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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-09-28
SARGE PLUNKETT Poses AS AN OPTIMIsT


short time ago. We met young Jake Nc
Tendon in Atlanta, and he told US about
the meeting then going on at Hebron
church-now Concord-aud as he talked
such a flood of happy memories was stirred
fl our hearts that we took the train over
the new railroad and went right down.
1t is not my purpose to speak particularly
OF the congregation We found at our old
church of the years long agone but it IS a
fair sample OF Georgia country churches,
and il would make you happy to visit there.
The people who congregate there now are
tho children, the grandchildren and the
great grandchildren of the people we used
10 know there, and am happy to state that
the girls are sweet and modest. Ike their
mothers We're, and the boys seem strong
and firm as their fathers used TO be. Not
one of them knew Brown and me, and so
we took a back seat and observed them
without being observed ourselves.
IL was a great pleasure for us 10 sit and
watch them, one after the other. file past
us up the aisle of the old church. and one
by one TO place them as the children OF tho
people we had known long years ago. You
will never know how marked are family
resemblauces till YOU have left community
and returned in after years. How tena-
ciously do little family peculiariues cling
to the offspring through generations. and
how perfect can the likeness of some old
friend be preserved and reflected through
the forms and faces of a new generation.
Perhaps ii was the sweet voice of the sing
or that made us know that fine girl on a
front bench was q Lee. or had descended
from the Lees, whom we knew long years
ago. II might have been the auburn locks
Of a fine young fellow that made US guess
that he Was Strickland. Two pretty twin
sisters looked just as their mothers used
20 look and we made mistake in placing
them af McLendons. y 1.-THE young form
went bounding past us, and Brown WINS
percd. ''Elen. by jngoH' So il was we
sat and recalled old friends through the IA
vor of the young. and a fountain of memo
ries was stirred in our hearts. Through
the whole tableau as it were. there was not
a trace of mooding melancholy, and such
an absence of the stern cares of life that
could but wish that all the congregation
hut knew how blessed they We're IL Is Wen
to return to these old scenes once in awhile.
1t will impress you of the fruits of purity as
visited upon the offspring. and the worth
of old friends. reflected through the fruit
they have borne. will seem higher and hol-
Ter than it ever seemed before.
Like many other country churches old
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voked by a long list OF instances OF intim-
idation. coming I'm daily, which were eli
NAKED today by a particularly aggravating
piece OF evidence of oppression commune
Gated TO the Press Bureau by l. j. Ward. of
Lomax. Henderson county. Illinois.
Mr.. Ward wrote to say that several weeks
ago he addressed a letter TO The Brown
Paper Company. Fort Madison. Ia. asking
them IL they desired. as had been their
custom. to buy any more straw from him.
the same being used in the manufacture of
wrapping paper. in which they do an extern
sive business.
In reply TO his query Mr. Ward received
the Following. written on a postal card:
Fort Madison. la, September H. 1885,
y. j. Ward. Dear Sir: Yours of the 18th
instant TO hand. In reply will say, we
will not buy any more straw until after
the election. IL Bryan should, unfortu-
nately, be elected. We will shut down tho
mill and not buy any more straw. IL
Mckinley Is elected we viii continue to
buy straw and run the mill
THE BROWN PAPER co.
Having received this postal Mr.. Ward was
so incensed that he took the trouble to go
before notary public and make affidavit
TO the facts here stated Then he
forwarded the affidavit and the pos
tai card TO Mr.. Richardson. II II had
Richardson would doubtless have dismissed
it without a thought But it Is not the
only one. on the contrary. tho number of
such communications IS appalling and in
dicates a deplorable. if not a dangerous.
state OF affairs over the country.
Another sad feature of it," said Mr..
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Hebron has been moved from where 1t used
TO stand to be convenient TO the railroad
1t is some three-quarters or a mile from
It's present site to where il used 70 stand
1t stands in the little town of Concord now.
ana l could but reflect upon what Concord
was. as it used to be. and what it is at
this time. one little country store house
used 10 be the sum total of the town. but
Il had a name then. as IL has never had
since. IL was a typical Old-time cross
roads store and barro0m, and il was there
the yeomanry of Pike county used TO meet
to renew their friendship to test their pow
ers of manhood, ana TO settle their griev-
ances.
We grumble now at the cost OF courts and
the delay of justice. but any old man can
tell you that the modern way OF setting
difficulties is much more humane and civil
fed than were the practices around such
places as Concord fifty years ago. In those
days. when a man started for Concord his
family never knew whether he would return
with an ear bitten of an eye punched out.
or whether he would return at all OF
course there was much anxiety in such
a state of society and we ought to think of
this when we grumble at the cost of courts
and the tricks of lawyers.
But 1 must not neglect to mention fall"
though I have but recently written of this
sweet season. There is a scarcity so I'M
paraleled of garden truck that it strains
me TO brag just at this time. Not n turnip
can be made to grow. The pea crop is
nothing Potatoes are a failure, and the
drought is still upon US. The lack of rain
has become alarming. 1t is so dry that
dogs can't track the 'possums. and the rab-
bits are as sauCy as a raw recruit on the
police force. A few candy pullinss from
the new crop of sorghum are all that have
cheered our settlement lately. but a big
quilting or two is already announced. and
hope keeps us up-hOpe for a good 1ain. for
less politics and for a return of the good
cheer always expected at this season.
Me and Brown are busily engaged prepar-
ing for our trip to Texas. 1T was our plan
at first TO prepare a great lecture and de-
liver il out in that country. but the happy
thought struck me that to exhibit Brown
and hold him up to the audiences as an ex-
ample of an Incorporate life would be far
more eloquent than any words, and would
persuade the hayward into different paths
If anything could. | don't think there is
cowboy i'm Texas but what will shed tears
when l show them Brown. To look upon
him is enough to reform the state. if it can
be reformed. SARGE PLUNkETT.
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HAS RULED FOR SIXTY YEARS
Queen Victoria Completes Three Score
Years.

London september -3.- IOday queen
toria completes sixty years OF ~
reis-n the longest on record Of the Brltlsh
crown. Her grandfather, George IL
reiered within few months of SIXTY years
but her majesty seems likely to greatly
suprass this in spite of her feehIenee5 anu
the constant talk of her aodicathS IN FAVOR
OF her son. The queen is now seventy
seven years Of age, but fairly wen pre-
served old lady in spite Of the alarming
reports which have been circulated ABOUT
her health. Besides George III only two
other English sovereigns have enjoyed
notably long reigns These were Henry
III. hfty-six years. ana Edward III, fifty
years.
There VIII he no elaborate official recog-
milton of the completion of NictOrias SIXTY
years of occupancy of the British throne
but in every city and hamlet OF the Brit
ish empire the occasion viii DE celebrated
for Englishmen dearly love the queen,
whose cxcmplarv life has gained her the
admiration OF the whole world.
The queen goes but little to state func-
tons now and on the occasion Of her
attendance at Princess MaudS wedding
she said that il would be the last time
sho would visit London. But for all her
avoidance Of great state functions her
majesty maintains her royal household as
in years past. for She IS acrimonious 30
a point and demands the utmost state IN
her different residences outside Of Lon
don. Her establishment costs her a largo
sum I'm addition 20 the provision made by
the government.
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"STOP THE MURDERS"
GladSton. Raises Z YoiCs Of Ringing
Warning Against the Sultan.
SAYS ENGLISH ARE AROUSED
Grand Old Man Does Not Hesitate 10
Point Out Great Britains
Christian Duty.

Liverpool September 2i-Four thousand
nersons were present at the mass meetihs
hold I'm Henglers circus this afternoon I'M
der the auspices of the Liverpool reform
Club 70 protest against the rule OF the SUI
tan ~ turkey and tho massacres of Arme-
mans in the Turkish empire. The ga'her-
in, included weI-known men OF an poh'i-
cal parties. and the audience which gree'eu
Mr. Gladstone. who was the principal
sneaker. was q most enthusiastic one. The
meeting was presided over by the carr OF
Derhv Mr. Gladstone was in excellent
health and voice and was noticcably active
Prefaeing his address, Mr.. Gladstone pro-
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posed resolution setting forth that the
meeting trusted that the government re-
allied tho terrible condition in which their
fellow Christians I'm Turkey We're placed
end that they would DO everything possible
% obtain them a fun measure OF security
ard protection.
The resolution also declared that the gov
ernmcnt would have the fullest public sup
port in whatever steps they might take to
put a stop to the atrocities which were be-
Ing committed I'm Turkey. Mr.. Gladstone,
as he stepped forward TO begin his remarks.
was chcerel for many minutes.
Massacres a Matter of History.
Mr. Gladstone said the Turkish govern
mcnt in 1876 denied that massacres had oc-
CURED. but that those mass1cres had since
passed into history as facts. The same
system of denills is practiced now and viii
be praciiccd so long as the powers Of Eu-
rope shall tolerate it.
~ 10 be hoped, Mr.. Gladstone declared,
that the weakness or diplomacy would be
s'rcnlthened by this strong nations voice.
The diplomatic representatives. in Constan-
tiloplc OF six great powers, after the mas
sacre in the Turkish capital. brought
their courage 10 the sticking point and ad-
dressed a note 70 the sultan, informing
his majesty that the atrocities must cease
or thar. otherwise. prejudice would be
created against the Turkish government.
"l." continued Mr.. Gladstone. TASK what
would the guilty author Of these massacres
want more than To contine the matter TO a
paper ware" Cloud applause)
The ox-prem!er proceeded TO instance oc-
casi0us when England has acted outside
OF a concert with the European powers.
lie had seen. he said the liberation Of NJ
teen 10 twenty millions OF people from the
dominion of Turkey.
How" he asked. had this liberation
been effected I'm the eases OF Greece and
Bulgaria? Not by the concert Of Europe,
for several Of The great powers looked ask
auce at our action. " hat is il worth to pay
In order 10 attain the concert Of EuropeY
Air. Gladstone concluded his address by
expressing the opinion that the time had ar
rived 10 strengthen the hands Of the exec
utiye branches OF the government by an
EXPRESSION Of tho nations wil This decla-
ration was received with cheers and cries
OF "Oh! Oh"
1ir. Gladstone said that six great powers
of Europe represented at ConstantinOpe
had failed to make the sultan fulhll his
treaty obligations. The continuation OF
diplomatic relations with the sultan had
not prevented the horrible massacres at
Constantiuopic. but it had permitted the
sultan TO remain the recognized ally OF
England.
England's Right To Coerce Turkey.
'Thc resolution which l have proposed OBJ
serves the rules Of prudence and does not
require even FOR the sake Of "A great end
that We place ourselves in a state of war
With united Europe
The resolutions We're adopted.
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For The Constitution.
When come 10 think that down In Geor-
gia we have so many good things for every
season, / am ready TO eXclaim How blest
we are and how thankful we should feel"'
In winter we have our shuckings our hog
killings and our country "gen er rounds"
In the spring We have our picnics and all
hearts are tuned for love. In the summer
We have our big meetings and our camp
meetings to follow the happy time of lay-hy,
and ia the fan we have our candy pullingS
and cuttings till whatsoever will may all
ways find something to be happy over and
to drive away the gloom.
A stranger coming among MS about
Christmas time might justly conclude that
old Georgia was filled with a giddy sort Of
people. entirely given over to pleasure, lost
to sober thought. and that we could never
be trained to stoop to the real truths OF
life or to temper the gayetes of our natures
with a wisdom necessary to cope with the
stern business propositions necessary to
success.
This would he a wrong estimate to put
upon the inhabitants OF Georgia There is
time to work and time 10 play down here,
and when the Christmas holidays have end
ed there comes period for work. and
young and old. male and female. vie with
czech other in pushing their work TO be
ready for planting when the time arrives.
The hearts fresh gayeties do not entirely
Gep5 TT under the strain of this work. for
the plowboys enliven the fields the sweet
girls make fresh the homes, while the old
peopIe smile over the blessings they in
their children. till winter loses all it's chill
and the season IS fit for poets dream.
Spring. with all its charms Of birds and
flowers. comes frciehted with gladness and
tunes the young folks all for love, tin work
upon the farms IS turned into a rainbow Of
hpapv delights ard the sweetest musings.
All along from spring till lay-by tho period
IS spiced with the most joyful outings,
happy picnics and cheerful associations at
the churches and homes. till lay-by is upon
us before the young folks had time to
think of the hard work and could only
deem themselves the happiest girls ana boj
upon all the earth, and think they are
right.
Then comes the period for big meetings
and campmeetnPs and such times as we
then have must be enjoyed to he apprect-
ated. Whoever may think that consrega-
ton at one of these big meetings. IS set
of dismal wretches ought to have been
with me and Brown down at old Hebron
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FUSION SECURED IN LOUISIANA
Democrats and Populists Have Agreed
Upon n Plan.

New Orleans. September "a hteti-i7
" arranged TO take place at Baton rouge
Yesterday for the purpose OF arranging the
terms of fusion between the democrats ahd
populises. but TO conclusion was reiei.e VI
49, the meeting adjourned over until to-
T.v This afternoon AN agreement was
reached whereby tue electoral ticket OF the
e,tte Is divided amt the Iopulists are al
lowed four votes. These sill 90 To Wat
soil, of course. ,..
H.. and substituted one uamcl Joy the
Uonulists The democrats also WiLhdIe"
IL. electors they have named 40 ne iou4ii,
nth and sixth consre-slohal HlslIle's an. -.
-. r,onuIfsts named their successors. t4aeh
Marty soIemnly pledge themselves 10 secure
a fair election.
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A SECOND is CLIPPED.
Game PAGER, Gentry, Does the Mile in
Marvellous Time.

Portland. Me, September 2.-At Rigby
track today the worlds pacing record was
broken by John r. Gentry. the magnihcent
horse pacing the fastest mile ever made IN
harness and placing the worlds record AT
orlv half n second over two minutes. or
2OOIk. H., to
Gentry was roundly applauded wheh ne
appeared on the track for his great tr'ai u
speed He had been out several times pe
fore and had been the center OF al es
When w. s. Andrews drove him on lhe
track i'm the effort to break his record, tne
air was chilly and a light north"eS'i''
breeze blew up the home stretch o.o,,,
His record before starting was z;oii2'
which he made September Sth, at Glen
Falls N Y. in the second heat OF race
with Star Pointer. Andrews had given Cen
try two warming up miles and II was iieai
" sunset when he was ready TO start ioi
the event mile.
A runner appeared with Gentry 10 pa
him. After scoring twice Andrews cam
down TO the wire to pace the fastest mic
over accop,nlisbel by a horse in harness.
The crowd cheered as he approached '''
starting point "a
Got. shouted Starter Culbertson' ana
hundreds of watches caught the PAGER a.
the start. The runners nose was "l'i, ,
two feet of Gentry's nose as they made inc
first turn.
Gentry Does Some Great Gong.
On the stretch Gentry was going graceful
Nv and steadily, getting over the grouuu ~
great shape and the runner had 10 "Oih
hard to keep up.
The first quarter was given by the judges
as made in 0.29i4.
People began 10 wonder when the hal1
mile was finished in 59lk seconds ana 10 look
for a two-minute pace.
At this point the runners driver was us
Ing the whip and making great effort and
succeeded in keeping at the wheel of Gen
try's suky.
The third quarter was reeled Off IN "1Aa
seconds. making the time at the three-quar-
ter post 1904.
This was great going and now came the
last quarter and home stretch.
As the horses turned into the home
stretch and caught the wind in their teeth
the crowd began to shout and hurrah and
Andrews shouted encouraSinGly 10 his
horse.
The runners driver also urged ms morse
and used the whip unsparingly. This nerVed
the PAGER to a supreme effort and the wind
i'm his face he made the last quarter quicker
than the third quarter, doing it IN Sois sec
onds, ana thus covering his mile in two min
utes and one-half seconds.
This is a second less than his former
record, which has never been surpassed by
any horse and only equaled by Robert J.
(2:Ol10 in 1884 at Terre Haute.
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SIX HUNDRED DIE AT EUeU1N
The Porte Receives Information of
Recent Fearful Massacres.

Constantinoplc. September 21.-The porte
has received an official report stating that
Cg9 persons were killed in the recent dis
turbances at Euguin, in the Diabekir dis
trict of Armenia. The Kurds attacked the
Armenian quarter of the town, pillaged ana
burned the houses and killed as many of
the inhabitants as they could find. Num-
beers OF Armenians succeeded in making
their escape to the mountains.
The town OF Euguin, which purchased
immunity from invasion by the Kurds in
1895 was not molested at that time. though
massacres occurred on all sides. The re-
port SAYS Il is feared that massacres will
soon take place in other districts of Ana
fulil.
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o,poNNELL DOES sLAvIN EASILY
Corbett's Mate Finds an Easy Thing
ON Long Island.

Maspeth, l.. l.. September a--Steve
O'DonneH fought Frank Siavin TO stand
stul in the fifth round at the Empire
Athletic club tonight. and the latter's sec
onds. seeing their man was all but out.
threw up the sponge. after the round had
gone one minute and thirty-fve seconds.
Slavin fought wildly all through and
the bell only saved him IN the fourth
round.
After the fight Slavin addressed the
crowd as they were filing out. lie said:
I'm licked tonight. gentlemen, but 1
think the man that is behind ODonnel
win give me another chance when I am
in better condition. I have been hurt ever
since Thursday and only came here so as
not to disappoint the public and my back
ers"
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Ready To Move on Turkey.

London. September 2l-1he Times pub
lisI es a dispatch from Sebastopol saying
that the Russian Black sea feet had been
nut on a war footing and three battalion5
OF infantry have been embarked
Part Of the fleet is cruising off Ochaoff, at
the mouth OF the Dneiper river. forty
miles from Odessa, under orders that II
its commander receives a telegram from
NJ NoIdon the Russian ambassador to
Turkey, it must join the remainder Of tho
fleet leaving Sebastopol and go direct TO
the BoSphoruS.
The dispatch adds that all the troops
In south Russia are ready for active ser
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for the Haggerston division of Shoreditch.
He said that if England had free hand in
the matter very few days would elapse
before there would be a change in Turkey.
lie then added that he was authorized by
the foreign office to say that Great Britain
was confronted by an agreement between
the three powers that If she attacked Tur-
key on any excuse or pretext she would
have to face that combination.
If she fired single shot or took action
alone, it would mean that at that moment
there would be a European war.
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GERMAN INFLUENCE POWERFUL
Sultan More Plastic with the Emperor
Than All Others.

London, September 25.-The Daily News
sees in the presentation Of photograph
of the German imperial family TO the sultan
ara IN tho emulsion from Berlin of Pro-
lessor Thoumayan, the well-known Armen-
ian lecturer, confirmation of the statements
telegraphed from Constantinople that Ger
many's influence with the sultan is now
moro powerful than that OF all the other
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THREE POWERS CONFRONT HER,
Would Depose Sultan but for the Com
bination Against Her.

London, September 2l.-At a meeting held
tonight in Shoreditch to protest against
the massacre Of Christians by Turks, a
most important announcement was made.
which. il is believed, puts an end TO all
conjecture regarding the action that might
be taken by the British government in the
direction Of stopping the massacres by
force or deposing the sultan.
The statement was made by Mr.. John
I,owles member OF the house of commons
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Conferences Suspended.

Berlin. September PA Constantinople
dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger says that
the diplomats in the Turkish capital have
been instructed to suspend their confer
ences ON the Armenian question as direct
negotiations are pending between the porte
and the powers.
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To Remove the Sultan.

Constantinople, September 2i.-The Ulema
q college or corporation composed of the
hierarchy, caused TO be printed and pub
lished here secretly on September 18th a
copy OF a decision declaring the right of
the Ulema TO depose the sultan.
Reports have been received from Turkish
sources that two thousand Armenians at
Kemah, near Erzingan. have been put to
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Ayers Cathartic Pills

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others fail. 1t was fitting.
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Think All Should Act at Once.

London, September 2S.-The London after
noon newspapers which have hitherto adj
vocated the Intervention Of Russia in Tur-
key. now scarcely allude TO any possible in
reference on the part of the car but all
of the papers print columns of editorials,
communications. reports OF meetings. etc.
all of which are directed against the sultan
The general tone of these articles Is in de-
precation of isolated action on the part OF
any power in Turkey, but strongly favoring
an immediate concert of action.
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Corbett Still Able To Talk.

Be sure to guess when YOU renew
or when you subscribe. That IS the
time to get in your guess.