The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, July 01, 1891, Image 1
VOL. XLYI. WINXSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1. 1891. NO. 46.
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DR. TALMAGE PREACHES ON VARIOUS i
I KINDS OF PRODIGALS. 1
The Crew 1h;il Was Almost Saved?'The ,
Far<loo?d criminal? ? uc uuuij
I That Leadeth :< K?-i>eutance.
M Brooklyn*. June 21.?Dr. Talmage's :
W-*' ' ser ion this morning was an appeal to 1
I youni; men. lumbers of these come to ,
L the Tabernacle services, many of them
^ from country homes, where they re"
ceived Christian training, which, in the j
temptations of city lite, has been cast i
off. Dr. Talma-.-e ca:lcd his sernon
"Tha Wnm?sick Suul." and his text was
I from the parable ot the prodigal son,
I Luke xv, IS, "I will arise and go to my
I, father."
I There is nothing like hunger to take
A the energy out of a man. A hungry man
can toil neither with pea. nor hand, nor ]
W foot. There has been many an army defeated.
not so much ior lack oi ammunition
as for lack of bread. It was that
-v fact that took the lire out of this young
B y man of the text, t>torm and exposure
W will wear out any man's hf'o in lime, but
hunger maKes quick work. The most
awful cry ever heard on earth is the cry ;
jar for bread. A traveler tells us that in
m Asia Minor there are trees which bear (
mm-h lilrp the loil<?
IirUIl JUCAiiii; ?nj =
bean of our time. It is called the carab. .
Once in a while the people reduced to ,
destitution would eat these carabs. but '
generally, the carabs, the beans spoken (
ot here in the text, w ere thrown only to (
the swine, and they crunched them with ,
great avidity. But this young man of j
text could not even get them with- j
m.'7 stealing them. i>o one day amid the <
' ^^^gljhne troughs he besins to soliloquize.,
??? r?1nt'ioc for {I I
t?ifc "iuese ulc uv wvwiv. .. .
rich man's ucn to wear; this is no kind .
ol business for a Jew to be engaged in? j
feeding swine; I'll go home, I'll go
home; I will arise and ao to my father." ,
1 know there are a great maay people :
fwho try to throw a fascination,- jl ro- ,
mance, a halo about sin; but notvuth- ,
standing all that Lord Byron asyl |:
George Sand have said in regard to it lfcf'
is a mean, low. contemptible business,
and putting food and fodder into the
troughs of a herd of iniquities that root
and wallow in the soul or man is a very j
poor business lor men and women inr
tended to be sons and daughters of ihe ;
Lord Almighty. And when this young
man resolved to go home it was a very :
wise thing for him to do, and the only
question is whether we will follow him. :
L Satan promises large wages if we will :
' serve him, but he clothes his victims :
with rags, and he pinches them with
L hunger, and when they start out to do :
'?&> better he sets after them all the blood- i
||| hounds of \ erdiuoo. Satan comes to us :
BE today and he promises ail luxuries, all
i|L emoluments if we will only serve him.
||1 Liar, down with thee to the pit! ''The
jpP* wages of sin is death." Oh, tie young
man of the text was wise when "he uttered
the resolution, "I will arise and go
to my father."
In the time ot Mary the Persecutor,
a persecutor came to a Christion woman i
who had hidden in her house for the
Lord's sake one of Christ's servants,
and the persecutor said, "Where" is that
heretic?'7 The Christian woman said.
^ "You open that trunk, and you will see
the heretic." The persecutor opened
the trunk, and cn the top of the linen of
the trunk he saw a glass. He said, ^
"There is no heretic here." "Ah," she
said, "you look in the glass, and you
will see the heretic!" As I take up the
mirror of God's word today would that
instead of seeing the prodigal son of t'>e
f text we might see ourselves?our want,
our wandering, our sin, our lost condition?so
that we might be as wise as
this young man was, and say. vkI will
arise and go to my lather."
b ?IN SORROW ONE LONGS FOR A FATHER.
The resolution of this text was formed
h in disgust at bis present circumstances.
& If this young man had been by his emfH
ployer set to culluring ilowers or train
- ? l-oovvinrr
jj?|> lDg Vines over au tioui
|R count of the pork market or overseeing
otherlaborers he would not have thought
of going home. If he had had his pockets
full of money, if he had been able
?11 to say, "I have a thousand dollars now
of my own; what's the use ot my goiny
SailS back to my father's house? do >ou think
||r 1 am going back to apologize to the c!d
man? why he would put me on the limits;
he would not have going on around
the old place such conduct as 1 have
been engaged in: I won't go home; there
t is no reason why I .should go home; I
k have plenty of money, plenty of pleasant
surroundings, why should I ?o
r home?" Ah! it was his pauperism, it
Koiiffort* TTr> Jind to fro home.
vran mo
f Seme man comes and says to me: j
'Why do you talk u bout the ruined slate i
t of the human soul? why don't you speak
about the progress of the Nineteenth
century, and talk of something more exhilarating"
It is for this reason: A
man never wants the jrospel until he
realizes he is in a famine struck state.
Suppose I should c ;me to you m vour
home and you are in good. sou?d, robust
health; and I should becin to talk
I about medicines, and about how much
^ v>ott^r this medicine is than that, and |
if some other medicine thau some other
jfe medicine, and talk about this physician
and that physician. After a while \ou
get tired, and you would say: "I don't
waut to hear about medicines. Why do
?|L you talk to me or physicians? I never
|i| have a doctor."
K But suppose I, come into your house j
and I tind you severely sick, ar.d I know j
the medicines that will cure you, aud I i
SL know the physician who is skillful j
enough to meet your case. You sa\:
??F 4,Bnn<r ou that medicine; bnnir on that I
" * 1_ ? j ? !
f physician, i am lernoiy sick, uuu x j
want help." If I came to you and \ou
- feci you arc all right in body, and all
right in mind, and all right in soul ^ou
have need of nothing; but suppose I
have persuaded you that the leprosy of j
sin is upon you. the worst oi all sickness;;
oh, then you sa>: ".Bring ?^e that bahn
of the gospel: bring me that divme med- j
iciment: bring me .Tesus Christ."
fButsajs some one in the audience,
"How do you prove that we are in a |
ruined condition by sin?" Well, I can
prove it m two ways, and you may have I
1 tirnvp it hv t.he !
I^VUUt X \.K. -
statements of men or bv the statement
oi God. Which shall 11 be? You all
say, "Let us have the statement of God."
Well, he says iu one place. "The heart j
is deceitful above all things and desper- ;
atelv wicked.*' He says in another
}f place, "What is man that he should be j
clean? and he winch is born oi a woman, i
1 tliat he should be righteous?" He says j
iu another place. "There is none that j
H . doethgood, no. not one." lie says in j
||jia5| " another place. "As by one man sin en-!
Ill treth into the world, and death by sin, j
end so death passed upon all men, for;
that all have sinned." "Well," you!
I ? say, "I;am willing to acknowledge that, j
|g| but why should 1 tak? the particular J
rescue that you propose?" This is the |
reason, "Except a Dian be born a^ain he i
:-annot see the kingdom of God." This j
is the reasou. "There is one name given j
under heaven among men whereby they !
rnav be saved." Then there are athous-!
and voices here ready to say. "Well, 11
am readv to accept this help of'.lie (Jos- J
pel; I wouldlike to have this divine cure; j
how shall I go to work?" Let me say j
o whim or* nn 'Si* fines? lnncriruf I
UU&L a U.Vig it liiju, tAiu. uuuvuuvu ?x-? ^ ^
amounts to nothing. You must have a
stout, tremendous resolution like this
youuir man of the text when he said, "I
will arise and so to my father."
THE ABOUNDING MERCYOF GOD.
"Oh!" says some man, "how do I
know my father wants me? How do I
know, if I go back, I would be received:'"
"Oh!" says some man, "you don't know !
where I have been, you don't know how !
tar I have wandered; you wouldn't iaiK j
that way to me if you knew all the iniquities
1 have committed." What is
that flutter among the angels of God? It
is news, it is new?! Christ has found the
lost.
Nor angels can their joy contain,
But kindle with new fire:
The sinner lost, is found, they sins.
And strike the sounding jyre.
When Napoleon talked of going into
Italy, they said: '4You can't get there.
If you knew what the Alps were you
wouldn't talk about it or think of it.
You can't get your ammunition wagons
Dver the Alps." Then Xapoleon rose
in bis stirrups and waving his hand toward
the mnuntains, he said, "There
ho nn MnJ! " That, wonderful nass
was laid out which has beeu the wonderment
ol all the years since?the wonderment
ot all engineers. And you tell
me there are such mountains of sin between
your soul and God, there is no
mercy. Then I see Christ waving his
liand toward the mountains. I hear him
say, "I will come over the mountains of
thy sin and the hills of thy iniquity."
There shall be no Pyrenees; there shall
be no Alps.
Again, I notice that this resolution of
the young man of the text was founded
:n sorrow at his misbehavior. It was
aot mere physical plight. It was grief
that he.bad so maltreated his father. It
is a sad thing after a father has done
everything for a child to have that child
be ungrateful.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
rn'- - * c-I?t; A flo/-\1 ic 1 > cnn
j.uai is ouaticopcaic.
is the heaviness of his mother." That is
the Bible. Well my friends, haye not
some of us been cruel prodigals? Have
we not maltreated our Father? And
such a Father! So loving, so kind. If
he had been a stranger, if he had forsaken
us, it he had pounded us and
turned us out of doors on the commons,
it would not have been so wonderful?
our treatment oi him; but he is a Father
1 __ .7 ......
SO JlOVlUg, SO K1I1U, auu >et.nuvT uiuuj wi
us for our wanderings have never apologized.
We apologize lor wrongs done
to our fellows, but some of us perhaps
have committed ten thousand times ten
thousand wrongs against God and never
apologized.
I remark still farther that this resolution
of the text was founded in a feeling
of homesickness. I don't know how long
this young man, how many months, how
many years he had been away from his
father's house; but there is something in
the reading ot my text that makes me
think he was homesick. Some of you
know what that feeling is. Far away
from home sometimes, surrounded by
everything bright and pleasant?plenty
of friends?you have said, l'I would give
the world to be home tonight." Well,
this young man wa . homesick for his
father's house. 1 have no doubt when
he though, of his father's house he said,
"Xow, perhaps, father may not be living."
WAS THE PRODIGAL'S MOTHER DEAD?
We read nothing in this story?this
parable founded on everyday life?we read
nothing about the mother. It says nothing
about going home to her. I think
she was dead. I think she had died ol
a broken heart at his wanderings. A
man never sets over having lost his
mother. Nothing said about her here.
But he is homesick for his father's house,
lie thought he would just like to go and
walk around the old place. lie thought
he would just like to 20 and see if things
were as the}- used to be. Many a man
after .having teen oil a iong while bus
gone home and knocked at the door, and
a stranger has come. If- is the old homestead,
but a stranger comes to the door,
lie finds out father is gone and mother
is cone, and brothers and sisters all gone.
I think this young man of the text said
to himself. "Perhaps father may be
dead." Still he starts to find out. He
is homesick. Are there any here today
homesick for God, homesick for heaven?
A sa'lor. having been long on the
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his mother tried to persuade him not to
sro avvav again. She said: uXow you
had better stay at home. Don't go away;
we don't want you to go. You will have
it a great deal better here." P. at it made
him angry. The night before he went
away a^ain to oea he heard his mother
praying in the next room, and that made
him more angry. lie went lar out on
the sea aad a storm came up, and he
was ordered to very perilous duty,
and he ran up the ratlines, and
amid the shrouds of the ship he
heard the voice that he had heard
in the next room. He tried to rally
his courage, but he could not silence
that voice he had heard in the next room,
aud there in the storm and the darkness
he said: O Lord! what a wretch I have
been; what a wretch I am. Help me
just now. Lord God." And I thought
in this assemblage today there may be
some who may have the memory of a
father's petition or a mother's prayer
_ - .KA ftAnl I
preSSlDg LUigUtlHr U?JUU ux suui, uuu
that this hour they may make the same
resolution I tind ia my text, savin?, "I
will arise and go to my father."
ILLUSTRATION OK THE RESCUED BOY.
A lad at Liverpool went out to bathe,
went out into the sea. went out too far,
got beyond his depth and he tloated far
away. A ship bouud for Dublin came
along and took him on board. Sailors
are generally very generous fellows, and
one gave him a cap and another gave
him a jacket, and another gave him
shoes. A gentleman passing along on
me beach at .Liverpool ioima me iacrs
cloihes and took them home, and the
father was heartbroken, the mother was
heart-broken at the loss of their child.
They had heard nothing iicm him day
after day. and they ordered tiie usual
mourning lor the sad event. Dut the
lad took ship from Dublin and arrived in
Liverpool the very day the garments
arrived. lie knocked at the door and
the farther was overjoyed, and the mother
was overjoyed at the return of their
lost son. Oil. my friends, have you
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down into sin? Have you waded from
the shore? Will you come back? When
you comeback; will you come in the
rags of your sin, or will you come robed
in the Saviour's righteousness? I be
lieve the latter. Go horns to your God
today. He is waiting for you. Go
home!
But I remark concerning this resolution,
it was immediasely put into excuz-.rmfAW
oorc timco mi/J
LiV Li. JL WUUV.AU AA.U U4VWV |
came to his father." The trouble in nine
hundred and ninety-nine times out of a
thousand is that our resolutions amount
to nothing because sv*e make them for
some distant time. If I resolve to become
a Christian next year, that
amounts to nothing at all. If I resolve
to become a Christian tomorrow, that
amounts to nothing at all. If I resolve
at the service tonight to become a Christian,
that amounts to nothing at all. If |
i resolve alter i go nome toaay 10 yieiu i
my heart to God, that amovuts to {nothing
at all. The only kind of resolution
that amounts to anything is resoultion
that is immediately put into exebution.
There is a man who hud the typhoid
fever. He said: "Oh! if I could get
over this terrible distress! If this fever
should depart, if I could be restored to
health, I would all the rest of my life
serve God." The fever departed. He
got well enough to walk around the
block. He go* well enough to go over
o New York and attend to business,
lie is well to-day?as well as he ever
was. Where is the broken vow ? There
is a man who said long ago, "If I could
live to the year 1891, by that time I
will have my business matters arranged,
and I will have time to attend to religion,
and I will be a good, thorough,
consecrated Christian."
Th? vear 1891 has come. January,
February. March, April, May, June?almost
half of the year gone. Where is
your broken vow V "Oh," says some
man: "I'll attend to that when I can
get my character lixed up. When i
can get over my evil habits. I am now
given to strong drink," or, says the
man, "I am given to uncleaaness," or,
says the man, "I am given to dishonesty."
When I get over my present habits,
then I'll be a thorough Christian." My
brother, you will get worse and worse,
until Christ takes you in hand. "Not
the righteous; sinners, Jesus came to
call."
DANGER OK PItOCRASTINATlOX.
Oh! but you say,**i agree with vou 011
all that, but I "must put it off : little
longer." Do you know there were
many who came just as near as you are
to the kingdom of God and never entered
it? I was at East Hampton and
L went into the cemetery to look
around, and in that cemetery there are
twelve graves side by side?the graves
of sailors. This crew, some years ago,
in a ship went into the breakers at
Amagansett, about three miles awav.
My brother, then preaching ?.t Last
Hampton, ii&d Icen at the burial.
These men of the crew came very near
uemg savea.
The people from Amaganset? saw the
vessel, and they shot rockets, and they
sent ropes from the shore, and these
poor fellows got into the boat, and they
pulled mightily for the shore, but just
before they got to the shore the rope
snapped and the boat capsized and they
were lost, their bodies afterward washed
up on the b3ach. Oh, what a solemn
day it was?I have been told or it oy
my brother?wheQ these twelve men
lay at the foot of the pulpit and he read
over them the funeral service! They
came very near shore?within shouting
distance of the shore?yet did not
arrive on solid land. There are some
men who come almost to the shore of
God's mercy, but not quite, not quite.
To be only almost saved is not to be
saved at all.
I will tell you of two prodigals, the
onu that got bick and the other that
did not get back. In Virginia there is
a very prosperous and beautiful home
in many respects. A young man wandered
off from that home. He wandered
very far into sin. They heard of
him often, but he was always on the
wrong track. lie would not go home.
At the door of that beautiful home one
night there was a great outcry. The
young man of the house ran down and
opened the door to see what was the
matter. It was midnight. The rest of
the family were asleep. There were
the wife and tne children of this prodigal
young man. The tact was he had
come home and driven them out. lie
said: "Out of this house. Away with
these children; I will dash their brains
oat. Out into the storm!"
The mother gathered them up and
lied. The next morning the brother,
the younjj man who had stayed at home,
went out to hnd this prodigal brother
anri ?r?n nnrl hp came where he was.
and saw the young man wandering up
and down in front of the place where
he had been staying, and the young
man who had kept his integrity said to
the older brother: "Here, what does
all this mean? What is the matter
with you? Why do you act in this
way?" The prodigal "looked at, him
and said: "Who am I? Who do you
take me to be?" lie said, "You are my
brother." "Xo, I am not, I am a brute.
Have you seen anything of my wife
and children ? Are they dead ? I drove
them out last night in the storm. I
am a brute. John, do you think there
is any help for me? *Do you think I
will ever get over this life of dissipa
uon r' lie saiu, "iiromer, tnere is jusu
one thing that will stop this." The
prodigal ran his finger across his
throat ana said: "That will stop it.
and I'll stop it before night. Oh! my
brain; I can stand it no longer." That
prodigal never got home. 15at 1 will
tell you of a prodigal that did get
home.
TWO RAN AWAY, BUT ONE RETURNED.
In England two young men started
from their father's house and went
down to Portsmouth. The father
could not pursue his children; for some
reason lie could not leave home, and so
he wrote a letter down to Mr. Gritlin,
saying: ''Mr. Griffin, I wish you would
go and see my two sons. They have arrived
in Portsmouth, and they are
going to taKe snip auu going away
from"home. 1 wish you would persuade
them back." Mr. Grillin went and he
tried to persuade them back. lie persuaded
one to go. He went with very
easy persuasion because he was very
homesick already. The other young
man said: "I will not go. I have had
enough of home. I'll never go home."
'Well," said Mr. Grillin, "then if you
won't go home I'll a get you respectab'e
position on a respectable ship." '*Xo
you won't." said the prodigal. "No
you won't. 1 am going as a common
sailor: that will plague my father most,
and what will do most to tantalize and
worry him will please me best."
Years passed on, and Mr. Griflin was
seated in his study one day when a message
eatne to him that there was a
young man in irons on a ship at the
dock?a young man condemned to
death?who wished to see this clergyman.
Mr. Crriilin went down to the!
dock and went on shipboard. The I
young man said to him, "You don't!
know me, do you?" '\Xo," he said: "1 j
don't know you." "Why, don't you re-j
member that young man you tried to ;
persuade to go horn-', and he wouldn't}
go V" "Oh, ye?," said Mr. Griflin. "Are j
you that man?" " Yes, 1 am that man."
said the other. "I would like to have
you pray for me. I have committed
murder, and 1 must die, but 1 don't
wan't to go out of thfc world until some
one prays for me. l%u are my father's
friend, and I would Tike to "have you
pray for me."
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Mr. Griffin went from judicial authority
to judicial authority to get the
young man's pardon, ile slept not
nisrht nor day. lie went from inlluen
tial person to intluential person until
sonic way he got the young man's pardon.
lie came down on the dock, and
as lie arrived on the deck with the par- .
don tiie father came. lie had heard
that his son, under a disguised name,
had been committing cri.ne and was
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scans to ne pwi 10 ueaui. ou ^>11. um-1
fin aiid the father went on the ship's
deck, ana at the very moment Mr.
Grirlin offered the pardon to the young
man. the old father threw his arms
around the son's neck and the son said: <
"Father, I have done very wrong and I |
am very sorry. I wish I had never j
broken your heart. J am very sorry."
'Oh!" said the father, "don't mention ;
it; it don't make any difference now.
It is ail over. I forgive you, my son." (
and he kissed him and kissed and* kissed ,
him.
To-dav 1 offer you the pardon of the |!
gospel?full pardon, free pardon. I do ,
not care what your sin has been. '
Though you say you have committed a ,
crime against God, against your own j
soul, against your fellowman, against (
your family, against the day of judg- ,
menr, against the cross of Christ?
whatever your crime lias been, here is
pardon, full pardon, and the very o- .
nient that you take that pardon your I
heavenly lather throws his arms around
about you and says: "My son, I for- ,
give you. It is all right." You areas
much" in my favor now as it' you had
never sinned." 0! there is joy on earth
and joy in heaven. Who will take the 1
father's embrace?
THE MANIAC, TIIE CRIMINAL AND THE |
I! IilDE.
rri.c.,? O (vantlumfHi ill -j> mil mir
illUC ? (W <V AAA l? -.I*** j
who saw in that same car three passengers
ol' very different circumstances,
first was a maniac. He was carefully (
guarded l>y his attendants. His mind,
like a ship dismasted, was beating {
against a dark, desolate coast, from
which no help could come. The train ,
stopped, and the man was taken out '
into the asylum to waste away, perhaps,
through years of gloom. The '
second passenger was a culprit. The .
outraged law had seized on him. As -'
the cars jolted the chains rattled. -On .
his face were crime, depravity ?,ad aes- '
pair. The train halted arm he was ,
taken out to the penitentiary, to which '
he had been condemned. There was ,
the third passenge,, under far different
circumstances. She was a bride. Every
hour was gay as a marriage bell. Life '
glittered und beckoned, Her companion
was taking her to liis father's House.
Ths train haired. The old man was
there to welcome her to her new home, '
iiuu ins w liitc lut-tva auuncu upuu (
her as lie sealed his word with a father's
kiss.
Quickly we Uy toward eternity. We ,
will soon be there. Some leue this life
condemned. Oh, may it be with us,
that, leaving this lleeting life for the
next, we may find our Father ready to
greet us to our new home with him for- 1
ever. That will be a marriage banquet!
Father's welcome! Father's bosom! ,
Father's kiss! Heaven! Heaven!
A WARNING.
The New York Herald 011 the Third Party
nr/v..A.MAn f
New York, June 22.?The New'
York Herald says tnat the National ,
Union conference held recently in Cincinnati,
is not to be poh-hoohed away <
as an insignificant gathering of cranks
and soreheads. Following this the
Herald continues: 'Tarty leaders, Republican
or Democrat, who iook upon i
it with indifference or treat it with ridicule,
fail to see its significance and its
warning. Admit that the interests rep
resented are diverse, even incongrous
and discordant: that visionary schemes
may be favored and extreme demands
made. It may be that no practical agreement
will be reached, no platform
adopted, no third party formed. All
this signifies nothing. The real significance
of the event is rather in its origin
tlian in what may be its immediate results.
in the causes which have led to it
rather than the effects which may now
come from it. From this point of view ,
the gathering on the banks of the Ohio, ,
representing as it does the Farmers' Al- '
liance and the Knights of Labor to say
nothing of other organizations, is more :
significant than any so-called third party
movement we have had in this coun
trv fnr vpars. Thfi srreenhattk. the nro
hibition, the woman's suffrage and even :
the labor cause have appealed to spec- .
ial classes of limited numbers. Tney
lacked the elements of national ,
strength, and consequently of national :
achieVement. Different from all these
is the movement now looming up with ;
growing importance especially in the
west. We have said that its signili- :
cance is in its origin, its cause. That
cause is party politics. It is a deep seated
grievance" felt by the farmers and :
the wage earners of the country in con- :
sequence of the shameful disregard of
their interests and welfare shown by the ]
party in power. The organization of
the aggrieved classes is a pracucai pro- ;
test against such party management.
As the grievance effects agricultural ,
and industry the scope or the movement
may be as broad as the nation, as
general as the masses. The Farmers'
Alliance joined with the forces of labor
and other organizations may prove a ;
factor in coming politics more potent
than maDy effect to believe. Of course ,
it is not expected that a third party, if ,
one should be formed next year, would
elect its candidates, it might, how- j
ever, carry enough States to throw the
choice into the house, \ .iich would insure
the election of a democratic president.
J kit whatever may be the immediate
effect of this new uprising, the
movement is not going to disappear
while the cause which started it exists.
Either party in power must look to the
interests oi' the farmers, workingmen (
aud the masses generally, or these classes
will combine for their own protection.
Another Official l)ecui*itatioa.
Coloiita, S. C., June 21.?Governor
Tillman decided yesterday morning to
remove T. 1). McKlrov from the ottice
of Supervisor of Kegistration. and notilled
him of his removal in the following
letter, which will fully explain the
grounds of his action:
Columbia, S. C. June 20,189!.
10 1 V. AL< J&IUCUl, ? ruuuuxuus, O. V.
Sik: Charges of habitual drunkenness
and of neglecting to attend to
your ollice according to law have been
preferred against you by the Senator
and two representatives of your County.
You are therefore removed from
the oilice of Supervisor of Registration,
inil ivill rnrn rvv^r fhp hnok?< hplnncrin(r
to said olliee to Wm. Wright, who has
been appointed your successor.
JJ. K. Tillmax, Governor.
Four .Men Killed.
Richmond, Ky., June 23?A con- '
struction train belonging to the company
which is building- the road from i
this place to JJeattyville left the track
at Million, live miles from here yesterday,
and killed four men, Abner ilagen, ;
Mat West, Joseph S wo pes and William j
DeWitt, all colored. Six were wounded.
one losing an arm. Conductor Stevens
was severely hurt. The men who
remained in the cars were not hurt, but
those who jumped out were caught under
the car as it turned over.
A MARE'S NEST.
THE CHARLESTON WORLD MAKES A
WONDERFUL REVELATION.
fhe Administration Said to l>e Opposed
to Dr. Stokes and Tlie Cotton Plant?The j
Tale as Told Published Below for What
It is Worth.
Charleston, S. C., June 25.?The
World publishes this morning a very
sensational article in which it is claimed
that the State Administration is trying
to shake off Dr. Stokes and The Cotton
Plant. The following is the World's
story which you can read for yourself:
One of the most puzzling caucuses
leaders of a very puzzling administration
met in Columbia recently?June
3, at 8.30 p. m., to be particular as to
imounrl If. w:is ft vprv PYfVln
sive affair. Only bidden guests were
welcome; in fact only those who bore
jtylographic invites, and had the shibboleth
of the clan, could gain admit:ance.
And one of the most puzzling
Features of this erstwhile sphynx of
composite mold was that some people
who might be expected to stand nearest
:he throne were not hidden at all!
Ihere were present:
Benjamin R. TillmaD, Governor of
South Carolina.
James E. Tindal, Secretary of State.
lluc;h L. Farley, Adjutant General.
JolinL. M. Irby, United States Senator-elect.
E. T. Stackhouse, Congressman 1'rom
the Sixth District.
George W. Shell, Congressman from
Lne second -District.
W. II. Ellerbe, Comptroller General.
James JsortoD, Chief Clerk to the
Comptroller General.
D. \V. Townsend, Assistant Attorney
General. '
James P. B.ea'n, Governor^ Private
Secretary.
VV. J. .Talbert. Superintendent of the
Penii'outiary.
'Japt. T. \V. Daggett, Representative
from Horry County.
W. H. Timmerman, Senator-elect
from Edgefield County.
W. T. C. Bates, Treasurer of the
State.
H. A. Meetze, Senator from Lexington.
Stanvarne Wilson, Member of the
Legislature.
John G. Williams. Member of the
Legislature.
Dr. Sampson Pope, Clerk of the Senate,
L. S. i3igham, Senator from Florence
County,
C. W. Kinard.
J. W. Anderson, editor Anderson Advocate.
Stark.
R. C. "Watts, one of the editors of the
Laurensville Ilerald, and Irby's successor
in the Legislature.
T V.lmnre Yfnrfin nf Pharlp.st.nn.
There were others present?possibly
half a dozen more. But that don't
matter; enough has been given. But
there was one conspicuously absent.
Who was it? Dr. William Stokes, editor
of The CDtton Plant, President of
State Alliance, defender of Alliance
principles, and the Sub-Treasury plan
in particular, which plan is just now
booming up as a rock upon which the
"dominant element" may split into a
thousand pieces! Why wasn't Dr.
Stoks there? Xot invited! Wasn't
wanted! A "leader" in each county?
which means a public officer or some
kind?except Dr. Stokes?received a
stylographic letter like this:
" Columbia, S. C., May 18' '91.
Dear Sir: At this time there*is no dailv
paper in South Carolina which can be said
to be in full sympathy with the dominant
element in the state. The News and Courier
is less bitter in opposition and is coming
round apparently; the Register is friendly
but weak?The World is opposed, and
the others are avowediy antagonistic or
bitter partisans, like The State. This being
the case ail the acts and policy of the
administration and its friends are misrep
resented or colored so as to misieau tnc
people and educate them against us. "We
need a daily paper to counteract this state
of things, and after consultation with some
of our leaders, it has been deemed wise to
liave a conference of some of our best men
to take the matter under consideration to
>ee what can be done and what is best to
be done.
This conference will meet in Columbia in
the Agricultural hall, "Wednesday, Jane 3d,
lit 8 p. in., and you are requested to attend
as representative from your county, or
to send some good man in your piace.
Please signify your acceptance and consider
this Taatter as strictly confidential.
Respectfully B. R. Tillman.
The meeting was caneu iu uiuei iu
rather informal style. Representative
Daggett, of Horry, was requested to
take the chair, and did so with grace.
He then asked lor a secretary.
"Oli, what's the use of a secretary V"
remarked a voice. "This is only a conference."
J5ut the chair insisted that
business was business; that the meeting
tiad been called for business, and business
methods must prevail. He carried
his point.
stflnvflrnft Wilson. Esci.. was appoint
ed secretary, and did the work cleverly.
The governor took a prominent seat,
.vhich he sometimes occupied; also a
leading part in the proceedings.
The roll of counties was called, and,
as the calling proceeded. Governor Tillman
would state what replies to his
circulars had been received, what each
county ought to do to "educate the
people" up to full sympathy with "the
dominant element."
Then came discussions. The governor's
letter furnished the text, and
the preachers stuck to it.
The Dominant Element, (with a biar
D and a big Ej spoke lirst. lie laid
particular stress on the idea of educating
the people. But insisted they
must be educated the right way. Of
course that way was his way; there
were statistics to prove it. Xow, there
was no daily paper that could be depended
on to do this kind of educating.
The Fence Straddler [The Xews and
Courier] was coming 'round. That I ad
been anticipated; but no dependence
could be placed in it. Besides it was
losing ground under spirited opposi
tion.
The "World was clearly opposed to
the Dominant Element. It had done
good service to the .Reform movement;
but now was taking the other side, because
The 2sews and Courier had become
more l'rienuly. But, past blessings
do not sullice for present needs, so
' The World must go.''
There was The Register; the spirit
was willing, but the llesh was weak. It
was not I'ar-reaching enough, but might
be worked up. At present it nau a uoua.
fide circulation of about 600; the big
papers had that many thousands, or
more, so The Register's efforts would be
like blowiDg beans against a gale. All
that might be improved, though, and
The Register's intluence worked up."
There were three propositions offered
as to the manner in which control of The
Register could be obtained, as follows:
First, by advancing a suilicient
amount of money to raise certain mortgages
on the plant.
Second, the daily edition of The Register
Mnld be bousht, without the ex
pense of taking the other branches of
the business.
Third, the whole business of The
Register was for sale, book and job
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f
plants, and all the publications of the
office.
It was stated that it had been ascertained
that 835,000 to 840,0C0 could be
raised l'roin the dominant element; that
would be sufficient to carry out either
scheme in regard to The Ilegister.
Then came a little storm.
Col. Talfcert objected to any such
bus: ness as this. It was a scheme against
The Cotton Plant, the organ of the Al
iiance principles, and consequently
against the Alliance itself. Why was
not Dr. Stokes here? Why should
The Cotton 1'lant be ignored? Was
it not because Dr. Stokes and The Cotton
riant advocated the sub-treasury
plan, which some people object to?
Was it not because some people wanted
to shake off Dr. Stokes, and The Cotton
Plant and the Alliance, all together?
Why had friends of the past been ignored
?" It was all very plain, that personal
advancement was at the bottom ot tms
desire for a paper as an organ for the
dominant element, at the expense of the
Alliance. It was a warm speech. Xo
attempt has been made to reproduce the
words of the speaker literally; but the
substance is embedied above.
Cel. It C. Watts made a. talk, too.
But it was not so heated. He was in
favor of an administration organ, a
new one; one without a record to be
pointed at. lie wanted to put on a new
plant from the ground up, and have the
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I^yLmiiaut j^icaituu oa: ux. xixo uuu^vuw
was logical, and the conclusion deduced
was that the people demanded to be
educated in the special manner suggested.
Dr. Sampson Pope took strong ground
in opposition to Col. Watts's proposi
tion. He favored the purchase or practical
subsidizing of The Register. He
did not say "subsidize," but it's all the
same. Dr. Tope made a characteristic
address, ''-strong" and more or less to
-lie point, "feit he was in a measure
,;sat upon," ana left Columbia with his
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iiuse uauij uub ui juiut, auir^viu;*^5 I
that he was "out of it," and would not
return until the next meeting of the
senate. l)r. Tope was apparently very
mad, but would not talk. He has, it is
reported, lost his temper on one or two
previous occasions, so the people of the
state need not be aiarmed. Other discussion
followed Dr. Pope's speech.
Some members advocated the planting
of ar organ in every county, in the
shape of a weekly paper, in addition to
the organ at headquarters in Columbia.
It was argued that all the public
Drintinff?advertisements and other
wise could be given these papers. Then,
being made the olllcial papers of each
county, the public would be obliged to
subscribe in order to be informed as to
taxes, land sales, foreclosures, and the
like;.
Another member wanted to know if
the assemblage had ever heard of Josephus
Woodruff, and the Republican
pnntiDg company of immortal memory.
The Republican printing company had
an arrangement something on that order,
but more comprehensive as to perquisites.
That would never do.
Then the Cotton Plant came up again.
Why had not that paper been taken
better care of by those who professed
Alliance dodrines?
Finally it was decided to appoint a
f A + oIro moftor
KsKJ LL1 UilllCC VI lUXV,^/ IV luau UiUUb^l
under advisement to consider the advisability
of establishing a paper or papers,
ana the ways and means, and report
to a meeting to be called by the
chairman. The committee consists of
Benjamin II. Tillman, chairman: Col.
11. C. Watts and Mr. Stark.
Then the meeting adjourned.
What Dr. Stokes Says.
Dr. Stokes was interviewed by the
World correspondent at this place in
reference to the above. The following
is what he said: He did not know why
he had been so unceremoniously left
out. and that he has not vet received.
and does not expecl an explanation of
the why and wnerefore of the matter.
Any explanation along this line would
have to come irom other sources, as he
certainly bad none, nor knew of any to
give.
In answer to other questions, Dr.
Stokes said: "I had some intimation of
this gathering, but did not know when
it would come off. I really expected
to be notified, but no notification ever
c.fTrio.and I did not know that the meeting
hau tnen held until I saw some mention
of it in cue or more of the daily
papers.
"The views of those who discussed
me matter 01 me estauiisumem, au
out and out administration paper with
me, beforehand, seemed to recognize
the difference between the Farmers'
movement and the Alliance. They
drew the same distinction between the
State Alliance organ and a paper designed
to defend the Reform administration.
It was recognized as very desirable
that there should be a daily paper
in Columbia, fully ^sympathizing with
the administration and capable as well
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any rate, to see that its actions "were
fairly presented to the public. This
function The Cotton Piant was not in
position to perform, even if it were
within the scope of its purposes. Its
field, is the advocacy of Alliance principles
along lines of political economy
?not the defense of any party or faction.
It is at liberty to comment upon
current events, ana does so, whenever
it sees proper: but that is no p?rt of its
duty except as its duty is to do the
right aod see that the right is done.
Consequently there could be no conflict
between The Cotton riant and such a
paper as I understood was under conrp.ninlation.
"1 certainly think that such a paper
as 1 have indicated above would be
very desirable, and in fact, almost necessary
to the fair presentation of tlie
actions and purposes of the Reformers
in office."
"JDo you not think, Doctor Stokes,
that the fact of the Cotton riant advocating
the demands of the Oca'.a platform,
and especially the sub-treasurj
idea, while Governor Tillman and others
of tne dominant element oppose the
sub-treaeurv scheme, absolutely prevents
the realization of any hope that
the Cotton Fiant could ever become the
organ of the present Administration'?"
Dr. Stokes repiied that he did not
think so. thoueh The Cotton Plant had
never aspired to that position. I think,
said he, "ihat there would be no more
impropriety in our occupying thai relation
man there would be in an antisilver
Democratic paper occupying the
same relation, for the great majority of
the Democratic party are pronounced
in fuv'AP nf fran Cilvar T r> m \i inHft.
1U li* TV/1. KJi. JAW JJLIVCI* JLA1 A-UJ JUUJ,
meat a sub-treasury Democrat is as
about aa good a Democrat as an antisilver
Democrat."
' J.3 it not somewhat more than probable,"
1 asked, "that the cheif fun3tion
of the proposed organ, bv the June conference.
would be to boom certain men
for future political preferment?"
"Well, while such a paper might be
used in that way, in my judgement the
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controlling motive in uie minus ui luusc |
at the conference, in its establishment
was to secure for the friends of reform
a fair statement of what was being
done by-the exponents of reform in Columbia!"
"What, in your opinion, will be the
effect of the* present factional fight
among the leaders of the Reform element;
for do you not regard this conference
as naught else but a throwing of
the guage of battle to the advocates of
the subtreasury plan by those opposed
to it?*'
"I do not construe this newspaper enterprise
as a challenge to the sub-treas-1
ury element of the Democracy. I have
never considered the difference between
tue sub-treasury Democrats and other
Democrats as at all likely to be serious.
These differences, I have no doubt, will
be happilly composed, so far as the Alliance
is concerned, by agreement, at j
tho Sn?rf-.flnh:ir<T meetincr of the State !
Alliance in Ji-ly?
ANTI-FOREING RIOTS IN CHINA.
The Fitfht of tbo British Consul atWuhul
iu Delcnceof the Missionaries.
Sax Francisco, June 23.?The
Xorth China Daily Xews in its-aceount
of the Wuhu riots, says:
Tt. hefin reported tor several days
that a mob of Chmeses bad determined
to loot aud burn the properly of the
Jesuits at Wuhu. It was rumored that
children had been killed and their eyes
taken out to make medicine for the Jesuit
lathers. On the afternoon of Tuesday,
May 12, a mob of Chinese gathered
about the premises of the priests and
broke through the walls, eventually setting
fire to the Cathedral and other "buildings,
after driving out the missionaries
and pillaging the palace.
The mob then proceeded to the English
consulate and destroyed considerable
property by throwing stones. The arrival
of Toalai, the local magistrate, and
the coolness of the British consul saved
the buildings from being set on fire. The
consul and his wife escaped from the
mob by dressing in Chinese costumes
and hurrying to the custom house, where
they embarked with other foreign residents
in the China Navigation Company's
receiving ship.
?number of foreigness, headed by
the conB'di^rmed themselves and passed
the time at" custom house, and,
assisted by Toatai, ^epeilsd^themob,
w!ir> i.wirp. rlnrinc* the niorht made"5ll flt" l
tempt to loot and set on fire the custom
house and residences of foreign officials.
The next morning an immense crowd
again set fire to the custom house aod
surrounding buildings but the customes
staff, fully armed, charged the natives
and again put out the fires. In the afternoon
three Chinese gunboats, which
were escorting Shen Ping Cheng, Governor
of Anhul, up the river, arrived on
the scene, and learning of the riot began
to fire blank cartridges, which had the
effect of frightening the mob.
Some two hundred soldiers arrived
from Taiping Fu, and this lent additional
protection to the foreign residents.
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X ne mo D uiu uui miitve uuj> lui tuti uvmonstration
againsttlie Methodist Episcopal
(America) Mission, but, advised
by the British consul, the missionaries
from that point also embarked on the
Tensing, which brought theni, together
with the ladies and children of Wuhu, to
Shanghai.
At Chain King the priests, who escaped
from Wuhu in a boat, were picked
up. There was only one British manof-war
on the north China station at the
time of the riot, and the gunboat Lmnett
"\xr.i C.m/y Vvnf ?< woo cDnt fnr
VY&Sj LiCUL IT U cuu^ uuu fug *v*
and pioccedeci to Wuhu. On the 16th
of May, four days after the Wuhu riots;
the natives o'Xsanking made an attack
on the Koman Catholic mission there.
The priests succeeded in keeping the
mob off and one of the assailants was arrested
and punished. The Catholic
mission was not the only one attacked,
for a crowd equallv large made a descent
on an inland mission'near the
north gate, but the Chinese authorities
arrived in time to prevent any serious
damage.
Placards had been posted by the rioters
announcing that the mission build
ings would be totally destroyed on jl-tiday,
May 22. Placards also had been
posted in the French quarter of Shanghai
threatening foreigners.
Brave Fred lirokaw.
Asbuey Park, June 24.?Fred J3rokaw,
the eliest son of Isaac Y. Brokaw,
the prominent ]S'ew York clothier,
was drowned while attempting to rescue
the servants of Mrs. Hess, at Elberon,
this afternoon. Annie Donohue,
one of the servants, was also drowned.
Miss Annie Donohue, Miss Maggie
.Hirsh and Miss Julia Torpis had gone
bathing. Th.ey were carried out beyond
their depth, ^heir cries were
heard by Brokaw, who, wiihi>r,
of Philadelphia, was sitting on the
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threw off their outer garments and
leaped into the sea. Brokaw seized
Miss Donohue and Dr. Ferris caught
hold of Miss Birsh. Brokaw made a
gallant struggle to reach the shore with
his burden/ The girl completely lost
her head, several times breaking from
his grasp. He would not desert her,
and struggled to bring her to the shore.
Finally his efforts to retain his hold on
the girl exhausted him, and he sank
from view, with the girl, to whom he
clung to the end. Mr. and Mrs. Brokaw
witnessed the sad accident from
the beach, and are almost frantic with
grief. Miss Torpis and Miss Birsh
were saved. Dr, Ferri > was completely
exhausted when rescued, and was taken
to the Brokaw cottage where he lies in
a critical condition.
Probably Murdered.
Columbia, June 20.?Jane Merritt, a
white womau, was found on a rail road
track here this morning with her head
mashed off and ground to pieces. She
was seen lying on the track as the train
approached. Before it could be stopped
the engine passed over her. From the
fact that the body was cold and stiff
and blood was rut ilowing when examined
a minute or two later it is believed
she was dead long before the enpine
nassed.
This added to the fact that along the
bank there are evidences of a body being
dragged, together with footsteps
creates the suspicion that she was murdered.
A coroner's jury rendered a
verdict of death by the hands of a person
or persons unknown. The theory
of suicide is also advanced as the woman
was a poor creature recently dircharged
from the alms house ana last
night she was heard to say she would
rather be dead and with the devil rather
than to live such a life.
s?r?rAl P?r?.nns Drowned.
i Waterloo, la, June 24.?Reports
were received this morning by the Illinois
Central oflices in this city of a terrible
v.ind and rain storm which prevailed
last night along tbat company's
lines from Storm Lake to Lemars, a
distance of lifty-six miles. All the
towns are considerably damaged. Four
persons were drowned at Cherokee and
four at Correctionville. The railroad
depot at Calumet was blown down and
much damage to the town property was
done. The wires are all down and it is
impossible to obtain-accurate information
except the reports transmitted
through the railroad officials. The Illi
nois Central train yo. 'l, tne passenger
train which left here last night at 10.50
is still at Storm Lake, and the trainmaster
here says there is no prospect of
moving it in the next twenty-four
hours.
THACKSTOFS REPLY
TO HIS NEWSPAPER CRITICS WHO
CHARGE HIM WITH JOBBERY.
Ill* Action in Sseekinc Contributors v
Amons School Trustees Intended to
Promote tUe Efficiency of tbose Officers
? Does Not Fear Any Investigation.
Columbia, S. C., June 23.?The following
article from Mr. W. J. Thackston
ol the State superintendent of Education's
office will appeur ir. the next
number of the Palmetto Schooi Journal.
The publication of this number has been
delayed because of the fact that Profes- 3
sor Thackston was waiting the arrival 'M
a circular giving information about the
Teachers' Association which meets in
Chattanooga next month:
The editor and owner of the Palm'etto
School Journal has been made the.target
for some sharp shooting by a number of
newspapers, many. of whom have
attempted to attribute to him the lowest
and meanest of motives, and have labor
ed painfully to show that not only this
journal and its editor, but also others,
have attempted a high-hauded game of
treason and robbery, and are guilty of >?.
jobbery and incipient rottenness.
The acts of the publication and its
owner and editor are always amenable
to a just and fair public sentimeut.
Nothing has been done in the dark.
There has never been any attempt '.o
conceal anything. -J
The Journal came into possession of
its present owner seme time last Marcn.
Some negotiations were made with a
gentleman who is a printer in Columbia
looking towards the printing ot the
.Journal and becoming interested in its
Duplication in order to advertise his goods
to teachers. 2*o agreement was reached.
Since that time no one but myself
has in any manner been interested ia
the Journal financially or otherwise.
Xo one has ever been solicited in any
avyinpr. dirp.c.tlv or indirectly, to become
i n terestedTiuanciatij^' otherwise. ^
Ti. ?:iu - ?,.?vrr^-tL <v?nvu?f.inn
jLt was >yii,u a, pi.uiuuuu
that such a publication could be ma<fe~a'~???" wi
great power for good ia the improvement
of the administration of the affairs
of the public schools of the State
that induced me to assume the publication
of this same Journal. This belief
was strengthened by the experience of
other States. The Pennsylvania School
Journal, now about 60 years old, is the
most notable instance, and is the official
means of communication between the
department of education and school officers.
At one time in Virginia the State su*
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penntenaent 01 eau^auou maue iureci?
contribution from State funds to the
support of the school publication of that ,
State. I am not positive, but think that
the amount was something like one-third
of the total expenses. . : "!
The State superintendent ot education
of Arkansas is associate editor of the
Journal of Education of that State.
A former State superintendent of education
of Alabama was joint editor of
the educational Exchange and conducted
an official department in the
same. He still retains his interest and
edits the publication in question, while
an official department is conducted bv
the present superintendent of education
of that State.
A careful study of the schools and JBI
school system of the State as well as an
experience of six or more years has led
to the belief that a better administration
of the affairs of the common schools,
under present circumstances, can only
be bad by giving the trustees more light
and more assistance in the discharge of
their duties.
The only question was how to reach
them. Some 2,100, according to the |
report of the Superintendent for 18'JU. \
After a good deal of thought the plan
which has brought so much wrath upon
my head was deemed feasible by me,
and a proposition to that effect was
made to the State Board of Examiners.
The result of this was announced in a
double-leaded page in the April number
of the Journal (p. 2G3) which was published
about the last of April or first of
May. This announcement was followed
later by a circular letter which has been
published. That plas was one I con*
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ceiveu to oe iue uesu iu euecc me cuua
desired. It was not in auy manner con- H
cealed or hidden. x
"'TlitiC i10 scheme to filch money
from the taxpayers; -io~ git something
for nothing. In uo way were trustees
forced to take the Journal. The mat- if
ter was entirely voluntary, first with
the dommissioners, then with the trustees.
If any person or newspapers desire
to impugn the authority of the State
Board of Examiners, the courts are opea. u
The Jourdai has never contained one
item that 30uld in any manner De con- a
strued as political or partisan. Nothing
has been printed that cculd be construed
to be an attempt to "boom" politically
or otherwise any person. The aim is
opeuly and avowedly for the promotion
ot the educational interest ot the State.
The most searching investigation is
cordially invited. The results will show ? J
that in no thought or acts have any but *
the purest motives for the best interests 3
or the common schools of the State
oromoted mv action as an individual or
otherwise.
The above is a plain, simple statement
of the tacts, and, with these noted, I am
quite willing to be judged by a lairminded
and discriminating public.
W. J. Thackston.
Dashed to Death.
St. Petersburg, June 22.?While
a large "ba'doon belonging to vjcant
Apraxine was being inflated with gas
yesterday, it escaped from the attendants
who were holding it to the ground
and carried UDward four workmen who
were in the car when the ballooa broke
away. After it had ascended to a great height
the onlookers were horrified to J
see the balbou burst aud the bodies of
the unfortunate workmen dashed to the
earth, where they were smashed almost
beyond recognition.
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A Jealous Divorced Husband.
Augusta, Ga., June 20?This morning
about 2 o'clock, as Mr. Leo, Schwartz 4
and Mrs. Ed. Burnett were returning I
from a ball at the Schuetzenplatz, Mr. J
Schwartz was attaeked by Mr. Burnett, m
who felled him to the grouud with a
weight, fracturing nis skull. Ilis condition
is now quite serious, and it is
thought the wound wili be fatal. Mr.
and Mrs. Burnett have not been living
together for some months, a divorce J
having been secured by her, but he ob- M
jects to her receiving attention from M
other men. The would-be murderer is
still at large, but the police think they fl
wili catch him as he is hiding somewhere
in tJiej^\--SUte;__
-Joxes, the family exterminator, gets
off light. He goes to the penitentiary
for twenty-one years, which is just A
seven year's each* for the three men he "\J|
murdered. lie ought to have been
given the longest term under the law, dg
thirty years,
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