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By HARBY STILLWELL EDWARDS.
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almost upon her as she staggered dizzily
to her feet and thrust upward the knife.
Wonder shone in the face of the rider as,
divining the truth, he caught the weap
on and passed swiftly from her view.
A smile came over her wan face. “ ’Eu
de valley an de shadder, ’ ” she whisper
ed feebly, then set her foot toward home.
Tired? Yes, tired near unto death,
but leaning upon a rod and a staff that
mortal vision could not compass.
CHAPTER IV.
It ',vas a sultry ntton, and Jefferson
ville was brisk. As Jeffersonville is
brisk only during the court week, when
the lawyers from Macon ride down to
look after the warehousemen’s mort
gages, and the leading attorneys from
the adjoining counties run over to look
after the Macon lawyers and attend to
the criminal docket, it may be inferred
that court was in session.
About the large, white, square frame
building, with its green blinds and three
entrances, little groups of fanners wore
gathered and many unhitched teams
Avere visible. Within the one great room
that takesup the whole of the first floor,
and from which ascend steps to the
various county offices above, were the
usual courthouse habitues—jurors who
hope in vain to “get off,” and citizens
of limited income who yet hope to “get
on. ’ ’ In front of the door was the judge’s
elevated desk, with the clerk loavct
down, whose feet rested in a chair while
his mouth twisted a toothpick. The
midday meal had just ended, and the
court had not re-entered. To the right
and left were the jury benches. The
front half of the room was devoted to
the bar, which by courtesy included all
leading citizens, and the rear to negroes
and the promiscuous crowd on curiosity
bent.
Apparently there was nothing excit
ing on hand just then, though a murder
trial had been interrupted by a tempo
rary adjournment. But the defendant
was a negro, and a negro murderer is
not a novelty. While the court was as
sembling, the curious might have no
ticed the prisoner’s points. His face, if
it had any marked characteristics, was
tooted chiefly for its singularly inex
pressive lines, and his attitude was one
of supreme indifference. His stout,
heavy frame was clad in a common
1 jeans suit stained with months of wear,
and his kinky hair was liberally sprin
i kled over v»ith gray. He sat quietly in
his place, not even affecting stolidity,
but suffering his eyes to roam from
face to face as the genial conversation
drifted about in the group around him.
1 He was evidently not impressed by any
sense of peril, though when the court
had adjourned a clear case of murder
had been proved against him, and only
his statement and the argument remain
ed.
Slowly the court assembled. The pris
oner's counsel had introduced no testi
mony. A man had been stabbed by his
client, had fallen dead, his hand clasped
over the wound, and from beneath this
hand when convulsively loosened a knife
had dropped, which the defendant’s wife
seized and concealed. This had been
proved by the state’s witnesses.
The prisoner took the stand to make
his statement. He declared emphatically
that the deceased, knife in hand, had
assaulted him, and that he had killed
him in self defense; that the knife
which fell from the relaxing hand was
the dead man’s. He told the story sim
ply, and as he began it a tall, thickset
gentleman in a gray suit, with iron
gray hair and walking with the aid of
a stout stick, entered the room and stood
silent by the door—heard him through,
losing never a word. As the prisoner re
sumed his seat the newcomer entered
within the rail. He shook hands grave
ly with several of the older laAvyers and
took the hand that the court extended
over the desk. Then he turned, and to
the astonishment of every one. shook
hands with the defendant, into whose
face a light had suddenly dawned which
resolved itself into a broad, silent grin.
This done, the old gentleman seated
himself near the defendant's lawyer,
and resting his hand upon his massive
cane listened attentively to the speech.
The speaker was not He rap
idly summed up and laid his case before
I the jury in its best light. Really there
. was not a great deal to say, and he soon
! reached his peroration. He pictured the
, blasted homo of the poor negro, his wife
! and babe deprived of his labor, and
dAvelt long upon the good name he had
always bonie. In the midst of the most
eloquent periods, wherein he referred to
the prisoner “sittingbefore you. gentle
men of the jury, broken hearted and
borne down by the weight of this horri
ble tragedy, ” he turned and extended
his hand to where his client sat. A
sight met his glance that sent the flush
of confusion to his face and started a
ripple of laughter around the room. The
“broken hearted" was calmly munching
away on an enormous ginger cake, the
liberal moon in which proved the vigor
of his appetite. The eloquence of the
speaker was fatally chilled. He stam
mered, repeated, hesitated and was lost.
After an awkward summing up. he took
his hat and books and precipitately re
tired to a secluded part of the room He
hail bt'en appointed by the court to de
fend the prisoner and had made consid
erable preparation, even to the extent
of training his client when to weep.
The solicitor arose, and with a few
wonts swept away the cobwebs of the
case. The man had stabbed another
wantonly. If the knife was the property
of the dix-easeil, why was it not produced
in court? The defendant’s wife had
picked it up.
He passed the case to the jury, and
the judge prepared to deliver his charge,
when the old gentleman in gray rose to
his feet.
“If your honor please,” he said in a
deep tone, the honesty and puiqxise of
■which drew every eye upon him, “the
prisoner is entitled to the closing, and
in the absence of other counsel I beg
that you mark my name for the defense.
With the permission of my young friend
who has so cleverly stated the defense,
I will speak upon the case. ”
“Mr. Clerk,” said the court, “mark
General Robert Thomas for the de
fense.” The silence was absolute. The
jurymen moved in their seata Some
thing new was coming. The old gentle
man laid hie hat find stick upon the ta-
, ble, and drawing himself up io his greu«
I height fixed his bright eye upon first
; one and then another of the jury, look
ing down into their very hearts. Only
| this old man. grim, gray and majcstical
i ly defiant, stood between the negro be
; hind him and the grave. The fact sccm-
■ ed to speak out of the silence to every
i man on that bench. Suddenly his lips
opened, and he said with quick but
I quiet energy:
“The knife that was found by the
dead man’s side was his own. He had
drawn it before he av,-s stabbed. Ben
Thomas is a brave man, a strong man.
He would not have used a weapon on
; him unarmed” As he spike he drew
from his bosom a long, keen knife and
1 gently rested its point upm the table.
1 The solicitor's watchful eye was upon
! him. The attention of all was gained,
and the silence Avas intense. “It has
’ i been asked, Where is the dead man's
1 . knife? Let me give you my theory:
' : When Bill Fowler staggered back under
j the bioAv of Ben Thomas, clutching his
wound, and the knife fell to the ground,
the lightning’s flash was not quicker
, than the change born in a moment in
the bosom of that erring woman, the
unwitting cause of the tragedy. Up to \
that moment she had been weak and i
yielding. She had turned aside from
' ' the little home that should have been
1 her all to gamble with strange mon, to
' tread the dangerous paths which besot
the one safe road a true woman’s feet
may know. It had thrown a shadow
, over the humble home. The husband
. drunk upon its porch was the mute evi
( deuce of its presence. In the awful mo
( ment of that tragedy, when the dancers
stood horrified, this woman became as
' by au inspiration a wife again. Decoiv
’ ed herself, she caught up the telltale j
' knife and hurled it into the swamp,
> destroying the evidence of her husband's
> innocence when she sought to conceal
> one evidence of his guilt. This, I say,
; is a theory. You remember her cry was,
, ’Run!’ ” His listeners stirred, and a
( whisper went round the room.
’ “But there is other evidence, gentle
men of the jury. Should Ibe forced to
’ ask for a new trial, it will be developed
' that this poor woman, repentant now,
thank God, walked in three days from
the scene of that tragedy to my home,
• 70 miles away, to ask my aid and coun
sel; that, eluding me in Macon, though
footsore and weary and crazed with
, grief, she returned by night to that
swamp and laboring under an excite
ment as intense as the first, that brought
? the scene before her so vividly that she
. was enabled to find the knife, did find
it, and but that an accident to my ve
, hide delayed me it would have been of
\ >red here in evidence’ ’—
“May it please your honor, ” said the
solicitor, “much as I dislike to interrupt
the honorable gentleman, I do not think
t it is proper to introduce with the. argu
ment evidence that has not been offered
t upon trial. ’ ’
L “If your honor please”—and the
speaker turned to the prosecuting officer
, with quiet digiity and gentleness that
. disarmed him at once—‘ ‘ a decision upon
such a proposition is not needed. I will
' ingly admit what is claimed. But, sir,
I offer no evidence, nt t even this knife,
with the name of the deceased upon it,
though it comes to me direct from the
■ hand of the woman who, it has been
, proved, snatched almost from under his
I hand a Aveapou Avhen he fell to the
i ground. lam but arguing a theory to ac
-5 count for the facts that have been prov
s ed. But, gentlemen of the jury"—and
i the knife fell to the table as he turned
away from it—“not upon this theory,
j not upon these facts, do I base the asser
' tion that the deceased had a knife in his
1 hand Avhen he made the assault—l speak
1 from a knowledge of men. Ben Thomas
j would never haA’e stabbed an unarmed
, man. ’ ’ The general looked arouud slow
ly and searched the courthouse with his
k eye, as if daring contradiction. ‘ ‘ Why
t do I say this?” he continued, turning to
f the court. ‘ ‘ Because I know he is as
j brave a man as ever faced death ; a faith
ful man, a powerful man and conscious
of his power. Such mon do not use Aveap-
I ons upon unarmed assailants.
“Why do I say he is brave? Every
I man on this jury shouldered his mnsket
I during the war. Most of you folloAvcd
j the lamented Pickett. Sonic perhaps
. Avere at Gettysburg.” Tavo or three
, heads nodded assent. ‘‘ I was there too. ’ ’
t A murmur of applause ran round the
room—the old man’s war record was a
I household legend. It is even said that
the court joined in. “I and the only
, brother God ever gave me. ” The vet
eran boAved his head. His voice sank to
a whisper. “A part of him is there yet”
, ' —his hand shook slightly as he moved
, his cane farther on the desk and rested
[ ! upon the code—“a part of him. but not
, i all, for, God be praised, we picked up
, I Avhatever Avas left of him and brought
it back to Georgia.
“I well rememborthat fight. The en
emy stood brave and determined and
, ’ met our charges Avith a courage and grit
j that could not be shaken. Line after
I \ line melted aAvay during those days, and
’at last came Pickett’s charge. When
[ ; that magnificent command Avent in, a
; negro man, a humble African, a cap
t : tain’s body servant, stood behind it,
I shading his eyes Avith his hand, Avait
, ing. You know the result. Out of that
, 1 vortex of flame and that storm of lead
, and iron a handful drifted back. From
. one to another this man of black skin
, ran, then turned and followed in the
track of the charge. On. on, he went,
under my very glass, for it Avas my mis
-1 fortune to stay behind; on tlirough the
i smoke and flame, gone one moment and
, I in sight the next, on up to the flaming
cannon themselves. There he bent and
I liftpd a form from the ground. Togeth
i er they fell and rose, and this three
times, until meeting them half way I
' took the burden from the hero and my
self bore it on to safety. That burde n
was the senseless form of my brother” i
■ —here he turned and walked rapidly to |
the prisoner, his hand lifted on high,
his voice ringing like a trumpet—“gash-
I ed and bleeding and mangled, but alive, !
: thank God! And the manAvhobore him
| out, who came to me with him in his
, i arms as a mother Avould carry a sick
j child, himself shot Avith a fragment of
a shell until his great heart Avas almost
! I dropping from his breast, that man, O
my friends, sits here under my hand.
See if I speak not the truth!”
He tore open the prisoner’s shirt and
laid bare his breast, on which the silent
splendor of the afternoon sun streamed
in like a smile from heaven. A great
ragged seam marked it from left to right.
“Look!” he cried, “and bless the sight,
for that scar was AA’on by a slave in an
hour that tried the souls of freemen and
put to its highest test the best manhood
of the soutli. No man who wins such
wounds can thrust a knife into an
i
unarmed assailant. I have come i<»
miles in my old age and my sorrow to !
say it. ’ ’
It may have been contrary to the evi- i
dence, but the jury, without leaving'
their seats, returned a verdict of “not
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head.
guilty, ” and the solicitor, who bore a
ecar on his oavii face, smiled as he re
! ceived it.
“The prisoner,” said the court, rap
ping for order, “is discharged. ”
“Yes, sail,” said Ben, rising and
flashing a set of dazzling ivories at the
’ judge. “I knoAved hit uz all right soon
: es I laid eyes on Marse Bob’s ole gray
< head. ’ ’
Ho went over and clasped the old cole-
■ nel’s hand in both of his, giving expres
sion also to a loud laugh. “One mo’
time—mo an yen, Marse Bob, one mo’
time! How ole miss gittin on?” The old!
man’s reply was inaudible; he spoke I
very gently, and Avith his chin upon his j
i breast. Ben started back, changed at .
once. “Dead!” he exclaimed. “Died i
las’ week! Nobody never tole ole Ben.” |
■ His words were heard by all present, 1
i AA'ho were sharing in his joy, and silence !
| fell upon the crowd. He regarded his !
i friend mutely for a few moments, then •
i Avith his hand over his eyes Avent back
ito his seat. “Yeung marster,” he said
; to a laAvyer there, “gimme d?t hat doAvn
deir on de flo’, pleas'!” At the gateAvay
! to the inner court he turned once more
I and made a rude gesture inclusive of all
! present. “Judge,” he said simply, “an
! gemmen, I’m ve’y much ’bliged ter you
all. You stood up ter ole Marse Bob, an
you done me er good turn too.” lie
went with bis face averted.
He Us # * * * *
The evening shadows gather over
j Bl: ck Ankle. A young Avoman with a
| baby at her breast sits, weary of eje j
I and limb, under the spreading gum
tree by the spring. Slowly the yellow ■
rooster leads his followers up the trail
to the shed, and the lean cow at the !
picket gate lows for entrance. Sud
denly out of the valley of the shadow- j
of death itself—a man comes and rests ■
his hand upon the woman’s head.!
Then the twilight deepens and wc see :
them no more.
The End.
THE RETURNS TABULATED.
Evans Lacks Six Hundred and Twenty-
Seven Azotes of a Majority.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 29.—The state .
executive committee lias tabulated the j
returns from the recept state primary !
election. They shoAved a total vote of
78,230—Evans, 38,807; Earle, 31,092; j
Duncan, 8,337.
Evans lacks 627 of a majority. The ■
scond primary is regarded as a certainty ,
and Avith it the defeat of Governor I
Evans. The totals for the other state j
officers were as follows:
Wilborn, for railroad commissioner, |
61,308; (seven counties missing).
Tompkins, for secretary of state, 62,- !
005.
Norton, for comptroller general, 61,-
690.
Timmerman, for treasurer, 60,668.
For superintendent of education,
Mayfield, 46.630; Robinson, 30,635.
For lieutenant governor, McSAveeny,
65,443; Cooper, 32.556.
For governor, Whitman. 2,208; El
lerbe, 55,113; Harrison, 41,278.
WATSON GOING TO TEXAS.
i
\ ice Presidential < andidate Will Speak at
Dallas on Labor Day.
Atlanta, Aug. 26.—Tom Watson will
make his last speech in Georgia before
taking his long western trip on Sept. 4,
one week from Friday, in Cartersville.
It will be during Sam Jones’ campmeet
ing and the Populist managers expect a
large croAvd to greet the vice presiden
tial candidate.
He Avill deliver this speech at 11
j o’clock in the morning. That night he
takes the train for Dallas, Tex., Avhere
I he Avill speak to the assembled labor or-
I ganizatious of Texas on Labor day,
I Sept. 7.
| He will return to Georgia immedi
‘ ately after the Dallas speech and Avill
devote himself energetically to the cam-
, paign in this state.
To Protect the Turpentine Industry,
Savannah, Aug. 27.—The turpentine
producers of Georgia, Farida and Ala
bama met here and decided upon a re
duction of 60 per cent in the number of
boxes to be cut during the coming sea
son. About 250 producers Avere present
at the meeting. The resolutions adopted
provided for the cutting of boxes to be
gin Dec. 15 and to be discontinued Feb.
15. The medium price to be paid for
cutting is 1 cent per box. A committee
Avill be appointed to see that the agree- ;
ment is carried out. The movement for (
a reduction in the cutting of trees is
general over the entire south. It is re- >
i garded as a necessary move to protect i
the industry.
Forced Checks For Three Hundred Dollars '
Savannah, Aug. 28.—Walter Reeves, ,
a young man well knoAvn in the city, is
missing, having forged a check for S2OO
and a note for SIOO, besides running up
bills for as much again. Reeves came 1
here from New York last Christmas, os
tensibly for his health. Being bright
and affable he made many friends. His
income did not not begin to equal his
expenditures, and having worked Sa- .
van nah to the limit, he evidently de
cided to make one heavy raise and re
turn north for his health.
Florida May r In a Fight With Burglars.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 26.—At San j
Mateo. Fla., Mayor S. W. Rowley dis
covered three burglars in his residence.
A fight followed in which Rowley and
two of the burglars Avere shot. The
burglars are strangers and are believed
to be northern crooks.
Ripans Tabules.
i Ripans Tabules; for sour stomach.
SOUTH IS PROSPEROUS.
! Merchants and Manufacturers Note au In
crease In the Volume of Trade.
Chattanooga, Aug. 25.—Despite the
interest in politics The Tradesman’s
I southern correspondents report a fair
I amount of activity in industrial circles.
! Cotton is being marketed, new indus
i tries are going up and both merchant
: and manufacturer are beginning to note
an increase- in the v lume of trade.
Judging from the bank clearings, the
j south is more pr isperous than any other
; section of the country, and it is a nota
ble fact that this has always been true
! in seasons of depression.
I The pig iron market is in some re
! spects slightly fetter, though prices are
i still very low. Some large transactions
are reported from Alabama in the Birm
ingham district, agg.i ratin’ about 69,-
OCO tons. It is given out that the two
roiling mills at Birmingham, Avhieh
have been idle all the summer, Avill re
sume operations S'pt. 1.
Hardware is in better demand and the
outlook is more encouraging in this
line.
Southern lumbermen differ in their
opinions as to the condition of the mar
ket, but in most sections lumber is mov
ing more freely and but for the de
pressing effect of politics there Avould
be no cause for complaint.
There is very little improvement in
the demand for cotton and Avoolen
goods, but neAv mills and enlargements
are still reported and faith in the suc
cess of the cotton manufacturing busi
ness in the south is by no means di
minished.
The coal trade is active and the mines
running on short time are increasing
their output.
The folloAving neAV industries are re
ported: Brick Avorks at Faith, N. 0., a
canning factory at Inverness, Fla., a
! distillery at Columbia, S. 0., electric
j light plants at Athens, A a., Brunswick
! and Cuthbert, Ga.. and Grenada, Miss.,
I an ice factory at Crystal Springs. Miss.,
i a $25,000 foundry and machine shop at
! McComb, Miss: and a machine shop at
Spartanburg. S. C. The Globe ■ Mining
I company, capital SIOO,OOO has been char
| tered at Atlanta. Ga., the Tis n Press
] manufacturing company at Macon, Ga.,
; the Little Rock Oil & Deiinting com
pany, capital $25,000, at Little Rock,
Ark., and the erection of a SIOO,OOO cot
ton mill is contemplated at Madison,
Ga., and woolen mid to cost $75,000 at
Laredo, Tex. WoodAVorking plants will
be built at Vicksburg, Miss, and Mc-
Minnville, Tenn.
WateiAVorks will be established at
Athens, Ala., Bentonville, Ark., and
Owensboro, Ky.
Among the enlargements reported is
an electric light plant at Jacksonville,
Fla.; a flouring mill at Mossy Creek,
Tenn.; ice factory at Valdosta, Ga., and
Washington, N. C.; a slate quarry at
■ Rockmart, Ga.; a Avoolen mill at Sweet-
Avater, Tenn., and a rest :cry at Louis
ville, Ky.
| The neAv buildings include an asyhnn
' annex at Raleigh, N. C , to cost $19,000,
; a $40,000 business house in Galveston,
'Tex.; a $13,000 church at Texarkana,
Ark.; a $14,000 courthouse at Lexing
! ton, Ky., and one to cost $40,000 at
, Wise, Va. A $15,000 hospital Avill be
erected at Richmond, Va ; a $20,000 jail
,at Griffin, Ga.; a $30,000 office building
Jat Charlotte, N. C., and a Avarchouse to
cost $12,000 at Owensboro, Ky.
SECRETARY SMITH TALKS.
Snys He AA’ill Return to Atlanta and Ke-
Mime I lie Practice of L iw.
Washington, Aug; 25. Secretary
Hoke Smith briefly outlined his plans
l in an iutervieAV Tuesday. He said:
“I will retire from office on Sept. 1,
' and it is my purpose to return to At-
■ lanta at once. My resignation was due
; alone to the fact that I intend to sup-
j port Bryan and SeAvall. I have alAvays
j voted the regular Democratic ticket and
! shall make no exception this year.
“It is my purpose to devote my time
to the practice of laAv and to my private
i business. I have, however, signified
| my Avillingness to make tvvo or three
I speeches in Georgia for 'the state and
! national ticket, but the time necessary
| to the resumption of attention to my
i professional and private business Avill
not permit me to enter actively into the
campaign outside my oavu state.”
Governor Francis, Secretary Smith’s
successor. Avill reach Washington some
time before Tuesday next, and is hoav
closing up his affairs in Missouri. He
has already formally signified his readi
ness to qualify on the first ult., Avhen
the resignation of Mr. Smith takes place.
The latter Avill leave immediately for
the south.
TRIED TO WRECK A TRAIN.
Two Negro Tranipn Placed Crossties on the
Track of the L. & N.
Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 27.—A bold
attempt was made to wreck the south
bound passenger train on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad just before day
break by placing crossties on the track.
The engine struck the ties, but the train
Avas not thrown off the rail.
Detective Watts of the railroad ob
tained a cleAt 7 near the scene, 20 miles
north of here, and captured tAVo negro
tramps, who gave their names as Henry
Williams and Henry Smith. They Avere
arrested several miles distant Avhile
fleeing through the country. One of
them confessed the crime and said that
they had placed the ties on the track
for revenge on the conductor, Avho had
put them off the train. They have been
placed in jail here.
The Son Avenged His Father's Death.
Claksville, Tenn., Aug. 26 —A ter
rible tragedy is reported from Danville,
a town south of here, in Tennessee. Ac
cording to the neAvs just received, two
men shot and fatally injured Ab Hin
son, a Avell known farmer, from am
oush, as the farmer was enroute home.
‘ \t is reported that Joe Hinson, the
: wounded man's son, shot and killed one
!of the Wiggins brothers who Avere
; charged with the shooting of Hinson’s
I father and cut his heart out.
Tillman Challenges Harrison.
I Washington, Aug. 28.—Senator Till
: man of South Carolina has telegraphed
( to ex-President Harrison at New York,
I challenging him to a joint debate. The
I dispatch was sent from here Friday
: morning as the senator passed through
at 11 o’clock from Pennsylvania to his
home.
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COTTON IS IMPROVED.
Rain* Cut a Stnp to 1 urther Dnmngo to
t ie Crop—\l lint Heddiug Says.
Atlanta, Aug. 26.—G00d rains have
fallen throughout thy cotton belt, put- j
ting a prompt step to further damage '
to the cotton crop an 1 benefiting the
crop materially in s >mo sc-'tiens.
Many cotton mon bol l to the opinion
that the rains conn too late to advance
the crop to atty great extent, but Avill !
merely servo to prevent any furthe; !
damage by heat and dr tub.
Picking is g dug on at a faster rate I
than for ma: y years at (his season'of i
the year ami the September receipts will !
be enormous. Tiiqjiehis ail < ver Goor- ;
i gia are fairly Avhite AV.th the staple.
Mr. R. J. Redding, one of the best in
formed farmers in the state, reports that !
: he has given a careful inspection to the
: cotton p rops from Spalding county as
far north as Floyd and that in his opin-
J ion the yield will not be less than 25 per
’cent shirt <4‘ wlmt v.as expected live I
Aveeks ago 1:: soma parts of t’.ie state i
he believes that the damage has i
amounted to .33 per ceiit. Mr. Rodding i
is of the opinion that the damage has 1
been much greater in uthercotton sta.t >s
than it has m Gcorgi.t ami his position
at the head of the Georgia agricultural
experiment station ; luces him Avhere ho
can get a clearer i lea of the situation in
the south than almost any other num in
Georgia. He asserts that he will not bo
in the least surprised if the damage to
the entire crop will amount to 33 per
cent.
Eleven million bales was the general
estimate' of the yield before the hot !
Avavo set in. Noav conservative proph- !
ets declare that 5.0’10.000 is not too small
an estimate. Frrmers are being ad
vised to hold their cotton for 10 cents. !
It is claimed by those who give this !
advice that the demand of the Avorhl
calls for 9.000,000 bales every year and
that at best no more than 8,500,000 can
Vo expected after the disastrous effect of
the reecut unfavorable dry and hot
Bay Line Meets the York’s Cut.
Baltimore, Aug. 25.—The Bay lino
has met the cut in southern rate; made
by the York River line Saturday and
further anti unces that it Avill moot any
subsequent reduction, no matter hoAV
low it may bo.
West Nominated For <
Harlem, Ga., Aug. 26. —The Tenth
district Populists have nominated, to
succeed Hon. Thomas E. Wetson, as the, !
standard bearer of the party in the dis
trict, Mr. John T. West of Thomson.
Hayue’s J.i*t Hope Gone.
Atlanta, Aug. 29.—Arthur Hayno
Avill hang iiero next Friday for the mur
der of Will Spinks, the governor declin
ing to intertero in the case.
NOTICE.
I WANT every man and woman in the United
States interested in the Opium and Whisky
habits to have onv o£ my books on theae dis
eases. Address 15. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga.
Box 382-and one will br sent yon free.
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Mrs. Anna Gage, wife of Ex-
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Columbus, Kan., says:
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less than 20 min
utes and with
scarcely any pain
after using only
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ANO
Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis Railway
. . TO . . J
CHATTANOOGA,
NASHVILLE,
CINCINNATI,
CHICAGO/
MEMPHIS ano
ST. LOUIS.
PULLMAN PALACE BUFFET SLEEPING CARS
JACKSONVILLE and ATLANTA
. . TO . .
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THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE.
Local Sleepers between Allanta and Chat
tanooga.
Cheap Emigrant Rates to Arkansas and
Ecxas.
Excursion Tickets to California and Col
orado Resorts. j
for Map*. Folder*. Meepirui far Reservation and
any infor-natior. übjut Bales, ichedales, etc*
write or apply to
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ticket Agent, licket Agent,
, Inion Depot, No. 8 Kimball Hot re
ATLANTGA.
C. K- AYER, J. I. LJMONDSON, T.P.A.,
Ticket Agent, Chattanooga,
fco.-ne, Ga. Tenn.
J OS A. BR3 V , CHAS. F. HARMAN,
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A Trained Nurse Gained Fifty=three
Pounds by Using a Nerve Food.
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE
RESULTS 63 RECORD.
From the Gazette, Yonkers, N. K.
° I don’t look mm li like a living skeleton
now, do I ? And yet two years ago I weighed
just seventy-two pounds,” said Mrs. .1. SV.
Colley, of 55 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, I
N. Y., to a reporter. And we agreed with!
her, for she certainly looked anything but a!
Jiving skeleton, but rather bore the appear
ance of a plump and attractive lady in ex
cellent health and spirits. Continuing she
said:
‘‘ I had lost my appetite and was wasting
away in flesh, losing some fifty pounds in a ;
few months. Doctors said I was threatened i
witli consumption. I was under what was
regarded as first-class medical treatment.,
but it had apparently little or no effect, for
I kept getting worse until I was so weak
that- I could not. attend to my household
duties and could hardly walk. My husband
and everybody who saw me thought surely
thnt I would die, and there seemed no help
for me.
“ Tonics and stimulants and medicines all
seemed useless, and 1 grew worse and worse
until at last. 1 resolved Io seek some new
remedy one entirely out of the usual line
of nauseous drugs and doses of stuff which
seemed to take away what little relish I
might perhaps otherwise have had for food.
A friend told me of some wonderful cures
effected by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for
Pe.le People and I bought a box. The effect
from their use was noticeable from the first
and soon appeared almost miiaeidous, for it.
seemed pretty nearly like the raising of one
from the dead.
“ 1 soon commenced to cat, something I
had scarcely done before for weeks, and soon
begin to gain in flesh anil st.renglli. 1 went,
one day to the doctor’s ofliee and he was sur
prised at the change in me for the better. I
had to confess that I had been taking the
pills, and he was bread-minded enough to
advise me to continue what was evidently
doing me so much good. I took, in all, six
boxes, and increased in weight from 72 to
125 pounds, which is my regular and normal
weight;”
‘‘Are you sure the cure is permanent ? ”
“'Weil, yes. My work is that of a trained
nurse, which means, as you probably know,
irregular hours and at times great exhaus
tion. During the two years since my re
covery I have had many engagements, snl
through them all have continued in good
health. I take pleasure in bearing testi
mony to the remarkable power of this great
medical discovery. I k now of other cures
effected by it. A friend of mine suffered
greatly at her monthly periods. One box
relieved and three boxes cured her. But I
know of no case equal to mine, for my situ
ation was critical, desperate and almost
hopeless.”
Mrs. Coffey has lived in Yonkers for six
teen years, and for twelve years has followed
the business of attending the sick, cxgrptjßg.
only the period of her illness. ,B<?*iias
hundreds of acquaintances and friends who
know her to bo capable ami trustworthy.
Many of them know how very ill she was
and how remarkable wtts her recovery. The
pills have a large sale in Yonkers and West
chester Conntv, which will be greatly in
creased as their merits become bettor known,
for they seem to be one of the medical mar
vels of the age-
Local Schedule,
Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus railroad.
Eugene E. Jones, Receiver.
Passenger Schedule in effect May 3, 1896.
souTHßOt'Nii Stations. northbound.
Sunday only Daily No 2. Daily No. 1. Sunday only.
* !’• "I- A. M. p. m.
4‘oo 7.25 Chattanooga 640 950
4 05 7 30 Shops 6 35 9 50
4 27 7 57 Battleiiicld 6 11.............. 9 22
1 -’6 801 .... Chicltainauga 6(4 916
?«•> ■...cai'ayet le b ; > :i4 .7. 8 4 s
' '’{ 1 lion 5 oi 8 17
5 44, 9 11 Sunnnorvii]e 434 S 01
•> 53 6 19.,.. Raccoon .4 43 751
602 928 Lyerly 7.77. 437 77 77 77 7 7 46
<O4 10 26 Rome 3 39. . .6 45
7 * ’ 1 * Cedartown 252 7 ’ 77' 77 7.6 co 4
1 Felton - 2 20 _
l-O- Buchanan ...2 01
17 Bremen .1 45
1- J O.. Carrolton 1 15
Connections are made at Chattanoogs, Rome, Cedartown, Br< iw< n ar.-J Car
rollon with other lines at the epoints, Trains 3 and 4,7 i i.da\ < n7v <lle
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From the Licmoerat, Atlanta, Texas. "
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friends if Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale
People were doing me any good, I offer this
unsolicited testimonial and answer. Never ’
I having seen a well day since 1 had typhoijß--
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pained nil the time. It v.as misery to me to 1
rise up in bed and my mind was clouded, in ’
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better.
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paid for this statement, but give it freely in
answer to friends and the editor of thia
paper.”
(Simie-d.) John Battgrrss, Atlanta, Texas.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
27th day of March, 1396.
It. M. Blaydes, Notary Public.
Ilegarding the above testimonial of John
Buiigress, I beg to say that no man stands
high' r for honesty and veracity in all this
section than John Baugress.
W. 11. Wright.
Tditor and proprietor of the Democrat
Atlanta. Texas.
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whoso ability and reliability are unques
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