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Newspaper Page TextBILL ARP’S LETTER Bartow Man Pays Loving Tribute to Army Comrade “Old Hock." A LOYAL AND PATRIOTIC ENGLISHMAN Unintentional Error Corrected. William Suggests Wholesome Bocks Suitable For Young People to Read. Of course of course it was Tom Moore. How came I to say Burns wrote that pretty ballad beginning, “And I know by the smoke that so gracefully curled?” I knew better and the editor should have corrected it, for he knew better, too. W hat Is an editor for if he does not correct a "lapsus pennae” like that? But I am glad I made the mistake, for it has brought ine three letters and a postal kindly correcting me, and proves that the people who read the old-time authors are not all dead. The last line of that verse always reminds me of a good old man, a comrade, Captain John Hock enhull, an Englishman by birth, but a Georgia rebel who used to recite peo try for us around the camp fifles in 1862 and 1863. We called him “Old Hock” and everybody loved him for he was a cockney and dropped the h’s where he should not, and vice versa, There is always a charm in broken English and to murder the king’s Eng lish is no great offense. “Old Hock” knew a good deal of Tom Moore and Burns and Hood and Campbell and it was a treat to hear him say: “The ’eart that is ’umble might ’ope for it ’ere.” He knew that other sweet ballad of Annie Crawford: “Kathleen Mavourneen, the gray dawn is breaking. The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill.” And he always said “The ’orn of the ’unter is ’eard on the ’ill.” The “Ex ile of Erin,” which he called the “Hex ile of Herin,” was another of his fa vorites. He learned these poems from his sweetheart while he was an prentice in London—an orphan boy bound for seven years to a hard mas ter, a brewer, and his daily service was to carry the jars of malt from the cellar up a flight of stone steps to the floor above. He never had a word from his master, and one day he tripped and broke a jar and was bitterly abused for it, and told that he had forfeited the 20 pounds that he was to get when his term was out. He was then 18 and had yet three years to toil at his hard, monotonous work. That night he poured out his heart to the girl he loved and declared he would ran away and go to America on the first sail vessel that left the port. That he would make some money here and send it to her if she would promise to come to him, and then they would marry and be so happy—and she prom ised. Within a week the opportunity came. He told one of the sailors his sad story and the sailor told the mate, and they took him aboard by night and hid him down in the hold of the vessel until the good ship had weighed anchor and was- far out to sea. “Old Hock” told it all to us one cold night at Manassas and how sad and sweet was his last kiss, liis last embrace, bis last good bye. He choked up sometimes and the tears glistened in his eyes, but it was a pretty story, and Dickens could have built upon it and made a tender romance. This was away back in the forties when our state was building the Western and Atlantfc rail road and wanted laborers and had sent a man to New York to hire immi grants as they landed at Castle Gar den. “Old Hock” did not have to wait a day, but was hired and shipped to Atlanta and from there to Allatoona. where he did his first work. He said he did not feel safe upon the ocean York narbor, . . for „ he , voyage or in New feared he might in some way be caught as a fugitive and taken back, but when he got to Allatoona and saw the woods all around him and the high hills and deep ravines- and mingled with good, kind-hearted , men and , men, he felt safe and free. “I knew w’t freedom was before and you Hamericans ’av no idea w’at a bless ing it is. The good woman w’ere 1 boarded and her daughter were so kind and gentle to me that I would ’av ’ugged them if I dared, but I thought all of the time of the girl I had left behind me, and it nerved me to good, 'onest work and the contractor soon raised my wages, and in six months I ’ad a ’undred dollars in bank and got a good man to send it to another good man in New York, and he found the same captain I came hover with and he took it to my sweetheart, and while I was every day looking for a letter, she took me by surprise one morning and brought the letter with her, and we just fell in to heach hother’s barms like-Iike-Iike-major, hexcuse me flow, 1 must go and look hafter my oss. He had named his fine mare Emma, so that he could call her Hemma, 1 reckon. But we made him finish the story afterwards and tell how one good friend volunteered to go after the li cense, and another after the preacher, and his landlady and her daughter baked some cake and got up a hextra supper and they were married that night at her ’ouse, and all he remem hers about what the preacher said was “Whom God 'ath joined together, let no man put hasunder.” “Old Hock” was a patriot, a good, honest and true man. His neighbors at his home in Dawson county all loved and honored him, and there was not a man in his regiment ithe Eleventh Georgia) more beloved by the men that he fed, for he was chosen their commissary early in the war, and you know it U so natural to lave those who feed you well. When rations were short he would travel all night to secure supplies, and the beys knew that if “Old Hock” couldn’t get what they wanted nobedy could. But in course of time the old man got sick and wanted to go home. Other officers had, got furloughs, but he had never aslaad for one. He went to bed and g0D { f or ms and told me he was sick and jj b8 didn’t get a furlough he be fiaved he would get sicker and perhaps dia away from ’omo. I suspected that be was homesick, but he looked sick and I sent up his application. The ar my had been for some days sweltering in the hot summer’s sun not far from Richmond. The application was re ferret! to headquarters at Richmond, and I took it in to the proper official, who glanced at it and said: “Impor tant movements are daily expected, and all furloughs to go home are s-trict ly prohibited. The best I ban do is to send the captain to Farnrrille for thirty days.” There was an army hos pital ar Farmville, which wa3 only 30 miles south of Richmond, where sick officers were sent to rest and be treat ed for their ailments. And so he in dorsad upon it Farmville, and in the next blank said thirty days. Suddenly a thought struck me that could not resist. I knew that ’’old Hock’s” post office in Georgia was named Farmville. I stepped into a hotel and took a pen and quickly added “Ga.” to the word. 1 knew that this was risky and ras caJly, but told him to get ready to leave next morning. How quickly he brightened up and how thankful he was to me. He went home on that pass and came back in due time, re newed and recovered. He said the conductor looked ’ard at him and at the pass, but let him go by the hos pital and then he felt safe. I knew If I had toldf him what I had done he couldn't face the music and tell a lie. After the war his people sent him to the legislature and my people sent me there,too, and we rejoiced to get to gether again every night and rehearse the soul-stirring times that we had in old Virginia. From time to time I receive good, earnest letters from the young folks girls and boys asking what books to read and where to get them. One came today from a young miss who is teaching a country school. She says she cannot go to college, for she is too poor, but manages to save a little mon ey and wants to know what books to buy to improve her mind. Well, if I was too poor to buy some good ency clopedia, I would buy a Shakespeare, Macaulay, Goldsmith, - Tom Moore, Burns, Pope Gray, Cowper, Campbell, Tom Hood, Caldridge, Wordsworth and some of Scott’s novels such as “Ivan hoe,” “Kenilworth” and “Anne of Guernstene.” Buy some of Dickens’ works, as “Dombey and Son” and “Da vid Copperfield.” Then there is “John Halifax,” by Mrs. Muioch, and "Ten Thousand a Year,” by Warren. Buy “The Vicar of Wakefield” for the sake of the hermit. Of course our own au thors should not be neglected, such as some of Irving’s works and Haw thorne and Longfellow and Bryant. Buy Halleck for his “Marco Bozaris” If nothing else. There are two text books by Miss Rutherford, of Athens, Ga., the cultured principal of Lucy Cobb institute, that should be in ev ery respectable household. One is English authors and the other is Amer ican authors. Both together make a good library and are always ready for reference. I had rather give up any two other books than those. “The Fisherman’s Prayer,” by Jean Ingelow, In the first named, is worth twice the cost of the book. Now most of these books can be bought nicely bound at prices from 50 cents to $1. But there are hundreds of good books by such authors as Mrs. Austin and Charlotte ^ Mrs Hermanâ€“) Mrs . S l gy and others . t name only a flt the s i en der purses of our peoplâ€“ You can now buy t he plays of Shakespeare separately for a small cost, and so I would get “Ham „ „ Macbeth » “Romeo and Juliet” and “Merchant of Venice.” When you are able by all means get a Cyclope dia of biography so that you can turn to the Interesting sketches of any great man or woman, such as Galllleo, Mozarti Handel, Raphael, Beethoven, Audubanj Linnaeus and hundreds ol 0 ^ bers don't crowd your youthful min( j witb mo dern novels. They are made t0 s6 r— that’s all.—Bill Arp, in At[anta constitution. ASK MERCY FOR MINDER. Slayer of Mahoney May Escape Gal. lows and Get Life Sentence. Judge W. H. Felton and Solicitor General Brunson, of Bibb county, Ga., have asked the pardon board to com mute Isador Minder’s sentence to life imprisonment. This will cause little surprise, because when the Georgia supreme court expressed the wish that the jury had recommended mercy of the court it has been understood that the court officials would take it up and ask the governor to save Minder’s neck. It is likely that the friends and rela tives of Andrew Mahoney, the tailor, whom Minder murdered, will enter a protest. LONG CHUCKLES IN HIS SLEEVE. Now that Schley Is Robbed, Naval' Secretary May Retire—Attorney Raynor Is Silent. A special from Washington says: Now that the Schley matter has been settled officially, it is understood that Secretary Long feels that he is at lib erty to carry out the project cherished by him in the last year of President McKinley’s administration, to retire to private life. However, this is not expected to ensue at once, for there is no certain knowledge of what may follow in congress, notwithstanding a strong belief by the administration that the case is settled beyond revival. Therefore, it is understood that the change in the cabinet circle will not take place before the adjournment of the presen session of congress, and perhaps not until next utumn. Members of the Maryland delegation in congress had a consultation Thurs day regarding the latest phase of the Schley case, but reached no conclusion as to whether any move will be made or can be made. What Long Says. Secretary Long, referring to the president’s statement upon the appeal of Admiral Schley, said: “I have no comment to make on the president’s ruling upon the appeal of Admiral Schley, except to express my appreciation of its thorough, con scientious, straightforward character. It is, of course, gratifying that the navy department is sustained. The de cision will be read as no other docu ment would be, and I believe will di rect public opinion and tend to close the whole matter.” Secretary Long has received the fol lowing personal note from the white house, announcing the president’s ac tion in the case of Admiral Schley: “White House, Washington, Febru ary 19, 1902.—My Dear Sir: The pres ident requests me to state that, after a full and most careful consideration of the appeal of Admiral Schley and of the answer submitted thereto by the navy department through you, he has made the inclosed memorandum of the case, which he directs be filed therewith, and the case treated as closed. Very truly yours, “GEORGE 3. CORTELYOU, “Secretary to the President.” No Comment From Raynor. A Baltimore dispatch says: Isidor Raynor, counsel for Rear Admiral Schley, left for Washington Thursday morning. He declined to comment upon President Roosevelt’s decision in the matter of Admiral Schley’s appeal from the findings of the court of in quiry. MANY WANT THE PLUM. Six Applications Are So Far on File 1 For Postmaster at Atlanta. A Washington special says: So far there are six applications on file for the postpastership at Atlanta, Ga., made vacant by the death of Postmas ter Smyth. The latest to try for the plum are Major Charles Watson, a Grand Army man of Atlanta, and A. R. Bryan, a lawyer once nominated for congress by the republicans, but defeated by Livingston. Besides' these two, E. P. Blodgett, J. C. Jenkins and Jerry McCall want the office. The friends of ex-Governor Bullock have placed his name on the list. CONSOLIDATION RUMOR DENIED. Story Affecting New Railway System Comes From Selma. From Selma, Ala., comes the story of a projected railroad consolidation, embracing the lines of the Georgia railroad between Atlanta and Augusta, the Atlanta and West Point, the West ern of Alabama and the Birmingham, Selma and New Orleans branch of the Louisville and Nashville. The report makes T. H. Scott, now connected with the Georgia railroad, the general manager of the new system and Presi dent F. M. Abbott, of Selma, at the head of the Birmingham, Selma and New Orleans road, as general superin tendent. The rumor has been denied in toto. GEN. LEE’S DAUGHTER HONORED. Grand Reception Is Tendered Miss Mary By Citizens of New Orleans. A grand reception was given Miss Mary Lee, daughter of General Rob ert E. Lee, Saturday night in the palm room of the St. Charles hotel, New Or leans. Miss Lee was assisted in receiving by the Confederate Memorial Associa tion, the Daughters of the Confedera cy and several thousand people of New Orleans. Nearly all the element prom inent took the occasion to pay their respects to Miss Lee. KENTUCKY OUTLAW COMES IN. Turner Says He Was Not in Recent Battle With Officers. Lee Turner, proprietor of the “Quar terhouse” saloon, near Middlesboro, Ky., which was burned last week dur ing the fight between the officers and mountaineers in which five men were killed, has given himself up. Turner disclaims any part in the battle with the officers last week. FISTICUFF IN SENATE Tillman and Maoris Engage In Lively Slugging Match. LIE PASSED AND BLOWS FOLLOW Scrap Caused Greatest Excitement Among Staid Scions—Belligerents Are Adjudged In Contempt By Vote of the Body. A Washington special says: The Tillman-McLaurin feud reached the most sensational possible climax in the United States senate Saturday af ternoon when McLaurin passed the lie to his colleague and Tillman, quick as a Hash, jumped over intervening chairs and struck McLaurin a stinging blow with his fist. There was a rapid exchange of blows at short range, the two men clinched, and senators rush ed toward the combatants from every quarter. Senate employes joined the melee and during two or three min utes there was one of the most dis graceful scenes ever enacted in any legislative body. Origin of the “Scrap.” R all started over Tillman’s bitter attack upon the republicans in his speech on the Philippines. He charg ed that the republicans had only been able to ratify the peaae treaty be se curing the vote of a senator through improper influences. This led to a heated colloquy between Tillman and Spooner, the upshot of it being the charge that McLaurin had, through the potency of patronage, been won over by the republicans. McLaurin Gives the Lie. Here the matter dropped and ’Sill man went on with his argument. In the meantime, somebody sent for Mc Laurin. He was much excited when he entered the chamber, but he wait ed until Tillman finished. Then he secured recognition. “I desire to rise to a question of personal privilege,” said he. “During my absence a few minutes ago from the senate chamber in at tendance upon the committee on In dian affairs, the gentleman who has just taken his seat—the senator who has just taken his seat—said that im proper means had been used in chang ing the vote of somebody on the treaty, and then went on later and said that it applied to the senator from South Carolina, who had been given the pat ronage in that state. I think I got the sense of ther controversy. I desire to state, Mr. President, I would not use as strong language as I intended to do, had I not, soon after the senate met replied to these insinqations, and said they were untrue. I now say that statement is a wilful, malicious, delib erate lie.” McLaurin’s seat is on the same row with Tillman’s; there are three desks between them. Senator Teller sat in the middle. Before he could realize what had happened, Tillman jumped over him, had struck McLaurin and they had clinched. Of course neither man suffered phy sical injuries in the personal encoun ter. Must Remain Silent. In the meantime the status of sena tors Tillman and McLaurin is that they are in contempt of the senate, and only by a vote of the senate can either be recognized either to speak or to vote on any question whatever. The senate adopted a resolution de claring both Tillman and McLaurin in contempt. By a vote in executive session both were allowed to make statements, in which both apologized for their actions. But the senate took no further action, and the resolution referring the matter to the committee on privileges and elections is still in operation and, until the committee is discharged or the senate relieves the South Carolina senators of the con tempt, they must remain silent in the senate. This is the judgment of all senators who have considered the question, and the presiding officer, it is said, will refuse to recognize their right to participate in the proceedings until the order of contempt is va cated. SOUTHERN SOCIETY DINES. Sixteenth Annual Banquet Held at Waldorf-Astoria, New York. The sixteenth annual dinner of the New York Southern Society was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Saturday night. President Augustus Van Wyck was toastmaster. With him at the guests’ table were Judge tloseph J. Willett, of Alabama, who responded to the toast, “George Washington;” Augustus Thomas, president of the Missouri So : city, who spoke on “The South as a Custodian,” and F. H. Richardson, of Atlanta, Ga., who spoke on “The South of the Future.” TARIFF CONCESSIONS CINCHED. Republicans Finally Agree on Plan to Help Out Cubans. The republican members of the ways and means committee, who have been considering the question of con cessions to Cuba at several meetings during the week, finally reached an agreement Saturday afternoon, which is considered a signal victory for those who have-favored tariff concessions to that island. Atlantic â€“ Birmingham Railroad Co, TIME TABLE EFFECTIVE DEC. 1, 1901. No. 1 No. 3 No. 15 No. 17 STATIONS. Daily Sunday Daily Daily Only Ex. Sun. Ex. Sun. ............READ DOWN Waycross Uuion Station..... 11 00 am 5 15 pm 710 am 12 45 pm Jamestown................. 11 18 am 5 32 pm 7 33 am 1 24 pm Elsie...................... 11 31 am 5 45 pm 7 53 am 1 48 pm Bolen..................... 11 37 am 5 52 pm 8 03 am 2 01 pm Beach .................... 11 46 am 6 01 pm 8 15 am 2 18 pm Murray..................... 11 54 am 6 09 pm 8 25 am 2 30 pm Sessoms................... 12 02 pm 6 17 pm 8 35 am 2 45 pm Nicholls................... 12 10 pm 6 26 pm 8 45 am 3 27 pm Saginaw................... 12 17 pm 6 33 pm 8 54 am 3 40 pm Chatterton................ 12 25 pm 6 42 pm 9 04 am 3 52 pm Douglas.................. 12 45 pm 7 00 pm 9 27 am 4 40 pm Uptou.................... 12 53 pm 7 10 pm 9 36 am 4 50 pm Ambrose................... 1 14 pm 7 30 pm 10 01 am 5 35 pm Wray.....................' 1 23 pm 7 39 pm 10 11 am 6 05 pm Tracy..................... 1 36 pm 7 50 pm 10 24 am 6 27 pm Fitzgerald................ 2 00 pm 8 12 pm 11 00 am 7 00 pm Garbutt Junction........... 11 30 am No. 2 | No. 4 No. 16 No. 18 STATIONS. Daily! Sunday Daily Daily ; duly Ex. Sun. Ex. Sun. READ UP Garbutt Junction...... 11 50 am Fitzgerald............. 6 00 pm 7 00 am 6 00 am 1 00 pm Tracy................. 6 27 pm 7 25 am 6 27 am 1 36 pm Wray........... ..... 6 38 pm 7 34 am 6 44 am 1 51 pm Ambrose.............. 6 47 pm 7 45 am 6 54 am 2 05 pm Upton................ 7 10 pm 8 10 am 7 26 am 2 33 pm Douglas.............. 7 18 pm 8 19 am 7 36 am 2 46 pm Chatterton............ 7 38 pm 8 32 am 7 59 am 3 16 pm Saginaw............... 7 46 pm 8 38 am 8 09 am 3 40 pm Nicholls............... 7 54 pm 8 45 am 8 18 am 55 pm; Sessoms............... 8 01 pm 8 31 am 8 35 am 4 22 pm I Murray............... 8 08 pm 8 58 am 8 55 am 4 39 pm 1 Beach................. 8 15 pm 9 04 am 9 05 am 4 52 pm 1 Bolen................. 8 26 pm 9 12 am 9 19 am 5 10 pm Elsie................. 8 31 pm 9 19 am 9 29 am 0 24 pm Jamestown............ 8 43 pm 9 29 am 9 48 am 5 50 pm Waycross Union Station 9 00 ]im 9 45 am 10 15 am 6 20 pm All trains carry possengers. George Dole Wadley, H. C. MoF AUDEN, Vice Pres, and Gen. Mgr. Gen. Freight and Pass. Agent. Alex. Bonntman, Superintendent, Waycross, Ga. iiawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway. PiNE BELT ROUTE. Local Time Table No. 4. In Effect January 6th, 1902. —Northbound— —Southbound— lst-class 2nd-class. lst-class 2nd-class. Daily. Daily ex. Sun. Daily. Daily ex. Sun. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. Stations. Train No. 2. Train No. 4. 7:40 a.m. 3 8g5§SgS3S«5S§S8Sg§!5 p.m. Lv. . ....Worth ..... Ar. 6:30 p.m. 2:25 p.m. 7:42 a.m 3: p.m. Lv. .. ....Domer .... Ar. 6:27 m .. 2:20 p.m. 7:50 a.m. 3 p.m. Lv. .. . Shinglers.......‘Ar. 6:17 *3 m l. 2:15 p.m. 8:05 a.m. 4 p.m. Lv. .. .. Amboy......Ar. 6:05 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 8:15 a.m. 4 p.m. Lv.....Davisville.......Ar. 5:57 p.m. 1:55 p.m. 8:30 a.m 4: p.m. Lv........ Bush.......Ar. 5:45 p.m. 1:40 p.m. 8:37 a.m. 4 p.m. Lv. .. Allapaha River .... Ar. 5:40 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 8:40 a.m. 4 p.m. Lv....... Steele......Ar. 5:37 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 8:42 a.m. 4 p.m. Ar.........Pitts Lv. 5:35 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 5 p.m. Lv. . ... Pitts........Ar. 5:25 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 9:07 a.m. 5 p.m. Lv. .. .. Ausley........Ar. 5:20 p.m. 12:35 p.m. 9:20 a.m. 5 p.m. Lv. .. Rocky Point .... Ar. 5:05 p.m. 12:20 p.m. 9:20 a.m. 6 p.m. Lv.....Pope City ...... Ar. 4:55 p.m 12:10 p.m. 9:32 a.m. 6 p.m. Lv....... Barton........Ar. 4:45 p.m. 12:00 m. 9:35 a.m. 6 p.m. Lv. .. .. Pittsville ...... Ar. 4:40 p.m. 11:55 a.m 9:42 a.m. 0 p.m. Lv. . Finleyson ......Ar. 4:35 p.m. 11:45 a.m. 9:56 a.m 6: p.m. Lv. ... .. Wallace ...... Ar. 4:20 p.m. 11:25 a.m. 10:05 a.m. 7 p.m. Lv..... Chancy Ar. 4:15 p.m. 11:15 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 7 p.m. Ar.....Hawkinsville .... Lv. 4:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. ~ FITZGERALD'BRANCH7 - Train No. 5. Train No. 6. 7:30 a.m 'Lv., Isaacs Ar. 6:45 p.m. 7:50 a.m Lv. Luke Ar. 6:20 p.m. 8:15 a.m. Ar. Davisville Lv. 6:00 p.m. Trains Nos. 1 and 2 have absolute right of track. Connections: Hawkinsville—With Southern Railway and Wrightsvllle and Tennille Railroad. Pitts—With Seaboard Air Line Railway. Worth—With Georgia, Southern and Florida Railway. Trains Nos. 5 and 6, on Fitzgerald Branch, will only run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. P. J. DOMER, Superintendent, H. H. STEELE, Worth, Ga. General Freight and Passenger Agt., Ga. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. RICHMOND, VA. CHARLESTON, S. C. Largest Manufacturers of FERTILIZERS IN THE SOUTH. Importers of PURE GERMAN KA1NIT, MURIATE OF POTASH, NITRATE OF SODA, SULPHATE OF POTASH. In buying fertilizers it is important, not only to secure goods of estab lished reputation and high grade, but to buy where YOUR WANTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION CAN BE SUPPLIED. We are in position, with our unparalleled facilities and our many plants located all over the territory, to furnish all classes of goods and in such quantities as buyers desire. When you buy of us, with our immense capacity, you know you can get the goods, and all you want of them. See our nearest agent to you, or write us direct. Address VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO., ATLANTA, GA. Send for the Vlrginia-Carolina Almanac. Free for the asking. 3 . O. HAMILTON, President. W. C. HAMILTON, Vice-President. L. C. EDWARDS, CMhlett rr IE (IMIS’ Ml Of i» Capital Paid in $25,000. We solicit the business of firms, corporations and indi viduals, offering them courtesy, promptness and liabilty.