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By ARNOLD TRHAT
Though tve arc apt licit P> realise It,
.we are very much IiciIkciI ahout. Those
of UN who are pleasantl.v .situated are
like* one In a garden from which there
In no egress unless lie chooses to step
Into u Jungle to lie devoured by wild
<leasts. Women are more subject to
this eoniltiement than men. because
tiiey have not the same physical
strength.
I will Illustrate- by a story- a story In
,which I bore a subordinate part.
I was In my younger days a pedes
trian gloho trotter. I presume that If
the bicycle had then been invented I
should have traveled on a wheel or
later on a motor, Imt at that time no
one had heard of either of these modes
of rtmvo.ianeo. and. being fond of
walking. I walked. At tile time of my
story I was i... king a pedestrian tour
In (iermany I lie country Is thickly
settled, and there are many towns
quite Jioitv together; consequently I
found my method of progression easy,
phsisnnt and healthful.
1 started one morning from Dresden
on the road to 1^-lpzlg and was trudg
ing along merrily when I met on the
road a girl ahout twenty years old
whose appearance struck me tin- mo
ment. I looked at her. She was of the
Germyn type hair very light, eyes
very blue. Her apparel was that of a
lady, only very much worn and soiled.
Her shoes scarcely protected her from
tlie ground, certainly not from the
dampness On her face was a look
weary and sad. Indeed, she was a pic
ture of nllluence turned to poverty. 1
addressed her, taking care to do so re
spectfully, with my hat In my hand,
and sympathetically. Evidently sho
had not been used, at least not recent
ly, to la-lug thus addressed, for she
took my speaking to her kindly.
“Good morning, frnuleln,” 1 said to
her. "It seems to me that you should
bo riding rather than walking.”
"Alas, lu-rr. I have not the means to
pay for riding.”
"Have you far to go?”
“1 am going to Dresden."
She set-nu-d to need sustenance.
There could la- no Impropriety 1 n my
offering her food, and 1 had, besides tho
leather bag strapped to my hack, a
basket satchel slung to my wnlst con
taining a luncheon.
“I have come from Dresden this
morning," 1 said, "and the distance Is
at least flvo miles. You cannot do
Unit without Itelng fortified."
1 uiisluug my lunch haskeL opened
It. anil saw hy the eager look In her
cy.es that she was very hungry, book
ing about for u seat, 1 espied a lint
stone by the roadside and led (lie way
thither, the girl following me half re
luctantly. There 1 took out the sand
wiches. sausages, cheese and such oth
er urticles as are provided at a Ger
man Inn and offered them to her. She
ate as though she had had no food
for some time. In the basket also was
a pint bottle of wine, of which 1 took
a sip only and Insisted on her drink
ing the rest
During her refreshment 1 gave her
every opportunity to tell me the story
which 1 felt sure was connected with
her being so far out of her natural
sphere, for not only her dress and ap
pearance hut her language bespoke
the lady. This I was able to Judge,
for I had studied at Heidelberg anil
spoke Gorman quite readily. Hut she
disregarded my hints and could not be
Induced to apeak of the past.
As to tho present she was more com
municative. She told me that she hail
been a member of a little strolling
band that gave performances, her part
being to slug. Hut they had taken all
the contributions of those before whom
they performed to themselves and
gave her nothing. She had only Just
left them and was going to Dresden to
look out for some other way of making
a living.
“1 can suggest an employment," I
said, "by which I think you can earn
money. You have a very beautiful
head, neck and shoulders. There are
artists in Dresden who would pay you
to pose for them."
"Do you think so?" she asked, quite
interested.
"if my artistic perceptive faculties
are of any value they surely will."
This seemed to encourage her. When
we had finished our luncheon and she
had been also fortified by the wine
she saiil to me:
“The only way 1 can make a return
for what you have given me Is to sing
for you."
"No return Is needed, but I should
be happy to hear you slug."
She sang for me a German ballnd.
Her voice was without cultivation and
came out. so to speak, by tits and
starts, now Ineffective, now gushing
forth like n spring of abundant clear
water. At such times 1 was aston
ished at Its volume. When she had
finished I said to her:
"Krauleln. It Is not ns a model you
should si>end your time, but ns a stu
dent of music. You have a voice that
If cultivated will make much more
money for you than posing for artists.”
"Why do you say that?" she naked,
.looking nJtmp eagerly.
"BecnS | there are both richness and
volume Irl-I/our voice."
"But” she continued after a thought
ful silettcv, "to study music under the
I masters requires money, and that I
1 have not.”
1 should have been only too glad to
help her In lids respect hut there Is an
1 unwritten law that a man cannot give
; to a woman except under certain ex
ceptional circumstances.
"I will make another suggestion to
! you.” I said, "supplementary to my
tirst. Suppose you pose fur artists, and
j If yon make more than you require
t for your living you may give the sur
plus In exchange for Instruction."
Her face lit up with hope. "Adi.
herr, you have given me a valuable
Han! An-1 If It Is successful I shall
owe everything io you. You have told
I me that there is a value to artists In
I my head and neck, and you have told
i me that I have a voice. Neither of
these things I knew before today
Good by. and God bless you!"
"One moment.," 1 said, "before wt
part. I should like you to carry hack
this basket affair In which I carried
iny luncheon to tho landlady of tla-
Inn from which I came. She furnishes
these receptacles to travelers as an
advertisement to her hostelry.”
I showed ilie girl the name of the
Inn sewed in worsted letters on the hug.
While she was not looking at me 1
slipped a piece of gold Into It, then
handed It to her, I know my landlady
well and was sure that If she found
the money Inside she would compel the
hearer to take It. having no right to It
herself. It could not very well be re
turned to me. Regretting that I dared
not do more for tho poor girl, I bade
her goudhy, she appearing grateful
for my sympathy.
I-'lve years had passed. I had set!led
down a married man and. had given up
traveling abroad on foot. But I In Ml
not given up a taste for tho tine arts to
which I was born. One after another
prlma donnas were visiting New York.
1 went one night to the opera In New
York when the Academy of Music was
still the only opera house In that city.
When the prlma donna came upon tho
stago her face seemed familiar to me,
and when she sang I recognized In her
voice ce/tnlii qualities that 1 had heard
In that of tlie girl 1 had met between
Leipzig and Dresden live years before.
I'erhnps I might not have recognized
tho face alone or the voice alone, hut
tho two together convinced me that
the lady on the stago was tho girl I
had met abroad.
1 kept my sent till the end of the last
net. when, taking out my card, 1 scrib
bled beneath my name in pencil, "On
the road to Dresden; luncheon, with a
pint of German wine,” and sent It to
tho prlma donna behind the scenes. It
was not long before I received an Invi
tation to meet tho lady, whom I found
waiting for me before driving to her
hotel. The pressure of the hand with
which she greeted me told mu how
well she remembered and how appre
ciative she was of the trilling favor 1
had done her.
said
sup
after our work, and you must come
with me for a return of the luncheon
you gave me when I was famished."
I entered the carriage with her and
ou arriving at her hotel found set out
In her private parlor an elaborate sup
per. We sat down to table together,
and I asked her to tell me what had
happened to her since we parted on
the road five years before.
“I will begin hack of that," she said.
“I will tell you how 1 came into the
condition you found me. Hut 1 tell It
to you only because I consider that my
being In my present position is due to
your friendly advice.”
Before proceeding further she show
ed me on a chain about her ueck the
gold coin 1 had slipped Into the lunch
basket which 1 had sent to my land
lady.
"I am the daughter of a German
baron. 1 was brought up, ns most Eu
ropean girls are. to understand that
my parents would choose the man I
should marry. My father chose for tue
a man about Ills own age who was
very wealthy and as disagreeable as
lie was wealthy. 1 was not In love
with any one else, but 1 rebelled
against marrying a man 1 loathed. My
father told me to submit or leave the
home In which I had been carefully
brought up, not thinking that 1 would
do the hitter. That same night when
all were In bed 1 left In the clothes In
which you met me and with what
money 1 could scrape together.
“Whether my father tried to find me
or not I do not know. 1 tliilik lie lias
considered me dead to him. At any
rate, 1 have never heard from him
since 1 left home. As for my mother,
though she might yearn for me, she
would he too submissive to my father
to oppose his will In anything.
"After leaving you 1 went to Dres
den. where 1 posed for artists, as you
suggested, and. getting a little motley
together, began the study of music. 1
did not need to make a living that way
long, for my voice proved so promising
that 1 was taken up hy one who was
glad to pay for the finishing of my ed
ucation. 1 making a coutract to slug
under his management as seen ns 1
had completed my studies ”
1 spent a pleasant hour listening to
her recital, during which time she
told me that she was wedded to het
profession and would never take a bus
baud, a resolution she kept. On the
following day my wife called on her.
Invited her to our house, and she after
ward spent the most of her leisure
time there. She always wore the gold
piece I had surreptitiously forced het
to nccopt when she was without a
kreutzer In the world.
Soon after my prima donna became
famous, after one of her returns from
America to the fatherland, she visited
her parents. She found them quite re
duced from their former grandeur. By
this time their daughter was becoming
rich, and she continued so long as they
lived tu pour gold luto their lap9.
“This Is no place to talk," she si
"We people of the stage always i
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Seeking Negro Murderer, Captures
Wildcat Still.
Grantville, Ga., March 24.—Monday
night John T. White, chief of police,
deputized a party of men to go with him
in search of Charlie West, who is want
ed for the murder of a negro woman, a
crime committed here three weeks ago.
They failed to find West, but just across
the line of Coweta, in Heard county,
White and his posse ran into a wildcat
still, captured it, together with a lot of
corn whiskey, and Bill West, who op
erated it. West was brought to Grant
ville and locked up. He will be turned
over to the Heard county authorities.
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a child’s whole duty is summed up in
the single word, obedience.
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Announcements.
FOR CLERK.
I hereby announce my candidacy for the office
of Clerk of Superior Court, subject to the Demo
cratic primary, nnd will ffreatly appreciate the in
fluence and support of my friends and fellow-cit-
zens. C. J. OWENS.
1 hereby announce my candidacy for re-election
to the office of Clerk Superior Court, subject to
the coming Democratic primary election, and will
appreciate the votes and support of the voters of
Coweta county. Lynch Turner.
FOR SHERIFF.
I announce my candidacy for the office of Sher
iff of Coweta county. I will abide by the primary
on May 2. and will appreciate the support of my
friends nnd fellow-citizens. J. A. Stephens.
I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election
to the office of Sheriff of Coweta county, subject
to the action of the Democratic primary, and will
appreciate the support of the voters of the coun
ty. J. D. Brewster.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
To the Democratic voters of Coweta county: I
hereby announce myself a candidate for Tax Col
lector. subject to the Dennvratic primary. The
voters of this county are well acquainted with my
qualifications to fill this office, and I will appreci
ate their influence and votes. W. S. Hubbard.
To the Voters of Coweta county: I hereby an
nounce my candidacy for re-election to the oflice
of Tax Collector, subject to the Democratic pri
mary. Appreciating your support in my former
race. I ask your continued confidence upon the
record I have made since assuming the office.
B. J. Fry.
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
I take this method of informing my friends nnd
fellow-citizens that I am a candidate for the office
of Tax Receiver, subject to the Democratic pri
mary, and will greatly appreciate their support.
Paul Smith.
I desire to inform my friends and fellow-citizens
that I am a candidate for re-election to the office
of Tax Receiver, subject to the Democratic pri
mary. Deeply grateful for their loyal support in
the past. I respectfully ask a favorable considera
tion of my claims in the present contest.
Thos. J. Wilkinson.
To the Voters of Coweta county: I take this
method iif notifying my friends and the public
generally of my candidacy for the office of Tax
Receiver, subject to the approaching D^ mocratio
primary election. Was bom and reared in the
county and have never held an elective office. If
elected I promise a faithful discharge of the du
ties of the office. The influence and support of
my friends and fellow-citizens is respectfully so-
solicited. Charles H. Newton.
I hereby announce my candidacy for the office
of Tax Receiver, subject to the Democratic prima
ry. and will greatly appreciate the influence and
support of my friends. E. P. Floyd.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
The friends of MR. JOHN H. CAVENDER. *5
Raymond district, announce him as a candidate
for County Treasurer, subject to the Democratic
primary. Mr. Cavender is a Confederate veteran,
who fought through the war from '61 to ’65. He is
now old, poor and helpless, and ho and his aged
wife need the small pittance that the office would
bring them.
I beg to announce to the Democratic voters of
Coweta thatl am a candidate for County Treasurer,
and will be sincerely grateful for any help they
may give me in the approaching primary election.
I am old and infirm, unable to work, and desper
ately in need of the small salary which the office
pays. Help me, please. J. A. Millians.
To the Democratic voters of Coweta county:
The friends of DR. JOHN M. STALLINGS, of
Grantville, announce him as a candidate for Coun
ty Treasurer, subject to the Democratic primary.
Dr. Stallings served four years as a Confederate
soldier. He is now 79 years old and very feeble.
He never held an office, and never asked for an
office until two years ago, when he made the race
for County Treasurer, receiving next to the high
est vote cast in that race. If elected he will not
be a candidate for re-election, and he and his
friends will greatly appreciate your influence and
support.
I take this method of announcing to the kind
friends who gave me their support in my former
races that I am again a candidate for the oflice of
County Treasurer, subject to the Democratic pri
mary. Although defeated in those contests I did
not murmur, but took it in good part. I now ask
the consideration and assistance of my fellow-cit
izens in the coming primary, and assure them I
shall deeply appreciate any service they may ren
der me. I am a homeless old man —have been a
renter all my life—am physically unable to work,
and need the office. J. W. M. Turner,
of Seventh district.
w e use this medium to present to the voters of
Coweta the candidacy of JOHN T. HOLMES for
the office of County Treasurer, subject to the
Democratic primary, and earnestly ask for him
the support of his fellow-citizons. Mr. Holmes
was a brave Confederate soldier, and is one of the
county’s worthiest citizens. Four years ago he
was rendered practically helpless by a paralytic
stroke, and needs the office. Let’s help him.
Many Friends.
We. the undersigned citizens, announce John S.
Moore, of Panther Creek district, for County
Treasurer, and respectfully ask the support of his
friends and fellow-citizens. John S. Moore (or
Seaborn Moore) is 75 years old, very feeble, and
needs the office. If elected he will not ask for the
office again. He served three years in the Civil
War, made a good soldier, and will greatly appre
ciate your support. He has no way to travel
around to seo the people, except as his friends
may help him.
C. T. Sewell. J. W. Sewell.
Dr. W. H. Tanner, J. C. Sewell.
A. J. Sewell, J. M. Starr,
A. L. Sewell, P. J. Hearne.
C. P. Sanders. J. C. Hood,
J. D. Simms.
FOR CORONER.
I beg to announce to my friends and fellow-cit*
izens that I an\ a candidate for re-election to the
office of Coroner, and shall appreciate their sup
port in the coming primary. J. C. Cook.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
We, the undersigned, submit that in a spirit of
fairness the Second district is entitled to the rep
resentative on the Board of County Commission
ers from the territory embraced in the Second
Third and Grantville districts, for the reason that
for more than ten years the Second has had no
representative on this board. Believing that the
justice of this contention will appeal to every
fair-minded and unprejudiced voter, we. citizens
of said district, take pleasure in presenting MR.
HENRY L. CAMP, who is in every way qualified
for the duties of this responsible position. His
candidacy is subject to the action of the Demo
cratic pr itnary.
E C Cureton. sr., E M Camp.
R T Trammell. C Fred Camp.
J W Trammell, I B Murphy.
J W Cole. F S Cureton,
J P Cureton, J D Cotton.
W A Brannon, T M Zellars.
D L Puckett. J O Albright,
W E Fuller. W M Post.
J W Newby, M W Orr.
J A Webb. D B Lambert.
A P Bowers, C G White,
J F Bowers. W M White,
J L Hemphill, E Stallings,
J T Bexley. J F Brasch.
L S Young W F Hopson,
L S Cham bless. S T Lambert,
A Q Young. W G Sadler,
J H Morris, C C Culbreath,
J T Murphy, F R White.
D C Owens. V W Chambless,
L H Spratling. J H Attaway.
Ohas. Bradberry. W L Bohannon.
J M Park, T H Carmical.
C A Hinea. W N Walthall.
C P Gordon, L W Bowers.
P A Carmical, W L Carmical.
H M Camp. R L Pitta.
Lee Camp. J T Hines, jr..
R V Webb.
We take pleasure in presenting for the consid
eration of the Democratic voters of Coweta coun
ty the name of MR. J. B. (“Speights”) SIMS, of
the Third district, as a candidate for the office of
County Commissioner, subject to the primary.
Mr. Sims is one of the county’s beat citizens,
whose integrity ard business ability are recog
nized by all who know him. We indorse his can
didacy unqualifiedly, and commend him to our
tellow-cilixens as admirably fitted ia every way
foathe duties of the office named.
^ Reapectfullv.
A R Burdett, V E Mangel.
R E Simms. A M Noma,
W S Askew. R L Brown.
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1 E Walker.
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A W Powers, jr.,
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B H Kirby.
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O Z Cranford.
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W S McDonald.
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A E Wilkinson,
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Frank Wilkinson.
C E Ragland.
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The friends of J. C. SEWELL respectfully an
nounce him as a candidate for County Commis
sioner for the division embracing Panther Creek.
Hurricane and Fourth districts, subject to the
Democratic primary.
We. the undersigned, announce GEO. L. WAR
REN, of Panther Creek district, as a candidate
for County Commissioner, subject to the Demo
cratic primary, and commend him to our fellow-
citizens as altogether worthy of their confidence
and support.
S. G. Allen. Dr. C. C. Elliott.
J. A. Holeman, S. S. Bridges,
L. B. Gurley, A. A. Copeland.
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