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VOL Vlli
HUNT HIM DOWN.
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80, good people of every trwa,
Here I* • brother; hv.ut him down!
»Honr nt hl« h'H-ln ilk* a ragtag flood—
Hlnko y.,wr thirnt with hi* h««rt’x r d Mood,
For ho wm tempted—he ukiiird, ho Ml
From tho height* of heaven to the di rt’.ri'.f
hell I
Fugitive—fleeing the Ralntly town,
Hnr.t him down! Hunt him down!
1. A g'»od people of every town.
Sage nnd dinner nnd knave and clown.
Swell the rankx with their storm ami fr so
In the maddening race for n human l.fe!
Pau hr hot yo for bln gasp »n<l (cronr —
/Im the arrow nnd bnrl the xtunc!
Paet th* village and through tii<» town
Hunt him down! Hunt him down!
Carr not y< for th* grief hr frrh,
I**t the b)(>ndhoundo howl nt h's b:;rr.:n?h- li,
Ix t th<* cohl, uharp Mtoren of the cruel rtrn.t
Pierce the wound* in his bleeding f -ct.
Hurl your hisscN and block hi* way,
THJ he ntandft nt last like o b'*.Td at Lay!
bk arch the village nnd Hack th<* town—
Hunt him down! Hunt him down!
Ho, good pcdplo of ♦-very town.
Let not your mercy your justice drown!
’Tin hnniun pun*-‘tin a Foul of woo,
Khotw» white Redeemer di*d long n I
Hcourg* him—«lny him! ’Tin Lett • 10. s.
/* k inner cling* to the edmron cross,
Asking not for your unining crown,
Lead in the darkncuM—hunted down!
—Frank L. Stanton.
LOTTIE WALKER.
Among my music pupils Lottie
Walker, jir.p4ty>ad blond, occupie d
_ jjiflin .Trf.t rank, bom in talent and in
telligence.
When I began to give lessons at
the academy and when each of my
pupils was trying to make herself
ngrocablo to me, she had preserved
n silent and serious demeanor and
remained in the background, and
only at intervals I surprised her eyes
apparently watching mo with a
closer interest. She had never given
me a flower, and .yet I had toconfess
to myself against my will that I
would have cheerfully exchanged my
entire floral collection for even a
leaf from her. She seemed to regain
lier wonted animation only when the
lesson was in progress. She was se
rious nnd assiduous in her studies,
nnd often when late in tho evening I
happened to enter one of the lesson
, rooms I found her still hard at work
| studying her music at the piano. On
such occasions she would turn her
head toward me with a modest smile
and continue practicing without in
' torruption.
Ono Saturday, tho weekly holiday
cf tho school, I entered tho hall after
a short, stroll, I met her, smiling
in a faultless and sash-
tjyy' arm
wlvs conducting her to
tho carriage in waiting at tho open
door. I thought that sho had never
looked so lovely as in this airy ele
gance,and a quick,sharp pain piercod
my heart as sho turned her face
from mo with an air of indifference
and raised it smilingly to her com
panion’s.
For the first time I realized tho
full scope of tho dangerous passion
I had nursed, and with a feeling of
uttor dejection I opened tho parlor
door and entered tho room to take a
farowell look at her from the seclu
sion of the shutters. I sow her pause
irresolutely on tho point of stepping
into the carriage, and with a hastily
uttered remark to her escort run
back into tho house as if she had
forgotten something. A moment
later sho thrust her face in at tho
door with a look of anxiety, and see
ing mo advanced quickly.
“You are not ill, sir?” sho asked.
“I believe not,” I replied, touched
by her strange conduct. “May I in
quire why you ask?”
“I never saw you look so pale, and
iny reason tor coming back was to
apologize for not bidding you good
by,” she replied, extending her little
gloved hand. “ I shall bo absent for
two iNiys.”
—’ Miss Walker,” I said,
taking h ir hand, my eyes resting
eagerly o her face despite a manful
effort to control myself. “I hope
you will iass a pleasant Sunday.”
“A visi t which I cannot avoid, sir.
is all,” si e said faintly. “I should
prefer to remain here.”
I wiTulfl have conducted her as
far as the door, but she was gone. I
saw her decline tho proffered hand
of her escort and stop into the car
riage unassisted. I half fancied I
saw her east a quick, wondering
glance at tho window behind which
I stood as tho horses started off. and
then the carriage passed out of sight.
Utterly miserable, I went to my
room in tho principal’s house, and
leaning my head on my folded arms
abandoned myself to a succession of
gloomy reflections. A knock at tho
door recalled mo to my senses. It
was Mr. Johnston, tho principal,
who laid a letter on tho table and
asked me if I was ill.
’Only a headache, sir,” I said.
“It will soon pass away.”
“You should have a care how you
expose yourself to the sun. Yon are
not yet fully acclimated,” he said
kindly, quitting the room with a be
nevolent gesture of the hand.
"If he could guess what sun has
caused my illness,” I thought, open
ing the letter. It was from a dear
who was detailing in a mi
nuYe way bis career in the east, and
whose humorous style exer-
cised a whdh|K*me effect u]»n my
causing, me to smile and
in spite oßmyself. I was sad
by turns as I confrasted his
Mid V
THE CHATTOOGA NEWS.
p'-Wtion ■ f I t with my
own u
IP" 1 throw my
self u;.' ii mitely dream
ing s' ’ < mmy merry
; 1; hemian
in : ' ■ ■ plausi
ble i . ' . position
v. t. y chances
in the .. iro under-
, teki’ ' .ing cf ut-
, tor v !•<■:■ > . ; ssion of
ma, : . I I -e sobbed had
not !ii : . . me. I felt that
■it wc. ;; i > •.t the inevita
Lie, and ’ r'-' , ";r.-e was
to say lined. I
leaned b.. my eyes. In
this con !.- imago invol-
Inntarilyir -./i .ion, and
I finally ’■ r If to my
'haunting th' ;■ i.,y mind soon
| lost i;:'i :f . 1 e cdcmpla-
tion of her h ■ r«rly I recalled
I tho st' !;ly, . . . .<■ ...hie look with
I whir l! h<< 1 i !.d my face. I
■ iijia? i\ .1 l .. . i m icd my love;
! that I m.. r ;> 1 ■in my arms
and strain 1 -tot :y heart.
“Foe.il" i vi > within me,
and 1 1 ’he sun
was:-ir : . -■ r fanned
mv f .. ... ■ . .-c . > try tho
i tra..ui:; ' ■ of a long
I walk. • ; ' : sered so
| many p< . ■h I had
hith; r.u< ' at a distance.
I not:. ii. , i)y a colored
iservaiitt . 1 id not return to
‘ supp and : on my journey
, torrli.’. a her t noughts
that wer
SI- ■ v.■■ . a fir.-t lesson
■ . i ,li:l not re-
)' i. her for
t every senti-
■ mi nt op;: ;'-.isdeliberate
; calcuh : ■ . i < k ions longing
i thrilled < iy ing as I
i thou'dit • ;:r ln-foro me
1 at: any he did not
; come, mi l i<ed for her
:am i n -r iils tho next
' morn iij a’ ■1 . . irlast.
I At t 1 > . oi , I entered the
sell -In ■ . neonsly a
j door < ; into tho in-
i (■- ’i > . ■w; - pushed
o])en, . I , . .If face to
, faio wit V. .’ r, !■ >king as
: brii I f :i!.d r ■ no ,v morning
■ Wit 1" Ut.
“I . "v ■ ’•< orned quite
so soon, ■ • said, with
*1 . vo the blood
I out < I I not b< en
' anxiou • - - lesson.
I pa home on the
plaht . ■ ight you
acini' . • . this season
of the Vi .
Sb. > L ' "■ : ■ lia, white as
snow, u ' j io, which had
i not in a 1- a favored with
lii. po was impossi
ble and i . ■■. s while 1 re-
maii od. I mt of all tho
emotio! - i . ’ .in .; .-ailed me, but
1 was keen; r . . ble of one tiling—
that I mint vo my honor at any
sacrifice.
“Miss Waik’i r,” I said, looking at
her with;- r.ran ■ tint cost me
a truly here eli'oit. yet unable to
withdraw; ■■ a. from her refined
and beau til ’1 i mures, “I am sure
you do not : a.- v. at strange in-
fluence sue i a re: labranco may
have upon a ] ■ • fellow like me. I
wish y< > it back and ex-
cuse mo from ivi g you a lesson
today. You v. > chaps right the
i other day in .• -amiag I was ill. I
fear I have r it yet recovered, and it
will be adv:. ,’.'i ; o i rmo to resign
I my posit! -. • 1 look for employ-
ment els ■ T ."
Hie re-.. . mo A.iili a strange
!look.
“Sup] ■ I ii -uld bring you a
flower v . i \ - i • in your new
p-’sin m, wuul.l e-u s.ili be ill?”
“Idis-. \.'i. 1 I. collecting
all my sir .“i 1 have made
myself inti el \g you to exer
cise a v. i naveendeavor-
edtoaeflif . ’able man, and
all I ask i■an 1: w.’ ide defeat.”
“And, in.’ . 1 J. .it so bitter?”
sho said Ini. .y. V. I again raised
my eyes i > r ■ ■. I observed an
expression < ’ tv dor earnestness,
and her lar 11.: amy eyes were ob
serving me in a • ec.ner that sent a
nervous ti.riil <!' mimingled joy
and des; -iy , -ij my being.
•Do you v h to compel mo to
make . '“I asked. “I
would , > go without
net hing des
perate - n it love you.
Tin re ! :d it. and now fare-
well.”
“One . ? •. "Walters,” she
sa-id. : a at me. “In-
asinm - o t for idden it,
i who says yen may m>t- dare?”
“L-ittie!" I . • . in a choking
voice, s. .io willing hands
in so 1 k’n -.
j - i . .erder to save
njy. , rendered hope-
lessly n.s- by your extreme
iii . , she contin-
ued. as: :i n. . ng to her face,
’tl..;: I ruinate interest
in you . I. ? That I was
detern ir.C'. r leave school, but
changed 1 ion you came?
Thar I was , :< . the others and
compel!,*’ ; 1 *k .t ail up in my
breast: I learned by de.
■ grees what was going on in your
heart and yet afraid to betray my-
■ self? That I was nearly persuaded
■ the other day to abandon my drive
• and remain here, and—shall I say
i more?”
I could not speak to answer her
i last question. "Wo stood with hands
i clasped, looking each other in the
face. What it would all 1 ail to I did
not know. I was conscious only cf
an overpowering happiness, and per
haps she saw it, for her face mirror
ed tho emotions of my heart.
“And from this day hence I shall
. call you Charles, as it's written in
. your music books, ” she began after
i a pause, with a pleased smile. “We
shall determine what to do, and
; you’ll stay for tho present, won t
• you?”
“I ll stay Lottie, if I can,” I said,
. grasping her hands more firmly.
“My love is so fervent it would
shrink from no sacrifice, but loving
; you so I wish our love to lie Lopt in
violate from reproach—no hidden
; relationship, l>r shall our compact
bo cloaked by tho appearuuco of a
schoolroom intimacy”—
“Adieu, Charles,” she exclaimed
with beaming eyes. “"Wi'.hin an
, hour I'll be at my fatlx r’s. Then
; when tho storm buv.-ds I'll :ee
i whether your looks d ■: ivel me
when J gazed into your eyes tho fir
time w«i met. 130 true and depend
on Lotrio Atalker. ”
. She raised my hands with a warm
pressure of her own, took .r
good look nt me and Eastern d out i.f
the room.
I am sure I stood five minutes on
tho spot whore wo had parted. It
■ had all come so suddenly C at I v.a ■■
nt a loss whether to abandon mysi
i to my happiness and shout right
1 out or yield to tho feeling of inse
curity which seemed to ] ri phi -y
that my good fortune would sa- ‘i
enough disappear in air and leave
me only tho bitter aftovtaate.
Afternoon canto, and with every
stop on tho stairway to my I’oom my
heart, beat tumultuously, and 1
lierved myself to face the inrm t: t
wasa;V roaebing. But evening came,
tho supper bell rang, :d I still k.y
there in painful suspense. At last
another step soumled on tho staii",
and tho door opened. It i ■ wed to
be only the servant girl v. ilh my
tea, and I was in tho act of casting
myself with an air of indifl’eri :ie;i
again on my couch when I oh. wed
a- young darky worming I.!:.- if
through the half open door bmiind
the girl, cast an intelligent- lock at
■ mo and then draw a slip of white
paper from tho lining cf his hat.
“From Missy Walker, sah,” he
said, handing it to me with a com
ical how.
I felt as if I had suddenly ceased
to breathe, but controlling myself
by a supremo effort I attempted to
take the letter with a matter of fact
i air.
“I will see what Miss Walker de
sires,” I remarked. “If there is an
■ answer, I will have it ready in less
than ten minutes.”
The darky said “All right,’’and
followed the girl out of tho room.
As soon as tho door closed I tore
open the envelope.
“Dear Charles,” it said. I could
i have kissed the written words, yet
it flashed upon me—what if this let
ter had fallen into the wrong hands?
I read on:
Pa listened to my statement of the case re
lating to you and me with a patience that at
; first filled me with alarm, although I have
I never kept a single wish from him and know
i perfectly well his manner of treatment to
| ward me. I will repeat to you verbatim what
| ho said in reply:
“He is an excellent-musician and doubtless
I a very agreeable instructor. Hence it follows
I that a young girl may fall in love with him. 1
i am also disposed in your case to believe that
i his heart ran away with his head. I grant all
I that, Lottie, but I am by no means dis.oosed to
‘ grant that all this must lead to ah ;olute in
sanity. as you seem to think. For the present
; you will not return to the academy, and in a
' few days I shall expect you to accompany me
to your relatives in Kichmond, where some
matters of business require my attention. The
rest will arrange itself.”
My father’s sagacity would reflect credit
upon him in any case where Lottie Walker is
not concerned. She thinks she knows her papa
better than he knows himself.
[ Now, hi-ed this, dear Charles: The earliest
train that leaves for Augusta day after tom- -
| row will find me at the first station. Assign a
short visit us an- excuse for absence in or,, r
to delay all premature suspicions and meet
me there. We will go together to Cincinnati
and be married. “The rest will arrange itself”
! when I speak with pa.
In the contingency that we should be cast
upon our own resources for awhile the neces
sary funds have been provided. Bob, wh > de
livers this note, is true as steel. Two words,
orallv communicated, will suffice.
Lottie.
I laid the letter down after a hasty
: perusal, my hand trembled so, and
then read it again, word for word.
My breast seemed to re-echo with
the sounds of a triumphant wedding
march, and I pressed Lottie’s hand
i writing to my lips until the tapping
j of the impatient darky's band on
■ the door tore me from my silent
j worship. As I opened the door I ob- |
• served him studying my face with a
broad grin.
“Tell Miss Walker that I shall
obey her in every particular,” I 1
I said, emphasizing each word and
; pressing a dollar bill into his hand. '
j He took his departure with a ludi- j
■ crons scrape of the foot and a know- i
I ing look.
The next day I informed the prin
| cipal that the letter from my friend
which had passed through his hands
would oblige me to leave the insti-
I tution for a short time. I packed my
j things and passetl a sleepless night.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEO IA. JAN RaY 8, 1896
The train was not duo to start until
4 o'clock in the morning, but I was
at the station at 3. After « long,
tiresome wait the train final?/ pulled
out. Tho nearest station was only
five miles away, and we would reach
it before daylight. In a few minutes
I heard the whistle of tho locomotive
and ran cut upon the platform.
Even boforo the train had come to a
stop I leaped off, and tho next in
stant found myself in tho embrace
of a veiled figure, who threw both
arms around my neck. Near at
hand the trusty darky stood waiting
by a light wagon containing two
trunks. I bore rather than led the
girl into tho dark carriage and then
hastened back to attend to the bag
gage.
“Won't your master miss you?” I
asked, addressing Bob and filling his
hand with what loose change I car
ried.
“Not me, sah,” he said, laughing.
“Es dey don’t miss Miss Lottie no
more dan dey does me, it’s all right. ”
The train was starting. I leaped
aboard and hastened to her seat.
Tho passengers in tho coach were
few and fast asleep, as I judged by
the gray light of breaking day. Lot
tio arose on seeing mo approach and
extended both hands, but winding
my arm about her waist I gently
forced her back into her seat, and
thus we passed, lip to lip, a moment
of ecstasy such as mortals expe
rience once in a lifetime.
We reached Cincinnati and were
married. Our first wedded kiss ex
changed, we sat down together and
wrote to Mr. Walker. Ido not know
what Lottie wrote. It seemed an
act of ordinary delicacy on my part
to inclose her letter, unread, with
mine, and her face told mo that she
was grateful for it. As for mo, I
opened my heart freely to the man
in whoso .‘benevolent countenance I
had reposed the deepest confidence
from our earliest meeting. I describ
ed tho struggle with myself at the
academy, told him I should have be
taken myself forever from the neigh
borhood if our hearts had not simul
taneously betrayed us and rendered,
separation inqiosf- Ible, but I adk’Vd
that we wero resigned to his just in
dignation ; that I had no favor to
ask save his generous pardon, and
that, this obtained, I should, apply
my brain and muscle to the one en
, dcavor of making his daughter’s
iself elected lot an endurably happy
ji-nil agr cable one.
Tho letters were mailed, but wo
xvero destined to wait a long time
for a reply. Lottie opposed my form
ing any plans for the future until
wo had news. She was suro that her
father would write, but he needed
time, sho thought, to reach an un
derstanding with himself. Finally,
after waiting two weeks, I saw my
name in the advertised letter list.
Who but Lottie’s father could possi
bly know that I was in Cincinnati?
I took the letter from tho hands of
tho delivery clerk with eager inter
est. It bore my address, traced in a
characteristic hand, and the post
mark of my Into place of residence.
With a sigh I thrust it into my
pocket and hastened back to the ho
tel, where we could read it together.
Her face turned pale as I held the
letter ent to her. She seemed to
watch my face for some telltale evi
dence, but I showed her the un
broken envelope. Then sitting down
I drew her upon my knee, and so,
prepared for the worst, deliberately
broke the seal and read:
Mt Dear Daughter—ls I were to tell you
that your sudden action greatly surprised me,
I should be telling an untruth, and I am still
surprised that the possibility of such a course
did not suggest itself to me after your state- |
ment of the situation, coupled with my knowl
edge of your ways. Notwithstanding this you
have caused me more grief than you think,
and time will have to heal the wound your ac
tion has inflicted. You are my only child, and
I had made other plans for your future. But
what is post is past.
Tell y< nr husband that I am still less offend
ed with him. I have weighed his feelings and !
believe him to be a gentleman and a man of
honor. lam confident that he could not have
persuaded you had you not been perfectly
willing. Till him, however, that he must
make amends for tho damage he has wrought
with hi.; music and moonshine to the full ex
tent of his power. He must bring you back to
me and try to become a respectable planter. I
have no desire to live alone in this great house
in my declining age. If he will profit by my
instructions and learn a few things which he
does not know, I shall perhaps in time forget
the disappointment he has caused me. In the
next place, he is duty bound to compensate
Mr. Johnston for taking French leave by filling
his place with a competent music teacher, one
of advanced age preferred.
I have kept the affair a secret, having only
given Mr. Johnston the necessary information.
You can therefore return without fear of a
scandal. John L. Walker.
I finished and looked up into tho
tear dimmed eyes of my wife.—
Washington Post.
Mrs. Figg Relieves Her Mind.
Tommy—Paw, what is an egotist? i
Mr. Figg—He is a man who thinks
he is smarter than any one else.
Mrs. Figg—My dear, you have
that wrong. The egotist is the man
who says he is smarter than any one ;
else. All men think that way.—ln
dianapolis Journal.
Literary Item.
Manager (of book store) —That
new clerk won't do.
Proprietor—Why not?
Manager—A lady called for a
scrapbook this morning, and he
showed her the “Life of John L. '
Sullivan.”—Texas Siftings.
Argentina has its name from the i
silvery reflection of its rivers.
news notes.
Collections are being taken up
for the families of the men killed,
in the Cumnock mine disaster.
There are 27 widows and almost
100 children of these.
Robert Walker, a well known
merchant who had been doing an
excellent business at Willard’s
store, near Eatonton, Ga ,commit
ted suicide by shooting himself.
A movement looking to no in
crease of the cotton acreage next
year was inaugurated by the Mem
phis Cotton Exchange at a general
meeting called for the purpose.
Jim Sayres, doorkeeper at a
Rome frolic, was roughly handled
by Harry Griffith, a man whom he
refused to admit and was impaled
on a stake which was i-n the ground
nearby. Sayres died and Griffith
has disappeared.
In Bibb superior court mortgages
to the amount of $4,000,000 have
been filed by the Central of Geor
gia railroad. It was necessary for
the Central to raise a large amount,
of money to pay for the recent
purchases of several lines.
At Fitzpatrick, Ala., an alterca
tion occurred between Dr. S. Bald
win and Wade Edison, both prom
inent citizens of the county,, and
Baldwin shot, his an lagonisc dead
The killing was -lone in self de-
Baldwin is prominently
connected in Montgomery.
Dora Bruce, of Rome, tied her
two little children to a bed and
went away from home for awhile.
When she returned the house was
both children fatal-
lead tho secret his
tory or our enemies, we would find
in each man’s life sorrow and suf
fering enough to disarm hostility.
Mr. Henry Morgan carried to
Americus a two-horse wagon load
of excellent pecans, grown on his
fin n i.i Dooly.. The nuts brought
enough to load the wagon with
supplies and net a good sum in
cash besides, y
T C. Pippen, a well known Jones
county, Ga , farmer killed his son,
J. L. Pippen. Itis said that young
Pippen was drunk and tried to
shoot his father with a pistol and
the father in self defense threw a
rock at his son, striking him on
the head and crushing his skull.
Judge Lumpkin has decided that
the property of the Confederate
Soldiers’ Home at Atlanta shall be
divided into lots and sold for the
benefit of the Georgia soldiers.
The proceeds of the sale will be
expended in purchasing homes for
the maimed and feeble veterans
in the different counties of the
state.
The Legislature failed to pass
the bill creating the office of lieu
tenant governor; the Bush dispen
sary bill; the bill to remove the
agricultural college from Athens
to Griffin; the bill to suppress the
dance du ventre; the bill to estab
lish a uniform system of text
books; the bill to allow counties
having no chain gangs to hire the
convicts to private parties; the
bill to establish a reformatory;
the bill to estal lish an inebriate
asylum; the bill placing Pullman
cars under the railroad commis-'
sion, and the bill abolishing the i
fee system for county officers.
, -
The New Year in Billville.
The Itillville Literary Society ;
begins the new year with ten books
and seven ’possums.
We thank the kind friend who
set fire to our office New Year's
day. His intention was good, but
the blamed thing wouldn’t burn,
and we’re still out of the insurance.
The Debating Society discussed
question : “Who is the great
est —Grover Cleveland or George
Washington?” and the answer
was: “Grover, because he’s a-liv
in'.”
We have any quantity of New
Year resolutions for sale. They
are all in gilt frames, and the
frames are warranted not to break.
This is a dull New Year in Bill
i ville; all the darkies are at work,
' and we can't even get up a race
' problem. F. L. S.
DWIGHT COTTON MILL. ‘
> Employing 800 People, Started
L at Gadsden Yesterday.
Gadsden, Dec. 25.—The
, Dwight ManV;' ; /6turing company
of Chicopee, Mass., started its
t southern mill here today by elec
' tricity. A young lady at Winona,
Minn., touched the button that
_, started the machinery at 1 o'clock.
She christened the 15,000 horse
power engine “Mavbienne.” The
Western Union Telegraph Compa
ny arranged the electrical appara
tus by a straight circuit of 2,300
miles. ♦
The mill began operation today.
L It is of 30,000 spindle capacity,
! and is the largest in Alabama. 1'
3 was located here last February,
and was completed, accepted and
1 turned ovVr to the owners today.
1 The arrangement was
fixed'so as to break a bottle of
s champagne suspended over thecn
’ gine at the moment of christening.
' Hundreds of people were present
at the opening. The mill employ
■' es 800 people, and 250 cottages are
' now being completed by the
Dwight company.
The Largest Mail in America.—
! Chicago, Ill.—Special.—Postmas
ter Washington Hesing, referring
to the Chicago postoffice, in a re
cent speech at the Auditorium,
made the following statement:
“This office is not second to, but
equal to New York in its impor
tance, in the character of mail
handled, in the volume of the same
and in the number of registered
packages. Be not astonished when
I tell you that the largest patron
of the postoffice io the United
States is in Cnicago—Montgomery
Ward & Company.”
The man with a standing adver
tisement is the backbone of the
newspaper and the solid man of
the community. In the summer
or winter, in sunshine or rain, his
name greets the public eye with
every issue of the paper, and the
people come in time to regard him
as well established in a successful
business, whether they have lem
patrons or not. “Nothing succeeds
like success,” and the public once
getting the idea that a man is do
ing well, stands ready to patronize
him and turn to him naturally if
they want anything in his line. In
this simple fact lies the whole se
cret of success of persistent adver
tising.—Ex.
The proprietors of several sa-
I loons in Macon who will be forced
| to close on account of the increase
lin license from $l5O to SSOO are
very indignant, and say they will
bring on a prohibition election if
the old license is not restored.
Did you ever stop to thjnk whati
I indigestion j eally means? It’
; means simply that your stomach I
'is tired. If our legs are tired, we
> ride. The horse and the steam
engine do the work. Why not
give your stomach a ride; that is,
I let something else do its work.
Foods can be digested outside of
the body . All plants contain di
gestive principles which wil’ do
’ this. The Shaker Digestive Cor-
I dial contains digestive principles
and is a preparation designed to
rest the stomach. The Shakers
themselves have such unbounded
confidence in it that they have
placed 10 cent sample bottles on
I the market, and it is said that
' even so small a quantity proves
| beneficial in a vast majority of
cases. All druggists keep it.
Laxol e best medicine for
children. Doctors recommend it
j in place of Castor Oil.
Hon- N. E. Harris, of Macon,
chairman of the board of trustees
of the School of Technology, will
call a meeting of the board in At
lanta early in January to consider
' the resignation of President Hop
kins.
The birthday of Gen. Robert E.
j Lee, January 20th will be celebra
ted at Waycross with appropriate
ceremonies and an elaborate din
ner. The Confederate veterans
and the state troops will take part
in the celebration.
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Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
IW Kag
t ' - Absolutely pure
* WILL DEMAND FIIEE SILVER
. Friends of the White Metal Will
Offer a Substitute for the
) Bond Bill,
Washington, Jan. 2.—The smi
. ate finance committee
, at 12:30 o’clock until tomorrow.
1 No action was taken and no vote
, was had. The bond bill was dis-
I cussed but the tariff bill was not
. taken up. Senators White and
; Walcott were not present.
Senator Vest was not present so
■ that the free silver mon dnd anti
. silver men were a tie. It is un
stood that the intention of the
silver men is to report either a free
' coinage substitute or amendment
■ to the bond bill, probably an a
mendment. After the regular
meeting of the committee the re
publican members held a confer
ence in the committee room and
the democrats conferred in the dis
trict committee room. Senator
Jones, populist, Nevada, went with
the democrats as the confeience
was considered a silver conference
more than anything else. The sil
ver men unanimously decided to
insist upon an amendment in the
nature of an entire substitute pro
viding for free coinage of silver
and the elimination of all author
ity for the issuance of bonds. Sen
ator Jones, of Arkansas, was dele
gated to prepare a measure in ac
cordance with these views to be
submitted to a full meeting of the
committee as soon as it can be
completed.
There is hope that the bill can
receive final consideration el th”
hands of the committee Tn time to
permit reporting to/'ne senate to
morrow but this play not bo ac
complished.
The absentees will be paired
when a vote is reached in commit
tee.
In the Beginning
Os a new year, when the winter
season of close confinement is only
half gone, many find that their
health begins to break down, that
the least exposure threatens sick
ness. It is then as well a« at all
other times, and with people even
in good health, that the following
facts should be remembered, name
ly : that Hood’s Sarsaparilla leads
everything in the way of medicines ;
that it accomplishes the greatest
j cures in the world; has the largest
I sale in the world, and requires the
largest building in the world devo
ted exclusively to the preparation
of the proprietary medicine. Does
not this conclusively prove, if you
are sick, that Hood’s Sarsaparilla
is the medicine for you to take?
An editor works 413 days per
year to get out 329 issues of his
paper—that’s labor. Once in a
while somebody pays a month’s
subscription—that’s capital. And
once in a while some dead beat
takes the paper for a year or two
and vanishes without paying for it
—that’s anarchy. But later on
justice will overtake the last nam
ed creature, for there is a place
where he will get his deserts—
that’s h—l. —Ex.
Here is the way an exchange un -
derstands the new game law.
Book agents may bo killed from
Aug. 1, spring poets from March
to July; scandal mongers from
July 1 to 31, inclusive; umbrella
borrowers from Feb. 1 to Nov. 1.
Open season all the year round on
life insurance agents and fellows
who borrow their neighbor’s paper.
Our citizens who have recently
left by moonlight will please send
their addresses to the postmaster
in order that their papers may be
forwarded. Do not think our pa
tience has been exhausted; if you
pay up in thirty or forty years we ■'
will not be disappointed or unduly *
shocked. —Jimplecute.
•
I MANY CANDIDATES
—
Are Out for Hon. Ben Russell’s
Congressional Seat.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 1. —The an
nouncement made by Congy ; .oman
Ben Russell that he will
for re-election in the Second dis
trict, has brought out several
prominent candidates. Today the
resignation of his judgeship camo
to Governor Atkinson, from Judge
J. M. Griggr, of Dawson, who takes
this preliminary step before for
mally entering the race.
The news comes from Bainbridge
that Judge Bower has announced
his candidacy and will resign from
the bench.
Capt. Wm Hammond, of Thom
asville, has already announced.
The lines in this contest will be
closely drawn on the monby ques
tion.
Knights of the Maccabees.
The State Commander writes us
from Lincoln, Neb., as follows:
“After trying other medicines for
what seemed to boa very obst inatc
cough in our two children we tried
Dr. King’s New Discovery and aL
the end of two days the cough en
tirely left them. Wo will not be
without it hereafter, as our exper
ience proves that it cures when all
other remedies fail.”—Signed I’.
W. Stevens, State Com.—Why not.
give this great medicine a trial, as
it is guaranteed and trial bottles
are free at. ,11. Arrington's Drug
Stoic. Regular size 50c and $ I.oo*
K3ECULIAR in combination, pro
® portion and preparation of ingredi
ents,Hood’s Sarsaparilla possesses great
curative value. You should IT. *
What War Is?
War is impulsiveness. (It. is
also regret.) \ f
’War is bravery. (It is also the
mest indescribable savagery.)
War is a glorious privilege. (It
is also a lasting and bitter sorrow.)
War is the exuberant thrill of
national pride. (It is also the
solemn and serious problem of the
taxpayer.)
War is the defiant tramp of
pomp and pageantry. (It is also
the rumbling of the dead wagon at
midnight.)
War is the brilliant deed that
plants the banner upon the frown
ing parapet (It is also the toll
ing of the bell in the quiet church
yard.)
War is the mother’s pi ide aft Im
manly march of the beardless
youth. (It is also the laying of a
wreath upon the untimely grave.)
War is the wild glamor of a boy
ish dream. (It is also a s6a' oT\
desolation whose shores are lined \
with shattered hopes.)
War isthegrand parade beneath
the flag consecrated by the blood
of a million heroes. (It is also
the wily picket shot, the volley,
the charge, the roar of conflict and
the desperate hand to hand death
struggle.)
War is the spirit of patriotic
song. (It is also the sighing awav
of the young life, alone, beneath
stars.)
War is something we all like to
talk about. (It is something no
experienced man wants to see, if it
can be honorably avoided.)
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