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EASTMAN, GA.
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JXO. K. DKLACY. JAS. bishop,
BeLACY k BISHOP,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
Eastman, Georgia.
Practice in the state and federal courts
J. E, WOOTEN.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Eastman, Georgia.
£JF~Officeat McArthur's Land
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W. M. CLEMENTS,
Attorney at Law.
Eastman, Ga.
Practice in State and Federal courts.
Offices in Citizens’ Bank Buildin.c.
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D- M. ROBERTS. E. B MIT.NER.
ROBERTS & WILNER,
Attorneys at Law,
Eastman, Georgia.
Office in Merchants and farme Buna,
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W. W i^shhiirn. Pres. £.. J. Peacock
M. H. Edwards, Vice Pres. \V. N . I-ietch.
Park ffarper, Cashier. J as C. Williams.
Citizen’s Banking Co,,
Eastman, Ga 1 3
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May 15—tf.
K&roe- San?.
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A Japanese Boy Who Was
fully Disgraced—^The Stigma
Was Erased In Battle.
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Shall l teil you the story of little
Kame? It is a name to be spoken
with reverence.
Kame was the son of Xori-san. one
of the uo caste, which indicates a
tiller of the soil. He lived near the
village of Kioto. His home was one
of luaa - v comforts for a farmer whose
chief source of revenue is a rtcefleid.
a small grove of mulberry trees and
an orange orchard.
Kame was the youngest of five. It
was his duty to carry the trays of silk¬
worm cocoons to the thatched sheds
where the women dropped them into
boiling water, gathering with branches
the invisible skeins to spin into visible
threads.
One bright morning Little Ivame was
seated with his venerable father be
fere the cottage. Kori-san had been
telling him tales of his forefathers, of
their heroism in the great wars of the
Shoguns and the rebellion against the
Samauri. Kame fell asleep, much to
the elder’s displeasure, his young mind
filled with golden images and moving
armies inspired by triumphant song.
Then the itinerant barber came plod¬
ding up the dusty road from the vil¬
lage. As ail the world knew, the bar
her was the district newspaper, as it
were, who, while manipulating his
queer tools, told everything he knew,
It was in the midst of a recital of
the possibility of pig tailed invasion
over all the land that a note of terror
escaped the old man's lips. The little
dreamer at his side awoke with a
start, and ia so doing overturned the
i barber's box of queer combs, bottles,
boxes and razors. The barber's au
gry reproof was supplemented with a
growl from Xori-san, thus disturbed
iu his toilet and the more important
j news of rite coming war.
“Lad,” ho cried, "have 1 taught thee
to sleep amiti such perilous times?
(Jet thee to tlr* sheds and flail rice till
tlio sun goes down. Tomorrow, may
hap. thou wilt have come to thy
senses.”
Kame arose, convinced it: Ids heart
that he 'had done no wrong, hut lit*
held bis peace, moving toward the
sheds to bear his penance bravely.
; Soon he was joined by his father.
Kame did not salute him deferentially,
after his familiar manner. The parent
waxed wroth.
“Son,” lie cried, “what have 1 taught
thee to say to thy betters? Where art
thy manners toward thy father?’’
The hoy only bowed in humility, then
resumed his task greviously. The eider
i seized his heavier flail and took posi
; lion at flu* other end of tlx.* mat.
Suddenly the comb foil from the
! father's freshly barbered hair. He bent
flown to recover it ere it be broken by
the other’s flail.
Instantly the tip of Kamo's swift
| flying Hall struck the bowed head with
an appalling sound, and the old man
pitched forward on his face in the rice
and lay quite scill.
Kame’s blood froze in hie heart. He
oould uot move—could not c-ry out as
* yet. Then he uttered a wild moan,
sinking . . by , the , still .,. form. , «ob ... nng d .
spairiugiy. Then came brothers ami sis
tens, neighbors and passersby, lifting
the quivering form, dashingnvater into
the drawn, drab wrinkles, and that
image of death resumed a Emu an as¬
pect once more.
Kame watched it all as in some hide
OI1S dream, and when at Last the fa
tiler’s eyes opened the boy fell upon his
face, throwing the rice chaff over his
head in token ot sorrowful petition,
But the elder recoiled from Km.
“Son.” cried he. “thou art my first
disgrace and sorrow. O unnatural one
that would be guilty thus of the crime
of crimes—to strike a father down!
What'. Art thou possessed of a devil to
fall so low?"
Then turned the old man to his elder
son at his side, crying. “Go. Ta-ke!
tQ t j le village and ask of the
learned judge. Siban-quam. what shall
be the penalty upon the son that
strikes a father. Go!” And the brother
sped away.
The messenger returned. “The ora¬
cle of the law. O father, demands that
a black cross shall be ta ftoed upon the
offender’s brow.” he said with much
solemnity, “and hvnc-e shall the ingrate
be driven an outcast upon the face of
the earth, homeless and despised.”
And so ere nightfall was little Kame
branded with the curse of ingratitude
aud sent forth an outcast forever.
Fair Umay, the daughter of the silk
weaver down the valley road, stood at
the edge of her garden of popples.
Suddenly she recogniz 1 Kame. \vh
she loved. The lad was so changed
[Rat she scarcely knew him.
Blit the young man, shuddering at
the soun cu of her voice, su~'-: *- to his
as tr e swept his hands cr ’t* ire L.s
forehead, - ‘Oh, Umay-san!” h ft E oaned.
“Go away. I pray thee. Go, that I
may not defi i e with even a glance one
g0 ., ure and good. For, behold. O
daughter of the just gods, i am hence
forth an outcast, branded with shame.
I struck mv father!
“Oh, dear little Umay-sau! Thou
whom 1 love so much—thou wilt heark¬
en and believe me. Listen. I pray
thee:"
And then he told her all. even from
the beginning, ending again and again,
“It was an accident—Oh. before nil that
is sacred to us, little mother of my
heart, it was an accident. I meant no
wrong, and yet. thou seest. here”—
And tragically he pointed with his pale
fingers to his crime stained brow.
“Go to the shrine of our fathers yon¬
der,” she whispered. “There remain
prostrate before them while 1 go ami
•dead thy cause.”
Soon did fair Uma.v return, but her
heart was heavy, “lie bade me from
his sight forever, even cursed me,”
she moaned. “Go thou forth into the
world. O Kame-san." site added, em¬
bracing the penitent. "Go forth, but
take comfort, for in spirit 1 shall be
ever with they.”
For weeks he wandered. One day
he happened upon a newly mustered
regiment of soldiers. They were on
their way to the transport ships for
China and the wars, and his prayer
found willing ears.
The way was bard and the strife
one of peril and much blood. But step
by step, by valor and strength as well
as wisdom, Kame-san arose from the
ranks, for there was none such as he
now in battle—he was ever in the van.
At the siege of Port Arthur it was
Kame-san who led the charge through
the ranks of the enemy to the heights;
then at last, in hand to baud combat,
in which four Chinese swordsmen went
down before him, Kame himself was
wounded unto death.
Five months later fair Umay was
bowed in dreams among the poppies by
her native valley road when site saw
strangers moving up from the sea.
There were two men, with scarlet
crosses on their antis, and upon the
reed couch which they bore lay a fig
ure, quite motionless and pale as death
itself. Though dressed in the garb of
an officer, ids bead was swatiled in
bandages, the fond eyes closed.
"Oh, Kame-san! My Kame-san!" she
wailed. "Is it indeed thou whom I
love? Where bast thou been? What
means it all?" But the soldier re
pressed her with a gesture. “Follow,”
he commanded in a weak whisper.
Xori-san. the venerable, was seated
before his cottage, bowed in thought,
He was contained by wonder of the
fate of ids beloved sou whom he had
sent forth in anger, marked with a
curse, thoug'li lie deserved it not.
As the litter approached and the
wounded one upraised, Kamo's blur¬
ring eyes scarce recognized that bent
frame and attitude of sorrow.
The old man struggled forward.
“Thou, my son?" he faltered. “Is it in¬
deed tliou returned to me?" Outspread¬
ing ids arms, he sank from sheer weak
ness in the dust.
The soldier wrenched his body from
the litter, gaining Ins feet. Then ho
cried, “Y'es. father: it is indeed thy
son. But fear not, for the curse upon
his brow is wiped away in blood. Be¬
hold, Kame-san is again worthy of his
fathers and of thee. O beloved one,
though the price he a soldiers life and
a maiden s broken ixau t.
Aud thus did the jeto of I oit Arthur
snatch the bandage riom t x- matted
Brow, disclosing tbo wound v. lieu- the
black cross of shame had been slashed
away by the sword of tin* last defender
of the fallen fortress, and so fell dead
at his father’s feet.-Criteriou.
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..j tpU you D1 Bathurst has the
keenest bathing suT of any woman
flown here.”
“Ilow do you know?”
“All! 1 have exceptional opportune
ties. My wife bathe* with lx-r. It's
black corded silk, low necked, no
sieevas. doesn’t come to the knees. (;w
like a glove and lias coral buttons.”
“H’m: Sounds rather fetching. 1
must have a look at it myself.”
“Don’t you wish you might, my boy*
Why, Di is a very dragon of prudery.
Never goes beyond the tidies' bathing
place. A squint through a telescope
is all you'll ever see of it.”
"A woman doesn't wear a bathing
suit like that for tin* sake of other
women, 1 bet you a fiver i'll have a
closer look at it.”
“My dear Tom. I don’t want to ab¬
solutely rob you of your money.”
“I bet you a fiver—ten. if you like—
and to prove that I’ve won your mon¬
ey fairly PH bring you one of those
buttons.”
“Talte him on. dear boy,” said the
third man who was sitting iu the
smoking room of the Seaside club,
“Never lose a chance of turning an
boaegt penny when you can.”
“Very well.” said the married man
much. Ten ... if .. like, ...
wlio knew so you
j, ut v>( . must hare a time limit.”
"Certainly,” said Tom Bolton; “with
in a week.”
.* It „-jij come in very handy to buy
prcsent f or the wife’s birthday n< t
week,” said the married man, niaki :
note in iis pocketbook. “And it
vif! teach you a lesson you want, my
hoy.”
But Tom only smiled serenely as he
settled his tie in front of the glass
"Whichever way it goes, one of \ a
fellows will have to stand me a hot : e
of fizz over it." said the other m a nr.
Diana was bathing. She pluug !.
dived, rose. swam, floated, trod wn
splashed and kicked like a verity e
mermaid, only the pure blood ran un.i t*
joyously In her veins than did ever a
cold blooded sea maiden's, ami a pair
of slim, white feet are a much prettier
conclusion to a beautiful body than a
tall. and golden tresses, in the opinion
of humans, are preferable to the ortho
dox sea green.
It was rough, for a smart south
wester was coming up, ami the rest of
the women bathers bobbed timidly up
and down at the life line, but Diana
rose up on the comb of si wave like a
south sea islander and laughed aloud
with pure physical Joy as she shook
the drops from her eyes and drew in
a full breath.
At the end of the pier a man was
bathing. Site could see his dark head
at times above the crests of the waves.
Why, what was he doing, splashing
about like that? lie had gone under
and rose again, striking out wildly.
“Help! help!” rang frantically over
the water.
A thrill ran through her. Site an
swered to the call like a high mettled
horse to the touch of a whip.
“All right: 1m coming, site cried
rihI cleft the water with swift, power
ful strokes. Site lost sight of him once
or twice, for t lie spray was flying high,
and out toward the pier it was ticklish
work, lest the current should carry
her against the piles, but site swam
on gallantly.
Ah. there lie was. almost spent,
floundering and gasping wildly.
“Here, rest on my shoulders; I'll get
you to the steps,” she ordered: but
danger seemed to have bereft bint of
ins senses, for lie clutched frantically
at her. gripping her gown.
“Yoil’ll drown us both if you do
that.” she said Imperiously, and man¬
aged to relax iiis grasp.
She got him to the steps more easily
than she expected, and he hauled him
seif up, gasping for breath and look¬
ing at her with grateful eyes as she
stood beside him, the water dripping
from her black gown and miming in
little streams over her noble shoulders
and strong white arms, the closely
clinging stuff showing every outline of
her splendid shape.
“You are not hurt anywhere?” she
queried, quite forgetful of sex.
“Xo, no. It was only cramp.” lie
murmured. "I—I can get to the boat'll
now. I don't know how to thank you
enough.”
“Oh! that’s all right.” said Diana
easily. “Here’s a boatman coining.
He’ll get you some» brandy—that's
about the best thing you can have.”
She turned about and plunged again
Into the sea. iter golden head growing
less as sin.* neared the short*.
Tom Bolton unclosed his left hand,
and looked with a smile at a red coral
button.
.. Well rve won my b et. I thought
would fetch her. and It was worth
a great deal more risk than that. How
HU1 >,,,.p K |„. looked as she stood there
j )JlIlt iiig, ns unconscious of her costtuno
as W!l8 ,. V( , r pve.”
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can’t quite believe it. Diana. It
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iseemfs l00 d To truo .”
“Why?" • said Diana. She was wear
ing a white gown, she Latl taken off „
Rer hat and the sea breeze just ruffled
the little golden tendrils round lx-r
forehead. They were hardly darker
than the frail sea popples she was ear
rying in her hand.
“Because I am not worthy of you. I
don't know why you should love me,
Diana” >.g
ut love llJpVor yoo say so.”
“Ah, I do uot! I worship you. I-I
feel I should like to kneel and kiss the
hem’*of your gown.”
“Only tin- liem of my gown?” The
eyes, on a level with ids own, smiled
frankly Into his. The kiss fell—not on
the gown. It fired bis veins like potent
wine,
“Diana, tell me why you love me.
If I could think of any reason why
you should, I should fed safer."
She frowned a little as if reflecting.
“I tliink it began when wk- x I
saved your life. Ah, if 1 had becu roc
late, 1 should never have known what
—love meant. Her voice broke on the
word,
would have loved ? nn<- one
else.” • said quickly. lie would not
face what underlay his speech.
“Xo," said Diana quietly. "I think
not.”
"It is the wrong way round, I ought
to have saved your life.”
“It is more of the century as it is.
But. Toni. 1 want you to be very care
ful. If-you have the cramp once, you
are always liable to it again. Promise
me you won't go loo far.”
“1 promise you anything you like.”
lie was holding down his conscience
with a rutlih-ss band, but tlx* delicious
gravity . that , had , | overcome the smile ..
she began with made it struggle bard.
“Isn't it time we were going in?
The moon is rising."
“It must be the sun ■ i • We
have only been here a i it. or an
eternity. Time does not exist in Para
disc.”
“But it docs here. i;
be scandalized/
•'I wonder whether Eve trimmed her
conduct to suit her neighbors."
"They were only wild beasts.”
"Not tame cats? Kiss me once more.
Diana. I can't believe in It. I shall
step out of Paradise Into the every
day world and find it is only a blessed
dream.”
"Come back into Paradise again and
dream again.”
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"You see, l thought it was only my
fluty to let you know." said the mar
ried man's wife. Site had strong no
tions ot fl uty . aud Tom Boston had
once been platooically her property.
"Thank you. It was quite right.”
“1 said at the time it was a most
coarse and Impertinent wager, but
most men are horrid about women."
Diana said nothing. Perhaps she
uas too busy watching the silvery
p a tli the now risen moon made on tlio
water,
“So when 1 saw you walking with
him 1 thought you ought to know. I
W as sure you wouldn't encourage his
attentions for an Instant if you knew.”
“You were quite right,” said Diana
again.
“If girls had any Idea of the way
men talk in clubs and smoking rooms
they would never marry, never.”
-l think not.” said Diana, and
i aug jj e fl
was standing by tlx* open u in¬
flow, and the fading yellow (topples
f c n jj or paufl to the road bc
“What a heavenly night!" said the
married man's wife, coming over to
j )t , r ••you are shivering! Have you
caugllt c . 0 | ( jv**
"Oh, no!” said Diana. "It—It is tlio
change of atmosphere!”
* *
: But let me explain! Give me at
least a hearing! Diana, you shall hear
me!”
She did not even draw the gown
from the grasp lie held upon it., but the
scorn in her eyes took all power of
dofen.-e from him.
"Explain? You made me the subject
of a vile jest. You triumphed iti your
miserable success. When you can ex¬
plain that away. I will believe in
you!”
"Diana, set any penance on me. try
me as you will. I swear 1 love you!”
"Love! What do you know of love?
You have shamed, t ked, insulted
me, hut you shall not degrade me with
your love. And l thought- oh, if L
Were but a man! But you arc too piti¬
ful for revenge! Only never dare to
speak to me again!"
She turned and left him in tile sun¬
light. and he watched her go, speech¬
less and hopeless, for tu very truth ho
loved her.
"Well, that's over.” lie said aloud,
hut Ids laugh was not steady. "It
seems to me I have played the part of
Actaeon with singular success.” anil!
then, under his breath. “Oh, what a
cursed, despicable fool a man can be!”
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Two Di-ollisot K y West.
Ki.v West, Dipt. ‘A—Communication
with Key West by tlie rest of the world
has been cut off by the orders of Dr. J.
y Porter, executive offi<-r of the Flor-
1( j a scute board o; health, on account of
two deaths and several cases which
have been diagnosed as yeilow lever.
The dead are Dennis Kigali, Jr., deputy
collector of customs a- Key West, who
was takou sick early mtho week, and a
boy named Cosgrove. Both wero buried.
tllls morn ing Five eases additional
have been diagnosed as yellow lever
and seven suspicious cases are under
surveillance,
Dlatrlct Attorney Fired ('[ion.
Charlotte, N C, Seat. 4 .—A spe
c ial to The Observer from Greenville X
n A'T' \%r\ X -i i , u lh . " UCt
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a waiting t thedapoc
tor a train, Mr. J'. S. .Sheppard
confronted bun and *aid: “You d_d
scoundrel, you ruined my home,” and
fired. The bail missed; Bernard ran
into the wai tin groom, closed the door,
climbed out of a but: it window, got into
a buggy, drove into the town atxi swore
out a peucj warrant agaiast fc-hepparu.
A New Kh it way < 'bartered.
Raleigh, Sept. 4.—The state charters
the Southport, Wilmington and West
era railway, it w'iil be ffO miles long,
from Southport to YYi.mington, and
Pmiauelpkia capitalism are its backers,
George H \\ .;•>•• being the principal
owner. The survey wiii begin immedi¬
ately. This road i- to ■ o« extended
northwest. It is given authority to Lay
ana operate ocean and river 'steamers,
and to build warehouse*, grain CiO
valors, wkarve .s cir i docks at WiJmiag
ton aud Sou tu port.
Priz-s Kor Wheat Growers.
Greenwood, S. C., Sept g —It has
been decided, in oruer to stimulate
wheat growing iu the county, to offer
cash prizes for the largest yields of
wheat per acre grown during the com¬
ing season. Several public spirited citi¬
zens Lave taken the matter iu hand and
the details will be annc-anced iu a few
wee k;j
K.xports 1- rein P.-ii-. a-oln.
Pensacola, Fla . Sept. 4 —Theaggre
of foreign exix— :* fr >m Pensacola
month was :Jl,!4 , a IT. The value
exports in Ang sf. Ihfis. was
and in August, tK