The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 16, 1897, Image 1
C>od and Our Native i.umt
VOLUME VIII.
CAMDEN, 8. C., i FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1807.
NO. II.
-MM.
W fRANCOIS .COPPEf
EVER I" or led
Bouiguoil, rising
w;.Jh violeuoo and
throwing hia nap
'kin on the table.
"Never! Do you
hoar mo? Never 1"
And tho old maa
tor mason paoed
up and down the
cozy ?mmg room, turning on his heel
v iutioualy, like a boar in a oago ; while
poor mother Bourguoil, her tearful
?yes lowered on hor plate, was discon
solately nibbling almonds.
For two years tho saijjo dispute had
beou springing up botwoen tho old
couple ? just as now at tho ond of thoir
evoning meal. I?or it was two years
siuoo they had fallort out1 with their son,
Edward, who, in spite of thoir oppo
sition, had marriod a woman picked up
? somewhere in tho Latin quartor ? just
when he was about to take his dogreo
as a lawyer, too. How they had loved
him and petted him, this Edward ?
this long wishod for ohild, who had
come after ten long years ol married
life, when thoy had almost givon up
liopipg for a bo 11^ The happy Bour
gueil, then only a simple bnilder, had
rubbed his hands, saying to his wife:
"You know, Olomenco, that smart fol
low Hausemann is improving and
changing tho whole of Paris, from one
end to anothor. Hero is a good ohanoe
lor mo. If things go on this way, 1
can make ft fortuno in twelve or fifteen
years. And I know one thing, tho lit
tlo rascM of ours won't need to olimb
up into scaffoldings, like his father,
nor come home every night with spots
of plaster all over bis gray vest, and
fit to drop with fatigue. We will make
n real , gentleman of him, won't wo,
Clemence?"
All BMTrgueil's ambitions had boon
realized. At college Edward was a
brilliant pupil, and the old peasant
who had corao to Paris many years
ngo, carrying his shoes ou his baok
nnd a Jttle silver tied up in a corner
of his handkerchief, bad the satisfac
tion of seeing his Bon congratulated
and loaded with prizes by tbo Minister
of Instruction himself. What ft futuro
the boy had before him 1 Ho would
]>ass the most difficult examinations
without anyjyroublo ? tb$y. would bo a
mere joke tor hxiii~ftn<i then choosa
any career ho had a fancy for, "Wo
will leave tho boy a good 25,000 frincs
j income," fathor Bourgneil wonld say,
cheerfully, slapping his wife's shoulder
with his strong, broad hand. yAnd,
eaperiotiel we wiii make hidi many
*'?0U NEED HOT KXTECI A SOU PBOM
BTTHBHOFVS."
right soon. It wiU be easy to flud
some pretty girJ, with a good educa
tion like hie, who will make him
happy, and of whom wo can feel proud I"
Ah, those lovely planer 1 where had
they gone? The kind old parent* had
been foolish enough to furnish a room
in town for their boy, that he might
be more independent. Then ho met
that woman, and immediately his
studies wore dropped. At twenty-fire
f he had not even taken his licentiate's
degree. They were dreadfully disap
pointed, after having built such fine
eastles; still they did not give up all
- hope. ?' They consoled themselves,
wing: "He is so yonngl It will
pass. Let him alone awhile."
But one day the imbeoile had the
audaoity to inform- them that he had
adored this'girl, and was determined
- to make her/his wife. ? ? This waj/too
mueh. If Bonrgtxeil did not finl with
? stroke of apoplexy it wasa miraole
Indeed; the reins in hie neck were
swollen like cords. He ordered his j
eon out of the honse and oat off his
/ income.
"If tou dare to give your name to
that woman/' the old man roared,
. . crimson with wrath, "you need not
a son from either Of Wii long
' ?i we live."
Bel ike stubborn, ungrateful boy
had outraged them fto the end, end;
now lie wee married toWUedollof his,
and living .on a wretehil etetk'e eal
ary,intheaahbtbofihaeUy-.like
tome vagabond! Poor old eoaplel
I Hnw iia~mTe eo^^ m mm
tkem m*** twq kotviUe
:-VjeetefrJ^*ae % plemtiM ,
USkufrytfca srtestiee
again and again. And At every now
attempt Bourguoil w as furious and
made a torriblo ?oono. ? Their homo
beoamo a purgatory. Theso two old
podplo, who had nothing to ronroaoh
thomsolvos with, who had Ittttd oaoh
othor faithfully, who had ^od and
toilod side by Bido for moro than thirty
years, boyatne almost hostile. Evory
night at the dinner table ^tho quarrel
broke out anow, and it alwayH ended
with some of those stinging thrusto
that wound the heart.
"Do you want mo to tell you what
I think, Bourguoil?" the old woman
would say. "You aro without pity I"
"And you aro u ooward to want to
givo in," tho mason ropliod, leaving
tho room with a stamp of his hoavy
toot.
Left alone in the soft light of tho
lamp in the oomfortable parlor, the
poor mothor, who was still true to her
white linen oap^, would quietly drop
burning tears on her knitting and pray
for her bo^. Bourguoii had lo$t a\V
lovo for his. homo, now that hohrid
oontinually a ead faoe to look upon.
He had got into the habit of joining
Borao friends iu a cafe oloso by whore
they waited for him for a gatno of
maoilla. In doaling out tho oardstho ?
irritated mason made long and violent
spoechos against tho pre*ont state of
morals, whero paternal authority was
dotted by ohildron. But ho s^ore
that he, at least, would set a good ox
pmplo ; ho would bo stern to tho end.
Bo oould cpeak of nothing olso, and
his partners proclaimed him "a tire
some old follow," as soon as his back
was turned. In his presence, however,
they deplorod his ill luck in having
suoh a scamp of a eon, and highly
praised his Urmncos. One man in the
group, especially, invariably hailed
the mason's imprecations with an ap
proving irord or two: "Bravo 1 Fathor
Bourguoii, you are a Roman 1"
Bourgueil was from the province of
Warohe, and possessed very indistinct
notions on antiquity. Still, ho had
some inkliug of tho story of old Brutus,
and felt highly ilatterod to be com
pared to such aporsonago. Yet when
lie left tho cafe and found himself in
the oold dark night, be would say to
himself ? oh I very Boftly ? that Brutus
must have had a cruel, hard heax't,
and that it was a horrible thing to con
demn a son to death.
Esster Sunday has oomo ? a joyous,
bright, happy day, merry with tho
chiascs cf bells aud the promiso of
warm spring days. Tho city itsolf
looks gay and coquettish. Women are
ooming homo ^rom churcb, and all are
carrying a bunch of box plant that
fills the air with sweet, fresh odor.
Even the old cab horses have a bit of
it stuck behind their ears 1
Bou rg u"o i I, "who sat up last eveni ng
at ?he cafe till midnight, wakes up
very late. He is in a horrible mood ;
and what man would not be, 1 ehould
like to know? Last night, at the usual
hour, he had again to listen to his
wife's absurdities. She again men
tioned Edward, and tried to soften
him, Bourguoil 1 She had mado in
quiries, eho said, and learned that
theit daughter-in-law, for she was that
in spito of all his anger, was not the
bad woman tbey had first thought. A
poor girl? Yes; sho had worked in a
store. But what of that? What were
they themselves but simple working
people, even if they had become well
off? Could they expeot their son to
marry some rioh marquis' dauglitor?
And ever since Angelina ? an ugly
name, but it wasn't the girl's fault
after all ? ever since Angelina had been
his wife, no ono could breathe a word
against her. Sh% was a model little
wife. "Can it be that you will not
have pity on these poor childron ?"
the old mother had asked him tearful
ly. ' "They are poor, very poor. What
do you think Edward ear-* that in
surance company whero, he has found
? placet It breaks my heart to think
of it ; only 200 francs a month t .As ]
much as you spend on your oafo and
your oigars, I don't ask you to see
themrb^t won't you help them, just
? little ? We . are living . ia plenty,
while they ? " and receiving no answer
from Bourgnoil, who was ponsively
turning the glass h* had just emptied ]
between ?is fingers, the old woman
h adnata from her seat and come op
tol?im patting a trembling hand on
his shoulder, silently pleading. Tain
effort ) Bourgueil, suddenly remem
bering- that ha was a llomao, had
again poured forth maledictions and
fail formidable "never..*
And on this lovely Easier morning
he ia mora than usually sad and ill
temper#} ? this strong minded OA
masea. ? He ieele very aetroas ; he
has ent bis ohin twioe while shaving.
Oh, no * he wHTnoi be <wa?& aaonga
lb pajraa income to &U nndatif al son.
Would old Brutus have relented? Of
aoaree w# And fcetnigkthe wm on
the point of yielding T is what
. Shay
from ohureh with a larpfo bnnoh of box
plant. Hhn> places it on a little Ride
tablo, and suddenly the vrholo room ia
filled with the strong, frosh odory
Bourguoil in no poet; ho has noy&
very refined nature. Yot ho is im
pressionable for all that? liko you or
me ? and tho tight of tho green
branohos recalls far oil momoiios.
While the old woman is busy taaipg
apart tho twigs to deoorato tho t oo&?
with thorn, the ponotrating perfume
afifeots his old hoart. Ho reinombora
a certain Easter morning-- ah, so long,
long ago? when ho was nttll ft work
man, and his young wifo a dross*
makor's apprentice. It was thoir
honovmoon, for they had marriod a
fow Jays before Lout. Thon, too, she
had returned from ohuroh with a fra
grant bnrden aud made , thoir only
room bright and festive, llow pretty
she looked, and how ho lovod hov !
Aud by a rapid oflort>of imagination
ho rooalle in an instant thoir loug
voars of |n^rrled life ; s^p has ovor
boon so industrious, so thrifty, so de
voted. And now he tortures her ?
this good, bravo woman ? ho makos
hor suffer on aooount of his wioked
son.
But is Edward really so wiokod as
all that? Of oourso a follow ought to
honor his father and mother, and
obey thorn ; but thon, aro not youth
and love sufficient oxousos tot many a
fault? Ho watohoB Mother Bourguoil
with moist oyes, as she goes to plaoo
a spray of box above Edward's pio
turo on tho wall? a piottiro of thoir
boy in his college stilt, whon thoy felt
so proud of him and of his studios.
k "What is tho matter? The old
mason hardly knows what he is about.
His hoad swims; it is that strong odor
of the plant, doubtles. But his heart
Alls with something that 6oema vory
muoh liko moroy and pardon. ile
goes up to his wifo, takos hor hands,
and, looking at tho picture, mutters,
his rough voice grown strangoly soft:
"Say, Olomenco, shall wo ? forgivo
him?" Ah ; tho cry of joy that bursts
from tho mother's lips I And he haB
called her. "Olomenco," just as in their
young days. Ho has not given hor
that nai^e for more than fiftoon years.
Aud sho ^understands that he loves her
still ? hor husband, her old com*
pan ion.
She throws horsolf in his arms and
kisses him frantioally, all ovor his
faoo, takes his hoad in both of her
hands, and whispers in his ear. Tho
Other dny ? she oouldn't help it,
really ? sho went to soo thoir boy. Ho
is so unhappy to havo offended them.
And it he has not oomo a hundred
timos to bog thoir forgiveness, it is
simply bocauso ho did not daro. "You
know," she adds? aud hor vofoo bo
comes soft and carossing ? J 'you
know I havo soon his wife, and you
really cannot blame him for loving
hor, she is so sweot, and as frosh as n
rose. She just worships our Edward
? ono pan see., that at onoo; and sho
keeps their little homo in auoh apple
pie ordor."
Bourgueil feols opprossed? he is
choking. Patting a trembling finger
on his wife's lips: "That will do l"'ho
says. "Send for a cab. Let us tako
some of those sprays to thom in sign
of peace, and bring them home with
us I"
- And while the old mother, stunned
with joy, falls sobbing on hor hus
band's shoulder, Bourguoil? the Ro?.
man, the old Brutus ? begins to ory
iioftly, like a child.
Easier Ihonghts. '
It seems dear that a puro spirit will
arise. from the seed of a, puro body,
and a loving epirit'frou) the seed of a
loving body. 11 the body wq sorrow
fully put aside has been one full of
oharity, helpful, kindly, nnd eager to
speak tender, pitying words? ono that
has thought no evil, and has bolioved
ail things, and hoped all things, and
endured all things? oan any one doubt
what should come of suoh a seed plant
ing? The natural comos first, /fted
aftetlhat tho spiritual. But ''as is
tiya natu^aU so is the spiritual.^/ It is
td r mor6 gi<&ious, but aftor all ? the
/Daniel ?
So we may bring Easter, witl^ its
wonderful deep meaning, into thetife
of ovory day. How? By toaohing
ourselves to oomprehend the truth
that while We live this human life, and
develop this natural body, it is not
alone the natural body we are orcat
ing, but the eeod of the spiritual body
whioh is^to oome after.
This is not a nlystieal doctrine. AH
those who in this life havo attained
some knowledge, of their spiritual na
tures will testify to it* truth. The
change from a natural to a spiritual
li+ing is like the growing Of a plant
whose seed we havo sown. The right
plant surely grows in ft man who has
sown th6 right seed.
As the spiritual nature of suoh a
man begins, to develop, the pu^er,
higher elements in him grow stronger,
and one by one the baser sort die.
Hate dies, and revenge, and anger.
Cruelty dies, and all unkindnerfs. Nar
rowness of mind dies, *nd oontompt ,
lor the frail tie* of others, A.
The part that Ifres and grows stronger
is lore. Parity and truth and courage
are.irat parts of love, and, as it grows
greater, by andbv comes the soreness
of knowladga, and faith itself is ewal*
1 ,, ? . l ^ _ ? r a - ....
lowmi up in mmion.
Thia ? the dftijjr burial of the old
man, who wae "earthy," and the daily
risiugqf the new, who is the "Lord
from Heaven." TonqhsMEaatw
eosaee every dfty. ?Harper's Baser.
NEWS ITEMsjcONDENSED.
Southern 1'cjioU Pointers.
Jn thocaso of Hatfield ft jury
' hi Williamson, W. Va., bus returned a
verdict of involuntary manslaughter tor
tho killing of Ivan ltuthorford.
The latest dovelopmontsin tho Knox
villo, Tenn. , lire aro that at least six
persons lost their Uvea in the Hotel
\ nox. Tho hotel register has not bcou
found.
Suit has boon brought against tho
oo>op6rativo town company of Lbza
bothtQn, Teuu., asking for a roceiyor,
that the property of tho company shall
ho subjuotod to tho paymout of the
company's indebtedness, amounting to
jjt,tXH>,(K)0. It is chargod that tho com
panv was insolvent whon its property
was transferred to, tho Wautauga Land
company, more than a year ago.
At Macon, da , Charles Ivcid killed L.
W. Iialstoad for insulting his wife.
The American Railway Association
met at Richmond, Ya., in annual ses
sion, with oighty roads represented
by 135 delegates. The exocntiye com
mittee reported that tho ft<;sociat ion em -
braced 2-M companies operating lo<,uOO
miles of railway. li
Tho exports at Newport N?w'&, Va. ,
during Mar oh aggregated $8,8^8,002.
Th second convention of tho itvclus
trial agonts of tho 8ei0)oard Air l^ino
railroad mot in Charlotte, Tho at teml
an co was very large.
Clark Howell has suocoodod his
father, E. P. llowell, as editor of tho
Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution.
Efforts are being mad? at Norfolk,
Ya , to have Congress oroct a monu
ment at. Hampton ltoads to tho memory
of Commodore Maury,
Clinton It. Woodruff, secretary of tho
National Municipal League, bas pre
pared a program for the couforeoco to
be hold in Louisville on Mayfttli, ot-n
7th. Among tho speakers will bo ox
May 01' ^John l'\ Fickon, of Charleston,
' ' ? ' ?
Alt tho North.
The Now York Assembly passed the
Groator New York Charter bill oyot
Mayor Strong's veto, by a voto of 100
to 32.
A company capitalized at S2, 000, 000
has been foruiod at Minneapolis, Minn.,
to manufaoturo sugar from bootB and
fight tho Sugar Trust.
Tho largost flag that over Hew from a
polo will bo flung t<> tho breeze .on tho
27th from a fitafi' 'near tho Orftut MoUtt*
mont, in Now York.
Governor Jones, of Arkansas, .bss
called an extra session of tho Legisla
ture to meet on the 28tli.
A Montreal Court has dismissed tlio
action against tho Amorioau lobaeco
Company, of Cauada, stating that it
has a right to insist that its customers
shall not sell goods of any manufactur
er.
Tho proposition to admit women as
dclcgatos failed in tho Methodist Con
ference at Lowell. Mass., and Manches
ter, N. II., for lack of a thrce-foutha
vote. />
The Poughkcepsio (N. Y.) glass
works has been burned. Tho loss is
fully 8100,000; insurance, 890,000.
At Albany, N. Y., tho Northern As
sociated Press, a corporation, has boon
formed for tho purchase, sale, collec
tion and distribution of news, aud the
conduct of tho business of ,a press
association in ftll its bronchos. ,
Tho noxt .convention of tlio Republi
can National League is to be bold at
Detroit, Mich., July 13, and 3,000 dele
gates aro expected to attend.
In Pittsburg, Pa. , a bridge collapsod
aud a freight train fell fifty feet. lwo
of the orew wore killod.
Highbinders in tho Chinoso quarter
of Sau Francisco, Cab, liavo levied an
assessment of ?15.000 on the merchants
and a ronewul of personal violence is
I expected.
! Tho Greater Now York bill will prob
ably bo passed over Mayor Strong s
I YCtor
A cy clono destroyed the town of Chand
ler, Okla., east of Guthrie A
dozen or moro pcoplo wero killO'i anu
j_)jLObably 100 wero injured.
Mrs: -Margaret J. Proston, "tlio Mi
mosa of Southern litorature, died at her
iiomo in Baltimore, Md., on tho 20th of
March.
Miscellaneous. j
It is announced iu London that tho
Venefcuelean treaty will shortly bd rat
ified.
At Washington, D. 0., Monda/, tho
first meeting of the new executive com
mittee of the National Association of
Democratic Clubs met. A large attend
ance was present, among them Win. ,J.
"Rryan. Too report showed 0,000 clubs
in. existence. A fund was raised for
carrying on tho work.
Whilo mass was hoing said in a
church near Costrcs, Franco, tho roof
collapsed, killing soVen women and one
man, and injuring ?0 persons sori
ontrfy.- t
fiocrctary Oago has issued a circular
instruot!n& ofticcrs of customs to delay
further orders and final liquidating of
entries of an$"merobandise arriving at I
ports after alter April 1st. This action '
is because of the retro-aotive clause, of
the pending tariff bill.
The Borithern Railway company, it is
stated, is consoler ing the plan o( estab- :
fishing railroad ' hospitals at 'various
point* on its system,-, says the Manu
facturers' Record. N.
The State Department at Washington
has reoeived response from Spain, i
France and Great Britian will aend war
vessels te .participate in the dedicatory
ceremonies at New York,. April 27,
when the Grant monument# is to be
turned over to the city. *
Mai. Sandoval, of thaataff 'of the
aptaU. general, left Havana Friday for
R, on a special miaeion.
special . sayi: t(jndar*Iav?
oi alloonoasned, the United State* bat
tleship Iowa has been given her oflMaT
trial aver tfcaHape Aasa
?""* l
AN.MIVKKSAKY OV JISKFNUSON.
W. il, Hryan Wiu (ho (iuPJt of i
llonor.
The 101th anniversary of Jeftoraon'a
birthday was coleluntod Tuosday night
J at (ho Metropolitan Hotel in Washing- !
i ton by u subscription dinnor given
{ nil vlor thA auspices of tho National A a* j
sochviion of Democratic Clubs. Tho
j lir#t culobraUon of tho anniversary of
j .JotVorwn'n birthday occurred at tho
same hos(olry, then known as tho In
dian (x)uoou.v * rreaidout Jackson was
; tho f*uost- of honor and tho occasion was
made memorable by tho presence of
Yieo I'reaidont Wohn 0. Uolhouji and
others, Democratic loaders o{ that day.
j Win. J. Bryan, of Nebraska,, the lato
Domooratio candidate for I'rosidont,
was tho guoat of honor. Senators,
ltoprosontativos and others conspicuous
in tiie councils of the Democratic par
ty, wore present,. Many of thorn wove
Irom a distance. Covora woro laid for
two hundred, and. a numbor of people
were denied seats for want of Bpaeo at
the tables. The docorations of tho
room woro simple., Tho columus woro
entwined with Southern umilax and a
full-longth portrait of Jotferaon. draped
with Ainerioan lings, was hung bohiml
tho seat of Uovcrnor ltlack, of Ponn
bylvania, the president of tho associa
tion. Upon his rifjht were Mr. Bryan
and Representative McMillin, W'lvo
acted as toastmaster, and on
the loft woro Senator Jonoa, of Arkan
sas; Representatives inland, of Mis
souri; Lontz, of Ohio; o.vRopreaonta
tivo Sibley, of Pennsylvania, and An
drew Lipscomb, of Virginia. Mr. Bryan
was grootod with a lusty oho or aa ho en
tered tho hall. Tho mouii was oareful
ly proparod and was similar to such a
dinner as might havo boon sorvod dur ?'
ing JolVorson's days. Tho dishos woro
all Amerioan oroat'ions ond each courao,
as far aa puesiblo, represented ono aoo
tion of tho country. Tho diunor began
promptly at 8 o'clock, an orchestra
playing national airs, blondod with
Southern melodies to conform in sym
pathy to the spirit of the dinner. The
toasts woro briefly ros ponded to excopt
in tho case of Mr. Bryan, who spoke
at length to tho toast., "Thomas Jeflor
fon."
3jll5r.li COMPANY WINS.
A Decision in ? Suit Involving Five
Million Dollars.
Tho Supremo Coitft at Washington,
I). C., has domed tho petition for a writ
of certiorari in tbo coso of tho Amoricau
Boll Tolophono Company vh. the Weat
cm Union Tolograph Company to com
pel the Circuit Court of Appeals for the
first oirouit to ccrtify the case to thO'
Knnromo Court. Tho t'aso involve* the
question or royalties claimed
Bell company ^>y the estei n JUmoi
company, and was originally brought
in tho Circuit Court for tho District of
Massachusetts to secure an ft
there of royalties. About 000, 000 is
involved. After instituting suit the
Western Union sought to ha\o
missel, and after it wfta d^uiiBBod tho
iu*ll ni nan v appealed to the Oirouit
C?rtof O?u'vho? tl.o ?
the Circuit Court was rovorsod. Ino
Western Union Company sought to
have the case reviewed, by tho Supreme
Court but tbo opinion rondorcd
donios this petition. This t&koa the
case back to tbo Circuit Court for
i^Y?7?crry"S"?h? Doll Toteplione
Company .and it is said this company
?will at oiico go into tho telegraph nolu,
while tho Western Union Companywil
be shut out from tho ielephonefield.
\n expert, speaking of tlio possible ex
tension of tho telephone ? company into
tho lolegrapb field, said "mt the njw
telephone- wires oould be-utMMieimulta
nrouslv for both telephone and tele
g?aph service, so that the two wou*d
not conflict in tho least.
PURIFYING MISSISSIPPI WATKB.
The Largest and Besfrtfllter Plant in
tlio World.
Tho largest, tho costliost and b oaY]
plant in tho world has just boon ooJnV
plotod at Davenport, Iowa. Practical;,
mon. whpso experionco has made their
opinions worthy of respectf ul attention,
accord in>\to tho Chicago TimeB-Herftld,
Bav tllat ibis plant. really solves the
wuior Huuplv question for nearly all
Western cities Tho coat of the plant is
ai 200 000 Th^i toll double filter shells,
which con t ain the immedia^ water
supply, have a capacity of 7.f>00, KW
3E 'i be water is taken from the
SfiJoU'i* li'ver at a ,>olnt above any
iwSr wato? 1* i Naturally aaratwl and oii
dized by tho presence of rapids.
STARVATION in china.
Hundreds Dying for Lack of Food,
poor Klt'orls.
A San Francisco, Cal., speoial says
thenativoain tho vicinity of Iobang,
China, arc dying b)T hundred. of ?tat
^m^tolT?>.anu.t?d . Jfttf
harvest of death has begun. -JJJf
cials are making efforts * in
for the starving Pfople by ending ?n
rice, but tho supplies they *re nbie t
contribute sro so small
of those in dircot new} ?s bo great tnat
little good is accomplished. _r.
Or eat Lose of Cattle.
Between blizzards and high water
eattl* on the range* throughout the
Northwest' hare been having
sisilto
. ? r
Help Going Pro?Pi1*' i
The first warrant
SSawgjE^
Psnsntf
r
Tins room' still i>ivii>ki>.
Mplvrr nn<t tSavy vs. Pope etui Jonert
in thoOconce Dispensary Chip.
The Supremo Court rocontly decided
another important and record breaking
rase. Christian, of Oconee, \v?s con
victed of keeping liquor on his premi
ses for his own use, which did not bear
tho stamp of tho comlmissiouor and was
not bought from the dispensary.
The court was divided, Justicos Pope
and Jones deciding with tho circuit
judge, from whose rulings tho fti p%>al
was taken and cliicf justice and Justice
u ury hold that Jticlgo i'owusoad wua
wrong ami voted against him.
Under tho rules the opinion of tho
lower oi)nrt holds when tho Supreme
Court- i8 uiVided.
hief J ustico Motver stated the caso.
The defendant, was found guilty and
sentenced to pay a line of $tut) or go on
tho cliain gam? for throe months, for
having in his possession two aud ono
half scallonn of corn whiskey which had
no fctato tamp on it.
On this judgment an appeal was
taken to tho Supremo Court of tho
Stale.
lleeonoludos by Raying "inasmuch
an this opinion was originally prepared
betpro tho rccei't decisions of the hu
prom? Court, of the United Stater, in
Donald yh. Seott, 10."> T S (?H was an
nounced 1 desire to avail myself of tho
opportunity now presented of adding
that it. seems to be absolutely neces
sary to adopt tho conclusion wliieh I
have reached in order to avoid a con
flict with the decision of the Supremo
Court of the United States, which it
must be conceded is a final arbiter
of all questions involving a construe
tion of the constitution of the United
Statefi."
JuBtioo Gary concludes by saying: "A
construction contrary to that* which we
place upon the act would even make n
man a violator of the law who took u
drink of wliiskev 'unless it came from
the dispensary.
Justices Pope and Jones hold that
the question is one of construction
merely.
"It is simply our duty to declare the
law. Wo have nothing to do with its
wisdom or its severity. "
They hold thero was no error in
charge appoalod from election for
lliblor and Codar Springs townships
April 2-1, A)
LIV1CS 1?Y 1IIM8KLF,
Tho Ilomarkablo Story of a Conforinr*
aio/6olillor ? Knows Nothing About
Courting.
"MoD, IV writing front Vrivotcor,
Sumtor county, to tho Nows and Cour
ier bays: * 4 Lft a quiet, out of tho way
part of this township is a very old-looK
lng settlement, which is very near a
swamp. Tho only person who now liven
tliero in an ox-Confedorato soldier, aged
between 45 and <10 yearn. At present no
othor person lives near or this settle
ment than threo-q'uarlors of a mile. Ilis
inothor, an aged widow, lived tboro
with him until her desth a few years
ago. This old soldior may rightly ho
called the hermit'of Privatoor. Tiioro
is probably not another instance just
"like this in Month Carolina, so an ac
oountf.pf the hermit is sent for publica
tion. h-YOur correfpondent visited him
ono afternoon recently. He agreed to
allowWimself to bo "written up" on
condituyx that Jiift liatno should not bo
?nontion?di-u
"inside his houso looks like any
othttr farm house. He showed hit! be-,
room. Things aro bettor kept about
Tiis houso than ono would imagine.
Your correspondent sat in an arm obair
which }io said was 100 years olfl and bad
belonged to his mother's, father. A lit
tle nogro lad, who was working for the
hermit, was tho only other person in
sight, -. His story, as he told it, is a re
markable one and is as follows:
" '1 was in the war four years and
was captured at J31ackeley,Ala., and for
three or four weeks was a prisoner on
.Ship Island. Bince my mother's death
I have lived hero by myself. 1 do my
own houseSvork and get my sow
ing done yis I can ? generally
buy my olothing ready -jhade.
I do my own cooking. ^. JKdon'fc know
.anything about cour^ni?r:tf?al is one
thing I nevcr'learnt. 1 jroclTon it has^
boon twenty years since |l have'bben in- '
Vido of u church. I don t go to Sumter
more than two or throe times a year,
bkt J ip?ed "to go regulary. f. plant
abointwelve or aorca, and formerly
did all the work myself, but now I have
it done. 1 spend my time in reading
newspapers and feeding my hogs. My
life is not much happiness to me.
' "I oui't answer the question why I,
never married; it iB too hard for me.
I dou't think X over had any idea of
miirrying. I have not cast a roto since
tho M'ar, and believe this government
will finally go todentriNtiou?" '
. ?m i ?
11KYAN TO llri A8KRD.
Notable Speakers to Do Secured for
Min Tlr/.ah Kncmnpnirnt.
Tho Stato says'tlioNannual encamp
ments of tho Alliance atTirzah, in York
connty, havo long bocn notablo events,
attended by thousands of f&rmore from
all about tho uppor j>ortionof tho State.
Already tho Tirzah Alliance has begun J
to maketbe preparations for this year's
encampment, which will be held some?
time in .fnly or August.
. The committee, on invitations, con
sisting of Messrs. Elder, Wilborn, and
Edwards, has a) read* extended invita"
tiona to several imminent speakers.
Senator Tillman aitd Sibley haw been
invited; so have all the Congressmen
from this Stale. The oommittee pro
posesto go on to Washington- shortly
and extend a hearty invitation to Win.
J. Bryan, thi recent candidate for the ]
Presidency, They will make j$rery ef?. I
fort to secure Mr. Bryan's attendance. !
If he?_co?e*. ibe
.certainly . be
of Alli&noe forces e
1 , ...
"fipell ferment, five Its defint^
Hon," reqaested the sciK>olteaet*er."
"F-e-r-m-e-n-t, ferment, to
ponded the diminutive matdem "Now\
placelt la n, sentence adtlHKT pay
'mM ? mtMWHfrf;
1<1FTY-M KTH <;<)NOK KSS.
Iteport or the Procoetflnga from I>ay
tn Day.
BK^'ATK
Wkhntsoay. Tho President'** moa*
sago asking for relict' whs road in tho
Sonata jiiid \vn< followed bv tho intro
duction mid i assist* of a joint rost>Ju
tion appropriating Sl^O.MOU for that i>ur
poso. Before this notion could bo com*
municated to tin* House a joint resolu
tion wan received from that body, ftp*
pvopriating &>oo,OM() for tho ttnmo pur
pose and including tho Hod Kivor of
tho North, in tho territory to bo aided.
This Home joint re-solution wa:< imme
diately passed by tho Bounte- action oh
tho other one, and on Mr. Pates' joint
resolution on Monday, being reconsid
ered and annulled, morgan continued
his speech in Hupport of extending bol
ligorant rights to both in tho Cu
ban resolution,
TnrnHPAV. Morgan resumed argu
mont on his resolution declaring that a
state of war o^ist* in Cuba. April 2?>th
vol made tho day for tho ro-organi/.a*
tion of tho wenato eomniit teos. Tho
Bonato a Ijourned until Monday.
Mommv i ho donate mot at noon,
for tho first timo since tho death of ox
Bonator Yoorltoes, who, until a recent
day, wan a eonapicuou.s member v?f that
hodv. I ho opening prayer of Kov. 1 'r.
Miltiurn, tho blind chuplain, mado elo
quent ret'oronoo to .Air. VoOrheos - Ms
brilliant talents, impassioned ardor,
kindling eloouenee, genuine patriotism
and the unselfish dodieation of his "rent
powers to every cause, human and di
vine, whon entrusted to hiseavo. Con
solation was invoked for tho family of
tho man who had inscribed his name on
tho tablets which perpetuate the gieat
orators and statesmen of t|iO goiliii'fttion.
Immediately following tho prayer, tho .
.Senate adjourned.
Tukmoay. ?In tho Bonato Morgan, of
Alabama, concluded his long spoeqh on
the resolution declaring that a state of
war exists in Cuba J to did not ask for
a, vote on the resolution, but announced
that ho hoped to uoeure a final vote at
an early date. Tile bankruptcy bi 1 was
taken up at y o'clock, Lindsay, of Ken -
tuoky, dofonding the measure against
criticisms made against it. .During tho
(tayJ)avjs, of Minnesota, chairman of
tho committeeon foreign relations, gavo
notice that he would endoavor, on
Thursday, to proceed with the urbitra
tk>n treaty in executive session. At
*10 tho Benito went intooxocutivo nes-/:
sion and soon afterwards atljouri?ed.
HOUSE.
\Vm?\n??nAV. ? Tho Houno was in bos
sion an hour at which time it passed tho
joint resolution appropriating $${)0>(KH)
for tho roliof of flood snfl'orora in" tho
Mississippi valley, and enjoyed a little
sOnsntion sprung by ttimpsou (I'op. ), of. ,
Kansas. Tho rolioi rosolutioir ?w as in
troduced by Catchinga (Dom.), of ..Mis
sissippi, and was agrood to nnnnimOUH
ly. Walker (Hop.), of MoHsachiiBftjtia,
and Cannon (Hop.)) of Illinois. - oriti
oiaod tho appropriation, llov over, tho
latter hoping that it was tlio last that,
would bo necessary booauso of tho fail
uro of tho .StateH to put thomsolvos into
a position whoro thoy could constitu
tionally talco euro of their own people. ' 7
Walkor gavo notice that ho would iti '
tho future, object to tho passage or any '
similar resolution, believing it to bo .
debasing in iin effects upon tho recip
ients. iJouso then adjoUriied until
Saturday.
Hatuhday. ? Tho House had a polit
i<;al debate, as it had 110 business on
hand. Jerry SiuipHOQ, of Ivans&s, de
nounced the Speaker's power,- 'and
llailoy (Dom.) wanted tho KonUblicana".
to proceed and return tho country iaC.
prosperity, saying the country wafi- de
manding financial; legislation; And th?\
llopubhcan party shpuld bo given a \
ohanoe to show what it could' do, and '
should not Mttr idly for-two or thtw-"
months.
CYCLINC NOTES
Paris lias a blcyol* club composed of act
fOMCS, . -
It l? estimated that thcro are mor? than
1,500,000 oycllstR In Great JJrltuta.
Tlio Cyclists' Tourlog Glut* of England had
rccontly a bank balance of t84,000.
Thn King and Qucon of Wurtemberg and, ,
jcho Prlucosa P&uttna have become bleyclUte, '
Already tho bloyole Is showing lta effects
dii tho box oflloo recolpts of New' York City
theatres.
The IUir. Charles IT. Parkhumt and hUl ,
wlfo arc tho latest recruits to the knight# 0+
Ihebicyclo.
Cycling politics now angagrs all tho time
of many cyclists who in the past have been
noted as riders and touriste.
Two companies have been organized In
England for the purpose of Insuring eyoHsts
who may h^vo baopmo involve J la lawsuits
through accidents, etc.
The tmpresMon Is growing that Columbia
University, New York City, wilt lead alt the
oihor ?o|lo?es this year, whea It oomeo to the
latorcollegiate bloyole raoing.
Although the Russian authorities bare re
luyo.l to allow the formation of a oyollsta*
union, they have granted permission for tb*
organization of atouring ciub. ""
Two Delaware (Ohio) women hare re- -
turned home after a year strip througn Eng
land, Scotland, Germany and Fraaoe. They ?
rode 4000 miles on their wheels. '
C. W. Miller, the abpaeed ttdar, broke the
two-hour reeord at Chicago, riding fOrty-Ure ?
mliee and four laps. The record was made
Ip the Second Regiment Armory. 4- - ^
/ A recently patented glove for cyclists, la
which thp flngfw are InoteiedJa
sheath, has the forefloger a .srtjWIllwr
eheath, eo as to give greater ppwrerw Of -
pnlation.
Among bicycle dealer* it Is said fjiat the
demand from women cyclists now f
an (important factor la the mark
number of women riders is attadlfy
in#,- and they are showing mo*e J~
buying than formerly. "
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