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E OOOOOOOOO-000OOOC 00000000000000000000 00000000000-0 | LOCAL, I I OO^OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-00000-0000000000000-0 Short Paragraphs Gathered Here and There to Amuse and Entertain You. Geo. Blocker and wife, of* the Kibbee section,were shop ping in the city Tuesday. Dr. H. H. Thompson of Dublin is a visitor to the city this week. E. T. Dickens and sister, ] Miss Sallie, of VVrightsville, j are the guests of their brother, Rev. E. C. J. Dickens. Mrs. R. E. Harrison of! Harrison visited at the home of Dr. W. F. Peacock this | week. Rev. E. C. J. Dickens and! family are now domiciled in 1 the handsome residence -d by S. W. Vann on West street- For Sale — 5-room house, T i acre lot, for cash or part cash;, a bargain. , Apply to Dr. W. j F. Peacock, Vidalia, or E. W. j Pickett, Macon. Miss Hurteline Robinson, of Orangeburg, S. C., is visit-; iog the family of her brother, M. Robinson. M. M. Stewart of Savauuah jyas a visitor to the city Tues- ! day. Mr. Stewart informs us ! that he will have erected at an ; carty date several nice res- j idences 611 church street. M. A. McQneen left n few days I Sgo for Blockshear and other points. We have no hesitancy in recoin- \ meatling to our readers H..AV'o<xi of BaTsnnuh, who will sell you j good whiskey at n reasonable price, j Messers Esc hT> I Grahan, Elzie Odom, Mraies Mallie Peterson and , ——Smith came down from Mt. j Vernon Wednesday and went out to the picnic at Ohoopee Park. Mrs W. H. McDaniel of Abbe- ! ville silent several days this week with the family of her father, Mr. J. E. Holley. H. Wood, 240 West Broad St. Savannah, doesn’t charge you for ihe jug—only the contents, and a very low price for that. W. S. Mathews, JllO. Coleman, Ernest Goins. Tom and Jule Eouclie, Ed nod Wi 11 Hilton went down to tlie Alt am aha 011 a fishing i expedition this week. M iss Elizabeth Walker returned to her home at Helena Thursday 1 night, after spending several days with friends in the city. At this season .if the year we i * all need a tonic. Nothing better than some good, pure whiskey. Get it from H. Wood, 240 West Broad St. Savannah. And Stillmore laid it on the! Vidalia boys to the tune of 13 to I 11 last Friday. We are slightly surprised at the result, but thenj accidents will happen. Editor Boatright of the Swains-j boro Forest-Blade attended the picnic at Ohoopee Park Wednes day, coming on to Vidalia in thej afternoon. Send a trial order to H. Wood.' 240 West Broad St. Savannah, and be convinced t hat his brands j of whiskey are ti e best and his prices right. Frank Selin 111 pert, R. D. Mc (Q,u,een and the editor visited Stili juore Wednesday. It kad been several years since we saw Still more last and we were surprised at the progress and improvements > that have been made. Flint Flanders, T. W. Fleti her and Henry Wi; gs went over yester day to assist Stillmore in a game ,of ball against Louisville hut we understand the latter failed to; ghow up. The annual jubilee of the Mont gomery county Sunday School Association was held at Mt. Vern on last Saturday. An interesting program was successfully carried : out, Long Pond again capturing the banner. We regret that necessity"com- , ! p-‘ls us to ask our p::t"< ni.to pay jup what they are due us, but it i is ours and we think we have j ; earned it. If you owe us anv-; | thing yon know it, so don’t wait | for us to ask you again, but pay l up now, 4 Nuu<l;l) Ncliool Excursion nnil Picnic. I The Seaboard Air Line Rv. will Operate its annual Sunday school ; ))ienic to Tybee Frit,av May 27th. Train will leave Vidal aat 7 07, ja. m. returning, leave Tybee at 5 ip. m. Fare one dollar and fif teen cents f< r round trip,children | "lider 12ye.ars half fare. ! Odd FeElows Picnic. The picnic given by Vidalia ; Lodge No. 191 I. O. O. F. at Ohoopee Park ou Wednesday was one of the most enjoyable ! occasions of the season. About two hundred went out from j Vidalia, and a goodly number gathered from the country ! surrounding the Park. The ! dinner was most excellent both )in quantity and quality Re freshments were served free of cost, and everything- moved along merrily, nothing un pleasant liappcn'ng to detract ifrom the pleasures of the day. ;In behalf of the Vidalia dele gation we wish to thank Gen. !eral Manager Frank Durden ;and employes of the Milieu & Southwestern for courtesies ! extended, and to Vidalia Lodge |be the glory that is their due !in return for a most pleasant iday’s outing 011 the banks of the Ohoopee. Cheap rates to St. Louis. The Seaboard Air Liny Rv. is now selling round trip tickets t> St Louis at $20.65, with 15 day limit, 60 day limit $32.80. Call jou ticket agent for full infor ! illations. Closing Exercise of Vidalia High School.' The closing exorcise of Vidalia j High school will take place or. | Monday night next. An inler- Jesting urogram luis been arranged; jnnd the exercises promise to be a ■ treat for those who attend. A | s nail admission foe of twenty five j cents for adults and fifteen cents for children will In charged, prn jceedsr to go to the library for the j city. School children will, of * j course, be admitted free of charge. Negro Fiend Attempted Rape. On Thursday afternoon, Will iam Daniels attempted to rape , Miss Ellen Bussey, a popular young lady who lives lie ir Scot land, but in this county, and would perhaps accomplished his purpose had not the young lady k-.-pt him fought off until she could secure a pistol, when the negro was put to flight. .Judge D. M. Roberts has called a special term of Montgomery Superior court to 'convene next Monday for the purpose- of trying the brute. Many a man falls in love with a work of art and manios it. A warm heart lias eoiu thing in it beside spice. ! THE G'R.I'P 1 I OF HO/fO'R I I< ... D/ ... f» < Cyrus Uott/nsend "Brady , > Author of "Che _/" outhornorj." "In the Wajp'j ffrjt." Etc. <? < Copyright. 1900. by chaules scnrn/tEirs softs There Was a detonating crash, so load, so terrific, that it actually seemed to blow even the roar of the battle into eternity. Twenty or thirty men were . killed or badly wounded, many of 1 brill torn to atoms, by tlie explosion, nud tlie mltf tb.a. on tlw rngii.b. Pearson inn standing alone at i) dazed. man's deck were dazed and driven from their stations by tbe concussion. The | clothes of many were actually ripped 1 from their bodies, so flint they stood t naked and wondering, though they were otherwise unhurt. A long mo ment of ghastly silence succeeded this I accident on tlie Serapis. Men every- I ■ where paused with bated breath to wait tlie issue. The Serapis, dragging the Kiehnrd, reeled and rocked under , tlie shock. It was a last catastrophe which broke tbe strength of l’earsou’s endurance and ended his resistance. He could fight no more. Was it tbe devil himself who commanded tlie otli - er sliip? Tlie English captain sprang aft to the mizzenmast. A grent Eug - lish standard laid been nailed to tbe . timber of Hie spar. With his own j bands he tore it down. Thp battle was 1 over! At the same tiioimmt tbe main mast of the Serapis, uuderuiiued and eaten away in its heart by tbe gnawing attack of the quarter deck guns of tbe Kieliard, cauie crashing down, n hoiie ' less ruin, carrying some of tbe Amer l leans into eternity ns it fell. "They have struck their dag!” cried Joucs, who bad sprung upon tlie rail ; at the moment of t’.ie explosion and had witnessed Pearson's action. ”Ceuse ! firing!” llis voice rang through the ship with sneli a note of proud triumph as has . rarely been heard within the fought ■ over confines of the narrow seas. “They have struck! Tlie sliip Is ours!” ran from man to man among the American . Wild cheers broke into tlie night in an ever increasing volume of sound. "Send Mr. Dale to me.” said Jones to young Brooks as tlie Hag came down. , The midshipman had been wounded, but still kept ids station. As Dale came running toward llis I captain Joins cried: “Muster a hoarding parly and take charge of the prize. The fight is over!” ! But, no, tlie battle was not over. A few moments before an English ship captain among tlie prisoners had sue • coedcd in escaping through tlie rents In the shattered sides of the two ships and bad told tlie plight of the Itlchard to the first lieutenant of the Serapis. With lids information the men on the guu deck had been rallied and. led by ! their o(Peers, Lad returned to their quarters and resumed tlie battle. They, too, were heroes. Mayrant, who ran I aft from the forecastle ns he saw j l'earsou strike his flag,-jumped on the rail by Jones’ orders and followed Dale j upon tlie deck of the Kngllsh ship. 1 ! Such was the confusion of the moment I that as Mayrant leaped on the deck he j j was actually run through the thigh by a fiike in the hand of a wounded Brit ish sailor. l’earsou was standing alone as if dazed, on the quarter deck of his sliip, holding ong clinched hand against Ills breast, with the other grasping liis trailing flog. In his face ■ was that look of defeat and despair j which is tlie saddest aspect of battled, , impotent humanity. “Have you struck, sir?” cried Dale, j stopping before the English captain. ! “Yes.” was tlie grim reply. His voice was a broken whisper indicating in the tones bis mentii! agony. "I am.come to take possession.” "Very good, sir.” said Pearson bitter- j l.v. as before, and dropping tbe flag. Then be reached for his sword. Just at this moment I’aseoe. tbe first | lieutenant of the Serapis, Came bound- j ing up the hatchway from the dock below. • “A few more broadsides, sir, and they are ours!” lie cried impetuously. | “They are if a sinking”— ‘The ship lias struck, sir. and you | are my prisoner,” Interrupted Dale quickly, seeing tlie necessity of | promptitude. •■Struck! This ship! Your prisoner!" | cried tlie astonished Englishman. “Yes, sir. Year sword,” deuiaudod : Bale. The man hesitated. Disarm him!" cried the Americas Two or three of tlie boarding parties closed around them. “Sir,” asked tlie nontenant, turning to his captain, “is it true that we have 1 struck ?" “Yes, sir,” answered Penrson hoarse ly. “My Bod!" cried rnscoe. There was a momentary silence. “I have nothing more to say. sir.” • he ndded. “I will go below and call off the uieu,” said the lievtenant, tam ing away. “Xo, sir!” interrupted Dale. “You will uc'-ompany your captain on board our ship at once. Pass tlie word to cease firing. The sliip lias struck.” | As the Kngllsh captain and his first ' lieutenant stepped over the rail upon ! the high i>oop of the Itlchard the roar j of tlie guns died away, tills time for | I good. Seizing a dangling rope, they swung themselves inboard and found , themselves face to fare with u little man in a tattered uniform, hatless, | covered with dust und smoke, powder stained and grimy with tlie soil of the battle. Illood spattering from n wound in his forehead hail coagulated upou his check. Ho was a hideous looking spec-tack'. The red fire light plnyerl lu ridly upon him. Nothing but the pierc ing black eyes which burned and ; gleamed out of his face in the dark- I uess bespoke the high humaulty of the mau. “Is It”-- "Cnptzln John Putil Jones, at your service, gentlemen." j I ”Xly sword,” said Pearson, teuderhig lit to ktui formally. "I regret,” he added ungraciously, "at lielug com -1 pellcd to strike to a man who has I fought w ith a halter around his neck.” I "Sir," said Jones, with a uiagua ' nlnilty ns great as ids valor, ’’you have fought like a hero, und 1 make 110 doubt that your sovereign will reward you in the most ample manner. Mr. Broolrs, escort these gentlemen to my cabin.” The two ships were now cut adrift. Dale remaining on tlie Serapis to take eomuiand. He laid sat down a moment for rest, and as he attempted to rise to Ills feet he fell to the deck, dis covering only In that way tnat he had been severely wounded. By the most heroic efforts of the prize crew on the Serapis and the re maining men on the Itlchard the Eng lish prisoners were driven tan k Into the hold, the flames subdued and some sem blance of order restored, Cottlncau had captured the Scarborough after an hour of good bard lighting, and tbe victory wna entirely with the Americans. But It liad been purchased at it fearful cost. There Is no battle on laud or sea in the world’s history where the percentage of loss was greater than the battle between tbe Scrap!* mid tlie Klehard. About TO per cent on tlie Serapis and over 50 |ier cent on tlie Itlehurd had been killed or wounded, and the Bon Homme Itlchard was in a sinking con dition. She had been literally beaten to pieces. It was not safe to remain upon her docks. Consequently the prisoners nod the wounded, groaning and crying in anguish, were removed (o tlie Serapis. In tbe early morning of the day following, the brave ship whiclijiad earned undying immortality in her womout old age, because for three brief hours John Paul Jones and ! his men bad buttled upon her decks, sank forever beneath tlie sen. The refitting of the prizes for the returning voyage was at onec begun. To anticipate events, it is recorded that Captain Dandnls, the Jealous and false hearted Frenchman who had so treacherously maneuvered the Alliance, was subsequently court martialed and j dismissed from the service. CHAPTER XXIII. ! OX nOABl) THE SEUAriS AOAIX. W evs I HE battle is on,” said O'Neill. I £ j 111 the smalt boat, to Ellza- B&Wai ''Cth, “and I am not there. i*ww O Cod. give us 11 little I breeze!" lie cried. In anticipation lie swung the oars Inboard, stepped tho mast one# more, letting the sail hang, nnd then resumed his place by her side. ’’Cod is good to me,” she said nt last. “Tie will not let you be there I to be killed. You bare had" trouble 1 enough and have run enough risks. He ! ; wishes to keep you for me.” He shook his head. “My place is there. My doty is on | I yonder deck. Would that 1 had re. ! tnrned to the ship without going up to tlie castle!” “Why. then." she said reproachfully. ; “yon would not have seen me!” j "1 know.” lie replied, "but then 1 would be In my rightful place, fighting' where I should he. Coventry would ; be honored in doing Ills duty. Tlie admiral would he happy. Your mnr- I rlnge would take place”— I “And you,” she cried, womanlike. ; placing him In the balance as opposed 1 to all the rest, ’’would you have been : hnppyF’ ‘Tlnpplness has nothing to do with ! that,” be answered impatiently. “It is a question of duty. I have been a j tool." ! “Hag tlie fool been rewarded In ae ; eordanre with ills folly?” she asked i him. “Nay. look nt me before you re ply.” site cried imperiously, turning j *i!* heajl until Ills eyes, looked Into bf r j I own. Jn the face of that girl, in the limpid light of her nmffie glance, in that mystic night. there was lint one answer to be made. “I say no more.” lie replied, kissing her softly. "You are right. I have you. Yon are worth it all. I wili try to be a philosopher about all the rest.” Meanwhile the Intermittent reports hud lioen succeeded by a steady roar of artillery which reverberated and rolled along the surface of the water. The Scarborough, some distance from the Serapis and the ltiehant to the northwest, was apparently hotly on | caged with the Pallas, while the Alli nnee seemed to lie sailing back and forth between the two groups of com bntnnts. pouring In a random tire upon , friend and foe alike. Great clouds of , smoke, punctured by vivid flashes of ‘ light, overhung the ships. The feelings of the young officer can be imagined. Adrift hi that little boat, watching the awful combat, not even ] the presence of the woman he loved ■ could compensate him for Ids absence. In spite of bis attempted philosophy. The fever of the conflict possessed him. Ills breath came hard. The ■weat stood on his forehead. He pray ed a» never before for a wreer-c to take him to the tight. Ho murmured ineo i herent words which told to the tender . listener something of the terrible strug : lie which raged within Ids bosom. So i the long hours wore away. - * I TO BE CONTINUED. | B. B. WIGGS, Livery and Feed Stables (■oldNboro DiiKKios a S|M‘< ialfly. —V id alia, Geoiigia. W. M. LEWIS, Attorney, Mt. Vernon, Georgia. General : - : Practitioner. MEADOWS & MEADOWS, Physicians and Surgeons, VIDAI.IA, - - - UeoHOIA. B. F.ECKLES, Furniture, Coffins, Caskets, Burial Supplies, Bed Lounges, Couches, Spring Cots, Go-carts, Cradles, Grips, Trunks, Rugs, Matting, Lamps, Window Shades, Curtain Poles, Pictures and Picture Frames. VIDALIA, GA. For Every Wound Use Dr. Ticnenor’s Antiseptic, Prevents Inflammation and Suppuration, Not a liniment nor a salve; A pleasant, stainless liquid for Wounds Bruises Sprains Burns Colic Cramps Diarrhoea, lOc nntj 50c per bottle, BRONCHODA FOR THROAT and LUNGS. Expectorant Antiseptic Laxative. 25c AT ALL DBI'iSOINTS. SHERROUSE MEDICIftE CO.. New Orleans, - Louisiana. isW WHISKEY FREE know tho meaning of word* and will do o> we mt. We claim to be the loweat* priced Whiskey Honae saltkcLarc* dwrinlTi I ■ i'emolina W hltkcy we sell I* good there’s no had. People b«-r- wouldn't adulterate U they knew how—they are too bos eat! Most Whiskey Boiler* are noted for mixing, Blending and MEl^Bß—B———— watering. Wo sell moro genuine old whiskey ai.d loss water than Bfn r Ft • MSfiM M S North Carollna.ln old-style copper stills, Ji.Rt as it was made by Hull \£/ our grandfathers. First-rate whiskey is sold at *5.00 to t)6.00 S I! YEAR OLD per gallon,but It’s notanv better than “Casper’ii 11 Year Old.*’ It ■ H§lfl ** U muHtpease or we will buy it hack. We have acapitalot 1100.000.00, . H§f| VvA/jUC a m acd the Piedmont Barimrw Dank of this city whl tell you our word m I® Wlf* is Rood. To Introduce tpiso.d, honest whiakfcy, we offer lour Full » ' - ' Quarts of "Ussptr’s )1 i ear t»ld”-two sample bottles,one 15, . I^llVflßß^^^^VQal} 1 one ig r-ar old a corkscrew and a drinking gltw.s-all for #2.M&. 7 b.--. *' Is sent we wLMlouhlu tho abote #*nd out In free One I; UJK Foil On art Kx tru. We have sonic of this whiskey ouly 3 yen rs old, 1 And will seud five-gallon keg for *lO or wilt furnish AvoiiU full J 99 quart bottlua on recoil* of 111 and give free corkacrev* drinking ■ Hk§H Wh VlnVx glass** and samples, making this whiskey cost less tl.ri. fto per ! MecSmß Jr i ! gallon delivered. We shin In plain boxes w ith no marks to indicate Eg|B Lql "* 1 i'-'-IA I contents, and Prepay all Express. Orders fmm Arizona, ?! BmKvBH I * &F* I 1 •hfornln,Colorado,Ulsho.Monuu.il, Nevada,Now Mexico. Oregou, ii . "w, "m'.fi. £- J l tali. Wyoming or Washington must enll for 920.00 worth bv , I Htot Dy Honest >.I*lll n*p»ia. -or f>«epcn Cf, (, \ I Usually when two women quar. I'd they are both in the wrong. A lot of misery comes to the man who sits down and waits. BENNETT & I,EVERETT, Photographers* Vidal in, Gu., 100 YARDS f/fOM COURJfIOUSE. JWO BLOCKS FRO/M DEPOT- I THE MATIIIS HOUSE, Jackson St. East, Dr bun, Ga. Mrs. J. B. Danikix, Proprietress 8.-st Equipped Dollar-a-l)ay House in tho City. Special Rates by the Week. Cold or Hot Baths Free. H. J. WRIGHT, Unilcler and Contractor, VIDALIA, - - - GEORGIA. Contracts Promptly Completed Plans and Estimates Fumishr ed on Short Notice.' G. E. Shults Contractor and Builder. Plans and Estimates Fur uished Free. Vidalia., Cra. Office at The New Vidalia, i dr.r.w.real 1 PI DENTIST, VIDALIA, : ; GEORGIA.