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OCtLLA. GEORGIA.
HENDERSON k HANLON, Publishers.
,\mong the forces dispatched to the
American island of Guam is a brass
band of teu pieoes. It is evidently
Intended that civilization out there
shall henceforth keep stop to the
music of the Union.
The cruiser Chicago is to circum¬
navigate Africa with a view to show¬
ing our flag iu the ports of that con¬
tinent. It is safe to say that the ship
will be enthusiastically received wher¬
ever our language is spoken.
One-half of the more than 27,003
persons committed to the county
prisons of Massachusetts last year had
been in the same institutions before;
more than one-third of them from one
to five times before, aud fifteen per
seut. of them from six to fifty times
belore. ______________
The feeling in England iu favor of
die introduction of the metric system
of weights and measures is strong, and
steps are being taken to that end.
The Board of Trade has been used to
nduee its compulsory adoption within
two years. Merchants aud business
men generally throughout Great
Britain favor the change, but opposi¬
tion comes from unexpected quarters.
It is said that many of the scientific
professors object to the metric system
lor old-fogy reasons.
The home-bred golfer is coming to
she fore. Two or three years ago the
English and Scotch that came to this
uountry stood in a class by themselves-
and the general opinion was that it
took an older civilization, aud tradi.
lions, and the atmosphere of a long
past to produce a first-class golKer.
Bnt that day ha3 passed. Humbly we
rnt at the feet of the foreigners, and
assiduously we watched their strokes
and strove to do likewise. And our
reward is coming. Betts beat MeDon-
aldiu’97, and Smith also won from
she same plaver. i TJ Hut ..1 the urea test . .
L - *
victory is Brooks’s winning a few days
ago from the champion, Douglas, the
best amateur golfer that ever came to
this country. This shows that, with
che , right spirit, the tj-, Pilgrims • and the ,i
backwoods are as good traditions for
the making of a golfer as the older
civilization of Europe.
The death penalty has beeu abol-
,shed , , or qualified in the following _
countries: The Argentine Republic,
Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica,
Guatemala, Holland, Italy, Norway,
Portugal, Russia, Switzerland (iu
eight cantons) and xr Venezuela. , One ~
of the arguments of the opponents of
capital punishment is that it is not a
deterrent of homicide. This reason-
mg is . based , , on ,, the rapid ., increase . of c
that crime in the United States, but is
inconclusive because nobody knows
whether this increase would not be
even greater if the death penalty were
enforced „ , nowhere , . this .. . country, ,
in
But as a matter of fact the number of
homicides has increased iu the.United
States during the last tweuty years
much faster than the population. In
1880 the number of homicides in our
country was 4290; in 1895, the last
year for which we have seen the
figures, it was 10,500. This is largely
cut of proportion to the growth of
population and indicates a greater
disregard for human life than formerly
obtained among our people, says the
Atlanta Journal.
A New York musician shot himself
a few days ago because his ambitious
eould not be realized. He was said
to be a good singer, but lvis aspira¬
tions were higher than his perform-
' auees, and life seemed not to hold
sufficient iu it to live for. And in
Paris a centenarian has just killed
himself because he was afraid he
would live forever. Evolution used
to kill off the weaklings and the old.
Suicide was practically unknown
among savages. The struggle for ex¬
istence was so hard that those who
who were able to live through it were
only too pleased and proud to be
alive. Civilization keeps alive those
whom the ordinary operations of na¬
ture would kill off. And suic-ide has
sprung up as au unconscious atavistic
tendency to clear the world of the un¬
fit. On the other hand, the resources
of civilization have made the life of
him well-endowed with the world’s
goods pleasanter than ever, aud he
cotnbiues with other fortunate per¬
sons to form hundred-year clubs and
dou’t-worry clubs, which amount to
the same thing, that ho may not die
with the good.
Success comes always to those who
believe in printer’s ink judiciously
used. Let us have your advertise¬
ment.
A WOMAN’S HAND.
The dawn grow golden In the east,
The dnnolngand the muslo ceased;
The world, the world of men, awoke,
And then the guest who tarried spoke.
A nd as he spoke he took her hand
In Ills (be could not understand!)
And held It, tiny, white, and slim,
While she In silence gazed at him.
“Soft little tender birdllke thing,
M IV Time or Toll,” be murmured, "bring
No line to thee, poor girlish handl”
(Oh k ho could never understand!)
AV' MRS. J. NEWTON SMITH’S
IIVV FAMILY TREE.
RS. SMITH had
% f| been a Newton,
and had always
1 wished that
I: ii - m she could have
retained her
name after mar¬
riage and done
•es; away altogeth¬
er with the very
common cogno¬
men of her hus¬
band, but in
the busy years
which came
while she was housekeeper and moth¬
er cf four sturdy ohildren, it seemed
to make little difference what her
name was. In fact, she had all she
could do to‘ answer to the name
“mother.”
But Mr. Smith’s business as >a
grocer prospered, married, and after three only
children were leaving
Beatrice, a maiden of fifteen, at home,
Mrs. Smith found time to attend to
social duties and cultivate the ambi¬
tious of her youth.
A new house, with “grounds,” was
her first aspiration; and, as her found hus¬
band shared this desire, they
themselves established in due time on
a trolley line just far enough outside
the city to be what the grocer called
“unmixed.”
Mrs. Smith was a woman of good
taste, and used money wisely. Henee
a smooth lawn, flowering shrubs and
vines soon appeared around the pretty
home, in addition to the great elms
which had sheltered the farmhouse
which had formerly occupied the site.
It was while she was furnishing
and beautifying at her leisure that
Mrs. Smith received a letter fromBos-
ton asking for facts concerning herself
and her father’s family. J A certain
Miss Agnes . JSewfcon xr , was the writer,
and ahe in f ormed Mrs. Smith that she
was compiling a “Newton book” in
which the family—root, trunk and
branches-was to be classified aud or*
ranged. She had 111 st “discovered
Mrg Smith> and henoe informod her
considerable length of the impor-
tance of her work aud the extent of
the family circle.
The names of prominent people
that Miss Agnes Newton specified as
in the family * conuectionn opened ^ be-
fore Mra s ith a n6W worl of rela .
tionship.
“Why, John, it is perfectly amaz-
ing!” she began at the tea-table, “I
am second cousin to the member of.
Congress from the first district—the
Hon Dillon Newlon . aad Doctor
Stark’s wife, of the Church Herald, is
my first cousin; aud that rich Hemm-
way of Goldham married my mother’s
cousin—that makes her my second,
doMtf t ft? The Newtong ‘that went
West—well, she mentions judges and
professors and ministers—I don’t
know what all! And, John,” here a>u
impressive finger was lifted, “we’re
descended from the. same line as Sir
Isaao Newtou> W hat do you think of
that?”
“H’m! let’s see. Sir Isaac descended
from Eve, and both of ’em had some¬
thing to do with an apple, didn’t
they?”
A glance from his wife warned Mr.
Smith that levity would not be tole¬
rated, and he quickly added, “I don’t
care much for such things, but if they
want my opinion of the Newtons, I
know one that I can give an A number
one recommend.”
“Don’t be foolish John,” she re¬
sponded, somewhat mollified. “It
really means a great deal to find that
one belongs to a superior family.
Father was careless about correspond¬
ing with his relatives, and they were
scattered all over the country before
I was old enough to know them. For
the sake of the children, I’m very glad
some one has had interest enough to
collect the records.”
Mrs. Smith had taken on new dignity
since reading her letter, and now sat
very erect, handling her knife and fork
with an air which greatly amused her
husband. He leaned back and laughed
with rare enjoyment.
“You’ll do, Judith. I’ll risk you
with any of ’em. Too bad there isn’t
a Smith tree; blit we’d need a regular
banian —room for an army, you know.
But aren’t you afraid these aristocrats
will look down on a grocer’s wife?”
“Not if they’re true Newtons,” re¬
sponded his wife, warmly. “Miss
Agnes Newton writes that loyalty is a
peculiar characteristic of the race.
She says I will find that these new
relatives are true to the last degree of
kinship. Of course I am glad they
all appear to be educated and wealthy
—it will be such au advantage for
Beatrice to know them.”
Beatrice was a lively, red-cheeked
girl, perfectly satisfied to be a Smith,
but she dimpled becomingly in re¬
sponse to her mother’s prophecy.
“I’ll have to practise my music bet¬
ter if I’m going among grand people,”
she said, and then wondered why her
father chuckled so absurdly.
There was oae drop of bitterness in
Mrs. Smith’s cup. Just ’’over the
boundary wall on the north side of her
beautiful home was a little cottage full
of children. There were six under
Then sbo. with one strange, wistful look,
Drew bnclc the baud bo Idly took.
And smiling hid it from his «aze,
While he bowed low, and went his ways.
The little band remained the same
Mott birdllke thing, and no toil came
To take Its tenderness away,
Nor steal its beauty day by day.
For in the world Its only part
Was but to press a wayward and heart slim!)
(Ah, little hand so white
That aohod with all her love for him.
—Harper’s Magazine.
twelve years—bright-faced, interested rollicking
boys and girls, all intensely
in watching every improvement on the
Smith estate.
If she was out overseeing the ar¬
rangement of foliage plants in “de¬
signs” on the lawn, there was sure to
be a row of smiling faces visible over
the wall, the baby being held iu posi¬
tion by his oldest sister. If she went
out to water the flowers she would be
greeted by a cheerful “Hullo! drink!” we
thought you’d better give ’em a
Her pautry faced the north, and while
concocting dainties for her table she
would often look up to find several
pairs of blue and brown eyes regard¬
ing her steadily. One glance from her
was enough to bring smiles to every
face, and a joyful “Hullo!”
“Now, mother,let me give them some
gingersDaps.” Beatrice would say,
aud several times she had had the
pleasure of distributing the fresh,
crisp cakes to a keenly appreciative
company.
But Mrs. Smith frowned upon these
friendly overtures; “They’ll be in the
garden over everything, Beatrice.
How would you like to have tliem
‘hullo’ at vo* when your young friends
are out from the city?”
“I wouldn’t mind. Their faces are
always clean, and we’re real good
friends,”
“But they’re already making free
with the carriage-drive, and if you
pet them they’ll become nuisances.”
As the summer advanced, Mrs. J.
Newton Smith, as her cards were now
engraved, installed a stout Swedish
woman in her kitchen and gave a series
of afternoon teas, and ladies who
drove out to them from the city were
charmed with her home and hospi¬
tality. If Sir Isaac discovered the
attraction of gravitation, this far-away
kinswoman knew how to exercise a
social attraction toward which certain
eminently respectable and desirable
people gravitated.
She even ventured, with a little as¬
sistance from Miss Agnes, the his¬
torian, to reveal herself to the great
Doctor Stark’s wife, who was sum¬
mering at the nearest resort. When
that lady returned her call, pei*haps
Mrs. Smith was as happy as a woman
of moderate ambition can hope to be.
Mrs. Stark, in return, was delighted
with her new relative, with sunny, un¬
spoiled Beatrice—whose playing was
unusually poor that day—and con¬
cluded her visit with an urgent invi¬
tation for the family, to come to Phila¬
delphia at the earliest opportunity.
“There, John,” Mrs. Smith said to
her husband, “you must admit that it
pays to have a family tree, for I never
would have known my cousin, Mrs.
Stark, if it had not been for the rec¬
ords. She thinks a great deal of an¬
cestry and heredity.”
They nere sitting on the broad
piazza, at sunset, where Mrs. Smith
usually recounted her trials and
triumphs.
“Yes, I suppose so,” her husband
responded.
“The only thing that happened to
mar the afternoon was while we were
on the lawn. The north wall was alive
with Higginses as soon as we reached
the arbor, aud aotually, John—now
don’t laugh!—they said, ‘Hullo!’ to
Mrs. Dr. Stark.”
Mr. Smith was already laughing too
heartily to check himself at once, and
Beatrice hid her rosy face to conoeal
her merriment.
“I’m sure!” ejaculated Mrs. Smith,
“what you cau see that is laughable
or even tolerable in those grinning
young ones is a mystery to me. Some¬
thing must be done. Next year I mean
to have a wall ten feet high between
us.”
“It’s a regular case of—what’s-his-
nauie— Mordecai, over again, isn’t it?”
said her husband, wiping his eyes.
“And how did Mrs Stark express her
horror?”
After a moment’s hesitation Mrs.
Smith responded, “Well, I suppose
she has had to adapt herself to all
sorts of people, being a minister’s
wife, but I was surprised. She
smiled back and said, ‘Hullo!’ I
thought I should-”
“But you didn’t—you never do, and
I think she’s a sensible woman.
Really, she’s ’way up the tree in my
estimation. I shouldn’t worry about
the Higginses. Their father seems a
nice sort of man-r-he works in the
machine shops aud we often ride out
together. Had a bottle of some kind
vf tonic for his wife to-night—said
she was all worn out this summer.”
“I should think she would be,”
was the low response.
The next day Mrs. Smith received
another letter from Miss Agnes New¬
ton, in which she wrote, “I think I
have discovered a new relative who
must be living near you. Her maiden
name is Higgins; she was Sarah New¬
ton, from Kansas. If I trace her cor¬
rectly she is granddaughter of James,
1, daughter of Henry, 2, and Henry,
2, was your father’s (Orlando, 4)
brother. Can you help me at this
point?”
^No; Mrs. J. Newton simply overwhelmed. Smith could
not! She was
Down went the wall ten feet high,
and down went her exultation over
the Newtons in general. murmured.
‘‘My cousin!” she
“Tea, father had a brother Henry oat
West. He used to hear from him
about onoe in live years. That ac¬
counts for the strange reseiu—O
dear! dear! I’ll never tell John.
He would make life a burden. Why
should Agnes Newton write mo all the
disagreeable discoveries she makes?"
Hiding her letter, she sat down
beside the window farthest from the
Higgins cottage and wrestled with her
chagrin. To yield was inevitable —
her conscience made that clear—but
how to do so gracefully was the ques¬
tion. Like many other problems,
this was unexpectedly solved, She
heard the back door thrown open
suddenly, and as she started to her
feet a wide-eyed, panting child ap¬
peared. Smith,” she gasped,
“0 Mis’
“mamma won’t speak, an’ she’s all
still! Trudie says won’t yon please
come over?”
Mrs. Smith recognized the seoond
Higgins child, seized a bottle of cam¬
phor, called Beatrice, and hurried af¬
ter her little guide. Four weeping
infants met her at the door, while
Trundie Was applying water to her
mother’s white face.
•‘Is she dead?” whispered the terri¬
fied child.
“No, no, dear, only in a faint.”
With quick and skilful movements
Mrs. Smith applied restoratives.
Very soon the weary eyes unclosed,
and color came again to lip and cheek.
“Why, Mrs. Smith, did they call
you?” she whispered, “There!
there! don’t darlings!” With the
first intimation of consciousness the
children had pressed forward, eager
to reach her.
“Don’t you worry!” commanded
Mrs. Smith. “Now, children, Bea¬
trice is in the garden, and you can all
go over and she will give you some
cookies. I’ll stay with your mother.”
Four of them filed out on tiptoes,
but Trudie stayed until her mother
was iu bed. Then she took the baby
aud followed—a look of grave re-
sponsibility on her young face.
Mrs. Higgins looked wistfully at j
her neighbor. “I don’t see why I
gave out so, I’m sure,” she said,
“but my ironing was heavy, and I’ve j
been so miserable this summer. It j
seemed as if I was going to die, and I
didn’t care much if I did. Were you
ever so wicked? But I’m sorry to
trouble you; I’ll soon bo up again.”
As she smiled Mrs. Smith saw the
marked resemblance to her own sis¬
ter, Louise, which Beatrice had
noticed.
All artificial barriers fell at that in¬
stant, and leaning over the bed, Mrs.
Smith almost sobbed, “You’re not
wicked, and you mustn’t work so hard
any more. You don’t trouble me. j
I’m going to take care of you, for I’m !
your own cousin, Judith Newton. I’ve
just found it out!”
The pale little woman heaved a
long, long sigh, lifted her arms, aud
clasped them around Mrs. Smith’s
neck: “Oh, I’ve known it ever since
I moved here! You look enough like
my father to be his own daughter,
aud we knew you married a Smith.
I’ve beeu so hungry to get near you,
but I didn’t dare to speak first.”
Tho little house was very still, and
nobody listened to the low murmur
of voices as the women talked on
and on.
That evening the stout Swedish !
woman was transferred to the Higgins i
kitchen, where her broad face flowered -
into smiles, since she was one of the
rare mortals who prefer “a family
where there are children.”
Mrs. Smith told her story also that
evening, and her husband wiped his
eyes and cleared his throat vigorously
as she described the finding of Cousin
Sarah.
“I won’t go back on the family
tree, John, but I’ve been so wicked
and puffed up over it—that’s the
trouble!” she confessed. “And here
at my very door was Cousin Sarah,
just starving forra relative. No wonder
she didn’t dare speak—oh, I can’t
forgive myself! And those ohildren
—there, John, you may laugh! but we
must have them over here while she’s
sick. Perhups you could put up
swings under the elms. I’m so glad
Miss Newton wrote—in time. Cousin
Sarah looks so much like Louise I
can’t help loving her.”
John nodded. He was possessed
with a variety of emotions.—Youth’s
Companion.
A Bibliographical Treasure.
A bibhographioal treasure of sin¬
gular interest has recently found its
way to Sotheby’s. It lias hitherto
been supposed that there is only one
copy in existence of the 1591 Quarto
of the two parts of “The Troublesome
Reigu of King John,” the old plays
on whioh Shakespeare’s drama was
founded—namely, the Capell copy
now in the library of Trinity College,
Cambridge. But here is a second,
and in finer condition that Capell’e
copy. Its sole defect is that it wants
the title page to the first part, as il
begins in A 2 with the verses to the
Gentlemen Readers, For the rest il
is in magnifioent preservation, having
the headlines not shaved off, as they
have been in the Capell copy, but,
with one or two exceptions where they
have been slightly cut into, quite in¬
tact. The result of a collation with
Dr. Furnivall’s fasoimileof the Capell
copy has been to show that, though
the text is practically identical with
Capell’s, there aro many highly in¬
teresting variants.—Saturday Review.
Photosrvai>l>e<l as a Mummy.
The latest fad among gay Paris-
iennes, it is reported, it to be photo¬
graphed as an Egyptian mummy.
The sitter is swathed iu the cerements
of tho grave, laid in a sarcophagus,
which is placed in an upright position,
and from this grewsome easing peeps
forth the laughing face of a living
woman.
DESPERATE FIGHT
IS THE STREET
Five Mon Engage In a Desperate
and Deadly Encounter.
THEY WERE ALL WOUNDED
Tragedy Occurs In Athens, Ala.,
Caused By Old Feud.
The quiet city of Athens, in Lime¬
stone county, Alabama, was the scene
of a terrible bloody tragedy Thursday,
in which five men participated.
The cause was an old feud existing
between the Campbell and Yarbrough
families, being near neighbors, and all
prominent, educated aud well fixed
people. public
The fight occurred on the
square, the streets being crowded with
people. Charles Campbell and his
brother-in-law, Jesse Surginer, were
in Athens on business, and met two
of the Yarbrough men, Bertram and
Walter, on the tfie streets. Insulting
words sprang to lips of the three
men simultaneously, and they closed
iu a desperate bodily encounter.
Seeing the difficulty, Will Yarbrough
rushed out of a near-by store, it was
claimed, with peace-making made in¬
tentions, but his coming only
matters worse. Seeing Will Yar¬
brough rushing to the scene, and
thinking all three were attacking his
brother-in-law, Surginer sprang up
and began firing into.the crowd.
All then jerked revolvers and a des¬
perate battle ensued. When the smoke
cleared away the five men ware lying
or crawling on the sidewalk, snapping
their revolvers and feebly attempting
to use their knives.
Bert and Walter Yarbrough were
soon lying in one room with their
life blood ebbing fast away. Both dy-
ing ga me.
Will Yarbrough is desperately
wounded through the lnngs, the ball
that struck him ranging up toward the
cerebral column,
Campbell and Surginer are both
seriously wounded. Surginer is in jail.
During the battle one ball crashed
through a plate glass window, grazing
the skull of Peter Crenshaw.
KIDNAPED BABY FOUND.
Marion Clark Discovered In Charge of
Farmer and His Wife.
Marion Clark, the twenty-one
months’ old child, kidnaped from her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark,
of New York city, May 21st, was dis-
covered two miles south of Sloatsburg,
N. Y„ Thursday afternoon. She was
found at a farmhouse of Charles You-
mans and was in the custody of Mrs.
Jennie Wilson, who took the baby to
that place the early part of last week,
Mrs. Wilson was accompanied by her
husband and stated to Mrs. Youmans
that she wanted board for the little
girl for the summer.
The Clark baby attracted people
by her large blue eyes and pink com-
plexion being particularly noticeable.
As soon as the notices of the abduc-
tion reached the neighborhood the
people began to suspect that the
child was Marion Clark. They felt
positive of it because the child wore
the , same clothes , „ as at the , time when ,
she was stolen.
When placed under arrest Mrs.
Wilson weakened and made a partial
confession. The baby was then pro-
duced. Marion is in good health.
Arthur Ciark, the father of the ab-
ducted baby, arrived at Sloatsburg
Thursday evening and immediately
identified the child as his lost Marion.
APPROVED GOVERNOR’S COURSE.
Georgia’s Chief Executive Offers a
Reward For Would-Be Assaulter.
A special from Atlanta, Ga., says:
The reward of $250 which was offered
a few days ago by Governor Candler
of Georgia for the arrest of William
Armstrong, the Harris county man
who attempted an assault upon a ten-
year-old negro girl, has been strongly
commended by a number of the most
promient citizens of Harris county.
While the reward was offered by
the governor without' being solicited
by the county officials, he first com¬
municated with ordinary and sheriff
of the county to learn the situation in
the community before issuing the or¬
der for the reward.
PHILIPPINE VOLUNTEERS
To Be Reviewed At Hinneapolis and
St. Paul By Pres’dent.
A Washington dispatch says: All
the volunteers now in the Philippines,
if mustered out at San Francisco,
are to be invited to mobilize at Minne¬
apolis and St. Paul. They are to be
tendered a rousing welcome, made the
more notable by the presence of Presi¬
dent McKinley.
The president has been anxious to
meet all the troops who served in the
Philippines, if this were practicable,
and he agreed to go to Minneapolis
and St. Paul to greet the Minnesota
volunteers.
GENERAL HETH IS ILL.
Old Confederate Warrior Said To Be
Near Death’s Door.
General Henry Heth, the well known
confederate officer, is lying very low
at his home in Washington. He has
never recovered from an old attack of
the grip and other complications have
set in. Monday night he was a trifle
more comfortable than usual.
General Heth, next to General Long-
street, is the oldest surviving confed¬
erate general.
FLORAL TRIBUTES REJECTED.
G. A. R. Committee Creates a Sensation
At Columbus, Ohio.
There was an unfortunate incident
of Memorial Day in Columbus, O.,
which was a direct slight to the Con¬
federate veterans, and which has cre¬
ated a sensation iu local G. A. E. cir¬
cles. The snub consisted of the re¬
fusal of a magnificent flora! tribute ten¬
dered by the southerners, to be placed
on the graves of the Union dead in
Green Lawn cemetery. The tribute,
in view of the events of the past year,
was peculiarly appropriate, represent¬
ing the north and the south grasping
the Union flag.
The tender was made by ex-Confed-
erates who appreciated the efforts
which have been made to cement the
north and south, but when the matter
was laid before the general floral com¬
mittee representing the G. A. R. posts
they declined to accept it. Before the
matter could be brought before the
general membership of the different
posts and undone, the design was ac¬
cepted by the Ex-Soldiers’ and Sailors’
association, who used it in their exer¬
cises during the day.
The marshal of the parade had in¬
vited the ex-confederates to partici¬
pate in the exercises of the G. A. R.
and quite a number of them ap¬
peared before they learned of the
snub. They withdrew immediately,
but j 0 i net i the ex-soldiers and sailors,
| There is great indignation among
the var j oua members of the G. A. g|
posts, and the southerners have be|
assured that the action of the commi
tee represented only individual opii
ion, and is not the spirit of the vaj
ous posts. It is highly probable tlj
action will be tak'en in regular form)
disavow the work of the commit!©
PROMINENT CITIZEN MISSINd.
Athens, Ga., Bank Cashier
Mysteriously Disappears.
John A. Benedict, cashier of the
Exchange bank of Athens, Ga., has
disappeared and his friends fear that
he has either lost his life by accident
or has met with foul play somewhere
near Greenville, S. C.
To those who do not know him the
first impression would be that some¬
thing was wrong with his bank affairs,
but there is not the least suspicion of
anything like this.
As a matter of fact, the books of the
bank, the cash and everything con¬
nected with it has been examined aud
found to be correct, both by the state
bank examiner and by President Bai¬
ley, of the bapk. Greenville
A dispatch from states
that he disappeared from there Tues¬
day afternoon a week ago and no trace
can be found of him after the most
diligent inquiry. M ,
Mr-. Benedict left A then‘
; “ orm “g and arrived in Gree < ville to
: visit the mills in the surrounding
country Tuesday afternoon. He reg-
istered at the Mansion house and was
directed for a team by the clerk to a
livery stable a couple of blocks from
the hotH- So far as can be ascertained
ne not go to the stable or apply for
any team anywhere in the city or leave
an y tra,c : f he P oll f have “f!lg
diligent inquiry by telephone and tfl
egraph throughout the up-oountiy, bu
without a vail.
BOOMING WHEELER.
Many Alabama Papers Nominate Him
For Governor of the State,
A Birmingham dispatch says: Wit!
almoat one aC cord the newspapers ii
General Wheeler’s congressional diJ|
trict bave united in a ca n f 0 r him to
enter the rae6 {or governor and heal
the diaru „tion that now exists in the
democratic party in Alabama.
The ca!1 ba8 been taken up by other
a in central and southern Ala-
ba ma, and it is said that Wheeler
might be in dueed to enter the field if
he is not sent to the Philippines. If
he ran he would be nominated and
elected without a doubt. Even the
populists and republicans will scarcely
oppose him. Wheeler’s election as
governor would, it is believed, insure
eventually a seat m the United
states senate.
Will Build Big Depot.
The Southern Railway company has
made arrangements freight depot for at Rornej® erectim^w
$50,000 J
Work will commence very soon.
Stolen Child Not Found. 9
Captain he McCluskey has learned of New nothing^™ Y<^B
ports that MaritH
about the kidnaped child, Jonem^^B
Clark, or the nurse, Carrie
DISPUTED OVER EXPENSI
Castelar’s Family Objected Tj
Government Paying For Fund
A Madrid dispach says: arrive! Whj
body of Senor Castelar
the station a dispute deadjjj arose
.ween the family of the
man and the government V
sentatives, the wording family of {■ ij j
ing against the that the exp^
cree ordering that the
the obsequies be borne by id| pi
as the preamble seemed to
that the only merit of the d«a
was that he died poor. ■
They also disputed the right® mfl
mier Silvela to act as chief
MINISTER D'ARCOS ARRIj
Reaches New York On Steamei
Wilhelm der Grosse.
drived The most notable Tuesday passeng«
at New York m
N orth German Lloyd steamship «
Wilhelm der Grosse was the I
d Areos, who conies to assume
post of Spanish minister at Wasl
ton, which has beeu vacant, since
hurried departure of Senor Polo-
Bernabe, April 20, 1898, on the eve
the outbreak of war. J