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FRIDAY, JULY 23. TARIFF CONFEREES NEARING END OF THEIR LABORS WASHINGTON. —The most striking Blgn of approaching quick and de cj-'ve action cm the tariff bill ap p. Lted this afternoon, when the con ference committee, going into execu tive session, excluded th e clerk anti everybody except'- the conferees them selves and went into a strictly ex ecutive session. It was understood the committee would uow stick to its task, with possibly a brief recess for dinner this evening, until all The big things” which taave given most trou ble—ilon, hides, coal, lumber, wod pulp, print-paper and structural. steel - are disposed pt. THOUGHTS ON MISFORTUNE BY MAURICE MAETERLINCK We are in the hands of strange powers whose intentions we are on the eve of divining. At the time of the great tragic writers of the new era, at the time of Shakespeare, Ra cine and their successors, the belief prevailed that all misfortunes came from the various passions of the heart. Catastrophes did not hover between two worlds—they came hesice to go thither and their point of departure was known. Man was always the master. Much less was this the case at the time of the Greeks, for them- did fa tality reign on tine heights, but it was inaccessible and none dared interro gate It. Today it is fatality that, we challenge, and this is perhaps the dis tinguishing note of the new theatre. It is no longer the effect of disas ter that arrests our attention; it is disaster itself, and we are eager to know its essence and its laws. It was the nature of disaster with which the early tragic writers were all unconsciously preoccupied, and this it was that, though they knew it not, threw a solemn shadow around the hard and violent gestures of external death, and it is tlrijs. too, that has be come the rallying point of the most recent dreams, the center of light with strange flames gloaming, about which revolve tar souls of women and of men. .And a step has been taken to wards mystery so that life’s terrors looked in the face. It would be interesting to discover from what point of view our latest tragic writers appear to regard the disaster that forms the basis of all dramatic poems. They ace it from a nearer point of view than the Greeks, arid they have penetrated deeper into the fertile darkness of its inner circle. The divinity is perhaps the same; they know nothing of it, yet do they study it more closely. Whence does it come? Whither does it go? Why does it descend upon us? These were problems to which the Greeks barely gave a thought. Is it written within , us, or is if'born at the same time as ourselves? Does it of its own accord start forward to meet ps, or is it surrounded by conniving voices that we cherish at the depths of us? If we could but follow, from the heights of another world, the ways of man over whom a great sorrow is im pending! And what man is there that does not laboriously, though all un consciously, himself fashion iihe sor row that is to be the pivot of his life! The Scotch peasants have a word that might be applied to every exist ence. In their legends they give the word of "Fey” to the frame of mind of a man who, notwithstanding all hjs efforts notwithstanding all help and advice, is forced by some irresistible impulse towards an inevitable catas trophe. It is this that James I, the James of Catherine Douglas, was “fey” when he went notwithstanding the terrible omens of heaven, earth and hell, to spend the Christmas holi days in the gloomy castle of Pertli, •where his assassin, the traitor, Robert Graeme, lav in wait for him. Which of us, recalling the circum stances of the most decisive misfor tune of his life, but has felt himself similarly possessed? f Be it well understood here that 1 speak here only of active misfortunes, of those that might have been pre vented; for there are passive misfor tunes, such as death of a person we Great Sale of Panama Skirts SEE WINDOW DISPLAY. SKIRTS WORTH $4.00 AND $4.25, EACH; WHITE, BROWN, NAVY AND WHITE; ALL SIZES; rf* a ON SALE ALL DAY SATURDAY, EACH # J FINAL REDUCTIONS ON WHITE SKIRTS. ALL $2.50 SKIRTS, NOW $1.39 JUT SIZE SKIRTS, 30, 32, 34 AND 36 INCH Cl WAI3T MEASURE, EACH 4>1.0U SPECIAL TOWEL SALE. 40 and 45c Towels, choice 25c 25c Towels, at 21c All lTYgc Towels, at / 13J4c 15c Towels, at 11'/2C Office Towels, at. $1.09 per dozen AFTER SUPPER SALE SPLENDID ATTRA6TIONS—SALE STARTS AT 7 P. M. Octagon Soap All Day Saturday and Saturday Night when bought with other fOl** lOc —IT PAYS TO TRADE AT— BLEAKLEY’S [ARCADE There are good signs of a finish of the conference work tonight. Congressional*callers at the White House left the impression that the president would wfai sufficient con-' cession in his fight for a downward revision as to make it sure a bill be devised which will warrant his sig nature. Indications are.the,conference com mittee will report in favor of the fol lowing rates: Coal 45 cents per ton; iron ore 25 cents; hides 7 cents per pound; lumber §1.26 per thousand; pe troleum free. adore, which simply come towards us and cannot be Influenced by any movement of curs. Bethink yourself of the fatal day of your life. Have we not all been fore warned, and though It may seem to us now that destiny might have been changed by a step we did not take, a door we did not open, a hand we did not raise, which of us but has strug gle vainly on the topmost walls of the abyss, struggled without vigor and without hope, against a force that was. invisible and apparently, without power? The breath.of air stirred by the door I opened one evening was forever to extinguish my happiness, as it Would have extinguished a flickering lamp, and now when I think of it I cannot fell myself that I did not know. And yet it was nothing important that had taken me to the threshold. I could have gone away, shrugging my shoul ders —there was no human reason that could force me to knock on the panel. No human reason, nothing but des tiny. COTTON REGION BULLETIN AUGUSTA DISTRICT. Giving name of central stations re porting, temperature (maximum and minimum) and rainfall. Augusta 89 72 .08 Allendale 90 72 .00 Athens 90 72 .11 Batesburg 86 70 .03 Blackville 93 72 .12 Camak 86 69 .12 Columbia 89 72 .02 Greensboro 91 73 .48 Greenwood 91 70 1.53 Washington 90 69 1.22 Waynesboro 86 68 T. Averages 89 71 .34 Texas rainfall for July 22d: Bee ville 1.50, Dublin .34, Houston .40, Kerrville .64, Lampasas .38, Longview .40, Mexia .04, Nacogdoches T., Temple .40, Waco .20. Rainfall in Memphis district: Ar lington .90, Batesville .30, Bolivar .20, Brownsville .20, Corinth .46, Decatur .06, Dyersburg .96, Hernando .96. DISTRICT AVERAGES. Giving name of stations, temperature (maximum and minimum) and rain fall (inches and hundredths). Atlanta 90 70 .38 Augusta 89 71 .34 Charleston 88 72 .00 Galveston 90 74 .38- Little Rock 94 68 .18 Memphis v ... 92 70 .38 Mobile 94 74 .14 Montgomery 92 72 .14 New Orleans 92 74 .04 Oklahoma 94 74 .00 Savannah 88 70 .04 Vicksburg 94 82 .06 Wilmington 90 70 .06 Showers have occurred in all dis tricts except Oklahoma and Charles ton, and temperatures continue favor able in all sections of the belt. —D. Fisher, observer. CONTRIBUTED BY A GENIUS Florence Warden, the famous Eng lish novelist, witnessed a performance of James Forbe’s comedy, “The Oho pus Lady,” in which Rose Stahl is star ring and now being presented at the Vaudeville theatre, London. Miss War den, immediately after seeing the play, wrote the following letter to the editor of the London Dally Mail. “To the Editor of the Dally Mail: Sir. —Has London gone mad over Rose Stahl? If not, why not? I read Mr. Clement Shorter’s letter about Ambpssa for Takahira This picture is from the latest photograph of Ambassador Takahira, of Japan, who has returned to his country in order to give the governor of T<Jkio exact information concerning the American feeling towards Japan. MIH LANDRUM KILLS JOHN DAVIS ROME, Ga. —.Tohn Davis, oi Floyd county, was killed Friday by Micajah Landrum, sixty years old and a farm er. The men had been involved in a feud for years. MR. FLYTHE MADE DISTRICT MASTER At the meeting of the Masons of the fifth district of Georgia, which was held at Thomson Thursday, Mr. J. H. Flythe was elected to the posi tion of worshipful master of the dis trict, an honor that is very highly ap preciated by Mr. Flythe and his friends and one that they feel that he deserves. The fifth district em braces the counties of Richmond, Co lumbia, McDuffie, Jefferson and Burke.’ At the convention a fine barbecue was served the visitiDg Masons by the local lodge and the day was much enjoyed by every one. Mr. Flythe, Mr. E. W. Carroll, Mr. J. G. Marston and Mr. F. W. Coffin attended the convention from Augusta. her In the Daily Mail, and It roused my curiosity to go and see her. I went on Saturday afternoon, and now I say to everyone who has not seen her: Go and let her make you laugh, go and let her make you cry. "Do not be misled Into thinking you will want any glossary to under stand her, to enjoy the rich comedy of her descnption of her bargains in the second act, or the power and the tenderness of her emotion in the third. They shouted 'Bravo!' to her from all parts of the house, and I squeaked out ‘Bravo!’ with tha rest. THOUSANDS OF FINE JAPANESE FANS. 15c and 19c grade on sale Saturday, at, each 10c Japanese Parasols for misses, at, each :...19c All Ladles' Parasols, worth up to $4.00 each, at $1.89 HOSIER'S SPECIALS. 2, 3 and 4 years sizes Chllelren’s Vests, each 5 C Ladles’ Fast Hose, gauze weight 12i/£c Men’s 15c Lisle Socks, at 10c Children’s extra long Ribbed Hose 7'/ 2 c Boys’ heavy Hose, warranted at 15c Children’s 25c Lace Hose 15 C fHE AUGUSTA HERALD HOKE SMITH SEIT WARM MESSAGE TO THE COMMITTEE Special to The Herald. ATLANTA, Ga. —Hon. Hoke Smith, former governor of Georgia, has sent a letter to Senator W. H. Burwell, chairman of the committee on inves tigation of the suspension of S. G. McLendon In which the former gov ernor vigorously denied the implied statement in several state papers that he sought to suppress the bond deals of the railroad commissioner. The letter was forwarded to Semi tor Burwell Thursday afternoon and for the purpose of stating that the governor had made every effort to confirm the vague rumors, he had heard of bond deals made by the chairman of ’the commission, but had been unable to establish the truth and iu each and every instance had not been able to secure the name of any one who knew any of the facts. The former governor aIRO brands as false the published story that "A'' confer ence was held in his office with poli tical friends in which it tfas agreed tha't all reference to Athens bond transaction should bo eliminated In the special message.” "The play, artless as it is, is written so freshly and acted by all so sin cerely that it interests from the be ginning to the end. And Rose Stahl herself is the best thing to he seen In London now. But what I want to know is this: How is It that Amer ica spoils all our own artists when It can send us one like this? "Florence Warden. 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