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has issued from
Sltioa Board a circular
Wliag attention to tho
elementary drill and
formation of School
the first stop toward
stem long in voguo in
tes.
Ktic Bo are apt to attribute onr
B'tiormal changes to the disturb
electric balance bo
§|h dud atmosphere, by tho
lite nso of electricity, we have
Kn to South America, where
aenco of any electrical appli
oe temperature of Bueuos
B from au average of 62.8 to
he shade. In such tempora
h not surprising to find one
S and twenty cases of sun*
jkl heat prostration in a singlo
h ninety-three of them fatal.
: question for discussion
I tcipitatod in Chicago with
o public school polity. Thero
i submitted to tho Board of
HR I o u tho for its separation actiou a of resolution the sexes
fourth grade has boon passed,
tee who is in management of
ment says that “tho inherited
I home training of many of
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our cosmopolitan schools
bawlh as to mako them desir
aUimis for girls. Tho lau
ter ii may hear on any of
m our
:tl fn I boys bears this out.”
ie’’o ffice Department wishes to
’edTi tho practice of largo mcr
jStog their stamps of small
Postmasters of a certain
yy paid according to their
i, and hence thoy have in
jS \ users of many stamps to
cither through friend
f*»U rough pecuniary induce
L P5t]largely d increasing their
p^rgo .ould afford to offer dis
buyers of stamps and
Hi |y money. By giving tho
Special stamps tho dopart
tfs to abate this “evil,” nt no
|0|at cost of bitter artistic
’^tweeu jb-jo cities. This, liow
fdiilfttelists. more than offset by tho
itl
pVe anything cunning in calling
Kao has his nock stretched a
Pci'k? I I | It is word funny for or that witty?
$ e correct ex
Ml ,'d when it is spoken those
£|||r F'i.Does it laugh. Why do they
the word do anything
Mjjku stato what, appears to bo a
MBal v worth noticing? A man
Would it be cunning to
by that word? And who
P^Miocout words these extra
§?$&? It was a fad to call old
W ^%iestuuts. Thero was no rca
L Thero was not fun, or wit.
i Id stupid. And yet tho word
twas adopted for that purpose
ajKit many otherwise seusiblo
; ■ Who can account for these
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As Pyle, the soap manufacturer,
■ew days ago at his homo in
■pk City. It was when located
ricinity of the old Tribune office
It, Pyle, who had become ac
m a with Horace Greeley, learned
f £ of that advertising iu which
vard expended sums aggregat
lliono. Ho was the first to util
—Ivertisements tlie letters “0_
Mbeir business significance of
Bfect.” He had read tho ver
Ejhe Il>y origin of the use of these
Jackson as an indorsement,
Si struck by their catohiuoss.
Rxtonsive employment of them
5 d ly did move thau any other
olraise them to the dignity of
Jr term and au established
j d institution.
plibought up wholesale at Yau
iSaud examiued for germs of tho
Whaye failed to show any, and
Ah aid to disprove the theory that
ntt ■Ary the said germs about with
is well for humanity, espeei
■jlthat part wearing skirts, that
f * Dontitious terror of the rodent
■aiis removed. It had terrors
feu, before. It is also pleasant to
f that one of tho causes for the
Id of disease is no cause. Wo
fcrays discovering 3otue now way
®ch wo can catch tho measles
^atagoniaus A, and such distant
and so seldom find a way by
te«e can avoid catching them,
u \vill probably never become a
»Cf|omestic animal; but we can
on him with a kindlier
Vwk as he gnaws our things
*,.£• traps.
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By SEWARD W. HOPKINS.
(Copyrljht, by Robert Eoxser’s Sosa.l
CHAPTER I.
Tho groat oceanic masterpiece,
Monowni, swung slowly and gracefully
from her dock at Sau Francisco,
pointed her sharp prow westward, aud
headed for the romantic, and now his¬
toric port of Honolulu. The day was
a tine one in September, and must of
the passengers stood on the deok
watching the maneuvers of getting
under way and, later, gazing ut tho
receding shores of California.
On board the Monowai, my pretty
sister, Winifred, a id Ynyself, Thomas
Warringford, were bound for Hono¬
lulu, to make our homo with our
paternal uncle, whose name was the
Name as my own. Winifred, as I have
said, was pretty. She was at this time
eighteen years of age, tall aud grace¬
ful, aud her namo fitted her well. She
was winning. She possessed a charm
of manner of which I hoard many
friends speak highly. I was very fond
and very proud of my lovely sister.
There was nothing remarkable about
me. I was a few years older than
Winnie, tall enough and strong enough
to take care of myself among ordinary
men, not so ugly in njipearance as to
attract attention — nor handsome
enough to attract attention either.
Our father and mother were dead.
Mother had been from us a good many
years, and father had, a short time be¬
fore our taking ship, succumbed to an
attack of fever. He had been a suc¬
cessful merchant in New York, and
had left us fairly well provided for in
the matter of fortune. Further, he
had placed us under the care of his
brother, to ivliose home we were now
Wo knew but little of UueleThomas
Warringford. Ho had not been in
America in a good many years. We
knew, however, from what our father
had frequently told us, that Uncle
Tom was a bachelor, very rich, and
lived on a largo sugar plantation in
the island of Oahu, upon which the
town of Honolulu is situated.
Upon receiving news of my father’s
death, with the facts I have already
given, Uncle Tom immediately wrote
tis a long aud very affectionate letter,
urging us to comoat once to his home,
aud make it our own.
Ho portrayed vivkl i y tll0 bea uties
of the climate and the luxury of tho
life in Oahu, and under his urgent
invitation it was not a difficult matter
for us to decide to accept his invita¬
tion and obey our father’s wish.
Therefore, we had hurriedly
arranged our plans, packed wliat goods
wo wished to retain, sold the rest of
the household belongings, aud crossed
the continent to San Francisco, to
embark on our five days’ ocean voyage.
YVe, like tho others on board, were
on deck, actively interested in every¬
thing that was going on. Wo stood
noar the rail. I smoked, Winnie
talked, and chains rattled. Sailors
shouted, passengers kissed friends
good-by, and other friends waved
adieus from the dock head.
There was no one to see ns off, so
we amused ourselves watching tho
tho leave-takiug of others.
We had not been long on board
when a tall, powerful figure among
the passengers attracted my attention.
“Jove!” I said to Winnie. “There’s
Arthur Gordon.”
“And who is Arthur Gordon, Tom?”
she asked.
“That tall fellow over there, lean¬
ing against the pipe, looking utterly
disconsolate.”
“But who is he?”
“A good old Harvard chum, Best
fellow you ever knew. Now, I won¬
der wliat brings him ou board tho
Monowai. I am going over to speak to
him.”
I crossed to where Gordon stood,
and slapped him on tho back before
he knew wlio it was.
He turned, aud with a smile greeted
me.
“What! You here, Warringford?
Whither bound?”
We shook hands heartily, and I told
him why we were there.
“And you? What are you driving
at?” I usked.
“Not a blessed thing,” replied Gor¬
don. “Been in the worst kind of
luck ever since we left Harvard. You
kuow I tried medicine. Well, the
money gave out and I had to give it
up. Tried the road for a wholesale
drug house, but they failed. Don’t
know whether I caused the failure or
not, but at any rate it threw me out
again. Then I boxed around from
one thing to another, managed to
scrape a few hundred dollars togeth¬
er, hut could settle on nothing that
held out a future. Then I got a fever
for a change of country in my head,
aud I read so much about Honolulu
that I thought I would pull up stakes
aud tackle the old lava-bed and see if
there was any chauoa to do business
there.”
“Good! I am downright glad of it.
We shall have some fine times there.
Come, I will introduce you to my sis¬
ter Winifred.”
We three got along splendidly. Gor¬
don was famous good company, played
a good game of chess, draughts or
cards, and we whiled away many ail
hour that would have been tedious
but for him. I think Winnie liked
Gordon from the stnrt. I did not
wonder at it. He had been the cham¬
pion at college games, and had won
friends all through liis life. I knew j
'hat no on* could help liking Winnie,
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So it seemed but natural that nfriend
ahip should spring up between the
two.
Tho fourth day out tho passengers
begun to show that nervous activity
which is always to be seen on a ship
about to make a port. There was the
bustle and anxiety of tho nervous wo¬
man who fears that something will
happen to interfere with tho proper
discharge of her luggage. Then thero
was tho man in a hurry, who walked
the deck impatiently, as if he thought
ho could have driven the steamer nt a
greater speed if he had been asked to
help. And the man whose luggage
must be put off first was with us. But
the most important of all the universal
types was the man who had been there
before. He was here, thero, every¬
where. He formed one of every group.
Ho waylaid the lonely passenger and
informed him that the appearance of
the water indicated our approach to
tho islands.
“There!” exclaimed a man who had
been there before, pointing ahead.
“There is the gem of the earth!”
A hazy cloud could bo seen in the
distance, telling of the presence there
of high mountains.
“Mercy!” ejaculated the nervous
woman. “Are those mountains all
volcanoes?”
“No, madam,” blandly replied the
man who had been there before, glad
of an opportunity to once more instruct
his audience. “The large volcanoes,
of which you have doubtless read, are
not on the island of Oahu, toward
which we are speeding. Two are on
the island of Hawaii, the largest of
the kingdom. The largest crater of
all, though now extinct, is Haleakala,
on Maui. The mountains which you
sea now were volcanoes long ago, but
are now covered with verdure, and
hold, ready for tho hunter's rifie,
of beasts.”.
“Goodness gracious!” again ex¬
claimed the nervous woman. “Don’t
they swoop down oil Honolulu aud eat
up the inhabitants?”
“No,” replied the man who had been
there before, apologetically. “They
never swoop, and they eat mostly
grass. They are wild cattle which
havo probably escaped years ago from
the plantations.”
“We are learning something,” said
Gordon, with a laugh.,
Winnie smiled.
“We shall know all about Hono¬
lulu,” she said, “It is better than
going into a place an utter strandfer.”
“There is Cocoa Head,” said the
mail who had been there before. “See
that promontory to the south? That
is it. Now, in two liour3, at this
speed, we ought to see Diamond
Point, then Honolulu itself. Ah,
wliat a place that is! The gem of the
footstool!”
With strong glasses we could dis¬
cern trees and rocks and Hills. Here
and thore we could see white, shining
houses on the plantations. The man
who knew all about it said ho could
see moving Chinamen, Portuguese and
others working in the fields. No one
else could, but, then, we had not been
there before. But we were getting
nearer very rapidly.
“There’s Diamond Point!” shouted
he of the experience. “In three hours
more we will be in Honolulu Bay.”
“I would like to avail myself of
your knowledge of Honolulu,” said
Gordon, to the man who liad been
there before. “I am a total stranger
there, and would ask what hotel would
serve mo best—a hotel cheap but
good. ”
“No, no!” I said hastily. “Gordon,
you must come with us to the planta¬
tion and make it your home until you
have some settled plan to follow,”
“Now, Warringford,” replied Gor¬
don, “don’t tempt mo. It would not
do. I thank you a thousand times for
your kindness, but I cannot allow my¬
self to accept. I have come to Hono¬
lulu expecting to plow my own way,
and I must do it.”
The man who knew it all gave me a
withering glance, as though my inter¬
ference was a direct usurpation of his
rights. Aud he hastened to reply to
Gordon, lest 3omo other interloper
rob him of the cherished opportunity.
“Hotel, sir?” ho said. “There is
but one hotel in Honolulu worthy of
tho name. Hotel? Why, the Nuuanu
House is the ouly place in the whole
island where a traveler can be treated
half-way decently. Don’t think of
going to any other, I implore you, for
your own good. At the Nuuanu the
table is good, the beds clean, the ser¬
vice is excellent, the prices cheap.
Thero you have all the essentials of a
first-class home. Try the Nuuanu
above all others.”
“I havo heard ”of the Royal as be¬
ing—”
A pitying smile broke up the face of
the man who knew.
“The Royal,” he said, interrupting
Gordon, “my dear sir, was a good
home once, but it is played out. I
tell you in candor, my friend, that
you will find comfort iu no hotel in
Honolulu except the Nuuanu. More¬
over, I am going there myself, and if
you will allow me to bo of service to
you, I will take charge of your lug¬
gage and see that you are comfortably
put up.” you,’’^replied ^
^“1 thank trouble Gordon,
“but I could not you to that
oxteut.”
“Trouble! Who said trouble? Not
I, sir! Now, I assure you the Nuuanu
is the placo to go. I am going there.
*««rtcf»don —good name.
Here's mine! Not so pretty, but sub¬
stantial, eh?”
He gave Gordon a card, wbioli ho
read, then, with a smile, handed it ta
mo- It said
•gAV’'-
;
;
JOLLROY SEACAMP, ;
PnoraiETon Ncc-;*u 'Iocsc,
Honolulu. ;
Mr. Heaoamp rushed away to attend
lo Gordon’s luggage.
“No wonder be was loud in prais¬
ing bis own hotel,” said Winnie, with
a laugh. “I hope you will find it as
fino as it is pictured, Mr. Gordon.”
“I hope so, too,” said Gordon;
“but there is a lurking doubt in my
mind, Still, I can do no less than
try it.”
“Get ready to go ashore,” came the
order, and we went to our state¬
rooms to get our traps in shape for
landing.
CHAPTER II.
Winifred and I were met at tho
wharfin Honolulu by Uncle Thomas
Warringford, whose gray head bobbed
and whose kindly eyes became suf
fused with tears when he greeted us.
I think it was Winnie’s mourning
dress that touched him most, reviving
in his mind memories of my departed
father. He wrung my hand and called
me “My boy!” Then he smothered
Winnie with kisse3 and folded her in
his arms and patted her cheeks until
she wept softly in sympathy.
But we spent little time on the dock.
Uncle Tom gave some orders to his
man, who accompanied him, and our
luggage was carried out to a wagon,
which started off before we were fairly
over our greetings. Then he led us
to a carriage, a low, comfortable rock
away, and, taking the reins himself,
drove away. I sat with Uncle Tom on
the front seat, and Winnie sat in state
behind. Uncle Tom’s horse3 were not
of the fiery, prancing kind. They
were more like himself, substantial,
well-fed and capable of doing a tre¬
mendous amount of work.
Around tho dock the placo did not
look unlike other Southern ports.
There was tho same dirt, the same
number of odors and the same crowd
of idlers lying about on tho walls or
piles of freight. There were Chinese,
Portuguese and a sprinkling of Mexi¬
cans. Among them there was also a
number of good-natured-looking peo¬
ple of a dull copper color, who were,
as Uncle Tom informed us, types of
the natives of tho islands.
Whon we had passed the blocks of
low buildings of the business quarter,
we turned into a broad, level street
lined by houses both modern and com¬
fortable in their aspect.
“This is King street, children,” said
Uncle Thomas. “It is not the finest
street in Honolulu, but it is iu some
respects the most important. The
palace is on this street.”
Of course, Wftfnie and I were alive
with interest and were noting every¬
thing and everybody tbat we passed.
One fact that surprised me was tho
domestic and homelike appearance of
the place. My idea of the Hawaiian
Islands, taken from books written by
people who knew very little about their
subject, was a confused mass of mis¬
sionaries, heathen, lazy and dirty na¬
tives, overpowering heat and several
other things jumbled together, all
more or less undesirable. What I act¬
ually found was a business town, upon
the streets of which walked Americans
and Englishmen as well dressed as my¬
self and seemingly energetic and pros¬
perous. Stores of all kinds, of invit¬
ing cleanliness; drygoods, groceries
and staple manufactures temptingly
exhibited in windows and showcases;
carriages of the rich equal in appoint¬
ments to any in New York.
As we rolled along, we passed other
vehicles, to the occupants of which
Uncle Thomas bowed or spoke pleas¬
antly. Aud I noticed with a sense of
gladness that he was treated with a
show of great respect by all.
“That was Mr. Williams, an English
sugar-planter,” said my uncle, as a
tall, finely appearing man passed ns,
mounted on a large bay horse. “Will¬
iams never rides in a carriage. He is
perpetually on horseback. He is a
good neighbor.”
Next a heavy carriage came rumb¬
ling along, with a portly man sitting
stolidly upon the seat in great dignity.
He bowed slightly to my uncle, who
acknowledged the salute in kind.
“My, uncle!” said Winnie, laugh¬
ing. “That man must be a prince or,
at fied least, he a duke. Justuses how digni¬
is.”
“No, Winnie,” replied Uncle Tom,
smiling. “We have ]no dukes and
princes here. Our royal family is
small. A queen and princess are all
wo can boast of, and they are quite
enough in their line. That gentleman
is secretary of state to the queen. He
practically controls, so far as ;the real
business interests of the kingdom are
concerned, all the islands. But it is
rather a selfish rule we are under.
Still, we must not complain. We have
many blessings for which we are thank¬
ful.”
Again a heavy carriage met us. A
huge affair, upon which appeared the
royal arms of England.
“The British minister,” said my
uncle.
The Englishman bowed and waved
his baud at our carriage, ’and Uncle
Tom lifted his hat. The British min¬
ister was much older than my uncle.
“We are seeing all the celebrities at
once,” I said,
(To he continued.)
i CuliSdat Random.
Llttld Bmnitge To Fruit.
Few reports have beeu received at
i l ,, he . department: . , , » the ,, , last
in
few reading the effect of the
cold weather on the fruit crop of the
state, but it is not believed that any
considerable damage has been done.
j While the cold in some localities was
severe, it is not thought that the crop
was far enough advanced to materially
injure the early buds.
Pay I ii B Out School Fund.
Over $200,000, one-fifth of the
school fund of the state, is being paid
out by State School Commissioner
Glenn,
This is the first payment of the
year and the checks are being sent to
the chairmen of the county school
commissioners in every county where
the statement of expenses for the year
thus far have been rendered.
The fund is apportioned according
to the school population of the differ
ent counties,
The amounts to be sent to the presi¬
dents of the boards of education of
the several counties of the state vary,
? om ? of tbe least popu
luted counties securing a very small
8UCJ - but sufficient to maintain schools
for tbe number of children in the
county.
The teachers, regardless of location,
are paid the same, but are in grades,
regulated by the system of the entire
state school machinery.
The statute relative to the payment
... school teachers provides that they
sba ^ bu P a ’ <l monthly, but it has beeu
tbe custom of the county commission
ers seu< ^ fheir statements as of
tea “ 8 tbat - aud wbiIe S0lne of them
reee i ve money from the department
every mouth, the greater number wait
a l° n 2 er time, aud about five payments
are Iaadfl each year,
^is ?^ be appropriation is about $1,000,000, for the schools leaving
year
8800,000 to be disbursed during the
remaining mouths of the year,
Atlanta Park Bill.
A Washington dispatch says: The
Atlanta national park bill was placed
on the calendar of the national house
of representatives Saturday, aud it
will come up for debate and a vote in
the house in a tew days.
* * *
Temporary Receiver Appointed,
D. Robinson as trustee for $75,000
of the bonds of the Marietta
mill, through his attorneys, filed a bill
in the Federal court in Atlanta for
appointment of a receiver.
William T. Newman issued an order
calliug on the defendant to show cause
before him in this city, March 24, why
the petition should not be granted. In
the meantime the judge named Mr.
Moultrie M. Sessions as temporary re¬
ceiver. Mr. Sessions has been em¬
powered by the court to borrow $10,000
to be used in paying off the debts of
the concern.
The litigation is said to be a friend¬
ly affair aud to have for its purpose
the reorganization of the company.
The Marietta paper mill is one of
the largest iu the south and has a
large output. It is said to be one of
the few large mills in this country
that are not controlled by the paper
trust, aud for that reason the outcome
of the present litigation will be await¬
ed with much interest.
A Sensational Suit.
A suit brought by the city of Atlanta
against the Anniston Pipe and Foun¬
dry company and the Howard-Harri
son Iron company for $50,000 has beeu
filed in the United States court at Bir¬
mingham. The city alleges that a trust
has been formed among the pipe men
for the purpose of advancing the price
of piping.
It is also alleged that the city has
been tbe victim of the conspiracy in
regard to the bids on piping. Tho low¬
est bidder has always been, it appears,
the Anniston company, which the city
appears to believe was arranged for.
Bonds Knocked Out*
Jones county held an election last
Saturday for bonds to build a new
courthouse and jail. The election
went against bonds by not getting the
required number of votes. There will
be another election on April 4th to de¬
cide whether the courthouse shall be
removed to Gray’s or remain at Clin¬
ton.
Fuller rronilspn to Talk.
Allen Fuller, the negro who was
convicted of the murder of Mrs. Eu¬
genia Hamilton Pottle aud who is now
under sentence of death in the Macon
jail for the crime, was seen by a cor
lespondent a few days ago and said*
that he would tell something very soon
about the crime which would startle
the people. It will be remembered
that while the trial was on Fuller in¬
timated very strongly that he was paid
money to put Mrs. Pottle ont of the
way. His lawyers did not allow him
to bring out that point, however, and
since then he has been silent. He in¬
timated as much by saying tbat he and
old man Bedd were not the only ones
who knew about the killing. He told
the correspondent that he would be
ready to tell all in the next few days.
Sew Gold Slinlng Knterpriw.
The Nacoochee Mining and Manu¬
facturing Company, a big new gold
mining enterprise with headquarters
and main offices in Atlanta, is the
latest addition to the list cf Georgia’s
•resource developers.
With a capitalization of $5,000,000
iu view, tbe promoters of tlie enter¬
prise have applied for a charter for the
gold mine to White county superior
court, and the operation of the rniue
will begin as soon as the charter is
granted. It will be operated on a
more extensive scale, it is said, than
any gold mine in the south.
The property is in White county, in
the third, fourth, fifth and sixth dis¬
tricts. The acreage is more thau 20,
000 acres, and it is claimed by the
owners that the richest veins of gold
ore east of the Rocky mountains are
located on the property. There are
several large gold mines in the imme¬
diate vicinity of the property, all of
which are paying handsomely, but the
TactiWws. _________
tt iir but fifteen miles
Clarkesvllle from the point on
property where the main part of
machinery and the mining
will be erected.
Sheriff ItoHNtH Iiailtir.
Sheriff John W. Nelms, of
Lias had published a signed
regarding the release of “Pegleg”
liams from the Tower on bond,
which he roasts Bailiff’ Gibson,
Athens, for the statement that
officer has made to the effect that
status of affairs in Atlanta was
resented to him by Jailer N. A.
tain.
Dr. Nelms does not mince words,
but asserts that if Bailiff Gibson
the statement attributed to him, he
has grossly misrepresented the case.
The sheriff even uses stronger
guage. He alludes to Bailiff Gibson
as the “lord high bailiff,” aud also as
the “pretended deputy sheriff.”
Ho charges that the officer from
Clarke county was not attending
strictly to his duties, but was “tak¬
ing in the city and seeing the sights,”
wheu he should have sought to
the warrant for Williams to
Nelms or his deputies.
Dr. Nelms says that no warrant was
tendered him, and, as Williams offered
bond and the case was bailable, be ac¬
cepted the security and released the
prisoner.
No New Trial For Lucas.
At Decatur, Saturday, Judge J. S.
Candler heard a motion for a new trial
in the case of Will Lucas, the negro
who killed Robert F. Davis, on the
night of May 12, last year. The judge
overruled the motion, but the attor¬
neys for Lucas will carry the appeal
to the supreme court. Lucas has been
tried twice for the murder of Mr.
Davis, and at the last hearing was
sentenced by Judge Candler to life
imprisonment.
* * *
Big: Electric Power Plant.
The announcement that a big elec¬
tric power plant is to be established
at Talassee shoals means a great deal
for Athens and vicinity. The middle
Oconee river at that place will be
made to yield 1,000 horse power, and
that power will be rented to manufac¬
turers in Athens. The furnishing of
cheap electric power is expected to be
an inducement to prospective inves¬
tors.
Textile Machinery Plant Assured.
The plan to locate in Atlanta the
plant of the Southern Textile Machin¬
ery Company i3 meeting with the
greatest success and enthusiasm among
the business men of Atlanta. It is
only a question of a day or so before
the required subscription of $100,000
will be completed in the city.
Atlanta’s Interstate Fair.
Work on the subscription list of the
southern interstate fair . for Atlanta is
proceeding with a rush, and soon the
necessary amount of $15,000 which will
he used as a guarantee fund, will be
in hand.
The merchants and business men of
the city are alive to the importance of
making the first of Atlanta’s interstate
fairs a glittering success, and have en¬
tered into the movement with com¬
mendable enthusiasm. The state fair
last fall was in the nature of an ex¬
periment, but that experiment proved
so successful that every merchant in
Atlanta appreciates fully the manifold
benefits he will derive from future
successes.
Gainesville I* Lucky.
A deal was closed at Gainesville the
past week by which the Pacolet Manu¬
facturing Company, of Pacolet, S. C.,
secured control of 85 acres of land on
which is located the famous New Hoi
laud Springs property, on which they
may erect a $1,000,000 cotton mill.
The matter has been worked very
quietly and with great care, and by
the deal Gainesville secures one of
the biggest cotton mills in the south.
HEAVY SNOWFALL.
rCi*-oni Unprecedented For Tills Time of
lenr, According To Bureau.
About eight inches of snow fell j»t
Washington Thursday, a record mob
abJy unprecedented for that locality
for this season of the year. Reports
received at the weather bureau shew
that the storm prevailed over a great
extent of the territory of the Missis¬
sippi, beginning with a slight fall in
northern Louisiana.
Quite a heavy fall of snow occurred
in New York. The storm reached the
borders of New England and extended
through that region. Colder weather
followed the storm, the temperature
falling to the freezing point throughout
■ large area of the south, including a
portion of the gulf coast.
BRYAN RETURNS TO LINCOLN.
After State Convention He Will Tour the
Far Western States.
Hon. W. J. Bryan left Austin, Tex.,
Thursday for his home in Lincoln,
Neb., to attend the state convention at
that point. From there he goes for a
month’s tour through South Dakota,
Utah. Washington, Oregon, California,
Arizona and New Mexico. He is
booked for a number of speeches in
each of the states named.
BYNUM TURNED DOWN.
Democratic Senators Objected To Ills Con¬
firmation As An Appraiser.
In the executive session of the sen¬
ate Friday Mr. Fairbanks attempted
to secure consideration of the nomina¬
tion of Hon. W. D. Bynum to be ap¬
praiser of the port of New York, but
the Democrats made objection and the
nomination went over uatil the next
executive session.
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Missouri Colonists In Mexico.
A colony of forty Missouri farmers
is to be established in the valley of
the Concho river in Mexico. The
promoters of the colonization scheme
have purchased 200,000 acres of rich
valleys.
District Bill Passes.
A Washington dispatch says: The
District of Columbia appropriation
bill carrying $6,608,378 was passed by
the house Thursday.
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Csiri
"GREAT
Sub-Committee of
Committee Hear Twi^
at Charlotte.
Two prominent witnesses^^®
before the sub-committee
ional Industrial oommissio^^H 4^®
lotto, N. C., and gave in ter
tiinouy. is
titied State regarding Labor Commissionej^^B labor cond)^Hl|j
state, while Dr. George
president of the North Car® _•
iege of Agriculture and Mecl^^| edu^H
and one of the foremost
cerning the south, the gave problem interesting in th® f®| r
race ,e
saying the real race struggle ®>
come. Commissioner Lacy testi^H |
the215cotton there were about mills 33,757 in North®I em{®8 Ipg f'.g
divided six hundred as follows: and thirty-eight, Fourteen^®
811 women; 1,679 girls amilgiHf' or®
His opinion was that 17
cent about of 30 the adults could of the not cbil<^H r^|
per cent te
commissioner illiterate. As stated to wages, that skill® th® for
paid $2.50, in® e
were from $1 to ii,
00 cents to $1; skilled women cents® 7®
to $1.50, unskilled 30 U
cents; children averaged ab®
cents Questioned per day. regarding the sufl ® Bd
compulsory arbitration betw®
ploves, the commissioner sal
this was impracticable, bee®
plove would to be work impossible against to his force will j
amenT i>f
count of the fourteenth L
the United States constitn^
therefore such a law could 1
the parties involved. Mr. Lq i
he favored compulsory educati- inform! J
President Winston
committee that the greatest ii
the south was (1) a universal J V
tion, compulsory if necessary a !
dustrial education in the public si J
and continued in technical col
He considers education a natiok
well as a state duty, and favors]
tional university at Washington.! Wi|
In regard to the Negro Dr.
said that the real race conflict ii
south is not political nor social,
The most pitiful and in some p
the most cruel chapter in Ame:
history was the attempt to set trj,Jg
emancipated negro slave Anglo-Sax® as the n
cal antagonist of his
ter. This attempt had almost®
alienated the two races in the m
T he greatest blessing that could
to the negro’s lot now would be
restoration of the old-time kindly
lations with the white people. Tb
relations can be restored by the c^
plete elimination of the race fi i,
southern politics.
“The real race struggle,” said ' r
Winston, “has not begun yet. It i
come southern with wj^ite bitter laborer intensity is when t|
arra
against the southern negro laborer t
a struggle for employment; when
white mill operatives who strike
higher wages are replaced by
We shall then see in the south
recently occurred in Pana, Ill., ]
with more intensity. Unless the l
gro speedily abandons his politi
and social equality dreams and
himself to industrial training and
ual labor, his fate is sealed.
now a place for him in southern i
dustrial life, and unless he fills th
place speedily, there will be no
f or him, except as the veriest drudge
Dr. Winston said Booker T. Was
ington shows a fine
the real needs of the negro in
south. Such schools as his
established in every part of the
and should be aided by the
government.
As to political rights, Fresiden
Winston said the negro will be treat
ed in the south for many years prett’
much as the Chinaman is treated
California; the Indian in the
west; the Hawaiian in Hawaii;
Filipinos in the Philippines;
Porto Ricans in Porto Rico; the
kans in Alaska, and other citizens
Jess fashionable color in various sec
tions of our possessions.
IRON HOLDERS GET ADVANCE.
Wage* Will Be Baigeil Fifteen Per Cell
Over the Scale of 1898.
As a result of a conference at Atlai
ta, Ga., the representatives of th
Stove Founders’ National Defense At
sociation and delegates from the Ira
Holders’ Union of North America
general advance in the wage scale
iron molders of 15 per cent over
wage scale of 1898 has been
upon.
Public Libraries For Manila. M
Senators McMillin and Penroar 4
troduced bills in the senate ThurjJ
providing in Manila for for the the opening benefit of of Amer®H libi®
there. Li
SENATORS TARRY IN FLORE !
Messrs. Aldrleli, Platt and Teller S* I
a Bay At Palm Beach. - 2
Senators Aldrich, Platt and Te?
while on their way to Cuba to invL j
gate conditions in the island, stop
over at Palm Beach, Florida, tol
cussed Henry at M. length Flagler. the needs The of party Florj| |
especially the proposed harbor® !
provemeuts at Jacksonville and* lef® j ,
West. The committee then
day Key before West, going where to they Havana. also tarrjjj* J j
GASOLINE.®*! j
CAUSED BY
Five Persons Are In Precarious Bio of Injuries Condition.; and j SnH i
live dead, one fatally and oni
onsly tempt injured, sesulted from! gaa^
to start a fire with
Columbus, O., Friday night. Wr
White used the fluid at Ja W
ver’s residence and an ex
lowed, , , the building wo*
and the inmates were.
burning fluid.
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