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480 /3ve., /Rlapta, (Ja.
A JUNEMORNING.
Now time of springing and happy hop
ing.
Os hearthsoma singing, come up on high,
Through chill rains groping no more, but
winging
From shore to shore and from sky to
sky.
The forest swathing in glimmering
gauzes.
The mountains bathing in golden
gleams.
With no dark pauses nor frosty scath
ing
Come time of flood-tides and bursting
streams'
Tour sweet warmth shedding through
earth's recesses.
Your fresh Ilia threading her devious
gloom.
Shower full caresses, around her spread
ing
Wide rosy wings with the apple-bloom!
Come, lovely weather, with south-winds
bi ea thing
With birds in feather, with murmuring
bees,
With sunbeams wreathing the days to
gether.
And make vs young with the year and
these!
—HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFb'ORD.
THE LOUISTanTpURCHASE.
All eyes are turning to St. Louis and
the great exposition of 1904
I expect thore are a great many who
really do not understand what this great
undertaking celebrates. The National
Magazine for May gives a most com
plete explanation of the whole matter.
The article is written by the eighth vice
president of the historical committee of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Ho
says:
"By the treaty of Paris. 1763. France
ceded to England all d Spain her Ameri
can colony, the Mississippi river marking
the dividing line between the possessions
of these nations, the territory to the
east, adjonlng the Atlantic colonies, pass
ing to England, and all the vast terri
tory y est £)f the river, known os Louis
iana, going to Spain."
It was during the administration of Mr.
Jefferson that negotiations were under
taken to purchase these lands, and aft' r
many obstacles were overcome, the pur
<hase was accomplished. The writer
says:
‘•'rhe hands of time will shortly mark
the first centennial anniversary of the
purchase of Louisiana. The rounding out
of the century will be fittingly commem
orated in the capital city of the acquired
territory. ‘Expositions are the. timekeep
ers of progress ’ The oik to be held in
St. Louis in. 1991 will •(. dr ■■ ;:e ‘that our
interest is in concord, not conflict, and
that our real eminence rests in the vic
torle? of peace, not those of war.
A hundred years seems a long time,
and go it is—but it has passed, and
ths celebration of this first
centennial will be a glorious display of
progress in every way.
The exposition will be as large as those
of Chicago, Paris and Buffalo combined,
and nearly twice as much money Will
be spent on the exposition at St. Louis
as was spent in Chi ago. All the Butlaio
buildings and exhibits could be put in
the liberal arts building at St. Louis and
there would be space left. Its total cost
will bo upwards of ?5",000,000 by the time
the work is completed.
Is It any wonder every one is look
ing with longing eyes ami mar." tiop<-3
of getting there? 1 know many who are
trying to “save up’’ and you hear on
every side, “We must, see the greatest
exposition the world has ever given.'' Let
us al J try to be there.
LESSONS FROM A MOCKING
BIRD.
Long years ago, when t c study of
ghemistry began to occupy the mind of
men, those engaged in this study sought
the means of changing all know'', min
erals, and porhai •' oile r m. 1 • ;ls, into
the most valuable of all things then
known —gold.
Some years ago Sir John Luba >.*k wrote
a beautiful and helpful book —“The Pleas
ures of Life"—teaching that in all condi
ticns of life pleasure could bo extracted.
I learned for myself a few mornings
since a sweeter, stronger lesson. which I
may impart to you.
As I sat in the early morning when tSie
noise of city life was first awakened. I
heard the sweet song of a mocking bird.
I recognized the squat of a caR tne
barking of a dog, the cry 01 a chilu, the
rattle of the streets, the Shrill voice of
one in anger and many other sounds
which I could not recognize, but all of
them I". themselves unpleasant to the
Yet from these sounds this little bird
evolved the sweetest strains of music
and from this came my its-on. In in;
life and yours, there daily, hourly, come
unpleasant, trying things--things in tlcm
selves most painful to us. 1 wondered
what the little bird thought of the sounds
he heard which he was now transmuting
into delicious music. Mhy may not 1
change these trying, unpleasant things
that come dally Into my life into music,
things of beauty, thoughts of helpfulness
for my little world? Then I thought,
only the best, highest, most helpful lives
<*ome from them. My opportunities are
of course small, but I wii! try and l- arn
the lesson of the little bird.
I?oes an b riZititig word <■ >me to m
I will try and transmute it into some
kindly word to the first one I meet. Do
thoughts unworthy of me come to mind
uid heart? I will try and let them flower
into beautiful ones for some one el c e.
In the dark and muddy lagoons of the
coast there springs up and lives the most
beautiful Hags and lilies. From the thorny
roe bush we gather the ros.-s. Why
may my life not be like them'.'
The little bird never repeats our un
pleasant sounds, but by ids instinct makes
music of It. not from it. but of t’.o dis-
■ - A (-rent Dißcnvery
, : *?<?OPSY
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| less: remove »o symp-
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r ’ mFrti* z •-•. >1 '1 rial iur
kS • *• 1 nl»iie»l rte to evry
tx,-’ ;•>■•• r;.’■• r**r: nothing fairer.
K; :• t zJ or. •rcular' l . testimon-
I 4 a-», etc.. apply to
Dr-H. H.Green's Sons.
Cox A. Atlanta, (4a
cordant sound itself. Our gifts are in
finitely higher than those of the little
bird, the gifts of the same “All Father."
but ours are the breath of God Himself.
Why may not I learn the lesson of the
bird in all things, so that whatever comes
into my life 1 may transmute into hap
piness for my world? W. K.
HEART TO HEART TALKS.
Bid you ever have a little voice come to
you outt of the darkness some night
with “mamma, let me hold your hand,”
and clasping it the little one Is soothed
by the consciousness of your presence
and a feeling of safety takes possession
of the little heart and the child falls
sweetly to sleep again.
A father says, “In the dead of the night
I am frequently wakened by a little hand
stealing out from the crib by my side
with the pleading cry. ‘Please take my
hand, papa.’ ”
Instantly the little boy's hand is grasp
ed. his fears vanish and soothed by the
consciousness that I am near he falls
again to sleep. We commend this les
of : • filial faith and trust to the
anxious, sorrowing ones that are found
in almost every household. Stretch forth
your hand, stricken mourner, although
-Oil may be in the. deepest darkness and
gloom, and fear and anxious suspense
may cloud your weary pathway—that
very act will reveal the presence of a
loving, compassionate father, and give
you the '‘peace that passeth all under
standing."
"The darkness may not pass away at
once: night may still enfold you in its
embrace, but its terrors will be dissi
pated; i s gloom and sadness flee away,
and in the simple grasp of the Fathers
hand sweet peace will be given and you
will rest securely, knowing that the
morning cometh.
Let not jour prayer be, “hattier, let
me hold your hand,” but, “Father, hold
thou my hand.” Your grasp might loosen
and your hand slip away, but the fath
er's -Hasp will be firm and lie will lead
you in safety, even “through the valley
and shadow of death.”
FOR OUR HOUSEKEEPER.
PEACH ICE CREAM—One dozen of
best and ripest red-cheeked peaches; peel
and stone; place in china basin, crush
with C ounces pulverized sugar. Now take
one quart b<-st cream. 8 ounces pulver
ized white sugar, two whole eggs. Place
all on fire until It reaches boiling point;
now remove and strain; place in freezer
and freeze. When nearly frozen stir in
peach pulps with teaspoon extract al
monds; give few more turns of freezer
to harden.
BISCUIT GLACE.—One and one half
pints cream, 12 ounces sugar, yolks of
eight eggs and one tablespoon extract of
m TH.i Take r > ounces of crisp r..w
roons, pound in mortar to dust. Mix
cream, sugar, eggs and extract. Place on
fire, and stir composition- until it begins
to thicken. Strain and rub through hair
i love Into basin. Put into freezer: when
nearly frozen, mix, in macaroon dust,
another tablespoon extract of vanilia and
finish freezing.
CHERRY DUMPLINGS.-Prepare a
rich baking powder biscuit dough. Pat.
and roll out one-half inch thick; cut in
squares. Place in center of each square
of dough a tablespoon of pitted cherries.
Fold corners over, wetting the edges:
press them together, folding from opposite
corners. Place in a steamer with Light
fitting cover. Put steamer oyer k'Atie
of bulling water and steam one hour, or
bake in tin oven in a dripping-pan sur
rounded by three-quarters o£ a cup of
sugar and two cups of waler, basting
three times during the baking, which
will ba about twenty minutes in a hot
oven. Do not allow them to become too
brown. Serve with cherry sauce, made, as
fir role;, poley. and sweetened whipped
cream.
BRIDAL SANDWICHES.—SIice the
crust from the bottom or a fresh loaf of
sandwich bread lengthwise, continue slic
ing the loaf in very thin slices until
you have cut it all up. remove the crust
and spread each slice with mayonnaise;
lay crisp heart lettuce leaves first dipped
quickly in French dressing; drain well
and lay on each slice of bread, letting the
edge qf leaves extend over the slices of
bread a trifle. Roll slices and fasten litem
with a wooden tooth-pick until ready to
serve; pick must then be removed. Nas
turtium blossoms may be used instead of
lettuce leaves or the very thinnest slices
of cold chicken or turkey; trullied part
ridge makes a fine tilling for these sand
wiches. Elizabeth O. Hiller, in June
Housekeeper.
INQUIRERS’ CORNER.
Mrs. Warren Ford. 208 Mcßee terrace,
Greenville, S. C., wishes information of
her brother, James McElroy. Was at
Linwood, Gjj., l ist November. Will re
turn postage for Information.
W. F. Dudley, Staunton, V:i., Drawer
6, wants address of uncle, .X. M. Dudley.
Was in (.'arson City. Nev., two years ago.
\\ as going to southern California.
Will Cecil Marlin send, address to post
master of Royston, Ga., Gordon Ridgway.
There are letters there for him.
Mrs. Joey Sentell’s address .should have
been Kasli, Ala., and not Rash, Ga.
EXCHANGE LIST.
J. J. Spicer, Brewers, N. (’., will ex
, hqnge "The Young' r Brothers," "Buf
i'.ulo Bill,' "Boliver Hornet." "On the
Suwanee River” and "A Dark Knight's
Work,” for books of equal value. Will
give .my three for the history of George
Washington or Abr.iigim Lincoln, Span
ish-American War. Philippiin- War, Cuban
War or any good book. "Thunderbolts.”
by Sam Jones, preferred.
J. H Zwingle, Starkville, Miss.—l have
one J .yon Healy alto, one snare drum,
one cornet vocal, with B crook, made in
England; one guitar, all in good condi
tion. Will exchange for small printing
pr>'-s, graphophone or any old thing of
equal valut, 1 .
T. S. Kincaid, R. F. D., No. u, Salisbury,
N. C.—Five by 8 professional view cam
era, with lens and carrying case, for
graphophone and records, or magic l.m
tern* Also, bicycle for best offer. Write
what you have.
B. A. Ji,, Dox 81, Suffolk. Va., will ex
change one white and liver colored set
ter dog, 9 months old. fine-blooded, for
a double-barreled brqpch-loading shot
gun in good order, or best offer. Write.
Mrs. J. W. Face. Ozella, Ala., will ex
change one washing machine and wringer,
as good as new, for best offer. AV rite
what you have —each to pay the freight.
Also, have plenty of winter turnip seed
will send a generous package for postage
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA. MONDAY, JUNE 29,1903.
for the same and one spool of thread, or
anything useful.
Mrs. Mollie J. Wells. Abbeville, Ala., has
“Thelma" and "The Children of Hi l ' Ab
be v.” cloth bound, to exchange for "Mrs.
Wiggs cf the Cabbage Patch” and "Prin
cess of Glendale.”
Miss Nobia Kelley, Evergreen, Ala.,
has scraps, half enough made for a quilt
(crazy patch-svork design), to exchange
for white counterpane or best offer. Write
first.
Mrs. Eury Williams, Torrance. Miss.,
Iras ladies' gold ring, set with genuine
opal, to exchange for 30 pounds.new goose
featjjefiS. or best offer.
Mrs. P. Lennon. Whiteville, N. C..
would like to exchange one pair of full
blooded fox hound pups for Berkshire pig,
either male or female.
KINGDOM CORRESPONDENCE.
J. H. Kendrick, of Sybil, Ala., Butler
county, would like to know something of
the daughter and wife of Rev. J. D.
Kendrick, who lived in Shubuta, Miss.,
when ho died about ISGJ. lie was a
preacher, arid married a Miss House, in
or near Shubuta. They had one child, a
girl. The writer is a nephew of J. I*
Kendricks and would be glad to know
of the. whereabouts of ills family.
C. M. Cumming'S, Fayetteville. Ark—
I see in The Constitution of April 13.
last,. Mrs. W. E. R. Cole, Grove, Ohio,
writes an article on the moth catcher.
Will you please give through the columns
of your paper her full name, as I wish
to correspond with her In regard to the
matter.
(.Will Mrs. Cole send her address to
the above address.)
Ella G. Hughes, Woodruff, S. C.—As so
many have written to your valuable pa
per and received information. I felt en
couraged to write and ask if any one
could tell me anything of my uncle, Mr.
James C. Hanna, who once lived in Pa
nola county, Mississippi. Don't know
wlat posto'lic.e. He was in the confed
erate army and I want some one to tell
me. If they can. what company he be
longed to, who was his captain, etc.
Thought possibly some of his old com
rades were still ‘living and could give me
the desired information. Will be very
grateful if some one can fell me anything
of him.
Mrs. J. L. Clemmons. Tusculum, Ga.—
Through the wonderful columns of this
most excellent paper, 1 have received a
deal of cheer, information, and, greatest
of all, two years ago. 1 secured, through
the Kingdom a lovely young lady, who
resided with me until recently. Her
mother's health became impaired so she
had to return to her home, to my sad
regret. Now, dear sisters, I come, once
mure asking the same favor. If there is
any one who of a young lady or
widow, without children (1 prefer some
one who is alone in the world, that 1
might give her a permanent home), I
wisli some uno to lie* as geenral help,
but to be treated as a mepijjer of tlie
family. For further information, write to
the above address. My family are live
in number--husband, self alld three little
boys. Would liko_J,he lady competent to
teach them. They .ij.ro only beginners.
A breakfast dish we is—Slice
tender squashes thin, sprinkle with pep
per and salt, ro.ll in meal or cracker
crumbs, drop in hot lard and fry a deep
brown; serve immediately. I inclose 10
cents for charity. L ing may the valuable
writers of The Constitution wield their
mighty pens. Will not some of the sis
ters write more of Ijjyely scenery they
have visited?
When I write again, I will toll of a
lovely spot in Soul?. Carolina, the homo
of my girlhood,
Virginia Mount, LaGrange, Ga —I en
joyed ti c letter on "Pride Before a Fall,"
and another sister argued well on the
“kissing law.” Certainly all women
would be "up In arms'’ if no kissing at
all were allowed, for though “men
scarce will kiss a brother, women like
to kiss so well they kiss and kiss each
other. ' Wo v. re once much amused by
hearing of a good minister at our house
relate an Incident occurring at a church.
A good brother b came very happy and
approaching the alter gave the minister
a. sinprise, nearly knocking him down by
a great big kiss right on the mouth. The
minister was clean shaven and h? said:
"The brother’s short, . iff beard scratched
my mouth unmercifully." If the broth
er's wife accepts his kisses it must be
more of a duty than a luxury. I love
to hear old people's reminiscences,
and the following was told me by a dear
old lady whose childhood was spent in
< >glethorpe county, Ga., just where Lex
ington, the county seat, is now situated.
She said: "A good old man spoke thus
In church. 'Brethren, I feel just like a
pumpkin stuck up on the end of a long
stick.’ ” I want to shake hands
with Virginia Old Maid. She said
just what [ felt like saying
about fueling sympathy for Aunt
Susie in lu r efforts to lift the Kingdom
from the ruts. I'm sure we all, like Old
Maid, would enjoy a letter from “Uncle
Susie.” telling nice things about his wife;
and I think he did write once, long time
ago. Aunt Susie, please let me tell tho
sisters a little joke on you. If you won't
let me. I'll tell it to the waste basket —so
here goes: Some of us think Aunt Susie
knows everything, surpassing in knowl
edge even the famed school teacher of
Goldsmith’s deserted village. Os course,
sin knows how to swim, though afraid
of water, and wo all know she Is a queen
of v. omen and the wife of a king, born in
Washington. D. very near the anni
versary of the birth of tho first president,
is president of many women's clubs, and.
what do you think! was actually mis
taken for the president of the United
States. I.ong live Aunt Susie!
A Million a Month.
Few people will have any quick concep
tion of the enormous significance of the
word "million.” It is well known that
('ascarets. Candy ('itlmrtio, undoubtedly
tile most popular laxative medicine in
the world, have a sale of a million boxes
a month. Those million hoxes contain
lO.Oili'H'WO Cascai'ct tablets, which if laid
side by side would make a row a hun
dred miles 1n b iigth. The tablets used in
a year would reach from Chicago to
New York. On the average over 30.000
people take a ('nscaret tablet dally, sure
ly a wonderful testimonial to a merito
rious article vll advertised.
Cate of a Bed Room.
Harper’s Weekly; Booker T. Washing
tea’s experien :es with the haughty
cha.mbermald Impart Interest, possibly
suegostlvenos.“. to the appearance, on the
programme of the Tuskegee Institute
gtaduation exercises, of a. practical dem
onstration of the “Care of a Bod Room”
Is, a young woman who also received a
(citilicate testifying to her proficiency in
the art of housekeeping. Standards of
accomplishment in things like that are set
pretty high at Tuskegee a fact, "which
doubtless gave the occasion for Mr.
Washington’s statement, in his speech to
the graduates, that one of the chief em
barrassments of ihe Institute is its in
ability to simply the d.-mand for "Services
FREE WINE
We want to bp nd you 1 REE, coHttngyou
absolutely nothing, n trial bottle us “Brake's
1;» ’ motto U Dropus a postal and it
conics a-humming. You know that ’way
back in bible times people took wine “for the
Htouiach’s sake." But the mordern grape
wine is not good either for stomach, brain or
pocket. “Drakc’n Palmetto Wine” is vastly
dilTerent. Ji comes gushing from the palm
fruit of our own sunny South. It is a superb
appetizer, tonic and nerve-bracer. It cleans
and m.rilies the blood and thus feeds brain
and brawn. It builds up athletes and nour
ishes thin kers.
“Drake’s Palmetto Wine” is also a natural
medicine. It is a wonderful specific for con
stipation, flatulencj’ and all dyspeptic troub
les. It positively heals catarrh of nose,
throat, stomach or bowels. It regulates per
fectly tho liver, kidneys, and bladder. For
women it is a true God-send. A tablespoon
dose daily cures al! those troubles. The wino
has a rich. appetizJng smack and plucks you
up instantly.
WE PROVE ALL THIS
By Sending You a Trial Bottle on Request.
DRAKE FORMULA CO , 604 DRAKE BLDG.,
100 Luke SI., Cbirngro, II).
J FIBEMM BURNED
A Can of Chemicals Which
He Was Handling Exploded.
While he was moving a box containing
a can of acid for the chemical engine in
the central fire station at Indianapolis,
Ind., the can exploded and severely in
jured Fireman George H. Harmon. The
ambulance was called and the suffering
man was removed to his home at No. 409
East South street, where it was found he
was severely burned about the limbs. In
telling a reporter the story of his re
covery, lie said:
"The pain was awful and the shock to
my nervous system was so great that It
aggravated a long-standing trouble to
such an extent that 1 feared 1 could not
again take up my work as fireman. And
I don’t believe 1 could had it not been
for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People.
"My heart palpitated violently on the
slightest excitement and often caused a
choking or smothering sensation, my
breathing became short and my nervous
system in general was in an alarming
state. I could not sleep, could not eat
and did nothing but worry until a friend,
who had been cured of an obstinate case
of nervous exhaustion by Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills induced me to take that rem
edy. Five days after I began taking Pink
Pills tor Pale People there was an im
provement and in a short time they com
pletely cured me.”
Many nervous disorders that cause
lifelong suffering are caused by a shock
to the nerves. In a majority of cases
tho cause of the sh" k is soon forgotten,
but the injury to the nerves is lasting.
J’artial paralysis is often traced to such
causes as this. A nerve and spinal tonic
which will carry renewed health and
strength to the nerves, if used in time,
will save years of suffering. Dr. Wil
liams’ Pink Fills for Pale People are the
best and most wowerf'jl nerve food ever
discovered. They have cured, after or
dinary medicines have failed, such dis
orders as locomotor ataxia, partial par
alysis, St. Yitus' dance, sciatica, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
;ifter-eft’ects of the grip, palpitation of
the heart, pale and sallow complexions
and all forms of weakness, either in male
or female.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
are sold by all dealers or will be sent
postpaid on receipt of price, fifty cents
a box: six boxes for two dollars and a
half, by addressing Dr. Williams Medi
cine Co., Schenectady. N. Y.
of men and women of its training. Prob
ably a. thousand Tuskegee institutes
would not supply the demand for young
women skilled in the art of housekeeping,
particularly :f they v ■ re disposed to heed
Mr. Washington's injunction, in distrib
uting the diplomas, not to bo overbearing
and self-important, but to be simple and
humble. Making good housekeepers,
capable of artistic demonstration of the
care of a bed room, and Imbuing them
wilh tlie quality of simple and modest
solf-resp'Z* is good business, and the
man who can managr- p is a public bene
factor. despite the shngs and arrows of
the lighter-skinned servitor.
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A Notre Dame Lady.
I will send free wit': full Instructions
some of this simple preparation for the
cure of Leucorrhoea, Ulceration, Dis
placements, Falling o: the Womb, Scanty
or Painful Periods, Tumors or Growths,
Hot Flashes, Desire to Cry, Creeping feel
ing up the Spain, Pain in the Back, and
al” Female Troubles, to all sending ad
dress To mothers of suffering daughters
I will explain a Suce•••: ;ful Home Treat
ment.' If you decide to continue it will
onlv cost about 12 cents a week to guar
antee a cure I do not wish to sell you
anything. Tell other s fterers of it. that
Is al! l ask Address Mrs. M. Summers,
box 105, Notre Dame, Ind.
BRIGHT BITS OF SMALL TALK.
About Lynching'S.
Tlie first person I ever saw hanged was
a negro who had been convicted of as
sault to rape. It was in 1864, In Macon.
He was a young negro brute and was
tried before and sentenced to be hanged
by Judge O. A. Lochrane, afterwards
chief justice of our supreme court and
resident of Atlanta to the day of his
death. There was a large crowd pres
ent at the execution, and the scoundrel
went off or down—in a white robe and
professing to have a through pass to
B The second barging which I attended
was after the wm. in ILY, in the heart
of the city of Nashville, Tenn. The
necklied party lr bat .ase was also a
negro, who had Lrutally robbed and mur
dered a helpless c.d citizen of the (tty.
The mob gathered as by common con
sent at the Maxv.ell house corner and
marched promptly to the jail, wlneu
thev stormed ami entered. The negto
showed light and had Io be shot and
disabled before he could be dragged from
his cell. He was uled to Market squate
ami hanged to n lump post directly <>>>-
posite the police station. Captain i eatci,
chief of police, d his men tried des
peratelv to rescie the fellow, but the
mob tossed the. di! rs about on the edge
of the maddened human maelstrom as it
they were wooden toy men.
Since then 1 I " seen two men in
Texas strung up tlie same limb of
live oak tree. i cy were whites and
wore hanged for the wanton murder of
the town marshal.
The Burning' of Brutish Meu.
The Wilmington Del., burning was un
der discussion on the corner. One of
the gentlemen deprecated the burning of
men under any circumstances, although
thinking it sometiiic's justifiable to lynch
them by shooting or hanging.
"But.” said a bystander, "that seams
to be an Instinctive desire with a mob.
In tho passionate feelings inllamed by
the outraging of a girl and with the
brute in hand th-re seems to come to
the crowd the ancient idea that all things
are purged by fire. Savages and fanatics
strongly favor the fagot. rhe North
American Indians burned their enemies
at tho stake. The Spaniards In Cuba
burned the early ii’habitunts they found
there. When Hatney, their chief, was
about to be burned he was asked by a
priest to confess and so liave entrance
to heaven. 'Are there any Spaniards in
heaven?’ asked the chief. ‘Many,’ replied
the priest. 'Then iet me go to hell!’ was
Hatney’s answer, and so lie died. There
Is no man, however Ignorant in other
things, who does not know that the pen
alty for rape, especially when murder Is
added. Is punishable by death in almost
all states. If he gees ahead and invites
death the slow delays of the law appear
a mockery in his ease to the outraged
populace. Knowing they have the right
partv and his guilt confessed, their judg
ment is for a quick end of the matter—
and that is the reason why lynchings are
becoming a part of the unwritten law
of the land.”
One Thing Brings Up Another.
That's what the man said who took
an emetic, and so one yarn provokes
another.
I am reminded that the first work I
ever did on The Constitution was to re
port the hanging of two negroes In the
jail yard at the corner of Fair and Fra
zier streets. Their names were Alfred
Orange and John Pttrlfoy, as I recall
them, and they were hanged on the same
scaffold for the murder of a store-keeper
on the outskirts of the city.
I had blown Into '-he city from a wild
and woolly stunt of journalism in Texas.
I wanted a job and wanted it bad. I
walked right into The Constitution office
and met Colonel William A. Hemphill,
fur long years afterwards my warm and
helpful friend. I looked like an early
tin-type of Buffalo Bill—long hair, som
brero, mustache and goatee and a general
air of negligee daredevillsm. I said to
him that 1 wanted to report some for
his paper.
"What can yon report?”—gentle em
phasis on the “you ”
"Anything that turns up In the wide,
wide world!” I answered, with a job
wanter’s jaunty confidence.
“There's a hanging over at the jail to
morrow, and none of our men Lincy the
job. Can you do that sort of work?
Could I? Well, I guess yes, and we
traded. The report of that hanging tn
The Constitution kept the old corn
sheller press the paper then owned
grinding until afternoon to supply the
demand for the papers!
“You can stay!” said Colonel Hemp
hill when I showed up about 2 p. m. And
I stayed—until I quit some year later on.
•♦ • •
He Was Hungry.
Talking about courts, Walter Taylor
tells a story on that grand old man and
jurist, Judge Richard H. Clarke, so long
upon our city court bench.
That cock-eyed melungeon, Levi Morri
son. who was so long a perennial pest
to the police, was arraigned before Judge
Clarke for the larceny of a box of soap.
When Levi stood up and looked at the
judge he resembled a frost-browned
chestnut burr more than anything moi
tal. The judge said:
"Levi, you are charged with the lar
ceny of a box of soap. Are you guilty
or not guilty?”
"I’se guilty, jedge!” said the culprit,
as he mournfully cocked his eye at ths
bench.
"Well, Levi.” asked Judge Clarke In
those compassionate tones so character
istic of him, "why did you steal that
soap?”
Levi looked up with an expression of
Intense pleading, burst into tears and
fairly bawled out:
“Jedge, I was hungry!"
"While the crowd roared Judge Clarko
bent down behind the bench to tie his
shoestrings, I suppose, and when he
look'd up his face was serene again and
ho sentenced Levi to thirty days of three
square meals per diem In the county
camp. S. W. S.
How Our Bible Takes.
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week.
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it the most complete work that we have
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Tor Georgia Peach Growers To Con
sider.
Editor Constitution: In view of the
fact that Texas is making rapid strides
to the front as a .peach growing state,
tho experiments that one of the London
houses proposes to make this year in
exporting several car loads of our Geor
gia peaches to the London market, is
of especial! Interest and still greater Im
portance to the growers of not only
Georgia bnt to all peach growing states.
In 1901 the United States government
sent carriers of peaches to London which
arrived in good condition and sold for
$5.42 per carrier.
In 1902 J. 11. Hale sent some. Elberta
peaches. Fifty carriers not wrapped or
especially selected, which netted him $2.13
per carrier. A detailed report of this
shipment is published in The !■ ruit
Trade Journal of New York city. Also
of the government shipment in UK,>l. This
much has been accomplished. It is just
as feasible to send 100 car loads as it
is to send five carriers provided the re
frigerator sipace can be securedand the
ste.nmship companies, always alive to
their own Interests, will make anaiige
ments for as the demand arises. 1-ie
matter of distribution after they get
there is conducted on the same plan as
in any of our markets here. So it is
patent to the growers that one of the
greatest obstacles has been removed,
when these two shipments two years m
succession were landed in good condition
and sold tu advantage.
The advantages tint will accrue if tho
outlet is secured is absolutely inesti
mable, as with the increase of peach
culture In our own state, the loss pi.u,'-
tlcally of the use of the western mar
kets by the Influx of Texas fruits makes
it essential for the good or the peach in
duotry to find some outlet for our rapidly
increasing crops.
In time of peace prepare tor war, lor
when we have a full crop on our hands
and nowhere to place it, it will be too
lato to make arrangements then for ex
porting whereas if some steps are taken
now, it will in all probability be an ac
complished fact waen the heecl for ex
(portlng arises. • E. E. GREENMAY.
The Old-Time Hymns,
Editor Constitution: Permit me to com
mend the editorial in Sunday's Consti
tution on the "old-time hymns. The
sentiments therein expressed well elicit
; hearty “aniens'' from the thousands of
( hearts.
i Tlie "new fangled” songs or ditties of
i the present day, many of them, remind
| one of what the Bible says of the wind.
Thou nearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh or
whither it goeth.” One of the main
reasons why the old-time hymns ha:e
suieh significant superiority over the
latter uay music is that nearly ever;
one of them had its origin associated
with some event or experience in the
: lives of the authors, having deep spirit
: ual or emotional significance, being < om
i posed under a kind of inspiration, as It
were and ealcuki-tt-.l to aweken like emo
tions' and feelings in the hearts of those
who either sing them or hear them sung.
Whereas the modern hymns are made to
rhyme and to sell.
Give us more of the old-tune singing
In he churches, the songs our mothers
and fathers utn'd to sing in which the
, vingregation can join, and we shall see
more spirituality In the services, ncre
effect of the preaching, and better re
sults in evt'i".' way.
K. A NISBET.
Fairburn, Ga.
Thinks Negroes Fared Best as Slaves.
Editor Constitution: Il seems to me
that the highest civilization the negro
race has ever known or that it Is possi
ble to be developed in them was while
they were slaves.
It seems to me that the greatest mis
fortune that could possibly have hap
penod to the negro wa-s making him. free.
When they were slaves they were do
cile, tractable and yielded ready obedi
ence to their owners. They loved their
masters and their masters' families, and
were not guilty of violating the law in
the committing of murders or any high
crimes or misdemeanors. I once knew
of a negro killing another and was hang
ed for it.
Not a single case of a negro assaulting
a white girl ever oecai'red while they
were slaves.
As before stated, they loved their mas
ters' families and the white women and
girls regarded the negro men as their
protectors, and no white female was ever
afraid of them while they were slaves.
During the war between the states,
when tne men were nearly ail absent
from home In the military servi<l
the confederate government the women
and children had no fear of 'the negroes
whatever.
The negroes know that If the southern
soidjefs were successful it would jmrpet-
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TMC OJNT.UR OOKMNt, TT «U<«AV «TW«rT, MtW YOHK CITV,
note their slavery and that it tho north
ern armies triumphed they would be
free; yet they continued steadfastly true
and faithful in their devotion to the
southern women and children in their un
protected condition.
When the negroes were slaves they haxl
plenty of good, wholesome food and com
fortable clothes to wear and cabins to
live In, and they did not steal anything
except apples, peaches and watermelons.
I never know or heard of but one negro
who would steal anything to eat.
1 repeat, the greatest misfortune that
could possibly have happened to the negro
was making him free.
J. HENLEY SMITH,
Atlanta, June 24.
A Texas Veteran.
Editor Constitution: An old confederate
veteran applied to this office (comptroll
er’s) on yesterday for a confederate pen
sion. Under the laws he is not entitled
to a pension, not being in this state in
1880. He is 94 years of age and has no
one in this part of the country upon whom
he can lay claim to take care of him.
About fifteen or sixteen years ago he
had two sons. John and William .Moye,
and a daughter, a Mrs. Majors, living in
Augusta, Ga., also relatives in Mont
gomery. He would like to know their
present address if still living.
A. D. BOONE.
Austin. Tex.
"V eterans beek Comrades.
Editqr Constitution: I wish to find
some of my comrades who were with me
in company D. Third Georgia regiment
cavalry. Any of them who see this are
requested to write the undersigned, who
enlisted in said company and regiment
at Charleston, Tenn., August, 1861. By
doing so they will confer a favor on me
that will be appreciated.
ISAAC MORRISON.
Soque P. 0.. Habersham Co., Ga.
Editor Constitution: William W. Smith,
of this (Pierce) county, is very anxious
to find a living member of company B,
Sixty-third Georgia regiment, under Cap
tain Howard, who was present at the
surrender at or near Greensboro, N. (..'.,
April 8, 1865. A letter addressed to him
at Blackshear, Ga., would reach him.
M. C. M'ALPIN.
Editor Constitution: I am anxious to
learn the present address of Captain
Thomas H. Bower, of the First Georgia
regiment. When last heard from he was
in Spartanburg, S. C.
P,. A. BOYD.
Rockbridge, Ala,
Editor Constitution: An old confeder
ate soldier would be glad to hear from
any of the officers or men of the Sixth
Louisiana cavalry, Colonel 'William Har
rison’s regiment, especially from Captain
William Lewis, or any one of hts com
pany of that regiment.
B. F. JONES.
Beauregard, Miss.
Editor Constitution: Will .von please
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At Dusk.
Earth, mother dear, I turn, at last,
A homesick child, to thee!
The twilight glow is fading fast.
And soon I shall be free
To seek the dwelling, dim and vast,
Where thou awaitest me.
I am so weary, mother dear'—
Thy child, of dual race,
Who, gazing past the star-beams clear,
Sought The Undying's face!
Now I but ask to know thee near,
To feel thy large embrace!
Tranquil to lie against thy breast—
Deep source of voiceless springs.
Where hearts are healed and wounds ara
dressed.
And naught or sobs or sings:
Against thy breast to lie at rest—
A life that folds its wings.
Some time I may—for nho can t ■.!?—
Awake, no longer tired,
And see the fields of asphodel,
The dreamed-of, the desired.
And find the heights where He doth dw»J|
To whom my heart aspir' d!
And then— But peace atv.iiteth
Thy peace; I feel it near.
The hush, the voiceless mystery,
The languor without fear!
Enfold me —close; I want but the
But thee, Earth-rnother dear!
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