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Rs were -all held
Biave said this was
riouse in the three
consequently the Su-
Fpreme e irt was held herfe, that
then, moving from
s poin'J' point in t,he state to hear
i cases, instead of having all the
llawers and litizents to go to Mil-
Bcdeville, the capital. Hamby
■’ifie was the chief point of trade.
80, LaGrange being then in its
Bfancy, and was an implant
Hnt. “
'■Court was in session here, all
SBund the town could be seen old
carts, a few buggies of the
variety, called gigs, and
BSigning, stamping horses, while
mnder wide spreading red oaks and
frees of other varieties were shacks,
Inade of split boards, covered with
boards and vines to keep the sun
out, and to break the force of falling
rain, but not to keep it out.
This was an excellent place for
Murriell to make a raid on the
finest horses in the state, for they
stood around tied to nearly every
tree, while at the court house, Judge
Hill, fathet of the late B. H. Hill
of Georgia, was making a speech
before the. three Judges of the Su
preme Court, on some great murder
case that had shaken the State from
side with its terrible enormity.
Murricl stopped before he reach
fcj this place, "land removing a few
vines and stones froth a rocky clelf,
in the side of a hill, the men rode
in to darkness in a cave that would
allow free passage without touching
even the head of a rider on horse
back.
Catherine objected to being car
ried into another cave, this time in
the hands of enemies, when before
she was being rescued by these same
enemies from the savage grasp of
Indians.
“Don’t carry me in there,” the
girl plead, as Murriell came to her
to lift her off her horse.
“Why not?
“Because I am a woman,” and
do not care to be in a dark cave
with a crowd of thieves and brutes.
If you are a man you will not ex
pect me to do so.’ !
“Oh, well, you are not to have
your way, little girl, you will be
quite safe. Get down.” Murriell
cbmmknded as he reached to life
her doVvn, having unfastened, the
girth fjrom around her waist.
“Pleiise don’t make me go in
there. Fasten me to a tree, and
I will be asssafe as any where.”
“Can’t do 'it even to please you,
as much as your pretty lips look
like cherries and need kissing.
Come,” and he jerked her.off the
ktorse into his arms.
BL A quick movement of her arm,
®P’arp report ynd Murriell’s right
hung limp at his side.
* * * * *
Continued next week.)
Of EL LOW POISON
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Germ. It can be seen
|Bred blood yellow under
• Bt, it turns your com-
Chilly, aching
down your
feel weak* and
f CHILL TONIC
trouble now. It
at once and
|ne yellow poison.
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cure you
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OUt,j.
Crop Report by the Geor-
Ria Department of Agriculture:
Although conditions are not as favor
able as could be desired, there is great
improvement in many respects over
those that prevailed one year ago.
Corn and cotton,, the great staple crops
of Georgia, are doing well in most
sections. There is some increase in
the acreage of corn, and a decrease in
that of cotton; but the conditions and
prospects ot both are fairly good.
The outlook tor sugar cane and rice
t* <rcrmvag ; ~\g.
The ; iu is our great commer*
CtOi OKiiai ue \, .- c cut short by late
Iroets, but ft to hoped that the fruit
which escaped wilt, by reason of ad
vanced price*, reward abundantly the
care and labor ot the orohard men.
This Is especially true of the peach
crop. Apples, pears and plums are
far from promising, though there are
some few exceptions to this statement.
The melon crop In some plgcgs is
not up to ttin average, In others it is
doing weU.
Grapes are fin* In most sections, and
to some far above the average.
Garden* have suffered much for lack
of rain, but good showers in some
localities have revived those that were
failing by reason of drought.
NORTHERN SECTION.
Extracts from reports by counties:
Banks—Acreage In corn 5 per cent
above that of last year, and the pros
pect 5 per cent better; acreage in
cotton 6 per cent less than last year,
and the condition and prospect 10
per cent better; in oats there is consid
erable falling off in all respects; in
wheat there is an increase in acreage,
but a great falling off in production;
peaches, about 76 per cent of a good
crop.
Bartow—lncrease of 20 per) cent in
the acreage of corn, and a decrease of
6 per cent in condition; cotton, de
crease of 10 per cent in acreage and 5
per cent in condition; peacheu, 60 per
cent of a good crop.
Ohattooga —Acreage of corif same as
last year, with increase of 10 per cent
in condition and prospect, \yhile cot
ton is normal in both respec ts; oats
show a decrease in both, tout better
than in many other localities; peaches,
35 per cent of a crop; grapes normal.
Cobb —Corn, 5 per cent ai love last
year in acreage and 2 per cet t in con
dition; cotton, decrease of 5 per cent
in acreage, and increase of 5 per cent
In condition; oats, better ;han had
been expected, but inferior tc those in
some other localities; water* elons, do
ing well; peaches, fallinKtout will
make 60 per cent of a crißf grapes,
normal both as to acreage Bi^rodue-
Floyd—Corn, 10 per acre
age and condition; in
both; oats, not over half a crop;
peaches, 75 per cent of a!g)>od crop;
grapes, fully up to the averjajj e.
Elbert —Corn, 5 per cent! * increase
in acreage and condition: (iotton, 10
per cent decrease in acrea je, but 5
per cent increase in condition ; peaches
90 per cent of a good cro| ; grapes,
fully up to the average.
Habersham —Corn, 25 pei cent in
crease in acreage and condition; cot
ton. 5 per cent increase iri acreage,
and 40 per cent in condition; oats, re
ported as 5 per cent off irf acreage,
hut normal in condition, inW fl dch crop
Gilmer and Union make a fejj.ilar good
showing; peaches are re/ oj ced as 95
per cent of a crop, and pes as 25
per cent above the averagjy j
Wilkes —Corn, acreage bofmal, con
dition 20 per cent off; coifoi, acreage
fj per cent decrease, but cqmditipn 5
per cent increase; oatsl aifd wheat,
.both are poor; peaches, 7t per cent of
a crop; grapes, a good crop.
MIDDLE SECTION.
\ Baldwin —Corn, normal U acreage
ind 16 per cent increase n condi
tion; cotton, 10 per cent decrease in
acreage but 10 per cent increase in
condition; oats .decrease of 35 per cent
ia\acreage, 26 per cent
wh*at, a decrease ,pf 25j8 cent in
acraage and 20 per cent
peadhes, 80 per cent and
graphs 100 per cent. |H
Bib*) — in
aortaAe, ! : j condi
tion; itt" ‘ d.T-
J^eft,
was
was
W county,
Rhattahoo
■rr. and at
to
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a mat-
K>nlv court
pmpt'>s.l. ill
Fjfeard counties,
fiferior courts,
..acreeto
.cojfl
Mm
P illOiU
KKAGES.
Future Steven*
■Pasting Resume of the
Crops Throughout the
FT Sections of the State.
Kfease in
f increase
Fcrease in
If average
■ cent of
■ cent.
we rage in
In, 15 per
gfeA pros-
B - r
JWu p-r
lent in acreage and 10 per cent in con
dition and prospects; oats, a falling
off cf 5 per cent in acreage and 20 per
cent in condition; wheat, a decrease
of 25 per cent in acreage and 40 per
cent in condition: peaches, 70 per cent
of a crop; grapes, 95 per cent; clov
er and. grasses. 20 per cent less in
acreage ai&d 15 per cent less in pros
pect.
Hancock —Corn, 33 per cent increase
in acreage, and condition average;
cotton, decrease of 15 per cent in acre
age, but crop promises average yield;
oats, a falling off of 44 per cent in
acreage and 50 per cent in condition;
wheat, acreage normal, but condition
50 per cent; peaches, 40 per cent of
a good crop; grapes, 25 per cent above
the average; clover and grasses an
average in acreage and condition.
Morgan—Corn, an average acreage
and 10 per cent decrease in condition;
cotton, 5 per cent increase in acreage
and 10 per cent increase In codition;
oats, 20 per cent off in acreage and 10
per cent off in condition; wheat, aver
age in acreage, but less than half a
crop; peaches, 75 per cent of a crop;
grapes, in splendid condition.
Spalding—-Corn, acreage as usual, in
crease of 10 per cent in probable pro
duction; cotton, 5 per cent decrease
in acreage and 10 per cent decrease in
prospect of production; oats, decrease
of 10 -per cent in acreage and 15 per
cent in condition; wheat, decrease of
5 per cent in acreage and 20 per cent
in condition; clover and grasses, aver
age in acreage and condition; peache3,
40 per cent of a crop; grapes, 95 per
cent of a crop.
Troupe—Corn, 5 per cent increase in
acreage and prospect of production;
cotton, acreage normal, and 10 per
cent increase in prospect; clover and
grasses, average in acreage and con
dition; peaches, 50 per cent of a crop;
grapes 100 per cent.
SOUTHERN SECTION.
Appling—Corn, acreage normal, con
dition ItoUer cent above the average;
cotton, lqßgr cent decrease in acreage
and 10 peJvceut increase in condition;
oats, 10 per cent increase in acreage,
and the condition equal to an average;
peaches, 90 per cent of a good crop.
Berrien—Cotton and corn both doing
well, have an average acreage, and
promise an average yield; peaches
are 90 per cent of a good crop; sugar
cane, 11 per cent off in acreage, with
prospect of an average yield; rice has
an average acreage and condition;
peaches will make 50 per cent of a
crop, and grapes 76 per cent.
Brooks —Corn, acreage and prospect
about on an average; cotton, acreage
normal, prospect 10 per cent above the
average; oats, the usual acreage, with
25 per Cent off in condition; sugar
cane, the usual acreage, and 10 per
cent increase in condition and pros
pects; fruit not very promising.
Coffee —Corn acreage and condition
normal; cotton 10 per cent decrease,
in acreage wlm an average condition
and prospectßugar cane, the usual
acreage, and B condition 20 per cent
off. ■
shows an increase
of 8 per cent acreage and 10 per
cent in condition; cotton gives a de
crease of 10 cent in acreage and
an increase of 10 per cent in condi
tion; in oats thtie is a decrease of 23
per cent in acr.tjige, and an improve,
ment of 10 per cent in condition; in
sugar cane thereils an average acreage,
with a prospect 10 per cent better than
last year; grapW will give the average
yield, but the p'Tspect for other fruits,
peaches especially, is about 50 per
cent of a good clop.
Macon —Cornfchows an increase of 5
per cent in acriage, with the prospect
of an average [yield; cotton, with an
average acreage, promises an increase
of 5 per cent hf yield; oats and wheat
are about % off in production; rice is
35 per cent offiin acreage, but there is
an average condition; peaches promise
87 per cent of p. crop.
Thomas —In this county corn and
cotton are reported to have about 2
per cent increase in acreage, with a
10 per cent decrease in corn and an
average condition of cotton; oats with
4 per cent increase In acreage give
95 per cent in condition; sugar cane,
with an average acreage, promises an
increase of 5 per cent in production;
the prospect for peaches is 85 per cent
of a full crop, and for grapes 100 per
cent.
General Average for State.
Reports were received from 122
counties, and show the following re
sults :
Corn, acreage 103 per cent, condition
and prospect 101 per cent.
Cotton, acreage 96 per cent, condi
tion and prospect 100 per cent.
Oats, acreage 84 per cent, condition
and prospect 77 per cent.
Wheat, acreage 87 per cent, condi
tion and prospect 69 per cent.
Sugar cane, acreage 91 per cent, con
dition and prospect 95 per cent.
Rice, acreage in lowland 87 per cent,
acreage in upland 99 per cent, condi
tion and prospect 93 per cent.
Sorghnm, acreage 99 per cent, condi
tion and prospect 96 per cent.
Clover and grasses, acreage 102 per
cent, condition and prospect 97 per
cent.
Fruit, general prospect 72 per cent,
peaches being 64 per cent, apples 63
per cent, pears 58 per cent and grapes
95. per cent.
Rain is very much needed in most
sections of the state, but good show
ers have fallen in some localities.
O. B. STEVENS,
CommiMioner of Agriculture*
, o+, Jtma J 3,1902.
MARRIAGE ON
COMPULSION
4
[Original.]
Nancy Pollard of Oklahoma was as
ready with the pistol ns any cowboy
in the west. She was a line, spirited
girl and bad hosts of friends and ad
mirers, especially among the young
tnen, most of whom were in love with
her and all of whom would have gone
anywhere under her leadership. Allen
Truman, who owned a ranch, saw her
at a ball, fell in love with her and, be
ing an impulsive man. pilfered himself
to her before the evening’s revelry was
finished. The next morning, or, rather,
the next afternoon, he awoke with a
headache from the wine lie had drunk
and with a very uncomfortable remem
brance thnt lie had acted hastily. He,
brooded over the matter for a week,
then wrote the girl a manly letter,
telling her that he had made the pledge
under the influence of her attractions
which it would not be wise for either
to make good.
Nancy had been caught by the hand
some ranchman. She was shockecf to
receive Truman's note, but was too
proud to show her feelings. She dis
dained to make any reply. Later she
heard that a party of Truman’s friends
from the east were spending the sum
mer wdlh him and then that lie had
become engaged to one of them.
One night in September after the de
parture of liis friends, including liis
fiancee, Truman heard horses’ hoofs
without and, going to liis window, saw
a number of cowboys surrounding bis
house. At the same time there was a
loud knock. Going into the hail, lie
opened the door, and who should enter
but Nancy Pollard! She then and there
informed him that he should either
marry her or her friends would run
him off and make way with him. Tru
man declined at first, but when Nancy
called her supporters he saw by their
looks that they would do even more
than their idol might have wished. He
yielded. A parson who had been
brought with the party was called, and
the marriage took place. The bride,
after assuring the groom that she had
no further claim upon him, rode away
at the head of her cowboys.
When Truman came to explain the
matter to his fiancee, she decided to
break with him. He at once went
abroad. Being a sensitive man, he
could not shake off the melancholy of
his situation. He soon forgot the girl
who was to have been bis wife, but
Nancy Pollard lie could not forget.
There was something in licr lawless
ways, her dasli, her pluck, that kept
her continually in his mind. If she
had claimed him or the support she
was entitled to by law as his wife, lie
would have hated lier. As it was, lie
felt that gnawing at the heart a man
may feel at being scorned by woman.
One morning he received a letter
bearing an Oklahoma postmark and
the name of a legal firm printed in the
corner. Opening it, lie read that Mrs
Truman desired the firm to write him
that she regretted her past action with
regard to him and if lie desired a di
vorce she would oppose no obstacle in
the way of obtaining it.
Truman at once surmised that his
wife desired a divorce in order to mar
ry again. The pain the suspicion
brought startled him. Then it occurred
to him to turn the tables on her. Un
returned to America and to bis ranch,
where he learned that she was receiv
ing attention from a young lawyer, one
of the firm who bad written him at her
request. On the afternoon of liis ar
rival lie sent a note to her, saying that
if she would visit him that evening at
iiis ranch ho thought the matter of
tlieir separation might be adjusted.
Then he paced the veranda till the hour
appointed, when Nancy came gallop
ing down the road. When she hud dis
mounted, lie led her Into the ball where
she had forced him to marry her, then
turned arid said:
“You wislr this divorce in order, to
marry William Tierce of the law firm
of Pierce & Ward. Why did you put
the matter as you did?”
“Mr. Pierce wrote you. I don’t know
what he said.”
“He said that if I wanted a divorce
you would not oppose it. When you
wanted to marry me, you compelled
me. Now”—
“I have always regretted doing so,”
she interrupted.
“Now you wish to be free to marry
some one else. I not only propose that
you shall not do so, but”—he drew a
revolver—“if you will not agree to live
In this house with me, to endure the
sight of me every day, I will kill you.”
“Is this for revenge?”
“No.”
“Then give me your reason.”
“Because I love you.”
Nancy began to sway. Truman
caught her, and she fell into his arms.
“Nancy, give up this marriage. Be
my wife in fact as well as in law.”
“I have no idea of marriage,” she
said.
“Then what does this mean?”
“Mr. Pierce has been trying to per
suade me to marry him and has acted
on his own responsibility.”
“And you love me notwithstanding
my treatment of you?”
“Yes. But how can you ever love a
woman who has put such an indignity
upon yoii“?”
“Let us forget all that It was my
fault that led to yours. Here is a
home already prepared for us, and we
have only to take possession of it.
You are my wife. Do not leave me.”
Nancy insisted on being married
again, contending that the first mar
riage, being by compulsion, was no
marriage at all. There was a grand
wedding, which was attended by the
cowboys who had officiated at the first
ceremony, and they ail grasped the
groom by the hand heartily and in
sisted on kissing the bride.
w ALLEN J. PONDIR.
3 Gallons for $4.50.
1 will ship you 3 gallons of the
'/> best whiskey in the world for only
r $4.50. Order direct from the dis=
tiller and save middle men’s profits.
whiskey is distilled by the best
| process known in North Carolina.
It is absolutely pure and should be
; kept in every home in Anierca. I sell my en
: tire output direct to consumers at wholesale
: prices.
S. L. SHORE,
SHORE, N. C.
>
TANNER and WASHBURN
DOUGLAS, U. j
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
Heavy and Light
<4 Harness,
All grades of Collars, Traces, 1 lames,
Bridles, Halters, Whips or anything to be
found in a first class Harnes and Repair Shop.
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*
Bring your old Harness and Saddles, and
have them repaired, or bring them and swap
for a brand new set, or a good Saddle.
Our Mr. Tanner carries a first class line of light and heavy BUG
IBS and WAGONS. ;
bank.
INCORPORATED IN 1901.
DOUGLAS, - - GEORGIA.
B. H. TANNER, President. O. I I. LOWTHER, V. President.
F. E. SSWEAT, 2nd V. Pres.
W. W. STEWART, Cashier,
■ E. L. TANNER, Assistant Cashier.
ZDIRUEJO'T’OIERS :
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stewart, w. w. McDonald, and. kirklandm:. l. vick-
ERS. jk
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business principals ,
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C. E. BAKER, Cashier.
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./ Here.
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