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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, OA., TUESDAY JULY 27 1886
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THE OLD VETERANS.
The Soldiers Msst end Havs a Grand itaunton-.
Large Attendance end a Royal Time-The
■uaicvis Trar noted and the epaaobee
Mad# —Around tba Postal Board.
The old sgjdicrsof the 7th Georgia regi
ment had a glorious reunion Wednesday.
At 10 o'clock the veterans assembled In the
basement of the county courthouse, and for
one hour there was a general handshaking
and social intermingling of the battle scarred
boys who were willing to sacrifice their lives
for their country.
(ienersl L. J. Gartrell, president of tbo asso
ciation, was londly cheered as ho entered
Though in feeble health and scarcely able to
be out, the gallant general seemed to tako on
new life; and when he called tbo regiment
to order, and proceeded to address them, tbero
was the most intense enthusiasm displayed.
Tetri gathered in the eyes of many when Gen
cral Gartrell said that he might never meet
with them again, and though as sick ss he
and acting sgainst the advice of bis physician,
he cuild not resist tho temptation tocomeout,
ORASI* His OLD COMRADE
ly the hand, and listen again to the war sto*
net of as tiue soldiers ss ever wore the jacket
of gray. The odds were never too much for
tho Seventh Georgia to fear to face. They
were ready to fight and die fora cause they
believed to be sacred. Many fell upon the
fields of battle, but there remained a few who
di lighted to meet in anuual reunion to per
petuate the memory of their dead comrades,
and to feel the kindly grasp of tho hand of
those who fought shoulder to aboulder with
them. The geueral said it had been his
desire to write a history of the regi
ment, but continued ill health aud
pressing business engagements had prevented
his doing so. Ife hoped at some fiieuro time
to be able to prepare at least a portion of it.
The speaker asked that a new president bo
elected who bad more physical strength to
attend to tho duties, hut load erica of “no,”
‘no;” “vou are the ruan,” caused tho general
to take his seat.
The general waa frequently applauded, and
his ud dress was iu every way worthy the
occasion.
ANSWERING TO THE ROLE.
Captain G. K. Maddox, secretary, exiled tho
roll, the following responding:
Company A-Colonel G. H, Carmichael.
Company J!—General L. J. Gartrell, A. Owens,
W. 1). weaver, J. T. Jordan. A. nurnham, Thom-u
Wood, J. u. Wood, lilram McGrlff, Lluutcuant .Sam
uel Hape, Uniterai t H. T. Blocks.
Company C-Captain J. M. Holcombe, D. G. Hoi-
■Jor L. B. *
lls, MaJ
S**-U, WMIUMkj
r. Mmju, mm v. Anderson, Lieutenant J. B. Foot
Company 1>-Captain J>. J. Itardage, T M. .Smith,
rievseant J. B. Duncan, D. W. Johns, Hiram Hobo,
1). M. James. F. M. Duncan, L. C. Meek, W. F.
Meadow, J. L. Kay, J. W. Newell.
t/ompany K—Lieutenant It. F. Davis, J. A. Mar
ti u, A. Wf-Mashburu, K. Bobu Held, G. \\\ L. Ponr-
ell, W. K. Thomas
Ltmpany F-Captalu N. H. Culpepper, I. 8.
Mitchell.
(ompany G-Lieutenant-Colonel John Dun-
woody, Captain H. B. Hicks, P. A. Han:rove, W.
M. Gant, D.Ttulce, W. c. Whatley, J. H. Gaul, J. 1‘.
Field, W. F. 8 at on.
Company I-Captain W. J. Hudson. Lieutenant
Virgil A. Hamby, B. W. Osborne, VV. B. Clinks-
fairs, Fergeant 1, C. Downs.
Company K-J. M. .smith. J. L. Ileal), A. M.
Turner, C. W. W’ctls, G. W. Herndon, W. T.
Mi Ip Icy, V. Brfdwoll, tv. J. Ulllburn, Captain C.
K. Maddox. T. J. Phillips, James M, Berry. Lieu
tenant W. H. Clayton.
burgeons. Dr. Joseph Ganahl, Dr. II. L. Wilson.
Dr. J. F. Alexander.
I RESIDENT l». II. CARMICHAEL.
After tbo calling of the roll, President Gar-
trdl announced that ho could not serve
longer, and asked that some one else be
elected. The name of Colouel G. II. Carmi
chael was proposed, aud without opposition ho
waa elected. President Carmlchao! accepted
the honor conferred. In a beautiful apcoch.
The captain of each company, if living, if
not, the first ofllcer in rank, and the field oil!-
cert, constitute the vice-presidents.
Major L. JS. Anderson was elected a vico-
prtsidcuL
Captain W. J. Hudson, of Cobb, was elected
assistant secretary.
The following wero elected an exocutivo
committee:
Company A, Dr. A. U. North; company B, Dr. 8.
If ape: company V, J. B. Foot; company D, Bcrgcant
J. n. Dunriiii; rompanv K, Lieutenant It F. Davis;
company F, James Archer; company G 1.8. Mitch
ell; company II. I). Rutce; company I, L. C Downs;
company K, Lieutenant W. II. Clayton.
THEY DID NOT MIND TUB RAIN.
The old soldiers at half-past l o'clock fell
into line aud through tho drenching raiu
marched to the .National hotel, whoro an ele
gant repast awaited them. When tho company
were seated the blessing was asked by Gonor.il
Gnrtrtil, and all hands went to work toaatisfy
tbo inner man. There waa everything good to
cat and cooked to a turn, and tho soldier boys
m fined to enjoy it. Mi no Host Sloan was
mingling with tho crowd and trying to
ice that no ono wanted that which
ho did u t gut. Whon tho plates
were shoved back, tho sparkling wine was
brought forth aud tho toasts bogan.
The Forty-Second Georgia Ileuulon.
The reunion of the Forty-second Georgia
regiment Thursday was iu every way a gran I
tuct cts, and tho old soldiers have returned to
their homes feeling that it was good to bo
there.
Tie roll was called by Dr. W. M. Durham,
secretary of tbo association. Nearly 200 battle
scarred veterans answered "hero.”
Commander Thomas announced that the
next business in order was the election of
cfllrrrs. The electloo resulted;
Colonel L. 1*. Tnotnas, commander.
Judge W. L. Calhoun, hUiorlan.
Dr. w. M. Durham, rtcrctonr.
Her. G B Htrlcklor, chaplain.
, Executive ccrorolttre-W. II. Hulsey. W. L. Cal
houn, H K. Walker, Thos. M. Aniwrad, J. M. Wtl-
►cii, II. Y. Snow, Colonel K F. Maddox, J. H. Sliu-
mou>, John D. i amerou aud F. T. Slier.
In a neat addrcm, Cummaudcr Thomas
thanked his old comrades for tho honor con-
Icmd, aud said ho trusted that no action of
his should over bo anything also but that
which
WOVI.il REFLECT UONOR AND CREDIT
upon the astsocisUon.
Judge Calhoun ofked that every member of
the regiment make an effort to assist him in
mupUtiiig a history of the regiment, and that
he hi jad to have it completed by next reunion
ard published iu pamphlet form so that every
number could be furnished with a copy. A
number of numbers promised iheir assistance.
The constitution and by-laws wore read by
tho Mcrrtaty. Some alterations aud amend
ments wete made aud then they were adopted.
Tbohuttne^s of the meeting being over com-
n atdirs weie elected for each company as
follows:
Company A, Lieutenant Med lock.
" H, Lieutenant Smith.
C, Captain Thus. Dawnell.
•• D, Colonel K II. Clark.
" K, captain Mercer.
•• F, J. M. Turner.
•• «i. Colonel C. H. 8mlth.
** If, Colonel J. if. Gresham.
•• I. Captain J. 8. Stubbs.
•* K, Judge W. L Calhoun.
The ccmpanDs wero marched out near the
street csr tiack and were photographed. Com
mander The mas announced that one hour
wculd be srent in distroying what there was
to eat, after which the shooting match would
take place. As soon as the photographer had
finished his work, the larger portion of the
crowd fathered around t«neath the cool shade
in select giours, and feasted on tho good
things prepared by the wives aud daughters
cf the veterans.
The battle of the 22nd of July, l^Jl was the
hardest of the several bloody fights about At*
lanta, and perhaps the severest engagement in
tho campaign between Daltou aud AUsaU.
fierce f mounters wore had on the 20th ant
on the 28th of Julr, but neither was so bloody
ss the hattlo of tee 22ud, which was foaght
jn»t leyond Oakland cemetery. General
Kberman. in his memoirs, gives a fall and
graphic description of this bsttloand pays a
high ,'tibnto to the bravery of the confederate
troops. He describee at length tha fierce as-
ssnlt ttxde n;oa Dctlrees’s hatUry which re
sulted in its capture ly the confederates.
Perhaps the most conspicuous confederate
officer in the action described by General Shcr
man, was c tfr esteemed fellow townsman, Co!-
rnel Lovlc P. Thomas, who commanded tho
h^ity-iccond Georgia regiment. Stovall’s bri
jkdc, commanded by Colonel Abds Johnson,
about two thousand strong, attacked the fed
eral works on the Georgia r&ilroid, on the af-
Drcoonof the twenty-second of July, lhoi.
Thornes’ regiment was the first to carry the
tnuuj’* woik,
FIGHTING HAND TO HAND
ssainFt fearful odds. DcGress’ battery, be
sides mary prltoncra snd accoutrements,’ wore
captured by them and the woiks held for
nearly two hours, and until they were left
almost alone, when a retreat was ordered.
Lieutenant Colonel John Brown, brother of
Senator Joseph £. Brown, commanded a regi
in two hundred yards of DeGress* battery.
The enemy waa firing upon them with about
forty pieces of artillery and the conflict here
proved to bo a terrible one. The loss on the
confederate [aide was great and lamentable.
One shell being sent that killed 17 of Colonel
Brown’s men. Captain Albert Howell, after
Colonel Brown fell, took command of the
regiment and continued the charge with such
censp'cuoos gallantry as
slon of lieutenant colonel.
There was a desperate hand to hand fight ’as
the Loti went over the federal entrenchments
in their rt listless charge. Some remarkable
instances of desperate valor are related by Mr.
11. Y. Snow and Mr. W. M. Dirham, of this
city, who saw the thickest of the fight. Some
of the soldiers used their bayonets on the ene
my. Others clubbed their guns and mowed
dewe everything In their wav. One sergeant
broke bis gun when he was right on tho breast
woik. Ho dropped it, and seising a spade, he
k illcd or d isablod several of the enemy. Near*
ly every man lost by the Forty-second Geor
ge
ON TIIAT FATAL DAY
fell on top of the enemy’s entrenchments or
directly in front of them. Colonel Thomas
attributes tbo saccess of this brilliant charge
to the disclplino of the troops nnder General
llcndt rson. He says he hardly know tb%t ho
had captured the works. When his regiment
first dashed over tho federal lines the enemy
was to thick all around that many of the con*
federates supposed they had been ciptared.
They wero greatly relieved when they saw the
federal (urn aud fly.
It was not strange that theso men foaght so
laid. General Hood bad just taken erm-
raand, and they knew ho wanted "fight.” A
higher Inspiration came in the fact that those
men were literally fighting for their homos
and firesides. Many of them lived in the city
which they woro defending against fearful
odds All of thi - * * ~
from tbo vicinity
Hulsey lives now on part of tho ground that
his regiment swept over In that glorious
charge, and his house is about the very point
where Colonel Thomas with the Forty-second
and Colonel Albert Howell with his command
on bis right swept over the federal work* like
a whirlwind.
WHEN GENERAL SHERMAN
was in Atlanta a few years ago he visited and
closely inspected the scenes of the
around tho city. In riding along the
Derstor with a gentleman who had been a
confederate artillery officer, the conversttion
naturally turned to the battle of tho22dof
July. General Sherman spoke at length of
the capture of a portion or his works by tho
Forty-second Georgia. He said ho stood on
an elevation near the Howard house and
tho whole engagement very clearly, and.
rcmaikcd: "That was tho grandest chargo
made during the war.”
THE AUGUSTA STRIKE .
The Operatives Say They Will Not Go to
Work Until Their Demands are Acceded to,
Auuukta, Go., July 23.—[Special ]—Tho
Evening News having reported that whou tho
bell rings Monday morning, the operatives
would return to work in tho Augusta factory,
they, "Tho Operatives,” are oat in a card to
day, and express their determination to not
return to work until their demands are ac
ceded fa They denounce the paper for try*
lug to make them distrustful of each other.
Sntiitdiiy inaugurates tho third wook of tho
ttrike, and there is no material change. S.-oroi
of the strikers havo left the city, and it is
qui ationnble if the mill coaid start up tomor
row, cx-rn if they acceded to tho men’s do-
mm ds. The air is full of rumors, but your
reporter succeeds in justifying none of tho
hundreds of sensational report*.
That Srar on Gordon’* Face.
From the Birmingham, Ala., Chronicle.
General Bob Toombs onco said that if Gor
don’* rear had been In some place under his
clothe* Instead of on his face he would havo boon
a failure ns a politician. However that mav b-\ It
has carried Gordon back Into politics triumph
antly.
From the Colnmbut, Ga., Hun.
There are so many scars under G lrdon's
clothes now that there Is no room for the ono on
hln face. These scars have not made him "tri
umphant in politics.” H Is hi* character and
record as a soldier and statesman that have pulled
him through every election Into which he over
entered. That rear on bis face waa put there by an
enemy who fouRht him face to face. Homo of hts
latter day enemies have not been fighting him
that wey. There are some handsome men la
Georgia who would give a hundred thousand dol
lars to have that rear on their faces. Tho scar
isn't in the market. Neither It nor Its owner ever
was
The Ideal food for Infancy Is that which nature
provides, cjvlll/ed life, especially in the great
itics, bo* become so harsh, onerous mid artificial
that It afVvcla even the llttlo child and its mother.
The hearty peasant wife nur-c* her babe into vigo
rous childhood. Thu refined and cultured wrouiau
is unequal to the task, aud falls back upon tbo
skill ol tbu physician or the science of tho chemltt
to preserve tho life of her offspring. This Is me
chief rausc of that tcrrlblo fact In social life, Infant
mortality. Two third* or the baby deaths occur
from Inanition, or the disease to which U glees
tire. The children of the first enjoy the prob«i>tli'y
of life, health and robu*t streugth; those of the
second have uot an even chance between life and
death ; the latter w ben they live, are generally
puny through babyhood and become the Invalid' 1 ,
while the former grow luto tho bone and alnew of
tbe laud. Incomplete infantile nutrition auauaily
ccats the countrp * »* •
of dollars. Tot
coats the country a half mlUiou Uvea and mtllioas
of dollars. TotlilM subject the great scientist* of
the century turned their attention at an early date.
“* fa *
subject the great scientist* of
their atteutkm at an early date.
The problem of maklug a pcriect iufauts' food re-
malted utmdvcd until Liebig, tho great organic
chemist of the age. Investigated the matter iu all
its rt l»tion». lie demonstrated that tho best *m>-
•dilute lor normal human milk was not the milk of
any sniman, but a combination of animal milk
wi n the elements of those grains which arc used
by tbe boinau system In repairing wa ( te, building
tfmic and generating heat. We now know that
certain preparations of cereal* are best adapted for
certain morbid condition* of the iufaultlc s\«tctn.
and that other- ate of therapeutic value in rp.x’UIe
dbca»«** We also know what Is the best general
type of f od for lluie (oiks. Many articles in the
xu.iki t i,pi>ioach this ij i c, but mat which comre
n*«i«*t \' Melltn’s Food. It contain* no starch,
eellulu c gum, bran or licnoae, aud so resembles
natural mirk. Iu U gredicnt* arc fat, maltose, al
buminoids, and a natural trace of alkali. Ids,
therefore. ea*l!y digested, palatsb e aud whole
some. tiiniJiuil with cow's milk and waure. it it
so sunEar to ideal human milk that the difference
Dlrtinbrstn al. What difference there Is ftvors
the artificial food. It is (be same at all time* ami
plates. Human mi I it is iu flue need notably by u.o
* trotter*. Fear. j»»lou-y, sorrow and rage in tha
young mother have from time immemorial injuri
ously sfl*v;eu the child, and in many caws d»*us
as Kiuaiy. But wheat and barley pa»* from tin
wax lrg> talk to the white foodortherasnnf.i'n-iror,
and thence luto the ux-y cheek sod chubby liiuos
of the child, without changing or lo'lug iu the
lea»t their hfa-glvfng power. TUday all chemists
and physician* subscribe to these views and em
ploy this food both in their own home* and wt-.a
those who consult them professional.)- For
genera) us**, for the sick and delicate a* wet! as tbe
* “ ‘ MeUiu’s Food Is uu-
want sad accomplish
rg atd hearty child, Melliu's Food is
lied. In meeting every want aud accomplish
all tt promise*. It is the most precious gift thu the
rivalled. In meet
all it nromiaes, It ii r
household has received from modern science,
t’ho bra Infantum fs unheard of In famines whose
children are entirely fed on Mellln's Food. Con-
sumptivss. Convalescents from Diphtheria, low
fevers at d all wasting diseases find this eminent,
predige*ted food most nourishing and curative,
A man. hearing of another who was a hundred
years cld, said contemptuously; -pshaw! what a
fu*» about nothing. Why, If my grandfather were
alive now he would be a hundred and fifty year*
Derangement of the liver, with ccnstipa
lion, injure the complexion, induce pimples,
sallow »hln, et** Remove the cau-e by usiu^
Ckutu's Littit Liver Fill*. One a dose.
A SOUTHERN DUEL.
How Clouds of Misfortune yiung for Year*
Over the Mason and McCarty Families,
From the McDowell Bugle, Madon. N. C.
In 1*15, Armistcad T. Maiun, of Lwdon
county, Va.,entered the senate of the Uuixs l
States—young, handsome, gifted, wealthy,
with all bis family prestige about him He
wss also quick to anger and rather overbearing.
When in tbe renite I believe he was the
youngest member of that body. Hie father
bad been a United States senator before him,
and was a nephew of the illustrious George
Mftton just mentioned.
The McCartys were related, remotely in
blood and closely In marriage, to the Masons,
tbe sister cf this Arxnlstead T. Mason having
married William McCarty, afterward a
member of the bouse of representatives.
In 1*20, when Mason had been ab^it
four years in tbe senate, there arose
between him and John M. McCarty, the
brother of William, some difficulty of a politi
cal nature, which became more and more tin-
bittered by tbe influence of injudicial friends,
until tbe nsnal result of such "difficulties!’ in
those days was reached.
Muon had a young and devoted wife xvith
one child, a pretty little boy bat a few months
old. Their home was called Seims, in tho
county of London, John M. McCarty was a
brilliant young lawyer of the samo county,
and he was soon to be married to tho lovely
Lucinda Lee. When about to atari for the
"field of honor” Mason persuaded his uosiv
pecting wife to go on a visit to his mother,
who lived at the old Mason homestead, Ri*n-
berry Plain, a few miles distant. All were (a
total ignorance of his intentions. He loft
with his physician a letter directed to my
mother, asking her, in case c* *-*- *
to his wife and comfort her.
They fought at Bladensburg. Mason fell at
the fint fire, and never spoke again. The old
physician and my mother hastened to hts
young widow and darling boy, and had the
batd task of telling first the dreadful nows,
and transforming a world which-held nothing
but beauty and happiness for them into a
dreary desert, scarce bettor than tho grave.
Weeks passed, so overwhelming was her grief,
before it became certain that she would re
gain her senses. Scarcely less heartrending
was the sorrow that bowed down the dead sen r
ator's fond mother.
In tho mean time McCarty had written to
Miss Lee, relating what ho had done, giving
her a week for reflection, and asking her to
tell him at the end of that time whether she
wonld marry him after what had happoned.
She related tome long afterward the agony of
that week—how she knelt in despair at her
mother’s feet and asked her to aocide. how
the old lady could only advise her to f illow
her own heart: hoxv at last she sent a not) to
her lover inviting him to call.
Their meeting she did not describe, but it
was said that, sitting at the instrument as he
entered, she sang the words—
»• Tome rr*t In this bo«nm. my own stricken d*ar;
After their marriage they sottled in Lees
burg, near Selma.
The young widow of Mason at length asked
to go back to Soltnn, the sceno of hor short-
wedded life. Not antiemating what w.u to
follow, her attendants carried her into tho
wide hall. There, raising her eyes, they fell
upon the hat. and coat, hanging just as he had
left them, which her husband had on when
she 5axv him last. She covered her face,
and, with a shriek, begged to bo
taken to the rear rooms of tbe house.
There sho remained. For twenty
years she did not enter the front part of tho
building. The rooms there, opening from the
dieadcd hall, were kopt in perfect ordor.snd
guests occupied them as usual; but on the day
whrn her boy—thelispiog infant when his
father died—becamo 21 year of age, she in
vited ull his blood relations to dinner. I was
one of the number. We wero all sitting in
tho library, toward the rear of the house, when
the door was thrown open and tho gny old
butler bowed his announcement. Withoit
any intimation of breaking tho habit of twen
ty jeare, Mis. Mason promptly arose—a frail,
lair woman of forty—.and, taking tho arm of
her eon, walked directly luto tho front hall
and tbcnco to tho dining room, as of old. Oar
surprise was great, but uo word Indicating
that this xvis unusual escaped her or any of
toe party. Tho spell was brokon, and sho
shunned thu hall no raoro.
From the dato of tho duel, oven on hor
deathbed, she never mentioned the nam* of
her dead husband. Her boy grew up with
tho knowledge and fooling that an unspotka-
bln shadow rested on tho houao, concerning
which, however heavily it might press upau
their souls, he must forbear to question even
his mother. I was the first to tell him. after
he had reached manhood, all ho wished to
know concerning his father's death.
This son, Stevens Mason, was a true hearted
young man, with but little knowledge of tho
world. With a private tutor, xvith servants
to anticipate every wish, with a stricken
mother to Idolize him, ho missed till too lato
certain necessary lessons in life which those
could never giro him. He could not refuse
to indorse a note for a friend, aud bis mother
could not refuse to join him in whatever he put
hit naroo to. For one moment the shadows on
hts pathway seemed to lift, but only to settle
moro heavily about his way. Ho married a
young lady who seemed worthy of him, who
wss a belle and a boauty. Ho brought her to
Selma, where, as they fondly hoped, bright
ness and happinoss were tx rei.»n on :e m >re.
But bis mother, while outwardly fulfllliag
every obligation, did not rcceivo her ai a
mother should, greeting her with but a formtl
cboring of the hand, instead of the oxpected
cmbraco and kiss of welcome a* sho crossod
the threshold. It wss doubtless beciuso her
shattered life bad made her owu affection for
him too selfish, and she did not wish him to
marry any one. Following closely tho first
shock of disappointment to her yonng heart
came a sudden fever and in three raontns from
her arrival poor Stevens laid his bride besido
his murdered father.
Their fine estate, with all that pertained to
It, already melting from their hand, was soon
poucsscd by strangers. Mrs. Mason did not
long survive the loss of Selma. Although a
wife bud never loved her husband better, yet
she not only refused to speak his name from
the dsy of the deed, but requested that her
own remains should not bo buried at Leesburg
and that no mark should be placed above her
grave wherever U might be. 8he lies in the
Congressional cemetery at Washington, with
only the earth and grass above her. Then
came the war with Mexico. Her son for a lit
tle time had the opportunity to forget his
troubles under military excitement. He was
mortally woundod by a cannon shot—I t. ink
It was at Monterey—and died, a
captain of rifles, in the arms of
his lientenant, one of the Rhetts
of South Carolina. It was au impressive day
radon when tbe body of vouug Mason was
ved from Mrxico and laid in the shade of
tbe old church beside his father and his bride.
Allthepeoplo assembled and made a public
funeral for him. One of the arrangements
wss that only the blood relations should pass
within a certain railing clou about the family
graves, and I well rememofr that although a
goodly company had followed him to diuaer
when be was 21, where the same relationship
was exacted, and although he was but 27 at
his death, yet only three were there—two be-
s : drs myself—to euter the narrow inclcsare.
So family and forture passed away.
But not even here ended the effect of that
pistol shot at Bladccsbarg. McCarty, the oth
er principal in the d~e), also bad an only sau,
vtry promising, in whom be took great pride.
Though living but a few miles apart, the two
families never renewed their acquaintance or
•poke to each other. There was a mutual
avuidance—nothing more. Young McCarty
was a frequent sportsman, but in all hit gun
ning was never know u to set his foot on any
part of the Mason estate whatever the luck it
might prom be. One fatal day, however, in
following the flight o> game he mounted a
fence dividing the Mason property from
another's. Attempting to load in this
position—his attention diverted, no doubt, by
the movements of the bird* or the dogs—he let
•lip his gun, which exploded and sent the
ramrod through his head. He fell on the
Mason rids, which he had avoided oil of has
life—upon the ground which he was to press
ccly in death. And? to make the dramatic
sensation compfcte.Stevens Mason at that mo-
irentczme riding by, and the dviu? youth
was carried to Raspberry Plain, the blighted
brmrsresdcf tbe Masons, the birthplace of
tbe father’s victim, and laid dead In the hall.
This was almost a death blow to the parents
of youne McCarty. His bercax’ed father, the
slayer of Senator Mafion, became erratic aud
for much of the timo a wanderer. He would
leave his homo without a word and ba gone
for years, his own wife not knowing where,
and then wonld as suddenly reappear,unkempt
and haggaid, with hair Ion? on the should ?rs
and beard descending to his waist.
Afrer all this the old Mason house at Rasp
berry Plain stood shut up and empty for
years. In due time, of course, it became
"haunted,” aud, as might have been expected,
a pistol shot was sometimes heard there at
night by veracious passers by; but at length it
passed Into careful though strange hands, and
is now, with Selma also, once moro the scene
of prosperity and happiness.
THE TVKAVER-PJEKCE CASE.
The Two WIdoxr* Preparing For Trial—A De
tective Employed.
Mrs. James P. Weaver, the Indianapolis
lady who came to Atlanta in the early part of
the past spring and identified the stock man
who wes killed in the Georgia Pacific collision
at the seventeen mile tank has not abandoned
hopes of establishing her claim, and is still
xvorkingon the ease. The Indianap»Iis Sen
tinel of Monday In it says that the
approaching trial is exciting much
interest among the friends of the lady, an#
contributions have been liberally male by
members of Meridian street church toward
securing the services of a competent detect
ive. John Norris, of Columbus, O., has been
employed by Mrs. Weaver in this capacity,
and was in the city a short time ago in con
sultation with her and her friends. Tho Sen
tinel Is a little off xvLeu it auserts that the
men who came from Texas to support Mrs.
Pierce's claims are oow boys. It say s:
Mr*. Efieu, who is claiming to be the xrife of the
dercareri, Inn* sued tha railroad company for 15.000
dumsges, erd it'is through this suit that Mrs.
Weaver expect* to estanlbn tho identity of tbe man
killed in the wreck. Tbo raiiroad company will
defend against the Pierce suit on the ground that
tbe deceared is James I*. Weaver, and. therefore,
not the husband of Mrs. Pierce. If this is est&b-
lhhcd tho cannot recover for his death. And,
again, if it is established that the man is James P.
Weaver, his wife will be entitled to bis body, and
with It Lls effects. In other wordt, Mrs. Weaver
will lend the railroad company all possible aid in
defending the suit against Mrs. Pierce, for a re
covery of damages by Mrs. Pierce carries with
it the conviction that the mau killed was
her husband. J i Is clatmtd by tbe friends of Mre.
Wearer that the men who came to Atlanta from
Fort Worth, and xvho identified Weaver as Pierce,
rerrestnfeda c ase faml l*r y known ss cowboys,
and were ready to swear to anything. One of
them offend to bet 66,000 that the de«d mau was
not Jami s P. Weaver A c.tiicn of Atlanta then
called up n Mr. Hedge*, heird hi *story of Weave
IPe and the rrason for tbo ro-ltlre ldentfficat'on,
and then offered to accept the 16 000 wager of the
Texas man. but the latt.tr backed out and would
not bet a dollar. Ono clicums once which has
been r. ferreo to in the Sentinel and which will
go far to establishing Weaver's identity, is the fact
thr.t on the ]3th rf Dccemb r. two days before the
accident in xvhlch Weaver was killed, h* mailed
a letter nt Atlanta, Ga., to a Masonic lodge in this
city, asking for a demit, and requesting that it be
sent tohltu at Fort Worth, Tex. This letter is now
in the pofresrion of Mrs Weaver. It is dated at
Atlanta, Ga., December 13, and is postmarked at
tbe Mime place on tbe same day. This la undis
puted evidtnee that James P. Weaver was in At
lanta, and that he intended to retnrn to Fort
Worth.
On tbe oeoarion of hi* last visit to this city, De
tective Norris had obtained a good deal of Informa
tion in the cure and felt confident that Mrs Wear
er's rights would be established. Some of the cow-
. . _ •
. ill L
thing again,
HELTON ON NORRI3.
He Uses Vigorous Language About the
Fierce-Weaver Case.
Mr. C. W. Belton, the man who was injured
in the wreck on the Georgia Pacific railroad
whrn J. W. Pierce, or W. P. Weaver, was kill
ed, is after Detective John Norris with a sharp
stick.
Briton is still in the Ivy street hospital. Ho
■aid to a Constitution reporter yesterday:
"J rcc by The Constitution of the 2Jail,
that Mrs. Weaver, of Indianapolis, is try in'
to obtain proof tliatJ. W. Pierce was W. P.
Weaver. To do this. The Constitution said
Mrs. Weaver has employed a detective
named John Norris. Mrs. Annio Belle
Pierce. of Texas, doosn’c need h
detective to establish that tbe man
KILLED IN THE WRECK
n the Georgia Pacific railroad was J. W.
Pierce. All Mrs. Annie Bello Pierce wants to
fettle that fact is to get a trial. 1 believo that
the citi/ms of Atlanta are satisfied that the
man killid iu tho wreck, who gave his o.vu»
as J. W. Pierce, was Pierce and not Weaver.”
"Were you well acquainted wi;h Pierce/ ’
"1 came to Georgia with J, W, Pierce from
Texas, and I think 1 ought to knoxv as much
about the care as Detective John Norris. I
shipped stock with J. W. Pierce to AtUnti,
came nil tho xvay from Texas with him,
bearded with him until we sold out, and
blurted lack to Texas with him. When wo
wero wrecked, seventeen miles from Atlanta,
1 was among the lucky and
xvas not killed;
but J. W. Fierce, being very old, of course
could not stand what I stood. I don't talk to
change anybody’s opinions about the case, but
I simply want tho people to know that J. W.
Pierce has oue friend who will stai^ iu a
court of justice aud awear the truth, ana noth
ing else. Tho lost words that J. W. Pierce
ever uttered were to me. He told mo to tele
graph bis wife, Mrs. Annie Belle Pierce, in
care of hit partner, John Nos worthy, of Ssu
Angelo, Texas.”
' What about tbe letter Mrs. Weaver is said
to have received from Pierce?”
As far as tbe statement that she received a
letter from J. W. Pierce on the State road is
concerned, it is not true. J. W. Pierce
COULD NOT SIGN 11X3 NAME,
if he were to l>e hung for It. He did not know
bow to xvrite the first letter, and the fact can
be established by aa goodyind truthful men os
ever livod. T did his writing all the time we
were in Atlanta. I seo that Detective John
Norris says that if the cowboys of Texas
swear aa they did before, he will have them
arrested. I will awear what L
did before, and if Detective
John Ncrria will tell me that hfi will hive uie
arretted, ho will find it necessary to fish his
Ucthoutofhls throat, besause I will cer
tainly knock them down it. I would be
plcastd to meet Detective John Norris; that I
may find out what he Js made of. If anybody
wants io tee me about the J. W. Pierce caw,
I cau be found at 27 and 2Q Ivy street.”
Another Stan Heard From.
There is a probability that Atlanta will ad 1
another chapter to the Weaver-Pierce mrs-
*Thc chapter will treat of an arrest.
Scon after the accident on the Georgia Pa
cific, in which the Texoo stock dealer was
killed, happened, Mr. C. U. Cox, once a resi
dent of Atlanta, waa in Chattanooga. Years
ago Mr. Cox lived in Indianapolis, aud
wss in tho rubber stamp business
iu the fsmo building with J. Pierce Weaver
and knew Liui intimately. He read the ac
re unis of the terrible accident aud the progress
ti the race between the two ladiea who were
claiming tbe dead man aa husband, and jus:
wbenhebetame satisfied that tho man who
had been killed waa Weaver, he met Weaver
on the street. Weaver at first denied his iden
tity. bnt when ho ascertained that Mr. Cox
knew him be admitted all. Mr. Cox then
asked him why ho did not make
public his whereabouts, whereupon Weaver,
who was going by tho name of J. W. Pierce,
said that he wanted bis wife to think he was
dead. Seen after this Weaver skipped oat
aud went to Charleston. Mr. Cox reached
Atlanta yesterday morning, for the fint time
since the accident, and spoke of the matter.
He was rlcseted with Mr. Ladsden daring tho
day, and je^terdsy telegrams were sent to
Charleston chief of police, asking for Weaver’s
arrest. _
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