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8 |i i i I I > 10-H-l-Hi H U HiH 4»444444 I HWttW'l-rTrtrTr More About “The Wilderness;” Wilcox’s Brigade in the Fight I have just read the article from the pen of Comrade W. F. Smith, of the Forty-fifth Georgia regiment. A. N. *in regard to the battle ia the WHdernera on the «th of May He io correct; it woo not Wficox s brigade which rave way on that memora nle day. I know whereof I apeak, for I »aa there. Well do 1 remember when the regtanent os the left of oar brigade gave way, and I understood at the time that It was a Georgia brigade that gave way. Our line waa never broken; we bad to change front as the enemy were In our rear and we held the enemy in check in onr front until Longstreet drove them back, and established the line; <• then moved for ward, drove them back, and returned to onr line, then passed to left where th* tine had been broken and helped drive the enemy, passed the point, where General J** w«* wUh hl * heard the order of General Lee: “To the rear.” ’ I raw him tn person. as he eat on his horse, not excited but seated anxious to loin in the tray. Never wiU I forget how grand he looked on that day. Our brig- A Little Sermon to the City of Atlanta. BY ALEX W. BEALER. I em going to preach a little se. mon to the city of Atlanta today. My teat will be found in the great book of life, in the month of October, and consist* of these simple words, '•Mr*. Etße Covington. ” Oneudght this week as the Southern train rolled into the union depot the lawyers were attracted by a poor little woman on crutches. She had a simple expresston on her face and It was with great difficulty that she hobbled on her crutches across to the waiting room. She wore a plain dress and her face was half hidden beneath a cheap sun bonnet. She copewred to be suffering and to the officer who was called to look after tier she gave the name of Effie Cov ington. She told a pitiful story. She was an epileptic. Last spring in one of these horrible attacks she fell into the Are with her baby. The child wee burned to death and her feet were hor yibiy burned. Her husband waa * car pentee. Their home was in Clarksville. gWnn. He wanted her to come to At lanta. where she could have her bums treated in some hospital. He bad been dead a short time and she was Ln the city and wanted to go to the hospital. The officer sent her to the Grady hospital Her looks indicated that she was one of the unfortunate poor. What mattered it to the official that a human creature was suffering. She was a non-resident and under the rules ehe could not be received. Take her away, carry her to the police station, and I fancy that the bones of the man for whom the hospital was named turned over in their grave aa the poor creature was sent away from its doors, within which she hoped to And a healing balm for her terrible wounds. To the great and august chief of po lice and bls satellites the poor woman told the same story. He was charged with the duty of protecting the city. Here was a suspicious ease-a wo man with her legs burned nearly off trying to break Into the city's charity fund. He could not stand by and see it done. She said at first that she was fn>ta Tennessee and then she declared that ehe came from Rome. Ga. Rome was trying to palm off a deadbeat on Atlanta. Hunter was called—Hunter, the sleuth of the department! Jumbo Hunter, the hater of dishonesty, the terror nf petty deceiver*. To him was committed the duty of running thia dangerous imposter—this no-legged wo man. out of the city. The chief did not believe her story. What mattered it that she was suffering. She had tried to deceive him and that waa a crime that could not be overlooked and he sat back well pleased with himself while Jumbo hustled the poor woman off to the train and soon she waa being rat tled away toward Rome Last Wednesday as I sat in my study in Cartersville a man came in to see me He was a decent looking fellow, but be seemed footsore and weary. “I am in trouble, str.” be said, “and I ? have come to you aa a minister of the gospel to get you to help me. My name is J. D. Covington. I am a car penter by trade and my home has been In Clarksville, Tenn. I have a wife, Ef fie Covington, but she is affected with epilepsy. God only knows where she is todav. Last spring In a fit she fell into the fire while holding our baby tn her arms. The child was burned to death and her lege were so badly burned that some of the bones have since come out of one foot. The crops were all burned up around Clarksville and I wanted to come to Atlanta to get my wife in a hospital. I did not have much money, so I bought a ticket to a little WANTED—AGENTS. jf by ' AgentaTiflecaat Premiums Free Address Scott Remedy Co.. LoulovllJ* Xy. When writing please mention MACHINERY. SPECIAL—Just received, car load of Keystone Corn Huskers and Shredder* which we are offering at special prices; also have on hand full and complete line of Ecrinea, Boilers and Saw Milla, both portable and stationary, and all alaes. For the next fifteen days we will make special prices on all good* <"*ll • n ' l our prices, or write for catalog, quotations, eta MALfiBT * COMPANY, il South Forsyth TELEGRAPHY taught qulokly: psslttoas ee- Oeergla Telegraph School, Seaata. On k» ■ 10 MTS’ TUATMMT FREE C . a5 Have made Dropsy and ita ecn- Hhfcn. y plicaiioM a specialty for twenty / yean with tie most wonderful A —• k tureen Eire cared■aaytsns* :tii aixxr: son. WTi 8 • Box T Atlanta, Gg. “ •eilivua. Crick tea A Smith'» (Z/ MenCloa fi»ml-Week!y Journal. 13.75 BUYS 1 130.00 WITCH. The handsomest and best watch In the world for the money. superbly engraved, double hunting ease, stem wind andstam set. Jeweled movement. Mediately guaranteed. Cat this ent and send it to us and wo will send yea the watch by express for examination If aa represented pay oar special price. Mfa and •were*, -barges. and It to your*. Ladies' alas. Order today, aa wo will send oat samples at thia reduce.l price for* days only. KJLLEY JEW ELRY CO.. • SL Broad §t». Atlanta?Ga positions! <2 sane paid. Cheap board. Sood fccl<-p i itakgua Z'Sf / , SRACTICAL /W jSrraiiOlcm (WihsKhhw neeel au*iNt*a Nashville, St. Louis, Atlanta, Montgomery, Little Rode. Ft. Worth. Galveston. A Shreveport. EodcrwdbybusinaasmenfromMainetoCal. Over LOW students past year. Author 4 text-beaks oa bookkeeping: safes on same &st»s*> perday. No vaca’inn. Enter any timt bekkerptaf. tfsorb band.etc., taught by maiL Address Dept. B ■ ade was on the Plank road, think one regiment was on the right, snd I know my regiment was just on the left. I.re member General Wadsworth was killed In our front and General Longstreet was wounded at this ‘point. at least, that la my recollection that he was wounded In' the neck. Never shall I forget the 6th of May in the Wilderness. Never shall I forget when Geenral Perrin, who was in command of our brigade, came up and said. “Brave men!” Nor will I ever forge,t the May morn ing that the order came to cook three days* rations, preparatory to leaving. When we broke cainp .on the Rapldan the long roll* was called and then we marched down the plank road. Brigade after brigade filed intp the oM plank road. 1 can see now the long Une of glistening guns of as grand an army as ever met a foe. I am proud that I onee belonged to such a noble band of heroes. ' R. P. tfCHOPFRRT. Co. B. 11th Alabama regiment. Wilcox's old brigade, Eutaw. Ala. c ) ? i * jsSm s station twenty-five miles above Dal ton. •There I expressed a valise in which were all our clothes, down to Marietta. I paid my wife's fare to Dalton and gave her enough money to buy some thing to eat and a bed in which to sleep. I told her that I would walk to Dalton and gave her instructions to wait in the depot until I came. “It was a long walk, but when I got 44444444444444444 M » >444444 411 »♦»■! H 444444 I I 4»444444>;; :: Deciding Shot at First Manassas ii I, 1111 11 11 1*4441 111 1 111 4 »♦♦♦ While sipping tea with Colonel H. P. Bell the other evening thia grand old vet eran related to ua a very thrilUng incident of the civil war. As he intended- at the time having It recorded, but never did, and as it may be of some interest to many of the survivors of that conflict, the majority of whom are Journal read era, I will give the substance of It as follows: Major Dunwoody, now one of the direct ors of the Roswell cotton factory, was present at the battle of Manassas and did come gallant work. All who fought on Manassas' bloody field will vividly re call the suspense that preceded the signal victory of the Confederates. After hard fighting on both sides the Federal! waver ed and It was apparent to all that the crisis was at hand. The balance,of vic tory hung with equal weight, on both armies, but the brave deed of one daring man would' be sufficient to decide the result. At this juncture Major Dunwoody who was rallying his men. for a charge, noted an artillery sergeant of the Federals preparing for a- center fire at the Con federates. The major called on his sol- :: Atlanta Typographical Union II Adds Liberally to the. Fund •; 4 ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 6, 1901. 4 John 8. Cohen, Secretary McKinley Monument Association. 4 ■ 4 Dear Sir: At a regular meeting of Atlanta Typographical union, No. 48. 4 4 held today, a resolution was adopted- unanimously endorsing the movement 4 4 to erect in Atlanta a monument to the late president, Wm. McKinley. To 4 4 aid in this the union pledged a subscription of S2O, which is in addition to 4 4 about S4O already subscribed by individual members of the union. Yours 4 4 truly, DAN W. GREEN, President. . 4 4 C. C. HOUSTON, Secretary. e • 4 4 CLOSE CALLS BRING ♦ 4 OLD VETS TOGETHER. ♦ 4 HHIHHHHIKUHIHH HAMPTON. GA,. B®Pt. 29. 1901. L like many old vets, enjoy, reading the close calls. I will not go’ln to details of what I saw but will say that I had my share of hardships and hairbredth calls. About as close as I was to being passed over the river by a Yaak was one dark night when we thought we were going tp capture a squad of scouts when one guide betrayed us into an ambush of Yankees that were behind a rail fence. One of them when I reached the fence piit his gun through the crack against my breast. I knocked the gun aside as it fired. I had some close calls from freezing on scout and picket duty, as I followed the war chief, Joe Wheeler, in all his raids and tramps with the army of Tennessee. I no- <1 JSkX M y/ than // C4q you read thia proverb? THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1901. • there It was night. I could not learn anything of xny wife. The next morn ing the day marshal informed me that he did not believe the woman's story about having a husband and as he did not want her to stay In town he had sent her down to Calhoun, 21 miles away. I set out for Calhoun and walk ed every step of the tray. There I ar rived at 4 o’clock in‘the afternoon. The people believed the stOr.v of my wife and to my amazement I found that they had shipped her back to Dalton no that she could find »< Jim Hall, the editor, and alt the other people there were very kind tome They tel egraphed to-Dalton to return my wife, but the officer had shipped her over to Rome. I went from Calhoun to Rome, but there they told me that my wife had been sent to Anniston, Ala. I am In despair and I am trying to reach At lanta so thaC I can find her. I want you'to help' me.” • "Your wife Is In Atlanta.” I said to Mm as he ’"How do you knots’?” he asked In ■unwise. J* ' “Because I read an account of her arrfvhl In the Atlanta Journal," was , my ’ Then I hunted up the paper and found the story just as he had told It except that the woman had said }e was dead. “Her mind Is weak.” he said. In ex plaining that, "and the officer at Dal ton put that notion into her head by ' telling her that he tfIWHWF Ilmd run off and left her or was dead.” I went around among the people and in a little while had raised enough money to send Mr. Covington to At lanta and he had a few dollars to spare. I telephoned The Journal, ask- . Ing that the woman be held at police station. Thursday morning Mr. Covington pass d through Cartersville gotng to ' Rome on the trail of his wife who had been sent back by the vigilant officials • of the great city of Atlanta. Now here ia my application. This is one of the worst cases of inhumanity that has ever come under my notice. No. that is not too stfong. it fs hard ly strong enough. I care not where the woman came from nor what sort of a story she told, common humanity should "have given • her some attention. I saw where a mule suffering from the colic was ken into police station and cared for. but here was a crippled and helpless woman who was suffering, run out of the city because she did not tell a story "to please the officers. . \ Tije stoyy Is a sad commentary on the Christianity of our state, a suffer ing woman footballed from place to place to keep from paying out a few dollars. . „ . I hope my frind Dr. Broughton will have this case investigated and give some of the official jackets a dusting. They need it and when he does It there are thousands of good people in Atlanta who will say amen. I for one will join In with them. ; die rs to pick off the sergeant. Every man was willing, but the distance,.was long and few indeed were the men - Who could safely trust their aim. At last's sharp shooter named Wallace, came forward and volunteered hip services, lie’ had just been wounded badly in the head. The blood was streaming down hla face and he was deathly pale. As Wallace raised his gun the little squad became hushed. Although suffering intensely he "took steady alm and fired. The artilleryman fell forward on his face. When the Fed erals saw their distinguished officer fall dead they became confused and broke ranks. A few minutes later and they retreated panic-stricken and the first bat tle of the great struggle to follow result ed in a victory fofr the southern soldiers, who contributed so much to military sci ence, as the annals of warfare attest. ■!' ARNOLD B. HALL. Cumming, Ga., Oct. 8, 1901. • C JLMTOZI.XA. th, Tin Kio< Yw Hm Always Beu# ties in issue of September 21st a short communication from James G. Ramsey. If this reaches the above named old vet 1 would be glad to have his address. Writ ing close calls bring many old soldiers to gether that have lost sight of each other. If any of Company K, First Confederate cavalry, read this I would be glad to hear from them. Success to The Journal, the livest paper in the south. A. D. MARTIN, 4 High Private Co. K, First Confederate Cavalry. I Most Despised Public Man. Spokane (Wash.).Review. The Atlanta Journal asks that Senator Well ington of Maryland be expelled from .the sen ate on the ground that he has arrayed him self with “the common ruffians” tn his com ment on the assassination of the president. Wellington has only a year and a half to serve and perhaps It would be just aa well to let him retain his seat in order that the people may have an opportunity of pointing out the most thoroughly despised- min now .holding public office.- ■ ' The journal to the JI BY J. P. AUSTIN. The beautiful engravings that daily ap pear in the Journal are .universally ad mired by a refined and cultured people, but nothing has ever appeared in its columns on that line which has aroused such ten der emotions as the pathetic picture of the old veteran, James R. Stringer, rescuing the Confederate flag from the flames of the burning Confederate home. One can see from the determined expression of the ojd man's face that the same spirit and heroic valor that animated him in the 60's prompted him in his old age to rush for ward and rescue that cherished banner from the devouring elements. Though tottering on the verge of the great beyond, not one spark of that pa triotic devotion to the cause he loved so well has been dimmed by time. Another no less pathetic scene occurred at the burn ing of the home. As these old battle scarred veterans were gathered In groups about the burning embers of their once happy abode; (provided for them by the patriotic sons and daughters of Georgia) bemoaning their unfortunate condition, for these old fellows had lost their all, had no where to rest their weary bones, it seemed to those tried and war worn vets that the last vestige of hope had flown. But amid their gloom and despondency, as the clouds seemed to thicken, And tears Unwritten Facts in Georgia History. BY GEORGE G. SMITH, D. D. We know from the collections of the Georgia - Hlstortcel society and front the joui ..:•!* of John Wesley and George Whitefield, something of the social condition of those who came over with Mr. Oglethorpe. There were none of them from poorhouses or pris ons. There were but few of them in dependent of* all help from the com pany's stores. They were generally of that class who might be called the respectable poor. • They bad Issued to them for the first year a regular ra tion, which consisted of one pound of beef or pork, a third of a pound of both rice and meal, about the same quantity of flour, one pint of beer each day, a quart of molasses a week, 12 pounds of butter, 12 pounds of sugar, five gallons of vinegar, 24 pounds of ■alt, 12 quarts of oil, 20 pounds of soap for a year, and one pound of spun cot ton. They were furnished with a hatch et, a handsaw, a shovel, three hoes, a gimlet, a drawing knife and a frying pan. For these suppl.es they were to work under the direction of the trus tees for one year. The houses they Hv was the pole cabin with a dirt floor. It was covered with clapboards, and the roof was held In its place by weight poles. It was net ceiled or plastered. The chimney was made of sticks laid on each other aud daubed between with clay or mud. The houses were generally 15 to 16 feet square. The door was made of split boards, or perhaps of plank sawed by a whipsaw. These were the colonial mansions of which i our school girls so delight to write. Mr. Oglethorpe himself lived in a little plank cottage not much more pretentious. The' furniture of the cab in was all home-made —a bench or two made of split logs, stools made with three legs, and after a while a chair made with a bottom of rawhide, a ta ble made of rough plank or puncheons, and a bed frame in the corner of the cabin, ah oven, a pot and a frying pan, Made the furniture of an average fam ily. After the Mme when the issue of ra tions eeased, early settlers in the low country w*te dependent for sub sistence upon the product of their la bors In the field. They made no wheat or rye or barley*; they were dependent updh the rice patch and the corn field. Corn and riee were both beaten in a mortar, and com was sometimes ground in hand-mills such as were in use in Palestine. Clothing was woven at home. It was almost entirely of cot ton. The long staple cotton was the only button raised, and the seed was picked from the lint by the fingers. Nearly all the ' people Out of the vil lages and many in for the first 2ft years, went barefooted in summer. The country people had no schools nor churches, and the Sabbath was largely spent in moral sports, especially fish ing and hunting. The first comers to all this low country south of Scriven were of European origin. They were English, Highland Scotch, Lowland Scotch and Germans. The records in Savannah only go back to the formation of the county, in 1777, but in the secretary of state’s office we have records back to 1754. The condition of the first com ers in the years preceding this last date are derived from other sources than the wills and inventories, but those which were made after the days of record amply sustain the descrip tion I have given. Io show how nar row were the circumstances, Mr. Ste phens says that on one boat there were two sows and some turkeys and three shoats, and it would have been a great disaster if they had been lost. This was the condition of things till about 1750. Then there was improve ment in conditions and after the com ing of the Dorchester colony and the better business conditions in Savan nah after 1762 life was much changed, but when in the low country there was comfort and’ even luxury in the fron tier counties of Wilkes and Columbia, everything was in a state of forma tion. These people, unlike those on the coast, had no access to markets ■nd had no products that could be — ======= DOUBTERS. Can Be Changed By Knowledge. If there is any doubt about making brain power by the use of certain food, the doubter should make the following ex periment; Helen Frances Huntington, of Gaines ville, Ga., says: “Just a word of commen dation concerning Grape-Nuts, which I have found to be the most wholesome, nourishing and appetizing food that has ever come to my knowleage. "I am not a dyspeptic, but being con stantly engaged in severe brain work I found that I did'not .nrlve on ordinary diet; even a moderate dinner dulled my brain so as to be practically incapable of critical work. • I tried meat-juice, pepto noids, the two* meal systems of light breakfast and no supper which brought on nervous depletion and sleeplessness, so I resorted to one and another of the va rious health foods which all seemed alike tasteless and valueless as a brain food, until quite by chance I had a dish of Grape-Nuts food served for dessert. I liked it so well that I began to use it daily, for* supper four teaspoonfuls in a saucer of hot milk, eaten before it dissolves to mushiness. * “This point should be remembered, as after* a certain time evaporation seems to affect the sweet nutty flavor of the food ;as in the case of certain fine-flavored fruits. “The result in my case was simply as tonishing. I had no desire whatever for sweet pastrys, meats, or in fact anything else; and my brain was as clear and act ive at night as on awaking from a long, refreshing sleep. < The peculiar advantage about Grape- Nuts food is that it supplies the nutritive qualities of a varied diet Without the bad results of heavy eating. I cheerfully rec orhmend its use to all brain workers, if not as an exclusive diet, certainly for the last meal of the day. I always take it with me when traveling, which saves a deal of annoyance and discomfort.” trickled down their furrowed cheeks, a rocket went up from the Journal office, an eloquent ray of light had burst upon their clouded vision; the management of the great paper had grasped the situation in a moment; and at once dispatched a swift messenger to the scene with the joyful news that relief was at hand, and In less than an hour after the conflagration, the Journal had provided, at its own expense, a comfortable hotne for the old sooldierg. Their tears had in a moment of despair been turned into smiles, then one grand shout went up from those old grizzly vets, which echoed and re-echoed to the praise of the Journal. .» • The Journal Is constantly putting for ward some new and attractive feature, but it will never present anything' that will eclipse the grand, patriotic and meritorious act of providing a resting place for the old soldiers who were so suddenly and un expectedly deprived of -the comforts o.f a home. The Atlanta Journal will ever find a warm place in the hearts of the people of the South for this kind and generous act. I feel like doffing my hat every time I pass the office. God bless the Journal and all connected with it Is the pjayer of an old Confed. River Side, Ga. shipped to Europe. They had moved from Virginia and North Carolina and many of them brought nothing- that could not be put on pack-horses. The upper part of South Carolina near est them was still a new country. The revolution was just over, there was no money and as yet no trade. Few rich people came with the first comers, and life was much as I have pictured it among those near Sa vannah, only the up-country people had no company stores to fall back on, and what they had not brought with them they were compelled to do without. The settler generally came to the new country in the early part of the year and pitched his tent near a spring. He generally chose the lands by a creek Where he could find pasturage for cattle he had brought with him and began at once to build his cabin. It was the duplicate of the one we have described as belonging to the low country. He was largely dependent on his rifle for meat, and on his corn-field for bread. The cane brake was cleared and with his wife's aid the corn was planted. Before his crop was gathered he bought from his Carolina neighbor bread and. as a rule, beat it into meal and hominy in his mortar. He turned his stock into the woods and relied largely for some years on the return irom his cattle. He did not generally have any ne groes and did his own work, and his wife did the sewing, milking and cooking. ‘ After he was able to buy a negro or two he still lived in his log cabin and bn his plain fare. His fur niture was very scant and his com forts very few. For the first few years he had neither sugar nor coffee and no store goods were bought but a few Indispensable articles. The school was conspicuous from its absence, and there were very few churches. The Virginians Who came after the war brought with them sometimes a few negroes, but there were many substan tial citizens who had node. The houses were furnished in the same way and the tables had the same articles of food. In 1790, Benjamin Hendricks, had one bed, a flax wheel, loom, a cotton wheel, tools, a rifle, mare and colt, a horse. There were no chairs nor bedsteads, knives or forks. James Aycock: Two beds, eight cows and calves, four horses, 50 hogs, four negroes, three sheep. George Freeman: 14 cattlh, IS sheep, one hdd. tobacco, five beeves, nine ne groes, 25 hogs, two beds, one bed and curtains, two churns, one oven, two skillets, two bowls, three reap hooks, one loom, tea kettle. Charles Head had four negroes, three horses, six cows, two beds, one drtper and safe, two hackles, one flax wheel, one table, five chairs, two sad irons, one griddle, one table, one looking glass. There were no bedsteads, no knives and forks, nor books of these invento ries. The one room cabin soon gave way to the double log house, and now the newcomers were able to provide their families with some comforts. In 1798 I find the first mention in the up-coun try Os a riding carriage. It was a chair or gig owned by John Wingfield, and there is the first mention of domestic turkeys' potatoes, sugar, bacon and lard, and of a table cloth. He was considered a very rich man for those times, as the Wingfields, Terrells, Fos ters, Bookers, and life lost its primi tive features. It was early in the last century that cotton began to be culti vated largely and their fortunes were made with great rapidity. The ordinary life of the country peo ple was up to the beginning of the century, save as it was broken into by a few rich immigrants, a life of great simplicity. < The country home was a log cabin, the clothing was homespun, and there Were no table luxuries. Coffee was & rare article and sugar even rarer. The high price of coffee, 33 1-3 cents a pound, and of sugar, 16 2-8 cents a pound, put it out of the reach of peo ple of moderate means. Molasses was 50 cents a gallon for the black Musca voda, and was considered a great lux ury. There was an abundance of hog and hominy and buttermilk and cornbread,and a sturdy, healthy, hap py people were the rural people of the Georgia of a hundred years ago. Gen eral Henry R. Jackson wrote- a book of verses in which he pays his tribute to the -Georgia farmer. One verse of it I recall: "On bacon and grits he breaks his fast; On bacon and greens his dinner— On bacon and ash cakes sups at last; Bacori all the while, the sinner.” There were three kinds of corn cakes. The hoecakes, the ash cake and the Johnnie eake. There are 1n the old in ventories bread hoes mentioned. They were made to bake on, the Johnny or journey cake was cooked on a board and the ash cake in the ashes. It was not long after the people began to set tle down before they had schools and the old field school so often described was found in every neighborhood. The tuition paid was 50 cents a month, the school term 12 months in the year, and the school house a cabin by the side. The pupils all studied, reading, writing and arithmetic, and when they wanted grammar they had to <o to the academy. The pioneers had great virtues; they were ready to fight any time, and any where, and anybody, and to be a liar or a coward or a cheat were things not to be thought of, but I am sorry to say they too often got drunk when they went to the courthouse. They were, however, always willing to con fess their dereliction in meeting, and ask the brethren to forgive them, which they did very readily. They were a grand people, though they did set on three legged stools and ate with their fingers. Wedgwood blue is one of the favorite fall colors. - $2.65 Rye, Palata- aedictati k Full ; degree. Z. /* •* *' ' ■ ( ? UABTS 'w Irak P— Everything supplied Ws % / EJcpress r'repa.fa tn pi*in cmm. Send for complete pric* Het, juet out# - * 6 - FIJRE RY£ S Seven to Nine Years Zjrgy Old /SW °n« qt. \ - « One w• M Glendile Springs DlstHlfnt Ce AsSS?/ MPsSL/ Whiekey. *1 w. nitcitoliet.. Attaat*. Ga MW '’ - No good* sent C.O.D Cash must be sont hand-made sour mash. with each order. . - z<-. .4- 7 to 9 Years Old. third natiohrl Little Boy Gives Money That He Bravely Earned j • • ■ <■ St Julian Ravenel, Jr., who has been making Ha home in New York for t + a year or more, is visiting his grandfather. Mr. Thomas M; Clark, in At- > 4* ianta. and is the moat recent contrib-utor to the McKinley monument and ♦ 4> Soldiers’ home funds And thereby hangs a tale. "This money wa* earned 4> by the sweat of his brow and the whole-amount, W.OO, given. wUhodt a «lgh .4 + to these two patriotic purposes. ♦ 4> St. Julian, Jr., has not been leading the idle, desultory itfa.of the average + 4> 7-year-older for the past several weeks, nor can his valuable services be ♦ A commanded for nothing. He puts the dog out at night. It is a heroic thing < 4 for the little fellow to face the darkness of the back door and hear ♦ + the voices that wtiisper things in doleful ton** ■ through thq .keyhole.. All 4 . 4> unattended he does thia, however, for a consideration, and hag learned not 4* 4> to mind. He does not even run but walks back - to - the warmly lighted hall ♦ 4 and peopled rooms in front, with head held high. St. Julian also brings a ♦ 4 pair of soft, furry slipper’s to the chair of his grandfather when the-night -4 shadows fall, for which there is a double compensation always waltirir-4he 4 material one goes in his’bank. ♦ 4 It is not a little thing to do, to give a whole, big silver. doUat to even a.4 4 patriotic cause, as every man who can recall the -earntnga of his boyhood 4 4 days will acknowledge. ' It represents so much more than p.OOfrdoea in the 4 4 prime of life. : * 7”• 444< 41"»4444< »4*444441 ! >♦♦ * * 4444'1 <444444444 I A WIRELESS TORPEDO. Description of an English Submarine Destroyer Steered By Mar ’ coni’s System. London Mail. For some time past experiments have been carried out with a new torpedo in vented by a young English electrlelaik Mr. Cecil Varlcas. of Weymouth. The most salient characteristic of this new weapon is that its passage and course through the water can be directed and controlled either from the shore or the conning tower of a As is well known, the course of the present White head torpedo is maintained by a wonder fully complex appliance known as the gvroscope, fitted within the weapon. The cost of the Whitehead torpedo is about £2,000, and although its destructive quali ties are so tremendous, yet Its chances of striking the target are very remote, especially if the object at which it is fired happens to be moving. If it should miss the target the projectile simply continues on its journey until its propelling force is exhausted, when it drifts about at the mercy of the waves. But the difficulty has at last been sur mounted by the invention of Mr. Varicas. By means of his devtc« the torpedo, while traveling at express speed through the; water, and several hundreds of feet away from the prfint of discharge; without any wire or other connection, may be con trolled as expeditiously and as easily as if an operator were on bpayd to manipu late its diminutive rudder. How is this accomplished’ Simply by means of wire less telegraphy. Externally the torpedo is exactly the same as. the Whitehead projectile. The dimensions are precisely the same, find the propellor is of equal calibre. The in terior, however, is vastly different. The. explosive charge and the driving engines are placed in the same positions, but the gyroscope is dispensed with. In its place is substituted a delicate electrical appar atus, for actuating the. rudder. \ The apparatus upon the shore or battle ship for the transmission of the electrical waves to the traveling torpedo comprises a powerful induction of coll and a small bandwheel, reversible in either direction. This the officer manipulates in the same manner as the steering wheel of a vessel, the torpedo turning to the right or left according to the movements of the wheel. The celerity and facility with which the torpedo answers the movements of the lielm, notwithstanding Its distance from, the transmitter, afe remarkable. It was dispatched straight out to sea. continuing in a straight line until it had traveled 200 yards, which point was the maximum' range over which the ether wavhs cofiltf be transmitted in this par ticular instance. It then simply circled round and roynd qntil itq propelling power was exhausted. The range over which the ether waves may be transmitted sim ply depends upon the intensity of the elec trie current, and since Marconi can estab lish communication over 30 miles, torpe does might be manipulated at the same distance. When the projectile enters sthe water from the tube a float is detached and'dhis serves the same purpose as Marconi’s high mast. Note premium list in this issue, make your selection and subscribe at once. 4444 4444 I 11*4444 111i>4444+ 4 SEEN BY/THE ♦ ♦ - PRACTICAL GIRL. ♦ 4 ♦ 4444444444 »4 44444 >4 444444 At th<-circus the Practical Girl foupd an object lesson in clothes. It was ‘fur nished by the women acrobats who came out attired in ball gowns and did every thing, from handsprings to pyramids. “There.” sne said. "is. an illustration. Now just watch those skirts get all tangleß up. I’ve been watching those peo ple, every instant expecting one of them to get caught and perhaps killed, apd if the mateual weren’t* so light it would surely happen. ."But Is there anything graceful about a long skirt if you want to do anything? It is all right if you want to sweep into a ballroom and just stand and look nice. But if you want to do something they’re always in the way, and the modern wo man wants to do something. . , "Now, you mark my words, women are going to find out just how clumsy long skirts are and there's going to be a revo lution. The Rainy Daisies are on the. right path, but they've only OFFER EXTRAORDINARY. J, W« prepay express charges anywhere .M* Georgia on all goods from 11.75 a . gallon up, provided order Is for two gallons or more, all shipped to one address; - * FOR $2.40■ | We win send you a pf our elegant Daniel Boone fcentlfcjqr Sbwr Whiskey- I express prepaid. Ycn>Trffcan paY IS or $3 •'>. I goods not as. good. »fpr $3.5'; only do- I liver four 4WU of. out. famous , -I I FM FB . . U Mi *>- I'wfii*ss3a* HUB'!.' Charges prepaid to any part of Georgia. We sell Qt OM. -XX Rye .$ » U g Peerless Rye .W i-fj » -BHt Run Bourbon ....n.-ft. 2.J0 . Blue Grass Rye J - » WW!? - ij Mt. Verndn Rye. 7 years bld. tW - original Monogram Rye }■>- Pennbrook Penn. Rye.i L» J M Best Double Stamp Gin L ..- Sf Corti Whiskey, Gin. Brandlso and >wees goods from $1.25 a gallon Op. Wines from a gallon up. We are the only people In Macon selling the famous - TCennAsaw Carn. - Only $2 «>; peg gallon Best tn Georgia- . • SCHLITZ, ths beer that does n<4 myks yea bilious or give you headaches. ' ♦ No charge for Jugs. * Sam & Ed Weichselbaum, 451 Cherry St., Macon. G*. ! WILL PAY INSURANCE. There Win Be a Full Payment of . th# Soldiers’ Home Policies. The entire amount of the Insurance, on the Soldiers’ Home building and intents - will be paid. The loss on the bulldipg Was* adjusted at a” conference held- Mopday . afternoon at S o’clock with W. H. Hgrri-* son, secretary' of the;Aoid|grS% sQtne. tn' the comptroller general’s office at?ths capitol. The loss was adjusted for the full'facw of the policies amounting tp 119,500, and* each of the companies throughT the ad justors, announced that they would’ not' take advantage of the usual sixty days' allowed, but will pay cash wlthouedis count. This action on the part of the com panies Involved in the loss, will frSatly facilitate the work that Is now being done towards rebuilding the home and. with the aid of the apprbprlatldii which the leg islature will make will result in its com-' zpletlon several weeks. earlier than was* first aifticipated. ' . . The losses were distributed among the IV..owing companies: Scottish Union .and National. * #,000;; Hamburg-Bremen, 15,000; Liverpool and London and Globe, 45.000; St. Paul Firs' and. Marine. 42.500, and the Connecticut ptre Ineuranee»oompany, S2,O(J».‘ The coq,t" of the . home, according* to figures submitted loathe adjustors,, was $28,720.05. rs fi'.- ‘ \ ’ ' ■ The contents of the Home .was insured for $2,000. This, however’, wak no| dis cussed by the adjuster* Monday, as they have nothing to do wftte' tlje Insurance on that part of thehtgoe. ,The Insurance on the contents is wjth theJPhoenix In surance company, of Hartford, who, it is understood will pay the loss promptly.- For $1.40 we will tend The Semi- Weekly one year and the Plve Vaseline Toilet Articles and any one of the premium papers offered with The Seml-Weekly at SI.OO. T Ms'la the greatest offer ever made and you should take advantage of Jt without delay. EIGHTEEN INCHES OF RAIN. ■ i GALVESTON, Tex., Oct. ».-A foot and a half of rain fell here during the last twenty-four hoars. This 'is the heaviest ralti every experienced here. The streets are flooded and some damage has been caused to goods on ground floors of stores and by ieajky roofs. The- raftf and the .weather is clearing. *rtjerewas prae deafly no wind and the Ude ly.twr-