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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, OA., TUESDAY JULY 27 1886 BROWN’S IRON BITTERS WILL CURB HEADACHE INDIGESTION BILIOUSNESS DYSPEPSIA NERVOUS PROSTRATION MALARIA CHILLS and FEVERS TIRED FEELING GENERAL DEBILITY PAIN in the BACK & SIDES IMPURE BLOOD CONSTIPATION FEMALE INFIRMITIES RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA KIDNEY AND LIVER TROUBLES FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS The Genuine hat Trade Mark and crossed Red Vines on wrsppet. TAKE NO OTHER* too want to learn to write DO Short-Hand? ir bo, pend stamp to 9. O. ALLISON, Galveston, Texas, for rail particulars. Name ibis paper. fobg-wkyly SELF-TRAMPING COTTON PRESSES, First Premium, N. O, Exposition* Complete, self-supporting, ready for be Rope Power, fl*Q; Smew Tower, paa. aarse half Ue labor over any otbar prea GIN-HOUSE KING ENGINE ior»e power: either portable or detached. Fa. • and machinery of all klrnla and alaoe. Beat ty and lowmt prices. For dearrlrtlr, circa* ‘ Waafartarli# Cam* Jnnc22- wkyllt cow nol E. E. CHEATHAM, Grocer and Commission Merchant lit) fitly StiTft, Savannah, On* OOI.fCITH CONSIGNMENT* OF POULTRY. O *vi", hidee, wool, fruits, \piotahlcs. and all kind,of produce. tjulck sales ana prompt returns, twnd fc r quotation*. • n Coopt, the best on the market. Hend for lllus- trated circular. Dealer lu all kind of fruit and triable; alio fish and oysters In Reason. Hend we your ordcre, which will have my bost atten- tun. K. K. CHEATHAM, 09 Bay Htrcct, Kovaunah, Ga SKINNER ENGINE CO Al'<ARDED OVERALL 7y\rr , if comum* COLD Kew Orism w-/ MKBAL3 E;:?0S1TI0H BEST FLAilTEflS* >i: :>.! B.'.vre?, r*utocu» Giaacd “ NEVER 10 FAN,. J Z'M oq* topa IBs 5 K .*S • , - m *• ■•'"j“*- u '•„* ,i» i. «i.»niy c..-• kw* *' • *— tov» and* TUP PPHaRC a Home and Day School for InL ULl/^nd young ladles, tv-OfHita Oct I. Delightfully situated on Georgetown Height# Large grounds. Knlarged accommodations, lllas RAKl-K. 191* Uth SL. Washington, D C. Rama this paper,July6.wky.10t SHORT-HAND BY MAIL, ■mV. o* l; «. mmQ T ~ u ** —• 1». U MtaUUULE.(1K«LitnM HuuwUiiwk jkiW-j u.uacu.u WPkMek! 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. _ ■time*' Sure Carr Monti Wash Deotifrire. rant Sot. TtotmL BtoMHo, am Cleon ud Sen Moca, cieoEi Teeth, rarfflo, tbo Bre»tb. P.-* owed t.T Bn J. p. & W. R. 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