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VOLUME XX.
Thinning of the thatch.
■Tboogh the vernal leaves are sprouting, and
bright days are coming in,
-And the breezes still are chilly, and my hair
is getting thin!
J’tta comfortable income, and my age is
thirty-three,
But my thatch is thinning quickly—yes, as
quickly as can be!
I was once a „T ry urchln . , ~ curl T beaded 1
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W ^ ■ ? a T
An Ami 1 I r laughed at good , old ., people when I
saw
p iem going bald;
t it s not a proper subject to be lightly
or J° it s dreadful , a .,“^ to discover that
your roof
is wearing out!
I remember asking uncle, in my innocent
surprise,
How he liked his head made use of as a skat¬
ing rink by flies?
Hut although their dread intrusion I shall
manfully resist,
I’m afraid they’d soon have got another rink
upon their list.
J
peepin'* pate-
Though I coox ray hair across it, though I
brush away for weeks,
Vet I can’t prevent it p.rtinganf dlvUm-
into 0
streaks!
I’ve tried a hair restorer, and I’ve rubbed
my head with rum,
But the thatch keeps getting thinner, and
the new hair doesn’t come;
£>o I gaz j into the mirror with a gloomy, va¬
cant stare,
Tor the circle’s getting wider of that open
space up there!
People tell me that my spirits I must not al¬
low to fall,
And that coining generations won’t have
any hair at all.
Well, they’ll never know an anguish that
With can adequately match
the pangs of watching day by day the
thinning of your thatch!
r —New York Ledger.
LULU’S MISTAKE.
BY WILLIS II. COOKE.
cP {fi OING to New Y"ork
to meet your family
on Thursday, you
sa y, Charley?” said
1 * lis frien{1 Charles
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7 / 'A Hartiey Stanly. to “Now, Charley
why can ’ fc y°u do me
” reatcst favor
I Vt x ~ posibly one do man another, can
c3 by stopping on the
way at Glendale station and giving this
letter to my aunt and cousins, who ex¬
pect to meet me there?”
“Why, of course; I should be de¬
lighted,’ ssid Stanly in a hesitating tone;
“but the fact is, 1 don’t know* the ladies
and it is rather awkward introducing
oneself; besides, there's the mail, that
would do the business so much better in
every way.”
‘•Now don’t you exhaust yourself at
excuses, and Charley. Say the truth at once,
own that you are the most consum¬
mately bashful fellow alive. What’s the
sense in a handsome young gentleman of
irreproachable character and undeniably
good fortune shrinking as you do from
the first approach of society just because
you arc determined to cherish a giilish
shyness of strangers, particularly if they
belong to the feminine gender, that has
no earthly reasou for it?”
“Well, the truth is I can’t make my¬
self at ease with people I don’t know,”
began Stanly, but Hartley interrupted
him.
“Then get to know them, Charley;
nothing is easier.”
“I dare say not, with you,” answered
the other, laughiug. “You’ve only been
home from South America a fortnight
and have in that short time been intro-
duced to Aliss Horton’s family and fallen
irretrievably herself, in love with the you" young lady
on which account intend to
disappoint your worthy aunt aud cousins
of their long promised visit from you
aud want me to accept the difficult posh
tion of your ambassador aud fire the
family with enthusiasm on the subject of
your very sudden love for and intended
marriage with a young lady they have
never seen.”
“Not quite so bad as that,” exclaimed
his friend, on the defensive. “Only
carry the letter and make yourself agree-
able for a day at Gleudale Hall. That
is all I ask. My Aunt Fleming is the
soul of hospitality, and Lulu used to be
the sweetes’t little thing possible. There’s
anotbti sister, Alaysel, but she’s an iu-
valid—poor, dear girl!—aud as shy and
retiring as you are, if my memory ‘ serves
me.'”
Stanly was one of the kindest fellows
alive. It was very plain that Hartley
wanted him to stop at Glendale, and his
impulse was to oblige at' him, if possible
though it must be a strong pawners personal
sacrifice. They had been in a
South American shipping hou«e and
having gained a handsome fortune in
successful business had each returned
home to enjoy his wealth in his N>wa
way.
Stanly meant to make his mother aud
a voung artist brother supremely happy
tlfrough the medium of his money, and
Hartley, who had but few relatives, and
those distant, intended enjoying life
generally.
He had begun by falling iu love while
his companion was busy enlarging and
beautifying the old homestead as a sur-
prise to his mother, who had accom-
panied her younger son abroad to study
art and was was expected to return in a
few days.
“The steamer is due on Thursday or
Friday. Go to Glendale on Tuesday—
that’s a good fellow,” urged Hartley, "
persuasively.
“Well, I will; but it I make an awk-
ward mess of it and prejudice your good
aunt and her little girl against the lovely
Miss Hoi ton I trust you will impute it
to my clumsy, stupid manner and not to
any lack of good will or zeal in the
cause,” said Stanly, half laughing, half
|a •arnest,
THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL
“ODly piomise me to go, my dear
ftoy, and I will gladly assume the con¬
sequences,” said his friend.
And so it was agreed upon between
them that Charley Stanly should start a
day earlier and, meeting his friend’s rei*
atives at Glendale station, should ac-
company them to the hall, spend the rest
°f day with them there, and descant
of Charles Hartley’s beautiful betrothed,
his wonderful good fortune in winning
su °k a IoveI y creature, and the certainty
of his future happiness in her society.
“Of course you will tell them how
Hazel longs to love them and how
sure they are to like the dear girl when
they meet next month,” was Hartley’s
concluding charge, as he saw his friend
in the cars, with innumerable directions
for gainingthe family favor, and a large-
sized envelope containing his own ac-
count to his aunt of his marriage en¬
gagement.
“Hello!” said Stanly to himself, feel-
* n o rather startled at the discovery. “I
forgot to ask Hartley how his aunt and I
are to know each other. It is rather
T 1 or i, 1 hop.
Some luck y accident will introduce us.”
J? fore, ™ that he heard the station s name
“lied mat the car door by the condnc-
tor * and saw quite a crowd of various
vehicles waiting outside the track to
convey the landing passengers to their
respective destinations.
The country around was beautiful,
even at that late season, and everything
surrounding Glendale betokened wealth
and comfort on the part of its landed
proprietors.
AVhile he was taking in these various
facts, with a strangely palpitating heart
aud a strong disposition to go on in the
car, which his sense of duty forced him
to descend from, a smart-looking colored
servant, of highly respectable appear¬
ance, approached.
“Please, sir, Aliss Fleming wauts to
know if you are Air. Charles,” said this
polite domestic.
“Y'es, certainly,” said Stanly, eagerly
hailing this solution to his difficulty—
“to be sure I am. AYhere is Airs. Flem¬
ing? I have a letter—”
“This way, sir,” said the young man.
“This carriage here by the open road.
Jump in, sir; all right.”
Very briskly aud very loquaciously
the coachman led the way, talking as he
went, and catching Stanly’s portmanteau
from his hand, thrust it up in front,
pushed its owner gently in at the side,
slammed the door, sprang up, seized the
reins, touched the horses and was off
like a shot.
His percipitancy rather interfered with
Stanly’s entrance into the carriage, which
he accomplished with rather more of a
stumble than is compatible with the
rules of grace.
As he tried to recover himself with a
hasty apology, he was caught round the
neck by two soft young arms, while, to
his utter and totally indescribable amaze-
ment, a pair of sweet, warm lips pressed
close against his own, and a fresh and
musical voice exclaimed:
“Aly dear, dear old Charley! I arn so
very, very glad to see you! I could just
cry for joy!”
Thereupon, and without giving him a
single instant to recover from his first
surprise and alarm, a lovely head,
crowned with loose golden curls, nestled
itself against the left breast of his hand¬
some overcoat, while its owner indulged
in a few impulsive sobs. During these
object novel proceedings baffled the feelings of their
analyzation. They were
curiously blended, yet two paramont
emotions triumphed over the rest—
namely, joy and fear; for while he re¬
joiced with all the keen appreciation, he
trembled like a slave lest some terrible
retribution awaited him at its close. It
was not over. The eccentric but most
fascinating young creature at his side
started up again and demauded if he
) P . v! , &d J , es l , ° P oaclei h , * . er ‘ <f btanly, , uttermg
u- hlS ^ 'T \ orcl ® lnc ® th ^ ir meetia g aud
Sp< i?? 1 “ f„ m a 1 ^ eracit v *
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1 1 1 y “ would, she coutmued.
1 ttT * wouldn ,. t , let mamma come. I wanted
to ” e * tyou a one ’ de f r ; d e ar Charley! ’
TlUS \ imG she CaU ^ fc K h,s . j f ace 111 he r
f° Sy P alm 3 a “ d , held 11 . f olf at arra , 8
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“Would I have known you, I wonder!
Let me see! No, surely! Do you know
yoU Te S r °wa handsomer? You really
^ ave * A- nd dear Charley—you must
ted ™ e y° u know—do I dis¬
a PP°* at 7°°^’
“ No * no! ” P rotest ed Slanly, gazing
enra P tured into a pair of innocent, caa-
did oi a dee P violet shade and
raarkin « with admiring rapture the lovely
Matures of a pure, iranK, half-girlish,
w° mau ly face. “No! You are more
beautiful than anytliing I ever dreamed
° f *,. You realize an ideal that till now I
b ^7e d , unpa . , pabJe.” ,, „
^ here dlrt he S et hls words? He won-
dered hltnself * Bat where the sadden
and desperate courage came from that
enabIed him to clasp the graceful young
form that leaned itself to his embrace
P ress u P on tbo?e hail P arted U P S a lon £’
dee P kls ? of first P ure love ’ he never
could divine,
’Twas no sooner done than remorse
seized his soul and terror of his own tem-
erity struck him into a vful silence. He
b ad held Charles Hartley’s let«-er in his
hand, but he threw it out of sight. *
He had not the courage to present it
then; he felt he had taken advantage of
a mistake—had misappropriated the
lavish affection meant for another, and
Nemesis's whip already stung him for the
fraud, even while he was conscious of
condemning his beloved friend Hartley
as a being without taste or discernment,
to prefer Hazel Horton to the beautiful
Hebe at his side.
“But I am glad he did. By George I
am!” thought Charley Stauly. growing
suddenly and unaccountably bold; “for
H he had loved her I should never have
met ber » never felt her loving embrace cr
tbe sweet pressure of her pure young
B P S ’
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That must have been it; he thought so
then and always thought so afterward,
It was that innocently-given kiss that
broke the icy sea of reserve that held the
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY f
warmth of his deep, ardent nature in
check. He saw the position in which he
stood, its possibilities and the terrible
dilemma whose horns were pointed toward
him.
He seised them, and with a swift, bold
resolve he seemed to shed his old nature
like a withered shell and to spring from
the chrysalis of the past a full winged
butterfly of love.
“Shall we have far to go to the hall?”
he asked.
“Far to go?” she repeated. “As if
you did not know every step about
Glendale!” and she laughed joyously.
“I do not know anything about
Glendale,” lie said seriously; “and I
hope we have time for a long explana¬
tion.”
She started and gazed at him in some
surprise. He took her hand, and look¬
ing lull in her eyes, began to speak as
he had never expected to do. He told
her he was not Chaile3 Hartly, but his
most intimate friend, who, tilf that day,
had lived a strangely secluded life where
her sex was concerned and who had
undertaken the mission he was now about
to fulfill most unwillingly.
Then he explained his friend’s love
and sudden engagement to Aliss Horton,
doing his best to deal fairly by
that young lady's charms, but rather fail¬
ing in ttie effort, and touching lightly
on the warm reception he met when
taken for the fortunate Hartley; he
boldly declared his belief in love at first
sight, and avowed himself its victim.
“I have a letter for your mother that
I have undertaken to deliver; so, with
your permission I shall go with you to
Glendale IlalL If I have irretrievably
offended you by my sudden but most
truthful confession, do not speak to me
again, and, my commission finished, I
will leave, never to intrude on your pres¬
ence again; but I swear to you I will live
in the memory of the kiss you gave me,
and never—never shall I seek to win
another’s love if yours is denied me.”
From his first words the poor, fright¬
ened girl, whose look of blank amaze¬
ment was followed by a blush of burning
shame, had been shrinking further and
further away from him into the corner of
the carriage.
At last she sobbed out:
“And Charles is going to marry a—
a stranger, without ever coming to tell
mo ot it, and I—I behaved so silly I Oh,
it’s too mortifying to think of it!”
“It is the most blissful thought I can
conceive,” whispered the late bashful
Stanly.
“Oh, you will never tell any one?
Pray, promise me that,” exclaimed Lulu
Fleming, letting him hold the hand he
had caught until he promised.
“I will—I do, on my honor. But
must I go?”
His voice was full of tender pleading.
She could not deny his prayer.
“You are scarcely a stranger,” she
faltered. “Indeed, Charles used to
write of you as if you were his brother;
and—pray do not hasten away because
of my stupid, miserable mistake. Oh,
it was too bad—too bad!” and she burst
into tears.
Stanly let her weep, for somehow she
had forgotten to draw her hand away
after her promise. Indeed, he clasped
it so tightly that she could not do so
very easily—and thus they reached
Glendale Hall.
Airs. Fleming and Alaysel met the un¬
expected stranger most courteously, and
did not forget, in their astonishment at
Hartley’s matrimonial project, to acquit
themselves of the duties of hospitality to
their guest.
Indeed, the letter Hartley wrote was
so full of his friend's praises, and he so
entirely pleased the Flemings in every
way, that he parted from them only in
time to reach New Ybrk and meet his
mother and brother as they came ashore.
It was surprising to all but Lulu how
soon he found his way to Glendale again.
She—shy little thing!—she Knew he
was coming, though she pretended to
be surprised; and on this second visit
her mamma’s consent was gained to an
engagement which was begun, on the
gentleman’s part at least, on the day he
first met the lady at Glendale station.
“I don’t call myself a particularly shy
fellow,” said Hartley when Stanly im¬
parted the secret of his happiness to the
friend who had introduced him to its
object; but I do not believe T could
have managed a love affair in as short a
time or won a bride with a bolder
stroke. Do you know I always consid¬
ered Lulu a coy little thing? She was
only a child when we parted, but I sup¬
pose she took you as my friend and soon
grew at ease with you.”
“There must have been something of
that sort in it,” assented Stanly; “but
at all events I’ve won her in spite of my
bashfulness, and I’m the happiest fellow
alive.”
True to his word, he never told of
Lulu's mistake until Lulu herself grew
matronly enough to laugh at the story,
and Charles Hartley’s wife was too wise
to be jealous of the girlish love it be¬
trayed.—New York Alercury.
Genesis of the Horseshoe.
It is known that the hoofs of horses
were protected by hoofs of leather at a
very early period in the world’s history
—at a time which at least antedates Pliny
and Aristotle, both of whom make men¬
tion of the fact. These leather boots
were sometimes studded with metal nails,
but more usually worn without extra
trimming, the cheapness of that com¬
modity making it possible for the owner
of the steed to “reboot” him at aDy time.
Homer speaks of “brazen-footed steeds,^
from which we naturally infer that in his
day horses were shod with bronze or
brass. Two reputable ancient writers
tell us that the mules of Nero wore sil¬
ver shoes. Iron shoes were first nailed
so the hoofs of war horses in the Ninth
Century; they were first introduced into
England by William II., about the year
1088. At the present day the Japanese
use horseshoes made of braided straw
and several European countries use com¬
pressed rawhide for the same purpose.—
St. Louis Republic.
A century ago there were only tour-
teen newspapers in London, England.
SCOTCII-IRISHMEN | j
Bold their Fourth !
Annual Convention
in Atlanta.
DELEGATES FROM ALL FARTS OF THB
COUNTRY PRESENT—A ROUSING
MEETING.
The fourth annual congress of the
Scotch-Irish of America convened in At¬
lanta Thursday.
it was a notable gathering composed o1
men from the highest walks of bu-ims?
and professional life, and Atlanta fill
proud of having the distinguished honoi
of entertaining such men conferred upon
her. Although the Scotch-Irish society
has been in existence but four years it is
a veritable young giant whose influence
is as broad as the great nation it claims
as its home.
From the mountain crags of old Vir¬
ginia and the rui / e 1 country of Pennsyl
vania, from the v Jleys of Iowa and
Texas, from the pleasant waters of the
Mississippi and the Ohio have they came
leaving behind the “ehelalie” and the
“dirk” and bearing in their hands the
shamrock and the thistle, which waved
in common with the tasseling corn of this
their adopted land. Men of iron wills
and oaken hearts they are and what they
have to do will be well done.
THE OPENING EXERCISES.
At 10:15 the Fourth artillery band
stationed in front of the capitol began
playing those old familiar southern airs,
“Old Kentucky Home,” and “Look
Away Down in Dixie,” while the car¬
riages containing the officers of the soci¬
ety and the other distinguished guests
were arriving. After a spirited air from
the band, Rev. Dr. Craig, of the At’anta
society, called the meeting to order and
introduced Rev. Dr. McDonald of
Atlanta, who made the opening prayer.
Rev. Dr. Craig referred in glowing
terms to the achievements of the Scotch-
Irish in the past and to their present
prominence and introduced his excel¬
lency, Governor W. J. Northen, who
welcome the members of the society to
Georgia. Georgia be said always had a
warm welcome iu the homes and hearts
of her people for just such men as those
who compose th<* Scotch-Irish Society.
He was followed by Mayor Hemphill in
an address of welcome on the part of the
city.
President Bonner was introduced by
Dr. Craig to respond to the address of
welcome. He said he appreciated At¬
lanta’s invitation for the Scotch-Irish so¬
ciety to meet here, but he had another
invitation received five years a . 10 , which
he received appreciated still more—a Grady, letter beloved he had
from He nry by
the north as well as by the south. He
thanked both Georgia and Atlanta for
the welcomes they had extended through
their chief executives.
FROM OLD HICKORY’S HOME.
At the conclusion of his remarks Dr.
Craig arose and holding above his head
a gavel, said, “A Scotch-Irish lad was
taken prisoner by the British in South
Carolina, and when told to black an
officer’s boots,.indignantly refused to do
so. This was Andrew Jackson, ‘Old
Hickory,’ who afterwards became presi¬
dent of the United States. This gavel
was made from the wood of a tree grow¬
ing at his home in Tennessee, and has
been the property of the Scotch-Irish
society of Atlauta. Now we present it to
President Bonner, of the American soci¬
ety, and request that he use it in presid¬
ing over the deliberations of this mee ing.
The next thing on the program was the
paper from Col. Geo. AY. Adair, of At¬
lanta, on the Scotch-Irish of Atlanta.
The colonel, as usual, carried the day.
TWO GOVERNORS MEMBERS.
Mr. Wallace, editor of the Homestead,
in Iowa, was next introduced to discuss
the Scotch-Irish of Iowa. He made an
able speech, abounding in beautiful
thoughts. Among other great men he
mentioned as belonging to the Scotch-
Irish in Iowa were Governor Boies, the
only democrat for years who has been
elected and re-elected governor, and Sen¬
ator Allison. On motion of Hon. Geo.
H. Fry, of Springfield, Ohio, Governor
McKinley, of Ohio, was admitted as a
member of the national society.
On motion of Dr. McIntosh, of Phila¬
delphia, the invitation of Governor and
Mrs. Northen to n reception at the ex¬
ecutive mansion in the evening was ac¬
knowledged by the congress and accept¬
ed with thanks. The congress then ad¬
journed to Friday,
The reception tendeieu the delegate:
by Governor and Airs. Northen at the ox
ecutive mansion was an enjoyable affair
in every sense of the word. The dele¬
ing gates ladies, :n large numbers, with many visit
were present, as well i s most
of the Atlanta members of the race.
SECOND DAY.
The second day’s proceedings were
even first. more interesting than thosd of th
hall Alany new faces were s<e.i in the
among the delegates and among Tie
visitors, dfelegafes from arar Saving come
in and new visitors ha/iDg been attracted
by the press reports of the meeting of the
day before. 1 resident Bonner call d the
meeting to order, and R^v. Dr. Barnett,
of Atlanta, made the opening prayer.
The first speaker of the day was Prof.
Alexander White, of the Washington and
Lee University of America. Prot. White
spoke without notes and made an exceed¬
ingly able address.
President Bonner introduced as a typ¬
ical Scotch-Irishman Profi ssor Macloskie,
of Princeton college, whose subject was
the evolution of the Scotch-Irish. Tae next
speaker was Rev. Dr. Quigg, of Conyers,
who made a brief but logical address
President Bonner then introduced AD.
Frank L. Stanton, who read a poem he
had written to the congress. Alaj r
Charles H. Smith, “Bill Arp,” was next
introduced, and for some time F 10 enter¬
tained he audience in his inimitable wav
with a paper on “The Georgia Cracker.”
Colonel Adair was introduc 'd and made
a brief speech, after which the congress
adjourned until 7:30 p. m.
A business meeting was held after ad¬
journment at which some very important
matters came up for discussion aud final
settlement. One of these was the elec-
tion of officers, which resulted as foi-
lows:
President, Robert Bonner, New York:
vice president general, Rev. John S.
Maslgtosh; first vice president at large.
T. Wright, Nasjivirie, Tenn.; second
president at large, Rev. J. II. Bry-
Huntsviile, Ala.; secretary, A. C.
Columbia, Tenn.; treasurer, John
Mcllhenry, of Philadelphia, instead of
Frierson, who resigned.
The vice presidents from the states and
territories at large were as follows;
New Hampshire, Hod. James W. Pat¬
terson, Concord; Massachusetts, Prof. A.
L. Perry, Williamstown; Connecticut,
Hon. D. L. Calhoun, Hartford; New
York, Rev. John Hall, D. D., New York
city; Pennsylvania, Colonel A. K. Mc¬
Clure, Philadelphia; New Jersey. Mr.
Thomas N. McCarter, Newark; Ohio,
Hon. W. H. Hunter, Steubenville; Illi¬
nois, California, Judge JohnM!Scott, Bloomington;
Mr. Alexander Montgomery,
San Francisco; Iowa, Hon. P. M. Cas-
saday,Des Moines; Virginia,Hon.William
Wirt Henry, Richmond; North Car¬
olina, Hon. S. B. Alexander,
Charlotte* Georgia, Colonel G. W.
Adair, Atlanta; Mississippi, Rt. Rev.
Hugh Miller Thompson, Jackson; Lou.
isiaua, Hon. William Preston Johnston,
New Orleans; Tennessee, Mr. A. G.
Adams, Nashville; Kentucky, Dr. Her-
vey McDowell, Cynthiana; West Vir¬
—postoffice, ginia, Mr. James Archer, Prosper couutj
Steubenville, O.; Ontario,
Canada, Hon. A. T. Wood, Hamilton:
Canada, Rev. S ewart Acheson. A. M.,
Toronto; vice president at large, British
North American provinces. Rev. Stewart
Acheson, A.M., Toronto, Canada; Flor¬
ida, Dr. Maxwell, Jacksonville.
A report of the executive committei
showed that the society was iu a most
prosperous condition for the past year.
Plans for increasing the membership
■were adopted, as were also plans for col¬
lecting data and historical records.
The hall of the house of representa¬
tives was crowded at the night session.
The audience was eutertained by an ad¬
dress on “The Scotch-Iiish of Georgia*
by lion. Pat Calhoun, and ten-minute
speeches by Rt. Rev. Bishop Nelson,
Judge John M. Scott, of Illinois, ami
Judge McWhorter.
THIRD AND LAST DAT.
The last day’s session of the Scotch-
Irish congres} was as well attended a;
the first and second, and there was nc
abatement of interest in the proceedings.
The exercises were opened with prayei
by Dr. John Hall, of New York. The
first speaker was Rev. Dr. J. H. Bryson,
of Huntsville, Ala., an ex-moderator ol
Presbyterian the general assembly of the southern
church, and one of the most
learned men in the denomination. H s
subject admirably was, “Scotch-Irish Inventors,”
and w*as handled.
Col. G. W. Adair then mounted the
(Stand and read the following for Col. T.
T. Wright, the founder of the society:
“Kind messages come to this congress
through Col. T. T. Wriijht from the fol¬
lowing Scotch-Irishmen: Lord Wolseley,
Lord Dufferin and Col. Wilson, military
commander of West Point.”
Mr. James Logan sends a floral tribute
from the home of General Andrew Jack-
son’s father, at Cm rick Fergus, Ireland.
Mr. McKenna, of Belfast, sends a bunch
of shamrocks, and Wallace Bruce, of
Edinburgh, Scotland, sends a poem, ad¬
dressed to Col Wright, “The Old Mor¬
tality of the Ulster-American Race.”
Rev. Dr. John Hall, of New York,
then offered a resolution, which was
adopted by a rising vote, petitioning the
World’s fair directors not to open either
the grounds or building on Sunday.
Mr. Small was elected a member of the
society, together with Mr. Oliver S.
Kelly, of Springfield, O.; Colonel Laven¬
der R. Ray, of Atlanta, and Prof. W. H.
'Harnmill, of Decatur, III.
Captain George B. Forbes, of Atlanta,
was introduced lor a ten minutes’ speed)
a id devoted his time to 3 en’o^v rv “the
nva’e soidier of the confederate side o!
1 he late family quarrel.” Rev. Samuel
B. Young, of Alleghany City, Pa., was
1 hen introduced as a native of the north
of Ireland. He made a neat speech com¬
plimentary to Atlanta and her hospitable
citizens, Hon. David R. Roper, of
Pennsylvan'a, talked for a few minutes
on the Scotch-Irish race. Colonel I. W.
Avery was then introduced, and captured
the audience by the brilliance of nifl ad*
dress.
At the conclusion of Mr. Avary’s ad¬
dress, the congress adjourned to 7:30 p.
ra.
The evening programme was opened
with prayer by Dr. J. W. Lee. He was
followed by Dr. John W. Hall, who
gave an unusually interesting talk of a
f aif hour. Rev. Dr. Cook, a delegate
from Alabama, gave an entertaining talk
for ten minutes, dwelling upon the im¬
portance of education—the intellectual,
moral, physical and religious. extended the
Invitations were then to
body lor their meeting place next year.
Mr. James H. Fry, of Springfield, O.,
preseuted that city. Air. W. Hunter, of
Steubenville, O., urged the cause of
Springfield in a very pretty speech. Des
Moines, la., was pieced before the con¬
vention by Air. Henry Wallace, editor of
The Homestead, and by Dr. McConnell.
Dr. J. II. Alclntosh., at the request of Dr.
J. H. Alaxwell, iuvited the Scotch-Irish
to meet next year at Jacksonville, Fla.
The matter was referred to the executive
committee to be considered and reported
upon.
Resolutions of thanks to the governor,
mayor, city council and people of Atlanta
fi r courtesies, and to the railroad - corn-
panic s anil the hotels for assistance and
:avers granted were then read and unani-
mously adopted.
The resolutions closed as follows: To
'<ur fathers’God, to our own and our
chi dren’s Father in heaven, we now lift
our humble, but ever swelling thanks¬
giving for the marvelous way he has
guided, tiained and blessed our race, for
the services to this land and humanity
He has helped tfle Scotch-Irishmen and
women to render, and for the many
O! the portunities of still liieher work in
future to our beloved country and
to the suffering and down-trodden of
every nati n. And our prayer rises from
reverent spirits and believing hearts that
the Lord will make us more worthy of
our God-guided ancestsrs and more fitted
to honor Him who is :he giver of every
good 8nd perfect gift.”
The exercists were closed with prayer
by Dr. John AY. Hall. A ud the Scotch-
convention of 1892 stood ad-
. ourned
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A Town in Ashes.
The entire business part of the town ol
Hudson, Ohio, was burned early Tburs-
d -.y morning with a loss of about $125,-
000.
BUSINESS REVIEW
For Past B eck ns Compiled by Dun
k Co,
R. G. Dun Co.’s review of trade for
week ending April 29th says: Business
failures occurring throughout the country
during week number for the United
States 186, Canada, More favorable
weather in many parts of the country has
brought doubtedly better reports of business. Un¬
distribution has been much
retarded by the backward season aud the
condition of country roads and in some
quarters collections have been slow on
that account. But the improves.ent in
such quarters for the week has been gen¬
eral and meanwhile the volume of busi¬
ness continues to surpass all previous
records, gaining but little and yet gain¬
ing at :he east over last year and falling
behind only about 1 percent at the south
in the aggregate, notwithstanding the
great depression in the price of cotton.
The volume of trade has been over ten
per cent greater than in any other year
at the west, though on the Pacific slope
some decrease appears.
At Philadelphia the dry goods trade
equals expectations; Baltimore, near-by
trade improves, though the southern
trade is smaller, and the city supplies a
wider territory. At Philadelphia no im¬
provement is seen in iron, and pig sells fair¬
ly,but at low prices; while finished iron is
produced in large quantities, though
makers complain of unprofitable rates.
The south still reports an unsatisfactory
trade at many points, though prospects
are considered brighter at Savannah, and
collections are good at Nashville, Trade
at New Orleans is quiet, the demand for
cotton being moderate; sugar, quiet but
firm, and rice steady with a moderate de¬
mand.
A striking feature of the week has been
an immense and unprecedented trade in
dress goods. S lies of wool at Boston,
Philadelphia aud New York have been
88,748 576 pounds this year against 82
058,426 list year, a gain of 8 per cent.
Both receipts and exports of cotton fall
behind last year’s Money has been un¬
disturbed and easy. The treasury has
paid out §2,100,000 more gold than it has
taken in, but has taken in §700,000 more
silver than the increase of small notes.
Merchandise reports for April show a
gain of 6 per cent over last year at New
York, while in imports there is some de¬
crease. Though railroad earnings con¬
tinue large stocks are dull and rathei
lower than a week ago.
THE IMPRISONED CATTLEMEN
Are Awaiting the Action of the Courts
in Their Cases.
Governor Barber, of Wyoming, has
written a letter to the prosecuting attor¬
ney of Johnson county, where the recent
cattle trouble occurred, in which he
states that the men who surrendered to
the commanding officer at Fort McKenny
are confined at Fort D. A. Russ. 11, and
will be held until the prosecuting attor¬
ney has had reasonable and sufficient
time to prepare and commence in the
district court of his county criminal pro-,
ceedings against any of them who, upon
consideration, he shall deem justified and
warranted by the evidence which the in¬
vestigation may disclose to him. He
urges the district attorney to make such
investigations as he may deem proper,
with ail due diligence, and institute in
the district court appropriate criminal
prosecutions, so thattho3e against whom
there are no criminal accusations may be
released and the others prosecuted for
the crimes or violation of law committed
by them.
GRANT’S MAUSOLEUM.
The First Corner-Stone Laid by Presi¬
dent Harrison.
The first stone of the great mausoleum
which is to perpetuate the memory of
General Ulysses S. Grant, was laid in
Riverside park, New York, Wednesday
afternoon. President Harrison, in the
presence of his cabinet and thousands of
citizens, laid the granite block upon
which is to be builded a tomb worthy of
the nation and the nation’s hero. The
ceremonies were impressive and the
weather favored tehm. Chauncey M.
Depew delivered the oration of the
day. Notable among those who gather¬
ed around the bier of the hero of Ap
pomattox were Generals Howard, Slo¬
cum, Schofield and Dodge. The quar¬
tette composing the only living generals
who were associated with Grant in tht
great civil struggle. The ceremony war
concluded by firing a salute of twenty
one guns by the monitor Miantonomah,
which lay in the waters of the Hudson,
adi icrnt to the scene o f the ceremonial.
TYPE-CASTING COMBINE.
Merganthaler and Typograph Com¬
panies Consolidate.
The stockholders of the National Ty¬
pograph company, of West Virginia, and
th< Merganthaler Printing company, of
New York, at a meeting held Saturday
unanimously resolved to consolidate.
The Merganthaler Printing company will
go out of existence and the National
Typograph company will carry on for¬
eign linotype alone. The latter company
elec ed a board of dirictors, con¬
sisting of Whitelaw Reid, William Henry
Smith, Ogden Mills and Fred J. Warbur-
ton. of New York, and T. G. Hine, An¬
drew Devin and Samuel M. Bryan, of
Washington. I). C
A VETERAN MISSIONARY
Of the Methodist Chnrch Dies
His Post in China.
A cablegram was received at Nashville
Friday announcing the death at Kobe,
Japan, of R v. J. W. Lambuth, D. D.,
a veteran missionary of the M. E. church
south. In the cablegram was bis dyiDg
message, as follows: “I fell at my post;
send more mem.” Dr. Lambuth went to
China in 1854 and was transferred to Ja¬
pan five years ago. He has written more
than twenty volumes in the native lan¬
guages.
The World’s Cotton Supply.
The total vidbie supply <»f cotton for
the world, according to Saturday’s dis¬
patches, is 4,202,685, of which 3,549,685
is American, against 3,167,772 and 2,-
463, 060 respectively last year. Receipts
from all interior towns, 28,114. Receipts
from plantations, 30,512. Crop in sight,
4.602,993.
NUMBER 18.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. R.
Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect Jan. 17th, 1892.
NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No. 10. No. 12
XASTEBX TIME. Daily. Daily. Daily
Lv.Atlanta (E.T.) 1 25 pm 8 50 pm 900am
Chamblee..... ....... 9 27 pm 0 38am
Norcross....... ....... 9 39 pm 9 5‘2*m
Duluth........ ....... 9 51 pm 10 05am
Smvanee....... ....... 10 03 pm 10 16am
Buford ........ .......10 17 pm 10 18am
Flow, ry Branch .......10 31 pm 10 40am
Gainesville..... 2 59 pm 10 51 pm 11 03am
Lula.......... 11 18 pm 11 38am
Bellton........ 11 31 pnr 11 37am
Cornelia....... 11 45 pm 12 06pro
Mt. Airy....... 11 50 pm 12 11pm'
Toccoa......... 12 20 am 12 41pm
Westminster... 12 58 am 1 22pm
Seneca ........ 1 17 am 1 47pm
Central........ 1 50 am 2 35pm
Easleys........ Greenville..... 2 18 am 3 03pm
6 05 pm 2 44 am 8 87pm
Greers......... ....... 3 14 am 4 07pm
Wellford....... ....... 8 33 am 4 25pm
Spartanburg Clifton........ 6 57 pm 3 54 am 4 50pm
....... 4 13 am 5 08pm
Cowpens ...... ....... 4 18 am 5 12pm
Blacksburg..... Gaffney ....... ....... 4 40 am 5 39pm
....... 5 01 am 6 00pm
Grover......... ....... 5 11 am 6 11pm
King’s Mount’ll ....... 5 28 am 6 30pm
Gastonia....... ....... 5 54 am 6 58pm
Lowell........ ....... 6 07 am 7 12pm
Bellemont..... ....... 6 14 am 7 24pm
Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm) 6 40 am 7 50pm
SOUTHBOUND. No. 87. No. 11, No. 9.
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am
Bellemont.....
Lowell.........
Gastonia.......
Groytr......... King’s Monnt’n
Gaffney............... Blacksburg.... ......
Cowpens Clifton................ ..............
W» Spartanburg... Ilford........ 11 43 am
Greers.........
Greenville...... 12 36 pm
Easleys.........
Central........
Seneca,........
Westminster....
Tocooa........
Mt. Airy.......
Cornelia.......
Bellton........
Lula..........
Gainesville..... 3 41 pm
Flowery Buford........ Branch
Suwanee.......
Duluth........
Norcrosa......
Chamblee......
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.)
Additional trains Nos. 17 and 18—Lula ac¬
commodation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬
lanta 5 30 p m, arrives Lula 8 12 p m. Return¬
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 a m, arrives Atlanta 8 50
a m.
Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 daily, ex¬
cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Lula 8 30 p
m, and 1140 a m, arrive Athens 10 15 p m ana
12 20 pm. Returning leave Athens, No. 10
daily, except Sunday, and No. 12 daily, 6 20 8 y> m
and 6 45 a m, amve Lula 8 05 p m and 30
a m.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—No. 61 dai¬
ly; except Sundav, leave Toccoa 100 pm
arrive Elberton 4 40 p m. Returning, No. 60
daily, except Sunday, leaves Elberton 5 00a m
and arrives Toccoa 8 30 am.
Nos. 9 and 10 carry Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween Atlanta and New York.
Nos. 37 and 38, Washington and Southwest¬
ern Yestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and
Washington. On this train no extra fare is
charged. Through Pullman Sleepers between
New York and New Orleans, al-o between
Washington and Memphis, via Atlanta and
Birmingham. local and
For detailed information as to
through time tables, rates and Pullman Sleep¬
ing car reservations, confer with local agents,
or address, L. TAYLOR, TURK,
JAS. W. A.
Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Ass’t. Genl. Pass. Ag’t.
Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte N. O.
C. P. HAMMOND,
Superintendent. Atlanta, Ga.
W. H. GREEN. SOL. HA83,
Gen’l Manager. Traffic Manager,
Atlanta, Ga, Atlanta, Ga.
LEWIS DAVIS.
iTfOPNEY AT JL.AW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practioe in the oounties of Haber¬
sham and ftibun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Frankhn and Banks of tht
West> rn Circuit. Prompt attention wil?
be given to all business entrusted*co him.
The collection of debts will have speo
ial attention.
MAY DAY WAS QUIET,
Although Workingmen in Large Num¬
bers Celebrate the Day.
A London cablegram says: The ex¬
pected and long prepared Sunday for labor in dem¬
onstrations were held most of
the large cities of the c >ntinent and va¬
rious manufacturing and mining districts.
In many places the authorities had for¬
bidden the holding of processions, und
the workingmen observed the holiday by
taking their families to suburban resorts
and passing the day in a quiet manner.
In view of the many outrages perpetrated
by the anarchists during the past
few months, and many threats that have
bsen made to make the day memor¬
able for its disorders the authorities in
all continental cities adopted most strin¬
gent precautions to prevent has or its suppress
any outbreak. Every city contin¬
gent of socialists and anarchists, and
May day was the appointed time at which
they were to show themselves in force
and to give proof of their power.
Thus far advices received show that in
most places the day was passed harmless¬
ly if not quietly. There where speeches were assemblies of
of workingmen, made; an .
inflimmatory character were but
the police were generally on the alert,
and good order, if it was not absolutely
preserved, was easily restored when
breeches of order occurred.
May day was observed in London in a
very quiet manner. A large procession
formed on the Thames embankment and
marched to Hyde Park, where monster
meetings were held. A large crowd of
speakers addressed the crowd, including
Cunningham Graham, the socialist membei
of the house of commons, Tom Mann and
Ben Tillett, labor leaders, and Hepniak,
a Russian nihilist.
Dispatches from Paris, Berlin, Vienna,
Madrid and Rome say the day was ob
lerved by parades, etc., but no riotoui
demonstrations were made.
Blood orange and primrose are the
names of two fashionable shades in
loves, both in Suede and glaee kid.