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BILL ARP’S LETTER
Discusses a Visit of Mrs. Arp to
Daughter and Grandchildren.
TALKS IN A HIGHLY PLEASING STRAIN
Revert* to Many Mattera that Will Re
joice Hl6 Better Half When
She Returns Home.
Nty wifo went off to the country to
spend the day with one of our daugh
ters and her children. We expected
her to return that evening, but got a
message that she would spend the
night and the next day and maybe
longer. Thinks I to myself, she wants
mo to send her word to come home,
and I won’t. It hat, been a long time
since the runaway. W’e missed her,
but made no sign. Her chair was va
cant. Her fumlllar voico was no long
er heard. The pantry keys hung si
lent on the nail. Nobody called me
from the window to stop working in
the garden and rest while the sun was
so hot. Nobody to say the flour is
out or the hominy or the lard or some
thing else, for something is always out
at. our house. Little grandchildren
come to see us anff don’t stay
"cos granma ain’t here.” Everything
looks like a funeral. Lonesome laent
the word for it. There isent any word
for the feeling when the maternal an
cestor is not emlBing around; when
wo cant hoar the rustle of her dress,
nor the sound of her voice nor see her
stitching away on some infantile gar
ment or reading over again the last
letter from the far away boys.
But the girls gave mo a hint and
said now was a good time to paint the
kitchen and surprise her, for she has
been talking about those old dirty,
dingy, smoky walls ever and anon once
or thrice in awhile. So 1 opened my
big heart and little purse and sent for
the painter to come eurly in tho morn
ing. He came and did a nice job of it
in a day. Tho kitchen looks like a
parlor. The cook woman caught on to
the surprise party and scoured the ta
bles and the tinware and then went
homo and put on a clean, new dress.
My wife came home this morning. We
gave her a kind welcome, but made
no sign. She was glad to get home
and indulged in more hilarity than us
ual. She cruised around looking at fa
miliar things and places. Soon she
wandered toward the kitchen and we
kept In hailing distanco and watched
her. Suddenly there was a scream of
delight as she looked in at tho open
door. “Well, 1 do declare. Did I ever.”
That Is all she sahl just then, for she
turned and came hastily to me and
kissed me. She took me by surprise,
for she quit kissing me years ago. That
kiss more than paid for the paint and
the painting. These little sweet sur
prises are the best part, of domestic
life. They beat wealth and high life
and political honors and fame, and are
the next thing to religion, for they are
founded in love.
•‘All thoughts, ail passions, all delights
Whatever stirs this mortal frame.
All are but ministers of love
And feed Us sacred flame.”
These are the songs of birds in the
trees—the flowers by the wayside that
comfort us in the journey of life. Song
birds and flowers! There is nothing in
tho wide world that gives such empha
sis to the love of God for His crea
tures. We need food and raiment and,
of course, the human family would per
ish without them. But tho birds and
flowers are extra gifts to minister to
our senses, our emotions. How fortun
ate for us that as we grow older wo
love them bettor. When I was a very
busy man and had ambition to rise in
the world and advance my wife and
children I cared a (.tie for birds or flow
era, but now they are niy especial
pleasure, now 1 understand the mean
ing of that beautiful verse, “Considet
the lilies how they grow. They to-i’
not, neither do they spin, yet Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayaed likt
one of these.” Ho who provideth food
for tho ravens and takes notice of ev
ery sparrow that falls to the ground
will surely take care of us if we trust
Him. I believe there are but two kinds
of flowers named in the Bihlc—the
rose of Sharon and the lily of the val
ley—and these two stand pre-eminent
today for beauty and fragrance. Of
late I have boon watching tho rose
buds as they unfold their leaves and
open into beauty, How wonderfully
they are folded upon the little cone
and every layer Is waiting for Its time
and turn to come forth and breathe
the air and take on colors from God’s
sunlight. No human fingers could re
fold them and make a bud again. The
birth of a beautiful rose is a miracle.
It pnsacth comprehension and excites
our wonder only. Just so is the feath
er of a bird. The microscope shows
the most wonderful mechanism in its
delicately woven fabric—its strength
and its gossamer lightness. Then
look carefully at the frame work of the
seed pods that shoot up from the dan
delion. lingers cannot ap
proach them in structure. They are
exquisite and must come from the
by man. but there is none of the works
of nature. The finest cambric needle
and think and study nature. It would
refine them in thought and feeling and
treite a reverence for their Creator.
How beautifully the great poets wrote
about flowers, One says, “The hum
blest flower that blooms sometimes
gives thought too deep for tears.”
“And ’tis my faith that every flower en
joys the air it breathes.” Some flow
era seom vain and some are modest.
From my window I see the rainbow
cannas and the proud and lofty dah
lias strutting to the morning sun and
not far away are the humble violets
half hiding from the light. Tennyson
says, “Any nose can ravage the scent
of a flower, but only the pure in heart
have a right to." I am an early riser,
and every bright morning I visit the
garden and inspect the flowers that
the night has opened and cut enough
for a fresh vase, at the breakfast table.
The neighbors’ chickens annoy me,
for my garden is their feeding ground
and they scratch the barn yard manure
fn>m my plants. 80 on yesterday I got
some chicken wire and stretched it
along the fence. But I forgot to shut
tho gate and they came in. and when I
got after them they put their heads
through the meshes and got fast, I
had fun with those chickens and they
will not come back any more, The
gardens are line this fall. The second
crop of beans and potatoes are on
hand., Turnip greens and mustard
abound. A few tomatoes are still left,
and my good neighbor, Yarbrough, the
preacher, sends us some of hia fine
ones every few days. His Crimson
.Whirlwind is the finest variety I have
over eeen. Verily the lines have fallen
to us In pleasant places. Day unto
day uttereth speech and night unto
night showeth knowledge. Miss Stone
will bo rescued, I reckon, not because
she is a missionary in a barbarous
country, but because she is an Ameri
can woman. The best opinion is that
sho had no business going there. Our
people have got more sense and are
not drumming up women for mission
aries to uncivilized countries. It is
strange what a passion some people
have for long distance charity. The
statistics show 65,000 arrests in Bos
ton the last fiscal year, and yet Boston
sends missionaries to Turkey and
preachers and teachers for the negroes
in the south. Georgia has only 330
white convicts in her penitentiary,
while Massachusetts, with only a lit
tle larger population, has 1,600, and
New York state, with three times the
population of Georgia, has 3,600 con
victs, besides numerous reformatories
with several thousand inmates. The
truth is, that every state and every
large city has enough of the lawless,
the ignorant and the destitute to care
for, and it is mistaken charity to over
look them and hunt for misery afar off.
But we arc getting along fairly well
In this blessed land and have much to
be thankful for that our northern
brethren have not. May tho Lord bless
and guide the president is our prayer.
The south does not expect 7f!m to Ty
lorize his party on the protective tariff
or any other republican principle, but
It does expect him to appoint the best
men to office, regardless of their poli
tics. And if his party kicks and threat
ens as the whigs did John Tyler, let
him say as Tyler said to Clay and oth
ers,, “Gentleman, you cannot scare me.
My back is against the wall and I will
veto these bills.” Tyler was a noble
man and a conscientious statesman,
but ho was too pure a man to please
either party, and, of course, was not
nominated for the next presidency.
That may be Roosevelt's iate. We
shall see.—Bill Arp. in Atlanta Consti
tution-
TINDALL STAYS IN JAIL.
Supreme Court of Georgia Refuses to
Grant Mandamus.
The supremo court of Georgia re
fused to grant the mandamus petition
against Judge John S. Candler, of the
Stouo Mountain circuit, applied for by
H. C. Tindall, of Macon, former re
ceiver of the Macon Hardware Com
pany.
Tindall was committed to jail by
Judge Candler for contempt of court
because he refused to turn over to the
court certain funds said to have pass
ed into his hands as receiver. He has
asked Judge Candler for a hearing,
but the latter has refused It on the
ground that Tindall has not been suf
ficiently punished. Tindall applied to
tho supremo court for mandamus to
compel Judge Candler to grant him a
hearing, and this petition the supreme
court refuses to entertain. Tindall
must, therefore, remain in jail until
Judge Candler sees fit to release him.
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BRUTE GETS QUICK JUSTICE.
Negro Rapist. Will Jackson. Sentenced
to Hang November 1st.
At Cartersville. Ga„ Thursday after
noon, Will Jackson, the negro who
committed an assault on Mrs. Thomas
Smith, was sentenced to hang on Fri
day, November 1.
The term of the superior court called
by Judge A. W. Fite to try the case
convened at 8 o’clock with a full grand
and traverse jury empaneled. The
grand jury passed on the lifdictment
at once after convening, finding a true
bill, and tho case was immediately
given to the traverse Jury. The pris
oner was given counsel, consisting of
three lawyers, who did their best with
the hopeless case they had.
FOUR KILLED IN WRECK.
Smashup on Mohawk Division of New
York Central Road.
One of the worst wrecks in the his
tory of the Hohawk division of the
New York Central and Hudson River
miles west of Utica, N. Y. Four rail
road men were killed in the wreck and
one injured.
Georgia.’.Cullings
Brief But Interesting Summary
of Happeaiags in the State.
Asoessment Is Upheld.
The arbitrators in the case of the
Savannah and Western railway have
raised the returns made to the comp
troller general on the value of the
road’s property, 3280,535. This agree
ment was reached last Saturday after
noonn in Savannah, where the arbitra
tors had been in session for several
days.
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Atlanta Postal Receipts.
According to the annual report of
the United States postal department,
which has just been compiled, Atlanta
ranks as one of tho leading postoffices
of its class In the country. The re
ceipto the Atlantaofflceare larger , . by
twlce an(1 three tlmes those of auy
oth .i, ^ ,, city ,, with ... the .. exceptiort .
New Orleans, -ae postal receipts
iU At ^ a Jr th6 year jU6t CDdinS
were $3o7,233.
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Valdosta’s Fair.
Valdosta has about perfected ar
rangements for pulling off the South
Georgia „ . fair , . in . great . shape, , the .. , fair ,
will open on October 28 and continue
through the 2d of November. The
features promise to be fully up to
those of last year, and large crowds
are expected. Valdosta’s failure to
get the state fair this year threw the
city upon its own resources to a large
extent, and the business men have
locked hands to make the fair as good
as any that has been held there. The
agricultural features will be unusually
large and attractive, while the live
stock will make up one of the finest
exhibits.
Taxe Rate Causes Kick.
There is considerable feeling ex
pressed relative to the recent tax as
sessment levied by the commissioners
of Floyd county, and it is not improba
ble that the matter will be investigat
ed legally. The commissioners ordered
a tax of $9.56 on the thousand in addi
tion to the regular state tax of $5.44.
It is asserted by some that this as
sessment by the county authorities
transcended the law and was without
authority. They base their contentions
upon the decision of the supreme court
in the 52d Georgia report from Mon
roe county. In this case the court de
cided that no county had the right to
levy a tax for more than 100 per cent
of the state tax and if it is as much as
100 per cent it would have to be recom
mended by the grand jury.
It is alleged that Floyd county has
levied in all more than the law allows,
but it is not known if any action will
be taken in the courts.
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Work of Prison Commission.
The report of the prison commission
to the governor and the legislature,
which is now in course of preparation
by Chairman J. S. Turner, will show
that that body has considered during
the year just closed 211 applications
for executive clemency.
Of these the commission acted favor
ably on 98 and declined to recommend
113. The commission recommended
commutation to life imprisonment in
two capital cases and declined to rec
ommend in three. In other felony
cases twenty pardons and fourteen
commutations were recommended,
while the commission declined to rec
ommend in eighty-four cases. Pardons
were recommended in twenty-four mis
demeanor cases and commutations in
twenty-eight, while the commission
declined to recommend in thirty-one
cases. In ten cases the commission
recommended the removal of civil dis
abilities.
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Status of Soldiers' Home Fund.
That portion of the fund for rebuild
ing the Soldiers’ home, to be raised
by popular subscription, is not yet
complete. Between $1,500 and $2,000
additional at the very least is needed,
Briefly, the status of the Soldiers’
home fund at the close of the past
week, as furnished by Secretary W. H.
Harrison, was as follows:
Insurance paid in ....$10,000
Insurance to be paid.. 9,500
Insurance on furniture 2,000—$21,500
From maintenance fund 2,000
Subscriptions received . 5,000
Total.. . $28,500
Still needed 1.500
Lowest cost $30,000
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Georgia Teachers In Philippines.
All of the teachers who left Georgia
to carry on educational work in the
schools established in the Philippines
have been assigned to their respective
charges, and are said to be meeting
with success.
Prof. D. J. D. Myers, writing from
Manila to The Atlanta Constitution,
states thqt the following assignments
of Georgia teachers have been made:
C. A. Mize, Milagros. Masbate prov
ince. Masbate island: R. L. Moon, San
Paseuel, Masbate province. Burias is
land; R. W. Adamson, Looc, Romblon
province, Tablas island; D. J. D. My
ers, Looc, Romblon province, Tablas
Island.
H. G. Squler Is the division superin
tendent having charge of the schools
in the various provinces mentioned.
All of the teachers from Georgia are
located not more than 150 miles south
of Manila.
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Georgia Awarded Medals.
State Geologist W. S. Yeats received
a telegram a day or two ago from M.
A. Hays, representing the Southern
railway at the Buffalo exposition, giv
ing an account of the awards made to
the Georgia exhibit.
Mr. Hays, while he has been located
at buffalo for the Southern, very kind
ly took charge and supervision of the
Georgia exhibit when Professor
Yeates had to leave to return to Geor
gia. His telegram is as follows:
“W. S. Yeates, State Geologist, At
lanta, Ga.: Jury awards Georgia gold
medal for collective agricultural ex
hibit and silver medals for minerals
and for building stones. Southern rail
way gets gold medal for agricultural
exhibit. M. A. HAYS.”
It appears from the foregoing that
every exhibit placed at the exposition
by Georgia received recognition, in
spite of the fact that Georgia had to
prepare an abbreviated display with
less than $ 1,000 to pay the expenses,
every feature of it met with approval
from the jury that made the awards.
The agricultural exhibit was a very
interesting one. It was composed of
the products of a 25-acre one-plow
farm ^ Marietta> the prope rty of John
A M t The exhibiit included 174
different products, among which were
a i most everything that can possibly
be raised in this country. The exhib
it was got together by Mr. Manget
with the aid of Professor Yeates al
most at the last moment and shipped
U occupied 200 square feet
of space in the agricultural building.
This is the second time within the
last few years that Mr. Manget has
won a gold medal on a collective ex
hibit of the products of his 25-acre
farm. The last one was awarded him
at the Omaha exposition two or three
years ago. He cultivates certain pro
ducts with a view to exhibiting them
and always makes an excellent show
ing.
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Legislature Meets October 23.
The next session of the general as
sembly will meet on October 23d, and
there is much discussion over the state
as to the legislation which will come
before both branches for discussion
and enactment.
Many of the questions which were
up in the last session will again be
raised this year. The question of a
constitutional convention will be one
of the important resolutions before
both houses.
Last year Senator Roland Ellis, of
Bibb, introduced a bill in the upper
house for a constitutional convention.
Representative Hardwick presented a
similar bill in the lower house. Neither
of the bills came to a vote.
Senator Ellis states that he will
urge the passage of his bill this year
for a constitutional convention. It is
regarded in many sections of the state
as necessary that the state should
have a constitutional convention to re
model the instrument that has now
grown in conflict with many customs
and conditions of the state.
In case the bill for a constitutional
convention fails, Representative P. M.
Hawes, of Elbert, will present a reso
lution as an amendment to the consti
tution limiting the power of taxation
in the state.
Under the present law regulating
the tax rate of Georgia, the general
assembly is given the right to fix the
maximum for the rate and the exact
figure at which it should be is decided
upon by the governor and the comp
troller general.
Under Mr. Hawes’ bill the maximum
tax rate will be fixed and the general
assembly will not be given the discre
tion of making It to fit the appropria
tions.
Another important bill which will
receive much attention will be that
providing for local taxation for school
purposes. This law is warmly support
ed by State School Commissioner
Glenn, who is in a position to see the
needs of the small communities of the
state, in providing school facilities for
the children of the state.
Mr. Glenn has prepared a spe
cial address to the members of the
general assembly and embodied it in
his annual report. This bill will be
presented among the first of the com
ing session.
Representative Howard, of DeKalb,
will push his bill for the taxation of
public utility franchises.
The question of finances will con
sume much of the time of the session.
The state is now faced by a deficit of
about $300,000.
BOY’S BODY IN BAG.
A Mysterious Murder For New Yorkers
to Feret, Out.
The dead body of a 6 -year-old boy
was fouhd in a burlap bag early Mon
day morning in an areaway at 361
West Twenty-second street, New York.
The body was clothed only in a pair
of light cotton drawers and except for
a laceration on the abdomen there was
no mark of violence on the body.
The body was identified by Sydney
Ryan, a cook, as that of his son, Al
bert. Ryan said that the last time he
had seen the boy alive was Sunday
afternoon at 4 o’clock, when he was
playing on the street in front of his
home.
RUSSIAN SUGAR DUTIABLE.
Baltimore Judge Upholds Contention
of Collector Stone.
Saturday Judge Morris, of the Uni
ted States circuit court at Baltimore,
handed down his decision in the Rus
sian sugar bounty cases, upholding
the action of Collector Stone in levying
an extra tariff duty of 70 cents a hun
dred pounds on sugar imported to this
country from Russia by Robert E.
Downs, a commission merchant of Bal
timore.
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Water Works, Nashville.
“Not one-half the fuel required National, the best
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We will offer $5.00 in gold
to the party bringing us
the THREE HEAVIEST
TURNIPS grown from seed
bought of us.
A fresh supply of seed of all
kind just received.
J. B. RYALS – CO.
Bagley’s Store,
This - Week = Only:
<<1<W<I<<I Sugar, 17 pounds for $1.00.
10 pounds Coffee, ( high grade ) for $1.00,
3 cakes Soap, worth 10c. going at 5c.
17 pounds Rice for $1.00,
50 pounds Best Flour for $1.15.
50 pounds good Flour for $1.00,
3 boxes Potash for 25c.
7 boxes Giant Potash for 25c,
DRY GOODS, SHOES, ETC.
SHOES, worth §3.50, at $2.87. SHOES worth §1.75 at $1.48.
U (( 3.00 at 2.28. c< u 1.50 at 1.18.
<» u 2.00 at 1.68. 1.25 at 87c.
<< ct 1.00 at 78c. SLIPPERS worth 1.50 at 78c.
U u 1.25 at 68c.
HATS worth $3.50, at §2.98. HATS worth $2.00, at $1.48.
HATS worth 2.50, at 1.98. HATS worth $1.50, at 98c.
£jgPNICE LINE OF TRUNKS. £«TA FULL LINE OF PANTS
OVERALLS, SHIRTS, DRAWERS, UNDERSHIRTS, OUTINGS, CALICOES
CHEAPER THAN EVER BEFORE.
L. K. BAGLEY.
Albany Sc Northern Railway.
To Take Effect 5 A. M. Monday, June 19, 1899.
Central Time Standard.
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