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NOTED NOVELIST DEAD
Augusta Wilson, Famous Writer,
Succumbs to Hd‘:-t Failure.
WAS A NATIVE ‘OF GEORGIA
She Was Autho}t of “St. Elmo,” “Beulah,”
“Vashpst’ and Many Other
{ Popular Novels.
Mobile, }\lxn.ml)oatlx came almost in
stantly ‘.J Mrs. Augusta Evans Wil
Bon, Ihv’ well known wouthern author
ess, at ' her home, 930 government
strept, causing a distinet shock to
her relatives and friends all over the
ecountry. Death was due to an at
tack of heart failure. ‘
Mrs. Wilson was born at Columbus,
QGa., May 8, 1835, and was, therefore,
74 years of age. Her parepts were
Matthew Ryan and Sarah Howard
Evans of that city, and at the age
of 11 vears she accompanicd them 10
San Antonio, Texas, remaining there
for three years, She came to this (-ityi
more than sixty years ago, and had'
resided here continually ever since.
Her marriage in 1868, in this city, t.o‘
Colonel L. M. Wilson, a well known
banker in his time, was an event that
was long remembered. He died in
1891 and there were no children. l
Mrs. Wilson produced such popular
books as “Inez,” “A Tale of the Ala- |
mo,” “Beulah,” “Macaria,” “St. Elmo,”"
a book written during the close of the |
civil war, and probably her greatest!
work. Among her other notable works !
were “Vashti,” “Infelice,” *“At the ‘
Merey.of Tiberius” and “The Speckled |
Bird.” Her first book was “Inez,” |
written in 1856, and her last prodycy
tion was “Devota” in 1907. !
Mrs. Wilson spent the evening time
of her beautiful and even life in re
tirement and quietness verging on
solitude. She cared to see only her
personal friends, although, in spite of
her age, she was in most excellent
health and quite active. In her latter
days she refused to be interviewed by
newspaper men as to her works and
life, avoiding all publicity
DESIGNS REPULMIVE.
Monument to Women of South Meets
With Protest.
Nashville, Tenn.—Frank Cheatham
Bivouac, Confederate Veterans, adopt- |
ed a resolution protesting vigorously
against accepting the design of the
proposed mongment to - commemorate
the heroism of southern women dur
ing the civil war period. The bivouac
.concluded that the design “in no
sense yields a wsingle suggestion of
southern womanhood,” thso 1t should
be repudiated,” and the delegates to
the confederate reunion, soon to be
bheld in Memphis, were instructed to
wote against its adoption. Its de
scription, according to the resolution
adopted, “is that of a militant fe
male, with outstretched arms grasp
ing in one hand the blade of a sword
and with the other the staff of a
flaunting flag, constituting a spectacle
most repulsive when considered in
connection with the objects sought.”
STOLE GOLD BRICK.
Employee of New Orleans Mint Took
Geld in Granulated Form.
New Orleans, La.—A daring and
unusual offense against the federal
government was revealed by the con
fession of Lorenzo D. Cunningham, a
negro employee of the United States
mint at New Orleans, who was ar
rested as he was exhibiting a real
gold brick, of comparatively small
size, to members of his race.
Cunningham signed an admission
that he had stolen the gold in gran
ulated form from the separating divis
qon of the mint and then moulded it
into the oval shape in which it was
found. It is valued at about S3OO. The
man says that he grabbed a handful
of the precious metal at an. oppor
tune moment agl managed to secrete
4t without detection in his clothing
several weeks ago.
MINISTER BOOMED CHURCH.
Worked Fake Rescue and Let Papers
Write It Up.
St. Louis, Mo.—The Rev. Columbus
Polk Goodson, former pastor of the
Kings Highway Presbyterian Church,
at a “home coming” celebration by
the congregation gave a humorous ac
count of how he worked his ingenuity
overtime to build up his charge from
an institution with an average attend
ance of 75 to its present prosperous
condition.
He told of low nine-year-old Don
ald Stewart fel off a pier at Creve
‘Couer Lake o 1 Saturday, November
4, 1904; of Loy the minister rushed
into the water, which was hardly up
to his waist, arl dragged the boy out
and then pernitting the newspapers
'to “write it up” as a thrilling res
‘cue, thus attrating attention to him
| self and to hisi] church.
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EX-SULTAN’S LtALTH GONFISCATED.
New Regime 9 Seize Abdul Hamid’s
| Willions.
Constantinope, Turkey.—s7,soo,ooo
has been fount in the treasury box
es of the imprial palace at Yildiz,
occupied before his deposition by Ab
dul Hamid. Tvo and a half million
dollars of thisis in cash, while $5,-
00,000 is in grketable securities,
equivalent to CRg. Furthermore, pa
pers were fougllindicating that Ab
dul Hamid hag deposit in Germa
ny, England, Plce and the United
States upward $15,000,000.
Jt is underj that the cabinet
_considers thatiill these foreign dod
lauwu,g,fzgs wel he treasure a‘t.fl_fifl‘%
| Zoelite the Jlerty of the state.
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Bill Looking to That End Introduced By -
Congressman Edwards.
Washington, D, C.—ls reports of the
amount of cotton ginned are publish
ed each month by the government,
primarily for the information of man
ufacturers, why should not the farm
ers of the south know the amount
of cotton and cotton goods held by
the manufacturers? Mr. Edwards of
Georgia, who put. the above query,
thinks they should, and has introduc
ed a bill to require the bureau of sta
tistics to collect and publish such re
ports each month,
The bill seexs to place at the dis
posal of the cotton farmers of the
south the amount and value of raw
cotton, as well as manufactured cot
ton, held by the spinners in this
country and abroad,
Mr. Edwards says the ginners' re
ports are of primary advantage to
the manufacturers of cotton, and not
to the producers of cotton. To equal
ize things, he would collect statistics
from manufacturers to be placed at
the disposal of the farmers, He
says the mill men, with the aid of
the information furnished by the gin
ners' reports, can go into the mar
ket and purchase their supplies of raw
cotton to the best advantage, and the
farmers are thus handicapped.
If the farmer was advised of the
amount of cotton held by the manu
facturer, he would be able to tell het
ter how much of a crop to plant, and
when to hold his coiton. Now,
through the ginners’' reports, publish
ed by the government, he is compell
ed to show his hand, and knows noth
ing of the cards held asainst him.
WOULD ADVamut LLUCK.
National Movement to Adopt English
System to Give More Daylight.
Cincinnati, Ohio.—Prominent Cin
cinnatians are interesting themselves
in a national movement to change
business hours during the summer
months after the fashion which is
in vogue in England and which makes
the day begin two hours earlier dur
ing the summer than it does during
the other months of the year.
(Circulars explaining the system 1n
detail and the benefits claimed for it
are being distributed.
The plan as suggested in the circu
lar provides that each year, on May
1. the standard time of the United
States be advanced two hours and
continue thus until October. In this
way it is intended that persons who
start to work at 7 o'clock in the
morning, during the other months
shall begin their day at 5 o’clock in
the summer months and end it two
hours ecarlier, the plan giving them
two hours of daylight for their rec
reation, which tltey are not able to
enjoy now. This plan would leave
the same number of hours for sleep
and for business,
The circular says in part:
«“This is one of the few changes
that could be made to benefit all citi
zens of each and every state in ex
actly the same proportion, and not
call for the expenditure of money.
“To he beneficial and not confusing,
it is necessary that the custom be
come general throughout the United
States. It has no political signifi
cance, so that all should lend their
aid to the movement.”
$25,000 Peace Lectures.
Chicago, Ill.—The first material
fruit of the National Peace Confer
ence, which has just closed here, is
a fund of $25,000 donated to the
Northwestern University by John R.
Lindgren, Swedish consul to Chicago
and cashier of the State Bank of Chi
cago. The fund provided by Mr. Lind
gren is to be utilized for the purpose
of founding a permanent series of
lectures and to secure the annual pay
ment of prizes for essays -upon the
questions of international peace and
interdenominational religious har
mony.
~ Two Billion Dollars a Year Lost.
} Washington, D. C.—ln a scathing
arraignment of the protective tariff
system, Senator Bacon of Georgia
.charged that, through the operation
|of the system, two billion dollars an
nually was taken out of the pockets
of the country’s consumers.
Taking the $300,000,000 of revenue
produced annually by the customs
tariff duties on imports as a basis of
figuring, he said it had been conserv
atively calculated that for every 31
the government received the Amer
jean manufacturers and producers of
protected articles received $7.
Fitting Memorial to Dr. Wm. T. Bull,
New York City—The committee ap
pointed to decide upon a fitting me
morial to Dr. William T. Bull, the sur
gecen who died n Savannah, early in
March, has dedded in favor of the
creation of a large fund for conduct
ing original research under the direc
tion of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, which is a department of
Columbia University. To this end the
committee has issued 5,000 apepals
for contributions.
Prisoner Went Calling.
Liberty, Mo.—J. K. Parsons, repre
septing the state board that looks af
ter the welfare of prisonerp, called
at the jail here to see if he could
find prison abuses to remedy. He
found the only prisoner was a man
who had locked his own cell, taken
the key with him and gone to visit
a girl. Mr. Parsons left town at
Patten Returns to Chicago.
Chicago, Tll.—James A. Patten, the
central figure of the recent wheat ex
citement, arrived in this ecity after
taking @ short rest cn a ranch near
Trinidad, Col. Mr. Pal?enf, ~who ap
nedcad to D gu | excall nt condition,
went directly to his home
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MaKing More Money Out of
Cotton Crops
is merely a question of using enough of the right
' kind of fertilizers.
Virginia-Caroli
irginia-Carolina
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- . *The cotton plant cannot feed on barren land. Study
your soil. Find out what it lacks. Then apply the
necessary fertilization and the results will surprise you.
See what Mr. W. C. Hays of Smith Station, Ala., did. He says:
“I planted about 30 acres of somdq ‘gray sandy land’,that had been in
cultivatidn for over 20 years, and used 300 pounds of Virginia-Caro
lina Fertilizers per acre, and I expect to gather 30 bales from
the 30 acres.”’ This is why we say it is the right kind. We have
hundreds of letters like this, and even stronger, in praise of Virginia-
Chrolina Fertilizer for cotton.
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