Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DOWN IN SUNNY CUBA. Men Live Without Work-Don't AH Start at Once. M A. R. Dendy, -who la now iocaied W at P'nar del Rio, Cuba, with Charte? R?iiuali Company, railroad contrae-, tors, willing to his rather, Capt. S. K. Dendy, of Walhalla, nuder date of June 16, gives some very interest ing descriptions ol* tho country. We make the following extracts from lils letter: \ I.suppose that the rainy season is ou now. It began raining Sunday, and lt has not stopped yet, and does not look like it will noon. The river by which we aro"camped looks like a young sea, aud I am glad that we are about one hundred feet above it. Our mules are having a hard time-no shelter for them, and we cannot rent one. We aro feeding on Canada ohts and indiana timothy. The people do not raise any feed out hore, but have the finest grass you ever saw, and these folks have tho very finest of cattle. Most any old cow will weigh 800 pounds, and they aro all a dark yellow-about like our Jerseys. They work them to every-, thing, and with a yoke tied to their heads and horns. The animait; ail have big thick necks and larne and strong horns, and they haul unusu ally large loads. I am on one of the most prominent country roads, und 1 iee lots of big carts of tobacco going by--generally with BIX oxen, two abreast-and they come back loaded with merchandise for the farmers. This ls a fine form ing district; but these rolks do not know much about farming. They can raise most anything they want to, but are too lazy to give lt much attention, for they can live here with, out work. You have heard of that country. Well, I have found lt. All the tropical fruits grow here, and the finest known lemons are my shade trees by the Bides of this house. Oranges, cocoanuts and pine apples grow all the time. A good i_ pineapple is worth about five cents, W~ Spanish money-a little over four cents. American. They have two fine fruits here that I never saw before one, the niamay. This ls about like our apricot and grows on large trees; has a rough skin, like a cauteloupe, and a hard seed about the size of a peach kernel, only lt ls smooth. The other ls the mango. This ls espe cially fine, nn:l ls just now getting ripe. They don't have good sweet potatoes. They are white and not 1 very sweet. They could raise good ones If they would try tho right kind. They have here, however, the finest sugar I ever saw. We get lt before it is relined, and it ls very sweet and brown granulated. The coffee here is very fine, and these folks drink lt from daylight to midnight. They do not ever have any breakfast-just drink that coffee-and lt la the Strongest atuff In the world, and as bitter as can be. Every time one goes Into a house the man of the house :.iks him to have a seat, then Jits wife conies In and takes a Beat; then. In a few minutes, one of the girls comes around with this Btrong coffee, and that ls ail you see of Miss (liri, for she goos away some place and hides. Then, If you have any business, you transact lt, nn.i just be fore you*leave the girl will bring you about a quart of drinking water in a great big glass. I am having sonle rich experiences here with the workmen. The other day 1 wanted to tell one of the men to lay a hoe down and get a shovel. 1 could not talk to him, and I did not want to get off my horse, but I had to go and take the hoe out of his hand and then get a ahovel and show him how to work it. I nm picking up a bit of Spanish, how ever, and I think If I stay here for a year I will be able to speak lt pretty well. I can go Into a Btore now and 0'.^ call for what I want and find out minf?-hat it is worth without having to Bhall ?>k a word of English, or I can go for any Restaurant and order a meal, or to brlng^n<l anybody I want to Bee in loweBt fl BO 1 guess I am learning some, clency. M* most of the time I have to as at prfson,e one to talk for me. I can ?vor of t'1 anything, and know the days *"V Coke ie week, months, etc., and can ploaaur*1 R Breat deal of a conversation , ?opie 1 used to sound like the noles of tent4'nuneli of guineas to mc. xf 1 got The Courier last Sunday, and, / strange to say, out of thia bunch of Americana I am the only one who gets a paper, and they all want to see the old. Courier, for, though-they know nothing of our4 sect ion of the State, and ar . not interested in the local news, lt la the only thing they ever Bee and can read. Thoy all Bat around me when I opened Tho Cou rier and Bald, "Read her out loud anything from tho States sounds .good to us. I rend the Richland news to them, and one fellow from Connecticut up and anya, 'Are there any people In that country but the Dandys?" I think when I go back to the Stales I will take the Ward Line to New York city. The fare 1? only $25 from Havana, and lt Is $20 to Tampa from Havana. fear* tas ?* WI Kind Yon Haw Always BoujJX KILLS SELF HY THINKING. Woman Predicted She Would Die on June UH, and it Clime True. Jamestown, N. Y., July 3.-Coro ner I liston waa notified to-day of the death of Mrs. Leroy Noble, in her horne, twelve miles east of James town. Mn?. Nobl? was thirty-four years old. She died Sunday night after for months predicting she would die on June 28. She waa in perfect health Sunday evening when her husband went to vlalt a neighbor. Several hours later he returned and found her lying in her bed as if asleep. She was dead and not n algn of violence or suicide waa to be found. Then he remem bered her repeated Injunction:/ "I'll die June 28." Coroner Illaton does not believe the woman's own mental force could have resulted In her death. Ho BUS pec' j . un id. Her husband and friends will not. believe she ended her life. The coroner has designated two Burgeons to perform an autopsy. BLEA8B WAMS TO I ii: Y. Offers Two to Ono that He Will Be Next. Governor. A\ dispatch (rom Columbia says: Columbia people who keep close track o? politics, but who occasion ally are not as close as they imagine, hav? been predicting all along that Cole L. Blease, of Newberry, would get about 20,000 votes In bis cam paign against Governor Ansel, who would get the remainder of the 100, 000 voteB In the State. They have been saying that for two powerful reasons nobody could beat Ansel, he having made a good Governor and the second-term sentiment being very strong throughout the State. Mr. Blease, who was here to-day, however, says he's got good money to say that he will beat Ansel by a neat majority. He says he will carry thirty-six counties out of a total of forty-two. "O, glv'e the Governor a little more margin than that," said your corres pondent, as b jolly. "I'll bet anybody $1,000 against $r?00 that I am the next Governor of j this State." was the reply. "I've got .$8.000 on deposit at Newberry that . is ready to talk that way, aud I can I get plenty irore to cover all such j bets. Put lt ht the paper that I said j so. I don't care. I'm betting two to |6ne on getting' elected. And If you don't belle\e lt I'm going to carry a lot more cotna les than a whole lot of : people think. Ask any member of j the campaign party who has been at- j tending the meetings." ' i Blease Denies the Story. A special from Edgefleld, July 2, ' says: ; Cole L. Blease opened his speech ! here by saying that there were some newspapers that would publish any thing, regardless of Its truth, to In jure bim, and read a statement from i the Augusta Chronicle to the effect ' that he, Blease, had offered to bet a thousand dollars to Ave hundred . that he would beat Ansel. He said he was going to heat him, but he was not such a fool as to bet on an elec tion- in violation of the laws of the State. . - Stops earache in two minutes; toothache or pain of burn or scald In five minutes; hoarseness, one hour; muscleache, two hours; sore throat, twelve hours-Dr. Thomas' Eclectrlc Oil, monarch over pain. The Conscience Fund, V (Augusta Chronicle.) The recent payment to the Federal "conscience fund" of &8.000 has drawn renewed attention to that fund. This latter contribution, as stated In the telegrams, was received b/ Secretary Cortelyou In a letter postmarked Jersey City. The remit tance was in currency. The first contribution to the con science fund was made in 1810, when an unknown citizen of a small town in i'ew York State sent to the Treasury Department a $1 bill with an accompanying letter, in which he said he had defrauded the govern ment of ?bat amount and desired to make restitution. Fifty years elapsed before there was another contribution. Just af ter Sumter was fired on, in 18G1, $0,000 in'bonds was received bf the Treasury Department, with a letter ?explaining the sender could no lon ger endure the pangs of a guilty con science. This example had its ef fect on the public, and contributions rapidly Increased in number. The fund grew steadily for several years, and at present amounts to moro utan $r?r?o,ooo. Contributions run all he way from the price of a posta? . stamp to thousands of dollars, and many strange letters accompany them. During the administration of Presi dent Cleveland he' received a letter from a child, In which restitution for two postage stamps was made. A man In a Western State enclosed $1. saying that years before he bad stolen an apple from the government reservation at Fort Sheridan and wanted to pay for it. The largest single sum sent to the conscience fund war? about $14,000. It came from England several years ago as a result of correspondence be tween the department arid an Eng lish clergyman who acted in behalf of some ono who wanted to repay the government. He was told if it was desired to send money it could only be .received as a contribution to this fund, and could be sent in the shape of an exchange draft. This was done, and the government never learned from whom the money came. The decline In the fund of late yoars ls held by treasury officials they are so quoted In the Washing ton Post-as due to the fact, not that the world is growing better, but that the people have not the conscience they once had. The treasury officials are sure that there is just as much small pilfering in the government now as there ever was. "In other words, "conscience ls not doing Its work; it is held In check." Went at it Early. A woman was testifying in court in behalf of her son. She swore that he had worked on the farm ever since he was born. The lawyer who cross-examined her said: "You as sert that your son has worked on a farm ever since he was born?" "I do," replied the woman. "What did he do the first year?" "He did the milking." ^ The lawyer collapsed. A New Orleans Because she dil nourishment from h She took Scoff* Result: She gained a pound ALL DRUCG1; -tr t NEA H WEDDIN? AT SAVANNAH. Proceedings Culled Off While Minis ter und Friends Wait. (News and Courier Special.) Snvannah, Qa., July 1.-Wedding bells rang out of tune when Just be- , fore they were ready to step into the presence of assembled friends Mon- ; day night, and while the minister waited. Hastings Munsch, 21, and ! Miss Odis Alcorn, 18, declared the"' wedding off. The bride's father is- ? sued an ultimatum to the expecteant , groom. "If you mistreat her I'll kill you on sight. If you are not able to support her she can come back home, ? but you can't come." "I guess 1 am not making enough to support a wife,'1 said the young man ns he left the house. He is the son of a wealthy orange grower in Florida, but has been In Savannah for two years and ls well liked. The affection the young people entertain for each other ls evident, and ru mors that the wedding will yet be held are thick. For three days before the near wedding Miss Alcorn was missing from her home. The police were called upon to find her and did so,, at the home of a girl friend, where she was busy with her trousseau, too busy to even let her parents know where she was. During the summer kidney Irregu larities are often caused by excessive drinking or being overheated. At tend to the kidneys at once by using Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold by all druggists. CHILD SAVED FROM DEATH. ! _ I Young Man Reaches Child lu Nick of Time to Save Life. Stone Mountain, Ga., July 2.-Lit tle Essie Maxoy, of Atlanta, who is visiting her grandfather, Taylor New man, was rescued from death on the Stone Mountain yesterday by the he roic act of Charles Smith, a well known young man of this place. Aided by a number of stone cut ters, and cheered by almost tho en tire populace of. the town, the young limn was lowered by ropes to one of the most dangerous points in the munni ain side, where the child was I lodged. With a length of rope carried for : that purpose he tied the child to his own body and gave the -^gnal to the men at the top. With his foot he I pushed himself and the child into ' space and was finally drawn up. The act of the young man was un doubtedly that of a herb, and he has been highly praised. The child had been playing on the mountain top, and in some manlier became separated from her compan ions. She wandered to the most dangerous side of the big mountain, where lt is almost perpendicular, and in an uuguurded moment slipped and fell. Down she rolled, and a lone far mer who saw her from a distance, says he expected that she would be dashed to the rocks and to Instant death hundreds of feet below. Fortunately there was a projection, or to be more correct, a kind of basin in the mountain side, into which tho child fell. Before she had time to realize b perilous position the far mer who shw her fall gave the alarm and hundreds ol stone cutters were soon on the scene, and when the young man volunteered to go to the child's rescue ropos were soon se cured. It was the work of inly a moment to bind him securely, and many hands grasped the rope. The child, with tho exception of a few bruises, is none the worse for the experience, but her escape from an awful death is regarded as almost miraculous. If you haven't the time to exercise regularly, Donn's Regulets will pre vent constipation. They Induce a mild, eas... healthful adtion of the bowels without griping. Ask your druggist for them. 25c. Justified Killing of Peeper. Raleigh, N. C., July 2.-The coro ner's jury investigating the killing of Engineer B. M. Stultz yesterday moruiug by Turner Smith, who said that Stultz was peeping through a window watching his sister, has re turned a verdict that Stultz was the man shot by Smith and that the kill ing was justifiable. Smith is still In the city prison and will later have a hearing before the police justice. Friend? of Stultz will, In the meantime seek for evidence that the killing was not justifiable. They claim that Stultz frequented the place and that the killing resulted from some quarrel. The body of Stultz has been shipped to his homo at Roanoke, Va. Greenwood Man a Suicide. Greenwood, July 1.-Greenwood was shocked this morning when the sad news was made known that B. F. May, one of the most highly respect ed citizens, had committed suicide by sending a bullet crashing through his brain. No possible reason can be given for the deed other than ?he fact that Mr. May has been In very bad health for some time. The tragedy occurred this morning about 5.30 o'clock at his residence on South Main street, and the deed was done with a 38 callbre pistol, the ball entering the left temple. Woman wa? thin. .$ ? not extract suf f icier, i $ et food. V Emutston. g ft I a day in weight. ITS i BO?. AND ft .00 ? * THE UNKNOWN SUFFERERS . . OF THE CIVIL WAR. * *..*.***... Wo have been oven some of the great battlefields of our country since the war between the States. Perhaps you have been to some of them. T.ten. Uko me, you have stood before the plain white tombstones in our National cemeteries and said, "Poor fellows! Most of these mar tyred soldiers were only boys. Think of the long marches and the days of hunger and cold. Think of those soldiers following in the awful bloody charges up to the cnnnon's mouth, and the despair that must have over whelmed then, when they fell. Think of the horrors of the operating table and their agony whe? dy'?'?." Though no man honors the .lead sol dier of that war more than I do, yet I would tell you that those who died for tholr country on the battlefield did not make the greatest sacrifice. A living sorrow is a far heavier bur den to hear than a dead triumph. Did you ever stop to think what be came of the wives and mothers and children of those dead soldiers who died in the.r gore when the binad winners were stricken down? Did you ever think of the soldier whose health and strength were destroyed and who were discharged from ser vice because they were unfit for fur ther active duty, and who came home with mangled, bleeding limbs, doom ed to a life-time of physical decrepi tude and pain? Ah, these were the greatest sufferers of the bloody car nage-not the men who felt the ting ling of the bullet, and then, with a cry of "Oh. my God, I'm shot!" fell dead. The greatest sufferers of a nation's wars are the unseen sufferers, the women and children, and the soldiers who have been maimed for life lu the tire and smoke of the battlefield. .1. Russell Wright. Walhalla. S. C. Put Poison in Coffee? Danville, Va., July 3.-Mrs. Alex ander T. Clark, wife of a well known farmer, residing near Ingrams', this county, was held for the grand Jury at-a preliminary hearing to-day at Chatham, on a charge of thrice at tempting to poison her husband and her two grown step-sons by placing Paris green in their coffee, lt was only after the third attempt that the cause of sudden Illness of the three men was discovered. A physician, who analyzed the coffe, found that it contained poison. The only reason assigned for the deed is the unpleas ant relations with her husband. Proof is inexhaustible that Lydia E. PinJ/hnm's Vegetable Compound curries women safely through the Change of Life. Poad the letter Ri rs. E. Hanson, 304 E. Jxmg St., Columbus, Ohio, writes to Airs. Pinkham : " I wa s passing through the Change of Life, aud suffered from nervous ness, headaches, and other annoying Symptoms, My doctor told me that Lydia E. Pjulchara's Vegetahle Com flound was good for me. and since tak ng it I feel so much better, and I can again do my own work. I never forget to tell my friends what Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetahle Compound did for me during this trying period." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has l>een the standard remedy for' female ills, and has posit ively cured thousands . women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion,dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it V Mrs. Pinkham Invites all sick women to write her for ndvlce. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. VANDERBILT IS CURTAILING. [ Closes Hlltmore for One Year und Will Sell His ?Iyeses. Asheville, N. C., July 4.-Biltmore House, the North Carolina estate of George W. Vanderbilt, is to be closed up for a year. Mr. Vanderbilt In tended remaining at Biltmore this summer, hut has changed his plans, and with his family will go to Eu rope. It ls announced that all of the horses from the Biltmore stables are to be put on the market at once and the many servants at Biltmore House have been discharged, with two weeks' pay In advance. Those In a posltlqn to know say that the recent financial stringency has made lt necessary for Mr. Van derbilt to curtail his expenses. Mr. Vanderbilt's policy at Biltmore for some' time has been one of strict economy. The number of his house hold servants, ns well as employees of the estate, has boen greatly re dnced, and Mr. Vanderbilt has been acting as his own manager and over seer. He lins also cut off a largo number of departments of his estate. 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LOOK, WALHALLA, U. ! stove til? eotatffe *atd S*?*le l-unrf* - . . '. ?' 1 11 . . C. R. Houchlna. WE ARE DETERMI? LIVERY B PW? (M W. J. CARTER,. M. D., Dentist. Office two doors above the Bank, Ia Carter's Pharmacy, WESTMINSTER, S. C. DR. W. F. AUSTIN, Dentist, Senei l, South Carolina. Office over J. W. Byrd & Co. DR. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist, Walhalla, South Carolina. Office over CW. Pitchford Co's Store J Phone No. 86. DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, Seneca, South Carolina v Office over Witsell Bro.'s Store, I Clinkscales-Harper Building. I Office Hours:-9 A. M. to 1 P. M. I 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. fOLEYSKlDNIYCUUE Makes Kidneys ansi Bladder Right E. IJ. HERNDON, Attorney-at^Law, Walhalla, South Carolina. PHONE No. 61. J. P. Carey, J. W. Shelor, Picken?, S. C. Walhalla, S. C. W. C. Hughs, Walhalla. CAREY, SHELOR A I?UGLi4, Attorneys and Conns?Hors, Walhalla, 8. C. I Practice in State and Federal Court?. R. T. JAYNES, Attorney-at^Law, Walhalla, Ho ut h Carolina. Practice In State and Federal Couria. Bell Phone No. 20. J. J. McSWAIN, Attorney-at-Law, GREENVILLE, S. CAROLINA. M. C. LONG, Attorney-at-Law, (Office Over Post Office,) Anderson, 8. C. Will practice in all Courte in South Carolina. 46-'08 WEDDING and other invitations, Announcements, etc., either printed or engraved, as your taste may re quire. Only flrst-r?ass work; any style; lies', stock. Call or write THE KEOWPE COURIER, Walhalla, 8. C. Louis A. King. ?ED TO DO THE \ USINESS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. C?MB ON AND GET YOUR TEAMS. HAULING TEAMS, SINGLE AND DOUBLE BUGGY TEAMS AND SADDLE HORSES, ALWAYS ON HAND. j Prompt and pout? servie* at rea? - sonable prices. Teams sent out a? any hour, dar or hight Phone) 10 or ll for quick teams. ?|'? HOUCHINS A KINO, ?'[tsMflMiss., Walhalla. I. O.