The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, July 21, 1892, Image 4
TALMAGE IN LONDON.
HIS VIEW OF THE MODE IN WHICH
T HE BLEST WILL SPEND ETERNITY.
Thrilling Dct-ription of the Uleavwnly
Host ts seen by St. John-.No More Toil
or Sorrow or Sghing or Tears --The
Music of Heaven.
LONDON, July 10.-Dr. Talmage is
spending a very busy season In England.
Not only in the London churches, but
in the provinces, enormous crowds have
gathered to hear the eloquent American
preacher. The great Sloreditch Taber
macle in the cast of Londoi, where Rey.
W. Cuff preaches, wits thorongeJ al
most to sulfocation and the large Con
unregational church in the Hackney dis
rict, could not hold hall the people who
tried to g!et I)to it, though it was on a
Monday evemnug that Dr. Talmage
preached there. Outside London the
vagerness to hear hiu has been quite as
!Itellse..
In Liverpool, lanchester, Notting
ham, Crews and ILanley no church could
b'e found large enough to accommodate
the audienccs, and Dr. Talmage
preached in the halls ill whIch the itreat
political conventions are held, and the
capacity of these was tested to the ut,L
most. Since his arrival he has preached
seven times each week. The sermon
selected for publication this week ia
trom te text, Revelation, vii, 9, 10,
"After this I beheld, and lo! a great
multitude which no man could number,
of all nations and kindreds and peoplc
and tongues, stood before the throne,
and before the Lmb, clothed with whitc
robes, and palms in their hands, and
cried with a loud Voice, saying, Salva
tion to our God which sittet,h nipol the
throne, and unto the Lamb.''
It is impossible to conic in contacl
with anything grand or beautiful in art,
nature or religion without being profited
and elevated. We go into the art gal.
lery and our soul meets the soul oI the
painter, and we hear the hum of' his for.
est8 and the clash of his conflicts, and
see the cloud blossoming of the sky and
the fibam blossoming of the ocean; and
we coie out from the gallery better men
than when we went in. We go into the
concert of music and are lifted into el
chantment; for days after our soul seems
to rock with a very tumult of joy, as the
sea, after a long stress of weather, rolls
and rocks an(] surges a great while be
fore it comes back to its ordinary calm.
On the same principle it Is profitable
to think of heaven, and look ofil uponl
that landscape of joy and light, which
St. John depicts; the rivers of gladness,
the tree of life, the thrones of power,
the commmiglings of' everlasting love.
wish this morning that I could bring
heaven from the list of intangibles and
make it seem to you as it really is-the
great fact in all history, the depot of all
a-'es, the parlor of God's universe.
This Iccollt inl my text 1ives Ia IC
ture of heaven as it is on a holiday.
Now if a man came to New York for
the first time on the day that Nossuth
arrived from litingary, ani lie saw the
arches lifted, and the flowers Ilung in
the streets, andl he heard the guns boom
ing, he would have been very !'oohish to
suppIose that that, was the ordinary ap
pearance of the city. W hile heaven is
aiways grand and amlways becautifuil, I
think my text~ speals of a galai dayv in
hecavetn.
ft is a t inm' (ot ieat elebration-pe-1'r
halps oit the bir'th or the resurrection of'
Jesuis perhlmp s of thie downfall of' sonie
despoti5m; perhaps bocause of the rush
m,in of the luillenniumn. I know not
wI at; lbut it do(eg semto1( meI it read1(ing
this passa$ge ai if it were a holiday in
heaven. "AMter tis I beheld, and to!
ai 'r eat muti tude which no nmani could
inmber, ol all tnauions and kindredls and
I 'tople and tonhgue(s, stoodl hefore the
throtn', andt lie!,ore the L ambt, clothed
with white robef)s. andc pialmus in their
liunas, and cried with a loudt voice, say
mr, Salvation to our G od which sitteth
1u1on1 the thrione, and iimto the I Lnmh."'
Sshal speakif to youi of the gloitied in
heaven- their mumber, thI eir antecec
dentds, t hiir dress, thte ir sy~mb ols atid
their' song. tut how shall I begin by
te'llingt. you of the tinmbers of those in
heavet: I have seeni a cur ious est tiate
by an ingenious man who c.uleulates how
long the world was goitiir ti last, and
hiow i~1 man peoplle th[ere areC in each igen
('rationi, and( 111 thenis uip the whol.e
miatter, and says lie thinks there will be
I u wetysee illoso ol in lry
I hve o fithiinoetimaente.i of im
text-it is "a. great multitude, whiebh ito
mian can nmber."'
Ivr few years mi this countr'y we
taeacensus of thle ppuhation), and it
is very easy5~ to tell how tmany peCople
thiete are in a city oi' nation, but who
shall give the census of the great nation
if theC sav'~edy It is quiite easy to tell
how many peopile there are in diflerent
udetnomiationls of' Christians-how mian v
Itaptist s and Methodists and Ep:hiscopai-.
inns and Presbiyterians; of all the dIe
inminations of Christians we could
make ani estimitte.
Suppose thtey were gathered ini one
gient audience rotm; how overwhelm.
nug the spectacle! But it. w~old give not
idea of th.e great audience room of' heav
en-the multitudes that bow down and
that lilt up their hiosannas. Why, they
come from all the chapels, from all the
cathedrals, fromi all sects. from all ages;
they who prayed ini sp)lendid liturgy,
iaind those who in broken sentences ut
tered the wish of bruken hearts.-f'rom
G race church andl Sailors' Bethel, from
uder the shapeless rafters and from tin
(der higih sprung arch-"a great mult.i
tude, that no man can nulmb)er."
One of the most impressive things I
have looked upon is an army. Stand
ing uvmn a hiillside you see forty thous
anfd c,i fifty thousand men pass along.
Y ou ean hardly imagine the impression
i1 ' oui have not actually felt it, but you
may take all the armies that the earth
has ever seen-the legions under Sen
nachierih and Cyrus and Caesar, Xerxes
and1 Alexander and Napoleon and all
our modern forces and lput them in one
great array, and then 0on some swift
steed you miay ridte along the line and
review the troops, and that accumulated
hoat from all ages seems like a hail
formed regiment compared1 with the
great array of the redeemed.
I1 stood one day at Williamsport, and
saw on the opposite side of the Potomna<
the forces coming down, regiment at tei
regiment and brigade after brigade. Il
seemed as though there was no end t<
the procession. .But now let me takt
the fIeld glass of St. .John and look ofi
upon the hosts of heaven-thousands
upon thousands, ten thousand times ter
thousand, one hundred and forty atd
four thousand, and thousands of thous
ands, until I put down the field glass
and say, "I cannot estimate it-a great
multitude that no man can number." .
You may tax your imagination and
torture your Ingenulty and break down
your powers of calculation in attempt
ing to express the multitudes of the re
leased from earth and the enraptured of
heaven, and talk of hundreds of hun.
dreds o1' hundre4s, of' thousands of
thousands of thousands, of millions of
millions of' mihious, until vour head
aches and your heart faints, and ex
hausted an(d overburdencd you exclaitl,
"I cannot count them--a areat multitude
that no man can number."
But my subject advances, and tells
you of their antecedents, "of all nations
nad kindreds and tongues." So tie of
them spoke Scotch, Irish, German, Enst
lish, Italian, Spanish, Tamil, Choctaw,
Burmese. After men have been long
in the land you can toll by their accentu
atior From what nationality they came;
and I suppose in the great throng around
the throne It will not be diflicult to tell
from what part of the earth they came,
These reaped Sicilian wheatfields and
those picked cotton trom the pods.
These under blistering skies gathered
tamarinds and yams. Those crossed
the deert on camels and those glanced
over the snow, drawn by Siberian dogs,
an(d I liese milked the goats far up ou the
Swiss crags. These fought the walrus
and white bear in regions of everlasting
snow and those heard the song of fierN
wimve-1l birds in African thickets. They
were white. They were black. They
Were red. They were copper color.
From all lands, from all ages. Th3e
were plunged into Austrian dungeons
They passed through Spanish inquisi
tions. They were confined in Londor
tower. They fought with beasts in tht
aiphitleater. They wcre Moraviani
They were Waldenses. They were Al
bigensee. They were Scotch Covenan
ters. They were Sandwich Islanders.
In this world men pref'er ditleren
kinds of government. The Unite
Statts want a republc. The Britisl
government needs to be a co'stitutiona
monarchy. Austria wants absolutism
But when they come up from earth fron
different nationalities they will prefe
ove "reat monarchy-King Jesus rule
over it. And if that monarchy wer(
disbanded, and it were submItted to al
the hosts of heaven who should rule
then by the unanimous sufl'rages of al
the redeemed Christ would become tie
preslident of the whole universe. Magniu
Chartas, bills of right, houses of bur.
gesses, tri uivirates, congresses, parlia.
ments-nothing in the presence of
Christ's scepter, swaying over all the
People who have entered upon that
great glory. Oh! can 1ou imagine it'
What a strange comminsling of tastes,
of histories, of nationalities, "of' all na
tions and kindreds and people and
tonlgues.'
Aly subject advances, and tells you of
the dress of those in heaven. The ob.
ject of dress in this world is not only to
veil tihe body, but to adorn it. The God
who dreRses up the spring morning with
blue ribbon of' sky around the bow and
carrings of' dew drops hung from tree
branch and mantlc of' crimson cloud
1lhmg over the shoulder and the violetted
slippers ot' the grass for her f'eet-I know
that God (foes not despise beautiful ap.
parel. Well, what shall we wear in
heavet4? "I saw a great multitude
clothcd in white robes.'' It is white!
In this world we had sometimes to have
on working apparel. Bright, and Ius.
trous garments would be ridiculously out
of place sweltering amid forges, of mix
ing paints, or lalster'ing ceilings, or
Ini this w'orld we must hmave the wvork
ing day apparel sometimes, and we care
not how coarse it is. it is appropriate;
but w hen all the toil of' earth is past and1(
ther'e 15is nomore dr'udgery and no more
weaineiss we shall stand( before the
Lthrone rob)ed in white. Oni earth we
somevt,iimes had to wvear miourning apparel
-black scarf for the ar'm, black veil for
the flate. black gloves for the hands,
b)lack band f'or the hat. Abraham
miourniing for Sairai; Isaac mouninug for
lieheeca; lRachel mourning f'or her chil
direni; D avid mourning fer Absafom;
alairy mourning fi'r Lazarus. Every
se'ondi of every minute of' every hour of
.very (lay a heart br'eams.
Th'le earthi fr'om zone to zone and from
p'ole to pole is eleft with sepulchral
r'ent . anid the ear'th can eaislyv afl'ord to
bloom anid blossom whlen it is so rich
with nmthliring life. Graves! graves!
traves! liut whlen these bereavements
have all patssal, arnf there are no more
grave's to dig aind no moie cofilns to
make and( no more sorrow to suff'er, we
hall pull1 oil'tfhis mourning and be robed
mI whiute. I see a soul going right upi
from all this scene of'sin andl trouble into
ilory. I seem to hear him say:
I j'nrneay forth rejofeir g
l'romn this dark v'ale of tears,
'I heavenly joy and freedom'
krim earthily care and fears.
Whien C2hmist my Lord shall gather
All bi s redeemed agaIn,
H s kingdom to inher't
G;ood night till then.
I hear may SaViour calling;
'I lhe joyful hour has coime
Thf e angel guards are ready
'To guide me to our home.
Wh'fen Christ our Lord shall gather
All his redeemed agalin,
I lis kingdom to inherit
Uood nIght till then.
Aly subject advances, and tells you of
the symbols they carry. If my text
had represented the goodl in heaven as
carrying cypress branches, that would
have meant sorrow. If my text had
represented the goodl in heaven as carry
ing nii ghtshade, that would htave meant
siin. .u ut it is a palm branch they car
ry, and that is victory. When the peo.
ple caine home from war in olden times
the conqueror rode at the head of his
troops, and there were triumphal
arches and the people would come out
with branches of the plamt tree and
wave them all along the host. What
a significant type tis of the greetinog
and of the joy of the redeemed in hea
ven! On earth they were condemned,
and were put out of polite circles.
TIhey had infamous hands strike them
on both cheeks. Infernal spite spat in
their faces. Trheir back ached with sor
row.
Their bro w reeked with unalleviated
toll. IIow weary they were! Some.
times they broke the heart of the mid
night it the midst of all thteir anguish,
crying out, "O) God ." But hark now to
thte shout of the dlvered captives, as
they lift their arms from the shackles
andl they cry out, "Free!tfree!" They
look back upoht all the trials t.hrough
which they htave passed the battles they
have fought, the burdens they carried,
the misrepresentations they suffered,
and because they are delivered from all
these they stand before God Waving
their palms. They come to the feet of
Christ and they look up into his face,
and they remember hIs sorrows, and
they remember his pain, and Itey re
member his groans and thtey say: "Why
I was saved by that Christ. lie par.
doned my sins, he soothed my sorrows,'
and standing there they shall be exult
ant, waving their p alms.
That hand once held the implemeni
of toil or wielded the sword of war, bul
now it p lucks down branches from thi
tree of life as they stand before thi
throne waving their palms. Once hi
was a pilgrim on earth; he crunched tht
hard crusts he walked the weary way
But it Cis all gone now-the sin gone
the weariness gone the sickness gone
the sorrow gone. As Christ stands us
before the great array of the saved anc
recounts his victories it will be like'tht
rocking and tossing of a forest in a
tempest, as all the redeemed rise up
host beyond host, rank beyond rank
waving, waving their palms.
My subject makes another advance
ment and speaks of the song they sing
Dr. Dick, in a very learned work, sayl
that among other things in heaven hi
thinks they will give a grea, deal o
time to the study of arithmetic and th
higher branches or mathematics I di
not believe it. It would upset my de
or haaven if I thought so; I never hke(
mathematics; and I would rather tak
tle representation of my text, whicl
describes the occupation of heaven a
being joyful psalmody. "They crie
with a loud voice, saying, Salvatio:
unto our God," In this world we hav
secular songs, boatmen's songs hai
vest songs, sentimental songs; but I
heaven we will have taste for only on
song, andl that will be the song of sal
vation from an eternal death to an etei
nal heaven, through the blood of th
Lamb that was slain.
I see a soul coming up to join the re
deemed in heaven. As it goes throug
the gates the old friends of that spiri
come around it and say, "What shal
we sing?" and the newly arrived sor
says, "Sing salvation;"and after awhil
an earthly despotism falls, and a sce
ter of iniquity is snapped, and churcht
are built where once there were super
stitious mosques, and angel cries t
angel, "Let us sing," and the answer it
"What shall we sing?" and anothe
voice says, "Let us slug salvation;" an
after awhile all the church on eartl
will rush into the outspread arms of th
church of heaven, and while the righte
ous are ascending, and the world is burt
ing, andt all things are being woun
up, the question will be asked,"Wha
shall we sing?" and there will be
voice "like the voice of many water:
like the voice of mighty thounderings,
that will respond, "Sing salvation."
In this world we have plaintive song
-songs tremulous with sorrow, song
dirgeful for the dead; but in heavei
there will be no sighing of winds, ni
wailing of anguish, no weeping sym
phony. The tamest song will be hal
lelulah-the dullest tune a triumpha
march! Joy among the cherubim! Jo3
among the seraphim! doy among tnit
rausomed! Joy forever!
On earth the music in churches it
often poor, because there is no interest
in it or because there is no harmony.
Some would not sing, some could not
sing, some sang too high. some sang
too low, some sang by fits and starts
but in the great audience of the ra
deemed on high all voices will be ac
cordant and the man who on earth
could not tell a plantation melody from
the "Dead March in Saul" will lift an
anthen that the Mendelessohns and
Beethovens and the Schumanns of
earth never imagined, and you may
stand through all eternity and listen,
and there will not be one discord in
that great anthem that forever rolls lip
against the great heart ot God. It will
not be a solo, it will not be a duet, it
will not be a quintet, but an innumer
able host before the throne crying,
"Salvation unto our God and unto the
Lamb." They crowd all the temples;
they bend over the battlements; they
fill all the heights and deit. and lengths
and breadths of heaven with their
hosannas.
.When pjeople were takeni into the
rl'emple of Diiania it was such a brilliant
room that they were always put on
their guardl. .Some people had lost
their sight by just looking on the brilli
ancy of that room, and so the janitor,
when he brought a stranger to tne door
and let him in, would always charge
him, "'Take heed of your eyes."
Oh, when I think of the song that
goes up around the throne of God, so
jubilant, many voiced, multitudinous,
t fet l like saying, "Trake heed of your
ears." It is so loud a song. It is so
blessed an anthem. They sing a rock
song, say ing, "'WVho is lie th at sheltered
us mi the wilderness and shadowed us
mi a weatry laud ?" Anid the chorus
comes mi, "Christ, the s',a low of a rock
in a weary land."
T1hey smng a star soni, sa1ying, "'Who
is lie that guided us through the thiek
night, and when all other lights went
out arose in tihe sky the mnoruning star,
pourin. light, on the soul's (larkness?"
And thie chorus will come in, "'Christ,
the morning star, shining on the soul's
darkness." They will sing a flower
song, saying, "'Who is lie that, brighitened
all our way, and b)reathedl sweetness
upon01 our soul, and bloomed throughi
irost, and tempest?'" and( the chorus will
come in, "Christ. the lily of the valley.
biloominig thirouigh fronrt and tempest."
They sing a water sone, saying, "Who
is lie [fhat gleamed to us from the frown
ing crag, and lightened [lie darkest ravmne
of' trouble, and brought coolinir to the
lip, and was a fountain in the ~midst of
the wilderness?" and then the chorus
will come in, "Christ, the founthin in
the midst of' the wilderness."
My friends, will you join that a'uthem?
Sh all we make rehearsal this morning?
Ii' we cannot sing that song o.n earth we
will not, be ab>le to sing it in heaven.
Can it be [hat our good friends in that
lan(i will walk all through that great
throng of which 1 speak, looking for us
and not lindinig us? will they come
dlown) to the gate and ask if we have
passedi through, and not, find us reportedi
as having come'/ Will they look through
the fohios ol eternal light and find our
names unrecorded? Is all this a rep.
resentatlon of' a land we shall never
see--ot a song we shall never sing?
White Caps at WVork.
ItA LEIG H, X. C., July 8.-In Johnston
county, last night, a party of disguised
men went to the house of Steve Thomp
son, white, and gave hIm nd lis wife
a terrible beating. Thompson claims
that the meni were white and that they
isguised themselves by blacking their
faces. I[e has made complaint and
sworn out warrants against one of the
wealthiest men in the county andi three
of his sons, The investigation begins
next Monday. The motive for whip.
ping involves several things affecting
the character of the Thompsons. It is
charged that they are dangerous people
and fiIrebrands in the com munity. They
are also accused of being of depraved
character, and several robberies are
chlargedl to them. The woman is the
mother of three negro children, These
things the community could not endure,
and the neighbors whipped the man
and his wife, with the idea of driving
them away. Their backs are a mnas
of wouinds from the blows with heavy
whips.
Shot at a Church,
BEDFonDI, Ind., July 7.--James Mur.
phy, shot and killed William Faubion,
at Chapel 11111, eleyen miles north of
here, while the congregation knelt in
prayer, and the preacher was asktng
Giod to bless and protect those preseni
from evil. The fatal shots were fired
at the very door of the church. Fau
blon was under the influence of whisk3
and was making a noise. lie was or
dered away and the poor fellow wai
leaving when Murphy shot him ini thu
i back. Murphy esap..s
SIHAW SHOWS UP.
fi
THE "LYNCHED" MAN APPEARS IN a
HIS LAWYER'S OFFICE. H
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Detailed Aucount of a N189ht 1anMOrAbiO a
tu Mie LIfe-Havagei, W1tpped and h
Threatened With Death-A Wild Dash 0
for Life and Liberty. it
GREENVILLE,. C., July 8.-The first S
newspaper itan to ate and interview g
Dave Shaw since his mysterious die. I
appearance from Laurens county, was i[
a reporter for The Daily iNews. The f
alleged Interview with Shaw in the b
Atlanta Constitution wan a .ike, as r
many supposed. Thie News is able to a
give the first straight story of the out. 11
rageous affair which, for over a month, f,
has been shrouded in myestery. b
It was on Friday night of the 27th of 8
May that Dave Shaw wa. subjected to le
what he claims was most inhuman t
a cruelty by a mob of Laurens county l;
citizens, some of them influential and a
prominent men. Since then the a
whereabouts of Shaw has been known w
to few, and all kinds of wild rumors hi
have filled the air and gone uncontra- ir
dicted, because the truth was not I
t known.
I)ave Shaw is 20 years old and is live sk
1 feet seven inches high. lie weighs a
1 about 180 pounds, and is a dark ginger ti
bread color. Ris face and chlin are w
1 smooth and his healthy condition is
evidence that he has been well treated 4
since the night that he ran like a deer t(
I for his life. lie seems to realize that S
r his life is still in jeopardy, for a
I frightened roll of the eyes and a quick, ti
I startled turn of the body are noticed on t(
the approach of an unknown )erson, r
Under the right side of the chin are
' scars where a rope cut into the flesh P
I and Shaw's back is yet sore from the
t terrible beating he received. A scar
on the right side of the face tells where a
he was struck a stinging blow.
The story of the negro is a wonderful
one. Shaw, arrived yesterday afternoon
from below here with a colored man, ft
3 his cousin, and a white man who has i
I been a friend to him. le went to the tl
ofilce of C. F. Dill, who has for years i
been his attorney, to seek advice about d
what lie shall do. He had not been in
the oflice three minutes before a News
reporter had been introduced to him.
On being told that the reporter was a
friend lie lost the startled expresion of
his eyes and, on being asked, at once pro- -ii
ceeded.to tell the story of what was the 3
nearest call to death lie ever knew and S
of moments when he thought he would 'i
soon meet his Maker. w
Shaw's language was that of the typi
cal darkey and no attempt is made to re- al
produce his exact words. lie said that I
he was arrested about 2 o'clock in after- e
noon in his field by Constable Aber- U
crombie, William Abercrombie, Wit- )
liam Watkins and James Bolt. The ar- ol
rest was on a arrant charging him l
with breaking into the store of V. L. I
Hopkins. The men allowed Shaw to go tit
to his house to get his shoes and coat.
lie remained there at)out half an hour gi
and was then taken to Hlopkin's house. to
IIe was placed in a corn crib for safe yc
keeping and was kept there until after w
dark. Ile was given some food, which a'
he placed in the hip pocket of his trous
era. Shortly after dark the two Aber
crombies, accompanied by one of the
Hopkins,' started to Laurens With their
prisoner. The three men were riding
horses. Shaw was riding behind the i
constable. Trhree-founrths of a mile ne
from IIopkins' house is Rabun creek. 'U
on reaching the stream the constable in
told the two others that lie would walk fo
across the foot loir with the prisoner, Lii
and asked them to take charge of huis a
horse amnd saddle, the saddle girth hav- er
ing become loose. The constable anmd tr
Shaw started up the hill. The two a
others taJrietl beh in d. A bout T50 y ards
fromi the creek Shiaw, notwithstanding t
it was a dark night, saw tihe gieam of
shirt bosoms in thne bushes oui each side
of the road, iIe tiid nor, have time for er
meditation, for the mob sprang froini t
the bushes, fired pistols and gemns and el
cried, "We want that prisoner'" The m
constable stood beside his prisoner, to
while nothing imuore wats seen by him o011.o
the two other alleg(ed ollicers. Shaw at
says that, there were at least lifty men fo
ini the mob. Coinstab,le Abercrom-bie in
said not hing and did notling in defence in
of his prisoner,.t
"Thecy took me," said Shmaw, "across
into the pines, going aibout fifty or
seventy-uive yards. Whent the Aber- o
crombies and llopkins left IIopkins' ~
house with me they had my hands tied ca
hardl behind me with my o wn plow line, t.h
with which I was plowing wvhen they' th
arrested mec. Th'ie crowd stopped under fo
a pine and told me they were going to th
hlang me if I did not tell them where ce
Mr. HIopkins' goods were. I told them bc
I knew nothing about the goods. They
then untied the rope aroundt my hands, mn
and put it over my nec~k. They pulled w:
off my coat and threw it over my head." I
Shaw then graphically diescr Ibed his
first experience in hanging. T1he object
of the mob at the beginning was to
make imu confess the robbery and not Ic
to kill him. They tied a knot In the m
rope so that it wouldn't tighten and to
kill him. The end of the rope was thi
thrownl over a limb of a tree and Shaw hc
was pulled tip, IIe was let down and p<
commanded to make a confession, lie
protested his innocence. Six or eight th
Limes he was drawn uip andl let down,
each time suffering agonies. Some one
In the mob said, "D-in him, lie's rest
lng too easy," and then t he rope was
fixed so that It would tighten. In the 1"
face of what lie thought to be dleath lie so
again declared his innocence, iIe was of
pulled up, the rope ighted and after a
short time he lost consciousness. A kt
pleasant feeling stole over himi after a mi
brief suffering and be thought hie was at
in his own homne, with his family around rr
him. iIe does not know how long lhe dr
was hanging, but the first he remem
bers was the sound of voices. A voice
said, "D-n him, hie ain't dead, he's re
only pQssuming," and lie was dealt a
blow in the face. The mob took him to
to another tree, took the rope from lisa
neck, tied It to his thumbs and then of
tried the thumb torture, pulling him *
up many times by the thumbs. Shaw ra
says the agony was excruciating, and N
that his hands were swollen for dayg 01
Iis thumbs now have no feelings in 01
them. Even this fearful torture failed 01
to wring a confession from Shaw. An- ut
other erdeal was In store for the unfor- Lii
tuniate man. iIe was strapped to a tree se
and whipped with a leather buggy in
trace, the blood flowing freely. Occa- lo
sionally he was struck with a stick.
The trace madie more bruises than i
gashes. Not a word passed Shaw's lips. V
U p to this time the crowd had not di- Lu
mlinished and the constable seems to i
have followed in the hope of regaining lii
his prisoner. at
As a last resort the mob told Shaw pi
that If he did not talk they would take ai
him to a lake on lleedy river and his fa
bed would be in that. T'he lake 12 te.vop
miles and a bait from where 'the mob u
took possession of the prisoner, and In
the direction where Shaw was arrested. u
'The mob started with their helpless
victim, going back toward where lie S
w- taken from. The mob dwindled 11i
waL 'e going along the road and m mile
fro. where the start was made there Li
was 'otsa large number. Shaw told the SI
Crowd that he would help hunt the
olen articles, hoping to get an oppor
inity of escaping. The crowd turned
om the road into the woods, lighting
lantern. -Shaw cai ried the lantern.
e was watching his chance. Three
en were be ide him and the others be
nd. Alter a long walk in the woods,
branch wa reached. The crowd told
im that they had tollowed him long
iough and intended to blow his brains
it. By thia time Shaw was again
ear his own home aul knew the local
y well. lie was close to a deep gully.
uddenly he hurled the lantern into the
ally and broke. He said: "I seed it
,as death any way I went and thought
might as well die running as stand
ig still." Ills familiarity with the
round gave him an advantage. lil
ts whistled around the fleeing negro,
ut he thought only of escape. Shaw
mn a long distance, pulled off his shoes
rid went on. lie reached a swamp on
[orse creek before daylight and went
tr into it. Ile had the food which had
3en given hum. lie remained in the
vaip until Sunday night, when he
It, going to Belton. Ilis object was
get as far away as possible. From
-lton he reached Seneca and then
ent to Toccoa, Ga., where lie staved
ith a friend until Friday of last week,
'hen lie returned by the same route he
d gone. Ile has been with a cousin
the lower part of this county since
[onday.
Shaw has a wife and child, but has Dot
en them since the afternoon lie was i
'rested. lie has a dread of going back I
Laurens. Ile does not believe lie
ould be safe in Laurens jail.
Governor Tillman and Solicitor
-humpert will probably be telegraphed
for a:1vice about what to do with
aw.
Shaw would not tell for publication
Le nawies of the men in the mob he
cognized. le knows about twelve of
iem and some, as stated, are men of
rominence and influence.-News.
WHY WILLIAMSON TURNS.
e Cal't Support the Party of Imperial
laim *ud Plutocracy,
1MREENCASTLE, Ind., July G.--The
>Ilowing correspondence between the
[on. George A. Knight of this city and
ie Ilon. D. E. Williamson, formerly
ie Republican Attorney General of In
iana, is published in the 1), wocrat:
UBRAziL, Clay County, Ind.,
June, 25, 1892.
. E, Williamson, Greencastle, Ind.
MY DEAR FRIEND-I see by this
orning's papers that you have averred
>ur purpose to vote for Cleveland and
evenson. I congratulate you upon
ds return to your ancient love, from
hom jou have beon eo long alienated.
I admire such independence of 'arty
ackles. Your great influence wili be
lt throughout the borders of Indiana,
d many others, by your heroic pur
,pe, will be induced to return to the
E party, which, I am proud to say, is
arer sound and correct In its princi.
es on the financial and tariin questions
an it has been for twenty-five years.
I extend to you the right hand warm
ip of* party fellowship. May you live
be a thousand ).irs old, and when
u (lie may it be in the ancient faith to
litlh you once held and which you have
ain embraced. Yours fraternally,
Gj-.onoi A. KNIGHT.
G R-:ENCAsTL., Ind., June 27, 1892.
nrge A. Knight, Brazil, Ind.:
MY DEAR FRIEN)-l have your note
the 25h inst. I treasure its contents
the expression of a irtend without a
ile. Lu 1801l the war, that great epoch
Ameriean history, led me into the
Ids of the Republicani party. My ac
n w as the result oflhoniest convi,a,
belilf that the Gov'ernment could only
ist by micent expenditure of' blood and
lasure. I stood by that, party and
t'3d with it until every que'stion arising
t of the war was set,tled and sealed by
e law of the land. No change was
er made in my mnind as to old Demo.
?ttic pirinciples- they had grown too
:ong to be eradicated by sulbsequent
ents9, Thirough one of those political
itations, that all parties are stibject
the l)ermocratic par;,y now stands as
the Governmnent, policy (t.he slavery
estion eliminated) where it stood ba
-e the wvar: A tariff for reventue, with
:idental protection to our manuf actur
Sinterests, not a tariff for ;uroteet,ion
wealth andl inlcidental revenue to' the
)ver.iment. Th'le race qluetion is now(
the shouilers of the Repl)hican
rty. The President and the Rtepubli
a ploliticins are squarely p)ledged to
a "force bill," whenever they obtain
a power to pass such a measure. 1.
one, am not willing to aid them I
air effort for that power. If they suc
ed in this canvass that, odious law will
fastened upon the people.
Power to control the Federal Govern
cnt, is what, the Rtepublic:an leaders
mat. The negroes of the Sout,h can be
't to take care of themnselves in all
at,e elections, but in the election of
esident and Congressmnen the whole
Jeral po~wer, executive, judiciary and
litary, if necessary, must be invoked
keel) the negro of the South on top of
e whit,e population. The negro has
en freedl, enfranchised, and has cqual
hltical p)rivileges with the white man.
I am tiredl of the polit,ical cry, "Lo!
a poor negro." lIe can solve the ra::e
estion himiself by breaking up the
lid negro vote. Tis at once would .
t him under the p)rotection of bot,h
rt,ies an' .t, the same time break the 4
lid South, and would we have no more
the race iuestion.
Then again, if' tha Republican party Is
pt in power, the government at Wash
Iton will become imperial in all its
t,ributes, and( .hie States mere out,lying
ovinces an~d local self-government a
sam of the past,.t
The present rulers ol the htep)ublican f
rty all have military p)retensions and ~
ard the mass of the part,y as subjects I
I
comminand. TIhe p)eople have but, little
say, other tIhan ratify the acts of the i
ice- holdecrs and( coloredl gentlemen of I
e South. For my part, I reluso to
tLfy. I had occasion last week to visit
uncle, lndl , and availed myself of t,be
porttinity of visiting the nmer
a manufacturing establishments in
eration and numerous others going
; mitlions of dollars expended in
I' planits; no0 want of money,
rp)lus capital o: other manufactur-.
Senterprises. As I returned home I
ked out at the farmer tolling In the
lds, his fiirm of but little Increased
lue l)y years' hard work; the manuifac
rer a milhl!naire, wIt,h the markets of
o worldh oj, ia to his output; the farmer
nilted to a home market for lis products
d compelled to pay a royalty on all his
Irchases; the manufacturer a mIllion
re wit,h all the luxuries of' wealth; the
rmer a slave to labor with a bare comn
tence*; the former the pet,ted child of
e government, the latter the Atlas
on which all rests.
Are you sur prised that I am on the
he of the under man, and aid In the
~ht against plotocracy and Imperialism?
Stand upon the watch tower, unfurl
e banner 01 Democracy, cry aloud and
are not. I am truly your friend,
D,) E. WILLIAM8ON.
A Vity Alatioit urnat 'p.
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)n Log - till, near the top of the moui
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Reports received tonight say that four
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that loss to property will reach ten or
lifteen million dollars. The lire is still
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?le are homeless, and nearly all are
lompletely destitute. All the govern
nent records have been burned and
nany lives have doubtless been lost, as
nembers of many families are missing.
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