The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 29, 1897, Image 1

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. ^ / 4 ;' [ _^__ I VOL. LIL WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1897. NO. 8. _____________________ BUNG FOR FORGERY. jp-jsonmeBt although still da; a decision of our court, as ?e]on Moore bore bis fate with heroi |& CELEBRATED CASE IN SOU~H CARO- agre, and at his execution addresi ? UNA SEVENTY YEARS AGO- assembly of spectators -with B sentiments. It is related that f Th.St.ry of 41.x Moor^HI. Crlm,, Tr.- )aSt ICOn:ellt te ??.??'?<< Ha! | same man concerneG in the atte a?, coEviciior, s?rt?-ac* and F.vcation escape, to adjust the fatal cap. Jn Mtrloa County-Prominent En- He ^SS hucS near if not on tb ent site of the court house, the gaged In the X.e?al Sat;lo. fern 0? which would hav . ? ?j. z eciui-distant from the old court a.OCUi seventy vicars Cucrv U?UJC > - , . i to Marion ayoug Irishman named Al- ?r;son, and a prave ws; exancer, Moore, a man of some acquire- -u" lC receive his remains, but rnents, but was supposed to be disso- }10c made, his oc?y c -jp Jute and intemperate. He settled a ^ -1 belonging -o The late ^a*. down as a school teacher in the com- Scarborough, east o. .he towr llllllgeeunitY now known as Bvmans?ille, a tnere interred. ^ hamlet in what is now Florence .The muses dwelt within, tfli illllfcounty, but then a part of the territory ?1SC*S ?J}^Q court a* that pent of Marion. In this community lived ^spired the assistant^clsrs <.0 e^ r Messrs. Josiah R. Barrel!. Wm. Fryer. ce? CJS journal tne ^ iuu Henry Culpepper. Larry Cain and Al- Y.erse,s *ouaci is the court jour: (cxander Campbell. All of these were October terra, 1830: well to do farmers, and had employed "November the 12th bout the hour of Moore as a teacher. By the sheriff of Marion execution vra There was no trouble until the sum- On the body of Moore?unfortunate ^ mer of 1830, when Moore, it is sup ^"ho has landed, long since, on efc posed, demanded a settlement for his shore. _ service. For some unexplained reason trae> 7 tl;e iands of th he was not paid the mooev due. and to 4 iaw 21.ostsevere- severe was 1 recoup himself he uttered & series of \ears round and time wil- efface ? - - - I The s.T7mnQf>iT7 sfrrm<T_ whiftli was fe] forgeries. The first was mace on the ^~r * ?' " 10th of July, a.-d until the 16th there no jaw can redress, time cannot were uttered ana published nine coun- Salvation, if lost by th<* unfortunate terfeit notes purporting to be "(/a, how much depends on life's l drawn by the parties above named. thread, One each of "the Fryer, Harrell and Eternal are' things that relate to the di ? Culpepper counterfeit notes were pass- Marion Star. ed to William Hannah. The courier feit notes of Campbell and Cain and won't Baui Original Package one of the Harrell counterfeits were The Florida Central and Peni transferred to God bold and Harping- railroad has joined the other rc ton, one counterfeit to Charles McKay, tbe;r refusal to baul uncased 1 one to Thomas Evans and one to of whiskey for "o. p.5' stores, Scrunton. three of the assignees being: circular to tnis effect was obta merchants of Marion. for the first time Tu?s3ay. It re Hannah and Fryer ca:ne to Marion, To Agents and Corrections: and on the 2S:h of July they swore Please refer to circular C. f out a warrant before J. C. Belluce, a 4G9, effective August 2b'.h, 1S9" justice of the quorum by Hannah on be advised that notice is hereby the nothes traced to him and Fryer for that on and after September two notes forged as to his signature. 1897, shipments of spiritous oi Moore being then in Marion at the liquors, when not packed ia a boarding house of J E. AUiscD, he casks, will not be accepted fc was arrested by the Sheriff and placed company for transportation, in prison. Issued Sep'bmb^r 18th, 1S97, At the October term of the court of K Pleasants, C. F. A. sessions for Marion county, the solici- Effective September 20th, 1-SS1 tor gave cut fc-ur indictments asa>ast N, S Penniugto Moore. Tie grand j^ry, of which Jas. Traffic Maria M/'Pncwnn mac ir\i^rr ^n frnr.H two Tho S?TS the F bills on all of the four indictments. Central and Peninsular was < He was tried for counterfeiting- the the few roads in the State tha notes of William Fryer. The other expected :o haul gccds for the 4 cases were continued. The first case people. It has been ireelv talk? resulted in a verdict of not guilty, the Southern and Coast Line on and he was then immediately placed fused to haul goods loose in bo on trial on the second indictment for fear of losing the business The scene was impressive. A for- dispensary. The Florida Centr eigner away from kindred and friends Peninsular can have no such to rely only for aid upon strangers, for it gets few if any of the disp< arraigned for an c IFence wholly inad- shipments. It has been said th adequate to the punishment of only influence tne State has o^ deain. a prosecution pressed by men railroads is the fsct th*t no pape who justly owed the debts for which relieve a road of liabilities fcr di the notes were counterfeited and as to ?oods it handles. The "o. p. there was no doubt that he comraited \ pie assert that the Scale has som? the crime, for which he was aoou1; to | tericus power Gv~r the reads wJ climb the bitter stairs of despair, it was j is using to compel them to cease no wonder that the spectators looked & ling their goods. Is has been cl upon him with pity and compassion f that the State has threatened ihe Tnere was too, a strong display of le S with costly litigations unless th? gal talent. The judge, already distin- rassed the original package bu giusiied as'an aole jurist, a man oi The goods can still be sent if eac S dignified presence, was David John- tie is packed separately in a w |||?5s, son, subsequently cn the chancery box. ^^^hatchacd governor of the State. The , ? . , '? o-'-LL -?* ? 4. ?? > Convicts la Cotton F<c)ds. ^^^gpliciiX)r was bonn May rant, an abie .,, , ,, . , llllpwyer of the Sumter bar. The coun-! Ali available convict laboi msp^sei lor me ceresce, wno, n is inougni;, ? - ^ ? ? ? ?=? gave their servica gratuitously, were the three sta,e^.arms, CoL C. D Dudly, a man remarkable weldon dispaica lae co /or the care he beitoTred upon the ?.rougkt to tee state i&rm nca preparation of his cases, and David R Cl-^ are ,0 ?S.S/;S' ^ ,?; iiitcheii, a member of coagrs-s, able cotton, over 50,000 acres of wni< and eloquent who had no superior on: f^te ^ er cuvatioa on tfc the northern circuit as a jiry lawyer. farm a^one- About 1.000 convict Ho "was arraigned for nis crime in at woik m the white fields j the impressive formulas of the court, * expects -o h and plead not guilty. The jury was ?7ir /;'p, bales of th~ staple, formed for the trial", and consisted of rlJer k^tom ^an .GrL \^Q the following persons: John D. above the average in cotton proc Johnes, foreman; Willis Finklea, iu this state. On the farms owse Jesse4 Frcctor, Noah Rogers, John w".cr^e<^ t^e s'a-.e over 2.0? " ? - ** 7 ?, ^.4?, I <*v t-? rtW ? v\i?A/srtv, 4- I Bass- William Baker, Alexander He ?" v Hae,' Job Smith, John Rice, Neil] 1 an^ some other Soi McCormac, Hugh Courtsaay anc P'-3 ^ ^ortn Carolina does n Thomas Page. cut joovicts to private pers Tcev brought in a verdict of guilty, we^f'rea^ia'fic^ ana a memorancuni written on tne ?rea"~ ~? weil ^eatea, in ioc . margin of a leaf of the court journal m.f,ecase^ ex (Pnvl515 , tells his fate: "12 Nov., 1530, at mtted some crime to get back, about ihe hour of 12, the prisoner was a case pccarred .ast wee^, ana executed by S. Bingham, sheriff." the culPrlt, <w\?. *to10 a hamn Tne tiki of Moore and his sentence some article which constituted ercited a verv deep interest among I ce?J waS s-n?e?ced she vii)agers and the oeople of thl 9? ^ chain-gan^ for thirty surrounding country. 'They busied msteadof to the penitentiary foi Jhemsshresin getting up petitions forjji0 five years, as he expected, , pardon, to be transmitted to the gover- j ?ressea his disappointment. nor at that time. K ;n. StechenD. Mil 1 f^nctrt fny ">7ati ar^ 'Rxagt:. oostacles arcse from the con- ^ prevaience cf no? chole ductof Moore E* had made threats recently been traced b? Dr W< against D. K.tae fcrser of CJ era son College, South Cai governor, ana tne common t-eople to animals being forced to drinl rare uncer tee impression that Goto Mat water In prcof of this the aor Williams induced Governor Mit ieston Nexs and Courie? adds. cheil to re!use tee pardon. Wbep &ave been informed by Mr. A. ? t^ese meaiis fai^td tx.e:e was an at ersoa, of Charleston, who has z 0 rfiscue him irem prison. at Chicory, in 3=rkelpy couaty The free masons eilner employee somt he has tested tb!s qil8stion thoro ^Uza.utr^r other persons aEd },as fui?y established the fa< outside t^e order to <-.ocr& brue to tne gCod driDttxjg water insures the' guara, which consisted, &t the lime of of his stock. It is well kno*i the attempt, of Aden Hal] ar.d J*mes .unacc]imated' cattle usually; Limbert, two of tee privates o, a and die wheri brou?ht iato l} cavai/j compsny ceiaiied for that pur 30UIitr_y and some other psrrs r , . . t. , State and '.u^ned out to racge. Moore, suer a conviction, pad Emerson has imported a nuin been pisced ^ ib irons and chained to Sae stock from the northtra u fl^or of r:s ceu in prison. EaiJ and has kept them in perfect . wa? fou^i^ suv^pptiole, aid agreed to j vear af.er y&ar siir.oly con mist aparty of men in mating the tbCT -M ra" ges where t?/y if ^ u1" 0l c^ra'^ '?re' Ww? ^a& ao surface water to drink and s; a brother of the orcer. Accordingly, i=s <Jlem with . f th m checKEST iter opportunity they well on bis farm. His observa - r* j ^ n ^ - ? that cows and hor;es are as li? ?. of Ha)l pa had actually sncceeoeom tamaa -K- to malaria! fe? a. freems him ;rom his irons and nao ,v?, lh? ,, rjpGiSGuctei him to tne iower lloor, and same in all C2ses?tbe drink to the front door, when they encoun foul water " lered Lambert, a very strorg and " " A deU~ra2ined man. BimeiRllJuiulxiJEugiaiid. Here an alierealion ensued between A dispatch from London s Limbert and the rescuers, and it was high British official, who was ; soon perceived that fcr^e had to be ticip^nt in the negotiations b used to accomplish their purpose, for the United States bioutvlis co Xjirabert had refused to let tbe party sioners and the British cabinet cut c' the prison. A crisis was today to a representative ox the reached, ^hich was broken by itoore, ciated Press: "I fear the bankei ;vho positively refused to go out by frighten the government into violence. Whether his refusal was ing from their stand for bicneta dictated by fear of personal harm, or They have forgotten that parli from a noble, chivalric courage, wor- unanimously resolved measures thy of a Ba} aid, *o save harmitss b:s cure a stable par of exchange be friends cr tne iii'e o'. Lambert, the gold and silver, and Sir Michael +"> Raoon thft (>haric(i!li-,i1 r\f tf-i-a 3 WUt w ? ao Kiu j A/VMVUf viAw w i. kiw doom?a-doom hard to realize in a civ- > quer, pledged himself to do all ili/.id country?consigned hiui to afel- power to carry the resolution i on's death, a victim to Draconian law feet. The English public hav that had descended to us from thejgoiten also that tea of the fo middle ages. i members of the agricultural cd A haterui conservatism ha? always |sion sianed a report recornmf been the bane of oar people. We do bimetallism as a palliative for t. not open our minds to the law of pro- ricultural depression in Eng!an< 2ress. acd so this law vemained ia our pabiic and the newspapers se< stat lie books for tl'teen years after think the governaient is in 11 this event. la 2S45 the legislature merely by ^sire to secure tne broke the shackles of the law bytak- will of the United Stale?, whe; ing awsy the death neaalty, and fc rg attempting to carry out the dt ing is now pmished by tine and im- policy ol parliament'' srfbyj UPM ON THE RAILROM) [Si?ulA! c cour- " General Barber' >ed the| THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE iSSUE IN | sue is the defini' irianlvj COURT AT ATLANTA. j a?ef at the I j package of wbis] II, ihei I which the wbis saapted i The Socth,5rn Railway Refuses to Kan! the factory Qr ft j Blatl>euthal & lilckart's LJqnor?The sntS in this CSSe ? prfs ? _ , ...? . & Bickart have l ^ Firm Seeks to Ccmpsi It to do so. o ,, r* south-; 10 South Carolii 5 been j Tillman's widely celebrated South their store here Uniica I fnvAHwn /iicv\OT<!<ol.IT T Q TO fifrnT'&r? 'in H tflfi T}S.C&2.P'eS SS -Li V U.OC, i VX1?1G. J At*, ?t v.** v? k ft 5 there very important hearing before Judpe tory. obpc Newman of the United States circuit Judge Newm; :arri?d court in Atlanta on Tuesday. The hear- heariDg Tbursda A. L. in? was on a bill brought by 3iuthenth interest. The in i, and ai ?Sc Bickart, through their attorneys, a! importance, Glenn, SJacion & Pailiips, to compel materially aifect e pre the Southern railroad to bring whiskey Attorney Gent 3d and into South Carolina. The bill prayed the dispensary I 2ibroi- that Judge Newman grant an* orcer troublesome and owing j forcing the road to carry the whiskey lanta Constitute aal for as regular freight. Conspiracy or col- p_ 13us:on was charged aej inst Governor 1_ oae, Eilarbe of South Carolina and Traffic A KefD8al to p , l0 jnna I Manager Cu:p of the Southern road in j loore? *^e bill Plaintiffs. Attorney I J"" ercity'9 General Berber of this State was there J There are 7C0 to represent and defend the governor, or-ers in Richlai e state, -Judge Xawmaa declined to grant anv I l&s>t day or iwo s lis fate, order in the case at present, bui took ] magistrates1 pov !he matter under consideration. j tax has arisen, t ia his Original packages were the imrnsdi- Norton has bee) ate cause of the trouble which Judge given his opinio] restore Newman was called upon to aojust. that exists here < Moore. Sirjce Judge Simcnton's origins! county of the St: brittle package decision, liquor dealers ia said: Atlanta Jiavw been shipping great; "The confusio iau* ? quantities of whiskey to South Cars-1 Richland countj im<3 Vi^-iicirio' if ir? stores anr? disnos^r.)? i of delinquent P3 s of it in original packages The South'- j ral vrhe?. the n ns *iar er :i been hauling this use are remembe ads in \re^ht, but on Sept. 16, it issued an or "It should De , bottles ^srdec'imcg freight not packed secure jaual session of t rjr^e ly enough ic prevent damage from I makes speciSc pi isable breakage an^ EOt packed in such j and schools, incJ ads- manner as to answer all the require-! provides specific,' meats of the original package "la v. taxes are 10 be c i v^0 This shu!: off much of the freight ' Eich session ' 'and i3een shipoed frjm Atlanta bly since somew ' not encased. " the non pay men c c- a tiny,#, i mpsnnr. 17 n tr> i 2Qf|) i X>1 U HJLCU Itlili Oo XS L, JZJi. *XC- !_l LC4 *? * r inalt ^iskey dealers, nad established a^aa when this clause ises or ?:,es m ti]e towcs i3 South Carolina supply act. Th< 17 this aijC* vrere kifc harder by this decision tax for 1S95 96 a: of the roads than any other whiskey is not a misdero >j Y? house in the country. They estab- quent poll tax p * : lished these agencies on the strength dieted as heretof r f of Judge Simonton's decision and af- "It is true that i ^ ter the Southern read had accepted of South Carol shipments of uncasad gocds. As the section 377, ther< 'Jorida S?ul^8rri roa<* 13 only medium by a provision, bu! j 1 of tkey can reach their South Car- the statutes aca 1 V* was l ?^aa agencies they feel that they have show that this 'o p"!a ^ri?vaDce. The general belief is from Acts of 189 :d*that I t^at the whiskey men have no case. reference to poll '1 ' 3 j Some time last month the disoensa- and is of force c ? ' ~ > " - 1 1 mi.. x cars icm stables of youtn uaroima s?izei nsuai ytax. iub "of the | * consignment of whiskey which had went into fores t al and f beeG sen^to stste ^7 Bluthenthal non payment of 'fe^s I ^ ^ickart over the Southern railroad, chiss the voter. i They claimed that the whiskey was ''Accordingly, latthe h\ot regulation original package of 1S96, the first rgr j kicd which Judge Simonton in his Constitution, lef rs can I ra^"G? made it l*gal to sell. 1 bill the clause r image I, B^'&enthal & Bickart immediately | ment of poll tax ? p6Q. j Drought a bill of inj inction against the session of 18$ 5 mys- !th.e constables to restrain them from The results are t 3?cii it j seizing tiie whiskey. The oil! came magistrates cam hand -' ,0 *?re Judge Simonton for a hear- poll tax payers largedh0^ anc* tbat federal court j iage at poll taxes for t! roads ?once ^ssue<^ an orc*er restraining the (including Novei jv ha- I constabulary from interfering with or 1895) and 1897, a ~ j-se'zing ihe whiskey of Bluthenthal & ty of law for sue] ? , '-Tf. i? the rint.v 'll hot"" * | ocden! September 16 ih, J. M. Gulp, traf- to issue execuiio: fie manager of the Southern railway, tax payers as wel issued an orderi n a circular, refus- real and persor icg to h iul any consignment of whis the treasurer thu from key, not properly packed ia original tionsand delivers sben packages and which war not safely iff, the sheriff cai sa\ s a and secarely incased in packages that in the hands of m nvicts would prevent breakage. iz5 them to collet r this The circular shut cu*; the whiskey &al cost thereon, it thejof Bluthenthil atd B.ckart and the treasurer and ch the | they filed the mandatory bill hesrd allows the sheri: is one?Wednesday,asking that the road be re- execution for Ux ,s will j strained from carrying its circular there is no legal at this j into tffeefc. . the enforcement as the I ^ _^r5-Glenn Slatoii argued ths ?uc ^u^oul.uu. ui okaiqi CasV?^u skey ^rm' while Col-j real and persona lucinai021-? i L 8l^ aPDeared for the costs are concern ?dandK^ " ^enn argued that returning and set 0 cm j taere wa* coLusion between G-over- penalty for the 3 Jnhlr*l?or eroe ac(i the ofnsials cf tbe J taxes now is d itftp J?ttU,efn which, he said, was {delinquent cannc t i f -he real reason of the refusal of the f "?n Richland* nrsrw r0*r,to carry the whiskey for the i ^ issued the ex flS whiskey firm and he or the she " h*"L fr-p? well claimed that the road I Urates a list of th? ? Cimi !if reiused to carry the whiskey in Ithey have been c 'S'j~h f s~?Pe in which it was presented I costs. No warra wh-D shipment because of its perishable |? we learn, but ip^~nr and oecause of a danger of a above and costs t nettv V1?i^10? of tiie dispensary law. He "Any delinqu fcn thpi ^ -na some of the whiskey was not ^91 95 and prev dol ? ?nor]?malPackages and that it would dieted for non-r vs. haw hpAT> a htvaeh of the law to car- but jnotfor 1396 2 three ry it, ?[e claimed that the whiskey ? "^he decision < 2e ex- when tendered to his road as freight, *$97, in referenc was not properly packed and that the of $1.00 apply < loose glass bottles ana jugs would kas issued on a ra has ^sve beezi easily broken. | put does not affe< vm&T> I ^r' ^o^l further argued that the issued by trcasu: olina' i ?0,atfceri1 ^as not in a position of ra- ?of poll-tax. c stag-1fusal t0 Garry the whiskey of the plain-1 ''Under the ac Char-!exDjaiued that the road would J warrants cannot [carry all iegal freight, but that it(trates, but ?execut Tiros nr.- [county treasurer ). E'Jl- { .'VUU*.U ??? i farm ln 0ri?i2ai packages and that was not| cision of the suj that I Prcperly packed so that it would not J afftCt or concern u?h)v bl?a^- Se said that the road by car- j ^oas or costs to 2t?that 5 r^li2? whiskey not in original pack-l^erefor." health I a?es would lay itself liable to prosecu- S i that flozl for Eolation of the law and that CQba'8 lDd'p sicken by C2n71DS iooss bottles and jugs |T President Etha ie low would lay itself liable to a. suit fc* L<?a2ue of the U< ofthe mage on tfce shippers' part for sued tha follow Mr b.reaki*g and destroying whiskey bot- members of the J her of | tje.s- said ti2at when the plaintiffs Patriotic work staes 0:^'ered as freight whiskey that was Sraadest results, health ProPer'j packed and was of the kind everJ governor fisino-l which Judge Sisoonton ruled was le our request, bacl "? (Pal freight, the read would cheerfullv ?* ^is staIe- sj :la | caVrv it? ~ " penaeBC3. Man; ippiy >. " A r ,, ands of citizens, teaian j It was tee conrfnuoa of tae actor peal of this leagu u ?is I ??js <? ** piamtiS tea', this <w not ftest liat bl? , lBle as I tee real reason for the refa?L Taej of the Cub1'aI1 insl er or that Blathenthal & Bickart their oppressors. iuss is fcadsiereda contract rah every bl emancipation foi ::cgof pf jadine releasing tteroad from all The commanding responsibility for breakage or loss ex hft<5 ifl.t rp; cept by non-uauliDg. Tiiis bill of the Though the deli' j plaintiffs alleges teat a conspiracy l0ng^ll the ret its a i exists Between Governor Eflerbe aad " ciV/?oc ua^u uwiu a p*?- tae ohicials oi tae Soutnern road. It j ter ja gpain wjtt tween is further charged in the bill that the behind nim, wil mmis governor threatened the road that he eQd'the murder said would harass its charter and injure its ^?> *-r,rannv ? Asso business by damaging legislation if trv" int0 SOvereig s will the officials did net agree to pass an is"ready with gui reced- order to refuse any more freight made erv member o? ti .llism. up of original packages of whiskey aigrt t0 UDi10i<i ? amtnt from other states. It is claimed that p'0jjCy L?t alf ; tc se- the governor took wh'S* extreme meas e0mes sav'to hit tween. ures to keep the dispensary alive. at the'water's ed< Hicks Attorney General Barker saiu that " " esche- the charge of conspiracy is not true. Deserte* in his He said that the state authorities of Some months 5 nto ef South Carolina were not trying to claiming to be fr e for- overrun the federal courts. lie claim- took up quarters urle^n ed that Bluthenthal & Bickart had re- ley, S. U., neij?h mmis peatedly violated ine law, even as and married JKis: -nding construed by Judge Siaionton, and the same c^mm he sg- ihat they sold whiskey to minors in j wetk, after havii I. Tae that State. He s*id that the whiskey j months, Gi?athj sal to lirm shipped Jarare quantities of whis- ! h2S not bten se it-need key into South Carolina ihat did not man, father of : good j appear to iisve been in original pack the city jesterda 2 it is | ages. Mr. Barber took no active part! ing link.11 Gwa ciareu | in the hearing. He was here to repre has a sandy mus sent the governor and to see what the eyed ?Cbarlotte 1 - -jl ? iharje against Gover- WORDS'? WISDOM j zcotdmg to Attorney die main point at is- .Dillon of original pack- BY DEPUTY COMPTROLLER OF CUR-] nds that an original REN^ COFFIN. Icey is the package in key is first t>acked at . ? i . ? stillery. The defend- An E5"st:c Currency the PrtsMng >sedj sav that Bluihentiial of th? South and Would Itelleve New j seen seBdiBg whiskey Vjrk of ?,g6 Io:er.| ia t^at was oottled at and that was not in ??' nt ouu from trie fac- Deputy Comptroller o? the Curren-j an's cecisi&n in the cy Coffin, in discussing; recent ady will be awaited v?ith vance in money ra'es in New York alter is one of nation- sajd; and the decision will "Some of the recent sharp advatces , the dispensary case. . .. . , , r , , :ral Barber says that m rates of interest on demand loans av Las been a very in New York is n~ doubted ue to spec costly statute -At- Native manipulation of _tne stock on market. Lut I tniDk the impulse to 1 ihis unward turn has been give a by rAX PROBLEM. ths heavy withdrawal from New York of funds for the legitimate purpose of t not Fanlakab1.? by Im- moving the COttOn Crop nOTC Coming soEiasEt. to market. As a resident of South delinauent poll tax Carolina, famiiisr with the move- j id countv, and in the of ^ cr0P<1 have for Jears ob' i ome trouble as to the served its effect upon national bank in collf*c*ing the statements, as weil as on the mone^ j Comptroller General market in New York during the month | 1 consulted, and has of September. As a rule the rates of a. The same trouble interest advance about ibis time, and! Dbtains in every other some years have approached the ate. General Norton danger line, arid while the movement of wheat and other ?rain crops has a which has arisen in contributed to this effect, still I think ' over the collection movement of the cotton crop has 11 taxes is but natu- &eeB tne mam lactor ior mis reason, aethods ncretofore in i The average value of the cotton red. yield is about $300,000,000 ana it is known that each an- practically marketed between Oci. 1 ,he general assembly March 1, or within a period of live irpose, Slate, county months, but it is peculiar in this reading poll taxes, and spec?, that only about ore ninth of ally how these specific the entire c:rop, when this is 9,000,000 | :ollected and applied, bales, remains ia the section where it j of the general assem is grown. Ot' the remaining eight J hsre about 1885 made nintfcs. about 2,000,000 bales are | t of pell tax a misde- shipped north, where it is manufache session of 1896, tured, while about two-thirds of lhs | was left out of the entire crop are exported from the Unit> non payment of poll td States. ad 1897, accordingly, The rapid removal of so large a proeanor and the delin- portion of this great product within >ayer cannot be in- so short a period of time requires a ore for misdemeanor, large amount of actual currency, for n the criminal statutes ^ost of the cotton is paid for in lnteina, Chapter XXL, rior towns at the south with spot cash. 5 will be found sush As the cotton-growing region is not ; a careful review of densely populated, tUe accumulation ? ' - n k ?re ;his section (377) will j 01 oaiusiug uapnai mere <3 uuc summaterial was taken cient to provide the enormous amount 2, page 43, and has of money needed for a few months to taxes of 1S92 93 only move the crop, and for this reason mly for that speciSc southern banks nave to borrow large Constitution, which ly from banks in other sections during ran. 1, 1896, made the this crop period. This is reflected in poll tax to disfran- national bank reports for the past few years by trie following figures, showthe general assembly iog the amount of money borrowed session under the new &y national banks in the distinctly t out of the supply cotton States of North Carolina, South naking the non-pay- Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missisa misdemeanor, and sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas )7 did the same thing, at dates in each year approximating .hat trial j ustices or Oct. 1 and March 1: lot try or imprison October 5, 1397 6,395,000 for non-payment of February 14, 1888......... 1,7S3,U00 ? iocs ? cms mm ti8 fiscal years -x} ?, VjWUW t nber and December. February 26, 1889.? l,'73lj0G0 .s there is no authori- September 30, 18S9 9 257,000 ti action. ' February 23, 1890. 2,181 000 of county treasurers October 2, 1890..'.-..<..n'534.'000 is for delinquent poll February 26,1891. 5^548*000 1 as for all delinquent September 25, 1891 15,553*000 j lal property. When March 1, 1892 3' 621*000} s issues such execu- September 30, 1S92 lo'&i9 U00 f ? tbe same to the sher- March 6, 1893 4j72o'>000 S j;plac? said executions October 3,1S93 12 351, 000 agistrates and author- February 23, 1894 1,941,000 Jt the same with le- October 2, 1894. ll'm'oOO The cost is $1.00 for March 5, 1895 2,761,000 such costs as the law September 28, iyy.5 ^ lo'803'000 If in all matters of Feoruary 28, 1896 4^016^000 es. In other words, October 6, 1896 11 098 000 I difference between March 9, 1897.,..., I'385'OOO of an execution fori When me borrowing "of the Ssate a poll tax and xor J banks i j, these States are added to 1 property so far as) ?-hoss of the national banks and it is * - - - ' ed, and the issuing, understood tJaat most of tins money is j ;ting for same. The borrowed from New York, it can be I nonpayment of poll s^n ho w potent a factor the cotton! is'raiichisemeat?the croP movement must be in affecting )t legally vote. interest rates in New Yoik. lounty the treasurer These figures, I think, too, show ecutions, as we learn, vital an interest bankers, meririff gave the magis ciiants and farmers in the cotton grc wese executions which mg States have in a currency which ;ollecting with legal would be elastic. If any plan could nts h ive been issued, be devised under which the southern executions issued as banks could issue additional currency, 'olio wed legally. equal to one-four,h of their capital ent poll taxpayer for stuck, during the cotton season it ious years can ba in- would bd a godsend to that action, jayment of poll tax, For it would enable the Danks there j ma 1?97. LU itu-uxoii mo muucy xiccucu ?ituwui Df the supreme court, ouiside aid, and. free from the cost of e to treasurers' costs interest now paid on borrowed money, :>nly "where warrant and national banks in all other secfndavit of treasurer, tions haying the same privilege. The zt cases of executions result would be to make money more rer for non-payment abundant aad cheapsr, and to relieve tie New York market of the annual Is of 1S96 and 1S97, strain now put upon it. be issued by magis- On October 6ta, 1836, the capital ions can be issued by stock of the national bants in the s; therefore this de- eigbt States named was about $38,000,ireme court does not OUU. 'Jculd they bave isiuea currenthe issuing of execu- cy to the extent of one-fourth of this treasurers or sheriffs amount, tney could themselves have furnished about $9,500,000 of the $11, 000,000 they were compelled under endeace at Hand. existing circumstances to borrow outn Allen of the Cuban side. la my opinion, therefore. the nted States today is- cotton growing s uth has a more vi ?"? A ^ rol i . 1- rt-i />r I riXJL^ auuicoi lu lJ-x^ uci UvYwiag a ^aua league: "A year of which is elastic, as well as safe, than is about to end in any other section of the United States. List spring nearJy Of this republic, at A Horrlo'.e Oearh. :ed by the legislature A dispatch to The State from Sumaoke for Cuban inde- tersays Thursday about 3:30 o'clock y hundreds of thous- Williim Anderson, an employe at responding to the ap- Mr. EJgar Skinner's gin house, met le, hava made it man- with, a norrioie deaih. He was standDpinion is on the side mg ia front of the gin, which was argents and hostile to running at a high rate of sp?ea. Now the hou^ of Stooping down he reached his left Cuba is at hand, arm uncerneath the rapidly revolving r voice of the ration saws, and ia some way his sleeve was "ched the executive, caught by t&e teeth of the saws. In y has been mush too an instant tue unfor'.uiate man was xibution at hand will jerked up to the front of the gin and quency. Oar minis ! neid fast wtiiie his arm was cut into \ o Tkatri/->iir? j?n1. Ac cr?r?n cc incsihl^ thp rr? --i* 1 do that which shall chinery w:is stopped and Aadtrson plunder and mediae- was extricated, but ihe deadly saws labs, allowing its en bad doae their work. Medical aid was a states. The nation summoned at once, but before a phyas, if necessary. Ev- sician could reach him deatu relit ved ais league should be nim of his sull';ring. A jury of inhe president in such quest was empanelled ana a verdict , when the moment rendered in c-ccordance wiih the above. n: "All divisions end ya " Exp irt Xhlcvca. 5?; Recently the passengers on beard d H.e Wifr ^ tk2 &]eepjng car 0f the night express igo, J. E. G-watnney, i^aviag Vienna for Cansbad were om near ^ Statesville, chloroformed without their knowledge in the Pleasant val- by some clever thieves and robbed of borhood, and courted aJj possessed, the amount stolen s Martha Norman, of amounting to some $20,0U0 to $'30,000. unity, iji^t fcjuudav : 3g bten married two Hurrlcano Strikes Florida. ley disappeared, and Florida was visited by a West India en since. Hr. Ncr- hurricane today. Business was more rs. G^athney, was in or less generally suspasd because of y hunting the ''miss the heavy rainfall and fierce winds, thney is a tall fellow, It did cocsidera'ole dsmage to propitache, and is cross- perty throughout the Stale ana severObserver. al people were killed. A STEADY DECLINE j 3RYAN IN CA ?c the Cordltion oi tha Cotton Crcp In this ! He li Ec:fcxiRia9ticsll7 3 Srsto. ! People. The weather bureau of the depart- J 0,ne of the mcst rem: ment of agriculture, climate and crop, ^ nave seep m a ionj issued for the week ending September 1 til? _ same time sigmf 20th, by Section Director Bauer, reads J Uniting Allan, a we.i. as follows: j P*r ^n^vice an ac ''Toe hot, seneralJy dry weather | deliverea durins caused cotton to open very fast, some jOttawa, Canada j prematurelv, and two thirds of ail cot- ~e kad never seen su toe i* now open with about half of the mannesiea Dy anv Ami crop pic-fd "This ?ppl:es to the whoie a? that given by fire t .State; in ;he eastern counties the pro- dians, "when Mr. Brysn portion opf>n and picked is somewhat bimetallism. "A*" M greater. Full reports from every coun- eluded," saic-I Mr. Alia: tv indicate that there has been a stea commotion in one part dy decline in condition since the first Sir James Grant, one i cf this month, and that during the P2611 the Domfnion, past week the decline was due to ex- inS towards the stage cessive heat and drouth, which caused uPon it and tegan add -t--j ; TmmpdTflrplv t.VT<? me piani iu sneu yuuiijr, immature ?: ?V j .. ^ , bolls. The reports also indicate that and everjoooy listened there will 08 praccically no top crop. 'ae begc.n, Canai That is to say, that cotton has either ^9U,5 ?r?s'l?e'::t<a->- ca:r,'i stopped taking on fruit since the mid- dsep interest. A die of August, or that where it did ^ seemf.c. as if,you had fruit the bolls and squares dropc-ed cnance against- your 0g * opponent, ana vrnen "No bioorr.s were seen during the showed that you, desv. week except on moist oottom lands. ??an7 ? ,^e !28B,WD0 GV-jr about one-third of the State the tmffguished members estimated yield of lint per acre will cad gone oyer to the en< equal an average, and over two-thirds 49 per cent, of the vo of it will fall short, so that making | millions of peop.e, v due allowance for tiie increased sere-1 selves, nere is certain!; a?e, correspondents estimate that the j now we have, yield will bs smaller than last year, ent I?ur cause> we s?e' and, generally,the worst reports cone j ?2?re a great man tha from the localities of usually heaviest thought. Tnere the_ production. In places where the plant *Vd with cheers for bu is still green, rust is very prevalent ?T^.aiv want to but many fields present the appear-1 -3Buea Sir James, taat ance of haviag been killed by frost, j r321QiSI 01 a people 1101 o: ''Except ever the extreme north-1 mother county, but kn western counties, where corn was j quee*}- We love tl planted late, it was not adversely af empire of which we art fected by the lack of rain and hot we nave allowed ti weather. The corn crop is now entire England to act for us ii ly safe and much of it has been gath ^4 legislation, and it: ered. Correspondents generally speak ] ??1E& ,that we have i of it as a fair crop, in places, a large { t^iere nas %8ei1 J10 ^ik oae> among us; but I say to "The wea'.her continued favorable j*kat ^ speak for theigre for harvesting rice, and now there re-1 this audience, which is mains only late May and Jane plant- j yistinguishea I have e^ ings to be cut. Late rice is not as j the Dominion, promising as the early rice, and in interested us., you have portions of Colleton the crop is very Ana it will ta^e a stro; poor. Threshing rice is well under strong man, to combat] 77av# and overcome the ef "Peas seem to be fruiting heavily this evening A; notwithstanding that the leaves near- thanic you for it. ly all dropped off the vines during the A Fatal F1I past two weeks. Pea-vine hay is near- A special from Chill? f j t , &n entire saua.e in thi -It was too dry for sweet potatoes B:iinbridge; containinj aud over some of the western counties business ?h' ?evJ the yield will be short. En-ly var.e- residecces aBd the Me, aes are yielding well. j viras entirely destroyed Some Plain Talk. ! da7 afternoon and two { Ex Governor St. John truly said at J*?? a recent political meeting that phrases ? ^ p B*ar?slev Th were perverted. We hear mucn loose f; . * ' ' talk derisively of our American dollar p_J5n? OPlP>.ai Jj?2, bsiag "a 43 cent dollir," and tsat ? greenbacks are "fiat money." Gover- BearWeVs drugstore nor St. John punctures tnese expres A ^ ^ ^ l??__ A _ NffAvn next ^ui^Zv. 3.ud Vyxtu sion* as tfiey are often misinterp.eted, t b d f fitting fi bus: r? word Sat simply means ^ unconSollable. law. Tnereiore 'Sat' money means *. ' lawful money. Surely there is noth- 0 L ? F*?nC?h,?\IUV irig very frightful about lawful mo aev. We hear a great deal of talk now ?? If J? about 43 cent dollars, bat the fact is! wsa.vo vre nevor had any such dollars. Butjj1115 m>.m e .ins: if the contention of oui goldoug jv*7' EC!fs ^?1,as friends that we have a 43 cent dollar rescue,!was unable is correct, then theie must be a 43-cent ^?;s ^urne<^ t0 ^eata, government back of the dollar. For j ?^ers were more or lei remember that the dollar is just asi??*16.fataLy. Tnerew: good as the government makes it. If},?7mf'' , f u.9 we have a 43-cen* dollar then we have j s-art from ?he bu a 43-cmt government, and the gov-If ^ . wrec^ ernment is in the hanas of a 43-cent j ^feQ - J010? +^,?^S+1 . political party; I find on one side of j J T? ? e this silver dollar tne head of the god-1 10m j A message ws dsiis of liberty. Is it possible that the erlJ ? J -6 ? * goddess of liberty has become so dete- ja ^Qe|a[rmi riorated and debauched under our j present financial system as to be worth j Southwestern and Oaio but 43 cents on tue dollar? On the!1*? ^e3T ^P001^!-jrair! - - . I an hps but thav did ri; other side of tms dollar, I nnd tne in- i0;?\ v" i V\ scription, -In God Wo Trust.' last fell ?Bclff' ncar! you, good people, have we at iast so j ?, j /f1*?3 w degenerated as t'o reduce the value of j ?us' ? could done our trustio God to 43 centsoa the ,b ?g comma dollar? What the people demand, I ^ and intend to have not iaier than 190UI cjvil service Ex a is a Juli, unlimited legal tender, silver { The Uaited States civ dollar, worth 100 cents, in the pav-1 mission has ordered thj ment of debts, with a 10U-cent govern- tion be held by its local mentbaekof it, and the government lumbia on Saturday, in the hands of a 100 cent political commencing at 9 o'cloc party." grades of clerk and carr xhi win m the Boti'.o. service. 0 aly Judge Coffee has given his decision in the suit over the estate of Jennie " follows- Carri Parsons, wife of^Capt^ Parsons, of toe 18 ?? sieamsnip rauiuu, y xum?l tion will be accepted fo: sea in Iscvoraber, 18/o, says a ban tion uniess filed with th Francisco dispatch, ihe matter came oa & bkn^ b( into court tnrougn tne filing 01 a will , ci0SiL bus^ss on said to have been found in a bottle Annlicatfons should be picked up at sea The Mrs of Capt Parsons claimed the estate on the rection if necessarv. \ ground that m la w when the husband tak?s tMs opMrtuiity 0 and wife weretogetuer in a disaster of ,he exaalinJtioEs are'of any kind, the husband is presumed to taWe citizeDSof the be toe survivor. it was snown that ma. desire to enter the at the time of the wreck Mrs. Parsons, 0utJre2ard l0 ?cCe or t0 who was placed in a lifeboat, while or religious affiiiaii0: her husband remained on toe deck of dtize;is8a!.e invited to tl;e vessel went down lust Tms fact shall be examined, grad was testified to by Iveil Handy, ouar- with entire impartialif termaster OI tue: steamship, and toe w;lhout rfgard to any' only survivor of the wreck. The nudge aT8 their Sficfency, as accepted the evidence and awarded tne 2rades they obain ;a tt properly to ih-j heirs of jits. Parsons. por application blanks i>ae was once well Kno wn oa tne&tage tioxJS aad information A ^ * - U ,-V VI .-V -1 .* -* 1 / , n V.a-f/.VC * , t ? 1 is vli-z u. tuc iii.ajo.aci duties and. salaries or in A Novel Township. sitions. epply to Hunt< There is a township in Diuphin ,?^ county, Pi., in which there are 254 ?^ee Service, Columbia inhabitants, according to the census, caiseoxthecoid a 1:0. yO voters. Tn tnat townsnip there* vv Hp*p ^^0 avcr^^e m* is no minister, no church, no Sunday along, his bands plunge school, no lawyer, no justice of the 0f his trousers pockets, peace, no industrial woru of aoy kind plored, and his head and no place where liquor is sold. orotect his facs from th There ara three grocery stores and one tuain winds d )cs he stc school house. When the people want this sudcea change of t to attend church they have to crcss ra8rdv one of Nature's the river to Firry county and walk to ther** is m??iiod in Nat Djtncionon. Tie to*niip is Reed. Sd'w for IhkisS There Ins b en bat one ease in the iuiamaa! coiinox. wh criminal court from that township in diiectly per.oendicular iiie last 25 yezrs. Tnere is not another and jrS jorce clcs2s fo township like it in the whole United then there'is a slight d otales* earth's axis of rotation The K?ai Ciaae. equinoxes, vernal and The Augusta Chronicie says tbe formsr occurring aboi real cause for falling prices forcotton a2C^ *k.e Autumnal at < is2senced by the kLO.ving ones, not ?lje night of Septemb to bear articles in a newspaper, but y=ar. At this tune the d Ncill's estimate of the crop. London are (<Tia^ length, anc evidently believes in Nsill more than P'-ly begins. Hicks^ it does lu tbe eovernment report. It weather until October 3 suits the English spinner to get cot Tj FooI the s , ton low as possible. We shall see later ^ t, , * _ r One of tne uses to on i . ? j now bun*? nut dv nor:r One Cftso in Atlanta. j grilld it llltO llDUr aiid The "board of health cf Atlanta an-j wheat flour and f.-ol th; nounced Thursday night that Carrie I ted. Much of this mix Fleming-, a 14 year-old girl, who re-jscu'h, where they see a rugeed from Mobile wilh her father j we don't know what go and mother, and who is stopping at a is said that the low gr, boarding house al No. 119 Auburn jries from 15 to 20 per avenue, is sutfering with yellow fever. { flour. ?A3A- | THE WAR MUST END. ~ 2fc:iv^d t>y the _______ THIS IS //HAT THE UNITED STATES arkable articles SAYS TO SPAIN r while, and at leant, IS ixOm iQKaferenc9 to tlie Coifilct Going oa In :-:i<own newspaCOUJlt of ail ad- Cubs, or She Will Take a Hand and End - jubilee week, it> ?r. Allan said 9> n.. ch enthusiasm It may be said that Cuban ind3srican audience nor.df?nr;3 i<? in sio-ht. Dismtohas froaa housand Can a- Madrid says that Minister Woodford was discussing told the Duke of Tetuan, Spanish r- Bryan con- Minister of Foreign Affairs, last Sat1, ' there was a uraay, in polite but firm language, of the hall, and that the war in Cuba must stop and of the foremost peace be secured before the first of was seen strid- cext November, or else the United He stepped States Government would do whatressing Bryan, ever it should then deem most advisaluse s-.i bsided. ble to secure certain and lasting peace. . 4Mr. Bryan,1 Minister Woodford notified Spain that dians watched peace must be established in Cuba by paigu last yea? the first cav of November. Minister t this distance Wocdford "did not,as the rumors have absolutely no it. present any claims for losses allegdistinguished ed to have been suffered by American t the returns citizens during the war in Cuba. The ifn t^ot" *rv I'i -> ]art - LW^ i n VU.i.U.^U. U1 i-LXO YU ^A1 WUUUWU" had been dis-> cation was the right of the United of your party| States to intervene and the determina* jmv, had polled {tion of the American Government to tes of seventy act according tc its own best judgment re said to our- for the establishment of peace m the 7a great man.' island should Spain fail to end the heard you pres- war by the first day of November, that you are far The tramtndous significance of this a ever we had fact can easily be understood. The audience went United States claims the right to in James and for tervene, and fixes a day on which it tell you,' con- will begin a new and independent you are in the ? policy. aly loyal to the spain not backed by europe. ring subjects of The correspondent of the Associated ie great British Press at Madrid learns upon high aui a part. Natur- ihcrity that the much discussed interne statesmen of view of Saturday la#l between the 1 matters of fis- United States minifciar to Spain, Gen. may ba that in Stewart L Woodford, and the Spanlot been wise, ish minister for foreign affairs, the of bimetallism Duke of Tetuau, was merely prelimiyou, and I feel nary. Gen. Woodford represented to at majority of the Duke the gravity of the condition one of the most of Cuba, and requested, in behalf of oDOn OCCOm- fa foe* +V>nf r Mvwjuk MwwvkM uiiw uawu vijlc^w k;m?iu tyuliia*. that you have find a method of spsedily" ending the mads us think, war and giving j istice to the Cubans. ag man, a very He offered the guod offices of the Unirour argument, ted States in effecting a settlement of EoCt you have the Cuban troubles, which practically 5 a Canadian, I gives Spain an opportunity of gracefully ending the war. If she does not embrace it within a reasonable time e" notice will be givan that the United 30the,U., sa^s: states must interfere, though Gen. e village of tne Woodford has not said so yet. Spain ' IiQ01st j cannot expect the aid of European iral handsome powers, as the United States ambassak a" CT^rC c*ors ^ave ascertained that all the Euby nre lhurs- r0pean countries, except Austria, rejrommen busi- COgniz9 thai the interests of the Unies in an expio-! ted g^+eg justify the iatter's interferthe drug store j ence Cuba, Austria, in this matter, y.';. e fire "was start- ^ influenced by the relationship ber\r T-ra-MlI a. .? * i .. .? :ween tne two dynasties, the yaeen ?y "w0 x Regent of Spain being an Austrian with _ roa/'jes. arcnduchess; but it is not likely that adjoining was Austria will take any part in the queslimited means ti0ri beyond possibly making adiplo- . ire, the homes matic protest against the intervention > in the mi^st 0f xjnited States. - ^ nble explosion THE spamabds nonplused. store anu Mr. ^ dispatch to the London Standard side endeavor fr0ai San Sebastian says: "Fresh coalproperly, lost munications have passed between CTniHis brother in- ^ed States Minister Woodford and the , who went .0 X)uke of Tetuan, confirming the views to get out and 0f t^e United. States as stated by the while several American minister last Saturday. 5s injured, duu press aQd. public received the as a stm: breez? intimation of the attitude of the Ame,mes getting a jjcan Government with surprise and riling oils ^ana incredulity. Even now most Spanred drug store, ^ ioath to believe the United house until 1- gtates in earnest in offering in the ntire townwas xniddle of September mediation, which is sen g to Wav- ^ certain to be followed in November for Slid* rtw ? rift/%ift*4- !*? /? ~ . ji tjj ? u^iaxaiM.u.u. uu.au JLS tuu xaw wJ jnts responded j st0p American action, because public <q8 fif opinion in the United States calls for boutnern rail- a de^ve policy, and because the Cu* is with .ne en -oans accSp? nothing short of ini ^rive / dependence The Spaniards cannot ly tnree hours realize that President McKinley had as given, j.ne f^Uy made up his mind before he was to preveat entrusted Minister Woodford with .mca^ea to the precise instructions, polite, but clear and peremptory. AU this places the nination. Government in a most difficult situa* il service com- tion, especially as it has not achieved it an ex arnica- the desired reorganization of the Conl board in Co servatives and has become involved 'Nov. 6, 1897, in equally troublesome conflicts with, k a. m,, for the the Bishops and clergy. It is strange ?pt in fhp nnst- to notice how the Snaniards are al citizens of the ready discussing whether Sagasta and x*mined. The th3 Liberals are not likely to come to s examination an understanding with the United ers, 21 to. 40 States and the Unbans, and failing . No adplica such a conciliatory courSw, whether r this examina patriotic considerations might induc3 e undersigned, all Conservatives to gather around a sfore the hour strodg Administration, presided over Nov. 2. 1897. by Gen. Azcaraga or Gen. Campos, to filed promptly defend Spanish rights." remain for cor 'he Commission Another Boad Comas In. if stating: that The South Carolina and Georgia jsn to all repu railroad is now the only system of ted States who any consequence in this State which service, with- has not thrown up the sponge and detheir political clared that no shipment of original is. Ali such, packages consisting: of bottles loosa in apply. They the car will be received. The latest ed ana certified system to join the anti-O. P. combinaj and wholly tion is the Charleston and Western consideration Carolina. Its circular which has just shown by the been sent out reads as follows: e examination. "Counsel having decided thatspir, full instrus- ituous or malt liquors, in bottles, relative to the when not packed in cases or casks, are e different po not in proper shipping condition, and ;r A Globes, that u?ual form of release will not reaminers, Post- lieve the company from liability in S. C. case of damage by wreckage, notice is hereby given that ^n and after Sepsnaps. tember 27, 1897, shipments of spirituan is rjnvpttir>rr it 7 - . t i _ *_ A " CYJ't8 ous ur m'dIfc "q^ors m giass, loose, noi l to the depths packed in cases, kegs or casks, will hitherto uiex not be accepted bj this company fo? t0 transportation. W. J. Craig, e cmlliDg Au- General Freight Agent" >p to inquire l' _ ? nermometer IS a Prisoner in Luck. pranks? Bat W. F. ICirron, hot imprisoned in ure's seeming the county jiil at San Francisco, 19 lime of the charged with embezzlement, has fallen the sun is en heir to a quarter of a million dolto the rqiator lars. James barren, the prisoner's r a time; for uncle, who was a prominent mining eviation in the operator of Montana, died last week Taerearetwo at Austin, la., leaving property valautumna], the ued at $500,000, to be equally divided it March 2L=t. between his two nephews. One of Due o'clock on these is the prisoner. The other, Liner 22nd, this ui^ Karron, is a barber in Sioux City, ays and nights la. Nj other surviving relatives are i Autumn pro known to exist. The San Francisco predicts cold heir was formerly business manager d. of the California Commercial and Souvenir Magazine. iath. & which corn is He Was Acquitted. iern mills is to H. J. Petit, engineer of one of the . to mix wiih trains that collided near Swansea, in s uascphistica- Lexington County, on October 14, ture is ship.Ded 1S9G. was rece itlv tried for criminal i to think that negligence and acquitied in the cirod flour is. It cuit court in Lexington. Three peoide Hour car- pie were killed in the collision and cent, of corn ) their a^ath was charged to Petit's negi lige^ce.