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VOL. VI.
ERSKINE DALE-PIONEER
COUSIN BARBARA
SYNOPSIS.—To the Kentucky
Wilderness outpost commanded by
Jerome Sanders, In the time immedi
ately preceding the Revolution,
comes a White boy fleeing from a
tribe of Shawnees by whom he had
been captured and adopted as a son
of the chief, Kahtoo. He is given
shelter and attracts the favorable
attention of Dave Yandell, a leader
among the settlers. The boy warns
his new friends of the coming of a
Shawnee war party. The fort is
attacked, and only saved by the
timely appearance of a party of
Virginians. The leader of these, is
fatally wounded, but in his dying
moments recognizes the fugitive
youth as his son.
CHAPTER IV
The little girl rose startled, but her
breeding was too fine for betrayal, and
she went to him with hand out
stretched. The boy took It as ue had
taken her father’s, limply apd with
out rising. The father frowned and
smiled—how could the lad have
learned manners? • And then he, too,
saw the hole in the moccasin, through
which the bleeding had started again.
“Take him into the kitchen, Bar
bara, and tell Hannah to wash his
foot and bandage it.”
The boy looked uncomfortable and
shook his head, but the little girl was
smiling and she ' told him to come
with Such sweet Imperibusness that
he rose helplessly. Old Hannah’s
eyes made a bewildered start I
“You go on back an’ wait for yo’
company, little miss; I’ll ’tend to
him!”
And when the boy still protested,
she flared up;
“Looky here, son, little miss tell me
to wash yo’ foot, an’ I’se gwlnter do
it, es I got to tie you fust; now you
keep still. Whar you come from?”
His answer was a somewhat haugh
ty grunt that at once touched the
quick instincts of the old negress and
checked further question.. Swiftly and
silently she bound his foot, and with
great respect she led him to a little
' room in one ell of the great house in
which was a tub of viarm water.
“Ole marster say you been travelin’
an" mebbe you like to refresh yo’sef
wid a hot bath. Dar’s some o' little
marster’s clothes on de bed dar, an’ a
pair o’ his shoes, an’ I know dey’ll jus’
fit you snug. You’ll find all de folks
on de front po’ch when you git
through.”
She closed the door. Once, winter
and summer, the boy had daily
plunged into the river with his Indian
companions, but he had never had a
bath in his life, and he did not know
what the word meant; yet he had
learned so much at the fort that he
had no trouble making out what the
tub of water was for. For the same
reason he felt no surprise when he
picked up t’ e Clothes; he was only
puzzled how to get into them. He
tried, and st-uggling with the breeches
he threw one hand out to the wall to
keep from falling and caught a red
cord with a bushy red tassel; whereat
there was a ringing that made him
spring away from it. A moment later
there was a knock at his door.
“Did you ring, suh?’’ asked a voice.
What that meant he did not ’mow, and
he made no answer. The door was
opened slightly and a woolly head ap
peared.
“Do you want anything, suh?”
“No."
“Den I reckon hit was anudder
bell —yassuh.”
The boy began putting on his own
clothes.
Outside Cclonel Dale and Barbara
had strolled down the big path to the
sun-dial, the colonel telling the story
of the little Kentuck} kinsman —the
little girl listening and wide-eyed.
“Is he going to live here with us,
papa ?”
“Perhaps. You must be very nice
to him. He has lived a rude, rough
life, but I ctn see he is very sensi
tive.” ’
At the bend of the river there was
the flash of dripping oars, nd the song
of the black oarsmen came across the
yellow flood.
“There they come!” cried Barbara.
And from his window the little Ken
tuckian saw the company coming up
the path, brave wltL gay clothes and
smiles and gallantries. The colonel
walked with a grand lady at the head,
behind were the belles and beaux, and
' bringing up the rear was Barbara, es
corted by a youth his own age, who
carried his hat under his arm and
bore himself as haughtily as his
elders. No sooner did he see them
(mounting to the porch than there was
jthe sound of a horn In the rear, and
looking out of the other window the
lad saw a coach and four dash
through the gate and swing around
. the road that encircled the great trees,
and up to the rear portico, where
(there was a joyous clamor of greet
ings. Where did all those people
come from? Were they going to stay
there and would he have to be among
'them? All the men were dressed alike
and sot one was dressed like him.
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Panic assailed him, and once more he
looked at the clothes on the bed, and
then without hesitation walked
through the hallway, and stopped on
the threshold of the front ckor. A
quaint figure he made there, and for
the moment the gay talk and laughter
quite ceased. The story of him al
ready had been told, and already was
sweeping from cabin to cabin to the
farthest edge of the great plantation.
No son of Powhatan could have stood
there with more dignity, and young
Harry Dale’s ”ace broke into a smile
of welcome. His father being indoors
he went forward with hand out
stretched.
“I am your cousin Harry,” he said,
and taking him by the arm he led him
on the round of presentation.
“Mrs. Willoughby, may I present my
cousin from Kentucky?"
“This is your cousin, Miss Katherine
Dale; another cousin, Miss Mary; and
this is your cousin Hugh.”
. And the young ladles greeted him
with frank, eager interest, and the
young gentlemen suddenly repressed
patronizing smiles and gave hit. grave
greeting, for if ever a rapier flashed
from a human head, it flashed from
the piercing black eye of i .at little
Kentucky backwoodsman w’hen his
cousin Hugh, with a rather whimsical
smile, bowed with a politeness that
was a trifle too elaborate. Mrs. Gen
eral Willoughby guessed how the lad’s
heart was thumping w’ith the effort to
conceal his embarrassment, and when
a tinge of color spread on each side
of his set- mouth and his eyes began
to waver uncertainly, her intuition
was quick and kind.
“Barbara,” she asked, "have you
shown your cousin your ponies?”
The little girl saw her motive and
laughed merrily:
“Why, I haven’t had time to show
him anything. Come on, cousin."
The boy followed her down the
steps in his noiseless moccasins, along
a grass noth between hedges of an-
wKbHI si
“You Go On Back an* Walt for Yo’
Company, Little Miss; I'll 'Tend to
Him!"
cient box, around an ell, and past the
kitchen and toward the stables. At
the gate the little girl called imperi
ously :
“Ephraim, bring one of my ponies I”
And In a moment out came a sturdy
little slave whose head was all black
skin, black wool and white teeth, lead
ing two creamy-white little orses
that shook the lad’t composure at last,
for he knew ponies as far back as he
could remember, but he had never
seen the like of them. His hand al
most trembled when he ran it over
their sleek coats, and unconsciously
he dropped into his Indian speech and
did not know it until the girl asked
laughingly:
“Why, what are you saying to my
ponies?”
And he blushed, for the little girl’s
artless prattling am friendliness were
already beginning to make him quite
human.
“That’s Injun talk.”
Hugh had followed them.
“Barbara, your mother wants you,”
he said, and the little girl turned
toward the house. The stranger was
ill at ease with Hugh and the latter
knew it.
“It must be very exciting where
you live.”
“How?”
“Oh, fighting Indians and shooting
deer and turkeys and buffalo. It must
be great fun."
“Nobody does it for fun—it’s mighty
hard work."
“My uncle —your father —used to
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1922.
tell us about his wonderful adven
tures out there.”
“He had no chance to tell me.”
“But yours must have been more
wonderful than his.”
The boy gave a little grunt that was
a survival of his Indian life, and
turned to go back to the house.
“But all this, I suppose, is m
strange to you.”
“More.”
Hugh was polite and apparently sin
cere in Interest, but the lad was
vaguely disturbed and he quickened
his step. The porch was empty when
they turned the corner of the house,
but young liarry Dale came running
down the steps, his honest face alight,
and caught the little Kentuckian by
the arm.
“Get ready fcr pper, Hugh—come
on, cousin,” he said, and led the
stranger ;□ his room and pointed to
the clothes on the bed.
“Don’t they fit?” he asked, smiling.
“I don’t know —I don’t know how to
git into ’em.”
Young Harry laughed joyously.
“Os course not. I wouldn’t know
how to put yours on either. You just
wait," he cried, and disappeared to
return quickly with an armful of
clothes.
“Take off your war-dress,” he said,
“and I’ll show you.”
With heart warming to such kind
ness, and helpless against it, the" lad
obeyed like a child and was dressed
like a child.
“Now, I’ve got t? hurry,” said Har
ry. “I’ll come back for you. Just
look at yourself,” he called at the
door.
And the stranger did look at the
wonderful vision that a ^reat mirror
as tall as himself gave back. His
eyes began to sting, and he rubbed
them with the back of his hand and
looked at the hand curiousiy. It was
moist. He had seen tears in a wom
an’s eyes, but he did not know that
they could come to a man and he felt
ashamed.
CHAPTER V
The boy stood at a window looking
out into the gathering dusk. The
neighing of horses, the lowing of
cattle, the piping of roosting turkeys
and motherly clutter of roosting hens,
the weird songs of negroes, the
sounds of busy preparation through
the house and from the kitchen —all
were sounds of peace and plenty, se
curity and service. And over in his
own wilds at that hour they were
driving cows and horses into the
stockade. They were cooking their
rude supper in the open. A man had
gone to each of the watch-towers.
From the blackening woods came the
curdling cry of a panther and the
hooting of owls. Away on over the
still westward wilds were the wig
wams of squaws, papooses, braves,
the red men—red in skin, in blood,
in heart, and red with bate against
the whites.
Perhaps they were circling a fire at
that moment in a frenzied war-dance
—perhaps the hooting at that moment
from the woods around the fort was
not the hooting of owls at all. There
all was liardshlp—danger; here all
was comfort and peace. If they could
see him now! See his room, bls fire,
his bed, his clothes! They had told
him to come, and yet he felt now the
shame of desertion. He had come,
but he would not stay long away. The
door opened, he turned, and Harry
Dale came eagerly in.
“Mother wants to see you.”
. The two boys paused in the hall
and Harry pointed to a pair of crossed
rapiers over the mantelpiece.
“Those were your father’s,” he saidj
“he was a wonderful fencer.”
The lad shook his head in ignorance
and Harry smiled.
“I’ll show you tomorrow.”
At a door in the other ell Harry
knocked gently, and a voice that was
low and sweet but vibrant with im
periousness called:
“Come in!”
“Here he is, mother."
The lad stepped into warmth, subtle
fragrance and many candle lights. The
great lady was just rising from a
chair In front of her mirror, brocaded,
powdered and starred with jewels.
So brilliant a vision almost stunned
the little stranger and it took an ef
fort for him to lift his eyes to hers.
“Why, this is not the lad you told
me of,” she said. “Come here! Both
of you.” They came and the lady
scrutinized them comparlngly.
“Actually you look alike—and,
Harry, you have no advantage, even
if you are my own son. I am glad
you are here,” she said with sudden
soberness, and smiling tenderly she
put both hands on his shoulders, drew
him to her and kissed him, and again
he felt In his eyes that curious sting.
“You i.ght with 'em? I want
to learn how to use them!”
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(TO BE CONTINUED.)
STATE SANATORIUM
REPORT GIVEN OUT
308 GEORGIANS RECEIVED TREAT-
MENT AT TUBERCULOSIS SAN
ATORIUM AT ALTO
STATE NEWS_OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Os
The State
Atlanta.—Three hundred and eight
Georgians reecived treatment at the
state 'tuberculosis sanatorium at Alto
last year, according to the annual re
port of the institution just submitted
to the legislature. Os this number 18
were from Fulton, with several more
from adjacent counties. The sanato
rium records show, also, that during
the first six months of the current year
twenty-two from Fulton have been re
ceived as patients.
The report show's that of the 308
patients last year, the great majority
of whom, upon entrance. w r ere advanc
ed cases, 54 per cent being far advanc
ed. only sixteen died and but tw'enty
nine were classified as unimproved
when they left the sanatorium. The av
erage length of stay was 131 days, ap
proximately four and one-third months.
There was an increase of twenty over
the preceding year in the total num-,
ber of patients, and an increase of
seven in the average daily number of
patients treated, eighty-eight being the
average for 1921, as compared with
eighty-one for 1920.
The need of a new and larger plant,
of hospital rather than sanatorium con
struction, a home for nursese, and an
adequate maintenance fund is stressed
in the report which cites that the wait
ing list is always full, and that the
institution is not properly equipped to
care for far advanced cases. The ap
propriation from the state has been re
duced from $56,000 in 1921 to $50,000
for 1922 and the same amount for
1923.
The sanatorium, located near Alto,
seventy-two miles northeast of Atlan
ta, is the biggest single factor in
Georgia in the fight on tuberculosis,
which, last year, claimed 3,000 victims
in the state and of v.’hich there are now'
in Georgia thirty thousand active cases.
The institution is under the control of
the state board of health and under
the superintendent of Dr. Edson W.
Glidden, formerly of Savannah.
Young Girl Member Os Faculty
Thomaston. —Perhaps the youngest
member of a faculty of a big education
al institution of this state or any other
state is Miss Weaver Dallis of this
city. She is descended from Revolu
tionary and Civil war ancestry, and is
one of the brightest young women of
this section. She is a member of the
faculty of the summer school being
conducted at the Georgia Normal at
Athens. This is her second year as a
member of the faculty. She is the
charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter H. Dallis of this city. It is
understood she has been tendered the
superintendency of two or three of the
county systems of the state.
Butts Taxes Show Heavy Losses
Jackson. —Property value in Butts
count} - show a decrease of $192,000 over
1921, acording to the digest which has
just been completed by the tax receiv
er. Real estate showed a slight gain,
but there was a heavy falling off in
personal property. The total amount
of property on the digest this year is
$2,458,305, as compared with $2,650,305
in 1921. Real estate was returned at
an average of $9,165 per acre, showing
a gain of about one dollar per acre
over the assessed value in 1921. The
basis recommended by Tax Commis
sioner H. J. Fullbright was $lO per
acre.
Six Colquitt Catle Owners Indicted
Moultrie. —Six Colquitt county cattle
owners have been indicted by the grand
jury on charges of violating the tick
sradication law. The accused are C. W.
Beck. C. L. Autre, C. B. Beck, J. A.
Bannister, Felix Carlton and C. L.
King. The' charges against the men
grew out of their refusal to dip their
herds on the first dipping day in July.
Previously they had taken part in a
mass meeting held here at which a
resolution was passed putting the au
thorities on notice "that all dipping of
cattle would stop in Colquitt after the
first of July.”
Willingham Hearing Postponed
Macon. —The hearing of Richard Wil
lingham for a new trial, which was
set for July 29, has been continued to
August 20. His attorneys stated that
they were not prepared for the hearing
July 29. Willingham was convicted
by the superior court on one of four
teen counts of larceny after trust of
$163,000. He was sentenced to a year
on the state fann and fined one thou
sand dollars.
MAN PAYS DOCTOS
BILL DUE NEARLY
HALF A CENTURY AGO
Lyerly.—Having been conscience
stricken for forty-five years because
he left this county without settling a
doctor’s bill, A. L. Culpepper, Birming
ham, Ala., came to Lyerly recently and
was shocked to learn that Dr. J. W.
Bryant, his former family physician,
had been dead nearly eight years.
Learning that the physician had died
he began a search for his relatives.
Mrs. Bryant, widow of the physician
who administered to Culpepper in 1877,
was not aware of the old debt, having
destroyed the books containing the
accounts many years ago, but this did
not deter Culpepper. He knew the
amount and proffered, pay, principal
and interest, but the widow would not
accept any interest.
Culpepper left Chattooga county in
1878 —44 years ago. Since that time
he has prospered, but stated he could
never relieve his mind of the unpaid
doctor’s bill, and will return to his
home in Birmingham a happy man.
Doctor Bryant, who died in Novem
ber, 1914, was one of the best known
physicians of the county. His widow
and daughter have lived here since his
death.
Baldwin Farmers Study Pastures
Milledgeville.—Farmers and men of
Baldwin county interested in growing
stock -will meet on the farm of J. F.
Miller near Milledgeville August 3 to
learn the best methods of improving
J pasture lands. Paul Tabor, field agent
from the state college of agriculture,
will explain pastures. Agricultural
agents of the Central of Georgia rail
way will accompany Mr. Tabor. Since
the boll weevil has made its ravages in
Baldwin county the farmers are diver
sifying their crops and a great deal
more thought and time is spent on the
raising of stock and milk production.
Large quantities of sour cream are ship
ped to different points.
Pecan Growers Granted Charter
Vidalia. —The Pecan Plantations com
pany, a local organization with a capi
tal stock of $250,000, has received a
charter and started business, which,
according to the charter, will be that
of buying, developing and selling or
farming pecan plantations. The com
pany has acquired and is developing
as a nucleus a 1,000-acre plantation,
which will be set with budded trees
this season, and, according to J. B.
Brewton, president of the new com
pany, contracts are made with several
private plantation owners for the care
and development of orchards.
Urging Woman To Run For Senate
Milltown. —Local politics are begin
ning to take on a little life, Rev. Lu
cius J. Knight has announced for repre
sentative in Lanier county. Other an
nouncements are expected later. In
Berrien county, Rev. Perry T. Knight,
the present representative who lives
at Ray City, has announced for re-elec
tion. The Democratic executive com
mittee has selected September 13 as
the day for the election. It is gener
ally expected that Mr. Knight will have
opposition.
Freight Train Wrecked
Brunswick.—Five A.. B. & A. railroad
freight cars were derailed at Mile
Post 13. out of Brunswick, tearing up
a stretech of track and forcing a de
tour for all night trains. The track
will be repaired soon. One of the cars,
a tanker, was a total loss. No one
was hurt. Trains were routed over
Southern and Seaboard tracks from
Brunsw'ick to Thalman pending re
pairs to tracks.
—
Butts Faramers Inspect Pastures
Jackson. —A delegation of 30 Butts
county farmers, dairymen and business
men spent a day in Covington to in
spect the pastures of Evans Lunsford,
who has had remarkable success in
building permanent pastures. The lo
cal party was delighhted with the re
sults accomplished by Mr. Lunsford
and a number of Butts county farmers
are now arranging to build pastures
this fall.
Tar And Feather Party
Thomasville. —It is understood that
a federal officer has been in Thomas
ville making investigations into the
case of O. Haselgrove, who was tarred
:and feathered by unknown parties re- '
cently. It is said that he came in re- :
sponse to letters written by Hasel- .
grove. After interviewing various par- :
ties he left. It is said that the young ■
woman who was the primary ca^tse of
the affair and who has been in Sa
vannah. has disappeared from there.
Asks Legisislature To Visit
Savannah.—The general assembly of
Georgia will be asked to come to Sa
vannah as the guests of the city of Sa
vannah. Thia announcement has been
made by Mayor Stewart. The invita
tion will be carried to Atlanta by Da
vid S. Atkinson, representative in the
legislature from Chatham, and may be
extended.
NUMBER 37
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
Review Os Doings Os General
Assembly Gathered For
Our Readers
Atlanta.—The fight of the Municipal
League of Georgia for the passage ot
a constitutional amendment permit
ting counties and cities to issue bonds
for hydro-electric development was
given a severe blow when the senate
committe on constitutional amend
ments by a vote of 9 Jo 2, decided to
return the measure to the senate with
an adverse report. This action wai
taken following a two-hour sessic]
during which speeches in behalf o!
the bill were made by Marion Jackson,
of Atlanta; Archibald Blackshear, Au
gusta; I. T. Erwin, Washington, Ga.,
and Senator Hollingsworth, of the
seventeenth district, and speeches in
opposition to the bill were made by
Preston S. Arkwright, president of the
Georgia Railway and Power company,
and Fermor Barrett, of Toccoa.
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Bills Introduced In House.
By Davis, of Floyd, and others —To
amend pension law relating to dates
when pensions shall be paid.
By Houston, of Gwinnett —To regu
| late payment of entrance fees of can-
I didates for congress.
By Pruiett, of Lumpkin—To appro
priate $6,500 to North Georgia Agri
। cultural school at Dahlonega.
By Collier, of Stephens—To pro
i vide for payment of wages now ex
: empted from garnishment.
By McMichael, of Marion, and
: others —To authorize counties to ap
: propriate funds to take advantage ot
■ Smith-Lever and Smith-Hughes educa
■ tional extension laws.
By Grant, of Habersham —To appro
priate $7,000 for a dormitory at Ninth
District A. & M. college.
By Mann, of Gynn—To create bond
commission authorized to issue and
sell highway bonds.
By Mann —To authorize state to
issue highway bonds.
By Williams, of Harris —To amend
highway law by empowering highway
department to build 200 additional
miles of roads.
By Johnson, of Bartown—To amend
law relating to power of general as
; sembly to exempt property from taxa
tion so as to allow exemption of cer
( tain personal proerty.
By Wilkes delegation—To regulate
motor truck transportation.
By Moore and Holloway, of Fulton
—To repeal act protecting contractors
I who do public work.
By Hufstetler, of Murray—To pre
vent seining, gigging and spearing
fish for a period of five years.
By Way. of Liberty—To make iit
unlawful to kill cattle away from
premises of owner.
By Wyatt, of Troup, and McClel
land. of DeKaalk—To provide for levy
of taxes other than ad valorem tax.
By Richmond delegation—To au
thorize city of Augusta to lease its
canal for water power purposes.
By Brownlee, of Elbert —To amend
motor vehicle law by reducing fee for
license tags.
By Hamilton, of Floyd—To repeal
act providing for semi-monthly pay
days for workmen, clerks, etc., em
ployed by corporations.
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House Bill Passed.
By Munday, of Polk —To provide
biennial sessions of the general as
sembly.
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Bills Passed in Senate
By Nix. of the 51st —Requiring the
state highway department to purchase
machinery and sound warning before
entering a covered bridge.
By Walker and Johns —To make a
father and mother equal heirs with
brothers and sisters of. an estate.
By Haralson, of the 40th—To pro
vide additional grounds for revoking
licenses of insurance concerns doing
business in Georgia.
By Ridley, of the 2Sth—Requiring
dealers in nursery stock to give bond
and obtain licenses to do business,
and to make it a misdemeanor to
make misrepresentations to custom
ers.
By Clay, of the 39th—To change
method of certiorari from court of ap
peals to supreme court.
By Golucke. of the 19th—To pre
vent carry of side arms or concealed
weapons, except by persons in mili
tary service and arresting officers.
By Weaver, of the 11th —To per
mit corporations chartered in Georgia,
except banks, insurance and trust
companies to issue non-par stock, or
part non-par and art ar stock.
By Thomas, of the 3d—To abolish
county commission of Wayne county.
By Manson, of the 35th—To fix
comensation for treasurer of Clay
ton county.
House Bills Passed In Senate.
No. 356—T0 allow county commis
sions in certain counties to collect
taxes quarterly or semi-annually.
No. 685 —To amend act establish
ing system of public schools in Can
ton. ।
