The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 27, 1894, Image 1
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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION. LANCASTER; S. C.. JANUARY 27; 1894. ~ ESTABLISHED 1842^
O Ver $1,500,000,000 of the people'i
money in Italy in invested in the royal
navy, arsenals, docks and her bora
More incandesoeut lights ere sup
plied by one illuminating company in
New York City than are used in the
whole city of Loudon.
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"If sheep had entered more largely
Into our agriculture during the last
quarter of a century," maintains the
New York World, "there would not
now be so many run-down farms.'*
English scientists are very much
Irorried over the results of an investigation
which has shown beyond peradventure
of a doubt that the seas
around the British roast are being
rapidly exhausted of flsli. The subject
is receiving grave consideration,
and it ia probable that elaborate meih;
ods of restocking th?> waters will be
undertaken withiB a few years.
' Mrs. 1'eary, in her Aretia journal
ays that Eskimo children are rerj
backward, according to our standard
At two years of age they are about as fai
advanced ae American children of tet
months. But, explains the St. Lonit
Republic, the Eskimo infants, when
they survive at all, are very hardy,
, || , ^UAl.1-^ A-.
awaa n.-vwv (U uu umi 11111^ IU BpeAH
c f when the temperature ia tweuty-iwc
degrees above zero.
The highes'; meteorological station
in the world ie Raid to be that of Charchani,
near Arequipa, which ie lfi,850
feet above sea level, and ie eituated
just below the permaneut enow line.
The Harvard College Observatory at
Areqnipa ia 8050 feet above the aea,
and th$ new meteorological atatiou ia
8000 feet above, the ascent lwing
made, by the aid of a male, in aboat
eight hour*.
One of the latest and moat popular
development* of New York aociety is
he lady lecturer, who talks to an
audience exclusively feminine upon the
topic* of the day. These "talks," an
they are called, are held only in private
drawing-room*, and are listened to
with the moat intelligent interest by a
core or more of women who have
clubbed together to engage acme wellinformed
woman to poat them, viva
/voce, upon all subject* with which they
should be conversant. This is a charm
jog wmj to acquire Knowledge, an<1 on?
which will uhdonbtedly grow morn
and mor? popular among those who
cither have not the time or the inclina ton
to study for themselves.
Justieo Pratt, pi I ho Supreme Court
. of Brooklyn, hopes that oyster men
wijl have no eml of trouble with each
other, facetiously olmcrvp* the New
Orlcnn? Picayune, A c.tae wan before
him th? other day, where one oysterman
accused another of trespassing on
hie oyster bed?. Farh of the parties
had specimens of their oysters on exhibition.
The judge has a weakness
for the juicy bivalves on the half-shell,
and when the oysters were opened
and passed to him for inspection he
swsllowed them, wiped his Ifps, and
entered a decision that both parties
had raoat excellent oysters. The case
was continued until a survey of 1 he
beds, and perhaps more specimen oys- j
ters, should be submitted to the const.
. Chicago is becoming such an asylum
for tramps, notes the New York Post,
who arc attracted by reports of the
wholesale dispensing of charity to the
unemployed, that it has been decided
not to feed aliens who come to the oil y
solely to subsist on its bounty. Police
ofltocrs are to be detailed to watch
freight trains crossing the city limits
for th# purpose of stopping "dead
heads" who cannot give a good ac
count of themselves. The chief of po
lie? also thinks it time to relieve the
pressure on the resources of the relief
committees by sending out of town
those of the assisted poor who have
nome* anri might obtain
anpport among their neighbor*. The
hnmber of dependant* mere**** nn*?eonntsbly.
One night recently 600
men Applied to the City Hr.ll for Iwiln,
in epite of the fact that free lodging
houeee were being opened on every
Aide, end the following night the nnni
ber of City Hell lodger* hed rieen to
676^ The eathoritiee hare reelly need
of gt*a to work on the eireetc, tat the
appropriated money ia very low. The
finperintendeat of the Htreet Depart
tnent aaya he can uae VKV) men nntil
epring. He wonld pat them to work
cleaning ditehea in the outlying warda
in order that the mirfaoa drainage
might not be atopped. The anperintendent
of the bureau of Street and
Alley ('leaning aaya he can work MHK)
men on the atreeta nntil epring it
tu may at the rate of 91 per day to*
is given to him.
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anxiety in the tabernacle.
Not Enojgh Income, and Talmage Won't He <
P-each to People at 10 Cents a Head
Broori.tn, N. Y. ? The trustees of I
the big Brooklyn Tabernacle are Again ral!
worrying themselves over the 8200,- rh"
>00 mortgage on the property The n
receipts nro not aufflcient to pay in- 'lp
tercst and cover the running expenses ,ut:
if the church pd
For the purpose of solving the pis
'Innnctal problem, the trustees, at the 'he
suggestion of Leonard Moody, re- ,lo
solved to charge non-pew holders who I'h
come to the Sunday services ten cents m<
for their scats. -ha
Tt was estimated that in this way ma
$.">0,000 a ycai could Vie raised. The ?hu
Rev. Dr Talmage sat down severely In
on the scheme. He said:
"My trustees are mistaken Do they the
think 1 could "onduct the servicer on 'a.
der such circumstances? Such an or- in i
rangement would offend the wholq ica
earth. They do such things in Eng- me
land.but it would never do in America the
It never can take piece under mv? the
ministry." ' 1
The trustees were surprised at Dr. the
Talmage's attitude, and they called war
another urgent meeting for last night, win
but 't didn't take place, a quorum not law
responding. ma
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Two More Hotels.
Two more hotels arc projected in
Southern -itics, which if built, will
greatly improve the places where they
are intended to be constructed. A
company is being formed in Charles
ton, S. C , to carry out the plans of t
.1 A. Wood, the New York architect
w ho designed the famous Tampa Bay
Hotel. It is proposed to utilize the
block on Meeting streets where the ''n
Charleston Hotel now stands and build
a structure of br ick and aitifieial store, '''V
j with steel girders, which will be fire- 1'"
liroof. The hotel in In pnnl?tn "rOfl So
room", with * Imge veranda aroiinr^ *'n
the outrode and an ornamental rotunda '
in the centre. Two tewen each IfiO
feet hiph are to he located on the front
eomera. and the interior ia to he fin- ',ri
iahed in cypieaa and pine. The coat np|
ir eatimated an between $400,000 and "P
f*>00,000. Hon. r> H. Chamberlain, '-v
F. W Wagenei and \V. M Bird. all
of Charleeton. are among the capitaliata
interrated. *!"
Chicago people have made a pro
poaitron to the citizenpof Fort Worth,
Texaa, to hnild a hotel to coat $.'100,- H ''
000, provided a aite ia donated in the ' J''
centre of the city. Thev have ant>mitted
plana for a fire-proof building,
125 by 100 feet, to he hnilt of brick
and artificial ntone, with nUcl pillnin "j
ami pirdera. Robert McCart and B.
B. Paddock are naainting to aecnre a WH
aite for the hotel and a committee ia ?'
aecuring dcnationa. on>
rawrrrr*" rrr()nu tin
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No
Teachers Will Be Wanted for the South Caiolina
Girl's School
Rock Hill, 8. C. The hoard of
trustees of the Winthroplndnatria'and r
Normal Hchool of South Carolina met
hero,viz: Gov. It. R. Tillman,Mesais. .
W. M. EMer, H. B Bniat, J. K of
Broazeale, ]). W. MoRaurin, *1 ? it
Joynea, A. H. Pntt? Mon, T A ( raw
font, W. .1, HihMv. It in jrxpectcd
that the buildings will he finished this
summer and the achool will lit- <>p<ii?u
in the fall. Quite a .number of t-nch y ,
era will he required and applications j
for positions may he made at any tune^ hti
to the president of the hoard of true
tees, viz: Hon. R. R. Tillman, Co- ^
Itimbia, 8 C. The teachers required
must he experts iusome of the lines of j^v
work the school will undertake, such
as qualifying girls to bach, sew, cook,
operat? a typewriter, take shorthand B|0
notes, besides giving them a general;
English education <>n;
" )ow
The Atlanta Crpozifion.
The exposition 'ever has got -from exj
the Pacific round to the South, and *fi<
Atlanta is engineering ?? big boom for
a Cotton Htstes and Internstional Ex- tre
position, to he held there next year tioi
Report* from all sections from Mason
and Dixon's line to the Gulf, and even
down through Mexico, are to the sf i
feet that the husin-ss men think high- Wi
ly of the proposition. Oov Stone of (;0
Mississippi commends the scheme, and me
Jackson bnaineaa men propose to da|
pledge half a million dollars for the,
representation of that State. One great r<|
object of the exposition would he tha am
development ot commercial relations
between the Southern Ststes and Cuba, fn,
Mexico, and Central and South Arnert- jn
em. Already freak features are sug- pj,
geeted, and one Atlanta plumber has t,v
drawn plana for u pipe tower 1,150 ?,|
feet high. r?,
Are the Rfd haired Proof Against Sunstroket ^'
(From the St EouiaOlohe-Democrat.)
Notuuiy ever heard of a rod-headed
man being minstruck. Why a red head
should afford any protection from the
rays of the sun or give itsowner imniu- (>n
nity from one of the most singular af- ,
irerion* mat limnanit y i- heir to in one gg
of (hoto rny*teriea that even the iloo- ,|r
tor* mnnot fathom, but the fn?-t re- w|
main* that men with red hair run ce
Maud alinoM any amount of exertion pii
in or out of door* during the hottest fn,
weather ami never feel any aeriou* re- hii
aulta from it. hu
tl/nin-im Loggings
CharleaB Corey of Boaton, i* tramfiing
and hunting about the swamp* in ^
the Banana Kiver eountry, Florida, **'
with a novel addition to a hunter'* ?'
outfit Venomoua hn*ke* apidera, and
other aurh "varminta" are quite p|pn f ^
tifvil in that region, ami give hunters *"
mnrh trouble, an Mr Corey had made n
for uae on th? trip a pair of aluminum r'''
legging* Tliey are light, eonvenient
to wear, and a very eomfortabl* aafeguard
Mr Corey pot four bears on "r"
trip laat week. 4bu1
0 FCHRALL ON FIGHTS
Saya He Will Stop Them, and Send thi
Witnesses to the Penitentiary.
tirHMONn, Va.?Governor O'Fei
I wan interviewed on the subject o
recent pugilistic event at Norfolk,
which the Indian, Wango, air
ri lea Johnson nut, and Raid that h
iposed to have the' matter invest
wl, and to bring the participants t
tit*e if possible. The Governo
n warmed up and said: The tern
ve contest is a mere auhterfug
eae coutests are prize fights in fa<
I in the meaning of tho law, and
II use all th? powers at my con
n.1 to break them up and to punbi
ac who may engage in them an
i? promote them.
' I'here is n notorious pines *??> -
rivet from Washington known at
ksnn City, which Is not surpassed
rillainy hy any town on the Mexn
border, ami if they will only give
the law to reach it 1 will break up
^ lawless resort if 1 have to call out
entire military force to?-dr> it.".
The Oovernoi then read the law or.
? subject of prize-fights and said he
? inclined to think that all persons
o witness such a fight in the eyes of
' "aid and promote" the fight, and
y upon conviction be punished by
|>risonment for a term of three years
(he penitentiary.
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A 01 AVON 0 FOUND
lr a Stream it King s Mountain- Tiffany'
$ I*pert to Come Down.
(Charlotte, N. C., Observer.)
This section has long been known
a rich gold region, but the-keynote
its still greater fame In the mineral
e has perhaps been struck in the
ding at King's Mountain, several
pa ago, of a diamond, such as are
ked up on the diamond fields in
inn America an<1 elsewhere. The
>rv of the And in as followb:
K negro man, who liven near K i ng'a
ointoin, staited to the spring for
ne water. In walking Along by the
iineh he saw aom< thing glistening
*r the water's eilge He picked it
, and thinking it was n rnther pretntone,
gave it to a Mr. Carpenter
o liven near him. The latter
night it wan a diamond, but to be
e, he pent it on to Tiffany, New
rk City. He was Btirpriaed to reve
Thursday SI4 for the atone, and
etter stating that Tiffany's expert,
orge F. Konz, would be aent to
ng'a Mountain at once to examine
> atones in the locality where the
imoml was found. Mr. Kunz ia one
the lending experts of th" county,
a visit and opinions are anxiously
ited for. Another atone wan
ind a day or two after the first
e, but it was smaller.
I'he nation may yet be startled by
discovery of diamond fielda in
rth Carolina.
. ,,M Oog s Cojrte Oinntr.
(From the Philadelpma Record.)
The annnetite enioved bv a do?r
ned by. John Knox, a well known
mer of West Manayunk, ia a matter
pride.to the nntivea of that Mibnrh.
i8 8 Newfoundland dog ofmorethan
*ragp intelligence. ami rare digeae
powers. Yesterday hp started
lnnrh on a box of axle grease,
en tlA'eiitered the blacksmith shop
ftamnel Hturgis and ate with evident
iah (wo pound* of putty. A viait to
stfiert 11*'grocery atorc yielded him
ee pounds of tallow candles, which
devoured with great guato. Need[
exerciae after thia, he ran over to
ao'a quarry, where lite attention
a attracted to a stick of dynamite
it waa being thawed out near the
v?. The exploaivp seemed to anit
taate, and he promptly began to
inch it A stampede of the men folred
Tbey were afraid to kick the
K away from hie meal for fear of an
uloMon, so he leiaurlr consumed the
*k and then joined the frightened
fjttflen, who for the rest of the day
ated him with marked mnsideraD.
Three Fa Hurt* in One Oar.
IV is annuo, K. 0.?A. Williford, A.
illiford * Co., Q. D. Williford ft
, and W. H. Williford inndeass-gnnta
Friday mornirtg to <1. W. Raga|e.
The failure of the two latter
?en waa due to their haying endoranotea
of A. Willifonl to a laige
omit, ami being unable to meet the
ne on account of hard timea. The
|u.-e includea two dry gooda storea
iii* place, one dry goods store in
leeway, one grocery store and a
er> stable. The assets are estimat
at $70,000. liabilities $4.\000. The
lure wis nut xpet ted enti?elv and
I be m gient blew to the vown.
itftmg/o Monty from the Cor nor Stat*.
(From the Morning Organian.)
Shingle certificate* operate a* cirInting
medium in Hlaine, Waah. A
rtiflcute for SIR recently circulated
itil it had paid nearly $800 in local
l?ta before Anally reaching the place
icnce it atarted. The haaia of thf
rtiflcate wrn ahiuglea, and it would
irchaee flour, meat, coffee, Manketa,
el, clothing for the wife and babiea,
d perform all the function* of a gold
aia certificate.
Away Down m Tor at.
t New Yeai'a dance at Cedar, Tex ,
i interrupted hi the killing of three
the dancera, the fata) wounding of
rth. the arriou<> mounding of two
lera, and the diaahling ot half a doxmore
by ptatol and rifle bulleta.
e girl w?* abut dead, anothei le
ved a bullet in the face, another
* wounded in the middle of the fort
id, and another through the right
it It waa all o\er in a few minute*,
t it broke up the dance.
PITHY NEWS ITEM!?!
A new fMOO,O0O cotton mill will
erected at Bath, R C., near Aiken.
A charter ha* heeh featied to
South Carolina (Detective Agency
Charleston.
Another eottotf mill is to be erer
near Spartanburg. S. C.
A tannery is being built at Kit
Mountain, N. C.
A shoe factory i"? being erecter
fitateKville, N C.
Tin ik now being successfully mi
nt King's Mountain, N. C.
A cannery with evaporating i
pickling tg'^njK v"' 1 e?,. ?J
liMJu'tT'nt Roel j-rpunt, T**'C.
A no> plug^-o^l-co factory ia be
built nt Rahugh. If. C.
A new one act voolen mill is j
posed nt Staunton Va.
Dr. K. Burke Haywood, of Rnlei
N. C., pliVKicinn jf prominence i
Burgeon (luring the late war. rl
Thnradny.
Biahop Capers of the Episrc
church, is to have an oflteinl reside
at Columbia, S. Oi
.1. A. Strickland, a counterfeiter
been arrested nt Aiken, S. C., by a
S. officer.
The South Cnr<iinn Dispensary i
in future operate die Palmetto brew
at Charleston.
Raleigh's Chamber of Commerce
dorses the proposal North Carol
exposition movement and calls on
press and people to support the mo
ment. '?
Covernor Carr oQVrs a reward
Orange Page and Mary Smith, *
murdered Ross Haywood, the Colo
centenarian ?it Rnl.?icrl.' V ('
Pr Sampson Poor, of Newberry,
declared himself ) '*nndidate for (1
ernor of South On i (din a
Marion M Hutuui ha* been
pointed colli'dor of customs at
port <?f Hcnufort, S (' , by Presid
Clevelnud.
Judge Izlnr, of Charleston, S.
has tiled nn order with the clerk of
court decreeing th*t a receiver a!
be appointed in the now famous li
nl Fertilizer Co 'a ease.
A Shelby, N C. dispatch says:
D. Tones, a prominent young fan
and magistrate, was foully murdr
by Luwaon Howell, a negro near h<
Particular* are "
It has hern discovered that per*
have been making up n tire in
Episcopal church at Morganton,
(?., nt night and p'avtng cards by i
W. E. Furr, of Stanley county,
()., is the father of 22 children,
has been married twice, his first *
bejng the mother of 13 snd his
I t\ ill ..f l: l ?
win-mi i>i niH i-niiiiron are mar
except rt. Mr. Furr i* fi2 year*
but doe* n<>4 li >k to be over 50
Dr Earlier, J*-wi*h Rabbi at Mn
Ob., fled from toivn lueeday ni|
taking l??r?r?> amfofut* *?f money 1
rowed from tie W|?niber* of hi* <
gregntion. Gi-nt excitement prev
nmoDK l?iM p?'op|#i
Th< military luttinl of Virginia, t
ernor O'Ferriill 'J-Ai"urring, ha* cl
di'il th?t the blui'fatigueuniform*
in um* in the Cnited State* arm;
adopted instead of the gray unifn
of the Virginia Volunteer*.
The Confederal Veteran Cam]
New York held it*'fourth annua!
ner in honor of the memory of (
Robert E. Lee on the annfvernar
hi* birthday Friday, January 19.^!
i Jefferaon I>avi* and Mi** Winnie II
were present
One of the moat proaperoun railn
in South Carolina i* the Georgia,
olina and Northern, which ha* onl^
eenth been opened for through trt
The report of the enrning* for Noi
ber ahow a healthy inereaae of I
ne**. They are Earning* for 1
S4R.242.1M ' Ifrt7.l07.Ifi; inert
S20,?fi4.27; per cent. 43 12.
Sugar i* now made i.bnointelv
by the tariff eoMiuitlee of Congre*
Printing wa* begun in C*mhr
Ififfff, New London, Conn., 1
Charleaton, S <\ ITdrt. The Gazi
the ttrat CharleHton newspaper, war
pnbbahed until 17.'12.
f'haa. Holt. v>n of ex-Gove
Holt, of North Carolina, wa* mar
Thnr*day to Mir* Jone*, daught*
Gov. Jone*, of Alnliama.
ft i* (dated that there i* en?
kaolin in A*be, Jackaon. Hwain,
tauga, Mitchell, Macon, Buneor
Richmond, Guilford, Iredell, An
Burke, McDowell, Lincoln and <
ton couiitii*. N C , to aupply
world with china
Sunday wa* the anniversary of (
Htonewail Jack*oii'a birth, and
Htonewall Camp of Confedeiat*
eran* held memorial acrvice* in
evening in hi* honor, in St Jo
Church, Bortamontli, Va. The 1
Hi t irlv I) TinUer ii.il, in, ...I
(I rem*.
The largeat < argo of periab
freight (except ? np of truck) that
went out of Sewttern, N. C.,
taken North by the ateaincr N
Uftt Haturdav. It ronaiated of f
flah, damn, oyatwra and egga. T
waa over a hundred tona of tl
Among the lot una aeve.n car-!
from Mnrehead t'lty.
Twina born to Mrn. !)e Zon ii
Lnkf K lloapita!, Jacksonville, 1
lent week, have reapectfnlly been i
ed Jim C'orliatt anil ('barley Mit<
I>e Zon, and the parent* harbor
expectation that the pnpuiliat*
etand n? godfathers for their U?
, ?akca
At M<%clfccad City* N. C., Walter*
Willis caught 3J tons of fish with one
? seine at one haul. Thev netted bim
uc *281.25.
the ^ jewelry thief from fthreveport, (
/ Lit . was arrested at Greenville, S. 0., "
Monday. f
.. Harry M Neill, of New Orleans, :
T,a , Insists in his estimate of n cotton \
crop of 7,700.000 hales,
ig's - 1
THE JAILOR CHOKED TO DEATH.
' Throttled hy t*o Prisoners Who Were Cnf- f
t rrfl and Narrowly E scape Lynching *
nod Roxt'iro, N 0 ?This peaceful lit
tl? town was wild with excitement ,
and H'tnday morning. The jailor, Mr. ,
ah- Willis Hoyster, accompanied by Pit", f
a littl tlegio hoy about eight years ;
old, went into the jail to feed the pris
,nJ oners. Mr. Royater opened the cell j
door to hand in a broom for the pria- /
,f0. ouers to sweep out tlm cell with, and ,
when he unlocked the door the two p
prisoners, liogau Meadows and Jasper j
Robertson, rusheil out and jumped on j
*n'| him. and after throwing or knocking ,
' him down choked him to death. They j
I hen told Pete if he made any fuss ?
>pal I hey won I I kill him, after which they
tice locked him up with the body of the \
jailor and made their escape. About
!> o'clock, some three-?piarters of an ?
hour afterwards. Pete succeeded in f
making himself heaid. and the news v
spread like wild-fire all over town, and j
nfll in a very few minutes more than 100 n
ery men, anned with shot guns, rifles and t
pistols, some on horseback and in buggies.
and n large number on foot, j
rn started in pursu't id the fugitives and j
jP* succeeded in capturing troth by 1
e o'clock. They had gone only about
,v0 21 miles, but were competely broken
down. They were lodged in jail, and
for for several hours loud tlirentR of lynehrho
ing were heard on all sides, a large
red crowd from the c??unt?v gnrn
ered in who seemed in the mood for
, such a frolic. At 1 n't lock at night
the court house bell wrns rung violentOV
It, but contrary to all exirectationa
the primmer* were not rlinttirbrd, and
ap it ia hoped now that the feeling ha* r
the subsided.
ent The coroner'* jury rendered a verdict
of willful murder against them
q both. Mr. Rovster, the jailor, wna a
the peaceful old gentleman ami In*
ball indulgence the priaonera coat him
. hia life, a* it \va* negligence on hia
part in opening the outer cell before
aeeing that the priaonera had gone
"C. into their cage and the door locked, a*
ruer there ia proviaion made for doing all
red thia from the outside before opening
ere. ?ny of the door*.
on* DO YOU WANT ANY BONOS'
the
N, Secretary Carlisle Tells How to Subscribe
I for Bonds
jj Washinoton, I). CI. ? Secretary Carpi,,
liale'a $.r>0,000.000 bond circularwns isrjf,
aued at the Treasury Department.
j?. Attach ed to it ia a blank form to be I
rll filled out bv the subacriber. The
()| Secretary give* full directions to all
contemplating subscribing for the
bonds.
,on? The subscriber is nsked to state ot
.Li .... ... . .
?"? what ?uh-tr<'HHiiry he ib sires to deposit
lor~ the amount of his subscription,
on- The bonds will be i*?n?l in the folniln
jom
ing denominations, viz: Coupon |
bonds, $50, $100and$1,0<MI; registered
ior- bonds, fRO *100. <,1.000 mid $10,000.
leci- Subscribers should, if practical,
now *t?l^ 'o their proposal* tli?* deuoiuinny
hp tiona of thp bonds doiirod, and
rms whether they ahoilld he coupon or registered.
Gold certificates will he received
P the aame na gold coin in payment
^'n of subscriptions
A table, showing the prices at which .
y ?' the new 5 per cent bonds should bp
Mrs sold in order to lealize to the investor
vi? certain ratea of interest from 8 per
cent, down to *2| per cent., with one
^ads day's interest on .*100,000, i?- publish
Car- f"r 'he tnformation of persona def
re siring to subscribe,
ivel ?
nisi H0WAR0 S CAROLINA CAREER
802
He Wat a Lawyer For a Time and Eloped
"*** With a Worried Woman
BaRNWRUL Coi'rt Hot'hk, S. 0. It
'r'ft is. perhaps, remembered that Howard,
the Jack son divine who was recently I
idge tried and convicted, ran a portion
700, of his career in Barnwell
ette, county at Hattieville on the Port
i not Royal and Augusta railroad. After
posing there awhile as a petti-fog-,
ging lawyer in ihe tiial pusticf
rf??* court, he ran into Georgia with the
ried wjfH 0j section master, with whom
r he boarded. Home ten years afterward
he returned to Hattieville to
?ngh gather testimony in his favor in this
Wa- infamous libel suit which lie instituted
nbe, about 18M7 against Dr. J. R. Graves,
son, of "Iron Wheel" fame, and other Bap-.
0a?- tist divines
' m
Tatmage Resignation Final
'the Brooklyn, N. Y.- I)r. T. D* Witt Tab
y^( mage announces that his resignation as
Ujj. pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle is
^ , filial. He says: "Fighting two great
H >v tires has taken all iny surplus forces
I must keep my health for preaching
' the Gospel." He said he does not believe
there is s word of truth in the
able statement that Mr. Wood, former
ever t-easurer of the Tabernacle, is short
was in his account $21,000. His resignaeusc
tioii will take placethiacoming spring,
reah on hi?t 25th nnniveraai v as pastor.
her*
mm.
oads Cleveland Attends a Funeral.
WAftHiNOTOM, P. O. ? President
i 8t. Clcvelud has returned to WaahingF*la,#
hin after attending the funeral of hi*
mm- "ephew, Henry R Hastings, at Hart hell
ford Conn. Mr Hastings wan the son
the of Mr. ClerHnitil'i' sialer. He was
will yeara old and leaves a widow and
tine- several children His death was,
( Caused by typhoid ffT?r.
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n-.)1 divinely enjoined to plead 11 to
en.ite of lh" poor and needy? Should
not every cause of Reparation he
brought before lh" courts for adjustinetit,
that provisions luay be effected .
for i\ sufficient and faithful maintain
mice of all minor children 9
Ceitainlv the prevailing and apparently
increasing flow of illegitimate
children int ?Hi-* ranks of our population
should he ehecked. Too manv
are the cases w here sillv and weak-'
minded and ill-tutored girls have been
brought to disgrace bv undue differences
and overeontidenec in vile ntid
blackhearted men. Should not the
man in every such ense be compelled
to pay tlv maximum fine fixed by the
liw for such offences ?
There are two other obnoxious- and
l?M iii-ions pin-dices that demand no
I "as attention -illicit co-habitation
and polygamous marriages. Are not
the homes wherein Ihj-se exist n hot
bed, sending influences pernicious to
personal, home and social purity ? Are
not these places the onlv favorable r<*
joit-i for the depraved and vilest of
wretches devils incarnate?
It is n e|enr fnct that the cxi.stenc
f these evils threatens the peace, hap
piii'-ss and nniHperitv of the people
It is n elenr fact flint the prevalence
"f these offei u-s are such, because
parties knowing of their existence
tojernte tlieni by remaining inactive
and silent on these matters.
It is nlso clear that tlmse practices
could be reduced to a minimum by
the tnit -d efloit of the people and of
tit'ers of the law.
Thereby greatly lessening the numi?er
of crimes, murder, rape and suicides,
etc. Yours for the cause of hu
mnnitv. S. G. Walkeb.
El kin. V C . dnn 17th. 1?04.
Boys, r>y a Bold Dash, ? scrip? from a Rr4
r- m<? trt eti
'Solving of the Negro Problem," by a Negro
Minister.
HOME LIFE.
The natnral advantages of the South
irn States are immensely great. nn?l
ire even unsurpassed by those of any
'ther group of States in the Union, or
iountry in the Americas. And ate
ustlv looked upon as being destined
o become the enviable home of a great,
r' <r|otis and prosperons nation
ft is said "That grent men consti :t
the greatness of a nation; and that
dnracter msk?s .groat men." The
{I >rv '-of a intieri emanates from the
501I qualities of its citizens. The
prosperity and destiny of n country
eft upon,.and r.'e determined by h?ylit
to its government, and active and
a'th'nl nW<lienrc and devotion to its
livine an 1 Supreme Rule-.
In their intense eagerness ty reach
he rTiuch desired goal, men do not nnreqnently
neglect the use of even the
ardinal principles necessary to their
mocesa. As it is the case with inc >, it
s also the case with nations. To nogeet
the nse or application of these
principles in rearing a nation is sure
0 vitiate the work in its structure and
1 failure is the incyitahleronscqiicncc.
The Negro is an element of this n?iion.
M ith adequate means, a proper ohervaoce,
a true appreciation and rigid
'nforcement of these principles in it*
vork T?f improving and enlightening
he Negro race, success will be eeitain
md its good effects will be msuifold in
his country. The first and perhaps tin
;reatest, and surely the weightiest
hought in this connection is that of
he "Home. *
Horn#' tk* nuMfrj of nation*,
ffrrlRht*** hop#** nf fntnr** Rood
upon thy diImI >n b?lng
h^ttor known ?nd und*r*t^?od
The li vea of men, he their clinrncpf?
iMirc pn/^ sUi'uif ti? IK IM ?in in loim
re but the development and expansion
>f the principles impressed into theij
ives during childhood. This is af
lrme<l as a repudiation of the theory
'Criminal Heredity."
"In the month of two or three wit
leases every word max be established.
?Bible.
What men mentally dwell upon
hey become or grow like, the qnal
ty of thinking determines the eon
leionsness, and consciousness forms
haracter. Character is therefore
nothing more more nor Ices than an
lahitual quality of consciousness.
Action is often temporarily modified
from motives of outward policy. But
its constant effort is to hocoine a tru*
;opy of the inner pattern."?Harrx
Wood, in the Arena October.
/"I have examined systematically em
thousand prisoners More than one
fourth had not only tine, hut excep
tionally fine, physical bas;s of life ami
drength. The other Ihree-fonrtbi
were rather below the average of tin
people one finds outside of the pris
:?ns.
This I believe, only goes to show
that the criminals are more lsrgeb
Iraw n from nniotig those who are phv
sically degenerated or dishea-tener
and weighed down bv burdensom
physical conditions.
ft sho ws conclusively, to my mind
that much more weight has been givei
to heredity as n predisposing cause o
criminal life thnn.fniily belongs in ?i
I believe that the child of the thiol
apart from his environments and pof
ilila trat ntno ului tu tvo11 iiiftli nu foil
lv in the rare of life ith the rhihl of II:
average citizen.
It ia environment and training, nt
heredity, that given the most fnvorab!
condition for the development of crim
nal irapulae.'V Wm. M. F. Round*
in Forum. September.
"After u ti experience of mnr
than forty yearn with nearly twent
thousand juvenile dc'i iquenta, I ea
stale with entire eontidenoe, thi
not one per cent were children hori
of criminal pBrenta, and with equr
confidence, lam able to say that th
common cauaeof their delinquency w?
found in bad parental tiainiug, bn
companionship, a lack of tvholeaom
reatraiitat from evil association* an
influences." I P. Jones, in N. Y. O!
aerver.
ft will be clearly aeen that tt
home and its aurroundinga make tli
man or the fellow.
The dwelling and ita attuaiien ai
important, (hut too often overlooked
elements in the homemaking
Top often are the dwellinga wherei
children are to be reared and iraitis
wholly nufit by renaona both of felrnc
lire and incompleteness, while <1
aitiiatiii.il i? equa'lv unties'.aide.
The lack '-of proper attentio i \
these reaper Is has an immense, mb
effect npon the phyaira', mora! a.i
mental growth and culture of chlJurei
The mora! purity of the home demanc
the moat profound cooaide.ation. 1
value ia ineatimable. Aa a prineipl
it ta indiapaenable to the'good of ih
home, aoeiety and State.
Ia it not a ahame! A public evinn
and a foreboder of domeatic iufel
city, aooiety and national disaater iln
in' iniir Runnnm in ^ivrii ui til*" I'll
tnr* and extenaiou of moral purity i
the home ?
In order to foitttr social purity nn
moral culture, particu'ar at tent in
mint t>e (riven to the prevalent evi
current among our people. Shou!
not the practice of adultery l>e au|
preaaed to Ita minimnm hv an unite
force of publicaentiment, accompanie
by a severe penal infliction from tl
civil lawa?
Another odioua and beaatly practir
now prevalent, and which demanf
special attention, ia that of wife dear
tion. There are not a few Imnii
annually reduced to ronditiona favo
able to home impurity by the hnabar
abandoning the family, or failing 1
provide for ita maintenance. Hha
thia outrageous practice npon po?
and helplesa wivea and mothera be a
lowed to go on unpunished ? Are v
RirnMOMi', it Knrly Monday
morning some twelve boys rotiflncrl in
the reformatory at Laurel, a few miles
from this eitv, made their escape. The
institution referred t?> is conducted by
the Prison Keform Association of Virginia.
and to it. in the discretion of
courts, boys nmy lie committed in lien
of being sent to the penitentiary. The
dash for liberty was n bold one, the
guards being taken by surprise, and
the whole affair was evidently preconccrted.
' Bismarck -and the Cmperor Make Friends.
; Bfrlin, Germany.? Kmperor \Villinm
sent to Prince Bismarck by his
n aid-de-camp. Col. Von Moltkc, a bottle
of very old wine and a letter congratulating
Bismarck upon his recovery
I from the influenza The Cologne Gazette
in chronicling the event says
t Bismarck told Von Moltke, that He
would call upon the Kmperor in BerIpv
yieyf,.neek. The incident has set
all tongues to wagging and many see
in it'Vn'Kmen of disaster to Chancel
Mr V'Aiv Capri vi.
i .
On the Main* Coast.
TIiorr- is n great <Irive of ten gulls
in the hnVbrtv, and t?? tjiu- wanderors
j along the wnrves tliev fnrniah ?rt inspiring
picture. It is n?H "sti rnfrt"
?|ueut slight to hot- bet weeli ??jy?4ttj11
ve tiii'l 1 (Jrt . gulls . *uiling? nr.i^mgl ill
the same iinmodintf vicinity, an\t Scrasiuaolly
dropping fin wit iiifb thu
water to grapple thi/Hnarting; fractions
j of I'tnli that nre-wngfte.I ,u!t. tht^ fishing
^ vessels. ^
I "F ilon't know lis theyhafife out siiy(
wlscrc in )<arttcnlar, but I Vpoao th**v
rest down ou Green Island, or aigu**
fi where eln? where they ilon't hnve. no
human inhnhitanta. Down on Green
Thin!; 1 they have wolf doge, they say,
j but I think *h!t* -some of the ft ills
( hleeji on thati'sjiui;e rt', rights. They
^ dun I do no hn;jn about the linjbor,
^ and I, rut her guess they do a. heap of
, . good, picking it|> Huh waste in the harI
hdr." Whs a tishepjnnjo* lgi'ly: ^-1'yrt"
p land (>le..I CoaM. ? j.r. .
> FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. i
ie The Senate. :
50th Day. ? tfter acting upon nnimpirtant
lft bills fgi the sOeD'tar-the Seipte, no jnotton
of Mr Hill, at eighteen minutes before one
e o'clock went tnto executive eesslim to con,
shier the Hornttlower nomination hint re '
inuiiiril there until aUjourmVient. ,Th?nomt- *"*
notion whs rejected by a rote. o( thirty to
in tw nty-four. *
2lsr I?ay Mr. Hoaf spoho on the Preti h-nt's-lut)
st Hawaiian message.-?-The <1?l"
Imte on the bill for the rop"Mt of tbsi Federal
ie Kleuion Iaws was begun..
22i> Pay Iliseusslon over ftie extension of
ih<- Civil M wvlo law rind the rup^yl of the
" Federal Election laws occupied most of the
open session. I". .>
21n dat!*-?Tbe Clerk rem! a letter from
id I .Senator Walthall, of Mississippi, resigning
I, I bis s->'it fn the rtenite, to taVe efT'ict on
I January 24 The reason for the resign ?t(on
' i* that Senator Walthall's health lins
1" not Ifooii good for several years and
|e he thinks the ?;lhnste of Washing
ton d">?s not -agree wllb .him.
The Mil appropriating #50,000 for a monument
to General John Htnrk was passe 1 by a
s! voto of 82 yens to 15 nays Mcssrs. relt*r
j. and AIMn introduced resolutions denouncing
. rtecretary ikir'.Ulr's proposed bond issue. ?
J Mr. Vest spoke for repeal of the Federal Elec'
* lion laws.
11 The House.
26th Pat.-?The Freslderttq, iu*stngo was
'? receive! an<l relerred to the fv>tflmltte? of
in Foreign Attaint. Tho dt-t>jM* On th<? Wll|8
son tilll was continued. Speeches wrjre ma le
by Messrs. Cojhfan, Gro a Vector. r?ra(W an !
. Hrvs* > - .
|>* Day.^>Mr. Boutelletrled agnlii to force
<1 his Hawaiian resohitlon befrfre.sbo. House
?, and was ruled out of order by th" Rp?aker.
Debate on tliaTariff' biff hbd^Fdhe (lve.
IW minute rule was begun.
27T1 Pat.?The day was devOted to flvomrowe
debate of theVVflaoiv bill. ,
Mrn Pat. ?Debate on the Wilson Tariff
'? bill wa: continued; It wasvoted that the
r- wool schedule* should go Into effect with
the (vet of th* act.
89th Pay. ?Delaite on thb Tariff bill was
r* continued ; Mr.- Barrows'a amendment subiil
<-( Milting the wool schedule of the McKtnley
lo ' ill (or that of the Wilson bill wai) defeated.
> - riOTii Pa*. ?Debate on tho Wilson Tariff
bill continued ; there whs a sharp personal
controversy hotyrden M'-sers. pnlr.ell and
,1- Johnson. Mr. Johnsons proposal to put
r9 iiesl rails ou the tree Ust was dsf?*t?4. s