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BILL ARP’S
Bartow Man Makes Pathetic Ap
peal For Orphans' -Home.
TCUCBINS STORY OF AN EPIDvMiC
His Own Mother Was Be rdft of Her
Parents at the Tender Age JOf
Seven, But Fortunately Fell
Into Loving Hands.
Ninety-nine years ago today Rob
ert Emmett was executed for high
treason. I wonder how many of the
old school boys have spoken his .speech
—his beautiful speech—-in defense of
himself and companions for the Irish
rebellion, and their attempt to seize
the arsenal and the arms in Dublin and
set Ireland free. I wonder how many
of the modern school boys .ever heard
of Emmet, one of the noblest, purest
and moat eloquent patriots in ail his
tory. It took a smart boy, a .gifted hoy,
a good, kind-hearted boy, to speak that
speech with feeling and pathos. Chan
Holt could do It, and he was the only
one of our set who could make the
turkey bumps rise on our spines and
our hearts go pity-pat as he stretched
himself a little higher and exclaimed:
“Let no man write my epitaph. Until
Ireland is free, let not my epitaph be
written.” He had been already tried
and convicted, and when the stem old
chief justice asked him if he had any
thing to say why sentence of death
should not be pronounced, he made
this speech. The judge could not con
ceal his emotion, and all the court was
in tears. Robert Emmet was a very
great man. Although but 22 years old
at his death, he was the peer and com
panion of Curran, Grattan and Philips,
and the friend and college mate of
Thomas Moore, the poet. When exe
cuted he was engaged to Curran’s
daughter, the beautiful Sarah, and
Tom Moore has written a charming
poem about their sad and broken-heart
ed destiny. Had it not been for Sarah
'and'"TiIs"Ibve,' “firth m61 wcrald not- have
been tried, for he and his fellow pa
triots, who- were leaders of the rebel
lion of 1798, had already escaped, most
of them to America, but Emmet lin
gered for Sarah's sake and was ar
rested and tried for treason.
Among those rebels who escaped to
America was a young man named Ma
guire, who landed at Charleston and
settled there. He had some means,
and began business as a linen mer
chant, and prospered. Not long after
this he married an orphan girl, the
daughter of a sea captain, and they
lived happily together. Two children
were born to them, James and Caro
line. No children ever had more lov
ing parents, no parents ever had more
loving and lovely children, and for
years there was no foreboding of any
calamity or affliction that could or
would befall them.
But now, as next Saturday, the 28th,
is Orphans’ day, my ruminations that
began with Robert Emmet have, with
out design, brought my thoughts along
down to this Maguire, who was one of
his friends and compatriots. I wish
to tell the young people a little story
about what happened to James and
Caroline. It may read like a romance,
but it is all fact. The story will tit
the day that is to come, the 28th, and
will fit the orphans at the home, near
Decatur, and those at Clinton, in South
Carolina, and those anywhere and ev
erywhere, for it is a fact that 10 per
cent of all the children under 12 years
of age are either fatherless or mother
less. Orphans are the wards of the
nation, and are as much entitled to
our care and maintenance as are the
blind and the deaf. Charity to help
less, friendless children is one thing
we can all agree upon. We may differ
in politics or religion, but charity is
a universal sentiment. The man who
loves his fellow men and sympathizes
with them in their distress is forgiven
for his faults, for charity hidetn a mul
titude of sins. A man may gamble or
cheat or drink or lie, but if he is good
to the poor and friendless it balances
the scales. It is a Dutch story that
Jacob Snyder kept a mill. When he
died and knocked at St. Peter’s gate
for admission, the good saint said,
“Jacob, you did keep a mill down in
the lower world, and you did some
times take too much toll—thee cannot
come in.” “Ah! goot saint, dot is
true,” said Jacob, “sometimes ven de
vater vas low and de stones vas dull,
I did take a little too much toll, but I
always gave it to de poor.” The good
saint pondered and ruminated long,
but finally said, “Jacob, Jacob, I will
let you in, but it do strain the gate.”
In the summer of 1815 the yellow fe
ver, that awful scourge, visited
Charleston, and in a week’s time had
swept the people away by thousands.
It was several days before the panic
became universal, and then all who
could go fled in terror; but in hun
dreds of families one or more were ta
ken and could not leave. Maguire anu
his wife were taken the same day.
They lived twenty-four hours and were
burled by night in the same grave.
The little boy of 9 years was hurried
away by a kind-hearted man. and the
little girl of 7 by another. Just then
the order came from the board of phy
sicians to remove all the children im
mediately, and Janies was hurried on
a schooner bound for Boston, and Car
oline on another bound for Savannah.
They did not meet nor kiss a sad fare
well, nor knew of each others’ fate
nor where they were going. What
grief was theirs! What briny tears:
Bereft! Bereft! that is the word, for
it means snatched away. Yes, I knew
something about these orphans, for
this same Caroline was my mother,
and many time® have I sat at her knee
and listened and wept over the sad
story of her orphanage. How in a day
she lost her parents and her brother,
and was left alone Without a remtive
this side of the sea.
She was placed in the orphan asy
lum in Savannah and was cared for
by good people until she was 10 years
old, when one day a good lady came in
a fine carriage to choose and adopt a
child. The orphans were all clad in
their best garments and gathered in
the great, big company room and af
ter they were seated the grand lady
went round and round talking kindly
to one and another and after long in
spection stopped at Caroline and said,
“I will take this- one.” The poor girl
was alarmed and cried with grief at
being separated from those she had
learned to love. The great lady was
the mother of Rev. Dr. Goulding and
the grandmother of Frank Goulding,
who wrote the pretty story of “Young
Marooners.” In the meantime Caro
line’s brother had been placed in an
orphans’ asylum in Boston, and after
two years he was taken home by a
wealthy gentleman of Randolph, who
had an only daughter and no son. This
daughter James married when he was
21 and they received the old man's
blessing and a good estate. In vain,
and in vain, had Jame« visited Charles
ton to find some clew to his lost sister
and sadly he returned and mourned
her as dead.
Caroline was sent to school at old
Midway, in Liberty county, where she
made good progress in her studies.
Her teacher tooK great interest in her
aii'd 1 kTfidry'Ws’ite'd'Wkri'eston.a-md.jayj
vertised in the city papers for her
brother, but learned nothing. When
Caroline was 15 her teache- becr.mc so
deeply grieved over her sad »ud lonely
fate that he married her and here I
am. Again he advertised in several
papers, and at last in a Boston paper,
and said in good, large type, “If James
Maguire, whose parents died of yellow
fever in Charleston, S. C., in 1815, is
living he can find his sister, Caroline,
by addressing the undersigned.” He
saw that. A friend handed it to him
in church one Sunday and there was a
scene. He came to Georgia by the
first vessel that was bound for Savan
nah. From there he came to Law
renceville, where my father was then
living, I was then bat t yeais old,
but I remember the meeting and no
pen can describe it. fhe young peo*
pie must imagine the rest. When last
in Savannah 1 visited the very ground
and reverently looked upon the place
that gave my mother a welcome and a
home. If I am anything that is worthy,
I owe it chiefly to my mother and she
owed all that she was to an orphanage,
Friends, do not forget the day nor the
deed that should be done. It will pay
in the long run. Maybe it will open
St. Peter’s gate to some who have ta
ken a leetie too much toll. Forty
times are the fatherless mentioned in
the Bible. The word motherless Is not
there, but the word fatherless includes
all orphans in the translation. Let
us not forget the day nor the deed. A
dime or a dollar or more given will be
like lending it to the Lord. Send
to Rev. H. S. Crumley, No. 20C Oak
street, Atlanta, Ga. I know him well
and love him. His life work is for
the orphans.—Bill Arp, in Atlanta Con
stitution.
WILL ERECT MONUMENT.
Atlanta Citizens Start Subscription
For Building McKinley Monument.
A magnificent monument is to be
reared in Atlanta, Ga., to the memory
of President McKinley. Already the
movement has struck a popular chord
and contributions aggregating more
than $2,000 were made Thursday at
noon during a mass meeting of citi
zens held at the city hall.
It Is proposed to erect a splendid
shaft in honor of the martyred presi
dent, and the movement is one which
will appeal alike to the people of the
state and of the south, as well as those
of the capital city.
SHOT HIS WIFE DEAD.
In a Fit of Jealousy Savannah Man
Commits Cowardly Crime.
At Savannah, Ga., Friday morning,
Louis M. Ashby, a white man, shot his
wife in the head with a revolver. The
woman died at 2 o’clock, and Ashby
was jailed. The crime is believed to
have been prompted by jealousy.
Ashby is descended from the famous
Ashby family, of Virginia. He and his
wife recently separated.
Georgia/.Cullings
Brief But Interesting Summary
of Happenings in the State.
For Circulating Libraries.
County School Commissioner T. R.
Bennett is working hard to establish
circulating libraries throughout Ware
county for the benefit ot the schools.
Wife Murderer Surrenders.
Ix>wls M. Ashby, the white man who
murdered his wife in Savannah last
Friday, has given himself up. Board
ing a train at Guyton Sunday ho sur
rendered to the conductor, who car
ried him back to Savannah.
Central Buys Steamer.
The Ocean Steamship Company has
acquired the Plant System steamer
LaGrande Duchesse. The announce
ment is made by President John M.
Egan, of the Central of Georgia Rail
way and Ocean Steamship Company,
who has just returned from New York,
where he went to meet officials of the
Plant system with reference to the
purchase of the steamship.
Peach Trees In Great Demand.
Young peach trees for planting pur
poses have within the last two months
doubled in price in Georgia. The great
est craze the state has ever known
over peach trees has seized the plant
ers, and the nurserymen of the Btate
are now unable to supply the demand.
Two million trees have already oeen
sold this year, and the nurserymen
say if they had the trees they could till
orders for thousands ot them that they
now have to turn down.
To Elect Representative.
An order, signed by the governor,
has been issued from the executive de
partment calling for a special election
for a representative in the lower house
of the general assembly from Ogle
thorpe county, ’t he election is t ■ be
held for the purpose of naming a sue
lessor to fill out Hie unexpired term of
Hon. Joseph McWhorter, who died re
cently. It is incumbent now upon the
county to call
this special election at the earliest pos
gibie date, the same, however, not to
be held until twenty days’ notice has
been given to the qualified voters of
Oglethorpe.
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Tifton Cotton Mills.
Owing to the difficulty in securing
the proper man as superintendent and
the death of one.of the best citizens
and leading spirits in the Tifton cotton
factory, Mr. L. G. Maynard, the mills
were not opened last August as was
intended, but will now be ready
to begin work within the next week
with a hundred or more experienced
operatives. For the next few months
the mills will be run on double time.
The opening of the mills has been
looked forward to with much interest
by the people, feeling assured, as they
did, that it would mark the opening of
an era of prosperity and business de
velopment.
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Banks In Good Condition.
Sterling G. ’’rner, of the state trea
gury department, has just returned to
Atlanta from a tour of examination of
various banks throughout the state.
Mr. Turner is now at work compiling
a r lrd of the result oj. his examir.a
tions pursuant to a call made upon the
B tate banks for a statement of their
conditions at the close of business on
September 5th.
“The banks,” said Mr, Turner, “aro
in exceptionally fine condition through
ou t, the state at this time. I do not
think the death of President McKinley
has had, or will have any effect on
banking in Georgia.
“The farmers of the state,” he con
tinued, “seem to be in the midst of a
prosperous era. They aro paying their
notes at the bank before the paper is
due, in some instances as much as
two months before maturity.”
Guard Was Honored.
Tho Gate City Guard, of Atlanta
was the only outside military company
to take part in the McKinley funeral
obsequies. The Georgia company not
only was the recipient of the most un
stinted courtesy and consideration al
the hands of the people of Ohio, bul
was the honored guest of afl the mlli
tary. The Guard occupied the right of
the line and with all of the troops
thrown into column of companies, the
Guard was the first military company
of the procession. This honor, high
and distinctive, accorded the Guard
was over the heads of 5,000 men of
the national guard of Onio, they being
the only troops in the procession ex
cept the escort from the regular army
which surrounded the president's cas
Ket,
Hutchins Selected as Umpire.
Charles S. Northen, representing the
Southern railway, and Railroad Com
missioner Pope Brown, representing
the state in the tax arbitration pro
ceedings between the Southern rail
way and the state, as to the value of
the terminal properties of the road at
Brunswick, have notified Comptroller
General Wright that they are> unable
to agree and that they have agreed
upon Judge N. L. Hutchins, of Law
rencevllle, as an umpire.
The value of the terminal properties
at Brunswick of the Southern railway
iR said to be about $100,000. Mr.
Northen and Mr. Brown were unable
it is said, to get nearer than $10,000 of
the same figure.
A meeting of the arbitrators in tlu
returns of the Savannah. Florida anu
Western railway will be held in Savan
nah on October 26th. For some time
an effort has been attempted to arrive
at a reasonable figure for the value of
thu terminal and the wharf properties
of this company, but the arbitrators
have not yet been able to agree.
Limited to Mineral Exhibit.
At a meeting in Atlanta a day or
two ago of the exposition commission.
composed of Colonel W. A. Hemphill,
Commissioner of Agriculture O. B.
Stevens and Stato Geologist Yeates.
it was decided that owing to the lira
ited funds at the command of the com
mission only mineral and geological
resource exhibit would be made at the
Charleston exposition.
Notwithstanding the manner in
which the commission has been handi
capped, the display, which will be
made under the direction of Professor
Yeates, will be a very handsome one,
and worthy of the state in the particu
lar lines displayed, but it is regarded
as almost a calamity to the welfare of
the state not to have an exhibit of its
agricultural, horticultural and other
resources at the exposition.
The exhibit to be placed at Charles
ton will be very much the same as that
now on view at the Buffalo exposition.
There will be some additions, which
Professor Yeates is now engaged In se
curing.
The inability of the state to make a
better showing is due to the small
amount of money the last legislature
appropriated for the purpose.
Druggists Take Appeal.
The injunction case brought by the
Jacobs Pharmacy Company against
the Atlanta Druggists’ Association,
which has been decided by Judge
Lumpkin, in the Fulton county supe
rior court, in favor of the plaintiff,
will he carried to the state supreme
court. Tho case has been hard fought
to the present and will continue to be
until the highest tribunal in the state
has flna , ly pasged oa it
Tb6 (j ec j g j on 0 f Judge Lumpkin is
sajd to tJl(? flrst „ nder anti-trust
Iaw pagge< j py the Georgia legislature
jn The Jacobs’ Pharmacy Com
pany fl] e( j a bill seeking to enjoin the
Atlanta Druggists Association and
two otller associations of drug dealers
from f orm j ng an alleged ^ combination
at ' , aingt its business.
It was alleged as”an th at j ac0 b s had been
d e . s j gna ted aggressive cutter and
that efforts were used to prevent him
buying 'goods from wholesale houses,
T]l0 Atlanta Druggists’ Association
claims that ail it did was merely for
uie protection of its members.
u j g s ta-ted that ease's of a similar
nature have been brought in other
states. Much law was introduced at
the hearing before Judge Lumpkin,
an( j (he question of the constitutional
0 j tbc an p]-trust law played a part,
If you hava something to sell, let
the people know it. An adverticement
in this paper will do the work.
SCHLEY'S COUNSEL WATCHFUL.
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Partisans of Sampson Havo Little
Chance to Got In Biaoed Testimony,
Only one new witness was Intro
duced Saturday In the naval court of
inquiry which is Investigating the con
duct of Admiral Schley during the
Spanish war. This witness was Com
mander Seaton Schroeder, who was ex
ecntlve officer of the battleship Mas
sachusetts during the war and Is now
governor of the Island of Guam. His
testimony dealt with tho cruise of tho
flying squadron from Cienfuegos to
Santiago and the bombardment of the
Spanish ship Cristobol Colon- as she
lay in the harbor at Santiago on May
31. The commander said that the
cruise was not as expeditious as it
should have been. He also said that
in the bombardment of tho Colon tho
fleet had not acted as deliberately as
the commander in chief had announc
ed it to be his purpose to have It act.
While Commander Schroeder was
giving his testimony, Judge Wilson,
counsel for Admiral Schley, sought to
have him make a comparison of the
distance of the fleet from the shore
under Admiral Sampson after the lat
ter officer had arrived and took com
mand, but the Judge advocate object
ed, and Mr. Wilson withdrew the ques
tion, saying, however, that he did so
temporarily, and that he woulu raise
the point at a later stage la the inves
t.igation.
Will Aid Tobacco Workers.
t Wednesday s meeting of the
American Iteration of Labor at
Washington it was decided to aid the
Tobacco Workers International union
In its fight with the American, Conti
nental. United Stato* and Lovell and
Tobcutoo
COURT RECONVENES
Schley's Counsel Gains Import'
ant Point at the Outset.
FACTS, NOT OPINIONS, WANTED
Ramsay, Successor to Howison, Proves
Satisfactory to Admiral Schley.
Higginson Put Up As the
Firet Witness.
The Schley court of inquiry recon
vened at Washington Friday and be
fore adjournment examined four wit
nesses. The most important incident
of the day was the decision of the
court withdrawing a question, put by
ltselfl nsklng , wltneBS .
the 00,11-1 a
* lve his opiuion ooncernin S a P oint ia
contr oversy.
The witness was Rear Admiral Hig
ginson, who participated in the San
tiago campaign as captain of the bat
tleship Massachusetts. This vessel at
one time was a part of the flying
squadron commanded by Commodore
Schley, and the court asked him to
state whether all possible measures
were taken to capture or destroy the
Spanish vessel Crlstobol Colon as it
lay in Santiago harbor from May 29
to June 1, 1898.
Counsel for Admiral Schley objected
to the question on the ground that a
reply would involve an opinion and
not a statement of fact. Judge Advo
ca ( 0 Lemly admitted that the prcce
(j Pn t s were against the questions of
this character, and the court with
drew the interrogatory.
jt j s generally admitted that this de
cision will have the effect of material
ly shortening the term of the court, as
will also the court’s manifest inten
tion to cut out irrelevant questions
and all hearsay testimony. In several
cases the witnesses were admonished
to relate only events coming within
their own observation. Admiral Dew
ey showed himself a prompt and meth
odical presiding o fficer. He called the
c ourt to order eactly at The dcsTgnaferf
hour and adjourned it just as promptly
at 4 o’clock. The attendance of the
public was small.
The court was called to order by a
simple word from Admiral Dewey.
Tlu ‘ lirst or(,Pr nf business was the
carting by Judge Advocate Leml; of
order of the navy department ap
Pointing Rear Admiral Ramsay to a
on the court in place of Rear Ad
mira l Howison, and when this was ac
complished, Captain Lemly turned to
Admiral Schley and asked him wheth
ev he bad objection to urge against
any member of the court. The admi
rai arose as this question was asked
and replied, ”i have not.”
Tlie judge advocate then swore the
members of the court collectively and
was in turn sworn in as judge advo
cute. The court then retired for eori
sulfation. The withdrawal was for the
purpose of discussing the methods of
procedure.
At 11 o’clock the court returned from
its consultation. Judge Advocate
Lemly, addressing Admiral he* Schlev as
=‘ t [ l€ applicant” asked if had anv
suggestions to mako as io the method
0 f proceeding whether he had some
thing to offer or desired that hr (Lem
]y j proceed Thp aclmiial ' ! res rspnm ended e
w)th a nod nf th hpa , ' niove 0
the hand “Go ahead ’
Mr. Lemly then presented the report,
of the bureau of navigation for 1898
a hydrographic chart of the West In
dies and adjacent seas and other
charts. He stated explicitly that they
were introduced not as testimony, but
as books of reference.
“Will they preclude the introduc
tion of original documents?” Judge
Wilson asked.
a *- a "’ was reply. “On the
con tcary. we shall desire to introduce
tko original document when opprx
tunity offers.’
Admiral Higginson, commander in
p hief of the north Atlantic squadron,
was then called as a witness. He was
nn the stand for some time.
Secretary Gage Buys More Bonds.
The secretary of the treasury Friday
purchased $1666.100 long-term, 4 per
cr n f bonds at 140.
CARTER CASH SEIZED.
Erwin Discovers $200,000 Which Was
Embezzled and Hidden Away.
Through the recovery of $200,000 in
cash and securities in Huntington, \V.
Va., the government authorities now
have possession of about $360,000 of
the funds embezzled by Oberlin M.
Carter, f ormer captain of the United
states engineer corps at Savannah, Ga.
The announcement of the seizure
wag ma(Je jr^y by Marion Erwin,
6peclal agslstant attorney general of
the United States, who is no*v in Chi
rag0