The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, April 22, 1897, Image 1
ummu
VOL. XX.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY APRIL n, 1897.
The Prodigal’s
. Return.
“ Yes, motber, be will come. Of
course, ho will come!” ami the girl
turned her drawn and anxious young
face toward the cottige door, just as
if her blind mother could see the ac
tion.
It Lsprobahlo that the old woman
divined the longing glance from the
change in the girl's tone, for she, too,
half turned toward the door. It was a
habit these two women had acquired.
They constantly looked toward the
door for the arrival of one who never
came through the long Summer days,
or through the quiet Winter evenings ;
moreover, they rarely spoke .of other
things; this arrival was the tuple of
their Uvtni. And now the old woman s
life was Tlrawifttf to « Close, as some
lives do, without its object. She her
self felt it, and her daughter knew it.
There was in both of them a subtle
sense of clinging. It was hard to die
without touching the reward of a
wondrous patience. It was cruel to
deprive the girt of this burden, for in
burdens there Is n safeguerd. in
nil n duty, nod in some toe greatest
hap pi aces allotted to bumaa esistence
• It was ae new thing, this wniung lor
l SCO pew roue son. the girl hod grown
to it, (or she wowid not ■ no* b*r
Wwthnr shdVTd she nisei nlm in the
street. Steen eight hod left the e^
sr s eyae she bed led her beerv
open this hoe*
tie h*t left these eighteen |—rs
Wters 's n tt ef nnsetwwnln re—el
saeni age ewt t • tether wbawe en<|
tentt hnd tneei two grens on indetgenew
■ ■the ed he ewe an eg
passage,
way
tbe little
elairs.
Stephen Leach followed silently.
He was rather large for the house, and
especially for the stair*: moreover, be
had n certain burliness of walk, such
as is acquired by men living constantly
in tbe open. There was a vaguely
pained look in his blue eyes, as if
they had suddenly been opened to hie
own shortcomings. His attitude to
ward Joyce was distinctly apologetic.
When^ne followed the girl across
the threshold of their mother’s bed
room the old lady was sitting up in
btd, bolding out trembling arms to
ward the door. .
Here Stephen Leach seemed to know
better what to do. He held his mother
m bis arms while she sobbed and mur
mured out her joy. He had no words,
out ills arms meant’ more than his lips
coulJ ever have told.
It would seem that the beet part of
happiness is the sharing of it with
■omw one else..
“Joyce,” was tbe first distinct word
the old lady spoke. “Joyce, he has
come at last. He has come'. Come
here, dear. Kiss your brother, 'nits
is my first born—my tittia Stive."
Tbe young man had sunk upon bis
kawos at tbe bedside, probably because
it »a» ibu must cooveoleal position
Us did not second bis motner s pro
posal with much eatbustasa. Alto-
getber be did not snwa to bavg din>
uuvered «*.b sympathy with bis sister,
whom be bad I ft in b«r erndlw.
Joy on come forward and tnaaod over
tbe and to kins her hrutnsr waim tbe
bonds joined theirs Jest
an bar fresh ywong tips name with to
rsne b bn twraed bis (now asMn, os tbnt
me sms lei. on hnrron greens on bln
tanned oboon
Jeyee, ' «»eUseed tbo Old tody.
tr*wrwn>y **f ign ant nfrsMl tn din
oensllke way he proceeded to investi
gate tbe santrs of the dying woman
and the prospects of her daughter;
in a word, be asserted his authority «>-'
a brother, and Joyce wan relieved aid
happy to obey him, —
It Is not in times of gayety that
friendships are formed, but in sorrow
or suspense. During that long even
ing this baabher and sister suddenly
became intimate; more so than months
of prosperous' intercourve could have
made them. At 10 o'clock Stephen
teph
juid
quietly insisted that Joyce should go as allied with the sound money faction.
to bed while he lay down, all dressed,
on the sofa in the dining-room.
“I shall sleep perfectly; it c is not
the first time I have slept in my
clothes,” he said simply.
They went upstairs together and
told tbe nurse of this arrangement..
Joyce remained for some moments by
the bedside watching her mother's
peaceful sleep, and when she turned
she found that Stephen had quietly
slipped away. Wondering vaguely
whether he had intentionally solved
her difficulty as to the fraternal good
night, she went to her own room.
The next morning Mrs. Leach was
fully conscious and appeared to be
stronger ; nevertbless, she knew that
tbe end was near. Hb«* called bee two
children to ber bedside, and turning
bar biind eye* toward them, spoke la
brtksn sentences
I am ready now—l am ready." she
“Dears." I am geiag to year
father—aad * * • thank Cod, I can
tett him that I have left yen together
I nienys fenee smpaen wwem
hark 1 found it written everyehere
la the Hi We ttapbaa—btsn me ~
Tbe Sknn I seel eeer
ktased ber^
" Ab "" eh# seabed " bow I wtsA t
om»M see jns jmd naan bsbwe I din
“l laming
C rter of Bryan and tha Chicago plat
'd). He and Senator Wolcott, now-
ever, are said to be In accord on tbe
financial question.
General C. H. Paine, who may be , ,
termed the minority member, is a Re- Ureeuville Mountaineer,
publican and was a McKinley man.
He is one of tbe most prominent busi
ness men of Massachusetts and Is said
to be a deep student of tbe financial
question. While he is classed as a
supporter of bimetallism, based on In
ternational agreement, he is regarded
He is a graduate of. Harvard, being a
member of the class of 1853. General
Paine is largely ident-fled with rail
roads and other corporations,, being a
director of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Hoad and other Urge con
cerns and a director of the Boston^n-
atltuto of Technology ; was an Intimate
friend and associate of Prof. Walker,
tbe financial author and authority.
He is a man of large wealth. It is a
fact not generally known that General
Paine accompanied Senator Wolcott
on bis European trip last summer and
ambled him in that work.
It is believed that be weal abroad
with Senator Wolcott with the under
standing that be was to ba made a
member of tbe oemmissloa. It la act
yet keowa wbea the r**-^*i*i*»*«*a'r
will meet aa<* ~~'X t . Wwua mt or-
gaaisaUoe Is »fleeted, however. It ia
believed thi 1 geaalcr Wotdctt will be
made preak ewt. It la aathorttatlvvty
slated the ,ammW*toaars alii aet gw
ahread befc» e May. by wbieh time the
Ui be at their
the tgesihi eevwy*
sary m t
their mbetaa
Tbe earn eg af the
lh» letee
KX-Jt'DGK THOMPSON
Hie Death Occurred oa Wed need ay
Morning After a Long Ulaeee.
For teverbl months the citizens gen
erally of Greenville have teen very
littl^of ex-Judge Thompson H. Cooke,
who was a familiar
streets for many
troubles and kindred
personage on our
years. Kidney
complications
'P
have kei>t him at home, and for a good
while he has been gradually going
down the hill, with an Increase of in
firmities and a loosening of the cords
that bind men to this life. The end
came on Wednesday morning, when he
went out peacefully into the realms of
eternity. He was nearly sixty-six
years of age, and until a few years ago
was a strong, vigorous man.
Judge Cooke was a native of Fair-
field County, and the son of a Metho
dist preaeber, K*v. John P. Cooke,
who was a resident of Columbia when
be died In 1MO. Tbe family lived in
Columbia for a number of years, and
Judge Cooke began his collegiate edu
calloa at tbe Arseaal, which was com
pleted ia iflfil at the Citadel. He
taught school ia Lexlagtoa County.
afterwards west to Qraageberg,
wuoea be bad ebarae af the village
academy, aad where be Heed aalil ble
el to Grweaetlio He etadied
law while eegaged la tamshlhg, aad
•ee admitted to the bar *rtor ts
war He served la the C usleds
s# the ear list —nets ta the H«-
jeattee be Ueierwer masea, argetneg
%s«te ha li
CHARliSION’S MAYOR AND IHE GOVERNOR
MAYOR SMYTHm STATEMENT.
He Did Not Vndei^||od that Unani
mous Consent Was Required for
Removal of Metropolitan Police.
Mayor Smyth, of Charleston, has
S ublinhed the correspondence with
overnor Ellerbe in regard to tbe re
moval of the metropolitan police, and
in his statement to the city council he
throws the responsibility upon tbe
Governor for the failure of the recent
negotiations. The following is a sum
mary of the matter submitted to tbe
council, with its action thereon :
Mayor Smyth's defense was thaOthe
situation had assumed such shane that
he thought he should speak for him
self ; that be did not understand that
Governor Ellerbe required a unani
mously signed agreement. If he did,
he savs that he would never have
brought tbe paper out of Columbia.
Oa the contrary, Mayor Smyth is cer
tain that Cover aor Kllerbe’s itlppta-
tione did not provide for unanimous
action oa tbe part of ooaarll.
Mayor Smyth elated that whoa be
arrived at tbe capital oa Governor El-
lorhe*t iavltatloa aad tbe Coe
• ■ r.
k that tbe motn>i-o ..iaa •, •
• deeired by tbe e*
>4 lately
ytb saM. bod ba
laaliy agswad tn tbe euoaad as be knew
have tha police system
eroor Elletbe suggested that It 1
have baea a vary easy matter for
to have suggested tha troubia of |_
ting all members of Council to siga tho
«t ir r mom ft. m.atkl ftavml/i maaag damiaalilm
•uu atuiu My
this character.
Governor Ellerbe was very much ia
earnest in what he had to say about
this matter, and insists that he has
been telling the straight, abeoiuto
facts in the entire matter from the out
set.
Governor Ellerbe said that he owly'
sent one telegram advising Ma/or
Smyth that the proclamation would
not be issued until tbe other members
of Council signed the agreement. He
says that he bat no recollection what
ever of ever having sent a telegram to
this effect:
“That the proclamation would not
be Issued at all onleas all tha Aider-
men signed the agreement, as we had
decided should n done at tbe later*
▼law."
Moreover, be says no
said that he sent such a telegram, as ba
Oa# lb lag Is eerie! a, _ ......
tea polio* matter Is bold up la m
•ivh aa ataaolate eonlict of and*
lag between Mayor bmytb aad
aor Eilarba.
tMI MMPMt tap pmm MMfeM I *** -i i m *+*+ 1M9 J to to# ttoMfctot. • to tow4 to %to t ^
•■bvd'v wsydbmm imfbsww gang I «r Wte tebe ease af y w* baas, wbaa I |eibee stde si lb* bK. wbed ^
bamaHL Sammmks ekd sdsemynama I it * •sreage teas baagbee bad aab {I taes ft Lmasa ' H* tstad aadaftasm
SlflSlkba Mtesab*a teas w maft^a yea eas a aa» perbaga jaaklIdte bss kMbaw Hm bam m teawb. I JeeJelJ^fc^^emia Vk<M kb
id man
got I
ek bal
flroiity came ia<
’buggesteU Ibat
et up ia bad
mow wbal li.is
passed as oibvi
was baJnduea
oy<
wste a*e
BiSS •
n’Bg r*t
Angbi
came A t
rad, aau at
be luolbar
■ ratber. Tin j bwtb
ucaal. but ibe episode
1 do, and Mrs. Lcacb
btiil sbe said:
Joyce! He will
ser tee* targ
m-e ors eSvsa Saw* r
lita |4toto4jfs i4
lltMMI (ttfbi)) wlllcil —<1>o
I 111 _) Im #dk^ tolkl fill.
Alter tbe first excite meat of tbe
get up la tied wratber. Tbey bota | return was over it bvc-ame g ariegiy
knew wbat this meant, but tbe ep'sodr apuareat tbat Ptepbea bad arrived
ju»t id time. Hie motber I. II into a
nappy slaap before sunset, aou wbaa
“ Ho will come, Joyce! He will tbe active youag doctor cam-- a little
surely come !** 1 later in toe evening he shook his bead.
And the giri would go to tbe window “ Yes,” he dtld, “J see tbat sbe is
and draw aside the curtains, looking asleep and quiet—too quiet. It is a
down the quiet couqtry road toward foretaste of a longer sleep; some old
the village. * people have it."
“Yes, mother, he will come,” was For the first time Joyce's courage
her usual answer; and one day she seemed to give way. When she had
gave a little exclamation of surprise been, alone she was brave enough,
and almost of feaTT'’ -r—^ — but now that her brother was there,
“ Mother,” she exclaimed, ‘‘there is womanlike, she seemed to turn to him
some one coming along the road.” with a sudden fear. They stood side
The old lady was already sitting up by side near the bed, and the young
in bed, staring with her sightless orbs doctor involuntarily watched tbetn.
toward the window. Stephen had taken her hand in his
. Thus they wyited. The man stopped with tbat silent sympathy which was
opposite the cottage, and the two wo- so, natural and so eloquent. He said
men heard the latch of the gate. Then “ olh ‘ n «> thia big, sun-tanned youth;
Joyce, turning, saw that her mother had b® did not even glance down at his
fainted. But it was only momentary, sister, whe stood small, soft-eyed and
By the time she reached the bed her gentle at his side. , \ \ -‘-7
^mother had recovered consciousness. The doctor knew something of the
"jGo.” xkbld the old lady, breath- history of the small family thus mo-
lesslyr^go let him in yourself.” / mentarily united, and be had always,
1 Down stairs, on the doorstep, the feared that If Stephen Leach did re
girl founds tall man of thirty or there- turn it would only kill his motber.
abouts with a browner face than K'>- This, indeed, seemed to be the result
glish suns can account for. He looked about to follow,
down into her eager eyes with a strange - Presently the doctor took bis leave,
questioning wonder. He was > young man engaged ia
“Am I too late'i”’ he asked in a getting together a good practice, and
voice which almost seemed to Indicate ,a interast he bad aeeo forced
a hope that it might bo so. ~ If'»• ••‘tin* (of bis patients to
• J>Io. H'.cpbto," #btf
BOtbrrcaaaoi live much longer. You | “ I am glad you are ber*.’’ be said to
are leak ia Stepbee, why ec x*»Mated him to the
Tbe yeeag »ea mmU a be*»taUag dour. ** (t wewtd eel da lor jraar
ulUe ft— »*e ■ s t e ite bis right hee4' •«> he atea*. this •‘ej ga ae ler a eeapte
ae* — - t ea the
sft.ee step. B* ee* ea aeter sftMea Is a«d ate ga aa Me a eaafie af dagst
1 sgaM the eteffft baatftg ■elbes lira UwMb Isaad MMa#k
Ta*
teg ehoaftaw tw bad Mead sates afttee I teeter* te shier re af • braaH
0 rftteease eft! ftteb ateeft he SmS aterte aawessBe hfti tea*
tmf
^ mi mm mm
IImi 1mm4 * — #Mi %*m itawf
li# mm %& mmmm imm! I#
t vn&rr f<o nirt wow *
Tae| sWui the*, he •etching her
fee* vith hi* buee*t> soft Mee •ye*,
she fail leg te ftert bl* glnaee.
" May 1 oorae back ngnia T* be aeaed
saddeaiy.
* hue gave a littU gasp, but ftade no
answer.
“1 will come btek la six moatbs,"
announced quietly, and then be
he announced quietly,
closed tbe door behind him.
Debates to The Monetary Conference.
A MAJORITY AUK BIMETALLISTS.
Meeting Has Been
Appointments
are
No Time for the
Set—How ' the
Iteoeived. 1
President McKinley has announced
the appointment of Senator Edward O
Wolcott, of Colorado ; Hon. Charles J.
"aine, of Boston, Mass., and ex-Vice
‘resident Adlai E. Stevenson as com
missioners to an international mone
tary convention. These appointments
are made Under the act approved
Mhrch :3d, “ for the promotion of an
international agreement for bimetal
lism,” and by its provisions do not re
quire confirmation by the Senate.
It has been generally conceded that
Senator Woloott, would be made a
member of the commission.. He has
been an active leader in the movement
for a monetary agreement and widt ly
known aa an advocate of tbe silver
His trip to Europe last summer
wa* ooaoaded te be, at laast saml-uifi-
clally, aa tbe rapreaeatellva of I
I a Lira tea. His tear site
•v«ral atehibs aad •mir*
lag Kara pa aa aaaltela H*
■ 11* lae mere noted A
r* aad M M
w Me
ssllte Mr Iteelf. Mr
pposs any igreemeal aad aae bis
laaaaaeu agaia*l l*e autemigatea •be*
I goes abroad. *
iteaater Woleoll ba* said tbat lb*
gold steadard oouatrte* would oppo**
aay further deprecialioa of ailver, aad
(forte were bow being made to pro
veal any further fail of sliver ia India.
Also Ibal tbn demand for gold by Ja
pan la establishing a gold standard
would cause a drain of gold from Eu
rope which would bn resisted by gold
countries. In the United States Sena
tor Wolcott aptlcipeton little opposi
tion to bimetallism. What opposition,
Mr. Wolcott says, there is comes from
the great bankers of New York, who
are already fighting bimetallism and
whose opposition the commission will
meet when it goes to Europe.
' Ex-Vice President Stevenson, of
Bloomington, 111., w^en asked about
his appointment on the monetary com
mission, said: “I appreciate 'the
compliment paid to me by the Presi
dent and wll cheerfully render what
assistance I can to accomplish the ob
ject of the commission, whatever our
views may be as to Ihc ability of our
government to maintain the free and
unlimited coinage of silver without
the co-ope'-ation of the leading eoun
tries of Eu>ope, it may be safely as
sumed tbat every friend of silver in
this country wilt welcome international
bimetallism. As to tbe ittposhtyility
■ ft the-succ-'ss of this commission, it is
known that the trend of public senti
ment in European countries, a* well as
our own, L undoubtedly favorable to
bimetallLm '
“ Maay of lb# publicists of Eag 1
Germany are la earnest accord
■lib oar govrrefteat apoa Ibis a
ttee Nboald p«Mio esfttiaaal la tl
eneatrtei jasufy. *a isteraftMaawl
•. f » v- > 4-y te <e
lab** teftl • «• 4 te -
a44vvaa 1*4 peapte J edge
seal aa secert af “ rad sBIrts " te fte*i I
bia at l*a depot, aad ta a M« ate |
ru-ete JsCge Cia>s» *a
tbe preeeace of lb* v
declarlag bis adilatiua with l*e
Doftocrats for a d< flalte ‘parpass.
aad predicliog Ibe election of Hasp
too *• an BMured fact. Tbs rxcltemeet
produced by QiL unexpected aaaouaee-
menl wm intense, as be was tbe first
Republican of Dole to make a speech
In favor of Hampton. It L true Judge
Mackey had acted simultaneously with
dim in deserting their political asso
ciates, but J udge Cooke bad the ear
liest opportunity of proclaiming it
from the stump. He was actively en
gaged in the campaign until it closed,
and his speeches always evoked much
enthusiasm wherever he went. One
of the Lrgest gatherings of the cam
paign was just a week after his con
version at Honea Path, and he receiv
ed an ovation that was second only to
Hampton, by whose side he continued
to work urftil victory wafc achieved.
The Republicans, were very bitter
against Judge Cookp for the course he
pursued, and gave out threats of ex
posing bis record in their party a*
damaging to his character, but there
was no foundation for the assertion^
made, and he defied them to do their
utmost. His term of service on the
bench expired, in January, 1878.'and he
failed of re-e ection. when he begad a|
once the practice of law in Greenville.’
H j was sent to the Legislature after a
menu.ruble campaign in 1878, and wav
re-elected in 1880. Among tbe m
ure« be introduced was amendment* to
tbn homestead law, which are regard
ed of much vain* by tbe legal frater
ally. U1 wa* a faltbfalaad fadaslrteat
MgMIalar. aad named tbe approval af
bis ojastitaaate
a fa«i-<*dg*< Disaasrat after tbe
| paiga af MM, aad ana at aa* Mm* tea
I teutedea* af tea Can teal ala* la te*
New# aad Onafies
K erbe aw very 1
| tele meraiag la te*
Vnatvae* aad statement* aaM
t*e N*as aad Courier wit* ret
10 tbe metmpolltaa polio* qaaaiina
Governor Ellerbe lalbea freely about
vbe corre*poad*aea aad statement of
Mayor Smyth, b I did not oar* to have
aaytbing much to say about tbn Lana,
as ha could not ana alters any good ae*>
to oome of it. He, however, said that
it may be as well to pall atteotloo to
one feature of tbe matter. He L thor
oughly satLfied tbat Mayor Smyth
ould#ave understood from what bo
said to nim la tbe interviesr ia tbe Ex
ecutive office, tbat ail of tbe Aldermen
were to sign. If Mayor Smyth under
stood differently one thing is certain,
and that is that Governor Ellerbe
thinkg.that he gave Mr. Smyth to un-
derstaod that all of tbe Aldermen
fere to sign the agreement. Whether
there was occasion or not for such an
“agreement” is not now the matter in
ispue
Governor Ellerfagr Mid if Mayor
yth or anyone would look over the
accepted agreement, and which was
signed by those members of council
who did sign, it reads “indlviduallj
hereby promise and ple ge ourselver.
Phis was, he said, clearly to bis under
standing an evidence that the members
of Council wore to sign “individually,”
which meant all were to sign. If it
was not *0 understood Governor Ellerbe
-ays Mr. Smyth did not say sol and If
Mayor Smyth or Mr Baoot did not
think that ail tbe members of Council
would siga Ibis agreement or nay
agreement tbey aever said so to him at
nay time, never wrote him to tbat ef
fect, aad bav* aever said tbat tbey at
nay time told bim tbat ail ef tbe
v* of. Cweecli weate not siga
9 f \ a
btsamte Qapoo
BMH
sty «f Out am tea; M ft am?
wbal I Aim M 4u la-tels :
mark tbat spot, wbteh teaowt
*d by a pickst feaoa. with a luiag
rememberaam Mr all lima, if possible
First of all, I want to baar from you
aad have la your owo handwriting a
permission to go oa with ibis work. I
want to know something of it from
your own pen, and make “ sure I am
right nod then go ahead.” Tall ma
bow, if I get permission, to go to work
to get the monument placed there, aad
where can I get a book from Columbia
telling me tbe prices of the monument.
I suppose tbe person who sells the
monument will see it is properly put
up. , If you will kindly investigate
this matter fof me I wilt be YW7
thankful.
Sincerely yours in the cause of free
dom and right.
Ella Wellman,
726 Halsey street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Daughters of tbe American Revolution.
—There are more ante to the square
mile in Florida than in- any other
country in the world. There are ante
that will measure more than half aa
inch in length, aad then there are ante
*0 small that they can scarcely be seen
to move with the unaided aya.
—The closest contest is aay of tha
States at tbe reoeat election is believ
ed to have beea that (or the ’
skip ia Sooth Dakota,
pubiieaa oandldate^ woa bj * majority
M.0U0
*