The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 02, 1901, Image 4
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AN HUMBLE
BY THOMAS
P. MONTFORT
HERO
OOPT1UQHT, 1*01, BT TJIOMAS P. MONTFORT
r CHAPTER XIII.
' OWX MELVIN FEARED.
Toner taew thtt Melvin was not
going to Beckett's Mill. He was as
well assured of that fact as he would
hare been had Melvin told him so. He
knew, on the Contrary, that he was go
ing to HI Jenkins’ place. Why he was
• going he did not know further than
♦ha* he knew the new stranger bad
something to do with It
The Important Information possessed
by a little coterie at Beckett’s Mill
concerning Melvin had not reached
Jonathan Turner. In fact, and for a
wonder,'It bad not spread beyond the
few persons to whom Sam Morgan had
related It that night at Hicks’ store.
The reason It had not spread, and the
only reason doubtless, .was attributable
to Hkka. With an eye single to bust-
Bass be bad seen a likely chance to
turn a few honest dollars only If they
would all keep quiet and patiently
await the development of events. Tak*
log tbs. others fully Into his confidence,
he had said:
“If that feller’s done somethin dret-
fal for which be has to hide out from
the law—which, of course, be has. of
he wouldn't ’a’ said so-why. It stan'i
to reason thar’ll be a reward'out for
Mm |f it ain’t out already. Now. most
gtoer'ly when a reward ta offered that
a-way circulars are sent out to all the
round wbar the feller Is
to go. firm tbs amount of tb«.|
reward, the feller's nsnis sn deecrip
tfsa aa tetlln wbar be‘s wanted as
what ha’a wanted for ”
"■jar so" T»|>* Kampaoti hart agree*
-Tea seed them papers s stick In up Is •* '»«" ***
tba aaalaAco heeo lots of llmrs " r'*f "S• be pssaml I.long the rued
Now- nick, resumed, my plsn I. hj-•le.tln-.tvoire hsll
• - ■ ■ w fr<>m Hi- OiwmI*. Slook i
Hicks resumed, “my plsn
Jest to Isy low an keep our
asytn s word of this
a Urtn #i»uL ao wait to oes if I
clrruUrs dqo t com# along , ' ’ ' » » P>
•bout Mr Melfta Then • r ’"
» circular does coos ws'U Jsm 1 *”' *
Man an rake ta that rejrard “ ’ r *
“ W by
W
and 'set defermlmuIon *....***;
Mnrchaml, and this, added to the aux
lety a criminal always experiences,
kept him In a continual state of tin
easiness.
Ills purpose In going to Jenkins’ was
to discover, if he could, without milk
Ing his own presence known, whether
the man giving bis name as Waite had
■tow>ed there nnd whether or 4101 It
was Robert Marcband. The way he
had planned to do tills was very sim
ple nnd at the same time comparative
ly safe to himself.
He proposed to tie his horse some
where In the woods near Jenkins'
house, then creep cautiously forward
under the cove.r of the fences and
shrubbery until he reached a position
coinmnn<Up£ a view of the house and
Its surroundings.
He wns well aware that it was a uni
versa! custom among the people <>f
I’osstim Ridge to sit out III flielr front
yards after supper on hot summer
evenings, and he felt assurint that he
would find Jenkins nnd Waite so sit
ting If the latter was there. In this
way be could satisfy himself a« to
whether Waite w as the man he feared,
then steal softly nway agnln.
Amf If thst man should prove to tie
Itntiert Mar< IimiiII there was but oik
thing for Melvin to do. and that wn«
to rice frod! the section. Ur bad that
all idanned out too fie would return
to Turner's for his things, claiming be
bad received a letter calling lilp) back
home, sud be would go that nlgljt
TTjefc wetild he no wamtiff for the
marrow, net an beiir's delay If K'%ert
Man-hand was there.
Ho«—.we, he «—sawd
e 1 rent to*
a mile
led him
from the aumfs. aihJ.’looking arouud
hr saw old III Jraklac sitting on a log
“My I-rfvl y.iung frllet “ Jenklaamld.
r ftd gtai
see yon si
HIcRa'
Mb Mr.
They all saw the
pUn aad readUy ageewd to N. «od for
they kept sacredly to tbeif
Th* trmptatkm to talk
groat, tt must bo admitted, bat
that reword was a greater temptatloa
m
•o tt had room about that
Ignore at of everythlag
Metvta and ta formlag
was acting si together oa
Us had never changed from
it mid apt nl— that there
hack of Met via that was not
Here for two mortal hours,
to tbinkia 1 bar ■ a 0 1 notmdy
In to cvitur ajong “
hare row teee alttiag there all
I thst llmrT* Hr It li
Ur. ken I was (toil
“Why raal yon
I —rant 1 real
da<
horae.1
1 sis off
1 asketl
Jat d» m
1 It for fna
do aaytl
ag else 1
l. ^
getting beyvad that
readily eoaeeteed the Idea that
was a connecting link a
Melt ta and Waite,
_ that link was bo run Id not tell
had ao Idea whether the link
of friendship or enmity, but hr
to the belief that It
la fact, he labored und^r
that the two young men
aasnclated together In the
a of n crime or were lengued
together for the |mri>o«e of < ••tmnlttlng
aome crime at a taler date He did not
place their erlom or contemplated
crime beyond robbery, however, but be
fixed ll at robbery ott a targe scale
When Melt III rod, away from
that n.gbt. Turner ts-llered b«
gone to meet and confer with
"WMWPj^bat h,; •pts -pgrtlaity urmakaW
Mel rIn had’ g->*i" jrTikIn• [Tace, and
tt was on ami util of Waite that be had
gone, but If Ids sunnlsen were correct
Waite was one of the last men In the
world he would Tare to meet or with
whom be would seek a conference.
As Melvin had told Mrs. Hanka, he
had ta!.fti the life of a human being.
In the peat of a quarrel be had shot
down and Instantly killed a young man
named Mnrchand. He Justified him
self for the act on the ground that be
lind acted In self defense, and In a way
bia claim was true. Just at the time
of the killing It was merely a question
of who could fire first, and If Melvin
had not killed he would have been
killed. But. on the other hand, Melvin
was responsible for the misunder
standing, for Marcband w&a seeking to
avenge the honor of hla sister, whom
Melvin bad betrayed.
While Melvin might Justify hla act,
he knew public opinion nor the courts
would Justify It, so he fled from the
scene to escape arrest Having met
Louisa Banka and learned to lore her
while she was a girl at school, his first
thought when he began his flight was
to go. where he could be near her. That
she had married mattered little to him,
except to the extent that It removed
her out of his way, for he had no very
high regard for marriage nor a very
strongly developed sense of honor.
Hla plan was to induce 1 'r to elope
.with him If possible, and. though she
had refused to. marry him when she
was free to do so, he had no doubt of
hla ability to Influence her now since It
had become known to him that she
had learned to Regret the step she had
ken when she had declined him for
Banka. If she wpuld elope with
him, they weald go to aome oat of, the
place out west and there lose
themselves to every one who had ever
known them, aa well as to the law.
In all hla planning Melvin did not
Iom sight of the fact that tb* man be
had killed had a younger brother llv-
tag and that the brother was a deter-
mtesd. desperate character who was
•at likely to wait for the slow process
•f law to right his wroi gs. From the
Jjnt Mel via had feared Robert Mar-
ha feared th# law
"Am-
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did )•** bappa
’ be asked
I «a* Atln t
la* replied, “a
•tame a right
ta 1 tee vend Reel to ssr
bleed I'd Set d>’« B u* the Ing I
an like a doraed f,»l I «r« right «e 1
«ra-k I'd lw« a setti* tbar a hulr
« bt a ibe fust tblag 9 kaowetl that «
able •orafcle wedge He* net. aa rite
cm, k rb-sed op t ket, t n the seat
my paata aa a boidla ate tbar as font
an ngbt that I <1 tibia I omre “
Mehta la eg bed The atiaalbto aa
*0 Indkmm* that be oniblaT help It
He would hate langtied If Jenklaa had
been toting There wa« notlilag fauay
In the altuatlua lo old Ilk however,
and when Melrln laagtw-d tt ,ite<ls blw
angry,
“Retkoa you think lf« durnetl •mart
,tu aland thar that a wat an l#,tgli like
a.t.ti»M.e fbsl at a |it*«r betpke,
la feller critter hut I lief if | waa nut
of this I’d make you laugh out of Toth
er aide of your mouth."
“I can't help laughing" Mel\ln re
piled.* "The l^ca of a man gelling Into
audi a pickle aa that!- It’s the moat
ridiculous thing I ever knew "
“Waal, you'd Boon bear of aotnelhln
a doggime sight wuaa rbllculoua." Jan
kina said. ‘Tf I was Jest loose from here
takai
Blm
bum ins bb 'nice lelTln hert Ihll 1
n«,w ed I'd Jest slay an enjoy myself!
1 reckoned sooner or Inter some Idiot
asylum’d come along sn stan' roittid
here an ask a million' fool questions,
an I knowed It’d be more fun au you
could shake a stick at to Jeat set here
gn answer ’em. But, say, air you nimln
to help me or not?”
Melvin had thought of the time when
be had met III Jenkltu and sought a
tittle aid from him ami of the treaty
meat he had received, aud It had oc
curred to him that now would be a'
good time to retaliate. So with cool
nonchalance he replied:
"ft makes no difference to me whet In
er you get loose or not” '%
Jenkins looked surprised, but after a
moment he said:
"It don’t, eh?”
"Certainly it doesn't. -I didn’t put
you In there, did I?”
"Course you didn't.'*
"Then I guess I am not responsible
for you being there, am I?”
"No. But what of that?”
"Nothing, only If I am not the cause
of your being there I can’t see that you
have any reason to expect me to help
you out.”
"Ain’t you got a grain of accommo
datlon 'bout you, not nary a little
speck?”
“Oh, I attend to my own business.”
Jenkins was silent and thoughtful
for a little while. Then he said, nl
most humbly:
"Look here, young feller, I know
what you’re a-drivln at. You’re n-thlnk-
tn of that time you cum acrost me over
thar in the woods, an you're a-layin
out to git even with me for the way 1
done you that day. But It haln't fair,
for then I was a-settln thar waltln for
my chill to come on. an nobody ain’t
goln to atan to tie pestered under tbem
circumstances. Haln’t one man out of
a thousnn' that whuldn't ‘a’ done you
wuas'n I did. You ain't got no exruse
for cuttln up no capers with me, 'cause
you ain't no ager work in on yon. ao
you ort to help me out." ,
"Well. I guess I will thla time, since
you put It that way. But bow shall I
proceed? Khali I cut you loose?”
“Aa spile my pants? Crest Kam
Smith! Not much you won't.”
"How. tbeo?”
"Wtaf. Jeat maul that wedge la thar
Lord, laoka Ilka you'd bars
enough to know that much with-
ting to caution her agalnat breathing
•oul.
Melvin took up the wedge aad stuck
tt la the sad of the lag. Thau ha took
the maul sad began to pound N with
all hla might Slowly with each Maw
■crack opened nun I finally the aid
found himself released from hla
and wee
407 and Bight ho bad been Monk
•Twltt • drsud that that mas *v«tf
«a* asd vs hi*. Qa had
"/ can’t help laughing,” Melvin replied.
for 'boat a minute. But, say, dad burn
your onery hide, ain’t yon goln to do
nothin but atan’ tbar an act a fool
a-laughln at me? Ain’t you goln to help
me out?”
“Couldn’t you get loose In any way?”
"You reckon 1#I could I’d ’a* set hers
all this time waltln for soma darned
Idiot to corns along an help ma?”
“Dld yon try to get looeeT*
“Did I try to get loose? Geemsnsttyl
Did I try? Lord, what senseless ques
tions a blamed fool can ask! Reckon
If you'd ’a’ assn ms tryla to taar my
paata off an a-wtgglln round bora tUi 1
Ilia flag
t.
The amau
hla feat aad atari ad toward home with
ipeak tag asm* ward ta Mat via or
aa marh aa gnmttag a “Thanh
MMlta tooted after Ms a Ma
ta net swish meet, (he* ratted t*
•aytag-
“Whera are yea gulag. Mr JeahtaaT*
Th# eld awa glanced beet la ear-
as he aaewerad
"Why. heave, of rearm Wbar eta*
yea recto* I’d he a gels I"'
.-Watt—bat—ywa a*rm ta ha la a
great harry, deal year*
"Mag spertal WhyT
-Oh. | thought yea mast ha by year
walking off that way wit boat a ward.”
“I slat get nothin that I kaew of ta
stay hern la talk shout. Hat* year
“Nothing la parucvlsr. I guess I
prmame yaw think year family ara aa-
eaay about yea aad yaa want ta get
ta rallev* their anxiety f-
fterkoo nobody ain't
m yaa
ta hart
"Don't
lag r<
"Mat say
bat the aid
ta strlhe out aa
after me”
-WhyT
“'Cause she 'Iowa
beer of myself, aa
turn op aome wbar
wort m, self out a-try In ta git
not of 'km you'd 'a* had noma nation 1
* ta git loom. Did I try? Lord,
a qoeetioa" .
itjwf caaMa't mats tt ad?”
A thought occurred to Melvin.
"Perhaps that Mr. Waite may
out to look for you,” be mid. ”1 be
tter* he la atopplng at your bouse?"
“Haln't no Mr. Waite stoppln at my
house.” old 81 replied.
"That aor
“I wouldn't 'a' mid tt If tt wa'n’t
ao.”
“Mr. Turner said a man of that name
.'ame over here today to secure board
with you.'*
"Waal, he did come.”
“And didn’t atop7*
"He ain’t stopped ylL"
"la be going to stop?”
"Said be' was.** I
"When 7’ ' c
"Putty soon.”
"This week 7*
"Mebby—this week or next"
"Where Is he now 7’ x
"Went on down the -’country some
what-. Goln to stop when be gits
back.”
Melvin drew a slgb of relief and, re
mounting his horse, rode back to Tur
ner’s. He decided that there was no
immediate need for him to take his
paitvre from the Ridge, so be would
tmln on a few more days. It would
have been better, far better, however,
for both himself and others If he had
gone then.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE SECRET OUT.
It la difficult for two people to keep a
secret, much less a half dozen.
When Pap Sampson advised the men
at Hicks' store that night that It would
be best for no one to mention to Sim
Banks a word about the meeting be
tween Melvin and Louisa, they all
agreed with him, and each of them
promised not only the others, but him
self as well, that he'd abide by that ad
vice, and every man there kept that
promise moat sacredly.
Yet. for all that, the information they
were guarding from Sim reached him
In the course of time, as they might
have foreseen that It would.
Morgan In an unguarded mo-
told hla wife all about It but
w w careful to eaatloa her to meat loo
N M aa orb. 8 he carrlad xbt
ttf»i7 ta her bosom far a day
*•*- ••*>•« * toe marh of a
m say laager bear also* raoriaded ta
word of It to another living
Mrs. Mann, less scrupulous than her
neighbor or perhaps less afraid of
81m. did not hesitate to reveal to him
the whole story. She so thoroughly de
spised Louisa, for the simple.rrepson
that Blm loved her, that she was duly
too anxious to avail herself of such a
propitious opportunity to Injure her.
Then Sim, the cruel wretch, had coolly
scorned her love and humiliated her
thereby /In a manner that would be
galling to the heart of any woman, and
ghe wns not sorry that it had fallen In
her way to be able to make him wince,
for once In his life, under the sting of
the crudest knowledge that ever falls
to main.
She did - not stop ta consider what
might be the result of her act Med
dlers uever do. The after consequences
of gossip are somethlug with which they
are not concerned and of which they
take no thought It was so, In this in
stance at least, with Mary Mann. It
never once occurred to her to what se
rious lengths her act might lead, bat
It Is doubtful whether she would have
been able to control her tongue even if
she had known.
It was only after an Impatient delay
of two or three days that she secured
an opportunity of speaking with Blm.
Then she proceeded to pour Into his
ears the whole story ts Sam Morgan
had told It at the store. Sim listened
quietly until she had finished, after
which he calmly said:
"That la all you have to say, la It7*
“AU!” she exclaimed wooderlngly.
“My land, ain't It enough7’
“Is that all?” he repeated, with quiet
firmness.
“It Is.” she replied.
“Now do you want to hear what I
have to say7' be asked.
Her hearVgave a little Joyful bound,
and a thrill of pleasure ran through
her. Kim spoke ao quietly, so calmly,
that abe waa sure be waa not hurt by
what abe had told him, and In the
apace of half a minute she bad reason
ed It out that It failed to hurt him be
cause be no longer of red for hla wife
aad took 00 Interest in anything she
did. Hbe felt assured that what ha had
to aay wooM prorata be a renunciation j
rouM aay would be more acceptable to
her. except It w*-rr a declaration of
lav* for heraetf. Ks softly aad demurs- |
ly abe replied. j * D®
“If yaa car* ta tell me.” “
"Thee listen.” he said. "Every word ' ** **
have told a»* la a lie. a willful ' •* * •
I t wren
him t
If
Dm
Las
marveled at the change that bad come
over ber. Hbe thought of how dearly
she had once loved that man and of
how thoroughly she now despised him,
of how once abe had longed to make
him happy and of hqw now ahe delight
ed In making him suffer. Of-a truth
"hell haa no fury like that of a woman
acorned.” Truer words were never ut
tered, nor ever was there a woman to
whom they more perfectly applied than
they did to,(Mary Mann.
Calmly, far more calmly, than she
felt, she said:
“I reckon you know Sam Morgan,
81m 7’
Sim glanced up In surprise.
“Me know Sam Morgan!” he ex
claimed. “Land, what a question to
ask! Ain't I knowed Sam Morgan
from the day he was borned7’
“An, knowln him that a-way, I want
to ask If you ever knowed him to tell a
He?”
“I never did. Sam Morgan ain’t no
liar, no matter what else you can aay
'bout him.”
“Then If he was to teD you anything
you’d b’lleve lt7’
81m began to suspect to wbat Mrs.
Mann's questions were leading, and a
sensation of fear came over him. How
ever, after a little hesitation he an
swered.
"Yes. If Sam Morgan was to tell me
anything for a Bible truth, I’d b’lleve
him.”
“Even If It was them words I spoke
to yon ’bout Loueesy an that Mr. Mel
,-1-
Slm's face blanched to a deadly
whiteness, and a dreadful trembling
seized him. If Sam Morgan said those
things, he Amldn't doubt tbem, and In
■plte of himself. In spite of all bis ear
nest desires, be would bate to believe
all Mary Mano bad told him. It was
hard, however, to relinquish the last
vestige of the fond faith be bad In hie
wife, and. beaten back to the last
ditch, be made a flual stand In her d<
fenee.
“8am Morgan won't say no alcb
words!” be cried In tones half pleading,
half defiant “Kam Morgan won'J oer
'T do It '' ' '
“He will,” Mrs. Ms no persisted, with
unrelenting mx-lty “lie baa said *<
.Ijrrffir- jqflfMi ti Mf." —~
“I don’t brlkeve It. Bam won’t lie.'
“Bam won’t lie. bat he'll say thru
PENSION
No Pensions for Negroes—The N**
Law la Working Very Well.
The State pension board hat complet
ed Its labors for the year 1001 and ad-
on mad. Every application has been
mosl carefully gone over and considered,
and the result of the operation of the
new act has been to most materially re-
uce the number of names upon the
Ista. One source of the redaction is
band in the fact that the new pension
aw only allows pensions to widows of
soldiers actnally killed In service, and
widows who have reached the age of
110 years. »This statement shows the
figures for last year as compared to those
this year:
A B C Total
1000 46 362 7 298 7,706
1901 24 201 6,21^ 6,438
Decrease 22 161 1,086 1,268
These figures, however, are subject to
some slight changes.'
Here Ts the, statement of the number
pensioners in each class in each
foiha are
irt Hota't aa folks
a. aa aba ain't lArty
trapo* roaad beaus
able ta take
that m
time all rtgbk
Mrs Maaa stacgwwd back as from
the efforts of a heavy Maw Bim'e
vtorria. epobea ae quietly, aa pnattlvety.
aa awes pacteffly. romptt tHy fileceacrri
ed bar. la oa* been lb they bad daebod
all bev newly farmed bopea aad opened
ber eye* la Ibe fan that Ibe owe gnat
deals* mi bos aawl wawbl anas be real
lord atrfc at heart aad pale wNfe di*
appeSaimowi. she sea rod at Rtoa foe a
fall miawie la petafw! alb-are
Hat pen*ally a rbaape ream ovet
bev, aad ibe yaieaeas of dtoappatai
mewl a* bev far* alow If gave way m
the fiaob of sapor If aba eaqftd lava
wttb 0 yaaoioa ibat but few women
know, tbe eawld bate equally wett.
It slag bee eye* aa biax. abb ewrb aa
exproaoiap of deadly hatred ae b* bad
never eeva la aay bamaa eye* befoeo,
aba an id
^Mm Henke yaw ara a foal a poor,
pitiful mke’able foal aa I deapiaa yaa
a Mb my a bale bean aad anal I dn-
■ptoo you wasa'a I doaplae the mens eel
•a*be that ever dranod tbe breath of
Ufa or mated la th* dun. I hat* yaa!
I hat* yea!”
Ordinarily Blm weald have bean a*
lea 1 abed at this aaddea aad mbomest
outburst, but at that mess eat be was
not la a dtaie of miad ta bo aetoaietied
at anything With a waa. weary am lie.
be sold
“That'* a different tune. Mto'as
Mean, to wbat you tuag that night up
tbar when you told 'bout lovla me "
"Wbav HHt to?"
h, ^
• bat y<
Pjloo* love
evev'body etar
N foe Books"*
Rim shook k
~**1 don't b b
r <t*i you know be *1117*
xe be ban already said >m. a
i‘t arver take bach bis word*
blm that ee«-a the m^otls u
Loamy aa Mel*la. aa tt aa
at beard tbem tw* taikta low
•a a t a Imd. blm Hank*,
erase bee MM. yaw'd baoa
a’v* area aa beard that
that man My Lent
knows tt aa bav kaow*-<t
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Hampton
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7
•
C
136
178
359
48
105
.27
87
77
151
89
130
118
287
187
69
91
103
128
36
325
115
113
144
108
114
sun
131
180
H9
Id?
102
122.
Ml
TA
141
“"T3r
in
I'd
fi.fi
Total
138
190
370
50
108
27
88
84
168
93
135
122
284
190
69
97
111
131
38
336
120
114
151
111
223
218
140
190
111
142
1*5
127
238
No
crop
can be
grown
without
Potash.
Supply
enough Pot
ash and your
profits will be
lar^e; without
Potash your
crop will \ be
“scrubby.”
Our books, tel'inf rdyut rompositidn of fertilia-r*
esl udaplcU tor a!! crop-'. Jic- Irev* lo ad iurmer*.
of.rmaS’ KAU WORKS,
' 01 Nas-'iu St,. NV% kc-rk
Tutal 24 201 8^13 <4.4*8
Oa a haMs of IIObjIOB Ibe class A pea
atoaeve leal yea# gul *72 each, ciaes B
• ts fit) claae 0. II2 30. oa e been of
4l jo.uou 1 key aoeld have gataa la clean
m B aad C lit 52 aad 914 *>2 reepeckive
If This year the claae A peaatoe. ra
*UI evt lfidee*hcl**eReh<*lbj>*>
end tioe*
The rs
iC ahoat ia:
Republican organlz ition in Sooth Caro
lina for the last few years has consisted
of a small number of white and colored
politicians, who have elected themselves
delegates to conventions has recom
mended themselves and each other for
Federal office. They have had no fol
lowing except among the colored people,
who have not been allowed to vote At
the'last Presidential election only 8 579
votes were cast for the Republican
ticket in South Carolina, and in 1896
only 8,281. In the election for members
of Coagrtss 1.529 Republican votes were
cast >n the first district, 122 in the
second, 332 in the third, 165 in the
fourth. 151 in the sixth and 500 in the
seventh. In the First district the De
mocratic candidate had no opposition.
This condition of things has been so
seriously impressed upon the mind of
the President that he is impelled to en
courage the gold Democrat* in their op
position to the Tillman regulars, with
the hope of seeing a new Republican
organization that will command confi
dence and rapport ia the State For
that reason Mr. Caper* has been recog
nised. and only the utter day another
young Democrat bv the came of Cep4
Chaffee waa appointed postmaster at
the* wans th* saaummsadaXloa of
prominent
of Dicker
4 bv lbs R*.
oiiraa State committee aa J the few
iblicaa leaders tkat art left la Booth
Carcfltaa Ltkv .McLeans sad Capers.
Cast. Chaffee beionrt to what la familiar-
iyaeow a as the' Old Planlatloa Arlvloc
racy.' which has never bees comfort
ab e under the leadership of Tillman
1 He was a captain la tbe Bpaaieh war aad
mad* a good record. Htaepp»tolm*at has
been approved by th* bust iwopte of the
State aad will be f< Howed by other ap
I pole!meat* of a siml'ar charartar, ae
: varaaeM* occur la Ik* Federal ofll -**
Hf- btfcuw aaea
140 Senator MrLanria ovvr
a** 1 colored .<■*.!* r by the
lb*
113
boos etal l«'
“Oh. bothio. It don't make aa differ
^nev to me what kind of tone ypo slag,
ohry a particle on earth. I'd Jest ae
lief you'd slog th|e kind ae (he other,
an I don’t know If |.wouldn't liefer.
But ■eeuis like you've changed a heap
“B'poae 7 bare? Is It any sign 'cfuae
a body's a fool once they're goln to
allaa.be a fool? An I was a fool then,
Sim hanks, a plumb downright Idiot
fool If I hadn't 'a' been. I’d nevpr 'a'
thought that I loved tbe llkee of such
a mis'alJp thing as you. Lord, you
make mo plumb sick with your fool
cllngln to loueesy's skirts when she’s
doln her \i’ry best to kick you off. You
ain’t got as much sense nor aa much
backbone as a fisbwonn.”
A flash of anger swept over 81m.
“Mary Mann.” be said, with some
spirit, "what I do Is my own business,
an as long as 1 don’t step on your corns
you ain't got no cause to squeal- No
matter wbat I do nor what Loueesy
does. It ain r t takln no hide off of your
back, as I kin see, so I reckon you
mought Jlst as well save your breath
for some other purpose.”
“Humph! I reckon you mean to say
that It ain’t none of my business.”
“I do, MIh'us Mann; I mean Jest that
exactly.”.
"Waal, mebby it ain’t tny business;
but, for all that, Sim Banks, I’m bound
to say that you’re a fool an t’-at ev-
er’body knows you are.”
"Waal, If I am It’s the Lord'd doln’s.
He made me that a-way, nn I can’t
help It. If. you got -aify quarrel to
make about It, you better go on to
him.”
“You're slch a sot an determined
fool,” Mrs. Mann said. Ignoring Sim’s
last remarks, “that you wouldn’t be
lieve a thing sg'iu Loueesy If you see
It with your own eyes. Them words I
told you are the truth, the plumb gos
pel trut’\ an I’d.be wtUtn to aw’ar to
'em with my hand lifted up to heaven
an the Bible open before my eyes.” *
“I don’t b’lleve nary a word of It.
Mls'us Mann, an I wouldn't b’lleve
nary a word of It If you wqs to stan’
up here oq aw’ar to it till you dropped
ta your tracks. It's ever' speck a mis
able Her
‘"If* •vat' speck tb# God’s truth."
"I aay It'* a u*r’
Mrs. Maaa eras eOaqt for a Uttto
1 bond
1 * it. | don't bUevv tt.*'
I^-Wrosy would* I avvev
da bo ah-b • tblag “
"No yaw wowbta't bHaw H. I gtsewe.
If abe was tv Ml yab a* brrsalf ”
“Rbv ain't a» vev a g**a la tatt ran
aw*
“1 gwews bat. She d be • fool If abe
did What abv*R da will be to dewy ll
A wifo ata'i likely ta etna' ap aa lefl
ansae asaa ah* levee him the* go aa
brtt bev baolwad all 'howl N
~tth» arvee laM I bet waa l bat. aa
yaw'd a* vev oMb# ara b'Ueve ah* did ”
“tt sal yaw ash baw Morgwa. That**
all I gat 1* aay. Taw Jeat ash bias ”
“1 win aa I do* t bHav* be ll any
K*e aa."
“II* wlR say it's aw •vet' ward of It
^f be doe* may Gad bars
t. | to as coa t iwvamj
- During
Ooorgta kw
Goaf edema
fifi.45d 85?
LAflLUlU
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w i-«t L»««
i iHi»t**e f*>*
tigs A* suoa te Ibej begin W» cfl
its oor-oeu fur tbs laJif luo peo»t e
m wM bv east to tbe •«»«#»: r'vit*
cawrt
There bos booo r»**»Jer»bis lateris
ta tbs master uf tbe tbrse beer act
Ob OS Opt' X Ol os hove 'oso oppr<'V<H*
00 I o-ms of a bum bovs tooa .-a prsvi
awa pawalao base Tb* case from Orsool
W(»-J astmoad dacidad attealbra aad bi* sat
Tos 8 o*« ‘•■or J r«
pi wall--oa form tb
«r oods Uos tbetr at
o tbs roil* uf IBs
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coast a. r
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mr,
itabt
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Al
to which they wot* credited oa the C
fed* rota fwlis aad rwaurd* <*• *to la 1
*a# al a ofitaa, aad tkas tl
awsbor ly tw tona pr istowe
other than sail bed aoldtose
Adieirn
had ao
CAPMMS Iff A REPUBLICAN
Will Ad With Port? la Pat are —
■ la Tlew of th* Ritas How
Mr W K Cartle, th* Waahiagtoa aor
rmpuadeat of th* Chicago Record
Herald, writes as follows
“ I am sol to vale as to rappua* that
my appointment ae district atturasy for
Booth Caro La* wl I make aay iral
differs acs la the political affairs of that
Bsala,' said John G Capon this
Im, ” bat 1 am ewr* that Tt w
nil be grat
y*afi
1 .11!
Mfiay a school-
firl Is said to
be Ifizy «nd
shiftless
hen she
doesn't deserve
the least bit of it.
She can'r study, easily
pr falls asleep, is nervous
r 'and tired all the time.
And what can you ex
pect ? Her brain is being
fed with impure blood
and.her whole system is
suffering from poisoning.
Such girls are wonder
fully helped and greatly
changed, by taking
:
Sarsaparilla
Hundreds of thousands
of schoolgirls have taken
It during the past 50years.
Many of these girls now
have homes of their own.
They remember what
cured them, and now
they give the same medi
cine to theirown children.
You can afford to trust a
Sarsaparilla that has been
tested for. half a century.
HMsksttls. AlllrauhW
If your bowels are consti
pated take Ayer’s Pills. You
can't have good health unless
you have daily action of the
bowels. 21 cm a im.
.“ One beat of Ayer *Ptlle eared my
dyraepelo." L.D. Coanwux.
jaa.ix.ixm. Botkia. T.
i
(.11^1110 i
wko.ltk* i:. welf. kav*
Lfled*wuk ike policy aad lha pisiform
of Ik* Democrat:: party, aad ara atak
lag more congeals! polLtcai association*
My family have alwaya been Demo
crats, aad I waa more or Ires active aa a
her of that party aatil tk* Chicago
convention of 18fifi With many other*
ia my Bute I could not andorra the
platform or support tk* nominees, be
cauee wa have ao eympathy with the
Populistic ideas they represent. The
Kansas city convention of 1900, having
renominated the candidate for President
and reaffirmed Ike platform of the pre
vious campaign, we were again com
pelted to reject the ticket, and wa de
elded to support tbe Republican candi
date. I contributed all that I could to
the election of President McKinley I
spent six weeks on the stump iu the
cunpaign, chiefly in Maryland and Wiat
Virginia, and I suppose that I am now
reckoned as a Republican. A least I
expect in the future to. act with that
I party because it represents progressive
I ideas and patriotic policy.
“I can not say anything about a
movement to organize a white Repub
Mean party in Booth Carolina, although
I can say that the Democratic organiza
tion and its leaders no longer command
the respect and confidence of the better
| classes of our people, and its national
po icy is repudiated by the’ commercin
interests and the intelligent and
lightened sentiment of tne State. ‘ I
hope that we shall be able to organize a
| Republican party in Sonth Carolina that
will be a credit to our State and ’repre.
sent the best elements of«^thst com
munity. I am not a political leader, but
I shall do everything in my power to
promote the movement. I have no fear
of nrgro supremacy. That danger is
E assed.and it can not be Used any longer
y the politicises to create pnblic sent!
ment and excite prejndice against the
Republican organization.
I am not authorized to speak fox
Senator McLaurin,” said Mr. Capers, iu
conclusiqn. “He is able to speak for
himself, and I understand that he in
tends to do so next Tharfidav at the
meeting of the Cotton Manafacturera’
Association at Charlotte, N. C. From
what I have heard of Senator McLau
rloA intentions I am sore ha will leave
no donbt as to his political attitude."
It appears that Mr. Capers is not the
flrat gold Democrat appointed to office
by the President in Booth Carolina, nor
will he be the last Thera seems to be
no doubt of the Intention, of Mr. Me
Klalfiy to uid la the organisation of the
diaaatiefled element among the Demo
erata, which to quite numerous la that
State sad has always protested against
the doostaadoa of Senator Tillman aad
|ka PopuliM wlameut of the party. Th,
OM»l VI M.IO..
[Tver fretting el
SSt.i bio oelUtOg
ua wr tv tut <>b#
.o.etkoiort t • prmsy
t'o b -aia ,1 • U-* Ibcf
o..*o !bc iuVtrv oere
a.* *« tbr ugb tr- ns. tt
i htforo tbeir e or nog*
iflrr ■ r- 'tr 11; rrtoiog
pi.« orri*» * f Ibe b*P[‘V
ktto* r*. eol jr < *l»# l»>
«•! ia !«• Lv-tt. • H •me
■giving k«afly et.■*e i a*kiw
l* ] -y bt b*v f •«o«l is htr r atpaay
■etlet run*
**fft give* me mock eattefactlea that
time aad aba*ace make wo tmpr**et >a
aw my k>v* for yaw ; tt gtooe git* ao
!«■* ardor tkaa at tk* m»*beat of part -
lag. a kirk moat ha a happy wmaa of ua
permanent oat are W bea mere pereoaal
charm* atuact, the tmprvetoa may be
violent bat caaaot bo lasting, aad u ra
qsire* the perpetual presence of tk* oh-
lecl |a keep It olive bat wkaa tk*
MMly of mtad. tk* *ufl aad ewaet die
poeiUua. ike am la Me aad lovable ckaruc
ter embellished with isaoceae* aad
ckaerfalaee* are salted to tk* aiuac
tio** of p«raoaa2 beaaly. It bid* dn-
fioaco to time Buck, my dear Florid*,
age tk* arm* by which yow have con
quered, aad It to by these Ike darability
of your soverstgoty to eeUb isked
Over your subject whom you hold la
■ttllwg asrvlsada May Cod preecrvu
kn.n'T f
Ight 1 am your true lover
OrroeiD MaKKIvtK BBTTLUMtllTt -
Just befur* Calkous'e luarnage ke hod u
long talk with the legal coaoeel of hto
eeeetheart's mother regarding Florida's
marriage settlement, and directly there
after, ears George Woleey Bymonda,*in
tieLadiee' Heme Journal, wrote to hit
proepective mother-in law on the sub-.
Sect: “From prejudice, or reason, i
bare always been opposed to marriage
•ettlemenis 1 think experience and
reason prdye them to be unfriendly to
tbe happiness of the marriage state : and
that they Und to produce pecuniary*em-
barr&ssmeut. In that stale there should
be ouo interest, one happiness and one
destiny That entire confidence, which
is reposed by a female in the object of
her cheice, in placing both her honor
and her property in his custody, gives
rise to the most sacred and tender re-
5 ard. A marriage settlement implies a
istrust. It Is no safety against inevit
able accident. It ia a guard against the
imprudence or misconduct of the hus
band only. If successful in life there ia
no benefit in one; if unsuccessful, what
mote disagreeable than to have property,
but not to be able to pay just debts ? It
would to me be wretched. It would be
■pleudid poverty.” ___
—Rev. Justin D. Fulton, who for 4T
years was actively engaged in the Bap
tist ministry, .died recently near Boston.
He was for many years a public lecturer.
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