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4 THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA., I H. SEALS Editor. Word to Southern Writers $100 in Gold for the BcstSeriel Story and $25 in Gold for the Best Short Story. SC3IHKSS OFFICE, No. 8, Wall Street, ISlYcu' ttS Months, ••■Address sll letters concerning the paper, aad make all bills payable to ^ ^ Atlanta. Ga. Oar New Year Greeting 1 This Is oor first issue for 1891, and hav ing taken two whole weeks for rest and Chiistmas jollification, it makea onr New Year greeting a little late. Bat it is none the less hearty, and we trust will be none the less appreciated. No issues of this paper were made for December 27th and Janaary 3d, and that will explain to all why they received none for those date*. Bat no subscriber loses a number, as we have often ex plained, because .fifty numbers make a foil yearly volume. We allow one week for Christmas and one for accidents, and print fifty weeks Instead of fifty-two, Every subscriber is entitled to fifty num bers, and will receive them if it requires s year and a half for ns to print them, Notice the number on each Issue. » We sincerely hope this may be a pros perous and happy year to each and all of onr pratons. Oar Last Issue Was 783. By reference to the last paper yon re ceived you will see that it is numbered 783 and da.ed December 20. That was the last issue. This is number 784. Oar Model Cyclopedia. We give a model cyclopedia in three volumes, one, two, and four. Volume three we do not send because it is a history of the late war from a Northern standpoint and would not be acceptable to onr people. To Local Agents. We have hundreds of local agents, and as the new year Is upon ns we would like to hear from each and every one of them with a club of five or ten subscribers. We send the paper free to all agents, and with a little effort on your part we know that you can easily raise a clnb of five or more. Some are at work acd have already sent in their clubs. Do not de lay this matter, bat send in yoar new names that they may start with the new stories just commenced. Back numbers will be sent to all new sobs bribers. Clubbing with Other Papers. We oifer again onr reduced rate with other papers. Now is the time to take advantage of this offer and start in with the new year. Do not wait, bnt send in yonr subscriptions and clubs right away. These low rates do not include any of onr free gifts. Delayed Books and Other Premiums. Owing to a rush of orders for books before Christmas a great many were delayed, bnt by close and hard work we have filled each order, and hope all have been rec.ived. Every one is delighted with these free gifts. Oar Free Distributions. As every one knows our grand free dis tributions were broken up for the pres ent by tho anti lottery law, bo you will have to watch our free gifts for each re newal and new subscription and take advantage of them. Select your present when you tend in your money. Do not wait for the trave.ing agoats to come around before renewing,as it will not eniitle you to any preeeut to renew with them. We eanuot pay travelling agents to call on yon and give you presents besides. So don’t look for them unless you remit to the ( llice. how 1 ear’s Gift. When you renew your subscription tend in for yonr neighbor or some friend. The Sunny South is increasing in circu lation all the while,and if each and every one would send in jast one new subscrib er for a New Years Gift, yon would be happy and we would be donbly so. Try it. The Atlanta Scotch Irish Society. It would astonish any ona to know how large a proportion of onr best citizenship is composed of Scotch Irish, and It la commendable in them to unite, aa they have done, in a formal organization to promote social intercourse and cultivate patriotic and fraternal feeling. It is pro posed also to celebrate iUnstiions achieve- ments and preserve the history of a race which has added so mnch to the grandeur and progress of the ages. The Society is non-partisan and non sectarian and will be a solid factor in the promotion of every good and patriotic movement. It is not generally known that the Scotch- irish have given five presidents to the United States. Mr. W. Hugh Hunter, the efficient book-aeeper of Mr. W.P. Patiilo, is Sec retary and Treasurer of the Atlanta So ciety, and there is not a more affable and intelligent gentleman in the city. Bev: J. N. Craig, D. D , a most cultured Pres byterian divine, is President, and Bev. G. B. Strickler, D. D., one of tho ablest ministers In tho South is one of the Vice Presidents. Col. B. J. Wilson, a yell- known and wealthy citizen, and Judge J. T. Nisbet, Gov. Gordon’s late Secre tary, are also Vico Presidents. All the offioers and directors are among the very best people of Atlanta, and tho Society may be eet down as one of the most worthy brotherhoods in the city. A Handsome Pocket Diary. Wears indebted to tho ever vigilant GOL B. W. Wrenn for a beautiful diary ms pocket calendar bound in Bosnian leather. It contains blank space for en tries during every day in the year, with dates and the Lumber of days in each month—also postage rates and a map of the East, Tenn. Va. & Ga. Ball way sys tem. Wrenn is a haulier. The Sunny South is your organ, and we shall expect every writer in the S jutb, male and female, to use its columns freely. One of its cardinal points is to foster and build up Southern talent, and wherever it finds a budding genius or a matured one it claims it as its legitimate property. Tbere are hundreds, indeed thousands, of people in the South who would soon become polished and sue cessful writers if they could . fix it in their minds and labor with patience to tha t end. Too many take np the pen with the idea of immediate gain, or after they have tried everything else and failed. Hundreds of manuscripts come Into this office with a note, stating that it is the writer’s first effort, and yet re muneration is asked, and a special re quest is made that if published their name most be withheld. The idea seems never to occur to them that to write well re quires long practice and much study, and that they most first make reputation be fore they can hope to command a price in the literary market. Take a MS. for sale into any New York book publishing house and tha first question asked, is by an author of reputation cs a writer f If not it is declined with thanks. Bat if the writer has an established name the MS. meets with a very different recep tion. Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson told the Editor of the Sunny South that Geo. W. Carlton, the well-known publisher, paid her $15,000 for the MS. of her last book without ever reading a line of it. He paid that amonnt for her name, know ing full well that her reputation would sell the book. It is therefore all important to work first for fame as a writer, and if that be secured the remuneration is sure to follow. But every one who wishes to write cannot hope to succeed as Mrs. Wilson did, and her phenomenal success is therefore no standard. But let every one who feels the itching for literary success bend his mental energies and dally studies to the task, and if he has genius It will soon develop and make its impress upon the public. The Sunny South stands ready to foster every bud ding genius and will lead it on to success We have organized a board of readers to examine MSS , and every one that comes in will be turned over to them at once and they will decide upon its merits; and to encourage every aspirant we make a special offer of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN GOLD for the best original serial story which shall be sent to this office by the middle of March next, and $25 IN GOLD FOR THE BEST SHORT STORY. Tbe serial story mast contain not less than ten nor more than fifteen install ments of two chapters each, and each chapter must contain not less than one and a half columns, nor more than two columns of the Sunny South; and the short story most not exceed three col umns nor be shorter than one and a half columns. The MSS. mast bs plainly written on one side only of the paper, and the real name of the writer must accompany each and be published with the story. All the stories will be the property of the Sunny South, bnt for every one that is published a cash remuneration will be sent to the writer. Popularity of Mr. uleveland. Thera can be no doubt that with the people of this country, iu every part of it, the popularity of Ex President Cleve land is spontaneous, marvellous, irre pressible. It has been common enough to overwhelm his presence with plaudits on occasions where he was on hand to speak; but at Chicago, where the Tariff Ksform League gave a barquet on the 30 ult., and where Mr. Cleveland was not present, the same remarkable enthusi asm was manifested at tbe mere men tion of his name. The Chicago Mail opened Us graphic report of the aflairin- this way: The name was hardly upon the speak er's lips, but the audience knew wnat was coming. Tin electric response U tshed quickly as C a airman MacVeagh was closing his sentence “Exigencies of government have always been met by an unheralded greatness, and we have found a great leader in ’’ He coaid proceed no farther. Every body Knew the rest. One roand, hearty greeting of ap plause, its parti welded by quickening and timely enthusiasm into one spon taneous snoot, rose from 200 tariff re formers at the banquet tables. Old men K unded the tables, and, while the ent- y rattled in tbe ensuing pandemoni nm, young men jumped to their feet and waved white napkins to and fro in tho air. Again and again were the cries taken up, and each time redoubled in tbe enthusiastic tribute to the name that need not nave been spoken to have been intelligible, bat was finally pronounced in a moment of loll—Grover Cleveland. A notable circumstance in connection with the Chicago banquet was that it was not wholly political. The MaU says: Col. Bnsey, who defeated Cannon, sat in tbe rear of tbe room, loanglng in his chair and smoklag a c gar while intent in the contemplation of cue proceedings. Although the politicians were present the aaaience was largely composed of business and professional men, attracted by interest in tne economic question in discussion. Though the Democratic par ty’s present attitude was applauded it was not distinctively a Democratic gath ering. Gea. Black’s address was the only one which dwelt strongly upon party sneoess. Tores of too eight speakers were formerly Bipublieans. The Bekring Sea Imbroglio. Those who have not closely followed the line of controversy between this and the British government on the subject of the Behring sea marine sealing privileges are apt to view it as a mere airing ot in ternational differences with nothing oi consequence behind them. This is not the ease. The fact is that prior to onr purchase of Alaska tbe valuable sealing right in that section was monopolized by Bussia, or nearly so, the German and British sealers shaiing comparatively a small proportion of the fishery privilege through vessels protected by their flags. The annexation of Alaakatothe United States, while it reserved specific rights to Bussia in this species of commerce, is claimed not to have debarred the ptivi leges erj eyed at the time by the seal sailors and traders of the other two conn tries. It is proposed by the American government, now to forbid the British fishermen and, sequentially, all oth ers, the free use of the marine seal privil eges embodied in the waters with in a certain distance of the Alaskan possession, this under the gnise of protecting the female seals from extermination and the seal far trade from extinction, bnt in fact to monopo lize the seal far business for the Ameri can market. As we understand it, there is no claim on the part or tbe contend ing powers for new or greater freedom; It seems to be a demand only for the eus tomary and time yielded right to take seals on the earns ground from which former supplies were drawn. Great Britain is the mover In this mat ter, and of coarse is morally If not ag gressively sustained by the other gov ernments interest ed. The present administration Is possibly nnder the impression that anything in tbe way of a triumph over Er gland is likely to be popular with tbe masses of this country, and hence there is just a touch of politics entering into the mat ter. Perhaps Mr. Htrrlson deems that to gore the British government to a rage anything short of that which pro duced war would win to his party a very considerable element of onr citizen ship which rejoices at every blow dealt at England. We do not believe a need less quairel between tbe State Depart ment and Salisbury would have any such result; but, believing, on the other hand, that Bussia and Germany, as well as Great Britain, are viewing the action of the administration with solicitude, and that they will not tamely submit to be crowded from privileges which custom at least has sanc'.ioned, we fear that the American President is “monkeying with a buzz saw.” H A Go: The American W dal Reporter is published at Bi DAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1891. IfiVUtaB.’’ , Cotton and Finan industrial exponent New York and Philadelphia. Too number for January 1 contains an able and interesting ad dress delivered at Winchester, Mass., before the Fortnightly Clnb, entitled “A Commercial Invasion—What the Mighty Dollar is Doing for the South.” The address throughout is fall of strong points tellingly put, and the statements are general y sustained by figures At tho outset Mr Frank P. Bannett, who delivered this address, says: “In the first n/e«a, why :m I led to expect anything siiferent in tbe South taan in tbe NortbT What do we mean by th« Southern Question? and why is there a Southern Question and not a Northern Question or a Western Qoes- tionT Virginia and New Eugland were the original forces of Americsn society, and shaped its development.” After showing that the industrial pro gress of the South had given the denial to the predictions of Edward Atkinson, Charles Snmner and others, Mr. Bennett concludes as follows: “All things considered, the blacks and whites in tbe South are getting along very well in eaVif other’s company There is slight need of Federal interven tion. The Southern question is settling itself, and tbe most potent influence in bringing about this mnch desired con summation is the commercial and indns trial movement—the growing interest of the Southern people in the pursuit of the ‘mighty dollar’in useful and honora ble occupations.” The Exporter says editorially, in re vlewal of Mr. Bennett’s lecture: ‘ The Booth will probably surpass all other sections of the United States in its percentage of growth in population and wealth between the censuses of 1890 and 1900, and onr articta on pige 27 contains some suggestions as to tne social and political progress which is being stimn lated in tne South by the present benefi cent industrial movement.” Holiday Casualties and Crimes. Ingenuity does not tire of devising methods for the b. st possible enjoyment of the annual holiday season. From year to year the chuicbes find improved means to make still more bt-autlful and impressive the Curistmasiide celebra tions which signalize their birth, growth and powei; and the world at large is i q daily provided with original ways for magnifying its legitimate pleasures. Christmas, in all senses, is essentially au epoch or festivity, the whole purpose of its imperishable commemoration being associated with peace and good will.) It is startling, therefore, to see and to realize that its privileges are being an nually more and more nsnrped by the criminal anrj vinous, who appear to re- main inert or hidden until brought into" Tbe Cambridge In New York City, The Editor of tbe Sunny South re turns his thank* 'khd new year compli ments to Mr. Lorenz Reich, of New York, for samples of hiB famous Tokayer Ans- bruch and other Hungarian wines, of which he is tne best known importer in America. These wines have been praised by presidents, governors, literary people, singers and members of Parli tmeut. Mr. Gladstone and Lord Coleridge unite in praising the Toaayer Au3bruch. Dr. Holmes said “it pm the warmth of sum mer into his autumn reins.” Robert Browning thought if he could mix it with his ink he could write * something worth having.” Longfellow sc id “neither king or kai; er ever tasted better.” Mr. Rjicti has established a famous hostelry at tee corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty third btrees, New York, and ohrictentd it the Cjinoridge. It is a refined home for cultured p ople, where every comfort may be round and every waut supplied. For the Sonny South. OLD YKAJC. FAREWELL. Farewell to thee. Old Year, farewell! hear heart that heat so nearmineown, '1 hat shared my griefs, that heard my moan, We’ve walked together side by fide, Together shared the fragrant tide Of happy life, now sundered wide; We part to meet uo more, and yet Thro' comii-g days we ll not forget Our walks in solitary ways Noi think with sorrow or regret Of trembling tears, on lashes wet We’ll sing, told Y'ear, a nyinn of praise To Him wno from the stones may raise A life: may quicken leafless sprays With clustering blossoms. Ay, we’ll sing To memory! There, our offerings bring And cast them down; her praises tell, Ere yet we breathe our last farewell. w mat remorseless worn s fuhkUkgreeting! Whence so'-■>* t qtuuis it to -NelscSE arlpMe'ces thro’ activity by .this last of all occasions which should awaken their Instincts for mis- chief. One can easily reconcile a propor tion of the great number of accidents which marked the past Christmas to the nnavoldable,while noting as an axlon that in some way accident and crime go hand ]u hand. In other words, it has been observed tbat in cycles notorious for the one, the other has been rife. The record of the fourth week of De cember, 1890, and especially that of the 5,h day, eclipsed, we believe, all the previous chronicles of holiday casualty and crime in this eonntry. The daily story was sickening and astounding. The newspaper columns were filled with re citals of crime and casualty, of vice and brntality, such as no man could have read withont a sense of horror. Bather than that this condition may continue, may increase yearly, will it not become a serious problem for the church itself, whose immemorial jubilee Christmas primarily is; for tbat portion of humanity to which it is an interval of undiluted good fellowship, and even for the little ones, to whom it is a carnival of Sinta Claus, as to whether the anniver sary of the birth oi our Saviour be not best stripped by law of its outw:rd ex uberant popular accessories, and re stricted in observance to the most rigid and precise limitations? A Common Sense Calendar. The calendars that come in the fall arc aa numerous aa tha flowers that bloom In tha spring. Many further referable the flowers in that they oome without being sent for, and fade after a vary brief existence. The most sensible and business like Calendar that we have seen comes to ns from N. W. Ayer A Bon, Newspaper Ad vertising Agents, Philadelphia, and bears their “Keeping everlastingly at it” im print. It is so large and clear that its dates can be easily distinguished across an office, and is printed in a manner to reconcile the most fastidious to its com pany for a y< ar. It is sent to any address, pos'paid, on receipt of 25 cents. The Year 1891. The new year came upon us gray with cloudiness and gusty with winds, and its first day went out in torrents or rain. In many respects the opening of 1891 was snmmerlike. In respect of its apparent nnseasonableness, It merely took np the role of its predecessor, which was in many ways a unique year as to thermo- metrical matters. Bnt 1891 has began anspicionsly,withal. It brings us much to do and promises ns many rewards. The general condition of the country is gratifying in every way, and its growth and prosperity for the new twelvemonth will startle the world. More especially is this the outlook for the South. Nothing can now daunt her wonderful spirit and plnck, and nothing delay her onward march to material sov ereignty. No other part of the universe performs the treble functions of grower, manufacturer and consumer within the same territory, and the experiment in which her agricultural, manufacturing and marketing interests are engaged is impossible elsewhere. While all the people of the common country may therefore rejoice at the promise of the new year, Southerners will view its possibilities with the keen est expectancy and will adapt its results to the very best advantages. Tne Sunny South salutes the whole eonntry on the brig at prospect which is unfolding for ns all. “I sent to Mississippi,” said Dr. D’Alvigny, the other day, “and purchased a number of tbe celebrated paper hulled pecans which I set oat on my place. They am warranted to live, and if they grow off Uvoly, I will soon have bearing trees which will be very profitable with little expense. “By the way, why don’t eomebody im- preaa upon tho minds of the elty authori ties the jdee of planting pecans and wal nuts all over tha park; or, whet is better still, pure base a number of trees every year and set them in favorable localities and have them properly eared for? This would give nut-bearing trees, in a few yean, that would furnish rare treats for the children of Atlanta, who osold be Farewell! O that remorseless word That crushes The w izard sii My -WJfttEwjrfWE, _ — It is a spectral i'fS&iho come With silent trea/a, like restless dead Who stalk abroad in winding sheet; I hear the tramp of hurrying feet, And misty lights my senses greet, Tne shades of countless dead. i I see The ghosts of pledges unfulfilled, Of dreams that grew upon the wiog Of Fancy struggling yet to bring Their unrequited claims—a throng Of crowding hopes that withered, died, Upon their blasted stalks; the pride Oi many summers. Ah, ’tis well For Death to bring their farewell knell, And in one hopeless word— Farewell! Farewell, Old Year! We lay thee low, Where brown leaves whirl and drifts of suow Dance on their leaden boughs; and in Thy lifeless arms, Oh clasp the love That died »ith thee! The shining wings That bruised themselves, pale, scattered things That soar no more, but droop and trail Like purple banners ou the gale Of autumn, a .d their secrets keep Securely iu immortal sleep. ‘ To ashes, ashes, dust to dust,” Shall guard our precious human trust, And iu the Resurrection raise Onr songs of glad, awakening praise, For life upsprung from death, Till we shal wake and see The glories of Eternity. Farewell ’ Hala Hammond. FUNK WAGNALL’S DICTIONARY. The Forthcoming Work Will Rev olutionize Dictionarial Methods. We have examlnea tbe prospectus and advance pages of Messrs. Funk and Wagnall’s Standard Dictionary if the Englisb Language (18 and 20 Astor Place New York), and are at once impressed with the nniqueuess, desirability ai.d importance of lbs volume soon to issue under that title. It will hardly be pretended that the present-day lexicons of our language, voluminous and laborious as they are, have kept pace with the march of mod ern English, or of the civilization out of whicn is continahtly being evolved new sciences’ new conditions, new relations new substances, and, more than all, new words and tbe need of new definitions and methods of expr. ssion. Messrs. Funk and Wagnall have under taken a stupendous task, having for its highest purpose the comprehensive in clusion of all which has been lacking in former dictionaries and of presenting that which is not lacking, but in a more efficient, trustworthy and intelligent form. We confess to being much struck by the original acd ready advantage of the new sebeme. It Is a work which will rapidly make its way to the front and become an uuchaltenged standard. Tutre is not room here for an extended review of all tne salient features of tne new volume. If we quote from the pub ushers’ circular (us claims entirely borne out by tbe sample pages accom panying it) onr readers will obtain a fair idea of a few of the strong points of Messis. Funk and Wsgnall’s Dictionary: “In some important points it differs Widely from tne plans of other diction aries. (1) Tbe “locating” of the verify ing quotations; tbat is, the giving in eaca instance not only the name of the author, nut also tbe name of the book and the number of the page where tne quotation ean be found. To thus “locate” 60 000 quotations is of itself a herculean task. (2) Tne use, in the pronunciation of words, of the Scientific Alphabet, adopted by the American Philological Association. (3) Tne placing of the etymology after sne definition. (4) The placing of tho moot important current definition first, and tho ohsoiesosnt and obsolete meanings last, that is, tho sub stitution of the order of usage for the Historic Order usually followed in dic tionaries. (5) In the esse of disputed pronunciation the giving oi the pronun ciations preferred by other dictionaries, as well as the pronunciation - which wo prefer. (6) Thegivtngof50,000vocabu lary words more than are to be found in any other alnyU toIum dictionary I n Bnaland or America. No now word is admitted to a vocabulary piece,.unless it Bd upon by tne NATCHITOCHES, LA. Editor Sunny South: It Is music “Whose piercing sweetness can unloose The chains of freezy or entice a smile Into the ambush of despair.” The entertainment given Thursday night for the benefit of the Chautauqua Society was a decided success, both from a social and financial standpoint. It was nnder the management of Mrs Edward Pniliips, and this fact alone is siffiolent to assure success. The Twin Sisters, though destitute of any sparkling melodies and being of very simple con struction, was pretty and pleasing. Tne cast was made up partly of tbe Normal School girls and partly of the girls of Natchitocues, each furnishing in t qual proportions both beauty and tal out. The first scene opens with a chorus of flower girls singing their “AllHall, ’ bid alng welcome to their queen, among whom was the beantlfnl and accom plished Miss Elizt McGiverin. Tbe quten, Miss Maud Frierson, then thanks ner suoj -,cts, and her beautiful soprano charms all whose good fortune it is to hear her. Tne crowning wan touching and the dance of the little flower gins lent en chantment to the magnificent scene, The dialogue between these little girls was interesting. Taey speak of other queens, coutalued sadness; and one of tnem portra, s how some time previous tbe queens sist- r was stolen by a band o gypsies. Years after the same band once more camped on the same spot where they had enticed away (Flcrecct) Miss Alice Pierson, F oreuce, being struck with the familiarity of tne place, lingtrs near, and the flower girts Sbung her sad and apparent y lonely, try to cheer her by maxing her one oi tnetr numoer. The same now enters and ii-qairas who tne stranger is, and a terwards le-arus that it is her long lost s!s er, and sie too Is crowned, making ins twin sisters twiu queens. The gypsy scene was superb in every respect, and Miss E nma Johnson's Es meralda went to the heart-! of h r hearers, Miss Johnson, possesses a rare mezzo soprano, and the tune ul notes rippled from her mouth like peiriy drops from an innocent fountain. Tne camp scene Is exquisite, am gazing upon tbe spectacle one feets as if they were on the wave washed bhores of sun. ny Italy, so perfect was tne ta loau. To do Miss Cage’s marvelous beauty justice, one would necessarily have to resort to Hagard, the king of imagination, ana borrow Irom his description of Arglve Helen, the wer.d’s dtsire. Mias Annie C innioa, one of Baton Buoge’s bells, was lovely and charming; being of Italian descent, she was in keeping in every re spect. Once seeing those lustrous eyes, her raven black hair and perfect face, the words of tbe poet reminded you that to Bee her is to love. Miss Bosa Hill, as usual, was fascinating, and Miss Willie Hughes made a noble gypsy. The rest of tne cast did justice botn to themselves -S mannyftf. , Mi;8 Cora Prudhomme, the beautiful and accomplished bell of Bermuda, spent a few days here.; Miss Liza Baynard, the beautiful and accomplished bell of Alexandria, is on a visit to her cousin, Miss Tnssa Kearny. Miss Baynard is a favorite here, and her stays, thougn brief, are a source of much pleasure to her many admirers. Miss Mai Ogll8le, one of Shreveport's most charming young ladies, is visiting Miss Bosa Hill. Invitations are oat for a reception at the residence of Mr. James H. Hill, for Thursday. The New Year ball given at Lacosete hall, was tbe most enjoyable event of tbe season. Among those who were in attendance were Mr. B. H. Lichtenstein and Mlse Rosa Hill, B. F. Drauguet and Miss Myra Rhodes, Mr. Jas. Caspar! and Miss McCord, Mr. Sam Scruggs and Mibs Bertha Hill, Mr. Jas. Stephens and Miss Francis Htritz-’g, Mr. Jno. Frickel and Miss Adeline Hiu, Mr. O. Q jinn and Miss Wolff, Mr. B. Casp&u ana Miss Eunice McMendo, Mr. Alfred Glover ana Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs. Pniliips, Mr. Paul A. Simpayrac, James Hyams, Valeric Dou- bi ion. The grippe has visited our town and has retained its grip quite a while, bat all are now oat again who have been tuf- ferii g from it. T,:e K rights of Pythias will have an instailatiou ana grand ball on January 8. Miss L zzie Carter, one of the Normal s ablrst imparters of knowledge returned to resume duties after spending the hol idays away. The writer wishes the Editor a happy New Year and sincerely hopes that tne Sunny South will always prosper. B. anything and evsiything tor bia aaae. And something very like this I think I must have said to him when he told me about it all in the night, for he thanked me and went away down the street ham ming the old air to himself, and I could bear tbe j oy and hope in his voice those words of mine bad given bim. He did nob tell me her name, and I am sore I did not ask It. Batiet me tell of all the gayety and re ; j-uolng, the Christmas of Warrenton, wi.ich began at dawn the next day with Me clash oi bells from every spiro, the far rowing thunder of cannon, and tbe shouts of excited small boys who, armed with fire crackers, whistles, drams, sod squeaking horns, paraded iu tingle files along the streets, in the morning all the women attired in the mode for the day, went en mnsse to church, while tbe men appeared to form an unbroken line before tne open church doors. Tm n for a fortnight the days were occupied with fetes and the nights with balls at the old historic Town Hall which bad now all of its old time gayety and glamo-:. r when the Warrentoniacs and tbe strangers within their gates thronged there, aud feasted and danced the night away. So ended Christmas at Warrenton. Aud I wonder if the angels and flowers in heaven can be more beautiful than tbe women and flowers on earth in War rentoa. Ehrta. *?> fTOIVS .rffJas y (hah YORKVILLE, S. C, Editor Sunny South: The gentlemen of tie Whits Bose Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, of Yorkville, S. C gave a banquet complimentary to tbe ladies of the circle, on the evening of the 15th alt., at the reside ace of Judge With orspoon. The menu though not expen sively elaborate, was ample and sumptn ous enough to satisfy the most rapacious gormandizer or tempt the most fastidious epicurean palate. The evening of the banquet was the evening for the regular meeting of the circle, and with the ex ceptton of the usual twenty minutes dis cussion tbe appointed programme was carried out, table talk being substituted for tbe discussion. Tbe order of exercises for the evening being over, tbe circle was requested to re pair to the dining room, where theafore mentioned feast of good things was spread in lavish profnsion. With a man ner and grace begitting tbe occasion the worthy and honored president ot the circle, tbe Bev. T. B. English, then sol emnly invoked the blessings of the giver of all good upon that about to be par taken of and upon all those who were to partake of it. Tne toasts for the evening were few, there being no more exhileratiug or sou! stirring beverage to partako of than coffee and chocolate; but the one “To women” proposed by Mr. J. 3 Brcc was responded to by Mr. T. F. McDow in suca an able and masterly manner as would have done credit to any occasion. The following persons were present. The ladies of the circle, viz; Misses L. D. Witherspoon, Mini ie VVi.son, Eia Davidson, S J. Davidson, Cora Kuykon d 1, Daisy G.at, Maggie Gtsc, A C. Wal lace, F. M. Miller. Tne g-ntlemen of the circle, v-z: Messrs. T. F. McDow, Geo. Walker, M. D , Withers Adickes, T. K. English, D. D., J. S Brice, Frank Hart, M. W. White, D. D. S. The occasion was eminently an enjoy able ouo, a feast of reason and flow of soul as well as a feast—of substantial; an evening of unalloyed pleasure that will be forever treasured up in the minds of those present. Tne circle promises to repeat tne occasion some lime in Fobrua ry as it has been divided into two eidts, tne Herni s and tbe Demi's, and a system of m&rkiug adopted with the understand ing that tne defeated side at the txpira- lion of three months is to entertain the victors. Correspondent. Yorkville, S. C. 12 16- 96. has been passed upon by the able men In coarse of this department, namely, Ju lius H Bselye of Amherst College, Ed ward 8. Sheldon df Harvard University, Edward Everett Hale,, Charles_ A. Cana, and Howard Crapey.) (7) The indiea- allowed to gather and crack them and tlou by the use of upper and lower case initial letters, asi to whether word* in have a good time without any considera ble expense. I think it would be a splen did scheme.” the vocabulary proper names etc. to be writt n es common names,” etc.« WARRENTON AT CHRISTMAS. The Warrenton of the poet still lives today. The age of romance is not a thing of the past. The old Town Hall, which has been the scene of so much sentiment and gayety, is still crossed by many a fair lady and brave gentleman whose names are worth remembering; lovers whose sorrows deserve sympathy still keep midnight watch and sing old songs and ballads nnder the ivy mantled windows of their lady loves. Warrenton is not a prosaic and com monplace little village. It is, on the eon trary, a town of picturesque beauty crowned with the imperishaote glory of a thousand associations of noble names, heroic deeds, and eloquent memorials oi the late war. For every man and woman of feeling Warrenton is an ever living poem, and it has for all the travellers who visit it a magical, haunting attrac tion. I first saw Warrenton by moonlight, and I was struck by its silence. It was Christmas Eve. Iu the heart of the town, from the balconied hotel—the ren dszvons of idlers and citizens and stran gers—only a low, hoarse ham, far from disturbing the silence, seemed to render it the more impressive and more solemn. Back in the distal ce rose the snow capped Bine Rtdge, and silence pre vailed. There was no rattle or carts and carriages, no clatter or hoofs, and few pedestrians. I went on and on through the town, lost in contemplation of its loveliness. I could see its fairy spires, wa is and roofs encbantingly illuminated in tne light of the moon, and I could feel only the beau tiful silence that reigned around. At last, as the old town clook told solemnly the hoar of midnight, I stopped nnder a '•up that twinkled on the street’s dg and I saw Just in front of me a tal: maa wrapped in an old cloak. He aigheu warn he saw his sweetheart’s window dara. How oould he know that she wes awake, and listening for him? The moon looked at him over the spire of the church that is near her house, as he sang ont: “I arise from dreams of thee.” And in that old song of Shelley’s where the lover says a spirit in his feet has led him, he cannot tell how “To thy chamber windiw, S woet,” be came softly across the deserted street and, standing nnder the window, which most have been twenty, feet from the ground, he sang the words. He was looking up as he sang them, until I well oould weep for the sweetness and passionate pain of n voice that hardly left a woman a choice, and moat of ell I thought would I fly from the cruel madness of love. When the song ended he did not go away, bnt stood long nnder the window BROOKLYN, N. Y. Editor Sunny South: Some years since my attention was arrested by the brilliant and able showing made in your pages or the attractive advantages of the Sonthland (as we have ail witnessed tbe verification) as well as their literary ex- belience. * My strong preference for the great Northwest was overruled, and Florida- beautiful, but deceptive Florida—proved the grave of fond hopes. But even there, with a proper understanding of condi tions of snecess, experience, oceans, knowledge and the determination to sue need (the secret of fortune!) no insur mountable barrier to financial gain is met, even in that climate so trying to the Northern-born citizen. While tbe doubt remains, as to the purely physical ad vantages that would result to the vast majority of those who might seek a place of resisence, yet, as in the West, a goodly percentage wonld undoubtedly find a large compensation for toil and whatever deprivation might be required, over a wide area cf tbe section under consideration, while to the capitalist no part of our country today offers such in ducements. In your Issue of October IS the senti ment and statement of fact, “Southward the star of industrial supremacy takes its way,” catch tbe eye and rivet the at tention most effectually. Through the kindness of my next neigh bor, Mr. Marshall, I have had the pleas ure of reading the Sunny South of late, and have er j oyed the unique utterances, aud chit fly sound philosophies of “Bill Arp.” Five generations, at least on both the paternal acd maternal sides, who have preceded mein American clt zsnship, to gether with an innate love as I believe) of truth acd justice, have fitted me to appr. elate thoroughly the wholesome aud masterly treatment given current events, follies, men and theories. The article on Parks (Brooklyn, N. Y ) was read with a great deal of interest, as I nave no doubt it was by many residents of this city. There are hundreds of fami lies now in cities that would be largely benefited by a charge to rural and farm life; there are other hundreds that would make no mistake in going from North to South. Probably no medium could be better adapted to aid In this ‘exodus’, than the Sunny South! Speculators, i n the very nature of tbe case, can not be agents of a permanent movement of the kind. “Homes for the million” Is a watchword which will appeal to whole sections of onr eonntry. Pardon the di gressions and believe me. Very truly yonrs, Edwin Errickson. The liberality of onr Legislature in the matter of education will raise taxes be yond question, but whether it will pro mote the general diffusion of knowledge is a red bird of another color. Free tui tion has not thus far done much towards diminishing illiteracy. People do not prize what they do not pay for, and the habit of trusting to the state to supply the lack of individual effort is a bad thing. Besides all this, many country people cannot afford to send their chil dren to school all the year, even when there is no tuition to pay. Mr. Edward Atkinson says that the poor wonld be less envious of the rich did they know how rich men work, and that the rich would have more sympathy for the poor did they know how poor folks live. Tnis is doubtless true. But how is the acquaintance with each other to become more intimate? They are thrown much together, and individuals are continually passing from the one class to the other. Yet when one be comes rich he forgets how he thought and felt when poor, and if one sinks from wealth to poverty he is alike for getful. Had not the sentiment of loyalty to in dividual royalty gone much ont of fash • ion, it wonld find a splendid occasion for its exercise in the present royal family of Holland. Tne little Queen of that county is but ten years of age, and 1b said to possess ail the graces tbat render childhood lovely. Her mother, Queen Emma, who is to act as rtgent during the minority of the little sovereign, is still young, and to a beau’iful person adds tie charms of a lovely character. In the days o: chivalry high b rn kuigbts would have been proud to devote their swords aud lives totwo such iadieB. The question, “Has our country not outgrown its Institutions?’’ whicn some one propounds, is altogether pertinent. It certainly has. The Constitution that wa3 framed for a few states lying along thd Atlantic coaBt is not adequate fora Nation that has spread itself trom ocean to oesan. The United States is m-ch in the plight of the boy wno is too large for his breeches. There are some advantages in having a written Constitution, and some wisdom in adhering strictly to its letier. But there is also the disadvan tage of a want of the aiastiuity which can adapt Uselito changing circumstances. When we read of how the Red Men of America were deprived of thtir hunting grounds, sometimes oy fraud, more often by violence, we are disposed to censure the white man’s injustice at their hands. But when we read stories of the savage cruelty with which these children of tne forest sometimes avenged their wroDgs, we can but rejoice that a race of such terrible instincts has been swept from the country. There Is something of poetical sadness about the poor Indian’s reading bis destiny lathe setting sun; but the world was little better for his hav ing lived, and will be but slightly injured by his disappearance. In the days of savage warfare there was often a fine play of wits between the men who served as scouts for the oppos. ing armies, and in many instances their safety depended on their ability to gues at the plans and purposes of their adver sai ies. In the keen rivalry of trade, one’s financial success very often depends on the possession of a similar faculty. The shrewd financier is apt to move towards his ends on lines confusingly spiral, and he often comes wholly unsaspected npon one whom he has marked as a victim. Something of the same sagacity that can trace the steps of a cunning foe through a tangled wilderness is necessary to en able one to hold himself amid a crowd of sharp practitioners in finance. QUEEN CITY, TEXAS. Editor Sunny South: Tho Presby terian chnrch In our town on the even ing of 231 alt. was the scene of one cf the most brilliant social gatherings that Queen City has witnessed in many months. The occasion was the wedding of Mr. J. B. Brown and Miss Sallie De Salmon, both of Queen City. The chnrch was beantifully and ap propriately decorated for the occasion. Mr. Wadley presided at the organ. The relatives filed in to the sweet strains of tbe wedding march elegantly executed. Then came the bride, one of society’s favorites, leaning on the arm of her brother in law, Mr. B. T. Connells. The groom, with his best man, Mr. Cabe, waited down the opposite aisle, receiv ing his bride at the chancel. The cere mony performed by Bev. Crawford was brief and impressive. The wedding march, which had been played in a soft, low strain, all during its eontinnanoe, now peeled fortMntoatriamphantbarst of melody aa tbe bridal party passed out. Tne invited qneste, with the bride and groom, repaired to tho reeidenoe of Mr. Connell, where they were welcomed by Mrs. Bomy, sister of the bride, who was hostess of the occasion. In a few minutes the party was invited to the dining-room to partake of an ele- gant sapper. T -e groom 1s a gentleman in every sense of the word, and very popular. The preoonta were numerous, costly end elegant. He haa won a pearl. e The editor is Infallible In the sense that there is no appeal feom his decisions. Whet he pronounces unfit for his col umns must be excluded with no other reason assigned than hie instinctive sense of fitness. Bnt it is by no means swaj. out nma uraz uuuu tin wiuao* in,ititi>.<.i.uiiu.i ,7 hoping for e glimpse of the fair face that , he *■ lofalUhle in the sense of oould never be more than that midnight being incapable of erring. Hundreds of dream to him. She was a lady of noble instances are upon record in which ha birth, and he was only a self made man, of the tripod condemned that which the from the lower ranks of life—but a man ) public afterwards most folly aDDrovad with a face and voice that I felt could j No one man’s taste will invariably judge make a woman strong enough to brave j aright of other peoples testes. J K Most men who possess or think that they possess the speaking gift, are fond of discussions. They ecj iy sttting forth the reasonableness of th-ir own views and of showing upon how slender a basis of common sense the opinions cf their opponents rest. But it is an exceedingly rare thiDg that either party of au argu ment confesses himself conviic-d. The more common result is tbat each one becomes more firmly fixed in the posi tion he has taken. Yet may the time and breath spent in the discussion of questions not be wholly misspent. In this way the points at issue ars eluci dated, and while the minds of the dispu tants may remain unchanged, others may be helped towards forming correct opinions. MORL KIND WORDS. What the People Say About the Sunny South, Mrs.E. A. Bridewell, C>ncord, Tenn.; “I wish you to know how much my husband aud myself appreciate the Sue .ny South. It always has something so new, rich and rare in it we would lather read it than any other paper iu the world.” Mrs. H. C. Etlis, Hartsville, Tenn.: “I think we of the South ought to do all we can to sup port and help build up your excellent and good piper (non better). BUI Arp’s pieces are worth the subscription price.” R. E. 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