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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-08-04
THE MASONIC CONVENTION.

The First Annual Cobb County Ma
sonic Convention convened at Marietta
at 10 O'Clock Thursday, July 28th, with
Kennesaw lodge No. SO F. and A. NJ
The Convention was organized with
the following lodges, with delegates:
Kenhesaw, No. 33-Marietta.
Lathem, No. l2-Austell.
Acworth, No. 176-Acworth.
Lost Mountain, No. 357-Lost Mt.
Sandy Plains, No. :377-Sandy Plains.
Spripgville, No. 153-Powder Springs.
Meyerhardt, No. 314-Kennesaw.
helms, No. 323-Smyrna.
Roswell, No. 105-RoswelI.
The following officers were elected to
serve the coming year:
}. M. Austin, n. W.-Marietta.
A. J. Durham, S. W.-Acworth.
A. w. Suttles, j. W-Smyrna.
A. } Leavel, s. D.-Lost Mountain
g. w Green, J. D.-Kennesaw.
Len G. Baldwin, Sec-Treas-M Marietta.
H. B. Moon, j. S.-Powder Springs.
M. l.. McCleskey, S. S,-Sandy Plains.
Rev. J. j. Grow, Chaplain.
After the election Of officers. the re-
ports from all the lodges were read
Total membership in Cobb county, $50
Lost 8, by death. New members in
one year, Al. The condition OF the
Lodges all over the county are in fine
shape. The convention donated $50 to
the Masonic Home at Macon to furnish
room, to be called The Cobb County
Masonic Convention Room"
Worshipful Master Geo E. Nolan
made the welcome address TO the visit
ing Masons. The convention opened
with 1870 Masons present.
The next meeting will be held with
Acworth Lodge the 4th Friday in
July, 1905. The Cobb County Conven-
ton means great deal for Masonryin
Cobb county.
AT II O'Clock, on account of the rain,
the exercises and the dinner were held
In the armory.
At 2:30 the masters degree was con-
ferred on two candidates by Kennesaw
Lodge Team, and the work was as good
as can be seen anywhere. After the de.
gree short talks were made by Messrs,
II. H. Roberts, of Atlanta, A. W. SUIT
ties, of Smyrna, G. w. Green, of Ken.
nesaw, and others. Every visiting Ma
son admired the new hall and fixtures,
Hon. John w. Aiken and Hon. Max
Meyerhardt were detained and could
not. come.
If the weather had been good fully
800 people would have attended this
convention. A great deal of credit is
due Messrs. Len c. Baldwin, John P
Cheney and j. NJ Austin for the sue
cess of this convention. Mention is
due Messrs. G. c. Grist, w. F. Roesell
and f. G.. Gilbert for attending to the
refreshments. In all the Cobb County
Masonic Convention was grand sue
cess.
At night in the lodge hall a most
excellent concert was very interest
ing feature. The program being as
follows:
Music by Hardemans Orchestra !;
Vocal Solo by Mrs Leila Grist from
bone Solo by Mr.. A. NJ. Weems, Kecita-
ton by Miss Lucy Gilbert; Piano Duett
by Mrs. @. P Stephens and Mrs. Leila
Grist; Bass Solo by Mr.. Beyerle Clar-
onet Solo by Mr.. Marvin Conway, of
Piedmont Orchestra, Atlanta
An elegant address was delivered by
Grand Master 7. J Jeffries, of Atlanta.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-08-04
The bill to rotate the Judges in this
State has been tabled in Legislature.

State Entomologst Sanderson, of
Texas, says the insect in Georgia, sent
him. is not the boil weeyil, but chick
beetles, the adults Of small worms
which attack corn in the ground,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-08-04
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Marietta, Ga, July 30th, 1904.
The regular annual meeting of the
Stockholders of The Kennesaw Marble
Wompany will be held at the Office OF
the Company, near Marietta, on Aug
ust 18th, at 10 o'clock a. m.
H. 9. CLEMENT, Vice Pres.
A. V CoRTELYoU, Secretary.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-08-04
BUSY MAN.

Binks is the busiest man in the
country now"
That's strange. l thought he Yves
so rich he didn't have to work"
His riches are responsible. He
bought big touring auto short time
ago. Now, when he isn't fixing some
break in the machine he is in court de.
ending damage suit"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-08-04

The man who trusts God is not
suspicious of his neighbors.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06

MRS. LINCOLN DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
plant Lincoln in the affections of the
proud and aristocratic Miss Todd.
There We're those who thought Miss
Todd's encouragement of Douglas an
nrtitice to spur Lincoln on to manifest
his love with greater fervOr, but lady
relative of Mrs. Lincoln, who lived
with her after her marriage, is au-
thority for the statement that Mary
loved Douglas and but for her promise
to Lincoln would have married him.
Douglas was unremitting in his at
tentions to Miss Todd and seemed to
go out of his way to annoy Lincoln
with his rivalry. Finally the unfortu-
nate position she was compelled to oc-
cupy between the two young men re-
suited In making Miss Todd Ill. Her
brother-in-law and physician, William
Wallace. to whom she had contided the
real cause of her sickness, went to
Douglas and asked him to end his pur
suit. This Douglas did with great re-
luctance.
If Miss Todd intended by a Irritation
with Douglas to test Lincoln's devo-
ton she committed a great mistake.
Lincoln began to feel the sting. One
evening he called on Joshua Speed, to
whom he was indebted for his intro
duction to Miss Todd, and showed him
letter addressed to Mary telling her
that he had deliberated on the matter
Of their engagement and that he did
not feel that he now loved her enough
TO marry her. He asked Speed to de-
liver this letter. Speed refused and ad-
viscd Lincoln to go to Mary in person
and settle the subject once for all
Speed waited until nearly midnight for
Lincoln to come back. When he came
and Speed asked him if he had follow
ed Ills instructions he said: Yes, and
when | told Mary | did not love her
she burst into tears and wrung her
hands as If in agony. talking incoher-
emily. | found the tears coursing down
my own cheeks. took her in my arms
and kissed her.
Convinced that Miss Todd considered
the engagement ratified instead of bro
ken as Lincoln at first intended, lie
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06

brother-in-law. Bennett Able, in New
Salem, before Miss Rutledgc died. She
came again to New Salem about year
after Lincoln's great loss, when he was
peculiarly susceptible to feminine SYM
pathy. Their intimacy ripcncd until it
eliminated In an offer of marriage.
Miss Owens declined his proposal with
all kindness. Lincoln renewed his offer
later, but 1t was again refused.
The year 1910 found Mr.. Lincoln In
his thirty year and still unrnar-
riCd Il have come to the conclusion,
he said In letter to Il friend shortly
before this time. never again TO think
Of marrying" But mcanwhiic lie had
seen more of tie world. I'i" S'ate capl
tai had been removed to .>.':.nglield,
and Lincoln soon observed lIr power
of social and family corrections.
Though still poor and laclinG ;..r -sraces
and ease of bearing oDtain'ri through
mingling in polite society, he had risen
to Il high place in the law and in poll
tics and numbered among his friends
many men of wealth and consequence.
Mary Todd, like Lincolns two earlier
swecthenrtS. kcntuclian, went TO
Springfield in 1889 to live with her sis
ter Mrs. NInian W. Edwards. She
was of a rich family and one In whose
veins coursed the bluest blood Of the
south. She was then In her twenty
first year, Of strong, passionate nature,
and had left her home in Kentucky be-
cause "Shc could not live under the
same roof with stepmothcr." She
was of average height, rather compact
ly built, with well rounded face, rich
dark brown hair and BLUSH gray eyes.
In her bearing she was proud, but hand
some and vivacious. She was eXcep-
tionally we'll educated and a brilliant
convcrsationalist.
Lincoln was LED through the intlu-
ence of Joshua Speed, a firm friend of
the EdwardseS, to call on Miss Todd.
and he was from the first her captive.
The contrast in their characters made
Lncoln's courtship of Miss Todd n
strange one. 81 have often happened
in the room where they were sitting,
relates Mrs. Edwards, "nnd Mary was
scarcely said word. He gaZed upon
her as if irresistibly drawn toward
her by some superior and unseen pow
er." Mrs. Edwards believed that while
Lincoln was deeply attached to Mary
they could not always be congcnial
and advised against the marriage.
Mrs. Edwards advice fell on stony
lii 10 bo
point of an engagement. when new
and disturbing element loomcd in the
path. This was no other than the dash
ing and handsome Stephen A. Doug
las. Lincoln's rival now in love as in
after years he became his rival in pub
lie life.
Douglas was vastly more attractive
to women than Lincoln, and 1t is not to
be marvclcl at that he should sup
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06

continued his visits, and things went
OH smoothly as before. Douglas had
dropped out of the race, and every
thing pointed to an early marriage.
The time fixed for the wedding was
the first day of January, 1911. Careful
preparations for the occasion We're
made in the Edwards mansion. The
house was decorated, the supper pre-
pared and the guests invited. The lat
ter assembled ON the evening set. Miss
Todd, in bridal array, sat in an adj
joining room. Nothing was lacking
but the groom. He had been unac-
countably delayed. An hour passed.
and the bride as we'll as the guests
grew restless. Another hour passed.
Messengers were sent out through the
town. and, each returning unaccom-
panied, it became evident that Mr.. Lin
coins absence was prcmcditatcd. The
party broke up, and Miss Todd retired
to her own room. Toward daybrcak,
after persistent search, Lincoln was
found. Restless, gloomy, desperate, he
seemed an object of pity. His friends,
strange episode, watched him closely.
Every instrument which could be used
for suicide was kept from him. Mrs.
Edwards ard Miss Todd did not hesi-
tate TO regard him as insane.
After two or three weeks of brOOding
in scclusion Lincoln was persuaded to
accompany Speed to his home in Ken
lucky The change of environment
drove away the cloud which had set
tied on I.incOln's mind, and he returned
to Springfield nearly cured. He re-
sumed his practice of the law and let
the memory of his engagement to Miss
Todd trouble hiLa no more. Their ways
had diverged. But through Mrs. Sim
rnn Francis, friend of Miss Todd,
they were brought together again. Aft
or brief second courtship Abraham
Lincoln and Mary Todd were married
~ Nov. 4, 1912, at the home of Mr..
edwards. Herndon asserts his belief
tat Lincoln married Miss Todd merely
tc save his honor. He came to his
wedding. says HerndOn, 'pale and
trembling as a lamb TO the slaughter"
When Lincoln was dressing in the
home of his friend, Mr.. Butler, pre-
tlring to meet his bride, Buffers little
n asked him where he was going.
10 hell, | suppose" was Llncoln's
answer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06

the proprietor of the village tavern
when Lincoln went to that place In
1888. Lincoln boarded at the tavern.
Miss RutledGc, who was then about
seventeen, was betrothed to n young
man from the east, John Mcneil, who
had become one of New Salem's lead
ing citizens.
Her lover, having accumulated what
was then fortune, determined to pay
visit to his old home in New York
state. and before going away pledged
Anne to await his return, at the same
time making the singular revelation
that his name was not Mcneil, but Nc
Namar When he reached New York
he wrote to her that his old father 3
declining health would require his pres
encc with him for some time. Then
he wrote of his fathers death. Other
letters followed. but they grew fewer
and less affectionate and finally ceased.
In the meantime Lincoln had come
to love Anne IA he never loved another
woman, and as her attachment to Nc
Namar weakened through his contin-
ued absence and silence I.incoln's suit
progressed. In time she was induced
to promise that she would marry Lin
coin If McNamar should formally re-
lease her. She wrote to McNamar, but
her letter was never answered, and at
last she accepted Lincoln uncondition-
ally But the strain to which she had
been subjected had been too great for
her to bear, and she gave way under
IT. She was seized with brain fever
and sank day by day until all hope was
abandoned. During the last days of
her illness her doctors forbade her
receiving cny visitors, but she asked
for Lincoln so continuously that few
days before her death he was admitted
to her bedside.
When Lincoln heard that Anne was
dead he roamcd the woods in woeful
abstraction, almost madness. His con-
dition became so serious that he was
sent to the home of Rowlin Green,
who lived in secluded spot in the
hills some distance from the village,
where lie was won back to something
like his normal self. But the wound he
had received in the death of Miss Rut-
ledge seems never to have healed.
Long aftcrward, in speaking of her
resting place, he said to a friend my
heart lies buried there" and he told
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06
LINCOLN'S
STRANGE
COURTSHIPS
By JONATHAN JOYCE

copyright, 1901. by Arthur J. Palmer.l
a BRAHAM LINCOLN was above
~ all things, human. With all
"a his greatness. he WAS man
Of like passions with ourselves,
and in nothing was this humanizing
touch of nature better shown than in
his loves.
Aside from the boy and girl rOmances
of his school days, LincoIE'S Gft,idcnce
had kept him from much !'''ociation
with the opposite sex, and II was not
until he had reached the full stature
of manhood that he was strongly
drawn toward any woman not Of his
own family Then he met Anne Rut-
ledge She was n beautiful girl, of
Kentucky birth. with auburn hair, blue
eyes. n fair complexion and of slight
physique. Her father was one of the
founders of New Salem. ILL.,, and was
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06
" HOLE \ uMBER, 1854.

criminate very carefully between the
eloqucncc of the forum and the elo-
Qucnce of the hustings. Human ma
turc ruled both alike. and the man who
was the most effective speaker in
political haranguc was often retained
in a lawsuit rs the most likely one to
win in cause before jury.
There Is little doubt that in this
way many rctaners came to Lincoln.
Fees money in any form-had no
charm for him. In his eager pursuit
of fame he could not afford to make
money. He was ambitious to distn-
gush himself in some great service to
mankind, and this ambition for fame
and real public service left in his na-
turc no room for avaricc.
However much he earned. lie seems
to have ended every year no richer than
when he DS,an it, and vet rs time
passed fees came to him libcrally. One
oc $1,000 is recorded, very large fee
ut that time in any part of the country.
AS already suggested, the legal profess
sion always has been and Is now the
main avenue to public life, and his
training and experience in the courts
had very much to do with the devel-
opment of those forces of character
which lie so successfully displayed in
later years on a broader field.
His ready wit and infinite good na-
turc were clements of strength to him,
especially after his entrance into pol
itics, and even his personal appearance,
which was always attractive, won him
the favor and confidence of the masses.
He was not n good looking man in the
ordinary sense of the term, and yet
there were times when, moved by
great impulses, his face would light
up and become almost handsome. AS
an illustration of this the following in
cident is given. which | think is new,
and certainly bears every evidence Of
gCnuincncSS:
In 1888 during the senatorial cam
paiGn in Illinois, when Lincoln was
canvHssinG the western part of the
state. he ,nHdc speech at Rushville. In
Schuyler county, which was reported
by young lady who wrote occasion
ally for the local paper, the Schuyler
Citizen. AS an Introduction to her re-
port of the speech, Which appeared in
the next number of that journal. she
said:
80 many people had told me that
Mr.. Lincoln was miracle of home
linesS expected to see the uglest man
in Illinois Instead of that saw
man whose face lit up in Il most cX
traordinary way when he talked. and
don't care what anybody else's opinion
is. | want to say that consider Mr.
Lincoln one of the handsomest men |
ever saw"
a copy of the paper, with this para
graph carefully marked, was sent to
Mr. Lincoln He took it at once to his
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06
BY j. II.
ROCKWELL

menced the practice
of law in Springfield, in 1887, social
conditions We're extremely simple, and
so were the courts and the administra-
ton of justice.
Books were both expensive and few
in number and public libraries thins
almost unknown. But the people loved
justice. upheld the law and followed
the courts and were not slow in finding
their favorites among the advocates.
The lawsuits of those days were eX-
cccdingiy crude-the principles of nat
ural justice being mainly relied upon
to dispose of them at the bar and on
the bench without resort to technical
learning. But despite this fact there
were many highly educated and power
full men ut the Illinois bar even in those
early days, and it was by constant con-
tact and conflict with these that Lin
coin acquired professional strength and
skill.
In those early days in the west every
lawyer. especially every court lawyer,
was necessarily politician, constantly
cNSaS"u III lle puDllc ulScuSSlOn OF
many questions evolved from the rapid
development of town, county, state and
federal affairs. Then and there in this
regard public discussion supplied the
place which the press has since mOnOp-
olized. and the public speaker who 10y
clearncSs, force, earnestness and wit
could make himself felt on the qucs-
tiOns of the day. would soon come to
The front. In the absence of popular
entertainments, which are now So conn
mon. the people then found their chief
amusement in frequenting the courts
and political assemblies. In either
plac" he who impressed. entertained
End amused them most was the hero
of '.e hour. They did not dis
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06
By 6. L.
LANGDON

t,--*a RAISING to officials
who were held re-
sponSible for buSincsslike and vigOr-
Gus administration of military affairs.
On one occasion at least Lincoln's
good nature was baked by the grim
secretary of war, Mr.. Stanton. The
president favored certain mans ap-
pliCation to serve the army as chaplain
and sent the applicant to the war de-
partmcnt with the usual Endorsement
on the paper:
Dear Stanton-Appoint this man chap
lain. A. LINCOLN.
The man soon reappeared at the
White House with the following in
dorscment under Lincoln's:
Dear MIR. Iincoln-IIe Is not preacher.
E. M STANTON.
Some time afterward the man ap-
pcarcd again at the war department
with this Endorsement written under
Stanton's:
He is now. A. LINCOLN.
Stanton promptly returned 1t with
the Endorsements:
There is no vacancy.
E. NJ. STANTON.
This called forth another executive
Endorsement, saying:
Appoint him chaplain at large.
A. LINCOLN.
Stanton wrote underneath:
There is no warrant of law for that.
L. NJ. STANTON.
Out of patierse at last, the president
Grote:
Appoint him anyhow. A. LINCOLN.
Equally ont Of patience, the secretary
yrotc underneath the laconic dictum:
l will not f. M STANTON.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06

wife. Mary" he said, Il have always
thought until now that you were the
only woman on earth who considered
me Il handsome man, and l have not
been absolutely certain about that, but
It seems there is one other"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06
STORIES
OF
LTNCOLN

ED ETWEEN 1886
Ea and 1850 the
population of
Illinois increased
twenty fold, a n d
when Lincoln com
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06

HOUSE WHERE LINCOLN WAS MARRIED,
FELLOW members of the Illinois legisla
ture that he dared not carry a pocket
knife lest he be tempted to take his
life.
In time another Kentucky girl, Mary
Owens, came into Lincoln's life. She
differed from Miss Rutledge In that she
had been highly educated and had been
reared in wealth. Her social position
seems to have been the rock on which
Lincoln's second love was wrecked.
She had met Lincoln when visiting her
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-06

Y INCOLN'S nu-
merous deeds
of kindness to
all sorts of people
often proved embar-
RAISING to officials
who Ivnro hold rn-
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-24
THE GREAT EMOTIONAL DRAMA
WITNESSED BY A GOOD
HOUSE
ALBERTA GALLATlN
An Ideal Mother, Shows Her Emo
tionaI Powers-A Delighted
Audience.

It is rarely ever that Richmond
play-goers have the opportunity OF
witnessing a production like that at
the Gennett theater last night.
Ghosts" as put on by Alberta
Gallatin and her excellent company IS
certainly a master production of lb-
sen s great play. The five people who
compose the east are all superbly
fitted by nature for the parts they
take. In the first place Alberta Gal
latin, as the mother, showed the great
love of a mother for an only son. Few
realize just what it means to the
average emotional actress to reclte an
ordinarily heavy part, but, when 1T
comes to holding the center of the
stage for over two hours, in lines that
depict human agony IN every word,
it is certainly superb and that is the
word that best expresses our opin-
ion of Miss Gallatin.
The play is exceedingly grewsome,
and, while broadly suggestive, con-
tains a great moral lesson. The part
Of Manders compares favorably with
that of Miss Gallatin. The carpenter
was a distinctively new character
creation, and the Interpretation of the
part was good.
The sins of a father, inherited by
the son, was the part of the piece
that all else surrounded-it was fine
play on heredity. Claus Bogel was
simply great, and, at the climax when
reason fails him, he certainly had
the vacant stare as it was never seen
before.
The pastor is very clever, and, while
he has no real heavy part, his inter
probation is good and his stage pres
ence elegant.
Rose Curry, as the maid, carried
ont her lines well, and proved herself
capable of acting when occasion re-
quired.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-24
JAMES QUIGLEY
PASSES AWAY
AFTER AN ILLNESS COVERING
TWENTY YEARS.
DEATH RELIEVES HIM
Remarkable Case of Family Devotion
That Has Few Parallels.


James Quigley, who has resided in
this city for great many years, died
last night at his home, 224 north
seventh street, after an illness extend
ing over twenty years. The deceased
was about sixty-two years of age,
and native of county Clare, Ireland.
Besides his wife, Julia, two sons,
Michael and James and three daugh-
ters, Anna, Mary and Margaret, two
brothers and three sisters survive.
The funeral will occur from St.
Mary's Catholic church Saturday
morning at 9 O'Clock. Interment at
St. Mary's cemetery.
Here is a case of death that de
serves especial mention. The de-
ceased, James Quigley, was one of the
most ambitious men in the city
twenty-five years ago. He loved to
work and provide for his family, and
did so to a marked degree. About
twenty years ago he was stricken
with palsy, from which he has suf-
fered ever since, in helpless condi-
ton. During all these trying years
his good and faithful wife and chill
dren have attended to his every want,
and added every comfort that good
care and kindness could bestow upon
husband and father. Tt would seem
that the great care would become a
burden in all these years, but it was
not so; for he was Just as lovingly
cared for the last week Of his illness
as he was the first. It was a case of
undying devotion that has few paral-
lels. Besides this no complaint was
ever heard to escape his lips. Such
devotion now days is rare, and the
family are certainly greatful that
they did their whole duty and did
it WELL