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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. - - - . 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. * * " 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. - 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