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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-22
The Home of Juliet
From the PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
There is lamentation in Verona, and
along the Via Capello, the ancient fronts
of the houses re-echo the dolorous ac-
cents of the Veronese, for the palace
of the Capulets" has been consumed
from rooftree to cellarage by fire, and
the occupation of the guides who con-
Quoted people thither and the cicerone
who solemnly showed them Juliet's bal
cony is irrevocably gone, along with the
building of romantic and reverend tradi-
ton. -
What difference did the inscription on
the marble tablet over the gateway
make? What though the unimpassioned
Baedeker refused to give credence to the
legend of its, former occupancy? The
Veronese devoutly believed it was the
house of the Capuletti. and the income
clasms Of. modern professors of history
and archaeologists had no power to shake
the faith of thousands of pilgrims on
their sentimental journeys to the spot
where Romeo is supposed to have stood
and poured forth his soul to his beloved.
1t did them good to believe that from
that balcony Juliet actually leaned to
hear the imprisoned plant of the in
comparable lover. The scientific histori-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-22
THE BARRIER
Copyright, 1908, by
Harper & Brothers.
All Rights Reserved
GP SNove1 By REX BEACH
AUTHOR OF THE SPOILERS"

and its auaintness had so amused her
father that on rare occasions, when the
humor was on him, he also took it up.
She now addressed herself to Burrell in
the same manner.
Il think we are very smart to come so
far" she said.
Iryou travel like a deer" he declared,
admiringly. why, you have tired me
down" Removing his pack, he stretched
his arms and shook out the ache in his
(which way does our course lie now,
Pathfinder"
fright up the side of this big. and then
along the ridge. In two hours we come
To a gully running So" she indicated an
imaginary direction-'which we go down
till it joins another stream so, and right
there Wen find old No Creeks cabin.
so! Won't they be surprised to see us!
I think we're very cunning to beat them
in. don't your" She laughed a glad little
bubbling laugh, and he cried:
"Oh, girl! How wonderful you are!
Its getting very dark and fierce" she
chided, land all the homework must be
done"
So he built a fire, then fetched a buck
ct of water from a rill that tricIled down
among the rocks near by. He made as
IL to prepare their meal. but she would
have none Of it.
''Bigs should never cook" she declared.
THAT work belongs to Titles" then
forced him to vacate her domain and
turn himself to the smaller duties Of
chopping wood and boughs.
First, however, she showed him how to
place two green foot-logs which the tea
pot and the frying pan would sit without
upsetting and how long she wished the
sticks of cooking-wood Then she Danish
ed him, as it were, and he built wickiup
of spruce tops, under the shelter Of which
he piled thick fragrant pillows Of "Yu-
kon feathers"
Once while he was busy at his task
he paused to revel in the colors that lay
against hill and valley, and to drink
in the splendid isolation of it ALL Below
lay the bed of Black Bear creek, silent
and sombre in the creeping twilight; be-
yond across the westward brim of the
Yukon basin, the peaks were blue and
ivory gold in the last rays of the sun;
while the open slopes behind and all
about wore a carpet of fragrant short
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-22

wood dam, but she would not let the
soldier shoot, and made him pass II by,
where II sat amazed till it realized that
these were lovers and resumed its
fishing. Gradually the stream diminish
ed. and its powdered bed became more
difficult TO traverse, until, assuming the
as-z OF q leader, the girl commanded him
10 lay off his pack, at which he pre-
tended mutinously to obey, though thrill
ing with the keenest delight at his own
submission.
what are you going to dor he in
quired.
Mind your own business, sir she
commanded, sternly.
From her belt she drew a little hunt
ing knife. with which she cut and trim
med a slender birch the thickness OF his
thumb. whereupon he pretended great
fright and said:
PLEASED please! what have done?
"A great deal! You are a most bold and
stubborn creature"
can pack animals are stubborn" he
declared. TITS the only privilege they
have
MY only presumption is in loving you"
That was not presumption" she
smiled; 'it was presumption. You must be
punished"
Il shall run away" he threatened. ct
shall gallop right OF through the woods
and-begin to eat grass. am very
wild"
As she talked she drew from her pocket
a spool of line, and took a fiy-hook from
her hat; then, in trice, she had rugged
a fishing-rod, and, creeping out upon a
ledge. she whipped the pool below Of a
half-dozen rainbow trout, which she thrust
into his coat while they were still wrig-
cling Then she as quickly put up her
gear, and they resumed their journey,
climbing more steeply now, until, when
the sun was low. they quit the stream
bed and made through the forest towards
the shoulder of an untimbered ridge that
ran down into the valley. And there, high
up on the edge Of the spruce, they select
ed a messy shelf and pitched their camp.
They had become so intimate by now
as to fall into a whimsical mode of
speech, and Necia reverted to childish
habit in her talk that brought many a
smile to the youths face. It had been
her fancy as a little girl to speak in ad-
jectives, ignoring many of her nouns,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-22

lived flowers, nodding as # towards,
sleep, and over all was the hush of the
lonely hills. gust blew a Whit of the
camp smoke towards him, and he turned
back to watch Necia kneeling beside the
fire like some graceful virgin at her al
tar rites, while the peculiar acrid out
door odor of burning spruce was like an
incense in his nostrils.
He filled his chest deeply and leaned
on his axe, for he found himself shaking
as if under the spell of some great ex-
pectancy.
your supper is getting cold" she
called to him.
He took a seat beside her on a pile of
boughs where the smoke was least troub-
lesome; he had chosen a spot that was
sheltered by a lichen-covered ledge, and
this low wall behind, with the wickiup
joining it, formed an enclosure that lent
them a certain air of privacy. They ate
ravenously, and drank deep cupfuls of
the unfiavored tea. By the time they
were finished the night had fallen ano
the air was just cool enough to make
the fire agreeable Burrell heaped on
more wood and stretched out beside her
This day has been so wonderful" said
the girl, that I shall never go to sleep.
can't bear to end it."
"But you must be weary, little maid,
he said, gently; 81 am"
''Wait, let me see." She stretched her
limbs and moved slightly to try her mus
cles Yes, 1 am a very tired. but not
the kind of tired that makes you want
10 go to bed. / want to talk, talk, talk,
and not about ourselves either. but about
sensibles. Tell me about your people
your sister,,
He had expected her to ask this, for the
subject seemed to have an inexhaustible
charm for her. She would sit rapt and
motionless as long as he cared to talk
of his sister, in her wide, meditative eyes
the shadow of great unvoiced longing,
1t always seemed to make her grave and
thoughtful, he had noticed, so he had
in particular he wanted to do so, for
this was no time for melancholy. He had
not even allowed himself to think, as yet
and there were reasons why he did not
wish her to do so; thought and realiza-
ton and a readjustment of their relations
would come after tonight, but this was
the hour of illusion, and it must not be
broken; therefore he began to tell her of
other people and of his youth, making
his tales as fancful as possible, choos-
ing deliberately to foster the merry hui
NOR in which they had been all day. He
told her of his father, the crotchety old
| soldier, whose absurd sense of duty and
whose elaborate southern courtesy had
become a byword in the south. He told
| her household tales that were priced
like pieces of the Burrelr plate, beautiful
herlooms of sentiment that mark the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-22
Illustrated By
Denman Fink
CHAPTER VI---The Burrem Code.


Not until his dying day viii Burren
lose the memory OF that march with Ne
cia through the untrodden valley, and yet
its incidents we're never clear-cut nor
distinct when he looked back upon them,
sut blended into one dream-like process
sion, as * be wandered through soma
eft-nts-s where ever image was de-
HehtfuIIy distorted and each a0 delic-
.>usly unreal. yet all the sweeter from
its fIeeting reality. They talked ana
laughed and sang with a rush OF spirits
as untamed as the wssz<- n the course
they followed. They wandered, hand-in-
hand. into a land OF illusions, where
nothing tangible but joy. The touch or
their lips had walked their delight which
comes but once IN a lifetime and then
70 but few; il was like the moon-madness
az the tropics or the dementia of the
forest folk in spring. A gentle fren-
" possessed them, rendering them insen-
sfble 10 fatigue and causing them 70
hurry the more hreathlessly that they
might sooner rest and sit beside each
other. At times they fell into sweet 81
lences where the waters laughed with
them and the trees whispered their Sc
crets. bowling and nodding in joyous sur
prise at their invasion; or, again, the
breezes romped with them. Withdrawing
now and then TO rush out and greet them
at the bends in boisterous pleasure
They held 10 the bed OF the stream,
for its volume was low and enabled them
10 ford II from bar 70 bar. Necia had
been raised in the open, with the Wild
places for her playground, and her mus
cles were ike those Of boy, hence the
two swung merrily onward, as IL in play
fnl contest. while the youth had never
occasion to wait for her or to moderate
his gait Indeed. her footing was more
sure than his. as he found when she
veutured out mhesitatingly upon felled
logs that lay across swift, Drawing
depths. The wilderness had no mystery
for her, and no terrOrs, so she was ever
at his side, or in advance, while her
ewes. schooIed in the tints OF the for
est and more active than those of
bird. saw every moving thing, from the
flash OF a camp-robber's wing through
some hidden glade to the inquisitive nod
ding OF a DOL hen where it perched high
M against the boil OF a spruce. They
surprised a marten fishing in drift
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-22

ans these days are trying to take from Us
the exploit of Arnold of Winkelried. they
deny the story OF William Tell and the
apples, of George Washington and the
cherry tree, of Israel Putnam and the
wolf den. A Harvard professor says
there is nothing TO prove that Washing
ton took command of his army under the
so-called Washington elm. But the men
and women of Verona are not minded tc
let Romeo and Juliet go the way of Rom
illus and Remus, among the "old, uns
happy, far-off things" into the realm OF
myth and mystery. To them the immor.
tai pair once actually lived and truly
loved, and the flesh and blood OF Capu1et
inhabited that erstwhile moldering pal
ace" now a smoldering ruin. step OF
two aside from the piazza della Erbe
And so, because the home Of Juliet is
burned, the Veronese, and the pilgrims
to the place. are inconsolable.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-22
tBy Associated Press.S

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Jan. 1S.-After
forcing the engineer of the light plant
to cut OF the current, leaving the town
in darkness. a party of young men at
Hope. Ark, without difficulty took a
negro named Hilliard from the county
Jail and hanged him to telegraph pole
in front of the Iron Mountain station.
The negro had spoken iusultingly to q
woman clerk in Haynes Brothers store
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-22
ARKANSAS MOB LYNCRES NEGRO
AFTER TURNING OFF CITY LIGHTS

Friday Since that tin feeling ran high
though no thought was given that lynch
ing would be attempted, and this morn
ing only the jailer was on duty, the
sheriff being out of town when lynchers
attacked the jail and overpowered- the
jailer Hilliard was only Is years old.
Lynchers were masked. and identity un-
known.
The lynching occurred about o'clock
this morning. Many shots were fired into
the swinging body of the negro.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-22
NEGRO is SENTENCED
ONE WEEK AFTER GRIMM

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. B.-Charles
Gillespie, colored, who last Sunday as.
saulted Miss Mamie stumpl. 10 years old
was found guilty today. He viii be cleo.
trocuted February 1S
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-22

Nevertheless, Senator Tillman never
claimed that his pitchfork knew no
brother. ,,,s \,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
HON. II. B. MOSS.

II. B. Moss, one of Cobb county's two
representatives, is taking a positive
stand in the lower house of the legisla-
ture to sustain Governor Smiths action
in suspending Railroad Commissioner
McLendon.
Mr.. Moss is native of Cobb county
and has spent the principal part of his
life on farm. He attended the com.
mon schools of the county, working be-
tween times, until he was twenty years
old, when he entered a preparatory
school and studied for college under
the noted scholar, Professor P, D.
Whelsn. Entering the senior class OF
Hiawassee Tenn College, he gradua-
ted in one year, After teaching few
years, Mr.. Moss began the practice OF
law at Marietta, where he has built up
good practice. Atlanta Journal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
TIE CHAUTACOUA.

The chautauqua that came to close
Wednesday night of this week has fur
nished the people first class entertain
ments-instructive, pleasing and enjoy
able. As to the financial success we
do not know, but certainly it has been
a success in every other particular
The music of the Gem City Band, Mr..
Allen Hardeman, leader, has been as
good as any chautauqua music we've
had. Everybody has praised the band
and we all feel proud of such splendid
home talent.
The other features of the twice-a-day
entertainments were good from begin.
ming to the end. We desire to THANK
the First Baptist Baraca class for Sc
curing this chautsuqua.
Sunday was big day and the Bsrscs
convention proved fine thing
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

The outlanders are just beginning to
find out what versatile man our new
Governor is. A Washington paper
points out that he wears jeans breaches,
drinks from long-hsndled gourd, read q
Greek as readily as English, writes
epics, smuses himself with logarithms
and calculus, talks railroad and finance
like an expert, rides on the strset cars
and ia ss shy as school girl Swan
nah News.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

The Hon. Joe Hill Hall is an able
lawyer and a good man, and we are
sorry to see him Directing to so many
things that the other members want to
put through the legislature. Cut down
your objections, Mr.. Hail. Darien Ga
zette.
An objector is very useful man to
hare in the House. There are lots OF
things that ought to be objected to.
Mr.. Hall objects to thing when it is
unconstitutional, and that is what some
lawyer would do if it should pass, and
he would carry it to the Supreme court.
1t is better to nip it in the bud at the
start, and save trouble and expense.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
GoYERNoR BROWNS MESSAGE.

Governor Joseph NJ Brown sent his
message to the General Assembly on
Thursday last, 1t is one of the ablest
state papers that ever went before
similar body. The following is a synop-
sis of 1T:
Pledges his administration to exact
Justice between the people and corpo-
rations.
Corporations must obey the spirit and
letter OF the law, as is required OF the
individual.
Recommends an amendment to the
constitution, empowering the state to
issue $500, 900 in bonds to pay back sala"
ries of public school teachers.
Recommends adequate state support
OF state institutions, directing especial
attention to the district and state agri-
cultural schools.
Recommends establishing depart
ment of labor, and that the commits
sioner of labor act as mediator in dis
putes between capital and labor.
Recommends county and a state
board of tax equalizers, who shall as
sess all properties for taxation, and
bring about an equalization IN the va
rious counties.
Approves an Inheritance tax act, but
leaves it to the judgment of the legisla-
tive body in enacting such law.
Approves biennial sessions of the
legislature, and recommends the ad-
visibility of changing the time of hold
ling the states general election from
the first Wednesday in October to
Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember Irrational election day, saving
the people the expense of one election,
Approves the good roads movement
and the placing of the convicts on the
roads. Calls attention to some neces-
sary amendments in the existing law.
Recommends the enactment of direct
legislation to give shippers of freight
their rights and to obtain prompt re-
dress in the courts for overcharges and
delays in settlements of claims.
\ Advocates authorizing the railroad
commission to confer with railroad
owners relative to double tracking main
lines This recommendation however,
is not to carry the Inference that any
increase in rates is advocated.
Advocates allowing public utility cor
porations to remain under municipal
control solely.
Favors railroad commission of three
members, and the elimination of the
special attorney and rate expert.
Recommends a change in the regis
trstion law now requiring that registry
list shall close more than six months
in advance of elections, so that the
time be only so days prior to elections. |
Advocates the suppression of lobby
ing.
State should require as strict inspec-
ton Of state banks as the Federal law
requires of national banks.
Recommends the enactment of strin-
gent game laws by shortening the sea-
son for killing game and limiting num-
Der sent out of state. Also laws for the |
protection of fish and oysters.
Advocates adequate support of the
national guard, and also prompt pay
ment and care of the states veterans of
the Civil war.
Advocates the erection OF a monu-
ment to the Confederate dead on the
capitol grounds.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Republican ofticiadom in Texas is
now almost lily-white, Notwithstanding
the black Republicans outnumher the
white ones four to one. More than 100
negro federal office holders in Texas
have been dropped during the past few
months and Che remainder of them
have been informed that they will not
be reappointed at the expiration of
their terms.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08
ANEXCELLENT MESSAGE,

When we commenced reading Gov
eEnor Browns message to the legisla-
ture, the diction and style was so
chaste, smooth andistriking, that inter-
est grew, and we didn't stop until we
read it through. We think it will inn
press all intelligent readers as being one
of extraordinary ability, free from ali
egotism and harsliuess, generous and
tolerant, coming from brain and
heart that has,the good of the common.
wealth as a result.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

When the shackles were fastened
upon Jim Moore" negro convict in
Americas, the discovery was made that
Moore" was woman masquerading
in male attire "He" had been ar
rested, convicted of crime, and sem
fenced to the Changing by Judge Crisp,
court officers believing him" man.
When the discovery was made Moore"
was given dress instead of trousers
and put to work.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Judge George F. Gober is quoted as
saying that the only true fish story he
ever heard of is in the Bible, where it
says: They tUiIed all night and caught
nothing Right you are, Judge
Athens Banner.
The above item, first produced in the
Marietta Journal, has gone the news.
paper rounds, and seems to have struck
the experience of nearly every one who
has gone fishing.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

A bill was introduced in the house by
Representative MiddIebrooks. Of New
ton county, to require all railroads op-
Grating through passenger trains in this
state to carry on every engine white
fireman as helper to engineer, and to
authorize the Railroad Commission to
make rule along such roads to in.
crease the fare on such trains to cover
the extra expense incurred.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Governor Smith precipitated good
deal OF trouble upon the legislature by
dismissing Commissioner McLendon.
The time of the legislature is being con-
slmed on McLendon, when more impor-
tant business demands attention.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Large quantities of cotton seed oil
are being shipped to the Maine coast,
it is stated. 1t will be canned along
with Maine herring and miraculously
become olive oil and sardines Great
are the ways of American business.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

j. Lee Barron. of Union City, Camp
bell county, has been appointed keeper
of public buildings and grounds by Gov
ernor Brown, as a recognition Of the
Farmers Union.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

A Georgia legislator wants a consti.
tutional convention. The people don't
need it, They know the present one,
and they don't care to get in still
greater confusion by new one. Then
taxes are high enough now, without
having to pay for long-sitting consti.
tutional convention and an election to
adopt or reject it,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

McLendon, the dismissed railroad
commissioner, has admitted he owned
railroad bonds, and Joe Hill Hall says
he has made himself liable to be inn
peached. Then, Joe, impeach him,
There is better material for the place
anyway.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

That was sad tragedy when Don
Balm, we'll known citizen, killed E G.,
Williams, in their Office in Atlanta last
week. 1t is said that Mr.. Balm was
drinking, pistol was handy, and the
deed was done,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

The legislature is wasting good deal
OF time. Better get down to business,
and not have to rush things at the tail
end of the session.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Giving advice sounds easy. but
when asked to do it ter hours a
day the average man is calling
Help! help!"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-07-08

Over III Chattanooga eighty
three store keepers have been fined
for not complying with the ordi-
nance requiring the proper screen
ing of food supplies offered for
sale,