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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-11-26
MARIETTA
LIVERY STABLE.
(OPPosIT Z ENNEsAw HOUSE,
CHUCK ANDERSON, Proprietor
CHUCK ANDERSON, Proprietor

THE best of Vehicles, the safest of dri
vers and the fas est of horses are always
ready, night and day for hire. No man
or woman or child ever has givenme
call in the past, who has been, nor shall
any ever in the future be dissatisfied
with my teams or the men in my employ.
Everything and every body about me are
a number one.
| have 5heapened my charges proper
For references as to the truth IF what
say, as to the turnouts and charges, go
to my friends, which means the people
generally.
Parties hiring are strictly responsible
for the safety of themselves, vehicles and
horses.
J.A, G. ANDERSON.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-11-26
OVer-WOrk Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

countrywoman was under examination.
Now, my good girl" said the advocate,
you say you were near the spot when the
prisoner at the bar committed the act. Was
anyone with you at the timer
"Yiss, yiss, my lord ant advocate, my
sweetheart was wis me-"
Counting, l suppose?" was again asked.
'Is he here? We want corroborative evil
dence."
"Yiss, my advocate ant lord, shust oot-
side"
remarked the judge.
mo, no, my lord!" cried the witness.
"Gootnessh, no! l can hartly get him TO
court me when we're alone, ant I'm sure
he won't court me here afore you ALL"
Tn prospective juror was under exam
ination by the attorney for the defense, re-
ports the Record Herald.
Have you expressed an opinion on the
merits Of this case?"
"No, SIR"
Have you formed such an opinion?"
mo, sir"
Have you read of the case?"
mo, sir"
DC you know anyone who has formed an
opinion?"
well, l can't Just say as 10 that"
"Ah! now we're beginning TO get down to
interesting facts. You think IL possible
that you may know such a person."
II think 1t probable"
Eyes, yes, Of course. And do you know
anyone who has read about the case?"
81 know a man who has a cousin who
works on a newspaper and reads nearly
everything"
"Ha, then you have some connection with
a man who presumably has read about the
case and formed an opinion? Well get at
the whole truth presently. Now, sir, do
you know the prosecuting witness or any
Of his lawyers?"
mo, sir"
do you know anyone who does know
them?'
"We-ell@"
Speak up! Speak up! Don't try to con-
ceal anything"
well, I know a man whose wife's brother
once worked for the father of one of the
lawyers"
Challenged for cause!" cried the attor,
ney for the defense, triumphantly.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18
of the Salvation Army Told by Its Founder

crane wandering in the shallow water
searching for food, he drew the childs at
tention to the birds perfect adaptation to
its manner of life; it's long legs for wading,
the long bill, and the noiseless manner OF
putting the feet In the water.
we cannot" he said, look at the crane
but we see Gods design and love Illus
trated."
YES" replied the little boy, II see his
goodness as far as the crane is concerned,
but how about the hshes?"
The general was at fault this once for
a fitting reply.
Commander Booth-Tucker was. before
Joining the army, a magistrate in the In
dian civil service. Ills connection with
the Salvationists was brought about in this
manner Some one sent a copy Of the
'War Cry" to Australia to a friend, who,
in turn, enclosed 1t to Calcutta, from which
latter place II finally came into the hands
of Magistrate Tucker, wrapped about some
thing sent from the market. Mr.. Tucker
happened to pick up the sheet and imme-
diately became Interested. He had never
heard CT the army before. He finally re-
signed from the civil list and went to
England to join the general. Later he re-
turned to India, with others, to start the
campaign in the empire.
Commander Booth-Tucker Che assumed
the name of Booth at the time of his
marriage with the daughter of the general)
was the originator Of the system Of work
in India, by which the Salvationist officers
wear the native costumes. The com
mander, himself, has walked barefooted
through the land where he was formerly
a member of the ruling class. The COM
mander's first visit to this country was
marred by an unfortunate incident. Dis
guised, he visited a number of low lodging
places to find out their actual condition.
For some reason, the police became sus-
picious of him and he was arrested. Steve
Brody, the bridge jumper, went his bond,
and he was discharged in court. This
was in 1896, when he came to take charge
Of the American Salvation army.
The commander has a quiet wit. One
deg someone asked him why a small fault
In a gospel teacher attracted more notice
than a large transgression on the part Of a
bad man.
For the same reason, l suppose" he re-
piled, that a slight stain on a white cloth
is more noticeable than a larger one on a
colored cloth"
He was once advising a drunkard In the
Whitechapel slums to leave off drinking.
But how can l do this? % asked the sot.
you can stop as easy as opening your
hand"
"If you can prove that to me, l will do
what you say"
"Then," said the commander, whenever
you find a glass OF liquor in your hand, open
your hand before the glass reaches your
lips, and you will never drink again"
1t is said that the drunkard kept his word
and reformed.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

resisted, and the general went ahead. His
first efforts, however, among the lowly
must have been rather discouraging to him
self, and many a less determined person
would have probably decided to let existing
conditions remain. The young fellow had
become interested in the work of a Wes-
leyan chapel at Nottingham. With a party
of earnest young men he set out to work
the highways. Open-air meetings were
held and professions led down the Goose
gate, with the result that the chapel
soon began to fill up with a motley crowd
of tatterdemalions. Booth and his co,
workers were enthusiastic, but one day the
good old preacher of the chapel, with a
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

ceived the name corps and in 1878 the
first flag was presented"
1t was a long struggle for General Booth
before he finally reached a position where
he could see his way to success in the work
which he had chosen to do. At the very
beginning Of his desire to enter the min
istry he suffered a nearly fatal illness.
After a slow recovery he went to see the
old family physician, who said:
"The life of a Methodist minister will
cut short your career, If you try to take
it up, and you will shortly be before a
tribunal where you will answer for COM
hitting suicide"
But the impulse was too strong to be
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

- leader of the Salvation Army,
EW4NN with Commander Booth-Tucker
- and the members of his staff, has
stimulated public interest in this grand old
man of the uniformed evangelists. General
Booth is one of the men of the day, a leader
of men and a unique and interesting figure.
While in Omaha the general explained
how the name Salvation Army came to
be used. At the time when the army was
first assuming form in his mind and to the
others working with him, there was a great
interest in the forming Of volunteer corps
in London. 1t was the custom of General
Booth to print large posters announcing
his meetings with catch lines to attract the
attention of the public. One of his COM
patriots had written out a copy for one of
these posters which he showed to Mr.. Booth
for his approval. The head line, making
use of the volunteer popularity, read, "a
volunteer army for Christ" The General
looked it over and then, running his pencil
through the word volunteer" substituted
salvation" The author Of the poster liked
the change; Mrs. Booth liked it; the gem
eral liked it. And from that time the
rapidly growing missionary organization
was called the Salvation Army"
"In the beginning" said the general, 1--WE
had no idea of having a military organiza-
tion. That was gradually adopted as the
growth of the work made it necessary. l
knew that organization was essential for
any permanent good. 1t is a mistake to
suppose that we have taken the military
as a model. We have never taken anything
as a model-no church, no chapel, no army.
In fact the title captain was, in the
first instance, intended to be nautical rather
than military, and was meant to catch the
eye of the Whitby fishermen; the subse-
quent addition of the other military titles
was a matter of necessity. 1t became es-
sential to define the position of the as
sistant evangelist, and what more conven-
lent term could be found than that of lieu
tenant? Elders and class leaders were no
more and some substitute was necessary.
Sergeants and sergeant majors just met the
difficulty.
"Th rapid increase of the work made it
advisable to group the stations into dis
%tricts, under the charge Of the most ex-
perienced evangelist. A distinguishing title
again became a necessity. The clerical cata-
logue had been abandoned as unsuitable.
Hence it appeared advisable once more to
have recourse to military phraseology, and
the major and colonel were accordingly in
troduced. AS to my title-well, it also
came as natural as the rest. / had up to
then been plain William Booth, general SUI
perintendent Of the mission. Captain Cad
man one day announced me at a meeting as
the general of the Salvation Army. 1t has
stuck to me ever since. l never took the
title. 1t was forced upon me by others in
exactly the same way that Christians were
first so called at Antioch. The stations re-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

In an Iowa case brought against a dead
man, and so entitled by an attorney who
was apparently abzent-minded, the follow
ing motion was filed, as we learn from the
Davenport Republican:
Defendants motion to dismiss.
'In the district court in and for county.
CLAUS Knutson Morvke against Knuteson
Sofjord, deceased.
"Behold!!! Now doth appear the shades
of Knuteson Sofjord, deceased, and dis
daining to be sworn after the manner Of
men but with all the solemnity Of those
long dead objects to the jurisdiction of this
court.
First-For the reason that it appears
from the record that he is a nonresident Of
Iowa and a resident of Elysium and this
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

worried look on his face, drew the ener-
getic young man aside.
II wanted to ask you, Mr.. Booth know
you won't take offense at this-if you and
the other young brothers couldn't manage
to bring your people in at the back door
at chapel and seat them in the rear, where
they won't be so noticeable to the err
more respectable members of the congre>
gation?"
He first allied himself with the Yves,
~leyans, but found that he was not very
welcome and could not work along the
lines he wished. The reformers we're in
too unstable and divided a condition, on
the other hand, to appeal to Booth, with
his high sense of organization. He also
had some thoughts of joining the Congre-
gationalists, but finally decided upon inde>
pendent work. Later on he became the
preacher of a small Reformed chapel in
London, at a stipend of $3.50 a year.
Shortly before this Mr.. Booth met Miss
Catherine Mumford, who later became his
wife. The first meeting occurred at a
gathering where an enthusiastic, but un-
wise partisan, forced the general to %recite,
among a party which did not number many
temperance advocates, a poem called the
"Grogseller's Dream" In the heated dis
cussion which followed, Miss Mumford
.championed the general so strongly that a
mutual admiration sprang up. A wedding
did not follow for a long period of din
Guilty and indecision, during which the
general was once reduced to a 12-cent
piece, which he Enthusiastically gave to
an invalid girl.
General Booth is in reality entitled to be
called general, and is, strictly speaking,
a general of the British empire. 1t is an
unwritten law that whoever the sovereign
addresses by a military title is, of neces-
sity, of that rank. The queen once sent
a message to the head of the Salvation
Army, addressing him as general.
The use Of popular airs by the Salvation
army, set to words calculated to arouse
religious fervor, was a startling innovation.
1t is said that the practice began in Eng
land a number Of years ago in this man
ner: Captain Baugh wrote some verses
which seemed to At the tune of Cham
payne Charley" better than any other. The
matter was brought to the attention OF
the general, but he was dubious of the
effect of using a tune which had had such
associations, and finally vetoed its use. AT
a meeting shortly after, a song was called
for, and some person struck up this new
song. Enthusiasm was reused. Genera
Booth was pleased.
why, that is a pleasing tune. What is it p
THAT is Baugh's new song, set to Cham
payne Charley" was the reply.
"Well," said Booth, I'VE want all OF
that III we can get"
1t is related Of the general that in the
old days he was trying to impress upon his
small son the fact that God takes care OF
all his creatures. and that not a sparrow
falls without his knowledge. Seeing 0
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

the preacher should give a signal when he
thought the excitement was highest, and
from the attic through a hole cut in the
ceiling directly over the pulpit the sexton
was to shove a pure white dove, whose
flight around the church and over the heads
of the audience was expected to have an
inspiring effect, and, as far as emotional
excitement was concerned, to cap the eli
max. All went we'll at the start; the church
was packed; the preachers text was, I'm
the form Of a dove,' and as he piled up
his eloquent periods the excitement was
strong. Then the opportune moment ar
rived-the signal was given-and the packed
audience was scared out Of its wits on look
ing up to the ceiling and behOlding a cat,
with a clothesline around its middle. yowl-
ing and splitting, being lowered over the
preachers head. The preacher called to the
sexton in the attic: "Whar's de dover"
And the sections voice came down through
the opening so you could hear 1t a block:
"Inside. the cat!"
Shortly after the adoption of the code
in South Dakota and before local counsel
understood its working. reports the New
York Times, a young lawyer Of New York
City went there and began to practice.
DudIp as a DIltI anu DSluB wei NtlSSu
in the nicely of code pleading, he made
both bench and bar look like the proverblal
80 cents. Opposing counsel didn't mind
being beaten so much as they did having
to take his impudence. They finally pinned
their faith to the well known ability of
Justice Brewer of the United States SUI
preme court to repress the ardOr Of fresh
counsel.
wait" said they; he'll trim that
monkey"
The justice came on circuit. The young
ster appeared before him and was even
more offensive than he had been to the
local judges. But the smiles which his
brethren In the law had stored up for the
occasion were useless. He escaped unre-
buked.
The evening before Justice Brewers de-
parture an old and influential lawyer in
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

IL is related that a general officer OF the
British army in the Sudan who was in
specting a post on the line Of communica-
lions duly arrived one day at a little hut
which represented the headquarters OF the
army In some wind-swept hole. He entered
ana looking around espied an office table
and two trays, one full OF papers. Inter-
ested. he read the label attached to each.
The empty one was ticketed Business and
the other "Bosh." Excellent officer"
purred the visitor; Thoroughly under
stands his work" But when he went fur
Their and proceeded to examine the papers
in the "bosh" tray his feelings may be
better imagined than described on dnding
the documents consisted exclusively Of his
own voluminous orders and memoranda.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

court will take judicial knowledge that no
lawyers are allowed in that domain and he
is thus deprived of the ability to defend in
this action.
Second-The suing of a dead man is a
cruel and unusual mode of punishment un-
known to theology and forbidden by the
constitution OF the United States.
Third-Defendant admit. that the notice
of this action (Which was by publication
reached him and, on account of the uni
versal and uniform purity of newspapers
and their editors they are always received
in the land Of the blest, but shows to the
court that no officer of the court can be
admitted to enforce any judgment that may
be rendered against him.
Therefore he pTays that he be protected
in his grave from the prosecutions of law
yers and be allowed t. rest in peace.
-
The following letter is from a recently
elected justice of the peace to another
justice of experience:
II, Tex, Dec. 4, 19O2.-Friend 3:
Please write under what statute to bring
a suit for damages where there is a contract
for money rent to cultivate land only and
the renter uses the field to pasture stock
for third parties for a consideration, against
the consent of the owner OF the land. is il
a suit on the contract or in trespass to try
title? Also, the law governing the eject
ment. Of a tenant when time is up. Your
friend, P D"
"P. S.-When I refer to the statutes l
find so blamed much law l get puzzled.
p D"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

George Harding, the eminent patent at
torney, who died a few days ago in Phila-
delphia at the age of rs, was a man of vast
determination. He had been accustomed
for many years to pass his summers in
the Catskill mountains. One morning about
twenty years ago, while at a hotel there,
he expressed dissatisfaction with his
breakfast. The manager was in bad hui
NOR and replied: "If you don't like the
service at this hotel, Mr.. Harding, you
had better build a hotel Of your own" To
this Mr.. Harding promptly replied, 81
WILL" and he did, the result being that
before long the bumptious manage found
himself out of a job.
At a circuit court in a provincial county
town, relates London Answers. a young
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

)VERNOR PENNYPACKER of
Pennsylvania is an unusually
good Latin AMI Greek scholar, re-
lates the Washington Times, and
while presiding judge of the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

While a jury was being impanelled in cir
cult court in Washington, d. c., recently,
one of the talesmen asked to be excused
from serving on the ground that he suf-
fered from deafness.
Can you hear what l am saying?" Chief
Justice Bingham of the supreme court of
the District of Columbia, who was on the
bench, softly inquired.
Eyes, sir" promptly replied the citizen.
How does the deafness affect you, then? %
the chief justice desired to know.
why, your honor" the citizen explained,
II can't hear at all with my left ear"
The chief Justice smiled. 81 suppose" he
said, after a pause, that under the cir
cumstances you would be able to hear only
one side of a case"
The talesman was excused.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

common pleas court of Philadelphia-an
Office that he resigned On his nomination for
the governorship-he would occasionally
point som remark with an apt quotation
from the classics.
One day he did this in ruling out a ques-
ton, whereupon the lawyer whose case had
suffered from the ruling, said petulantly.
Talk English, your honor. l never was a
schoolmaster."
Nor a pupil either, perhaps?" the judge
suggested quietly.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18
Four Good Short Stories

vlted a few members of the bar to meet
him at dinner. During the course of the
repast the host ventured to ask the JUS
tice why he had allowed the young attor-
ney such wide latitude.
LET me tell you a story" said his
honor. zone beautiful, cloudless night the
moon rose in all her effulgent beauty and
attracted the attention of a cur dog. The
dog barked and barked at her."
Then came a pause and the justice con-
tinued to eat his dinner.
Finally the host said: We'll, Justice
Brewer, what then?"
oh" said the justice, "the moon went
right on"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

Ex-Speaker Reed loved his joke as dearly
in later days as ever he did In the times
when he was 50 much in the public eye in
Washington, reports the New York Times.
1t is related that one day he met
a friend from a small town In the interior,
where in rapid succession the cashier Of its
principal bank had been found a defaulter,
a leading business man had failed dishon-
orably and been imprisoned and the county
clerk diving there) had been convicted Of
misappropriating public funds.
Mr.. Reed greeted his friend very effu-
sively. shaking his hand h-artily and say
ing how pleased he was to see him. The
friend somewhat surprised at the extraor-
binary h~eartiness, said:
Mighty glad to see YOU, Reed, but WHY
all this-er-?"
why. because" replied Mr.. Reed. I'm
so very glad to see a man from X-who Is
out Of iail!"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

IJOR SHATTUCK of the Signal
corps tells an amusing story of
an old-time religious revival
meeting in a negro church near
Savannah. That the revival spirit
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

At a circuit court in a provincial county
Town. relates London Answers. a young
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-06-12
ONE TOWN is ISOLATED.
section OF nridg. over broad River
In south Carolina Gives Way
-riu, Lives Lost.

Charlotte, y. G., June o.-Deyclop-
ns.ts In the devastated mill settle
mcnts at Pacolct aud Clifton on the
Pacolct river In South Carolina do not
lessen the horrors Of the situation
there although II IL believed that the
loss of life will not exceed fifty per-
sons. The destruction OF property by
the food was far reaching, and even
yet u number of mill points. where II
Is feared damage has been done. can
not he heard from on account OF the
prostration OF telephone and tele-
graph wires.
Union. $. c., Ii isolated. The Lock-
hart mills, below Pacolct, for whose
safety fears had been expressed, are
only slightly damaged. At eight
o'clock Sunday morning 20o-foot
session OF the Southern railway
bridge over Broad river between Spar
tanburg and Columbia gave way,
stopping traffic. The Southern
bridges at Lawson's fork, Middle
Tiger and Enoree river nre gone, and
several bridges that still stand are I'M
safe.
Though the great food OF water 10
passing on 20 the ocean laden with
debris Of every description and the
swollen streams are subslding In the
Piedmont region, the loss OF property
Il increasing, and u conservative esti-
mate places the property loss at not
less than ~s3,5OO,OOO. During Sunday
dead bodies were washed ashore here
and there, and occasionally n dismcm.
bcrcd limb would float to the banks.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-06-12
Floods in the Pacolet and Tiger
Rivers, South Carolina, De-
stroy Property.
THE TWO MILLS At PACOltT GONE.
The Floods are sweeping Away Fac
tories. Residences aud Bridges,
and Creating General Havoc
Property Los. ut clifton, =. G.
VIII Prove Very Large.

Atlanta, Ga, June IA special TO
the journal from Spartnnburg, s. c.
says: Mill No. /. Of the Pacolct Cot
ton Co, at Pacolet. in S%partonburg
county, was washed away Friday
night by a terrible cloudburst. and
mill No. 9 vas totally destroyed. The
dams Of three mills were washed out.
IL Is feared there has been loss OF
life. rs the mills employed a large
number of operatives who lived near
the mills. The warehouse Of Mil !
was washed away, with the total
stock of goods. The hotel. Pre,by.
terrain church, livery stables and many
other buildings were washed away.
The food Is moving with the Pace.
let river, and is sweeping everything
before IL.
At Clifton. S. G., cotton mill No. /
was destroyed, and mill No. . is ex.
pcctcd 10 he destroyed.
The property loss for this part OF
the country Is very large.
Tiger river, between Grccnvillc and
~spar,anburg, Is out Of It's banks.
One span OF the Southern railway
bridge owe Tiger river at Greer was
washed out.
a dispatch from G~recn,illc, s. c.
says: Reports are being received here
of great havoc wrought by u storm
Friday night and early Saturday
morning. The steel bridge across
Tiger river at Arlington, several miles
above here, has been washed away,
and the Southern railways trcstle ut
Duncan Is gone. Several houses and
barns were washed away aud muct
property damage ut Grcers.