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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
CHAPTER XXI. Mir. Sanders Searches for Evidence.

The news of the shooting of Hotch- kiss spread like wildfre It created con sternation among the negroes. who ran to and fro, hther and wonder, like wild creatures. Many of the whites, especial Iy the thoughtless and the irresponsi- ble, contemplated the tragedy with a certain degree of satisfaction, feeling that a very dangerous man had been providentially removed. On the other hand, the older and more conservative citizens deplored it, knowing well that it would involve the whole community in trouble.
 Bridabin promptly disappeared from Shady Dale. but returned in a few days accompanied by a squad of soldiers and two nights after their arrival, when the officer in charge, who was a member of the military commanders staff. had in- vestigated the killing he gave orders for the arrest of Gabriel Toiliver Fran cis Bethune, Paul Tomin and Jesse rid well. The arrests were made at night, and so quietly that when the town awoke to the facts, the soldiers and their pris- oners were well on their way to Malvern.
 One by one the citizens ;astinctiveiy assembled at the courthouse. No call was issued; the meeting was not preconcerted; ; there was no common understanding; but all felt that there must be a conference, a consultation. At first there was fome talk of a rescue. and this would have been feasible. no doubt but while Lawyer TIdwell was violently advocating his course, MT. Sanders mounted the judges bench, and rapped loudly for order. When this had been secured, he moved that Meriwether Clopton be called to the chain The motion had as many seconds as there were men in the room.
 My friends" he said, 'I feel as if we were all in the midst of a dream. and therefore I am at q loss what to say to you The best that I can do is to coun- sel moderation and calmness. The blow that has fallen on a few of us strikes at all for what has happened to some of our young men may easily happen to the rest especially If we meet this usiir- patton of civil justice with measures that are violent and retaliatory. We can only hope that the hand that has led us into the sea of troubles by which we have been overwhelmed of late will lead us safely out again. For myself, I am fully persuaded that what now seems a calamity. will. in some shape or other, make us all stronger and better. I am an old man. and this has been my ex- perience. You need have no fears for the welfare of the young mem They will probably be tried before a military court but if there is a spark of Justice in such
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 sofa, and held Mans hand, caressing it softly.
 This is the way 1 used to cure Cab riel when he was i'll or weary" she said in tone too low for the others to hear
 Did you?' whispered Nan closing her eyes with sigh of satisfaction.
 This Is the second time l have been able to sit down since breakfast re- marked Mrs Lumsden
 "I have walked miles and miles, re- piled Nan, wearly.
 There was a noise in the hall and presently Tasma rid peeped cautiously into the room. "Wey you don wit Honey Nan?' she asked "she in dis house: you ain kin fool we"
 Come in, and behave yourself if you know how" said Mrs. Lumsden. Come in. rid"
 The African came into the room, act ing as if she were afraid some one would jump at her. Sit in the corner there at the foot of the sofa said Mrs. Lumsden. Tasma rid complied very readily with this command since 1t enabled her to be near Nan. The African squatted on the floor and sat there motionless.
 Mcrwother Clopton and Miss Fanny went away after awhile, but Mrs. Lums- den continued to sit by Nan, caressing her hand. Not a word was said for a long time, but the silence was finally broken by Nan.
 "Tasma rid, I want you 10 go home and tell Miss Johnny that I will spend the rest of the day and the night with grandmother Lumsden."
 After Tasma rid had gone, q silence fell on the house-a silence so profound that Nan could hear the great clock tick ing in the front hall.
 "If I had known what was going to happen when Gabriel came and kissed me good-bye,' said Mrs. Lumsden. after awhile, "I would have gone out there where those men were. and-well. I don't know what I wouldn't have donel"
 Didn't Gabriel tell you? Why" Nan paused.
 "Not hel Not Gabrielm cried Mrs. Lumsden in a voice full of pride He wanted to spare his grandmother one nights worry, and he did,
 Didn't you know when he kissed you good night that something was wrongr' Nan inquired
 tHow should I? Why, he sometimes comes and kisses me in the middle of the night even after he had gone to bed He says he sleeps better after wards.
 What was there in this simple state ment to cause Nan to catch her breath and seize the hand that was caresslng her.
 Gro Be Continued
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THE GROWTH OF EARS.
They Do Not Attain Their Full Slz'
 Till Death Comes.

From the New York Saturday Evening
 Post.
 The systematic examination of more than 10000 pairs of human ears In Eng land and France has resulted in some ln- terestine conclusions For one thing 1t ,s oscertained that the ear continues to grow in the later decades of life; in fact it appears never to stop growing until death. If one will take the trouble to look around in any assemblage Of peo- ple as at church, he will discover that the old folks have ears considerapiy larger than those of the middle aged, A woman who has small, shell-like ears at 20 years of age will be very apt to pos sess medium sized ears at 4V years anu large ears at SO.
 Why ears should go on growing all one's life any more than noses IS mys- tery There are a good many points about them that are instructive, their shapes being markedly persistent through heredity. Any ear will be handed down, so to speak, from father to son for gen. eration after generation with compara- lively little modification. Some authori- ties on criminology assert that criminals are. very apt to possess a peculiar ear, WHICH lS TtCOSniAtu pJ oA NNRNiS III SNNA matters.
 There Is probably nobody in the world who has a pair of ears perfectly matched; in most people the two differ perceptibly, not only in shape, but also in size. Ere auently they are not placed precisely alike on the head. The age of person may be judged with great accuracy by the ears, which after youth is passed assume an increasing harshness of con- tour A pretty woman whose first youth has departed may not show the fact in other ways, but these tell-tale features will surely tell the story of the flight of time. Then there Is the little wrinkle that comes just in front of the ear dur ing the 30s-a fatal and ineradicable sign.
 Near the top of each ear, just within the downward edge and slightly toward the back, will be fourd If one feels for it. a small lump of cartilage. This is a remnant of what was originally the tip of the ear, when ever so iong ago that organ in our remote ancestors had a point on 1t. Most of the apes today have pointed ears, but in human beings the upper edge of the organ has in the course of ages been folded over so as te cover the real tip.
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GABRIEL TOLLIVERI
4 NOVEL OF RECONSTRUCTION
 S>Bs Joe chandler Harris-<<<
oopyrlaht, 1aOs, by JoeI -chandler H.rrIs.

condition of Burrel Bohannon, exclaimed; "Yes, sir, he fell and lay there. He may have kicked a time or two, and think he mumbled something, but he was as good as dead"
 Bridalbin, restless and uneasy, had been wandering about the town, and came up just in time to hear this last remark At that moment a negro issued from the tavern with a lantern, and Bridalbin was not at all surprised to see Gabrieir Toliver with the rest; and he wondered what mischief the young men had been engaged in. Some one had been badly hurt or killed That much he could gather from Tidwelrs declaration; but who?
 He went to his lodging and to bed in very uncomfortable frame of mind
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MozLEY's LEMON HOT DROPS

Throat Hoarseness and Bronchitis.
 Druggists.
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Locating the Hot Air.

From Judge. How do like that furnace sold you last fall?" asked the deaYer.
 Tt would be all right if there was much hot air about it as there is about you" replied the present owner of the furnace.
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MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR
A Pleasant Lemon Drink.

Moeys Lemon Elixir Lem
  lantsa blood purifiers Sold druggists.   irregular Elixir leepesness
 
  Elixir and a druggists.
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The Difference.
From Life.

From L11e.
 ''If your daughter trusts me, sir, why can't you?"
 "she doesn't care how much thing costs, and l do.''
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AT THE CAPITOL.


  me- it the greatest medicine J H. Attorney Street, Washington, D. c.
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Gro Be continued0
Some Good Kind.

From Judge
 Mrs. Givem-Now, don't spend it on vile liquor
 Thirsty Tim won't lady Wot brand do youse generally call fer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-13
NO cRIMINALLonnY1NG.

The investigating committee was
unable to find anybody guilty of vio-
lating the law of the state in the mat
ter of lobbying. The public isn't sur
prised at that. We do not know
whether there has been criminal lob
bying or not, but we are quite GER
tain that a lobbyist, intent upon buy
ing the vote of a member of the Legis
lature, wouldn't look for him at the
state capitol There are other places
than the capital, safer places, in which
a member can be seen.
One member testified that he had
been offered $500 to vote against
certain bill, but he was unable to give
the name of the person making him
the offer. Indeed, he wasn't certain
that he could identify the bribe-giver
il he should see him. The offer, it
seems, was made on the steps or in
the halls of the capitol. Evidently
the bribe-giver in this case was green
in the business or else wasn't in q
position to make an offer of money.
Lobbying of criminal character is
a very hard thing to prove. 1t is sell
dom proved unless the parties to whom
the brides are offered voluntarily come
forward and give the information need
ed.
There is of course a good deal of lob
bying going on all the time at the
capitol, but as far as we know, it
is of a harmless kind-that is, it is
of kind that the law permits. From
the tone of some of the speeches made
by members of the Legislature before
the investigation began, there is a
strong belief on the part of some of
the legislators that there is criminal
lobbying going on pretty much all the
time. If that were the case it would
seem as if it wouldn't be a difficult
matter to catch a lobbyist now and
then.
Every once in a while the Legisla-
ture gets the notion that it is in dan
ger of being corrupted and bought by
lobbyists, and an investigation is or
dered, with the avowed purpose of
finding the guilty party or parties.
The fact that no lobbyists are caught
justifies the conclusion that it Is simply
a waste of time and money to search
for them. Even those who are loud
est in asserting that the lobbyists are
abroad, and that wicked work is be-
ing done in the halls of legislation,
have no definite information to give
an investigation committee. They
seem to think their duty is done when
they have preferred the charge. Still,
it may not be bad policy to make a
noise to scare the bad men away and
notify the people that legislators are
on their guard against them.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-13
MIR. GRAVES AND LYNCHINGs.

In his Chautauqua address Mr..
Graves took the position that lynch
ings will continue until the cause of
them is removed. and he seems to
think that they should continue. 1t
is his opinion that lynch law will do
more to remove the cause than any
thing else.
Lynchings have been going on for
many years and the cause of them has
not yet been removed. There are no
indications that lynchings will remove
the cause. 1t really seems that the
crime for which lynching is the most
common is committed more frequently
now than when there were fewer
lynchings. The publication of crimes
is believed by many to encourage the
commission Of crime, and so it seems
that the lynching of those charged
with rape causes an increase in the
crime of rape.
But the main reason why lynchings
should be checked is that they lead to
anarchy. The mob that lynches for
one crime to-day will lynch for an
other kind of crime tomorrow. The
tendency of the mob is to widen it's
jurisdiction. From lynching alleged
criminals it will soon begin to regulate
the affairs of society. Already it is
lynching men on other reasons than
that they have assaulted women.
1t isn't natural for the mob to con-
fine itself to one object. The history
of it shows it isn't. 1t wants to dom
mate, And that means anarchy. Men
get control of mobs who have other OBJ
jects in view than the lynching Of
those who commit one kind of crime
The more lynchings there are in u
community the less the respect for the
law in that community becomes. The
disposition to settle matters relating
to society outside of the courts in
creases. Finally the tyranny of the
mob becomes practically intolerable.
The safety of the country, of So
ciety, lies in respect for the law. Lynch
law tends to destroy that respect. 1t
is, of course, of the utmost Importance
that the cause of lynchings shall be
removed, but there is no evidence that
lynchings are removing it or. lessening
it. But they are pushing the country
in the direction of anarchy.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-13
No More Bonrders

Summer boarders. eh?" said Mr.
Higgins, with an ugly smile, according
to Comfort. mo, you bet we amt
got no more summer boarders!
never wanted 'em noway, but Mandy
she said it'd be pin money for her.
WAL We know, 1 Jest kinder smiled
when that air Mrs. Smith told Mandy
she'd have to have clean sheets every
day; and must say sorter laughed
in my sleeve when that Dutch woman
announced she'd have to have coffee
five times a day, an Mandy had ter
make it fer her. too. An then the
time that Smith young un smashed
half O. 'Mandy's dinner set told her
it wuz a Judgment, spite O. the fact
that l didn't half like it m'self. But,
by JudaS!" cried Mr.. Higgins, getting
mad OH the spot at the mere recollec-
ton, day fore yesterday, when
found that snide little Brown kid-the
one his father calls the Boy Inventor
when 1 found that cussed little brat
had unscrewed every nut an bolt on
my bran-new mowin' machine, to see
if he couldn't make a steam launch
outer the pieces, then them boarders
went an they went gosh-all-fired
quick tool"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-13

Chirography of a most unreliable
character made a postal card received
at the City Hospital Tuesday morning
the center of much study, says the st.
Louis Star.
1t was rather plainly addressed TOO
City Hospital" but the matter on the
back and the name which followed the
address were of almost undecipherable
writing.
Every doctor and every nurse in the
place took a whack at that card, but
all gave it up in mental disorder after
a wrestle with its horrible scrawls.
So as the only resort, it was shown
to every patient in the City Hospital,
Tommy Rowe, the office boy, carry
ing it through the wards.
Up in the female negro part of the
building Tommy found the addressee,
for so soon as Melinda Harris saw the
writing. she seized the card and said:
'Fo' suah, OATS fo' me-" and then
she added, "cain't none of yo white
folks read writin'?
Dat cahds from nah mothah, an
she asts to know if 1 wants some
choking brung up. An I sho'ly does
want choking"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-13
BRIGHT BITS.

-Stella-"Did he get down on his
knees when he proposed?" Behaves:
but papa won't set him on his feet
Puck.
Mrs. Sharp-"What is a great.
stout healthy man like you begging
for"' Bulky Butters-"Only 2 cents
mum. "-Chicago Daily News.
The Rooster-"But I should +binlr
you'd have enough to eat The Hen
Not at all, my friend! 1 have one of
those appetites that can be gratided
but not Satisfied."-Puck.
Wife Gin her latest dress from
Harry, what's the difference
between a gown and a creation p"
harry can't give the exact figures.
but it's small fortune. Punch.
NANNY" said Pickaninny Jim.
Use jes' discovered why a chicken
allus cackles so when it lays an egg"
You g'way FUN here!" Deed I has
She's begin you to take de egg instid
or her foh dinner Washington Star.
-Spartacus-"Dear, dear! Another
man ends his life with a bullet"
Smartacus-"Well, it seems to me that
life with bullet would be a thing
most anybody would want to end-so
lonesome and uncongenial. "-Baltimore
American.
Nov, tell me once more" pleaded
Mrs. Partington's married daughter,
was it Mr.. Corey who was elected
Pope to succeed Leo XIII, or Sarto
who was elected president Of the steel
trust to succeed Schwab ?"-Baltimore
American.
-"Drummer-"Let's see! There is a
show of some kind in the Town Hall
tonight, isn't there?" Landlord Pet
tyville Tavern-"Sure thing! Miss Ag-
mes Ammidon appeared here in East
Lynne in 1874, and pleased the people
so well that she's consented to play
return date tonight. Puck.
eff yor wife hands yo' a dollar dat
she has ARMED at de washtub an tells
yo' to go to de stoh an buy a pack
of -four, look out fur sight of a one
horned COW or a bob-tailed cat. Just
as shore as yo' meet up wild either o.
dem de old woman am gwine to heft
dat -four when yo' gifts home an find
it 25 cents short. Two minutes later
she'll be heftin' you.'-Detroit Free
Press,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-13
AN INI0UITOUs SYSTEM.

Two facts have been established in
the case of Mamie DeCris. One is
that she was fogged, and the other
is that she was forced to perform the
work of a farm Faborer in the fields
subsequent to the fiogging. These
things are admitted. 1t has been stat
ed that she received more than the
usual number of lashes, and that she
tainted from the severity of her task
in the field. Whether either of these
allegations as to detail is true does
not make any material difference as
bearing on the question to be consid-
cred. The bald facts are that she was
logged and forced to do hard work
of a character totally unsuited to her
strength.
Some of the yellow" journals of the
North and West have published stories
to the effect that Miss DeCris was "a
beautiful and talented young society
woman of Savannah" that she had
been "tenderly nurtured in a home of
ease" and that it was feared she
would die as a consequence of her
terrible ordeal" That, of course, is
rot sent out to the papers under At
lanta and Milledgevile date-lines by
constituencies correspondents, for the
purpose of adding a few dollars to
their incomes. Such correspondents
cannot be condemned too strongly.
They pile horror on horror for con-
slderation Of dollars and cents, giving
no thought to, or rather caring moth
ing about, the opinion that the world
must have of Georgia after reading
their highly eolored stories. The truth
is disagreeable enough, in all con-
science, without adding falsehoods to
make the story more sensational.
Miss DeCris was not a beautiful
society woman" She was a shop girl,
and seems to have had rather a hard
time in making ends meet in her daily
life. 1t is the opinion of persons COM
petent to judge that she is a degener-
ate and possibly kleptomaniac; that
she has not a proper appreciation of
the code of ethics that obtains among
normal persons. All of that may be
true; yet ii is TO be borne in mind
that she is young white woman, not
wholly perverse, who had probably never
in her life performed a stroke of Sc
we're manual labor until she was forced
to do it on the state farm. 1t APP
pears that she is of somewhat deli
cate constitution and of nervous tenn
permanent. And yet she was logged al
the state farm and forced to work in
the fields, on the complaint of an
other woman, because she had violated
some petty rule of the establishment!
Why did the other woman, the matron
place herself in such a position Of
familiarity with convict that the con.
Wet could talk back" at her?
The thought that forces itself on the
mind in connection with this case il
this If, under the present convict
| system, young white women are Sc.
verely logged and forced to per.
form rough labor beyond theil
strength, what, in Gods name, mus
be the lot of unfortunate negro mer
and women who fall under the domi
nation of the system! The iniquitou.
system. with its fioggings and brutal
ty, needs to be reformed for the gooC
name of Georgia.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-13

Booker Washington tells this story
of negro: He was employed to work
in a cotton field, and worked well for
a time, then he raised his hand and
turned his face toward heaven and
said: ooh, Lawd, de cotton am so dry
an de sun am so hot, an de flesh am
so weary dat dis niggah feels he's done
got call to preach"
Ten delegates in the fifth Con-
gress Of the Chambers of Commerce
of the British empire have arrived in
Boston and will do some touring in
the United States before going to Mon
treal, where the congress is to be held.
Among the delegates are representa-
tives from leading commercial bodies
in England and Australia.
John D. Rockefeller, whose hos
tility to the liquor business closed the
famous Weddell Hotel in Cleveland as
soon as the Standard Oil man got con-
trl of it, may build a. temperance hotel
on part of the Wedden mousse site.
Such plan has been discussed by L.
w. Bowers and J. G.. w. Cowles, man
ayers of John d. Rockefeller's real
estate interests.
1t is announced that a committee
of nearly 100 of the most distinguished
prohibitionists in Maine has been
formed for the purpose of making a
personal canvass of all the voters in
the state, endeavoring to secure their
signatures to small cards denouncing
the scheme to submit to the people the
question whether the prohibition sta
tute shall be continued in force or re-
pealed.
Count Della Reggie Salvatore, an
Italian nobleman has reached Seattle,
in the course of a remarkable walking
tour. In March, 1901. he made a bet
OF $4,000 with Duke Spinetta, also of
the Italian nobility, that in three years
ne would travel on foot through nine
dlnerent countries, including the
United States, without asking anyone
for money, food, transportation or shell
ter. He is privileged to accept what
ever is offered him. The count has
now walked $4,000 miles in Italy.
France, Germany, England and this
country. He now goes to Chilli. and
from there will walk across South
America, taking ship to Lisbon and
after travelling through Portugal and
Spain will reach his home in about nine
months. He is some considerable time
ahead of his schedule.