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Awful Crime cf an Unnatural Sen of Wealthy Merchant of France,
. Tfc'ho Murdered His Father, PMher and Grandmother and
; . . Later Was Executed In the Public Square.
"The most vivid impression of my
younger days Is a deeply tragic one,
and it will live in my brain the very
last hour. I see the picture now?a
great throug of people crowding and
surging back and forth like the waves
on a storm swept beach around a
ghastly skeleton in wood set in the
center of a plaza or public square;
strong lines of soldiers hedge the wood
en thing in, keeping the mob from it
and peering between the blue and
scarlet uniforms 1 see men struggling
on the platform, part of the strange
structure; one of the men is finally
forced to a tablelike arrangement, his
neck fitting in a groove between two
uprights; then there Is the quick flash
of a knife in the morning sunlight a
gasp from the crowd and a short man
in a Mong black coat is holding up a
bleeding head for the inspection of the
citizens."
Melton Chadwick, a petty officer of
the big Leyland liner, the Irishman,
was talking to the writer and some
friends on a quiet evening uot long ago
on the vessel's stern deck, and Chad
wick as he made his dramatic starter
leaned on the taffrail and gazed at the
moonlit river as though taking inspira
tion from the rolling, swirling flood.
"Want me to tell you the story?" and
the Englishman moved from the rail
and seated himself on a canvas stool.
"Well, it all happened long ago. but I
remember every detail of it as though
it had occurred yesterday. It was my
first execution, the decapitation of the
murderer Laparde, and the execution
Itself and the bloody deeds leading up
to it makes one of the darkest pages
of French criminal history.
"I was in Agen. France, with my
uncle, who bought silks for a London
house, and at the time of which I am
being of any great importance just
tueu, but when my uncle asked to be
shown to his room the landlord said
something to him in French. The
words 'M. d'Orleans, 1'executioner,'
were used, but not uutil we reached
our room did my uncle tell me that the
little man who had left the hotel was
Louis Antoine'Stanislaus Deibler. the
executioner of Orleans, called M. d'Or
leans from the district where he offi
ciated, just as he was iu later years
called M. de Paris. Deibler bad come
in on the night train to preside at the
Laparde execution in the moruing aud
wanted rooms at the Brown Mouse,
but the landlord refused to entertain
him because of his sanguinary office.
"I had very little sleep that night
and when I did catch a few cat naps
my slumbers were troubled by dreams
of red headsmen hacking off victims'
heads with hatchets aud knives. But
in the morning I was keen enough for
the tragedy that was to be enacted
that day iu the square and hurried
through my breakfast and begged my
uncle to hurry, too, fearing to miss the
awful scene.
"We got to the square at 8 o'clock
and found the place jammed with men,
women and children. The windows of
all the houses overlooking the square
were also frames for dozeus of the
morbidly inclined, and it seemed that
all Agen was out to see Laparde die.
"The bell in the little turret over the
prison began to toll, and soon the iron
doors yawned, and forth from the dark
depths of the fortress-like building
came a slow moving, solemn proces
sion. First came a squad of gen-'
darmes, then several jailers, and fol
lowing them the trembling prisoner,
his young face deathly pale, his hair,
closely cropped, so as not to Interfere
AT HIS SIDE WALKED THE PRIEST, WHO HELD A CRUCIFIX
CONSTANTLY BEFORE THE PRISONER'S GLARING EYES. ?
now speaklug I wns only fifteen years,
old. I remember distinctly we reached
the thriving city on the evening of
May IS?the year was 1879?and stop
ped at the Brown House, which was
considered the best hotel in town and
the one mcst affected by Englishmen.
"The town was all excitement, and
everybody was talking about the exe-'
cutiou that was to take place on the
morrow. Laparde?I thiuk his first
name was Anatole, but I'm not sure of
.this?a youth of nineteen, was to be
guillotined for the murder of his
father, mother and grandmother, and
the neck cutting was to take place In
the public square in front of the pris
on, several blocks from the hotel. My
uncle understood French thoroughly,
and he told me of the matter, an?' i
was more than pleased when he said
that he was going to the square In the
morning to witness the legal butchery
arid offered to take me along.
"I-n the little restaurant where we
took .our supper there was a very
obliging waiter who told us the story
of the Lapardes. The Lapardes were
.well to do bourgeois and were highly
(thought of in the community. The
'father kept a wine store on one of the
principal streets and lived with his
Wife, his mother and his son on the
floors above his place of business.
"When we went back Into the main
room of the Brown Mouse after hear
ing the waiter's story we saw the pro
prietor of the hotel talking rather ear
nestly to a small man who wore a long
black coat and a tall hat
"The proprietor was moving his
hands with the palms extended, as 1
thought, deprecatingly, and his be.id
every moment or so exprsssed the neg
ative sign. At last the little man turn
ed, picked up a carpetsack which was
on the floor at his feet aud. with a
shrug of his shoulders, walked out i:\lo \
the street and disappeared in the night. ]
"The incident didn't impress us as
with the knife, and beads or perspira
tion standiug on his brow. At his side
walked the priest, who held a crucifix
constantly before the prisoner's wildly
glaring eyes and murmured prayers In
Latiu. The rest of the procession was
made up of gendarmes. When the pro
cession was close to the scaffold the
same little man we had seen the night
before in the hotel detached himself
from a group of officials at a corner of
the square within the military line
and. walking to the guillotine, quickly
ascended the platform and awaited his
victim. Deibler was dressed in som
ber black, as we had seen him first A
stovepipe hat sat on his head.
"Laparde was conducted up the steps
of the scaffold, and from where I
stood, peering between the gendarmes.
I could see that the young man's legs
were shaking and that he was trem
bling all over as a person with a fit of
ague. His legs bent at the knees, and
but for the execution .r's hold he would
have fallen to the floor. He was
dazed through terror. A thick froth
dripped from the corners of his mouth.
Deibler dragged the culprit across the
platform, lifted him as though he were
a child and threw him on the table.
Laparde struggled feebly, but the ex
ecutioner, with his hand inserted at
his collar, jerked him forward uutil his
neck rested in the groove under the
knife. Then, quick as a flash, Deibler
released his hold, loosened the spring,
and the curved knife, with a peculiar
burring noise, descended like a flash.
The criminal's head dropped forward,
half turned, spouting bluod from a
ghastly opening, and sank into the bas
ket, while the trunk, squirming and
tossing and ejecting blood from tin1
severed neck In two big streams, was
thrown by the mechanism of the plat
form into a big box of sawdust waiting
to receive it at 'ho side of the table
That was the end oi it, and I'll never
i'orirot that siir'it."
SUvmach troubles arc very com
mon in the summer time and you
should ? not. only bbc very careful
aboujtf; what . you eat just now, but
more than this, you should be care
ful put., to allow your stomach to
bcoiue disordered, and when the
stomach '.goes wrong take Kodol.
Thisv.is :the best known preparation
that is offered to the people today
lor -dyspepsia or indigestion or any j
stomach .trouble. Kodol digests all j
foods.:?.?<-It is pleasant to take. It Is
sold Jiere by. A. C. Dukes, M. D., A. I
p. Doy7e & Co. J
There is a Pink Plain Tablet made
by Dr. Shoop, that will positively stop
any pain, anywhere, in SO minutes.
Druggists everywhere sell them as Dr.
Shoop's Headache Tablets, bat they
stop other pains as easily us Head
ache. Dr. Shoops Pink Pain Tablets
simply coax blood pressure away from
pain centers; that is all. Pain comes
from blood pressure: congestion. Stop
that pressure with Dr. Shoop's Head
ache Tablets and pain is instantly
gone. 20 Tablet 25c. Sold by Dr. J.
G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co.
STORY OF BUFFALO BILL.
Provided Fine Show For Wee Folk trr
a Children's Hospital.
Some summers ago a horseback baml
of Buffalo Bill's warriors 'passed by
the Boston Children's hospital on their
way to the show grounds.
Those who could see eagerly ran
and described the procession to those
who could not leave their cots.
A little later one wee lad bedridden
by spinal trouble was discovered cry
lug bitterly on account of the lost treat
A kind nurse endeavored to soothe
him. Site told him that he might
write to Colonel Cody, the great Buf
falo Bill himself, and ask him for a
real Indian's picture.
A simple little letter was.sent tolling
how he coGld.not see the Indians when
they went by the hospital and how he
wished he bad a photograph of one of
the band, but the long day passed and
brought no answer to the weary, wait
ing little fellow.
"Colonel Cody must be a very busy
man," said the sympathetic nurse for
the twentieth time on the second morn
ing. "We must wait patiently."
But even while she was speaking
the ward door opened, and in came a
six foot Indian, painted and wrapped
in a scarlet blanket, wearing a cap of
tall waving feathers and leather tron
sers and carrying his bow iu his hand.
The little Invalids fairly gasped.
Then they shrieked out with delight as.
one by one. silent and noiseless, but
smiling, six splendid warriors followed
the first
The strange visitors had evidently
received explicit orders, for now they
arranged themselves as best they could
In the narrow space between the two
rows of little beds, laid their blankets
and bows on the floor, waved their
arras to and fro and proceeded to give
a quiet war dance. Then they sang,
and then they fought a sham battle,
smiling all the while. .When at last
they went away, a heartfelt cheer fol
lowed them down the broad corridor,
and the happy children In the hospital
talked about shows and Buffalo Bill
for weeks after.?Philadelphia Ledger.
An Accommodating Friend.
Master Spot?I say, Piggy. I've been
asked to look after that muff and bag,
but I want to go and get my dinner, so
will you keep your eye on them till I
come back?
Master Piggy?Of course I will?any
thing to oblige a friend! They'il make
a fine hat and coat for the winter, so !
I'll wear them; then I can't lose sight
of them.
Pillow Climbing.
In the middle of the floor, some dis
tance apart, place sofa cushions,
lamps, bric-a-brac. etc. From amovr
the company choose a smart young
man who was never "hoaxed" and
ask him to walk over the course be
tween these articles, so as to fix in his
mind the situation and distances of
the various things. He is then blind
folded and directed to thread his way
among them so as not to touch one.
Very gingerly he will take his steps
and wind about over the floor, and
when triumphant over his success the
handkerchief is taken from his eyes he
is greatly surprised to see that not an
article remains on the floor. All were
quickly and quietly removed wnlle he
was being blindfolded. It is great fun
to see him moving cautiously and tack
ing bore and there to avoid impedi
ments that do not exist
Questions and Answers.
If one goat ate two low cut shoes,
what would be the telephone number?
1-8-2 Oxford (one ate two Oxford?
shoes).
How do guns kick without legs?
They kick with their breeches.
What did Jack Frost say when he
proposed to the violet? Wilt thou?
And it wilted.
Whereabouts of the Tail.
Little Dot was drawing a picture
with pen and Ink on her paper. It
turned out to be a cat without a tail.
"Where is the tail?" asked the
mother.
She looked puzzled for a moment and
then replied:
"Why, it's in the Ink bottle yet"
Marion's Dream.
I fought t had two kittykins,
All Striped with bluo and red.
And when 1 called them In to lunch
Each one stood on her head.
And then I fought they ran and ran
And chased their tails about
And climbed up on the mantelshelf
And blew the candles out.
It's a pity to see people neglect in
dications of kidney or bladder trouble
that may result in Bright's disease
when Foley's Kidney Remedy will
correct irregularities and strengthen
these organs. Take Foley's Kidney
Remedy at the first signs of danger.
A. C. Dukes. Lowman Drug Co.
Post Cards at Sims' Book Store.
DoWitt's Little Early Risers, the
famous little liver pills, are for sale
by A. C. Dukes, M. D., A. C. Doyle
& Co. i
\
uzzier
No. 131.?Square Words.
L Where one stays; of the shape oi
su egg; a lump?a csttective body; oth
erwi.se.
2. The colored circle-which surrounds
tin* pupil of fhe eye; that which i=? left;
an Island; a movement; of the foot
3. A circle? a sound; a thought; very
clone; a frame of timber or iron which
opens or closes a passage-.?Chatterbox.
Wo. 182.?Diamond.
1. Found in emerald, not in pearl.
2. The Spaninh hero. Rtry Diaz.
3. A pretty name for a pretty girl.
4. A stone more valued than topaz.
5. To die heueatb old ocean's rage.
G. A lady of uncertain age.
7. A letter In an old adage:
Nc T23.?Double Acrostic.
My initials, reading downward, spell
the first name of a famous Roman
orator, and another row of letters
spells .the name by which he is gen
erally called
Cross words of equal length: L Per
taining to- the science of medicine. 2
The quality of being able. 3'. A femi
nine name. 4. Blots out or obliterates.
5. To be subjected to. G. Relieves |
from difficulty or distress.
No. 184.?Riddle.
I am welcomed by all. and after my
coming?which may be attended by
some disagreeable days?many tldngs
are noticed which have not been seen
for months. I give a vigor to the step,
and when I am released I cause great j
machinery to whirl. I occupy a promi
nent position In the matter of time,
and when I cease to be It would seem
at first as if time were no more. If It
were not for me. there would be few
flowers and the farmer would suffer.
It Is probable that I shall come to you
as long as the world stands, and yet |
when I go no man can tell where I
have flown.
No. 185.?Transposing the Star.
Cut the flag with one stroke of the
scissors so that the star may be placed
In the center of the flag.
No. 186.?Composers.
Two shoes, a man and the boy's name?
Bert
Make two composers, If you're expert.
A root, u buker and a letter between
Make one composer, as you may have
seen.
A part of your body and the letter L
Make one composer, if you guess well.
What the boy does in the field of grass
And what he learns in the drawing class
Make one composer's famous name
When you guess the words and Join the
same.
No. 187.?Enigma.
I am composed of ten letters. My 5,
1, 9, 10 is to glide smoothly as water;
my 3, G, 7, S is the abbreviation for
Helen; my 4, 2 is present for went
The whole Is a prominent American.
No. 188.?Hidden Axioms.
By filling the following blank spaces
with the proper vowels, tour common
axioms will be made:
L -w-ldg-s-n-v-rl-d-t-m-gg. ,
2. Th-nk-f-s-b-tw-rk-n.
3. Th-b-tt-rth-d-yth-b-tt-rth-d-d.
4. M-k-th-b-st-f-b-db-rg-n.
No Scoop on Ma.
"Millie." said the young man as he
slipped the engagement ring od her
finger, "have you told your mother
about this?"
"Oh. you innocent!" exclaimed Miss
Millie. "Why. Clarence, mamma knew
it six months before you did."?Den
ver News-Times.
Near Music.
"Parrots are fouder of music than
are the other lower animals."
She?And yet my parrot makes n
terrible noise when I commence to
sing.
"Yes, that's the reason."?Yonkers
Statesman.
A Good Guesser.
Short?I guess you couldn't lot me
have $10 for a week, could you?
Long?Say, you ought to be able to
make a fortune at the race track.
Short?Why?
Long?You arc such a good guesser.
I ?Chicago News.
Key to the Puzzler.
No. 174.?Hidden Towu Puzzle: Ge
noa.
No. 175. ? Beheadings: Babel-Abel.
Oration-ration. Bairn (bearn)-earn.
March-arch. Averse-verse.
No. 17G.?Charade: L Con. tent; con
tent 2. School, house; schoolhouse.
No. 177.?Postman's Bag: 1. Grate
gate. 2. Acorn-corn. 3. Braiu-bln. 4.
Mouth-moth. 5. Harp-hap. G. Swage
sag.
No. 17S.?Numerical Enigma: Rosa
Bonheur; rare, hour, sour, nurse, herb.
No. 179.?Diagonal: 1. S. 2. SAy. 3.
LaTe. 4. Thousand. 5. Mona Itch. G.
CrocoDile. 7. PunctuAL 8. SanctlfY.
Diagonal: Saturday.
No. ISO.?Suffix Puzzle: 1. Hu-mor,
verb-ose, morose. 2. Hu-man, sin-ner,
manner.
Chronic Constipation Cured
One who suffers from chronic con
st ipation is in danger of many ser
ious ailments. Foloy's Orino Laxative
cures chronic constipation as it. aids
digestion and stimulates the liver and
bowel?, restoring the natural action
of those orga::s. Commence taking it
today and you will fuel better at
once. Foley's Orino Laxative docs
not nauseate or gripe and is pleasant
Dukes, Lowman Drug Co.
Don't crawl around a blessing lest
you miss it entirely.
HER FEET WERE
SOREANDCRACKE
Soles Seemed as Though Covered
with Knife Cuts?Could Not Bear
Weight of Feet Even on Pillow?
Was Long Unable to Walk? Many
Remedies Failed ?Now Cured.
WILL PRAISE CUTICURA
AS LONG AS SHE LIVES
i "Some four years ago I had the mis
fortune to have my feet get sore. The
doctors could not tell me what it was.
I used everything I could hear or think
of but all to no avail. The feet were
all cracked across the bottom as if you
bad taken a knife and cut them every
whichway. They would'peel up, and",
oh, my! how they did hurt when I
would try to walk ? which I was not
able to do for & long time. One day
one of our neighbors came to our house'
and asked what was the matter; I
showed him my feet and he said he had
Borne Cuticura Ointment which would
heal them up. There was only enough
to apply once, but I found it helped
me so much that I sent for a set of
Cutictrro Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and
Cuticura Pills, costing one dollar, and
to ray great joy, my feet were cured
and have never troubled me since. I
shall praise Cuticura as long as I live
for the great help it has been. Mrs.
Margaret Primmer, Plattin, Mo., June
30 and July 21, 1907."
ECZEMAS
And Other Itching, Torturing
Humors Cured by Cuticura.
Warm baths with Cuticura Soap and
gentle anointings with Cuticura Oint
ment, afford instant
relief in the most dis
tressing forms of itch
ing, burning, scaly,
crusted humors, ecze
mas, rashes, inflam
mations, irritations,
and chafings of infancy
and childhood, permit
rest and sleep and point to a speedy
and permanent cure, in the majority of
cases, when all other remedies fail.
Complete External and Internal "Treatment for
Every Humor of Infanta. Children, and Adults
consists of Cuticura Soap <25c.) to Cleanse the Skin,
Cuticura Ointment (50c.) to Heal the Shin, and
Cuticura Resolvent (50c), (or In the form of Chocolate
Coated Pills 25c. per vial of CO) to Purify the Blood.
Sold throughout the world. Potter Druff & Chem.
Corp.. Sole Props., Boston. Mass.
Off-Mailed Free, Cutlcum Book on Skin Diseases.
STERLING
SILVERWARE
i
Did you know't -;to?"?
can place before yo-1 ? i ? "*?.*" 9*
dependable goods 'n *?rllnf;
Silverware?
We do^not toucn ?nything
that we are not glad fo Tno-on~
tee?nnd handle ???*!?????? ?>???
the output of the ~ ""lUfflM
makers.
Now, it ought to c ill a
good deal to you > . '? this.
You need never h^Sli about
the probable quality c* ?'?^thin^
in this line if you one '"e for'
it?because we atjO!u< ?1 re
sponsibility, a n ^ j/N~*?iveJj',
guarantee our Stert:ie "Vtot*
ware.
There may be sur' i ?{, as.
Silverware unceirtiirti^- br*
you couldn't get ti er . ?, at.
matter how badly yon wnntea
them. ?
H. Spahr & Son.
40 W. Russell, Street.
ORANGEIiURG, S. C.
Rheumatism
I have found a tried and tested cure for Rheu
matism I Not a remedy that will straighten the
distorted limbs of chronic cripples, nor tum bony
growths back to flesh again. That is Impossible.
But I can now surely kill the pains and pangs of
this deplorable disease.
In Germany?with a Chemist In tho City of
Darmstadt?I found the last Ingredient with
Which Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy was mado
a perfected, dependable prescription. Without
that last ingredient, I successfully treated many,
many cases of Rheumatism; but now, at last, ltunk
formly cures all curable cases of this heretofore
much dreaded disease. Those sand-lllce granular
wastes, found in Rheumatic Blood, seem to dissolve
and pass away under tho action of this romody as
freely as docs susar when added to ?uro ?water.
And then, when dissolved, these poisonous wastes
freely pass from the system, and the cause of
Rheumatism is gone forever. There Is now no
real need?no actual excuse to suffer longer with
out help. We sell, and In confidence recommend
Dr. Shoop's
Rheumatic Remedy
DR. J. G. WANNAMAKER.
"What would you do, dear, if I
were to die?" asked Mrs. Darley,
fondly.
"I don't know," replied Darley,
thoughtfully. "Which is your choice
burial or cremation?"
The Judge Uses Forcible Language.
Judge W. B. Simmons of Fin cas
tle, Va., told the reporter that L. &
M. Paint was usuea on his residence
in 1882, and held its color well for
21 years; he furthermore said that c
years ago he was induced to use
another paint and is sorry he did,
because the other paint, didn't make
good. The Judge will now always use
L. & M. because he knows if any de
fect exists in L. & M. Paint, the
house- will be repainted for nothing.
The L. &. M. Zinc hardens the L.
& M. White Lead and makes L. & M.
Paint wear like iron for 10 to 15
years.
Actual cost of L. & M. about 51.20
per gallon. Donatious of L. &. M.
made to churches. Sold by J. G.
Wannamaker Mfg. Co, Orangeburg.
Plain Talks on Fertilizers
A Talk to Fruit-Growers
You use a fertilizer
of course, but do you
use enough ?
The yield per acre,
and the profit therefrom
increases in far greater
proportion than the cost
of additional fertilizer.
What is an increase in
cost of $2.00 to $10.00
per acre for fertilizer
when the returns therefrom
show an increase of $50.00 to
$250.00 per acre?
The big Magnolia Fruit
Farms at Durant, Miss., tested
the well-known Virginia-Car
olina Fertilizer
in different
quantities o n
their straw
berry crop.
Result: when
1,000 lbs. per
acre were used
the profit was
$75.OO more per
acre than when
50 0 lbs. per
acre were used.
This is modern intensive cul
ture, the method that is doub
ling and trebling the crops of
ail kinds of fruit in
either good or in poor
and worn-out land all
over the country?and
in good soil, too.
The yield will be
according to the
amount of plant food
you give your trees or
plants ? you can de
pend on it. The better
they are fed the greater
and more valuable will
be your crop. Fertil
ize sparingly and you
reap sparingly.
The fact that over a million
tons of Virginia-Carolina
Fertilizer were sold last year
proves them to be without
equal. Every fruit farmer,
no matter what method he
now uses, should get the Vir
ginia - Carolina
Company's
new Year Book
or Almanac.
It is free to all
who are inher
es ted enough
to write for it.
Address us to
! t he nearest city
1 ? 1
:low.
VIRGINIA-CAROLINA
CHEMICAL CO.
Richmond. Va. Durham, N. C.
Norfolk, Va. Charleston, S. C.
Columbia, S. C. Baltimore, Md.
Atlanta, Go.
Columbus, Ga.
"Savannah, Ga.
Montgomery, AJaJ
Memphis, Tenn.'/
Shreveport, La. j
J.C.PIKE,JR.&C0.
21 RUSSELL ST.
Next Door . to Geo. Zeigler.
Under Muslins Special Sale
for a few Days - - - -
r
Corset Covers, of good cambric,
full frunt, trimmed with lace
edge, gathered at waist, 25c
value at 15C
Muslin Gowns, a big bargain,
made of soft furnished muslin
bishop effect, also deep yokes of
cluster tucking, also wide hem
stitched tucks, neck and sieves,
value .75 and $1.00 at ?)0Q
Draws of good muslin, deep ruf
fle with hemstitched tucks and
wide hemstiched hem, big value
at 30c only - 3_5C
Bishop Gowns of nainsook, round
neck, wide eyelet embroidery
and ribbon drawn, also deeding
lace
75c
Muslin underskirts, wide, pretty
and well made, value .75 and
$1.00 at
50c
J. C. P IKE, JR, & CO.
You may at first be puzzled to decide what vehicle to buy when seeing
?> many different makes represented by as many diffrcnt prices and con
sider this a hard proposition. You will however be surprised how evisy
it is lo make a selection when examining alt the qualities together, as
we have them 011 display, and decide that the real "Hard Proposition"
lay in selecting makes with more behind them ro be proud of than these
viz: "COURTLAXD," "ROCK HILL," "HENDERSON," ,'COLI MBIA,"
"WHITE HICKORY" and "LION" BUGGIES AND HARNESS in all styles
and prices, sold 011 terms to suit everybody.
See us before buying and save time and money.
SSFLY AND FRITH.
THE ORIGINAL
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