The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, February 11, 1897, Image 4
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WILLUMB.
(OB«rrt«»iV UM, by «ba Aolhor )
“▲laigbly Oodi Father in baavan,
fbrgtTe tbj nnworthy aarrant tba ala*
to dally oonniU!"
“Don't, pop, don't! Whenever yon (it
tba prayin lit, It bringa me b«d look."
“Look I Wbnt baa look to do with aaob
aa yon? Tbare'a no obanoa for yon to
loae, except when yon want to. “
“Bnt a mighty heap of obanoe for me
not to win when the other feller bold*
all the cyarda. Don’t be aoft, pop. If
whatever it li tbat xlti np above na
keejw any sort of aoeounte, I reckon yon
■tarted with anch a big credit it ain’t
nigh balanced yit. Seema to me yon
need to read aomethin 'boat him that
aaveth a aonl from death aball hide a
multitude of aina."
“Silence! How dare you”—-
“Dare? I dare anything, beoanae I’m
yoor aon, I reckon. I’ve beard tell aa
you warn’t afraid of nothin, not even
■Atan. Beaidee I remember that laat
camp meetin, the love feaat an the hun
dred new convert* all orowdin round
an huggin you an tellin you bow your
prearhln had kept 'em out of the Are an
brimatone. It made me prond of yon,
pop—it did. indeed. I moat felt like I’d
be a preacher mytelf until—well, after
Wtti."
A ewift bardneee came upon
facea The elder men ea»d grimly:
“Afterward you changed yoor
i to do >t “
face ii
“Do yoa
Jim. tf I wea anreol heav^—ea aura aa
!'d give it ap f'v
ref the eld Ule- rtdta aa
et> daya ta erven an coMta
IlUia aow^ the* heM
-ahetiM a bM ever
Arv4'rwar«i juu j
Well, yon bad good raaaio
Then, dr ut ' g hie face in
aad apeaking wry low: “Do
'bihg, “ the ttom F ... ■ t kMarttaMMWh ahld If theee pra- Mr, MeWblta wevad to etrtbe set ie-re i t ihoaabt that* bar tiiaberr
a dark »ed deeaieg ati «wr a*a teee ' . r >. thaeaaetlag werda of the MU. won aoaad bet however ihke •or
"Dtd^- gt»e ap ail thee to-pm a jJ* ^ 32 fmtTrt ^iT ~ “ ifil ***•”««* '•'*€" la argtag
bmw *reab eMiy *wa SZZ ^ ^ *!1S£A!3SJt OemL/aaJl uJl ^ V^tSTie^^ZX
yee give e» ell
Me (eaw
name, bat I’ve beaa Baldyeo
ly piety, yoa know—that I don’t feel at
homo when yoa call me nothin alee."
The fiddle and Jlm’a rifle made ap
their linage. Be was a dead abet At
all elm he appeared the elmpleet back-
woodaman that ever gaped at eemicivl-
iiutloo. The gambling held him apeil-
bound. He atood for boon beaide the
playera, who won and loet band*, mon
ey, orope and alavea, bia eyea ahining,
bia lean faoe twitching with eager in-
tereet Hie father had nanally to drag
him away and once cuffed him roundly
“for bein nob a fool aa to keer for
them spotted papers.
The playera were nearly aa mnoh in
terested in the odd pair. When the two
appeared in the saloon on the river
bank, there waa a chorus of welcome.
It waa by far tbe moat gorgeoua one in
tbe place—full of mirrors and gilding,
with a thick, aoft carpet, awbeeaypiano
and several piotureeof large and liberal,
lovely ladiee. Tbe steamer landing was
just beaide it Indeed, whoever came off
tbe boat bad to pass Its open door.
When, an boar later, Colonel Allen
Olay came through it, be found Jim
seated at tba main table, tbe picture of
radiant verdancy. He had been invited
to take a hand with tbe oraok player*—
the nervy aet, aa skillful aa they warn
bold. Much to their astonishment, be
bad polled oat a moleskin, crammed
with cola, ami risked it ae freely aa tbe
beet of them. Stranger still, be woo—
woo steadily, his father aMaotime walk
ing round and round, with tbe fiddle
tacked eader hie chin, too rtetlsm evi
dently for roatmoosM plsvtug. bet
striking now and thee a few ban from
game eld fowl Itw Meakdowa at real.
Invariably Jim begged him to “Mof
that ageeekta ~ Aa Invariably Be My
seta! **Ob. sum# away. Jim Tba* aia t
no place far yee. Tee II gel to kata
dtwsgiy. aa Ufeaa wber U all
At
tbe player paeeod, with
iweatrook whisper, “It ia(
too,” pierced through bia
“Okriatmae eve—ao it 1a m be mid,
laughing softly, “and I have a top foi
Jim and a kirn tat Sally. She won’t
mind. Jim la Just 0 yaare old and has
not learned to do without wbat b«
wants. ”,
“Pray, my darling pray. Ton havt
only minntea now. “
Hie breath came in gaapa. He groped
for tbe -^fiddle bow and drew it feebly
■cross the strings, singing:
"Lot tba watsr and the blood
yVom thy woundad aids that flowed
Ba of am tha double enre"-
The bow fell. There wae a convnleivt
Mr. Manraa mid he would be tbe laet
to do anything agnlnet the
tbe whole trouble was that the bUl
clearly u a constitutional ia that It dis
criminated in favor of one olgm of
oltlaene only.
Mr. Slmpklna did not Intend to make
anything like n patriotic addreee, bat
he did my that it was a duty that tba
Houee owed the old Coofederate sol
diers. Put tbe law on tba books and
he ventured to say that none wouldiever
be found to Have the law leafed la the
courts. He knew that there were old
veterans who wonld engage in this
business. *
Mr. Winkler defended bia bill
neatly. He bad not expected that
there would be debate on this Measure.
Tbe judiciary committee thought it
wae a constitutional measure.
Mr. Wilson said he wlahed to see tbe
Die Gneiil mot Soil Carolina.
IN THE
HOUME OF
TATIVEH
Urngpiug of strings.
One masque of the paesiuiis waa ended, enacting words stricken out. He wml
the Emu 7 an old soldier; be had proven hit love
for his fellow veterans la many In
stances. Tbe odd toddler did nod wish
this exemption.
After a speech by Mr. McWhlte, the
House refused to strike out the enact-
represen- Ing word*. The bill finally passed In
this shape:
Section 1. That any person who wae
a bona fide soldier or sailor in tbe ser
vice of the State of South Carolina or
of tbe Confederate States ia tbe war
between tbe States may expose for sale
or sell, ae hawker or peddler, say
goods, wares or merchandise la say
oounty ia this State, without taking out
the lloenee required by chapter XLIII,
volume 1, Revised Statutes, 1883,
of South Carolina; provided, ke make
to the clerk ot the court of
pleaa of the county In which such goods
are to be sold satisfactory proof
he was such soldier or sailor
Some of the Measwree Acted Upon
la tba House—Tbe County Qov«
meet Lew Receives Attention.
Mr. Ooodwla’e bill to apportion tbe
road fund derived from the oounty
levy waa takea up. Tba bill was about
to be ordered to a third reading la this
shape without debate, when Mr.
Klaard called attention to tbe fact that
this Mil repealed tba aet to provide
ter edvertlelag foe certain
that
la the Mae
Mr Aehley's
I ion fen
legwtas
pgnmaox tax.
MU rodeoing the pHv
ertillsere from SS to I cm
I called ap, brief
Mr
every
hor ,
to tow her la tbe calm ; a
anchor wae carried ahead aad
■o that the crew might hank
finally, on tba fourth day, the
me, aad then tbe Constitution
stood away, with all sails set, showing
bar hoe Is to her chagrined enemies.
It was a-flight as famous in our naval
annals as some victories.
On the 18th of August, 1812, the Con-
■tttution, while off the Massachusetts
coast, encountered the British frigate
Querrtere. Decree confidently opened
fire, but Pull, waiting till he waa in
exactly the right position, replied with
tremendous broadsides, which not only
foroed the Guerrlere to stride, but left
her eo disabled that Hull had to blow
her up. The American vessel wss
little toe larger^ and bad more inl
and guns, yet the defeat of tbe British
frigate wae such as to create a pro
found impress Lon both In England and
our own land. Toward tbe end of the
same year, under Bainbrldge, the Con
stitution encountered another British
frigate, the Java, off the coast of Brasil.
This fierce naval duel was another tri
umph for American manoeuvring and
marksmanship, and the Java, like the
Guerrlere, not only had her masts shot
away and suffered a heavy loss of
killed and wounded, but was such a
wreck that she also had to be blown
up. in 1816 tba Constitution, nnder
Stewart, made a double capture of the
frigate Cyar.e sdc! sloop Levant in tbe
same action, afterward, however, Ice-
lag tba latter to a squad roe which
came to tbe rescue.
Such, la brief, is tbe old-time record
of a veeeal dearer to tbe whole A rc.-r
qao pcopl# Uuui tny thftl ftotUr
Tba Massachusetts Historical Society,
la a memorial to Ooagrme, presented
a few days ago, said that it bad let
sd that tbs Const!tetloe mast bs
belltcrabs would sink at ber m
ly thought that* ber tlml
Is right la urglag
II
dyaa-
mltar* ino or lBooed
la Armenia rapid reforms era going
os, aad tba powers have decided to 1st
the Sultan alone for awhile. He may
turo over a naw leaf. If ha does not
it Is said on good authority that tha
K wore of Europe have decided to take
irkey away from him and divide it
up.
This rumor has .driven the Sultan so
wild with anger that recently he Im
prisoned, fined and tortured in various
ways influential members Of the Hunt-
sohak and Prosohak societies so called
revolutionists. Meanwhile tbe
of Asia Minor are starring and drown
ing, aad the stoppage of the Orient
express prevents their cry of woe from
reaching the outside world.
The situation ia Africa Is such that a
are i
STET
sly to l
in ao immediate dang
decapitation. The ueklo
Is tbe charge that
If holding office has
iota, those wV* are
jar of offljlal
lodest cut of all
uffed up.’
him one
ally contact
he Boer* are atlll under arms, ever
suspicious that another Jameaon will
arise and raid them, and to the west of -
them the Matabelea are sleeping on
their clubs, and tbe Germans are
pressing from the north.
The army of the Mahdl in the Sou
dan has its faoe pointed toward the
Nile, down which the British troops
steadily move. Menelik and the Abye-
sinlana are on one hand of them and the
Ashanti on the other.
England and the Zulu tribe of Aa-
goni are in the throes of war In South
ern Africa. A Bi itiah mission station
In South Africa has been burned aad
frantic dispatches seat to England for
halp.
Tbe troubles of the queen of Mada
gascar have begua again. Aa Imr
body of ber enbjecte arose at Actaoa
Derive and drove the queen from ber
oaatla. Tbe purpose of tbe uprising
waa to form a small separate govara-
maal for tbe plunder of travellers who
la Madagascar ethics, are tblevea
England bee ber “waatber gye” apoa
ibis lelaae, aad, It te maliciously etailod
ieel Wee tbe revululioeasWaf
Mei u.' ii.e ear* *.>• going oa ere
trwsad to tbe leva of getd This to
tbe eaee wttb Aoetb
Amorteee aad Airless ware, la Cube
there to a eeetlmeelal eieaeeat, want of
Uly oon
with him tave not'"■covered it. He
is just the tame Seth Scruggs he has
always been, and at pi tin aa an old shoe.
There is one thing about which there
can be no dispute—he is one of the moat
Xpert bookkeepers la tha State. Those
who have had occasion to examine the
Dispensary books since he took charge
of them will vouch for that fact. He
knows hie busiuese thoroughly and his
effloiency has in no small degree con
tributed to the success with which the
new State board of control has man
aged the affairs of the Dispensary.”
—A Texas man claims to have in
vented a perpetual motion machine
that can be utilized in sawing wood.
In practical use, it would be a splendid
object lesson for many men.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
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i a
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where tbe seas <
•bee ibte seeem
M, m» >1 ptoi
base all uf the
mUlAstetoJ
to le
help
keep
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mt kato he
•eaStoe I
etoi
Jtm. Jim
eep to e paeeaes a
4 anmm. a vtM aep
11 .a Mm toe year
toh *■•! f geam to
to m • to a
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'99 —"'—mm « . ja am ^ me S TT toA a.
dtoesaase to M
esmmmemaera
tba« wa
■ •aa.
ad razees la
bat be ■eessi
Mr Veraer
etomweto
At
torn prtvuegeb bs waglM ia wae eegiaaieg to aha year
' '* Ttoe flerwse* ' these ere M (he
aW muT
Ii'e
Well,
|S libe
wea mbami m beypee wllb
i Ibel leas la a gemblta 4m. "
y«a woa'I Mar li Waigtit.
we • deager—dreedfal deagrr
Msuebow 1 m a bit abeky,
loo, an all this Improvtn rravsreatxa
we’ve bed hMo't bslprd lo sM ms up ”
"Try this—it's lbs only friend left
■a," Jim said, pounug a ylaa half full
to whisky ami handing it to hia father.
"Half tiiat, Jimmy — half — jret
enough to make my wit. an Huger*
nimble," tbo old man caid, eying tbe
glam thirstily, but not touching it
Without a word Jim poured part of
tbe liquor on tbe floor; then, as bis fa
ther snatched the glasa and drained it,
be said slow ly:
“I’ll wait till after the game to drink
damnation to OoloneKOlay."
Tbe old man got up with sparkling
eyes. “The blue (fcrila are all gone,
Jim, ” he snid, catching up his fiddle
and striking a bar or two of “Off to
Charleston.” “Keep it level head, my
lad. Hear the old woman talk—she'll
tell you all that’s against you tonight,
an not half try."
“I’m afraid it’s luck that’s against
rye,” Jim muttered to himsefir aa he fol
lowed hie father into the street. 'Tve
felt thunder in tbe air ever since that
letter from Kentucky told me that
Coloinl Alien Olay had started down
the riv*-r New Orleans ”
• • e . e • •
Christina* before tbe war wae tbe
•■tonuwlite especially in the
towi *. White man. black men.
to ; intermediate complexion*,
aco aroused and burned pouder
Ip Amor o. tbe day. Cbnetma* eve we*
ta to mil aad
a dag to fueieae tree tag
•'M bo nip* e.r
steel, and two men, foaming and breetb-
be*, held apart, while a third lay be
tween, with grrat spurt* of blood guah
iug up from hi* fireami .
The boat had lauded. There waa a
light, slow step on the gangway; a slen
der, bowed woman, with a face of as he*,
panned half a breath at tbe door, then
ran to the prostrate man, knelt and
pressed ber hand hard against tbe np-
rushing blood. At her touch the wound
ed man's eyes opened. Fear, shame and
exquisite content came into them. He
put e feeble hand over here and mid
huskily: . .
“8ally—you are—juet in lime”
She fell prone beside him, laid her
cheek softly fo his and said brokenly:
“Oh, William—my husband—forgive
me—forgive me that I left you to Buffer
*0 many year*—alone!”
-“Odd bless you for it, Sally! I’m dy
ing now—and truth cpmee easy. If you
had staid with me, I never could have
spoken—and asked you to forgive. Send
everybody away—even Jim—I oan’l die
easy nntil you know all. ”
"Hush, hush, my darling. I do know
— everything. Did you never think
Miranda Clay wee mad-
■ahead cafe fur ber. Three
e died ia aiy *rm* mne.
Hy. freely forgiven, ae I
W-«tkbe to Ibe
•toe fife* to Mw Met
rear, prwvtoed. farther
wart eatoared late kg ttoe heard to
eweatg aammtmteaere to eseamef their
■egeHieeaisel *he lbeeeiA—aeeei ‘
farther, that as feeds •ball be dte-
b«reed eader tbe grerteteae to tble
•asset at tbe •rtttee rseaeel to
fauerd to township comuiUsteaere. pro-
Tided, fartber. that tbs pro*Isloas to
tbte act aball aet apply to AbbevIHe,
K airfield, Floreses, 8 per tea berg. Cbe*
ter. Ksrebaw. Heater aed Rich Is ad
Hoc. 3 That ao township eoaaie-
•loerr aball be directly or Indirectly
Interested is say contract pertaining
to his duty ae tow Mb Ip oommlaetoaer
COVHTY OOVEMNMENT AGAIN.
Mr llslMford'e bill to provide com
oen.atioo for tbe members of tbe
boards of township commissioner* and
chairmen of said boards while serving
as members of tbe county board of com
missi oners wm then taken up.
Mr. Johnson offered to amend so m
to allow the member* of tbe boards pay
for ten instead of five days, eo m to se
cure good men. He wanted also to let
tbe member* travel ae many as 200
miles Both propositions were tabled.
The bill wae ordered to a third reading
in short order in this shape:
Section 1. That from and after the
assage of this act the members of the
ard of township commissioners pro
vided for in an act entitled “an act to
provide for a system of county govern
ment for the several counties of the
State,” approved January 4tb, 1894,
shall each receive ae compensation for
hie servioee the sum of 81 per day, not
exceeding five d»ye, and mileage at 5
cents a mile, not to exceed 100 miles in
any one year, and the chairman of said
board the sum of 1150 per day and
safiae mileage ae other members of town-
•blp boards, and 11.50 per day and mile
age at 5 cents permlle In the most
Jlrect route one way from bis home to
the court houue ehen attending upon
meetings to ths oounty board of nous-
mlselonsre, when tbe said county board
Is not Mtliag as a board of eqaalliaiioe:
pruTiJed. members to tbe eoeatg board
to mteeiMsteaere shall receive
•• six difiereat mesSlag* la
ta.
The tee earl
Mr. IMythe tel led atheateea ta
test teal a targe part to tee tortua
•a> •hipped eel to ttoe mate
Beth Messrs Meatois eed Ves
ttoe
hie
'hi '
haeMS| wteeeaptee end ASBwia mwaaews**
• ' »
a tow.fi B m.
E iwaae to et> waMM ^Bees i»e«
• —»»’* -era W>*eae Joaaf (mf
uetaseai *te tueera aei ■ « —
*« Vwhteetee aMS Saaerieg. • • -m
Mr •Smith, to Mamptee, made
maldeatffort apeekiag at length a
la aa earaeal maaaer. He did i
wish them to forget their premleea to
the “ poor old farmer." Be wealed all
taxed allhe. Ha could not bear the
idea of having promisee made to far
ert oaly to be broken. He wasted
them to go ah eed aad get through
“ Give the poor old farmer a chance
If you keep him la the harneae between
tbe abafte all the time, applying the
iMh he will finally have u> kick aad
he will kick you all out of the ehafte.
Mr. Goodwin, of Laurens, felt good
just now because he wm one of “the
farmers ” eo much pitied.
: wae agitated all over the
State and tbe tax wm voted by large
majorities. The farmer paid It every
cent it wm true. Mr. Goodwin spoke
at some length against the bill.
THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION.
poor old
This thin
“Old Ironsides” to be Converted
Into a N-iai Aluatum.
New York Sun.
The House asked Secretary Herbert
the other day how much it would cost
to prepare the frigate Constitution for
safely making the voyage from Ports
mouth to Washington, eo that she
might remain at the latter point aa a
oaval museum. Mr. McAdoo, at act
ing Secretary, has promptly answered
that it will cost 812,000, and that she
Pm already about two-thirde of that
sum available.
Tt^s year Is tha hundredth since the
famous old craft first took to tbe
proloagad aad peaceful
log eorvioa m a pract
*56
Kaglaad ag! d ttosM leteade aad itoewgtot
True le ber grab all
el plea, Saglaa
naalos to these lovely sputa l
ly they belong to Mealei
•m asked to move ufT
in auw preparing to rumala aa
Max leans are load lag their gun*
Spain la between two fires, for Ite
sub,- te la tbe PhlllipiM Island* are
la revolt. They will probably enooaad,
for Butobar Blanoo, a companion pi
to Butcher Weyler, bo* gone home to
Madrid to complain of the lack of troops
and money.
Ia Peru there is a double headed
conflict The gold mine* are the ex
citing oauee of the war. The native*
are defending their gold, while other
nationa are rushing in to take it.
Brazil, the principal owner, ia eettli
upon a dividing line with Bolivia,
this the Peruvians object, and declare
that they will fight to the bitter end
before becoming Bolivian subjects
The Indians and natives are killing
tbe Bolivians. * ’
Uruguay is another unsettled per-
•ion of tbe western world. Far from
being at peace, as wm supposed, It is
now discovered that the rebel leader,
Saraive, has entrenched himself In
San Paulo, Brazil, and is gaining forces
every day. His object is to take Mon
tevideo, Uruguay, and establish a new
government. In this he ip aided by
revolutionists in Rio Grande De Sul,
Brazil. The situation is so serious that
the British warship "Retribution” hM
been eent over for the protection of
British subjects there, and Italy hM
4ent its warship "Piedmonte” for the
same purpose.
Brazil bM still another Internal
ly Aatneic
d Jeeue.” Tha
to kill the gov-
\ Iowa, aad place
aa apoatle la power. Ia tha fleroeat
omfllot 200 faealioe were kilted. The
!•
aet
m Was TerU —A Fterkte Lte>
Oat iraa tesevaa Xrw 1 »k •• I
i-tea
BnA-iflaHI
■tee ■ a rn. aar* aeA d a>ag mra. hst •( >av Vaik l
teuteteAl^ fit Aageatiea flsamleal ymatet Senr •eseyt
■we i emaau Beweay TVu ’ •» > aiau aeril i tw*.r>
m aed tJ4p m.. i #ravin* rraan t- * « ataafteg car» Wlwawe
* m (Vast)bated
v.aoitistf, j. nctif _
Gan hatertetaedanV JYlBe M’gr,
Waahlngtoe, IX G WaahlBgtoc, u O
^atetegton, I
Wanhlngtee, 0
a H HABOWICK.
Av'tOte Ptew. Ag*!
AUnnl*, Oa
tugua'a and Naw York.
!■<* llaadlt- P*,:maa ateaytagaersbatweau
El«).ui<md aed tteartlla
TM Air I JO# Halls Iraia. Noe t? and IV be
rrao AtUatm aed Oamaiia, Oa.. da.I.r aaoa,'t
H k OKEKN. J M (TIJ*.
Ovn'l Hupi Trufli- tl'fr,
Wmablnctou, IX G Wasklngtue, D. G
W. A TURK. fl. H. HAKDWUTC,
Oae'l Pass Ag*., Aw lUou'l Pa-»
WaahinKton. D G AUeate, Oo.
WE WANT TO EXCHANGE
Pianos,
Organs
Sewing
or
FOR-
-Good Horses.
WzzJM Alexander Bros. & Co.
GREENVILLE. S. C