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a72 Beautiful SIX Dress
Patterns Are Marked Out
TO Go So. Is

Ten Of them are plain fable SILK or Pop
Inns with satin and fancy self borders. Two are
krinl1ged crepes in an allover design while an
other is plain in 4 delightful allover figure.
There's four to six yards to pattern,
(siIlls are very wide) the colors' are perfectly
Beautiful such as the Pariseenes know how to
make them, they being imported materials
only Mostly for afternoon wear Were $3.50
and $500, but these remaining twelve pat
terms are let-going at $6.75.
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Ai1 societv Fntertained.

The Ladies' Aid society of the Ash
Chapel Methodist Episcopal church,
Of Broad Oaks, was delightfully."- en-
tertaineS Thursday afternoon at the
home OF Mrs. c. IA. Butcher. the
meeting was opened by all standing
and repeating the Lord rs Prayer, and
reading of the minutes, and AFTER
dnfged IN which was greatly enjoyed
.by ali. present. The hostess, assisted
by Mrs. RICHTER and Mrs. Lee, served
delicious refreshments
Those present were Mrs: "A. n.
Hammond, MRS. III. p. Fuller, MIS-.
NJ ID Garrison, Mrs. r. A. Mitchell
Mrs. o. Henderson, Mrs. Hode
Stewart, Mrs H. IS. Wines MIS-. t 8,
w. Mitchell, Mrs. T. A. .McDaan1ei
and Mrs. e. "a. rider. - ae.evis ~,
were MIS-. Caroline tBradf6rd, Mrs
Floyd Lee; Mrs Umberger, Mrs;
Merrhti cid. Mrs. G.. A. Thalmar ana
Mrs. Lighter OF Gkentgcky.
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nv MIS-. Miller.

Mrs. Grant Miner, of Indiana az
enue. Adamston, very pleasantly en-
tertained the ladies Sewing Circ GIG
OF that place last evening from 9 70
II O'CLOCK. Fancy work was Ine "
T,Inn cheon was served by the hostess
which was greatly enjoyed by those
nresent a souvenir of the evenings 9.
Entertainment was awarded Mrs. u.
III. POWELL
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Tomorrow afternoon q cIlD = 8
cital WIN ne given by the 'Marcseo
Music Club in the Masonic an u.1.e
tor UNI beginning at 9 o'ci .9tls,,sl.t;e
,Boegess. Miss blanche Crummitt.
Ma fE53lsfa5 CSwynne and Miss Lucy
Dawson viii be in charge OF the pro-
gram.
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al eentral onrIs.lan eh.ren. vhllea
econllnuea 81 page seyenl.

Use Lily Cream for all retlncss end
roughness OF the skin. Heals. softet.s
and wEitens. Fine for face and y Esss
Absolutely harmless. On sale In Asc
and CSC bOttlcs by reliable dFuggi
advertisements.
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En,.. IIonor Guest.

This evening Dr. and Mrs. Percy
Chr will entertain in nonor OF MAJOR
and Mrs. melville 8. jarvis OF IL
~ Nh. ana Mrs. ALBERT w. Rapp
cards and dancing VIII be enjoyed
EBy the guests.
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Girls Winter Goats
Haze z Prices HdJUed
Saturday

stThe time has come" to
Gear racks of all the Winter
Coats for children of 2 to s
years and 6 to IA years, and
prices have been lowered to a
half straight through. Not all
sizes in every kind. Materials
are Chinchillas, Broadcloths,
Boucles, Astrachans and Zibe-
lines in greys, blues, browns,
black, terra Gotta, etc. The
prices we're from 81 to $15, now
So to $3.50. About 20 of the
smaller and IS of the larger
sizes to select from.
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Apaafl.v GnIe-

,F4Iye No. 81 of-the Ladies of the
Maceabees OF the World will com
,uucG a pastry sale Saturday Begin
ming at 40 a. m. at H. GI. Davis's jew
elry store on Fourth treet.
Good Attendance. j.
Quito q number attended the
mGU--4.g OF the Ladies' Aid Society OF
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$1,000 Worth Fine
F1lrs TO Go For
$1,000. Here Satlgr-
day, II

The open winter prior to
Christmas played havoc with
all fur stocks, ours and every
where also. Since winter has
started in a greater than usual
inroad was made on our stocks
in hesone-fourth off.sale. To-
day finds us with two thousand
dollars worth on hand which
we will let-go Saturday for
$1,000. And if at all interested
now s your one golden oppor-
tll1iity.
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to supply data that would be valuable
additions to the stories quoted above.
He was a young boy when taken from
his native land He had a confused
notion Of the terror of the natives when
they found themselves captives and of
the horrors of the voyage he had re-
membrance like that of person re-
calling a nightmare. lie was greatly
interested in the reading of a descrip-
ton Of a slave ships voyage by the late
Judge Storey given in the course Of a
charge from the bench. 1t ran:
When the number Of slaves is COM
pleted, the ships begin what Is called
the middle passage The height Of the
apartments in the ship is different ac-
cording to the size of the vessel and Is
from six feet TO three feet, so that 1t
Is impossible to stand erect in most
Of the vessels. and in some scarcely to
sit down. If the vessel be full. their
situation is truly deplorable. In the
best regulated ships a grown person Is
allowed but sixteen inches in width.
thirty-two inches in height and five feet
eleven inches in length. or to use the
expressive language OF the witness. not
SO much room as man has in his coffin.
THE disorder is still further increa sed
by the healthy being not infrequently
eha'he" ~ 'ne uiseaseu' Tue usN"s an"
'he "eau "ne" 'ne Seu'''es VI 'ne
snip s'ues are shu, ~ pau "'a."'' '"e
s'a''hsS are nov s"''''"n, io' d" hS NV
ioo"i' ana .he s'aNes are men see" "''"'
'hE the" p'e"'', WIN al s''' a"N'ous
an" 'aooi 'ous e"o'' i"i nv ""''" w
"os'INe !" "n''''a'' s"oJe',e' 10 eNp''.
menus III .ou' nlr' VI III we eN''a"s'c"
'''.Ne' VI a., p"'"p .''S VI '"','
expire III TINS s''"a'ion' ''N'ns ou' III
'"e' ha'Ne ''"sue' we "'' ''"s'
The end Of Charley Lamar is thus
described by a writer in an Atlanta
paper:
"When Col. Wilson'S cavalry invested
| Columbus from the Alabama side of the
Chattahoochee River he headed a forlorp
| hone of old men. bows and invalid sol
dlors and crossed the bridge and at
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on the water line Her draught was
about eleven feet. She was built for
j. o. Johnson. a member OF the club
and man Of means, and was launched
in June. 1857. from the yard Of James
G. Baylis at Por. Jefferson. l.. I.
In the following year she was sold
to w. c. Corrie. who had recently be-
come member OF the club. Corrie.
under the rules OF the club was captain
OF the Wanderer, but he installed as
sailing master Capt. Semmes. said to
have been brother OF Admiral Semmes,
who commanded the Confederate vessel
Alabama at the time OF the civil war.
Shortly afterward the Wanderer. flying
the flag Of the New York Yacht Club,
sailed from New York bound ostensibly
for pleasure cruise in Southern waters
According to the best obtainable ac-
counts there was never a yacht that
sailed less for the pleasure OF the COM
pany on board than did the Wanderer
in the next two years 1t was this
yacht that became the SLAYER Wanderer.
and in all accounts OF her and Of those
who had to do with her she Is spoken Of
as the last slave ship.
II came in the way OF the compiler
Of this account to see all that was
printed in IA Southern newspaper dur
ing IA period of years In which incidents
relating to the Wanderers career as a
slaver-for example. the passing away
Of persons who had to do with the
vessel in one way or another-afforded
occasion for telling something Of her
| story. From these accounts mostly this
| compilation is made up.
The Wanderer case. as II came to be
known in the courts, was a famous
cause. but most of the details OF II
are not Of general interest at this dis
lance Of time. In 1891 Gen Henry r.
Jackson. former United States Minister
to Austria and at that time president
OF the Georgia Historical Society, de-
livered in Atlanta an address on the
Wanderer case. Gen. Jackson had more
perhaps to do with this celebrated case
In it's legal aspects than any other
man. When II became known that the
Wanderer had discharged the negroes
that proved to be the last cargo ol
African slaves landed or American sol
Gen. Jackson was employed by the
Attcrney-Gene Of the United state,
to arrest and proceed against any per
sons having guilty connection with thu
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Venture of Charles A. L. Lamar, Picturesque
Georgian, Closed History of Slave
Trade in America

owners at this time seem from all ac-
owned her when she made her first
voyage. Charley Lamar surely was one
Of them.
One of the Wanderer stories has it
that she reached the Georgia coast after
her first African voyage on December
., 1858. Within a year. according to
these accounts. she had completed her
second and last voyage in the slave
trade.
The man who seems to have told the
most about the arrival OF the Wanderer
on the Georgia coast after her last
voyage to Africa was Capt. James
Club. who was once the keeper Of the
Cumberland Island light and was after
ward a coast pilot. Capt. Club died
several years ago in Brunswick. Ga,
at the age Of IS. A few years before
his death he gave the Brunswick
Appeal some account Of the Wanderers
arrival. That paper said:
THE slave ship Wanderer reached
the shores Of Georgia during the fall
of 1859 and crept late one evening into
st. Andrews Sound. The captain went
ashore on Little Cumberland and stated
to Capt. Club. then lighthouse keeper.
that he had a party Of people aboard
and wanted to see John du Bignon Of
Jekyl Island.
Later on he returned and requested
Capt, Club to bring his vessel In for
him at once. The captain Joined him
In his boat and rowed out to the ship
and to his establishment found on
boarding the ship that she was none
| other than the Wanderer. and had $50
negroes aboard. fresh from the west
coast Of Africa.
"There was no alternative except ia
bring the vessel in. which he did, and
| moOred her near the south emo OF Jekyl
Island. The negroes We're hurried out
| In small boats and taken ashore just
| over n sand hill at the southern end OF
the island. The Wanderer was then
| taken up the Satilla River and moored.
"a few days later the steamer Lamar
came down from Savannah with clothes
for these poor unfortunate poop.c, fol
up to this time they were as nude n
| when roaming the wilds of West Africa
They We're clothed Imany of them b,
force) and taken aboard the steamer
and carried to Savannah and there dis
tributed through the country and sold.
AS soon as the news of the Wan
dercr reached Collector Mabry Of thi!
port he at once seized the vessel an'
arrested the captain and the sailini
master. The vessel was condemned an,
the men put in prison, and would have
Jared badly but for the breaking out o
the war. which put an end to the courts
and turned loose all United States prls
oners.
"Of the 500 slaves captured by tn
Wanderer only $50 reached America
and of those. Capt. Club informs us
fourteen died the first night on thu
island"
The writer had several meetings with
the Julius Lemons referred to at thu
beginning Of this article. The matter
| of his embarkation in Africa, the voy
age hitler on tho Wandcrer and the
landing were talked over: but julius.
! memory was not sufficiently accurat,
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employment Of that vessel as a SLAYER.
There were several arrests. but no.
body suffered the death penalty. The
story OF the Wanderers career In the
slave trade exists in fragmentary and
in more or less inaccurate condition In
the files Of Southern newspapers. Max
ing all sorts OF allowance for inaccura-
Giles and conflicting evidence this mate
rial in interesting.
A story printed in the Atlanta Journal
in 1898. purporting to be gathered from
one Of the owners OF the wanderer. de-
scribes her first appearance after she
sailed out Of New York harbor in 1858
under the colors Of the New York Yacht
Club. having on board her reputed
owner. Corrie. and her sailing master,
Capt. Semmes. The story tells OF the
celebration Of birthday Of Capt. A. C.
McGhee. "the last survivor OF the own
ers OF the slave ship Wanderer." at his
home in Columbus, Ga.
According to this story the owners Of
the Wanderer were Capt. McGhee,
Charles A. L. Lamar Of Savannah, Ga. ;
Richard Dickerson Of Richmond. Va,
and Benjamin Davis Of Charleston. s. c.
Nothing Is said about COrrie as an
owner. After leaving New York the
Wanderer put into the Great Ogeechee
River In Georgia. The story goes on:
Capt. Semmes proceeded to take on
a load Of trinkets and gewgaws. brass
wire and bright colOred cloths suitable
for the African trade. with a liberal
supply OF beads and bandannas. and
then instructing his mate. with q picked
crew, to steer for the mouth OF the
Congo and await his coming. he left the
vessel.
with one or two trusty followers he
boarded n steamer and gave II out that
he was bound for the west coast on q
combinat ton trading and exploring tour
He and his associates were put of al
point convenient to his destination
and they worked their way down to the
Congo and reached the chief town OF the
ruler OF one Of the smaller Congo prov
inces in safety. The rule Of this kine
extended several hundred miles into the
| interior. He was not hard man t.
deal with. as he was fond Of persona
display and a great lover Of rum and III
and Capt. Semmes soon came to ar
amicable agreement,
For from 81 to 81 per head. paid II
| beads and bandannas and other trinkets
Capt. Semmes was to receive "A cargo o
$50 slaves, male and female, ranging
from IS to IS years OF age, to be deliv
cred on a certain date at the mouth o
the Congo The King appeared to expe
rience no difficulty In securing sum
cient number of his surplus subject
and they were driven to the coast
stark naked. and in the most abjec
condition, more brute than human, &C
cording to agreement.
1.-THE Wanderer was signalled AM
sailed up and dropped anchor near tn
landing place and the human freigh
was soon imprisoned In the hold OF tn
vessel. The vessel then turned he
course toward the southern shores q
the United States.
1.-THE voyage was made and the vesse
ran into the mouth OF the grea
Ogeechee River late In the year an
found q safe retreat at the big swami
island. From there Capt. Semmes com
municated with Lamar. who was tn
prime mover In the expedition.
J 1T was arranged that Lamar was I
give a big ball and invite the officers G
} the garrison Of the fort at the mouth q
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not to escape the legal consequences of
the act"
Lamar was a principal in a famous
duel. One OF the persons arrested in the
Wanderer case was Egbert q. Farnham
Of New York. afterward a General in
the Union army. One Of his close
friends was Commodore Moore. The
latter had served in the navy Of the
Texan Republic and had received his
commission from President Mirabeau
Lamar Of the Republic of Texas. who
was kinsman Of Charley Lamar.
Farnham was accused Of having been
purser Of the Wanderer and was taken
to Savannah after his arrest. When the
trial came on Commodore Moore was in
that city, II appears. as a reluctant wit
ness against Farnham. This is from the
Atlanta Constitution:
"On examination he gave the whole
story Of the Wanderer as 1t had been
told to him by Farnham and IA clear
case of piracy was made out. or course
the testimony caused a great sensation
and Moore. unwilling witness as he was.
became the object Of the bitterest de-
nunciation. As he reached the court
house door he was confronted by e. l..
Lamar. who said to him:
Commodore Moore. Mr.. Farnham
says the whole OF your testimony is a
lie. and I indorse the statement
1T was like bomb In a powder
magazine. A crowd OF excited men
stood about. furiously mad with Moore.
We indorse II, too said several in a
breath.
Commodore Moore is reported to
have been the most desperately brave
man Texas ever produced. He was a
duellist and had killed his man more
than once.
Calmly and without sign OF irrita-
ton he said to Mr.. Lamar:
BE kind enough to give me your
name. sir
my name is c. l.. Lamar. and I am
responsible for every word say
81 do not wish to kill you. Mr..
Lamar said Moore. I owe more ia
your knsman than to any living man:
hut YOU will hear from me-
"That night Mr.. Lamar received a
challenge, and before daybreak he and
Moore had crossed the Savannah River
Commodore Moore had nerves OF
steel. On the evening before his meet
ing with Mr.. Lamar he remarked to one
| ~ his friends: 7 don't want to kill Mr.
| Lamar. because his kinsman Is my bes'
friend, hut ! am going to put ball II
his right shoulder
| But said his friend. ARE you no
afraid he will kill you?'
| "'No fear Of that. l will get him be
fore he can get me-
! 1.-THE next morning they met. At tn,
word fire the commodore's pistol sho
was heard and the bullet cut through
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the river to attend. and he also insisted
that the soldiers OF the garrison should
partake OF the good cheer. This was
done to give the Wanderer an oppor-
tunity to pass the fort, whose black
muzzled guns were q menace to all
vessels that attempted to ascend the
Savannah in a clandestine manner.
Under cover Of the darkness the
Wanderer stole stealthily up the river
under the guns Of the fort and past the
city. reaching L.amar's plantation in
safety without having been questioned
There the human cargo was dis
embarked and the poor savagcs were
turned over to the old rice field negroes
under whose tutelage an attempt was
made to reconcile them to their sorrow
full fate. Clothes were given them. but
even though the cool weather had set
in they looked upon the garments with
the greatest aversion. and II was a long
time before they could be induced to
wear even coarse cotton shirt.
THE lingo Of the rice negroes was Of
such a grotesque nature that none but
the closest observer would be able to
detect the presence Of the new niggers.
as the recent importations were called.
from the old slaves. and they were kept
there for several months. after which
they were sent to New Orleans and sold.
THE venture proved to be a very
profitable one. as after paying Capt.
Semmes $500 for his years work-it
had taken a year to make the round
trip-the owners had remaining SIC, 600
apiece net profits.
hat haA -
apiece in the cheap trinkets with which
they were paid for brought from $500
to 500 In the open market, and the
owners OF the Wanderer were highly
elated at the success OF the expedition
So much for the first voyage of the
Wanderer as slave ship. But that
was not the voyage that brought the
last cargo Of the African slave trade.
Thus far in the story the name OF
Charles A. l.. Lamar has figured rather
| conspicuously. This Lamar was mem.
her OF well known Georgia family
| and is mentioned many times in news
papers In connection with the Wan
derer case as "a Southerner OF South
| erners." He seems to have been by fal
the most interesting person who hat
anything to do with the affair. He wa!
| supposed to be the last Confederat,
killed on Georgia soil in the civil war.
He was wealthy. He owned the bes
racehorses in the South. He was
gentleman sportsman Of the first water
A few extracts from Southern news
papers will indicate his repute in tina
section. The Charleston Ncnrs am
Courier said Of him:
Had he lived in another age h.
would have been a historical figure
Tradition would have handed down hi
name through centuries and his deed
would have been woven into the folk
lore of the people like the figures Il
the tales OF the Vikings or the ricl
old stories OF India. He was a man q
perfect physique. with o. countenanc
as handsome as those the masters pain
on gods.
Fortune lavished her favors upo
him. by nature he was reckless. i'm
pulsive. fearless, dashing. but generou
and kind withal to an astonishing de
gree. He shot friend for contradict
ing him and then nursed him back I
life "a a mother would child and pre-
sented him with an estate, and It wa
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The Wanderer, Once a New York Yacht,
Made Two Voyages to Africa in
Search of Negroes

1859 the last sare ship landed United States soil her human
hap from the relating that the Federal shortly
urdrd but the chances
that folloued the beginning OF the ciri
When the last ship sailed from Nev York she
the handsome ress the fleet of the Ner York Yacht Club
months before she brought the
learned hh she had promptly
from the list Of the clubs vessels and expelled from
this vessel hangs tie raus Of the York Yacht Cube
torn headquarters
Every Uho had prominently do % the this
STARE ship dead But there still the
his sarer and Of those uho had to do M her, h accepted there
the history the rindup Of tie trade.
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NHE voice OF a man wailing glib
berish to barbaric air arose
in the evening from the pal.

'NHE voice OF man wailing glib.
berish to a barbaric air arose
in the evening from the pal.
metto scrub by the road leading
Hdnd from settlement on the st.
Johns River, in Florida. The yellow
name Of pine knot fire lighted up the
foliage of the waterworks festooned with
Spanish moss. Sitting on bench near
the fire and beneath the illuminated
trees was the singer. a black man.
Beng hailed. the negro stood up In
the glare Of the lightwood blaze. He
vas a tall man OF good proportions,
intelligent looking and not quite so
black as the common run Of plantation
negroes. His nose was not so fiat as
theirs his lips were not SO thick.
he said his name was julius Lemons
rather a sour name. he added. with
smile. Where did he get 1t? From
thc young missus, he reckoned.
Then you were born in slavery?' he
was asked.
No; in Africa" said the man. His
speech was not what Is commonly ac-
ccptcd as negro dialect; it was more
nearly what has been termed Southern
Dialect and it is so difficult to indicate
"' I'l III tIldt u 10 HdIuiy "oith "hhe
to make the attempt.
| vas born in Africa" he went on
and vas brought to Georgia when q
boy"
Was it African that you were singing
jus' uow?"
Yes; | was one of Lamar's nlggers
and wherever there were a few OF Us
together we sang the old songs. Some
times sing 'em alone now. ! reckon
, most all the Lamar niggers are dead
Who were the Lamar niggers?'
Why, the niggers that Charley La
mar brought from Africa on the slave
ship Wanderer. She made two voyages
On her first voyage she brought 10
OF little no account colored folks Oh
her last voyage she brought dineren
LOT, larger and stronger. ! am one o
them That was the last slave carg'
brought to America"
II was this meeting that inspires
the compilation OF the following accOun
OF me Wanderer.
\ painting In the possession OF tn
NV YOrl. Yacht Club OF the zach
Wanderer represents her as a beautiful
little vessel. She was a keel schoone
OF lO+ feet length on deck and S5 fee
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BY the Associated rress

Rome, Dec. 24.--Count Witte, the
Russian statesman, has telegrapbe
denial OF the report that he is lead.
ing peace party in Russo He save
b. at first deplored the war bnr
re is now convinced that Russi, mus,
remain in the conflict untn sba WINS
a &C, .sive victory.
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SANTA CLAUS VI CHSTRi!
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Santa Claus will make his visit at
the Central Presbyterian church this
evening despite the unfayorabie
weather. The building will be com
fortably heated so no one need SUI
fer from the cold The exercises will
start promptly at o'clock end last
about one hour,
J. NJ. GORDON, Supt.