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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
Married az ThomnsylIIe

Townsville. Ca. June Miss Mary
lee Collins Of this city and Richard
herbert 81 Macon were married Thurs
ahs evening a. the home Of the bride
parents, Rev. }. IA. Logan Officiating.
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Mrs. A. Sinnna

Mr.. Harry Karger was called to New
York yesterday by the death of his
sister, Mrs. A. Simons, at her home
on West One Hundred and Twelfth
street
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
A TENNESSEE SHOOTING AFFRAY.
One Man shot to Death and Two
Others Badly Hurt.

Others Badly Hurt.
Erwin Tenn, June lone man was
killed and two badly wounded in
shooting ARRAY near here to-day Abe
Master and ]. L. Love had fight and
John F. Tinker. a half brother of Mas
tiers, became involved in the difficulty
Masters and Tinker renewed the diff
Guilty later and Tinker was shot
through the body and instantly killed
Masters and Love were seriously
wounded. Love may die. Masters
has fled
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
BRYAN NOT 4 CANDIDATE.
VIII Not Run on Fusion Ticket for
Governor of Nebraska.

Lincoln. Neb.. June I'm a state
ment given out tonight William j.
Bryan says he is not a candidate and
under no circumstances win he be
candidate for governor of Nebraska
this fall. The statement is in answer
20 an Interview with ex-senator Allen.
IN which the latter declared Mr. Bryan
should be a fusion nominee.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

-Bella,-"He said his ears bufhs-
awfully last night" stella-'Wel' } 10
sure he's got ears 70 burR."-fohA''
SALESMAN.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
A SALOON STANDING AFFRAY.
Macon Man May Die From Knife
Wound in Head.

Macon. June Ed. Lob, who was
stabbed in the head by Henry Hart in
the Crystal Cafe here last night, is in
a critical condition at the hospital.
Fears are entertained for his recovery
Hart is held to await results. The
broken knife blade had to be sawed
out of Loh's skull bone
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
t. w. HARDwICK IN MACON.
Thinks His Election n Victory for
Negro Disfra nchisement.

Macon. June 1T. w. Hard
He says his victory over Fleming de-
monstrates that the people of Georgia
favor negro Acknowledgement. He
says his election was a victory for
that principle He is thankful, never
the less. for the loyalty of his friends.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
SENT FREE
TO MEN.

Free Trial Package OF This New Dis
covery mailed to Every Man Sending
Name and Address-Quickly Restores
Strength and Vigor.
Free trial packages Of q most remarka-
bic remedy are being mailed to all VINO
Will write the State Medical Institute.
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man came to him and asked for a Job.
He was about Eppa Williams own age,
and he had been out Of work for
months. He hailed from KauaWha
county. In the north, and his name was
George Nandergift He told Eppa Will
Hams a story of trial aud hardship and
had luck. lie had been bucklisted in
the mines in the north and was stary-
ing.
The mans story caught the new boss
by the heart, and he grasped his hand
and said Take your pick and shovel
and go TO work, old man.
II was a red letter day for both young
men. On thai day a beautiful friend
ship was born between man ana man
Eppa Williams. the mine boss, and
George Naudergrft, the coal digger, be-
came inseparable. They loved each
other as small brothers at mothers
knee, as David and Jonathan loved
each other.
Eppa Williams took the young
stranger to his mothers home, and
henceforth the little brown cottage In
the valley became his home, too, and
Eppa Williams mother and sisters be-
came George Yandergrft's mother and
George Vandergrlft's sisters
Thus the two young men worked and
lived together as brothrs throughout
the long autumn Of 1901 into the winter
Of 1902.
And then a thread Of tender romance
came into the friendship whereby the
bond between the two young men be-
came even closer. They fell in love on
the same day, almost at the same hour,
and the women that they loved were
sisters.
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state, and the nation are submitted
IL | could only bring before you the
full spirit and benefit Of the national
federation as evidenced in the proceed
lngs of its sixth biennial at Los Ange-
les last May, your intelligence would
no longer pronounce the movement eth
er fashion or a fad According to re-
ports given at that meeting a large
proportion of state decorations are
striving to amellorate the conditions Of
suffering humanity, and all are aiming
to foster the finer sentiments Of man
kind and TO bring about a brighter and
a lovelier social life. In some states
reformatory and phianthropic work IL
carried on, In others great good Is be-
Ing accomplished through free travel
ing art collections, movements for Sc
curing forest reservations preserving
historic landmarks. stimulating inter-
est in arts and crafts, protecting wage
earning women and children, and estab-
fishing schools of domestic science and
manual training.
The education committee Of this state
federation purposes TO erect in our
midst one of the grandest monuments
ever dedicated TO united womanhood.
Many of you know that we are conf
IDENTIFY working TO establish a school Of
domestic science, including sewing.
child training and all that comprises
hOme- making in connection with our
state university. We feel Warranted In
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Observation-Disclosures
Following is the full text Of the add

Following is the full text Of the ad-
dress delivered by President c. L, Coul-
ter Of the Federation Of Women's clubs,
at Ogden, on Wednesday last:
With the record OF the year In mind
feel thrill of pleasure In being again
permitted to address you in convention
assembled. For We have reason 10 be-
lleye that our efforts TO extend, unity,
and render efficient the work OF this
federation have borne substantial fruit.
In this day OF commercialism. when the
IDOLS Of financial and material success
OBSCURE the brightness Of greater glor-
les there Is a rare quality Of inspiration
IN the character OF the altruistic indi-
Vloual, and OF the organization which
represents unselfsh forces. Indeed
hlsh tribute is due the women who nine
years ago raised the standard which Is
reading US into realms OF broader cul-
lure and ever widening fields Of useful
ness The spirit of our organization
uuflng the past year has been generous,
Vuueachng forbearlng, and altogether
neptul' The close alliance OF interest
ana EFFORT among the officers. members
VI ihe executive board, committees and
tlus presidents have made II possible
W 70 many things resulting in benefit
club life.
we are not claiming too much In say
,ns 'hal We stand today more firmly
uuNeu having stronger central pur-
bose and more clearly defined lines OF
"suoh' practiclng better working meth
S ts ana engaging the service OF a more
. representation OF women, than
AZ any time In our history.
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this large undertaking because Of the
great interest called forth by previous
experiments IA conducting one term
schools OF domestic science In Salt Lake
City.
The higher education Of woman and
the progress OF the age extend her In
terest today beyond the home mo busi-
hess and community affairs. Here she
soon learns that success depends upon
adaptability, experience, and scientific
preparation She realizes that with
the passing OF our grandmOthers the old
methods of h0useWifery, too, have
passed away, and the thought comes
that In cur modern way OF living, in all
the educational cumlcua of the pres-
ent,Fin all oar ifistitutiOi,s OF luarDlng
no place Is given TO scientific and
technical training for home making.
As new conditions present themselves
and old methods fall away new methods
must be instituted to meet the new con-
ditions or the home itself will fan
away. We are not willing 40 give up
the home nor are we willing 10 surren-
der to the old way Of doing all present
progress and education Of woman In the
requirement of which changed condi-
lions confront us in the home Nor win
this be necessary II we improve the
home by likewise subjectng II to
growth and Advancement.
Girls at the present time begin school
life at the age Of six or seven, some Of
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As you are aware the work of direct

As you are aware the work Of direct
ing the energies OF this federation Is
largely dependent upon its standing
committees, in the selection OF which
we have been most fortunate, While |
am strongly tempted TO tell you all the
things planned and executed by the var
ious committees | must not rob the
several chairmen OF their rightful priv
ileges, but | cannot dismiss the sub
feet without gratefully acknowledging
their fine, earnest work, and also the
unnagging support Of the able eXecu-
tive board which your wisdom selected
one year ago,
Despite the marked progress OF the
club movement throughout this nation
and the Unprecedented record which our
Utah federation Is making, ! am being
constantly appealed to for arguments
In favor OF federation.
sometimes | think the essential diff
ference between women and men Is
that women question and think after
ward, while men think and afterward
question:
We women have an almost fatal habit
of seeing In magnlfied proportion all
the small things close In. then We fail
TO connect them with the large things
far out, the things that are vital to the
state. the nation, and the world.
Apparently the value Of the individual
club rises large on our horizon while
we are altogether TOO near sighted 10
discern the greater glory Of the vast ar
ray Of moral ana Intellectual forces
presented by the national organization.
II Is TO be hoped those raising this
question may be present with us this
week when the reports from clubs the
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them even EARLIER Il they attend kinder
gnrten This takes them from the
mothers side, and prevents familiarity
with the processes upon which correct
home making depend with the years
Of growth the school duties demand
more and more time. II never ask my
daughter 10 do anything about the
house she Is so busy with her school
work, SAYS many mother Later So
cicty presents its charms, and the for
mer opportunity for learning house
keeping ana home making by example
and practice. as In great grandmother's
time does not present itself IN the girls
life. This Is not all our home life has
not been slmplhed by any means.
Rather have we added to the burden By
enlarglng our houses. loading them with
brie-a-brac draperies, cut glass and
china.
They are heated and ventilated by
complicated appliances and drain pipes
traverse them from attic to cellar
with all the helps Of applied inyen-
tions the strain OF living has by no
means been lesscned The process of
cooking has neither been simpl0ed nor
made easy. The mechanism OF The
household, now more than ever. de-
mands knowledge, skill and time, on
the part Of homemakers while the old
time familiarity with domestic life dur
ing girlhood is no longer possible.
The young man who would reach a
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From the day Eppa Williams was
Mo enough to open and close ooors lead
e., into the labyrlnthine corridors Of
,ha dark nit where his father and
brother worked. he has earned his bread
hv ,ba sweat Of his brow. In all Mer-
cor county, In all the great mountain
region lying southwest of Hinton. there
vac not TO be found more faithful
,ranner boy than little Eppa Williams,
soys the New York Herald. Even in
those days, now some thirteen years
ogo Eupa Williams, the boy of ten,
oava brilliant promise Of the heroism
nat was to distinguish Eppa Williams,
the man Of 49,
When the miner passed through the
narrow door which the trapper boy held
amen for him he knew that Eppa VIII
Ho,re was to be trusted even unto
dSaib lie knew that the boy would
sooner die than desert his post.
creat stories the miners used to tell
~ tho trapper boys bravery They were
stories lnnumerable as they were hero
,c Once when there was a terrific ex-
rlosior In one of the adjacent cham
hers near the passage guarded by Eppa
WnIams and when the other trapper
hovs became panic stricken and rushed
Tor the mouth Of the mine and the day
ugbt the little hero refused TO bulge
rom the place Of duty. nor could he be
forced to abandon his position until
every mangled form had been carried
ami Of the dark chamber of death.
The trapper boy soon grew too big
and strong for such simple task as
opeDing and shutting the trap door OF
n subterranean chamber. He was given
a nick and shovel and became Il full
0edged coal miner, From early morning
until nightfall the echo of Eppa Will
llams pick might have been heard re-
sounding In and out In and out, of the
dark labyrinth of passages. TAP, tap,
tap" from morning until night and
then a walk across the West Virginia
his 10 the little house In the valley
where his mother and sisters awaited
him (the father had met death In the
mines by this time).
aTap. tap, tap week In and week.
out. and very little sunshine between
times
TAP, tap, tap" through the months
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The girls lived at Hinton. on the other
side of the White OAK mountains and
| every Sunday morning found Eppa VII
llams and George Nandergrft off for
a day with their swct learts-long
happy. idylllc days foF the two devoted
friends aud the two happy, fortunate
sisters.
on the Sunday before Easter Eppa
Williams and George Vandergrft each
declared his love, and each was accept
cd as the betrothed husband OF the girl
Of his choice, and on that very day
plans were made md m early date set
for double wedding.
il was a happy week that fOllOwed--a
happy week. but a long one-for an
time is long To the ynuug man who has
sweetheart on the other side Of the
mourtain-and the newly betrothed
men could not find any time for court
ship between Sunday and Sunday But
at last Easter day daWned, the bright,
glorious Easter day. and the young men
set off happy and bubbling over with
Joy There was long, happy day spent
with the allianced girls and the parting
took place just in time to catch the last
train out of Hinton.
KILLED HIS CHOSEN FRIEND.
But Eppa Williams friend had one
great failing, indeed perhaps only one.
lie occasionally took n drop too much,
and this night II was many drops too
much He became Violently drunk on
the way back to Raleigh county. In
famed with whiskey his attitude
changed towards his dear friend and
benefaetor, who tried TO demonstrate
with him
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When they alighted from the train
Eppl Williams tried 70 get the drunken
man home, The latter rebelled and In
an insane moment picked up a stone
ana struck the man who had been more
10 him than brother He attacked
MN then with his fist and again stoned
MN ENasperated by the obstnacy Of
NanderRnft, and stung by this last
bloW' Eppa Williams picked up the
same missile and hurled II in the dark
I'D lhe direction from which Wander.
grit had thrown.
Hut alas fugitive as the aim had
becn, the stone bad been hurled better
thiu Ee knew, more certain than he
might have dreamed of even in IN most
towering passion A faint cry rang out
IN the darkness, and when Eppa win
llams ran to the fallen man he found
him unconscious with a fractured skull
Tragic outcome Of a day that had
daWned so happily? Eppa Williams car.
Red his stricken friend 20 the nearest
miners house, but the eyes did not open
10 recognize him. He carried him to
the railroad train early the next morn
ny ANA took him down to the miners
hospital In Hinton. whore he nurse1
him as mother would her child for
days and days. But the friend he loved
never regaIncd consciousness, and
week later George Vandergrift died in
the arms Of Eppa Williams. his dearest
and most devoted friend and IN the eyes
Of the law his murderer.
Al dawn, after tho long vigil with the
dead man was spent Eppa Williams
gave himself up 20 the authorities and
was speedily tried The jury, despite the
fact that everyone of the 10 sympa-
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bling voice, and in few moments that
Official had the satisfaction of bearing
lhe voice Of his escaped iailbrd. and
better still, the declaration thar he was
leaving for Hinton that night and
would arrive ot the jail some time the
next evening.
YOU had better withdraw your re-
ward sheriff, % concluded Eppa VIII
mans. I'm only DE that much money
thrown away II you don't"
All right answered he sheriff.
Goodby' said Eppa Williams.
'Goodby' said he sheriff OF Summers
county
Then Eppa Williams hung up the tcle-
phone receiver ana started ont into the
night, turning his footsteps east 90.
ward the dark, yerdure clad White Oak
mountains lie walked throughout the
night, and at morning found himself ont
In the fresh, beautiful country he loved
SO Well.
Ana ne was going back 10 prison vol
unfairly, A few miles TO the right. A
few miles to the left, he might 90 and
derry any sheriff In the state to eaton
MIN. But Enpl Williams honor was TOO
great to weigh even such q temptation.
on and on he jouneycd eastward,
through all the golden glory Of the ppr
rect September day over hin ana
down dale, along murmuring broolaj
ana over green hedges, pausing "a mo.
ment to rest ON a moss grown bank or
TO lie down .udor the green canopy OF
giant oak tree skirting dark forests ana
brushing past purple Tickets, aoppir
now to listen 10 a wild birds song or
TO the honking of a Wild goose: bending
TO DICK up stray wild flowers IN his
pain, surrounded on every side by a
luXurlant nature, rioting In q perfect
carnival OF beauty and Of freedom; on
ana on ana on trudged Eppa Williams.
back to prison. on and on. back 10 ten
years captivity
AZ nightfall "A hours after sending
his telephone message Eppa Williams
pounded at the door of the. sherIff's
house
u have come back, sheriff." said Eppa
Williams when the door was opened.
Il knew you would, Eppa," said the
sheriff Of Summers county. as he led
him 10 his cell there to await transfer
TO the state penitentiary where he has
already begun, Oedipus like. to work
out the cruel destiny with which an In
eNorable fate has overwhelmed him.
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and TAP tap, tap" through the long,
dark, sweat dripping years, until at last
Eppa Williams way a mana man ~
years Of age, man of 100 years of toll
and sef-denlal, At 20 years Eppa Will
Jams was not much OF scholar, for
he had been working hard almost since
habyhood. He could read a little and
write his name, and he knew just suill-
Gent arithmetic to add up the amount
of his starvation wages; enough arith-
metic 10 subtract the deductions for
broken picks and for oil and blasting
powder And that was about all the
arithmetic Eppa Williams, the coal dig
ger, needed.
But what he lacked IN reading, writ
ing aud arithmetic Eppa Williams more
than made up IN those things which are
not TO be taught by school masters or
learned In universities. Eppa Williams
had been endowed from birth with a
heritage Of sterling manliness and hon
or, which win often stand man IN
good stead of the more merchantable
virtues, And In good stead did they
stand the little trapper boy OF the by
gone years
Eppa Williams became q sort Of king
among his fellows, she sturdy, brawny
coal diggers. A king cannot disguise
himself. even under the sooty mask of a
miner. The poor bent, administrative
coal dlgPers found their kings face UNI
der IN efnul smelling miners lamp
BECAME A LEADER OF HIS FELL
LOWS.
Eppn Williams became leader No
body else had so much influence among
the miners OF the great Kanawha Val.
ley as had the strong, handsome youth
from Mercer county. And strong and
handsome he truly was, despite his long
years Of hardship and prlvation. The
trapper boy had developed into a verit-
able giant, man OF marvellous
strength. as BELTS real king; nor was
there a handsomer man In all that part
Of the great coal fields,
The miners were not alone in recog-
nizing this king, Soon the operators
and mine bosses came to value the keen
eyed. eagle faced young fellow. The
result of their valuation was that they
put him in charge Of mine. He be-
came boss at % years OF age, some
thing more than year ago,
Into the Stone Wall Coal Mines one
day. shortly after Eppa Williams had
entered upon his new duties, young
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th2ed openlywith the prisonerwas com
| PEELED to bring in verdict Of 'Voun-
| larry manslaughtgr' that the ends of
| justice might be met
Then to the county JAN Eppa VIII
| Hams was returned 10 await sentence
| TO the county jail in Hinton. not "a
stones throw from the house whore
! lived The girls whom he aud George
Nandergrlft loved
While he was waiting sentence bad
news came Of the VOrn tired old moth
err I'm the little cottage Worn out and
broken hearted through the awful ua-
gedy which had shattered her little fam
n.y. she was sick unto death.
BROKE JAIL TO SEE DYING MOTH
Err.
Eppa Williams knew well the futllltv
Of any attempt to ask for his removal
to his mothers bedside There was
nothing to do but to break iail. for see
his dying mother he must and he was
willing TO risk being shot down In at
tempting TO escape. And so one mid
night he succeeded In fling away the
bars of the grating a his high window
He tied his bedclotles together for "a
rope and swung himself from the see
ond story window of the jail and in the
tWinklng OF an eye was off into his
rome mountains
The starlight OF the September morn
Ing was fast growing dim under the
lush Of dawn whom Eppa Williams
gained the top Of the mountain west
ward Of Hinton he had been three
hours gone and the alarm had already
been sent In every direction. A price
Of $500 was put upon his head and the
country swarmed with men anxious foi
the reward
with the skill Of the born noun
taineeT Eppa Williams eyaded arrest.
By travelling at night through the
mountains and hiding In day time In
thlckets and caves he eventually
reached the little house in the valley
and his broken hearted mother
Two hours from the time he strodo
into the low cealed cottage the convict
picked up his hat and kissed his mother
Il sad g0odby and was off agaln--not to
freedom. but back to the Jail at Hinton.
II was starlight when he closed the door
Of his mothers house behind him and
STROBE down the railroad track TO the
telephone office.
Give me the sheriff Of Summers
county he asked the central. In trem-
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MRS. COULTER'S TALK
TO UTAH CLUB WOMEN

Federation Movement Neither Fashion Nor Fad
Phanthropic Work, Free Travelling Libraries, Art
Collections, Preservation OF Historic Landmarks,
Protection OF Wage Earning Women and Children,
And Establishment OF Schools OF Domestic Science
And Manual Training Some OF the Benefits OF the
Organization.
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0UF or THE Mountain West Story In
GWIe and
Passion ofa Cs Btd Bhg WomaaS Ma and
Man. bit Most Of A. a. Dwn
Ladng Irdgmin,