iftumorous Jrpitrtmrnt.
Humors of the Court.
In the summer of 1881 a man named
Jones disappeared from his home In a
small Canadian town and although
diligent search was made, no trace ofVhlm
could be found.
After a lapse of about two months,
the body of a man was found in the
*Wn-Kis not far from the Jones home.
This body was much decomposed and
the clothing discolored and worn by the
weather. Yet Mrs. Jones identified the
' remains as that of her husband and
had him buried in the family .lot.
Whatever property Jones was possessed
of was disposed of in a legal manner
by the probate court.
Nothing more was heard of this case
^for about a year, when Jones turned
jup alive and well. Mrs. Jones would
?not recognise him as her husband.
> She declared in no uncertain tones
that Jones, her husband, was burled in
the family lot.
Jones appealed to court, hoping to
regain his property; but as his death
was a matter of record and his goods
disposed of by the court, there must be
some way found to "bring him back to
life." *
This was done by having him ar
rested on a small charge. On his appeal
his case was carried to high court,
where it finally reached a JurySome
of the men on his Jury attended
the funeral of Jones, saw him laid
away in the grave, and perchance they
thought that when a man died and the
last honors paid him, he "ought to stay
dead." However, they returned this
verdict:
"We find him guilty of disorderly
conduct at a funeral." ^
Sam Stropper had been accepted as
Juror in a murder trial by the defence.
The district attorney took him in hand
now.
"Have you any conscientious scrtaples
against the death penalty?"
'' "Yes, sir." . * .
' "Now, Mr. Stropper, if someone
should kill your wife wouldn't you feel
l&tisfled to see her murderer hang?".
? "I have no wife."
t- "But if you had?"
t. "Then it would depend on what kind
of a wife I had."
- Sam Stropper was excused.
The case had been ably argued by
distinguished counsel: Hon. Enoch
Foster, later a Justice of the supreme
Judicial court of Maine, for the plaintiff;
and for the defendant, by Hon.
John P. Swasey, later a member of
gbngrese from the saone state. The
Jury Was considering the case in their
room, much being said about the plaintiff
and defendant. An over-zealous
member of the panel, after listening at- J
tentlvely to the arguments pro anu l-vi.
of the fellow Jurors, exclaimed:
"I don't know who Is 'plaintiff* or
who Is 'defendant, but I am for Enoch
Foster first, last and ail the time.
This story was told a few years ago
In the presence of Judge Foster, who
smiled, but without comment.
In the "History of Saco and Biddeford,"
by George Folsom, published in '
1830, it is explained that "The town
commissioners, or justices for the trial
of petty coses entered their doings in
the town book."
A number of such entries follow,
perhaps the most unique, not to say
naive, of which is this:
"Verdict of a Jury of inquest: 'The 1
27 of the 10 month, 1858. A Jury being 1
sumoned on account of the death of J
Mary Hailo brought in this verdict,
viz.: 'We of the Jury about Mary
Halle have agreed that according to
evidence given to us that shee was ac- 1
oessary to her own death with over
much eating and drinking; wc not
having any witnesse that shee was
forced thereunto.'"
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Competitors. ? Two little English
erirla were quarreling over the success
of their fathers.
"My father can preach better than
yours because he is a bishop," said
first.
The second little girl could not answer
her back, but she suddenly recovered
and said: . "Well, anyhow,
we've got a hen in our yard which
lays an egg every day."
"That's nothing," said the bishop's
daughter: "my father lays a cornerstone
every week."?The Van Raalte
Vanguard.
Wifie to the Rescue.?Young Doctor
?"My Jove! Mary, this sitting around
waiting for a practice is getting on
my nerves."
Doctor's Wife?Couiani we invuc
the neighbors to dinner and give them
something that would disagree with
them?"?-London Opinion.
The Helpful Recruit.?"You told
me to file these letters, sir," said the
new yeoman.
"Yes," returned the officer.
"Well, I was just thinkin' that it'd
be easier to trim 'em with a pair of
scissors."?Mississippi Bulletin.
Years of Discretion,?"I asked you
to send nie young lettuce."
"Yes, ma'am. Wasn't it young you
got ?"
"Young? It's almost old enough to
wash and dress itself."?Boston
Transcript.
Agreeable.?"If I lend you ten dollars,
what security will you be able to
give me;
"The word of an honest man."
"All right, bring him along and I'll
see what I ran do for yon."?lianther.
Both in the Swim.?"My daughter
sprang from a line of peers," said the
ardent father.
"Well." said her feller, "I jumped
off a dock onee myself."?The Naval
Monthly.
MENNONITES PECULIAR
They Seldom Travel, But They Oftei
Migrate.
NON-RESIDENCE FUNDAMENTAL FAIT|
Sect Had Its Origin Several Hundrec
Years Ago?Obey All Laws txcep*
Military Conscription; But Will No'
Enforce Laws?Live at Home.
Invited to Russia and exempted froir
taxes and military service because thej
could farm, then banished becaus<
some of them established a communis|
tic colony; obeying' the laws of manj
j lands but refusing to take part ir
making or enforcing them; frowning
upon science, buttons, life insurance
and tobacco?such, are various branches
of the Mennonites, whose exodus
from Canada to Mexico, adds anothei
chapter in the centuries-old anabasis
of this quaint and goodly people.
While geographers are studying human
migrations on the basis of economic
determinism, here is a considerable
group who defy any such charting,
and move about solely upon the
basis of the best opportunity to follow
their religious beliefs, says a bulletin
from the Washington, u. neauqaurters
of the National Geographic society.
South Dakota Their "Promised Land."
. From Holland to Germany, thence to
Moravia, Hungary, Rumania and into
Russia, so runs t he earlier course of
Mennonite wanderings. Fron^ the
steppes of Crimea and the treeless
banks of the Molochnaia to Bonhomme
county in South Dakota was not too
long a trail for the most home-staying
people in the world?so long as they
were not disturbed.
Seldom Travel But Often Migrate.
They seldom travel individually.
Just before the war a trip to Washington
was offered as an agricultural prize
to twelve young men of Lancaster
county, Pa., one of the oldest Mennonite
strongholds, and of the twelve winners
not one had been outside of his
own county before!
Now about 1,500 Mennonites are reported
to be leaving Manitoba and
Saskatchewan, Canada, for Durango,
Mexico, and the productive loss their
going will mean is only slightly indica
ted by the estimate that they will take
along with them some $15,000,000 worth
of goods, farm implements and cash.
Schooling Begins at Three Years.
Compulsory education requirements,
including the teaching of English,
which could easily be adjusted by a
more compromising people, caused the
migration from Canada. In some
branches of their church every Mennonite
child must begin his schooling
when he is three years old. From that
time until he is six the Bible and the
Mennonite catechism are used for his
instruction. After three years he take3
up the "Three R's," but in the more orthodox
branches of the church all science,
as such, is frowned upon. In
farming, however, the Mennonites are
efficient and practical scientists. European
countries have profited by their
example, and to them western Pennsylvania
owes much of its prosperity.
There are various gradations of policy
among the various groups, such as
the Hutterlans, the AmiHh, the Wislar,
the Defenseless and other branches.
All hold against taking oaths and to
non-resistance, which led to their exemption
from the draft without any
such stigma as attached to many types
of "conscientious objectors." Their
likeness to the Quakers led William
Penn to invite them to his colony,
where they first established themselves
at Germantown. spreading thence to
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i-Kineasier, DCI HO, anu ....
in Pennsylvania, and later into Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
Have Quaint Dialect.
In "Tillic," Mrs. Fiske disclosed some
of the peculiarities of custom and dialect
of the Pennsylvania Mennonites.
Their adherence to teaching German in
schools is not so much that they love
that language as because they fear
translation would detract from the literal
import of their founders' works.
Their detachment from the world is
shown by their curious use of English.
A caller at a Lancaster home rang the
bell many times without answer. Finally
a woman appeared at the door to
apologize, "Oh, did you bell? It didn't
make." The women wear poke bonnets,
resembling those of the Dunkers.
Men, women and children avoid colors,
jewels or any grace of dress that might
betoken vanity. Women follow literally
St. Paul's injunction about keeping
their heads covered in church. Life insurance
and organized charity are
frowned upon. They have organized
an unincorporated company which all
Mcnnonites may join. This company
reimburses the loser of property by fire
or storm, and assesses its members at
?v.o r.r.a vrnr to cover these
payments. No salaries are paid to
ministers. Washing of feet is practiced
In connection with communion services.
Ban Those Who Disobey.
One important branch of the church,
the Amish Mennnnites, insist literally
on the "ban." that is the complete ostracism
of members who have beep
suspended from the church. The "Old
Order Amish'' sect lays emphasis on
simplicity in dress, and requires its
members to fasten their clothes with
hooks and eyes instead of buttons.
Most rigid of all the groups, however
is the Bruederhof. or Hutterian Brethren,
dating back to Jacob Huter, a
i martyr of the sixteenth century, whe
insisted upon a complete communal organization
of congregations. It was
this group that had to leave Russiti
about the time of our Civil war foi
evolving a communism which anticitVint
r\F ilm Snvint eovommont ir
I""v? " ? - -many
respects. Today they are settlec
alonpr the Jaines river in South Dakota,
declining to cast a vote or hold of
PRINCESS MARY'S PORTR^
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sat Just before her wedding In Fehi
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Great Britain has already been fin
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The supreme court has refused a
rehearing in the case of Edmund Bigham,
convicted and sentenced to death
for th>e wholesale murder of members
of his family.
? Coroner Gladden of Chester, has
fixed next Thursday as the date of the
inquest over Richard Pcay, killed in
Chester by Joseph Queen, early Monday
morning of last week.
? Theodore Autrey, salesman, shot
And killed Siaias A. Gladden, transfer
driver, in Columbia Saturday afternoon.
The two men were living with
their wives in the same house. The
Autrcys were moving. There was a
quarrel over a dish and a table which
had been borrowed from each other.
The Gladdeire refused to give up the
tab'e unless the Autrcys gave up the
dish. Autrey cursed Mrs. Gladden and
when Claddefi took it up Autrey shot
him.
? Greenwood, April 14: A directed
verdict in favor of Furman university
was returned late yesterday in the
case of Furman university versus the
estate of C. A. C. Waller in the court
of common pleas here. Furman university
had brought suit for $9,900
agair.st Hunter Gibbes of Columbia,
and Dr. C. B. Waller of Spartanburg,
as administrators of the estate of C- A.
C. Waller, alleging that the late C- A.
C. Waller had pledged $10,000 to Furman
in the Baptist seventy-five mil.ion
campaign, only $100 of which had |
ever been paid. The verdict returned
read: "We find for the plaintiff that
the subscription was valid and that
there is now past due $2,400." The
terms of the subscription were that
$100 should be paid in cash and $1,200
a year until the fifth year, when $4,000
in cash should be paid.
? W. K. Scase, who for a number of
years has been prominent in Columbia
insurance circles, as agent of the
Peninsular Fire Insurance company of
Grand Puipids; the Liberty Fire Insurance
company of St. Louis, a-d the
Guardian Fire Insurance company of
Salt Lake City, has disappeared, according
to a statement issued last
week by State Insurance Commissioner
McMahan. He has gone west and
a letter* to one of the clerks in his of
flee, written on Chicago hotel stationery
and mailed on a west-bound train,
flee or patronize a store. They foreswear
dancing, play-going, and tobacco.
They are of German descent, came
here directly from southern Russia,
and form a law abiding, prosperous,
self sufficient community.
There arc more than 50,000 Mennonites
in the United States. Their communities
are to be found in odd corners
of the world where they may follow
the simple teachings of their
founder, Menno Simons, a Dutch reformer,
born the year that Columbus
discovered America.
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ruary, will be exhibited at the Royal
J. St Hellor louder, whose fame in
inly established.
stated that as he was so hcaviiy involved.
he would not return to Columbia.
Officers of the insurance companies
and representatives of the bonding
company that had him bonded, are
in Columbia checking up his office. It
is stated by the imiurance commissioner
that numerous, policies have been
found in Mr. Sease's office which had
not been forwarded to the home offices
of the companies he represented.
However, it is stated that the companies
will protect all losses under policies
which Mr. Sease had not sent to
headquarters. The whereabouts of Mr.
Sease are unknown. What final action
will be taken by the insurance companies
with regard to him will depend on
the report of the officials .who are
at work checking his office.
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SOLDIER STILL UNBURIED
Statesvillc Father Will Allow None to
Intor His Dead Son.
There is nation-jyidtf interest in the
unusual announcement that an Iredell
county man, John Speaks, lias refused
to accept $5,000 insurance which the
government has offered, and is ready
to pay on the life of his son, Thomas
Speaks, who was ,killed in overseas
service during the ,jvorld wan
Another peculiarity about this citizen
is that he refuses to bury the body of
his boy. The remains of Thomas
Speaks arrived in Statesville, N. C., in
August, 1921, and were immediately
taken to the home of his parents, near
Jt ngs postofflce,' about 22 miles
north of Statesville- In September
following, the writer made a special
visit to the Speaks home and found tho
casket of the dead soldier boy resting
on two chairs in the best room in the
house.
Mr. Speaks stated that he did not
want to bury his boy and would not do
so unless the was forced to do so by
law, adding that he meant to build a
little house nearby in which to keep
the body until his own death and then
he wanted the remains of his boy to
be placed beside his own. Latest reports
indicate that the young soldier's
body still rests undisturbed in the home
of his parents, eight months after its
arrival.
Another peculiarity about Mr. Speaks
is that while he reads his Bible regu
lariy anu ciaims 10 ue ucei>ijr a-uKiuun,
still he is at variance with the churches
and will not attcnt) a church or Sunday
school and will not permit a member
of his family to attend public religious
services of any kind.
Local authorities would have forced
Speaks to bury the body of his son if
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? President Harding was declared 4
Friday at the White House to be of g,
the opinion that tariff legislation
should be given precedence in the sen- 01
ate over the soldiers' bonus. Although til
it was made clear that the president
had received, no request from Rcpubli- '
can leaders in the senate for advice as ?
to which measure should be taken up
first, it is understood that the views of p"
both the chief executive and the sena- If
torial leaders coincide in this respect. |
Under the present plans the tariff will
be taken up in the senate next Thursday
while the finance committee takes
up the bonus bill with the possibility
that it may make radical changes !n it
as it was passed by the house. When
the bonus measure has .been reported
to the senate it will be* taken up for
consideration, during lulls in the tariff
debate. The bonus bill is expected to
be ready for senate consideration in
about a fortnight. Benjamin C. Marsh,
managing director of the farmers national
council, declared in a statement
Friday night that the tariff bill reported
by the senate finance committee
was "the worst of the many gold
bricks handed farmers by the present
administration. The whole scheme of
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me lai HI utii ao A v|/v? bvu . wv
senate," he added, "is evidently to perlit
highly protected manufacturers to
continue the same profiteering which
thev carried on during the war. Whatever
the text of the tariff bill it is clear
that the duties levied on manufactured
products are on the American basis
cost of production while those levied
on agricultural products are on tho
basis of foreign cost of production."
AV The petition of Lady Rhondda to
sit in the House of Lords has been
granted by the committee on privileges
of the House of Lords. She is
a member of the directorates of 3*5
companies and chairman of several of
the boards and will be the first woman
to sit In the Upper House of the
British Parliament.
It bad been shown to be Insanitary,
but the remains have been reduced to
a skeleton and the- county health officials
could not say that it was
dangerous to the health of the family,
and therefore were powerless to enforce
burial.
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