Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ill SUNSET mm Is it a dream? The day is done. The long, warm, fragrant summer day; Afar beyond the bills, the tun In purple splendor sink*: away: The firefly lights lu r floating spark. While here and there the first larg? stars g Look cut., impatient for the dark: The cows stand waiting by the bars: 'A jzxoup of children saunters by loward home, with laugh and sportive One pausing, as site hears the high. Soft prelude of an unseen bird? "Sweet?sweet?sweetie Sorrowful? sorrowful?sorrowful!" I THE CAKE-AN ||| BY CARROLL W fO O4^-^ O CO *H0|0iGf0|R*EFORE the congratulations ** r^^Hf following liis triumphant ? R * graduation from tbe high 2^ jfc* school had grown cool SaQOOIOKit Philip Conway was listening to a business offer from one of his father's old friends. "If you accept this position." the ??f:'?>: man was saying, "you are to go from place to place, all over the country, Wherever any unusual gathering is in progress.' You are to pitch your tent in the most prominent spot you can find, make tea with the apparatus we provide, and distribute sample cups and advertising matter to the crowd. In each town you will need to hire two neat young women by the day to ?erve tea and wash the dishes. You need do none of the actual labor yourself , but you are to keep things in running order?to be the business manager, in fact. Of course we pay all expenses. Will you do it?" "I must do something," replied Philip. "If you think I'm equal to it ?if you're willing to trust me?I'll be glad to try it." "Professor Kendall says you have plenty of executive ability*, and that you are trustworthy. Those are the principal requirements. It's a man's work, but I believe you are capable of doing It. Come to my office to-morrow morninjr if vou decide to udder take it, and I'll give you detailed in4Btruetions.*' tv- The following morning Philip went refer- fcome jubilant. Forty dollars a month Wrf. and expenses seemed a princely sum to'the boy. He thought almost scornte fully of his classmate, Sara Peters. , rajb who was tremendously elated over the P? prospect of earning five dollars a week. "Of course," said Philip, grandly, "it Isn't the sort of thing a man wants to engage in for life, but it's a good Hp- thing while it lasts, and mother needs ?very dollar I can earn. I know Mr. ilPrescott is doing this solely because he life, and father were such friends, but I'll -just show him that he didn't make III-?-' ahy mistake." Sfli With this noble resolve the lad startCd out upon his new and unusual enterprise, pitching his tent from week to week in strange and divers places, [v He visited towns that were undergoI?. lng the agonies of street fairs, fire'saaen's tournaments, Fourth of July and other celebrations. He traveled in the ||h'' wake of circuses and "Wild West" shows?wherever there was a crowd, Sp"- there was Tliilip with his free samples Kij' of tea. fil;; . He mastered the intracacies of a Complicated gasoline-stove, solved the ||?./ problem of serving the greatest rumPf'. t>er of persons in the shortest space of , time, and learned to hire, with careful judgment, his two whitc-aproned asMi sistants. He discovered, too, that each town possessed at least one small boy who ggl' ' .was willing, for the trifling reward of a dime and a few sample packages of I' . tea, to fill his big copper boilers with water, and to keep the freakish gaso Inline stove irorn expioumg or uiueiw-ist v misbehaving. ; , Of conrse Philip made mistakes at first, but be profited by them. Mr. IPrescott, the tea-mad, had reason to \q1 feel that he had made a wise choice in 'selecting his friend's son as his ad'vertising agent. Wherever the lad went he made friends. He had a bright, attractive V face, be carried bis handsome bead with a jaunty, self-respecting air. and he was all business. His small boy t $ assistants spake of him as "the proprietor"' and addressed him as "sir."' g - Moreover, ^his mother was a geutle; ^ .woman: therefore, her boy's speech was refined and his manners were irreproachable. "A fine boy," was the yerdict wherever he went. The latter part of September found him in northern Michigan, where the Carp County Agricultural Fair was in progress. He obtained permission to pitch his tent between what the directors facetiously called "the jelly-andjain building" and the horticultural department. By Monday noon his out ni was unpavKCU ana everyiumg was ready for business; but the crowd was not ready for tea. ITsV 4 The fair grounds were inconveniently far from town. Many of the exhibitors who hau no horses and felt too poor to patronize the railroad, even at greatly reduced rates, carried their exhibits front town, over two miles of dr.sty road. c The distance from the entrance gate to the buildings was considerable; but ft seemed never to occur to the lounging group of men and boys just within the gate to offer any assistance to tired . old women, who fairly staggered under the weight of home-made pickles, potted plants and roils of rag carpet. His tent up, his samples unpacked fUMl his helpers instructed, Thitip j ?C????r?M? !! ! SONG. J)own from Immeasurable heights The clear notes drop like crystal rain? The echo of all lost delights, All youth's high hopes, all hidden pain, All love's *oft music, heard no more Uui dreamed of and remembered long? Ah. how can mortal bird outpour Such human heartbreak in a song? What can he know of lonely years, ?*' Of idols only raised to fall, Oi" broken faith and secret tears? Ami yet his >on^ repeats them all? "Sweet ?sweet?sweet? Sorrowful?sorrowful?sorrowful!" ?Elizabeth Alters. tO G Q q O^^-O D-PIE ANGEL M----??DATSON RANKINr found time heavy on his hands v.ntil ho discovered a weary old Irishwoman bent almost double over a huge basket of carrots. "Let me help you,'* said Philip, springing to her assistance. This was only the first of many baskets that the energetic lad carried from the gate to the buildings that day. The people amused him by their quaint J speeches, and it did not occur to him that he was doing anything unusual. 1 Toward noon he went to town for his luncheon. As he was entering the ] gate of the fair grounds on his return lie noticed just ahead of him a portly woman with two baskets filled with plates. ' "Let me carry those baskets,'' said 1 Fhilip, touching his cap. * "It's easy to see you've been well 1 brought up," said the woman, with a disdainful glance at the loungers that sprawled on the benches. "I guess you don't belong to this town." "No," said Philip, "my home is in Pennsylvania." "I'm the cake-and-pie woman," volunteered his companion, displaying a badge, upon which was printed, "Superintendent of Class G." "It beats all, the way folks bring their* dough- '' nuts and cake, and goodness knows what all else, without a sign of a^plate ' to put 'em on. Every year I have to 1 lug out a bushel or two of plates for* other people's doughnuts. Cofbe in 3 when you're hungry and I'll let you 1 sample some of mine. Thank you for 1 carryin' the baskets. If I had a boy 1 I'd like him to be just such a boy as 1 you are?mine went to Cuba." Philip knew without further words ' that the boy who had gone to Cuba ] had not returned. < During the week that followed Mrs. Bailey and the "tea-boy" exchanged 1 many courtesies in the way of cookies and cups of tea, and the long, tiresome < days were plcasanter for both in con- i sequence. ' The last day of the fair was the time ? set for an exciting series or horse races. The attendance on Friday afternoon exceeded all previous records, and the entire crowd was assembled upon or near the grand stand. Upon ? the platform used for the acrobatic performances Philip saw several men with their heads close together over 3 certain small books. Philip had attended too many county fairs not to recognize the men at once as profes- 1 sional betters, who were quietly making wagers on the various races. Their business is seldom conducted openly at the fairs, but surreptitious ways are not hard for them to find. Philip considered himself very mnc-h of a man, and quite capable of taking care of himself under any circumstances. To be sure, he had no iutention of betting, but he wanted to see what was going on. The men on the platform seemed to be having a lively time; but as Philip was climbing over the rail to join them, cne of them stopped him. "Run home to your mother, sonny," said the man. sneerlngly. "Were you thinkin' of puttiu' five cents cn somebody's nag?" Philip colored angrily, drew a roll of bills from his pocket, and retorted, "I guess I'm old enough to bet if I want to. I've seen more horse races this fall than you've ever seen altogether. I know something about horses, too. Here, just to show you that I'm no greenhorn, I'll put a fiver on Torchlight." Philip's knowledge of the ins and outs of betting, however, was far more limited than he suspected; but the men winked at one another. They scented an easy victim. Torchlight won the first beat, and a surprising number of crisp bills found their way into the lad's hands. Elated at sight of the money and spurred on by the jeers and commendations of the men, Philip threw caution to thewinds, staked ail he had won?and more?011 the second heat, and lost. In the meantime, Philip's stout friend, the motherly cake-and-pie woman, had chanced to see, from her place on the opposite grand stand, the group on the platform. Toward the end of the final heat, when every other neck was craned to see the horses sweep down the home-stretch, Mrs. Bailey sat with her shrewd eyes fixed upon Philip's face. She saw it grow white as the horses swept past the judges' stand and under the wire. "My laud!*' said she. "If I'd realized sooner what he was up to I'd have inarched over there and rescued him!But maybe he ain't worth saving. Dear me! I don't know what this world's com in' to." I With empty pockets and hanging head riiilip worked his way through the crowd and set off across the field toward little white t<?t Mrs. Bailey, surprised and disappointed, watched hiiu until he disappeared from viow Then, with a lone, roaretful sigh. she gave him up. "It's a pity?a pity!" she said. ''But when a mere babe like that is steeped in vice It don't take him long to lainS in the penitentiary?and liim the pleasantest boy I ever laid eyes on! I don't know when I've been so mistaken in anybody. Well, it's too bad?too bad!" Mrs. Bailey decided that she won Id. have nothing further to do with thf erring Philip, but some hours later, when she had locked up her building for the night, some motherly impulse impelled her to look in upon her younger neighbor for a farewells word. I<; was the last day of the fair, and she knew that the tea-tent would be gone in the morning. "After all, say in' good-by ain't goin' io make a gambler of me." said she, philosophically, "and a kind word ain't goin' to do the lad any harm, if he is bad. When all's said and dene, he's been the politest young chap " Mrs. Bailey opened The flap of the icnt and stopped in. Philip was seated 011 a wooden box. with his head agaiust the gasoline tank, his face buried in his hands. He had dismissed his assistants. and he sat alone, as Mrs. Bailey said afterward, "iust swallowed up in grief and unwashed teacups." "See here." said Mrs. Bailey, spreading a newspaper over an upturned boiler and seating herself beside Philip, "I want to know how long this here gamblin' business has boon goin' 011? You didn't strike me. somehow, as r.omin' of gamblin* stock." There was no response, but something warm and wet splashed on the boy's knee. Mrs. Bailey noticed it with a sudden ray of hope. "Cry away if you want to," said she, laying a kindly hand on Philip's shoulder. "I don't know as I think any less of you for it. Was this, by any chauce, j the first time you've done any bet* 1 ting?" Philip nodded nis neaa. "Sure pop, honor bright?" 1 "Honor bright!" mumbled Philip, with a gulp. "The last, too." "Sure pop, the last?" "Yes." . "Then you just sit up here and tell me about it like a man. If you can lust convince me that I haven't made 3. mistake in you, after all, you'll make me a happier old lady than I've been for some hours. I declare, it just made iae sick to see you with those men." Touched by her sympathy, Philip poured forth the whole story, adding that the money he had so foolishly risked and lost belonged to his employer, from whom he had received it snly the previous day, that he had mailed most of his salary to his moth-, cr, who needed it to eke out a slender j income, and that he was due in three j lay at a fair in another State, with no ! risible means of reaching his destina-! tion. "But, O dear. Mrs. Bailey," he con- j :luded, "the worst of it all is that I'm s-o horribly disappointed in myself! I Sid think I had more sense. I didn't ilreain that I could be such an idiot, i I'm so ashamed I " I "I don't know but that's the one redeeming feature," said Mrs. Bailey. ' Seventy-five dollars! That's a heap of money?and nothin' to show for it! I don't pretend to know anything about horse racing, but they do say it's all lixed up-beforehand whose horse is to j win and whose ain't?that's one of the l ricks of the trade. I guess you know l?y this time that betting ain't a safe pastime; but there?there, 1 ain't goin' in cnnUl a mitp. \ow YOU: l'USt COme light home With me, and get a good liot supper, for I don't believe you've ;iad a bite; you can carry two baskets :<f plates back to the car for me, if you like. You can sleep in Sam's bed?I'd kind o' like to think there was a boy sleepin' in that bed once more,?and oon's the bank's open in the raornin' I'll see to it that you have enough to )ay your way to wherever you want 10 go?and nobody a bit the wiser." "Except me," said Philip, genuinely ^surprised and deeply touched. "But, Mrs. Bailey, you don't know one thing about me except what I've told you. Mow do you know I'm to be trusted?" "I'm willin' to risk it," returned Mrs. Bailey, beaming oyer her spectacles. <4I guess a woman that's bought seven x)ws in her lifetime, without boin' cheated once, ain't goin' very far istray in her judgment when it comes ;o folks?cows and folks bavin' a good many traits in common. I ain't a mite afraid of you." "You're just an angel! I don't know how to thank " "Just a cake-aml-pie angel," said Mrs. Bailey, rising cautiously from the breaking boiler. "Come, shut up shop is quick as you can, my lad. It's most time for the last train." Neither Philip nor Mrs. Bai'.ey said a word about repaying the loan, but within a month the money began to return in instalments. Each check was accompanied by a letter that Mrs. Bailey considered far mere precious than the money. She read and re-read those Jetters until the paper parted'at the creases. "The politest, the pleasantest and the most satisfyin' boy!" said she.?Youth's Companion. A Courteous Chieosonn. ?"hc lobby man had nothing more to say. "That's all there is to it." said the traveling man from Chicago. "1 won't talk. I won't be interviewed. I don't want my picture taken, and I ain't goimr to be sketched. I ain't had any experience worth talking about, and if I had I ain't going to talk. If you take out your pencil I'll throw a chair at you; and I ain't a candidate for anything anywhere. I don't like publicity anyhow." , This all happened in the Reanert lobby.?B&ltJsoere News. rsirsMMrsjrsnvjfMfvjj l SOUTH CAROLINA I I STATE NEWS ITEMS, j ; .?#\irvirofsjCNjcxlCNIfsJ? Charge of Cruelty to Animals. Several railroad contractors, wh;> are grading the new line to connect with the Seaboard Air Line were ar ; rested a few days ago at Union, charged with cruelty to animals and ' i working mules on which the harness j had made terrible bleeding sores. The ! men are out on $200 bond each, i Mortgage Filed by Seaboard. A $75,000,000 mortgage, given by the Seaboard Air Line railway to tiie , Continental Trust Company, of Baki- , more, has been recorded by the cle-'k ! of court at Union. The mortgage runs i for fifty years at four per cent inter* ! est. payable in gold, and is recorded ,rt j every county the road passes througn It required severai days tc record it, j as it filled about thirty pages of the ' clerk's big book. I j To Transfer Quarantine Plant. ! A meeting of the Charleston board ; j of health has just been held to receive ; I the report of the quarantine commit! tee on the appraisement of the propj erty on James Island, at the entrance ; to the harbor, with a view 01 tne traas- ; ' fer of the station to the United States marine hospital service hv the state I board of healh. At a recent meeting | of the state 'board, preliminary steps I were taken to transfer the quarantine i j plants at Charleston, Beaufort, Georgetown and Port Royal'to;the-: federal j government. I , ' j * * * j Farmers to Fix Cotton Price. " i j J. M. Edwards, of Spartanburg j j county, attended a recent meeting of j the farmers of the state, held in C> i I lumbia, to discuss the plan sp gener- : ally agitated throughout the south of \ j fixing a stated price on cotton to hold j I during the season and prevent wild j j fluctuations, as well as to secure a ; ! good price for the staple. The meeting was formally organic j | ed and officers elected and commit- j [ tees appointed to assist in carrying j out the measures advocated at the i meeting. The body was thoroughly j representative, there being present; planters from every county in ;ho i state. ; * j Daughters of Isabella Organized. Charleston follows Atlanta in the; | organization of a local court of the j Daugh ters of Isabella. Efforts have' been in progress in the city for some j time to induce the organization of the! order, but until recently no well di-; j rected steps were taken. 1 [ '1X16 movement iur cue uisam^auvu | were crystallized by the efforts of: j Mrs. Battey, of Augusta, Ga., who is the territorial deputy of George, as : well as the grand regent of Augusta court, and a recent address by her awakened considerable enthusiasm and interest in the organization. * * } Charged With Firing Tobacco Houses. j Sheriff Birch, of Florence count**, i | was in Charleston recently investigatj ing the character of Brown, the alleg- ; ed incendiary, who was arrested < about ten days ago in New York city . and after much legal delay brought to j Florence to stand trial for the firing j of tobacco warehouses. The evidence seemed strong against Brown, when he was first arrested, but J there now seems to be some question ' as to whether he is really the guilty j party, and Sheriff Birch has assayed the task of investigating the matter. Brown formerly worked at a laundry ! establishment in Charleston and the i Florence sheriff had a long interview with Brown's former employers. Sheriff Birch is not yet prepared to ; j express an opinion on the case, but ha ; j makes it clear that he has some doubis ! | on the matter of Brown's guilt. \ * Pioneer Carolinian Dead. - - A XL - ! James'McMaKin, wno was one ui me j pioneer citizens of Spartanburg coun-, I ty died at his heme in that city a few , | days ago, at the advanced age of 87 ' | years. The cause of death was infirmj ities incident to old ge. During the ! early years of Spartanburg's history ! Mr. McMakin embarked in the mercan-1 tile business, and through frugality and keen judgment amassed consider- j able property, owning several build- j ings in the business section of the ; town. He retired a number of years ! ago from active work and for months before his death remained at his homo, ! , rarely being seen on the streets. He ; served during the memorable years of ; '61-'65 in the cause of tie Confeder- i acy, proving himself a brave soldier in the struggle. The deceased is survived by six j children, as follows: John and Thorn- ! j as McMariin and Misses Carrie, Lily j and Annie McMakin, of Spartanburg, : and Mrs. Albert Gilbert, who lives : near Abbeville. * * Si A Tribute to a Negro Bishop. The Charleston News and Courier says: We have seen nothing in any I of our negro-loving northern contem- j poraries to match the very remarkable ] incident that occurred at Lancaster, j S. C. When the court convened there yesterday morning R. K. Allison, the oldest nemiif-" <",r ?he Lancaster bar, ' announced the death of Bishop Isom i 0. Clinton. t:i \he African Methodist ; * church, and moved that the court ad- i journ in respect to his memory until j Monday next. The motion was se> !e onded by Major Wylie. of the Lau- j ^ caster bar. and by Solicitor Henrv. j1 The speakers all paid proper tribute 1 c to the lamented dead. Judge Watts jc granted the motion and ordered the j t adjournment of the court, expressing js his appreciation of the character and ! services of the bishop to his people i 2 and to the cause of religion. jc Bishop Clinton was a negro, ard ha.l ' ( been exercising the office cf the min- r istrr for more than fifty years. He I s was a slave in his early life and lived j I at peace vrith his white neighbors ail j ] his life. ; c The action of the court in Lancaster i was a notable tribute to the dead bish- ! op. The lawyer on whose motion the j t court adjourned, and the lawyers who ( seconded the motion and the judge c who granted the motion, are all na- : tive South Carolinians and thorough- l going democrats. i Did anybody ever hear of a court i adjourning in any northern state in respect to the memory of a negro < preacher, bishop or otherwise? We * < have always thought that we under- ( stood the negro question better in the 1 south than our politically solicitous j neighbors on the other side of tho ? old line. , 4 * * * Forecaster Goes to Arizona. Forecaster L. X. Jesunofsky, at Charleston, has received orders, assigning him to the climatic and crop department, with headquarters at Phenix, Arizona, and he will leave shortly for his new field of duty. The remov- j' al of Forecaster Jesunofsky takes from Charleston one of the best men in the service and one whose presence | on the south Atlantic coast was espe- ! dally desirable on account of his ! knowledge of tropical storms which 1 endanger the coast at certain periods j of the year. He holds certificates ! of award from leading meteorological j institutions in Europe for special trea- j tises on the weather. Mr. Jesunofsky ! has been in charge of the Charleston ; bureau for thirteen years. He was or- ! dered away from the city several years ago, but on the petition of a |y number of business men, the order ; was rescinded. He is prominent in ; Masonic circles, and his departure will ! ' be generally regretted. * * ( Will Not Preach Yet Awhile, * A recent Augusta, Ga., dispatch was * as follows: Colonel James H. Tillman | * will not enter the ministry, right away : 1 anyhow. And if he did not take such j ' a afpn hp has his text Dicked for his i first sermon- In speaking of the re- : port that he intended to enter the Methodist ministry, the colonel said:, j "I am amazed that so serious a matter, for the sole purpose of a news- ' paper sensation, has been telegraphed j all over the country. Surely I might j be permitted to attend to my own af- ; fairs. Since my return to Edgefield I f have diligently applied myself to the ' practice of my profession and the J court calendars will show that it is j now larger than ever. j \ "The utter falsity of this dispatch ! is shown by the letter that I have re- | ceived from Mr. Curry. Here is what ! j Mr. Curry bas to say on the matter: j < "Colonel Jim Tillman, Edgefield, S. I t C.?Dear Sir: It seems the press is | ( doing some tall lying about a letter-j they claim I have received from you : f with reference to your decision to 1 ( preach. Also as to our relation. j "I was shocked this morning to see j ( the account in The Atlanta Constitu- j lion about the letter that never came j ( to me. Your past experience with j ? newspaper reports of things will he'ip i 1 you to solve this one. At least I prav ; so. The part of the report that is ab- j ^ solutely false is that T received a 1*;.- j , ter from you.' Second, that T aim a j , relation of yours.' j . "I would consider it an honor to ! , bear some kinship to you and your ; now sainted father, whom I loved. : This report w*as started in South Caro- : Una and the news reached me he*:? : through a friend that you had been i converted and was going to preach. 1 ' mentioned the repor to a friend here j and you see what it has gathered. "I trust and pray the report is true, j I have- watched with much interest j your career and in your hours of trial | my sympathies and prayers have been j with you. I am a native South Caro- j lina boy and you know how I feel to- j wards thosp our state have loved and honored. I write you this that I may j place the blame where it belongs, the | press. Will you kindly write me if j the report is true. I feel greatly inte~- { ested in you. and would rejoice my j heart to hear such glad news 'from j you. Praying God's blessings upon j you, I beg to remain yours very si:-- i cerely, C.P. CURRY. 1 ' "Roanoke, Va." t GEORGIA LUMBER FOR PANAMA. ! Savannah Dealers Get Much Extra j Business from Canal Agents. Savannah, Ga., lumber dealers have J noted a great demand for yellow pine ] lumber for shipment to Panama, where ; ; it is to be used in the canal work. Buyers have been in the city for j ! some days, contracting for shipments. { I They have arranged with the govern- i ' ment, and are now seeking the mate- I i rial at Savannah and other points in or-1 | der to make good on their government j ; contracts. - j v J* EDUCATIONAL FIGURES. 1 a Jnited States Commissioner's Report Shows Decrease in Pupi!6. The report ot the commissioner of K j iducation for the fiscal year ending lune 30, 1904. made public at Wasting-ton Sunday by the secretary of he enterior, shows 10,009,361 pupils *>u nor nt>T\r nf the entire nnnnla ~ Mr - MT ~ ion 01* the country attended the public schools during the year. As compared with the previous six fears, this percentage shews a slight ^ leer ease in the number of pupils as ML :ompared with the total population. -^1 Fhe total cost of the public school , system is given at $251,457,025. This i" ;; s an increase ci" $16,000,000 over the / v previous year. It amounts to $3.15 per :apita ot total population and $22.75 per capita per pupil. r. Since 1870 the proportion of male eachers has decreased frcm 39 per v.: pent of the entire number to 26 per . pent of the entire number the past * fear. The average compensation for nale teachers last year (was $49,118, " and $40.51 for females. This is a slight increase over the previous year, t The enrollment in the private fr* schools for the year is given as V * ' )13.876. By the addition of pupils in elementary schools, academies, insti* lutions for higher education, evening schools, business schools, private cnoois, pnvaie K:naeEoan.em>, iauu?n schools, state schools and school for orphans, the grand total of 18,187,918 pupils is reported. The report estimates that the average Schooling given to each pupil in 1870 was 67.2 . 3ays(< and 19C3, 103.4 days. -4* The report shows that last year v ',? " L,578,632 colored children were enroll ed in the common schools for tha race in the former sixteen slave stsites * and the District of Columbia. The enrollment in 1877; the first year statistics were taken of the colored schools, was 571,506. Since 1876 it is estimated that $230,000,000 has been expended in the education of the colared children in the former slave states, and nearly $600,000,000 for the. same purpose for the while children ' of the same section. Ninety-six reform schools axe re-. . ? * i ? A4 t Art A AH i?A<l Ti't: coraea, witn 31,405 mmaies, n,wo vi whom are learning useful trades. ' ROOSEVELT RASPS TYNER. j 1 President Refuses to Retract Statement as to Evidence of Guilt. - ^ i A Washington dispatch says: By Hrection of the president, Secreta-.y Loeb Friday sent to James Tyner, the 'ormer assistant attorney general for ;he postoffice department a letter in eply to Mr. Tyner's letter dated Octo- V j ser 8th. This letter says that as the question )f Mr. Tyner's guilt on the criminal ; iharge on which he was tried has Been passed upon by a jury the president | icquiesces in the jury's finding, but * > :he evidence "seems to him oyer- I whelming that you (Mr. Tyner) were I guilty either of moral obliquity in per- 1 formance of duty or of the grossest e inefficiency." ^ j DOZEN MEN BREAK JAIL. ?J Wholesale Delivery Occurs at Valdosta and Sheriffi Offers Rewards. There was a wholesale jail delivery ii Valdosta, Ga., Friday night about - . -3^ iark, twelve prisoners escaping from # he jail. All were negroes on felony charges except two. Their escape was effected by cutting \ hree of the large steel bars to the :ell in two, then picking their wav 1 hrough rhe wall with a heavy piece,* ? )f iron. The sheriff offers a reward of 1*5 V "i 2ach for the arrest of the prisoners. J rhe names of the escapes are as fot- v iows: Grant Burton, Fayette Johnson, Robert Wallace, Arthur Young, Bob Johu5on, Will Pringle, Henry White, Lee Butler, Charlie Dickson, John Tayior. Will Hill and a mute known a; Dummy." WAS ANOTHER JONESSORO MAN. ' . . ' * i Erroneous Publication that Created. , Sensation is Corrected. A Danville. Va.. special published 1 Monday was an instance of mistaken identity. No such person as E. H. Buchanan is known in Jonesboro. Ga., the town's only banker is the Hob. A. C. Blalocfc* state senator-elect and well known as a circumspect bachelor. ' i The banker whose misfortune ? i Danville is chronicled resides in Jonesboro. North Carolina. BANKER BENTON LOSES SUIT. 1 ' <9 ' Jury Declared Motive of Prosecution of Young Woman as Malicious. After an absence of; fifteen minitos from the court room at Macon, OS, v Friday, the jury on the case of the J state vs. Miss Kate Roebuck, of Americus, the accusation being preferred '3 by Banker L. O. Benton, erf Monticello, returned a verdict of not guilty,. ' J declaring the motive of the proseeu* Mnn tn ho mnlfHntlR intenL - j WATERS GUILTY OF MURDER. Shot and Killed His Cousin White at Work In His Field. At Statesboro, Ga^ Thursday, T. A. Waters was found guilty of murder. He shot and killed his cousin, John f. j Waters, last summer while at work ia . j his field. The jury recommended life Imprisonment. Both were jomg men.