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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. Hot Weather Tonic and Health Builder Are you run down —Nervous -Tired? Is everything you do an effort? You are not lazy—you are sick! Your Htoniach, Liver, Kidneys, end whole system need a Tonic. A Tonic and Health Builder to drive out the waste 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, NINE