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V is'31 ggStJEP SlMl'WEEHL^ ^ ^ ? m. 6KIST & SONS, Publishers! I % ^amitg Jtcwspapcr: ^or the promotion of the |otitieat, ?oriat, ggricutturat, and Commerciatjnterests of the $eop!e. {TER*slNoiE?2oir?m5J M ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKYILLE. S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1900. NO. 59. If MALCOl || A Tale of Moral Heroism ] |1 BY CHARLES EE = Author of "In Hi* Steps," "Cruci r= == Lardy's Se' EE == OOPTIUOHT, 1900, BY TF.E , I IllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIII lUustratianai*; nlllllillllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIII! CHAPTER XI. I A MOMENT OF DOUBT. Malcom read the four letters through one after the other without a word of comment Only Dorothy, watching him, noted the expressions on his face. When he finished the letter from the Boston magazine, he looked up. "Well?" said Dorothy slowly, as if Malcom had asked a question. "It's a great offer," said Malcom. He was evidently very much moved by It. And he rose and walked up and down. Finally he stopped near the door. % "I shall have to go out doors and walk off the excitement," he said, looking at Dorothy, with a faint smile. She % was familiar with that habit. Malcom had often done that when tired of the cramped quarters of his little study In A the parsonage.^ s He walked to the table, took up his hat and went to the door. He opened It and then turned back to Dorothy, , who sat with her elbow on the table and her chin in her hand thinking, s "Will you go with me, dear?" Malcom asked quietly. She rose without a word and, putting on her hat and cloak, went out with him. They walked out of the yard, and then, after a moment of hesitation, they turned and went down the narrow board sidewalk toward the main street of the town. It was almost 11 o'clock. Nearly all the stores were' closed, but every saloon was wide open. As they went by one of the largest on the first busl liess corner two or uiree uieu ueur me door recognized Kirk and touched their hats, saying very respectfully as they did so, "Good evening. Mr. Kirk." "Good evening, gentlemen," replied Malcora, touching his hat. He passed * on with Dorothy, but with all the Inner conflict going on she had time to think of the little incident and say to herself proudly, "Even the loafers and drinkers respect my husband." ? And it was true, because they knew In their hearts that Malcom Kirk lov- i ed them, wretched, useless creatures as many of them were, down at the very bottom of the human scale, down where nothing but love ? :>uld reach them. i As they went past one of the dancehouses they could hear the jingle of , spurs on boots, the wild laughter of x the women and the clink of glasses at i the bar. Dorothy shuddered and drew up closer to Malcom. To both of them It Is probable that there was borne In upon them the lost abandoned life that always goes with the liquor trade, the desperate, lawless character of young men and women who represented so large a part of the social life of the town. What a relief It would be to get away from It all, back to the culture and refinement of books and comDanionable DeoDle and the life of free dom from moral struggle for the life of others that awaited them In that New England home that might be theirs for the taking! ? They had walked through the street and were out on the prairie road before either of them said a word. Then Maleom said, while he pressed Dorothy's arm close to his own: "What do you think I had better do?" She was not prepared to have him ask a question, and she was not ready with an answer. "What would you do in my place?" he asked after waiting for her to answer his first questiou. "Don't ask me. Malcom," cried Dorothy almost tearfully. He bent bis head and in the starlight saw her face moved with unusual excitement. "It is true," he began to talk to himself, "it is true, as he says, 'the press is as powerful as the pulpit in these days.' I could certainly do as much good that way as any. I feel as if I could use my pen for the good of humanity." "Yes, yes!" Dorothy cried eagerly. She spoke as if Malcom's words had .. been a great relief to her. Then she went on almost passionately: "What can you do here, Malcom? You can slave yourself to death out here with this little church and never accomplish much. You cannot do the church work and the writing too. You will break down under it. How can you ever build again, with the hard times and so many families moving away and winter coming on? And your salary, little as it is, so cruelly delayed. it is a humiliation to keep on this uarrow, pinched life, with no companionship to speak of. no money to buy new books, with a dead lift on a poor struggling church that will wear your life out before you have reached your prime. 1 don't mind for myself, Malcom, you know. It was 'for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,' but it seems to me your life will be simply thrown away if you remain out here. Such an offer as this will not j. come to you again probably. If I were *** you"? J'lhe stopped, and Malcom eagerly ited for the rest. If I were you." Dorothy went on ongiy, "I would answer the letter at once and accept the offer. I want to set you succeed in life. I want to have the world know your strength as 1 do." He made no reply, and they walked <?n a little farther. Then Malcom .spoke as if again reasoning with himself: [iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiinirinniiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie VI KIRK. I| In Overcoming the World. 11 M. SHELDON, ?? flxlon of Philip Strong:," "Robert = EE ren Days." = = ADVANCE PUBLISHING CO. = == B, n Hcyer. Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll | iiiiiillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllim "I certainly could do as much good that way as any." He was silent again. They had reached a place where the road branched off to "The Forks." They turned and went back toward the town. When they reached the first houses, they took the street which led past the ruins of the church and parsonage. They seemed to do this without saying to each other that they would. Their walk back had been in silence. When they reached the corner where the church and parsonage had stood, they stopped and looked at the ruins. These were mournful, as such ruins always are. The foundation line of the church building looked pitifully small to Malcom as he thought of the little congregations that had so often met there for worship or the prayer service. And still he could not even there, as he viewed what seemed like a failure in life, he could not shut out of his sight the picture of Dorothy and himself as they had gone into the church that first night of their arrival in Conrad three years before and had there made together their solemn promise to redeem the lost of Conrad. Were they about to break that promise because difficulties had come into the struggle? Was it possible that they were going to declare themselves beaten in the attempt to overcome? Were they about to choose the easy, comfortable physical life and shun the agony of the spiritual conflict with evil forces? Were they about to run away from duty as cowards? Was it duty to remain in Conrad? How about his duty to the temperance conflict? If he had any real strength that way, ought he to abandon the cause at this critical time? But how could Dorothy live tills lire or privation; now uuuiu he go on with his meager salary, humiliated by being in debt to the tradespeople and dependent for his living on the spasmodic giving of the churches that "indorsed" home missions, to be sure, but left the Home Missionary often unpaid or the recipient of boxes which sometimes were so clearly in the nature of charity that no self respecting man could take and use the contents? All this and more crowded into Malcom's mind as he stood there that night by the ruins of bis church and home. The same thoughts were also in the mind of Dorothy, and with It all It seemed, too, as if to both of them came a half suppressed doubt as to the course Malcom was on the point of taking. "Don't you feel that we have tried our best to keep that promise we made that night In the church?" Dorothy asked, as she nervously pushed her foot against one of the stones at the corner of the foundation. Malcom did not answer at first Then he said evasively, as if he had been thinking of something else, "I'm sure I can do as much with my pen as I can in a church." Dorothy did not look up or speak for some time. Then she said with rather eager emphasis: "Why not write at once to the editor | and tell him that you will accept his offer?" "I will," said Malcom in a low tone. They stood a little while longer by the ruins, and then turned away and went home. Somewhere in the great spaces of the infinite to Malcom and Dorothy it almost seemed as if a sigh from an angel of light breathed over the sleeping town that lay on the blackened surface of the prairie. What they felt was the inner uneasiness of spirit that the promise they had made three years before had been, if not broken, at least not lived out as It might have been. In Malcom's heart as he said to Dorothy. "1 will," there was a distinct uncertainty of feeling. There was a lack of spontaneous joy at his action which he knew well enough meant that somewhere he had not been true to the best that was in him. Nevertheless in the morning he wrote the letter in answer to the editor, accepting the position and asking him to give him time to sever his relations with the church, etc. He took the letter and went out early after breakfast to mail It. He would hand in his resignation at the. weekday church meeting and write to the superintendent later in the day. He was thinking it all over as he neared the main stret, when a farm wagon drove up noisily and stopped near him. "Oh. Mr. Kirk, will you come right out to 'The Forks' with me? Phil is in a terrible way and has been calling for you all night!" It was Mrs. Barton, and her thin, eager face looked down at Malcom as she sat there looking at him anxiously. Into Maicom ivirrs Heart tnere came a distinct shock, almost as if he had been detected in doing a selfish thing. Here again was this appeal for help coming at a time wbeD It seemed to him as if the burden he was carrying was too great for him. He looked up at Mrs. Barton. "Why, certainly, I'll go right out with you," he said, every instinct of helpfulness in him rising and going out toward the cry for help. Just then Carver came walking by. Kirk had the letter he was going to post in his hand. "Say, Carver, will you mail this letter for me as you go by the office?" Maicom asked, and Carver eagerly took trie letter, more than willing to do < Mr. Kirk a favor. < Maleom at once got up into the wag- ? on with Mrs. Barton, and they drove out of town rapidly. Carver stood watching them a moment, then he so turned and went on down the street. At the first saloon he hesitated, but n< finally went in. Before noon he had gone into three or four different saloons Uj that lay between him and the postof- ba flee, and the letter remained in his jn pocket forgotten. a? On their way to "The Forks" Mai- ac com learned from Mrs. Barton that while Philip was on his back, unable bf to leave his bed, one of the farmer 8e boys living on the next ranch had 0f brought out several bottles of whisky and smuggled them into the house. ec The result was that young Barton was \V * 1 4u..?vt/vnn In fVlrt IJUYlUg Ut'lU'lUUI tlCUJClJO nunc iu cue yjterrible condition caused by his de- w bauch at the time of the great fire. ac His mother had spent a fearful night with him, and at last, desperate and 8t heartbroken, dry eyed, but weeping m her blood away within, she had come ve Into town for Kirk. tb "It is all of the devil, this drink busi- jj uess!" groaned Mnlcoin as he went into the house and into the room where co Phil Barton lay. lis Never in all his life had Malcom V Kirk seen such a sight. Barton knew (,y him as he came in. and he spoke his lu name. Ti en he began to curse in the most awful manner. The lower part cj, of his body was paralyzed, but his arms moved incessantly, and his head rolled back and forth on the bed while he called on all bell to blast ev- a| ery living creature on earth. Malcom put Mrs. Barton out of the WJ room and shut the door. Then for fa! three hours he spent the most trying V period he had ever known by the side uj of a suffering and sinful human being. u8 At the end of that time Barton lay gt| quiet, and Malcom was weak and jj, trembling, wet with perspiration and unnerved as if he had been facing some great peril. 'The doctor came just 0f as Malcom went to tell Mrs. Barton sj( that Philip was sleeping. She had not ^ been able to find any physician when ^0 she had gone in that morning and bad left word for one to cotne out. "What is going to become of my ^ boy. Mr. Kirk?" Mrs. Barton asked as er he was getting into the doctor's buggy to go back with him. ca Malcom had not the heart to say jg anything at first. In his soul a pro- ^ found horror and a divine indignation w] against the saloon greater than he had ever known had risen. At last he said: "Mrs. Barton, I hope ^ to live to see the day when your boy ^,| will not be near this temptation. The saloon and all it represents is an ene- Qr my of mankind. We will not cease to work and pray and suffer until the curse of it is removed from our life as a state." For the time he had forgot- ^ ten he was going away. . "Promise me, Mr. Kirk, that you will . do what you can for PhlL There's no a one living he thinks so much of. You p( saved his life. Save his soul too. Don't give him up, will you, Mr. Kirk?" .g! Malcom trembled. How could he tell ^ this wretched, heartbroken woman, llv- ^ ing In that desolate, ruined home, that . 1*. A. J MA n /5/v U in v\1am +SV IaQTTA y ue uuu uittuc uio pia.u tv acoyv? ^ Conrad. She clung to him as the largest and only hope for her boy that p she knew. What could he say to her? ^ The doctor, who had been listening pf sympathetically, but In silence, had ^ gathered up his reins, and the horses ^ impatiently made a movement to start, . and still Malcom Kirk said nothing. "I know you won't give him up, Mr. Rr Kirk. If you don't save him, no one e else will. Don't you think he's worth or saving?" She stood by the buggy and laid her thin, worn hand on Malcom's arm. As p he looked at it he thought of some old r S6( verses he had read while in the semi- ~ nary about a mother's hands: ^ Not all the ladies in all the lands, With riches and titles and fame, Could boast of Buch beautiful, shapely hands "t: As one that I could name. pr na Her hands were without a Jeweled ring, And the fingers were thin and old, But a baby's fingers would round them cling, an More precious than solid gold. qII My mother has passed this earth away, To the land where death cannot be, al) But I'll never forget her as she lay, H< Hands clasped in prayer for me. j()j They were old verses that some one ib had translated hastily from a German eo text, but Malcom remembered them, as and they came to him vividly just now. sj\ "Of course I believe he is worth sav- T1 iug," said Malcom. be Mrs. Barton looked up to him again appealingly. ha "You won't give him up, will yon?" a "No: I won't give him up," replied jn Malcom. but he hardly seemed to realize what the words meant. Was he not Ct planning to go away from all this bur- i|)( den bearing? Had he not already writ- 0r ten the letter accepting the place where p]< he would be free to use his pen without m< this constant struggle to help the lives pe of others in this personal contact with ih them ? TO BE CONTINUED. pe BATHS AND FATIGUE. na Professor Iv. Beerwald says that vyf when the body is fatigued or the brain has been overtaxed by excessive men- esl tal work it 13 very wrong to take a he cold bath. Such a bath excites, he sh says, and if we add this to the already Fi excited state of the body the result l'1( seems rejuvenating for the moment, but very soon the tension becomes too I>r great, and the body cannot be forced se< to do more work. to According to the professor, a warm wi bath is the only kind to be applied ru when one wishes to recover from fatigue, and the longer a tired body th< remains in a bath of, say, 70 degrees the quieter become the strained nerves and the easiei follows the sought for ?ii .est. of In the morning, after a good night's VV rest, a cold bath is very invigorating, wt but at no time during the day, if the mt nerves are strained, should it be re- lis pea ted. do 0 iHiscrUancous pending. PRINCE TUAN, MAN OF DESTINY. metblng About the "Man on Horsebacl of Middle Kingdom. ;w York World. Oo the blood-red dawn that "com ) like thunder outer China 'crost tl ly," there is one figure that loon to sudden direful prominence ac mther that shrinks into lamentab id mysterious nothingness. The first of these is Prince Tua sad of the Boxer movement. 1*1 cond is Kwang-Su, the boy emper China. Who is Prince Tuan, and to whi id is he the instrument of destiny here is the emperor, and is he det ulive? These are questions I hich all Christendom in arms awai i answer. Prince Tuan is a newcomer on ti age of international affairs. He is an of mystery. Recent terrible d ilopments point to the conclusic at in China he is "The Man c orseback." What manner of man is be tb; mmands the hordes who have esta ihed a reign of terror in China? Tl ry mystery enveloping bis personal , his ambition, his aims, his inlelle al force, adds to the fascination an e terror that his name inspires in tl vilized world. Two things about him are certai e is of royal blood and he would e: rminate all foreigners. Beyond thi I is darkness. Prince Tuan's watchword?or tl atchword with which be inspires tl natical hosts under him?is an ii irsion of the cry that thrilled Califo a to riot a few years ago. It is "Ch i for the Chinese!" That is the a ract idea. More specifically, th jxer motto is,' "Drive the foreig ivils into the sea 1" It is thus that Prince Tuan, brotbi the late emperor and uncle of tl jkly young emperor whose fate is i luht, spurs to deeds of barbarity ti irdes that he has mustered under h oody standard. But what end dot i see ? Does he honestly believe thi i cau prevail against the united pov s of Christendom ? Is he really goted patriot, fighting sincerely for use he believes to be righteous ? C be a scheming pretender lusting f< e throne and ignorant of the fori bicb civilization can bring to bei ainst him? These are things that Europe ar uerica have yet to be informed upo ley have no means of guagiDg Print jan'scharacter, because until a moni two ago, the man was uuknow e had done nothing to draw altei >o to himself, nothing to indicate tl itentialities of mischief and murd< at lurked in bis brain, nor the amb >n that would hold a horrified worl bay. Prince Tuan is the son of the fifi ince Tien, of the House of Taul ing. He is about 40 years old. ? the father of Pu-Chun, the boy i , who was named as successor to tl rone in the remarkable edict issut the emperor Kwang-Su last Jui ,ry. It was when that edict was caldt I over the world that the attention i iristendom was first directed I ince Tuan. No small curiosity wi It in his personality ; but not rauc uld be learned about him, exce| at he hated foreigners. It was inte eted as a bad omen that bis soi signated to become the next empe of China, was under the instructic d influence of two intensely ant reign tutors. It was learned furthermore thi ince Tuan was the head of the grei cret societies known as "The Gret vord" and "The Boxers," which ha en responsible for the murder < r. Brooks, the missionary, and tb Eluence of which exteuded over tb ovince of Chili, Sbaugtung and H< n. This was at a time when the Boxt li-foreign movement was first begii Dg to excite alarm. One thing more Christendom know out Prince Tuan. He is an athleti 9 has been enthusiastic in persuar * the young men of China to folio e same course. This in part a< <Vxh U io inflnunoa Uuainnin UlllS 1U1 llio lUiiuvuvvi x/\ au athletic leader, he became succei elv a political and martial leade le Boxers were athletes before the came assassins. As for the Emperor Kwang-Su, h s never at any time been more lha figurehead on the throne, a puppt the hands of the Dowager Erapres He is a son of the seventh Print mng, of the bouse of Tuakwang, an erefore a nephew of the late empei , TungChee. Tung-Chee was con elely under the influence of h Mlier, the second slave-wife of En ror Heiufung, seventh mouarch i e present dynasty of Tsing. It is customary iu China for an en ror to name his successor. Tuiij, leeat the close of his short, wild lib med the infatt Kuang-Su. Tbi ts the empress dowager's choic< e selected the youngest and sickli L of her nephews. She had rule r husband, she had ruled her sot e meant to rule a third emperoi le edict of last Jauuary pointed t e conclusion that she was desiroii ruliug a fourth ; but from wb* ince Tuan has showu of his mettle ^ms likely that if his son ever eornt tUnAiia /kf f1KSnu Tnu (I1C IIJI UliU VI v uiiu* X a WW X uw II be desirous of doing some of th ling on his own account. But then no one knows that he an b empress dowager have not bee lying into each others hands. Kuang Su, at all events, has led serahle life. He has had no shado< authority?uot even of liberty hen he succeeded to the throne h is only 4 years old. From that mi jnt he was a prisoner in the imp< il palace at I'ekin. The empres wager administered the empire an 8TheerdownerpZhew's cbaracter'? COLONEL JAMES ft. HOY' ? It suited her that he should be interesting story of a well spe sickly, self-indulgent, of feeble will, life. given over to gross pleasures, timo ii? ious of responsibility, dependent upon SOLDIER, CITIZEN, CHRISTIAN, GENTLEM her in everything. The War Kecard of L Soldier-Th. Poll So she bent the twig, and so the ea| Racord of . F?lr.Mlmled ?d 91ne, es tree grew. The emperor of China was u . . ? ? . _ ?. TT. , , Patriot?1The Moral and Religion* Recc ie a manikin. His aunt was the ruler of ? , . of a Christian Gentleman?The Man W ? empire. Represents the Principles of the Pro id He has been described as a small, 4 .0 .. 0 ? ' , ,. .. I, | * | . ' bltlonlsts of South Carolina, le delicate, intellectual looking youth, a _ with large black eyes and a thin, pale tarn Oc n, face. His grand tutor for many years ber luh I837_ in WaynesboTOi Virgin u/no TTno Tnno Hon. a mooted Chinese T -r? i-? it ,? ^ , <=> o??> :?; Mia iHiuur, j.?xeiKins iiujn, was >r mandarin, strongly opposed to foreign- native of New Hampshire and a jeWe ers and western ways. by trade, who had come south for it His enforced resignation two years health, and locating in Waynesboro, n ? ago was immediately followed by the and married Miss Jane Johnson, a la ,d proscription and flight of the leaders of the Virgiuia family of that name. C Lo *|!P||H8S^HBPHgniHKR9C9H^nn ',;' jM, IBHttHH '. '. jkvrBB I^^IHj^H tt^ywraM*\l id n. JAMES A. HOYT. ;e ' ? jj of the "Reformers," who had prema onel J. P. Hoyt was a highly cultur n turely hailed with satisfaction some man, and for a time was editor of the Ls u* indications of imperial intentions to rensville Herald, and of the Anders ,e welcome European civilization. Intelligencer during the absence of 1 er Kwang Su's marriage in 1889 was 8on in tbe army* ,j. the first occasion of fatal variance he- From Virginia, the Hoyt family mov Ij tween the young emperor and his aunt Clarksville, Georgia, where they liv the Dowager. He had chosen the for a few years and thence went to U h daughter of a high Maocbu military rens, S. C., where young Hoyt grew , officer: but the Empress Dowager had ma"h"01d- Jbe esieeocies of life co r. already made a match for him, having pe'ledKb,m * f/k aupp?" for,bl s! 'f chosen her own niece for the honor, ?"d when only 14 years old he en ered t m , , ... ., , m. ' office of the Laurensville Herald as ie ??d h" *">' prevailed. The emperor apprentlcei and from tbat tim6 haa be 1(j submitted. .... , engaged in newspaper work, with t a- 1? the edict by which he appointed exception of his army service. When Prince Tung's son bis successor the was 18 years old he went to Anderson a >d etnPeror?assuming that he really became foreman of the Anderson Gazet signed it?referred to the fact that in Jess than a year he was editor of tl when he was appointed successor to paper. He continued as editor and pi 18 Tung-Chi it was in the expectation proprietor until August, 1860, when .{j that he would raise up heirs to that began the publication of the Anders monarch. Intelligencer, which has ever since be "Now. because of ill health, I am one of the leading weekly papers of t p childless," the edict continued, "and state, except for a temporary suspensi r' have found it necessary to appoint a while its editors?James A. Hoyt and 1 ,n successor. Most reluctantly and after W. Humphreys?were in the army. : much solicitation on my part the Era- *n Hoyt was a leading spirit in t press Dowager has acceded to my re- organization of a mi itla com pany In A ouest " derson, known as the "Palmetto Rif it " ' men," and when the company volu it wait WATWR maths teered the next year, he was its ordei 11 ? . I..?/ ..? ?? ?,? sergeant. The Palmetto Riflemen enter d *or ,a hand bf?v (a batb givf t0 tbe the state's service April 14, 1881, in t f body by use of the hands only or by poimh So(jth Carolina iment und sponge or cloth) place a handful of salt Colonel j B E s, and -n about { In a basin as ordinarily failed for wash- weekg was rnu8tered int0 the Confeden j. 'DS- Allow the salt to dissolve or has- gervice. The regiment was at the frc ten the action by stirring it with the j early aod participated in the first bat hand. The water should be as cold as at Manassas. Hoyt was with the rej * you have vitality to withstand. Use ment in its memorable and heroic defer no soap. Bathe the entire body. Do of the Stone' Bridge, and subsequent not neglect the face and neck in the was in all the principal battles of t s free use of the salt water. Army of Northern Virginia, except Cha This bath has an exhilarating influ- cellorsville and Gettysburg, in which 1 ence, tones the entire system and gives command was not engaged. w to the skin a healthful condition that At the reorganization in 1862, tbe coi B' amply repays for the time and trouble panybecameapartofthePalinettoShar 8 involved. If used in the winter, it shooters under the gallant Jenkins, ai 3 will be an excellent preventive of after General Jenkins's promotion, t r- colds, besides being a substitute for commander was Colonel Joseph Walk' y face cosmetics. No chapping, no of Spartanburg. During the second yc roughness of the skin and no clogging I of this service, Hoyt was "promoted to ie of the pores will trouble the person Heutenantcy for gallant and meritorio 11 who systematically and regularly co"duct on the field," and afterwar -t takes a bath of this sort. ' served 118 adjutant of bis regiment. 1 s. Ordinary table salt or rock salt will wa? sliKhtly wounded at Williamsbui * do. but will not do so well. The sea more seriously at Fraziers Fari d salt contains medicinal properties not During tbl9 I,ne be also ntracted .. . . , , ' , severe case ot small pox and came ve * found in the others. Whether one ex- neardying. in 1884, while returning frc ercises or uot the body should receive asjek furlough to the army, he was plac a daily hand bath of cold or cool wa- jn command of an extemporized expe< *er' espi'ciflly 'n the summer, either tion of wounded and convalescent soldie " upon rising or before retiring.?Ed- sent out from Danville to check Wilsor ward B. \Yarman in Ladies' Home Federal cavalry at Staunton river bridf ? Journal. which was an important point in Let 5" jjne Gf communication with bis base ANIMAL BIGHTS IN FLORIDA. supplies at Danville. The fight was is One thiug that strikes a stranger as desperate one in which Hoyt shared tl i. peculiar in this country Is the attitude responsibility of command with Ca i- of the public toward the cattle and the tain Riddick and Colonel Coleinan. A d hogs. These animals are allowed to though the Federals had a vastly superi i, roam about unmolested, and if you fort"e? tlie small and unorganized band r. wish to raise anything that they may Confederates defended the bridge unl o destroy you must fence them out. Thus General YV. H. t. Lee's cavalry came u is all the little gardeus in which vegeta- Early in the fight. Hoyt was bad it bles are growu and which are called wounded and disabled; but he refused it "trucking places" have a fence around l?ave the scene of action and remained *1 .i,?. ii-L.,, p .. command ot his detachment until t :s them that is certainly pig tight, for .. , Tr. i ^ * . a. , .. a ' , a . , the end. His coolness under fire was e It Is often nmile of ten strands of barb- blbilefl ? lbe fact tbat a|lor be ? c ed wire. The wire or a few such disabled, in pain and bleeding, he calm nints is tvnrth more than all the Dies ... ? "w " SIIIUKUU ma pipe, UUltU no uvw iciaiMO d in the state, but the bog owner de* a memento of the day, having long sin u mauds It. and it must be done. These given up the habit of smoking. owners of cattle and hogs were the Colonel Hoyt's wound was in his 1< a first settlers in the state, aud they ap- leg, the small bone being so badly she w pear to have had their own way In tered that it was resected, three inch lawmaking ever since. It Is a question being taken out. From this wound e of the attitude. In the northern still suffers almost constantly, and his co > states If you own cattle you are held trol of the left foot being imperfect, I 3 responsible for fencing them in. Here now uses a crutch. 3S you must keep other people's cattle When the surrender came, Hoyt was d out if you wish to raise anything. Anderson recuperating, and like so inai T soldiers in bis situation at that time, be * was proffered numerous indignities by NT Sherman's bummers and the Negro garrison which was scDt to Anderson. As soon as he was able to work, he res- ' AN. urrected The Intelligencer and began the more peaceful duties of life where they ltl" had been interrupted. In January, 1866, sr? he was married to Miss Rebecca C. Webb, ?rd daughter of Elijah Webb, who was one of ? ; v.' ho the most prominent citizens and politihi cians of Anderson county. Colonel and Mrs. Hoyt have four children. The ten years following the war, found to- Editor Hoyt still fighting for what , he iA. conceived to be the best interests of the a state, and he was very active in the Recon]er struction era. He ran for the state senate his in 1870 as a vicarious sacrifice and was de)et defeated by 200 votes. He was a member jy of the convention that nominated Carpen- v tjF 01_ ter and Butler; but spoke against Carpen ? ter's nomination, believing it unwise. In 1871 and 1874 be was a member of the Taxpayers' conventions from Anderson, and in 1874 be was a member of tbe exe- j cutive committee of tbe convention and * J was a delegate from that body to Wash- g ingtnn, and assisted in the preparation of fl tbe famous memorial to congress. In 1868 be stumped bis county forSey uiour and Blair; in 1872 be supported Greeley, and, in fact, has always supported tbe Democratic ticket in national as well as State contests. In 1874, he carried bis county for Green, in opposition to Chamberlain. He was vehement in his criticism of Chamberlain's course, and as county chairman of the Anderson Democracy, was active in organizing for the battle of 1876, in which be did strenuous work for General Hampton and enjoyed tbe confidence of that leader throughout his campaigns and adminstra tion. His bold stand at this time caused $ ? him to be heartily hated by the Radicals, 7 who frequently threatened his life; bnt without effect upon bis course. His service upon the state executive committee was equally vigilant and active. He was . jl assistant sergeant at-arms of the Wallace - house, and was with Judge Haskell when he discovered the means of entering the state capitol. < In the early part of 1877, Colonel Hoyt B became editor of the Columbia Register, which was the champion of the unterrified I Democracy while it was under bis control. ^ After two years in this work, he left The " Register and purchased The Working Christian, which he transformed Into The Baptist Courier and removed to Greenville. The j>aper was enlarged and improved, and under his management as chief editor and proprietor, it became one of the leading denominational papers in /'** the South. His connection with The Baptist Courier made bira acquainted throughout the state, and as he has the exceptional faculty of remembering names and faces, he enjoys a remarkably wide range of * , friendships. a During his editorship of The Baptist ^ Courier, he continued to take an interest ^ ^ lu" in politics, and nntil 1890 he represented !?.n Greenville county in the state Democratic t " 8 executive committee, and in that year was elected its chairman, as one who was not ,0d an extremist on either side of the factional ed fight then brewing, and who had the conlu" fidence of both factions. As chairman he *? refused to rule out the nominees of the ' "V famous March convention, though he did !'f' not approve the methods used to inaugu00 rate reforms in the state government. an While opposing those methods, he depre- . 100 cated strife and bitterness and was one of |*e the first to appeal for the obliteration of h0 factional lines. In 1885, Colonel Hoyt was unanimously te* elected president of the Baptist State Coniat vention and was reelected for nine succes*rt sive terms, when he declined to serve , 00 longer. For over twenty years he was a on trustee of Furman University, and was at .* v 00 one time vice-president of the Southe *n be Baptist Convention. For the last several 00 years he has been a vice-president of the * " American Baptist Educational society, and has delivered an address before that 00 body and also before the American Bapn* tist Publication society. , gffigi le* In June, 1891, he sold his interest in The 'n* Baptist Courier and contemplated a final retirement from the newspaper business. For a time he was financial agent of Furhe man University; but the habits and asao- ^ 'er ciationsof a lifetime were too strong, and ilx in January, 1892, he assumed control of ite the Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer as editor and proprietor. The name 4e of the paper was changed to its original form, The Mountaineer, and Colonel Hoyt Jse has since continued as its editor and pro-'y prietor until the opening of the present b? campaign, when he relinquished his edi,T)" torial duties to devote his time to the can3'8 vass. Having been so long active and promirc nent in State politics, it is natural that P- Colonel Hoyt should have been often so- --.^9 licited to become a candidate for governor; be but he has always steadfastly declined ' jj er, until this year, when the demand upon >ar him was such that he could not refuse. ^ a Having always been an outspoken advous cate of prohibition against every other ds method of controlling the liquor traffic, V; 3e and having repeatedly favored making 'gi the fight for that princiyle in this State, '? he felt that he could not decline the noraia nation which was given him by the Prohi- ? ry bition Democrats in May, and accordingly - - an,) hoa [jo auucpwu tun ig^p/uoiuiuvj MUU UW . , ed taken tbe slump as the candidate for govli ernor. Besides his advocacy of prohibi- v- ''i tion, he possesses other elements of J'8 strength in his acknowledged ability, his je? respected high character, his long experts'8 ence and service in public life without _ : of reward, his success in business and his a reputation as a man and a Christian. ie As a Prohibitionist, Colonel Hoyt is P" strictly consistent. He has never used d- whisky himself nor has he ever permitted ?r the use of wine or liquors of any kind of in his home. He was a member of a temperance society when a youth, and P- later joined the Good Templars, whose ' ly principles he has always exemplified in t0 his daily life. As an employer, Colonel 'n Hoyt has made it a rule not to allow any h0 one who drinks to remain on his pay roll, x* and by thus mingling firmness with kind118 ness he has helped many a man to give ly up tbe habit. as Colonel Hoyt is a Mason of high degreo, ce and before he had been ten years a mem- her of that order, he was chosen Grand sft Master of the Ancient Freemasons in it- South Carolina, succeeding General J. B. 88 Kershaw in that office in 1874. He has . !r* he also held memberships in the Grange and n- the Odd Fellows. He .was prominent in he organizing the South Carolina State Press A r\f whlP.h hfi was AS9in;iaiiuii m iuiv, w .. ? in elected president, and he is now on the ny executive conimitee of that body.