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I VOL XXVI.-M0 8. P1II0N. SOBIE CAMUM^B^P^ART iffl, 1895. , - ... . >1.50* TEAR.!
WMMBS Biweiaai
II D. E. Hydhick, J. A. Sawykr.
j Spartanburg, S. C. Union, 8. C.
? Hydrick & Sawyer,
Attorneys at Law,
I JUDGE TOWNSEN'S OLD S*ANE
| MUNRO Sx. MUNRO,
I Attorneys at Law,
H NO. 2 LAW RANGE.
; S- S. STOKES,
|i ATTORNEY AT LAW ANDTRIAL JUSTIC
t Offli'B Tlnnr of fionrt. VTointn.
J. O. WALLACE:,
Attorney at Law,
No. 3 Law Range.
JOSIAH CRUDUR,
Attorney at Law,
Office at Times Building.
SCH U M PERT &c BUTLER
Attorneys at Law,
I'
No. Si Law Range.
M'KISSICK &c COTH RAN
Attorneys at Law,
Corner Main and Judgment Streets.
DENTISTR V.
Dr. H. K. Smith's
Dental Room? over A. H. Foster c
Co's Store. Cocaine used in cxtractini
teeth.
Wm. A. Nicholson & Son
BANKERS,
NO. 99 MAIN STREET.
See advertisement in another column
UNION HOTEL,
Nos. 80 and81 Main St.
W. M. GIBBS, Proprietor.
j LiVERY FEED AND SALE STABLE?
No. 31 Bachelor Street.
GARRETT & CO.
THE UNION TIMES
Corner Main and Judgment Sts.
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D. A. TOWNSEN D
JUDGE 7TH DISTRICT.
UNION MARBLE
?AND?
granite; works
GEORGE GEDDES.
F. M. FARR, GKO. M UN ROE,
President. Cashier.
Merclmnt's ami Planter's
National IM
OF UNION.
Capital stock $<>0,000. Surplus, $.">0,
000. Stockholders liabilities, $00,000.?
Total?$170,000.
Officers.?F. M. Fair, Pros't. A
H. Foster, Vice Pres't. Geo. Munro
Cashier. J. I). Arthur, Ass't Cashier
Directors.?W. Fl. Wallace, A. G
Rice, Wm. JefTor'ea, T. C. Duncan, J
A. Fant, J. T. Douglas, I. G. McKis
Blck, A. II. Foster.
mjsr-wTxr am rniT VOITR niTSINF.S?
CITY
Oyster Saloon
I ain now running a first-class Oya
ter Saloon where I will serve Oyster
fresh from Norfolk to both gontlomei
and ladies every day. The ladies ar<
invited to give me a call. I have i
first-class cook, evoything is kept nea
and clean, and his stews and fries an
very tempting.
I havo the finest Lino of FUKNCE
CAN I) IKS and plain Candy in town.
I havo a full lino of fino CIGARS
AND TORACCO, also cheap cigars
('an sell you four Cigars for fie . a
good as you can get for double th?
money anywhere else. The "SICA
HOARD," of which I am the agent, i
given up to he the Ix-st fic. Cigar 01
the market.
FRUITS AND CONFKCTIONKillKS
Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Meal, i.ard
Soda. Starch, a full lino of Cnnnei
Coods and a general line of Groceries
The largest stock of Pickles in town
The finest Pork Sausage, etc.
Polite attention to customers guar
an toed. Give me a call.
Jno. T. Mathis
the
That gives you a bit of heartache # '
At tne setting of the fcuo. attr
The tender word forgoiten, was
The letter you did not write, pttn
The flower you did not send, dear,
Are yournaunting ghosts at night. p^J
The stone you m:ght have lifted bro'
Out of a brother s way ; myg
The bit of heartsome counsel ^
- You were hurried too much to say. ^
The loving touch of the hand, dear, nigl
The gentle, winning tone, wei
Which you had no time nor thought for, jj
With troubles enough of your own. ^oc)
~ the
" A THIEF IN THE NIGHT. 3
leal
E There was a large party at the Cha- relit
teau de Kerdall, near Vannos. shoi
The Marquis de Kerdall aud his "
young wife had just returned from a 8tor
tour of the world on their yacht, dur- cbai
ing which they bad paid dying visits outc
td Africa, America and Oceanica, and
they had celebrated tholr home-com- ?
ing by gathering together all their tor,'
friends and relatives at their beautiful
country house. doct
Among the guests were old Dr. Corn- run
abuc, an illustrious member of the chai
Academy of Metaphysical Sciences, so ttaviJ
original, so abseut-mindod, so venora- the
_ ble in his blonde Deruke and his cos- ? ;
tumo of the fashion of 1850. Then thor
> there was Mme. do Lartigues, an old
school friend of the marquis, a bril- wild
liant and coquettish Parisienne. And ??;
there was Miss Hawthorne, an English guet
. maiden lady with youthful propensi- ??'
ties. And there wero many others, all bow
? of whom found plenty of amusement to beat
their heart's content at Kerdall. bent
^Outside of the ordinary pleasures of ci0w
life, there wero some unusual attrac- mar
_ tions. In the first place the host and 'pt
hostess had 'scon and experienced so .The
much that was novel and startling plicj
i - "
vuau uum uvuvciPttiiuu won niwa^s luv tDOU
cimiting. Then the rooms of the castle teau
constituted a veritable museum, being iars
stocked with rare and curious object*
e ft Out two continents. And, linaliy, a the 1
y menagorio had been created in one >< j
cornor of the park and stocked with
tho various animals which Mmo. do
Kerdall had picked up during tho voy- Vj.j
age and brought back to France for
i purposes of acclimatization. There coraj
were gazelles, antelopes. Thibet goats, corti
Nile ibises, roso tlamingoos, opossums, joon
beavers and an Asiatic apo of the man- o.0j3|
drill species, as mild as a lamb, but as |reeil
. mischievous as all his kind. An iron iJrok
- lattice cage had been built for him .. close
to tho conservatory. auis
As will bo seen, the Chateau de Ker- y^tf,
dall was a veritable Eden, but this (jorr
fact did not prevent Mine, do Larti
gues irom ureauing tuo isolated posi- ^ ~w
tion of the place among the wido ex- was
panse of woods and Holds. awai
" I should bo afraid to live hero all aua,'
the year round," she said. MWm
"Afraid of what, my dear?" asked
the marquise. J
"Oh, of robbors ; they would fairly
revel hero." ^
Robbers ! In this mansion filled to ?.r
" the eaves with guests and servants ! crju,
Everybody mocked at the young womau,
and old Or. Cornabuc told liorri- froir
ble stories about burglars and assas- an(j
sins until Mme. de Lartigues, ashamed jQ
of her chimerical fears, was the first wo,{,
to laugh, and when the retiring hour aaj0(
came, siie mounted to her sleeping ^
apartment on the second floor supplied
with a goodly stock of heroism. YVith- cei.tl
? in a short time all the occupants of ? _
the chateau were in the land of u(f\
dreams. amo
How long Mme. do Lartigues slept ^
she know not. She was awukened by (ia8t
a rattling at her window, which she
had left half opened on account of tho j{on
heat. him*
What was tho terror when, in the ma,j
feeble starlight, she saw a form climb- (
iug noisclesly through tho window. ^
She tried to scream, but her throat
was patched with fright, and she r
could not utter a sound. mesl
Tho man had entered the chamber. saj(|
Then tho poot woman hastily buried B j
her head beneath the bed-clothing. QOPr
Half dead with fear, sho could hear y
her nocturnal visitor going and coming j
across tho carpet with muflled stops. amo
Itsoemed as though ho must havo re- jj
moved his shoos in order to tread
f. 1 oil II I
softly. thc
Bathed with cold perspiration and (lUju
her teeth chattering she awaited tho
mortal blow from tho invader. But it "j
did not come. froir
After about a quarter of an hour sho
_ timidly peeped out. Sho could see and '
hoar nothing, Slightly reassured sho ' an-J,|)
recovered tho use of her voice, and Iirev
started a series of shrieks, so sharp, !
piercing and terrible that in an in- !
' stunt the entire chateau was turned I | ^
topsy-turvy. Everybody rushed into j . t|j
her chamber with lights in their !
' hands, M. and Mme. do Kerdall at tho jj(
i- head. t(?.
"What is it? What's tho matter ?" fast
they cried. at
She recounted her horrible vision.
They would not believe her ; sho had
oeen u reaming. >* no couiu nave .
climbed into this chamber, so high /'
above the ground, without a ladder ? ('o:
"Did you see biiu plainly ?" asked , ',
the marquis, with a touch of suspi- (
, ci??n in his voice. !J t J
" As plainly as I see you ; and it ' e?.
oven seemed " She hesitated. ....
"What?1' w,tl
" It seemed as though I could rccog|*
ns/.o Dr. Cornabuc in his blonde wig In
' and redingoto." of t
Everybody laughed. What! Dr. poci
, Cornabuc ! A man of his age and stor
character scaling windows at mid- shov
L night! It was certain now that M mo. pee|
de Lartiguos had been dreaming, the
' They tried to dissipate her fear, and amo
she was just about to persuade herself issu<
4 that she had been tho victim of an hal- to h
i. lucination, when she happened to cast 'Th<
s her eyes upon the buroau, where she whi
e had left ho?* jewels. hun
They were gone ! It truly had boen tree
s a robber ! It 11
n The laughing suddenly ceased, and duri
they looked at ono another in con- som
sternation. fron
All at once another cry was hoard, a shri
, piercin? shriek coining through the bur?
;1 stillness of tho night. It appeared to tion
i. emanate from Miss Hawthorne's cham- so,
i. her. There was a rush for her apart- whi
m ...? or..I <1... I.'...r'i I-.I, I...I.. ....... O......I ikO
in nv, (kwu uiiv} icvu> *> an uiuiiu uno
standing in the middle of the room, "
with frightened eyes. I]
4,Thoro ! there ! ' she cried, pointing VV
to the window. "A man! lie ch
cupod, hut I recognized him." K:
^ Polly Covered l?y the Bondsmen.
The State, Khh inet.
iu- Governor Evans has commenced to [
g. apply the law to those dispensers who '
r.8 have been found to be defaulters, as
j'p be expressed it a few days ago. And
the first man among these ofiicore of
If- the State to find himself in the hole is I
te Mr. B. O. Evans, the dispenser at St.
-a Matthews, in Orangeburg Coubty. ,
The official inspector has gone over
tie this dispeuser's hooks, and finds that ,
in there is a shortage of between $2,200 ,
o- and $2,300.
p, Governor Evans said that tho matter ]
n- of the existence of this shortage was ,
as only reported to him on Saturday lust. ,
;h He at onco sent inspector Scruggs to
St. Matthews to take charge of the
te dispensary and make an investigation ?
io of the liooks and accounts. He report- \
le ed that tho amount of the defalcation .
to WOa as given above. Governor Eyiins .
says he cannot understand how the .
c. county board of control could havo let .
the shortage occur without noticing it.
le The Governor says there was nothing
left for hiru to do but to act promptly, ,
x. in order to preserve the discipline of
,e tho entiro management of tho dispent,()
sary. Consequently he has sent the .
bond of tho dispensor to Messrs. Bowv.
man & H. H. lirunson, attorneys at c
Orangeburg, and ordered them to pro- '
ceed at once to bring suit upon the
' bond to recover the amount of tho J
,j_ shortage. He has also decided, ho
says, to havo Dispenser Evans prose- ,
" cuted to the full oxtent of the iaw for A
'g grand larceny and breach of trust.
!(j On the dispenser's bond are Messrs.
l0 Philip Ltich and Frederick J. Buyck, ?
,c both men of wealth, and the loss will
bo fully covered. Go'vernor Evans
{, says the shortage, so far as ho can as- ?
n. certain, falls entirely on tho county
jy and does not effect the funds due tho
1V. State. Tho Governor has ordered Mr.
Scruggs to close the dispensary and
turn it over to some person whom the !
board of control shall select to act as
dispenser. J;
,, Governor Evans has not yet taken .
' , any legal steps against any of the other
H ;. ... i. ??. i i t x 8
ho doctor train! This time r
y laughed. Oornabue whs look
among, tho persons who had be<
acted by the excitement; but 1
not there. Ho was the only occ
t of tho chateuu who was tnisgin
Come, lot us go to the doctoi
xi," said tho marquis, knitting b
ws. " Ho will doubtless solve tl
itery for us."
11 followed Kordall?tho men ha
?8od, tho womou in tholr whi
tit-robes, all carrying candlosrd
procession.
pon tho entrance of tho crowd, tl
tor hurriedly wrapped himself
bod clothes, his wrinkled count
do alone being visible over tho to
this conulsed by anger into a coi
grimace. Tho candle light wi
acted from his bald pate, whi<
le liite old ivory.
Is this sotno Ill-timed joko ?" 1
med. " What is going on ? is tl
teau on lice? 1 heard a tor rib
try, and was about to inquire in
You must come and join us do
" said Kordall.
\nd how shall I do it?" cried tl
,or, furiously. Some rascal hi
off with my clothing, and in e
ago ho has left me this," and t
igely hurled a whito object in
middle of tho lloor.
My corsets !" murmured Miss
no, modestly lowering her eyes.
And this." continued tho docto
lly brandishing another article.
My hat !" cried Mine, do Lart
i.
This railery passes all bounds
led tho doctor, whoso shinin
1, with one final grimace, duckc
tath tho bed-clothing, like tb
n going through a trap door in tl
ionetto theatre.
ley did not know what to thin!
mystery was growing more con
ited. It certuinly looked i
igh a robber had entered the chi
?perhaps a whole band of burj
and assussins. Mnio.de Lartigiu
4 inou a troop of brigands armed 1
teeth.
L.ot us hopo they have no guns,
the marquis, to raise tho hopes <
quests.
aero was no echo to the pleasantr;
iddenly a strange sound was hear
!rwr fiuam flan irtoauta/l If u?r
linly tho piano in tho reception si
, but it w?- surely being played b
in lingers, and so furiously that
led as though tho keys must t
en.
rhis is too much !" cried tho ma
, rushing toward tho staircas*
all tho crowd, excepting L)
labuc, close behind him.
ley hastily penetrated the salooi
as empty. The mysterious visit*
gono, but ho could not be fn
Tho crash of china ami glas
tunced his presence in tho dining
i.
'erybody rushed thither, and th
^uis, who was in the lead, ditnl
a form escaping through the wii
into the garden.
rhis time we'vo got him !" h
i.
le men seized guns and knivc
i a hunting-ruck in tho vestibuh
started across tho garden and par
lursuit of the fugitivo, while th
ten barricaded themselves in th
in and anxiously awaited the resu
ic chuso.
was about an hour later, in the ui
uin light which precedes the ri:
if the sun, that a servant discovei
ho mysterious stranger ensconsc
ng the branches of a largo oal
lis call tho manjuis and his gue&t
ened to the spot.
2ome down !" commanded M. d
Jail, but the bandit only settle
self deeper among the foliage an
o no response.
Jomu down, or I will shoot!"
id, as there was still no reply, h
d his gun, and already hud his lii
upon tho trigger, when tho d<
tic hurriedly pulled his arm an
Do not lire, monsieur. It is Di
iabuc !"
id suro enough, the blonde wi
long' redlngoto could now be see
ng tho leaves.
it at this moment tho first ray t
io'ht. in from t.hn i.ajf >vii
oak was illuminated. The inai
suddenly broke into a lit of oxph
laughter, and, as his guests gaze
nto the tree, they could not kee
i following his example,
riie Ape !'"
fery.iing was explained. Th
ml had escaped from his cage th
ions evening and had managed I
:t an entrance into the ehatea
mated hy his insiinetof iniuatioi
iad lirst attired himself in the <l?x
i elTeets and then wandered ovt
house at his own free will,
e was put hack into his prison a
some little trouble, and at hreal
the party enjoyed a hearty laug
tie adventures of the night,
nt Dr. Cornabuc did not appear i
table. Ho left the chateau at u
y hour, furious and without tak.n
e.
nee this episode ho has never s<
at Kerdall, and ho has never lo:
eling of deep antipathy t<i Mini
mrtigues and Miss Hawthorne.
How could they havo mixed me u
i a monkey V" he wants to know.
?
f a Mkf.tlnd Mood.?'Tho edit<
he Morganton (Ha.) News wi
iMarly affected hy the recent sno\
m, as the following extract wi
v : " Last Sunday morning as w
led out of the window from und<
cover, we would have given tl
unt of Mr. Cleveland's next bon
e, one hundred millions of dollar
ave been a poet for live minute
3 beautiful snow' had thrown il
to mantle over the earth at
g in lace-like fringes from tl
s and every surrounding objoc
nade uh think tiiat the angel
ng tlio night, in glad and froii
e humor, had thrown the dow
1 their shining wings over tre<
ih and hush, and wo eaino net
tting with suppressed poetic emi
s. And would luivo possibly dor
but for the following inspiratic
eli eame in time to saves us froi
awful catastrophe:
'Man iH like the beautiful snow,
[o breathes awhile and goos below
rhero he melts like tl e bcautifi
snow,
iccept more longer, and raorostow.'
u S WUO' IIUVU LICOU lOUHU M) oe .
defaulters, but his action in this case
indicates what course he will likely j1
,, pursue with all of them.
is 1 c
i- t
,y The State, 14th inst. ^
it Governor Evans yesterday received g
>e from Dispensary Inspector Scruggs his t
report of his investigation of the ac- v
r- counts of the dispensary at St. Mat- c
3, thews, lie, reports that the total shortr.
tage is 12,282.83. The hulk of this am- t
ount falls on the State and not on the t
i. county, as Governor Evans thought, a
>r There is now uuo the State, so Mr. r
ir Scruggs reports, $2,038.80. The amount J
?s due the county on account of unpaid u
r- profits is only $244.47. The slock on a
hand ut the dispensary us accounted h
io on Monday by Air. Scruggs, when ho fc
y took eharge of the dispensary, was u
i- worth $1,016.10. Disposer "Evans hd B
purchased from the State since the ree
opening of the dispensaries in August r
last, $?>,2<Si). 14 worth of liquors, and the ft
is total stock carried since the reopening 1]
j, amounted to $7,550.10. a
k Governor Evans now believes that
e the shortage has be?n accumulating \
o for some time, and he thinks that there v
It must have been something misleading l
about the reports or the shortage
3- would have been discovered long ago. (<
s- Governor Evans has already forwarded j;
r-1 a 11 the necessary papers and instruc- n
d I tions to the attorneys iu Orandeburtr t
i. representing the State unci ho says c
,s the State will loso nothing and Dis- t]
pensor Evans will he made to suffer. (]
e Governor Evans says this should be a n
d warning to other dispensers. Ho says i
d that all dispensers and others eon- f
nected with the system might iis well t
understand that the State's business is t
e not a thing to bo "monkeyed with.'' t.
i- lio says he intends to show absolutely j
) no leniency with any one in such a c
d matter where State's money is invoiv- t
et*" m *
MUKDUIt Wllili OUT.
IT ?
^ Arrested lor Killing His Bookkeeper
?Married the Sister and (lot the .
(j Insurance Money.
j Toronto, Ont., February 12.?Dallas
T. Hyams, aged twenty-nine, and ,
Ilarry I'. llyams, aged thirty-nine,
|(1 brothers eugaged in the brokerage v
business, who came hero from Now '
Orleans about nine years ago, were
arrested tonight, charged with tbo v
ltJ murder of William C. Wells, a young '
ie Englishman, aged twenty-live, who T
0 was in the llyams employ as book- ^
11. IVUUfl'M. .
rli On January Hi, 18!Kl, Wells was
,.1 found dead, with his liead terribly 11
crushed, at tho bottom of the elevator ?
shaft in tlio Hymns warehouse in this
f. city. Death was repeated as aeciden- (
tal, and the coroner, wiio investigated (
I, the case, decided tliut an inquest was 1
unnecessary.
At, Wells's life was insured for $.'10,000
of which $.'11,000 was carried by tho '
tir Mutual Life of Now York, and the 5
balance by the Toronto Mutual Ac- 11
t, eident Association. The policies were
t,t payable to Wells's sister, Martha, who f
(3, at the time was ongagdud to marry f
Hurry Hyams. The policies had been :
ip issued only two months before Wells's !
death. The New York Mutual Life 1
investigated tho case and found .10 (
i evidence of foul play, ami tho money 1
)r was paid to Miss Wells. Last May (
18 she was married to Hyams, and they
shortly afterwards moved to Montreal, (
'' but returned to Toronto two weeks .
ro ago, taking up their residence with
3I* Dallas Hyams. at f?7 Grand street,
o where the two biothers were arrestod
last night.
H< The police refuse, to dinclose the
s> nature, of the evidence, but it is under*
1,8 stood tho following facts are counted
K* against Harry Hyams: That the
10 premium of the?oolivy was paid by
him, that ho uiffllr was ip the ware8'
house with Wells .scT>^^the fatality
c" occurred ; also thi^o ' t hen (Iyams
11 has endeavored to * ? out insurance :
fi' policies on his wife,^formerly Miss |
ir Weils and sister of the deceased, to j
r>" tho extent of .'100,000, in dilTorent
10 companies.
n
? ?
111
-- Congressman Champ Clark, when
his son was a baby, placed $10,000 in- i
r; suranee on his life, which tho lad is to
til f.et as stain us he comes of age, and he i
is to take a trip around the world for j
" his cducutional benefit.
An Awful Tragedy In Ghatanoogu
No Cause Is Known tor the Kil
Ing.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 12.
This afternoon, between the hours i
l and 3 o'clock, in tho Russell Hous
Robert T. Craig, county trustee i
Hamilton County, shot and killed i
M. Womble, formerly employed 1
Mr. Craig as one of his deputies, bi
more recently engaged in tne organ
nation of a co-oparativo cotton mill.
lu this cold and barefaced statcmoi
Is told tho result, but not the story, <
;>ne of the most deplorable tragcdh
In the history of Chattanooga. Earl
in December Mr. Womble was di
charged from his position as one of M
raig's deputies, not by Mr. Craij
but by his bondsmen. Mr. Wombl
bad been employed on the books in tb
sttico. There was no particular ol
jection to him, but the bondsmen seen
3d to prefer some one else, and M;
Womble retired. Mr. Craig had not!
ug to. do with it- There was no ha
feeling between the men, so far as 1
enown. If they ever quarroled befor
ihls afternoon, no one knows it.
Just what occurrod in Mr. Craig
ootns may never be known. Mi
Womble hud gone thero to discus
tomo financial matters of an unknow
lature. Shortly after Mr. Wombl
iad been admitted Lucinda Clay,
shambor maid, heard southing an
loises in the room. Shu was cleanin
lp a room two doors beyond. Th
loises continued and she ran out i
rho hall.
Just then Mr. Womble came out c
dr. Craig's room and said :
" My God, I'm murdered !"
He ran down the hall towards th
tairs. crying alternately. " Murder !
'Help!" "Help!" "Murder!"
When half way down the llight. c
tairs leading from the third tloo
10 staggered and fell to the bottom
ividently badly wounded.
At that moment Dr. E. E. Kerr aji
K-arod on the seene, coming from hi
ooui on the second floor, and simul
n neons I v Mr. Craiw AnnpupAil at. t.h
op of tho stairs with h pistol in hi
land, wild-eyed and Hushed in th<
ace, down whieh tho blood wa
(reaming from an ugly wound in thi
orehead. Running half way dowi
he stairs ho lired wildly and narrowh
aissed Dr. Kerr's baby, which he wa
urrying in his arras. Dr. Kerr pu
he baby in a place of safety and re
urned to3tho spot. Mr. .Craig had de
cended the stairs and was standinj
wo or three steps above Mr. Womble
cho was lying Hat on his back just be
icath him at the foot of the stairs.
Mr. Craig snapped tho pistol at hln
wo or three times. It failed to work
lo broko tho weapon in two aud ex
.rainod it. Then he snapped tho bar
ol togothor and pointing the pistol a
dr. Womble he shot twlco. One sho
aised the body ; tho other entered th<
bdoraen, passed through and wa
ftter extracted from tho skin of th<
lack. Mr. Womble died thirty rain
tea later, making tbo following ante
nortcin statement:
" By invitation I wont to Mr. Craig'
oom to look over some figures, whoi
ie, Robert T. Craig, shot mo from be
iind, without warning. I had no figh
,t all with Mr. Craig."
The jury of inquest found that Mr
Yomble came to his death fron
founds inflicted by a pistol fired b;
{obert T. Craig.
Robert Craig is one of the bes
mown youug men in Tennosseo. Thi
s his second term as trustee. He is i
number of the Mountain City Club
ho swellest social organization in tin
ity, and has been a lion among the la
ies, who will be startled to learn ty
inavoidable facts that he has been *
nost dissipated young man and had ai
nsatiable appetite or cocaine, a habi
or the cure of which he had threi
iraes visited tho Keely institute. Al
hat can be learned of the cause of tin
ragedy is that Mr. Craig accusod Mr
dr. Wornble of jugglery with thi
ounty warrants. A fight followed ii
he room, which smashed evorythin}
treakablo, und the pistol was use*
here as well as in the hall.
A WOMAN'S QUESTIONS.
die Wants Iiiglit on the Curreno,
Problem.
The Chicago Herald has receive*
he following le.tter from a citi/.ei
irhose wife is studying tho currenc;
iroblom:
"Editor of Tho Herald?Ever sine*
vomen began to come to the front ii
lolitics, organize sulTrago clubs an*
nako public speeches, Mrs. Watsoi
ins made ine extremely uncomfortabh
jy asking all sorts of questions abou
ho tariff and about civil service reforn
md about the money question an*
ibout a hundred ottier things that
enow all about, but hardly feel cupahl*
if making clear to the understanding
if woman, in this crisis it occurs t<
no to shift some of the burden an*
estore tranquility to tho household hi
epeating some of these questions t*
The Herald. If Tho Herald fails t<
mswer she will conclude they are un
inswerable and let the matte*' res
insolved. Tho great source of troubh
low is tho position of Mr. Carlisle witl
lis currency bill. Mrs. Watson want
,0 know whether tho making of mono;
s a function of government or whotho
t should bo left to individual an*
lorporato enterprise to furnish tho cir
ulation medium that measures ex
shangos and liquidates debts ?
"She wants to know if tho finikin)
>f money should lie left to private en
-UIJMISU Wliy iYJ I-. V^HIJIMIU [MOVIUOH II
tiin bill for any govornmental inter
'ere nee ?
"She wants to know if tho mukinj
>f money is a function of government
wh> government does not attend t
t.s business and not dolegato its power
-o a elass of individuals or corpora
dons ?
' She wants to know if money shouli
:>e made of a commodity of high rela
i>ivu value like gold, and if so, wh
government does not stop when th
jold is coined instead of issuing
volume of paper promises to pay e<jua
to eight times tiro number of gol
lobars f
'Sire wants to know what clasticit;
if the currency is and how money ca
be made to circulate freely when thor
is a panic abroad in tiie land, ever
productive industry paralyzed, ever
bank hoarding its money and ever
inan who has a dollar refusing to pat
with it until driven to it by dire necct
dty.
IT <? Wfcy'^ot iT7Sor^ yoi)r
"j ^ 0X.it & cj?&i*?e- &U
it \: "n>Tcc Dollars- t[>e 6(
!; i ??>OT?T??ifF5i
>< t .See tbe V
iy \*^ lSWISA CCU>?Ttt |
B" _______
?? "She wants to know if the quantity
e of gold in the world is sutlieient to do
10 the business of the world. If not, and
> it must be supplemented by a system of
l" paper, based on our faith that there is
r- some gold somewhere, in which the
l" paper will bo redeemed when wo want
it, wbioh is the best foundation for our
18 faith, confidence in individual and cor'e
porate banks, or confluence in a gov,
eminent that represents the honesty.
8 the integrity and ability to pay of the
* whole people?
?8 " She wants to know if paper money
n must not, of necessity, bo a credit
e money, depending for its circulation
H upon the faith of the people in its ultid
mate redemption ?
5 "If it is a credit money, if not the
e credit of the government (the whole
n people) stronger and better than the
credit of individual or corporate
^ banks ?
"She wants to know if Mr. Carlisle
thinks there is money enough in tho
? country ?
"If that is his idea, why does he
not provide for inflation by the cheaper
'? route of free coinage of bilver instead
r of authorizing a lot of banks to issue a
'i quantity of promises to pay gold that
tbey have not, and may never be able
'* to obtain ?
8 She wants to know, if there is any
^ way to stop people doing business on
e credit, and with a, credit money ?
8 "If there is no way, she wants to
0 know why Mr. Carlisle and the other
6 great statesmen don't stop fooliutr with
the money question and find out what
a it is that makes panics, shakes credits
f and brings hard times and give us a
w remedy."
t ^ ^
FAHIjIOV ON THE FUTURE.
1
lie Makosn Correct Diagnosis ol' the
Political Situation in this Stutc.
Gen. Hugh L.. Farley gave the lirst
i public intiuation as to the primary
. plan for settling the light over the
- constitutional convention among the
- white peoplo, which he did in an intert
view two before the melting of the
t State Executive Committee. He has
n again submitteed to an interview upon
s the political situation, aud from his
e remarks wo make the following ox
tracts:
r "I have always been an advocate of
the primary as a court, of last resort.
h and 1 condemned the Colleton plan last
n year because it not only uutidipated,
i- but ruined the primary which followt
ed, as a fair test of public sentiment.
If any one supposed, however, because
. I did this or anything else that I have
n iiUAP Aont.nmnluf aH onintr nniwirlA nf t.hn
y Democratic party or tho Democratic
primary, they arc badly mistaken. I
t fool safe in saying as much for 44 the
8 Forty," who did mo tho honor to conit
for with mo as to thoir action. As 1
i, understand it their work is of amediab
tory and conciliatory character. They
are not trying to dictate to any one,
y hut are only encouraging our people to
t come together in a fraternal way in
a each county and to agroe upon a ticket
t of their best men for the convention,
a and in this they ought to bo eneourag1
ed and seconded by ovory patriotic
a citizen.
44 We see now tho result of mismanb
agement of tho primary and the evil
a effects in a want of conlideuce among
r our people, and the only remydy lies
1 in demanding and having a perfectly
fair primary, wherever our peoplecannot
othorwiso agree upon thoir delegations.
After we have exhausted the
methods advised by "the Forty," what
y can wo do but submit our difference#
to a white primary ? If we caunot
\ agree upon this, then we cannot agree
n upon anything, for its rejection means
y an appeal to the negro vote?nothing
more nor less. I havo hoped and be3
lioved that the great majority of our
a executive committees were disposed to
j bo fair and would give us fair rules,
3 and I feel sure that tho timo haspasss3
ed when our people can bo trifled with
t in so important a matter. Onthoother
3 side, however, I am sorry to say that
j tho developments of the last week havo
I shown that thero is already a settled
3 purpose on the part of certain parties
r to ignore and reject all efforts to comu
promise and to go or appeal straight
i to the nogro. Here lies our great dany
gor.
j 44 It will bo romemberod by all who
j read tho papers that I havo labored on
. thislinoof reconciliation for years, and
t that I took the p<?ition in my Christ*
a nias article of 181)2 that the hope of tho
3 State lay in the conservative mon of
s both factions, or as it was then put.
v in 4 the real Reformers and tho real
r Conservatives.' They are moro largely
j in tho majority in tho State now, by
- far, than they wore then, and if thoy
- can only manage to get togethor and
make their nomination cithor by conr
ventions, by mass meetings or prirnar
ries, they can save tho State from imn
pending daugcr.
" Tho real conservative citizens of a
State arc always its greatest reliance
j in time of trouble anil danger, and
this is our only hupo now of saving the
o State from the contending " factions of
h extremists on both sides, who are carek
less of wiiat they say or no, or who
I suffer so that they gratify their maiice
[1 or ambition, whiio tho negro stands
i- waiting to profit, if ho can, by our fooly
ish and suicidal contentions, knowing
e that if he can once get in, it wiil be
a ditlicult or impossible to got him out.
d Tho non-partisan call of ' tho Forty,'
d which ought to he responded toby all
real Conservatives and real Iteformers,
y furnishes tho opportunity for thom to
n got together to confer and to adopt
e such methods and to suggest such
y rules and regulations for the primaries
y as will silence the contentions of tho
y extremists and bring our people into
t friendly conference, in.jtho various
i- counties. If they fail to agree in conference
then try tho primary, and if
Ft'
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rncN]jR 'm
T7iUT^llC^ 6J?0C" g ' if
that fails by any unfairness, the only
way in wtiich it can fall, then God save
the State. For Heaven's sake and for
the suke of all that wo hold dear and
sacred, let us oxhaust all moans, raothuds
and negotiations for peace before
we appeal to the negro or declare war,
for that is what it means.
"In my opinion there has nover been
a time in the history of the State which
demand more patriotic action and sacrifice
of moro personal prejudices,
feelings or ambitions among the white
people than the present. No matter
what our personal wrongs or animosities
may be, it will do no good to harp
on the past or to ' look for eggs in
last year's bird's nest.' Our way and
duty lie in the present and the future.
There are many people who boiieve
that everything is at sea and that there
are no principles or parties loft in the
State. For my part I know that the
principle of white supremacy and the
true principles of Democracy are still
alive in the hearts of our people, and 1
propose to stick to the old ship as long
uf thero is a plank left. I know that
there are wrongs?personal and polti
cal?to bo righted, but these should be
left for time and and 'a moro convenittht
(.miC/m ' /? LnHln
"There are no queestion involved in
(*?e constitutional convention, if bandied
wisely, which ourpeoplo should
not bo able to agree upon ; and nothing
keeps them apart now but feelings,
bitterness, prejudices and distrust engendered
by the struggle of the last
four years, in which I am willing to
acknowledge there have been some
serious wrongs and mistakes and mismanagement.
"Knowing, as I believe I do, the
grt atost dangers to the State and my
highest duty to her in this emergency,
I do not hesitate to say that I shall not
bo persuaded by irreconcilab es on one
side or driven by extremists on the
other, from standing by our white people?the
D mocratic party?in their
conferences, conventions and primaries,
for therein alono do I see any hope
for white .supremacy and civilization,
good government and real peace and
prosperity."
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