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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21
A HAUNTED HOUSE
IN BARLOW COUNTY

Mrs. Anna O'Keef. Of Atlanta, Is visIt-
ing her old home in Barnesle, Barlow
county. She writes Interestingly to friends
Of an old home there:
This Is a grand old historic place,
'Woodlands.' Il used to be called, and is
now the property OF Mrs. B. @. Saylor.
One Of the houses on the grounds is said
70 Be haunted II was built way back in
the dim past. and many are living that
declare they have seen strange sights and
heard unusual noises In the rooms at
night. This splendid structure was begun
years ago by an elegant old gentleman Of
colonial days. but was. never finished. as
he died before the work was quite COM
pieted.
The woodwork in the library Is beautiful
and massive The home is furnished as it
was for the old gentleman's occupancy
and shows beds that are reached by
STEPS. old mahogany tables, spinnet that
sun gives forth feeble sound, and old
fashioned chests full OF rich clothes and
hats and 'bonriets Of we oiden time An
old clock worth thousands OF dollars Is
{ here. Nothing has been changed for a
hundred years in this haunted house. The
grounds are terraced and thousands Of
hyacinths. violets. dewdrops and other
oid-fashioned flowers give evidence OF past
culture and care. Grand and majestic frs
keen sentinel around the place. and the
dark arborvita lends a sombre tone 10
some parts OF the grounds.
There are three clear springs with run
ming streams. an old. UNCOVERED spring
house. and green hills and distant noun
tains 10 make the place enchanting. Be
sides. the place figures in Augusta Evans
wilson's novel. st. Elmo which adds to
its interest Many tourists visit the place
and make the summers here very charm
ing"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21
BY M. B. WHARTON, D. D.

They welcome us at our birth, are present
at our wedding and breathe upon us when
we leave the world. So we welcome the
advent of flowers.
After the cold dreary winter. how well
come they are as they come TO delight us
with their beauty, to charm us with their
fragrance, to express our Ienderest feel
ings, and sympathies. to decorate the
graves Of our dead, TO recall to us the
beauties and glories of the lost Eden and
urge us to reach the land where flowers
bloom permanently-the promise of God.
What a blessed thing 1t is that we live
in the Land of Flowers land concern
ing which Robert Burns would say:
Where summer first unfolds her leaves
and there the longest tarries. &
The Conservatives of the south are love-
ly; the rare gardens like those of Eufaula,
Montgomery, Lagrange. Augusta and
other towns and cities more so; but after
all to enjoy flowers in all their attrac-
tiveness we must go out into the fields,
and woods, and view Them as nature
strewed them in all their wild and capt.
waiting loneliness.
They have homes, circles society. GUS
toms-a kingdom all their own, and they
seem to live for and upon each other.
For example. to put it alphabetically for
the sake of the young reader. when
flowers are born what flower nourishes
play with? With buttercups and China
berries What do they partake OF? Ba-
mana shrub and apple blossoms. Who are
their prettiest maids? Black-eyed Susans,
blue bells and american Beauties. When
they fall in love what do they prize? Pas
sion flower When parting with their
friends what do they give them? Forget
me-nots. When they want visitors what
do they wish? Caulihower. When they
kiss what do they use? Tulips. When they
frolic what do they have? Wild thyme.
What object do most of them have when
they wed? Marrigold. What do they say
when Indifferent to riches? Anemone (any
money! To what are they comrhmended
when thirsty? Water lilies. What do they
like to receive from lovers? Candy tuft
Who are their most admired correspond
ents? Jonqufls What ink do they use?
Violet. What. millionaires do they have?
Asters and Sages. How do they send
their messages? Byitelegraph vines. When
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21
THE FLOWER SEASON
NATURES MILLINERY OPENING

they reject a lover what do they give
him? Lady's slipper. What is their favor
ite handiwork? Sewing on bachelors but
tons. Who are most forlorn among them2
Old maids. When they go to war who
leads them? Marechal Mel. What are
their favorite weapons? Sword fern, snow
balls, blades of grass and artillery plants.
What do they avoid when with their low
ers? Dogs eye. What covet on some
occasions? Night shade Whom do they
marry? Sweet Williams. How do they
tell fortunes? With palms. When elect
ed queens how are they crowned? With
laurel. What is their sceptre? Golden
rod What do they ride? Horse radlshes
and peonies. What colors do they like in
horses? Bay and sorrel. When they die
what mourning do they use? Crepe myr-
tie. What mourning is used by their
widows? Weeds.
Wonderful, wonderful indeed is the Ian
guage of flowers; wonderful are their very
names.
They sympathize with US in trouble. re-
ioice with us in prosperity comfort US
when sick. amuse us with their eccen-
tricities when we need diversion. smile
upon us at our meals, look upon US In our
business places. and assist US at church
In our devotions. God be thanked for the
flower season, the resurrection Of the
beautiful, natures great millinery open
ing, when everything in her vast domain,
every stem and bole. and twig, and vine
is presented with a hat more beautiful
and tasteful than any artistic designers
of Paris can supply.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21

The time for flowers will soon be here.
Already the advance guard has appeared
in innumerable buds and blooms that have
constituted our Easter glories. But few
more suns and showers win bring out the
whole army of beauties that decorate the
earth and give Joy to man. How wonder
full is the kingdom of flowers! What
desolate world we would have without
these gems more to be enjoyed than costly
stones in royal crowns.
All people, high and low, rich and poor,
love flowers. The humblest people in our
cities, with only a room or two for their
homes, have pots of bewitching flowers
in their windows, with the quaint refiec-
ton of the Hermit Of Clavernook: You
see, sir, If we can't go to nature, we must
bring nature to u.s." In the crowded ten
antries Of Ireland and on the Continent
If there be only ten acres on which to
support a large family, a little plat OF
ground is sacredly kept for flowers. Dick
ems in "Our Mutual Friend" describes
little garden scene in the East End of
London. where Riah the Jew enjoys the
pleasant air in his garden on the housetop.
A traveller to a lonely island in the Great
Sea beheld a gentleman in his gown of
many colors and green slippers, his head
bound with a red bandana, tending his
flowers, turning up the soil and using bis
water pot. 1t was Napoleon at st. Helena,
ne WHO ndQ ONGIluIiAcO NlAOhCS oAA0-
stroyed hundreds Of thousands of human
beings, found his chief delight In nour-
ishing and marshaling his flowers.
How sweet these flowers are! Henry
Ward Beecher said: Flowers are the
sweetest things God ever made and forgot
to put a soul into" And how they preach
to US! They say to struggling, anxious.
unhappy men: BE content as we are and
you will. be peaceful as we are; just yield
to God as we do, and your souls will be
as beautiful as we are; be as modest with
all your virtues as we are, and men and
angels will love you as they do US and
cali YOU blessed; give without covetous-
ness as we do, and God will bless you as
He does us" Christ preached through
flowers. saying: Consider the lilies how
they grow they toll not, neither do they
SPIN but I say to you that Solomon in
ali his glory was not arrayed like one of
these"
Flowers are the language of affection.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21

II has frequently been declared that in
the personality OF Hampton. of South
CaroIina'-as the people OF Dixie were
wont TO call him. and as he loved to be
called-was incarnated the genius OF the
old South.
He was the scion OF a long line OF proud.
wealthy. and accomplished forbears. and.
like those forbears, he was an aristocrat
in every fiber OF his brain and body-pos-
sessing all the virtues and all the short
comings. all the graces and all the foibles
OF his class.
Proud he was. with that gentle pride
which has no kinship with hauteur, and
brave with that serene and ever even
bravery that Dumas grants to kings and
eagles" And gracious he was, with that
graciousness which has in Il no tinge OF
familiarity and no hint OF condescension.
And honorable he was. with that pecu-
liarly pure and lofty kind OF honor in
which modern fancy is fond OF panopling
the characters OF Romans OF the Repub-
lie. and which not even the cheapest and
most reckless demagogue. in the revOlu-
ton that overthrow him, so much as
thought OF trying to asperse.
From the opening 10 the close OF his
long career, Hampton set his own ideals
and duties. and then serenely advanced
toward them. regardless of who or what
tntervened, and making never Stop OF d
turn TO win the friendship or avoid the
enmity OF any Of those who stood In or
beside the path, eager to surrender their
opposition for a smile from him, or re-
solved to smite him IL he scorned to di-
vert his footsteps and make a detour
where they stood.
Following in this course which he had
marked out for himself regardless of the
opinions OF other men, Hampton journey
ed in his lifetime through scenes Of war
and scenes Of 'peace-across quiet land
scapes. wherein cotton squares were blow
ing and hooking birds were making music
of the hours-cver ensanguined fields
where men were Keeling and staggering
in the death-grip. and bullets were whin-
ing and sabers fiashing-through stately
forums and through gay and brilliant
ballrooms-up SUBMITS of success and into
valleys OF misfortune-through stretches
1T with the dazzling radiance OF splendid
triumphs and through shadows black with
the inky gloom of direst misfortune, de-
feat. and grief-and always and ever all
along that route, at every point OF II, he
was serene. self-poised, and inhextble,
wearing calm and almost a sweet smile
the while, and displaying no exultation,
revealing no despair. bidding for no favor,
and Offering no studied affronts.
Thus he was when he swept in the head
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21
PERSONALITY OF HAMPTON
BY JOE HIT, IN WASHINGTON TIMES.

long charge in the forefront OF "Hamp-
toms Legion" and by reason of the fact
his men followed him with devotion and
a faith that nothing could shake. And
thus he was, when he swung into the. fight
for "the redemption of South Carolina
And he still was so when he won 1t.
Redemption Of South Carolina"
And when the people OF South Carolina
the great common people. as the popular
phrase puts it-7that class which he loved
with all the love of his lions heart as a
whole, and wanted nothing to do with as
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in their might and
swept. from power the bourbon order OF
which he was the head, he retired, still
serene, with a sigh for those who had
fought for him and a smile Tor those VINO
had whelmed him.
When the Confederacy fell Hampton
wasted no vain tears. spent none Of his
vitality in feeding despair. sought no
temporary consolation in dreams of what
might have been or Of what might be II
hut instead. true to his personality. and
singularly illustrative Of II, he calmly laid
his sword aside, studied for moment
the conditions which had followed Apo
mattox. debating how best to grapple with
them, and then grappled.
At that juncture in his career there was
opened to him, as to so many others OF
those who had followed the fortunes Of
the SOuIn. TWO alternatives III lACt OAC u
which involved hardship and danger and
one OF which offered nothing but material
prosperity. His duty. however, he thought,
lay with the former. and. with the former
he accordingly went-pausing not second
to decide. and stopping not moment to
gaze upon the fair personal prospects
which he was passing by. And by reason
of that choice and the services he rem
dered his name is enshrined in the heart
Of the southland.
stood for Class Rights and Lost.
Later. under very different circum-
stances and in a very different. way. he
revealed TO the fullest that very different
quality which made of him such a perfect
figure of the ante-bellum southerner of
the upper class.
This was in the revolt OF the South Car
DINA Democracy which swept from power
the states ancient "aristocratic govern
ment."
"A rule Of bourbons," the leaders of that
revolution cried, land the common people
have no chance so long as they rule" and
when Hampton. the king of the bourbons,
was confronted with the cry and told by
his devoted people that If he would but
utter a single word in denial Of the shout
the shouters would be silenced and the
uprising would cease. and begged to utter
that word, he. for answer. declared in
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clarion sentences that the cry was true
that South Carolina was governed by gen
tlemen, and that the government they Of
fered was better for all than any the COM
mon people could set up.
Easily could Hampton have saved him
self and his personal fortunes, An eva
sion. a yielding, a single shout for ''the
common people," and he would have
survived the order for which he stood.
But he scorned to do any of those things
-he scorned to change or even hide his
uniform-he Haunted 1t, instead, and
said that by what it stood for he would
stand or fall-he shouted that 1t was
true he belived gentlemen only were mt
to govern, and he declined to surren-
der his beliefs or stand aside for the
avalanche bearing down upon him-and
so he was swept over and burfed-as
other splendid champions of obsolete
systems have been engulfed and buried
by the avalanche of progress, as those
gentlemen who remained loyal to the
principles which Louis personified were
crushed and ended by the French Rev
olution juggernaut as they stood fast
beside the standard of Divine Right.
confederacys Beau Sabreur.
This great defeat of Hampton's, how
ever, no. more disturbed the lofty seren-
ity of the soul than did the many tri-
umphs and defeats that had gone be-
fore, and the Hampton who died yes
terday was the same calm-eyed, sen-
poised. and courtly man as him who
was the Confederacy's beau sabreur.
Those who saw him in his closing
years saw an exquisitely neat old man,
with a delicate chiseled face, and
snow-white floss, and they observed, II
at all observing. that two great scars
lay upon, him, like emblems of his ca
reer, and that true to himself. he wore
them like ornaments. those marks which
would have dishgured any other man.
1t is not a rash prophecy TO say that
when the personal animosities which this
old Bourbon aroused have gone with
those who cherished them, South Caro-
lima will forget that Hampton stood OPP
posed to the common people and Will
vote him her noblest son--by reason OF
the unequaled purity of his career, the
holiness Of his purpose, the devotion
of his soul, the unselhshness Of his am-
bition, and the dauntlessness Of his
heart, and because Of the great service
which he, in spite Of dazzling tempta-
tions, and for sheer love of his state
and pride of race, rendered South Car
DINA.
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ously deposits the gold headed cane I'M
der the desk bows and withdraws to take
up his duties as doorkeeper on the Demo-
cratic side for the day. This procedure
is observed, too, when the senate ad-
journs for the day and Senator Vest is
ready to go home.
Edwards has assisted Senator Vest in
this manner for the past three years.
For two years the malady which racks
the frame of the senator has been grow
ing perceptibly stronger and he has grown
accordingly weaker. But while the frame
has weakened II Is remarkable to relate
Senator Vests mental faculties have re-
tanned all their old-tiTne vigor and power
and he Is yet regarded as one of the ablest
men of the great American congress. His
lengthy speech on the ship subsidy bill
was often interrupted by intervals of
weakness when he would stagger and
nearly fall yet II Is considered perhaps
the 'clearest and strongest argument
made on the Democratic side.
The pathos in the manner of Senator
Vestss arrival in the senate chamber is
remarked by senate members and even the
visitors in the gallery. The moment he
appears at the door with his faithful old
friend a hush falls upon the chamber.
Every eye is turned towards him until
he Is seated. Then the regular order pro-
ceeds but from the galleries and even the
floor frequent glanceS are directed TO-
wards him, interest being awakened no
doubt by that brilliant mentality set in
body so frail.
But all during the daily sessions Senator
Vest leans 5ravely back in his chair and
closely observes the proceedings of the
body in which he has for so many years
been leading figure.
When he is gone host of memories
will cling about the desk where he spent
the last year of his great public career.
Whoever may come to the senate in his
place. there can be no loftier sentiment
expressed towards him than the hope that
he will prove as valuable to his state and
to his nation as was George Graham
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21

the American girl appeared so enhancing
In her Easter hat and gown in the
churches and on the avenues of Washing
ton, to have gone back on her today by
saying she is FRAUDULENT specimen of liv-
ing oleomargerine! With all her inery and
flowers and ribbons and colors she Wao
still the incompara BILE American girlv'
Representative Talbert, OF South Caro-
lima, got off a good one at the lawyers re-
Gently. 1t was during a debate on the
pension bill. Representative Vandiver, or
Missouri was taking exceptions to some
thing Mr.. Talbert had said on the floor.
Now If my friend was lawyer, said
Vandiver, ''he would understand these
things" =
Taibert sprang to is1eet and in tones Of
mock indignation cried;
'''But I am not lawyer. am an honest
man. Therefore I cannot understand these
pension things"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21
YANKEES WANT DUM0NT
TO TAKE A SEA TRIP

NEW YORK, April IA syndicate ten
tatively supported by officials OF the
brooklyn Rapid Transit is preparing TO
offer Santos-Dumont an opportunity to
disport himself in American atmosphere.
The syndicate viii, 1t is stated. raise a
fund of $1,000 for the purpose Of enabling
NJ. Dumont to navigate new dirigible
balloon out to sea from Brighton Beach.
up the Narrows, around the Statue OF
Liberty, up the East river, above the
Brooklyn bridge, and the New East River
bridge, and back again to- Brighton
Beach.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21
BY MILF SAUL.

spooner In his speech the Texas senator
had1drawn a comparison between young
girl coloring her cheeks and an agricul-
turist coloring oleonargeri1e.
1.-THE senator from Texas shocks me"
Depew replied. when he compared the
color Of oleomargerine to the art by which
a young girl wins the heart of her lover,
felt that the American girl had been put
in a wrong position before the American
people"
Bailey retorted:
ct forgot for the moment a recent oc-
currence in the life of the senator from
New York or should not have said II"
Said Depew then:
"And but for that occurrence I should
have left II to n younger man to come to
the rescue of the American girl. 1t was
the Texas senator's youth and beauty
which astonished me when he made that
remark. And he never ought, so soon after
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21
N. w. GROSS WILL TAKE
THE STUMP FOR GUERRY

II vas announced az the Query headquarters
this morning that Hon y. ". Gross. Of Thom-
son. would take the stump In the interest OF
Dupont Query fer governor. He has announced
the following dates:
Lincolnton. Lincoln county. April 18th. az Y
m Appling. Columbia county. Nay % At
II a. m Washington, Wilkes county. May 5th
Nay 6th AZ y a. n Union Point. Greene county.
Nay IN AZ II a. m Sparta. Hancock county.
April 10Th a. n q m: MfiledEeviIie. Baldwin
county. Nay 9Th a. II q m: Irwtnton. Wiikin-
son county. Nay i1th az n a. m Sandersvllle.
Washington county, May I7th at II q m. I:
a. m. Swairsh1ro Emnnuel county. May 1oth
at n a. m Mtlien. Screven county. May 2ist
~ II e. ui-s Waynesbcro. Burke county. May
I'd ~ ~ a m
Mr- Gross Is considered a very effective
speaker and win no doubt have large crowds
20 hear him
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FIorIda FavorIte WatermeIon.

A splendid melon for family use in the
south. Medium size TO large and very
prolific. Early and OF the finest flavor.
Melons weigh from 20 to 40 pounds and
are Of a dark green color. slightly striped
with lighter green. Flesh red. crisp. ten
der, melting and very sweet. sure
and heavy cropper.
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New Stone Tomato.

The heaviest yielder Of all tomatoes In
this section. Fruit very large. smooth
and nrm and OF the finest quality. This
variety does not rot or split easily and
lasts well into summer. Good for either
slicing raw or for canning.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21

The Rev. Stopford A. Brooke has consented.
in response to the wishes of many friends to
undertake a six months preaching ministry at
Little Portland Street Chapel, Regent street
London. beginning in October. The chapel was
formerly the scene of DR.. Martineau's London
ministry.