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Newspaper Page Text8 Battle of Salem Church, Before I proceed to my subject I wish to think you and the other papers and • the people of Georgia for their generous efforts to rebuild the Soldiers' Home, and to express the hope that your lot and theirs In time and eternity will be as for tunate as that of the old soldiers who have received this generous help. Salem church Is. or was, a Hardshell Baptist meeting house situated on the road between Fredericksburg and Chan cellorsville. As well as I can recall it stood aoout half way between these two places. A road crosses the main road at the church and on the north side of it. The church was situated in the southeast an gle of the intersection and was a small building, but big and old enough to have a name, and in the beautiful month of May. IMS, it was immortalised by the “Gray Jackets," or Confederate soldiers. When Joe Hooker crossed the Rappa hannock river Lee's army was posted dong rhe south side of the river as fol lows: Anderson’s division above Fred ericksburg; McLaw's division at the town, and Jackson’s corps below the town. The Confederate cavalry patrolled and picket ed the various fords and- crossings. Hooker, at the head of the main army, crossed at the fords above Fredericksburg and left Sedgewick with about 26,000 men posted on the Stafford heights on the north of the river and opposite the town. If my memory serves me correctly, Barks dale’s brigade of Mississippian#, of Mc- Law's division, were on picket duty in the town at the time. Just as they were when Burnside made his move December IL IM3. Anderson’s division was the first Con federate infantry which Hooker encoun tered after crossing the river, which, be ing very largely outnumbered, fell back before the Federal force. McLaw’s divis ion, leaving Barksdale's brigade in the town, hurried to Join Anderson. General McLaws took with him the brigades of Semmes and Wofford, both Georgia brigades, and Kershaw's South Carolinians. It started early in the morn ing and was followed by Jackson’s corps, evrepting the division of Early, which was left behind to Join with Barksdale In de finding our position at Fredericksburg and its Immediate vicinity. When the three brigades under McLaws got to Anderson’s position a forward movement was made, which brought Hooker to a stop and finally compelled him or frightened him with visions of Jackson to such an extent that he fell back ar retreated to Chancellorsvllle Inn and prepared to run, if the opportunity presented itself. ChancellorsviUe was simply an inn or jogging house on the west side of the road. It was a frame building around which there was a clearing. I think, of about thirty or forty acres. All around ♦his clearing for some distance was a dense wood or rather thicket, very ap propriately named tne Wilderness. As Hooker fell back to this place we followed him until we got within about one mile of the Inn. when we halted. My regiment, the Second South Qarollna, was east of the road, with Its right, my com pany. resting near the road. Near here a road branched off from the main road and looked like R led to the country south east of the Wilderness. This was the road jarkaon took when he caught up with us. Soon after arriving here ope of our bat teries went Into action in and across the main road apd opened fire. They directed their fire on the Tanks by the road. Think it was done to develop the Yankee posi tion. If this was the intention it succeeded, for the Tanks promptly returned the fire and that with deadly alm and precision. In a few moments a timber chest in our battery was blown up and in a few mo* meats more the position was seen to be untenable and pur battery withdrew. The artillery in the Yankee army was the gamest and best branch of the service. Their infantry could outrun wild but the artillery pretty generally stood their ground, and often In the condition of the boy who stood on the burning deck. They knew how to handle and shoot can non. and no mistake. However, I am not writing about the battle of Chancellorsvllle. but wanted to show where I was "at” and how I got there. In the grand charge made on Mr. Hook ed’s army by the Confederates, our bri gade went over the Yankee breastworks in clearing about the inn and Just Where they touched the main road. As soon as we got in the road, we were halted and moved down the road towards Fredericks burg as fast as we could go. We came upon Wilcox’s brigade in line of battle at Salem church, and our bri gade formed on the right of Wilcox, and east of the church. We got posted part ly in an old field and partly in a swamp, and along the cross-road beforemention ed. On the opposite side of the road from us was a road. ... When Sedgwick succeeded in getting possession of Mayre's heights the road to Chancellorsvllle was open to him, with the exception of surti opposition as Wil cox’s and the remnant of Barksdale's brigades could offer him. He promptly WANTED—AGENTS. I aT Premiums Free. Address Scott Remedy Co., Ixyulsvllie. Ky. When writin* pl/ase mention this paper. MACHINERY. BPECIAL—Just received, car load of Keyer one Corn Hunkers and Shredders which we are ofiertnp at special prices; also have on hand full and complete fine of Enptnes. Bollen and flaw Milla, both portable and stationary, and all slses. For the next fifteen days we win make special prlcee on all poods Call and pet our prices, or write for eatalop. quotations, etc. MALFBT A COMPAXT. <1 South Forsyth Bt., Atlanta, Ga. TELEGRAPHY tanpht thorouphlr and quickly; positions se cond ''a talcs free. Oeorpta Toiepraph Scheel. Seaela. 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If yeo tart ukse Bsrrsry iodids bousk, asdsbUtan Ktas sad pa-as, I acosi rtk-tee is liutb, tart Tkrtel, hwylts. Coyyw U.sred tacts, r.-rn sb isv ssrlof tta I tady, iur se mbrevs tkl.ar sit, writs hr troth at 1 COOK REMEDY CO. 1 Mao-uilo Temple. Chicago, XB«j took advantage of his opportunity and moved towards Chancellorsvllle. Wilcox, with his “people.” as he called them, made stands at different places, and held them until flanked out; he did this so as to give Lee time to help him, as he was being driven upon the rear of Lee’s right wing. The Yankees had been flanking and forcing him back all day long and when he made his stand at Salem church, he was attacked by Sedgwick with the same tactics and the same confidence as before, but McLaws had gotten his brigade into position in the nick of time. In this at tack Sedgwick made his heaviest and most determined flank move in front of Semmes and Wofford on the left of the line; as by this he hoped to connect with Hooker, near the river. The Yankees were astonished at finding troops on the right and left of Wilcox— they had not expected to have any fight ing to do at these points. They also were surprised In front of Wilcox, for they did not expect him to flank—they thought he would be gone as before. The Federal# came pouring through the woods right up to our lines, and when they were fired into were close up. so that when our line fired on them they fell thick and fast. Numbers of them fell right tn the road, and only a few feet from the lines. Their loss w«s heavy in killed, wounded and prisoners. I saw lots of prisoners who could not speak a word of English, and who had been In the United States only about thir ty days. They had Joined the Yankee army for the bounty, which at this time was about |750. We called these fellows prisoners (?) of war—that IB soldiers (?> captured in war. I have said to myself many times since this; "Oh, soldier! how many sins have been committed In your ngme?” The resistance which they met in tnls attack was so unexpected and so sudden that they never rallied, and It put Sedg wick on the defensive. We made no general advance after this repulse, but simply maintained our posi tion. This was necessary, as before we could advance, k was necessary to es tablish connection with Early on our right. While we were waiting for this to be done, we were shelled by the Federal ar tillery and as they could not see our line because of the wood In our front, the oc curacy of their fire was a study—they burst shell and shrapnel right over and at us. ’ If I remember correctly, the woods caught fire in front of Wilcox's brigade unit some of the Yankee wounded were burned. Finally, we got in touch with Early on our right, and Kershaw's brig ade, with the co-operation of troops right and left charged the Yanks. . They shelled us heavily as we advanced through the timber, and while we paid no attention to the bursting shells, we did to the falling limbs and tops of trees, and these were about as bad as the shells. But the brigade pushed ahead in spite of shells and falling timber, and the oppo sition of the Infantry, and we forced them out into the open country which lay along the river. When we had done this and had also gotten out of the timber, the Yanks lit out—lnfantry, artillery, and all! It was In the afternoon. We pursued them towards Fredericksburg and also towards the river, but we failed to catch or disable all of them; some got away. When night overtook us in the fight and pursuit was impossible, we halted at a farm house. The moon soots rose, in fact rose about the time night should have set in. so that It was pretty light. While we were here a lot of mounted musicians rode into my regiment's line. They were Federal#, and had been out during the charge, and in trying to get with their own men after night fell into our hands. We captured a number of Yankee sol diers in the same way while at this place. AU of them came Into our Une from the direction of our right and rear. We must have opened up a gap between our brigade and Early, and thus these people escaped, being driven with the others. The battle in and about Fredericksburg and Salem church was Important, and Is separate from the main fight at Chan ceUorsville, for this latter was over before that at Salem church had begun. But from the way the battle of Salem church was brought about we might consider the fight there, at Fredericksburg and be tween the two places, as a scholium to the main proposition—Chancellorsvllle, or the WUderness. The fight was lively, interesting and funny. The losses of the Yanks under Sedgewick were greater in proportion to the number of their opponents than was the case around Chancellorsvllle. I never thought that our division and Early’s whipped Sedgewick, but when we charged him his men thought Lee, Jack son and the devil were after them, and they fled from them, and not from us; for I am satisfied if this had not been the case they would have stood by their guns until we got near enough to put salt on their tails, when we would have bagged them all. As it was, the river was their salvation. Their surprise when they charged what they thought was only Wilcox, and the way they were handled and driven back was funny; and the way they hit the grit when wo finally charged them was funny; and the music the boys made with the In struments we got from the band Was fun ny; and the astonishment of the Yankee band when they fell In with us was like wise funny. Sedgewick’s crowd was defeated by Gen eral Astonishment. In fact, I never think about the battle of Salem church without smiling. I enjoyed Comrade Mcßride's account of It, and merely add this to his because I think that something from ev.ry brigade ought to be written so that tne readers of The Journal can have a history of the battle. Some accounts from the following com mands ought to be given; the brigades of Barksdale, Wilcox, Cobb or Wofford, and the brigades of Early's division. Espec ially should some survivor of Wilcox’s Alabamians and Barksdale's Mississip plans write of it, for around these two center the most important and interesting histories of the events which led to the battle. Don’t grumble because the Yankee says he whipped us, but tell the public how we licked them. One individual cannot tell all that his brigade did, because each regiment was a distinct organisation, and rallied and ad vanced over different ground and follow ed separate flags. To be exact, then, each regiment ought to have a historian, and such historian should send his communications to the Journal. In this way we will have com piled a history of 313 pages in a year. I have a little grandson who says that when General Jackson got after the Yan kees that they were scared to death; they ran as fast as turkeys, with their hair standing straight up on their heads, and that he would like to have been after them. He says he Is going to keep these short calls In The Journal and write a true his tory when he is big enough. So. comrades, The Journal is not only publishing history, but is making histo rians for the future. W. A. JOHNSON, Co. D, 2nd S. C. V. Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 8, J9M. For $1.40 we will send The Semi- Weekly one year and the Five Vaseline Toilet Articles and any one of the premium papers offered with The Semi-Weekly at SI.OO. This Is the greatest offer ever made and you should take advantage of it without delay. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1901 JOURNAL’S | SATURDAY ; | SERMON <• ... ' The text teaches: ’ 1. The need of our children—bringing up. 2. Who ought to bring them up—fathers. 3. The means to be used by fathers in their bringing up—the nurture and ad monition of the Lord. 4. The Bible plan or God’s plan for bring ing up our children. "Ye fathers provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up In the nurture and admonition of the Lord." 5. And that this message to fathers Is a commandment from God. In all this epistle to the Ephesians and to us, St. Paul is telling us how to attain to noble life and character. Hear him: "Put off the old man which Is corrupt ac cording to the deceitful lusts, and be re newed in the spirit of your minds, and put on -the new man which after* God is created In righteousness and holiness.” “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the son of God unto a full-grown man unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." This high Ideal of life and char acter Is set before fathers, mothers and children, who lived in that great and wicked city of Ephesus. Into this city came the commerce of Asia by land and sea, and It was the center of the Idola trous worship and orgies of "Diana.” . Surely, if fathers could bring up their children there, in the nurture and admo nition of the Lord, it could be done any where. It was done there and thank God, It is being done in thousands of homes here. Father, see to It that your home Is one of them. The need of our children. "They are in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.” "The days are evil,” and St. Paul's faithful description of those faraway times is the exact portraiture of these modern days. He says: "Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness In high places—Ephesians vll, 11-12. These are the foes with -which we and our children must contend today. They will need mighty help to triumph over these enemies of their souls. But the same Holy Priest who enabled St. Paul to see and know the foes, also showed him the plan for our good fight and perfect victory. Certainly no father is willing to risk mere expedients with his children In such a conflict as this. No, our chil dren as well as ourselves must put on the whole armor of God. Here is our duty as fathers, "drilling,” “bringing up” in the use of the whole armor of God. Who must bring up these children? There Is definite answer: "And ye fa-, there, provoke not your children to wrath. I The Original Story of Nancy Hart. Rev. George G. Smith, the Macon histo rian, writes to tjie Macon Telegraph to correct the impression that might have been formed by a recent article In that paper, to the effect that Nancy Hart might have been a creature of romance. Historian Smith declares, as Is a well known fact, that there was a Nancy Hart, but he thinks the story of her capturing the tories, of her being cross-eyed, and her wading the Savannah river, lacks foundation. It was, however, published In part In the Georgia Journal of 1825, but was evidently a fabrication. Historian Smith says It was believed by George White and printed in his historical collec tions, but has no sufficient support. Neith er Colonel Jones nor Bishop Stevens ac cept it, and old Judge Underwood said he had been raised in Elbert and never heard it. The Harts were highly respected peo ple, and Thomas Hart Benton was the grandson of Thomas Hart, a brother of Benjamin. In explaining his statements about the story of "Who struck Billy Patterson,” Mr. Smith said: "William Patterson was a rich merchant In Baltimore. He owned much land in Georgia. His will was placed on record In Carnesville. A young lawyer made the story which appears in The Telegraph. There was no truth in it. Billy Patterson never was in Georgia, never was struck and never offered a reward for the man who struck him. I had no Idea of being quoted or I might have been more careful in my statements and not have uninten tionally misled the reported. “I was not aware until last week of when the story of Nancy Hart’s prowess was first published, when I found it in an old Journal in the Telegraph office.” The story of Nancy Hart was published in the Milledgeville Recorder of 1825, and is as follows: . "• This old-fashioned matron of Amazon ian strength and habits, says The Re corder, occupied such a conspicuous sta tion during the times that tried men’s souls, and women’s, too, that it is thought expedient to take a passing notice of some of her most prominent actions; particu larly as the old revolutionary stock is nearly gone, and their deeds, like the whtte sails of vessels disappearing in the mist of the ocean, become more indistinct until they are lost—or will be so distorted by tradition that credulity itself might pause at theia recital. The following par ticulars are based on incontrovertible facts: •Nancy Hart and her husband settled be fore the revolutionary struggle a few miles above the Ford or Broad river, known by the name of the Fishdam Ford in Elbert county, In the bend of the river near a very extensive canebrake. An ap ple orchard still remains to point out the spot, and to prove the provident powers of its planter. In altitude Mrs. Hart was almost Patagonian and remarkably well limbed and muscular—in a word, she was lofty and sour—she possessed none of. that nobility of nerve which characterises mod ern times—marked by nature with prom inent features, circumstances and accident added perhaps not a little to her peculiar ities. She possessed none of those graces of motion which a poetical eye might see in the heave of the ocean wave or the change of the summer cloud; nor did her cheeks (I will not speak of her nose) ex hibit those rosy tints that dwell on the brow of the evening or play on the gilded bow; no one claims for her throat that it was lined with fiddle strings, but this must be acknowledged, that her step be spoke energy, and be it said only for the sake of truth that she could round off re gardless of being called a hard swearer. The perforating punch of the gatemaker never did closer work on the yielding tin than did that dreadful scourge of beauty, the smallpox when it set its emphatic signature on her face. She was horribly cross-eyed, as well as cross-grained, but nevertheless she was a sharpshooter. Nothing was more common than to see her in full pursuit of the stag—the huge antlers that hung around her cabin or upheld her trusty gun gave proof of her skill in gunnery—and the white comb drained of its honey and hung up for or nament testified her powers in bee find ing. She was remarkable for her fre quent robberies on these patterns of in dustry and piqued herself on the invention of an infallible bait for their discovery. Many can testify to her magical art in the mazes of cookery, being able to get up a pumpkin in as many forms as there are days in the week; she was extensively known and employed for her knowledge in the management of all kind of ailments, | BRINGING UP A CHILD. | TEXT—“And ye fathers provoke not your children to wrath; but bring them up In the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”—Eph. 6:4. BY REV. JOHN E. ROSSER, £ J-! Methodist City Missionary. but bring them up in the nurture and admdnltlori of the Lord." You cannot do your duty to your children nor keep the commandment of God by leaving your work to others. Not even the saintly Wife, the mother of your children, can take your place. Still less can you impose It upon school teach ers, Sunday school teachers or the preachers. They are all to be your helpers —they coud not be more if they would. It Is written, “Bear ye one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.” And also: "Every man shall bear his own burden.” The means to be used by the fathers In bringing up their children—“the nur ture and admonition of the Lord.” "Nur ture and admonition” are not raw mate rials like bread and water. They are as similated materials by mind and spirit, the outcome of which is “nurture and admonition.” As the mother takes the bread and water into her own body and transmutes them into the sincere milk for her child, so fathers must feed upon the word of God—yea, and the very Christ himself, by communion with him. The product is “nurture and admonition of the Lord.” In other words, the Bible is not 'nurture or admonition to your children, nor Sun day schools or church services. You fath ers are to be God’s epistles to your chil dren. They know no Bible nor church nor God, save as they find these in your life and character. These must be Incarnated in you. The children read you and you are their "nurture and admonition, whether you will or no. It is still true, though you turn away from the Green pastures of the Lord and feed upon the bitter weeds of earthly philosophy, or the poisonous vines of the counsel of the ungodly. It takes time to nurture and admonish your children in the Lord. Your first time Is due them and you have all the time there is. There is no business so Important to you and your children as their "bringing up.” It was well said years ago If a father be called to kingship and have not time to bo king and bring up his children as God commands, let him not hesitate, but “quit being king.” For what shall it profit it a father to become rich or famous or ruler—to gain the whole world and lose his own chil dren? What service for fellowmen, or moreover tor God, takes precedence over this charge to fathers? Our Lord thought when among men in the flesh that children dishonored God, as well as father and mother, when they put into temple chests what ought to go to parents. Then is It not true that fathers dishonor their children and God when they neglect and yielded the rilm to no one in the variety and rarity of her medicaments. Her skill and knowledge took a wider and more profitable range, for it is a well known fact that she hbld a tract of land by the safe tenure of a first survey, which was made on the Sabbath hatchet in hand. But she was most remarkable for her mili tary feats. She possessed high-toned ideas of liberty—not the marriage knot could restrain her on th«MU#upJect. Like the "wife of Bath " She received over tongue-scourged husband, ■- The reins of absolute command. With all the government of house and land, And empire o’er his house and o’er his land. J WHEN WAR CLOUDS GATHERED. The clouds of war gathered and burst with a dreadful explosion In this state. Nancy's spirit rose with the tempest. She proved herself "a friend to her country, ready to do or die.” \ All accused of whiglsm had to swing. The lily-livered Mr. Hart was not the last to seek safety in the canebrake with his neighbors. They kept up a prowling, skulking kind of life, occasionally sally ing forth in a kind of predatory style. The tories at length determined to beat the brake for them. They, however, conclud ed to give Mrs. Hart a call, and in a true soldier manner, ordered a repast. Nancy soon had the necessary materials for a good feast spread before them—the smok ing venison, the hasty hoecake and the fresh honeycomb. Thesfe were sufficient to prove the appetite of a gorged epicure. They simultaneously stacked their arms and seated themselves, when, quick as thought, the dauntless Mrs. Hart seized one of the guns, cocked it and with a blazing oath declared she would blow out the brains of the first man who offered to rise or to taste a mouthful. They all knew her character too well to imagine that she would say one thing and do another, especially if it lay on the side of valor. CAPTURED SIX TORIES. “Go," said she to one of her sons, "and tell the Whigs that I have taken six d—d tories." They sat still, each expecting to be of fered up, with a doggedly mean counten ance, bearing the marks of disappointed revenge, shame and unappeased hunger. Whether the incongruity between Nan cy’s eyes caused each to imagine himself her immediate object, or whether her commanding attitude and stern and fero- COFFEE DID IT. Would Have Been Fatal If Kept Up. "Coffee! Oh, how I did want it after the nervous strain of public work. Some thing warm to brace me up was all the breakfast I craved, but every time I drank it I suffered the dying sensation that follows it with heart fluttering and throbbing of the throat and ears. "I had no strength to throw away in that way, so decided that hot water must do for me. “One morning I came to breakfast in the home of some friends in Pueblo, Col., just in time to see the mother pouring some rich deep yellow coffee into mugs for the two little boys. One little chap had thrust his Angers in the mug and was licking them with such approving smacks. This opened the way for me to say: “Are you not afraid of the effects of coffee on the little folks?’ The mother explained that it was Postum Food Coffee made at Battle Creek, Mich., and remarked, “We think there is nothing like it.’ Then she explained how the new coffee had weaned them away from the use of the old fash ioned coffee and tea because *it is so wholesome.’ I drank It for the first time, and was delighted, not only with the de licious flavor, but the after satisfaction it gives. One day I was speaking with our family physician's wife about Postum, when her daughter remarked: ‘Yes, mam ma, we are out of Postum, and I have used coffee for the last two mornings and it always brings the tired feeling and troubles my stomach and bowels, but Pos tum makes me feel all right.’ "In one home they served Postum in such away that it was tasteless. I have found that Postum boiled sometimes five minutes, and sometimes ten, is nothing more than spoiled water, but when it is made with two heaping teaspoonfuls for each cup, and boiled fifteen or twenty minutes it becomes a tried and proven breakfast favorite, and for refreshment and wholesome nourishment has no equal.M. Yates Goshen. Ind. the bringing up of their children, though they speak to multitudes in God's name. Judge thou. The heaviest burden, of our land Is not Its ignorance, though that Is heavy enough, but the children brought up In all else except the "nurture and admoni tion of the Lord." The cry goes up all over the land from school houses, business houses, churches, courthouses, almshouses and prisons for fathers to. "bring up.their children in .the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” O that all our fathers would heed this cry and stand up like Joshua and the eKers of Israel saying, "as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.” Then shall it be said of us, “the people served the Lord all the days of our fathers. Blessed is that people whose God Is the Lord.” The Bible >lan for bringing up our chil dren: There are Just two features of it. 1. Don’t rely on negations in moral con- duct. Ail systems of training which merely show what we ought not to do are fail ures. • They are only half truths and only result In "provoking our children to wrath.” 2. The Bible plan ■’includes "admonition” and "nurture.” too,—the positive side of moral conduct—what ought to be done. “And ye fathers provoke not your chil dren to wrath, but bring them up in the nuture and admonition of the Lord.” Whatever has been said of the plans from the worldly-wise for bringing up children, no one ever heard this—a dying father or child praise that plan or re joice over death and the grave. On the other hand, never did dying parents or children regret having reared the children by the Bibie plan. This message from God to father is a commandment. We thank God it is so. _ God, through His word, has told us what we ought to do. "And when God has told us what we ought to do he has already told us what we can do.” ‘ • There is another thing fathers must do— choose between the plans of the ungodly and of God for bringing up our children. We cannot do both, and we will take either the ways of the world or the plan from God- May the Holy Spirit make us wise, that we may walk in the way of God, saving our wives, our children, our country and ourselves. May we live nobly, die in peace and have a joyful entrance into the ever lasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Bears the Yo ° Haw * ,wa ” Published In the Milledgeville ;!; Recorder In 1825. clous fixture of countenance overawed them, or the powerful idea of their un soldier-like conduct unnerved them, or the certainty of death, it is not easy to'de termine. They were soon relieved and dealt with according to the rules of the times. This heroine lived to see her coun try free. She, however, found game and bees decreasing, and the country becoming old so fast—to use her own words—that she Bold out her possessions in spite of her husband, and was among the first of the pioneers who paved the'way to the wilds of the west. Ara you prepared to stand the severity of winter? DR. SIEGERTS Angostura Bitters build up the system, vitalize the blood, and prevent disease. ••• WU TING FANG IS INQUISITIVE. In His Trip Through North Carolina He Jollies the People. CHARLOTTE, N. C„ Oct. 17.—Tn his trip through North Carolina to attend the meeting of the passenger agents at Ashe ville, Chinese Minister Wu Ting-Fang, wherever his train stopped and he was called for, appeared on the rear platform of his special car and questioned and Jol lied the crowd at the station in his char acteristic manner. He spent about an hour in Salisbury Tuesday, and greatly amused those assembled around his car. The Chinaman asked about the popula tion of the town, how many were white, how many colored, and the number of Chinamen who lived there. When told there were three Chinamen, one woman and two children, Mr. Wu said he hoped the people of Salisbury treated them kind ly. At Hickory, a large crowd called for the minister, and Mr. Wu said, "Why are you children not in school?” “Because we came here to see you,” re plied a little girl. “How did you know I was coming?” continued the Chinese ambassador. "We saw it in the paper,” replied the young lady. "What paper?” asked Mr. Wu. The dis tinguished celestial then inquired what the population of the town was, and on being told that it was 3,000, he said: "Where do they live? I don’t see the houses.” Find Bostrom’s Improved Farm Level advertisement, and see what you get free. Some newspaper has discovered that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who married the daughter of Senator Aldrich the other day, doesn’t smoke, drink, play cards, race horses, dance, believe in treating, go to the theatre or play golf. What a lot of money has been wasted on this young man. Tom he was a piper’s son, He learned to play when he was young But the only tune that he could play Was “Over the Hills and Far Away.” F!nd his father and mother. COLONEL WAYLAND’S NIECE. The once splendid property of the Southern Grain, and Lumber company was in ruins, and had been so for such a period that it ceased to interest any one but the passing stranger. Its splendid beginning and sudden collapse no longer elicited the comment of the people to Whose neighborhood it promised at one time to bring--prosperity. Yet the site and its surroundings were in its decay. The main build ing was intact, though lush Vines crept up through the half-rotted floor, the dirt dauber buUt along the mouldering walls, and the unsightly windows; and through the adjacent woods hundreds of decaying logs testifled to the mammoth scale of the enterprise in its inclplency. The kingfisher, perched on a protruding shaft over the great dam, was seldom disturbed except by the Idler or an occasional ang ler; and down on the-sandbar the wary turtle lazed in the summer sun, with none to molest or make it afraid. What calmness to follow the bustle and stir the place knew in'the years gone by! Ten years before, Colonel Wayland and his young friend Hollln McVall had con ceived the Idea of erecting their plant there, and the future .loomed propitious indeed. With a capital of a quarter of a million dollars they purchased ten thousand acres of timbered land, erected a glantlc concern that was a wonder to the natives, and brought from a distance three or four hundred lumbermen as well as a number of agriculturists and ex perienced mllJere. Millions of feet of lum ber were cut,-and the whir of saws and the drone of rollers made a song which stirred the sleepy denizens into some thing like a corresponding activity. Suddenly, however, there were rumors of friction between the partners; a sensa tional trial resulted; the owners of the property left the community, the employes following from time to time; and the logs in the mountains became moss-covered and rust began Its ravages on the ma chinery. Colonel Wayland's family consisted of himself, his son Luther and a niece. Miss Mary Woolistan. The son was dissipated, and the gossips had it that this was one reason for Colonel Wayland’s removal to that out of the way region—lndeed, a more cogent one than the hope of bettering his fortune. Luther and McVall had no ad miration for each other, and it soon be came apparent that their dislike was due to a rivalry for the hand of Miss Woolis tan. Their relations were strained from the beginning, and It was somewhat nat ural that the father should take sides with his son, though a man of too much Judg ment to believe that the latter was al ways right in the tilts the young men now and then had. One day, surmising that McVall had declared his* love to the young lady, and that she had responded favorably, Luther had an interview with his rival, upraiding him for coming between him and happi ness; and intimating that the attentions to his cousin should cease. He was under the Influence of intoxicants, and McVall over looked for the time his threats and im pertinence; but later in the day was forc ed to more drastic measures.- He was ap proached by Luther just’outside the main building, where a number of the employes and patrons were gathered, and before he was aware of the young man’s intentions was struck a stinging blow in the face. “Now, you dastard!” hissed Luther. "Any one who takes that is fully enti tled to the role of treacherous friend!” McVall was rather slight physically, but he had developed his muscles by out door sports, and' was in consequence a wiry antagonist when aroused. The in- I IV i 11 Vb "Now, you dastard!” hissed Luther. suit could not have been silently borne by him, even had he been less able to resent .it; and so, Infuriated beyond con trol he raised the cane he generally car ried and administered several blows on the head and In the face of his as sailant. The latter struck out with great spirit, but becoming blinded by the blood flowing from his wounds, he was obvi ously at a disadvantage. A last blow with the heavy cane brought him to his knees, when the bystanders interfered and separated the two.. Each was carried to his home, and as It was then late, a second immediate meeting was not prob able. "Your beating has sobered Luther,” ob served a friend to McVall an hour later. "But he says the affair Is not over; you should keep a sharp lookout for him. I do not believe he would hesitate to take any sort of advantage. As is generally the case with one slow to anger, McVall had not yet become composed. He was still in a considerable rage. "And I am not through with him,” he replied. "He must apologise to me for his wanton attack when he becomes so ber.” This threat, which would not have been made after he had cooled off, probably, was remembered against him to his hurt. The next morning Luther Wayland was missed. Inquiry was made, but he was not hearg of. One of the mill .employes stated that he had met him . .about-10 o'clock the night after the difficulty, and he had explained to him that he was going to seek McVall and apologise for the act committed while beside himself with li quor. McVall averred that h* had not seen him after the trouble, and seemed as much mystified over his absence as the family. The weeks passed. There was a decid ed coolness between the partners, but no clash. About three months subsequently a body was found in the mill pond, bare of clothing and so mutilated by the fish that it was unrecognisable. The opinion war I ilnx . "I never believed It* general that it was Luther. There was talk of foul play, and suspicion pointed to Mc\ all, and he was arrested, tried arid acquitted for lack of evidence, there being nothing against him but the threat before mentioned. Saddened and soured, Colonel Wayland gave up his enterprise and mov ed away; while McVall did not care to remain in the community, that believed him guilty of murder and shut down the mill and also left the place.’ r' At intervals during the years that fol lowed men came to look at the property with the idea of buying it, but no deal was ever consummated. About a decade from the giving up of the enterprise, McVall, returning from Eu ropa, decided to visit the place where he had spent some pleasant as well as un happy days. He had not forgotten ’’love's young dream,” although he supposed that Miss Woolistan looked back to their old • intimacy with feelings of revulsion, con sidering him a criminal unwhipped of Justice. Is there such a thing as telepathy? Why was It that Coolnel Wayland and his niece decided about the same time to re visit the mill site? On his arrival McVall heard that they were in the community also. He did not care to meet them, and Intended to leave soon. He strolled from his lodging house and, looking through the main building, passed down to the sand-bar where Ln for mer evenings he often met Miss Woolln stan for a boatride. He was startled to find that some one had preceded him—a woman who had a familiar appearance. Her back was to him, but his approach had been noticed, and he decided to pass on by her. In a moment more Miss Woolistan— changed by the years, but beautiful still —arose and offered him her hand. She was not a little embarrassed, but hes greeting was with the old-time cordial ity. “Then you no longer believe me a crimi nal, Mary?” he asked, with a hint of re* proach in his eyes. "How could I, when Luther Is alive and well?” responded the lady. Then softly: "L never believed it He left home that night, and when he came to us five years ago, he declared that the trouble with you had been a turning point in his life. He has completely reformed, and—” "And now we are to be happy at last?” "If you wish it—yes.” As this bit of personal history is not a story who,e art might be jeopardised by an explanatory word in conclusion, let ms say that the Southern Grain and Lumber company was reorganised, and the couple so long kept from love’s heritage were happy. * Note premium list In this issue, make your selection and subscribe at once. THE WORLD’S WORK. The World’s Work is one of the moat tn* terestlng and instructive of all the maga zines published. It is issued once a month and la a book in Itself. We will send The World's Work for three months, together with the Semi-Weekly Journal for on# year, for the sum off 1.25. Thia 18 an ex* cellent opportunity to procure one of the best of the magazines at an introductory price. ... 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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, October 21, 1901, Page 8, Image 8