “approval” lo this arrange
ment. as Gen. Hampton did not escort
I res dent Davis to Washington, Ga., that
honor or service being assigned. I think,
to Gen. George B. Dibrell. of Tennessee,
and Gen. Basil W. Duke of Kentucky,
with their cavalry commands.
If Secretary Breckinridge started for the
West on the mission suggested by Post,
master Genera! Reagan, he very soon
found cause lo abandon it. and fall back
upon the final conclusion reached by Mr.
Reagan, that the scheme would not work.
Secretary Benjamin called "the brains”
of the cabinet—seems to have taken the
broadest and clearest view of the Impend
ing collapse and to have given the best
possible advice in regard to meeting it In
a manly, honorable and prompt manner.
Sidney Herbert.
EVOLUTION OF “GUN.”
Its Application to the Mnrderons
Weapon of To-dny.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Ihe volution of the word ‘gun’ forms
an Interesting little study in up-to-date
etymology',” remarked one of a party of
newspaper men taking lunch together. “A
dozen or so years ago we all understood
&ut> to mean a fowling piece—a shotgun,
as distinguished from a rifle or a musket.
Heavy and light ordnance, in fact all
pieces of artillery, without regard to size,
were known as cannon. That, of course,
was in the confines of civilization, where
people made an effort to speak English.
Out in the frontier the word gutv was ap
plied exclusively to pistols, and when a
citizen of Tombstone, A. TANARUS., or Deadwooil,
Dakota, Invited another citizen to ‘pull
his gun' he was always understood to refer
to the 40-callbor Instrument worn as a
chatelaine belt ornament by everybody in
good society in those localities.
“Nowadays the nomenclature has curi
ously changed. By degrees the good old
term gun has became monopolized by the
long, slim, murderous machines that con
stitute our modem artillery. We speak
of quick-fire guns, wire-wound guns, au
tomatic guns, 8-inch, 10-Inch, 12-lnch
guns, and the word seems singularly apro
pos. They are not cannon. ‘Cannon” Im
mediately suggests the big, lumbering,
black-throated, slnooth-bores of the past.
The word conjures up all sorts of curious
antique pictures—swabbers naked to me
waist, motionless men holding lighted
matches, frigates lashed together and fir
ing Into each other's porta. Sepoys bound
to the muzzle, neat geometric pyramids of
round shot in neat geometric forts. the
charge of the Light Brigade, and lots of
other things too numerous to mention.''
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WELL Charlotte Russe.