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A curious looking par son had wandered in front of the band stand in search of a vacant chair. He had a long, thin face, wore an Inverness coat of ancient date and carried a small, black leather bag. Yet he was young, and should have taken some interest in his personal appearance. “He has eyebrows like—like the pause marks in music!” the girl murmured, in defense of her sweep ing criticism. Somehow the younger Miss Lely felt she had a right to a grievance Just at this time. Her family had lately been bent on coercing her into marriage with a clergyman, who, ac cording to all accounts, seemed to have the virtues of all the ages with out any of the vices. Hilda had never seen him. It w-as some family “arrangement” which the family, exclusive of Hilda, hoped would “come off” some day. The Rev. Ronald Martyn’s father and old Mr. Lely had always been friends. The Martyns emigrated shortly after ward to Australia, while the Lelys stayed in the old country. Ronald was due in England on a long visit to some distant relatives, and the meet ing fraught with so much importance was to take place soon. "I shall not go out again,” Miss Lely said when the reached their lodgings. “If you want, to go and hear more of the band this evening, Hilda, I will ask Mrs. Hunt to let her Mary take you.” Hilda's eyes sparkled. “I am never tired of listening to, that band,” she said. “And I'd love to go, auntie.” And she went. Alas, yet another clergyman caught her eye. It was an old and decrepit one this time, who seemed to be enjoying the music so much that he went to sleep with a rapt expression on his face and not a thought about falling off the end of the seat. A tall, fair haired man op posite, with limbs like Hercules and the face of an Adonis, strode across the grass and propped him up just in time. A day or two later the scene was recalled to her. She and her aunt were crossing old Christ Church road when a motor car whined around a earner without warning. The elder Miss Lely gasped; the younger, pushed her with all her might out or the way of the advancing monster, and was in turn thrust out of danger by a mighty hand. There was a whiz sing sensation in her ears for one awful moment, the street ran round, and the ground rose up to her and refused to stop the she found herself clutching a lamp post, while someone muttered in her ear: "‘By Jove! That was a close shave!” She looked up hastily. The hero of a few nights before was standing over her with an anxious expression on his clean shaven face and in his deep, blue eyes. ‘•Aunt Ellen! Where is Aunt El len?” she asked a little wildly. Her rescuer nodded in a sympa thetic manner. “She is all right, if you mean the old indy in a black bonnet and spectacles.” he said. “I expect she is home by now. They took her in a cab.” “A cab! Was she hurt, then?” The tall mau laughed. “Not hurt at all,” he answered. “Only very much frightened. And I promised to bring you on immediately. But, of course, as you know, you fainted and I couldn’t. If you are sufficiently re vived I will call a cab.” Hilda laid her hand pn His gray tw#ed coat sleeve. She hjid already decided in her owu mind that the Rev. Ronald shouid wear dark gray tweed, when she suddenly remem bered that he was a eiergjmaa. “Don’t call a cab for me, please, ** she said, imploringly. "I can walk quite well. It will do me much more good than driving.” “All right. Then I will walk with you,” he answered, cheerfully. “Didn’t I see you at the band con cert in the winter gardens the other evening?” he asked. Hilda nodded and smiled. “You saved an old clergyman from tumbling off his chair!” she said, amusedly. “I saw you. Why is it clergymen are such a stupid set of men all round?” He gave a slight start. “So —er —stupid—clergymen?” he repeated dubiously, as if he had not heard aright. Hilda thought him quite dense. “Yes,” she explained, merrily. “I’m afraid I dislike clergymen. It’s very wrong of me, I know, because ” She paused and a brilliant flush suffused her delicate cheeks as she suddenly became interested in the sea. “Because?” he repeated, patiently awaiting her answer. “Because —oh! I’m supposed to be going to —Oh! I don’t quite know why,” she said, incoherently. “You see—well, I daresay you will laugh at me—but I’ve always been brought up to expect that some day I must marry a clergyman! It Is very stupid. Most probably if dad had wanted me to marry an actor I should have felt a distinctly rebel lious desire for the ‘cloth.’ But as it is ” “Human nature rebels, eh?” he suggested, with a laugh. “And the balance Is in favor of the actor?” “I don’t know any actor, really," she responded, naively. “So I am afraid there is no balance!” “And it’s all dead weight against the poor parson,” he murmured, taking a side glance at her. Hilda shrugged her shoulders. “Poor!” she echoed. “Do you like clergymen?” “I never thought I didn’t,” he said, slowly. “I fact I used to ” “But you don’t?” she began mer rily. “No —since I knew you,” he said, boldly, “I’ve altered my opinion!” “In such a short time— l —” began Hilda. It was fortunate that at that mo ment Mrs. Hunt, who had been on the lookout for them, opened the door, for Hilda had an uncomfortable feeling that things were going too far. Mrs. Lely worshiped at St. Peter’* and duly carried Hilda off to that church the following Sunday. The tall figure of the hero slipped into a pew just opposite and fixed his blue eyes nearly all the service through just below Hilda’s pretty chiffon hat.. The elder Miss Lely prayed for the speedy return of the prospective bridegroom, and Hilda decided that certain tall figures looked equally well in gray tweed or black. That Sunday was to live long in the memories of both ladies. The elder Miss Lely actually sat down and vol unteered to wait for the young people if they cared to walk a little farther before returning to the house. Hilda glanced at her companion and met his gaze with rash courage. Soon he was speaking fast and passionately. “Don't think me mad—and don’t say I am presumptuous. But are you really engaged to that clergyman you talked of the other day? An swer me truthfully, please, because it makes all the difference in the world to me.” He turned his handsome face to ward her, and his eyes were lit with an eager, passionate fire that Hilda found disconcerting, albeit delight ful. “I ” She rtopped. They sat down, while she told him the whole story. He laughed as he heard it. And you intend to marry this man —this clergyman—whether you like him or not?” he asked at the finish. Hilda looked down toward the sea. She had completely forgotten the waiting Aunt Ellen on the esplanade. “I must see him first,” she said simply. “But you have seen him!’* She smiled softly. “Not since I can remember any thing,” she answered. “I couldn't have the heart to tell dad I refuse be fore seeing him.” “Suppose he i6 ugly?” “If I loved him, it wouldn't matter how ugly he was!” the girl said in her soft voice. The herb jumped up suddenly, and knelt on the gravel path, seizing both her hands. “Hilda, darling,” he cried triumph antly, “I am Ronald Martynt Only you didn’t know it, of course. Don’t you think you could pass over the fact that I am a stupid clergyman?” “You aren’t ugly,” whispered Hilda, as if that settled matters.— Modern Society. \ —i V A Wise Kid. Modern business methods favor double-entry bookkeeping. In the business colleges when the instructor asks what this sort of bookkeeping is, the pupil will reply, winking and smiling: "Double-entry bookkeeping is the keeping of two sets of books, one of which may be produced is court U required.”— Argonaut. Georgia Cullings Curtailed Items of Interest Gathered at Random. Will Use Elbert County Granite. The Gordon monument to be erected on the capitol grounds in Atlanta will be out of Elbert county granite. The contract for furnishing it has been let to Dr J. G. Long and will be furnished from his famous gray graa itu at Ethridge. * * * Fifth Cotton M'll for LaGrange. Elm City mills. LaGrange’s fifth, latest and largest industrial enter prise, will begin shipping its output in July, and be in full operation by early tall. The mill is Ju3t being com pleted and machinery placed in posi tion at a coat of $300.000. It is claimed by iho managers to be the i lest modern cotton mill in the south. * * Ordered to Pay Demurrage. The railroad commission has order ed the Atlantic Coast Line railroad to pay to the J. M. Cox Cos., of Way cicss, $lO demurrage on a car of freight shipped from Tennessee. This cur arrived in Wavcross on January 3d. and the firm ordered it placed for unloading. This should have been done within forty-eight hours, but the car was not actually placed until Feb ruary 14. • * * Monument to General Oglethorpe. At its last session the state legis lature appropriated $15,000 for the erection of a monument at (Savannah to General Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia. Since then the matter has been dormant, but at a meeting held in Savannah Monday it was re vived The Oglethorpe Monument As sociation already has $5,000 in hand. It is proposed to launch a movement that will result in the raising of $5,00© mere, so that $25,000 will be availa ble for the monument. Dispensary Fight in LaGrange The large number of LaGrange citi zens opposed to Ihe local dispensary have called a mass meeting for the purpose oi arranging for a vigorous campaign to close the dispensary, and again place Troup in the dry coun ties. The saioons of West Point and Hogansville dispensary have already been votel out, ieaving the LaGrange dispensary the only place in the coun ty fur the legal sale of whiskey, and the only thirst allaying jo'nt between Atlanta and Opelika. A vigorous, per sistent and determined fight is going to be made by T ho prohibitionists to close the dispensuiy. * * * Postma*tcr B r caks First Dirt. With a brand new pick Postmaster E. F. Blodgett broke the ground and started the work of digging the foun dations for Atlanta’s $1,000,000 postof flee and United States court house building. With the possible exception of Rep resentative Livingston, no one has taken more interest or done harder work for more adequate quarters for Atlaatu’s posteffice than Postmaster Blodgett, and it wi,- highly appro priate that the construction of At lanta’s costliest public building should bo begun by him. St. George a Churchless Town. St. George is two years old and boasts H'tr permanent house and fif teen negro catiins. There is no church building nor chinch orgar.izat’on in the town, but Christians belonging lo various denominations have united in an organization called the Union Christian Association. They have built a two-story liame buildit-.g, the lower story containing one room, which is used for church and Sunday school and various public meetings. The upper story contains two rooms, which are used by the public schools of tho town. * * * This New Road Seems Certainty. Former Railroad Commissioner Pope Brown anl Hen. P H. Lovejoy, may or of Ilawkinsville, were in Ameri cas a few days ago in consultation wnh Hon. Crawford Wheatly, relative to construction of the proposed Amerl cus ilawkinsville railroad. Littlo in humation was given out, but the con struction of the railroad is regarded as an absolute certainty. Construe tion work doubtless will begin within sixty days. Messrs. Brown and Lovo jjoy represented Pulaski county's in terest at the meeting. The road will be 60 miles in length, and will tra verse a splendid territory • * * D sbursinQ New Schoo Fund. The first payment on the 1007 school fund was male a few days ago, ths state treasurer sending out checks amounting to about $1 lo.OOfl to va rious counties. All of tho I$C6 school STOP AT THE ZETTLER HOUSE. The best SI.OO a day house in the city. 253 FOURTH ST.. MACON, G<L, Mrs. A. L. Zettler, Proprietress. futd was paid out March 1. Some SOOO,OOO of the 1907 school fund will be paid out between now and May 1, and then no more payments will be made on this year until next De cember. when the collections begin to come in About $40,000 of the amount to oe disti'ibuted now w r ill i(• paid out in advance of its collec tion. which is not made until Decem- Lei. the balance coming in from spe cial taxes and rental of the Western and Atlantic railroad, 'ihe state is practically an entire year behind with the school fund. * * * Close of Rum Shops Cause Suits. The closing of the dispensaries in Terrell county has resuited in two suits against the county commission ers, brought, to recover salaries for the remainder of the present year which are claimed by the former manager cf the Sassar dispensary and the cashier who was employed in the Dawson dispensary. It is said that there are several important legal questions involved in these cases, and the results are awaited with interest. The sales of the Dawson dispensary from January 1 up to the date on which it was closed amounted to $14,- 388.50, and i racticalo' the entire stock was sold at the hour w'hen the doors were finally closed. Georgia Day Program. The final arrangements for Georgia Day at tho Jamestown Exposition on June 10th were perfected by W. N. Mitchell of Atlanta, a few days ago at a conference with Fresident Roose velt in Washington. The president will leave Washington on the evening o£ Sunday, June 9th, accompanied by ihe members of the cabinet, sailing on the Mayflower. Governor Terrel and the members of the exposition commission will leave Atlanta on Friday or Saturday in order to reach Newport News on the evening of Sunday. The governor ancl Mr. Mitehell will be picked up at Hampton Roads on Sunday evening by a launch from iho battleship Georgia, and taken aboard the battleship, which will then sail as lar up tho Potoroac as possible and meet the Mayflower. The president and cabinet members will be trans ferred to tbe Georgia and the battle ship will return down the river to Jamestown anl anchor off the exposi tion grounds. Or. Monday morning about 10 (/clock the presentation of the silver service will take place, .he governor of Georgia making the presentation and the president receiving the gift. • * * Railroads Will Oppose Petition. When the petition of Georgia Far mers’ Union for a reduction iD railroad passenger rates is taken up by the state railroad commission on April 13, bitter opposition wall be made by the railroads of Georgia against any low ering of ths present tariff schedules. It is understood that it will be con tended by the roads that the railroads of the south or of Geoigia will not be able to bear any reduction of rates on account of the railroad conditions in this state and the heavy increase in operating expenses. It is the contention of the roads that traffic conditions are not such as to justify the decreased rates as nearly all of the lines in Georgia pas.3 through unsettled sections where tra vel does not pay but a small per centage of the expenses. It is thought that the roads will make their principal fight against a reduction before the railroad commis sion, only using the courts as an appeal of the last resort The petition which has been filed by the Farmers’ Union leaves the amount if the reductions with ihc commission and dees not name the oxaet rate, although it is understood that a fiat two-sent a mile rate 1? dc hired. PRECAUTIONS aGaINSE MENINGITIS. Board of Meallh at Atlanta Bars Children trom funerals. Restrictive measures in regard to meningitis cases have been passed by tho board of health it Atlanta, which the members believe will aid in controlling this disease and pre vent its spreading. AH children of the city not mosn cers of afflicted families are barred from ihe funerals of persons dying of meningitis, children, at whose t-om* a case is being treated, will aot ba allowed to go to school; and un dertakers will be required to thorough id disinfect aad embalm ail bodies. FINLEY GIVES GOOD ADVICE President of Southern Appeals for Harmony of Interests. “STAND BY RAILROADS” Is His Plea to the Public in Banquet Speech at New Orleans—Was Guest of Honor. An appeal to all southerners to stand by the railroads for the sake of the development of the south, was made Friday nignt by W. W. Finley, president of the Southern railway, at a business banquet tendered him iu New Orleans. He said, in part: ’’lf railways of ihe south are to bo brought up to the standard required by the expanding business of south ern communities the people of .he south must be actuated by the same spirit of co-operation they showed iu the early days of railway building, when communities vied .vita each eth er in offering inducements for con struction. The day for governmental and municipal financial aiu for rail way lines has passed, and that many millions of dollars that will be re quired for additional track capacity and terminal facilities must be ob tained from private investors. This money cannot be supplied in any great amount from the earning of the roads. The greater part of the money must be borrowed • Identified during most of my busi ness career with railways of the south, I know the resources of it railways will be taxed to the utmost to provide the additional facilities that will be required. The provision of these facilities at the earliest pos sible date is of incalculably more importance to the south than any; possible rate reduction or any prop osition to penalize roads for failure to perform services wdiich are beyond theiv present capacity. “I believe that it is to the interest of the railways and the people that a spirit of harmony and just dealings be fostered. 1 believe that in the pres ent state of affairs, it is the patriotic duty of every man whether connect ed with a railway or not, to contrib ute his utmost towards bringing about these better relations.” Mr. Finley unqualifiedly urged the development of Mexican, Central and South American trade by southern communities with their down grade transportation lines to the gulf. DOUBLE UISASIER IN PIITSBURB. City of Steel Production Harrassed by Both lire and flood. Fire in Pittsburg destroyed the plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plato company and slightly damaged the bolt works of the Oliver Iron and Steel works, adjoining. The loss to ..ho tin piale company was about $25,- 000 and to the Oliver company si,ooo. The fire originated from a car of lime, which was set on fire by tho high water. Pour business houses and fifteen residences have been burned to tire ground in the Mount Washington dis trict, or twenty-seventh ward, across the Monongahela river. Two attempts were made to stop tho flames by dyna miting adjacent buildiDgs, but the wreckage caught fire. The tiro practically burned itself out at noon. Insurance men estimate the loss at $200,000. Twenty-five business houses and dwellings were destroyed or sadly namaged. OVAIION TO BkYAN IN BOSTON. Nebraskan Speaks at Banquet Given in His Honor at he flub William Jennings Bryan was the guest Friday of the democratic state committee of Masaschusetls and at a banquet in Boston delivered an ad dress, in which ho touched on vari ous points of democratic doctrine vhich he declared had been vindicat ed by recent events. StVtNIEEN LONVILIS AT LARGE. Another Wholesale Jail Breaking is Pulled Oil at vmcricus, ho. Another wholesale escape of county convicts from Sumter’s enaingang was made at Americas, Ga., Aleuaay, w r hen five men broke a bar in tho prison pen and escaped. Going to the rail road ships, they secured tools to se ver thtfir shackles. There hate been numerous escapes recently, with the result that seven teen misdemeanor convicts are now at large, besides Murderer George Bumlrick, and other jail buds.