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I VOL. LII. " " WINNSBORO, S~ C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1897. NO. 18. 5^1 MR WILBORN TALKS " i gap ABOUT COMING GATHERING OF COTP TON GROWERS. j A Preliminary Yialt?Ho Will Go 0??r to j Atlanta This Week to Secure the Sail j and SIske Arrange menta. President Wiiborn of the Stale Farmers' Alliance, who recently issued the call for the convention of the Cot~ ton Growers of ifce South which is to be held in Atlanta on December 14. H fcL 'was in the city for a shore time yes HBp~terday. Daring his stay he was seen ^ by a representative of The State and talked most interestsg!y of th3 outlook for the convention. Mr. Wilborn had a big vile of Jet- i te*s endorsing bis action and conveying the intelligence that delegates j would be present from all parts of the { South, fie said that a number of j r them came from southern bankers and j merchants, and he found that this j class of citiz ins was as outrpoken in j regard to the purpc so of the conven j tion as any olher. Mr. WjJbora says that the Southern j Bankers' convention has been called j to meet in Atlanta on the lo'.h, the | day following the gathering of the j cotton growers garnering. He will I invite its members to corce one day earlier and be present at the growers' convention. In regard to Xr. Hector L;re's c*il ic&ut-d the latter part of last v?e?k. he says he does not take it that that call is in any wise in cor-flict *'ith the con | vention be has cailtd He understands j that Mr. Line is president of a p-rr J m&nent organization which meets! y once a year and that this convention j i Is simply tie annual meeting 01 inai organization. He has written Mr. Lane enc-osiDg a copy o' the report of the recent State conversion held here and inviting him and his associ ates to join forces with tbe growers who will assemble in Atlanta. Mr. Wii'oorn states tfcat he has bsen : in correspondence with t&e proper au 1 thorities in regard to tbe securing of j cheap railroad rates for delegates from I all points in the southern States. He | is satisfied from a letter h6 has recei-t- J p ly received from Commissioner Ricb I, * ? ? j??? v f/~ /N mi) 1 UA I aiu^u illc win ltc ^;iaui.cu. ilr. Wilborn say# that early next week he will go over to Atlanta and make all the preliminary arrange ments for the holdiog of the convention. Ha -will secure a suitable bali He says that the advices he has re ceived indicate that one of the largest halls that can be obtained will be necessary for the comfort of the con wntioTi. Mr. Wilborn will remain in Atlanta for several d*js Mr. Wilborn has received a very strocg letter from Mr. I. A. Suggs, ^ the secretary of :he Cotton Growers' convention helc! at Giiveston, Texas, in August last. Mr. Suggs is located at Greenville, N. C.; in his letter he offers hearty cooperation and says: "If the matter is stirred up properly in the minds of the farmers a remedy can be found and I think the most effective plan is tbe one suggested by - tbe convention "of August 2." The fftllfturinm artwiot from thoco retfilii. ?tions. a copy of which was enclosed, spill be of some interest: ' Whereas, the history of cotton production shows that the world's demand has increased at greater ratio than the world's supply, and as measured by '\he surplus on hand at the end of each cotton season, the surplus has grown less for more than twenty years, proving the falsity o? the cry of over production as proclaimed by speculators and revealing facts that under proDer conditions would have made prices steady and improved during that lime; i and Whereas, these other conditions! make li necessary that legislation he contrived and enacted to relieve cot ton producers from these oppressive,j UDjast and ruinous conditions; there ] fore be it Resolved, That we urge the people j of the cotton-growisg- states, iuviiiug the co-operation of the citizens of all \ other Slates of the Union, to ir-sist) upon and secure legislation in every | possible jOrcu to prevent the existing | icjury to our cotton trade produced i by speculation and gambling iv. our j markets. Wp -*r>rr.rr-,pr>ri ?=? -inst. ard r>pf?psssrT ! the suppression of cotton. 4,fumrts," j and to that end we' ask the co opera- \ tion of all people in seeuricg such! State and Federal legislation as sftali! come within the legitimate domain of; Federal and Stale legislation. WV j urge legislation to suppress the opera-j tion of sziy system of Gealin": in what j is conesiiy known as furores; th&t it j may be made unlawful for aay firm, 1 -v corporation or the agents of &ny such 1 to ceal in the sale or narciase of c-jt | ton 4'futures. It should be mace ui;lawful for any bankorbar.kin? institution, teJe^rapu telephone, express or oth^r co-^-ration or person, t^ir oiSctrri or age.jus, to take, receive or trazisuiit a&y e^ Ssga morie), bia or dcpo>ii f -r in cottor. fSiuie* in cur respect ive Siates, or so b transmit**! b oiheis from sucn States; that it be made unlawful fo- a^y pe;-$ n, fi-a or corporation to puoiish or prini, or circuidte oy ai.y rutlhod ice priuts. bid of the proposition of s*le or pur i chase cf faoirts in tae Stales S;> le^is ! lating. We urge that these a: d other neccs J ; ssocy measures 'or the relief of the peo j pie De itKeii up oj ponucai convenlions regardless of party Hues, inc >r | J&^norated i* their platforms ai.-d u.ade | Knio Jaws for the cocnmon goud; be it? further P* R=solved, That aatioaal legislation i is cectssary in th?- nit re complete sup-! prtssion of maik-t gambiicg, aud ~t! urge our fellow citizens of every State1 to use all honorable means tc secure suca legislation as shall comply with} the constituiioiiai iimiiaiioas of ourj federal power; that mey urge upjn ^ their representative ia congress to en- j & oc? r-r--* I 1 n^OTT^vit I >:- WVw OiAWXJL J-*. C*z> Will ^iCYLUw j any person, firm or corporation, or j their agents from transmitting from one State to another propositions for I the sale or purchase of iuturcs from | one State to ite citizens of another;! that all exprtss, teiegrapa, telephone! or other companies or pernaps in an | interstate capacity should be prevented from promoting future gambling between the Slates; that the transmission of money, messages or any com munication regarding the sale or purchase of futures be excluded from the United States mails, to the end that j this public evil be suppress a and lue people be freed from. j.iie ruiirous condition now thrust upon them by ike concentrated manipulation ol speculators and gamoieis in trade. We respectfully recommend to tha producing classes that they earnestly i B L memorialize congress through their I ' respective State legislatures to enact j such laws as will protect the people: from this great and growing evil j H known as commercial gambling in i futures.?Columbia State. IT WAS ONLY IN JEST. jo Sat Koir Both Ara Sorry That They Did j It. Social circles in East Macon, Ga pretty littie suburb of Maccn, are all If stirrtd up ever a ;pke perpetrated by Q two clever and popular young people ^ and its consc quences. At a pleasnut liuie social gathering r Sunday nigot. Miss Sailie May Block- j F er, a charming young lady of the set, j a and Mr. Clifton R Mann, a promising j ^ young railroad man of social standing, i also, suddenly announced that tbeyj^ were married. This sarprisicg sta'.e i ^ ment wa; recfived by the young peo j b pie pretext lika a thunder clap :'rom j a clear sky. It was kuown to all of |?' them that the young folks have been > exceedingly fond of each other's society recently, asd that Cupid was slvly j f-1 working an inroad into their heart?,! was pre'.ty generally believed, out ma j* announcement that they had baen s~-!f. cretly married some time ago, was re (i] ceived as a huge joke for a time. They j bjtb, however, avowed that it was j ^ true, and that t&ey were not joking. jv Tbe situation grew somewhat s?ri-j w ous when the lady of the hoas>, Mrs. |lr Sykes, decided to m?:ka a test. Sae: s&^d it was a matter taat cucjht not to j k be jokea aoout, ana 11 is saiu oy um- j lies who were present, tbat she pleas { b antiy remarked that if the youa;j peo- it pi* were really married a good test o would be for them to tseu aad th-re * give the saluta :oas that a datiful g< bridegroom wculd bestow, audagcii- ti uine bride, h^w-vt-r, aeuaur, tni^hi ci naturally expect- la pliin words, a> ?v tfce story goes, the yeuag people were ti asked to kiss eich o her in publuilo prove that they v;sre not j s'.iair aocu.- i i their msrriase, and it is suit! tail x'a s ] 'a c*:niiia;inn wft? rtadiiv nidL bv ine J e1 lovic^ c*>uple who, it sesrns. v.-8ride-jh termiaed that the j :ke, having b?ei> !" started. icuKt go, tiiOiuh this p^r; f j K the s;ory is defied by tie yuunjj- la^-'y. | So far all went well, and the yoAug j nr ^e^pie were warmly and cordially | o congratulated. Bui they little dr^am- ] n ea that they were playiug with nre j K The bridegroom left that ni^ht for | h B>leaa, where he holds an important jg place with the S-mthera railway. The j ^ bride remained ia Macou at the home w of Mrs. Sykes, where she had btea w boarding ana where the affair oocur- t> red. She declared the next day that it was ali a j ike, aad then Sirs Sykes said i' she had really not married the t!: _1 1J i T yOUQ? diitl sue WUU1U uavo iv ica*t 1 her nous? She said the joke had been | s< carried too far. The vouug lady did | p not leave the boarding house, and so j li far as the world knows, there has! w been no marriage yet. The joungjs man was in Helena ioday, and siid to it the Constitution that there was no j ti. iruth in the report that he cas mar !w ried He claimed ignorance of the lit-1 ti tie occurrence. H3 simply denied the | ti report that ha was married, which re- rr port, by the way, had appeared in cc solemn form this morning in the M?- tl con paper without the ghost of a smile k to let the public know that it was a u joke. - f pj Just what will be the outcome of ju the affair is not known. Both of the j tc jGucg people are well known andjD highly esteemed. It ma* be that their j ti wedding day is fixed for the near iu jc; ture, and tney were just a little too ]T jestfui by reason of being overjojfal 1 pi la announcing u in me r&tuer siagu* *<. lar manner tney engaged. i p; The follv of their juke his appeared I c< to both cf them. Their friends de- 11 plore the affair resulting as it did in !s so much publicity. It seems to have ^1 proved a tragedy of errors from be- d; gianiag to end. All of their frieads pleasantly -eclare that notaiag is left for them to do now but make tae joke ir hoJd good by getting married sure c! enough. ii Or The Start of Oae Million are*. "Had I caught my lr<iin that night," w laughed the man who had nothing to Q do for a quarter of a cenluy but sit jr and watcn. pine trees grow tos^eli his a oank accouat, according to the Detroit Frte Press, "'I would probably be a j p farmer now, trying to raise a mort j ^ ?tge and a few other things. I had ? .K gone to a little town in lower Wi-;con I &in to see a colt there that a maa want-1 g ed to sell ice. I was a good iidsre of 5 " s>tccs and shrewd on a trade, bataj0 gre-ner couatry lad nad r-ever b okej j into town. I would have wa ked Dacfe ? to the farm after I fouod my3-lf too] iate for the train, Da* I saw a haad.v.ll I, anncunciu^ a s^ow tnat and? couldn't resist me teaap:a:ion lo s^a i& j ihsugti it did cos: a quarter. *\La my hilarious appreciation x ^asi more of a!a entartaiaLaeat than thev | had ca the st^ge, especially >ts I u-.terJy ooliviousto tr.e fact that I die j J act lock like aay oaa else :a ths aud: | eoce. Towards ir:y ead a huj^e -cllu v t ^ came cut, tossed canEon sails in ibej air, held aaea out at arji,aie :i?i.h. ^.a^- : iitieU heavy weights. A'^er ?iihj vini o'" h:s pro vtss hs olfoi-d $i j tojay i">ae wnora he could aot a ia2ojiau-.es. I was he cr.ck wiv?'. ' it:r o* ail our section, tcouiu yres-u: kue*r 1, aad i fe t as i-iuu.j-j < tne ca-lieiitjc WCLS aixt\i li r.-otiv aie. I turned noi atid c-.> d uurus> iae ^ ftwsecoiicis of ivteas- iii ;.ce i'iicr: rt I sprang up, and as I cimr- oui o my 1 oid oiuuSi, sa-jaied; 'Til yo juu 11 b'&osa.' i?aere \Vi3 a r ^r of iau*ii it r, and tueu sora-; of loose ao >ui a ar^e: m-r uo< 10 g> up taere aud fiiv> j* a>v tecs o-uKeu. But one oiu xhau v tviid rae to go in. Is ?'as a lough j -o, * oai-1 tiiiiiiiy iar-;v7 iae <idat aioiOst ? f>u fl iny* \? l < ^ o r.i v?uvw: oc ; there was a lima inrsh'iacy aoout ^iv- j __ 1)32 tne las $10, out t&e crowi snou ed j * iiiiI got is. "aea ;a<j old aiii t-.^ok 11 iris ncrne with hiai, and in a w.*k I j u n*d charts of ail me lepras in h'.s luui- \ * tercxiap. Iaticael OeCsiaae a part-jc n-r, and heclearei tne way to maie;" me rich. That was reaily a roatoh for!n a miiiion." !0 I o A Pecailar Accideas. | ; Miss Bertie Wilson, of Souv.h Man Jo Chester, Ky., 16 years of a-e, cast;!. wiLi a novel and fearful acsider-s s?ri I o day a'ternoon. She was siiticjj ia j v front of a coal stove m?kia^ a ciraw it ing, her head beat low, when quick as j u a lightning Hash, the Tielluloia com'o j caught fire. The blsz: at once envei- s oped her head. Sne ran screaming into the dining room. Her father o happened to be in, and, keeping ids! presence of mind, seized a Ducket cf j b waier and pcured it over tut? gin's \ L .head. Tne flames were stopped, ira; ; $ not before all ner hair was ourntd oif j and a iarge section of the sciip in jar-; t ed. Her c.oihing also ignited ana her j arms, back a :.d shoulders were b&dlj : injured. j i / ME AUGUSTA ELECTION, j IOW PATRICK WALSH ELECTED MA- j YOR Wi IH VOTES TO S--ARE " I ipm Bribery of Vo:ers Charged on all! Sides-Tho Colored 2X*u and Brothov! I Sella His Vote to the Highest idd.r. | The most exciting and hotiy con+es-1 id election ever held in Augusts, j ra., resulted Wednesday in the elec ! ion of Ex Uuittd Stales Senator Pat-! ick Walsh for Major, after acaia-; ai^n lasting several months. Ii was j thr- e cornertd fi^bt between Mr. Vaish, Postmaster WiUia-u Dunbar nd Councilman Daniel Iverr. Mr. T^jsh was elected br a plurality in { oth wHite ana colored boxes. The C ilumbia Slate says the ^cam ! &'"g i was a disgrace to our sister city. ! : was to decide,as declared, "'between j :>re* good menit had no excuse for; abbiuu auu vuu^ci, i?. Auvvi*vu j o vital public interests. Yet it was i ill of charts ai;d cou aier-charges, } od v?as mi'ked by aa insensate ma j goity. Tiie el- ccioa was a smU ??eat-:; r disgrace. T;-e Augusta S^eoia^J teraid, which supported Mr. K rr, is i ery frank in its siuteai^nc as toihej, ay ia which votes ware secured, say ; ?: ; At 1 o'clock it was S(3 generally ta-1 -- .u .* XST : ou )Kjr grauicu nias, xin\ ai?u juo%ct . on a do oy a iarg* piuraii'y, if noil v a znsj -rity, tnat s iraaiscs v^ere be-j i/? ia^u'tfsd in *s to wb..*t fc?.d{. rcu^ht ar>out the ' jaadsMJ?,"' as ii : as cal^a at that hoar It -va-: trie |? eaKral cpitiior, it ssera*, ttiat taeh len apparel victory was das ori-i- j ioa ly la iae fact tbat Mr. Waisa as the besi kuovra ii.ati, iiavja? ius rallied to t is siaudard iae arao-r of the osst p <iit\cil workers >10 wiosa tixuds bad b^ea p.u tae ; LT^i-si aaoaut of ruo .ey ?;;is raou V, it -vas udca-tied, h^a bse ? pu is so duds ih.it kcs.v ho/? 10 tlfec'.a il?;; ^e it *nn trie purchasable vo e Che '.'sir m?a had oi>u?.y. to ?, and plasty ; f it, uu- uot as oiuOi as the W*lsa iea. &. :& tub K-rc aie'? u-,eduas jst theyciuid If thi Waisa in-ia J jugnt a ce^ri it was b:-cau;e the ! ierr inen<!iJ -iot get a c :aace to buy ; itn. I th^ Kirr aas.i or-i%te a ro it was btctas?; the Walsh me a oid : ot gee a caarxce to bu> hiin. Taat ' as the long aad short of it. There i as oat ii tie attempt to iiioJe tie fac lat votes were bein^ bou^st and so-d. ?ae Serald says further: ' j< Nj secret has been made today in ie maiter o? purchasing of voies. \' ney wfro openiy boughi and op^nlj' \ 1 )id. Five dollars per head was ere j ric^piid. Negro leaders now aha len received a larger sum. Negroes i 'ere bought ri?Lis and ief;. Ali bands i new thai thsir opponents wrre buy sg' voies. So far as the largr? pjt^t of ; ie negroes were cjncerned, th? cJtforr, < as no: mads to persuade or dissuade ; lem It was to see wao could niaie : ie money at hand go farthest. The : lan most adept at buying votes?the j 1 tan who could make money go far- j i s, with the negroes?was ihe wor sr who was in demand Taere is no j ;e discussing this feature of the cam-; j aign. it nas naa its resuit. xnas is > n q uestion able. Tne resolve is made ij sday by Kerr xnea, Walsh raen and ! 'at D r men that for the last time in j3 le history of Augusta shall the par ;> lasable votec-xairol an election here, j hat is absolutely settled. The noa-': urchasabls vote of Au^u>ta is going j > rale in the 'uLure. Toe oiiadssL*' irtisan^hiy could not pre7ent that j: jndition baia*? Drought ab^u;. Cjun-!' y negroes were driven iaio Augusta |! is: night Is is reasonable to s^y nat j lev parcicipaiea ia me eiecuyzi tu j ay. 'fnis tniag is ended. And again : Tne Walsn ra=n raide a hit by us- J ig shining nerr siive? coin for pur I liasing purposes. K-daks ??e:e used | 1 ihe Firs; ward to photograph ne-1 roes in order to prevent their repeat- S lg if possible. There were re-roi 'omen at some of tba meetings last j ight. Tiiis was at bails waica were i progress. Barbeco j was offered at early *11 of tae ouli pm gACoerin^s iSt aight It is estimiiad tridC oesides sailed up ue^ross, taera were 1,000 j rhite raea, workers, who remaiaeu at rork last night. i Hire is aaotlier choice bit frora tae: [eraId's acjouai: K E Bailer of Tae Liacst aDua j it sapjjrt-ir. -7as sieu distribu.;;.? ii Jollotfia/ bill: Arn3N^I0NT i TT -V r \ r\ , . vu HOLD Y J(J& VOTE! ! It Wit- b? vV - c> .*? LsasS ? . $5 TO YOU: : LlTEtt iN dE DAY! inair of C. *0-. h .\~e bcsa Giv a $LU0 -or cverv 2) >;ea. raless Y =a H Gr>;e.i $5 S>Il i Y u V e I CaHP^IGX CO v TEE j '-Vt do utoi fi.^4 in T^e Or-asci-; y r-ifcr- r-ci o I dv'.-uuciiirj< o{. e e^surai* vV\ iuk- u ,r , <i ** v-r% ?>i vU~ *J 4.LU2 .. lU -i'.Olia; I-i m;a v.;a a -i'k ha? as n* d i >i as 'iitfv u f :r 31 u iiO.. <no . id ?--u.*d or uii v;S4'u-.s vr$i?s sin e > f cii.y niigauuds b; earij?i . ,rs 3 As st-iteJ ')-* n- Ja-Ma'CL-j tie t >- < ii ^ote -?*$ 7,505 la? ^ ir.u- s ' ,015 dca tt?-* u3 437; a id VI r ' V?isii r ? ive.< trie saj.y -ri u' 1.5 JU ?mtcs a-id 1 35J :i grue>. Jack Ojaca. niiCseif &a A Jg 1SU.U, jtifo tfte i'ia-ita j u ua!: Ill las FiiSr, 3=c->ad, L\\;ra &ad Ytb vvo?;is Li e Wj?u>a *oi-ktt'Sv?*c?t;d nc coiiiujr pi-.c-a at 2 .:"ci-xk wis; aoraiug wi a Jia-s of ?i < *>?. ~ai ic ras hours be ura lbs K-^rr negro-s; juia be broug -i to the j Ai*.- Ic ii; : ueaatfaie, is tola biio.v, lii -^Vaisa J itgro-S, t-eir U'jvt $5 DiiJU ; oealy ia lae facss of iae bi?ct cohor.s i ] K-.rr, deoaor* iz;d sad liaaiiy cap * a red taem. Taia advaatage j u&auest aud nsipea to briag :a liiis \ tie doubtful c<tc3. * Great w^ds i? mjaey are la t.':e hati-is of t&e! formers ia liiis ward (.Lis Fourth) aad h.3 pries ol the liS^ro voles is chmoiag l?' Another leie^riai from iir. Coliea ajs: ~ I Tiie quDiaticrrs oa negro voters at i ! "clock today were ?S iG-io^s: Iatiae.-.tiai ae^rois, preachers, bar j >er?, cup.iias o: salutary coaapaaies, I .17 apiece. Draym^a, haci drivers and hotel j toners, fro-iijpS *,o ?L2 ptc vols. "otubD^ra'' u^rots, from $6 to $10. : Coalmen, ordinary "coons," irum i >3 to |5. * i y y A LIFE'S ROMANCE. A "SVczn&n Who Watchcd Seventy Tears for Her Lover. The New K&ven friends of Miss juucmda my iearnea inursaay or ner d^ath in Springfied, Mass. She was 87;yearsold and a representative of the oldest families in New England. She had lived sll he? life, with the exception of a 'e=7 years spent in this city, in the old Day homestead. Miss Dj.y was ihe oldest daughter of Aaron Day and was born November 5, 1S10 The old ho^iest^ad is near the Park c urch in West Springfield. It is a quaint old house, a landmark in the lown, ana was never shown ic visitors without the accompaniment of a romac tic story of love and con stancy. Seventy years ago Miss Day had a love affair. The lover was a sailor, and on his departure for his Isst voyage Miss D^y ?tcnaist?d to place evi rj ni^ht a light*, d caudle in the window to ereei him if he returned in ths i ni^ht. Se never returned, but Miss j Day never abandoned hope of seem? j him *gain, and last ni^ht was the first j in several years that a candle has not j shone in tbe window. It was becaute i the hand that had so fa.itcifull psr | formed that duty was lyieg cold in ] dcat h. iliss Day was the eldest of six ehil ' dreo, nil of whom lived to more than ; the allotted three score and ten yea's. j Her es?r<y life was spent at homo. | v?i e-f she was educated in the public j arid private schools After she attain j fca mv.uHty sbe taug >t school for ^o:ne i m-> at iiiveruaie. loiter saei caiue to New Hivea to continue her ; si a dies, While here she started a small ] pr;VN:e scoool, which she conducted i fur about a * var. * iss Day w^s up and about, until >ritbiu a few d^ys of hsr death, alihough sne suffered asrroke of paraly- j sii a f>-w ears a^o Her last illness ] was of but a few da'.s1 duration. She ieavf s iajv.i s st^rs?Miss Lydia O-ikes j and Jar* E i-aics Bliss, widow of Isaael j 3U-s. *>. ta o* who a residrd with her .. ?*. _ ; - x * ?. I lu tae oia n^ms-si^aa, aau inrs. .ar- j (i>siada iluss-jll, of Amherst, A broth- j -.v *nd sister died several years ago j 3be also leaves 'wo coasicg?Pro'es- j sor D *y of the Yi.ie Theological school ] and iljracc? Day, of this city. The eld Day nomestead is one of the j most picLurcsqu? p'aces in the town. j li was bails iu i75i by Miss Day's greatgrandfather, Josiah Day, oa I Und owa>-.d by tby first miaisier of j Lhdt viciai.y. Tradition say that back ! n? Jho h-ius'* wrc?c an M jrminrf I s.-'-ge running for some distance a way j Lo .hs river. It was supposed to have j been used by the old settlers as a 1 m?ans of escape from the Indians. At ihe tim- of Saay's reb;ilion the followers of Shay entered the house on a foraging tour and made free use of what was to be- tound. Miss Dij's mother fled to the cellar and lay secreted there until the men left Before leaving they made a cut with a uaicnet on tiie wainscoting o( the front room, which remains there to this day. Battle Wich moonshiners. Moonshiners "W ednesday made a Sgat against United States deputy marshals five miles from Greenville and scored a victorv. Marshals Wayne j Ftrrzvson, J. B. and A. A, Pniilips j and I? D 6:uart made the raid. Ten j lays ago Bja Center was arrested for i ccooasaining. He proposed ta betray | tae Piitrnan gang and nis proposition I was zccspttd Tne Pittmans are a dangerous lot, fatder ana sons. They irua moonshine stills and light at sight Center arranged for tfce duputy mar shals tc raid me still of Pittmans five miles ibove Greenville on Saluda river, Wednesday at 1 o'closk. Tru* to time, the marsaalls went to the ap point place and found the still, bat I nothing eke. They separated to search 1 and walKed into ambush. The Piitrnans were armed with Winchesters, and the marshals i ad_pistols. At first fire Stuart f^ii with his tnigh bone shattered. He laid where he fell and urged A. A. Phillips to go on arid arrest the moonshiners. Pnillips wen: to ward tha house of Pitiman and was nailed at tiie point of a vVinchester. Ht; argued with Pittman, and while la;kifcg two other marshals appealed a;ja Putman tired, shooting Pmiiips ihrough ihe thiga. Tae in jonshiners then defied tae marshals. It was Winchester vs. pistols and me officers retreated Wnen the news reaCutd a onuses of nffiatjrs Want lu tat scene u: PaiJiips was .-ear/Vra oy His Dr^ner. Stuart reai^iueci vuere he ieJi and after ttie >jiav-r t.tS^ers ieii lie was su&jsjted co ..nsuil ana iudguiiy and Lhrtaocned *V I L 1 v* vi ?>, i ?1 Uriftiog Backward. ^Vh; auy Christian should S33? rec^m ort in 0 i<Jiit<ii fads is a zz d for l it.- piycri iio^ist. For iuca .:trs >. s tti" fuil ;>viu? extract, waic i '8 ii .a iu lis Da'.roi- Fr<e Prtss, may b- iai resting: '"iio-v oiauy people -ii'.i, uudcr-tand ihe d-irk and u ,ctr hive:-sticsi ta-.t seitios do vn up .-a t e -ttai'ts >' '.a ?ss *ao xa > vs uol --iis 3<ol-?iid tae Gr >d of 'htB.bie? la u.- Ojre^vt mc.r.t wj h<*w surro v?s a ad ti- ca. oaad ioasl,. h u\s, but yes vm i'jutC tor vcira ij ajeeing ia the b-v'Jud vxwrre p?riia^s n9ver cjoj-c b-i'. a>&\ii-a o^ris, j^rb.aps as ruilvj' IjVc bLfd a. d quiver ?:.d o-eafe . auuiiw-e uo kgaiorpy or /tsior uo.e oe^.>ud i.ais wand. A ziury Cuiiss irju Iu^ia, from iby Ani'i'Si-. i ilcOiCiii il s-jiau. of dii o d V7v> i?au 80 > toaid of age, tali aad ertC:, ?L.a .vitil iitr uair iise driven sa >w, bu-; /?h-j -VAS tetany Diiud Saticaxis lu trie d:*psnsary o: iJtie misai >a aaa SAid lo ine aii^ioaary: "Son. I wi;i t'ivy to th=e a.:i I cars; btar itli pa:n. (1 > du vtiling, u luou will tfive me my si~az oa-f^r&siaiieaicxxiint,' Gr-aau m jihcr, &a;d iae missionary, ',vn ua Ucr ixice ill tms pdiu and weariness for a flseiing ^ood?' sliercpiiei, a.uC; I otc^rue blind a little graud>oa !>* been born lo ms. He is toe only oue 1 iuve, aud I nave ntvcrs.-en-iaia face. X must ciie, and then snail became a cat or & doe or icog. We muz: be born Si,000,000 limes, aad the Lid will b&coms a cow or a ilea oi-a crow Atier mis lire lie is mine sad I a .a his ?0 mora. If 1 don't see him now I shall never see him again, for through all eternity our iives will never azaiu touch. Atid oh! I do want io see iiie iaddie's f^ce before I d:e.'! ii ItVtU KUisU. A terrible rail way acciden-. has occurred a: Warsaw Wednesday. While a )>Assetiger train was stationary at the terminus. a neavy freigh; train e.Msrei iuto it owing to the error of a pjiutsmaa. Eleven persons were kiiitd outright and twenty others were seriously injured. THOU SHALT NOT KILL" BISHOP CAPERS ADDRESSES THE CLERGY OF THE STATE. Crime in Carolina?Calls on Kinlsteri to Preach Against Alarmlsg loci ease of i hiomiciaca-i?Ay act apari. ! In the light of the recent statement ' that the record of crime in this State daring the year just ending as shown by the solicitors' reports to the office of the atsorney general, is just about j twice as heavy as it was last year, so ; far as the number of homicides is conI cerned, the following address to the clergy, issued Thursday by the bishop of the diocese of South Carolina of the | Episeop&l Church, will be read with i some interest: L-ifccese of South Uaroima, Episcopal R'sidencft, Columbia, S. C, Dec. x, 1897 ; To the Clergy of the Protestant Episj copai Church in the Diocese of South Carolina, and to our Breth[ ren, -aBl other Minister's of the Gospel throughout tne State. Greeting: Beioved in the Lord, at the last i meeting +yt our diocesan council the | following preamble and resolutions ! were adopted, to wit: ! .l. : . j I vv ucicttb, tae gruvviu^ uisie^axa ui ! human sfe Jba.s caused, the crime of j hcmici&s to brcome mow and more I prevalent and liizrant in our land, | until the- blood guiltiness cf our peo! pie has bcccais an cff :nce and crying ; shame to the sensibilities of the church ! and State; and Believing that public opinion should be g.-eatlv influenced, and can be most safely formed, upon the principles of | Christian mor*li;y. Itesoived, That this council do ex i p-e^s us solemn coad^maatioa or tbis I terrible sviJ; and in order to arouse a | wholesome public sen:imrat upjn this most serious su?j c:, R solved, furifcer, That the bishop requested to call upon the clergy of the tiiccjae to preyed upon some Sunday, to b=i aopointei by him, ! agii- si i'ue awfat cams. I Resolved, further, That the bishop ; be rt quoted to issue aa address pray ; iag, laftae name of this council, the go operation of tae clergy o? ail | cuurca3s and religious denomiuations [ ia this effort, and rtqaestiDg taem to jjia the ciergy of tais church upon i one day to be so appointed, ia preach j icg upofc oa6 subject, and appealing I to tiie people of in9 3;ate to put away ; the curse of blood guiltiness, which j cries out, alas! from the land against j us. In compliance with the action of couccii, I beg to address you this letter. The sin of murder is upon us. Homicides are of frequent distressing occurrence, and ia our judgment the public conscience needs to be instructed andi the public mind aroused to a secse of the danger which threatens ! ma castracier oi our paupie. Theyneed to be instructed upon the ! sacredness of human life as a gift of Almighty God, whose prerogative is to take what He alone can give. Without warrant from him no man may lawfully take his brother's life. Tee soldier on the battlefield, the officer or the law in diszhsrge of his prescribed duties, the citizen in defeuce of his own life may take life, without incurring she guilt of murder, for they act by warrant of delegated authority of "rulers," who are 'Gad's ministers,'.' and "baer the swora," Dy .umiie aacnomy, tupuu ish evil doers," but such murders as have of late outraged the la 57 of God, and degraded the sacredness of life, and dishonored the courage and character of ou? people, can lay no claim whatsoever to the sanction of Divine authority. We feel, beloved, that public sentiment needs to be aroused to a higher and nobler estimate of human life, j We call upon our clergy to rebuke ;he muraerer, ana to proclaim me ia y 01 Almighty G;d given to consecrate i aud bicss the life of every rnaa, made ! in bis imaee, upheld by His Providence, 2nd redeemed by the precious : blood cf His only Soa, our Saviour, j Jesus Christ. 1 I th'erefora appoint Sunday, the 19;h \ of Decaniber, the fourth Sunday in | Advent, on whick day I call upon tue j clergy of the diocese to preach against j the crime of murder, no n so prevalent j in our State; and I most respectfully i invite our brethren, the ministers of j Chris', o ail dea filiations. to uaite I wiin Ui o.a that diy in apaoldiog the | tnaj sty of Gjd's iaw, the sacredaess of ajiiiiu life, aad the honor of our oeioved Slate. Fair, f ally. Ellison Capers . ! Bishop of the Diocess of Soata Caro liai. Suffering on ;ha K'ocdiice. The Cabinet Taurtdij considered ? the subj-c: of sendicu relief to the ; p-^ooie ia the Klondike Preside t iJI-'Kia'ey rrceivca a teJe^raaa from : Jforiiaar*, Ufegon, ijaasaoer or 'o^ium.-rcf, staring itui tiacre *as danger of d^siitauoa *>.<1 st^ffiriug oa the K'uodikh aad ?.ffiriog tj supply the arc.'ssary food ioc relief it las Gov ^ruOiftit vou d uudtjrtak-i its traus portstion. The Cdbiaet con-tiered e'-'erv oia^e ufta<: si uicio-j, aud dis cussed w.13 s and '.nears of &ff jrcli-jg rciief. Ii was cec^ded thai n.-iaiug c -uidb ? d ifiti until Coag*v$s m-;, wrier a anaopr pria.ion would bs assea for the purpose o< transporiaiing ii/od saooiie.s. Although maay plans cave - J J ' ? ^ Urtttrt j "6 a U iscussv-u i;uua uaa uccu uoi>iui.u jupo j. It is prooabis, no.vever, tQAi | v7ii*tever action is taken will beujjd.-r ! ihi direetiju oi the vrar d. pirime^i aud by the time C^a^reas acu; ScCreta, I rv AUer vrill have formulated piaaa. ?N j tsu-oapt has beea mada to go up j me Yukoo, as the ice has ciostd pro j jiTtss la t&at direciiuo, Tae reiiei I supplies will have io oe bent over tb? : passes. Just ho.v tDey shall be trass ported is a quescioa requiring earntsi coasideratiuD. and one that will re quire the stuay of many plans in or der thai an entirely feasible one maj ba. evolved Shot from Atnbaaii. | Frank Sherman, a prominent clii | zin of .Mouse -Jreek, Tenn., was sho' j from am bash Thursday night and in I stantly killed and his son Cecil W* | mortally wounded. Thursday after noon ilr. Sherman and his son. lef [ home to visit Ssveet?rater, a distant i of about seven miles. They started to j retura home aoout S o'cloci. . Whex j witain about two Jhundred yards o: ! their home, and jusc as ihey wen : turnirs: from the main road, the: \ were blinded by tae iUsh oMwo shoti | that were from ambusn. Th j eiaer Sherman fell dead in his tracks shot through the hear;. Tne son wa j wounded in the arm, shcuider an< j side. Bloodhounds were put up^n th? * trail of the murderers. RISE OF THE REGISTER. Excelled Family Xewsp New ?ea! tares- SG a Year. The Columbia Register has enlarged its Sunday edition to sixteen pa^es. i and do *7 publishes what it claims to j be the handsomest and most interest trig paper published in this section cut I side cf Atlanta. Under its new management The Register has been a strictly nonparti- j san paper, and, as is announces, is conduced for the people generally, irrespective of action, or factional issues. At a large expenditure cf money The Register has secured the exclusive rights in Columbia to the service cf the famous Bacheller Syndicate, of N?w Ynrlr. which sunnli^s such nrom ineat journals as the New York Herald, j Boston Herald Philadelphia Press, { Chicago Evening N,;ws, and St. Louis j Glebe Democrat with tneir brightest and most brilliant features?all of which are now incorporated in The Register. A brief description of these features may not, under the circumstances, prove uninteresting: The Current Service Page contains each week from two to four well-writ tea, carefully edited articles cf imme diate ana general value, and each is illustrated in the highest style of ' newspaper art. I The exceptionally brilliaUt and well j conducted Woman's Page, with its j | regular fashion articles from tie pea of j j Miss Annie Ljurie Woods, rruy well i be spoken of as standard, aid its big j and handsome fashion pictures drawn j1 by suco artists as 3 West Ciiaedurstj and B 'A. Waters are not only accur-j rate as to ths latest details of woman's i attire, out also genuine works of art. i The Youth's Page aims to make its content? sued as will not b9lie i's name. Almost all the articles are of a nature to interest lae mature as weli j is the you eg. This servica is as carefully illustrated a3 ihe pages pre 7ious- j i,y mentioned. Tfle "41. Q .tad" service is especially /}~vicrried to> .il^au mirh hri.?hr ^-Aur. I I iiuiaor arid crisp, well written snort < i iaies, wni:e tac: illustrations a^e irom j' | me drawings of E. W. Kembie, litsr j ally the fu anient draugnismcin iiviag. j: The story extra, wnich appears on j: Sunday oaJy, consists of a short story, handsomely iliuslrated. Tne daily j serial?appearing on wesk dajs only ?includes among its contributors the! j vftrv hftst fifitiori wrirflpsin theE ifhsaii 1 language on both sides of the Ailaaiic, I as tae following lis: wiii sho*: A. Conan Doyie, Frank R S:ock j: > ton, A T. Q liiler-Go uch, Ssauiey J. j Weyman, iiax Pemberton, Mrs. Ai-1; exaader. Grant Allen, Hamlin Gar- j iaud, J. M. Barrie, S. E. -JrocisiE, j> Gilbert Parker, Jarocue K. Jeroaie, j Octave Tuanet, Duifield Osoorne, Mar- j garet Deiand, Barry Pain, Mary E. \ vVilkias, Julian Havnhorny, Joei Chandler Harris, Aatnoay Hops, Blancae Willis Howard, 0. K Gaines. O^ea Wister, Siephen Crane, Acneiia E. Barr, W. W. Jacobs, Brander Matthews and others. ! xne aay ol tne n.i%a. przcsa nevrepa-\ per has passea. away in this state. J When a paper sush as The Register is J today is olfered :'or six djiiirs a year, | it canscarcalj b? called a souuo. basi j nsss proposition to asi the public to pay two tmrds more?or $10?for pa pars that canaot compare wish its cheaper contemporary in the amount or quality of matter presented. Sauipie copies mil be uiaiied free to | any adaress upon aspllicaticn to THOilAS ADDISON, Manager aiia iiliitor. The Oatlcok Xoi- Corion, The situation of the cot to a market is not such that buyers are lading hold ; very lively as yet. Tnere s=ems to be a growing opinion that iovTer prices I must yet prevail. _ The large crop on nand, whicii is esuaiaied by good judges to be rising 10,000,000 Dales j wisa a vary iignt lo.-ciga demand \ almost places tne cotton grower at tne? mercy of tiie consumer. A call this week from the president of a large j soutnern mill seems to confirm our: opinion ia this maUer. Tne geatie- j alan above referred to informs us that j tee 7 ftiLiy expect to Day cotton in f Augusta, and utner prominent south- { ern points lor 5 cents per pouau, and; j that it will profcaoiy b:i sold at 5^cants j in New York, it this prediction | proves true. those who have held off j in buying their year's supply will oej j the gamer. To the coitju gro wer it j i means a. large amount of iaoor for j I notainj?. It business abroad was good no douot a higher pries for tne crop j would nave D'sen realized, Das tiiej preseni outlook for coiiou msaufac-j j tares iu E^iaad ii Very p or, and if | I ihe proposed pLui of a rec'ucdoii inj s Sbe v/a^eb of ;ne operatives :mtae Laa-! j shire mills if carried cu; is more tiiau i iiikviiy a serious stride iviil Uka place j JAito^iker, iae prtseut oiuiock fori {iiie colic u placer is no: v ry encour-j ; aziuz.? Amtrisaa E;o jrier. ? ! S?-van ?:? D.-rsd. ? . e ?* . a 1 a ! 5 special iryui iLauicsvinc, ja.i? ,: |sii^s: Seven men are ut*d audit, I more are not expected 10 iiv& froai tae I nsults oi o.nuUia^ a aaix'.ure of -vood jaicoiioJ. aid caeip w&issey. Tile '} i;quof was Dcu^;-.t ia Seioia, A!a , by : i Bui Auacr^oa ^danojaerfarairr aact ' or^u^ar H%re oy m :a aad retailed to I farmers aud iaoorers on tae Mobile Jaau Oii;o exieasion, wfcica is Deit>g | iir.ided oy tnis place. A jjr.-ai, au noer 3 -t .m/1 hcinr)? n;i rP.ha< ' j ed some of iUa mixture and immedi'iaifeiy after dri^kin^ the concoction j -veru taken violently ill." 2s j pnysiscian svas ai haud tni many ol tuem Idled before attention Coula De given *them. The alcohol *as labeled "for _ j mixing paint on;y/' lue affair has ' J created a great sensation. Audersoa :|ana iiis partner are amoag the dead ? B;li Anderson and J. L Jo^es, me 11 two men who :3ou^ht the stuff are me - J only names obtained at present. S : ! J Still HowUds fur UODU 2.3&C3. | We are told thai prosperity and j confidence, pirticuUriy confidence, J would come with ilcKmley's ejection. -JAnd now prosperity is doubtful, to t! say the ieast, and the PhiiideipQia - Press and otter gold bu* papers ai-e 3 howling for 4'the creation of confi denes"?more c^nfiiecce?co produce I [ prosperity. The people hi^e oeen g j huoi&a^gea, ana are reauy i/j3! and kick vigorously. 1 j f i Charles coa'a Sew Sheriff, b\ Gov. Eiiirbe appointed Mr. J. ELj - more Martin Sheriff of Charleston s (Couity to iili tae vancancv created s ( by the death of Mr. Hugh Fergus -n, f who filled ;he otE.ce for seventeen s!years. Mr. Martin was formerly ai 11 the head of the metropolitan police. ? iHis appoiatmea^ is a great disappoint ^ ment to the politicians of -he city. CRUDE 8EET SUGAR. 8021a Sc^gesMoa to Farmara Cere jrning its Manufacture, The fcllowiEg letters explain themselves: Br II. W Wiley, Chief Chemist, TTnitfiA Sfnf.pjt T>p.r)n.rf.m.p.v.f. of Ann'. culture, Washington, DC: Dear Sik?Tie Epitouist appeals to you as authority on tile subject of sugar making /rood sugar beets, and asks for such information as jou may be Trilling to funrsh for publication in relation to some proems? by vrhicb farmers may produce beet sugar at home in a small way for their own use. It is hcp:d that ih?3 information, which you are so weii equipped to furnish to the xmblic. may enable the man wi'h a cider cr fruit press and a fe-.v p >ts ai.J kettles to do something for himself in uJ> 3'ne of work while awaiting the slow devaiosmeat of the beet su fir industry on * ]i-(?er scale. We hu7? heard a stcry of yAur exki" ororhiim ss ft h m ycur farthers and may there not bs embrjo scientists now to be stimulated by the new tu^ir movemem? Trusting that you will consider ou" appeal as pro bono publico, we are, dear sir. Most sincerely t?ou?s, Epitomist Publishing Co. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DIVJEON OF CHEMISTRY, Washington-, u >j.. ivo? 9 iey/ The Epitomist Pub. Co , Indianapolis, hid: Gentlemen. ? I have your letter of the 2l iiisc., asking ma for an expression of opinion ia regard to soma pro 2;ss by whic!i farmers may produce baet ija?ar at home ia a smaii way for Liaeir own use. In reply psrmit me to say that the prodacr.ioaof a crude bser su?ar ia a small way is an exiremely simple prcc.-s3 Any farmer who is iippai with a cider mill for rasping tus beea, a cider press for expressing the juica au evaporator saisable for maiiag sorghum molasses, can produce a crude bees sa^ar. As a rale, Lhis sugar will not be very palatable, because it is not refined and contains Ihe sails and bitter principles ^hich make raw beat saga? and beet molasses, as a rale, anas for table use. It Trill b3, hovYeve?, an interesting obi^ct lesson to oar farmers to demon* strata the fact that the sugar beet itself coataios sugar, ana that the latter can he made la the crude fray I have rnea lioned above. la this way the mak ing of sugar ia a small way by farmers may prove a stimulus to the industry ana do great s;ood. Farmers, however* should not be deceived by the expectation of bring aoie to make their sugar ia a successful way commercially. The suceess'ui aad profitable manufacture of sugar can only be ac complisaed in expensive factories, equipped with all the appliances neces sary to make a pure refined sugar. Oaiy the pure refiaed beet sugar can ever become an article of commerce. Ia this the b2et differs from the sugar cane, because the latter wiil give a sugar which, even in the crude state, is palatable ana marketable; in fact, many people prefer crude cane sugar io tnertnaea article on accouaioi iss containing " the aromatic principles of the cane, v^iaicb. give it an odor and fLvor vory acceptable to most palates. I trust that any of year readers who may undertake ihe manufacture of beet sugar in the cruie way I have mentioned above may do so only from the point of vio;v indicated, and not with the expectation of making it a commercial success. I am respectfully, H. W. Wiley, Chief of Division. Llvd a; Homa, T? 1 COiJ <-UA t * I ? f A 'A A XLl 1UOU vi-lC AJ_ii U_kil>C* ViC Henry W. Grady, in his great speech sefore the Naw England Society in Boston, speaking o' the lack of diver sided industry ia the South and the proaeness of the people to depend for everything on iha outsida worlds, says: ''rnare was a poor man w'ao died ia the Scate of' Georgia. His ccffia came from Cinciana'.i, Ohio, bis ourial robs from the State of Ne v ; York Kis grave was dug with, shovels1 manufactured in the S;a;e o* Massachusetts. His numble headstone was fashioned of marole from Vermont, and aii ibat Georgia furnished was the corps ana the hole." Though preeminently true when uttered, conditions have changed much in the pas: tea years. Xne nard lesson of adver &i;y hits taught the Southern farmer taat the only escap* from ruin was to live at home The neglected bottom ; lands sprang into faithful corn fields. Tne comfortable gruet of tne .pig was | heard as every farm house, a patch of | wheat h'.re and tnera assured the - oaraer of a year's supply of wholesome flour. j Dja'.isu i'rom ,a.cc>ue.ats. I The Atlanta Ccas:i;uiioa has fi:ur' ed up a list of accidenis so classified as : t) s*aO their causea. Oat of four i ihcu^asd cases aotrdT only rony-three ' were dae tc railroads, waiie 6S1 were ; caused by felling on tue paveaaents | acd 143 from failing down stairs. Bi! cycles were responsiole for 413 acci d-iiis and tUia oi carriages ana I wagons for 42i more. Tae whirring | of machinery, which appears so dan | gerous, contributed os:y 10? cases ot accident. Tie fact that the Jarg 3r number of misitaps fcave occurred at times whea people did no; feel themselves in danger, suggests the wisdom of tne constant prayer for protection, not ocily wiien we feelouriGVcS in perii, out all times?day by day. A Dael on tha Street. A terrible street duel took place at Horatio. Ark., hist Thursday, in which 1 - ? ?-u:' 1? -1 " - fa to i. LkjiZll Yr cUs &UU <c?x liy wouuded. The dead rcaa is Dr. j Smiih, a uromicent practicing paysijciaa* of iiut piace, and the man i thought to be fatally wounded is J. J. j Saaitn, a pronnaent business rain of | Soratio and a broker of ta- dead doc tor. Ta& iiliing wis done bj W. W, jilillwee, a ho of Horatio, one of the s wpftlthif-sfc men in. the town. The ! tragedy was the culmination of feud cf long standing, arid owiag to' t-ie I prominence of tiie parlies it is aeliered j that the feud v^iil be continued by jsone of their numerous Hends and adherents, and that more D-iood wib be shed before the affair is settled. 21i3 Greta Eyed Aloa^tsr. | _ Ba;*on Passe tt, wno shot hirnseii !'Thursday ou:siae ias re-siusnce o; Mrs. K itis^sr, aa American widov> j residing at Vies Da, was only 25 yean I oid. iii was a law siudtnt at ih< Vianaa University and a nephew o ;':ae Austrian ambassador to Rome j They have been frequent scenes o ' jealousy bet ween ike 5oung Baro 1 anc Mrs. Kittingc-r. SHOT AND BOYCOTT. * MUCH ADO ABOUT POSTAL OF- FICIALS. ^||j Leko Clty'J Troubles?Colored Postmutci acd Aasisiant Fixed at?Said to bo Xhoronsbly Incompetent. >. Tho brief Associated Press dispatch in The Register yesterday save inior* rsation of an alleged attempt to shoot the assistant postmaster at Lake City, whosa name is Brailsford. Further facts learned yesterday from a gentleman living in Williams' - T i T_ _ A _-?_1 ourg county, mcicate toai poasioiy there is to be a repetition of a Georgia affair in this state. The postmaster at Lake City is a negro named Baker. Before he assumed the duties of his office, he was shot by some unknown party, but was not seriously hurt. Baker didn't make as much fuss about it as his black broth"Dstmasler in Georgia, and very little iias ever been said about it. Biker, of course, believes that he was shot because of Ms appointment, as it was after the nomination that the kr, ?usur uucuixcu. uuii uciure no ksua. > ^ charge of the oiS He immediately ^formed the authorities at WashingW'-ix. they evidently didn't consid- er hLa enough to bother with, as the government iaformed him that it had ao jurisdiction in the matter, as ifce shooting did not occur in the postofhea. Thus Baker barely missed an opportunity of attaining national notoriety. Ha in framed the nastoffics den&rt merit later on, that the white people, 77ho do all the postal business of the :owa, were refusing to patronize the posioffca, but mailed their letters on the train. As Baker's salary comas from the cancelation cf stamps, this vas a more serious matter to him than being shot, for it meant he would work for glory only. The government came to his rescus and ordered all mail slots in cars to 08 locked when tfce train passed Lake City, and in 4 f%r%. fA hoaaiwA abrUUbOU. fc'JL^ UUH IK/XOWl'li any mail. This compalled the people . % to patroaiz9 the postoffise. This they did not want to do for two reasons: first, bscaose the postmaster and his assistant are thoroughly ignorant and incompetent. Second, because the p03t0ffi;e is situated in a negro cabin, -half a miie 'rore the business portion of the town. " . The postoffica is in a pasture, and near the pasture gate. The mail is handed out of a window and there are no accommodations whatever for patrons of the office. There is no protection rom the weather- No wonder the people do not want to conduct important business ia sach. a place and with an ignorant negro, too. It is 3aid that the postmaster and his assistant have no more idea of what a moaev order is, for instance, tfian a cat has of Suaday. They have sense enough to acknowledge this fact, and when a money order is asked for they frankly state that they don't know anything about them, and advise p90pie to try theexpres3 company, which - 1^1 they axe forced to do. The shooting of Brailsford, the assistani^ occurred outside the postoffica, _ also, hence, the government is without -jurisdiction. Tne gentleman who furnished the facts related, stated that S97. A. McA. Pittman got on his bicycle and rode over to the pasture to get his mail, . He had to pass through the pasture j gate to reacii the postoffica cabin, and I nis mail was handed to him by Brails ford, who very kindly consented to open and close the pasture gate for him. While performing this service, a shot was fired at him. M Mr. Pittman cilled out at once to the snooter to be careful, as he was about No more firing occurred, and it was found that several buckshot had lodged in Bradford's anatomy, bat none struck a vital spot The postmaster telegraphed this to Washington but seems to have gotten the marble heart. It is supposed the two worthies will continue to hold their Jobs and ponibly b3 targets in the future for after dark ganners, until some great commotion is created in the country. Lake City people have had considarable trouble with their republican postmasters. Harrison appointed a jvery obnoxious wmte man. w me f place, and the people transferred their i business to the Serantan postoffice. The authorities soon realizsd that an incompetent man had been put in ofnee, and had him removed. Wheth- ^ ' ' >1*1 er the present administration will follow the example, remains to be seen, but the people of Lsike City think lime will settle tneir postomce irou bles.?Coulumbia Begister. % . One Lone Bobber. A dispatch from Keokuk, Iowa, says one lone robber, with his face hidden by a mask and armed with a revolver attempted to rob the passengers on the north-bound St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern train which arrived there early Thursday morning. A mintrel troupe and a theatrical company were aooard the cars. The zobber got on at LaGrange, about forty miles I Q/-w\<v> oftoK iho train Inft iSClUVV uac. uuwu ?iau IMV w. LaGrange the desperado, who had taken a seat in the smoking car, pat a mask on his face,.and drawing a revolver, started through the car. Pistol in hand, he demanded the money and valuables of the passengers. There was a scramble to get out of his way, but some of the men in the coach stood their ground and attemptea to disarm the bandit, who fired three shots fro aa his revolver, none of which tcok effect. He lost his mask in the scuffldaad fiaally escaped from the platform from which he sprang to the ground while-the train was going at foil speed. Tae bandit secured no booty. 33 Law 3?sk&s Held Up. ^ In VJL11UJ. ILbsA? XlUUi VUG UOUiJ^ia House of Representatives, composed of J some of the most prominent poiitici* , j ans ia the State, was Wedneyday, held , j up in a freight car in the O^eefinokee {Swamp and forced to give up a conj | sidsrable sum of money Soma of the msmcers or me committee were rvsp- 3? ! reseniatives Ennis, Thomas, Craig, Burweii, Cannon. Boynton and others Tney were to visit a convict camp in the swamp for the purpose of inspection. There were put in a freight car aad hauled thirty three miles over a ' rough road to the camp. On the rel turn trip, when in the midst of the ' tnrn mor) cfnnncH thft train flnH j o vr aiuyi u it v# k.?\*? ??iv wow. i, . s demanded $1.50 fare from each for the i road. Under protest the amount was f paid, but the train was stopped again . and the bogus conductor returned f and demanded more money. He was 1 given all ?here was in the party and i he journey was comsIeUd. M