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BILL ARP’S LETTER Bartow Man Convinced that Nanoy Hart Was No Myth. HE KNOWS SOME OF HER RELATIVES Brave Woman Did Kill Torlea During Revolutionary War and Evidence of the Pact Cannot be Sue- cetsfully Combatted. A few months ago some doubting correspondent hinted that the story of Nancy Hart was probably an exag gerated romance or a banded down tradition or maybe a myth. It is for tunate that the doubt was published, for it awakened and aroused the good old people of Elbert and Hart counties and brought to light facts and records concerning the old lady that 'might have passed into oblivion. Thht the story of her heroism Is true Is now es tablished as clearly as It were when Hart county was cut off from Elbert and named for her, the only county in Georgia that was named for a woman. While this newspaper controversy was going on down In Georgia there was a- great strapping Virginian named Tom Lee, C 1-2 feet high and large in pro portion, operating the pas&enger de partment of the Lackawanna railroad. He is the great-grandson of Nancy Hart, descended from her in a bee line through honorable Virginia ancestors. He knehr nothing of this controversy concerning his maternal accstor and said recently when Bpeifklng of her that it was the sorrow of his life that he was not personalty acquainted with her. Tom Lee Js a great favorite among the railroad officials. Very recently he wished to try the work and speed of ac new monster locomotive and in vited the presidents and superintend ents of several railroads and forty- three editors and. newspaper .men to go wltli hln^on a special to. Pocona moun tain itad back again. On the northern roads the superintendents now have an Indicator or Dutch clock in their private car that reglfara the speed. “What do you want?" said Tom Lee. “Well, about 70 miles, ' said the editor. The speed was then 05 miles an hour, but quickly the olock registered 66, 67,. 68, 60, 66, 70, where it remained for several mlnuteB whllq the - engineer was holding her dowu. to an even, steady pace. A glassful of water on the floor would not have spilled a drop. Tom Lee said: “I would have given you 80 it you had asked for It.” After a while they stopped at the Swlftwater house, where Washington and Lafay ette played croquet after, the war way over and where Joe iefferson spends his summers. Tom Lee knows his line age and that his parenid were Virgin ians and nearly related to the Harts for whom Thomas Hart Benton was named. For the sake of her many children who have never heard the story, I will briefly relate that durlpg the dark days of the revolution flvo torles came to her cabin and qrdered' her to get dinner for them. She did so and while they were eating and drinking and their guns wero set up In the corner of the room she quietly took them out side, and standing’at the door with one In her hand she drew aim on the lead er and ordered them to surrender or die. One man. started toward her and •he shot him dead and seised another gun and shot'another who had risen from tablo. With another gun she kept tbs others quiet until some neighbors came and they were taken prisoners. No doubt this is a true story and a man had better not move to Elbert or Hart county and express any doubts about it. I have been there and know. Some years ago I lectured in Hart- welt and from \here Journeyed to El- berton in a buggy with a preacher. We got a late start and the preacher's horse wanted*to slow up at every house, where there was a woman in sight, aud when we got to the river the ferryman wan away and wc bad to wait an hour tor hlm to Wne back. So it was dark when “wo reched Elberton. The court house vas lighted up and seemed full of people and the boys were rapping and calling for “Arp,” “Bill Arp." The preacher unleaded me near by and told me to go up stairs and open thaball while ho went home to put up.fils' hor«e. As I hurried.in the door the doorkeeper stopped me and said: “Hold on, my friend, you havdn’t paid^-f woffestly'WTfl him that I was the speaker. “Oh, yea,” said he* “Mayb* you are and maybe you aln't.MSeveral* other men haVe tried to paatf onJhatschcdSla* I reck- on you had belter pay." So I paid a Machlas, now at Colon, de- haHUrflior-Uo go Sq- jtfd'.hellr .myself , Mm to proceed Vttb tbit- v^ksel her great-grandson, Tom Lee, has nev er tarnished the name or fame of the family. When John Randolph boasted of bis ancestral blood, Trlstam Bur gess, of Rhode Island, his bitter enemy, rose up to say that good conduct in posterity was of more cousequence than good blood in ancestors. ,“I have great respect," said he, “for the gen* tleman's English blood and his Indian blood, but he should remember that he is removed from them by several gen erations and that only one-slxty-fourth part of Lord Rolfe or Pocahontas’ blood flows in his veins. That is not much to boast of. The rest is widely scattered, diluted and degenerated." Burgess and Randolph had many spats like that, but they never came to blows. There never was a time in' the south land twhen so much eager interest was manifested in tracing up ancestry- lineage. I receive letters almost dally from good people, from Carolina to Texas, asking for help to trace up and prove their claim to join the Sons or Daughters of the Revolution or to ser vice of their father or grandfather la the civil war of forty years ago. The genealogical department of The Con stitution and George smith's weekly contributions to The Journal are doing valuable and interesting work on these lines. - There is one other line that has been shamefully neglected. From first to last there were near 90,000 Georgia soldiers in the confederate army, and yet there Is no record of them—neither In the counties nor the stare nor at Washington. I do not suppose there are ten in a hundred of these soldiers whose children or grand-children or near relatives can prove themselves. Colonel Avery did the best he could to make up a roll of each regiment and name the officers, but there is no roll of the men nor a record of who was killed. Some companies changed their captains from three to eight times, but what becune of those who dropped out? Colonel Avery says: “The fol lowing list Is painfully imperfect It was taken from the confederate war records at Washington, D. C., and from the meager documents in the Georgia archives-and such personal Informa tion as could be had. The war de partment of the confederacy was most loosely run. Regimental muster rolls were mingled and confused; the con stantly occurring changes were hot noted.” Now, ask any old soldier, Can you prove your service by any undoubted evidence? Is there any record that you cOn jgo to? Two years ago Gov ernor Candidr alluded to this shame ful neglect in his message and urged the appointment of some one to gather up and make a record of these Geor gia soldiers before the. witnesses were all dead, but nothing was done; Why do not the veterans demand it? It would cost but little—perhaps the sal ary of a good man for a year. The chil dren and grandchildren of these sol diers are Interested and have a right to demand the preservation and rec ord of their-father’s or grandfather’s honorable service. Why not? Will there be enough veterans or patriotism in the next legislature tq see to this and have established a muster roll— some kind of a roll that the humblest dtisen can point to os his hall of tame?—Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitu tion. talk; but I got half of it back when we divided thmfitfcidNPr V Ur Now, I don’t know that Nancy could read or wrUAebWt eflf could ibpot and In' war times That Ta* better. At arifr rate Georgians are pfpud of her and MONEY PltOX MAMMA Redeems Mat’* Jewels and Mops Chase of Guv t aptaiii. At New York, .Tuesday, May. Yobs recovered the missing jewels pawned by Captain Strong, the complaint against Strong at police headquarters was withdrawn by Miss Yohe, and, so far as the public can perceive, the affair Is ended for the time being. That Mrs. W. L. Strong furnished the money with which to redeem :he Jewels of May Yohe was practically conceded by alt those interested. FAUX* OF UNITED STATES; Total Number In 10U0 Was 5,739,. U57, ways Census Keporl. The census bureau, Monday, issued a bulletin giving the condition of agri culture in the United States for the year 1900- It shows that there were at that time 6,739,667 farms In the entire country, which' were valued at |16,- 764.694.247. Of this amount $3,560.- 198,191 represented the value of build ings, and, $13,114,492,056 represented the value of lands And Improvements other than buildings. XAUma TO C'PE.UaTlMN. ^ nr Moody Order* Gnu Boat ta mark •■’epulillr. cdy In a; cablegram mender McRae, of the £ GEOlR^irrt j Brief Summary of Doings Throughout the State. Carroll Building Good Road*. Carroll county Is now busy In build ing. good roads. Half a dozen or more good roa'ds machines are plowing and shaping, up roadbeds in the various districts of the county. - * • * New Battleship Georgia. A dispatch from Bath, Me., says: The keel Is stretched and the job of framing nearly completed on the bat tleship Georgia and the plating has been commenced. There Is nearly three years’ work ahead on the craft. * O • Georgia Exhibit Returned. The Georgia exhibit which was at the Charleston exposition Is back at the capitol. It arrived several weeks ago, but was only hauled to the state house a day or two ago. ^Geologist Yeates will arrange it along with the other features In the state museum. • * • Horticulturists to Meet In .Macon. The annual convention of thp Geor gia State Horticultural Society and the. exhibition of fruits, plants and. vegeta bles will be held at the' Hotel Lanier In display of fruits, etc., are expected. An Interesting program has been pre pared for the occasion. * * « „ Fourth Annual Camp Meeting. The Christian Missionary Alliance will hold its annual camp meeting- at Piedmont park, Atlanta, beginning August 20 and continuing eleven days. This Is the fourth annual camp meet ing that has been held by the Mission ary Alliance in Atlanta, and it is ex pected this year to have the largest attendance and the most enthusiastic meeting that has ever been held. • * * Cemetery Graves Desecrated. A grewsome sensation has developed In connection with the sale of lots by the city In Oakland Cejnetery, in At lanta. ' Lots have been sold upon which graves were subsequently found. In some Instances the graves are said to have been open id and the bodies re moved to another place. Another in teresting phase of the matter Is tbe fact that according to stringent laws a body cannot be removed, without the consent of relatives. • • • Largest 8ea Island Cotton Gin. The largest cotton gin In the world for ginning sea Island cotton Is new going up in Valdosta. It is being built by the Valdosta Gmnlng Company, and -It will cost over $60,000. It will be fit ted tip with 32 Cheesman gins, having a capacity of over 100 bales a day. It Is understood that parties Interested In the new gin are going to have buy ers of seed cotton In the field this year and that an effort will be made to en courage tbe farmers in selling their cotton in the seed. « » ’ • • Central’s Bonds Taxable. Attorney General Wright has seat to the comptroller general an opinion concerning the taxation of certain bonds held by tbe Central of Georgia which have heretofore not been re turned for taxation. While the opinion will not be made-public until after President Egan has replied to Comp troller General Wright’s communica tion, It is understood that with regard to the greater amount of these bonds the attorney general sustains the opin ion of the comptroller general that these bonds should be taxed. • • • 7 New Road for Augusta. A movement ia on foot for the con struction of a railroad from Louisville, in Jefferson county, to Wrens, a sta tion on the Augusta Southern, 36 miles south of Augusta. The construction of this road would greatiy reduce the rail distance between Loulsvile and Augus ta, as the only route now Is the cir- cultout line via Wadley and Milieu. The chief.object in the construction of the road would be the turning of Jefferson county trade to Augusta, and it is understood that the Augusta mer chants will subscribe liberally to the stock of the road. . • • • Georgia “Helra* Disappointed. The Identity of the eccentric old man who died rqceptly at Groton. S. Dak., leaving $142,000 in cash, has at last been established and the two Georgia claimants will get no part cf. the es tate. For a time it was supposed that the dead man was Charles Hill, of this state. Everything feemed to point to a quick solution of the mastery sur rounding the odd character, but It now to Cape Haltien In response to the re- njuualn ® “ e «» a quests ot the 'UnUpA T urtt * **** InaUad MhCtog a^south- there Orders were also sent to the h*. S.$|t I **d. l pL.-Ma«»aeJiu gonVOat Marietta directing her to pro- ,etts - ceed to Colon to take tbe place ot the Machlas. Hls name was’Salem Charles add he came of a very old family ot Brim- field, Mass. Eight direct bt, lrs have been found am<»S whom the .money will be distributed- , y-, see Pledger .Will Not Issue Call. W. A. Pledger, chairman of the re publican central committee of Geor gia, who has just returned from 9L Paul, Minn., where he has been attend ing the National Afro-American ccrao- cll of which he is the first vice presi dent, says that he will not call s meeting of the central committee, this year 'jinless requested to do'so by a- majority of its menabers. This sets at rest all rumors that the Republicans of the state were contemplating put ting out a ticket this year. “The ticket that has been nominated, by our democratic friends,” said Pledger, “is generally Accepted «a a good one by all citizens. They are oat friends and have stood against the dis franchisement of the negro. As the negroes compose nine-tenths of the re publican party in the state this means something to us.” "The party has no desire to stir strife politically and /unless a majority! of the state ceatrdl committee shall re quest me as chairman to < all a meet ing of the body I shall not call It dur ing thoyear.” 1 • * • Melon Growers Buncoed. The melon and, cantaloupe growers of Lowndes cOuuty have suffered heav ily this'year through the rascality of alleged commission agents and mer- WHERE DOCTORS FAIL To Cure Woman’s Ills, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com* viand Succeeds. Mrs. Pauline Jayson Writes: "DiasMb*. Pikkhah! —Soonafter mw marriage tVm years ago I found mysdif In constant pain. The doctor stud ay womb was turned, and this caused the pain with considerable in- . HunmatloB. He prescribed for me for Macon on August 6th and 7thi "A large cIlanta - At th ® first ihf the season some attendance of horticulturists and a fine ot the melon growers at Ousley were swindled out -of several car loads ot melons by a man claiming to. be the agent of a commission homo in Charleston. One ot thq victims: went to Charleston'and spent considerable time and money in an endeavor to save hls produce or get pay foe It,- but failed to do so. The same agent Is said to hava beat one of the Valdosta banks out of a considerable sum. Messrs. B. P. Jones and.J. A. Dasher;, of Vpldosta, together with a number' of other growers. were victimized a few days ago by a man claiming to represent a Pittsburg, Pa., commission 'house. Tbe agent bought about fifteen cars of'cantaloupes from these gentle men and paid tof them with fraudu lent checks. The cantaloupes sold for an average of about $460 a car, mak ing a total of over $7,000. Messrs. Jones and Dasher have Just returned from Pittsburg, and It Is understood will save something out of what It was feared at first would be a total loss. s • • • Call For Referendum Ballot. A call has been Issued by S. J. Me- Knight, state chairman of the popu list party, for a referendum ballot to be participated In by members of the "allied people’s party, socialists, labor unions, republicans, and all democrats who are opposed to the corrupt and extravagant state government of Georgia.” From present Indications it seems that Judge James K. Hines, of Atlanta, will be the nominee for governnor, Dr. McKnlght having announced that for ty-nine out of fifty ballots received so far bore hls name. tf you hava something' to sell, lot the people knew K. An advertleement In thla paper will do the work. .-PORTING BREVITCS. Docking horses has been declared si crime in Michigan. Jimmy Michaels has determined to give up the turf again and try tho cycle track. The American polo team is to invsile England next year again. It will spend $60,000 in an effort to win. Frank L. Kramer has won the two. mile open professional cycle race at Vnilsburg, N. J., Jn 4m. lls. At the Grosse Point track, Detroit. Mich.. Direct Hal has made a new rec ord of 2.00% for green pacers. England Imported 394 automobiles, and motorcycles in May last and 1500 for the first five months of 1902. Sir Thomas Lipton says there is no foundation for the report that be will challenge uext year for the America's Cup. ' Jolly Bachelor, a horse without & record, has trotted in 2.13% In a win ning race at the New York Driving Club’s meeting. C. H. Seeley has defeated Robert Moore In tbe final for the Con necticut golf championship by 12 up and 10 to play, at Hartford. Charley Mitchell has tbe locomotor ataxia,. Kid Lavlgne, has the strait- jacket, and John L. Sullivan—weU. but It’s a great game while it lasts: ' * The governors of the Automobile Club of America urge clnb members to spend half ail hour a day In .educat ing bones not-to fear motor vehicles. ArnoldTJtwson, a son of the Boston millionaire, has just brought from Eng land the bulldogs. La Roche and Gen eral Do max, with which he expects to sweep all the American dog shows. J. E. Gorman, of the Golden Gate Rifle and Ptttol Club, broke the record Jn- a revolver handicap at San Fran- cisco. Cal. this score-of 924 out of ar possible 1000 beattnd-fap six-points the ' previous record of 018. held by C. & Richmond, of Savannah, Ga. Mbs- PAVLINK JCDSOK, Seeretax^of Schermerhern Golf Chib, four months,' when my husband became impatient because I grewworse instead of better, and in speaking to tho drag* gist he advised him to- get Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound * lad Sanative Wash. Row 1 wish I had taken that at first; Ur. would hava saved me weeks of suffering. 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