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H A The Press and Banner. w====== p BI HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C. ; ' Published every Wednesday at 92 a year in advanoe. Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1902. Spreading Disease and Deatb. Weaeebytho newspapers that the Governor baa Just pardoned another convlotbecause he laaofferlog with consumption. This time the convict wto la suffering with the ' eontageouB disease was sent back to Abbeville Pnnntv From tbe number of consumptives who have been aent oat (torn the penitentiary that \ Institution most be a veritable breeding den for tbe most dreaded of all tbe diseases, tbe lotlm of wbloh are sent to all parts of tbe State. If, therefore, the State Is cot pretty well Impregnated1 with this fatal disease, no built ean be laid at tbe door of the State authorities. It ooeur* to a layman that neither tbe medlcal authorities of that Institution nor the offlt oars who oontrol it, have exercised proper oare to prevent tbe spread of consumption. If our Legislators could have let tbe corpo; rations alone for a time tbey might have done some good for hnmanlty by Investigating tbe methods which govern tbe penitentiary and from wblcfi defenseless prisoners suffer and die. If the helpless and powerless vlctlms could reoelre halfaa much attention as la given to the Interference with the business X of the ootton mills and other oorporporatlons treat food would be aooompllshed, and the f , State of Sooth Carolina woold be respected , tor lla hnmalntarlan acts. j Strange as It may seem, this breedi ng pen of : . peatllenoe and death Is within the very shadow of tha State House, and la in sight of the \v. , tha Executive tymalon. And against the v heartleunes of the Legislature and the lack -v : of oare on the part of other* the very souls ol the victims of inhumanity should cry aloud. < a kAnrl. o f-n hi InH IrliikaM ot uVUJO BUic AiOOUO, MIU nivn aivaota ??. f,';everything, manifest a lote of spit at the United States Government because of Its r; treatment of the Filipinos, and bold np their s'' handsin holy horror* because tbe brown man f of the East is made to behave himself or take >\- the consequence; bat they are as silent as tbe gu (tare on the subject of tbe infection of our j- - own prisoners with the germs of consumption, : and oar offloers with a recklessness or indlfv . ferenoe to the public welfare send out these prisoners to spread the deadly Infection in al' parts of tbe State. Tbe amazing thing about ' . the whole matter is, that the pardon Is grant' r 1 ed expressly because of the infection of tbe aonviot. If tbe annals of history furnlsb a - parallel for a oonrse so oontrary to the public welfare wa should be glad to know It. On this subject we find tbe following paragraph In the News and Courier : Skippers and seamen now in port will probably be interested In a plan Just submitted by < t. Burgeon General Wyman, of tbe United j States marine hospital service, to all commissioned officers and acting assistant surgeons In his department, whereby it is hoped that . tbe spread <of tuberculosis among merchant seaman may be prevented. - Tbe local surgeons have received from head' > quarters the following order: "Whenever a seamen suffering from a tubercle of tbe lungs applies for treatment at a relief station of tneservloe the medical offl r- oar or aeelng assistant surgeon In charge r - thereof shall notify tbe master or accredltea A agent of the vessel on wblob said seaman sailed immediately preceding bis application for - . relief; and, if said vessel is In port, shall, with tbe consent and aid of the master owner or agfniof the vessel, disinfect the forecastle or OUtar apartment previously oocupled by tbe tk . . amnssafd seaman. ' ?Tbe method of disinfection shall be aa folio#*: Through mechanical oleanslng of Zj?; floors, wallks and bonks with bot water and ooucentrated lye; wetting floors, walls and bunks with either of these solutions: No. 1. Oarbolto acid, one part; water, 100 parts. No. 2. Corrosive sublimate, one part; bydroeblorle aold, two parts; water, 1,000 parts. Forecastles should oe painted or whitewashed after dlslnlectloa when practicable. Masters, owners and agents of vessels should be Informed of the importance of oompllanoe with the provisions of this circular. A report shall be rendered to the bureau of every toreeastle disinfected under the provisions of this r ' circular as soon as the disinfection shall have been effected" 5 < The Importance of this plan hit upon by the nmAn ntuml'mn h? roallnwf tn tha fnllaat extent by those seamen who occupy apart mants, often not too clean to begin with, bat made still more unhealtbful by tbe presence Ofsn unfortunate consumptive. Tbe action of Dr. Wyman will do doubt be thoroughly appreciated by tbe men who pass the greater -> part of their 11 vee on board ship. It would be more In accord with tbe dlotates of common sense, and a proper regard for : v human life, to send small pox patients broadeast over tbe land Instead of oonsnmptlvee. \j_:y Small pox Is seldom fatal. Consumption is seldom cored. ?? The Capture ef Davis. Tbe newspapers are sgain discussing tbe capture of Jefferson Davis and tbe apparel which be wore at the time. We copy an Interesting piece from Sunday's State on tbe subject. It is aseless for Gen. Miles to try to 'v Justify bis course before tbe Sonthern people. my iu*jpijr hjbuo uiisui&o wuicu uiay or may not be excused, and that la all there la Of it. . ' Mr. Davla In hla '-Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government," gives thla account or hla capture, which every Confederate will aooept aa true. "My horse remained saddled and my pistols In the bolsters, and I lay down, lullr dressed, to rest. Nothing occurred to rouse me until jast before dawn, wben my coachman, a free colored man, who faithfully clung to our fortunes, came and told me that there waa firing over the branch, Just behind our encampment. I stepped out of the ten laud saw some horsemen, whom 1 Immediately recognized as cavalry, deploying around the encampment. I turned back and told my wife these were not I be expected marauders, but regular troopers. 8he Implored me to leave her at once. I hesitated, from unwllllngnesa to do so, and lost a few preclouB moments before yielding to her Importunity. My horse and arma were near tbe road on which I expected to leave, and down which tne cavalry ap* Broached; it,was therefore impracticable to reach them. I was onmn?il?rt m start in iho opposite direction. As ft was quite dark in tne lent, I picked np what was (apposed to be tay "ragian," a water-proof, light overcoat, without sleeves; it was subsequently found to be my wife's, so very like my own as to be mistaken tor It; as I started, my wife thoughtfully threw over my head and shoulders a shawl. I had gone perhaps fifteen or twenty yards when a trooper galloped up and ordered me to halt and surrender, to which I gave a defiant answer, and, dropping the shawl and raglan from my shoulders, advanoed toward him; be leveled his carbin at me, but I expected. if heflred, he would miss me, and my Intention was in that event to put my band under bis foot, tumble him off on the other side, spring into his saddle,' and attempt to escape. My wife, who bad been watching, when she saw the soldier aim bis carbin at me, ran iorward and threw her arms around me. Suocess depended on Instantaneous action, nod, recognizing that the opportunity had been lost, I turned back, and, the morning being damp and chilly, passed on to a lire beyond tbe tent." It was believed by many that there was no good feeling between Mr. Davis and Mr) Stephens. It was even hinted that Mr. Stephens thought hostilities should have oeased before the surrender at Appomattox. When theoollapse came we believe Mr. Stephens was at home. When Mr. Davis took up bis Journey for tbe West, It was said that Bome ol Mr. Stephens' friends urged him to escape before tbe Union soldiers would capture him. We beard it said at tbe time tbat Mr. Stepbens replied substantially: MVa T oKoli w-.? ' A OUBII U\JI lUUi TV Lit?Li I Lit? rCVlClCli authorities want me, they will find me at home. I would rather be banged la Crawfordsvllle than to live In ParlB." Whether the speech was Intended as a reflection on Mr. Davis will never be known. / Mr. Stephens had sympathizers in the views which be was supposed to bold, and lor bis speech, and for his remaining at home, be was endorsed by some, tbougb bis memory seems to have been entirely overshadowed by that of Mr. Davis. If you want to see the most complete line ol up-to-date stationery you ever saw. Call at Mllford's Drug Store. , . ' ' j Prenamptfoa. The polltioal forecasts by R. M. L. of Washington in the News and Courier remind us of the school teacher who was be'ng examined by a country board as to his efficiency. When asked whether he taught the eartb was flat or round, be replied: "I teach both ways, as tbe trustees may wish." R. M. L. Is either talking through bis bat, or else tbe Soutb Carolina members of Congress are exceeding their authority In sup porting or opposing anybody. Tbey are presumptlous in proposing to interfere with tbe > people in tbe exercise of their right to cast their baiiotB for the candidates of their own choice. It Is barely possible that some of . the honorable gentlemen will have enough to do next Summer In looking after their i own political fences. In speaking of a caucus > of six of the Congressman, R. M. L. says: i Soon after Congress met last December tbe South Carolina delegation held a caucus, at which were present six of tbe seven mem> bers. The purpose of tbe meeting was to , decide what they would ask the Speaker for In the way of committee alignments and what would be the general policy oi the dele! gallon during tbls session of Congress. As a i result, It is said, tbe members came to a harmonious agreement. South Carolina's welfare was to be the one end and aim of their efforts, and they were to back ud each r otner id tneir Binviug iur pium? mi mow constituents. It will be remembered that these same gentlemen who are now ready to get any, thing from Washington were very pronounced at one time against McLaurln because be had sufficient Influence to get some good plums for his friends. As a matter 01 fact McLaurln has secured more good appointments for our people than all the other representatives combined. If we are In error, we should be glad to be corrected. But we started out to say that the people or South Carolina will not likely take kindly to the proposed bosslsm as indicated by the following paragraph. R. M. L. says : Washington, February 16.?Trouble Is brew, lng among tbe members of the South Carolina delegation, and It Is feared that the end Is Dot yet. The cause of the Impending strlie is a story that tbe delegation had pledged It* support to Representative Latimer In his race for tbe S?nate this summer Where the straDge tale originated, or what foundation It has, Is as yet not forthcoming, elBe there would have already been a public denial from at least two of the members. As tbe matter stands, the members affected do not care to advertise tbe story by denying It through the 1 publlo prlhts. Furthermore, they are particularly averse to oommlttlng themselves to the man they Intend supporting In the race for the Senate, which they would In a measure be forced to do In denying tbe report. However, should tbe story continue to galD i credence, one of the members has declared his Intention of getting tbe delegation toorAtHor fnr Iho nnrnnaA of rlftAfint? llO lhfi whole affair. *" | Severe Senteuce*. To an outsider some of the sentences of the Court now being held at Abbeville appear to be very severe, and hardly in acoord witb the humane practices of a Christian land like this. The humane and equitable system which has heretofore governed our Court usually placed the sentences in the alternative, so that a man might pay or work out the One as he was able. The Idea of sentencing men to the chaingang for three months for engaging in a game or craps is so contrary to the average man's Benee of Justice that he may be inclined to believe that these convicts are more sinned against thau slonlng. We know not the law on the subject, and we are not familiar with the facts, but the sentence of the negro Elliott Houston is remarkable. He entered a negro house in the absence of the tenant and carried away some trifling things, and for that orime the ignorant boy or nineteen years is Bent to the penitentiary lor life. His partner got three J COiO !Ui|inovuuji;uk. It baa been said tbat the floes were not put In the alternative because the services of tbe negroes were needed on tbe publlo highways. But we cannot believe tbat tbe. Judge would listen to any suggestion of Ibis kind from anybody. If negroes were a little better Informed tbey would play craps In sucb places as are not forblddeD by law. We presume tbat tbere Is little doubt tbat wblte men gamble at pleasure wltb no fears of tbe law. Wben wblte men steal, tbey generally do so under tbe guise of a contract and cannot be punlsbed, bnt a fool negro takes goods away without tbe owner's consent. Can We Balld a $00,000 H 111 ? In case exclusive franchises, or rights, to furnlsb electric power In tbe city of Abbeville has been granted, tbe question of locating a new factory in or out of tbe city is settled, If It is to run by electric power. Tbere are advantages of location In, and oat of towu. For some reasons tbe location of a cotton mill Is better within the incorporation. For other reasons It Is belter without tbe incorporation. If oar people are half as muoh in earnest about a new Cotton Mill as they were abont establishing tbe existing mill, we can get a new mill. The charter, or grant, of tbe existing mill, was at first for f6ft,000. If it was well to build a $65,000 mill, tben it would not be bad business to build another. If we bad 960,000 subscribed, and could bay power from an electrlo plantanotber mill would be assured, but of less magnitude than tbe Abbeville Cotton Mill, While it is very easy to figure out bow a big mill Is more profitable than a small one, yet we believe experience has proved that tbe small mills generally pay a better dividend than tbe large ones. The Granting of Frauchliiea. Mr. Wakeling of our city Is an electrician. Wby should be not put up an eleotrlo plant at some of our water falls and transmit tbe power to tbe city? If be should undertake tbe enterprise he would no doubt find a market for all tbe power be could furnish. If suob an undertaking should materialize any new Industrial enterprise could obtain power and save tbe expense of a power plant. While It Is perfectly right for tbe city to award contracts for lighting tbe streets on advantageous terms, yet we see no reason for barring tbe entrance of other similar enterprises. If exclusive rights to conduct one line of business Is promotive of public welfare, tbe name rule might apply equally well to other persalta. A man might just hb well get exclusive rights to run a law office, a drug store, a a printing office, a general merchandise store, or anything else, as to get exclusive rights to run an electric plant. Increasing Wopderi. The cities of Abbeville and Charleston having been dreaming for ages or ibelr glorious past, seem to be waking up to the realities of the present. Ten years ago Abbeville built a school bouse. Five years later the old town got a move on Her, and gave one-elghtb of all her money to a Cotton Mill, the efleets of ' which are readily Been by all.1 Charleston seems to be waking up, too. A grand exposition was gotten up, and it has had the elTeot of creating a desire for further progress. It Is now proposed to drain a large area of swamp land to make It habitable and culllvatable. If the old oity continues to move on along the praotlcal lines, the old city may yet be great and prosperous. The work on the Charleston Bwamp land, is along the line on whlcb Abbeville bas been lalely working. When Abbeville gets rid of , Dendy's bridge and Charleston drains ber swamp land, we will go band In band to prosperity wltb tbe good old olty by tbe sea. The Charleston Exposition. , Many nice things are being said of tbe Charleston Exposition. Tbe newspapers Bpeak Its praise, and tbe visitors say it is a splendid sbow, well wortb seeing. Quite a number of our people bave been tbere. Harris's Carbonated Water and Ginger Ale Miliord's Drug Store. \ ( * " ' Y. . v / I * COURT NEWS. Court Convened Montlny Morning Feb. 17?Jndice4i)nice Prenldinir. Court convened at 7 o'clock, Feb. 17, 1002. j George W. Gage, presiding, Solicitor, Boggs, < "" -k~" Aibnn (Mork Pnrrln and Hht?r- I OlCUl'gltt^UCI, rtiauu, Iff, Lyon Graoti Jury was orgauized, J. F. Miller, , Foreman. Cases against James Howard and Ed Nance were continued. State against Sam Brady, alias, Sam White, Indicted for rape. The defendant having no attorney, the Court appointed W. P. Greene. Case went to the foreman and Jury. | J. H. Bapkin, F'm W B. Brown lee, 1R. F. Klrkpatrick, W.J.Edwards, |T. 8. Ellis, J. E. Mcllwaln, W. 0. Mars. B. L. Llpford, S.S.Hammond, A.T.Brown, W. H. Wilson, J. 8. Wilson, Jury returnfed a verdict or guilty on the second count. A motion for anew trial was made. Grand Jury brought In the following true bills: j Slate against Elliot Honston and Leila , Cbamberlin, Burglary and larceny. State against George Crawford, forgery. [True bill. State against Lindsay Cade, larceny. True bill. I State against Foster Kennedy, assau altnd ; battery with Intent to kill, and'carrying con- ' I oealed weapons. True bill. State against Henry Wldeman.laroeny from field. True bill. I 8tate against Wra. Terry, BenJ. 8trlbllne, Bad Gutter, Ed Dickson, gambling. True bill. State against Dlez Little. True bill. State against Jas. Brazeman. No bill. [ The case against George Crawford charged wlth_forgery was tried by tbefoUowIng Jury : 1 t). M. Munay, ioreumu. w. ^ iwuiuouu, T. W. Mars, W. D. Bell, W. J. Hill Jesse Holloway, J.W.Hardin, J. J. Grant, W. C. Bolts, J. W. Sign. Jr., ' J. E. Hawthorne. J. W. McMahan. I Found guilty. W. P. Greene, attorney. Sen- 1 tenced to one year on cbaln gang. Wm. Terry. BenJ. Strlbbllng, Bud Gutter i and Ed Dickson plead guilty. Were sentenced to three months on chain gang. ' i State against Lindsay Cade, larceny from field. Plead guilty. Sentenced to thirty days on cbaln gang. Cane as stated against Henry Wldeman. Tbls defendant was brought Into Court sick, i Case against him was nol pros. State against Elliot Houston and Leila Cbamberlln charged with burglary and larceny was tried by the following Jury: T. S. El IJs, foreman. G. W. McKee, I F. W. MoMaban, W.J. Hill, ' Jesse Holloway, J. E. H*wtborne, R. T. Kirk patrlck, S.W.Boyd, W. R. Ellis, J. I. Crowther, J. H. Bask In, O.C. Robinson. I States witnesses?Mima White, Eva Brad ; ley, C. J. Lyon, Lu'a Hall. W. A. O'Bryan, A. Baugbknlght, M. R. Belton, Geo. Henderson, jEd. Cowan. [ Witnesses for defence: ( i Perrln Smith, alias J am bo, Peggy Harrison, , Carrie Houston, Lutber Davis, Ben Noule, | Elliot Houston, Leila Cbamberlln. , After charge of the Court, the |ury returned a verdict of guilty as to Elliot Houston, guilty on second count as to Leila Cbamberlln. Elliot Houston whs sentenced to life , Imprisonment In State Penitentiary. Leila ( Cbamberlln, tbree year's Imprisonment In the , State Penitentiary. Case against J. R. Tacker and Olin Clamp Indicted for arson, continued. A Battle. Nobody sees a battle. The common soldier fires away amid a smoke-mist, ' or hurries on to the charge in a crowd , which hides everything from him. The I officer is too anxious about the performance of what he is especially , charged with to mind what others are i doing. The commander jjannot be present ^ everywhere, and see every wood, water- J course or ravine in which his orders ' are carried into execution; be learns | from reports how the work goes on. It i is well; for a battle is one of those jobs 1 which men do without daring to look ] upon. Over miles of country, at every Heldfence, in every gorge of a valley, or entry into a wood, tbere is murder committing?wholesale, continuous, reciprocal murder. The human form, God's image, is mutilated, deformed, lacerated, in every possible way, and by every variety of torture. The wounded are jolted off in carts to the rear, their bared nerves crushed into maddenine Dain at every stone or rut; or the flight and pursuit trample over them, leaving them to writhe and groap without assistance; and fever and thirst, the most enduring of painful sensations. possess them entirely. Thirst, too, has seized upon the yet able-bodied soldier, who, with bloodshot eye and tongue lolling out, plies his trade; blaspheming, killing with savage delight. Callous when the brains of hTs best-loved comrade are scattered over him ! The battlefield is, if possible, a more painful object of contemplation than the combatants. They are in their vocation, earning their bread. What will not man do for a shilling a day ? But their work is carried on amid the fields, gardens, and homesteads of men unused to war. They left their homes, with all that habit and happy associations have made precious, to bear its brunt. The poor, the aged, the sick are left in a hurry, to be killed by stray shots or beaten down, as the charge or counter-charge goes over them. The ripening grain is trampled down; the garden is trodden into a black mud; the fruit trees, bending henft&th their luscious load, are shatter ed by the cannon-shot; churches and private dwellings are used as fortresses and ruined in the conflict; barns and granaries take tire, and the conflagration spreads on all sides. At night the steed is stabled be?ide the altar, and the weary homicides of the day complete the wrecking of houses to make their lairs for slumber. The fires of the bivouac complete what the fires kindled by the battle have not consumed. The surviving soldiers march on, to act the same scenes over again elsewhere; and the remnaut of the scattered inhabitants return, to find the mangled bodies of those they had lov- ( ed amid the blackened ruins of their i homes; to mourn with more than ag- i onizing grief over the missing, of ] whose fate they are uncertain ; to feel ? themselves bankrupt in the world's i Htores, and look from their children to the desolate fields and garners, and thin ft of famine and pestilence, engen- i dered by the rotting bodies of the half- j buried myriads of Plain. ? ^ * ' iU.i 1 i liive me me money iuai una uccu spent in war and I will purchase every foot of land upon the globe. 1 will clothe 6very man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens would be proud. I will build a schoolhouse on every hillside and In every valley over the whole earth. I will build an academy and endow it, and a college in every State, and fill it with able professors. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to the gospel of peace. I will support in every pulpit an able teacher of righteousness, so that on every Sabbath morolng the chime on one hill should answer to the chime on another around the earth's wide circumference, and the voice of prayer and the song of praise should ascend like a universal holocaust to heaven. I There are some fruits which remain t acrid and bitter until the frosts come. 1 There are Jives which never become i mellow in love's tenderness until sor- t row's frost have touched them. s We are in this world to make character, and every hour we leave some mark, some impression on the life within us, an .impression which shall t endure when all the work of our hands c has perished. ? The Defence of Gen. Miles. The State. There ha? been sent to The State an anonymous pamphlet purporting to give "a statement ot thfe fHCts concerning the Imprisonment and treatment, of .IeSVr?'?n Davix while a military prisoner at Fort Monroe, Va., to 1865 and 1866 " (Jen. MiieH and his friends may as well understand that the southern people underBtand this matter. He is entitled to his defense and his defense ife entitled to fair consideration hut it Is a weak defense and In this exhibition of It there is nothing: new and nothing stronger than has been put forward before. The pamphlet beg'ns by quotltu the proclamation of PreHident Andrew Johnson of May 2, 1866, charging JtSerson Davis witb complicity lu the conspiracy to assassinate Mr. Lincoln. After submitting: President Johnson's proclamation the pamphlet offers these circummmces as extenuating evidence in behalf of Miles. "Jefferson Davis did not surrender when the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, was captured. He did not surrender with his principal armies when they surrendered under Robert E. Lee and Joseph E Joliuston, but It whs his intention, rr be admits in bis own book, "The HUe and Fall of the Confederate Government," to try and escape and cross the Mississippi so that he could Join the Confederate army In that section and conllnue the war. He was hunted down and caught In the disguise of a woman neRr Seluia, Alabama. The waterproof and shawl which covered bis male attire were taken and sent to the war department at Washington, where tbey still remain, and be was sent to Fortress Monroe to await trial on the charge of complicity In the assassination of Mr. Lincoln." It is almost foolish to drag in the oftdlsproved allegation that Mr. Davis was when captured in feminine attire. He denied it, bis wife has denied it and bis captors have denied it. It ban been indisputably establlsbed tbat Mr. Davis simply pat a ibawl around bis shoulder* to protect himself from the olgbt Hlr when be went out to meet bis captors. Tbls circumstance gave rise to tbe assertion tbat be pad hfleeted a woman's disguise but It bas been ho frequently explained by tbe best of antborlty tbai It Is surprising a renewal ot tbe falsehood sbould be made at tbls time. It most certainly does not belp Gen. Mile*, tor there is no possible connection between tbe circumstances as related and tbe sohackllng of Mr. Davis In Fort Monroe. "Tbe details for tbe close custody of Mr. Davis were drawn up by Major General Halleck, commanding tbat department, In persou, and In bis own handwriting. Tbe last paragraph of tbe instructions reads as follows: 7. Tbe commanding general of tbe district Is authorized to tafce any additional precautions be may deem necessary for tbe security af bis prisoners. (Sinned) H. W. Halleck, IT. ?. V., Com'd'g. To Bvt. MaJ. Qen'i. Miles, Com'dV. &c. 'Fort Monroe, May 22, 1885." "The assistant secretary of war, Charles A. Dana, went to Fortress Monroe, by direction af the secretary of war, to see tbat every de tail was properly arranged for the safe custody of tbe prisoner, and, in bis own bandwriting, be wrote tbe following order as an additional precaution against the possibility of any escape,or attempt to escape, and also against the possibility of tbe prisoner dolog any violence to himself or to any member of tbe guard: ' Fortress Monroe, May 22,1805. "Brevet Malor-Oeneral Miles is hereby authorized and directed to place manacles and fetters upon tbe bands and feet of Jefferson Davis and Clement C. Clay wbeaever be may think It advisable in order to render Lbetr imprisonment more secure. 'By order or ine fcecretary of war : "C. A. Dano, ' "Assistant Secretary of War." Tbls effort to shift the blame upon Mr. Dana Is unsuccessful for tbe reason tbat tbe order quoted leaves It to Gen. Miles to determine when it snould be "advisable" to manacle tbe ?. -.0 .u? i expreniaeuL ui iuo vuuicucjou/, itcaiii.m? that this plea 1b Inconclusive. the pamphlet seeks to aliow (bat tbere was reason ror thinking it "advisable." paying : Mr. Daba, In bla official report to tbe secretary ot war, described tbe appearance and condition or Jefferson Davis at tbat time In tbe following language: "Davis bore himself wltb a haugbiy attitude. His face wbb somewhat flashed, bat uls features were composed and bis step Arm. In Clay's manner ibere was less expression 3f bravado and dramatic determination." . "Notification was sent to ibe officals at * Portress Monroe of several plots which were rormed to effect tbe escape or rescue of Davis, tnd they were directed to take every precaution to prevent It. Tbe place selected for tils confinement was one of tbe casements of tbe fort then occupied by one of the officers )f the fort wltb his family. The officer and PIb family were moved out of the rooms and Mr. Davis placed In them. "To comply with what was authorized and, in fact, suggested by tbe order* of botb Assistant Secretary Dana add Major; General dalleck, lUht anklets were placed upon the inkles of Jefferson Davis In order to prevent tbe possibility of bis attempting to jump mat tbe guards or comroltt any actol violence wbHe tbe wooden doors were being removed from tbe room wblch be occupied and grated doors substituted. Tbese did not present bis walking about the room, but would iave prevented blm from running, If, by any :bance, an opportunity bad occurred. Tne ihange of doors was completed In Ave days iDd the anklets were then removed. During this time mechanics were constantly going in and out of the rooms. It will be remem jerod tbat Louis Napoleou escaped through be t-onnlvance of a physician and mechanics tvbo were employed in bis prison." Tbere is no reason for saying tbat Mr. Dana's order Imposed upon MMes ibe obligation to sbackle Mr. Divls unless Gen. Miles leemed It "advisable." Words could oot make It plainer than Is done by tbat order hat the matter was left to the discretion oi 3en. Miles and bis ever* attempt tosblrtthe esponsihlilty only places him In a moie pitiable plight. Gen. Mre's defender tells us a little farther in in bis anonymous production tbat Mr. Davis was at tbat time "strong and agile," jut bow could even a "strong and agile" nan "jump past tbe guard or oomralt any lot or violence" without being shot by the loidlers on duty ? Tbe real lnsue Is this: Here was imprisoned i man who bad served bis country lo tbe irmy, In congress, In tbe senate and hs lecretary of wur?In each position distinguishng himself for ability and probllty of cbarac- < ter. He was no common criminal, no des- " Derate assassin, but a soldier wbo bad proved lis courage and a statesmon wbo In more ' posts than one bad demonstrated tbe sincerity of hla patriotism ; a political leader lo i shorn trust had been reposed by two great itovernmenls. Yet Nelson A. Miles thought i it advisable to shackle this man while stronger doors were being pat In to prevent bis es> I sape. But because he bore himself wltb dignity 1 ind looked down In disdain upon tbe uujultured aandy wbo guarded blm, be was I luspected of a desire to run like a hunted sare. Tbat be fought tbe menials wbo I Placed bis ankies In lront, that'-he knocked lown one Dowerfal man and It took four I itrong men'to hold blm." Is everlastingly to ills credit. Jefferson Davfs, whatever faults tie may have bad, was never a ooward and sever took an Insult. / Had be manfully accepted responsibility 'or bis error, acknowledged regret and pleadsd passion and youth In exlennatlon. tbe people of the south would jierbaps have a belter jplnlon of Nelson A. Miles. Mlaerj Maker*. A great many youug people?and slder ones, too, carry their feelings = iround their sleeve just ready to be run into by every sharp corner they f pass, and their temper is always prim- " id so :5 will go oft at tbe slightest , touch. I One of the important lessons of life I ?one many people uever learn?is how | io get along with the people we come n contact with.. It should be the , ?arnest effort of every young peraou ;o learn this lesson. You need but to observe how much loss, how many jroken friendships, how many achng hearts, are the result of difficulties which arose over trifling things tbac jould easily have been set aside. One of tae worst divisions I ever jaw in a church arose over a goose get:ing its neck fa?t in a neighbor's garien fence. I recall at leant three initances in my State where quarrels ;hat coat life have arisen over trifles svorth less than a doilar. J have | jnown boys and girls who had been 'riends for years who became estranged over trifles so small they were ishamed to speak of them; Nine-tenths of all the trouble and ill feeling thAt arise between people uaturally disposed to treat each other kindly is due to two things- egotism i ind misunderstanding. ] Jiigotism mttKes people iniua su much of themselves they are overjensitive, aud are therefore always tvatchiug for "slights." It causes :heru to so magnify their own rights :hey are unable to see that others have limilar rights. ? -4^^ Some people keep their religion hs hey do their umbrellas, for special ccasionB ; they reserve their piety for Sundays, and fold it up on Monday. | \ Have you seen the handsome Buck's Junior Range ||. jy -ft I., displayed at our store. We will give it away to not over 14 years old who bakes the best pao f of biscuit at our store - -* ri ? x t_ ; un ?*eoruary xolii. i The Contest is FltEE FOlt ALL, and girls wishing to enter must come in before the above date. .1 *. COME AT ONCE AND (SET YOUR TICKET. THIS IS TOE STOVE ??take the friends to come in and Tickets Given Away Free at Oar Store Under Glen Ethel Inn. Phone 7. II? II PROVISIONS * * LrttUUJSJUfiS. We Have Them for Yon at Living Prices: VEGETABLES, COFFEE, Green and Parched. FRUITS, TEAS, (0. & 0.) CANNED GOODS, FLOUR, LARD and COTTOLENE, HEAL, HAMS and SHOULDERS, GRITS. - BUIST'S and FERRY'S GARDEN SEEDS. KEROSENE OIL OUR LEADER. Motto: "Prompt Deliveries." We run two delivery wagons. L. T. & T. M. Miller. Phones 7S and 85. t % t I****** PRATT'S f | POULTRY and STOCK FOOD. ? 5E The b^st thing on earth to give Stock JE JK and Poultry to prevent cholera and oth- JK K er diseases which is so prevalent from JK JK now until Summer. For sale by JK $ C. A. MI LB ORD, | Phone 107. THE DRUGGIST. ^ \SaMGyJSs$ktihgb\ I BY GEORGE EDWARD GRAHAM, 1 H flRPSjj.-1!.'"ill!'.'1!!!!';i ffTBflCpBjp. The liitrcpfd I'rcwi war correspomtent, who S BKSt"?1 ,= "io wis ubourtl the i . S. S. liruoUlyn during tho entire five UH a ulknthr ltlt?h\ T:npJlv:"'g the light*1 Wlth pbut0^^aph!, M I msmmtt '"The Mrs* Sensational I iMUtimm Ssok of the ?3y' 9 I faMulnBMMllli1!liill!Mi!l:\%'Wi Tho tni" storv of the famous cruise of the Flyinff 111(151?^''''C'[lu,;l'"'" under Commotion* Winflelil Scott Schley, includ- Q IciM Mill ISP VmPv ?-s*- ffiiliSlI inn the* bloekudu .init deitru-tlon of tbo Spanish fleet, Mi ISW '? ~f] TOLU 1011 ruK FUUT TiMK. M B ill Illll.'iV'i 2ChL I/i'vj'iilH Contains an uutoirrH|>h endorsement and personal H KfI II HIwv fujj acegunt 0( thu by Ke?r-Admlral Schley. Mfllllil litnlilA?:'liltoti'll "The facts of the .story of the movements B HIII![uiilnl ill antl operations of the Flyltiir Squadron as the fl1II j|fI f' ifauthor tolls t:icui In tins book are correct." \lu! fflSli ill!' I A" hitcrestlnr nnrratlvo of facts. Explains the so- fl \l?ISIi ll iMilH called 1 'I!rtri>trrai.* Movement:" the "Loop:" the "Coaiintr M MM Problem." ami *? * conclusively every adverse ruling XllBfflllW!^ of ?.o Court of h. jiilrj'. 3H W PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, when Governw J THE NEft' YORK HERALD says:?"Mr. | E I of New York, said:?"Mr. (irahom's story is I C'aba-.i, In the telling ol facts, leaves the I JV m the best accuunt I have heard or read of the 1 reader .'ree lo make the deduction that a H I aaval fighting during the wur. It n:edcd just B several caval officers need a Court of In* IB 1 as much courage to go about taking photo* M q.'irv to re-establish Ibelr reputations, II B 1 graphs as It did to work the guns." a tlicycan be re-established." 2 6W No subjcct has ever been before the public that has interested everybody as K the manner In which Admiral Schley has been treated, and the American people? demand the full recognition of the Hero ol Ssnltago. Tills book tells 1 evervthlnir lust as it occurred and as the eyewitnesses saw it. Book Is selling ^ B like wildfire. Liberal commissions. Outfit unci books now read", nena seven 2-ceut stamps for cauvasslnp outfit. ACT QUICK. Now Is tho time to"MAKE MONEY. W V Price $1.50, $1.75, $2.25, $2.75, according to style of binding desired. M I AGENTS I W. B. OONKEY COMPANY J ANTED | Sole Publishers, CHICAGO, \ - * ' / ; i GOOD ROAI)S FACTOR INFLUENCE OF TROLLEY LINES ON HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. , Tlielr Extension Need Came Good Road Advocates No Alarm?Will Increase the Volume of Travel?Prob*. lems to Be Considered. A new factor that must soon be taben Into consideration in connection with the good roads problem is ihc ?Tfnnolnn n# tho frflpHnn ! systems into the rural districts. Not content with the Immense volume of ' earnings of the Intramural systems, the street railway Interests have Invaded the country with long lnterurban lln?s I that are already projected all the way across large states, says H. W. Perry In Good Roads Magazine. These street railways, or electric traction roads, are not to be Ignored by the go<5d roads workers. They must be studied for the purpose of determining the etTect they will eventually have up- * . . '" . '- *.< !*?* - v ;< TTATtn OX THE HOBS& on highway travel, whether toward in- , ? creasing or decreasing its volume or as reducing the length of haul by horses , and wagons and changing its direction. Practically all of these railways parallel important highways between the principal cities and towns. Many of them have franchises from the statfc granting the right of construction and operation directly on trie puoiic Highways, while others own part of (hem In the shape of purchased rights of way. The cars on these lines transport passengers from town to town or between the points on the road as comfortably, more cheaply and almost as quickly as the steam cars between stations and far more quickly and agreeably than the trip, long or short, can be made by horse and buggy or wagon. It seems . v > obvious, therefore, that the electric roads will tend to reduce the light pas- v . senger travel along the wagon roads which they parallel .. . But the traction companies are not by any means content with passenger business alone. They have already embarked in the express and light freighting traffic, despite the legal obstacles which are being thrown in their way by the steam railroad companies, whose contentions have been defeated in the su preme court of Ohio. This freighting or express business promises In the v near future to become more profitable to the roads than the transporting of passengers and to grow more rapidly in volume. It cannot be doubted that this ' draws wagou traffic from the parallel highways. As yet few If any of the electric roads have attempted to embark in the heavy freighting business in this country, though it has been done In Europe. We may safely predict, however, that In time the traction companies will attempt to secure much of this business \ also, unless legal restrictions debar them, for they can operate as cheaply as the steam roads, and in many cases they have advantages over the latter ' ; In facilities for handling such 'freight. However, if the Interurban roads reduce the travel between towns on the highways which they parallel, they will surely increase the travel on the cross- , ' roads leading from the farms to the railways and which act as feeders to , the steel ways. They will also undoubtedly Increase the volume of travel on the roads reaching from villages off the lines of the*electric and steam roads to those through which these lines extend^ Good road advocates have no reason' * ?nn?A^nnolTTfl f Vl O + thfl GTm LUr UCLVliiUl^ a^icucuoiTt buuv M?V tension of the Interurban electric railways will cause any of the wagon roads to be abandoned and to fall into decay. While they seem likely to reduce traffic on some of the main thoroughfares connecting towns, their effect will be to Increase the number of J ,V short hauls In the aggregate on others. It is at any rate a factor in highway Improvement The progress being made here and abroad In the manufacture of practical and economical steam and gasoline trucks and "lorrlea," as well as passenger coaches, for the transportation of freight and passengers on the public highways offers the good roads enthusl) ast sufficient guarantee for a counteracting influence tending to give the Interurban wagon way a new importance. It will probably then come to a strug gle between the operator of the motor stage and the electric traction companies to decldt which of them can reduce the cost of operation to the low* | est point When Traveling Vm an Effort. The roads in Poland at the beginning of the nineteenth century were so bad that twelve horses were required to draw a traveling carriage, and sometimes sixteen horses were needed to drag it at a foot pace through the mud. Good Roads Growing In Favor. The value and importance of good j roads are appreciated more and more each succeeding year, not only by peo! pie in the rural districts, but by inhabitants of towns and cities as welL * Some parents think they ought to get to heaven because they send their children to Sunday school. TT !_ u - ??J:?: ~ ~ nn/| IK. nappiuess n w uuuuiuuu, auu LLIC manner of achieving it i9 more or less an art which can be cultivated. And the man who always enjoys himself , and makes others share hi9 enjoyment is not far from the kingdom of Heaven. A little self-examination will reveal to any thoughtful Derson whether he ( :is merely ashamed of having others know the fact. This is one of the | crucial tests of character. !