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TUESDAY, JUNE 2. iJ
“The Story of Waitstill Baxter”
eopyriaht. 1913, by ‘ HAII DOWIAS WIGfflN
Kate Douglas Wiggln #
J . Author of “Rebecca gg Sunny brook Farm”
. PROLOGUE. - '
L Strength and interest of quic
lives in the New England oj
three-quarters of a century rag
provide the framework of “Th
Story of Waitstill Baxter. ” Tha
is the skeleton. The flesh am
blood of human beings, living
and loving and moving in a worlc
of their own that is a miniaturi
picture of the greater world ou!
side, are also there. The stor
is a cross section of life as seer
and described by a woman wh ,
has been well called "America':
greatest living woman novelist. ’
• Amid the hills of New Englanc.
are many men and women liki
Waitstill and Patience Baxte
and their father, Ivory Boynto’
and his afflicted mother am
funny Cephas Cole, who woo
hopefully, but with small chanc
of success. They find their wa?
into books but seldom, for i
takes a master hand to describr
faithfully the doings of rea
people. And that is the reason
why ‘‘The Story of Waitstill
Baxter" has won highest praise
from critics who know a gooo
book when they see one.
(Continued From Yesterday.)
"IS must be while satin, if yoi
please, not yellow: After having use'
a hundred and ten yards of shop won
yellow calico on myself within t\v<
years X never wnnt to wenr that colo
again! If only I could come to yoi
better provided.” she sighed, with the
suggestion of tears in her voice. “11
I'd been a common servant I could
have saved something from my wngev
to be married on. I haven’t even goi
anything to be married in!”
“I’ll get you anything you want !i
Portland tomorrow.”
"Certainly not; I’d rather be married
in rags than have you spend you
money upon me beforehand!”
“Remember to have a box of yom
belongings packed and slipped unde;
the shed somewhere. You can’t be cer
tain what your father will say or d
when the time comes for telling him
and I want you to be ready to lenv.
on a moment’s notice.”
“I will; I’ll do everything you say.
Mark. But are you sure that we have
thought of every other way? I do s
hate being underhanded. Everythin
depends on my keeping it secret from
Waitstill, but she doesn’t suspect any
thing yet She thinks of me as noth
lng but a child still. Do you suppose
Ellen would go with us Just to give me
a little comfort? I shouldn’t miss Wait
still so much if I bad Ellen, and bow
happy I shall be if she approves of
me for a sister and thinks your mother
and father will like me in time.”
’“There never was a creature born
into the world that wouldn't love you.
Patty.”
“I don’t know; look at Aunt Abby
Cole,” said Patty pensively. “Well, it
does not seem as if a marriage that
isn’t good in Riverboro was really de
cent How tiresome of Maine to want
all those days of public notice; people
must so often want to get married in
s minute. If 1 think about anything
too long I always get out of the no
tlon.”
“I know you do. That’s what I’m
afraid of.” And Mark's voice showed
decided nervousness. “You won’t get
out of the notion of marrying me, will
you, Patty dear?”
"MarryVjg you is more than a ‘no
tion,’ Mark,” said Patty soberly. “I'm
only a little past seventeen, but I'm
far older because of the difficulties
I've bad. I don't wonder you speak of
my ‘notions.’ I was as light ns a
feather in all my dealings with you at
first.”
“So was I with you. I hadn’t grown
up. Patty.”
“Then I esme to know you better
and see how you sympathized with
Walts till's troubles and mine. J
couldn't love anybody; I couldn't mar
ry anybody who didn’t feel that things
at our house can't go on as they are
Father has bad a good long trial.
Three wives and two daughters have
done their beet to live with him and
failed. I am not willing to die for
him, as my mother did, nor have Wait
ttill killed if 1 can help it, Some
times he is like n man who has lost his
senses, and sometimes he is only grim
and gutet sq£. cruel. If he. takes oui
marriage without a terrible scene.
Mark, perhaps it will encourage Wait
still to break her chains as I have
mine.”
“There's sure to be an awful row."
Mark said as one who had forecasted
all the probabilities. “It wouldn't
make any difference if you married
the Prince of Wales; nothing would
suit your father but selecting tie man
and making all the arrangements, and
then he would never choose any one
who wouldn't tend the store and work
on the farm for him without wages."
“Waitstill will never run away. Sin
isn’t like me. She will sit and sit
there, slaving and suffering, till dooms
day, for the one that loves her isn't
free like you.”
“You mean Ivory Boynton? I be
lleve he worships the ground she wall;.-,
on. I like him better than I used, and
I understand him better. Oh, but I'm
a lucky young dog to have a kind, 111
eral father and a bit of money put by
to do with as I choose. If I hadn’t
I'd be eating my heart out like Ivory.'
“No, you wouldn’t eat your heart out
You'd always <*fct what you wanted
somehow, and you wouldn't wait for it
either, and I’m just the same. I’m not
built for giving up and enduring and
sacrificing. I'm naturally just a tuft
of thistledown. Mark, but, living be
side Waitstill all these years. I've
grown ashamed to be so light, blowing
about hither and thither. Oh. if only
she will forgive us. Mark, I won’t mind
what father says or does.”
“She will forgive us. Patty, darling
Don’t fret and cry and make yourpret
ty eyes all red. I'll do nothing in a!
this to make either of you girls asbum
ed of me.”
‘'Xipes the town clerk or does tin
justice of the peace give a wedding
ring just like the minister?” Patty ask
ed. “I shouldn’t feel married without
a ring.”
“The ring is all ready and has ’M
W. tp P. B.' engraved in it. with tin
place* for the date waiting, and here 1-
the engagement ring if you'll wear it
when you’re alone, Patty. My mother
gave it to me when she thought there
would be something between Annabel
Franklin and me. The moment I look
ed at It—you see, it’s a topaz stone
and noticed the yellow fire in it, I said
to myself, ‘lt Is like no one but Pattv
Baxter, and if she won’t wear it in
other girl shall!’ It’s the color of tin
tip ends of your curls, and it’s just like
the light in your eyes when you’re
making fun.”
“It’s heavenly I” cried Patty. “It
looks as if it had been made of the
yellow autumn leaves, and, oh, how I
love the sparkle of it! But never will
I take your mother's ring or wear it
Mark, till I’ve proved myself her lov
ing, dutiful daughter. I’ll do the one
wrong thing of running away with you
and concealing our murriage, but not
another if I can help it.”
“Very well,” sighed Mark, replacing
the ring in his pocket with a rather
crestfallen air. “But the first thing
you know you'll be too good for me.
Patty. You used to be a regular will
o’-the-wisp—all nonsense and fun, for
ever laughing and teasing, so that a
fellow could never be sure of you for
two minutes together.”
“It’s all there underneath,” said Pat
ty, putting her hand on his arm and
turning her wistful face to his. “It
will come again. The girl in me Isn't
dead. She Isn't even asleep, but she's
all sobered down. She can’t luugli
just now, she can only smile, and the
tears are waiting underneath, ready to
spring out If any one snya the wrong
word. This Patty is frightened and
anxious, and her heart beats too fast
from morning till night She hasn’t
any mother, and she cannot say a word
to her dear slater, and she’s going
away to be married to you, that’s al
most a stranger, and she isn’t eighteen
and doesn't know wbut's coming to
her nor what it meana to be married
She dreads her father's anger, and she
cannot rest till she knows whether
your family will love her and take her
in, and, oh, she’s a miserable, worried
girl, not a bit like the old Patty!”
Mark held her close and amoothed
the curls under the loose brown hood
“Don’t you fret, Patty darling. I’m
not the hoy last week. Every
word you any makes me more of a
man. I wish the rood to New Ha rap
shire was full of lions and I could fight
my way through them just to show
you how strong 1 feel.”
“There’ll be lions enough,” smiled
Patty through her tears, “though they
won’t have manes and tails. But 1
can Imagine how father will roar and
how my courage will ooze out of tin
heels of my boots.”
“Juat let me catch the deacon roar-
iug at my hi;,-, exclaimed Mark, with
a swelling chest "Now. run along
home, Patty, dear, for I don’t want
you scolded on my account. I’ll sound
Ellen and see if she’s brave enough to
be one of the eloping party. Good
night! Good night!”
CHAPTER XXII.
A Wedding Ring,
THE snow had come. It had be
gun to fall softly and steadily
at the beginning of the week,
and now for days it had cov
ered the ground deeper and deeper,
drifting about the little red brick house
on the hilltop, banking up against tits
barn and shrouding the sheds and the
smaller buildings.
There had been two cold, still nights;
the windows were covered with silvery
landscapes whose delicate foliage made
every pane of glass a leafy bower,
while a dazzling crust bediamonded
the hillsides, so that no eye could rest
on them long without becoming snow
blinded.
Town House hill was not as well
traveled as many others, and Deacon
Baxter had often to break his own
road down to the store without wait
ing for the help of the village snow
plow to make things easier for him.
Many a path had Waitstill broken in
her time, and it was by no means one
of her most distasteful tasks—that of
shoveling into the drifts of heaped up
whiteness, tossing them to one side or
the other and cutting a narrow, clean
edged track that would pack down
into the hardness of marble.
There were many “chores” to be
done these cold mornings before any
household could draw a breath of com
fort. The Baxters kept but one cow
in winter, killed the pig—not to eat,
but to sell—and reduced the flock of
hens and turkeys, but Waitstill was ai
ways as busy in the barn as In her
own proper domain.
Her heart yearned for all the dumb
creatures about the place, intervening
betweeu them and her father's scanty
care, und when the thermometer dr
scended far below zero she would be
found stuffing bay into the holes and
cracks of the barn and henhouse, giv
ing the horse and cow fresh beddings
of straw and a mouthful of extra food
between the slender meals provided by
the deacon.
It wus 3 o'clock In the afternoon, and
a fire in the Baxters' kitchen since (1
in the morning had produced a fairly
temperate climate in that one room,
though the eutrles and chambers might
have been used for refrigerators, as
the deacon was as parsimonious in the
use of fuel as in all other things, and
If hlg daughters had not been hardy
young creatures, trained from their
very birth to discomforts and expo
sures of every sort, they would have
died long ago.
The Baxter kitchen shone and glit
tered in all its accustomed cleanliness
and order. Scrubbing and polishing
were cheap amusements and nobody
grudged them to Waitstill. No tables
In Rlverboro were whiter, no tins
more lustrous, no pewter brighter, no
brick hearths ruddier than hers. The
beans and brown bread and Indian
pudding were basking in the warmth
of the old brick oven, and what with
the crackle and sparkle of the fire, tha
gleam of the blue willow ware on the
cupboard shelves, und the scarlet geru
nloms blooming on the sunny shelf
above the sink, there were few pleus
anter places to be found in the village
than that ame Baxter kitchen.
Yet Waitsull was ill at ease this
afternoon; she hardly knew why. Her
father had Just put the hrrse into the
pung and driven up to Mlillken's mills
for some grain, and Fatty was down
at the store instructing Bill Morrill
(Cephas Cole's successor) in his novel
task of waiting on customers and
learning the whereabouts o* things; no
easy task in the bewildering variety
of stock In a country store, where plus,
treacle, glngbum. epsom an Its, Indian
meal, shoestrings, shovels, brooms, sul
phur, tobacco, suspenders, rum and in
digo may be demanded in rapid auc
ceasion.
Patty was quiet and docile these
days, though her color wus more bril
liant than usual, atod her eyes had all
their accustomed sparkle. She went
about her work steadily, neither rant
ing nor railing at fate, nor bewailing
her lot, but even In this Waitstill felt
a «eus«v of change and different* too
subtle to be put in woras. She had
noted Patty's summer flirtations, but
regarded them indulgently, very much
as if they had been the Irresponsible
frisking* of a iamb in a meadow.
Wnltstll! had more than tbo usual
reserve in these matters, for in New
England at that time, though the soul
was „ subject of dally conversation,
the heart was felt to be rather an lu
delicate topic to be alluded to as sel
dom as possible. Waitstill certainly
would never have examined Patty
cloaely ns to the state of her affc
tlons, Intimate as she wn with her
slater's thoughts und opinions about
life Bbe simply bided her time until
Patty should confide in ber.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
FOR WEAKNESS AND LOSS OF
APFETITE
Tbs old Standard general strength
*r!ng tonlo OROVE’B TASTELESS
chill TONIC, drives out Malaria and
builds up the system. A true tonic
and sura Appetiser. For adults and
children. 60c.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, ga.
Markets
Middling closed today at
14i/ 4 c.
Tone Steady.
Middling Last Year 12c
CLOSINGQUOTATIONS
Good ordinary It 7-3
Strict good ordinary 12 3-S
Low middling 13 1-S
Strict low middling 11
Middling H 1-4
Strict middling 14 4-2
Good middling
Tinges, first 14
Tinges, second 11 7-8
Previous Day’s Figures
Good ordtnary ... 11 7-8
Strict good ordinary 12 3-8
Low middling 13 1-8
Strict low middling 11
Middling 14 1-4
Strict middling 14 1-2
Good middling ———
Tinges, first 11
Tinges, second 13 3-8
NEW YORk r COTTON
Hlfflt. I.fim v'los*
July 13.3(1 13.18.20
August 13.25 13.00 13.08
October 13.03 12.84 12.84
December 13.04 12.82 12.84
January 12.68 12.70 12.70
March 12.90 12.72 12.72
NEW ORLEANS CO FTON
New Orleans.—Cotton futures opened
steady today at a loss of three to five
points. Half an hour after the opening
prices were six to eight points down.
LTyERPOoTcOTTON
Liverpool.—Cotton spot firm; good
middling 8.48: middling 7.86; low mid
dling 7.88. Sales 8.000; speculation and
export 500. Receipts 6,000, Future?
quiet.
June 7.44
June and July 7.27
July and August ... 7.26'/£
ufust and September 7.1 tty
October and November 6.86
December and January 6.77 %
January and February 6.77
March and April 6.78 H
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Chicago, Ills.—Bullish cables today
caused wheat to advance. There wus »
decrease of more than six million bush
els for the week in the European visible
supply. The market opened unchanged
to l-Sal-4 higher, then scored an all
around upturn.
Corn developed strength as a result
of Improved eastern demand. Prices
started a shade to 3-8 up and continued
to ascend.
Oats went higher with other cereals.
In the provision market packers took
to the buying side and quotations grad
ually climbed.
Open. High. Low. Close
WHEAT—
July .... 86% *7% 86% 87
Sept .... 85% 85% 85% .v.v,
CORN—
July .... 68% 89% 88% 69%
Sept .... 86% 67% 68% *7%
OATS-**
Jnlv .... 39% 40% 39%- 40
Sept .... 38 38% 38 38%
FORK—
July . . . .2000% 2-025 2000 2025
Sept . . . . 1992 1980 1987
I. ARD—
July .... 987 1000 987 99i
Sept . . . .1002 1017 1002 1013
RIBS—
July . . . .1115 1127 1115 1122
Sept . . . .1122 1137 1122% 1132
Panama Hats, SS, $5, $6, at Mertins.
LIVE STOCK MARKET
CHICAGO HOG AND CATTLE MARKET
Chicago, Ills.—Hogs- Receipts 14.000;
higher; bulk of sales ft00«805: light 785a
-810; mixed 780n810; heavy 765a810;
rough 765a780; pigs 700a775.
Cattle: Reeipts S.oflfi; steady beeves
735a925; steers 700»81S; Stockers and
feeders 636*130; cows nad heifers 370a
-876: calves 700a960.
Sheep: Receipts 14,000; strong: shop
635.-1625; vearllngs 610a715; fiambs 625a
-836; springs 700a965.
Freight Rates to the
Carolinas Unreasonable
Washington—Class freight rales
from Washington to points south. In
cluding the Carolina*, were held un
reasonable today by the interstate
commerce commission in that they
exceed the aggregate of the Interme
diate rates. The proceedings were
held open to permit the railroads to
readjust. An application by the rail
roads to continue lower rates between
eastern points and Richmond than are
charged to Washington was denied.
Thinks R'way Strike Will
Be Authorized by Vote
Chicago.—Results of the strike vote
to he taken among firemen and en
gineers of Western railroads probably
will not be known until July 14 It
was said today hy Warren H. Stone,
grand chief engineer of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En
gineers. Sweeping demands by the
engineers had been under discussion
for three months.
Mr. Stone assumes the strike will
he authorised but the authority will
be used only after all other means,
Including federal Intervention, have
failed.
Another Effort to Show
Actual Cost of Warships
Washington.— Navy department of
ficials made another effort today to
get an amendment to the naval appro
priation bill changing th* methods of
depertment bookkeeping and designed
to show the actual cost of battleship
construction In government nsvy
yards. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Roosevelt, before the nsval af
fairs committee, today said such a
change undoubtedly would show that
battleships can bo built cheaper In
government than In private yard*.
Previous effort* to provide for the
necessary change have been frustrat
ed on polnta of order hy Hemitors
Martin and Bwan*on but ns a result
of Mr. Roosevelt'* vlalt. Chairman
Tillman is expected to make another
effort.
Mohair Suita, epecial value. sl6, at
Mertins.
WHO'LL SUCCEED
LIEUT. HATCHER?
Civil Service Commission Dis
cuss Vacancy on Friday Night
Next. One of Sergeants
Probably be Elevated.
The Civil Service • Commission is
going to hold a meeting Friday night,
3t which it is very probable they will
discuss the iilling of of the vacancy
made in (he Police Department by the
death oT Lieutenant Hatcher.
It is to be expected, of course, that
the vacant Lieutenancy will be Ailed
lrom the ranks of the Sergeants. But
it Is, at any rate, possible that the
epaulets may fall to the lot of one of
the privates.
The considerations on which pro
motion in the Civil Service is made,
are, Efficiency, Character. Conduct
and Seniority, It will be noted that
seniority (by which is meant length
of service) is put last among the con
siderations. Whether by -this Is
meant that it is most, or least, im
portant among the four, is doubtful.
There is a very natural stir at the
barracks occasioned by the present
vacancy.
The Sergeants at the moment are
eight in number: McArdle, Hardeman
and Watkins, Desk Sergeants, Beld
ing, Elliott, Spaulding, Quarles and
Caudle, Mounted Sergeants.
Apart from the stir above men
tioned, there Is, of course, the addi
tional excitement among the rank and
file of the police as to who will take
the place of the sergeant who is pro
moted.
CO. COMMISSIONERS
MET THIS MORNING
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of county commissioners was
held this morning at the court house
and before the board appeared certain
citizens interested in the Ninth Dlvis
ion maneuver camp for the National
Guard, at Aumond, near the city, from
July 15th to August 15th.
The support of the board wus asked
In the mutter of choosing a rlght-of
way for the street car line, which will
he run to the site. It wus announced
that the roads committee, composed ol
Messrs. Rooks, Twiggs and Nixon
would go out to the site this after
noon and possibly decide upon the
right-of-way. The usual reports were
■sfibmltted but were of no extraordi
nary interest.
Cup Defenders in
Their First Race
ASSOCIATED PRESS BOAT.
(By Wireless.)
On a fifteen-mil*.(triangular courge,
the cup yachts ?FiluUe and Resolute
crossed the starting line shortlp be
fore 1 o
first preliminary race on Long Island
Wound, incident to selecting a boat to
defend the Amerioan cup.
The Resolute, owned by the flag of
ficers’ syndicate of the New York
Yacht Club, slipped over the line at
12:45:12, 34 seconds ahead of the
Vanltie.
The weather was Ideal. A Urge
fleet of yachts and other pleasure
craft followed the racers. The De
fiance, third of the claimants for cup
defending honors, was not able to
start* today because her ijg was be
ing changed.
STILL DEADLOCKED AT
MEDIATION MEET ON
REBEL REPRESENTATION
Continued from page one.
American delegates were awaiting
more Information today about the
character and ability of certain per*
sons who had been previously sug
gested to compose the new provision
al government.
The Mexican delegates are report
ing to their government the develop
ments with reference to constitution
alist participation, but have as yet no
official knowledge on he subject from
the mediators.
Americans Not Through.
The American delegates have not
finished their discussion with the
mediators about he constitutionalists
and are awaiting more Information
from Washington in thla connection.
Indications today were that nothing
definite would be resolved on consti
tutionalist representation, though the
mediators were reported to be fram
ing a reply to the last Carranza note.
WHITMAN FOR GOVERNOR.
New York.—District Attorney Whit
man, of New York, lust night an
pounced his cendldncy fur the republi
can nomination for governor.
It was learned also that a movement
had been launched with the design of
procuring Mr. Whitman's nomination
on both the republican and progressive
ticket*. For this purpose It Is planned
to hold a non-partisan mass meeting
In Syracuse in the last week of uly
to name a ticket headed by Mr. Whit
man for presentation at both tho re
publican and progressiva primary.
Defendants Declare They Didn’t Kill
fox Squirrel; Accuse Deputy Warden
The city court, Judge W. F. Eve
presiding, this morning tuuk up the
case against Eugene Hsrt and J. L.
Padgett, two young white men who
ll#v near Augusta In Richmond coun
ty, charged with violating Georgia'*
game law.
The ease was more than ordinarily
Interesting In that the defendants,
who were represented by Bainuel L.
Olive, Esq., charged M A. Wood, the
deputy gam# warden who placed them
under arrest the first of April, with
killing the little fox squirrel the dep
uty claims the two defendants killed.
There were thirty or more witnesnes
summoned In the case, most of whom
are residents of the section In which
the principals live. Mr. Olive put
witness after witness on the stand to
tentify to the character of the man
whom the defendants charged with
CHEAP HATES
JOB THE CAMP
M. & M. After Exclusions From
North and South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida, When
Soldiers Are Here in July and
August.
At a meeting of the board of com
missioners of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association held at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon in the
rooms of the association gratifying re
port were henrd from those who
have been most active iYi se
curing for Augusta the maneuver
■ amp of the Ninth Division of the Na
tional Guard for the latter part of
July and the first part of August.
The big feature incident with the
encampment is cheap rate excursions
into Augusta over all railroads through
North and South Carolina and Geor
gia and Florida front the 12th of July
till the last of August, and on this
proposition the Merchants and Manu
facturers Association is now working.
A special military entertainment
committee, with Mr. T. C. Levy as
chairman, has been appointed. Its
first meeting has been called for 5 p.
nt. tomorrow.
To Fully Advertise.
The M. & M. will see that the ex
cursions are fully advertised through
out the four above named states. Work
will begin at once on the matter of
getting out an abundance of attractive
advertising by which it is expected is
bring here during July and August
thousands of people from the near-by
states to get them acquainted with
Augusta and her growing spirit. There
will be about 10,000 soldiers here and
it Is hoped to get even more people
here during (he “big doings.” The
camp will lie one of the greatest at
tractions this city has ever hart.
The reports heard yesterday after
noon were from the gentlemen who
went to New Y’ork to arrange with
General Evans the details of getting
the camp for Augusta and to also
make arrangements with the head of
fices of the Augusta-Alken Railway &
Electric Corporation whereby It would
extend Its tracks to the camp site, Au
mond, just west of O’Dow d’H corner.
Summerville, and also from those
committeemen who succeeded in get
ting the city to run its water mains
out to the site.
Vote of Thanks.
A vote of thanks was taken to
Measrs. Loyless, Bpofford, Wood,
Haworth and Barrett for their suc
cessful efforts in New York, and lit
Major Abram Levy for his steps taken
at tlie very beginning to get the en
campment for Augusta.
Messrs. H. H. Stafford, T. E. Ocr
tel, R. W. Spofford, R. C. Berckmantt
and Roseoe Perkins were named as a
special committee to get the right
of-way for the street ear line to the
site and then repost to city council
and tlie county commission in order
that the city might begin as soon as
possible to lay tlie water pies.
The conventions and tourists divis
ion of the M. & M. will attend to the
matter of getting Ihe railroads to put
on excursions during tlie luiu specl
flcd.
REGULAR BUSINESS IN
ORDINARY'S COURT
Yesterday was regular court dav
with Ordinary A. K. Walton. The
following business was transacted:
Estate of E. Roney, In matter of ap
plication for year’s support, order ap
pointing appraisers.
Estate of Henry Harris, In matter
of application for year’s support, or
der appointing appraisers.
Estate of Isaac Bings, order grant
ing temporary letters of administra
tion to hoebie Bings.
Estate of Charles Webb, order
granting leave to sell real estate.
Estate or Mrs. W H Olive, order
granting leave to sell real estate, for
purpose of distribution.
Estate of Henry 11. Kilpatrick, or
der granting permanent letters of ad
ministration to Cora B. Kilpatrick.
Estate of Wtlhelmlna Hamilton, or
der granting letters of guardianship
to Ida L. Hamilton
Estate of I). B. Dyer, orders direct
ing Alonzo K. Purdy, administrator c.
t. a., to make titles to Richard C
Morrell, also to Ellen M. Doris and to
Elizabeth M. Filber.
Estate of John Homer Cawley, or
der revoking letters of guardianship,
Issued to C. O. Templeton, and grant
ing letters of guardianship to I* W.
Cawley.
Estate of Will T. Caldwell , order
granting a year’s support to Wllhelr
mlmi Camttzkl.
Estate of Littleton R. Smith, order
granting year’s support to Elizabeth
It. Smith.
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system need a Tonic. A Tonic and
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matter—build you up and renew your
strength. Nothing better than Elec
tric Bitters Htart today. Mrs. James
Duncan, Hayneavllle, Me., writes;
“Completely cured me after several
doctor* gsve me up.” 60c and SI.OO,
*t your Druggist.
Bucklen's Arnica Halve for Cut*.
Hilk Hats, 50c and up, at Mertin*.
th* same act they themselves had been
arrested by him for. Each and every
one of them said tt was bad.
Game Warden Lanier, who sat at
th* table with Solicitor Black during
tlif-mornlng, has had several case*
of a similar character before, but this
is the first time one of his deputies
has been placed in such a predica
ment.
The Jury late yesterday afternoon,
In the ca*e of R.-iyfleld William*,
charged 'with stealing a bit - 4 It, N
turned a verdict of guilty.
Picas of guilty In the e|H court
this morning were heard from Daniei
William*, charged with assault snd
battoi y, .iii-i from Wlllle McG -
charged with carrying a concealed
weapon.
Society
JEFFERSON DAVIS' BIRTHDAY
TO BE CELEBRATED.
The birthday of Jefferson Davis, tha
| South's only president, still lives in
tlie hearts of Ills comrades and tomor
row it will bo celebrated with appro
priate exorcises at Confederate Hail.
Several of Augusta's talented musi
cians will contribute to the entertain
ment and will sing old-time songs so
deal- to tho Hearts of the veterans-
Hon. Samuel 1., olive will charm his
hearers with an oration and the Rob
ert E. Lee Chapter, Children of ibe
Confederacy, will assisl the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy in the celebra
tion.
A cordial invitation is given tha
public to be presint at six o’clock.
EARLY MORNING MARRIAGE OF
MISS SHERON AND MR. DOYLE.
At six o’clock this morning, at ilia
Sacred Heart church in the presence
of a large number of friends despite
' the early hour, the marriage of Miss
Marie Sheron and Mr. John Doyle was
solemnized, Father Lonergan perform
ing the service with nuptial mass.
The church was beautifully adorned
with stately palms and the altar glit
tered and gleamed with hundreds of
altar lights. Tha early morning sun
streamed In through the rich stained
glass windows bathing the entire
church In Its soft effulgert glory and
giving an added benediction to toe
vows so solemnly plighted. Mrs
Worth Andrews presided at the or
gan and rendered the music, the strains
of the wedding march announcing the
bridal party. Miss Margaret Sheron
and Mr. Edward Doyle preceded the
| bride and groom, who entered logeln
j nr.
The bride was very handsome in a
going away gown of wistaria mofra
worn with a soft white crepe idousa
and a braid hat of tlie same shade
turned high at the side and trimmed
in incline of the same tone. No flow
ers were carried but instead a prayer
book from which the service was read.
Mias Margaret Sheron wore a beau
tiful gown of white ratine finished
with touches of Persian and a becom
ing corn-colored hat with Persian
rases.
After the certnony the bridal party
were entertained at breakfast at tha
home of tlie bride, after which Mr.
and Mrs. Doyle left vlu Savannah for
New York, where they will spend soma
time. On their return they will he at
home to their friemlH at 1239 Ellis
direct where they have taker an
apartment which is almost completely
furnished with tho many bcauttlul
and elegant gifts sent by admiring
iriends.
PHILOMATHIC CLUB TO BE
ENTERTAINED BY MRS. BENTON
Tlie Phllornathic Club is invited to
moot.with Mrs. W. N. Benton at her
residence, 454 Green* stre*t, on Wed
nesday afternoon at five o’clock.
At this meeting he annual reports of
officers will be rcud, prizes awarded
for the best short story and fiocm
written by club members, ami a t>nf
cial hour enjoyed.
ST. MARY’S COMMENCEMENT.
Tlie Commencement exercises of St.
Mary's Academy will be held tomor
row afternoon at five o’clock.
These occasions an always among
tlie most enjoyable of omniencement
season and all who have been accord
ed the privilege of an invitation will
be present.
MIDSHI°MAN GEORGE HOWARD
TO SAIL SATURDAY.
Midshipman George Howard, U. 8.
N„ will nail Saturday on a practice
cruise. This week is a very gay one
at Annapolis, for now all studies are
over, the final examinations a thing
of the past and only the festive feat
ure of the academy with fun und en
tertainment r< ign supreme. There aie
the usual run of graduation com
mencement exercises anti many visit
ors taking part in the festivities, hops,
etc., which will come to un end Fri
day nlßht when the boys go aboard
their ships. It has been tlie gone]
fortune of Midshipman Howard to be
amdgned to tho largest, the Flagship
“Missouri,” next In size is the "Idaho'’
and then ttie “Illinois." Or, each boat
there will b« about two hundred mid
shipmen and tiie superintendent of the
Naval Academy end highest officers
will be op the flagship. On the trip
over they will atop first at. Gibraltar,
then on to Naples Arriving at Na
ples, they will lie given ton days’ leave
of absence im-1 allowed to take any
trips they careto into Italy in that
| specified time. From Naples they go
to Gravesend, London's port, for two
weeks, which will give them time to
visit London, Liverpool and Baris.
From there they will Hall for Hamp
ton Roads, reaching there about Au
gust 20th, end iiav* a ten days’ target
l practice, und then hhII for Annapolis,
with the month of September in which
| to go home on a furlough.
Mr. and Mr*. William H.. Barrett
have returned from Philadelphia.
—Miss Annie Rowland Is visiting
relatives In Athens.
—Friends of Mr*. Robert G, Barks
will bo very pleased to learn of the
improvement In her condition.
—Miss Helen Verdery left jegferdav
for Frackvllie, Pa., where ahe goes
to visit Miss Mary Mlnahan and to
be present at her marriage to Dr. Lee
Walton Verdery on June tenth. Af
ter the wedding Miss Verdery will re
main for a wiille In Virginia, visiting
relatives In Lynchburg und friends at
other points.
—Mrs. Greenville Talbott’s friends
are delighted to see her out after her
recent severe illness
—Miss Louise Parks will return to
morrow from Randolph-Macon.
Cura* Stubborn, Itchy Skin Troubles.
“I could scratch inyself to pieces'
Is often heard from sufferer* of Ecze
ma, Tetter, Itch and similar Skill
Eruptions. Don't Scratch —Stop thu
Itching at once with Dr. Hobson’s Ec
zema Ointment. Its first application
starts healing, the Red, Rough, Scaly.
Itching Skin is soothed by th# Heal
ing and Cooling Medicines. Mr*. C. A.
Elnfeldt, Rock Island, 111., after using
Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment, writes:
"This I* the first time In nine years
I have been free from the dreadful
aliment." Guaranteed. 60c, at your
Druggist.
ONLY ONE PIECE OF
PROPERTY SOLD TODAY
Only one piece of property was sold
at public outcry today. R. C. Wil
liams. administrator, sold property
owned by the Ellis estate in the old
Fafayette race course to Maggie Ellis
(or $3,500.
Whit* Duck Pants, $1.60, at Msrtms,
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