wni *!,' '' ML!,IM?L',
Jpolnts (la#1*--r^U tw the l*jrusa|
v ol Tin*'* Reader*. t h
Mi&Lee FTnli 'H able I ? lie out 'n
again, after b-hig ill for several '
i to
y< ft-i
Miss Mason Harris is teaching I
Hie mush; clas* at tho Gold 11 i!I I ?.
Academy.
Mrs Leroy Spiittgs, of Lnneas- K 1
ler, is visiting her parents, Cupt.
and Mrs. S. E. White.
Mr. James Thornwell returned 1
to the Drcsbyteiinn College, in
Cliilton, Saturday morning. i ^
Joe, the 13-year-old son of Mr. 1 n.
Doc Ni vens, who lives in the north- r(
ern part of this township, died Sat-1
tirduy morning.
Our youupj friend Mr. Starr ()]
Kitiibrell left Fort Mill this morn- K(
injr for an extended visit to rein- {\
tivea in Joti?phoro, Ark. ti
After n holiday recess of ten (j
<l?ys, the graded school in this c
\rj opened Inst. edtiesdny with
ThiJ>lluieut of 12.? scholars. a
p?u>Ic>little 10 uionths-old dau^li- t
for it'Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Mills jc
t:U an,n critically ill for several e
Pic u c2vnu^ . ?, ... i
over guilty of. 1*he evideii11 r?a11 v v
submitted has shocked the nation, and
if it cannot be stopped the nation is
ready right now to abolish the institution.
It is a disgrace to humanity,
llut what concerns me is to llnd a
plausible reason for it?an excuse or
a palliation. The hazor.s aay that it is
to try a young man's metal, his coi;r- |
age. That is false, of course, for it requires
no metal or courage to stand '
guard over a dead rat or march along- j
side a turtle or terrapin. The whole
course of treatment is one of devnLsh
cruelty and insanity. We are that
somn of those huzers were considered
very good, kindhearte 1 t>oya at home j
before they went to that lunatic hay- ,
I n tit hiitw'o ;? ?oo
, ... II Mill I III" III.II. .IC--W- 1
ciation lia* deranged them like it ?ml
for awhile at Yale and Harvard and
other northern rollpsas. A erowd <>.'
hoys away off from home influence
will do what no one boy will wisn or
tkjrp to do at homo or abroad. I had a
}dog on o who was faithful and kind? !
a good wutcli dog and fond of my
children. I owned a flock of sheep and
he protected them, hut when other
dogs from the neighborhood canto af- ,
tor him in tho dead hour of night in.l
gave the sign he woti.d go with then)
two or three miles and help to kill a
ecroe of sheep and be back at his vost
on tho piazioi hy uaylight. I would not
believe it for a long time, bat tho
neighlKm: came and found wool in his
teeth and he hail to h killed. ! reckon
that's what the matter with those
good boy hazels. They have got v'ool ^
in their teeth and 10 tu-y opinion, they
Ought to he treated like the Frenchman
dhl his dog. lie wanted to bleak
him of sticking eggs, so ho hung him
by the hind legs to a limb and let him
swing for a day or two. A neighbor
said: "Why don't you hang him by
the n< k and let him choke to death?"
"No. sure." ho said, "nm hangs in em
i by de legs to g ve lie&m time to tink
vat a f; i;.;i 1 \ . " Tho.- lingers
ought to he hung bv tin r hftul legs 1
. until they had time to repent. Tho
catalogue of cruel and ridiculous
' tilings tliat tho. o cowards inflict upon
a freshman i.. fearful, ^omt of them
are ur.tlt for publication. 1 say "o.iv. - !
I iniit< utTuusR it is a maxim thai, a
cruel man is a coward. If they really !
wished t<? tcvt ;i young man's metal or
courage why don't they shut him in a
mom and go in one at a time and
fight him list and skull. They are
coward.-;, that's all. Tfiey would en t
tight a Philippine hand o hand. They
will gmduale cowards tind smell the
battle from afar, and le? the privates
do the fighting. They are of the same
broini as General Miles, wl:o put tlia
manacles on Jeflorson Davis and tiled ;
to lie out of it. 11c won his spurs in 1
Cuba l>y getting on top of a hill and j
crying. "Heef. hoof, beef." Ho reminds
me of Patrick Henry's groat speach
during the first revolution, iu which
he scarified a man for crying b*?ef, ;
beef. while the patriots ivoro fighting ,
for independence. 1 have but little j
patience with the modern \Ve?t Poiper. I
General Otis is a fair sample. He
whipped the Filipinos every day before
t.ho election. Pay and promotion is
their soio ambition. Thoy are a stuck
up swell set and would establish a
military monarch if they dared. I see
that fome follow Is defending Genu ral
George (\ Thomas anil ."Black Jack"
Log in in a New Vork paper. Welt, I
know all about them. I have now in
my possession a letter written to mo
by Thomas in which he denounces, us
all us traitors and guilty of treabon
and says that treason embodies all the
crimes In the decalogue. A doaen, of |
our Rome boys and girls hnd improved .
a tableau jier'orman. o in the city ljia.ll |
? > raise a little money to pay for re- I
placing pulpits and pews in the \ Ity |
i llu relies. The Racrilegiou.-i vamyils I
had gutted the churches and used he '
pews fur ho;so troughs and the j
chur hrr. for storage o. corn and oats. 1
of tho r.'-oivo* in tho. tableau wi.ii a
battle *lci?? after tho battle and an old
roii'i dcaie Hag was lying down onthe
floor. For this they were an arretted
and the play nrolien np. As I t as
then the mayor of t.ie poor llttlo w rtorn
town 1 wrote a reopcetful lot at
to '< limr.aa asking for heir release, i ad
?i< . ting that no disrepoct was ntended.
He condescended to pi? so
the' l. but r an fled us and all 1 ae
fc-oufh in outemptuoua and eootetr ptilde
language and warned us tha a
rebel Hag w.:a the Imwt odius ombl
of trca on and must not be exhibi ,o<l
1 it> puhli r.or harbored in p
Well, the Light Guards have got ' iie
old banner yet and show It wheati>e>
please. 1 bad not forgotten that iu '
18"4 two cavalry regiments wore ,Cr- ,
ganizod and added to tho Unl ?xl ,
States army by Jefferson I>avi lu ;
wx retary of war, ood that T as
wras a nui^ow La oo? of tb?n aw he
I J '
" * '' I I
Tlu n
i' whi
1,1 wil
y ntul ^ H?
lie M?J
M F?
icre if
10 metjp commissioned off'^ors thirty- I
w |)''iro 'rom tlle south, and of these |
. wiro twenty-four who joined
tall Ustifpderaey. Anions these were
pon llf K. I*ee. Albert Sidney John- ^
,. -Joe E. Johnston. Hardee, Van- ^
'Hot L Kirby. Smith, Hood and FitzIto
mjlyoe. What a ftnlaxy of traitors
,i there. Hut Thomas was not
} 1 n them, if there was ;my troanIV
the was a traitor to his srt.-i.tr> Ah I L
" ii^oga". let the old veterans of Villus
tell. Saw a rot-eat letter from
them narrating liow he tried U> i
nu. , a regiment in Kentucky to fight
jur side. but eould not got hut
mwfe sickly companies and pave it up.
oilie 1 forbear. L?ct me stop a while
. Rive my indignation rest, li it
r NV' not rainlivg 1 would go out and
ml sotnie or chop some wood. CJod-ou'.
Counfour.il' em. '
lieu t j wa& considering Ihis hazing a
hiltlness this drinking tahuseo ami t
, it sau.c anil going through conA
1 ons until the poor victiju faints
has convnl.-Mons. The dictionary '
calls it physical persecution. and h
(icorpe \V. Curtis, the editor of liar- ||
p? r's Weekly, denounces the whole v
pyatein s a brutal and cqntcrnpiiblo
denial of fair play. And yet i' is a!- !;
lo-vod ami winked at by the officers in "
enargo and no doubt, the investigation j,
of the Uooz case will all blow over and j .
end in smoke. 1 wonder if our south- I
ern cadets join in it. We have never i.
had any hazing in southern colleges ,.
that 1 know of. 1 remember when the
sophomores and juniors used to play v
eomi> little tricks on the freshmen, but t.
they wore not cruel or dangerous. 1 ;
ivmomber when young Whatley eamo v
to \thens from Talladega, Ala., with (,
his father's wagon and camped ont at r,
night while on the journey, lie was a
? onntry boy and had on a suit of home
nuido jr.ins outside and plenty of grit (
inside. One evening after study hours j
the sophs and juniors eombined to v
scare the freshmen who were timed
and green and home-iek, and :a? one
big fellow pretended to take laughing
gas or ether and after sucking a while t
on a handkerchief 1 e got maniacal and *
threw his arms about in a wild frenzy t
and distort* li his countenance suddenly
lie drew a hig. long butcher j
knife from hi" bosom and the. know- (.
lag ones ,-houted, "Run, boys, run; K
lie's got a knife." and t-liey all ran ex- j
oept Whatley. He boldly stood his ,
ground and seized a good sized stone 2
and as . o crazy 1 oy got within a few
f a t of liim and w is brandishing his
knife young Whatley let fly with the ,
ttone and knocked t.lie breath out of ,
him. We thought lie was dead and a \
doctor was sent for in ,i hurry. That t
?.? liic kim irii'K ptnyeii on mo fresh- |.,
men while I was in college. Whailey j
never put 011 ?n> airs about a. i ? ho ,
took first honor all tho same and he
trio colonel of a regiment during the ,
war. and. I think, was killed in battle, f
T wl.-h we had &oiye southern W'hatleyf; i,
at West. I'oint. ! j
Ait. ; ail. it is the officers of an in- j,
f-titiaiea who mold ihe character of s
the boys and a that man Mills can't v
moi i it he ought to r? sign. I w .s i,
greatly gratified to read that resident
liar: y. who is at the head of the Agri- -v
e iMiral and Mechanical college in ;t
Mi. : sinpl, where there are -Hit) stu- j;
d-'i'ii.i, made a reqm si of thorn some \
moat: s ago that they would c,ait i
smoking, trial all of Hunt sa.id "yes, ]
wo will- v.e vill d:> anything you ask t
its to do" And s rue lis en not a cigar I i
or cigarette In - Uteri s-ecn in that I
splendid institution. Thoso young t
men are gentlemen, and we are proud v
or them.? Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
11
i
lliirnrii) I'nj* (rrnnany. I
Besides the three principal claims >
against Morocco previously settled, <.
Morocco lias agreed to pay (lenr.any (|
in silver, on account ?>f otlnr \
claims and to < 'imply with her other J(
demands. p
llyiinmite its CoiuIi iikimI sill..
A railrotul agent in Cape Colony lias *
captured a number of cases marked
"Condensed Milk." intended for Hi"
Boers, which r >ntrined dnoo split lailicts,
add detonators and led pounds of
dynamite.
finitii<-lal Crisis in Mexico Vcixrcil.
The alarm in hnnkitig and business !1
circles over the prospect of si financial ! '
crisis in Mexico cannot he disguised. 11
The high price of Mcxicsm money '?
causing si general liquidation of debts 1'
throughout the country, and in ever)
instance silver is demanded.
... t
Colorado I'acrH llnnliruplry.
In liis limtl message to tin- l.nlorado <
Legislature retiring Oovernor Thomas >
said: "Cu." credit is exhausted and K
w* ' to t;ov witli reliei or |
liiuu'rvv.1.'." Tilt* tloatiut; <l"l>i *? \
tfUite aiioC.ats lo $-.U":?.uTT.
>>li ir?* Duty ! *:? Itrur-Ailliiiriit r?ri|.ilinr. I'
J ton ' Ail mi ml Inrqnhar, < .:n..iarlJ11
the North Atlantic squadron. has *
applied for slnne .in y ..t ;h. , <
'his period (i* s ; -i i '< ;i.;; .j i:
ill I'lliof Oi till* SqUa.l 1! Ii.m ;.j 1
die 1) CO. r
? - - fl
French Short* MoiJu* hcni!!, ,
The Hrit >!l I1 nl'i 'Jill Of' t - a jrenewal
of the modus vivrmli m .V< >vfoundlmul,
tint believes < will immediately
followed by in.:. :'a i. as
witli th?? view of finally sou ion.; tue a
lengthy dispute. :
1
The Dignified Frogs of ocrea.
Frogs in Corea ?lo not hop or jump, n
Fhey walk like well-ordered animals, d
]iiii>tly placing otic foot after another
intil they arrive at the end of their
journey. It is niv mousing sight to one v
vlio has always soon the frog of Amor- i
e$ Jump. g
RT MILL, S. (/., WKm
iuF D. ABKODE BEAD
Ihicago's M'lliona're Passes Away '
Alter a Two Years' Illness. ,
.EAVES FORTUNE OF $40,000,000 ! i
i
If llu.l TIfaltli nt Hc?it?.- nn<l <
Abroit.l?Canslit OMd lu h Frolic AVItl? 1
II Ih Two GruurtchJMrt'n-Sank IVu?-?- j
fully Into tin. I.otiE Sloop?The Story ^
of Kit Career? m* Philanthropy. | ,
ChicjiKO. ? Philip I>. Arnmur. philan- i 1
luuuivivi an>i 1111111 i-iiiiiii??ii- ' ^
in', lmad of tin* vast commercial es- <
ahlishment that hoars his iiaino. died t
uddenly of lionrI trouble at his ivsi- j
ihit. LMl." 1'rairle avonuo. Only tlio i
nnmdiate members of the family and '
lis physicians were at the bedside*
r'teti death occurred. The oml came j
fter two v.ars' illness. in the coarse
f which Mr. Armour visited Herman
at Its. passed the cold months i ti t'aliornia.
atel devoted himself largely to ,
n a', tempi . > restore his health, which, !
owever. nail been broken, never to be
e trained.
The immediate cause of (tie illness
fllieli elided iil bis death was a bad
id wbfeh Mr. Ariuour caught at the
line of the firs* snow tltirry in No
ettther. At that time Mr. Armour
ink bis two grandsons, the ehildreu
f the lat<> Philip l? Armour. ,7r.. for a
lie on a band sled on the sidewalk
t fr '"t of tic Armour residence. The
hihlren enjoyed the sport, but Mr.
Vvmour ic?>t 11i s feet wet, and a cold
i'suited which confined hint to his bed
or some titne.
Mr. Armour was born in Stock
Idr-N Mad'snt! '"oiinty, X. V . on May
?. As a boy he divided liis J
i'tie between working on tiie farm .
ml goit to the a< adi my. l?Ut before |
i" was oui of school he 'j.tve up farm
bores and was a bttsiness for liinteif.
He bought eallle from the neigh* '
niritia farmers, butehered and dressed
Item liitnselr. ami tlicit hawked the
.teat aiioiu in a wagon lhrouvli Oneida
Hid madlson < 'onnlii
That was the beginning of Mr. Ar- 1
mini's business ear? "r, the lirst intertuition
o' which was the result of a
my and girl love alfair. Armour and '
l:?? girl played hookey from sehool oiip '
fiernoui :iml w<hi buggy riding. Tin* '
ioy was < \nelied Ue\l day. That
nark ] what is always called the
tuiv.hig point" in a man's curci r. Ar- t
nour went i<> California. 11? hunted I
gold in <' ilifornia until l^oi., hut
is <!!n never panned out very well, i
yield" I enough. ho.vevi to citable |
iin to ui:il;o ;i s'iirt in something else,
i'? he came i.ast again as far a^ Mil- f
):) "C. Wli Ve he Went into tile ware- |
i?t!-e and grain Inisln. ss.
Tlieii Armour tried pari; paei dir.
1 iiieh did pan on! well, lie mint] li.nl .
10 -iuue o! >T.n ,i t> i. and formed the
:hi of Aftlour, i'lan'iiiiton Co.. i
riili lie:ub planers :it Milwaukee and '
ir.ii.elu s in half a don n other lowns. ;
a 1S7I the h> .nhpiariers was moved
a Chicago, ltofore that his brother.
I. O. Armour, had established a grain '
nininissiou and pork packing IntitliiCM
a Chicago, anil the two enterprises* '
rote afterward combined.
11 was not the mere killing of ani- >
sals and selling the product ilint made J '
he fouiul.ation of lho Armour millions. '
*. 1?. Armour made his first great i '
peeulative stroke just before the close
f the Civil War. when pork was '
noted ;it SI". He was confident that
liih the end of the war the prices of 1
11 food stalls would come down. S>
e sold pork and fought the bulls for 1
litee mouths sueces-fully. lie made
limit S1.tKiM.iMH) on Unit deal. !1
In iiinl iwti was a lull! when .
In' hears wcro short about tifKi.uMM i
:irii-ls of pork. Ilo eoriiered the mar- I-!,
and his |>roHts were estimated all I
ii" was from s_'.."?mm.miim to s.t.rimm.mmm. (
he next year with his brother he I
rent into a ai-^aiiiie deal in wheat and *
s hulls made about but c
idn't let ao soon enough, and lost it
n. r
1 or the Inst live years his fortune I
ins been estimated at sin.iitMi.on'i
Mr. Armour was married in October,
Sf>J. to Miss Malvina !V-lle O^den,
he only d.nmht r of .lonarliaii O^deii, ,
f Cincinnati. 'l'be.\ had two sons. J. , "
luden Armour, who was married on '
lay r_\ I Sal. to Miss Lolita llimln a *
hellion, of Sulliold. Conn.. ami Philip 1
?. Armour, dr.. who u arried on No
einher t>. issm. Mi-.s day kli/.nheth
e-s er. of Chicago. The yoiliiirer
'hilip died last winter, tie left two
<?.vs. | f
Mr. Armour did mm h in the wai of t
hnrity and philantliropy. His pet j
nterpri-?es of that kind were the Armor
.Mission and the Armour Inst!nte,
a school of tcclimdou.v in <"ni"ttro.
Tliey ivpri s.-nt an investment 1
mounting to sj.opm.ikio. and Mr. Armor
frequently said that he had
.it .ii.'Kic :i n. *i ?v investment. '
"?mnltjn>\ I'rovnlefit ill .">1 ln?onri. I
At :i meeting of the ltourd of 11 -ri 1111 j
i Knusus t'ity. Mo.. ]>r. .T. .Tame*. >- {
< sidoiit inoiither of the Stale Itounl of ! ,
I?:i 11 li. sold there wen* eases of j.
nmllpox in more thru otto hundred !v
ountles of Missouri and that the
nost vigorous quarantine measure's
ad failed to stop the spread of tit" |
lscase. | t
Seven Miner* Killeil by lienilarine*.
Seven miners were killed and forty t
rounded in an affray at Altfjeblnj. i
Iunwary, between riotous miners and i
eudorine*. - i
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L T]
s KM) A Y, JANUARY 9
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED j
WASHINGTON ITI'MS.
Th?? President nominated Oscar !
Williams. ?.r Ni \v York. to he Consul | J
General of tin- t'nitcd Stales at Sitmt >
pore.
Tin* Ship Subsidy hill was forced "
eivc way in th Senate to the Army i
hill.
Senator IIniishrntitrli introduced a|
lull creatinir a Department of FMu alien
and civintr tlie head of tlie de j (
partmcnt a place in the President's j
Cabinet.
General .Tames A. Walker, defeated
Repulilleau candidate in the Xin*h
Congressional Virginia District, has
tiled notice of a contest.
Minister (,'oturer has hern instructed
o urge 1 li?* arbitration of Hip distrlhn- ; 1
ion of China's indemnity should the 1
llplomnts fhil to agree. (
oru ai?otti:i? jsi,am?s.
Attornoy-(.*< noral flriggs has fixed
'lie session of the Porto Kioau Assi'in- i
My at sixty days.
Thousands witupssod tlio starting of '
ho now trolley s.vstom at Sail .luan. ! i
Porto Kioo. tlo first road of that do I (
script ion in tlio island. The people i
ivcro much astonished.
fiovcrtiorHi noral Wood urges re
dstnncc to unroasonalilo demands of I
striking stevedon s and sugar hand- J
ers at rarilenas. t'uha.
There is I'nprcccrientcd activity ' (
?verywhere around the -177 American (
[nists in the Philippines. Scouting ,
parties and small expeditions are
itrikit;ir rapidly day and night. i ,
The Philippine Commission has com- i
Meted the preparation of a general
Municipal government hill. I
The total custom receipts In Cuba 1
Tor the eleven months cmlcd Novein*
)cr i. P.MMt. were Sl-l.hPd.t;i7.PS.
1)1?"i itst i ('.
(lovernor 11111. in his inamrural nd- j
lrc.-s at Augusta. Me.. declared that i
he ship-hiiiMing industry of Maine ir-s
n the most prosperous condition if
tas known tor years. I ,
Hishop \Y. X Xilide, ??!* tile M *?t lnn I - I
si Kpiscopal I'litr.'cli. former l'rc?i- |i
lent ??f the tJarrctt P.ihlleal Institute. i
II <1 in Detroit, Mich., at tin? a;.;o >?
dNty-eijjht.
Three alleged counterfeiters were !
iricstcd liv Secret Service men at.
MiiMIetown. N. V.
William I >e i I.i.ms. :i civil entriiiecr,
Miitiloveil liy Hie I"niteii States Kncin'erir.K
Departmeiit. lilew out h'.s
rains :il Pensacola. I la.
The eity of < Irani! ltapiils, Mich., re
eivei! the thanks of l'resiili nt Krufrcr. |
> hoio i he freedom of the eity was (
ciidered. i
A hill Introduced in the Nebraska i
nafe main's kidnapping under o r i
ain eruditions a capital crime.
The New* Vorl fhauih. of Comlierce
declared Itself in favor of a*
>rlvately owned eahlc across the L'arilie.
Kdwin ?I. I', ''ford died near Paris,
a: si ei _ h:\ ' \ years. lie was
i noted breeder of abort-horn cattle.
Io paid the I -..in -1 price c\cr aiven
or a short-horn. sp.it tipp, fur n hull ;.t
!ho New York .Mill-- sale in 187(5. j
The ilailroad i "omnii<sioiiers issued
hi order e a ip dliiiu the Hoston K!e- ;
ftiieil Kailway t'ompatiy to equip all
treet ears in Huston with vestibules. ,
The eousidld'itioa of all the street
aihvays of Detroit. Mfeii., under the
t.tine of the Detroit I'nited ICnilway 1
hunpany. witli a capital of $ 1ih.~0o,0(Ht. ; vas
effeeied.
Two heavy freight trains on tie? i '
[htzoo and Mississippi Valley Hail j1
ond, both double-headers, met in eol j'
isioii near Ilays Station, Miss. Seven
iifii of the eight in the crews wer ;
;'
A burglar robbed the limtsi- occupied |
>y Jiiiiics Wilson. eighty-five years
.lil, ni-nr New Haven, 1'.mi., nfti-r 1
funking Marion Morgan am! i
H i* grandfather.
James Ciithons. :i nephew of Cnrdin
1 Cililioiis. a tinli lit at tin- Charity '
lospilal, was way la i. I ami killed ai.
<cw Orleans, l.a., by two highway
urn. 1
Mrs. Margaret Prtell. who shot
leorgc Drgrr in Hrooklyn. declared
a roiirt sin* was not sorry she ha",
died him.
roily six to; - of gold ami si'.-'-r i
vere rrrrivi-il at I lie Seattle Assay of- i
in- in l'.KMi.
In a i-rusa !r against saloons in Ti'i <
;' a. \ V , by llu- A till Saloon la-agtir, :
iln.ingrnplis u. re lakrii. showing vio i
tii.n of ill law in lirarly every liiju
I >r?- i-i town. I
i ninatis.
No punitive r.\|. ditiotis nave lx-rn (
oiidncted by Anirrlran troops in i
iin. it minting to an ntlieinl dispatch ' i
roin tiriicral ChalTrr, i
Chile is inal ing nrtivi- r(Torts to si-U :
\ii-aragna and other Central Amrri- I
an It* piiblii-s tli nr. whirs. horses,
hi.v. etc. i.i opposition to California. !'
It is iiinl r.-yod that at the nm J
lusioti of the oprratiotis in Smith .
ifrira Cnu ral Kitchener will become !
otnniaiiilrr in-chief in India. j
Par!-inn police in lieeemher arrest
<1 1J.!i7o persons. iiielmling six murlerers.
irjr. iliii >??s and footpads. L\s7!> J
ramps, HIV.) <tii111kt-ii people, and j
Vollietl.
Ten t.'ermaiis were killed and nine j
voimded at hcltung. China. through j
lie tiring of a salute with a defective .
a rt ridge.
Captain Torkildsen, of Stockholm, i
ltis written an article In tlio NorT/ecian
papers urging the Storthing to l
ass a law eompelling the king to live <
tlx months yearly In Nojfvrt - . ;
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fr *
[MES
, 11)01
Hoi I IS
\bout 3173.000,"00 V/'s Distributed
at the G sinning: o( tnc Year,
THE LARGEST SUM EVER KNOWN
?otiritfti:; <>ttt >;> *. in*;** l!at?l< Pcpoaltor*, II
i*? I '.*?! !n;.itnl Tlt:it tl (irrnti'M Purl
V? ??nt Into tl??? IIhthIw of .t I # \v? \
M<Miu?ral?li* H:i> in the History of flit*
tNiiintr.v ?l??'ror If* of Pus! Ynnn*.
Now York <'ity W'oilne^ilay. .lanuiry
'J. 1001. Will !?; moiiiorablc* in tin*
IltstOI'V of llio 1'nllmt Stnlna f..r H
I ho ?lny Tor tho payment of interest
ind dividends l?y the yro.-it industrial
nml linnnoinl em-porn lions of tho country,
am! those payments wore ilu?
larcrost over made. There are more
wikira t ions 1J1 *mi there *ro a year
H2o, uioro stockholders ami liomihold rs.
-mi! therefore move i> rsons to
whom pnymonts were m '? As the
I'liiicil States i? tlio most orosijoroiis.
liiMiicinllv :!> ! nt!" n: i.dlv. of :inv
country iti llio wo'lil, :hi<I as I ho your
1!?im? was tiio most prosperous in the |
country's history. 1ho sum d'strilm1 d ,
it M'edm -sdav was larrvr than that 1
ever lioforo put in oir< illation in nay
onn'rv on a single dnv.
li is esli m i I-'d t' r; * $17.ViV?ti.iT)ti was
fMshursod on that day, mi a" of the ti
anneint centres of tho e-mnt'v it s !
stim.vt.d thai litis larrm sum found
lis w.-iv into ?li> pockets of nliotii 1'J. ptl.tltiO
persons
As m nmttor of fact. powoxer. if tho i
l.tiiMl.n.'ttt of -jivimrs hanks do| "siiors :
he taken ottl. whoso norrotralo weal'h :
I: uiv. r. a! t!P.oand whoso
ilinro of this ."" ITo.nOP.tKHi w:ts not f:ir |
Trotii ?K<;,nii'?.(i(i(1. tho rest. or about
Rxp.tWM.fMin. wax (listrilititoil anion;?
' mil pa Hi lively few people. There are j
1?M7 men ami women in tltis ooimtry
who are iv:omted to ho worth St.uoi).IXMl
or more. ;iml :i lnviro pail of the "
remainim; SS'.i.mi>1 .(kmi was ?1 i\ i<! ?i nr?
n ninny those millionaires. It is said
that. if iho portion of tin* SMUidn.Miiii
which was distributed anion-.: tli<
possessors of la rye We: 1th Were dih!i'<l
amony thorn out:.illy, on eh ono
would rooeivo soi otliiu:; I !; SMxri
Ii is also said tlillt .lohii l? l'oekcfellor j
uhnio roooived about dilh.tMMI for his
Now Vonr's i-i :il. This sl.n einenl.
hovovor. is simply ha . d on :i Wa1!
si root yuess.
Uy far iho lar-.rest part of iho$17~,
pon.ooo was |utid out, of course, In 1
iIds city. Those who should know say
ihnt not far from si io.oim.oi:m was
ilishm- I'd i i Now V- rk I'ily. Tibs was
plmi; > 'II I lot I I ii IM hi,. .. i * 11? 1 ' i id ,
put on .Tnnnnry ii. IfH 1 Th 1 disburse- j
iiii'iii - of that day wor 1 ivianl-d
utmost fahuloiiand, up : > !' .1 time,
were the hi iv. si oxer !. i. The
payments on ami if interest f
alii i!Iod i<> ii!m:.oi;i;. red it--- pay- i
rrn nls on arc aaii of dlvid nils a- aiinr
ra) to Sel.T-IV.Ther- wore oilier J
ii.teresi and dividend pavr: -nts wliii h
li.'id In ho osiiit afod. making tlit* estiuiaiid
total dishui-elm ,ps for .Jami- , f
iiry J. 1!iimi. at out S I.'IO.inhi.miim. The , 1
limitary disbursements f. - |sti;? were
^sS.i;i;i.::!1!I: for !v.is. ST'.hlMI irj.*,; for
18*17. ::: it. ami for hSOO. $71,- M
ir.s.i j
The hows from Hoslon is that the '
kwiiiaiy disluirseuionts there amoiiuiid
to an increase of !?xi{T?,? i
Mo. as compared with January, itlQO. j
Ihiiiimore. Philadelphia, Olilenyo, Cln- I
i-inmiti and San Francisco nre the
ntlier cities where tlie majority of tie- i
rest of the payments were made, and >
reports from each of these places t
slate that there was a ficm In.-ro-io,.
liver ill" disbursements (if a year ago.
r/ires. rath3un hflo for murder 1
(
t'liurjjol W illi Trying t?> l'?!?nn llitrl mot I
Willi Killing Hit II u*l>ittiil.
\i w Haven. Ciinii. Curiincr Mix in 1 /
his finding oil (lie Implest into the j |
leaih of William Italhhcn. the rail- |
toad hrakemun, who ilieil after drinkill;:
poisoned coffee en Deeemlier "1, I j
ileelares that the eolTee eoiilnitied .
rough on rats jmt there by Mrs. ' ,
Ihillentil, lint Intended for John 1'. j
Mart. also n hrakeniiin and a hoarder !
for ti n years in the Kathlnin home. ' f
AeeorditiK t? Ik*' Coroner's incesliga- i t
lion. Mrs. Itathhtin, who had hern an ]
idiniii r of Hart for je-ven of the ten j rears
lie had been In tin lr hoin be | {
aime jealous been use three months t
igo he had transferred is affections j /
lo a young woman. , I
The flat deilaiiiiion that Mis Itath
tin performed the nimah r.ii < deed is
mad' in the following I i.' .,..
"On !lets mherMi iia'lthuii pro
. it red a box of rough on rats, and Hi" f
iVnole or part of said 1- \ of rough on
ats was pine. 1 I?v her in a tp'.aiitltv
?f e i(T? e which was to h taken hy
aid Hart in !. i - dinner p. I .is his ap : t
,?ly for the following dt y."
'1'lie formal arrest of Mrs. Rathhun iu
>11 the char/" of helng rc-jioti-il i" for
lie crime immediately followed tic
Joroner's derision. i
Hart, too, must stand trial, beeattsv
>f his all ired relations: wiili \trw I
I la t lilmn.
IGNATIUS DONNELLY DEAD.
ItrieUen III nt tlx- Home of III* lullirr- '
In-Law in MInnenpoli*.
Minneapolis. Minn. Ignatius l>on- I
nelly, who for thirty-live years had J
been prominent in local and national |
iiolitics and in llteruture, was taken I
II suddenly in the home of his father '
in-law, Ilnrton Hanson.
rhyslclnns were summoned hastily, i
but saw at once there wus uo hope. lie I '
Hod In a few hours. He was seventy I
r<dO.ru Oiu.
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NO. 43.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
r*r^"w dfvii is H jc|""
stroycr; be cannot
Vf ?\ Missionary zeal
sir 's l'l? overllow ?*f
Christian love.
/ is 110 w,jrn
nieauoss to seek
r a?H/l to live within
Urt^R ^ Wfi^v your means.
L\ol A A Not suffering but
service is the mark
( ^\VV^ ?J<S^ of the Christian,
i j'l jjr Even repentanco
enunnt nil Kn/>i- t)i?? ?->-'*>" *4"
flight.
They who are never weary iu prayer
ore never mighty therein.
All Christian endeavor must be tb?
expression of Christian experience.
The preacher never knows whether
he would bet on a horserace till he
has been there. ^
Nine-tenths of our arguments
against mis.-;ions are excuses for closing
the pocket book.
The ltihle aims to givo uniformity
of direction to lives rather than uniformity
of doctrine.
The Christian feels his restrictions
only when he M>eks to limit Christ's
domain iu his life.
They who hope for the inhcritam o
o* the saints in light will not tuako
lig'it of the testament.
lie who cannot bless the waves that
brat him homeward inns have little
longing for home.
\ emiragr ins man is not so much ho
who is brave to snatch pleasure as ho
who is ready to h r i .1.
When the sinm r is seeking only
nothing sympathy t!; .-ituerity of bin
search may lie me
Wlten Christ' , \ h * is fitted it
changes to wins
All of don's demands are hut invitations
to priv'bges.
SOUTHER N R AIL W A Y.
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11'. 11, , ,.p: .Sun ay "
SUnnln. t' C .
v/?R? oori'ico,
K> 'lit d/u ,'ih-fii^or >11 vini bMwfin
i i' in :i'id Ni-.v York
ami i N- w Y rlc ami I'loriilii I'.a
',r" ?' * ro i |>t.ii; ii i Ir I # i i.
\ > ? an I N. w Yn' k
i "'illii1 ill i!; :i a i ii * i wini " i n r;ir liivyii-ii
I'urt Tnniiiri. .1 l? ' villi-. Savannah.
' 'n-liin(;|iiii iiml Nov Y'?i 1;
I ill I hi nil ili- j.iti|> p.irs Iwt wi in < "h.irl it t' mill
xii'linioiul IliuuiK cur-i U'Imhiii i-liarl">ti"
m<I Savannah
Noh. Hi ami :WV-U. S. Fait Mail. Tlirontrlw
>illlnian draw Iniprnom bnft'ot sleeping curs ln?ween
.Tni ksiiiivillii anil Nrw York mvl Pultnm
sleepim; rari liet wonn AutfiiHta nnii C.'liarot
to. f )i 111 ii it i'A.r nerve all men!* enrouto ^
Pullman s.enpiiiK rani between .Innknonvilii*.
ind tlnliimbiu i-nroute daily between Jaekaotr
ntle and Cini-lniint.i. via Ailinvlllo.
fUANK S HANNON, J M OTU?
Third V P Admi. Mgr., TrofTlr Mtfr..
(Yanliingtiiii. L). U. Wanliinetnn. 13. C?
W A. TUHK, S. n.HAUDWlOK,
Urn Pana Ajc't., Ai'tUru. Puna. Ag't.,
w"t"'iHlill, Ql Ci .AliantA. *J)A
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