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Memorial. Whereas, it has pleased an infin itely wise God to remove from our camp hy death our beloved Com mander, 11. .5. Cox, it becomes us, his surviving comrades and survi vors of the Lost Cans", to put on recordsmie fitting recognition oi his services and excellent eharactei as a friend, comrade, citizen and soldier Major Cox was 70 years old, was a man of line spirit, and was made of the stuil out of which earth’s heroes have been fashioned in all ages of the world. When the call came for deft nders of our beloved Southland, he vol unteered as a member oi Company ]}, Kith Georgia volunteers, and went to Virginia, where lie partic ipated in many of the great battles of the war. In all those stirring scenes of strife and carnage lie bore himself as a cool, intrepid soldier, exhibiting all those rare qualities that lit men to command their fel lows, and to lead them into “the deadly and imminent breach.” At Gettysburg, where his com pany lost twenty-two men killed and wounded from one shell, lie received a wound that gave him trouble, even on his dying bed- He returned to his command in time to take part in the great battles of the following year, and boro him* self as a boro during those dreadful months when the Confederate sol diers had to witness the dying agt - nies of the purest and proudest na tion that ever graced the earth with its presence. After the war be took up the duties that confronted the Southern people in their greatly altered and fearfully humiliated condition, and he did well and worthily his part in the days of reconstruction, and lie rejoiced in the sunshine of pros perity that gladdened our land after the vampires of the carpet-bag period Had been shaken off and our people bieathed more freely. Asa citizen, friend, neighbor, Christian, he was a man of mark, j and commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him, and ! the affection of those who were in timate with him. Ilis comrades delighted to honor him as their commander, and cheerfully accord- j ed to him that precedence to which his talents, character and achieve ments entitled him. As long as lie lived he was commander of his Camp; and now that we shall see j him no more this side the river; be it resolved, i 1. That we mourn his departure 1 .•and our loss and that we shall cherish his memory and try to copy his virtues and excellencies in our own lives. 2. That we shall try to make the rising generation know something ~f his heroic du els hy speaking to them, as occasion offers, of his gal lantry at Gettysburg, Chancellors wille, Cold Harbor, and many other Moody fields, and we shall thus try to instill into their minds son e knowledge and love of the brave men who for four years withet*od the combined forces of many na tions, and surrendered only when all their resources were exhausted- That tht‘ Winder News arid the Jackson Herald l>c requested to give space to this memorial. J, W. Pkkky, j H. \V, AKNoi.n, Corn, j, \Y. Nowell, f “What reason have you for think ing that he’s a perfect gentleman?” “lie must be. 1 had dinner at his house, and neither his wife nor daughter corrected him once. Detroit Free Press. A Home man has fasted 28 days and affirms toe will eat no more un til Gj?d commmands him to do so Who blames him? The price of food staffs is enough, and put us to thinking. MARRYING II FRANCE Official Obstacles That Bar the Way to the Ceremony THE WORRIES OF A FIANCE. He Has to Brave the insolence and thg Indifference of the Civil Officers In His Efforts to Accomplish the Neces sary Preliminary Formalities. Marr.viug in France is not an easy matter. <>u the contrary, the civil of ficers seem to employ ingenuity in pus ting as many obstacles as possible in the way of those who contemplate mat ritnouy. Take the case of a French citizen who until recently resided in Hie Might!) arrondissemeiit uf Paris, but who removed to the Ninth and then began to accomplish ilie formalities necessary for his marriage. Smiling and happy, as a man about to wed should he. he presented himself at the mairie of tlie Ninth ward with the following documents, which be laid previously obtained at tile mairie of the Eighth arrondissement: His hirth certihente. his discharge from the army, the death certificate of his par ents and the certificate of his first marriage, for he had been married once already. On a Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock he called upon the functionary whose business it is to attend to matters af fecting the "etat civil.” Eying the vis itor coldly, the functionary asked: "What do you want?” "To get married.” replied the other, smiling. "It's closed.” “Beg pardonV” “1 said it was closed—for marriages. Come back on Monday or Thursday.” “Why Monday or Thursday instead of Tuesday or Friday? What reason?" "Ilow should 1 know': And do you think I care? It’s like that—that’s all 1 know.” On the Monday Hie fiance returned, lie had recovered his good humor and his smile, and the first document he handed to tlie employee at the mairie was his hirth certificate, which had cost him originally 2 francs. "What’s that?” exclaimed the func tionary, with an air of surprise, "it’s too old.” "What do you mean—too old?" "I mean what I say. Your certifi cate was made out eight years ago, and it has been used already. 1 don't want that. 1 must have one that is uot older than three months.” "But my birthday does not change, and it is clearly indicated on this doc ument, which is otlicial. Why do you want one that is not more than three months old?" "Why? You are too inquisitive.” The fiance was still smiling, but in a rather faint hearted fashion. “Where is your military memoran dum book?" asked the employee. "1 haven’t got one." “What! You haven’t got one? And you come here and expect to get mar ried without a ’livret militaire?’ No; you’re joking. You can’t lie serious.” "Yes, i am. I’m an officer on the reserve list.” “Show me your mobilization order." “That’s a secret order which 1 have not the rigid lo show you. The army regulations are opposed to it. Here is my discharge. That is ail 1 cau show you." "All right; we'll see." Then the fiance interpolated: “Why must you have a military doc ument ?” “To show that you are really a Frenchman." "Isn't my birth certificate sufficient?” "I have no time for discussion. Where is the document showing that your first union was dissolved?” “Voici!" "That's uot what 1 want. I must have a copy of the act of transcrip tion." "The document I've just given you cost me 2 francs at the mairie at Nenil- Jy. Where must 1 apply for the other? At N’euilly?" "No. Ho to the registrar of the tri bunal of the Seine." The fiance made for the door, ran downstairs and jumped into a taxi motor. in a few miuutes he was at the registrar's office. •’Moiqdeur." replied the assistant registrar, "the registers from Neuiily have not come back yet. But you'll be sure to find them there, and they'll he able to give you all the information you want." Another tnximotor cab. and ten min utes later tho distracted flatlet was at the tuairie of Neutlly. “Yes; 1 understand." replied the otti cial after the visitor had explained the object of his call. “But we can’t give you what you want under forty eight hours.” ”1 suppose 1 must wait,” said the fiance. Two days later, armed with n com plete dossier, he returned to the malrie of the Eighth arrondissement. Ills smile had come back; lie felt that vic tory was nigh. “At last!” be exclaimed triumphant ly as the functionary came forward. “Prc got them all now.” “Quite right." replied the other after | a glance at the varlom. documents. J "But did I understand you to say you j wanted to be married on the loth?” “Yes. that's the date." "In that case I’m very sorry, mon sieur. hut that does not leave us the 1 legal time in which to publish the ; banns. Yoti will have to postpone the date of the ceremony." Then the fiance's smile "came off" for good, and I doubt whether he will recover It before the wedding day.— Paris Letter in London Post. TYBURN TREE. i Lord Ferrers’ Tragic Journey to the Famous Old Gallows. Park lane was Tyburn :ane, and it seems as if the gallows--described in an old document as movable—-at one time stood at ils east corner, it was there the ferocious Lord Ferrers was banged in 17tu for murdering Lii.s serv ant. Horace Walpole’s words paint the picture well: "He shamed heroes. He bore the solemnity of a pompous and tedious procession of above two hours from the Tower to Tyburn with as much tranquillity as if he were only going to his own burial, not to bis own execution.” And when one of the lira goons of the procession was thrown from his horse Lord Ferrers expressed much concern and said, "I hope there will be no death today but mine." On went the procession, with a mob about it sufficient to make its progress slow and laborious. Small wonder that the age of Thackeray, with Thack eray's help, set up its scaffolds within four high walls. Asking for drink. Lord Ferrers was refused, for. said the sheriff, late regulations enjoined him not to let prisoners drink while passing from the place of imprison ment to that of execution, great inde cencies having been committed by the drunkenness of the criminals in the hour of execution. "And. though," said he. “my lord, 1 might think myself excusable in over looking this order out of regard to your lordship's rank, yet there is an other reason, which. 1 am sure, will weigh with you. Your lordship is sen sible of the greatness of the crowd. We must draw up at some tavern. The confluence would be so great that it would delay the expedition which your lordship seems so much to desire." But decency—so often paraded by those who outrage it—euded with the murderer’s death. "The executioners fought for the rope, and the one who lost it wept, the greatest tragedy, to his thinking, of the day!”—London Sketch. They Were Not Indians. It is said that when the first Chinese entered California the Indians were very curious about them. A dispute arose among some of them as to what country the strangers might hail from and whether or not they were Indians. The Indians decided to apply tlie wa ter test. One day a party of Indians met a party of Chinamen approaching a little stream. The strangers ap proached tile bridge and started across. The Indians, too, tiled across and. meeting tlie Chinamen in midstream, pushed two of them into the angry, Bpooining current below. The test was conclusive. They could uot swim. They were uot Indians. GOLD HIDERS. The Aurohuacos of Colombia Worship the Yellow Metal. Infesting the snow clad slopes of sun kissed Aborqueta. "tile Sentinel,” one of the highest peaks in the Sierras de San M-arta, in northern Colombia, is one of the strangest tribes of In dians known to ethnologists— the Au rohuacos. Their name means "bidden gold." or "gold hiders.” and that is just what they are. They worship the yellow metal, dividing their devo tions between gold and the sun. The Aurobuaco will do anything for gold. Murder is nothing it it gains him the tiuiest hit of gold. He works for any kind of money. When he gets enough silver or copper or paper mon ey he changes it for gold and then hurries with it to his mountain fast nesses, there to hide it. and come back for more. Why he wants it is impos sible to say. No Aurobuaco ever was known to part either with gold dust or gold coin. His neighbors, the Talemancas. are wholly different. They regard gold or emeralds, also found in Colombia, as simply a medium of exchange for whis ky or aguadienle. The Talemancu is superstitious to an absurd degree and wears a wild turkey's foot on a neck lace as a talisman against sickness and bud luck. He worships tire as the cleansmg and redeeming god. In this favored region is plenty oC alluvial gold which only needs to be taken out to make the republic of Co lombia rich and powerful. But the Aurohuacos spoil the best laid plans of men who come there to mine. They let men dig and dig and wear their fiugers away washing the precious ye!: low grains out of the earth, and theu they murder the miners for their treas tire. This has beeu done countless times. Many’s the skeleton that whit ens the sides of "the Sentinel."—New York World. Do You Believe in Life Insurance? HEAD XIII©: Winder, Ga., October 22, ’O9. Mr. F. W. Bondurant, Mgr. Fidelity Mutual Life Ins. Cos., Winder, Ga. Dear Sir: I have to acknowledge check for $2,000 from the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Cos., of Philadelphia, Pa., through ycu as its agent, and in receiving same I desire to ex press to the company and you my sincere appreciation for the prompt adjustment of this claim. My husband having been killed accidentally by being run over by the train on the 13th of this month and the claim be ing settled by your company on the 18th, deserves, and I am sati died will have, the commendation and confidence it should se cure from the general public. Again expressing my thanks, I am Yours respectfully, (Signed) LOULA M. CAIN. If you feel your responsibility for those de pendent on you, call or write F. W. BONDURANT, MANAGER Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Cos., WINDER, GEORGIA, for the cheapest, most liberal and up-to-date con tracts possible to secure. Also agent for Accident, Fire and Bonds. An Essential Thing, and there are many, in the management of bank is the personal, painstaking care of its officers. Recognizing this responsibility, the officers of this institution keep them selves in touch with every important detail of the business. And the outcome? A generous, and a steadily increasing patronage. THE WINDER BANKING CO. WINDER, GEORGIA. ==INDEPENGENT=== Buyers of Cotton Seed. We an* in the market for Cotton Seed. Most convenient place in the city t> weigh and unload. Highest Market Price Paid Will exchange Cotton S-ed Meal and Hulls for Cotton Seed. See us at the store. LAY & GRAHAM, WINDER, GEORGIA.