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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 Bbiood ? Physicians call 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. wten Chills, ■B£at and a gen- iater on, cure you ||||||g||njr Prevent ■JHPHm rr, a r. u l a c - tel- t -ted 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 - Jr. In 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. SADDLES A SPECIALTY. * 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 : I?. (1. TANNER, O. 11. LOWTHER, E. L. SWEAT, W. W. stewart, w. w. McDonald, and. kirklandm:. l. vick- ERS. jk All accommodations afforded our. customers'consistent with’good business principals , ; Zbz Wmonfianhma Company. * /'ncorpora led ! 80S. J. M. ASHLEY, President, J. S. LOTT, V. President. C. E. BAKER, Cashier. DIRECTORS J. J. LEWIS, ELIAS LOTT, J. M. ASHLEY, J. S. LOTT HENRY VICKERS, J. W. QUINCY, JOHN McLEAN, Accounts of individuals, merchants and corporationssolicited. Tifig era Hebron TDcrC, Fitzfjerald, Ga. Iron and Brass Castings, Machinery Reparirs, Belting, Saws, Shafting, * ' * Pulleys, Boxes, Pipe and Fittings and Valves, And a Lull Line of Mill Suppiles Always Carried in Stock. Prompt Service and Reasonable charges a spec ialty. Highest cash prices . k * Paid for Scrap iron and Brass THE DuVALL ART STUDIO, O 2 ®' z~z -s Do all kinds of Photograph work in *1 40^^'t the latest styles. Minatures to Cabinet ■' Sizes, Enlarging to any size desired, fit- Vr\V&{? ted in artistic frames. Also Gold Rim ' i D hoto Buttons. Call and see us. I Du Vail Art Studio, J Up=Stairs Overstreet Building, ©4j Douglas, Qa. NORTH CAROLINA CORN WHISKEY ~ A $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $3.00 per Gallon, Direct to Consumer Saving Middlemen’s Profits. All Express Charges Paid by me on Packages of two Gallons or More. Terms--Cash With Order. Write for Descriptive Circular. Reference, Commercial Agencies or any Merchant ./ Here. J. H. Woolley, Cherry ville, N.C.