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tions on the char;,
Grant, made by S- ■
Memorial Day speech ,<• Grata'.- tomb.
New York, have put ' evidential
aspirant "in bad ' with t .ny Confed
erate veterans. i't
advised" are amine.'
characterizations of T
leading mentis i s
federate Veterans
mingham today m
campment. Am • -r
boys in gray the •>
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ijorlty of the
u respect for i
the memory of General Grant, and the
statements of Sect, tary Taft do not!
meet with the favor of tin r
so often saw their victories turned I
into defeats through
vho
military I
strategy of the short, calm. implacable
loader of the union armies.
Three men are being prominently
considered as the successor of the I
late commander in chief of the United :
Confederate Veterans. General Steph
en D. Lee.
These are Gen. \V. L. Cabell, of Dal- '
las, commanding the Trans-Mississippi
department of the United Confederate i
Veterans, and since the death of Gen.
Lee, the lieutenant general command
ing the organization: Gen. Clement L.
Evans, of Atlanta, commanding the
army of the department of Tennessee,
and Gen. George \V. Gordon, of Ten
nessee, commanding
division of the
he Tennessee
United Confederate
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$1,000,000 TO LOAN ON TIMBER LANDS
I am in tFie market to lend money on timber lands, either
hardwood or pine, for Northern clients. The landjoyst-Tje'
owned in fee simple, and the amount of_t]n."toans must be
from $100,000.00 u p. pop t 0 loan on improved
farm lands ........
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IT'S LIKE FINDING MONEY.
figure up your balance after you
_ have had a bank account a few
iths. You note that your small or unnecessary spendings have been
ch less than when you had the too ready cash in your pocket.
AN ACCOUNT AT THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
aces saving. The act of drawing a cneck makes you think whether
spending is wise or i ?c<
ary. Many and many a time your think
will result in your tearing up the check and keeping the money.
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You Hit the
Nail on the Head
Ifyou buy your lumber from us.
Inferior lumber may appear
good at first, but the test of
time will prove it more expen
sive. Good quality always pays.
Let us figure on your require
ments for anything that you
may need for building purposes.
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Veterans. All three of these officers
"dm the rank of brigadier general in
the Confederate army, and according
to precedence in command, ranked in
tjie foregoing order.
Since the death of Gen. Lee there
are still living two officers who held
commissions as lieutenant generals in
the Confederate army. These are Gen.
Alex P. Stewart and Gen. Simon Boli
var Buckner, of Kentucky. Neither
Gen. Stewart nor Gen. Buckner have
been able to participate as actively in
the reunions and affairs of the United
Confederate Veterans as Gens. Ca
bell, Evans and Gordon and are Dot
regarded as possible candidates.
The United Confederate Choirs of
America, whicth was organized at
Richmond last year, began its gen
| eral convention today. Mrs. J. Griff
Edwards, of Portsmoutth, Va„ is the
present commander of the society.
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JUNE AGAIN,
at d Jiuie means a busy Jewelry mark
et June weddings. June commence
' nients and June social events.
These glorious opportunities are
to succesful sales with the aid of
our SUPERIOR DIAMOND STOCK
and new goods in every branch of our
business.
Let us cinch the sales by you seeing
our unapproachable stock.
H. H. GRAHAM JEWELRY CO.
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Front Street.
Look for the big clock.
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SCHOOL OF MINES
ANNUAL EXERCISES
Hearst News Service.
Rolla, Mo., June 10.—Missouri
School of Mines, one of the leading
institutions of its kind in the world,
held its annual commencement exer
cises today. Reunions were held by
several classes and attracted many
noted mining engineers.
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Ret ent portrait of Col. John S. Mosby, who won national fame at com
ma),der of Mosby'e rangers who did much damage to the northern forcee dur
ing the civil war by cutting communication!, destroying supply trains and
capturing cavalry outposts. After the war he became a Republican and sup
port! d Gen. Grant for president in 1872. He served as United States consul
at Hi ng-Kong from 1878 to 1885; since that time he has made hit home at San
Francisco whtre he practiced law for some time.
Hearst News Service.
Mobile, Ala., June 10.—Some of the
foremost musicians of Dixie gathered
In the Gulf City today and inaugu
rated a joint convention of the South
ern States Music Teachers' Associa
IH'INTYRE AND RYAN
MUST GO TO TRIAL
New York, June 10.—Thomas
McIntyre and George C. Ryan, two of
the partners in the bankrupt broker
age house of T. A. Mclntpre & Com
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Look Forward
Forget your faults and failures. Or
remember them only to learn the leB
son they have to teach, the frailty or
folly or wickedness of spirit which
they should disclose to you—the
vanity that weakens, the pride that
hardens, the greed that corrupts. Let
your past be not a ball and chain tied
to your ankle to keep you hack, but
a journal to tell you, what road you
Th«i. looking back
see where you
are and what your <#> irse should be,
forget the thlngB tharVare behind and
press forward.—The (Ajtlook.
have traveled,
only long enough t
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A Wonder to Her.
able Ui w
i comfort®
he Waist'S
OF MONTANA
- .. Hearst News Service.
Bozeman, Mont., June 10.—With 619
delegates in attendance, the Demo
cratic stale convention was called to
order today and will select six dele
gates to represent Montana in the
Denver convention. The delegation
will almost certainly be pledged to
support Bryan.
For a Sprained Ankle.
As usually treated, a sprained ankle
will disable the Injured person for a
month or more, but by applying Cham
berlain's Liniment and observng the
drections with each bottle faithfully,
a cure may be effected in-many cases
in less than one week's time. This
liniment Is a most remarkable prepara
ration. Try it for a sprain or bruise,
or when laid up with chronic or mus
cular rheumatism, and you are certain
to be delighted with the prompt re
lief which It affords. For sale by Hays
& Field and Yellow Pine Pharmacy.
tion and the Alabama State Associa
tion. An elaborate musical program
will be interspersed between the busi
ness sessions of the convention, and
there will also be receptions, banquets
and other entertainments during the
three days of the meeting.
row. They are charged with larceny,
based on the alleged conversion of
securities belonging to customers.
| pany, will be placed on trial tomor
Doing Chores.
To dig one's own potatoes, to
shock one's own corn, to pick one's
own apples, to pie one's own squashes
at one's own bara! It Is like filling
one's system with an antitoxin before
going into a fever-plagued country.
One is Immune to winter after this,
provided he stays to bake his apples
in his own wood fire. One works him
self into a glow with all his digging,
and picking arid idling that lasts until
warm weather come* again; and along
with this harvest glow comes stealing
over him the after-harvest peace. It
is the serenity of Indian summer, the
mood of the after-harvest season,
and his fields
Sharp, In
A Case of Elastic
Conscience.
lOrigtnal.]
When Truesdale Scott, prominent
banker and promoter, was convicted
of misappropriation of funds every one
said that the eloquence of tbe prose
cuting attorney, Rowland Ruddock, bad
done the trick. Scott bad been c&nght'
In a big commercial panic with too
great a load on bis bands and bad to
go under. Indeed, to save himself he
bad placed himself under tbe ax of tbe
law. Ruddock bad a political scheme
marked out for himself, and Scott's con
viction was a great card for him with
thousands of voters who hated "the
plutocrats." Ruddock was to be gov
ernor of the state, then senator. Scott
was convicted Just as tbe gubernatorial
contest was coming on. But Scott had
succeeded In getting a new trial, which
came on Just before the election. It
was expected that Ruddock would
make the effort of his life in this sec
ond trial, for whichever way the anti
monopoly vote was cast so went the
election. What was the astonishment
of every one when ha made so weak
an effort as to be accused of pandering
to the plutocratic Interest. Scott was
acquitted, and Ruddock was defeated
In the election.
About the time that Ruddock left the
law school he met Margaret Cushman,
a girl of very strong character. She
had a conscience of cast iron. Noth
ing could swerve her from what she
considered the right. She was much
pleased with Ruddock, as he was with
her, but she feared that his sense of
principle was not as Btrong In him as
It should l»e. He strove to convince her
that she had mistaken a certain elas
ticity for something worse, citing the
Puritan as an example of a too rigid
conscience.
They were engaged, and the engage
ment lasted until Ruddock defended a
notorious rogue und by his brilliant
legal tactics acquitted Jjim. Margaret
knew all about this case and could not
see how her lover could make his ac
tion accord with his conscience. In
vain he attempted to show her that
there can be but one duty of a lawyer
toward his client. He must do his
best. "This," said Margaret, "makes a
courtroom a mere legal arena. It is not
Justice that decides questions. Victory,
irrespective of guilt or innocence,
perches upon the banner of the most
brijllant legal knight." "I regret." re
plied Ruddock, "that this is too IsrgiP
ly thecondjtton'of.oir courts, but it
doesn't absolve me from doing my best
for my client, and I do not sea how it
can be different." Margaret called this
dpvil reasoning, and, not being willing
to tie berself to a man who would
clear a client who was a rogue, she
broke tbe engagement
Twenty years passed. Ruddock was
In his prime and was elected prosecut
ing attorney In a large city. His elec
tion went with one of those waves of
reform peculiar to our people. It was
said that convictions could ^tot he pro
cured on account of political pulls of
prisoners. Ruddock was put In by the
best men of both-parties to see that
rascals were sent to prison or the gal
lows. After his entry upon the duties
of bis office there was a perceptible
difference In the amount of crime per
petrated till at last It reached a mini
mum.
The night before Trueadate Scott's
second trial was to come up Ruddock
was sitting in bis rooms—he was a
bachelor—forming plans to fcrush the
banker. Suddenly the door opened and
a woman entered. Ruddock looked up
at her In surprise.
"The district attorney, I believe?''
she said In a choked voice.
"I am."
"Tomorrow you are to try Truesdale
Scott?"
"Yes."
"I come to ask your forbearance. Mr.
Scott is in no way a guilty, man.
Caught In a maelstrom as he wsb
swept along, be grasped methods some
of which were not within the law.
Upon you rests his conviction or ac
quittal. Is It your duty to make one of
your brilliant efforts against him?"
"A lawyer's duty is to do the best
he can for his client A prosecutor's
duty Is to send tbe accused If possible
to state prison."
"Inexorable as ever."
"I inexorable?"
"Yes. You and I talked over these
matters when we were but half our
present age. I am Margaret Cushman,
Truesdale Scott's wife."
"Margaret!"
"Then you spoke of an elasticity
that you said I mistook for something
worse."
"I still am subject to such elasticity.
I do not consider It my bounden duty
to coDvlct your husband, though the
masses of the community think that It
Is. I was elected by them to carry out
a certain programme. To fall to do
my best to convict your husband
would be to bring down upon me the
anathemas of these constituents. Nev
ertheless that elasticity you have
spoken of tells me that the better part
for me will be to make a weak fight
that your husband may go free."
She stood like a statqe, lost In a
dream of the past. Now that elastic
ity she had considered another name
for evil stood between ber husband
and a prison. He advanced toward
her. took her hand and pressed his
lips to It. Then, turning ber gently
toward the door, he said;
"Go! This is a dangerous place for
you to be seen. If It were known that
you bad been here it would take away
my power to grant your request."
She passed out silently, muffling her
face as she had come in. The next
day after t.he trial Ruddock was ruined
politically, and Truesdale Scott went
to his family • free and vindicated man.
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