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VOL XXI11- BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, jBoq. OU«T8 PDUtS ANOTHER OtTW. JUMT ■HkLLlMU XHB WOOOA His Correapond^nm | n Msrioa Oonn- ty X®11 an I in •ifktiDft Tale About Kx-Chairmau Haaeldea. Mr. D. A. O Ouztg has begun a ne# series of reTtlautiD^, and promises to open with heav ter guus hereafter. He writes as follows : b the Editor of The State: So far there have been two and a quarter attempts to auawer my '* re velations.” 1 uo not think any impres sion has been made on the public by the two and a quarter attempts, whioh are only an effort to muddy the waters by calling me names so as to divert at tention from the clearcut issues I have made. The public docs not care what is thought of me by the men against whom I have made charges—but the public is anx.ous to know if those charges are true. If no better de fense can be made thr.n has been pre sented, they Lad beivcr keep silent. They try to weaxeu my charges by at tacking my character, but while they call me names aj.c make a few charges, they simply make the charges and do not attempt to prevo them as 1 proved what I charged. The quarter attempt was made by J r St. Julien Yates, who simply exempli fied the truih ol me saying that” fools rush.in where angeis fear to tread." There is no me wasting lime on such a poor, pitiful dlrp:n*ary pimp. He used to hang around Columbia, beg ging for orders. . He got several largo orders for glass, bus his bottles were of such Inferior quality that he oould sell no more, and had to find fresh fields to work. -Then he secured a beer privilege In Chat leston, which he farmed out, getting 175 a month for the use of his privilege. The tenant- holders of the privilege finally was closed out, owing the State several hundred dollars for royalty. Yates now rushes into print and bpotiicks the majority facl.un, p obably in the hope that his Sc.al «Ui be rewarded with some of the crumbs from the dis pensary table, at which he has feasted in the past. The replies of Haseldea and Black have already been sised up by the papers of the State at their true value. They are iteoeraiiy regarded as a transparent attempt to draw attention away from my charges by blackguard ing me. But even were all they say about me irde—and it u not, nor have they attempted to give proof—It would not weaken the fo-ce of my charges, which I backed up with proof. Some papers say 1 should not have waited until 1 lo«t <uy position before making chargov At toe outset of my revelations as to unworthy officials who made public office e private snap, I stated that many matters of which 1 would write I had reported to the members of the Slate board of control. If in their judgment it was aot wise then to turn on the light and have aa Investigation, it is not my fault aad should uot be charged up to me. The complaints 1 m*de of irregularities drew down upon me too wrath of those against whom charges were made. I was accused of being a mlschiefnutker aad l was la danger of ioolng my posi tion. My friends on the board advised me to make no more oomplaints gatli they bad a majority of the board, but unfortunately they have remained iu a minority. When I was first elected book keeper to Commissioner Vance, Mr. Haselden, then chelrmaa, asked me to keep him posted. 1 did so for awhlis, until 1 •saw he would do noth ing on my reports. Hn was aot so strong on investigations then ae he is BOW. Mr. Haselden la his card says he re plies to articles “appearing over my name.” I would like for him to Inform the public who wrote the meesages to the board of control be signed and read to it while chairman. He got the credit for them, but who wrote them't One of the messages ended by preising my work as bookkeepsr and saying i was well qualified and corn- I did not write that part, for ex-Ohalrman Haselden as a public of ficer that Ought to be known. Since his connection with the board of eov* trol hundreds of bottle# of all kinds of liquors and wines and lager bear by the barrel have been shipped to Sellers to him by various liquor houses for his own personal use. in every instance the freight Is prepaid and he has noth ing to do but take it out. Of oourse It is a physical impossibility to drink It ail him* elf, while he does his level beet to do so, aad the balance is dis tributed about free, where It will do the most good. I am told that he hss room in his house fixed up for the the display of his goods and has large bottles on which appear, in large gilt letters, such labels as the following: Hnseldea’s Night Gap,* Haselden's Private Stock,* “Haselden’s Dew Drop,” etc. All this is received from Iquor houses and is sent to him abkb- utely free. Many young men have been offered liquor in his house and often oome away in all stages of intoxication and 1, myself, have seen older men, men with families, pome from bis bouse as drunk ss the proverbial fiddler’s bitch. The books of the express com pany at Sellers >111 show the many ihipmedte. The Influence of a ft 4^ bar in that community is worse than n die- tensary or a blind tiger. * • * All the above facts and many more similar can In substantiated by record and un- mpoached testimony. You might □quire who was iv—Haselden or hooper—who had the box of samples shipped to Spartanburg for a certain candidate during the Inst State pri mary and about which so much was said at the time. The second is from another town in Marlon under date of October 18, 1896, and Is ns follows : Mr. D. A. G. Ousts—Dear Sir : The people of this county have read with much interest your chapter on the loo. J. Dudley Haselden. What is perhaps a surprise and shock to other sections of the State only creates a smile down here, for the people have long been talking that some people were feathering their oeete. In ad dition to the* many relatives of Mr. leselden whom you have mentioned ae getting office under him, you might mention another cousin by marriage, T. L. Bees, dispenser at this plaoe. At the time Gov. McSweeney took office, la£y of the . Thro if ' a large part of the eons tabu State hailed from this county. Through whose isfluenoe they were appointed do not know. Perhape you do. They were Chief W. W. Sellers, Division Chief John G. Watson, Privates J. Rich Hayes, Game J. T. Dosler, being near neighbors of Mr. Haseldea. At the time Mr. Haeelden became a member of the board of control he owned a Judgment against him of be tween 12,000 and 1^500. That judg ment has been paid. It has been re ported for months that packages of whiskey had been shipped to Mr- Has- eldee from various liquor houses, of the very fanciest kind put up la bot tles marked “ Haselden’* Beet," “ Hae- eldeo’s Pride," etc. It has alsoibeea re ported that Mr. Haeelden has a college record equal to that of his dispensary record r stent. - . __ am too modest to praise myself. Bu4Q*P»- Webb Mnt to dinner at 1 that praise of me made the other clerks jealous, apd a paragraph had to be added giving them the praise of the chairman. I am responsible for all articles signed.by me, and U Mr. Basel- den does not like them be can easily find me. Will Mr. Haselden tell the public who wrote hi* statement In regard to Mr. McDaniel of Obester, who was re moved by the board ? By the way, does he-write what be now signs? Judgibg by the past I would say that he gets somebody else to do so. In those days Mr. Haselden did not think me tnoompetenlR* Nor does he believe now that 1 am either incompe tent or dishonest. If he did^Jte would have bad me removed on such chafges, Instead of a trumped up charjge for violation of an alleged order of the board—a charge they did not dare give me a hearing on, though they promised it. But Mr. Haielden is good at making false charges, such as he preferred against Mr. Douthlt, and he now Insin uates against me. He started at that game early In life. I have gone beck and traced up his record. I would not have done this but for the fact that the child is father to the man and the further fact that as the twig is inclined so Is the tree bent. I will show how he is now fulfilling the promise of his youth. As a preface to that story, which will be published in the future, IjWlti publish two letters from citlxet of Marlon, Mr. Haselden’s home ooui ty, showing how my 11 revelations are appreciated by bis neighbors. A man's standing at home is the surest criterion of his real worth—if hn have ?he first Is dated Oct. 17,1899, and is m follows: * Mr. D. A. G. Ousts, Columbia, 8. C. Dear Sir: I have been reading with much Interest your revelations In ref- erenceto the mismanagement -of tbefbnforesuspeaOiag ? dispensary, as they have appeared from day today in the public prints. It strikes me that while your charges are well sustained, they do aot go down deep naough lathe matter and many things are as yet unrevealed aad will only be known when there ia a thor- ‘ ' ,ve Investigation as than an h leglslatil . . t in the penitentiary matter. * * Than are some things ia join la ppcar that I that 1 made Vabnvuulb, S. O., Oct 9,1899. Dear Sir: I only ordered six 1-gaJIoa demijohns of X corn aad six 1-galloa demijohns of 80 rye. Through some mistake I received thirty-six 1-gallon and thlrty-slx re, wh rya, loh ly. DL Rick, Dispenser, k bln demijohns of X corn 1-gallon demijohns of 80 overstocks me ooneldernbl; R. I guesa it does overstock him oon elderably—nearly two whole .barrel* more than he ordered. Varnvllle I* * small plaoe and thi* overstocking will take him perhaps a year to sell, i As the other side seems to have run out of ammunition, I fin the above few nunds to show I have plenty on hand. They appear to want to let them die out, so I have written this to keep np Interest. When they do at tempt to npiy I will fin the heavy ‘' in reserve. D. A. G. OUZTS. guns I hold THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION. Preeldeut McKinley Calls Upon Am ericana, Cubans, Porto Ricans and Filipinos to Observe a Dav of Thanksgiving. President McKinley has Issued the following thanksgiving proclamation: A national custom dear to the hearts of the people calls for the setting apart of one day In each year as an oc casion of special thanksgiving to Al mighty God for the blessings of the preceding year. This honored obser vance acquires with time n tenderer significance. It enriches domestic life. It summons under the family roof the absent children to glad reunion with those thty love. Seldom has this nation had greater cause for profound thanksgiving. No great pestilence has Invaded our shores. Liberal employment waits upon labor. Abundant crops have re warded the efforts/of the husbandman. Increased comforts have oome to the home. The national finances have been strengthened, and public credit has been sustained aad made firmer. In all branches of Industry and trade there has morel and national Churches ed. Amei sited. Ti the honor signal • degree Messrs. Mobley and Webb the attempt to make it api did not work hard 1 mistakes. Mr. Mobley 1* one of the bookkeepers to the State board of 00atrol. His home is in Winns boro and he goes there nearly every Saturday avenlng, losing time from his work. Sometimes be does aot return until Monday even ing or Tuesday morning. Captain Webb also pays visit* to his home la Charleston, when hers he does not hurt himself with work. He aad Mob ley often get behind with their work, and then ea inspector is taken off the road to help thenf. This soft snap usually falls to Inspector Moody, one of Mr. Haselden's oouslas. He has no regular work In the State dUpeoeary, but helps Messrs. Webb and Mobley. They go to work at 8 a. and leave at 1 p. m., for dinner, often staying from one and n half to two and n half hours. On October 20 at I p. m.. and returned at 4:30 p. m. Mr. Moody seems really afraid they will catch up, or, at least, I suppose he has such n fear, for I and others have seen him enjjylng a quiet nap la the dispensary a the afternoon. But ae he is Mr, Hatolden's cousin he can sleep on his job. His nape come high, for ihe State pays him $100 a month. Mr. Mobley Talks of mistakes. Here Is one In which ho figured. It Is his duty to furnish Inspectors the stete- ments they nse in checking up dlspen sere’ accounts. He furnished one to an inspector to check up the Allendale dispenser, but charged against that dispenser about $6,000 worth of liquor hich had been sent to the Abbeville dispensary. Naturally the Allendale dispenser was soared nearly to death, for he seemed to be badly In the hole. He refused to accept any such In*pec tton.and another trip had to be made. The State loot the expense of the extra trip to Allendale,^ besides the Ins pec tors time. _ All the lavoices I made out for the dispensers were verified by some one in the board, of control office. The reason tors having such a verification was to detect errors and correct them. If In the rush of business I made mis- mlstakes the verification by them was to catch them, but they did not always do this. Such errors, therefore, are as much,if not more, theirs than mine, am willing to compare my record for correctness with any of them in the dispensiry and 1 am willing to go to the books for my proof. But this has no bearing on my case for 1 was not fired for inoompetenoy, but was done up as “ as a personal courtesy ” to Mr. Miles in sustaining his action as to my suspension, and this, too, when he told Mr. Douthlt he would not have sus pended me had Inr known at the time the faetf in the ease a* he learner them afterward. Why did he not ask They are prating so about mistakes, I will just say hare that the board last waek admitted some of my charges when it passed a resolution *a to mak lag a change in the way of marking the boxes so as to prevent mistakes. But still this does not stop them, ae will be seaa from the following letter, whioh proved that mistakae continue In the shipping department t n steady gain In the itlonal growth of o r tor. / d schools hnvs flourish- patriotism has been ex- engaged In mainUtaiog of the flag with such have been In a large J (torn disaster aad honorable peace has been ratified #lth a foreign oallon with which wd were at war, and we ere now friendly relations with every power on earth. The trust which we have assumed for the people of Cube has been faith fully advanced. There Is marsed pro toward the restoration of healthy nd us trial conditions, and under wisn sanitary regulations the Island has en- oyed exemption from the scourge of ever. The hnrrteaae whioh swept ovdr our new poaeeesloc of Porto Rico, destroying the homea end property of the lahaoltaate, celled forth the in slant sympathy of the people of the United Slates, who were swift to re spond with generous aid to the suffer- era. While the Insurrection still con tinues in the island of Luson, business s resuming its activity, and confidence » the good parpoeen of the United Staten is being rapidly entabilshad bout the erehlpeiiMO. these reasons and countless William McKinley, Presi dent of the United Staten, do hereby name Thursday, the 30th day of No vember next, as n day of general Thanksgiving and prayer, to be ob served ns each by nil our people 00 this continent and la our newly ac quired islands, as well as by those wbo may be at sea or sojourning ia foreign lands; and 1 advise that oe this day religions exercises shall be conducted in the churches or meeting places of all denomlnatloas, In order that In the social features of the day Its real slgal- flcanoe may not be lost sight of, but fervent prayers may be offered to the Moet High for n continuance of the Divine guidance without which man’s efforts are vein, aad for Divine con- sola tlon 10 >1)1000 whose kindred and frleods have sacrificed their lives for country. I recommend also that on this day, so far as may be found practicable, labor shall oeaee from Its accustomed toll and qharlty abound toward the sick, the needy and the poor. In wltoees whereof, 1 have set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. (Signed) William McKinley. TRUTH RKYBALBD IN DRBAM A STORY Of ACTUAL LUTK throng ho “For The Innocent Wife Hue the Murderer Shown to Her B] Slain Husband In n Vision of the Night. . The Thornton murder, whioh 00- ourred at the MoK'nley mines, la Vir ginia, has developed Into one or the strangest sensations of the times aad the profound mystery whioh develop ed the bloody deed baa been revealed by a dream. The ianooent wife of the murdered man, who was Incarcerated la jail, charged with the crime, seemed to have had some strange visitation dur ing her sleep in her prison oell, and the unknown murderer was revealed to her la a dream, in which her dead husband told her that her oousta, George Ray, was his murderer. Jowf “ rlously July who had many in where he resided, and also at Webb City, his former home. -He was thirty- four years of age wheb killed. About eight yean ago he married a girl, -aed for several months they lived happily together. She was insanely jealous, and he seemed to often delight In trifl ing with her jealous feelings aad to amuse himself by exciting her suspi cions, especially when she chanced to provoke or irritate him. On one occasion he had aroused her jealous fury to such an extent that she got n pistol and attempted to kill him, on the streets of Webb City, but the bullet missed it* mark. Two years later she again tried to kill him, but ha seised the pistol and ia the scuffle for It Mrs. Thornton was shot ia the stomach, but soon recovered. After that they lived more peaceably together, and seemed happy and devoted to each other, exoept for oc- caional little family tilts, when she would become Infuriated with anger, almost always the result of jealousy. Once in her life she vowed that she would never be happy uatil she bad drank John Thornton’s heart’s blood, but when her anger peeeed ewny sbe was the same loving and affectionate, but suspicious wife. On Saturday eight, July 29th, Jobe Thornton went to his usual work as night engineer nod watohmaa at the iiulldog mine, one of the McKinley groep, just west of Prosperity. It was his custom to remain there nil night when the mine was not running a night shift. '• About midnight he received a visit from a friend, E. D. Hawkins, the night watchman of the Good Enough mine, close by. - Daring their ooarer eellon Hew tins noticed n new ring on Thornton’s finger end spoke of It ad miringly. Thornton said: “Yea, I paid 99 for it oath# iBsu.mt-nt plan at 25 cents n weak.” Shylag this, he took off the riag aad handed it to Hawkins who examined It aad then re turned it to Thornton. The two men chatted plaasantly together netU after 1 o’clock, when Hawkins took his de parture. Ha was the last oept the eseesele, who ever Thornton alive. Next aoralag about 8 o’clock J. R. Cornett, an employee of the Victor mine, we* passing, and glancing into the engine room sew Thorn toe lying down, aoparently asleep. He to him, but receiving no n shook him, and then discovered the man was dead, with his throat out from ear to ear aad aa Immense gap ing wound and mass of clotted Mood presenting a ghastly spectacle. Thorn- toe had twee lying face downward in a pool of blood aad a mass of oladera from the boiler, aad his face covered with cinders and ashes aad his own Ufa’s blood. Cornett soon spread the.alarm and the ooroner appeared. When the mur dered man’s face was washed a bullet hole was found in the right temple. The coroner's jury returned n vei to the effect met John Thornton had come to his death at the hands of some person or persons to the jury unknown It -was n mystery to which '•J of,astonishment were all act part of the tragedy which woman had oommitted. Hei regarded as certain and th understand wh •heehould her Her guilt regarded as certain and the unfortu nate woman had no defenders. She soon found that bar only hope was la higher power than man, aad that la order to prove her innooenoe she must find the murderer. - In her adversity sbe had lost her friends. She felt as If all the world had deserted her, aad la her wretched ness she seught relief iu prayer. Im ploring Almighty God to be merciful and reveal to her th* murderer of her husband aad free her from the charge door, the aad dream- returned to her. When he appeared before her she asked him If he could not tell bar who killed him. He bowed his head penoa, r saw J< The Color of WATKB.- Prof. Spring reports on his experiments of many years to explain the oolor of water. He has oome to the conclusion that n >ure blue is the natural oolor of water, ’ or when we look through a loug tube filled with distilled water against n brilliant white surface, a pure blue Is seen, such as is shown by the Lake of Geneva, in quiet weather, a oolor whioh Is not' lnfluenoed by superficial or in terior reflection. When pure water be comes slightly turbid by extremely finely divided white or colorless par- tides floating therein, they reflect even In the cote of ground mountain crystal a yellow light, which unites with the natural blue into a brilliant green oolor, such ns Is exhibited by the Neu- enburg and Boden Lakes. The pecu liar fact established by various obser vers, that- the water of ordinarily green lakes turns perfectly colorless at timesi Is not due to a clarification, bat on the contrary, to an Influx of a red dish mud, colored by ferric oxide, whioh completely neutralises the greeq. \'mmm I I Another Cotton Mill.—The Spar tanburg Evening Telegram says that Mr. A. B. Groce, of Duncan’s, has secured an option on the famous Van Patton Shoals, about four miles above Woodruff, on Enoree river/and steps will be taken to organise an Immense ootton mill at that point, irdhe of the finest water powers in the Piedmont region, n large body of water with a shoal of over sixty feet In height. The power, if developed, will be sufficient to turn a very large mill, aad it* location is highly desirable, being only about three muee from the Oharieetea aad Wasters Carolina rail* She wee sure that what her husband told her was true, aad whether what t h 1 had seen was a spirit or only the dheam of n disordered mind, ihs OCUld not tell, but she was so fully convinced that George Ray was her husband’s ilu that she oould not rest until he was brought before her. . Day finally dawned, aad tits anxious rlsoner told her jailer her dream, firmly was he impressed by its vividness that he consented to send for George Ray. A deputy sheriff visited Ray aad told him Mrs. Thornton wanted to see him at the Cartage jail. He went with the officer, aad together they entered the woman's quarters, where she met them. After n few oommonplaoe remarks were peased be tween them, Mrs. Thornton tamed to Ray with a look that saamad to irate hla very tool, aad said : " George, I’m la prison, charged with a terrible crime, aad if yon have any idea who murdered John Thorn ton for God’s sake tell me, for I doe’t want to suffer for this orlme.” Ray sat motionless end almost dura- founded. The woman’s earnest aad impressive manner completely un nerved him and the abruptness of th* question threw him off his guard. For several minutes he was silent, bat the woman's eyes were riveted spoe him, aad he seemed powerless to torn hie eyes sway from her penetrating He looked at her pleedlafly id thee broke down orylng theoelj the •XT’] Gept. Bleok, th* shlpi^ag dark l* State dispensary, comes book [-Bookkeeper Ousts la th* following licauon To th* Editor of The State: Since X-Bookkeeper Oust* ha* fin ished this book of revelations, 1 wish to onll the attention of the public to the following tacts: I have besa con nected with th* State dispensary as shipping dark since May, 1896. I served under Col. Vance, the commis sioner, till May of th* present year. From th# time I entered upon my duties lu May, 1896, till Col. Vanes left, In May, 1899, there was no reason tar anybody to believe or everything wo th the exception of ■looked pltoonslyB began cr] ie only deputy sheriff begea to wkea he made alL He a dean found he ■track opened his eyes aad chair; ballet 1 Bay drew Of tbe job. a aim 1 or living 0 work. Ray I feeble ooodit a mystery to which ao dew oould be found until Hawkins, the man who had last seen Thornton alive, ap peared. He told about hi* vlalt to Thorn toe and his chat about the ring. It was then noticed that the ring was gone, and robbery was supposed to have beee th* motive of the murder. While the mystified miners and vil lagers discussed the strange killing and advanced various theorie* ns to its cause and ns to the nasasslo, a. curious coincidence happened at the Thornton home. The wife of the murdered man handed her mother n gold ring and told.her to put in on John’s finger; that she wanted him buried with the ring on the finger where he had worn it. Those who heard of this incident and had heard dawkins tell of seeing this same ring on Thornton’s finger the night before coupled the two incidents together and thought they had found a solution of the mystery and had dis covered the assaaalp. Mrs. Thornton was asked where she got the ring. ' ' - “ 1 shook it out of John’s clothes,’’, ■he answered, unconscious of the part the ring was, to play In leading to her accusation of the murder. There was talk on every side. The wife of the dead man was believed to be the a*Ma*ln or an accomplice. Her several attempts ta kill her hus band were recalled, as also her asser tion that she would never be happy until she had drunk John Thornton's heart’s blood. The gossips told of Mrs. Thornton’s past, and the dark spots In her career were magnified until she was made a fiend In human shape. The more they talked the mere firmly convinced were they of the woman’s guilt, and no other theory was considered and no other clew was sought. Her guilt “I done it,” ■aid, uatil th* queslloa him, of it weal to th* eagla* Thornton asleep in •hot him. When Thornton he to recognise his fell from th* chair, a rasor. aad. to meki cut th* dying man's throat from ear to almost severing the bead from body. He the* took Thornloa’s y, a roll of bllia, aad his riag. aad retnraed to Thoratoa’s bouse, arriving at 3:10 o’clock. Ray gave as his ssotivs for killing Thornton the hatred he bon latter for repeatedly curving and a him for loafing about the living off him leal end of going to is a consumptive la a very Itioe. His feet are swollen with rheumatism, aad he felt enable to work. Os the day preceding the night of th* killing, Thornton had been very abusive to Ray, aad th* eon- •amptive boy, driven to determined to kUl him. He took money and rlsg to give La* idea that Thornton had been murdered robbed by tramps. Ray told where th* roll of bill concealed la aa old stove, aad where the rasor had been driven into th* gronod, ia th* stable. Th* moo*; was found ns he described it, it being n roll of bills amounting to $76, and th* rasor was dng np la tha stabls. Ray showed tha offloera an old mining • baft, inio which he had Ikroitn the pistol, but as It oootaiaed several feet of water, asd they were oonvlnoed of th* accuracy of his confession th* offloera deemed further search ■ary. Kay was oommitted tq prison Mrs. Thornton was released, her In nooenoe having been proved by the discovery of the murderer of her hus band, as revealed to her in a dream. board 0/control saw fit to displace him as shipping clerk, I was pnt la his « this, 1 have been reliably in- formed," fiC&rlj blBr Bg aj* talk at the time with some of the em ployee about me, said that I was ao K tlemaa, etc., and that he would e rather had his salary rednoed $25 than to have lost his plaoe as ship ping clerk, getting, ns I am told, so much a case on certain brands of whiskey to ship them. All of this passed oa till In January, 1866. whan the Legislature met; there had to be one member of the board of control elected to succeed now X-Commissioner Douthlt, then a member of th* State board of control. His opponent was Hon. T. C. Robinson of Plekeas, 8. O., from what I had seen of Mr. Robinson I thought him th* right n better man than Douthlt. I went to work for Robinson ; did all that was la my power for him; he was elected; this added feel to fir* with Ousts aad others. Ia May of this year Douthlt was sleeted oommleelouer, Offtt* was as near beeves as he wanted to be: ha said that he would have a say when Douthlt got In ; this be has had, la tha way of stealing, etc. He at one* set about 10 rue th* build- lag-ell of th* departments. I found that he was (every Uas* my bank was turned) going through my dank, look ing at my private papers, trying to give order* to my y truck head* to patent other man, shipment from Ousts says was Mr. Young, $6 unw Th* following will 1 company hadtosay about it; Tallapoosa, Ga . State Board of Control, l fli mm • \k7^ — ordering 00* oar of half otter ooofirmlag oar of plats, whioh shall oar prompt nUootkm. W« era now loading a oar, in whioh w* will pat eee hnlf plat* aad oao-half half ptato, so that you eea have come of aaotaed soon as w# r we will send 1 each. We herewith eaeloee to you credit voucher for $6 oases, XI 1 11 t In shipment August 31st, 1 you for favors show a, wa 1 Y "££«2i'<* ByC. “ As ny c. a. nobtow, Traas. 1 to my dofag my duty, whettar I drunk aad disorderly or aol la a tor with tha State fiord of aaw aad aot Oust*; If It had bean loft \ Oust* ho would have dieptaaed me with hi* lie* long ago, aad lastami of my making th* report that I did a moath ago aad showing these thlawe ap, aad dot anybody tft •wing aad of the Mats so wit uiu worming ioc non. M n. Uooper M tha low last eleetiou; I am a* Judas, 1 did. I 1 of worked night aad day tar him, a3l mo am ladosd glad thatho Is elso^ aad igh if 1 live uu next samsver will do m This is fully established, according to all ao- This shoal opted theoele*, Md aa >wera In the road. Western 4 surrounding regloa, rant was issued for the arrest o. Mrs. Thornton on the charge of murder ia the first degree, la soma respects the case resembled the great Mar brick murder cessation, but a merciful mysterious spirit or power the truth aad mved Mrs? Undue No Obligation.—On return- ng from the barn early one morning the old man found his wife ia tears. " Wha’ cher crying about, Mellsey?" he inquired. Nother—one—uv our darters—was stole las’ night,” she sobbed. “ The red-beaded nn ?” he asked la conically. Yes—pore Mag—she was the best gal—” “ Bob Scuttle#?’’ “ Uv oqurae; hasn’t been no other feller waitin’ on her. Ain’t you goln to pursue after ’em an* arrest ’im ?” “ Uv course not,” he replied, sternly. “ I’m not under obllgnttons to help Bob Scuttles out of uo alffloulty. Let him ahead and work out his seotenoe, I’ve been doin’ fur the las’ 40 hi him la my thlovlag my private paoere, I would shoot th* top of his brad off. 1 told him thee aad ti all I know how, aad the leeguage oc eel be mistakes. I was so rongh with him OapL Webb earn* dowe from up stairs aad asked sso to slop (I I would slop as soon as Oush whether or aot bo was going I* fight. 1 offered to fight him la nay wished, aad, although he weighs about t76 pounds aad 1 weigh eboat 140 tha oowerdiy oar didn’t Aar* math, All of these dates that ho has given la the paper* were stolea from our of- floes, but a large majority of th< lie*. He say* 1 was drunk aad derly. Wall, I rappees ha mast have pee* aooward aad bed ly soared whra leaned him for all th* low ’■ that I oould, aad told ho was a thief. Ousts has take* all of th* of the dispensary aad laid them at door; this, he knows, ie a low, ly act. lam free to admit that 1 make mistakes, th* daily shipments running from $00 to 1,500 oases, but there are doseas of times goods are pat ia th* 'wroag stack, aad very often marked wroag at tha wires; this is caused la a grant measure by putting new men to mark. the enrae, aad this is la a great measure da* to th* fact that Ousts was too lasy to do his doty. Mr. Collins, at tha last of eaoh month over slaoe I have aoeted with th* State dispensary, had to help Oasts wither straighten his books. This would make it aeoea for tha superintendent to put anew 1 to do th* marking; then, of oourse, the errors would be heard from ail over the State. I have nothing whatever to do with the marking, ana therefore am not responsible (or errors, there. ta aot my equal, such a our oa ti dirty tea* If ho wa tome. I am still la Ma, work at thoSts live .at tha seresi Tpytar streets, sad 1 to say to the wed oat tar r the order* of his I wooldooti > (he Tut. Ills g jltaa of Turkey to boild a ralliS rough th* Iratamios Valtap ta th* irsiaa Gulf. If th* ao*«me material ises, the railroad will ran reputed site of th* Gard Biblical scholars this treat was la] trlot lying betwi and E*ahrales, aad If this ITthat the rarfroad will traverse it. The raw j ®ct of building a railroad from Oka- otaotiaople ‘ breeched mj Golf «ttera from dispensers sod others given, and Black continues ss fol- go same’s years.’ 1 —To designate a minister as “ Rev erend Brown ” is a vulgarism that vio lates correct form and good taste, and yet not only is the phrase used by news paper reporters, but It Is heard even In presbyteries, in reports and minutes, and, worst of all, sometimes minis ton themselves are guilty of this Illiterate solecism. The correct form is “ Rev. Mr. Brown,” or “ Rev. John Brown,” or th* most dignified form Is "The Rev. John Brown.” —Rav. John L. Boudder, Air Bells,” said: ’-‘lathe daa of Ida* there were two aad his wife.” Th* Letters are lows: “ This is only some ss this inti liar knows. I have sent as many as five marked wrong back to the wires to be remarked at one time. I admit, ss I said before, that I make mistakes, and believe every man does; this, how ever, is not stealing. Whan I make mistake It is my duty to oorroot it, which I have always dons; whoa a man steals he should not b* allowed to go at largo like this tallow Ousts, but the penitentiary Is the proper plaoe for such criminals.” Statements from CapL B. 0. Webb sad Mr. M. H. Mobley are printed show that Ousts also mads mistakes, and the* Black goes on to say the. Ousts has on several oooaotoos seat oases of whiskey from the building this he might say was seat to him, mu no doubt some of it was, but too much went away. Thor# is now looked up ia the desk that hn worked at, at the State dlspeasary, twenty or twenty-ooo bot tles of whiskey—e regular ” blind gar.” H* is mean enough to say ea thing eboat Mr. Inrhardt tie over hisrn eta > «gMl*l in vain, have both trim privilege. At to build a aad the Aeatollaa railroad suit. The exteaaloa of fn to eaa I aad, according to tha Haw York aid, th* move which the English cate Is now about to ■ulL of the entente th* two countries. To Great Britain it m shorter road to India, as be saved, aad to Germany It new field tor ookmliatioa a feeder tor a road already la Th* fintyoar th* a«A^m t carried carloads of wheat, the_ife oond year 700 oarloada of porosis, railroad has don* much to alia character of the country, to build towns, to opon factories aad ‘ ” colonists to of the chief of the country icu go aner wo try, to buildup ■ aad faring feSi 0 cultivate th* ObstMlM to tte solL Ob*< shifttass Turkish Inhabitants, who did hot wish to uso mod era tools aad have not sufficient smfaitiaa to try to get rich. They will aot «tt la the seals tat the railways oars, bat sqnat on tha floor, so that at last i| was neosssary to take out the seats and la ti- Tha through rso population ol tits which tha rail read j for the who! 2*'