The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, December 21, 1899, Image 1
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NBAI, INVESTIGATION.
RKPOUT op JOINT
Tb« Attorney Geuerai’e Concise nnd
OomprehenslTe Humnunry of the
Results. ^
■ - - ■ . S'j"
The report of the jolot committee
“ to IsTestlgste the hff.ir. of ths State
penitentiary,” sppgluLed at ths last
•esslon of the general aisembly, has
just heed 11 Issued f'oai t is ureases of
the State printers, asd u being sent to
the members ut the general assembly,
who are asked to preserve their copies.
The volume contains 458 pages. Pre
liminary to the report pt the committee,
which has already been published Is
The State, and tne transcript of tpe
voluminous testimony Is a mesa
from the Governor transmitting
whole to the general assembly. In
this message the governor Quotes the
resolution, all oorrespondenoe between
his office and the attorney general’s
office.- Then the message concludes
thus:
The whole matter was then placed
entirely In the QaaJs of the attorney
you plalnlv, and as briefly as possible,
. the fuels In the case and the action
commuter. | taken by me, Inasmuch as you hava
the report of the committee and the
testimony. Trusting this will meet
your approval, It Is respectfully sub
mitted.
i w
M. B. Mc^wkznky,
■ . Governor.
tlrely
general-, with full power to act, and
protect, as far. as possible, the In
tereets of the State. Ue set to work
diligently to ascertain the liability of
the bondsmen of the late superintend
ent of > the penitentiary and to colieci
the several amounts due the State.
Criminal action was also brought
against the defaulting superintendent
in the sessions court for Richland
county,- under three separate Indict
ments. These oases will come up for
trial at the spring term, 1900, of tne
criminal court for Richland county.
As soon as the attorney general de
termined the*llabllity of the bondsmen
of the late superintendent, they came
forward and paid the amounts for
which they were liable, as will be sean
from the following communication
from the attorney general:
Executive D -partmeni.
Office Of the Attorney Giaeral
Columbia, S. C., O.t. 2d, 1899.
To His Excellency, the Governor, Co
lumbia. S. C.
Sir : Upon tne coming In of tha re
port of tbe committee of tbe general
asMinbly appointed <0 investigate tbe
affairs of the pcultentieiy, your excel-
leacy referred the seme to me, to take
such action as would protect tbe Inter
acts of the State, end 1 at oace pro
ceeded to give the matter attention.
The committee has divided the late
superintendent's liabilities Into two
classes, vis: First, as shortage ad
mitted by himself, items aggregating
IS.584.41; end, second, liabilities “ con
tested by bin;,” composed of "convict
hire on the Weleon contract for the
years 1896, 1897 and 1898.17,400, and
stable real, 1740, aggregating 18,140Z’
I beg to eeil your attenttoe, first, to
the secoad clais of liabilities, so-called.
Upon investigation 1 *<ad that Neel, as
srtatendent, for the years 1896 and
accepted in payment for ooevlct
hire two notes, whtoa he discounted et
the Carolina National bans and placed
the proceeds to the credit of the peni
tentiary. The tttate received the
mosey arising from tbeee discounts,
ead, ooosequeatly, cannot count this
as a lose. The bank must suffsr on this
account, unless the general assembly
gives it relief.
For the payment of the hl/w of con
victs for the year 1898, J. B. Wateoa,
the con tractor, gave to the board of dl
rectors of tbe peoltenUarv his check
oa aa Anderson bask for $£,800, which
check was transferred to the Gat oil ea
National bank, and one of tbe noses
above mentioned (for 1897) Was there
with taken np, nnd Is now In the pos
session of the penitentiary aulhorltlae.
Inasmuch as this check was credited
to the penitentiary aooonat, being ex
obaaged for the note taken up, It fol
lows that this cannot be allejpd as
a low chargeable against Neal’s official
hood.
As to the last Item, 8740, referred to
as " stable reat, n It
super
18&,
KILLING OF GEN: 8ROGWICK.
A Bit of War History Published Now
tor Use First Time.
To the Editor of The State.
Yon republished what I said in the
Abbeville Medium about Cnpb O. B.
Warwick, of the Eighteenth U. 8. In
fantry, who was killed In a skirmish
i Philippine*, Nov. 26. You gave
t to The Press and Banner
through inadvertence, and I make no
complaint, but write to make a correc
tion In what I wrote and to tell some
strange coincidences about the killing
of Gen. Sedgwick. Lieut. Char es R.
Paul was not In the company with
Gapt. McLaughlin and Lieut. War
wick who were here in 1874. He came
In 1876 with Capt. Lloyd and Lieut.
Barnhart. I took him to a big politi
cal meeting at Due West, where we
had a brass band, red shirts, negro De
mocratic speakers and two pitchers on
the stand. It was an Interesting expe
rience for him. —i : -
LieuW. Paul afterwards married n
daughter of Gen. Rains, who was- an
old army officer, but rmigned nnd
came South. He had charge of a Con
federate foundry in Augusta during
tbn war between the States.
Llsut. Panl told me that he was sit
ting on a horse near Gen. John Sedg
wick when he was killed by one of Mc
Gowan’s sharpshooters at Spottsylva-
ala Court House. Paul was acting on
hlt^iaff and Gen. Sedgwick was giv
ing orders about bringing up some
commissary wagons. In a very few
mlautes.the word pasted down our line
that one of our sharpshooters bad kill
ed a Yankee general.
Some years ago while dlntag with
Hon. J. J. Darlington, In Washington,
D. C., his father-in-law, an eldarly
minister, told me that he saw the body
of Gen. Sedgwick when It landed in
that city, and that Gen. Sedgwick was
the only man be saw during the whole
war who bad been killed in battle.
I wee standing la the broad road
leading to Spoitaylvanta Court House
when the word came al^ng the line
that a general bad been killed by oae
of our eharpehooters at a single shot at
a distance of 1,000 yards. It Is strange
that 1 should meet bis aide after so
many years and also the man who saw
the body reach Washington. In "Lee's
Sharpshooters,” recently published,
Mej. W. S. Dunlop, wbo commanded
■eviowan's sharpshooters, tells who
Ml Gen. Sedgwick as follows :
We reached the backbone of the
ridge, near the edge of a field which
lay out beyoed. Here we could plainly
etc Sedgwick’s corps la line of battle
oa tbe crest tf another hill, busily en
gaged In rectifying their lines and con
structing breastworks, with their skir
mishers well advanced. Upon tbeee
we opened a icattenog Are with some
effect. We discovered aa angle pro
truding from their mala line towards
the right of the battalion, which
brought a four gun battery with Its
Infantry supports placed there for the
defense of the eailent, barely within
reach of our long range rifles. And to
these Beu Powell with his*Whitworth'
aed a few flies on the right paid
their respects. Presently an officer of
rank with his staff approached tbe sa
il sat, and adjusting hit field glasses,
began to take observations of the front.
A fnw shnts only had been fired at tha-
f roup, when the ringing peal of
'owell's * Whitworth ’ wen heard some
distance to the right; the officer was
seen to stagger aad fall, and the bril
liant career of that gallant aad dis
tinguished soldier, Maj. Qen
ANOTHER BRITISH DEFEAT.
ENGLAND MUST BEND MORE MEN.
Geo. Methuen Checked la Hie Ad
vance and Thrown Book—A Dis
tinguished Officer Killed.
f Etch Important battle seems to bring
a worse reverse for the British, and
the London newspapers sorrowfully
admit that Lord Metnuen's check at
Magersfonteln Is the most serious
event the war has yet produced. The
Morning Post says : 11 We have had
our day of humiliation appointed for
us. Let us accept it humbly aad sober-
iy and be the better and stronger for
the lesson It has taught us. This last
reverse will make us a fresh butt of
Europe* There never was a more apt
occasion to prove to Europe what w*
are worth.”
The position Lord Methuen assaulted
is thus described by a correspondent.
"Magersfonteln range terminates
on the east with an abrupt saddle rock,
some 150 feet high. Boer entreach-
menta run around the whole front.
Tbe position is some two miles long,
due east and west. The westers ends
of the trenches follow the contour of
the kopjes and afford a retreat."
It is estimated that Lord Methuen's
forces amounted to 11,000 men aad per
haps more. No reliable estimate of
his losses has yet been received.
All the papers comment npoa the
extreme gravity of tbe sltuatloa and
uik>q tbe momentous decision Lord
Methuen nee now to make—whether to
remain at Moddsr river or to retire on
Oraage river. The Times says : “ At
least 30,000 additional men must be seat
ouf^ The entire available reserve must
be eelled up and tbe militia and volun
teers turned to account. Efforts must
be made to increase the local colonial
forces, and further offers of troops
from Canada and other colonies must
be sought and accepted." ,
The standard, which comments upon
the "seemingly astonishing numbers
of Boers," Is driven to the conjecture
that a substantial portion of the Boer
commandoes has been recruited from
the Cape Dated.
Ail eye# are now turning hopefully
to Gen. Builer, who taking lato ac
count tha troupe with Gen While at
Ladysmith, has altogether 30,000 men.
The Standard says : "At this moment
there must re few men la her majesty's
dominions having great a weight of care
upon them aa Geo. Bailer carries oa his
snouldert.”
The special correspondent of The
Daily Mall at Modder river, describ
ing tbe fighting says
Boer victory of the war. Lord Me
thuen's forces were not only driven
back in dlsmav, but they left a total of
832 officers and men either dead, wound
ed or captured on the field of battle.
In this number were many of thefhwer
and pick of the British army, and to
day there is sorrow and mourning In
hundreds of English boueebolds.
Even the boasting British Toi
per* and the war department ol
admit temporary defeat, and England
Is now humiliated ae she has not been
in dose ns of years.
»ry pa-
)ffiotals
Mitchell, en altitude of 6,787 feet—the
highest point thie side of the Rookie*.
| The country radiating from Mt. Mitch
ell toward the Toe river and then off
I in the Linvllle region would indeed
make a most desirable location for the
| national park and forest reservation.
Thefifamons Murchison foundry Is lo
cated In this region.”
A GOOD DE TBCTIV E' BTORY.
- - *a item of expense, aad is not charge
able ae a breach of the official bead. I
am, therefore, of the opinion that at
the present time non* of the chargee
contained In the second cine* ol liabi
lities could be made tbe basis of a salt
against the bondsmen of the Iste super
intendent of the penitentiary. It will
bs noticed that on the aooount of tbe
lease of convicts for ths three yeere
mentioned, the State has lost 12,600;
but I know of no legal steps which can
be taken to reooves this amount.
Among the first Items of the first
clast of liabilities (83,584.41), there are
^.two which were deducted when de
mand was made upon the bondsmen.
The report charged up " check unpaid
aad carried by Burris*, 8172.” Upon
investigation I find this paid bafore
the report was referred to this office.
There Is also charged, "W. W. Russell,
note for 8808,” for which the peniten
tiary received the money, which It has
never returned to the bank, discount
ing the note. As long as the State
holds the proceeds of this discounted
- note It cannot demand of ths bonds
men reimbursement on that account.
Therefore, deducting these items,
$172 and 1600, from tbe 13,584 41, we
have ns the amount chargeable against
the bondsmen at the date of the report
the sum of 82,812-41.
I notified the bondsmen, Messrs
/ Wills Jones, W. 8. Pope and P. H.
Haitlwanger, of the claim of the State,
and It gives me pleasure to say that
they have promptly met the demand
upon them, each paying the sum of
8937.47. I now bold the State trees
urer’s receipt for the amount paid on
the bond.
Senator Tillman, upon the presenta
tion of hi> bill, as reported by the
committee, paid the amount due the
StetsT " : ^
I desire to acknowledge valuable as-
sistanoe rendered me by the Hon. W.
F. Stevenson, chairman of the com
mittee of ievestigation.
Respectfully -.7 >-=%
G. Duncan Bellinger,
»Attorney General.
^ The attorney general has discharged
hUydutle* la tbis matter faithfully,
aad I commend his diligence.
I have thus given you In detail the
course taken on this report, so that
C in might be la full possession of the
ots la the pass and be able to take
intelligent action, If you should deem
say further .proceedings
have Blot felt It my duty la this oon-
ncctloa tn do more than to lay before
army corps, waeeloeed, aad closed
forever. Powell reported at onoe that
be hid killed a Federal general but
we knew not his name or rank until It
came out a few days later In the North
ern papers, announcing that Gen.
Sedgwlok had been killed by a Confed
erate sharpshooter ; which fact so pub
lished has gooe Into history, but the
ghtlng
Tbe Boer trecches extended far
beyond the kopje into ths open plain.
Those on she plain were hidden by
screens of leaves. Those near the
kopje were guarded by a double Hoe of
beroed wire. Evidently they feared
our storming and bayonet attack. ‘
" We teked the kopjs aad treaebes
with aa In lease, well directed fire, of
various guns, lucludiur a naval gun
and a Howltser battery, both uelag
lyddlie. I believe they suffered severe
damage. The Boer prisoner* report
that one lyddite shell fell among forty
men, only five of whom eeoaped un
hurt. Other shells burst la the seamy's
laager, causing Its complete deetruo-
tion.
** The Boers are In still larger force
than we found them at Modder rlvdr,
outnumbering us by almoet 8 to I. The
Transvaalers are apparently dominat
ing In their military councils, although
In a mlnorlty. M "
The British casualtias Included the
Marquis of Winchester, major of the
Secoad battalion Coldstream Boards,
who was killed, aad Col. Dowaham of
tha Gordon High leaders, wbo aBa
mortally wounded. '
When the Highlander* met the mur
derous potat-blaak fire cf the Boers
about 200 were mown dews. The Black
Watch regiment on reforming wee able
THE SOUTHERN NATIONAL PARK
The Crtgln ol the Proposed Park lp
the Mbantafls off Western North
OaroUaa.
The movement to establish a South
ern national park, which now gives
such fine promise of success, had Its
origin la a hunting and fishing trip
through a portion of the northwest
country, taken last May by Judge
William R. Day, McKlnleya former
Secretary of State ; Dr. C. P. Ambler
and Georga H. Smathera, of Asheville.
The party was riding through the Sap-
E h ire country on horseback. One morn-
ig while passing near the White
Falla, Judge Day stopped, enraptured
by the soeaery. The other two mem
bers of the-party rode od without no
ticing him. Presently Dr. Ambler
turned back and found the judge silll
motionless under'the Infinenoe of his
majestic surroundings.
" Do you know what I was thinking
about ? r ’ finally asked the judge.
" No, but I would like to, replied
the doctor. „ <*
“ Well, I was ' just thinking that
something ought to be done to preserve
all this "—sweeping his hand over the
country. " Something should be done
to save it from spollaiioj.” The ex
secretary was lost la admiration of the
“ Why shouldn’t It be made a na
tional park ?” suggested the doctor.
Judge Day thought the Idea magnif
icent and me doctor thought so, too.
From that time Dr. Ambler began to
agitata the establishment of a national
park. He worked hard and alone at
first, but soon secured the oo-operatlon
of other* aad presently there was a
call for a convention supported by pro
minent men la all of the States of the
southeast. Tbe ooeveatlon was held on
November 22, and was a brilliant suc
cess. There was a good attendance aed
a well directed effort to eeeur* the |mrk
was Inaugurated. The necessary com
mittees were formed and as expressing
the seose of the ooeveatlon and the ob
ject of the movement, the followleg
resolution was panned :
" Whereat, the Went has the Yellow
stone national park and there leaaotb
er on Mackinac Inland, aad the South
ban noae, and lumbermen are galaleg
control of the vlrgla forests, game Is
becoming extinct aad could be restored
by a pare, mountain trout are dying
out, several hundred thousand acres
could be gotten here cheaply, all of
which Is uerlvaled for soeaery aad Is
centrally located ; there Isa most salu
brious climate; this would be a suitable
place for the national sanitarium for
sick soldiers, aod the head waters of
our streams should be preserved ;
therefore be It
“ Resolved, That Congress be eeked
to set aside a forest preserve for the
park."
I had a vary latoreetiag talk with
Dr. Ambler, who as I have said, wee
the original mover la the enterprise.
I asked him whet were considered the
beet loeatloas for the park, aad ha re
plied : *
"The several geatlemea her* le
Asheville who have darleg the pest
few months promoted the movement
toward the establishment of e national
park la the Bouthera Appalachian
mountains, have not proposed aad do
Gold OertUtoat* Was
Through a Woman’s
rood detective story from
A Missing
Recovered
Dream.
• Here is a gc
the New York World. It may. furnish
'a valuable pointer to detectives elne
where. Mrs. Mary Coleman had just
received Insurance money on her bus-
band's life and secreted it In a bureau
drawer in her room In Jersey City. #n
Monday morning she harried to police
headquarters and reported the loss of
*81,000 gold certificate. Here Is the
remainder of tbe story as related In
the New York World :
Detective Doyle was put on the ossa.
After searching Mrs. Coleman’s apert-
HOW TOWNS CRT THEIR NAMHB.I
BUI A#p Takes a Tour aad Ol
Many Things—Dull Town*
Progressive Places.
How ephemeral is fame. Thin word
is of Greek origin aad literally means
“for adty” and was applied to tha
lives of certain Insects. Its —TSilnf
has broadened and now It in applied to
life or fame or wealth or happiness or
anything that It of brief or uaoertala
deration. 1 wee ruminating about
this beoanse I have bee* down to
Barneevllle and Thomas too, two pros
perous towns, on* In Pike and the
other In Upeon county. I Inquired of
several good ottiseas wbo Mr. Upson
was and they could not tell.. Finally
an old gentleman said that be was a
member of the legislature from Ogle
thorpe county and was a very greet
and good man and died wly, aad tbe
Legislature of which he was a member
made a new county and named it for
him. But sow there Is not on* maa la
a hundred in that^oounty that knows
anything about him. I did not And
anybody who knew what Mr. Thomas,
meats he oloeely questioned the wo- WM ewued for. Juat so I did
man and an idea came to him.
“ Have you dreamed of the monev
either before or since you missed it ?”
he asked.
Mrs. Coleman said that In a dream
she had wen a man take ihe money
from the bureau drawer and disappear
through an open window
" Are yqn a somnambulist ?” queried
the detective.
Mrs. Coleman had no recollection of
ever having walked le her sleep.
“ The lee* is agitating you,” said the
detective, aad hs advised Mrs. Cole
man to lie down and sleep.
" You might perhaps dream of the
money again,” be continued. " You
might then secure another clue.”
Doyle went back to police headquar
ter* and assured Chief Murphy that
the money would probably be recover
ed. He was about to start for Mrs.
Coleman’s bouse yesterday morning,
when the widow entered headquarters
her face beaming.
Gleefully she exhibited the 81,000
certificate. She had followed Deteo
tlve Doyle’s Instructions. During the
night she got out of bed aad found the
missing certificate in a corner of the
room under the carpet.
She was asleep at the time, aad did
cot awake until late la the morning.
She was lying on the floor with the
certificate in one hand aad the other
boldlag an upturned ooraer of a strip
of carpet.
Feet are Larger.—Shoemakers
and haberdashers who eater to the
waste of the elite assert that their pe
trous this year demand hosiery aod
shoe# averaging from oae-half to one
and a half sises larger tbaa they did
five yearn ago. Tn* majority of the
dealers believe that tbe average length
aad breadth of maa’s feet have bean
steadily Increasing since the wane of
the fashion which demanded a pointed
46* and tight fitting shoes. This they
explain by saying that the effect of the
style la vogue six years ago was to
cramp and distort the eetural develop
ment of the feet. Whee the style
changed aod comfort became the crite
rion of fashion natare again exerted
Its if. Feet which bad become dis
torted during the reign of the narrow
shoe aad pete ted to* slowly began to
broaden aad adapt themselves to their
■aw surroundings. The change, being
gradual, weal for a long time uanotle
ed, and not until the mereheate re
cently began to compare their sstles of
five years ago with those of today was
It found that ths average increase has
been approximately one else.
Several wall kaowa shoe dealers
said that whaa they first began to no
tice the apparent chi
not find anyonj at Baraeevlll* wbo
knew what Mr. Plk* that county was
named for. So I had to wait till I got
home and examined my books aad I
learned that Z jbulon Pike was a great
soldier in the war of 1812—that before
that he explored the tar west, aad was
the first man to discover aad ascend
that very high mountain which has
ever since been called *’ Pike’s Peak.”
The town of Z jbulon took his Chris
tian name or rather his Jewish name,
for Zshulon was the sixth toa of Jaoob
*au his descendants became sailor*.
Nobody oould tell me wbo Baraesvlllle
was named for. Nobody oarea very
much wbo nay town or county was
named for. The present seem* to be
all that concern* us, and the historic
rt will sooDtpass into oblivion for the
old men are nearly all dead. Not long
ago I read how an English mas was
walking about the beautiful cemetery
of Gettysburg aod met a Confederate
veteran there and said to him:
These grand monuments aad grave
stones will forever perpetuate the mem
ories of the brave men who fall, but I
fear your Coafederat* dead will soon
Into oblivion units* you give
them cemeteries aod monuments like
these.” “ No,” said the veteran, “ Oars
will last as long as the**, for every
stranger whooomes her* will naturally
ask tn* same question that you did :
Who killed an these people who are
burled here F’
Aa I travel over the South I oaa tell
a prosperous town from a stagnant oa*
by the wheels that are turslog, the
smoke stacks and the hum of machi
nery, or the absence of all those—
Barneevllle L forging ahead aad so Is
Thom as too, for both have cotton
mills already aod are building more.
Thomas toa oaa boast of having the
oldest cotton factory la Georgia for It
built la 1833, aad has boss added
to In later veart, aad bow Is ereotleg
another with a capital of 8100,000.
Everywhere are vlalbln the signs of
progress aad business activity. The
hotel recently built by Mrs. Sand
wich is a gem of beauty aad reminds
the traveler of Florida aad the tropins.
All around *r**to be seen new re
sidence* of ssodera architecture. The
auditorium uearlv completed te a mar
vel of Grecian beauty. Aa electric
plant light* the a*w hotel .-nd
noma* aad will boo* light the
of the little olty. Mrs. Saadwioh
established this plaat aad owas it
Just ponder It a momtnl. A woman 1*
the foremost factor la the advancing
progress of a newborn city. Now U
they will let her tear down the old
ante-bellum oourthooee aad eraot a
new 00* ah* will do Ik But ah* can't
vote—when la this foselllferoes relic of
ft
He _
from Colembua down
that MeaMaff aad
for 400years. It wag* gread
Th* Wrowq Ckxdit fob a Nutanui ,
Saying.-" MiHiens for defaa
not a cent for tribute " letke
eeatt meet that for a he
has keaa linked with that,
era! Charles 0. Pinckney. Ittf dft>
f ravea oa a marbia tablet C
'laekaey's memory la 8A
church la Charloetoa.
close of th* eeatan a story lei
the round* to th* effeet that Ge
Plnokaey never es*
never claimed to have
late Hon. Alfred Huger, «
wrote a letter la 1811, la
looted a ooevereatloa betweaa Thomas
a. Grlmke and General Charles 0*1**-
worth Pinckney as folio we:
" ‘General,' said Grlmke, 'wo
like to know If th* Fraaoh dir
ever ao.ually proponed aaythlaff Ilk*
tribute froan the United State* to ywa,
when minister’ —
“They did sir’ ho answered; the
question was : What will tha Halted
States pay lor oertala poiltteal par-
poses t ole.'
“ 'What was year answer, General f
naked Grlmke. . v ,
" ‘Not a sixpence, sir, 1
eral Pinckney.
you say anything alee,
“ Did
alF
" ’Not a word, eir.'
“'Was there aothlag
Hoes for defence, bat not
tribe te?"
about mil-
“ 'I never used aa;
1 nay aa
Goodie*
sir; Mr. Robert
a public mooting; I
“ ‘Did you ever oorroot th*
Harper’s speech, General f*
** ‘No, sir. Tho aatioa
expression, ahd I always
would have been more
denyjag thaa submitting
port. ~ w m~
Plating Doctor—Childrea are
qelok at imitation, aad hava a
lor making up games la
cleverly burlesque the!
day two bright Util*
foaad playlag ■■
child has the patient, with head wrap
ped la a towel, aad th* eMar, the pfep-
eiolaa, with a silk hat aad oaaa. Tha
elap la
mother,
listened at th*
“I feel awful __
“ We'll fix all that,"
briskly. “Lemmaam
Out cam* the little red
"Hues! Ham I Osated f
doctor, looking very grave!
Thee, wlthoet a word of
tho skilled phyetclaa koala
gave the patient a am
region of toe rib*.
“ Ouch r cried tho eoffOr.
“ Feel nay pale there r* Inquired the
doctor.
" 1 thought so,” said tha I
“ How's th* other eld* f
“If* all right," said tl
edging away.
Thereupon the doctor prodt
small bottU filled with what I
like eltker broad er
placed It 00 the table.
“ Take oae of those poUoto."
pbyalotaa said, “ dleealved la
every 17 mlaatee alter mlt-ly.*
“Bow loag mas* I takeWr
need 'hepatient.
Till you die," said tha <
‘Good morning, sirP
Methodist.
a got
name of' the mai behind the gun’ has
never before been mentioned.”
Ben Powell was from Lancaster,
9. C.
There may not be much In what I
have aald above, but some of the old
soldiers may be Interested in the story.
Robert r. Hemphill.
Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 12, 1899.
A New iNDUiTUY.— ' Photograph-
ng tombstoaes,” says the Philadelphia
Record, “is a novel Industry which
has been InsYlUtuted by a colored mao
oftblseliy, who was at onetime boy
of*all work In *' photograph gallery.
He has recently branched .out for him
self, and has already eltabllshed a re
munerative business which promises
to open up evea a wider field In the
future. He visits the various ceme
teries with his camera, and when the
day Is fair he takes pictures of many
of the Imposing monuments. After he
has developed nls plates he takes the
proofs around among the relatives of
the deceased, and usually Hods a ready
sale for his pictures. Of course, he
has to take ohaoces, for he works en
tirely without orders, trusting to senti
ment for hie sales. Still, he says, It Is
very seldom that he doesn't get an or
der. He also has* habit of haunting
the marble works where tombstones
are made, and by striking while the
Iron Is hot he takes a picture before
even tbe bereaved relatives have seen
the~ stone. This is always a ten
strike.”
Puroouattyr tThisr
been my good fortune during the past
10 years, to have been pretty well over
th* wild and unfrequented portions of
weetara North Carolina, northern
Georgia, east Teaaeesee and Ylrglnla,
aad l de not hesitate at all to say that
the most beautiful parte of this Appa
lachian raaga are located In western
North Carolina.
“ I believe that If we can get Oon-
commission to la-
movement western
will have several sites
presented to them M possible locations.
Of course, the location of a large tract
gress to appoint a
vestlgate this mi
North Carolina will
’ course, the location of a large <
of land a* forest preserve and national
park la a difficult thing to do, particu-
lari]
ijays
—The latest official-census-of-the
Wand of Cuba shows a population of
about one aod one half millions. One
half of the population of the satire
Island Is embraced within th8 limits
of the largest cities. Havana contains
280,000 people, Santiago 86,000, Clen-
fugos£2,000, Matansas 55,000, Cardenas
and Sants Clara each 35,000, Plnar del
Rio 34.000. There are a number of
others betwesa 20,000 aod 10,000.
—It Is estimated that -the wealth
possessed by ' less than one-third of
tha members-Of the United States
Be ante amounts to more then $100,
! 900,000.
i*s and also la ths
wire eotanglemeats when they cam*
Into the open la an attempt to make a
flank attack on the British.
Tbe terrific British artillery fire pro
voked no response except from the
Boer rifles until nearly 4 o’clock la the
afternoon when the Gordon Highland-
or* formed to renew the attack 6a the
entrenched kopje. They advaaeed with
the utmost gallantry to attack the
Boers, close to the place where lay
their dead and wounded oomrades of
the Highland brigade.
The enemy opened with a heavr
shrapnel fire as tee British advaaeed,
and it was found physically impossible
to take the Boer trenches. The British
got within 200 yorde, but oould not get
nearer. It was here than Col. Dowa
ham fell.
This morning (Tuesday) both sides
occupied thejposltlons they held before
the battle. The greatest bravery was
displayed^ by both officers aad mea.
The wounded Include Lieut, Col. A. E.
Codrlngton and Capt. Sterling, both of
the First battalion of the Coldstream
Guards.
A detachment of Boers, posted amoag
some thick bushes to th* east maintain
ed a most destructive fir* os our right.
With the remarkable taleut for taking
cover which the Boer always displays
they were generally speaking lavlaet-
ble, and, although ths eaemy’s artille
ry wss practically sllehced, his rtfis fir*
was so peifilstent and ooaceatratod, as
well as usually well sdned, that It was
absolutely Impossible for the British
Infantry w take the position by assault.
At the first ad varcs of tha Highland-
em the Boer shooting was somewhat
high, probably owing to the darkness.
Otherwise tbe British losses would
have been still heavier.^
LONDON, Deo. 14.—The British have
met with disastrous defeat la South Af
rica. The Boers have overwhelmed
the queen’s army In Capo Colony, and I possi
two jyiDqml*,,U*U«re and Methuen, the HlghlaStf section,
have tasted the bittereese of Boer vlo- undoubtedly be situated
tory. Their armies have been foroed '
backward, and the long bonsted ad
vance of the British through - the Or-
»y found that when fashion de
manded the ns* of narrow shoes feet
were oloeely confined aad by degrees
became smsll.' As style* changed and
aa easy fit was alone desired the feet
seemed to expand aod grow Iteadlly
larger until th* fashion again required
a small, neat foot, when tbe process
would be repeated. One merchant,
versed In ancient and Oriental h'story,
pointed out me th* fact that laooue-
tries where ^he sandal or other loots
foot covering Is generally worn the
Inhabitants are
f Iftfift _
lest negro la this town has a vote la
tolecllng Its ruler, while a widow who
E f* th* highest tax Is excluded. All
t one of th* teachers la our public
schools are women, but they have no
voloe lu anything except the privilege
of teaching our children. Th* Hara*
wick bill Is dead, aad the maxim Is to
■peak no 111 of the dead, but a better
bill would have
One Mori Dewey story
the Dewey fever saboMso *
■tore^tor^ooJftaAdteM
ns^a^eswdsluged^
SH*
been to place the bal- j
feet of tbe Inhabitants are compara
tively large, aod In oountrle
big shoe Is In poor taste small feet are
1b the msjorlty.—OlnclnnEtl Enquirer.
nnge Free State nnd the Transvaal, by
ksd.
way of Kimberley,
While in the end 1
pected the British will march
the oaemy's country, tbe faqt Is
Mist they have been whipped and whip
ped badly. Nothing short of groat re
inforcements nnd that at onoe will save
tha Invading army from practical an
nihilation.
It turns out that the battle of Monday
at Magerefoatela was
arly for the reason that It must.be si
tuated away from tbe thickly Inhabited
districts. It should hava tk* virgin
forests; It should have pome natural
advantage* and attraotloas as regards
soeaery, aad there shoull be some lo
cations where agriculture oould be
pursued oa a small scale If desired.
“ If the goverameat Investigated the
practicability of this project their at-
teetToa first will undoubtedly be at
tracted to the Cherokee Indian reser
vation la the extreme western part of
th* State. This section, Indeed, has
maaj advantages in Its favor. Adja
cent to this reservation, which pos
sess** about 3,000 acres, there Is a
tract ef laud between the Little Teq- 1
senses and the Pigeon river,about 40 by
60 miles lu extent, which Is practically
an unbroken wilderness covered by for
ests la their natural state. This sec
tion bus upward* of 60 mountaius of
over 5,500 font le elevation, and 80 of
over 6,000 feet, Including the famous
Ollagmaa’s Dome. The country Is well
watered aad from a scenic point of
view there Ip nothing which I have
seen ln the heart of the Rockies
through Colorado, or Wyoming, that
oaa begin to compare with It In beauty.
“ Another tract of great beauty and
Mii*i|»J§,SJ*8A i* cow. known. a*
A park could
In tnls region,
including ihe 2,800 acres of tho Toi-
away company, of unlimited pose I bill-
tie* to It* eastward. Indeed, perhaps
the most feasible and most desirable
thing of all woold be to establish the
—Tbe president of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad ha* autborlxad the
general manager of that "road to con
tract with the Richmond (Va.) Loco
motive work for twenty-five additional
locomotive*. The duplicates of ten of
these locomotives are sow on the road,
and fifteen are In course of oonstroo
tloa In th* shops of th* locomotive
works. In addition, tho worki referred
to, have received aa order from the
Seaboard Air Line for twenty-five
heavy ten-wheel looomotlvos, delivery
to begin In April, next. It Is stated
that the works haye received orders
for ninety-one locomotives during the
past week. The plant Is running night
and day.
—Light has at laet been thrown on
the origin of th* word khaki, a title
given to th* material from which the
uni forms of soldiers In tropical climes
are made. The word Is derived from
a Hindu root—khak, dust. Khaki Is
dusVcolored or elay-oolored. It wee
originally used for the uniforms of
East tnliao regiments.
—The Usited State*' Supfeme Court
has affirmed the opinion of the court
of claim* in the ease of the Lot Abra
Silver miniajr company again t the
wf-Me«leo, holuleg vnn claim
lot box'just where th* jury box la now. |
In every county there is n commission 1
of honorable men who select the men
who are fit to serve oa the jury aad
their names only are placed In th* jury
box. Men of bad moral character or
exceeding .Ignorance are excluded.
We have known Instances where
of considerable wealth were excluded
because of their notorious vloes. The
rtglta to sit upon a jury and try
lavblvin
vlng life and liberty or
la of far more importano*
privilege of voting. Then why not
purge the ballot box 1
property
than the
from friends 1
to wee his tafia
seen re tk
promotions In I
A flew days ago la old
called upon Admiral
hjsatd la seearlag a |
siember of hU family,
sally eaiared tha -earvlca through \
Isfiueaoe of the Admiral.. After as-
changing tha aeaal eoarteateeefaaalL
th* buslaeee propoeltloa was lataadaa
ed. The Admiral expressed hlaiugrate
at not being able to grant tha rseeeet
aad remarked with a pereealible die*
play of nnnoyaao* that ha had aa ta-
finenoe with the admlalatrattea aad M
he had ha woald aot nee It I
He added that ha had made aa
tloa la behalf of tha Gridin RaMly,
bat would exert himself far aa aaa
alee, ae he was heartily sick efaai
Ingratitude.
The
hM been a had
lie la the end it 1* confidently ex- park at both of these points, acquiring
through a small strip of lend along the railroad
west of Wayneeville, and join these
two sections la this way.
“ The third point to be considered Is
what le kaowa ae Blaeka, extending
from the Craggy mountains to th* Lie-
vflla aad embracing the region already
wall kaowa for lu beauty aad timber.
This region has la It tho faatoaa ML
I
to be freuduleot cad unfounded,
claim was for about 84.000,000.
—Commander E. T. Wood, U. 8. N.,
died of typhoid fever at his restdenoe
In Washington, D. 0., 00 the Uth lost
He was lo command of th* gunboat
Petrel at the battle of Manila bay
—Governor Brady, of Alaska, argues
that the territory Is ripe for statehood,
also for a penitentiary astimatad-'to
cost 8100,000.
—It le not easy to make a
chow the white feather ealees It hap
pens to be la fashion.
—Lora Is died to everything, with
1 th* exoeptloa of th* goldaa eagle.
purge the ballot box as well aa tho jury
box. Many good negroes would be put
In and some bad white men left out I
am not afraid of being left out. Reader
are yon f The ballot has got to be
purged In some way. There are only
twenty counties that local option has
not succeeded in driving out whisky
and saloons and in nearly all of these
twenty the white vote would expel
them, but negroes and vagabonds and
saloon owners override the will of a
urge majority of the people. In Spald-
ng county it we* Admitted that mo-
(rose carried the day and killed tha
much wanted reform. If the mothers
and wive* and sisters oould have voted,
tbe majority for prohibition would
nave been overwhelming.' Wbo doubts
it. If it Is not considered proper for
women to vote In politioel matters
surely they can be trusted In moral
measures that affeot the welfare of
their husbands aad sons and brothers,
and also In all educational organlxa-
tIons—why does not some memoerof
the L glafature with a great big heart
and brain champion tbtt reform? The
le ere reedy for it and will any a
tel has come to judgmaat.
Our Thanksgiving la over—we hod
a turkey that had beaa stall-fed, but
my wife aod I were lavlted to a good
kind neighbor’s aad th* girls to
another neighbor's, aad our turkev has
bees respited. He has been gobbling
all tbe day, bat hears ao response from
neighboring ooopo. I would be sorry
for turkeys if they were aorry (or them-
telvea. ^ ,
. We had a anion Thnakagivlug
aervloe la our town aad a large con
gregation listened to Mr. Btaler's ale
ciout discourse from the 147th Psalm *
1 God hath hot dapU so with aay
Exact Intobmation.—“ I
aotlceo,” said th* Bev. Dr. 1
DA US iQff [m hlft
three of the brethren hava lookad
their watehee several timet te I
law mlaates. For fear their
pieces may aot agree, I will Mg that
th* oorreet Mm* la 11.46. I set my
watoh by the regulator at tho JotroUrb
last alght. Tha sersnoa will ha
at 1201. It woald have eluasfi l
lyat 12 but for thie algreeelea Let
us preened to ooaolder now what tfta
apostle maana whaa he earn*1 arete
towards the mark."*—Ohleifo Tri
bune. ^ ^
—A new headlight for
will, 1a th* opinion of
great valea la oertala dletrinta. H M
a powerful eleoMie lamp, with a ra-
fieetor so arranged that tha rape will
ha thrown vertically late tha ter tea
ooestderabl* height The eraot peet-
tloa aad direction ol a Mate wftt thpa
be made kaowa evea la hilly 1
—A shoemaker „ __
fitting a customer with a aalreff haute,
whaa the buyer^ehtervadTttftl halfti
but one objection to them. VhMk
that tho-fete* were a littin tRF
"If thatis aU£
oa tha bootmaa
grafiaaUy wear away.”
—A eaohre party, te
to<
Central
10,
Philip Nert,
—HI* maeh barter tefte a •
tele oao't pookat tear Mm te
as?
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