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tom J. WUMmm Kill* Two Mo« at
Botbanj Oharob—His Mother Wit*
the DIMoaltj, Which Ap*
i to Have Beea Koroed by the
White Brother*.
Bfiecial to The State. _,
The uauaUv quiet comoiunUy of Lib*
erty Hill, la Edgefield County wae ter
ribly •booked on Sunday afternoon,
Not. 29. when the new* tpread that
Mr. Leon J. Williams had shot and
killed Mcwra. L. D. and J. V. White,
brothers. •'
The particulars leading to the Irltl-
Ing date back to tho election in 18'.i4.
Mr. Wlllianue wan then a candidate for
the Legislature and report* wore clr-
culated dotrimonUl to Uls character.
Itefl
beputlful.
with
IW to so by the ehlaf actor la thoadv. n hkvirw OB TBS CUBAN •ITUA*
turr
This promised well, so we all encour*
to proceed: but as I
aged Sawyer to pr
quite power lew to
the pern tar rharn
pl>ci«,
boeom, all festooned with loog, waring
Spanish moss, which so abounds lathe
western regions of Florida. Fewer
still are those who hare iired upon
the hanks of this Hr or known through
out the world of song, long enough to
make a study of the people who dwell
pe-mancntly in its long, sweeping vales
—the land of fiowers, song-birds and
sunshine. ,
Just bow a river, a narrow little
sand bottomed, blue-watered river,
that plays so small a part in the map
of the United States as does tho
Suwanee, could ever have become so
famous to this 4sido world, does seemlof a sudden, as it were, the locality
Mr, Williams was informed tTijflrSTfl
strange when one comes to think of It,
all because of a more song, Says a
writer In Leslie's Weekly. But, after
all, it lias a charm all Its own, usd the
average visitor will find, when ho OHO*
faitg^rndcr ita spelt, that ItTWili llriger
with him with surprising tenacity,
grow upon him like the shadow of
some mysterious furcination. No doubt
there was some sueh inspiration be-
L. D. White was responsible for those
reports, but matters wore kept quiet till
the canvass of 1890, when Mr. White
was a candidate for the Legislature.
A short while before the election h , nrf , hft i lnft ,.
4«Uerr<very damaging to Mr. White
were received by different parties in
the county: by chance one of the letters
fell Into White’s hands, and he saw
that Mr. Williams was the author.
The contents of tho letter was of such
a nature that Mr. White thought a rc-
traction and apology necessary am) he
so stated to some of his friends. Friends
of both parties then went to work to
try to ameliorate matters, and it was
thought that the differences were par
tially settled or so much so that
trouble would be avoided, but it seems
that this was tfotto the satisfaction of
Mr. J. V. White, who championed bis
brother's cause, and kept the matter
agitated
The union meeting at Bethany
Church was an occasion when the sur
rounding county turned out en masse , . .
•ad H was the first time the principal* f who are found at work along the river,
In the tragedy bad met. Just after either on the little boats that haul
sarvice# Mr. /. V. White s| >pr<>ached umlier up and down from the mills or
several gentleman and told them that phosphate (rum the mini
he expected to have a conversation | umPer camps and lie
with Mr. Williams anti would like them
to be present, but be was told that it
was neither the Ume nor pi awe aaU u.
let it alone, and no more was thought
of it. *
AH escept a fe«
and Mr Ww’lars.
his mother, was dri
gy, when he was rh
aad told that b« wo
Way down upon de SVanee rlbber,
Far, far away.
Bar s wnar my heart am turnin’ ebber,
Bar's wharde old folks stay.
He that as it may, no such ideal pic
ture hook songs As this are ever heard
on the Suwanee river in real life, un
less it ij^jnqw jttnd then, when some
resident of this section' chooses to hum
a few lines of this name song in a spirit
much the same as that of the deacon
in church who says “ Amen " when the
preacher has tinishcu the morning
prayer—simply agreeing to what the
author of this immortal H>ng has writ
tea
Hut there are songs along the Su-
wanee .river that are characteristic
and unique in all their plaintive me
lody, pathos and humor. Thu negroes
it out in the
along th
r%
a cowmoii «o mt »nwiif.
related j
depict in cold type
pcculnr charm Imparted to the
story by the Colonel’s little trick of
speech, I shall take the liberty of nar
rating it in my own words.
It seems that there was a certain
disused graveyard in the neighborhood
alluded to that gave the good people
roundabout considerable uneasiness."
Up to a given d*te there bad been
nothing especial to distinguish the spot
ill
Souths
sprang into.lU-repute, ahd people pass
ing that way, even in broad daylight,
began to look askance at the gleaming
headstones, and unconsciously hurry
them to pass this graveyard after dark.
The stoutest heart among them quail
ed at the very mention of its name,
and all were agreed that evil spirits
to sunrise.
The ci|use of all this stir rthd fright
was certain weird and dreadful sounds
that were heard to issue from apiid the
graves soon after nightfall. Sometimes
these noises resembled demoniacal
laughter—at least so it was said—and
again groans and wails, as If of a soul
in torment. No one had the courage
to investigate them, and so it was not
long before the place, by common con
sent. was described as “haunted,” and
everyone, especially the negroeg, kept
religiously away from it.
And now the hero appears on the
now.
The Patriotic iMurgrnia Belong Mo
'T’Brerjr Clase-Ttie Cabana Cannot
be Starved.
Uen. Bradley T» Johnson, in discuss
ing the situation ip Cuba, says that it
Is impossible to get reliable or ac
curate Information as to the Cuban
arm;.
“ I Investigated carefully.” said he.
"and was never satisfied. Consider
the state of mind in Baltimore among
civil war, recall the exaggerations of
their enthusiasm and the dreams
of their hopes. Then intensify that' a
thousand-fold and you have a faint
thUr.Tc 8 ’ Ar^thc” JdCAQLtha condition thing, l n j£: they w„erg known as John the
hi thc'^i^nitv nothing could induce k* 0 * All Spaniards are for the or Jack the Smiter, or Will the -mj- been suddenly cuf short by that unfor
1 v'. n011 n if couio induce p. OV fti.nmnnt—ail Cnhanu urn f™. fhs> >.o_ ter. which wn4 nnnn ahrliltrpil John tunatc allipr in the gambling saloon
but he'still had many friends in Edge-
government—all Cubans are for tho re
bellion. i
“ What sort of people are supporting
the rebellion, v the general was asked.
" The bankers, the planters, the
wrltersj the lawyers, the doctors/ the
professors of the University of Habsna
and the people. The UDiversity of Ha-
bana is a hotbed of patriotism. Thobojs
run off by the scores to join (Jomez and
Maceo, and some of the professors are
ministers plenipotentiary from the
Cuban republic to the South American
governments, as Franklin and Lau
rens were from the devoted colon
ies to France in 1777-78. 1 think the
property, the culture and thu courage
of the island is on the side of the re
bellion.
‘‘The insurrection is supported by
wealth, directed by intelligence and
JwhMM. Will, Wllsoa, Tom son The
word Fils wow a prefix to Normoa
ne«*« and ceras from file er film, a
*vn Vttch Id th* Hueelae language
bee the same meaning, and sq bae tad
or van in German, and Mao in Scotch
and I risk, a* Mar U maid, tbe son of
awijr at full i
had kill
UoeaM. O b atr Irish prefix aad means country,
grandson, as O Connor, O'Barr, O’Haj. “ D - -
laran, etc; Da or Due Is the Frenc h
prefix for aon_ and Ap means the same
led was not thought much of In
the community, being regarded ns
rather a sorry oltiaen< aad not much
effort was made to apprehead Tillman,
who soon found means to get out ol
operations. From
lUl May 20,. 1804,
n Welch. These affixes and prefixes
will classify a great number of names,
for from John came Jonson, Johnston
and Johnstone. The Smith family
name had a peculiar origin. The old
Anglo-Saxons were ever on tbe look
out for invasions of the island, apd
the hills near the coast to look out for
the invaders and to smite them when
they came. ^These men bad but a sin
gle name, as John or Jack or Will, but
these soldiers on the highlands be
came Smitti, by name, and were good
patriotic fighting stock. Hurrah for
the Smiths—including John. The
Jones family are of Welch extraction,
and no doubt hai a similar origin for
the original name was Jone, and tho S
was added to make it plural.
But names -were still scarcer than
people, and so they had to resort to
occupation* ^distinguish them: hence
came the honest names of Farmer,
Carpenter. Mnson, Baker, Gardner,
Tanner, Weaver. Taylor, Draper,
Cooper. Miller, Porter, Joiner, Sadler,
’Br*-w< r, Barber, Turner, Plumber,
conducted w.th genius.nd cCurageTl [Thras,er, Carter, Currier, Granger;
u.- 1 ..' .. ec .t. - d .i^ think tbe rebels outfight and uut-1 Cook, Brhigtnan, Bowman, etc Score*
manoeuvre the Spaniards, and they 1 others could be added that indicate
will wjgar them out. j trades and occupations.
“ There is nu change of the s i long after, a* the people tnuHb
rd for tbe places
>qie nature
story. Be was a stranger to the neigh
bur hood, and was there for a few days
on business only. He had heard the
toteeaW tte-tedcrmrterjHad botngj being.tarred out of the Plnnr del Kk> I pl*^. they were nan
a man of nerve aad of an-investlgnUnc^^*^ for tfae wood| , ^ (ul| o( ^ wheM th<)y wr ,
He went to Nicaragua and served
with the ill-starred Walker In his ro
mantic career In that country until af
ter his downfall, when he wint for-'
ther south, visiting various South
American countries. Finally he went
to Cuba and fought with the Cuban pa
triots, but when their efforts for free
dom ended in disaster, hp decided to
return to the United States. He baft
gone through so many hairbreadth es
capes and thrilling adventures that ho
grew weary of the wild life, and came
back to stand his trial and to trust his
fate to a jury.
-Oob
aw* at the
any conception of tbe
losses in life and limb
sanguinary hostile operations.
April 1& 1861, un
fihjsr^ 7 ii
killed outright on the field of battle,
with 41,794 who were mortally wound
ed and died soon afte(. Tbe loMesof tbe
Confederate armies w'eWiV),872 killed
in battle and 42 718 mona'iy wound
ed. There were al^o 15.297 Fcdt-rnls
reported missing to be added to the
list of dead', with 18,184 Con ft derate
who wore never hiard of again. By
■■Hcoid-nt on land and seh there vujf>
8,118 Federal, killed ahd G.011 (Son
ter, which was soon abridged to John
Smiter and then to John Smither, and
finally lo John Smitth. A smith is a
smiter-a goldsmith' smites gold, a ^ „„„
blacksmith smites iron,- Anb so alL tried and confessed lo The killing, but tbe avoca’ions of peace.
field who were willing to partially coi,-
dono his youthful offence,, Be was
disclaimed any malice in the matter.
I heard his statement in open court,
and he said that he thought 4h£t
Christian, the man whom he shot/wfis
advancing on him with an open bowie
knife, and believing that his own life
tpras in danger, be tired in self-defence.
*’ The jury was disposed to be lenient
with him and he was found guilty of
manslaughter. The judge imposed
the lighiest penalty unuer me law for
the crime, two years in the oommou
jail of tue county. A cousin of mine
was jailer, and he knew Tillman well,
and had a great deal of ruspuct for
nim. They were both Free Mason-,
and when Tillman was sent to^Jail to
serve out his sentence be made a prop
osition to my cousin, the jailer. He
told him that if be would pwrqi t him
those who
federates, making the total of vioJen'
deaths reach the aw^ul sum of 203,420
Large as these figures are they wen
exceedcd^Hjy the deaths from d Lease
exposure and p; ’vaViou, 180,324 Fed-
erals/and 73^319 CooRderates~?yiBg—
from the,se causes,, a total of 318,840
the aggregate loss in human
both sides being 582,200. To this mus'.
bo adued 000,000 men who were crippl
ed auu reudered unable to engage In
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
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OoudeiifiFd McIibJuI* of rMwe**itjrr TriblM
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Mr. WlllL
moot lo •
White I*.
g.
It
irft th* gntu.id*
In rompanj eilh
lag off '• his inig-
rd hy J V. White
sould :ikr U> X < h.ni
out of hi. I’Oggy and
V. White end L H
lusu* aad tV II Yai*
>.rs stasdieg Whr* J. V. White
•utecthleg ntemt ih« .niter, that
wne wriltea during th* last iao
Mr Wlliiaat. rnpttnd ll.al h*
[hi th* matter had hr*n M-tb*d
If lh*y w*r* not teti.fi d Ihry
a White th*e rar**d
hte 1st la WllUoa*
letter kear**4
river bank, seem to h*
> ail given to
I >ni
g. They go about
their work in
4ttu*
W * uu *‘*
tb-
livelong day. croont
og some plain-
I tiv«
• air in A monotone
us fashion, or
Lise
i joining in a chorus
where tbere
I af«*
•€*Tc*ni( of them, #ii
id making tbe
• 0.1
nlIb AFoutnl futrij Ffiji
ii-rbrrate with
1 'he
rcbors of their
abmp-mewling
turn of mind, ho quietly determined to
solve the mystery if possible.
So one night about ten o'clock, he
rude out to the little necropolis, tied
bis horse to the fence, clambered ov< r
■ ll » riu
reel potatoes,
plenty to eat.
IW
ratal torabntuoe to await
the silence i
<s>a ar.<
i'w
tie, bogs am
will a'ways h
nrqaru. . .'. n
Viauseis. every variety ol
vylvyr tIP 11 til ll f 'i'-"* l '“* t —*
tbelr cortrldes ought to lit all g
tti® kiod. Fhff - y b
left, got M>aie dynamite guos. c
worked by compresaed air aa«,
guoe for smohtleM powder Tbe
a l*w Amertc-aa aael for* gn arti
wbo will rapidly ia*lroelother f<
to ocflipy a certain room on th
floor of the jail he would lit it
.. . I fortabiy and remain In there
? e * r Forest | the two year, of bit »enU u
FoOoisin, L>ke. I'oo.. 1 gave the jailer bis word as a
Hrancb, Busb. G(ubh, | A od a gent.i-inaa that he woul
Wqpd, Gn
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t:
Htnk<
Mil fu
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WlirllMM d f# • (MNl ir#4.
nhweaiog nnlagvieiit thrwgh th*
L D M hit* th** teg** catting
William* otemt th* h*ail aad fm»
whoa he tera*d hi* gs* aad »h*t
th* sms-ad White t*.«* la th* •%*•
•ah aod la *•** arm Mr White ->a
Mil 4 o cteaS tO* n**t mereisg
he rlted h* had * ptesai la ha
b«l did out drew it *i alt< II*
Solar* hi* d—ih that h* eeald
has* hUiad Mr Wi
I aw11 n**r
jin th • •*
j plaint-r* .
! th* sighing water
I A ad • he a th*j g
111*.y .* i*g ar>>ua
a*.
.*to VO.
ter th*
epd te
• •th tS
met tew vuteoe d«
i the dt.toaca ne they )nts
rt aid air. ahd hww the
aia seem* te die away ups’*
d the famed riser
l * thr ,-huras hoe
•i th*>r euce nod
*#d p*a*l of then
the gcaeiee *ad
> aetp ewctiag tim«*
they or* i .11-ag tegs
» h et toad th*) ae.
* es** la fall ties,
th* i*ag aad this
us etervat aed p*>*
aptew
me of
death
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hte eanrgwtM
f a aegr* as-
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(mthos aad ' try aadhr co**r of darfeaew
is thet la ml I <mry *.hpp '*a
ells*, r«yn i toteasl steeycr soachne
f--*t .Uahfng ] tegrity of thle .lory The
J»g amgs
gro amg. rare
ter rffurt at p
te just boll ri,
earl sad on.
tet<
>s ever
ejiara- I
[hi OWt
OOu It
• lot ft
■ toe. I
iomee te louh
improhehte U
d It te him I*
•) »: aad after
at
th<
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■ ace •
’l.'th >
feed that ho. existed .lot-r tbe TUI
moa-bbcppar\l taoipaingn in-Unl of
time «>fteaing aad adjusting tbelr
dflfereno-s lb* breach gr<ie wider an-l
wider, until It culininntrj to th* ut,-
timely death of the t«o frother. v '
As William. «a. getting ready to
leave tbe church, J V. White tall<*d
him to • here Mo.or* I’ H. T*alll.-*u
W. H Yeldell and huu.eif were .laud
ing. aod told him be had a few que.
lions lo nail, and he wanted the»c gen-
tiemen to hear bis an-wers. White
then a*ked Williams to whom did lie
refer in n communication
Edgefield paper.
William, .-epllpd that he had no
question, to ask and none to an.wer,
and that he thought the matter was
settU-u. White said that it was not
settled by a good deal, and thereupon
denounced Williams as a liar. YVil-
Hams advanced, but Mr. U. B. Callison
pushed him hack. Williams again
advanced, and White struck him.
Williams retuned the blow, knocking
White down. White got up and .tarj-
ed toward Williams, when Williams
drew his revolver and shot him
through the. heart, killing him in
stantly.*
White's brother, L. 1). White, came
to h’s assistance just before this shot
was fired, and in the melee he cut
Williams several times, once across
the side of the face, neck ahd arm
with a knife. Williams then turned
on him and shot him four times, once
in each arm and twice in the chest.
White had his revolver in his fight
hand during this time, and Williams’
first shot struck him on the elbow,
rending his hand powerless, while Mr.
W. H. Yeldell held him by the other
arm, thus keeping him from firing.
A FAMOUS STKEAM.
The Suwanee Ulver Seen Through
Sentiment and Through Heal
Life. *
To sit in a gorgeous box at some
splendid New Y’ork theatre, amid a
scene of life and brilliant glitter, aod
hea~ tbe marvelous voice-of Haiti
ripple away on the melody of “Way
Down Upon de S wanee Kibber,” is one
thing, and to travel through the South
until, suddenly, with a tqueak from the
locumatl*«. one looks from the window
Of a Pullman ear and sees for tbe first
Use a all kie life, the clear, eileot
water of thin stream, i* quite a dlf-
lereot thing. Bow many hare sees
Here through the veil of
inoof. nodor th* environ
of th* first onmnd nrdcr; aod
j Oo »p-
1 part <i
T*» l H
flit 4kf It* lu lh«*tu, il hi Hv
I imtU. ol |MS‘os tea mg oa tb*
•c aettiur. and. ia fai t, i* of
(on fr, 1 erat
iI** him.
4 tiangr 1
1' the songaAbal one hears on
salt. HI
ncc river, in th.'sa modern
O'lumt'ta 'i
t'l
flit' fl t
L»ri Jn
i/ - new
pirdinu r m
tfi<-(world of m
aod materia! develop-
• a great field for tbe
enlerpriM}. now, and
>og among the darkle
is pretty cloveJy oligued with the new
muu.tnal world of development which
such men a. Mr. H. B. Plant, the rail
road and .team.hip magnate, adorn,
of Id. to an [ Under the touch of such men's wand.
Florida is rapidly becoming a State of
railroad., manufactories and agricul
tural iqUuslrfes, and the old luxurious
atmosphere of seoliment and .ong is
rising like mist from the region'of the
Suwanee river in the sunshine of a
brighter day.
ro|. SAWYKKS GHOST 8TOKY.
The Ingenuity of a Runaway Negro
in slavery TIiiich.
T. A. in Columhii) Register.
in runnlug,.thrdhgh my cote-book
during an idle hour, yesterday, l came
across a "ghost story” told just a few
months ago by Col. Claude E. Sawyiy,
court stenographer for the South Caro
lina Second Circuit. It is rather an
unusual tale, and how 1 have happened
to overlook it for so long a time l can’t
imagine. w
it was on the night of the second day
of the "Broxtoo Bridge Lynching” trial
at Aiken. Solicitor Bellinger, State
Detective Newbold, Col. Sawyer and
several others were enjoying cigars to
gether, and spinning yarns, as is the
fashion with uien» when time hangs
heavy on their hands.
The general drift of these narratives
w,as towards the horrible. Bellinger
had sketched the main incidents of a
revolting murder trial in which he had
figured for the defeuse, and Newbold
had recounted some of his blood-curd
ling experience, wnen a member of
the celebrated Texa* Hungers. , It was
now Sawyer's turn to vpeak.
Tbe colonel is a large man. with a
Uognrthlan face. His forehead L biga
and brood and curling locks of brown-
black hair partially conceal a crown
somewhat denuded of caoilary adorn
meet He weansJpote spectacles, aod
has an odd little oalch ie hi* speech
which lead* positive attractioo y> tbe
utterance
"l il give y«Ni*a •lory,' began Saw-j
yen. raftghung tee cigar, aod .eaatag I
Dace eumturiaOty lo hM cbm?, * loot MI
*. together fi iff •mat tram ttessO yaa I
l*-teae have field. Thave (n a gfiuset MI
It—or what eas tana* lav
NtiK THK NAMK.
t'aiapa Are Ashed to
* Nam* of I hr Ir Oig**i
l.a*t July In Itichmond at the reunion
of the t'oafederate veteran* the body
upon the presentation of a memorial
from camp 4.T>, of Augusta, Ga.sugaeat-
mg that the pamr of the organization
It- changed from the “ United Confed
erate Veterans ” to that or tfie “Coo-
federal'' Survivors' Association,” so
that the beloved •“£. S. A.” can be
used and perpetuated, instructed the
adjutant geoerat by resolution to send-
thc memorial to all camps in the- or
ganization witli the request lhatth'j
act U|>on tho matter
convention of the
be held in Nashville, Tenn., on May
8 and 9 next.
The Augusta camp maintains that
tho original reason for adopting tho
name “ United Confederate Veterans"
lias now ceased to exist. It was for
the prevention of confusing the gen
eral organization with local organi/.a-
liomtof survivors then known as as
sociations. They maintain that the
ttirm C. V.” has no history and no
precious memories of the past attached
to it. Should dead comrades come to
life they woul- not recognize the pres
ent insignia. But the “ C. S. A.”
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lh# •
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I BUruriMb*#. 441)
i. attacks aod rn-
CrtttJki t
ie request wiaiicj
iter before tho nixi
veterans which will
He, Tenn., on May 7,
would ever be recognized anjl regarded
with affection. The “C. S. A.’s' 1
meaning is too well known to need a
word as to Its appropriateness. It
stands first for tbe Confederate States
of Amerieij and then for tht-Confeder-
ate States army. Why not let the few
who remain of that army have the
name they love so dearly y In such a
light was tho matter presented.
Now as time is dying the August*
camp has once more begun to push the
matter and is writing letters to the va
rious camps asking them to act op m
tbe suggestion. Such a letter has be i J
received here and Camp Hamptou will ,
doubtles- tasss upon the suggestioi at
its aext meeting. Tbe other camps in
this State will likely pa-s upon tbe
matter of the proposed change in the
next month.
treat*. Mu*by, with 9*1 men. kept
tti.WM men eonsteally employed fur two
years in the mountains of Fauquier
and Loudon, in Virginia, cha*in • him
upland down hill and dale, but they
never captured him and he ctwt them
tbuu-aods of men and millions of
money.
“ It is a condition and not a theory
that Mr. Cleveland and the congress
are bound lo metA and a condition can
not be dodged. It grasps men and oa-
tious ard makes them act.” .
THE ORIGIN OF NAMES.
bat
I, OStl mentor I .*-
utmI. Th* o-a .te
-let)urn A U C hts
r Ji * bIah! . fitil
■a* a firm la It
non, and ciu*e by wa* a
wu. Tbere Is a Foute ai
rlervville. and iH>me y<
was a Fitten. Tbe p
i in a name ? There is
and If 1 was n pretty g
pretty name, 1 wouldn’t
tba
f Wis
Wit
:nr* ago
oet n*ks
» n gad
and
had n pretty name, 1 wouldn't change
it for a Hogg or a Sheepshanks.
CVj HiIX ARI*.
wo* preie
ilnent yoi
a lawi
bie to employ o r <
UNCLE UEOHBE TILLMAN.
tl
ifend
Hill Arp Fintls it a Curious anil In-
tercNting Study.
I was ruminating about the origin of
naiuet, Anglo-Saxon names, and find it
to»be a curious and interesting study.
For instance, is it possible that the
original Bledsoe was wounded in a
tight or by accident and bled so much
that it gave him a name. Is it proba
ble the Ked wine ancestor had a vine
yard and made wine of that color or
maybe did not have a vineyard, but
was much given to looking upon the
wine when it was red. It seems that
the common people didn’t need but one
name until longafter theChristian era.
The Homans, however, began a system
to honor and distinguish distinguished
people. They adopted a pre-ncmen—
nomen and a cognomen—as I’ublius
Cornelius Scipio i ’yhlius was his Chris
tian name, as we call it, and no dpubt
the boys called him Hub. Cornelius,
his family name and Scipio was his
most notable characteristic, for he was
good to his blind old father and led
him about with a staff, and scipio
means a staff. I have great respect
for Scipio. Horace was called Hora-
teou* because be had very large ears,
and Flaccuv means flop-eared. It was
not till tbe eleventh century that
family names were banded down to
succeed log generation*, and this cus
tom wan adopted because of a law re
irth* and morrtagt s and
The Crime of His Early Career and
(lie Way He Expiated It In .laII.
From the New York Sim.
Home, Ga., Ndv. 27-T-Capt. B. F.
Clark, a resident of this city, was in
bis youh£or days a i^ighbor of the
noted Tillman family, and knew both'
Benjamin H. Tillman and his brother.
George Tillman, untill recently a
member of Ci ngress from South Caro
lina. George was by far the most
promising,and is several years older
than-Hen. ‘ *• _• ^
“ When be was a young man in.J R ">8,
1 think," said Capt. Clark, “ he Was a
candidate for the State Senate. He
had served fof several years in tbe
lower House, and when he offered
himself for tne Senate there was no
man who stood a better ohance of
winning than George Tillman. Ho
was eloquent and active, and had in :
spired in tbe minds of the people of
the district the highest i|iea of his
ability and integrity, so thkt no one
doubted that he would be elected. He
was stumping the district, and during
his tour ho stopped one night in the
town where 1 lived, and after supper
start, d out for a little omu-cment. |
“ In that day and time,.! am sorry
to ray, gambling was conaLyred one’
of the unhnarjr vices of a gentleman,
and very rule attention a as paid to
the sal OOu, where poker, roulette, i
faro and other game, wco indulged in
by the young bitted, of the country a, 1
a. a-uiocable sport George Tillman
aod took a teat at a
ioe cos
bv a promtni
•oiicitor. and t
to (tend up.
“ Have you
court
*■ Naw, gah."
** Are you
“ Naw, sab."
** Do you want a lawyer to
your case ?”
Not pKrtickler. sah.’’
“Well, wha* do you propose to do
about the case ?"*
“We—ID-11,” with a yawn, as if
wearied of the thing. “ I am willin'
to drap de case, s'fur ai I'm con-
sarne 1.”
—Indianapolis has a ro.fuge for sick,
maimed, aged, homeless and lost dogs
and cats.
•kjl:
southern railway.
Condaocr.l setir JuU I* I fr.ot
-THE-
Liquor, Morphine,
Opium and
Tobacco Habits.
Thousand, in the Tnroes of Torture.
be registered in tbe
Lb* e.ghLwnt
—Preparations fur thp exploration J Uoaths
of tbe South Polar regions by a tinigian J book* A, late
naval officer arr almost complete Tue ’,^ ur y many famiuas la K"gland bad an
- g »Li be cbirfijr , •araam**. aad tbe nbiidreo wnr* give*
■'•rgiaa »qi..»r» aad aickanm**. a* Many. Hooker, backnr,
1 a * •* , *r» MaagglwtexAb 4 orkry* Janspnr, How -
' * rntfiMa*. too am j ir *•. Uogiaa ate
*n IX g iaa vwtesstefi*
soon abnorhed in tbe
•vjr pr>«n*dca uum*U 4
<, fi*- sunn a dispute
crow of tbe
ousaposod of
(MFWMgfiPfi »
boidibg rrnmfr
Ite gmas *J
lie
MObfitM
—41
I v Ifitd l*s
rva^g, f«a
nfin
An po#fiw t
( bod te bn dov*
Prado** aad I
Tb* owed ana
i te* finfifior tew
Ulip'Wd OrW
d in dxtesaga
leas *»r*
W ai n *n in
mwtfi ■!«
■entered a *a:<8
tab'e ard wit k
gteu*'. Thq p'
t o* u jU for a * t-..-z, hp*
arose and I off words feflowrg.
dealer was directly opposite Til
and bvld In bln band fin Ivory
asad ia putting up tb* nuaetnm
“Ti"3** wx*v#ry acgr-wrgNte
[•* fib* Un paw*4 brtanve fi.m at
'debtor a* *•* tbe latter we’sn fi
per fis t* aad, tefisibfi ag N
arww *•* ) - . -aj
Promiit, decisive action can save the
Many already saved prove that there
way. '
Are these !hc davs freedom? I* every
body out of bondage? Would that we
could answer. Yes, evcp’body’s free!
Uut in tbitcniighiened age hundreds o
thousands of men are in the clutches of a
tyrant worse than any in history, unable to
tight their way to liberty, impoteut to break
their fetters.
‘When onee the habit get* it* grip on a
man it destrqrs nerv, and will power
r»b* bun <'i Utvoulv means of defense. His
life is ** t ;> d out ol him. his manhood de-
s»roy*d. L.s brain finwdsn*d. and b* be-
v msn a s reck of a man—*xist*n** a By*
iag daeth, himself an objnm of disgust in
stead >4 tovn aad affeetto* to tho** who art
d*ar I* him. *
1* Hurt a* hops? Ther, 1* »vnn after
•>i wa«*ry m cur, vtuioui 'a .r*
NOV. IS, nilHl.
RTATIONS.
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No. 12.
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