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JOHN E, HO SELL, Eitor and Proprietor,
VOL. XII. NO. 20
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 189;’,.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
A TEHEES CHORD,
rid*
/
passed iu quiet happiness with her
owed mother.
She was less than ten years of age
chord I’d when Eugriie Cleveland, then in his sev
enteenth year, first saw and became inter
ested in her; but it is not to be supposed
teat she felt drawn toward him at that
time.
lier mother, however, who was still
far from old, took a sudden and great
liking to the boy, ; nd when'she discov
ered his manifest preference for het
ch Id, gravely, and even earnestly, de-
c are 1 to him that it should be the one
t reat object of her life to train her np to
he worthy of his love.
Eugene was delighted, and from that
moment not only tho more diligently
worship; d his little friend, but included
her mother in his devot.ou.
And so the years passed—happy, joyous
> ears, with hirdly a care. Eat" at
leng h. misfortunes came, and the young
lover lost fa her and fortune at the same
moment.
Then, through his uncle’s influence, he
became a book-keeper in the Atlantic
National Rank.
How he lost his situation we already
know, and we also know with what tendei
i solicitude Mildred, who had long since
Seems as if I were barefooted, with tlic rim all learned to love him with nil her heart,
' had flown to his side, to be with and to
comfort him.
Time sped swiftly by; the wedding
day was fixed, and was tapidly approach-
BY MANrA n. CBOCKEB.
St,i»nf>cr. there you’ve twanged
i nthci never 1-ear.
Thu’ upon my soul it is the sweetest to lhv car ;
But, yo stv, I’d kinder lost 'em—pleasant thots,
vo snow of yore—
And I wish I'd altogether, seein's they retura
no more.
Yes, your tollin' of the homestead an' ver
mother at the door,
Watchiu' for her boy a-comin' with the cows on
jest afore.
Makes rue think o' times that’s drifted out be-
yint the settin’ suu,
leavin’ me, a vag, to wander up and down ’till
I am done.
I’ve bln lryiu' to forget it, eainos I would »
troubled dream,
All that nestled there together in the bendin’ ot
t lie stream;
from the cabin in the orchard, where tho sba<
d< r- lister steal,
'i’o the bridge an’ clump o’ elders jest-above my
flutter-wheel ;
tiut yi r talkin' of yer childhood briugs mine
" back agio to me.
An' Ibe tilings I bed forgotten are the very ones
I see; )
An' 1 l ea agin mv mother callin' me her darliu'
I ov, ;
An’—I ratey wonder, mister, if I aint her little !
Hulun'n' ’cross tho holds at sunset for tho cattle
in the “fiat-;”
Seems to m- 1 1 hoar tho tinkle of tho bell that
Cherry wore,
.An’ look 1 a :k an’ tee my mother standin’ in the
kitchen door!
,, The only question that had not been
An I smell tlio bloomin clover, as I skip alony settled was the place where the ceremony
the ridge
An’ hf ar tho (flutter, clutter of the wheel below
tho bridge;
Later l lion mv mother cornin’ with the milk-pail
on he r arm,
tn’ eho talks, as she is milkin', of the prospects
of tho farm.
Later Mill I skip before her, puttin’ down an’up
the bars,
W histlin' lo the whip-poor-will an’ countin’ big
gest stars,
Watcbin’swall *rs skirn the zenith, bizzy with
their evenin’ meal,
Liet’uin’ to the milk a-str&iuin* while the shad-
deis round us steal.
Seems to mo I hear her hummin’ of the hymnt
she lister know;
Patient, hopeful mother allers—but, my friend,
that’s long ago,
An’, yo see, I'd kii.der lost it, pleasant picture,
stained by time,
If 1 hadn’t heard yer story of yer happy aul<3
Jang syne.
But ye twanged a chord vibratin’ with a bub*
blin’, childish joy
That's bin mi .hty silent, mister, senco I was a
Utile boy;
An’ thin 'k v hy. tho’ ’tis the sweetest to my lone,
ly, friendless car,
That 1 kinder wish ye’d missed it, for I’d rather
never hear.
Fichdaxd, Mich.
BETRAYED
DARK MARRIAGE
MORN.
A Romance of Love, Intrigue and
Crime.
BY MRS. ALICE P. CARRISTON.
CHAPTER II—(Continued).
It was nine o’clock in tho evening be
fore liny callo 1 nt Eugene’s room.
Ilo found him as ho had expected, writ
ing; and after tarrying for half nn hour,
find speaking what words of on; ourage-
nrent ho could think of. he left, feeling
that it would be a relief to his friend to
have h'ln do so.
Tho next morning when he arose. Eu-
zeuo found a business letter awaiting
aim. After a wondering glance at the en
velope ho tore it open. The letter it con
tained was brief and to the point:
“Dear Sik—I am greatly in want of
au efficient book-keeper. You have been
strongly recommended to me, and I ofi'ei
yon the position. The salary I am pre
pared to pay is one thousand dollars pel
annum. If you nocent, I should be glue
to have you enter upon your duties to.
morrow moruiug. Respectfully, etc.,
“John Norton, Publisher,”
For some moments Eueene was almost
nnnbleto speak, or, for that matter, even
to think; but presently he was more him
self, ana then the truth flashed upon him.
“John Norton? Why, that’s Ray’s rela
tive. Ah! I see it all now; this is his do-
ings, or—no! it’s more like Meta. I must
go to them at vuce;" and he went.
Yes, it was Meta’s doings. Ray hnd
hastened homo from the bank, and, full
of the subject, had told her everything.
AVithout a word, but with pale face anil
quivering lips, she had hurried to her own
room, and after dressing for going out,
had hastened through the sitting-room,
•living, as she parsed into the hall;
"Brother, I hope to be book in an hour.
If I do not come, don’t worry; I shall be
safe," and then she had almost flown tc
the publisher.
He heard her story, gave her a hundred
dol ars, telling her to see that it was
handed to Eugeue on the morrow, and
then told her that their friend should not
want for employment.
And thus it was that young Cleveland,
on this next morning after his dismissal
from the bank, found himself far hettei
off, in a worldly point of view, than he
had been on the day before.
In the dark hour of bis trouble and
disappointment he had written a letter to
a sweet and trusting girl in a pretty New
England lillnge, iutoiming her that he
had lost his situation. but saying never a
word about the woman v.ho had caused
his disgrace.
On returning to his room after his sec
ond day's service nt the publishing house,
he found a note on his table. It was
simply this:
“Como to me, my own love, and b«
comforted. I am hero at my aunt's.
“Mildred.
“29S AA'est Thirty-second street.
‘Tuesday morning.”
Eugene gave a glad shout of satisfac
tion, and started for Thirty-second street
at once.
Ah! how much those two had to say to
each other! How earnestly she regarded
him—how eagerly she watched his every
movement!
‘And so yon are .to have cne thousand
dollars a year, now?” she said, at last.
‘Yes, dear; that is to be my salary “
‘Isn’t that a great deal—I mean, we«'t
H saonort vou Quite comfortably?”
“les, li.dcec; an i m.i iiiiic wife, too,
if sho will le my wife. AY hat do you
lay. Mildred?”
“I see very clearly,” she responded de-
mure’y, “that unless 1 say yes yon will
be getting into fresh trouble d rectly.” .’..
“ah! then you consent. Bess, yon,
Mildred—bless you, my own darling!
And he covered lier lips with kisses.
CHAPTER III.
THE WEDDING—THE PLIGHT.
Mildred Lester’s home was a prett
vim -covered cotiage, in au a'.tractiv-.
New Eng'and village on 1 un j Islam <
Sound, where her wLole life hint been
ould be peifonued. Should it be at the
wi ow n cottage in New England, or at
the bride’s aunt’s iu New Yo.k?
“I >m afraid, love,” said Eugene, one
evening, when this question was biought
up, “I am afraid that it will have to be
here, though I should like so much to be
married at your own dear home, where
we have both known so much of happi
ness.” /
“And why eUm’t we?”
“AVhy, you see, dear, we are so busj
now. I am wanted at the publish mg
house every moment in the day, and hav.
mg been there so short a time, I hardlv
foe my way dear to asking for a leave of
absence, even with so important an object
in view as taking to myself a wife. So I
think your mother had better come down,
and ihat tho ceremony had better be
qu'etly performed in the even ng, aftei
the business of tho day is over.”
“But I fear mamma may not be well
enou h to come down," objected Mildred.
“Not well enough?” repeated Eugene,
wonderingly.
“Ah!” sighed Mildred, “you don’t know
how fast she has been failing lately.
AY'hv, she can no longer go out of doors.
It is even as much . s she cau do to get
from one room into another at times.”
“Good heavens!” he exclaimed, “that’s
b d. I am very sorry to he.ir that;” and
ihen, afior considering for a moment,
‘but, dear, we must have her with ns
some way."
“I fear sbe’ll think it best not to at
tempt to come to the wedding," said Mil
dred; “but she may come to us after we
return from our bridal trip. ’’
“I am afraid you hive not quite under
stood me, Mildred," said Eugene, gently;
“we sha’n’t have much of a bridal trip, I
thiuk. ”
“AA'hat! Not have any bridal trip at
all?” exclaimed Mildred, in a disappoint,
ed tone.
“Why, really, my darling, I don’t quite
see how we could h ive much of one, any
way,” he responded.
“In the first place, as you see, I can’t
very well get the time, and if, as I great-
ly desire, we go to house-keeping at once,
as my friend Raymond Fielding and his
sister have done, why, we shall require
nil my surplus cash to purchase our fitting
out. ’’
“It will hardly seem like getting mar-
r ed. not to have a wedding nip,” mused
Mildred; “but I can Very well see that it
will hardly bo practicable or wise to un
dertake ouo.”
“I knew you would look at it in thvt
light, my darling,” exclaimed Eugene,
approvingly, “and now about your moth
er, Mildred; let us settle that.”
“Ah! I will write to her at once, and
find out what suggestions she has to offer.
But, say, Eugene, couldn’t we take the
! or ilie 4:.'!U train up, get married at our
house iu the evening, and then return by
the early train the next morning?”
“Why-yes; I think we might possibly
manage that. At any rate, write and see
whnt your mother says, and when we get
her answer we can settle all details more
intelligently. ”
Mildred did write that very night be
fore preparing for bed, and two days later
the answer came.
Airs. Lester professed herself as very
much surprised at the haste the young
couple were making, but did not attempt
io dissuade them irorn carrying out their
plan.
One thing, however, she made very
clear. She could not possibly bear the
excitement of a wedding taking place in
her house.
“We will wait just five minutes,” re.
joined Eugene, “and if t ey aie not here
then, not a minute longer.”
“Very well,” and the minister turned to
answer a remark of the bride’s aunt.
The five minutes passed; still no Eav
—no Meta. They mast g ve them np.
Eugene, who had been to the door for the
twentieth time, closed it once more and
went np stairs to fetch the bride.
The ceremony was quickly over; the
clergyman, as in duty bound, kissed the
bride, and the happy couple received the
warmest congratulations of their friends.
And now other guests began to pour in,
and the hou-e filled np rapidly.
Presently, while Eugene and his wife
were surrounded by an 1 were conversing
with a l umber of their guests, the fo-t
man who had been engaged for the oc a-
s on mace his way to him i.nd placed e
sealed note in his fiand.
‘Urgent,’ the beartr requested me tc
aay. 6 r,” he said, with a bow, and then
discreetly withdrew.
“Excuse me,” said Eugene, and won-
deriugly he opened the note.'
His wife, who was watching his free
with eager interest, saw a strange look ot
fear, remorse or alarm settle there, and
fas about to speak, when ho hastily ex-
c aimed:
“I must leave you for a little while,
dear; I am very soriy, but it c. u't Le
helped. I shall be back in ample time tc
take the train. Don't let it be generally
known that I am gone.” And with a
hasty glance at those about him, he loft
the room.
A strange sense of impending evil
weighed upon poor Slildred’s heart, and
she even thought that those around her,
who had Been her husband’s hasty with
drawal, paitook of the feeling.
Fifteen—twefity minutes passed. She
thought she would find her aunt, and ask
her what it con d possibly be that had
called her husband from her s.de at such
a t me.
She had j ist reached tho hall when
Eorns one pulled the bell.
A sense of dread seized her, and, clasp,
na ter hand to he r side, she leaned
against the wall for support.
The footman opened the. door. A mes-
seuger stood without; he handed in c
letter, and immedi«t> lv den r.ed.
’1 he solemn menial glanced at the ad
dress.
“For yon, ma’am,” he said, and placed
the missi.e in Mildred's outstretched
hand,
A sudden impulse took possession oi
her; and githeiing up her skirts she
fairly flew up the stairs and closeted her
self in her own loom.
To tear open the letter was bnt the
work of an instant, and it hardly took
longer to devour its contents.
This is what she read:
“Poor innocent and betrayed one, where
do you flunk the hu band you are
waiting for is at this moment? AVouht
you know* the truth? Then go to th
home of her whom he loves but too well
—the sister of his friend.
“Do yon doubt? Think for a moment.
For whom did he disgrace himsi If and
lose his situation iu the hank? Her
brother. "Who procured him another and
better place? This girl herself.
“I tell you again you are betrayed. She
has summoned him to her, aud he has
gone—even before you are the bride of
Bn hour!
“This warning comes from
“A Friend.” _
AVith a groan Mildred crushed the
cowardly letter inherhand. and ab-tract-
edly thrust it in her bosom. As she did
so, something white on the carpet at
tracted her attention.
She picked it up and saw that it was a
note. Quickly she remembered tin t
Eugene had left his h t and overcoat iu
that room, and that he must have come
therefor them when fie went out. This
must have been the very note he had re
ceived, and he must have dropped it then.
She opened it with trembling hands.
One glance was enough. She uttered a
sharp cry of pain.
“Oh. mother! oh, my poor mother!" she
moaned; and, seizing hat and shawl,
threw them on any way, and stealthily
leaving the house, fled in the darkness of
the night.
ho suggested, therefore, that they
should be quietly married at her sister’s;
u ;ve a hr ef reception afterward, if per-
fe tly acreeable to li r, and then take a
uiie train to Riverside, and spend one
uigfit nt the cottage.
After they had been married a month
or so, she further said, she would, if they
wished it, lent her 1 ttle cottage, and
make her future home with them.
As nothing belter could be done, they
concluded to act wholly on Mrs. Lester’s
suggestions.
Mrs. Vernon, Mildred's aunt, cheer
fully conseuied to have the wedding and
reception take place in her parlors, and
so t e necessary arrangements were made,
ifid the invitations sent out.
It was not their intention to ask a great
many to congratulate them; but Eugene’s
acquaintance in the city was large, and
:rs. A ernon had a host of friends, whom,
she said, it would not do to slight on
such an occasion.
bo that, when tho list came to be re
vised for the last time before the event
ful day, they found there was still quite
in army left, after diopping every name
they could find r.ny excuse for rejecting.
At last the welding day arrived. Eugene
had seen Ray the night Letore, and re
ceived from him the assurance that h«
would be promptly on hind.
“As for Meta, poor girl,” he had said,
"I don't know whether it will be possible
or Iter io 1 e ] resent or not. She hasn’t
been at all well for some days past, an 1
when I leit her th s evening she said sh-
ardly thought she should try to sit up
rill my return; and, by Jove, old fellow,
if she don’t ret me in to-night, it will be
the first time she’s missed since we’ve
kepit house together.”
The rnarri ge was to take place at an
early hour, and only a favored few were
io witness the Ceremony.
The appo uted hour arrived, the min
ister was on hand. They only waited foi
Ray and Meta.
Five—ten—fifteen minutes passed, anc
still the expected gnests did not app ear.
Tho minister looked impatiently at hi
wath: he had another engagement, and
the ,ims w s slipping by. Moreover, il
was nearly the hour lor the reoeption.
“1 would suggest.” wh spered ihe cler
gyman, meeting Eugene in the hall, “that
the ceremonv be no lonser delaved.
[CHAPTER IV.
AN OPPORTUNITY LOST.
On leaving his bride in the parlor,
Eugene Cleveland had haste; ed upstairs
to the room iu which Mildred a little
late sought seclus on.
After closing tho door, he had once
more carefully read over tire note he had
received, and theu, as he thought, thrust
it into his vest pocket.
His overcoat lay across the hack of a
chair, and his hat was on the table dost
by. In putting on his coat the somewhat
crumpled note, which had been rathei
carelessly tbrnst into his pocket, fell out
upon the floor.
This, unfortunately, he did not notice;
and hav ng buttoned Lis coat and seized
his hat, he hastened from the room.
Passing down a back stairway, in ordei
lo avoid attracting attention, bedescend-
ad to the basement, kept on through the
servants’ hail, and so nt last gained the
street.
For a moment he hesitated, as if uncer
tain what course to pursue, aud tber
started at a rapid pace toward Sixth
avpniie.
He had hardly reached the corner when
he saw an empty cab approaching. H»
at once hailed it, and as it drew up to
the sidewalk, sprang inside.
“Where to?” asked the driver, as he
opened the door.
“Two hundred and ninety-five West
Forty-seven h street,” was the answer;
and in anoiher moment he was being
rapidly whirled up the avenue.
“Hero we are, sir,” exclaimed the dri
ver, as the cab came to a stand end ha
sprang from his seat. Bnt before he could
open the door Eugene was on the side
walk.
“Wa t here,” he said; “I shall not detain
you for more than ten minutes," and run
ning rapidly up the steps, he gave a loud
ring at the bell.
He waited for some time, and hearing
no movement inside, rang agitin.
A moment later he distinguished the
•ound of heavy footsteps slowly ascend
ing the basement stairs, aud then, with
aggravating deliberation, approaching
thiough the hall.
The key turned in the lock, and the
door was opened just enough to permit
the person with n lo cet a fair view of the
would-be visitor withpnt.
“Who are ye, tor, an' phat do yez want
here, if ye plaze?” came a voice tkrongii
the aperture. “Sure, ihe mistress is out,
an’ I ”
“I don't want to see your mistress, yea
know that very well,” interrupted Eu
gene, impatiently. “I called to see Miss
Fieldinc."
“Miss Meta, is it? Thin she’d better re-
save her company wh n her brother's
within the house! That’s phat I’m
tkinkin’.”
“But she is sick, and has sent for me
I must see her, I tell you. Come, don’t
keep me standing out here all night. ”
“I’m knowiu’ she’s sick," nodded the
girl, without offer ng to move; “an’I’m
thinlin' it’s best she should i e kept qniei
loike. Anyways at all. I’m not paid to dc
‘Come, get oul of the way,” exclaimed
Eugene, almost fiercely; and, thru-ting
the impudent gill aside, be hurried
through the hall an 1 ud the stairway.
Br.dget starto 1 to cry murder ami fire;
bat just at that moment she discovered a
(oliiremau on the opposite side of the
street, and so thought better ol it.
Deliberately she shut and locked the
door, and descended to her own regions
in the basement, muttering as she went.
“The mane thief, the miBer b e 1 urk.
wouldn’t give me aven a cint to bl ss m •
self wid; an’ him a courtin’ an' a courtin’
ot her, wid niver a wan in the way barr n
meself to watch him?”
Meanwhile Engene 1 ad gained thedoo;
of Meta's sitting-room and knocked.
There was no response, and, after an
inst nt’s hesitation, he mustered eoura.e
to open it.
The room, as he expected to find it
was empty.
He passed on into the next. This also
was empty, but just before him he saw a
door standing Hjar. He knew it opened
into Meta’s sleeping apartment, and,
dr wing near, he knocked gently.
“Who is there?” called a sweet, but
feeble voice, in a tone of surprise and
alarm.
“It is I—Engene. Yon sent for me,
you know.”
“Eugene! I sent for you? Great
hearens! what does this mean? Go back
to the drawing-room. I will join you
there directly.”
“But you are sick—unable to rise, per
haps. I ”
“Go-go. Don’t worry about me. J
must see you. I must know more oi
this. I will be with yon almost in
stantly.”
And so Engene returned to the draw-
ing-room, and, seatin; himself in the
f.r.-.t chair tli.it came handy, g ve him-relf
np to wondering wh it Meta’s strange re
ception of h m might mean.
He had not to wonder long. The girl
herself speedily joined him.
Afttr turnin- up ihe light, she drew a
chair near her visitor, and, as she s nk :
into it, said, e mostly:
“Did you not say that I sent for yon?” |
“Yes, of course,” was th reply.
“What! to come here—here, when my ]
brother was away, und on your wedding j
night, too?”
“Certainly, Me’a. Yon know you sent j
me a note not h If an hour ago.”
“Who brought it to vou?”
“I fiovin’t the least idea—a mossenget [
toy, I suppose.”
“Let me see it, please.”
“Certainly, I ha\e it here in my vest j
pocket-no. it must be in tho other one. I
By Jove!” he excl timed, growing pali
and becoming extremely agitated, “it’s
gone. A\ hat if I dropped it at the Ver-
nons’, and my w fe has picked it up.
Tflat wouldn't i e pleasant, espec ally as
I am no there to explain.”
“ W hat did the note say?” asked Meta,
wilh for.-ed calmness.
“A\ hy, you ought to know better thau I,
you wrote it,” returned Eugene,
quickly.
“No matter, what did it say?” persisted
the girl,
“It said that you were very ill, aud that
R .y hid suddenly le n call-d out ol
tow n on a matt r of the utmost import
ance, and that it was absolutely neces
sary you should see me tlii- very night,
before I left the city, as you had some
thing to tell me that I must hear from
your own lips.”
"It said a l that, did it?’
“Yes, and and more.”
“AVfi telse?"
“Why, really, Meta, I can’t remembe
6Vcr> thing. An I, indeed, I thick then
was nothing more of reul importance.”
“AVell, then,” said the fair young girl
very impr ssivelv, “let me beg that voi
will hmry hack to your wife wi hout th<
loss of another moment ot time. If you
have a carriage in waiting, so much t 6
better; don’t let the driver sp.ire his
ho ses.”
“ Whnt do yon mean, Meta?”
“If you have any regard for me—if jot
have any love for your wife—don't stop tc
inquire, but flv to her at once—ily as you
would if you knew her life and all hei
earthly happiness were in d nger.”
“I can’t comprehend you,.Meta."
“0 heavens! what stubborn mules met
can be if thee have on y a mind to. Can't
you understand, Eugeue, that I no ei
wrote that note—that I am utterly incapa
ble of writing such a thing to a man not
an hour married? Do you not see that it
is the work of an enemy—an enemy bent
upon wrecking your happiness, anti per
haps mine?”
“Mercitul Father! can it be possible!
and yet "
“And vet von do not know all—no. nca
Half. I see it clearly iow. Ray was ut
terly confounded when he received the
note that called him out of town th a
evening. He did not understand it at all,
but felt that it m ; ght be so nothing of the
last importance to ns, and so he went.
“Yes,” she added, “I can see it now
only too well. It was all a piece of th s
same plot to injure you. They thought
it necessary to get my brother of the
wav. They mean to do yon or your wife ,
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
Georgs Law Meiers Assemble at the
Capitol.
Boittine of the House anti Senate Brief
ly Reported.
THE HOUSE.
i Saturday, Dec. 2.—One of the
most interesting measures introduced
in this session was the lynch law bill
of Mt. Hill, of Merriwether, taken up
I for final action at the opening of the
‘ session Saturday and passed. The bill
■ is decidedly sweeping and is armed to
■ provide practical means for discourag
ing and preventing mob violence. Mr.
j Hill explained the object of the bill,
and in doing so made un able speech
against mob violence. The bill makes
it felony, jnnririmble by not less
than twenty years confinement in
the penitentiary for any one to
engage in mob violence, and if the vic
tim dies from the result of such vio
lence, then the crime is murder. If
anyone refuses to aid the sheriff in
suppressing a mob, the party so failing
will be guilty of a misdemeanor, and if
the sheriff learns of an unlawful assem
blage it is mnde his duty to arrest them.
Mr. Allen’s bill to provide for the pay
ment for live stock killed to prevent the
spread of the glanders, created a great
deal of discussion. Several amend
ments were offered. One was that
chickens having colera be also paid for.
Mr. McDonald offered another amend
ment that when rust or caterpillars at
tack a man’s cottou crop, that he ba
paid 8 cents for all cottou lost. The
bill was iaid on the table temporarily.
The following bids were passed: Air.
Need’s bill to require the commis
sioners of roads of Floyd county to
have a digest made of tax defaulters
since 1877; A bill to provide for char
teriug telegraph and express compa
nies ; A bill to fix the time of holding
superior courts in the Flint circuit;
Fill providing for the registration of
voters in AA’iIcox county; Bill in refer
ence to the dismissal of cases in the
supreme court, (this bill specifies
that no case shall be dismissed or
thrown out through technical imper
fections in tlie record) ; Bill to regu
late the method of pleading in civil
actions; Bill to establish a new char
ter for the town of Abbeville; The
senate bill of Mr. Johnson, of the fif
ty-seventh, establishing a board of
school commissioners for the town of
Statesboro, was read and concurred in;
Bill to limit the jurisdiction of the
city court of Carroll county in civil
cases to amounts over $500; Bill to
amend the chnrter of the town of Cor
nelia. The house then adjourned un
til Monday.
Monday - , Dec. 4.—The intense cold
weather played a regular freeze out
game oh the members of the house
Monday morning. It was so cold in
the hall that the speaker was forced to
have hot bricks put to his feet and the
members huddled around the two
grates in the hall or sat muffled up in
their overcoats, until the end of the
session. The bill of Mr, Jones, of
Decatur, to make it a misdemeanor to
hunt on any uninclosed lands that had
been posted was promptly killed.
It was championed by Mr
Hall, of Thomas, who said it
was a bill to protect land owners
from a lot of unprincipled scoun
drels who hunted because they were
too lazy to work. Mr. Hall gave no
tice of a motion to reconsider Tues
day. Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett, want
ed to take up the report of the special
committee sent to Augusta to see if
shad could climb the dam across the
Savannah river there. The house
wanted the regular order of business
to go on and voted down the mo
tion. Following this there was
more fish talk over the bill of
Mr. Bryan, of Floyd, to prohibit em
ploying or depositing gas tar, coal
tar, or other poisonous substances in
rivers or running streams. The vote
was ayes 47, nays 50, and the bill was
second time, the house adjourned until
Tuesday morning.
Tuesday', Dec. 5—The bank bills
were the special order in the house
Tuesday and some lively speeches were
made. The bill for issuing circulating
notes reported by the committee was
read and also the substitute offered by
Mr. Calvin, of Richmond. 3Ir. Calvin
made a strong speech iu behalf of his
substitute. Meli Branch delivered a
red-hot speech against the measure.
Other speeches in favor of the A'eaeh
bill were made by Boifeiullet, Render,
Hodge and Neel, while Mr. Guerard
was opposed to doing anything until
congress acted. The bill reported by
the committee was passed by a vote of
121 to 15. The bill provides among
other things that the governor,
the treasurer and the comptroller
general of the state shall con
stitute the commission authorized to
have notes engraved in denominations
not greater than $1,000 and not less
than $1, all of which are to be coun
tersigned by the comptroller general.
Then, any bank desiring to issue these
notes must make a written application,
giving the name of the bank, the place
where it is located, the amount of its
capital stock, a transcript of the rec
ords showing the names and places of
residence ofthe shareholders,and when
this has been done the commission
must inquire into tho truth of
the statement. The capital stock
of such banks must, not be less
than $25,000, paid in gold or sil
ver or lawful currency of the United
States, and one-half of it must be svt
apart and kept on deposit for the re
demption of bills issued by the banks.
The remaining half of the capital
stock paid in shall be invested in valid
county, municipal, state or United
States bonds. The bill provides that
these bonds shall be deposited with
the treasurer, and when the banks
have complied with the provisions
taken up Wednesday night in the
committee of the whole house, and
Mr. Martin, of Fulton, began speak
ing in its favor. Before he concluded
the house adjourned until Thursday
morning, when the bill again came up
in the committee of the whole with
Mr. Neel, of Bartow, in the chair.
An extended debate over the measure
ensued. Finally Mr. Bacon,
of Bibb, asked for a vote, ns
he said there was so much to be tran
sacted in the house that it would be
impossible to finish the business unless
more dispatch was used. On motion
of Air. Martin the committee reported
the bill back to the house with a rec
ommendation that it do pass. As soon
as it had reached the house again, Mr.
Branch, of Columbia, called the
previous question. The yeas and
nays were called for and the
bill was lo t, the vote being 71) yeas
and 87 nays. Tho report of the spe
eial committee to investigate the treas
ury was sent iu by Chairman MeBrid
and read by tho clerk. The senate
resolution asking our national repre
sentatives to use their best endeavor
to secure compensation for C. P.Good
year of Brunswick, in his efforts tc
deepen the bar at Brunswick, wa
agreed to, and then the house adjourn
ed until Thursday afternoon.
BILL ARP’S LETTER.
lost. Mr. Bryan gave notice of a mo-
some dreadful harm, therefore I beg yon j tion to reconsider. The following
to ha-ten back to htr as fast as possible.’ i bills xvere passed: To relieve John
Booth; To amend paragraph 1, sec
tions 282, 283 and 284 of the code so
ns to increase the jurisdiction of the
county conrts; To authorize the
judges of the city courts to practice
law iu other courts than their own;
To provide for granting corporate
powers to canal companies; To pro
vide compensation for justices
of the peace for making re
turns to tax receivers of persons
liable to tax; To repeal an act for the
protection of game in Schley county;
~Y’ou are right, Meta^—yes, 1 am sure
you are ri.ht, as you always are. and 1
will go at ouce. only let me first ask "
“No. no! don't stay to ask anything.
How do you kno v but, having got yon
aut of the way, your enemies huve found
me ns of communic iting with her? Or.
as yon yourself suggested a little while |
ago. how do you know hut she has found i
the note you so carelessly lost?”
“By Jove! you’re right, I must be oil
at once,” aud starting to his feet, he
seized his hat. and hurried to the door,
f'.u here he slopped, with his hand upon
:he knob.
“We’re going to Riverside to-ni ht, • rr , - , . c u
Meta," be said; “but we shall be la k in t A 0 abohsb th ‘‘ count y COUI ' ta of Butta >
Doubtless your friends have been unavoid- her thronin'. Why don't ht-r liotherst.;}
ablv detained." at home an’ wait cat her friends?”
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IN
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IT WILL PAY YOU.
:he morning. And to-morrow even ng
you and K y must come and sea us, then
we will talk over this strange matter.
“Ah,” he added abruptly, “I begin to
think I tan point out the very hand ;n t's
working again u us. I nt I mnsn’t st y
longer. Good-n’ght " And, having at
last opened the door, be hastened across
the h 11 and clown the stairway.
“And so can I point out the ban! that
doing this cruel work,” murmured
Meta, as she slowly approached the win
dow ;nd loosed out into the ni_-ht. “Yes,
I could go right to 1 er. and say—‘you
To amend the charter of the town of
| Cairo; To amend the act incorporating
j the town of Buena Vista; To provide
for registering the legal voters of Ba-
j ker county; To amend the act fixing
| the pay of the treasurer and the per
diem of the sheriff of DeKalb; To
i amend the registration law of Ap-
| pling county; To amend the
j charter of the town of Sharpsburg;
j To amend the charter of the Chatham
bank; To prohibit the manufacture of
e the one.’and she would not dare deny ; intoxicating liquors in Troup county;
To amend the charter of Emory col
lege; To repeal an act incorporating
Nashville in Berrien county; To rein
corporate the town of Rutledge; To
authorize the judge of the county
‘ court of Morgan county to turn con
victs over to she county authorities;
| To authorize the city of Piome to make
j temporary loans to supply casual defi
ciencies in revenue; To amend the act
; establishing a board of education for
■ Sumter; To amend the charter of
; Clarkesville. A number of new bills
■ were read and referred and the house
! adjourned until 7:30 o’clock at night.
it."
She heard the front door close, and
she saw Engene hurry down the steps,
across the walk, and enter the waiting
eurr age.
Sha saw the driver slam to the door,
mount hU boxund drive away. Aud tbeE
she saw a muffled female form cautiously
ipproaoh ihe house and regard it atten
tively.
“Who can that be, and what doss she
want here?” she involuntarily asked her-
36'f.
Before she could find an answer to hei
question the woman h d moved slo.ily
away nnd disappeared in the gloom.
Feeling weak and faint, M-ta sought the
ioun e »nd sank hiavdy upon it.
Ab! had she but remained at the win-
Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett, made hia
dow a moment longer how much of sorrow j speech on the fish question in tho
—how much of misery—might h we bees ' house Monday night. He was chair-
1 man oi the committe fr m tn e iieusu,
wo.ded!
[XO BE CONTINUED, j
sent to inspect the dam across the riv
er at Augusta and to see whether or
not shad could climb over the dam to
the river above it The house voted
to take up the resolution for action. Mr.
Smith made a lengthy speech on the
The Supreme Judicial Court of Ma c sa-
chusfctts is to decide whether a creditor
who iuvades a debtor’s bedroom and
wakes him up early in the morning in
o;der to present his bill is guilty of an j rjghtu of shad and of the people to eat
assault. _ The aggravating party in the ! 6had and then yp T Hnrst ot Walton
dispute ts a milkman and the aggrieved . introdllced a resolution to receive Mr.
“=' 0mer ’ S M S he i Smith’s report as information and to
forbade the milkman to invade hi3 pn-
raw. and was awakened by being shaken ff cbar S« A he u with ihe
by "the shoulder when suffering from a ! ttanks of lhe „ , Tba Ration
severe headache. The lower court en- ! waa af iopted and the nsu que^ion Ls?
tc ed judgment for the milkman, and the been settled for this session, at leaj.
piaiu.iii "'appealed to the full bench of j After reading a number of bills the
the Supreme Court. *
forth, the commissioners shall issue
three times the amount of the notes
as the amount of legal tender, coin or
currency yon deposit in the bank.
These notes shall constitute a first lien
on all assets of the bank, and they
shall be redeemed in United States
coin or currency upon demand. The
special order following the bank bill
was the bill of Mr. Allen, of Upson,
to grant a special jiension of $100 a
year to J. A. Koquemore, of Upson, a
one-legged confederate veteran. The
bill was jiassed and then the house ad
journed until 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday Night’s Session. —The house
met at half past seven Tuesday night
and considered the bill of Mr. Mc
Whorter, of Greene, to provide for the
creation of boards of equalization for
the taxes of the state. After some dis
cussion the bill was tabled for the
present. The bill of Mr. Roddenbury,
of Thomas, to list the Southwestern
Military College for the purpose of
insurance was lost. Mr. Smith, of
Gwinnett,took np the legislative hook
and line in behalf of the shad in the Sa-
vannahriver. He introduced a resolu
tion that the governor appoint a com
mittee to examine and report to the
next legislature on the obstructions in
the Savannah river at Augusta, which
prevents the shad from climbing over
the dam and seeking the head waters
of the river. The house killed the
resolution in short order, but, nothing
daunted, Mr. Smith gave notice of u
motion to reconsider.
Wednesday, Dec. 6—As soon as the
journal was read in the senate, Wed
nesday, Mr. Robinson moved to re
consider the vote by which the report
of the committee to examine the Au
gusta dam, was indefinitely postponed.
His motion prevailed. The bill to re
fund the amount of purchase money of
wild lands, which was passed Tuesday
was also reconsidered, The bill of Mr.
Persons to wipe from the statute books
all jury exemptions, except officers of
court, physicians, pilots and railroad
engineers, ministers of tho gospel and
school teachers, was reported ad
versely by the committee. Mr. Per
sons moved to disagree to the re
port of the committee and in a strong
and forcible speech set forth the claims
of his bill. Mr. Wooten opposed the
bill. Mr. Fleming spoke in its favor.
Mr. Reese opposed the bill, and de
fended the report of the committee in
reconsidering that the bill not pass.
Other speeches were made on the
measure, when a vote was taken.
The result was 18 for and 19
against, thus the bill was lost.
The following bills were passed:
Bill appropriating $2,000 to the blind
asylum ; Bill to regulate tho business
of insurance companies; Bill to fur
nish county school commissioners an
office; Bill to allow children residing
in the vicinity of towns having public
schools to attend the same; Bill to
prescribe the method of determin
ing the weight of freight; Bill
to require the county commis
sioners of Floyd county to make a list
of tax delinquents; Bill to establish a
system oi public schools for Law-
renceviile; Bill to abolish tho county
court of Butts county; Bill to re-es
tablish the county court for Appling
county; Bill to transfer the couuty of
Dooly from the southwestern circuit
to the Oconee circuit, also to change
the time of holding Dooly court; Bid
to revise the time for holding courts
in the Brunswick circuit. The bill to
refund the purchase money for wild
lands, which was reconsidered at the
first part of the session, was after
wards taken up and passed again.
Wednesday afternoon the bill of Mr.
Graham, of Appling, to protect tin
game in Georgia was taken np and
passed. This bill wipes out all loc i!
game laws and makes it nnlnwful tc
hunt or trap game, singing and insec-
tiverous birds and wild turkeys in any
county in the state except between th
first of November and the first
of April. The bill of Mr. Mar
tin, of Fulton, to allow coun
ties or municipalities to estab
lish juvenile reformatories when the
people so decide by a popular vote was
passed. A number of new bills were
introduced. The bill of Mr. Hogan,
of Lincoln, to abolish monthly teach
ers’ institutes came up for passage at
the evening session. A snbstituie was
offered by Mr. Roddenbury, of Thom
as, that teachers attending the annual
institute should draw no pay while
there. The substitute was passed.
The vote on Mr. Reagan’s bill to
hold a constitutional convention re
sulted in defeating it by a vote of 87 to
37.
Thursday, Dee. 7.—The bill of Mr.
Mart n,yaf Fulton, to establish a re
formatory for juvenile prisoners, was
IN THE SEMITE.
Saturday’, Dec. 2.—The senate wa
in session but a few moments. T
only business transacted was rendin
the bond bill the first time and refer
ring it to the finance committee. N
quorum being present the body ad
joiirned until Monday.
Monday, Dec. 4.—A resolution wu;
introduced in the senate Monday
morning reciting the fact that the
state owns a great deal of land alon
the line of the Western and Atlantic
railroad, and that in some instances
land belonging to the state is claimed
by other parties. The resolution pro
vides that the governor and the attor
ney general shall settle these disputed
claims and sell the land if they see
proper. The senate passed the
following bills: A bill to
establish a registration law for
the county of Liberty; also to reqnir
county commissionersof Liberty conn
ty to publish their minutes; A bill to
amend the charter of the city of Co
lumbus; A bill to allow George W
Willis to peddle without license; A bill
to amend section 242, so as to ntnke
the bank of Carrolton a state dnposi
tory; A bill to make tlie Quitman
bank a state depository; A bill to pro
hibit the sale of seed cotton in th
county of Stewart; A bill to authorize
the appointment of a physician to each
coroner iu the state.
Tuesday, Dec. o.—There was a lively
debate in the senate Tuesday over the
bill introduced by Senator Jenkins.
The bill makes it unlawful to sell or
solicit the sale of spirituous, malt or
intoxicating liquors in auv county of
this state where the sale of such liquors
is prohibited by law, high license or
otherwise, provided the act shall not
be construed as preventing the
furnishing of such liquors to per
sons in such prohibition counties upon
purchases made of licensed dealers in
such liquors, outside of, and riot so
licited or contacted fur, in said prohi
bition counties. After considerable
speech-making, pro and con, tho yeas
and nays were called, and the bill was
passed. The senate passed the
house bill to refund the money
paid for wild land where the
purchasers got no title from tlie state
of where the purchasers abandoned the
lands and have relinquished their
claims. Senator Robinson called up
the report of the committee that went
to Augusta to see if a shad could climb
overthe dam. The reports were indefin
itely postponed. The bill of Mr. Bla
lock to re'duee the number of county
school commissioners iu every county
in the state to three, nnd that they be
paid their actual expenses while in the
discharge of their duty, out of the
school fund was,after brief discussion,
passed by a vote of 29 yeas to 3 nays.
Wednesday Dee. C.—Butlittle busi
ness of importance was transacted in
the house Wednesday. After the pas
sage of a resolution authorizing the
governor and the attorney general to
make a thorough examination into the
trespasses on the right of way of the
state road had been read the third
time and passed, the house took up
tho bill of Mr. West, of Lowndes, to
amend the school laws by establishing
and maintaining a uniform course ol
text books for the common schocls and
to organize a book commission. Tb<
committee on education reported th
bill back with a recommendation th
it do not pass. Mr. West moved to d:
agree with the report of the committ
which was unfavorable to the bill. Ti.
motion was lost by a vote of 59 to r
The report of the committee was agreed
to and the bill was lost. Mr. Smith,of
Gwinett, gave notice of a motion to re
consider. Mr. Howard of Baldwin,
introduced a resolution to hold after
noon sessions from 3 o’clock until 5:30,
and night sessions from 7:30 until 10.
Adopted. The bill authorizing the
governor to call an election for dele
gates to a constitutional convention
and to call the convention and appro
ximating $25,000 for the purpose oi
holding the convention came np.
Speeches were made against the hill
by Harrison, of Quitman, Guerrard,ot
Chatham, Branch, of Columbia, Wheel
er, of Walker, and. Sears, of Webster,
and in favor of it by Reagan, of Henry,
Hodges, of Bibb, aud Smith, of Gwi
nett. The house in committee of th
whole voted the bill down and then
the honse did the same, but by unani
mous consent the vote was allowed to be
taken over. Before it could be taken
the hour of adjournment arrived.
Thursday, Dec. 7.—In the senate,
Thursday, Mr. Persons undertook to
have his bill to do away with jury ex
emptions, which was lost Wednesday,
reconsidered, but the senate refused to
reconsider it and the bill trat
lost. The senate finally disposed
of the report of the bill of the fish
committee, accepting the report as iu
formation and discharged the com
mittee. The following bills were
passed: To incorporate ihe Savan
nah Electric Railroad Company; To
fix the time of holding lerrcll supe
rior court; To establish a school board
for America s; To amend the charter
of the city of Dawson; To change the
time of holding Floyd superior court;
To provide for a stenographic report
er in each judicial circuit in the stat.;
Mr. Haekett made a motion, which was
carried, to hold nisht sessions.
Some Tiionsfits on the Observance of
Tbanfcsgiving Day.
William is Thankful that He is Nqt
in Jail—-The Work of a Woman.
. Thanksgiving Pay is a c-oil institution. It
is one that all eivi iz 4 people can ofi-irro with
pleasure and gratitude, win thcr they bo sa nts
or sinners, 3 iv- or G ntdes. Ihat" is if they
have got the turkey or its cquvaenr. ft wo
haven’t got anything good, mv onght to bo
thankful for ivh.it we haven’t ;o—thankful
ihat we are ont of jail—thankful "t at it is as
Well with us as whnt it is” as the old-time
preacher always prays. Some Joli;i dre.' t.e-
lieve in Christmas. Some don’t observe £ «t. r;
bur ail can unite on Thanksgiving, fur mj that
day the good and the thoughtful will honor
their Creat >r and die o:hi rs w 11 honor their—
their—their—appetites, as Paul fai l to the
Pliillippiaiis in Un 3d cliaple■■ and 19th verse.
These last have an idea that thev areentit ed to
a turkey hi cause they hav w rkc \ for it i r de-
seive it on the Little Ja It Horner pr.neipie-
They are thankful io tl.enrse ves onlv.
I VT.isrnmin .ting abon rh.,ul;sgiving Bay.
It is an od in-tifution i England, and was
observed ill tin • e untr. I- r.- ti e rev lrrtou-
ary war of 177(5. But uh indej mi tie was
declared, onr rebellions for father qn.r it just,
because it was English jo now. hint like we
rebels down sou h quit the Eli ot Jut tor a
go d while after ihe late Mar. for w felt lino
the yankees had stolen it it > ,t us. It! they did
everything rise. It 'ook ns Intlv.i vears
to get fairly back into the Union, and‘then
we began to honor the old flag and to shoot
guns and fi en ackers on the 4 it of July.
Ili-tory say-t] . spread er ly h • name of
Ebenezer Pei ! er.oa read L King’s p;oc!a-
nia’ion for Ti.a .k.-giving. Lis pulpit iu Bos
ton, jn t before the war began, an t t. n ado
those Bunker Hill yankees so und .1 ey left ihe
church, for thev said there was nod "mg to bo
thankful for. There was no more Thanksgiv
ing Day until Gen. ral Washington was hosen
pre-id ut in 176ft On the last Ihnrs av in No
vember ot'that year, the first national Thanla-
ving was obseived. That wa- ju t JiM years
ago today. Washington hail to send out his
proclamation by mail to the thirtci. states, sin
it had to be started out ab in th first of Octo
ber so ns to get down to Georgia and np to
Massachusetts in time. Washington was n
good man as wed as a great man am! I o con
tinue! th- annual Tlianksgiv.ng days for ihn
eight years . f his service, Mu why t < v ceased
to be proclaimed or ob-irv. d afti'r his"deatii I
cannot find out. Bnc it seems hit hr were
ore nntionil Thanksgivuig days until No
vember, 1864. when Mr. Line- In p oclaimed
one. which was riph'and prop'r, c ngidiring
what a lime he had had in suhdii ng ns reh Is.
Mr. Lincoln was a thankful man hy nn litre and
I have no d. nlit he ate his s ato f h.t lurl.ey
with a grateful heart. It \v:ib ii;h' mean iu
to vt orry the old man so, hut we couldn’t
help it.
It is wonderful what great things- a wo
man can do. One woman has flxrd our
ational Tl anksgiving and gotten all the
sta'es to unite uiih the nation in e (ah-
hshing one day for all. That woman lalmr-
I for twenty long years to acc inpli h the
desire of her heart. Sho wrote letters to the
president and to the governors aud entreated
'hem in such beauti ul, earnest language that
they finally gav heed to her nq est. and o
nec tlie close of the laic war the dav has
been oh-, tv. d. I knew that lady and bo" did
hotisands and thousands of onr pc pi —a ccri-
ration that has almost pa sod awar. for almost
V ry household took Grdv’s Lady’s Book be
fore the w..r and ■ veryboily loved and . dmired
Mrs Sarah J. II de, Mho was its editres . f r a
quart r of a centurv. Bis- loved the pood, tho
eautifn! and the trno. She tv ate many char-
aing little bo>>ks for die chiidreo. but if she
md never done anvfhing more tlnm t-restablish
I ltauksg.ving Day and io nrito thifai tweet little
verses be- irting:
Mary bad a little Iamb,
Its fleece was while as snow,
t would he enough for the lif,- n i rk of one wo
man. There is no more sacred duty than to
make the children happy and these lir tic verses
about Mary and her ltttie lamb hav inspired
he tend, r hea ts of nt liions of them- That
good woman died in IS79, but her good works
her devotion to cbildr n and her lore for all
that was kind and true and beantifu in life
still lives What cm one woman do—not a
oman of extraordinary talon s, but one or err-
nest will anil a lover of mankind? Whit did
onr own Mrs. Williams of f.'olum' itdo when
she set her heart and her pen to tho wo k of
establishing onr southern decorati nday? She
did it, and it stands established as amonuih' nt.
to southern patrioti.-m. Whether mv were
right or wrong in the fight made no difference
with her. .She loved t;.e h roi.-m of our sol
diers and wept fears of admiration for their
sacrifices.
“With fairest fliwers wliilo summer lasts
We will sweeten their sad graves,”
she said, and ir was done.
Them is much for us al K to be thankful for. X
vilizeil people have no exnns • fur ing at itid".
Shd; speare had a special horror of it and
speaks of it as a “mon-t. r,” “a marble-hearted
fiend.” In another place lie says:
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not to Wikind .
As man’s ingratiiiide;
Frecz', freeze, thou latter sky.
Thou dost not bita so rr gli
As benefits forgot.
“I hate ingratitudo more than Iving, bab
filing, drunkenness or any taint of vice.”
Another poet says “It is tlie basest of all
crimes.”
But if ingratitude to man bv so base, what
mu-t it bo to tlie Creator, from whom comet
every good and perfect gift ?
It He had not lov d us this world wonld not
have b en made so h'-autifnl. We cou d havo
lived without any of its luxuries; we c uld have
go: along with only buzzards for bird aud dog-
lennel for h .wers and the how.ing of tip winds
for music; we could have lived on comb pad and
codfish, hut the Creator made the vanh lovely
for our sake, and is Continually unlocking the
doors of His storehouse! and dispe: sing new
and woudeiful treasures for our comfort and
onr elevation to a higher life. This is the day
of all others to ponder and ruminate upon the
goodness of God and to he grateful for His
blessings.—Bill Aid, in Atlanta Constitutiion
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation During tha
Past Week.
The review of he industrial si.nation in the
South f r the pa t weik shows th t the condi
tion of affairs continues o be enciuragiug.
The advance in the price of iron rs shown by
recent sales, »n i h d spo.>iou on the par- of
producers to ho d the r ontp.Us f‘-r still higher
prices has had a goo i eff-ct. 3Icr • furna- es
are Starting np aid n w mines are being op n-
ed. The change in tariff i -gu-larion, s • f«tr as
the South is c moeraed wiii be discounted and
the country was never in ?„ « .:r r condition to
meet ihe^iuaion. With e. sufficiency of
money, a small- . ind- bt?< :haa ev r before,
and larger crops cf all varieties—iu this re
spect differing from former yrara—it i3 gener
ally bei eved t< at an era oi' continued pros-
prosperity ha- been entered upon.
Thirty-five n w indnstr r-s w r j e t b’ished or
incorporated during th ; week, together with
t^ii enlargements of manufactories and eight
important new buildings. Among notiCable
new industries are lie Tutwiler Coal, C <ke and
Iron company, « f B riningham, Ai-t., capital
$200,0-/0, organ z.-d by Z M. Tu-witer and
others; tne Topp cloth ng fac-ory, of Lornsvide,
Ky.. capital, $100.‘>00, b. Topp, Leathers^ Co.;
a stave and heading 'actory v> cos: 350,'X>0 at
Great Cacapou, W. V.. by Ga es & Joun-on;
the Bristol D or aud Lumber company, or Bris
tol Va., capital, 525.000. by J. Bnffctn aud
others, Dni the Sut'on-Sharpe Hurl war* com
pany, of Georgetown, Texa , capital $.0,000,by
J. A. Satt on and associates.
A canning factory i3 reported at Bristol,
Tenn; a Development and Improvement Com
pany at WiTresboro. N. C.; a charcoal iron fur
nace at Egypt, N. C., and a Cons*ruction Com
pany at Chat ano> a, ienn. Finer and grist
in ilk are to be built at GVndlcr and Raleigh,
N. C., and Nestervli ea ud Newton. W.. Va. An
asbestos mine i- to be opened at Chinn.agham,
N. C., a mica mioe a: Iron Git.*, Tenn., and a
coal mine at Phievili ' K • A b c. o factory
is to be bu it a r Owensboro, Ky. Among new-
wood working • ;a. its of :Le wc-.-k are piining
mills at 31 iv-T-ii 31 is- . 31;:.e e^-r a;:d
Vytheville. Va,, a pump factory at Florence.
Ala., and s.w mil; Keller, Aik.. 31-con and
Pme City, Ga-, and Plymouth, N. G.—Trades
man (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Citizen-^.do yon muon vtouqh
arresting tramps? Policeman—Ob, no;
no matter bow strong a tramp is he will
never resist a rest.—[Youkets ^tatesniaii#