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VOL. LIT. WINNSBOKO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1897. NO. 5.
l 71 r,r>r\70*T AT? C ' V rv T*' C '<
| EEROlbji ur: jl?A V ib j
Hk preferreddeath ratherthan j
the betrayal. of a friend.
Pp.7 Could Hj*v? S?v*d IJ's L'Jf "5V!th Or:? I
i
*iut He to Sppsk It!
i
When 3t^ai:r?: >tt Foot of the Oai- j
low.'*.
The bust of Sam J avis, the Con fed
erste hero ~ho tret d".ath on the rearjgjpt
fo.Id at Pulaski, Tenn., tn sove the !ife
||jPl|||? a comrade. is or;e of the best pieces
sculpture lathe Nashville psr'.ho
jjjjyr ";on. It is the vrork of George Julian
Z ;]c2j, is heroic in size, noble in conception
ana absolutely true to the
original. Joshua Srown, no?7 r>f New
York city, who belonged to the Second
Kentucky cavalry of the Confederate
a* my and was a fello^r scont with
Q-.rr,,-.0i r>3x-.*c in* fhriHi>'?r and
a^cful story of his fa:e ia aa article in
the Veteran:
Gee. Brags had sent us, a few rr.cn
who Irnew the country, into middle
Tennessee, to get all the information
pc.-ssihl< ccncfrnins: the movements
of the Federal army, to find out if it
was moving from Nashville and Corfer
inth to reinforce Chattanooga, "wo
^r"re t0 ^P02"- Col. Shaw or Capt.
|P Coleman, who commanded Colman's
^ scouts. We were to go south to Depp.mr
and send our resorts by courier
line to Oeii. r-?gz at Missionary
Itdge. When we received our orders
we were told that the duty vras very
dangerous, and that they did not ex
p>*et but few of us to return; ibat we
would probably be captured orkiiied,
and we were cautioned against ex pesiz
? ourselves unnecessarily.
After we bad been in Tennessee
ai>cut ten days, we watched the Six
, teenth army corps, commanded by
r G^-n. Doc ge, move up from Corinth
TC if uissici, w e agrees \m?i. we w>juju s
l ire for the south oil Friday, the 19ih
of November, 1863. A uumber had i
been captured and several, kiiied. We j
were to star: that night, *ach man for I
h.mself; each man had his own infer- \
mation, but I did not write it down cr j
xrake any memorandum of it for fear j
of beinjr captured. I had counted a! j
mcst every regiment and all the artii-j
]f-ry in the Sixteenth corps, and 'ound ?
cut that they were moving on Ohitta jj
V ncoga. Liter in the afternoon we \
siar:ea our, aso. ran zn?.u uu=
Seventh. Kansas cavalry, kno?rn as
the "Kansas Jayhawkers," and when
were told that regiment bad cap.
tured us we thought cur time had
come. We were taken to Pulaski,
atxiut fifteen miles away, snd put into
jaiJ, vliere several other prisoners had
teen ser-r, asd among them was Sam I
Davis, I talked with him over our
prospects of imprisonment snd escape,
which were very gloomy. Divis said
they had searched him that day and
found some pipers upon him, and
that he had been taken to Gen. Dodge s j
head a utters. They a]so found in his j
9 > -<" ' > - > *-x; I
sacaie se<? roapssno. uescripuycs uj >.
a the for tiScations at Nashville and ]
p other? points, and an e^act report of ?
|bw the Federal arasy in Tennessee. They J
Baft fauad in his boot a letter, wftb. other I
||||||L^pers, which was intended for Gen. 5
jPplfiasis was taken to Gen. Dodge's 1
^^^^dquarters, and this is what took s
^pi^,3^ace between thern which Gen. |
P* Dodge told me recently:
. 'T took him to my private office," j
I saici General Docgo, "and I told him \
W" it ^s.s a very serious charge brought
against him; that ha was a spy, and
from -what i found upon his person,
he had accurate information in regard
to roy army, and I must know where
he obtained it. I toll him he was a
young man and did not sesm to realize
the danger he was ir. Up to thst time
he said nothing, hut then he replied in
a most respectful manner:
" 'General Dodge, I know the can^
^ ?? ? /vii.,-.*'A.V, T
a ui iuy kill Aiiu i au rt :
to rake the consequences.'
'"I asked him teen to give tbe name |
c? the person from whom he got the :
information: that I kne^ it must fcej
some one near headquarters vrho had j
given him the plans oI the federal j
army. He replied:
"M know that I will have to die, j
but I will not teli where I got the in j
formation, and there is no power on \
earth that can make ms tell. You |
are doing your duty ss a soldier, and }
I am doing mine._ I? I have to die, I j
co so'eeliss: that i am doing my duty *
to God and my country.'
4*I pleaded with, him"and urred him 5
with all the power I possessed to give \
me some chance to save his life, fc-r If
discovered that he wss a most admir- i
able yonag fellow, with the highest >
character and strictest integrity. He j
then said: 'it is useless to talk to?
? me. I do not intend to do it. You
can court mania! me, but I will not
betray the trust reposed in me.'
"He thanked me 'or the interest I
i hcd taken in him, and I sent him b^ck
to prison. I immediately called a court \
martial to try him."
The night before he -was harg?d he ]
wrote the following letter to his moth-!
er asd father:
"Pulaski, Giles County, Term.. 1
Nov. 26, 1S63?Dear Mother: Oh. ?
how painful it Is to write to jou. I|
have got to die tomorrow morning? \
to be hasged by the federals. Mother, j
do ret grieve for me. I must bid you !
?>ood bTP for p.Tf-rmcre. Mother. I do
not fear to die. Give my love to all. j
Your Sen,
Lja Samuel Da?i-.
p|L ''Mother, tell the children ail to be
gccd. X wish I covld :>se you all cnce
but 1 -will sevtr any more,
and father, do nr-l forget me. i
^pe^xnink of me when I am dead, but do
lip' not grieve for me It will not do any
Y gecd. Fatter, jcu can send after my
remains, if you want to do so. They :
will be at Pulaski. Teen. I -prill leave
some things, too, with the hotel keeper
/or you. Pulaski is in Giles ccuaty,
Term., Scutk cf Columbia.
3. D. ?
^.?? After his sentence he ttss put into a j
cell in. the jail and v:e uiet no: See soy- j
w thing of him until Ihursd&v morning, |
the day before the execution. v?e;
( -were ordered to get rescJy, ss >rc v-ere \
gcins: to be removed to :hc court j
house on the public square, about ore j
hucdrfd ft-et from the iaii. D.-.vis was ;
handcuffed and vras brought la j isi
2s we were earizg breakfast. I gnve
him a piece of meat that I had b?en
. cockinr, and he, beinp: handeutfed,
w was comtelied to eat, it with both
hsr.ds. He '.hanked me and we all
bade him gocd-bje acd were sera to
& the court house, and the guard was
| doubled.
ucac ? r.uav, v? vcm
ber 27, at 10 o'clock, vre ;ieard the
diums and a regiment cf infantry
marching uovrn to the jail, and a vragon.
with a ccilln in it was driven up,
and the provost marshal Trent into tb.e j
jail and Drought Davis out. He get j
into the dragon ana stood up acd
locked around at the court house, and
s?firis: us at the ^:n<:ovr, bowed to us
cis Jast 'arevceii. ne arosse:: :r.
a dark 'crown overcoat, vi'h z cape to
it. ^hich had been s. b;-:e Federal
cost, such as many of us bad captur
td and then cved broxr;. I cote this
brcausa it has been slated that ho ?.*a>
dressed in citzien's clothes. I do not
remember ex^c'ly, i;ut I thisk he had
on a eray jacket underneath. He
then sat down upon his coffin, and
-i -* j. 1 J -a i.
ir.e regiment mr;vtu lu aw suuurus.
of the town, where the gallo ns was
tuiit
Upon reaching th* gallons he got
cut of the v^ort and took bis seat oa
a bench under a tree. He asked Cant.
Armstrong hew Ion? he had to iivr*.
He replic-d: Fifteen minutes." He
then asked Capt. Armstrong the news.
He tola him of the battle of Missionary
Ridge and that our army had
bsen defeated. He expressed much
regret and said:
"The bojs will have to Sgbt frith
out me."
Armstrong ssid: '"I regret very
rnuch having to do this; I fee) that I
would almost rather die rnyseJf than
to.de what I have to do."'
I)?, vis repJied:
"i do cot laixiK nsra or you; jou
arc coin?- your duty/'
Gen. Dodhje stili hsd hopes that
Davis would recant when he saw
that death was staring him in the
face, ar;d that he would reveal the
r:ameor;the traitor in hiscsmo. He sent
Capt. Chicka.ia .vj of his ^tatf to Davis
He rapidly approached )fce scaffold,
jumped his horse and wect directly to
Davis, and asked if it would not be
better for him to speak the name of
the or-e from whom he had received
the contents of the documents found
upon him, ac-tlicg: "it is no: too
late yet." And then, in his last ex
tremity. Davis turned upon him and
said:
**If I hsd a thousand liv-s I "^ouic
lose them ail here before I would betray
my friends or the confidence of
mv informer." %
He then requested him to thank
Gen. Dcd^e Tor his eii'crts to save
bins, but to repeat that he could cot
acccpt the terms. Turn is ? to the
chaplain, he gave him a few keepsakes
to send to his mother. He ihen said
to the proves! marshal, ''I am ready,"
and ascended the scstiold and stepped
upon the trap.
Thus nassed awav ose of the sub
limest and noblest characters known
in history, and in future ages his act
will be pointed to as wo:thy c: emula
tion.
Tije bust in the parthenon by the
sculptor, George Julian Zolany, is a
heroic figures, and cce o? me rncst ad
mired works of arc in the building
Mr. Zolany has given the -work a nobleness,
a firmness, that while it appeals
to the masses oc account of its
strength, also has a softness that im
presses every visitor. It is one of
Mr. Z}lanys best productions.
A number o: leading Coniecerates
sre now raising a fund to erect a monument
over the spot where he was executed.
A large amount has already
been contributed for the purpose.?
Ccuriei-Journal.
A DESPERADO KILLED.
S-s ^kull Was Crashed ard a Sttb icthe
Kfck.
A special to The Tiines and D?xocrat
from RowesviUe uuder dale of
A j. OA - T1 U ^ ^ O
?i.UgU5li OKI SiVS jlUUUJU O'.UGi-. ?t
negro of that section who delighted to
refer to himself as a desperado, and
who was a member cf the notorious
Davis gang cf cut-throats and thieves,
was waylaid Sunday night about two
miles from Rsevesvilleand assassinate
ed by unknown parties. His dead
body was found lying across the road
Monday morning with his skull
crushed and an ungly stab in the
throat. Near the body were two large
clubs. It is said that several pistol
shots were heard in that direction
Sunday night by necpie who live in
the neighborhood where the body
was fcuad. About a month aro Stuart
was suspected of kiliiog another cdIcred
man, who was shot fromambusb
and so badly wounded that he died.
t>'?~? :
?UCi C ifc i-LU U1UC Ad IU Vi lX'J Ali.CU U.:xai L,
and as he was a notoriously bad character
no one regrets his taking oi?,
tragic as' it was.
Occident ia tlxs Alps.
Advices from La S*ale, aea? Mount
Pieureur, show that the reports of the
accident to a party of Aipice tourists
it! that vicinty were not exaggerated.
Eight persons, it appears, started from
Sion. capital of toe contcn of Valais,
with the intention of ascending.
Mount Pieureur. The latter is 12,155
feet high and is a very difficult ascent
from Mauvoisia by the Gietrox, eight
hours beiri2: eenerailv occupied in the
task. The tourists ^era led by Paster
G-onin, cf Sion, asd they made the ascent
divided into two parties of four
each. The Srsi of these parties reached
the summit, and the second ^as only
a short distance behind when the four
persons composing it were swept by
an avalanchc into a crevasse a thousand
feet deep. It is still hoped some
of the bodies may be recovered. Tae
unfortunate party was composed cf
Paster Gcnin, two school boys from
Lausanne and a youn? Ecgiishman
named Bernard. A guide who wss
sent out to search for the bodies cf the
four tourists has returned. He reports
that from the height the victims were
swept only a kg and jacket protruding
>!(? cr-.r-.rxT -cro-A rriciMp
VsanamskOT cn Adveitlslog.
'"I sever ia my life used such. a
thing as a poster or dodder, or hand
bill. My plan for twenty years has
been to buy spsce in a newspaper and
Sil it up as I wanted. I would co^
give an advertisement-in a newspaper
o: five hundred circulation for live
thousand dodsrers or ocsters. If I
wanted to sell ciieap jewelry cr run a
gambling scheme I might u-e pesters;
but I would not insult a deceni read
in^r public ith. hand bills. Thec:2ss
oT people who read them are too poor
:.o look to for support in tLe mercantile
affair?. I deal direclly with the
purchaser. I lay aside the profits oo
a particular line of goods fur advertising
purpcs;s. At H.-st 1 laid, aside
three thousand dollars; last year I laid
sside and spent forty thousand do'iars.
I have cone better this year and shall
increase that sum ss the nrotitc war
rar.t it. I owe my success to nevrspaoers.
and to the.m I freely gi\e a cer
tain proiit of my jearlv business "
Whtn ore is jtturrieci in mailing a
ieUer, and the cnJy sivaiiable postage
sUrjpis found to be without suilieient
glue, moisten ihe stamp, rub it on the
gummed iia? of an envelope,- and
quickly press i: in place upon the let
ter.
r Tas TOTAL VOTE.
i I;
! SENATOR MCLAURIN HAS A COM-!
PLE7E WALK OVER.
Carrico livery County In the Stst^ Kxcrpt j
| SJx-Evauu scd Irby >If;kc-s a Poor Shew- j
1 isc In the JRacs?Tliey are Piping 32nd. j
| Thursday tbe several county execu-1
| tiva committees met in the various
i counties and tabulated the returns in j
j those counties. As a result official ?e j
turns have bf en received from, nearly j
i every county in i he State, and coin- j
! ulete returns from every one. There j
| are about three or four precincts in j
i the entire Stale that have cot yet been j
j heard from but they will hardly go I
! more thcji to run the total vote to 4t>,0C0
cr a little over, without affecting:
the majority for Senator McLaurin
unless tney serve to increase it a little.
The figures as tabu)*tea place Isle
Lvurin's m. iority at 12.792 out of a total
vote of 45.S50 of vmich McLaurin
has29,326, Evansll.375 and Irbv 5,159
The table of raaj irities given below
shows that Irby and Evans together
only succeeded in securing rrajorities
over MoLaurin's voUin six counties?
Aiken 30o, Greenville SS, Laurens -119,
Newberry 4. Spartanburg 62S, and
Union 267. Evans has cnlv gotten a
majority over all in his home county
I ana the same thing can be said of Irby.
^ wRVi !->r>iv four boxes cut of the
entire State unreported ar.d " fficial" I
returns from ali the counties but eight [
which are reported compleied with the j
exception of the three boxes referred I
| to, ?he vote is as folios:
>lcLaurin.
Evans. Irby.
Abbevil.' c 092 400 2! I
| Aiken 024 8JI8 32
Anderson l,10tS 021 2il
Bamberg :JU0 110 ?>
Barnwell 80? 397 01
Beaufort 138 10'J 23
'"--'"I? 3-7 T'! -2s
{ vuicv ..... --- _
I Charleston 1,3(51 103 27
{Cherokee 400 221? 3 1
Chester 5S5 340 GO
Chesterfield 537 245 14
Clarendon 5)52 5'.? '-'A
{Colleton S'.O 307 21
j Darlington MS 2()S o-)
Dorchester 251 170 15
Edgefield 5I3S 2i'?7 32
Fairfield 4S2 2f?2 55
Florence 1,155 143 27 5
Georgetown 213 13 7!
Greenville 702 47S 312}
Greenwood 402 157 157
Hampton 407 1-57 18
Horry lJl:J 88 77
I Kershaw 471 378 00
Lancaster 7-30 21t? 21
{Laurens SOS 71 1,155
I. Lexington <;$:> :>S7 50 ?
Marion ],5tJ2 51 {
Mariboro 0S0 109 SO ]
Newberry G01 510 05 s
Oconee Gil 257 331
Orangeburg 1,010 772 101
!! i':ci:eas -io-t iw i*->?
Pochlaad 1,144 2S5 'J2 j
| Sf'.uda G30 2'.'2 23 |
j Spartanburg 1,328 432 1,524 j
j Sumter 933 29b 34 S
{Union < ... 351 392 22(> j
| Williamsburg Gio 230 30 j
| York 1,101 399 241
Totals 29,320 11,375 5,159 J
TOTAL VOTE AUI> MAJORITIES.
McTotal.
Laurin. Ami. |
- 7 -JA'* 7a
I rXUVCVAliC Xy'jyjw . V
Aiken 1,554 300
J Anderson 1,072 240 j
I Bamberg 410 184 |
Barnwell 1,321 40*5
Beaufort 270 7
Berkeley 470 1S8 ....
Charleston 1,4'J4 3,234 ;
Cherokee 720 203
Chester *j85 1S5
Chestei ??;<1 700 278
Clarendon 1,04-3 859
Colleton 725 71
Darlington 1,188 7S7
5 Dorchester 430 GO j
5 si-- *)&<) |
I
I Fairfield S2i I4o
| Florence 1,325 08-3
; Georgetown 233 103
I Greenville '.1,4*.<2 SS
Greenwood 771 223 |
Illanipton 072 .'j22 j
Horry 1,088 708 i
Kershaw 90'J 33
Lancaster 008 401
[ Laurens 2,035 410
{ Lexington 1,120 210
3 Marion 1,801 1,231
| Marlboro 1,248 724
] Newberry 1,200 4 I
Oconee 9-34 o-i i ...
Orangeburg 2,405 8!<>
Pickens SIT 111
Richland 1,401 7'.)"
Saluda 045 315
i Spartanburg 3,284 028
Sumter 1,205 G"1
Union 040 207
Williamsburg S75 355
York 1,057 831
i The State Democratic Executive
I Committee mei Friday night and csnt
v-'issed the vote and announced the
? figures given in the two tables above [
j as the result of the primarv. Theccun-1
ii lies of Union. Oherok.ee, Beaufort and J
i HAllotnn it Trroc: ri bur? f'jiVf? 5
| to make aa j Glacial returns of their I
respective votes.
At the close o? the counting Mr. {
| Montgomery moved that the vote as jj
I declared by the tellers be acceoted by \
| the committee and that Mr. McLiuria I
I be declared the nominee of the Demo-J
I A?.rt4irt v\n?fr "T^y? TTr?it??rl .Qra^fic COrKit^r 5
fi Ui UUU t/Ai I Y ^ UXCV.U uww* w* ^ p
| which wzs adop.ed.
j Mr. ilcSweeney moved it be enter- j
| ed on the record that four counties j
I'? had failed to send their retui'rs and j
that the vote be declared without?
these returns.
Mr. Barnwell mQved as an amend- j
} ment that such he declared, none of j
j Lhe candidates cb.j ?cticg to the declar \
jatica without the votes from these;
| counties. The amendment was ac-1
1 cepted.
I iir. McSwaeney offered the follow- f
line:
s In view of the fc'ct that two of the |
I candidates quit the race before lhe;
{election, ana m view of the fact thatj
I the State executive committee was not!
I put to anv expense for printing tickets j
J for said candidates, it is tnovtd thatj
I Messrs. May field and Duncan here !
I iic-ved of their assessment. Adopted, j
5 xn<i lolloping vre'e ueciareu as i,ue j
c cflici&l returns from the Sixth ccngres- j
! sional district:
Norton. .Johnson. Eilerbc. j
Florence ;>lo -I'.'l 2-3"jj
jjliorry o-iv
V>'iiii;imsburg 272 120 Ilia
Darlington *U2 2-31
Marion 7J3 -J:>?? 07Ckrendon
si 27:1 ''>*1
Marlboro 210 oo7
Totals 2,5 -i'-i 2.>>3'". 2.2-3*
Mcjiigham.
Bryant. Liurin.
Fiorcncc 22' >
Horry h li'.i
Williamsburg 22 2
Darlington v 7
Marion 7 7i* iul
Clarendon 1 <J 1
Marlboro 11 1-1 IK']
Total* 21S -43
It vas declared that Johnson acd
Norton havio? received the highest
number of votes, but seither having
received a rasjority. would have
<2 e ~ / J v>imor?tt CtY\ i
'J iU 'i vy V vi 1U a 13CV j v*? ;
September 1-1.
EVANS SCORES TiLLMAN.
Ho ?ny? the 8:'H2tci'J3 Tariff V!<vcs Are
vTrcns:.
Ex Governor John Gary JCcans vr&s
in Columbia Wednesday and he appeared
to be in jrood spirit.?. He didn't
look as though he had lest any sleep
over the result of the recent primary
election, and when asked as to an expression
of opinion about the general
result, be saic;:
' { entered this race reluctantly after
being assured by ray friencs that
the chances for wiuning were remote,
but I decided, f.fier hearing Mr. McLaurin's
speech at Surnti??, and upon
the defiance of ray enemies, to make a
light, net on any faction;;.! or sectional
lines, but upon the platform of the
Democratic party, aad to fight for
those principles which have always
been eearto every South Carolinian, j
and upon which alone rest our prosperity.
I have been much gratified]
by the manner in which my speeches j
have been . received throughout the j
State, aud I have received tbo com
caendation of many of my bitterest
political enemies.
"The great majority of the people
of South Carolina believe in the prin
cipies savocaiea oy me ar.a are uu-|
posed to the attitude of both Tillman j
and McLsuria in th9 United States
Senate. Under the ]ash of the conser- i
vative press, their followers ksva
voted wiihout regard to principles, beirg
actuated rroi-e by a desire, ss ihey
ttriiied it, to destroy factionalism in j
local politics. An "inspection of the j
vote shows that net 25 per cent, of the j
farmers of the State have voted, and j
not half of the Democratic vote of the j
State. The cause of this was the dis- j
e;ust on the part cf the reformers with j
the present State administration arid!
its deals and dicksrings with men j
who hare alwajs been their enemies. {
Added to this, was Senator Tillman's i
advocacy of-McLaurin's tariff views]
srr) his assertion that McLsurin was!
' with him" and the defeat of the one
meant the repudiation, of the other.
Naturally, our friends v:ere at sea,and j
they remained at home, refusing to j
vote against their honest convictions,
but at the same time fearing that an
injury may be done Senator Tillman,
vrho has posed ac a reform leader, but i
has never led in a crisis.
"I had expected an honest and honorable
fight, but I regret to say that
such Tvas not the case. Duriug the
last four davs of the campr.iga, slan
dereous circulars -were issued to poison
ihe minds cf the people without giving
us a chance to reply. The sickness
of my chief opponent while he
lay in bed writing manifestos and endorsing
circulars containing personal i
attacks cn me, but more of Ibis here- j
after.
4 T V.4 r> rr ft I'Ci f ^V?c?!
i i-lfiVC il\J lwgAttO K\J i \J? i.iA'W
campaign, and no apologies to offer.
I sha.ll continue the 5ght along the
same lines and shall cot sulk, but
take my defeat philosophically, as I
have an abiding faith that the people
of the state will yet see the io justice
which has been done the Democratic
pariv by endorsing a man who has
repudiated the underlying principles
of the party platform."
Governor Evans left the city in the j
aftern6on for Aiken, his former home, j
?7here he intends to practice law.
;
Fake Money Orders.
A man giving the name of John E.
Ford, and claimisg: to be from Ohio,
was arrested at Wilmington, Del.,
Wednesday night, after he had passed
an alleged fraudulent money order on
William T. Mearns, a Market street
merchant, in payment for a hat. To
day he v;as turned over to the Federal i
authories. In Ford's possession wasj
found a set of rubber stamps like those |
used in the pestollices for filling out {
rconev orders. The order that was j
passed on ilearns was dated Bf Ira ore,
Obis, and a number of other blank
money orders were found on liirn.
Iford, it is said has con'e.-sed that he
was a member o? a gang that had been
operating with these money orders
throughout the country. Tne authorities
learned tonight that the postoJSee
at Bsimore, Ohio, was robbed of a
book containing $30,000 in blank
money orders. ar,d it is supposed that
the members of the gang filled out
these crdrs and worked them oil
in various cities. Secret service
detectives from Washington are
at work on the ca. \ It is said that
auother arrest of the leading rn*. .er
of the gang has been made, but the
authorities refuse to tell who he is or
?" ~ "U xx J
YV ilCi'C HO YYAO flUXdlvU. j|
I
Most Excellent Advice.
Let everj man and woman profess- \
ing holiness resolve by the grace of ]
God to pay their debts as speedily as
possible. 1' they cannot pay at present, [
see that a definite settlement is made. |
There is a lack of faithfulness along j
hese lines. Certainly the Golden I
Rule should be the controlling prin-1
ciple among people professing holiness.
Brethren, sister.1;, suffer the i
word of exortatioa; be a:; straight as a
perfect Southern pine in your financial
dealings. Be as prompt as the
hour of neon in your obligations. Be
scrupulously honest. Tne abore is
from the Way of Faith a holiness
no r.r? r\n hi ?ch or? Q? Hr InnnKio ft s
The North Columbia Baptist einpha-;
sizes what our hoJines? contemporary i
says, in the following way: "There|
are :eaders of the Baptist who profess 2
ioudly, who need some of the above!
advice. The siacktwisted way iu
which some church folk look at iinanciai.
obligations stamp them as thieves
ratter than Christians. Stealing
*"U/\ j->4 h A o I
IJLO^LL LUC AxVyrJLi. bUV iii jj;v..vuo ?
man, the preacher and tbe newspaper I
is far too common among loud mouth- j
eu professors. "Thou shalt not steal,"
covers the ground we.:i enough."'
Curious Facts?Trie re are seme
curious lacts about the calendar. No
cscturj can be^in on Wednesday,)
Ffiday or Sunday. The sums caien-|
aars can bs used every twenty years, i
October always begins on the simej
day cf the ss January, April us!
July, ^September as December. Feb-!
ruary, March and November begin on j
the same days, May, JuceandAu-l
gust always begin on dilieien; days!
from, each other and evtry o.her
month in the year. The Srst <*nd last
davs of the year are aivrajs the cHme.
These rules do net apply to leap year,
when comparison is between cia> s be-1
fore and after February 29.
MCLAuPJN SPEAKS. [
i
1.
HE IS SERENADED BY AN ENTHUS5- j1
AST1C CROWD.
Ee Says Stands as The II-prp'fEtativs i
1 *
j I
c" nn Faction, bat of the Itcunltid WMto j ,
A large crowd of the admirers of ]
Senator McLaurin from the town and
county serenaded him at his residence ,
in Bennettsviile Wednesday evening \
amid great entnusiasm and rejoicing.
The Senator, on account of his health,
could only express his appreciation of
the support and confidence reposed
in him by his neighbors and the people
of the Slate; pledged himsel' to 1
try to prove worthy o' the trust and
predicted the dawn of a new era in the '
| Stale. Marlboro fc-eis honored in hen-1
j orine her worthy son.
i Col. Knox. Livingston was called <
! upon and made a short speech to the J
! lar^e crowd present, after which re- '
j freshments were served &y the ladies ,
of the house.
The ladies of Clarendon county *
j have sent Senator McLaurin a large ,
j basket of pretty iiowers. |
Y on r norrpsnnrulpn;: ir!fpr\riewpd "
Senator McLauric for the State as ?ol* ]
ilows*
| Senator McLaurin was found at his (
home preparing to so to Mount Airy j,
While Salphur SpriDgs. The Senator J <
was asktd about his health, ana re- j;
! plir-d that he was nearly well and was ?^
satisfied that a few weeks in *-hej(
mountains would restore him to his ]
accustomed ?00d heoith. j
| "What about the ejection V j!
"Wili, it is not as large a vote as j;
usual, but I attribute mucii of that to J;
the supreme ronGderice of my friends j j
mai, jl vr.is oounu to win any way- i ;,
am not surprised at the result, for up j'
to the time of my illness there was i j
hardly an audience that we addressed j
where it was r,ot clearly apparent teat
I had a majority. 2?v election, so far
as I'am concerned, is the culmination
of four 3 ears of work upon the lines
of 'peaca and unity.' Ever since I
! wrote the 'Appelt letter,' and inaugurated
what, is known as the 'Forty
movement' I have been looked upon
peculiarly representative upon the
Reform side the same ideas and prin
, cipies tbat Earle did upon the Censer- j,
| vative bide. An attempt was niaue jJ
j this year to dra<v /actional lines, but i j
| it utterly failed. Reformers and Con- ^
! servatives worked side by side fcr my :
| election and today I stand as the rep- i
jresentative of no faction, but of tbe J
I reunited white Democracy of South .
j Carolina."
I L .TTTI 4. T - 2. - -1 i J"*- - <
i w um na"ve you tc say acoui mej,
'campaign methods of your oppo- L
| nents?1' |(
'"Weil, I do not care, In the hour of | ;
i triumph, while they are drinking the j;
j bitter dregs of defeat, to be so ungen- !
I erous as to refer to them in unkind |
I terms. Tee people have turned their (
ik pictures to the wall' and politicians j
| of the Irby-Evans strive are done in ,
I South Carolina, let us hope, forever.
jFrom henceforth it will take brains,
: character and attain ments'to win disI
tinction in this State. No future camIpaignwiil
ever be con?acte^- upon a
vulgar ana icw piane. i ao not minK ,
that the tomato-?g syrup variety of "c
of statesmanship will long obtain, but "
men of more ability, more information
sxd greater usefulness will be selected
for public office and ecch 'tub
will have to stand on its own bottom.'
'There is one feature of this campaign
that was peculiarly exaspera- i
ting to me, to wit: the attacks which
we~a made upon Gov. Ellerbe. I felt
that he was made the victim merely
because of his appointment of mft. I defended
him as best I could, and my j <
opponents soon found that Ellerbe h
needed no defense. I never witnessed j |
a handsomer thing than the rebuke [,
given Colonel lrby at "Walballa for
his attack upon Ellerbe. These attacks
make my triumphant election a ,
vindication of Ellerbe as much so as
of me, and I rejoice in it, because I ]
believe he has made a conscientious '
and true chief executive."
''What about your tarilf views?*'
"The election is a vindication of my
course acd 1 want to say that there!
were several splendid editorials in the
<mr? P!r>iu*;oy> nn fl-ie tsfifr /iiipc- i
tiOD, which I have no doubt contribut- j *;
ea largely to my success, Tae News j j
and Courier of last Monday ^as a fine j j
campaign paper, and the eduorisl in ;
the Siaie running the Greenville j j
News 'into a hole,' was the finest!"
taing oi the sort that I ever read.
"I want to say this: that so far as;?
my ambition is concerned, it is com- j
oletelr satisfied. Mv onlv desire now '
lis to worthily wear the honors theH
i people have heaped upon me. I am s \
i very proud of my vote in Charleston. | '
I love the old city for its brave, gen 1
erous people, its historic memories j]
arid the trials which she has borne so '
bravely. I want to see every discrim- j j
[inction against Charleston wiped out. 1
j Siie has put herself in touch with the j'
progressive thought of the biiance of '
the State asd she ougnt to be 'fed out '
of the same spoon' the balance are. s
X wish to thank the people all over I;
the Slate for their genercus confidence ?
ar.d I say to each and every one that
no roan shall ever blush bscsuse he j
cast his ballot fcr me. I have received
hundreds of telegrams and let- .
:ers and just as rapidly as I can I in- ,
tend io acknowledge personally the *
receipt of each.
"To Col. Neal, Mr. 33lease and
ethers, who, when I was stricken at
Yorkviile, took charge of the fight ,
and carritd it on to victory, I am un- '
a Die 10 nna language. 10 express me
profound gratitude that I feel. They !
did their work intelligently and ell'ec- (
tiveiy and much of the credit is due to [
their superb management.'"
Thirteen Porsontd. I
A special from Paducah, Ky., sajs:
Thirteen members of the family and i
people living on the farm of Henry t
Miller near Metropolis, Illinois, were i
poisoner*, yesterday arid three are dead. (
fhe suil'ering of ihe other victims is :
said to be terrible to witness. It is
thought at least sight of them will die.
The names of the victims are not J
given. A hired girl, who is insane,
threw a package of rough on rats in
the well. licr name could not be 1
learned, but she admits her crime. j
Co?l Dust Exploded. t
At 5 o'clock Friday evening a lerri- >
ble explosion of c:>al dust occurred in i
the old Sunshine inir.e, o<vned by the i
Colorado Fuei and Iron company, 12 \
miles from Glenwcod, Col. Thelve i
bodies have been recovered, and so
great is the excitement that it cannot
be learned vrnether there are are any ;
more in tbc mine or not. Rescuing !
paxLics arc &IJJLA cApiuimg mv ixmic 1 v
aad a great cro^rd surrounds the en- 3
trance. The bodies taken cut aremji
a horribly mutilated condition. |<
HIS PATRIOTIC WORDS.
i
ilcLaurln n rites a Letter la Trhich Ha |
Iate;prets tbe Vote.
Sesator John L. McLaurin has writ-1
.en the following letter to the Cocsti- j
Lutioc:
' Iq response to jour request I will
ay that I am, of course, deeply grateful
to the necple of South Carolina
:or this marked evidence of their confidence
and esteem. No man could
iiave ibis feeling more sincerely than
[. The vfNUj t is particularly gratifying
in v:e">r of the character of the
that hss been made upon me and
}f the serious illness which has presented
my participating in the campaigning
during the past three weeks,
[t is neodiess tor rne to add that in
ny future scrvxce in tne benate, as m j
my six j ears of service in the lower
house of congrcs;, my entire energies
shall be devoted to the welfare of my 1
State, for God. knows every throb of
nay heart has been for South. Carolina
ind for that which I believe to be the
;ood or her people.
"As to the moaning.of my endorsement
at the hands of the people I can
say that during this campaign ray appeal
has been to the intelligence, the
konor and the reason of the people.
While my opponents have appealed to
svsryJU jLiULLiaa iiiuuns ilicli JJ>
low and bass and mean, the result
shovrs that there is mere intelligence,
virtue and honesty in South Carolina
:han there is c' ignorance and prejulice.
It is. too, an indorsement by the
people of the Stale of the Democratic
brinciple of tar: If f.)r revenue. The
ilforts on the pare of my opponents to i
-misrepresent my position on the tariff
question m?v have been successful la \
>ome individual isstacc^s, but fcr the j
nost part the people have understood ;
:aat my stand has been squarely upon >
.be Democratic platform and tbat my j
rotes in tryire to emend the Dingley!
alii vrere cast in defense of the people j
whom I represent and to compel the I
Republican party to p.'ace the South j
?s nearly as possible upon an equal
footine with tn? balance of the county.
They have indorsed my record ?
- - T 7 1 !
lb. so vourtg, as i knew laey womu, j
for the principle whi<-N inspired these
0-otes was the true I/-,, -iccratic principle
of equality.
"With regard to internal a if airs in
South Carolina 1 regard the result of
this primary as meaning pre-eminently
the end of factional feeling in the
State- A n??w political era has dawnid
on the State. Up to this time for
Lhe past six years the elections, State,
county, municipal, from county coroner
up, have only been a question as
to the man who could shoui the loudest
for the reform faction and for Tillman.
I do not mean to say anything j
igainst Senator Tillman or to impugn j
toe motives of the men wno nave been j
^aiJing- for reform, but I believe the j
dme hss come when something else ]
Is required of public men and aspi- j
rants for office generally. The decis- j
ion of the people from this time for- j
cvard is gcing to be based on the abil- j
ity and the character of the man and j
:he doctrine and principles he advo- {
rates. That is one meaning cf the re- j
>ult of this primary and so far as ]
South Carolina is concerned it is by i
10 means the least.
John L. McL&urin. f
ASKS FOR A NEW ELECTION.
Sen. Rlchbcrarg Siates That Great Irr?-|
gnlarlilca Occurred.
Brigadier General R. N. Eichbourg t
las forwarded the following letter, j
ivhich speaks for itself, to Governor!
Slier be: ]
tlead quarters 2d S. C. V. T., Sept. 1.
Co His Excellency, W. H. E Her be, 3
Governor and Commander in-chief.!
Sir: 1 beg to call your attention to!
.UC u :c4.*y |
ecsnt election for Colonel of the First j
Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers: |
It appears to this oSce that great |
regularities existed in the same, not 5
0 mention the fact that the vote of i
he Edgefield Kifies and Saluda Rifles]
Dy instruction of the Adjutant General j
ftert: mruv/jj. uui cuurciy, wunciu J
)pinion thsy are a part of the First j
Regiment, and their votes should have j
jeen counted. Bat even throwing out j
he vote of the two companies just!
earned, Col. Claiiy did not receive a j
najcrity the votes cast 'which was j
:ecessary lo elect. Such has bsen the |
nvariable custom and unbroken rule 3
n all military elections. In this iden- !j
;ical regiment two years ago a ma-j
iority vote was required of Col. Hall S
icd ilajor Sally before commissions j
?7ere issued to them, Lieut. Col. Tili-j
nan being the only field officer who j
vas elected on the first ballot. I was!
tbsent trom Columbia when the eJec j
(iUIi X'CLUl'iiS W Ci C >1?,1UCU IU j
leadquarters. Major Newnharn. ray
^djuuint General, was left in charge,
ma before he reported the result of
.he election be consulted with the Assistant
Attorney General, and it v?as
ipon advice he there received that he
icted.
To avoid Ihs expense of a court of I
nquiry at the urgent request oi Lieu-!
enaut Colonel Tillman &Ji who signed j
.he protest, which was dm]7 Hied in |
his office, have withdrawn tneirj
iignaturss although the withdrawals j
lid net come through the proper chan-j
iel. j
Now in order that justice may be
3cne to all parlies ana no dissatisfac- j
ion exist among the companies of
.he regiment I respectfully r^comnend
that; the oiuce of colonel oe de;lared
vacant, and a new election oriered.
My authority for such recomnendaticn
is based upen Section 414
)f ine Revised Statutes which read as
u:l0WS:
"Ail commisiionsd ofllcers 0? the
nilitia may be removed from olh^e bj !:
.he commander-in-chief, on recom j
USD d at ion of the commanding cific^rs j
)i their respective 'oatallions, re^i \
nents. brigades and divisions."
Respectfully submitted.
R. N. Richeourg,
Brig. Gen'l. Com. 2d Brig. 6. 0. V. T.
Henry Lauman, of Baltimore, shot
it a black snaks while hunting in the
Slue Ridge mountains near Bueca
Vista, and missing it, ran away. Tne
make pursued him. He tripped en a
vine and fell. The snake coiled?
ireuad his body and was squeezing!
aim when a wocd chopper rescued
:im and killed the snake. It ^as six j
"eet seven inches long.
The Kansas City star gives notice!
hat "anything that :ne country wants,
'rom mules to peaches, can he furnish- j
;d by Kansas City.'' "And,:! the St.j
jouis Star s-ys, "it might justly adds
a whole lot of things the countrv I
- ? ? - c * j
loesn'tvrant. " ?
FEVcNUS OFFICERS KILLED. j
j Slid a Still and are Shot 1)y *5ooa ;
ishiners.
j
Sir men were probably massacred j
in the wilds of the mountains of Pope j:
UUuiUj jxt?. , ? <x\ wruwi'* JL v U
vrere silled outright, two were fatally
wounded and left for dead, ard two
have mysteriously disappeared and
are either dead or being" held ,
captive bv bandits. The killed are: \
Captain 3. F. Taylor of Searcy :oun- ;
ty, deputy Ucited States marshal; Joe '
Docson of Store county, deputy mar
shal. The fatally wounded are two (
brothers named Renfrew of Searcy
county. The names of the missies:
men are not known, but tbey are sup
posed to be deputy sheriils from an ad- :
joining county. The victims vrere all
deputy United States marshals an<I ;
deputy sheriifs, and the men vrho did \
the work are moon shiners of the bold- (
est ?. ? d most desperate class. The scene
of the crime ?as & gulch or ,
ravine in the mountains of Pope '
county, at an isolated spot 35 miies .
from EussellviilP, the nearest tele- '
r*\+a v,Vi r*o> ov.H If) <
Springs. The region i3 vriid and iso- .
lated. It has for year been the favo- <
rite rendezvous for counterfeiters and .
moonshiners and is a district in which
no lavrabiding citizen can live- The
officers for a long time have been 5.
trying to break up the lawlessness in j,
that vicinity and many battles between ,
them and the dc-speradoes have occur- i
red. Caotain B. F. Taylor, the rich- i
est man in Searcy county, and a man J
nf nvAminprirp Ht-i^l-.rnT.r-ri tr>'
aid the officers in putting down crime.
He sccared a commission as a deputy
United Scates marshal and led ihe
posse in the raid that resulted in his!
death. j
A few days sgo a successful raid was j
mad-; in the ssrne locality, in which a S
dozin moonshiners were captured and
brought to Little Rock. One of them i
told the officers that at kast 50 larr;e j
distilleries were operating in the same \
neighborhood. Taylor, with his posse, j
located a large moonshine outili y*i- j
urd*y night and decided to make the \
raid Sunday. Proceeding slightly in \
advance of his men, Tayior was with- (
in 30 feet of the disteliery when he j
was fired upon from ambush and in-t
stantly killed. As Dodson ran up to S
Taylor he was also shot dead. RiHssj
began to crack in all directions and a j
volley was fired into the officers. The}
Rsnfrew brothers fell mortaliy wound
ed and lay Dy the roadside uniii ia;er j
in the day when a traveler named j
Pack came by. All traces of the ban-1
dits had disappeared as well as two of j
the deputy sheriffs. The latter have!
not since been seen or heard from, j
Pack hurried to Russellviile with the?
news and the coroner, together with. a j
sheriff's posse immediately started forf
ihe scene*. No news has been received j
A? ^ "O.>/*!? <->? ? !rr- 4 Vi a a
siLiut: nicy ucjjiix'tcu. x w& ,
Renfrew brothers will be dead before ]
the party reaches them. It was not ]
known by whom the crime -was com- 5
mitted but the ofScers believe the;
sang is composed of desperadoes head- j
ea by Horace Bruce and Jc-hn Church, s
two of the most dangerous characters |
in that locality.. The-United States \
authorities were today requested to
offer a reward for the desperadoes.?
and a determined effort will be made 5
to capture them. It is very probable j
tfcat the eitort will leact to lurcnera
bloodshed. Captain Taylor was an 5
ex captain in the Federal army. He j
had served two terms in the State leg- jj
islature aDd was noted for his bravery. |
YEARLY COTTON WASTE.
5
Oar Farmers Should Exercise More Cats J
1
ia Picking,
A writer in The Xsw York Commer-|
cial Advertiser is authority for the*
statement that the amount of cotton [
destroyed annually in this country by \
fire, improper baling and careless j
handing, aggregates something like J
?25,000,000. I
la support of this alarming state I
ment the writer goes on to show that!
when the various accidents of the yearl
are summed up they constitute a tax of j
63.50 on each bale of cotton produced, s
On -he basis of last year's cotton crop, s
which aggregated 7,000,01)0 oaies m
round numbers he shows that the total
loss to the south amounted to ?21,500,000.
Undoubtedly these figures are
excessive, but they will serve to open I
the eyes cf our farmers to the import-1
ance of exercising greater care in the ]
matter cf baling cot ion and also to the {
tt? 1 ? \/? V* -ic? finaw O TT ?
UijiCiZv AO sz + khj ?
becoming mere and mors imperative;
of adopting ?ome new and improved i
method c? baling.
While the writer fails to suggest I
any specific remedy fcr the evil which jj
he points out in these amazing ngures,)
he makes a comparison between the
loess methods of baling which prevail
in this country, and the more effective
methods which obtain in India and
E^ypt. Says the writer in this conncc- ?
lion:
Tne Indian and Egyptian cotton <?x-|
porters pack their baies vrith r<:~<- ]riil,'
while their American competitors is j
las and often negligent. The E^yptiar.
manages to get, forty pounds into
a cubic foot in density; the Indian
does the sam?, ^hi!e tne American is
saii-iSeu wiin rrornz Trendy-one to1 wen- j
ty nre pounds. The African and the 1
Asiatic exporter can put 17,000 bales?
on board a ship or on a railroad car
that an American can only put from \
six to ten thousand bales on. The!
American says that owing to his loess-j
ness in pack leg he gets l-lo of a cent. 5
the pound mere at the mill for his cot -1;
ton than his rival, but when this is|
offset by increased cost cf freight, ar:d j
abjve all by damage of are, ii sinks j
into insignificance.
ili\ Monaghan, the American con- j
sui at Dresden, Sanosy. says that the 5
bale of cotton as packed'in Egypij
when it arrives at the mill in Chemn* 5
t:'z looks as if :* yrere as safe from r
catching lire from a spark as a log of j
hard weed, while the bale necked in \
^ 1 /-< 1 . .1 . _ t 2
Jidw ur leans cr 'orai. vision cas a iuosa,
dirty inflammable appearance. The
American exporter charters a vessel to
take cut his cargo, and it doss not ,
matter whether he puts 500orl, 500 bales
in the hold, so far as th? cost is car
cernec : the mere thrifty Bombay mer- .
cbant buys a spacs ani uses economy j
all round. Ii is vary seldom one j
bears of Indian or Egyptian cotton .
taking lire, whereas in one year (1S95- ,
96) forty-three f:res were reported j
which had to do with the grecit southern
staple.
The writer of the article from which j
the foregoing paragraphs ara extracted !
is evidently well informed on ths sub- jj
fr> r1 ic/>n .
although he does ao- sign his name to j:
the article. The mailer is one which j ;
vitaliy concerns the welfare of our;'
southern farmers, and they should j i
give it their careful consideration.
GOLD BY THE BUCKET,
WONDERS OF THE KLONDIKE REGION
NOT HALF TOLD.
Everv D'sre'cc a Fsbaloaa Mine of Gold?
Scares o* 2Ien WsJgti Their Gold hy the
Bucketfull?Likened Ccto a Lottery.
The San Francisco Bulletin has lessivcd.
a letter from Charles Haines,
dated Dawson City, July 26th* Mr.
Uaines is a well known newspaper
writer and his letter is the first written
bv a trained newsoaDer man to
20223 cut of the Klondike gold region.
He says:
"Ihe ricn diggings have been comparatively
idle during the summer, although
the outpat from Eldorado and
Bonanza Creeks vras famous and there
is plenty of gold in sight There is
svery prospect of an immense output
of geld from this district next spring.
Phe total output this season is, as near
as X cart judge, aocut $7,000,000, but
very little ground has been worked,
ana the dumps will, like some of the
tailings of old California placers, pan
nnt fnoiiwrlHc of HnTIo-nc nrh.on ntrmMrdH
with, improved machinery. The placers
are tfie most puzzling and deceiving
I have ever seen. Imagine a man
working on good 'color' and finding
the ground worth only a few dollars
per cay, and then turning to a waste
of mud and moss with no surface indications
and unearthing a bonanza.
That is the situation here and all over
Alaska. Tne man who comes here to
mine moss at the espense of health
and happiness, and it is with him a
question or making a fortune with
tquai chances with death. About me
are scores of men who can weigh, their
sold by the bucketfull and who value
their claims at millions.
' 'Four hundred valuable diggers are
stretched along creeks-and eery digging
is a fabulous mine or gold, yet
there are weary men who have gone
and returned to Dawson after searching
the great country hereabouts and
never a nugget do they show for their
toil and their long tramp over broken
j J - i _ . -i J:_
grouiia ana into a country wnose disadvantages
are exceeded by no other
place on earth.
"This Alaskan Northwest Territory
is an old prize drawing proposition
that I cm iiken to nothing that admits
of a better comparison than a lottery.
A number of spots are selected '
cn the creeks and rivers, and for one
year the miner labors. The year
closes, the water runs, and the season's
output pays expenses. Not two
miles away from the unfortunate one
works a man who has taken from an
unviting bit of earth a sack full of
gold. The lucky one did not strike the
pocket because of his ability as a miner;
chancs favored him and that was
all. In short, the miner guesses at it
and locates any and everywhere. In
nineteen cases out of twenty he misses
and has to wait another year for a
new trail.
';D?wson is merely a collection of
leg hu:s, saloons and" a mass of tents,
about six hundred in number. When
the long nights come and the glass .
goes down to 65 degrees below zero
there will be intense suffering here,
and I shudder to think of the results.
Provisions are going to be very scarce
and there is little reason to doubt that
the entire town will have to go on
short rations during the winter and
that scurvy will be rampant. The
gold that will go down the river for
San Francisco will amount to $2,000,000.
There is a lot of gold that will
remain in camp, for it is used as an
nr mnvpv and is 1a0>a] ten
der at $17 per ounce. Of the 3,000 or
4,000 inhabitants, only a couple of
hundred at the most have made big
strikes.
"There is a plenty of -work at from
$15 to $20 per day and many men
nave paid $2 50 or less for living and
saved the balance.
"RepDrts cf other strikes are constantly
received here, and many are
authentic as far as Stewart and Poly
rivers are concerned, but nothing like
so rich as the Klondike has been reported.
' Qiiie a number cf people are preparing
to leave here for Juneau. In
case the steamers cannot get through
with pro visions, the outlook for a good
grub supply is not encouraging.
"Tn ^nnfilusion. tha Alaska and
Northwest Territory gold fields will
be developed slowly. Ten thousand
men may come here, bus they will be
lest ia the vast country when they
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than 500 of them will strike a mine.
When they do strike pay gravel, their
fortunes Trill ba made. In years to
come, when at the sacrifice of human
life and energy the treasures of this
great land are located, the wealth of
the north will be something beyond
comprehension."
Cotton Crop Report. ^
Secretary Hester's report shows receipts
o* cotton at all" United States
ports for the year of 6,S29,100 bales. *
against 5,420,246 last year; overland
940,4S2 against 873,465"; southern consumption
taken direct, S3S,382 against
803,635. making the cotton crop of the
United States for 1S93 97 amount to
S.757,964 bales, against 7,157,345 last
year ana 9,901,251 the year before.
Altogether the southern mills took
1,042,671 bales, and increase of 133,000.
Mr. Hester makes the actual cot
ton crop of Texas, including Indian
:ei ritory 2,247.554. His report on the
crop of the different States *is given as
follows. North Carolina 500,000,
South. Carolina 800,000, Georgia
?ia 1,300,000, Alabama 1,019,000,Flor:da
60,000, Mississippi 1,226,000,Louisiana
575,000. Arkansas 700,000, Tennessee
330,000. Texas 2,24S,000. Total
crcp S 75S.000. North Carolina above
includes Kentucky and Virginia; Tennessee
includes Oklahoma; Missouri
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Indian, territory.
Sale oX a Huabscd fcy a Wi?6.
A husband -was sola by his wife in
New York recently, and the transaction
TCi formally witnessed by a notary.
The husband submitted to it,
and obligingly took up his abode with
bis purchaser. Then the party of the
drst part spent the money, repented
and demanded her husband back, and
it is not altogether discreditable to
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Lhe bereaved wife appealed to the law,
and the whole business is now to be
aired in the diroree courts there.
T7hl(?key in the Gutters.
Ten saloons :n Kansas uity, Jxan.,
were raided by the police last night
ind ?3,000 worth of liquor seized and
poured into the gutters. Saloon fur0.
* lux 64 filling ten big drays was carted
to police headquarters, where it will
be burned. Similar action will be
taken against about seventy other saloons