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The Barnwell People. Largest Circulation in the County THE STRANGE VISITATION. 8t. Louis Globe-Democrat 11 in seldon anything occurs in the life of the average rural agriculturist ' to break the routine of las generally monotonous existence, but when such an event does occur, whethcridt he of . ' ’ joy or sadness, It is apt to be looked upon as an epoch in the lives of those conceroneu from which to date. So, even unto this day, it is a comhion oc currence among the older oitizeus of the county of Denton, Texas, when the subject of spooks or other siffier- natural phenomena are under discus sion to hear one remark: “Well, that beats all since Jones’s ghost.” And Jones’s ghost occupies a ptfsition considerably above that of tire -aver age ghost in that it is doubtless the only case onrtecord wherein lH| testi mony of his ghostship was accepted in the settlement of an estate and is a part of the public record* of the above county. As a number of the parties closely connected with the following occurrences are still living, I will sub stitute^ fictitious names for the real: In the year 1877 there resided on a farm in the county of Denton Mrs. iAura Jones, a widow, with two sons, Frank and John, nearly grown, and several smaller children. William Jones, deceased, had been a hard woikcr and successful farmer and stock raiser, and at his death had be queathed to the widow and her child ren a model farm, well tilled and stock ed with the best the country at the time afforded, together with a valua ble tract of land in the soutftern part of tbe State. The following spring, after his death, a considerable number of their horses strayed away frou their accustomed range, and, the country at that lime being sparsely settled, were soon lost track of and the usual course of in quiry served to elicit no information except that the band had been seen headed south. Early in the fall, after the crops bail been garnered, it was decided that Prank, the eldest, should make an < \ tended tnp to the southward and en deavor if possible to locate tbe truant stuck, a« their entire loss meant a ser ious blow to the family exchequer. On s bright September morning as the riamg sun was painting witli bwutb hand the fading green autumn Frank Jones drew the doable cinch to an easy notch under his faithful horse, and, bidding his mother and John farewell, sped awav to the southward,' never to return again in the /leah. There was yet plenty of work to Ik- done on tbe farm, ami lime which otherwise might have dragged weari ly to the lonely widow was tilled with labor and pleaaaul anticipation of the absent ones'* early return. l>av* |taased in rapid succession and an oc casional letter from Frank, deacribing tbe baaulies of the couulrf and his own hardships in travelling alone through such unsettled regions, fur nished food for discussion m the fading twilight. At last a letter came which •lated that he was on the right trad and would soon overtake the slowly retreating herd. This was the last let ter ever received, lie was then some two hundred miles south of the home place and they began to "peculate up on the day of Ins probable return. Allowing for delay for grazing the stock en route liomeward, a day was set which it was considered, barring unforeseen accidents, should give him ample time for the return journey. The appointed day came, but with it it came no Frank and no tidings; nor the next, nor the next, and as the days lengthened into weeks the anxious mother, with moisL tied eyes, daily puzzled by this occurrence, ho return ed to the house. His mother greeted him at the kilctv en doof mid mqiurcd, “Wlial were you talking abmlFw* your sleep Iasi night? I heard you muttering some thing.”. “Why, 1 was talking to Frank, mother,” he replied, a he came in last night.” “John you must have been dreaming. I've been hr Frank room this morning and it’s unoccuptb*! The bed is just as I made it up the day before poor Frank left.” And the widow heaved a sigh in her anguish at the thought of the fate which may haye overtaken her firstborn. John iminodintcly went , into his brother room, threw open the blinds and Hood of sunlight dispelled the lurking shadows, but there was no sign of Frank. He was becoming seriously alaimed and, returning to the kitchen told his mother part of Hie conversa tion he had had with Frank the night before. His mother for awhile refusei to credit such a thing and ascribed it to too much supper or a slight illness but John’s earnestness in support of his statement and his fear that some thing had happened to Frank had its effect, and Mrs. Jones began to think that possibly there was something wrong. However, as certain supplies for the farm were needed in town, it was decided to hitch up the wagon take the children and* go spend the day with I'ucle Hoh Saunders, who was at that lime doing a thriving husi ness in Denton, the county seat of Denton County^. Upon arrival there aftdr the usual greetings and common place talk, inquiry was made about Frank, and Uncle Hob was forthwith enlightened as to John’s, strange ex perience and his uneasiness. Mr. Saunders, being a practical man and a firm disbeliever in things super natural, ridiculed tbe idea and l~ied his best to cheer them up, but John’s countbnance quickly disclosed to him the fact that he was not making much headway, so m deference to their wish es he and John started to the telegraph office to see if they could learn some thing from that source. While cross ing trte comer of the public square, around which were grouped the business houses of the town, they were hailed by the sheriff, who approached them, bearing in his hand a telegraphic envelope. He handed the message to John, who, hastily unfolding the yellow paper read McDade, Texas, November S, 1877, To Sheriff of Denton County, Den ton, Texas:- Min found dca«! near l'a|teffw disclose iden* ward. The counlry at this time was none too safe from marauding bands of In dians and horse thieves were more * plentiful than now and eared tittle for human life whep a cavey-yard was at stake. These possibilities were anx iously discussed by the distressed fam ily and inquiry was made by letter at vanous points along the route from which letters had been- received from Frank. Hut all their inquiries came to naught. They did not know whether he was still going southward on the trail or had overtaken the stock and was even then on his return. On the night of November 7 there came a sound as of footsteps on the front porch. After the usual custom the family had retired early, The lire had been burning in the wide stone chimney to dispel the thill November winds and its dying embers were cast ing fitful shadows on the wall. The footsteps approached the door, a hand turned the knob and s'Ooieone entered. John was a light sleeper and, being aroused by the sound and the draft through the open doorway, awoke and raised himself partly on his etbow. He saw the dim outlines of a misn^ and, reaching for his revolver, he de manded, “Who’s there?” The famil iar voice of his brother answered him •' *nd he came and sat down at the foot of John’s bed. They conversed to gether in low tones for some time, but, not caring to disturb his mother at that hour John vouchsafed Hie infdr- mation that his room and bed were ready for him just as he had left it, as neither had been occupied during his absence. The dim outlines and retreating footsteps vanished through the opposite doorway, then all was still. John wondered a little that he heard no further noise from his broth- er’s room, but, thankful for his safe return after so many days’’ watching and anticipating her joy when in the early morning he would tell his moth er the glad.news, he soon fell asleep. John wss up early and after kindliug a fire In the kitchen stove started at oace for the barn to feed sad rub down his brother’s hone.- Me looked in the stall where Frank was accus tomed to tie his favorite saddle pony, hut it was occupied only by a stray calf. Think! J ed him out it.carefully; likewise the surrounding Much tity of Frank Jones, of yuur counly Notify his people. It* F. Williams, < ounty Judge. Something more Ihun a year passed away, when through divergence of in terest, it was thought best to dispoee <>l aW ibe J«me« property an it could be more easily and equitably divided among the heirs, mid with that end in view Hoh ''.mn lers, who had been appointed administrator, rapidly dia- Itored of tke estate until there was nothing left but one irael of laud in the southern part of the Stale. Hc was about to offer this for sale when John Jonea pul. in an ap|M>arance and strenuously oppoaedit. He refused to give any reaaon for U,* Wt, think ing it could do no hunu to humor him, the administrator |>o«lpoucd the sale. After some months the sale was again urged by iuieriHied parties, but again John opposed it. Ilia uncle re- fuaed to listen to further de- ;.n without some reason for it, where upon John for the first time told in detail his coiiventation with the super natural being which mode' its* appear ance at his liedside Hu- night of Frank's death. Frank had told him that he had found the horses near tin* town of Stc’ller. Mrs. Maiy Williams, a wid ow living in that viyiuUy and owning a large cattle ranch, had turned the llll.lf A HP I.OSI-8 HIM TEMPER. When He Heada Certain Northern News|>a|tei a Hr tJeta Awfully Mat) anti Uot-a to Work — As Uatrlck Henry sitj, “ It Is use less to cry peace when there Is no peace." Henry (Jrady never loved the nation into peace for more than about a week. Hitter take that inscription off bis monument. What alarms mu is the fact that the Northern papers that are most hitter against us are tfic most popular with their people. This la a bad sign Tbe New York Dress boasts that Its circulation is twice as great as that of ail tbe K publican papers of New York and Hrdoklyn combined, and ills increasing every day. »it is ably and bitterly edited. Not a dally issue out has 'some tlmg or slander againU the 8 >uth. 'I wouldn’t uai e for wbat an editor said If hiSn aders dident approve and endorse it, and it Is reasonable to to suppose that the million Northern readers of The Frtss hale usw- c >rd ially as docs,tbe editor. 1 can t account for this antipathy for we are uotdqlrg any thing to them. In last Sunday’s paper The Dress saj s that we “should build a monument to Faul Sloan, tbe deputy sheriff of Lake Charles, Lv, because he lost his life in trying to protect a negro from a mob." That is not so bad, but be continues his remarks and bays we “should sot up hD statue in place of one uf those erectei to Calhoun and Tauey and Davis, whom their own fo’- lowerf admit were Incurably wrong in every question of their time and the Northern mind reads Daul Sloan’s title to a monument as clearly as John Brown’s." What is the use of trying to keep calm and serene under such provoca tions. Chief Justice Taney aid John C. Calhoun were dead before our civil war and 1 did not know that any re spectable citizen of the United States would dare to dishonor tbslr great names. They were statesmen, nut poli ticians, and the tributes and eulogies laid to them by Northern men were ull of praise and overfiiwing with na tional lamentation. Even Daniel Web ster spoke with much emotion In bis beautiful eulogy on Mr. Calhoun. Hut now at tbit late day the same old fa natical cry is heard that caused New England to send John Brown ou his malicious and devilish errand.* The same malignant howl that inspired John G. Whittier to write of Webster ; -'.-fallen' lost ’ the light withdrawn which once bo wore The-glory fr-.m bit gray batra gone for evermore. All else is gone. from thoee great eye* the ewnl has rtml When faith ieloet ami honordies, the Ban is dead. ’ PROGHKMH OK THK CAMPAIGN. Mr. iy>»o1<-y Wants One Place to Vote lor His Principles ami Another to Vole for Him Candidate. <- “ How’s Hi’ bettln’on th’iliclfOn Mr. Hcnm ><y a-kod. “ Tls goin’on splindidly,’’szi 1 Mr. Dooley,” an’ befuru loog th< y 11, bo some money., put up. At tu’ prislnt time th’ pailits is enable I’r to agree. Richard Croke'r^offt-rs to Ins i,h’ north wind again th’ ffli lv Lincoln Dark with ozone that Bryan’s th’ man, hut he wauls too much odds. On th’ stock exchange yesterday a well-known broker that’s supiMMed to be actin’ f’r James It Keene offered hi wager th’ coulinls iv a baloou again a lung full iv smoke that Mack’ll carry Joway. Th’ other party to tir wager rayfused th’ cITer an’ th’ two spoorts compromis ed on a bet iv th’ dhrinks that Shake speare wrote “To Have an’To Hold.” 1 was cornin’ up in th’ ca-ar tonight an' there was two la-ads uiscussin’ th’ situation. 1\ bet yo a mlllyon dollars,’ says w.m iv Ihlm, ‘that McKinley carries • Kansas.’ 'What odds ’ll ye give?’ says th’ other. ’Two to wan,’ says th’ la-ad. ‘1 lake ye,’ says th’ other. ‘By th’ way did ye buy that A SUMMARY OP STATE NEWS. sewin’ machine f’r ye’er wife V’ “’TU a quaro campaign, Hinnissy. in th* first place there ain’t anuy Is sues. ‘ Ye can usually scare up an U- Gathered Here and There from Our K(chan|(<-a and Oih. r Monreee. --Charleston cotton r-ceipts are | ni-arly up to lhal'of last year. —Since taking the oath of office Governor McSwcom y has Issued 1991 pardons. -The Southern Railway issikidilobe doing the heat business ever known in its history. „ —Gen. J. W. Gray, of Greenville, Is a candidate for Clerk of the House >1 R-pre-entatives. — Edgefield County will be the de fendant in a suit brought by tbe wife of a clllzjn who was lynched two yoart ago. . —Tim lower portion of Hampton County th'uks of j lining on Li Beau fort County ou the grouu 1 that it would be more convenient. —Clerk of Court Bullock, of Abbe ville, b&s resigned. J. L. 1’errln. nominee in tbe late primary, has been apiiointed his successor. —Gaffney has voted almost un animously for an additional issue of $15,000 of uonds to increase tbe electric light and water facilities. —State Chairman VVille Jones, of the Democratic executive THE SICK ARE ■APE WELL, A)mI the' Weak are Restored to Fall ▼law and Strength at the Hands of the Grant •et Healer of Modern Times. ;bs or wssknsssf it It contains^ and ull form* of lingering a , . , Dr. Hathaway's sucress In tbs Variooeele and Stricture. . committee, is sue In ^campaign but In this wan, no sending out State and county ticket- wan is (join’ to vote th' way he believes, to be voted in the approaching general Says me frind Binjamin Harrison : I election. • fh’conduct iv th’administhration has —Gov. McSwoenv at the ren.iestnf been little hbort iv hellish. Tu'iJeaAbst ho k S , . I wnnou* usm or lossor umn imm uusiin thi- <7.. C4 . ’mint alnd th ® Cae ' uke ’ : ^ P led J jdgt I posHlTsty I two*. I* Irsstmsot Which cures this gove. mint shud Bind out throops ( Hn-iaon to bold a' su-i-lal t*-rm In roperation. tlrTifathawaycall* tbei-arili to murder an’ pillage an’ elope with I - ‘ I w^.snff.irers from V.ricocriefcu'l th’ strugglin' races lv th’ boochoos And this because he honored Cal houn and iu hi* old age dared to *ay in his speech at Capon Springs that a State had the right to secede from the Jnlon a hen the compact was broken. My father was from Massachusetts and honored Mr* Webster above ail men, and was intensely Indignant at Whit tier'* fanatical, puilosnctl verses Tnat triumvirate Webster, Ciav and Calhoun was his ideal of great men, pslrio's and slMlesmco, and it is mine today My contempt for old Whitt!or I* very great and none of his slander j* elTusions shall find a place in my cottectlon of poems. I wa- surprised to find a 'o of them in WilliaiB Cullen B' yam’s collection. But 1 am going to quit reading suco newspapers as destroy my serenity, hav* to burry out in my gaidyn and ig too hard and too often ml* hot weather to keep my choler down I’ve he on building a woo * bed, an 1 a chick 03 chop with two apartments, one of which Is for the Christmas turkeys when the time come*. Old Uncle* Ham did die suret enough, and i am now e-m pballually the >ioy—but 1 reckon ills good for me. My wife* says it is. I’ve worn out my fork«u bo- digging up the hard ground In the nisi beds, fur the BOfye I am Inset tied the hordes j Jig. I don t understand some things. Gen eral Gordon a d G neral Whoeier and soma of qur orators and preachers go uu North and mix up with those Yan kees and come back loaded down and say: “On, they are all right; they are harmonious." but I notice that the G.'aod Army wants tu regulate our schoolbook*, ami the editors dictate iii-' lliat Frank owned . ..L’lgi SMtUis ing that Frank pwned Hu* adjoining section of land, she* proposed to pur chase it, together with the stock, and, knowing the danger from Indians and horse thieves in driving the stock home, he decfded to sell, and making Mrs. William* a hill of sale to the stock, she paid him over the entire purchase money. Not having the necessary papers at hand, Frank was to make out and send her the deed when he returned home. This- he in structed his brother to do, but for fear of being laughed at "he had kept‘his owtr counsel until sqch time as it be came necessary for him to speak. That time had now come, and he de clared he would contest witli all his how we ■hall manage our negroes. I’m doing my best to harmoniz-i, but when i r.ad their editorial* 1 want to hire a buu’J iwi 1 it and I’ll give him $" a day to use language on that edilo**. He wouideot mind being qusicd afar off any! may be it would rolK ve my feelings. He knows that eviry follower of Taney and Cslhouu still glory in tboir con stitutional teaching*. He knows that Dr. Andrew , wi.o i* the honored head of the public school* of Chicago de clared in a public address that every principle tbe South maintained and fought for ha' been decided iu our favor by tbe Supreme Court of the United States before the war and lias been since the. war confirmed by the present court. H" knowt all that and be knows a 1 about Dana and Akron and New York city’s treatment of tbe negro and iu face of all this he dares to spit out uis venom at us. I don’t Ph’ltppce-ns, makes me blood bile al most to tb’dew point. I endorse ivry- ihing Wiilum J. Bryan says on th’ sub ject an’ though It goes Lard f’r me to ->ay It, life long Raypubllcan that I am, •I exhort ivry follower iv mine to put Inmities aside, f’r get bis prejudices an’ cast his vote I’r Wiilum McKinley.’ Says me friend Olney, th’ wan that thrandated th’ Monroe doclhrine into English: ’Nocrime cud be worse thin th' demoneytization an’ digradation lv th’ dough we all wurruk so hard IT. onle?s it wud be th' intherference lv polluted arnyebists' with thlm thrust* that has dayvlloped th’ resources iv th’.profiuslon iv which 1 am a desarvin’ mlmber. Hut f’r these vast combina tion* iv capital an' industhry they wud oe no security in this counthry that th’ bauki wudden’t take. An' with th’ growth lv ih’ thrusts our counthry ex pands an’ incr a*** an' gets larger til) they’s hardly a corner iv th' wurruld where th’ inhabitants ain't afraid we’re earnin' in. 1 hope f’r tolls* to sea th’ day whin th’ glories lv onr civilization an’ thrusts an* syndicates an' sound money au' little 4v that, will pine- thrate th' dtsolate places lv th' earth, an' th’ stars an' slhripea will wave over 11 * >urrult f ^yeth**’-* he «*ys. ‘free,’ he lays, ’or dead,’ be says. ’Thin rally r round our banner, put ye’er shoul- dhers to th’ wheel an’ give a long pull, a sthrong puli au,’ he says, 'a pull al together fr'comnlerclal combinations, expansion, th’ subjygalion iv ruhiygal- able races, goold money an’ th’ peer ‘ess Wiilum J Bryan.’ “ fjord btesn me, 'tit enough to make a man d'zzy, Hinnitty, Tbey’se me frind Grover, i thought, tie hivlns, we’d he* rd th’ last iv him, but Fran occasional groan frsu th' wilds lv Noo Isn-c-y. A year ago'tw*u : ‘Where's Cleveland:*' *Th' Lirdonly Knows or carer. Prob'iy i hrlviu’ a milk wagon.’ An’ how Is It today ? Th' shore lv Boozsru’s Bay Is crowded twinty deep with moo whoopin' through mega phones. They'oe astout mae setlio'out on the walber in a little boat with a jug in front to balance ’tls me Oi’ trine, th'lost, th'defcatcflQ^hatcd so' despised thrator an' fyrant, S. Grover Cleveland. ’Grover,' says a man with a born ‘What is it v ’ says the la a<t In th* boat. ‘Ar re ye in favor lv go Id money?* *1 dlnfig*, l’»a g'-l a WUO.C on. IU' iiae.'- *rTTm i Monday in November, —Two lots have been bought in Gaffney by a oomoany proposing to start an immense live-stock business. Horses and mules, wagons and buggies will be handled by wholesale. —The Sturdivant Company of Green ville has been incorporated with a capital of $20,000. H. K. Sturdivant and Jj«. \. McCullough are the prin cipal stockholders. It will do a mer cantile business. 1 —lion Joaeph T Johnston left a ie* days ago for W;?*t Virginia In respoosr to a telegraphic summons from the National Democratic committee. H> will spend the time from now until thr election making campaign s peaches in that doubtful State. 7 - George A. Wagenerand associates In Cha r lenton have organized tbe Hats you »nr l—- - -, Doe* your blood ahowt l-urltltMsT Are you nervou»T Do you ■nap and activity of mind and body? Are ^— r 1 ■ » —« you eaally tired! Hare you lost ambitiont I* there any unnatural drain upon tba ■ysteml U every organ per forming It* proper func tion? In Other Wordii Are You a Perfectly Strong, AcOve, Vigor ous, Healthy, Happy Man or Woman T If not, you should not de lay one day before you con sult * specialist, one to whom the human body la an open book and who under stand* every phase of weak- nee* and disease and to whom the proper treatment for s cure is as simple as the adding of a column of figures. • For over fc years, DR. J. NEWTON Th« Lauding HATHAWAY has been the leading aepeclallstof thlscountry. Hlsprac- vpaoianai. hat been for years larger than tbatof all other speclaliHtsconiblned. Hlscuresof an sorts of dlaeaM-d condlUons have been the marvel of the medical profession and tbe people generally.' His fame has spread into every town and every hamlet. Thoee afflicted with all marfner of diseases havesoiigbt his services In order that they might, ha made whole by the administering of his wonderful system of treat ment. Wrecks of humanity have come to him for E nsultation and medicines, wbo a few month* later ve retarned to him In most vigorous health to give him their thanks. All Diseases Dr. Hathaway treats all diseases, Cured those peculiar to men and those - peculiar to women, as well as Catarrh, Rheumatism, Kidney Complaints, Kc/.cma, ring and chronic disorders. Dr. Hathaway’s success treatment of Varicocele and Stricture without the aid of knife of rautrry *» phenomenal The patient Is treated hytble method at his own home without |>atn or loss of time from businers. Tins Is ' ‘ ‘ -ew with out an rticular atten- M _ tr-BuietwTW B pages 2?^S,2V, N and 31 of his new book which will be Beeaw ftaaa sent free on application. “T® 1 / Every case taken by Dr. Hathaway Specially Is specially treated according to Its • . j nature.all under fils general pe rsonal ■ roaaea. supervision, and all remedies used by him are prepared from the purest and I e-t drug* In hit own laboratories under his personal oversight, and all fn-ro special prescriptions of hisown' . Dr. Hatbaaray mates no charge for consul- M»W tation or advice, either st his nflice or by Ea«a. mail, and when a case Is taken the one low fee covers all cost of medicines and profee •tonal services. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. O. l>r. Hathaway Jt Co-, UUHHouth II.imuI Street. Atlanta. Oa. MENTION THIS PAPER WHKN W HITINU. VIEWS OF MR. BtfiLY SANDERS. fit* Hustling Quality ol "Mark" and the Banrvolent Phlloaopby of 'Mack." Joel Chandler Harris in World'* Work Mr. Billy zander* Lae hittorn way Ktyal Big and Yarn Manufacturing of looking at passing events, and hi* T j-WHfr another. ' What d’ye want- scarin' th' U«h?' says Grover Aaln't ye again expansion r’ 'I can't hear ye,' sayir Grover. ‘Get back a l.ttle—about a mile—ar' speak more slow.’ ‘Won't ye come out f'r Bryan?’ 'I wudden’t cornu out I’r annything but fish.’ Ar re ye a pat) cite or a thraitor?' ‘I’m Company, with a capital stock of $225,- 000. all Charleston .money. Tbe com pany will manufacture yarn and also make seamless bags. —The stockholders of tbe Columbia, Newberry Lauren* Rulroad have re cently rci-kcted W. G. Child*, ITeai- dcot an i General Manager. This road appears to bo in a protpurou* condl Gee, besineoe lore the 1—t year » hew ley a gratifying increase. — Mr tieo. M. Hick*, one of Claren don's rnosttuccesslul farmers, sold one barn of tobacco a few days ago aggrega ting IM21 pounds for which he realized the net price uf $455 25, bding an aver age of 25 cent* per lb. It look# from this that tobacco (arming is a nice business - l -Tbe construction of a plant for bleaching and printing rotton good* |> in progress at Clear Water, S. C. Th* owners are Georgians, and the capital invested is $.W0,UUU. The capacity oF tbe plant will he In bleaching eight million yards weekly aid in printing three mill loo. —James K. Deerlfoy, K*q. acting as agent for the State, went to New York last week for the purpose of bringing to Colleton for trial in Italian who killed another Italian si the Don Don phosphate works In February last and ’•wcapad. He was recently captured In New York city by the authorities there —Crawford J. Gilbert, chief archi tect of tbe Charleston EiimmIiIoo, ha- ■uhmlUad ills plaas foe U tbe ground* aud tbe erection of tbe buildings. Tbe plans are elabor ate and call for 240 acres of land. An avenue to be built up by States and cities and for sentimental pur have the advantage of so many fieople; we’re philosophers by trade. “ Mark Is specially gifted lh%t way, ai.’i’m 4-inder enViun-i of his talent— bt- j gged el i ain’t Ho hollered pros perity when he.aoki up,an’he’ll go to b.d v* 1 in' R. Ef he was called into the P. nci^y'v.wjy c< si mines lomorrcr, ht’d Umnce aroun’ amongst the men an' wimmen that ain’t bannled t.o money wager In » year an’ sing the same-inn* ; a. ’ hi ’ - laugh an’ joke, an’ bunch 'he ga's w,’ Ms elbor, an’ poke the hungriest In the short ribs wi’ his thuinl*. ax Vm why In the world ility v> I'St/t spendin’ at least a part of the Yen on at Cooney lei an’ or some of tbe other w<»t> r n*’ places. You see what phi'ofOi , b)’/l do fer a man. '“Bu'. Mark alt’i, tie <>ulv huckla berry on the husb. There’s Mack. I'm r*el fin d of Mark'; but Mack com * the nigh-:st to b in’ my kind of a philosopher. Why, you can look at that man’s pictur’s an’ see benevolence <> z.i,’ out like, rezzuffi on the sunny side of a loblolly pine : an’ »f it’s so in the pictuiV, wi n? must be the state f the man hisself?- Wny, . h.’a got a ,niile that yD u could rock a baby to sbep in. On?Vet! Mack’s my kind of a man tf Fin to have a s-.-sso in choosiu” a pardeer. I had a right hearty laugli at the way Mack brung bis benevolence to h’^r on the Dorto R can tariff busi ness' It was like eatin’ a suet puddm’ after camping out in the bushes for a fortnight or more. In gener’i, the tariff Issue is calculated to gi’ me a case of the* heavel but Mnck has put a t v’ston it tha. * new ecough to draw a b g crowd. “I bad a right hearty laugh when the boyq in congress lifted tne curtain a little an’ gi’ me a chance to sec th** diffrence betwixt Mack’s maxims an’ his morals. At fust ’iwas ou r plain duty for to have free trade w 4 ’ Dirlu Rico, then wfaeif the sugar folks bad collogued wi’ the sugared cruwd| Ma< k made up his mind that tbe won’ wouldn't end ef we only done a part of our plain duty." AN APPEAL TO VOTKH8 /. comments thereon being something out of the usual order, he is treated with great consideration and respect oy tbs rising gent ration in hts com munity. When he come* l£ town, he usually goes to the hotel which has a wide and pleasant veranda Them he is sure to find a sympathetic audience, which, in spltb of the familiarity his humor Invites, baa great respect Um Qi* opinion*. Uis Interest In politics continues unabaltd, though be pro fess«*a great contempt for the whole business. i .He is "hardly over without an au- dlrnce Of some kind ; for when he fans I for n day or two to come to town, the young mer, nod, Indetd, some u/ tf.c older onus, make it a p*ilnt Vo pay r, m n visit al nl* romfurlaMe home, where th< y are al wa^s sur* of Undtag s * a* m welcome. He draw* s very delicate distinction, however, Ik tween his Lome sad the laveru, ns he p« rslvt# In t ailing the hoUl. At tbe tavern, he lead* and monopolizes the cmvi r#al on ; in nis own bouse, it is with J ftljuily toal be can be drawn out. tie me ntain* that it is discourt jou* lot a host to lake bold of a subject and discuss it in a way to ride over tbe ipinion* wud views of hi* guests. “ Wi.en 1>* a man to dinner," he says, “1 mlf myself to the vitties fu»l, do nil the talkin'. Therefore, it is on the surnntlnof thr tavern that Mr. Sanders is at Uis beat Iwylwg nff f Ha feels »hw» be bar ttia priviTrgtlUT a guest, and be lascs advantage ol them. He made his appearance tUcre* rocei.t y after a sotu- what prolonged n>’s* new, and the young men who were tilll n g in it* shadow made haste It piece a chair fqr^him and to It quire iu ueip up au' might ahy attempt to dispose of that ““dersUnd’him nor what manner of tract of land until the matter "was thoroughly investigated. * Fart of his statement having already been verified it was decided tc make some inquiry relative to this Mrs. Williams. With this end in view a letter was sent to Mrs. Williams asking her for infor mation a.* to the whereabouts of one I Both names end with a big N and that Frank Jonoa. A short time after this combination has never failed yet. she made her appearance iu Denton Well, I am working on that bo>k and, after learning who was adminis- now ’ friends are sending the *»«««•?. i.mj.uu erself before Bob Saunders and ex- j D g ttn d curious to note the ones that Aed her receipt for money paid and are moet popular. L shall publish a bill of sale to the stock which | list of them before long in tne order in karzx lv " 11 a . 11 * .i t L man he is nor bow he can sleep in peace or enjoy and digest his daily food. But we will get even next month and then you will hear a howl. Good gracious ! * *What a consternation— what, weeping and walling and gnash ing 5T teeth—Brykh and Stevenson he also' Frank'g^ve her. Her story tallied in every detki^with that of John’s ghost ly visitor." John Jones went before the County Court of Deuton County aud there piade affidavit, wbiett is a matter of record,* th^t hip brother Frank had detailed to him 1 his trade with the widow and that the adminis trator was in justice bound to furnish her a deed to the property. Although he robbed his own pocket of consider able money he carried out the instruc tions of his brother’s spirit and the widow received her own which they .stand. And now about that Scriptural enig ma. I have received several letters about it, and but one correct answer, and so I will have to give the solution as sent by the Misaissipi girle : “You have heard, no doubt, the oft-told tale Of Prophet Jonah and the whale His living soul was kept within Till he repented of his sin. Mi hen the whale dies its oil gives light Dispelling darkness from the night ’ Hill Arp nayeth*?r ; I’m busy.’ ‘Won’t ye tell th’ people to vote Fr sound money ?’ ‘Tell thlm.td take anny kind they can get fv their votes. * V/ill ye abandon man befim Wont ) e say a wurrui f’r Bryafi?’ Tin needs no more wur- ruds thin ho has satd IT hlmsilf.’ Ye’er counthry is heiu’ rooned.’ ‘Th’ Usbin’ is bein’ rooned bp ye’er noise.’ says Grover. ‘Lcandt r, row me off a mile or two where I can dhrop a hook in peacq. Manewhile, I’ll tak j a pull at th’ bait an’ ponder on bow much pUasanter it is to be catchin’ finny monstbers thin dodgii^. brick-i. Gawd help th’ land,’ he says, ‘to lingerin’ ills prdy,’ be says, ‘where stateeftien multiply,’ he says, ‘an’ fishermen de cay,’ he says. ‘Annyhow,’ bp says, ‘they didii’i. know a good thing whin thev had war, which,’ he says, ‘was me. * “ An’ co it goes—Croker an, Carl Schooriz Altgeld an’ Olney, R)>eo felt an’ tj iay, Carlisle an’ blewar What’s a plain, foolish an’ thoughtless man like meseif to do ? Bure they ought to have wan place i’r a citizen to vote I’r his principles an’ another to vote Fr his candydate.” " I,” said Mr. Bennessy, “will vote as I shot." poses is included —Supt. John J. McMahan has issued letters to county superintendent, re questing them to sell no more old hooks that may b* on their hands. The con tract with the publishers uf the new books adopted by tbe State board goes into effect Nov. 1st, and expires in on<> - - T „ - - _ •be better for parents to await the ar-1 “ 0 '‘* r *f‘ 1 Hung away my specs tbe rival of the,new books, sines they uul of ' ,,t must be used after July next. ■■ Buffalo beer gyarden an' sot him up as -Mr. M. Arthur McGee. of Hooea Dath, mysteriously disappeare d on ' b P - 7 b fo my • Vj * r for ^ hcar Monday, Oct f 22r between Anderson about his hdaitb. ” Well, I toll you, ' said Mr Sanders, '* Fve felt betler'o 1 do, an' then again, 1 ve felt lots wus*. 1 reckon you’ll bnvo to locate tbe slate of my comiitiun rOfu’crs betaixt the ham nou the sooui* der—>o£Uir _ u*JaUlJiu'. J -Mji unH lHg-jr^ .- —rTOTIT H y sTiTu j The State Chairman Askn lor a Kali Vote and (Malea the Reasons Plainly. . Chairman Wilie Jones, of tho State executive committee, has issued the fol.owing ; . To tbe Democratic YoUrs of South Carolina: In view of the present apathy wtffch Sunnis to exist aoti-ng tbe Lh-iao- crats of Ibis Estate a* to voting at tbe general eltcl on, I feel it.to he my duly a** yuur chairman'’ to address you in this public msoner and urge that you all come out on November 6 b aau cast your vote* for the D aocratlc ticiut from president to cot oner. Our tfreif pie have*gotlen into the wny of think log that when they have cast their vntevIn the primary IB< re is no furth- er use to vote. But this is a very liangetous policy to pursue and may result in great harm D> our State. Qjr Svuve and cnuRTy tleKr?$ are s«Tn, a* t .t* R‘publican* t.»v** T*ut up no op p si‘.ion at nil. Tbt R*;uubl-cac* have an electoral livse* tn tne ftetj ooifipos««I mostly of n**rroes and they have a candidate m every coagreMlot al district in this state MH»ng v« have ttrtr canu..lales <Mat.d by the R pubilcan house I*et tvery Democrat.c vot.-r come out and vote for the IVmicret c norela» ce la h*» district and elect them by sue it as overwhelming majority that not evea a R publ can house would dare u istal th* m o' cv'en consider a contest. The Democrats of this nation have glv. o you one of thn grandest, purest and m.wt brilliant men this country- ha* evi r producad. and the Dem.-crats of thi- State bane g v« a you se ven of your bt st mro as caadldatfs for coa gre s. end I vaaaot hellevs that you will not come out and vote for them*' We ha»t-heard of lau > » o.o. „ all sides that our Tprenratgtlha In tiOngr. rs wou ,1 he re., need by a Itepi.h “can congress on account of our small * vote In the general election. N Jw, fellow Demis-rat*, do not allow this serious charge to he made against ? ou - WlLIk Ji'.VKS. blnle Cbilrman Ex. Com. — Unofficial report* say the forth- (omlog cenru* figures will show that Greenville ha" nearly 1 Onu more peoi.l# t so Si artanburg. and his home, and no trace of bim’has been found. He wfe last seen at John F. Green’a riding along in his buggy, and two miles from there the buggy was empty. The horse went on home, when the alarm was given, search mai'e all night, but no clue obtained. He was an estimable citizen and a dea con in the Honea Path Baptist church. m\ tpu snore ; an’ 1 sin i had no call for a tnird set of leelb .“Mr. Sanders is the finly phlljso ph;r we have left," exp ain. d one of tbe yoir-g men, after introducing the old geut.emao to a commercial traveler from Oblo wbo wai making his first trip to the section of Georgia in which Httrmony Grove is situated “ Don’t be onjust to the rest of ’em,’ -The anti-lynqhing law of thlsState, I but*^rufcal'"gUnc^ r »t ^th^tll-a^t^ making the county responsible for “ Don’t leave any lond, familiHr names damages to the family of the victim, ( ff n the list; glv o,n ail f V ha-: received' another black eye. On | Djn't forgit, Mark an’ M vTk * t, 'With ye’er eyes shut?” said Dooley. “ Tls th’ on’y way.” Mr. ikiof poaaibly be bad turn in tbe paature, be searched riae th A singular battle vvaa wiluesaed re- oe illy in au English apiary. A hivu of bees was besieged bf a large swarm of wasps. The bedn made valiant sorties to try to drive away the Imsieg- era, and the wasps made furious assaults to drive out the bees. The battle rage 1 for two days, at the eud "f wHipb time the bees evacuated the hive and the waspa tookspoaseesion. They an* now the undisputed masters of the hive, »nd are reveling in the store of twenty ponnds of honey which tbe bees had gathered there. — A young man from Bowling Green, Mo., applied for work in a store located some distance from his home. He pre sented the following letter of recom mendation, and was engaged on the spot: “I have found him ibdustrious, truthful, intelligent and sober. I have observed also that big services about the house wereeatlsfactory tohiv vlfe, and anyone wbo can get along w! -,l, her U a peach." —The latest experiments lead to prove that pltcher-plaats are not «:ar- eivereus. as has been *o long b -ilevi* sad that any Apparent digestive act u.o ie due to external microbes that may eatar tba pile bars. -One evening last week a vast flock of chicken * hawks, forming aline 100 yards wide and over a mile long, passed over the village of Callaway,, Neb. They settled in a nearby grove one night and a great many were killed before the flock made its escape. Not over half a do/. Q n of such birds had evec. been seen in that neighborhood before at one time, 'i — Miss Jennie C. Powirn, who is a member of a Presbyterian Sunday school in Germantown, Fs^ has been presented a gold medal by tho con gregation for what is believed to be the world's record in regular atten dance. She first went to tbe school as a hany in her mother’s arms and has not misled a single Sunday -in twenty five years. s ^ —The visitor to New York need not go hungry for the want of a place to get a meal. According to the census made in June, there are 711 hotels in the metropolis and 2,500 restaurants where meals art, sold ’without lodging. - Hon. John Shetman, of Ohio,' who occupied a prominent plac* in the teg- i*latlve and administrative affairs of the United States for more than forty veaFs, died on the 22nd lost, in Wash Ingtoo, D. G., of brain exhaustion. —Twenty-nine cases of sudden death ie three dmys la Chicago’s recent re cord. Physicians say that great changes In thn weather and tempera ture ware la large part responsible Idr the play January 4th, 1897, Isaac Brown, a negro, I you’re a-huntiiT" f” r " th.-‘ VuTnvI'iuo was found hanging to the railroad brand and sample.." His lone was crossing at Stlllton, Orangeburg Coun- solemn -and assured ss his clear blue ty, his neck broken and his body rid- eyes once more threw their* search- died with bullets. Browns father lights on the stranger • brought a suit against the county for “ Well ‘ Mr. Sanders, what is your damages last year, but the jury prompt- system of philosophy ?" asked one of ly brought in a verdict foe the.county. [-the young men/ The verdict was set aside by Judge Gage, and another trial of the case oc curred last week, when another verdict was rendered for the county of Orange burg. •. • .* ; —For the quarter just ended the dis pensaries in Sumter County earned for I ain’swedded to no special system,’ replied the old man, after a pause “ You have seed men afore now wi’ a wliole passel of walkin’ canes—one for evei’ day in the week, -if need be, an’ a gold-headed one for Sunday. Well, tha.’s the way wi’ me. Yit IM not the county $2,3Fi 99. The city of Sum- deny that I’ve got a pet system L’s Lass vo/vaIvtasI ai vtoa I » ter received $1,439 76, the town of Bishopville received $630.43 and the town of Mayesville $243.81. The pro fits for the current quarter are ex pected to be much greater than for the oast quarter. At this rate the city of Sumter will receive for tho year nearly on wheels an h it run on the same track wi’ Mack’s. I didu^Invent it— oh, no ! it was old in years long beforh l was born, an’ I ain\ no spring chicken. I don’t wanter snatch no man’s laurel p.tch fro-u him. Y >j see, it’s this wzy ; there come a time in 'the history as much as was paid for licenses under o< ihe world when men folks thought tbA old bar system and Mayesville they’d cut a purtier figger wF britches will receive more thin the license on than they did wd nothin’ on but a system paid, while Bisbopvllle’s dls- night shirt or somethin’ of that sort, pensary profits Is clear gain, for there Well, britchea. come into fashion, an" were no bars in that town. The large dispensary profits Is indisputable proof that the dispensary system *does not materially reduce the sale of liquor —The camp and chapter of Sans and Daughters of Confederate Veterans at Darlington hfive begun an organized effort to erect g suitable monument to the heroic dead who fought on the field of Gettysburg. Mr. J. E Nor- ment, of the News And Courier, who recently visited Gettysburg, states a fact which ought to arouse general in terest throughout the State in such a movement. Mr. Norment eays that only two insignificant monuments to the memory of South Carolina soldiers, four mllee apart, are to V found among the four hundred monuments erected on the battlefield where do ffwater bravery ha* ever bee a record- ed than was dtepiayed by South Caro- then Satan put it into some fellei * bead to put r“ckets in em’ an’ right then au’nhar was batched the philoso pby that’s ketched me an’ Murir ’ Mack. Mi, jebt a’givin' you the ONttlAUl The warning cough is the faith ful sentinel. It tells the approach of consumption, whichhaskilled more pec pie than war and pestilence com bined. It (ells palpful cheats, sore lungs, weak throats, bron chitis, and pneu monia. Do not suffer another day. It’s useless* for there’s a prompt and safe cure. It is lind you, I ain’t braggin’ on it; Im jest a’givin’ vou thn nlafn facts. me an’ Mark an ’ on plain “Oursystem has evoluted consider’ bul sence the britches-pocket was in vented ; it’s expanded. No longer’n t other day a good neighbor of mine got caught In asaw-mill and when they unltmbored the machine he want nothing but a lump of clay, a* vou may •ay. Well, sir, I brung mean’-Mack’* philosophy to my aid, anl you’d be b U I *1 in’ the. _ . _ ■ P . yoi prleed to krow how well I Considerin’ my age an 1 the . gen treble oondjiipn of both body and m I bore up under tk-wpoderful tmifc astoelsb you, but I bore man’s wife an’ That • where me mb’ Mack may i ter’u ' t €(Mt— mto which cures fresh colds and coughs in a single -iglw and masters chronic coughs and bronchitis in a short time, Consump tion is surelyfegdinber- tainly prevenTO^and cured, too, if taken in time. A 25c.bottle fora fresh co d; 50c. size for older colds; $1 size for chronic coughsand consumption, oti h.'itid Than dssu’ Puflman Psiftru,,,, wT •t- Pin* cars TJ ” " . "•* t ss. artto Daeaa f V WaukKuik” *r m * Art*. iiTH^ ♦* •B'i &U ^ ^ I ” 1 I K A X K b. * » A S IsHOLuXB Aj J - v I lAv.na. A, /( Waaosetoa, XL A