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AN OLDSGEORGIA9H0ME.
The Rise and f ali of tho Nvcll-Knowns
Estate of David Dixon.

Il
Estate Of David Dixon:
The old home house and several tnou-
sand acres of land belonging to the old
Dixon estate have been sold to r.Georse
RiVes. OF Hancock county, who IS one q
the wealthiest planters In Middle
Georgia. The rise and fall ofSthe Dixon
estate, (which was at one time one OF the
largest and wealthiest in the State, resos
like a romance.
About 1865 man by the name OF David
Dixon came to Sparta from Virginia, Is
is supposed, and bought a large pianta-
ton several miles south OF town, ana
Immediately commenced his agclcuituraA
career, which became a shining success.
Dixon continued to plant, plan ana pros
per, and soon amassed an enormous lot
tune, and was at the time of his death,
which occurred several years ago. one
of the wealthiest and best-knoWn plant
ers in the State ..Old Davy Dixon
as he was called, was very unsoclaple'
and went but little with the hancock
people, and, with the exception OF a re"
favored friends, who were always vel
coma at his home. he cared but little for
mankind. -
When Dixon died, to the surprise, OF ms ms
friends, who were eagerly looking lot
ward with the expectation OF oecoliii1 ~
the proud poSSeSSOrH OF the s11iAoii P-S' its
willed all OF his property to his Two W., na !;
breed sons, Julien and Charley. ihey ~ u
vided the property equally, CharleyL tah,
ing for his part the old homeste,aid; ana IN {.
several thousand acres OF adloit I.1i.;
land Julien at once erected peau. u u u
and costly residence about two 1nl Ie,
from Sparta, where he now resides. Ju
lien has proved to be as prosperous ana
successful as his late father. ana nov
owns about 100000 in real estate ana
bonds Charley seprned out to be talte
different sort of q fellow: a snort tl m
after his fathers death he married me
daughter of Bishop Holsey, the noteo
negro divine, and, soon DESERVING ner,
contracted all of the bad habits and wees
that his wealth enabled him to aHor9.
He soon went from bad to worse: ana,
after a short but shining career IN me ne
world of vice and dissipation. had TO sen
the remnant of the once vast estate nov
almost in ruin. to pay his debtS: ne IS
now an emaciated wreck. living IN NJ
tie house on the negro suburbs Of Sparta-
a morphine fiend and a relic OF petter
days. ~ eor+,
Cemetery, built of Georgia granite, MARKS
the last resting place of the late Dax s,si
Dixon, the most skiiful and successful
farmer of his time and generation IN the
State.-Atlanta Constitution.
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CURRENT TOPICS.
The Chicago T1mes-Herald Of Tuesday

The Chicago T1mes-Herald of Tuesday
last prints an interesting sketch of John
A. Bingham, one of the, prose-
His Work? cutors Of the assassins OF
President Lincoln and one of
the leaders of the impeachment proceed
ings against President Johnson. We take
the following from the body of the article:
when the slayers of Lincoln were on
trial it was Judge Bingham who was call
ed upon to reply to their counsel at the
trial held before the military commission.
He appeared before this commission in
June, 1865. But perhaps this is not as I'M
portant as the fact that he wrote and
introduced the Fourteenth Amendment to
the Constitution of the United. States,
which is now embodied therein by the ac-
ton of Congress and the several States
of the Union
We would like to have 4 frank ex-
preston of opinion from our Chicag so con-
temporary as to whether or not the man
who wrote the Fourteenth Amendment
and the Fifteenth Amendment to the Con-
stitution Of the United States conferred
a blessing on his country.
The New York Tribune of yester-
day reproduces the following from
SheIdon's - .,,aaor
plants in Mr.. Sheldon's
"Christian Daily:
"Stir the Subsoil Deep
To let in the rains, that refresh the
earth. Otherwise a large portion of mois-
ture graciously sent by our Heavenly
Father is wasted by running off from the
surface.
Is subsoil Pillow accomplishes the
stirring as we believe would please
JESUS, who said let nothing be lost.
also, IS improved Potato Digger,
designed to work WE'LL even in q1nfavor-
able conditions of soil, which induces good
words instead of bad words. by which we
desire to honor JESUS.
IS PLOW WORKS.
TOPEKA, KANSAS
And this paper is held up to the news
paper men of the United States as a
model.
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Exercises at BALKAN

+ BALHAAI, VA. March 17--Special.-
The BALKAN High School celebrated It's
closing this afternoon with very pleasant
exercises.
After prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Ragland,
superintendent, and few welcome re-
marks and an earnest address to the
pupils by Miss Cox. the High School
teacher, the scholars rendered an enjoy
able programme of readings and rec1ta-
lions. "A very creslitable valedictory was
read by Miss Margie Thomas. s5
Rev. Mr.. Ragland presented the prizes
very gracefully-one to the prize spelier.
Clarence Martin, and the other, for schol-
arship, to Hiss afargie Thonaas
Mayo, the teacher of the other depart
ments. made few happy remar ks.
After light refreshments mustc ans
dancing was enjoyed for a couple q
hours. all leaving before dark.
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Queer Shopping Ways OF Japan.

Time is of no consequence to the Or1en-
tails, nor are they eager to sell Ihelr
IDEAS of trade are very peculiar. You are
compelled to ask them whether you can see
articles after their stating that they have
them in the store.
Ten pieces Of an article sometimes cost
twelve times the cost of one: They will
not sell 100 at a less rate, hSlt, insist ON
your. paying extra because Of the large
quantity desired.
They frankly tell you their price to
Japanese customers and then that for
eigners have to pay about 50 to 100 per
cent. more, and laugh.
In the largest dry goods store in Tokyo
fifty clerks are seer: kneeling down upon
the floor of the large building. but no
merchandise is visible. It is kept In fire
proof (?) structures in the rear, and car
ried to and fro for customers inspection
by numerous boys.-Millinery Trade Re
z 4 ~
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yinced thst tho Philippines are es yet In
no condition for civil government and
sa,se thar .If5 the Philippine government
we're enforced. large n. Hilary force:
would be nee1ed to nlaintntns II : !S33
y Ia The same connection ne note thai q
-esolution was adopted by the Phtladel-5
mis- Conference Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church en- Tuesday last calling for
volunteers 10 so to the Philippines for
evangelical work, The preamble OF which
was as follows:
Whereas. Cod in His wise providence has:
recently redeemed from bondage sdcspot-s
|aism and superstition more Than ten mill
lion souls ior whom Christ died and has
brought them under the sheltering folds
OF our glorious flag and made them par
takers Of our inheritance Of liberty at a
great cost of treasure. suffering and blood.
Just what should be doie or what Will
be done eventually with the Philippines
Is a question for future considera uoa.a
hut we cannot understand how any con-
tscientious man, how any man who mas
respect for the obligations of his govern
Inent, can stand up and say that In the:
present situation the United States gov.
eminent should withdraw its troops from
the Philippines and leave those people to
take care of themselves. From various
sources comes the information that they
are a conglomcrate mass Of people rang
ing all the way from semi rbarous
tribes to men and women of educanon.
and refinement. They live on tnnumer-
able islands and it were almost impossible
L, make of them an; autonomous State:
and to establish a form of government
that would be satisfactory to all elements.
AS to how far we were justifiable in TAX
ing these islands under our protection,
that is. not the question now under con-
sideration. Right or wrong we took them.
and in taking them we assumed respon-5
sibility which as an honorable nation we
cannot dodge. We must do the very best
that we can for the Filipinos, giving them
the benefit of our influence and civiliza-
ton. 1t is the duty Of our government
to e1lIighten them and Americanize them
and fit them, if possible, for self-govern-
ment: it is the duty of the American
church to Christianize them.
The Times would be only too glad.> for
its part, to see our troops Withdrawn and
to see the Filipinos set up comfortably
and happily in government of their own
But The Times does not hesitate to say
that for our government now to withdraw
and leave the FIlipinos to their fate. were
to commit one of the most cowardly acts
that ever disgraced nation
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MOST SURPRISING.

When Mr.. Sulzer, Of New York, de-
liyered his dlatrihe against England in
the House Of Representatives last Tues,
day, the report Of the event states that
at each point when he was supposed to
have .-sde a particularly vicious stab at
Great Britain there was loud applause
mon the democratic side, Of the House.
This is a most humiliating statement
to intelligent and true Democrats. Why
should Democrats hate England? Go
over the whole face Of the earth, and
wherever the English flag is found flying
there all the essential principles of De-
mocracy will be found f1ourlshing and in
their fullest Elgor. England herselr,
though nominallS a monarchy, sis really
as thoroughly a Democracy as the United
States. Public opinion rules everything
there, and though the Queen is theoreti-s
cally supposed to be endowed with many
prerogatives that are superior TO the.
law. she would no more dare to defy
any English law than she would dare
perform any other mad act We read
not long ago an dSSoulil u ttl1AS " uSeAi
driving with her cavaloade through the
streets Of London, and coming to some
Mace where the authorities had forbid.
den the passage of vehicles. and upon a
policeman going to the middle Of the
street and raising his club in warming,
the cavaacade turned around and re-,
turned by the way it came. England
ds a land of law, and all men there and
In all English dependencies obey the law
cheerfully. Loyalty and implicitly, Surely
that is what Democracy stands for and
1t Is something increditable to us to hear.
OF Democrats rejoicing at a denuncia la
ton of England.
we printed yesterday the following,
passage. taken from an article by Cen.
erai AlgeS the recent Secretary of War,
An the North American Review, but It
viii bear repeating In this connection.
1t is as follows:
Great Britain stood CONSPICUOUS among
the nations as our friend. Nor was her
cordial g sympathy, valneless. sho re-
nained strictly neutral: hut her whole;
attitude toward us was so alnmdsta kably=
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THURSDAY. MARCH %, 1900.
DEMOCRATS lsEpUD1A1E 1T.

In an editorial article yesterday we
asked If the Democrats of Virginia were
willing to stand on the Nebraska plat
form, platform that is said to differ in
10. essential point from the platform
adopted by the Nebraska Populists.
Senator Martin. of Virginia, is quoted
.ay the New York Herald and Bait more
Sun as saying that the Democrats of Vsr-s
g5nia cannot and will not stand on the
Nebraska platform.
Senator Clay. of Georgia, is quoted as
saying that he could not support the
platform adopted by the Nebraska Demo-
cracy, and does not believe that 1t would
be acceptable 20 the national Democracy.
1.-The Populistic features" said he. ARE
Objectionable to all Southern Democrats,
who have had to contend with the Poou-
list party In the South.
Senator Bacon of Georgia, is quoted
rs having said that the Democratic party
does not take kindly to the expression
initiative and referendum, because of
dts close association with the Populist
party
Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, is
quoted as having said that he is not sur
prised at the tone of the Nebraska pat
form. For said he. Nebraska has al
ways been, in my judgment, more than
half Populist.'' This is in line with the
view expressed by The Times YESTERDAY
that there is no such thing as Democracy
in Nebraska, and that there is no es-.
sentiaa difference Between Nebraska
Democracy. so-caned. and Nebraska
Populism.
Even Senator Tillman went SO far as
to say that the Nebraska platform was
built to suit the exigenc!es Of the party
in Nebraska, and was not intended TO DO
binding on the party in the national cam
pa1gn.
platform on the whole is fair declara-
tIon of Democratic principles to which
loyal and true bryan Democrats can sub
scribe. Its various declarations said
he, ..seem to me to be in thorough har-
mony with the Democratic position. The
initiative and referendum is somethinE
new In a Democratic platform, but am.
not prepared to say that 1t IS an unwise
Invocation
It all resolves itself into this: il the,
extreme men in the party, such as Bryan,
Jones and Altgeld. are to have their
way the Nebraska platform will be
adopted as the national platform, and
the Democratic party will open the doors
wide for Pcpulists and Socialists TO come
in. But # that platform is adopted thou.
sands and thousands OF Democrats IN
the North and South. and even in some
Of ahe Western States. msll refuse TO
support it There arc many Democrats
who believe In standing by the party
whether or not. and these will not fly. the
track, but 81 Mr.. Bryan insists upon run
ming on a platform of this character these
men wirl simply let the election so by
default. as the best means Of retiring
Bryan and purging the rarty of Pc?u-
lism. We do rot know that Senator
Martin has been correctly reported. but
that Mt heart he repudiates this Nebsas-
Ia platform no man who knows any
thing about him can doubt, and Senate.
Martin represents large and infuenrial
class Of party regularity Democrats In
the Old Dominion. ST.
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DEAD IN. THE. ROAD.
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Fell From His Horse With Appoplexy.
Stafford! Democrats.

Stafford Democrats.
FREDERICKSBURG "a, March 21..-i
fSpecial.-Eugene B. Hatch. son Of Thomas
j. Hatch, a prominent merchant of Orange
county, was found dead to-day on the
public, road not far from his home: Mr..
Hatch started horseback to visit neigh:
Dor yesterday afternoon, and 1T Is sup
posed he was seized wi tn an epileptic III,
to which heswas subject, and fell iron the
horse. causing his death.
The Democrats in ma s-meeting at stat
electing w. J Jacobs chairman and a
new Executive Comnli tee ~
The body. of an unknown white man was
found by fishermen on the Potomac River
in Stafford county to-day. Ma rlssE on the
body indicated foul play a n inauestsW y:
be held. Nothing was found TO show the
Identity of the dead man
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,l,ows 81 tncreay 8 Is abou. go 900, 600 over!

1899.
Views have been taken of the orchard '1:
of nIessrs. Miller and Pancake. in s. the
vicinity Of Rodney, ". to be shown:
at. the Paris position, These orc har e
are the largest in the world, and contain.
go, 600 peach and plum trees. The owners .s
planted ISL. COO trees last year. and cleared h
for planting 1875 acres Of timber lane.
The first season their. orcha rds began 10
bear they shipped 100 carloads of peaches
and plums.-New ork Tribune
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friendly that It's influence in proven ting
what might otherwise have occurred In
the way of European int rventio Will
never be capable Of full measurement.
We owe her q deep debt of gratitude, and
the yeryieast we can do is to abstain
from interference IN her prese MT 8 truggles
IN South Africa
Th public are well aware, during the
progress of the Spanish war. that there.
was strong disposition amongst the
continental powers OF Europe to interfere
With us. and that Great Britain was
acting asfriendly part by JUS IN discoun-
stenancing any such action. The public
did not know the authentic facts. how
ever, and much OF its supposed informa-
ton was more or less conjecture But
General Alger was member of Mr. 0dc-5
Kinley.s Cabinet while the matter was
in progress. and he knew. therefore. ex-s
aotly what was taking place. His;
statements on the subject are authentic,
therefore, and arcto be relied on. and he
knew, therefore. that we had England's7
earnest cooperation at time when we
stood in real need of it. Is Democratic
delight at slabs directed against her a
proper return for such aid and assist
ance as she gave us then? The thing
is incomprehensible to US. We cant un-s
derstand it.
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Judge Hanckel,of Norfolk, yesterday re-
fused to permit the Commissioner Of VAL
uation for that city to qualify, holding that
the law under which the commissioner
was appointed is unconstitutional "A
mandamus will be asked of the Court of
Appeals, and so another test case viii
come before that tribunal. we believe
that Judge Hanckel will be sustained.
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The Virginia Sinking Fund Commission
ers yesterday purchased $4,000 worth of
century bonds for the State at an averases
price of so4s Thirty days ago bonds to
the same amount were purchased at s6.21.
These bonds have been steadily increasing
in price for the past several years, and 1t
is predicted in financial circles here that
they will soon sell at par. This speaks
we'll for the credit of the State of Vir-f
cinia i5l,sAf5iaS5.
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AFTERMATH.

n FlElN M III H 49,
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky, says
that it has been eighteen months since he
drank whiskey, and that he will never
take another drink.
General Lew Wallace, who was dele
gate to the Republican Convention which
nominated. Mckinley, has addressed from
indianapolis an open letter to the Repub-
licans of the State, in which he charges
that President Mckinley is attempting
to make colonies of Porto Rico and the
Philippines. to be governed by himself a.
colonial empire. He declares that the
President is negotiating for the islands OF
ST Thomas ID St Clsix. and that he is
controlling congress through patronage.
Cornelius n Bliss.<of New York, has
formally notified Senator Hanna and
President Mckinley that he does not wish
to be considered as candidate for the
yice-presidency. He suggests that some
Eastern man be selected.
80
Current exports Of merchandise from
the port Of New York are breaking all
weekly records as compared with pre-
iceding years. For the week ended yes.
terday the total exports amounted lin
value to s15102,734. against s15.2iS, 500 a
week ago and $3.50, 4l9 in the same week.
last year. Since January 1st the total.
~ = 49, - - Z
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Miss Curtis testifies that Salmon would
beg her to call him up on the telephone,
and that she did so several times day.
although the charge for five minutes
conversation between New York and Ro-s
chester was $3.50. Another letter read
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For the third time to-day will write
you. love you more than tongue can
tell. Darling. no liquor has passed my
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While these letters were being read
Salmon sat blu.shing, while the plafntiff
looked scornfully at him and the Jurors
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HOW is 1T POSSIBLE?

Here Is one reason. and there Is more
panies spent in 1898 for salaries and fees
almost 50, 000 more than % other rep
tresentative companies combined
Your excessive premium does not puy
CANT management. Magnitude is not
strength. There are stronger companies.
Better consult me. It will cost you
nothing and means much.
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Miss Curtis asserts that she lost
chance to reform through the failure OF
Salmon to marry her.