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ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22. 1889. PRICE $1.50 1865 ______________________________________ - THE TRIAL OF THE PVGILISTS. A Mfasassipi Judge on His Metal-He Reads the Grand Jury a Lecture with a Vengeanee. Pcavis,. Miss. . Angust 12.-Judge Terrell opened the special term of the - - Circuit Court this morning at 10 o'clock -Sullivan, Referee Fitzpatrick, Bud Re -ard, Capt Tom Jemison, Chas Ricb and Super'intendent E. L. Tyler, of the -Queen andCrescent Route,HarrySmith and the Gibberts, the latter three being being Rick's employees, were preseni in Court ready :for trial. Superinten dent Richard Carroll, of the Queen and Crescent, and Pat Duffy were absent The grand jury, -having been sworn - % were charged by Judge Terrell on th< law of prize fighting and assault and battery. The grand then retire< for consultation entire party are in good spirits, 1 t anxious that -the case uded as.soon as possible ct Attorney Neville is in attend - ane conducting the prosecution. 5~ s -people came for miles around to-day i~s1y out of curiosity, to see the pugil Sullivan was in good humor au S .ewrersed with all who came in contact him. All of the accused are here Pat.Duffy, whose absence was uted for by the district attorney -tornotify him. General Su nt Carroll of the Queen .(k eent. was net present, but the belief is that he will not in by the jury. GRAND JURY GETS SOME ADVICE. Miss., August 13.-Judge again addressed the grand jury y. He stated that he had heard gentleman, in no wise connected " the grand -jury, that they had discussing certain matters. He them that they were under bi "keep:everything secret. "Be o,suppose you know," he said, you are: indictable for anything out by your fault. The mat refer to is that it was rumred desired to refer these matters:t of the peace. Upon your oath you would,make true present of all matters and things coming yo.Iespecially instructed you according to the facts. There is hlng. These matters cannot without the concur of the--Court. The Judge is as part of the .Court as you are. titutionis part of the Supreme the land, higher than any leg and it says that the Cir ters, civil and criminal, in This Court has orignaljn n in all criminal matters. A of the peace has not got it. This only Court having it. It hrs it Constitution. All the .eg that might meet could not er it to any other Court. I want to you, gentlemen. taiat it is not power to transfer, without the ofthe Court.. -As Judge of this -.would not permit such a thing. ase.your sdelibemationls ter'd in .direeti5 o.a. nighit as well.give up.-Just--say if.you. want to the man, and there is power in the Court to do without yourservice. -gnwere selected by the sheriff. Un you obey my instructions I ou and direct the eat -new grand jury, e as t -that unless he was onl July 9th or 16th. I bym n learned. The gentleman '4e of $1,000 * defmnitely which date. These tickt advertisedj to be on sale June 1st. I~ tickets "have been on sale" as Mr. MVos 1ev would try to make the public believe for so long a time, even from the 1st of I~ S June. if he had the tickets and refused to sell this gentlJeman then the fault is Mr.1 Moseley's anda not the railroads. it seem'sG that Mr. Moselev gave this gentleman no explanation nor intimation as to when he would have them. II, In our statement of July 25th we did du< not suppose there was any fault in theth agent, but that the fault was with the the em oipa~y. What we wanted to know wason hythe railroad should put tickets on Stat 1.aea reenwoo before they were put 18 r.This Mr. Moseley does ODl Mr- Moseley, the fare to Spartan-. seem and return, good to October ra 4.5 but at the time this gentle-- crop ~aaj'lied for the ticket, an.om room - assetwek after these tickets wer tn eoi sl him a retur ticket, butyo aith wld cohm $6.30, and at thy: timepeti heudrio it, tickets wy ~ aeother Grewod good for the4 Ther Wesre done with this questioj - Ment a e! ould hae mnade the correction. .posta as;we weremn error, on August 1st. pohe ow acod if we could have learned poin.ted o a thsofficial authority" when these underto .wr fis put on sale here. That yound~ f Ba'tBow et-clerk. ] No we haeedeavored to give MJr. p*epl o Moseleg thefacts upon which our first tempt at wa asd and we hope the expla Postmasi nainMr. Moseley d.esires is satisfactory troublev li Mr. Moseley desires h name o' the of a 17gr entleman who applied for the tiehets, "' who adte aeso teohe enaenwo lark son S Mr. Xfose'by say he Corid only sellt e1 h him a round trip ticket for $(;30. hie can get them by calling on the e( tor of this it i- sta paper.Ya. h I.ELDELL 1s ACQUITTED. tPne Sheppard John Yeldell alias the Rev. . F'.Wehry Viemon has been acqluitted. Nothing~ hardenly tage in this. He wanrd m dgre- ticket. Ed~ fieid by a wbite jury on the charge of that way. murdering a white ma,adhe a negro d yet he is acquitted. He had a ^. n41( E ..posed of good men.-M' for sA sharp~ lookou e:tllhnext a nnuloto be i sal: epesent' his Allie and ever; neetings sof trustee stocko0 weeks th -GiaTa r all the Sub-Allian~ boats have been watched. All this time Detective Norris was- cavorting around the country, and newspapers A were full of reports about his doings. The Baltituore police, however, laid low, and finally were successful. Mar shal Frey is perfectly satisfied with the legality of Kilrain's arrest and said : "I have had many illegal papers t thrust at me, but would not touch any of them until I got a warrant direct from Governor Jackson. Then I got w to work. Then you see if the papers a were in the least faulty, Kilrain's arrest y would be illegal, and .he could get his release on habeas corpus, but every- S thing is perfectly straight. There is no R case against him in this State, and all re we had to do was to arrest him on a at requisition from another State." The latest developments are to the at effect thatKilrain will do nothing here, s but will go to Mississippi and make his fight before the Courts of that State. F He will certainly leave Baltimore to night. h TIE TRIAL AT PURVIS. ei PuRvis, Miss., August 14.-Indict- o0 mevts have been presented to the Court tt against Sullivan and Fitzpatrick. It j4 is understood that Kilrain and his see- 9 onds have also been indicted. The w grand jury is still in session. Ce The indictment against Sullivan at charges him with having, by previous at arrangement, engaged in a prize fight v, with Jake Kilrain for a large sum of bi money. The indictment names six w grand jurymen who were at the fight , as witnesses. Indictments were also i brought against Referee Fitzpatrick, tp Kilrain, Muldoon, Cleary and Dono- I van. It is said that the Governor is Jc now inclined to take a lenient view of hi the case and to consider Sullivan as n, less blamable than other members of t the party. At the afternoon session at the Court st the attorneys for the defence submitted B a plea in abatement, maintaining that il the Court has no jurisdiction because }I, the case was already before a justice of hi the lpeace on a sheriff's affidavit identi- tE cal with the charge.in the indictment ; ui that the grand jury refused to find an d indictment until the Judge's charge - forced it to bring one against its-will, +s and that the second count was upon a bi different charge from that upon which sc he was extradicted. Dept y: Sheriff in Childs, who captured Sullivan, left for of Baltimore to-night to bring Kilrain bE here. ui -- =--- w The Next Governoz of V a. RICH MOND, State Democratic Conventi o'clock this morning and proceede' ,s take a second-bisllot for Governor. Be fore the roll ca:., was completed Capt. tr Phil. McKenny was nominated by n acclamation. J. Hoge Tyler of Pulaski, I was nominated for Lieutenant Gover- bE nor by acclamation. to) Theo- Georgia Duellists Not Likely to beo Prosecuted. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., August 15. Every thing sent from Birmingham to u the effect that Governor Seay, while g here, expressed any intention of pro ceeding by requisition against Calhoun and Williamson for dueling in Chero kee County is the purest seusationalism and without foundation. Governort Seay positively declines to say one wor to anybody about his intentions, and to all, interviewers merely said itr would be improper to talk. He wentt from here to Sheffield and Florence, anid has done nothing more than to mrv~iunicate with Solicitor Lusk oft ads a neke. Circuit Court calling his l L5998. South Carolina has only 44 uo.. Uls, but 417,730 spindles, and has mnore Ca =ms the.n any other State, 10,687. well ~orgia is next w.ith l0,246 Iooms phat1 ['he Rccord says the total consumption party otton in the world is from l0,000,000 to ferets )0,000 bales, of which the south pro- he wo ~es 7,000,000 bales. It is estimated that his eu~ -e is a total of 77,l10,000 spindles in of the world. Great Britiau having ovr hlaee half or 42,000,000, and the tfo weced es having only about l3,00,000. In those o~ all the American mills consumed the gro l,570,342 bales of cotton, not quite been m buith of an average croP. It would the Ed from these figures that the South guardin tg over one-half the entire cotton >t the world would have plenty The bi for more cotton IU1s and that cot- an<d tbe: anufacture here ought to be profit-. proaede Laving the cotton right at home and the 'ail ' other facilities as convenient and daylight bJ for the manufacture ais any ofthe tai oction of the country, ofrptheto Messrs Be has been considerable excite- rangemen 2d stir in Atlanta about the Atlan- a. m, ta ffice. A Republican has been ap- thel0:2~ tr postmaster. The postmaster ap- could not a colored clerk in the ofice, and FEA RS C >k to formalUy introduce him to a The Bla dy and her father as their fellow were still al ~oth these have resigned, and the celraied th Atlanta are "adignant at tYs at <dell fro t social equality. First Assistant Mfr. B3enet a r General Clarkson, says the Pressley, tI -s caused by the appointmentanhiite clerk uinder the civil service A I) itood the best examination. Mr The Judg meems to be unable or unwill.n- erpitivel~ truth about the matter. Wrrat OW the Blackwei ad tat apt.B. m. ated with the adidhate Cat. B.R ian arrested and ~adth fr Governor next weapons, andi tte rmra'igements were made pt them in a on lst w. yk. Hon. g, e fifty. until t also said to be a candidat. Al e.o tha h beteh i %-11~d : put out should be pros te same place on the State ga ge i g efedpeople are not.,h-u .So or .orulai, stomach and bowel j t Itrou'bles, and forestall the beginninig of Ita Idisease. That is why the Browns are h so healthy. It is also guaranteed to cure these ailments ifttaken in time and ~ given a fair trial, or monxey paid for it T will be refunded. bi YELDELL'S SUNDAY GUARD. Discredit to Edgefield and a Weak, Va Ridiculous Show. [Edgefield Chronicle, 14th.] Never, since Sir John Falstaff, in I vn imagination, was attacked fro e front by eleven men in buckraQ d from the rear by three in Kend een, bas there been such a farce is enacted in Edgefield on Sundf ternoon last. We allude to Jol eldell departing from our town in ecial railroad train, guarded by t ieriff, by twen*y of the Edgefie ifles in panoply of war, by attorne3 portersand Sunday amateurs. 1 e almost inclined to reproach o ieriff, our Riflemen and our Sund natuers for lending themselves ch a farce, a ridiculous sham cal< ted to cast discredit upon their tow :r the attorneys and reporters, w anted to get home quickly, it w gh fun; but we cannot exactly a ther what interest or duty or fun o vn people found in it. Up to the tir at the Hon. J. P. Blackwell and >hn Blackwell, jr., left our town d'clock on Sunday morning, the as sense and spirit and duty in bei ,reful as regards John Yeldell's pers' id life. - Blood is stronger than wat( id the Hon. J. P. Blackwell a >ung John Blackwell, the uncle a other of the murdered youth, w as a very fine character, were exs rrated and despetate. It was perfe natural that they should be so, a tey were honest and manly enough ake no secret of it. From -the tir >hn Yeldell entered Edgefi.eld un quitted it, these were .the only t' en he had to fear. Not that we me say they had .no following, for th e popular and widely beloved; b ill, from. the moment they cross eaver Dam bridge, an eighth of a m rear of our Court House, on th )meward journey, John Yeldell mig tve emerged from our jail and sat red leisurely to the railroad dep iattended by even an asthmatic < >g. From eight o'clock A. M. to 2 on Sunday we were on our pub uare; and ever and anon frien ought us news of appearances in t burbs. There was absolutely not g to fear. Yes, John Yeldell, wit it the asthmatic cur dog, might ha en sauntering safely on our stre itil this very moment in which - rite. The Hon. J. P. Blackwell a in- John Blaekwell; -in sorrow, .ave much sympathy, I .. ter that, t r 'iculo ow was av - e-the special telegrams, t tinz, the imaginary anmishes, en in buckrani, the men in green, t en in blue, tles.panoply, the rush, t ted breath, the mystery. A va eak, idle, ridiculous show, calculat ec st totally unnmerited discredit up r town andl our people. ~O ENCHANTMIENT IN A HoaIE VIES After Yeldell's acquittal on last S day night, it was thought to be iod card on t.he part of some person ~rsons to us unknown, to have it ~ar that he was in great danger ~ing lynched, so rumors to that effi ere duly circulated; one of them v at 500 armied men were at Bea' am trestle waiting for the train whi as to carry Yeldell off; that upon aching that place it was to be stopp4 ~e negro taken therefrom and di v'ung up to the trestle timbers un ad, and that his cold corpus wvas tb bey:ressed to thieeeping Pit uad been drinking, but were o h.Press Blackwell, the prosecu the coase and c<ousin of the Black in his declarations. lie told a that while he woul nShiner-f thi Yedell in the Sheriff's hands mI ilhim as soon as he left tody. John Black well, a brothe leceased, made equal threr nen should have been at oes under peace bonds, but they t, and their example told on 'their neighdors who were onc unds. There could not have >re than a score of Dark Corner ever. Twent mebrs of eie l nRighe wer intejail th 'H E WEL< C)ME DA WN-. O ~urs passed, the moonj decline pa undred peoPle in the quned pal toascore. Daylighuape an oand tbecamie evident that ha, v'ul fewoi1 be attacked. At bee few thee ere setill about the n who wished to d'efea te tha fthe discontented few.po aet and Echols had made ar- 0 .s to leave for Treto r-.3 i thmn -edl :and a small han< them intendingto board been eeure transportaton teypul F" A ROADSIDE AFETACJK A 3kwells and thes red fc, Out ak Sheriff On ts dedl. in att on the road wa a forn jadi the she tnt. Then The 'de shier iff visited Judge Branc fcwts ereaccomipaniying, were i fEastforE iD,E a tine s's ideas on the suj- znetj , and he ex pressed thbeem in Spirn lie obthougrht that peace st and be swo'rn out against As he at tand eery man associ- field Ye ser hed teyv should be lie sh< herc pied fr concealed constani he , ee d himself to Wholly 1 ii,eve tte number of was takt vc gavek good, heavy* headed1 f onl eep e the peace.Jbe D CULffer and Hall reached him betwe mnd 2 o'clock this morning, but it a o late to save his life. His body w ken to Eastman this morning, wh< s family are, escorted by a Masor mmittee. Dr. Latimer was a Knig m'nplar, and was esteemed higt >t as a Mason and as a o)hysici an. 4r. Evarts Got a Reply. ('The American Magazinc. A correspondent who has been read ing the anecdotes about Senators in our last number was :n eye witness of the s following occurrence: m At New York city, in the fall or 18.:-, a case was tried before Judge Souther a land, in which the law firm of Evarts, Southmayd & Choate appeared for the defense. Mr. Evarts made the con n luding argument, and the fame of the a great counselor secured for hin a con e siderable audience of lawyers from Id neighboring courts, in addition to many ,, persons who had more or less interest e in the proceedings. ur Mr. Evarts hn'd been speaking for 1y some hours and was evidently nearing to his peroration. He began to sum up u- his arguments, and asked inpriessively n. what answer could be made to them. 20 Again he placed the points in lucid as array, and again asked a similar ques ee tion. Then a third time he restated ur his case with vivid eloquence, and once ae more, in louder tones, wound up with: [r. "What is their answer ?" at He paused. You could have heard a re pin drop. Suddenly the door of the g court room opened, and a peddler, m sticking his head and a feather-duster into the opening, cried out: 1d "Brooms!" id In a moment the room was ringing 2o with uncontrollable loughter, in which s- everybody joined-even :the judge on the bench and the orator himself. Mr. ad Evarts, however, kept on his feet, and to was the first to recover conip< sure. ne With his hand raised to command at til tention, as the roar subsided, he said, o solemnly: i "That was not, indeed, the reply y which I expected. But you may rest Ut assured that when you do get their ans ed wer you will find it equally frivolous ile and inconsequent." ?ir -- -+-~ - ht A Horse Breaks its Heart. Il > . [Western Sportsman.] ur The emotional life of the horse is re p markable- There are instances on bie record where the death of the horse has ds been traced directly to grief. One in be stance is called to mind which occurred h ore than twenty years ago. A circus h- had been 'performing in the little town ve of Unionville, Pa., when one of the trained horses sprained oae of his legs ve so that he could not travel. He was d taken to the hotel and put in a box or stall. The leg was bandaged and lie was made as comfortable as possible. he He ate his food and was apparently as contented until about midnight, when 'reas began moving out of town Then e ee=e restless and tramped be and whined. As the caravan moved e past the hotel he seemed to realize that n, e was being deserted and his anxiety ed and distress became pitiful. He would "" stand with his ears pricked in an atti tude of intense listening, and then, as -his ears caught the sounds of the retir it- ing wagons, he would rush as best he a could with his injured leg from one side or of the stall to the other, pushning at the p- door with his nose andl makimng eve ry of effbrt to escape. ~ct The stableman, who wvas a strannger as to him, tried to sooth him. He would er not be comforted. Long after all soumnds chi of the circus had ceasedI his angitation its continued. The sweat poured fromt him id, in streams and he quivered in every ily part of his body. Finally the sta blemnan til went to the house. woke up) the pro. en prietor and told him he believed the ts- horse would die if somec of the circus se horses wvere not brought baock to keep *Iegesns .A t ab.uut dait5rtle .wolbefoc Coe ntehded to study at act iy,beginrce Cole e Ohi, for the m iu- of i fectory bin ext mon)th. His.con- o betinrke buies in Pittsburg had are been boken up tand he could n0ot re- con turbn trate stime of the year. He 8twt pheeroeton hvery nicely in jail, try aie rSoweunu he Pthoughit had been grai apzr, onaitsburg Republican ar s, )aer cota imning a report of an inter-, and 'dgefield people and cj he abused the J- IJ sehwodnoafie about his were e, he said nots trm or deny that han] e ad idll Yt hee adhind le .had not the a >u it all t he a(lj -e takizg t wo waitej )pie ofThe pa perhwith him to JEdgre- The s wld Tchere 2ay hare been things inorB e riaso he had not said. Tbat was The o e reain this Staderefused to be inter- oppor' ate ibn theefse tte. le complained he tra no whenhe nrew to let the official seemne er the stenographer had saida ines took ha ketold s oYll bthat if he e rtae thsand to testify he woulEd A fte, e reaged is guilt and would have his rev re hsnd 'oe professed not to know hitim no d about him e reece of this "Mr. it ra credit'and would not admit ofm?y b >te.le to the Edgefield at you th is line Col. Echo!elarsta n soeld dones no acknow~ledge the "I wil soreatedne r in which he has "provid( treadnhne bo- Echois, will upon ni -ydnunehm remrarks. ARRIVAL AT AIKEN. Mir- C en wa reached at 3,54. Atoa! wi~ )er oecidtorD saiso : rarmrly comnplimnen ted ir. gesst orsh ri ov r y e e able to - ad ,enjfeo ng-mn, for your bi They joked and ean tr.p Then wye Si ad Col Echols at time eadin', "f Will'a YELIELL re gEr. Calhou got Lfrthe '.I A egislative deot father away from Edge-' ,cover a busi, wded tawedo int good humor. son01 persona smes. -l o is white teeth is " Then I y ~leasant. Ai t6otreatmenit was Isaid Afr. Wi n tBAtvl c'lock the turn . "Theni," n tbEncl,.j anyte raip , ale raecitizen. regardl.ess of creed, race or as the one looked for everywhere, and re her appearance the signal for the heart ic iest welcome."-Evening Telegraph. $.500+.ffered for an incurable case of ly catarrh by the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Remedy. 50 cents by druggists. A SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY. Judge Terry Shot Dead for Slapping Justle< Field's Face. SAX FR& cIsco, Aug. 14.-Ex-Judge David S. Terry was shot aid. killed b. Deputy United States Marshall. David Nagle at the breakfast table in the depot hotel at Lathrop this morning The shooting was caused by an assaull made by Terry upon Justice Field, o the United States Supreme Court. LATHBOP, CAL., Aug. 14.-Upon the arrival of the Southern overland train here at 7.30 o'clock this morning United States Supreme Court Judge Field and Deputy United States Mar shal David Nagle walked into the de pot dining room for breakfast and -sat down side by side. Soon. after Judg< David S. Terry and wife,formerlySaral Althea Hill, came in. They were pro ceeding to another table when Mrs Terry, evidently recognizing Judge Field, did not ;sit down but retired t< the train for some unknown purpose Before she reached it, however, and ao soon as she had left the dining room Judge Terry approached Justice Fiel and stooping over him slapped-his face At this junction Deputy Marsha Nagle arose from his seat and. shot Judge Terry through'his heart.. As he was falling the Deputy Marshal firei again but missed him, the bullet going through the floor. The shots were fired in very ~quick succession. The judge never uttered a sound after th< firing of the shot. He had hardly, fal len when Mrs. Terry rushed to the side of his body and threw herself upon it Then ensued a scene of the wildest ex citement. People rushed from the din ing room and others rushed in. Durinp this time Justice Field and Deput: Marshal Nagle retreated :to the sleep ing car where they were securely lock ed within. At times Mfrs. Terry woulc call upon citizens to arrest them before the train pulled out. Constable Wal ker entered the sleeper and was carriet away on board the train. He inform ed the crowd that he knew his dut; and would perform it. During. th time the train was standing at the . de pot Mrs. Terry was wildly running al ternately from the body of herhusban< to the sleeper, demanding admittane that she might slap Justice Fields' face and at the same time begging thatthe: be detained and have their examina tion here. Previous to the entrance < Constable Walker into the sleepe Sheriff Purvis and a deputy, of Star islaus County, had already take charge of Deputy United States Mar shal Nagle. COTTON SEED OIL MILLS. Paying from Thirty to Fifty Per . Cent Dividends to Stockholders. Once more we want to urge upon th people of our city and country the i portance and pra'cticability of a. cottoi seed oil mill. Some of these mills in Georgia arn paying from th.irty to fifty per :cent dividends to the stockholders. Thi fact should be enough to cause our peo ple to give the matter a thorough. in vestigation. It is a positive waste to be shippinj cot ton seed out of the country, when little united action and the investmnen of a few thousand dollars would. brinj thousands of dollars here from, othe sect ions. A cotton seed oil mill brings into us every p)art of the seed. At,.eurren prices for the seed there is a. noti profi to be made of from fiftee five dollars on every -te .tIIenry .- mUrmugf to.'arn Coper. mng under a potivror Gordon he ontiuo ofSect ion 5,112, vrnrstiuton taki says: "T he veait hall texecare that the laws f serator of~ ethedand shall be the r e setro e peace throughou tsi tset t duveral telegr.am,s to p aosweto toe Mdul One of the tele- tI ay, Wett on tagonery to Govern-. fi ap t arry -ti, r Pat Calhoun p< Williamson, with A 'J,ack r. fo preparing, to tight a due Jac Kigfe , an reuestng i ue inAla- to' erfsateo nto mn.struct tui for tlihem as bordaet counties to at time telegra,1 wa ey torrived. he b aylora a vnr tToeGovern- le Ificers all alon ense.la :unity to aregthe route had an stej reedsndalgt Wiliamson, as A v eldindt dig, but no one knio lac anccordir tot so, aud the duel corn lae ordi- g o programme. I 110 T As SETTLED. Joh, [A tlanta Constitutio. a the shots Afr. Cah - gone >lver at WiliashOun pom ted soon, to move o andorde e str Williamson, I hav eefu Jh tils, which I aetitereurJh ow. I do nlot wishte to fire Lanf< w ask you to retractake your Lanft lade before the Lyour re- minul do o,"ans e< l ture." again, do o," aitdrwered Wlimson, before characiter4involvhed refections5 get tI ~,c amc er Iiv Wed i your com e' Ihoun again ase time' hdra askedic Aan un condi-. La ngst hrfused whih Mr Wilam-. see you refused Th - Mr alhoun to thje r ou Withdiraw Shortl3 fie?-our remarks, walked asnrpi I Whien j therefton ' I you found il If not, no an Iupoin my Lanfordl SIlets. Fiire, n am ready Isaid no all load andl ir afour sots. slander, fnson folded hire gm,"'a'd Langsto ~vant to take mor'f s i three a n. "In speakingu bfeaiThyw commflittee I intee the apart. ess point, andArVi to Lanford, lly did not occr.t XVlium- pistol in JCl'uwms- wrinkled sedsa full o: mecaning as an old Hebrew-verb. Five farmers about Duncans, ii Spartanburg County, have entered init< a contest for the best acre ofi cotton the prize being the best hat in the mar ket. They have prepared their Iots s.nd eaeb one is allowed to measure of his acre where he thinks it best. THE NEGRO IN THE POSTOFFI1CE. The. Atlanta Constitution and Tnrn'em out-Clarkson Lock Horns about the Negro Clerk. ATLANTA. GA., August 14.-In reply to the statement of Acting Post mastet General.Clarkson sent out to the Asso ciated Press in reference to theappoint ment of the negro clerk, .Penny,. to a position in the Atlanta postoffice, the Constitution will say to-morrow in a double leaded editorial. "Tbat the authorities in Washington are determined to distort the.-facts rela tive to the apipointment- of the. negro Penny, to a place in the. Atlauita post office is clearly shown by. the.:telegran which was printed yesterday. Nearly every statement attributed to Acting Postmaster General.Clarkson, in. tha telegram, is false on. the,face of it- an< the telegram may justly be regarded ae a deliberate attempt on the part of. an official.supposed to be close to the ad ministration to decele the.publtewitb reference to an event that has becom( notorious. Mr. Clarkson says that the Atlanta postmaster..appointed Charle C. Penny.who stood at the head of the civil-service list of. eligibles. This ih false. When Lewis appointed Penny he was the lowest on the list of two an< Lewis did not discover until afterward that Sturgis, the white applicant, ;wa not*eligible for he.appointed him to i clerkship in auiother department nex j day. Lewis himself says.that he ap pointed-Penny to the position in, thi -registry department because he woul< then be less liable to come in .R;ntac with the public, but Mr. Clarkson say that Penny-was assigned to work iL the registry division, not in the same room with the young lady, but in. an other. The impression here sought t be left.on the-public mind is false.; Ex postwastet.. Iepfroe, who. knows t great deal more about the workings o the postoffice here4, than Lewis,. say that the clerks in the registry -depart ment are necessarily brought into con tact and association. Mr. Clarkson. say that the young lady and her father who 'as superintendent of the registr; division and had the assignment c clerks; both resigned because the negr .had been appointed to a place in thi office.. That tlisi .absptely. false 1 shown by M. -Clarkson,-himself, wh goes on to say that there- were fiv f negro clerks in the .postoffice under th r Democratic: postaster. This attempt at whitewashing which emanates from Washington., wil not besuccessful.; The people of Al lanta.know what they are; about .an in this -progressive, - liberal city -publi sentiment is neyerat fault in matter of this kind.. If all that Mr.. .Clarksol has said is true, how is it.that Mr. Van winkle, Republican,-refuses to remai: on General Lewjs' bond? If the. post master did not Violate the civil servic law, how is it that Judge Henry E Tompkins comesoff his. bond on tha very ground and shows that the ap pointmnent of tfie negro was deH berati and inexcusable?. The Conjstituti assures Mr. Clarkson that neither the administration-nor:any. of its .servant will be permitted to. slander and inis represeat .Atlaita." W ~ASHINdGTON, D. C.,, .August 14. The abbve dispatch.-from -Atlanta wa shown to Acting Postmaster-Genera Clarkson to-n,igh.t and he was aske< what he hadto'say inregard to it. H< said: "I have no wish to follow the matte Sup. I stated the official facts, the lit eral tru,th. .The Constitution up< Srwhsrgth Lanford and sn gheer nceso ey were with anrdrehithreach other and btrather like sittshot.ILangston r:-uned in that - Siing down. liec e e tap T p st onbout tbirt at.was three and a halfwas elon ag by, e inches wide. He dreetng andk, 'sitioni andsrd tr Mr asrkng d, who hadre toadM.Lnh tat that ti rereated about twenty B ards Lanfor1 abangt on coutiflued ned oun andw$tten feet, and bed storeund at doly to the steps re about tw at .dowfln Teseps turned his andrs rtfom where led backwarsnelir agtn . .ellover on) the nother witness, Druntr wn and reliablefinon, a well misionr, est$eda an, county hg vas there on busie l ewit b hih Lanfordj and asked mi if maetth byni dsown wthrad lie said he had to m dow mt- rad tbut would 'b back day< an stadgsbon near Milam's By >uld go, but~ busiDess- esidmsi Lanfrd rsthe wanted to see rdand~ is.id-f'e called to John rd answered "I wan t toseyon e-" Soon M"Al.iIn sfe ou wnigto know h Lnr C(ol he could come. "As SOO as' 'rough loading this soonIasill was the repy After ca lile Lan ford Pcame ter agitte r)n said to ILanford L antsto. Privately. They warond to I{ orth siderfMilZae saike hound. H1 d after I heardj loud talkingu. Iede roundj to see what i nt, frede got to where, meant. f h was Lanford ancd nsetIdy f had a pistol in his hand,ton. gentlemanf wo,uld -icad, ad Mat US re port about a yoruu.lady. a Mat ahalf fee of l)lank, about STATE fecbot lovng, in his hand. ICOU S iagst sn aor eight feet COM3 wh as" retreativa7 ith a Geo. Bar only two men on the eligible list. T vacancy to fill was In the registry di. vision for which the negro. was quali fied. The other man was choson nex1 -day for another vacancy in the offiet and which vacancy he was more com 'petent to till. The spirit of the Consti 4tution and those it represents simply represents those who are unwilling t< accept the negro as a citizen and whc are unwilling to letcolored people show their capacity to hold elerkships o1 other government positions." EIGHT THOUSAND FOR A FOOT. Fly A Former Baggage Master Gets a Verdict Aginst The Three C's. thia [Special to the Greenville News.] tE SHELBY, :. C., August 15.-H. T. the Hudson, Jr., formerly baggage nmaster Pic on the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chica go railroad, was awarded eight thou- sto sand dollars in damages in Cleveland p County Superior Court to-day for the loss of a foot incurred in the discharge , of his duties in April, 1887. The jury pa wasout eighteen hours. The defendants th( will appeal. cit A Denial of the Tilman Ticket. ' A gentleman who was present at the l Pendleton Agricultural meeting when na it was alleged that B. R. Tillman was so slated for Governor and Captain G. W. Shell for Secretary of State, tells The Greenville News that there was no A foundation for the rumor. He was present at Major Norris' house when it is alleged that the slating took place, s but no political matters were discussed by the present. They talked pleas- V antly about matters agricultural and on the bright prospects for the Agricultral College. He expressed the opinion that had the correspondent in question wi been present he would have learned to to be a better farmer but not a wiser pol- lee itician. The gentleman added, how- sti ever, that the Farmers' Association would be heard from before the next election. RIDING AN ELEPHANT. ev - ac Not the Easiest or Safest .Thing for a Be- S ginner. th' ro! [From the Nineteenth Century.] cr1 At a word from his mahout"-a wild-looking creature who sits between the elephant's ears and pricks him with an iron s:aff-he goes down on his knees, and one climbs on to his back as bestone can, holding on by his tail with co both hands and trying toget a footing yo on his slippery quarters. At last one It manage to scramble up, and finds cll one self on a square cushion, almost as f slippery as the elephant's back. The he first time, when the great beast rises on tic his fore legs, then on his hind ones, it co is all one can do to hold on by the ropes which are fastened to the sides of the pad; but practic makes perfect, CO and in a short time one learns to adapt s one's self to the curious motion. . th .A good small elephant will shuffle se 1 along easily at the rate of: five milesan sn hour climbing -steep ravines and other tic obstructions, so that the rider often bu Sfinds herself hanging on in an almost th Sh perpendicular position. No animal is so Co sure-footed as an elephant. He will th climb steep banks and slide down into s' river-beds with as much ease as an Irish fai pony, but he particularly objects to a bog, and . let no one attempt to ride n him over one, for if he finds himself sU sinking in, his first impulse is to drag afi the rider ofi and put him uinder his feet, no by way,of having something to standS on-a proceeding one would hardly an approve of. sh CHICAGO'S TINIEST DaUGHTER. tot -- in - Plans and Specifleations of the Saanest Baby in the World. ph [From the Chicago Times.] Miss Erma Clara Roth is 2 weeks i old, and she weighs but two pounds.E She is the precious property of Mr. and I hRot, ad i asheathyta CCORDpNG TO THE RULE jt ntrodued by Dr. Meadow th> ra 'orse doctor. Twentyo the point prevent contruetio of rh eel oint >)rLs, and by shoe.ion of this ruee or e horse asctegontiruef will eure'l him.Itracn of the bee] natural pos.Iti also puts the hors Pncnsoesatboii on his feet. No works by this rule Norcl-nes n ithurn 1wber f- l o other black Tam iitlinour bo this rule. A NO Ot Overseers Made FIE OVRER OF PUJBLfC way's for Newberr onv aehr istructed and rer 1 onty. ae hee- ,, worked mteirdto aeh 'ftSeptemnber on or before the 2d - -2j order of the Board ofCoTATE~ OU >nlers.ofCuyCm- OU GEO- 13. CROyEj B Jacol (lerk. HE E OF SOUTHj (A Lett ma o ;xTy OF NEWvlE OLINA, etr o IMON PLEAS. flY-I on with tU Robt P.Fairet l . and efTects Rb.P.airt -l T hese are in'Y Fa eutor, et a], ancredi Relief. d eceased, t: Creditors of Mrs MaryyN F~ - fre mye, in mcased, are hereby re- ireed to2 t daN destablish their diezra toj-P 20cth.ayo Mater, on or before the is pubreationto eptemiber, 188.9. efrtfrno,t SILASJ-OHNSTONE have, why r' fle y1t Mster, should notb r'~Ofl~e Ju y 1 th 18 9. August A. D) TY SOUTH CAROLIN ~ON PLEAS WER-.IN tow Caldweii, Adminzistrator against lina C. Caldwell et al. on your .,...1 st get out of-this d talte of think I am engaged i .l "Don't do it, Buds,~beG dall. "I have some:re the I don't want to faster. - - -L day to meet you in'..esger wodn prc cu "You'll be there, as you are here,"H retorted Butler, as quick as thought, fail "a neralper of the lower houlse." . na e Thousand Dollars rlcu up u as Street. [ Register, 16th.] Vhile walking on Main street near postoffice yesterday Letter Carrier A. Forde espied a slip of paper onl pavement, which looked as if worth king up. t certainly proved to be so, for on aping and picking up the piece of >er the letter carrier found it to be a ck for $5,000. he check was payable to a certain ty "or bearer," and was drawn on. Loan and Exchange Bank of this he letter carrier at once sought and ud the gentleman whose name ap Lred on the check, and who was urally much gratified at recovering valuable a paper. HE TESTED THE ELIXIR. Texas Rheumatic Throws Away His Crutches. . HICAGO, Abg. 13.-A Fort Wayne cial says: Yesterday afternoon Dr. n. H. Myers, one of the first sur >ns of the state, tested the Brown luard elixir on Michael Kenny, of lumbia City. he patient was so seriously affected th rheumatism that he was unable walk without the aid of crutches. In 5 than an hour, through the anulating effects of the treatment, nny threw away his cructches and Iked off. . )r. Myers has had no faith what r r in the panacea, but in answer to uestion he remarked: "I can only that the stimulating effect is some .ng marvellous. The man's pulse e to 138 and be is walking without, itches. I don't understand it." Don't Mind Shedding. [Carolina Spartan.] [et there be no grumbling whew'-, ;ton begins to shed its forms and: ung bolls. It is obliged to do this; would be unreasonable to expect a 4", tster stalk four feet high to mature.1 :y to seventy-five boils; or that the - ibed varieties could carry to perfec n 100 to 150 bolls. They havte me off and that in large numbers rhere is something revolting to the nmon mind.in putting a tax t. Salt is of such universal use that Sattempt to make it scarce or dear .in like a proposition to liiit t = pply of air or water. The Prote nists in this country have taxed it,^< t they excuse the it they only intend thereb irage its cheaper production. It.. e one universal savor common.- t1 rage and civilized men. Perhaptlie ' iure of the Salt Trust to get its share ;=: .en may be accounted for by an in te appreciation of the inhumanity of :h a speculation. Even an Arab, er he eats salt with a stranger, w'ilI longer cheat him in a horse trade. Lt is at once .the token of hospitality~ d the preserver and cement of friend p. To conspire to make salt dear s erime. No man would like to be ind dead with a Salt Trust certificate his pocket.-Philadelphia Regord. A. machine for stripping the ramie in1t, exhibited by a French company, I,> tttracting great attention at the Paris :position. There could be nothing re curious than to 'see a machine re in a stick and send out a fine tow th which all sorts of fabrics are hanu" - le linen, silk hand SIN UCUl0NOCIUN ,,,y ~ HSAIACEMnAKEFSFJYE.CAtLONS nost -TZr a NZ30 ERC DR2 ndth wor.SOjT -HIRES, PHILADEL.PHI ther; 9e bs STEEI TY OF NEWr EI O NA B8. FellErsq-,Probate EA B 1acom B. Hair hath Administr-atornt dehim~. e will an once, of tbonia of Johzn eair, ofeeate therefore todcite ad ad arsingu'lar the kind rs of the said John Hi heCutof Probate, to b August, 1889, n athe ereof, at 11 o'clot, in the shwcause, if an the the said A -ndte grantd mmt r Iihanidthis 5th day of th 4 FE R, .j. p. 11l its FELE~~-~ 3all's rnity. mrent. ERanally SASH & B ,~ & ereby 5 1h,by assist na ~ r The - prietors have'so- soneerz...a in itsi ative powers, that thife~er One ndred Dollars for any case~ that it s to cure. 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