The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, October 28, 1891, Image 4
LONG AGO.
1 once knew all the birds that came
Ad i nest.ec! in our orchard tree?, 1
For tFrry liower I had a name?
Mj. friends were woodchucks, toads ar.d
bees;
I kn< w where thrived in yonder gien
What plants wo dd soothe a-tone bruised j
I was very !ear. Sd then,
^S^a^ntthat was very Jem*; a<;o.
* Where pickerel lay that weighed a pound*
I knt w the wood?the very tree
YYi'.eiC 1IVCU LUC J?uv; .
And all the woods and crows knew nie? j
But that was very long ago.
And pining for the joys of youth,
11 ead the old faniili <r spot
Only to learn this solemn truth:
I hive for cot ten, am forgot.
Yet here's this youngster at my knee
Knows all the things I used to know:
To think I once was wise as lieBut
that was very long ago.
I know it's folly to complain
Of whatso'er the fates decree,
Yet, were not wishes all in vain,
I tell you what my wish should be:
I'd wish to be a boy again,
Back with the friends I used to know,
For I was, oh, so happy then?
But that was very long ago.
IB FATiB'S mm.
A STORY OF
WESTERN LIFE
?BY?
THOMAS P, MOXFORT.
CHAPTER X.
THE SERPENT SJIOWS IT3 FA>"CS.
When Pearson reached Scraggs' office
he found the agent alone. He was sitting
at his desk, with his pen stuck
above his ear and with his face buried j
in his hands. It was evident from his
attitude and his listless manner that he
was deeply engrossed in study.
"Hatching- up some scheme for plundering
these poor devils," Harry
thought as he halted for a
moment in the open door to contemplate
Scraggs. "He's got some
deep laid plan at work, and whatever it
is it'll bring a few thousands to his
pocket at the expense of the settlers."
At that moment Scraggs looked up,
and his eyes met those of Harry Pearson.
"Beg pardon, Mr. Scraggs. I didn't
mean to intrude, so if your meditations
are sacred I'll withdraw."
"Come in and sit down," Scraggs
said in reply. "I was meditating, and
seriously, too, but my thoughts were of
you, and 1 am glad you came."
"Ha, you are a faithful agent,
Scraggs. Always got my interests in
mind, and forever studying out some
plan for advancing them. What new
scheme are you working up now?"
"I am not working up any scheme,
Mr. Pearson."
"Yet you were thinking- of me. How
does that come?"
"I was thinking of you in an entirely
different connection."
"What connection, then?"
"WHt- in with those
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Greens. It has come across my mind
that there is some deep purpose in your j
action."
"Ha, ha! Is it possible that Scraggs
has got his mind off financial matters
long enough to let a thought of something
so foreign creep in? Come,
Scraggs, stick to the per cent, and the
commissions, and don't go to muddling
your brain about things that don't
concern you and that will never put a
dollar in your pocket. It ain't in your
line, Scraggs, and you'd better let it
alone."
"Ordinarily. Pearson, I don't meddle
much with tilings that don't directly
concern me. I am counted heartless
and unfeeling, and have been cursed
from Dan to Beerslieba by everybody
who has had any dealings with me, and
as a general thing people are not to
blame. They have had room for swearing,
and not knowing that there was a
monkey in the case are not to blame
for shearing at the cat whose paw has
been used to rake the chestnuts from
the fire. But I suppose I ought not to
complain. I am paid for my work, and
it is my duty to shoulder the blame that
attaches to it and take the curses it
brings down on my head. Anyhow, I
am willing1 to go on with that; but I am
not willing- to be a party to a worse
crime, and, by George, I won't be. I
say, I won't be. and I.mean it."
"Are you through with your sermon,
Sc-aggs?"
"For the present, yes."
"Then may I ask what deep crime you
refuse to be a party to?''
"Yes, you may. It's the crime you
contemplate against those Greens; or
rather against Green's girl."
Pearson's face flushed and a spark of
anger lighted his eyes. For an instant
?-??oie gazed steadily at Scraggs, then slowly
let his glance fall to the floor. It was
son; 3 time before he spoke, and when he
did he said:
"Mr. Scraggs, are you aware what
your words imply?"
"1 am, most certainly," replied
Scraggs, "and they imply nothing but
the truth. I am not fool enough to
think that your actions towards Green
mean anything good. It would be
hard enough to believe that if your conduct
in his presence was the only thing
to go by. it is not nicely tnat you
would interest yourself in anyone's behalf.
unless you had a selfish motive behind
it. It is not in your nature. But
what makes your purpose more apparent
is the fact that while you are
making a pretense of favoring Green,
you are coming in here and commanding
me to bear down on him. At my
expense you are working yourself into
his good graces, and at the same time
getting him deeper and deeper into vour
toils. I know you, and I know your
purpose, Pearson, and I denounce it.
Furthur, I refuse to be a party to it. It
is all right to rob and plunder these
people with exorbitant interest, and to
break *hem up with wild speculations,
and so long as it stops at that, I will go
with you; but when it comes to an attempt
to trap that innocent girl I'm out."
The young man's face changed color
alternately as he listened to this speech.
One moment it was livid with anger
ar.d the nest flushed with a sense of
shame. Once or twice he made gestures
for Scracjrs to stop, but the acent went
on to the end.
"Well, Mr. Scraggs." Harry replied
after a short silence. "I don't admit
anything: you have charged, but say yon
are correct, and it must be acknowledged
that you are not above reproach.
Your virtuous indignation d-m't commence
quite soon enough. It begins
where the profits leave off. In other
words you are willing to condone ray
crimes. :is you choose to call them, and
even assist me in executing them, as
long as there is money in it to you. I>ut
k the moment they cease to bring a financial
return to your pocket you get terribly
down on them. You are willing
to help 'rob and plunder* the settlers
because it pays you, but there is no
profit in trapping the girl, so your virtuous
soul revolts at the idea. That is
the size of your honor. Scraggs."
"I admit that appearances do seem
against me. Pearson, for after being a
tool in your hands so long." said
Scraggs with emphasis, "it would be a
miracle if I had an honorable impulse
left in my bosom. But miracle as it is.
I have a spark of honor yet unobs.eured.
I would *av what I li::ve, and oppose
your designs on ' reen's daughter, even
if I lost money by it. In a ease like
tins money cuts no figure with me."
"You are very pious all at once.
Scraggs," said Pearson with a light
laug-h, "arid I wonder you didn't tuTn
nreac-her in your young days. You
would have made an eloquent sermonizer.
I>ut we'll drop this subject, if you
please, for the present, and when I
form designs against Green's girl, such
as you mention, and iin<! I am in need
of your assistance in carrying' them out.
I'll" put up the 'stuff' and make you
solid."
"You'll do no such thing," Scraggs
exclaimed with wrath as he arose and
paced the floor. "No money will induce
me to aid ir. betraying that jrirl or any
other girl into your power. But I'll tell
you what I will do," Scraggs said, stopping
before Pearson and looking him
square in the eyes, "I'll warn John Green
against you, and I'll warn the girl
against you."
"You will?" exclaimed the young man
springing up with flashing eyes and
clinched fists. "You will, eh?"
"Yes, I will," replied Scraggs, calmly
maintaining his position.
For a minute the two men stood
silently eyeing each other. Scraggs cool,
collected and immovable, and Pearson
at first angry and flushed, but slowly
calming down. At last the latter broke
into a light laugh, and with a toss of
the head spoke:
"Don't be a fool, Scraggs," he faid,
"because that don't pay. I have no designs
on the girl, and besides if I did
have your putting in wouldn't do any
good. Do you suppose the Greens, or
nnv of the other settlers, would take
your word in preference to mine? Of
course they wouldn't. It's you that is
known as a heartless villain, while I, in
the shade back of you, am known as a
kind, feeling gentleman. These people
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" HARRY PEARSON*, BEWARE!"
don't know that I move you and control
your actions, and more it is hardly
likely that they will know it, since
there is no one to tell them but you,
and they'd never take your word for
anything-, not if you were to swear to
if mil I have trot the advantage
of you, Scraps, aud if .you want to do
any warning1 j ust go ahead. But you
are making a great fuss about nothing,
anyhow. Wait until I make an attempt
against the girl, won't you?"
"If you have no designs ou the girl,
Pearson," asked Scraggs, "will you
please say what your purpose is?"
4'Why,"what should it be, except to
make all the money we eau out of
Green, just as we intend to make it out
of every other settler."
"Then how is it you do not find it necessary
to deport yourself toward other
settlers as you do toward the Greens?
Why is it you find it necessary to go
there so often?"
"I supposed this was a free country,
Scraggs, and that a man did not have to
explain to other people the reason
why he chooses to go here or there.
But since you forcc the question on me
I don't mind answering it. I go to John
Green's occasionally bccause I like
Louise. To be honest, frank and confidential
with you, Scraggs, I'll go further
and say I love her. I'm speaking
the truth when I say that, so help me
God. I do love Louise Green with all
my heart and soul, and never have and
never shall love anyone else. And now
having gone this far, I'll go-further. I
love her, and I've sworn that she shall
be mine. She loves that Paul Markham,
but he shall never have her. I
cannot win her love, but I can get her
in ray power, and force her to come to
my arms and submit to my caresses,
and by Heaven I will."
"Harry Pearson, beware! This is
going too far, and they shall be warned."
"Go and warn them. They'll not believe
a word you say. I'm not afraid of
you, for you are powerless."
"Alas! that is too true. I am the
demon and you are the saint, and your
lies will be taken as gospel truth,
while the truths I speak will be believed
by none. So much for being
your tool. But, nevertheless, it is my
duty to warn' them against yon, and
I'll do it. I'll give them fair warning1,
and if they don't want to heed it they
can only suffer the consequences. If
you wanted to marry the girl now?"
"Bah! I don't want to marry her, and
I don't propose to do anything- of the
sort. You know that that matter is
settled for me. The folks at home have
kinclv selected a woman for me, and
all I have to do is to go back and marry
her, which I am gointf to do in a few
weeks. I don't love her and never did,
but she is rich, and money is what we
are after."
Scrag-gs made no reply to this, and
Pearson went on: "I
shall go back there and marry that
woman but I will not be compelled to
stay there with her. I will soon lind an
excuse for coming west, and once here
I will work to my ends and find ray
happiness in the society of ray little
wild flower of the plains."
CHAPTER XI.
GUEES VANTS MORE PROFIT.
Along1 in October llarrv Pearson
went cast for the purpose of getting
married. TT* had not gone to Green's
more than once or twice after the conversation
between him andScraggs, but
be consoled himself in leaving with the
thought that it would not be long before
he was back again; and he hoped
by that time to be able to sway Louise
to his wishes.
Scraggs said nothing to the Greens of
the young man's intentions, for in the
first place he realized that they would
be slow to believe him, and in the second
place lie found it a little difficult
to approach them on such a subject.
Then again he told himself that
it would be premature, anyhow, to
speak then, as it was probable that
once married Harry would give up his
designs on Louise. and even if he didn't
it would be time enough to speak when
Pearson came back. So tli" matter
rested.
The boom at Paradise Park assumed
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sa.ie of lots prow CTeater day by day,
and at last the rush <*f customers was
so overwhelming' th.it Scrasrjrs found it
necessary to take in two extra assistants.
Several new buildings were put
in course of erection, and three newspapers,
two of them with daily issues,
were established in the town.
Many of the lots were sold two or
three times within as many days, and
always at a large advance. Speculation
ran wild and option dealing1 to
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came the rage of the hoar. John Green j
] made no effort to sell his lots, for they :
were well located, and he felt secure i:i
holding them. They would go on increasing,
he thought, and when the
i railroad companies be<jaz> to construct
: the ir lines into the place, and all the
other public improvements were put
unier way, their value would go beyond.
anybody's expectations. He determined
to hold tli em. and hold them
he did.
IInt Scraggs made an effort to sell
them, and in a short time he found a
customer who offered to take them at
double what John paid. Seraggs sent
for John and laid the offer before him, i
saying:
"It is a big profit on the investment, I
Mr. Green, u'ldmy advice is to take it."
"Xo," said John, "1 can do better
than that next year. Wait till the rail- i
roads come in."
j "I tell you. Green," Seraggs went on, j
"now is a good time to sell. You double
, ycv.r money, and that is profit enough, j
Take my advice and sell out. I can !
; loan your money where it will be safe ,
and where it will, bring you good inter- ;
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. mortgage on your farm is due yoxi will j
have the money to pay it off.'1
But John shook his head, saying1:
' You can get no interest to equal the j
profits on the lots, and besides I would i
rather not turn usurer."
Scraggx was silent for a little while, i
during which he looked hard at the
floor. Then looking" up he said:
'"Green, I have a purpose in advising
you as I do. I do not like to say what
that purpose is. but I assure you it isau
honest one. and besides it is well founded.
For your own good I advise you to
this step. Get your money out of these
lots, and keep it out."
John made no reply but looked at
Scraggs incredulously. The agent saw
that he had made no impression, and he
continued:
** \Vill you promise upon your oath, |
Green, never to whisper a word of what
I am ^roinjr to tell you?''
"Yes, if it is right that I should not." j
"I don't know that it would be ex- I
actly right, but I know it would be to ]
vour interest, and would, if you acted j
on it, save your money and save you
from a great deal of sulferirg. perhaps.
But be that as it may, I won't reveal
any secret. It wouldn't be safe. I will
say, though, let those lots go and make
! your money secure."
"Isn't it secure where it is?" John
asked.
"You heard what I said, Mr. Green," i
Scraggs replied, "and ought to be able .
to draw your own conclusions. I say i
take your money out of the lots and ;
make it safe. That's all I can say to j
you, and it s more man l nave saiu w .
will say to anyone else. I have a j
reason for advising you to this step, |
and strange as it ma}' seem, it is al- !
together for your interest that I do it." j
"It's a little strange, indeed, Mr.
i Scraggs," John said with an incredu;
lous shake of the head, "that you
should feel such an uncommon interest
in m_v welfare. I cannot understand
why you should make so great an exception
in my favor. Why am I alone
"selected from all your customers to receive
the benefit of your advice? Am I
more to you than any of the hundreds
of others who have, invested in these
town lots? I don't think so."
"You are right, Green, }*ou are not
j oiore to me than the others. Ruf it is
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1 not that which influences me. There is
not a man among all my customers
| whom I would not advise as I do you,
j were he placed in like circumstances.
1 But it is folly to talk and argue. Here
j is a customer for your lots. Take my
; advice and sell out."
"2so," said John, "I'll keep them. I
i know your object. Mr. Seraggs?I can
see through it perfectly. Those lots
, arc'destined to sell for an enormous
j price, and you know it. You see a
j thousand dollars or so in them, and you
! want them. You are the man who pro1
poses to buy them. Y< >u arc sly, Seraggs,
j and you can hatch out some plausible
; schamcs, but 1 understand your motive
in this instance.''
Seraggs arose and walked the floor for j
a minute or two, then stopping in front '
of Green, said: |
"John Green, I wouldn't pay you fifty j
| per cent, on the investment you made j
j in those lots. I don't want them, and ;
' wouldn't buy them at any- price. l'ut-<
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I ?at least only this. In loss than six I
j mouths from to-day, you will recall
what I have said, and you will say that |
j for once Scraggs advised you aright, j
| Good day."
| These last words of Scraggs made a j
! slight impression ou John, and he left j
j '.lie office in a halting state of mind, j
! Once or twice as he walked down the j
I street he stopped, half inclined to gc
i back and accept Scraggs' offer.
"If I sell out," he mused, "I will
i make a large profit,' and besides being I
j able to redeem my farm will have a
i our.pie of hundred dollars left towards
! building a home. It may l>e that
Scraggs is right, too, and that by holding
on 1 will lose all. Perhaps it would
be safer to sell."
Then on the other hand he would re|
call Scraggs' reputation as a schemer
; and an unprincipled shark, and noting i
the improvements that were under way j
and the avidity with which other pco- j
j pie were taking up "bargains'1 in real i
j estate, he would conclude that he j
: was right, and that Scraggs only wantI
ed to get the lots himself because there
! was a big outcome t<> them. Reasoning '
! nrn nml con he fimillv decided to - keen
his lots and accordingly went home,
perfectly satislied that he had acted for
the best. i
The l?oom at Paradise Park kept rolling
on and on, reaching out farther and
further until the winter came on and
the severe storms ami cold weather put
a cheek to" all improvement." That winter
was an intensely cold one. and there
was a great deal of .snow, so that people ;
: ventured out but little, and as a consc(
<juence the excitement at Paradis* Park
; died doivii and the sales of real estate .
i ceased entirely.
The investors felt no uneasiness, how- 1
ever, being assured that with the return !
J <<f fair weather the boom would set in ;
' again with renewed vigor. In the ;
! spring the railroads were to }>e located j
[ and work was to- begin on theni at once;
j and all t!ie other public improvements i
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! Tv.-.r.> to ho iTot under headwav. too: so i
j then the real 1>oom was to come, and '
only a few short months of inactivity j
. was to come between.
j Thus the wiuter passed, and by the ;
j middle of March all the snow was gone j
j f:v.:n the plains and the tender grass I
began to shoot up. The boom at Paradise
Park revived, and while real estate
transactions resumed their wonted
strength. the sound of the hammer, the
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hand. Business blocks, both frame and
brick, were started up all about the
center of the town, while residences
were being1 constructed in every quarter.
Unprecedented activity reigned,
ami Scraps' prediction that the place
would have twenty thousand population
within the 3'ear bade fair to come true.
]>ut day after day passed, and no
move toward constructing railroads or
other public improvements was mado.
Vet the people were strong in the faith
an.l kept the boom rolling-.
CHAPTER XII.
A BCRSTED BOOST.
A month passed and then the gTeat
boom at Paradise Park received a sudden
check. A railroad line was located
through that section of Kansas, but it
came not to or through the place. It
ran within five miles of the town, and
the company located a depot and laid
out a townsite at the point nearest to
Paradise Park.
\? QAnn 5 5 this fact became known as
:i certainty the great boom burst and.
the embryo western metropolis lay flat.
The sale of lots stopped short, and
within three days the value of real
estate ran down until it was impossible
to sell lots at any price. The noise of
the saw and hammer ceased, and unfinished
buildings were left so.
Then a new town on the railroad was
started under the name of Magic City.
Scraggs, the inevitable, shook the dust
of Paradise Park from his feet and
went down to Magic City to inaugurate
a boom there; and he succeeded so
well that within a few days there was
a grand rush of people to the new
town, and a real estate crazc rivaling
that of Paradise Park began to rage.
The people who owned houses at the
old town moved them to the new, and
thus within a couple of weeks the
famed town of Paradise Park?the
once proud infant wonder of the world
?was blotted out of existence, and
nothing save a few old foundations and
the painted corner stakes remained to
mark the spot where the embryo
metropolis had stood.
The collapse had been sudden and unexpected.
and hundreds of poor settlers
who had invested their little all in the
hope of making a raise awoke sudden
ly to the fact that they were ruined, and
that their hopes and their money had
gone down together in the great wreck.
Some who had a small amount of means
left invested in the new town in the
hope of retrieving what was lost in the
old, but hundreds had nothing left to
invest, and all they could do was to
mourn the departed, and enrse Scraggs.
This latter pleasure, however, was
denied John Green. He could mourn
the fall of Paradise Park, but he had
no occasion to curse Scraggs, for
Scraggs had warned him and had made
every effort to get him to save himself.
John took his loss seriously to heart,
and many were the wakeful nights it
caused him. The sum of money was
small, but it was all that stood between
his family and want if he should fail
on his crop the coming season, as there
was a fair prospect of him doing
since the season had'opened up exceedingly
dry.
Mary, ever patient and long suffering,
deplored the loss of the money equally
as much as John did, but made a pretense
of considering it a mere trifle.
True wife that she was, she was willing
to bear her own binders alone, and be-VI
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band's. She saw nothing in the future
outlook to encourage her, yet for John's
sake she affected to see a great deal,
and the more he regretted, the more
cheerful and hopeful she became, and
the more lightly she treated their loss.
"I am glad, Mary," John remarked
one day, '"that you take such a happy
view of the situation. The loss of the
money, and the knowledge that it was
my fault. ;.s enough to make me despise
myself almost, even at best, and if you
had blamed me as I deserve to be
blamed, I believe I'd have gone mad."
"John, there is nothing for which to
blame you," Mary replied. "You invested
the money, as hundreds of others
invested, and tried to act for the best.
It was a mistake, and nothing more.
Such a mistake as anyone might have
made, and as almost every poor settler
did make. There is no use to condemn
yourself, or make yourself miserable
with vain regrets. The money is gone
?let it go. We can live over the loss,
and in a short time won't feel it."
"I hope so," replied John, "but it is
hard to raise expectations where there
is' so little to base them on. There are
poor prospects for crops this year, for it
is already late in the season and there
is nnt mnist.nrr* enouffh in the CTOUnd
to sprout the seeds. If it does not rain
soon we will raise nothing1, and again
we shall have to go through the experiences
of a year ago. Sometimes I feel
like turning hose and cursing this Godforsaken
country from end to end. I
wish we had never set foot on Kansas
soil. There is nothing here for ua but
suffering, hardships and disappointments.
From year to year we have got
to contend against drought, hot winds,
chinch bugs, grasshoppers, greedy
Shylocks and swindling schemes, and
the settler has a poor showing among
them."
"It is discouraging, John," said Mary,
"but where can poor people do better?
'Die east is overcrowded, and the poor
nan cannot hope to get a home there,
t i ?* cannot go into business for himself,
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and to work on a salary is uncertain.
Thousands do it, of course, and'a small
per cent, of them get on very well, but
such cases are rare. We have had experience
in that way, and we know
what it is to be thrown out of employment
and left stranded without money
and with sickness. We have hard times
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disappointments, but I would not exchange
it for the east, for here we have
a hope of a home by and by, and there
we could hope for nothing. Here you
are your own master, there j'ou were
the servant of your employers, who4
because tney paid you a pittfui sa.ia.ry
sufficient keep yourself and family
alive, felt that they owned you body
and soul. I'll take Kansas with its
trials and disappointments in preference
to the east."
"Yes, so will I," said John, "but I do
think the settlers who come here to
build up homes and improve and beautiry
the land, ought to receive better
treatment from the government. There
; is no justice in giving up to corpora(
tions and cattle kings all the choice ,
aifn. , i aaa ? , - gssaae aszana
j portions of the public lands, leaving to
the homeseekers the sandy, arid plains, !
where nothing1 but sand burs and coyotes
flourish. But the rich men, I sup- |
pose, must be cared for, and whatever
they don't want is tendered to the
poor. But after all this is perhaps
as good as any placc for tho poor '
man, for he don't seem to be wanted j
anywhere except as a convenience to j
the wealthy. It is a truth, verily, that
there is no place in this world for
the poor. They are cumberers of the
ground."
John and Mary, being heartsore and '
discouraged, were probably prone to 1
take a melancholy view of the situa- j
i tion, as people are apt to do under such .
j circumstances. But after all, who is j
j there to say that their view, though ^
; melancholy, was not to some extent at ,
least based on facts? Who is there to ,
say that poor men vrith families
brought into competition with the labor ;
of all the civilized and semi-civilized j
world do not have a hard time of it in the
east, and feel themselves fortunate in '
nine cases out of ten if they are able to ^
j keep their dependent ones barely above '
j want? Who is there to say against '
John Green's assertion, that the poor
j settlers on the public lands of the west J
| have not been neglected by the govern- ^
! ment and forced to occupy the arid
I plains passed over by the rich cattle- ,
men and giant corporations as useless? ]
Mary and John may have looked at the
situation through smoked glass, but if
they did, they saw not far wrong.
As John had feared, the outlook for i
crops grew less and less promising
with each week. The weather continued
dry, and day after day the 31m
ran his course through cloudless '
heavens. The earth became parched.
I and the vegetation that had, in spite of
all obstructions, forced itself into life
' drooped, withered and died. For three
long months not a drop of rain had
fallen, and it being now July there was
no longer any grounds for hope on the
part of the settlers. It was impossible
that any crops could be grown thus late
in the season, even were it to rain at
once.
[To be continued.]
AN ATTACHMENT GRANTED.
St>It Aealait Ex-Pre?Idont Hoer For a
Half Million Dollars.
New York, Oct. 16.?Judge Tatterson,
of the Supreme Court to-day, upon
application of Henry Sanford, preiident
nf thft Adams Emress Company, grant
ed an attachment against the property
of John Hoey, the deposed president of
the company in a suit to recover half a
million dollars. The attachment was
granted on the ground of non-resiidence,
Hoey's home being at Hollywood,
N. J. The attachment was at
once handed to Deputy Sheriff Stevens.
The attachment was secured upon
affidavit of Frederick Lovejoy, the present
Vice-President of the Adams Express
Company. The summons attached
to the papers announces to Mr. Hoey
that if he defaults in appearing to answer
the suit judgment will be taken
against bim for 8712,950 with interest
and costs.
Lovejoy, in his affidavit, recites the
history of the company, which is a joint
stock association, and says that Hoey
was appointed manager of the cornpuny
on January 6, 18i0, and has ever
since continued to act and is now acting
as such. Hoey's elevation to the
trusteeship, vice presidency and presidency
is then referred to. In all these
positions, he says, Hoey occupied a fiduciary
relation to the company and had
control of the funds and assets. It is
alleged that prior to March 1882, Hoey,
either individually or in connection
with other persons, acquired an mter{
est in the business of the New York
I ?~^ T?;ar\ut/?>i rVimnanv t.he
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Kinsley Express Company and the Union
Express Company for $73,095, the
full value at that time of the interest
purchased. On that same day he sold
and transferred this interest to the
Adams Express Company for 3350,000
and in his official capacity caused
this sum to be transferred to himself
and others out of the funds
of the Adams Express Company,
and by so doing appropriates 8276,805
out of the 83o0,000 to his own
use and that of others in fraud of the
rights of the Adams Express Company,
and in violation of his duties as officer
and trustee.
This sum has been wholly lost to th e
Adams Express Company. Lovejoy
continues that prior to March 12.1888,
Hoey, either individually or in connection
with others, acquired the remaining
interest in the three specified chnapanies
for 880,000, which was its full
value at the time. On ilaroh 12,1888,
Hoey sold it toithe Adams Express
Company for 8500,000, paying that sum
to himself and others, while acting in
a fiduoiary capacity, thus appropriat
ing 842U,UUU 01 tne SDW.UJU u> ma -jttjli
use and that of others in fraud of the
rights of the Adams Express Company.
For these reasons it is claimed that
there is now due the Adams Express
Company from the defendant thosum
of 8696,905. It is alleged by Lovejoy
that when Isaiah C. Babcock. the former
treasurer of the Adams Company,
died in 1885, he was indebted to the
company for about 316,000. In order
to discharge this indebtedness Babcock's
administrator gave Hoey, in hit
capacity as an officer of the company,
316,045. Iloey, it is charged, did not
apply any per'tion of this money to th?
discharge of Babcock's indedf.edness,
nor did he pay it to the company.
Iloey, says Lovejoy, appropriated said
sum"of 816,045 to his own us? and in
fraud of the rights of said Adams Express
Company. 13y reason of all these
facts, Lovejoy says cause of action
exists against Hoey, and the plaintiff
is entitled to recover 8712.7o0, with
interest on 8276,905 from March 25,
1882; on 8420,000 from March 12, 1888,
and on 816,045 from February 1.1886.
i The Sheriff's deputies served the at
tachment upon the officers or i.ne &outnern
Express Company, the Farmers'
Loan and Trust Company and the
Adams Express Company. Hoey has
no stock in the Adams Express Company
and at the offices of the other concerns
it was not known that he bad any
property there. John Hoey could not.
be found in the city and deputy sheriffs
could not serve the summons upon him
Spnrtanburc'ti Factories.
Spartanburg, S. C., Oct 16.?Spartanburg
county leads the world, that
is, the Southern world. The following
are the figures of cotton spindles now
either in actual operation, or for the
placing of which the plant has begun.
Clifton, 50,000; Pacolet. now working,
26,400, building 34,600. total, 50,000; Eooree,
25,000; Spartan Mills, 30,000; D. E.
Converce Co. addition to old mill, 5,000,
total 15,000; Whitney 10,000; Fairmount,
5,000; Fingerville 5,000; Felham. 5,000;
Cowpens, 3,000; Arlington, 1,500; Valley
Falls, 500; J. II. Cash, 15,000; grand total,
204.500.
Estimating the consumption at about
one-half bale to the spindle, the home
consumption is about 100,000 bales.
This is about two anil one-half times
the production of the county. This
means nearly 80 000,000 in cotton mills
in Spartanburg County.
Eight or ten years ago the difference
between the Spartanburg and Charleston
market was from 75 to 100 points.
Now cotton brines as much on the
streets of this city as it does on tbe
coast. This is due directly to the local
demand from the milla.?-The State.
Rheumatism is ?ured by P. P. P.
! Paias and aches in the back, showltf?rs.
knees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all
i attacked and conquered by P. 1\ 1\
; This great medicine, by it? blood;
cleansing: properties, builds up and
i i,tren?*hens the whole body :
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sszssaeatga! \ amsBemmms.
HOLD YUUR COTTON. I
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IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE GREEN- I
VILLE ALLIANCE.
Thu F#rn)?rs AdvU.4 to Hold Th?4rC?t- j
ton for Better Prlcss mn<l to H?v? It
When Sold bj Alllaaee Wolch?ra.
Gheenville, S. C., Oct. 19.?The
Ureenville County Farmers' Alliance
met in special session today for the
purpose of taking some action on the
vexed question (with them) of the buying
and selling: of cotton. They passed
the following resolutions, which is intended
to have a Tar-rea?hinr effect and
to unite the Alliance of the .South in
in effort to raise the price of cotton:
Whereas, cotton is our cash product,
and producers are forced to talce for it
prices below the cost of production.
Not only the farmers but the merchants
who furnished them supplies on time,
lnuc ThA r>rnfinn nnt.
LliUOLf JUOtOlU iVWO. xitv yiwuvw nsvw
ton are divided between speculators
and manufacturers.
We the Greenville Farmers' Alliance,
Jo advise our farmers to refuse to sell
their cotton at the present prices, and
to at oice warehouse so much cotton as
will satisfy their creditors, and borrow
from banks or individual* on warebouse
receipts, and hold their cotton
tor better prices.
That the actien of our meeting be
published throughout the Cotton States,
and we ask the farmers to at once,
through state and county Alliances, act
in accordance therewith.
That all sub-Alliances are hereby requesied
to call maetings at once to act
on these resolutions.
The Alliance of this county proposes
to accomplish the purpose of the resolution
bj concentrating the cotton
brought to this market in the Alliance
warehouse for the purpose of having it
graded into lots, ''so that each grade
can be sold at its true market value."
The warehouse will store cotton fifteen
days free of charge to buyer and seller
alike, enabling the seller to hold his
?4 a*. o??/3 Kuvar
CUllull iui uruci i/iiww omv. vuv
to get large lota for slripmtnt. After
the fifteen days free storage is out, the
cost of storage and insurance will not
exceed twenty-five cent* for the first
month and twenty cents for subsequent
months.
A committeeman of the Alliance says:
"It is now generally conceded that the
present crop Is far short of that of last
year, and of a much finer quality; yet
the prices are below the cost of production.
It therefore must be apparent to
all that there is everything to gain aad
nothing to lose by holding. Some of
the Gree*ville bank3 have agrsed to adranc*
liberally on warehouse receipts."
A resolution was also passed aBting
every true Allianceman not to sell his
cotton until he takes it to the warehouse.
The Alliance proposes to have
a grader of cotton, or jjrade it themselves
by "types" from >iew York.
The cotton buyers her# are defied, and
if tv.a i-ilar> nf tA1iimnr>A { oat
they mast buy Alliance cotton at the
warehouse and have it weighed by Alliance
weighers.
Head el a Bomu,
Muxcrz, Inrf., Oct. 18.?Word has
reached this city from a source that can
be regarded as being perfectly reliable,
of the discovery of a semi-human monstrosity
that lays all ?th?r freaks of nature
in the shade. Yesterday, while J.
T. Blackburn' a Washington Township
farmer, was going through a cornfield,
in which were numerous stumps, he
discovered lying on one that was about
four feet in diameter a female dog that
had gived birth to a litter of pups, one
of which possessed the head of a human
being, although its face bor* a striking
resemblanca to that of the worst kind of
an idiot. Its body was shaped like a boaconstrictor,
and, being of an unusual
lsngth, it would wind around in all conceivable
forms but without injury to
any of its brothers and sisters. The
forelegs are much longer than the hind
ones, which gives it a giraffe appearance
when standing on its feet. Its
skin is soft and pliable, and is possessed
ot no hair, with th? oxception of a very
small "oasis" on the top of the head.
Instead of whining, like all pups, it
gives out a hideous scream that imi
tates an eagle wnen ngnung iur iia
young. While the freak snaps like a
dog and is possessed of a full. set of
teeth, its instinct causes it not to molest
or disturb its relatives, other than
ths annoyance that is brought about
by natural causes. On iu feet are
claws that extend several inches in
length. This monitroiity will, in all
probability, be exhibited, and it is expected
that the owner will reap a rich
karveat from the exhibition.
Sh? Ojxned Fir*.
Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 14.?A sensational
but bloodless street shooting occurred
here in front of the United
States court house. Mrs. Fans ie Hoffman,
postmistress at Coalburg, Mr. J.
T. Hill, the manager of the Sloss Iron
and Steel Co., and Deputy Marshal
Schoenfeld, were stanling in the street
when Mrs. Hoffman opened fire on
them, firing three shots. She was
within three feet of the men, but none
of the balls took effect. A police arrested
her and took the pistol from her,
but she immediately reached into a
large basket which she carried, anddrew
another large j?un. She resisted arrest
and created a sensation by yelling while
being taken to jail. She was afterwards
released on a 8200 bond. Mrs. Hoffman
has b*en regarded as eccentric for several
days. The trial of Hill and other
prominent Coalberg citizens has been
going on in tha United States court.
She had them arrested on the charge of
impeding her in the discharge of her
duties as postmistress. She say3 Schotnlield
and Hill were conspiring to defame
u,,- onH oho tn til] th?m_ I
lici vwaiau^vi, (?uv? ><itv v*?v?%
Suakes 1b ? Trte.
Cljirksuurg, W. Va., Oct. 18 ?
While two lumbermen named McCray
and Deuers were felling timber near
Cleveland, Webster County, they cut
down alargelimetree, which was literally
alive with snakes of a variety
never before found in this vicinity.
They were browu in color, large in size,
having yellow jaws', from which they
continususly evicted a slimy matter,
and were exceedingly vicious, attacking
the men as soon \s the tree fell
After killing a large number McCray
and Deuers were obliged to retreat.
Securing assistance they returned to
the spot, and a general slaughter took
place, not less than fire hundred reptiles
being killed. Investigation wai
then made, and from filteeu hundred to
two thousand eggi were* founi in various
parts ot the tree.
s*T?d by a D?g.
Covington. Xy., Oct. 18? Mrs.Emma
Smith's grecery and residence on
Bullock street was destroyed by fire
early this morning. Mrs. Smith and
her four children had a narrow escape
from death. The lady arose at 4:30
o'clock, made a fire and retired again,
Half an hour after she was awakened
by her Newfoundland dog tugging at
the bed clothing and barking furiously.
She was nearly smothered by smoke,
but groped her way to bedroom of
her childsen. The room wai full of
?moke, but she got them out of the
burning building just in time.
]pi?u03 *9d Orcaai.
X. W. Trump. 134 Main Street Columbia,
8. C., sells Piaaos and Organs,
direct from factory. Ne agents' commissions.
The celebrated Chicken**
Piano. Mathushek Plane, celebrated
for its clearness of ton#, lightness of
touch and lastinf qualities. Masea &
Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright
Pianos, from $221 up. Maaea k
Hamlin Organs surpassed by none.Sterling
Organs, $50 up. Every Instrumeat
guaranteeJ f?r six years. Fifteea days'
trial, expenses both ways, If not satisfactory.
Sold on Instalments.
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American and Chilian allor* Fight. |
Santiago, Oct. 17.?The anti-Amer;5
{
can feeliiy which is very pronounced
reached a climax last evening in th^1
streets of Valparaiso. A number of;
sailors of the United .S ates steaner, j
Batimore, now in por:, '.vert* walking!
along the street when they were coiT- j 1
fronted by some sailors of a Chilian J [
man-of-war. Some words passed, when t
a fierce tight followed. Th?-ie was evi- j j
dently bad blood oa both j,ities, and it j ;
only needed a pretext to bring on a con- I
tlict. Both parties were armed with j
knives and pistols, which were freely J
used. When the combatants were sep- j
aratedbythe police and bystanders, it j
was found that one of the Baltimore [
sailors had been killed ana live others '
seriously wounded. Several of the Chil- I
ians were also badly hurt. This was >
the first time the Baltimore's sailors ;
had been aahoie for a month. The In- I
tenaant of the city had assured Cap- i
tain Schley of the "Baltimore that his \
sailors would b? perfectly snfecn Chil- j
ian soil. The feeling today between ;
Ameticans and Chilians is very strong. j
Several additional hzhts oocurreu locay ;
among sailors, but they were not so se- j
rious a? that of yesterday. The dead J
sailor of the Baltimore will be buried j
tomorrow. An armed force will bs t
landed from the military guard of hon- j
or for the occasion. Trouble is feared, '
as it will be Sunday andehction day. j
Cailian officials, aliw to the gravity of j
the occassiou, h^ve agaiu promised the j
Americans protection from assault un- ;
der all circumstances. j
DO YOU WISH TO j
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BS ROSS OF lOl S j
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THEN *VY THE THOilAS STEAM
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PKES8 AND SEED COTTON;
BLEYATOR.
It is th? most perfect system In use, itnleading
cotton from wagons, cleaning and
delivering it Into gins or stalls. Cottoa j
accs paj>o wiuu^u iou ?uu *?
^miresn? pulley nor belts. It saves time
md moupj.
TALEOTT & SONS'
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ENGINES AND BOILERS. STATION
AST AND PORTABLE. OLD DOI
TALBOTTS SAW MILLS, IM PROVED
FRICTION AND ROPE FEED
$206 TO 9600
LUMMU3 AND TAN WINKLE COTTON
GINS AND COTTON PRESSES.
We offer Saw Mill Men and GInnors
fck? most complete outfits that can be
tocght and at bottom prices.
V. O. BADHAM, |
GENERAL AGENT,
Columbia, S. C.
THE TALBOTT ENGINE IS THX
1EST
Feb 19-lv.
COTTON SAMPLEIMPROfffl!
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CR.VT PER POIJ.1D MY
ACTUAL TEST.
At the giu of Mr. F. H. Roberts in Richland
County, lust before starting his Sailor
iterator one bate had been ginned by the
14 method. Just after starting the iterator
another bale was ginned from the same
lie. Without knowing this fact the cotton
barer offered one cent per peund more for
the bale tinned with the use of the Elerater.
' Beid the statements of the bujer and
telle?:
COPT.
This will certify that of two samples of
ectton offered us today by Mr. Rowan Rose
the market ralue of one exceeded that of
the other by one cent per pound.
[Signed.) JD. CRAWFORD 4 SONS.
COPT.
Thlei will certify that the two bales of
eetton offered as ahore were both from the
same pile of S ed cotton, aud ginned in the
lame gin. One was carried to the gin in
b&ainta and on? wrongs ine saiior oceu
Cotton Elrvator.
(Signed.) J. R. ROSE.
Tn# best Gins. Prt-sses, Elevators,
Engines and the be3t machinery of all
kinni, for sale by
W. H. GLEBES, JR.. <& CO..
Columbia, S. C.
THB LAIGE8T STOCK.
MOST 8KILLED WORKMEN,
;
LOWEST PRICES '
Ml Caroliaa Marble Ms,
F. E. HYATT, ;
?DAD3?IUT<tK. I
Is the best place In Soutb Carejiaa ei
geathern States to secure satisfaction in
Astrlcaa and Italan Marble Work. All
bias ?f
Cemetery Work
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a speciality.
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1ABLSTS, ,
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HEADSTONES),
^ONUMEJjrTS, &c.
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Seai for prices and fall information.
F. H. HYATT2
Aj?*41 8 1/ COLUMBIA. 3. C.
PsSptt Fan fe It ill' I
K Great 0>r?.r. is at * at v; a.. - .
B54 RFPf.'.TSD, SO r s.?r .
"Sis k>: Wm>.y rhf. *os io"."
VViitc f-*r <;at? ic^iv v. an-' *> ?:
paper yen .??.'* tj;is ac-v- e-ii ;
i.f jsenlv: thai Is v<*r; J
j.V-'JSto "u:nS!;ijg .? !: a* ' us'/ !:? ;
i; i.r v-n*.' 1-u ??i; >> ? ; t- - {
j-: rjiest 'po-^ioU; i.>r>, *' h ?u: '?< r:<. - ?
n it?e n:i": -ii> cwupetitic J
HfcKK AiiEA >'E\V v;r ill aTArt'i -g
LING BAKGAiN'a
] A No. 7 i'"a.t top Cooking S.ove. fuiljl
JsiZf, 13x17 inch uveu, Iiae<i wfth21 piece? i
s - _ J -4. - .... .luniV E
lot ware, ceiivereu at u>. u .
jail freight charges i a;o by au% fo;|
jonly Twelve Dollars. 5
' Again, 1 will sell you - o holt: OooklufJ
JKange 13x13 inch ov*ea, 18x20 inch top, St j
$ted with 21 pieces of .vara, lot TtLUR *
jTEEN DOLLAK^aod pay the ia-:ghT to,
jvsur depot. \
[DO NOT PAY TWOPKJLOJSa FOK?
\ rouK gugds.
I I will send you a nice plush I'ark-r suit,?
[walnut frame, either in coinbi'-atien or'
jbanded, the most stylish colors tor 33.50, |
jto your railroad station. ffeiglit paid. *
j I will alio sell you a me- iJedvomot uu-j
^consisting oi Bureau with g:'i=3, i high;
bead Bedstead, i H\v.-hstauJ, 1 Ccuirc ,
table, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cano seat ana*
back rocker alilor itj.co, and pay iieijS^
to your depot. S
Or 1 will send you an elegant iiedroom |
suit witji large glass, lull marine top, for=
$30, anu pay freight. ?
.Nice wiuuow shade on spring roller ? OQJ
Elegant Jarye walnut 6 day clocK, 4.04.
! W alnut lounge, T.Od
"Lace curtains per window, l.ooj
I 1 cannot describe erery thing In a small
advertisement, but have an immense store
;containing 22,t5o0 feet of floor roox*, with;
iware nouses and factory buildings in other
[parts oi Augusta, making in ail the largest
busi*esa of tliia kind under one aan[agemeut
in the Southern States. TkesuS
tsiorssanc warehouses are crowded witnf
j the choices; procucu?ns of the beat facte-i
t ries. My catalogue containing inustrationtj!
|ol goods will he mailed if you will kiJt&lyjj
|sa> where you oaw tins <;dverusciA3Ui. is
Jt>av freight. Address,
L F. PAOStTT, I
!'Proprietor i'admjtt's <?'uiitiLur?, htove^
acd Carpet Store, j?
>110-1112 i?roaa Street, 4.UGt'oTA, v*A.|
I if? 3R! JF?
|D*5?-l3 ALL SKIN j
{ a m n
ibl-iod diseases!
i ? ! P. i\ f. rj t "os/lii sCoc.
v *: t ?/t?r.^ gryai ft*:!ifectoQ &r *Jic arc* oi *11
^ cid
Ci-'cilc Ulc?rs tksi iuivc rsciiWd &li tr**tacQV Ontvrfe*
UM !! ! ! HI ?
I ?a S& 96 <?'BURSTS I
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r.::M ??;?oa, 7?<ur, Scald .W-i-i, ?v?., ??
Li^ih <rt?M j'v.tottj ?ra soliosad uU wb?M 4L>#d U la
an Lt.pI'.* c-yuiirfon. ds? to tcoiitra*! fcrT?gaI*ty^_Mg'
mm uses |
i i J * it MALARIA!
?. <*Ti7*v?7* a*:vr i-'d" Dv tie 'wvacJ^CI^taTT mcsr
?' ' .' > ?f'pjri*i of P. P. P., Prkily A?h, ftta B*o4
LIPPI2AN SBC3., Proprietors, *
CiU^glsts, IJppin&n'B Block, 8AVA53A5, QiL
CHILD BIRTH ?
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*' 1/ tL/ I / L^i ftW a *
" Mothers' Friend " is a scientifically
prepared Liniment, every ingredient
of recognized value and in
constant use by the medial profession.
These ingredients are combined
in a manner hitherto unknown
"MOTHERS'
FRIEND"
WILL DC all thai- is claimed for
it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor,
Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to
Life of Mother'and Child. 3ook
to " Mothers " mailed FREE, containing
valuable information and
voluntary testimonials.
Ser.tbv express on recein' <-.f jirice ?1.5?pcr bottlfl
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. Ga,
SOLD KY ALL LUUO GISTS.
Leesville College^
CO-EDUCATIONAL.
PRIMARY, ACADEMIC, COLLEGIATE
and COMMERCIAL COURSES;
Vrval -Anil Instrument::! Music. Alt. EIOOU
tlon, Physical -Culture, Cooking, Uress Cutting.
Domestic Economy, Weekly Bibla
Studies. Nine teachers." Enrollment, last
year 180. Pupils from thirreen counties.
Strong mor.il and religous influence. No
bar room nearer than seven miles.
Healthful location, 700 feet abova th?
level of the sea, 400 feet above Columbia,
123 feet above Aiken. Elegant building.
Young ladies can board with the President
Only College in the State that makes provision
for young ladies to reduce expenses
by doing domestic work. Seventeen ycung
ladies aided this way last year. Exposes
for literary course and lxw.5<i--~fbr ten
months. ?iOO tc ?130; must<'?.J0; 1 bookkeeping,
Si'0. Next session opens bepte:nb?r
23d. For catalogue address
L. B. HAYNES, A. M.,
President.
Sep 9-3mos Lecsviiie. S. C.
First Class "Work.
V ery Low Prices. *
Buegies, Courtages, Road Carts, Wagmui,
ite.. Warranted Second to none.
Inquire of nearest dealer ia theae goods^
>r send for Catalogue?Mentioning '.hi#
taper.
ilOLLFR i ANDERSON
anrzav iiflpy u IT T S ('
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