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HUMAN BLOOD STAIN It Cai Never Bo Washed Out in This World. SOME TIMELY OBSERVATIONS On ? tbe Horrors That Attend a Slayer of His Fellow Man. Some Famous Booth Carolina Killings* This thing of taking the life of a human being except In self-defence, during excitement or on the field of battle, is a terrible thing and unless a man be hardened into brutality and ls utterly devoid of consolence lt will haunt him to his dying day. Three times during my career I have deliberately mado up my mind to kill, but, determined to make my antagonists first the assailants and to give them a fair showing, and thus put my own life in jeopardy. But when the necessity for any such en counter had passed the feeling of re lief was Indescribable. ThouBan.lB upon thousands of use ful and brilliant lives have been blighted and rendered miserable by the taking of human life; and even when the killing was justified in the sight of both man and by the laws of the land, the curse of Cain followed the slayer bin entire days. My father, I think, was with the Hon. Wm. L Yancey, the great Se cession leader, when he killed Dr. Earle, of Greenville. They were boys together, were warm friends, and 1 have often beard my father speak or the circumstance. Yancey killed Earle as the latter was advancing up on him with an upraised walking cane, and when the fatal shot was tired. Just before the beginning of the late war between the States my father and Mr. Yancey met In Mont gomery, Ala. Mr. Yancey, in discus sing the tragedy, stated tbat be had no intention of shooting Dr. Earle, but the encounter took place in the piazza of the postofllce, an old wooden building opposite the Mansion House in Greenville, and which piazza had no railing, being several feet from the ground. Dr. Earle attacked Mr. Yan cey because he bad slapped tbe face of his little son, Elias, there bel?g no very kind feelings between the two men. Dr. Earle raised his cane and advanced on Mr. Yancey, who drew his pistol, presented it and retreated backward. Mr. Yancey stated that he had no intention of shooting the Doc tor. hut wanted to intimidate him. In stepping backward he felt that he had reached the exteeme end of the piazza and, in order to prevent falling off, had inadvertently pressed the trigger. Biitj this great Southern statesman told my father, he would freely give tame, fortune and all he possessed and again start life a poor, ignorant and obscure man, could he, by so doing, only wipe that blond from his bands; that often, in the midst of his most brilliant orations, would sec the figure of Dr. Earle, as he appeared with that upraised cane, and when the tragedy was enacted, rise before him. It haunted him day and night, and while be was justified in thc killing and the sentence imposed by the law was light, bis life was unending re morse and self-reproach. Years after the killing, when Mr. Yancey returned to visit his mother-in-law, Mrs. Earle, in Greenville and Elias bad grown tu manhood, the young man, who had in nocently caused the death of his father appeared before the gate with shot gun in hand and asked to Col. Yan cey. Yancey from behind the closfed door, told Elias to go away and he would return to Alabama and not visit Greenville again; that be had more or the Earle blood then upon bis hands than he could ever wash away and did nut want any more. This visit would probably have resulted fatally had not the old lady, who like all of the Earles, was as brave as a lion, seized a shotgun and told Elias tbat he must go away and not rurthcr molest her guest, and that if he attempted any violence towards Yancey he must first fire thrcugh her. The next day ?lr. Yancey left for Alabama and did not return again, I think, to South Caro lina until as a delegate to the Charles ton Convention. If the killing of a human being can be made justifiable it was that of By num by Perry. Bynum was a noted duelist and had been employed to pro voke Perry into a fight and take his life. The two men represented ex treme factions in South Carolina poli tics, and which were as bitter as in the days of Tillmanism and conservat ism. Bynum was an expert with the plBtol, and had killed, so I am told, more than one man. On the other hand, Perry had but little if any prac tice with that weapon, being a man of peace, but undoubted courage. But Perry's steady nerve and cool head proved superior to the skill of his an tagonist, who was killed at the first fire, and his grave'is still puintcd out at the old historic Hock Church, near Clemson College. But even the knowledge that this duel had been forced upon him, and that his money was given an equal, if not better, Bhowlng for his life, could never wipe the red stain from the tender con science of Governor Perry. One of his sons told me he never heard the subject mentioned but once in his father's presence, when his face grew deathly pale, he raised his hand, and stated that he never again wanted to hear that duel spoken of by any mern ber of his family. That the borrow of that tragedy, committed on a little island in the Savannah River, haunted this great and good man all his days, is not doubted, and it cast a dark cloud over a brilliant and useful life. I have known a great many men who had taken human life, under all manner of circumstances, and with out a single exception they wore the brand of Cain upon their brows. There was no pleasure or happiness in life for him. Their existence was one long reign of remorse and self-re proach, and if they did not manifest the same by word of mouth, it could be Been in the restless eye, and ner vous starting at every unusual noise. Many turned for consolation to drink, and which only added fuel to thc in ternal fires that ever burned within them. Others prospered, but during those Intervals when thc mind was permitted to wander back to thc past, a look of haggard misery o'crspread their faces. Thc brand of Cain was fixed upon the brows of those shoul ders of human blood by Divine venge ance, and only death could erase it. I remember, while living in Ogle thrope county, Ga., talking with a young friend of mine who had gone wlfch a party to chastise a negro for a reported insult to a white woman. This young man was stationed at a window, through which thc negro on dea Yored to escape. He fired on thc man and shot him dead, lils body hanging over tho sill. This young man, and who.was .a successful. mer? ohant, stated to mo thai, ne'afterwards discovered that he had kllled van vin*', noceht and Blandereu man, and tho ? party who had :'-mad?*'up that Btoryi ? was .enraged against" the negro be-., cause'he.lntendcd .to; leave .his farm and he wanted to haye him cbasidbed, I3ut my "y?iing friend stated to rae '. that his whole life was blighted, and his entire ?xlstehc? of misery and re morse; that the1 sight of poor the negro haunted him all day long was a con stant nightmare. Freely would he give up all he possessed, and become a convict in stripes, to have that stain washed from his conscience.--He often Telt that did he possess the wealth of the world he. would "freely give lt for even ?n? day's r?ll?f from the agony of mind that pursued him, and that he might experience the feeling Of inuocenco ho kuew before that wretched night. Were tbisglobe of ours coined into gold, and placed' at my disposal to take the life of the most debased and miserable human being that walks the earth, even under the most justifiable circumstances," I would scorn the bride. Unless ? man, as I have .".tated, has a heart'seared, with sin, and is incap able of feeling remorse, I sometimes think it would be an act of mercy and kindness for the laws-of his country to put him to death, after willfully and deliberately taking the life of a fel low man. , A Jury may acquit him, and he may live a long, applauded and honored by -the world, but there beats in his breast an inner monitor, and which will ever keep him remind ed of that dark deed. His entire ex istence will boone prolonged agony and there will ever walk by lils side in day and repose -upon his pillow ut night, an unseen spectre of thc dead mau, and from which terrible and constant visitor there is no escape. The murderer is reminded of the fate that awaits" him by the Bible and which commands that "Ile who sheds man's blood by man shall his blood be shed." I admit that, there are occasions when it beco'mes imperatively neces sary to take human life, but my great est hope and* desire is that no such dread alternative shall_ ever bc' forced upon myself. I had sooner go to the grave the victim of another, than spend my days on earth with hands dripping with the lire blood of anyone created iu God's own image. Life is sweet, but it is anything but sweet to the red-handed murderer. In penning this article 1 had no in dividual C/ise in mind, .but give it as the observation of my life and a warn-. ? ng.-T. Larry Gab lt, i n-Spa r lan bu rg Herald. MANY DAMAGE SUITS. Sum of $iars,COO Already Sued for Rccau.se of Fishing Crook Wrack. Within the last few dayB damage suits aggregating the total amount of Si:i5,000 have been filed in Yorkvillo against the Southern Rat 1 way, as a result of thc Fishing Creek disaster of a few weeks ago. The first suit filed was bv the widow of Engineer U.C. Urickraan for the sum of ?7:">,0()U. This ls one bf the largest damage suits ever filed in this State, r Conductor Ed. Turner, who escaped with serious injuries, has brought suit for $20,000. The conductor ls still confined tn.his home by his injuries. J. W. Rhyne, the father of Fred Rhyne, thc fireman who was killed, has brought the third suit, he suing for $40,000 for the loss of his son. So far as can bc learned none of the passengers who were, hurt have filed suit. Marvin Murrow, the lilacksburg banker who was hurt, has to be wheel ed about in an invalid chair. He will probably sue for a very large amount Voung Johnson, the former Wofiord student who was so badly hurt that they thought for several weeks he would die, has not yet been heard from in a damage suit, but will likely ask for a handsome amount. It is be lieved that all those who were injured or who had near relatives killed will bring suits. The total amount sued for will be about half a million dollars, or nearly as much as thc line on which tile accident occurred is worth. ns^'Was Not Demit W." S?^Loye of Savannah, Ga., who has been missing from his home for several months, and who was reported to ha vp been drowned, has been locat ed in Denver, Col., where he has been working as a bookkeeper. Au eastern' insurance company, in which he held policies, delayed payment upon them until an investigation into his report ed death could be made. John W. Garrison was detailed to make the in vestigation 'and whi.e in Denver on other business accidently met Love on the street and recognized him. Mr. Garrison says that he does nut believe that there was an attempt to defraud the company in Mr. Love's disappear ance. Mr. Love says he made no ef fort to conceal his iden'ity since com ing here, but used his real name, and in seeking employment gave the names of Savannah business men as refer ences. (Vt-mn of Thought. Tlie best cure for a man's conceit ls a woman's laughter. Man regards human nature as a pack mule on which to pile his sins. Fear fullness burns the bridge be hind; fear, the bridge before. No man was ever discontented with the world if he did his duty in it. , Man thinks more of the cigar thrown in than of the box he pays for. Sonic things that are received as gifts arc really intended as invest ments. When you conquer your enemy by force, his better part remains uncon qurcd. Every wisc man has a parachute of prudence attached to his baloon of en thusiasm. Thc foundation of self respect is work. Work is thc parent of enter prise; idleness ls thc parent of vice. Hhot hy u Oops table. John Dendy a noted negro desperado of G reen vi i le county, was shot last week and seriously wounded by Con stable Davenport, of thc constabulary force, in a hand-to-hand encounter. Constable Davenport, who was in searcli of an illegal distillery, had en tered the negroe's house after being satisfied from looking in the window and observing thc negro handling li quor, that he was connected with the distillery he was seeking. l>eatl lu tho Hold. After reaching the navy yard at brooklyn thc lifeless body of J. Mc Tooracr of ICIi/abeth, N. J., a me chanic, was found lu the hold of tho Chattanooga, where he had evidently fallen from a platform near thc cruis er's bridge. TEN CENT COTTON p Benefit' Southern- C?tto"tt/Mill ???j?jn* ere, Says MV'.'' ?dmo??B. .. BY PLAIN" FACTS AND FIGURES He Shows that Cotton is too Cheap Whoo. : .lt". Falls - Below tho, M Average of Ton Gents . Since the days bf Solomon lt bas aver been true that thaJiuycr^ls,^ '1 bear, " for- today faky th'eri ,t ?*n'augbi.f naught, saith the buyer," basrbeen; the cry of the man who seeks tb'foVce down tho' price of that which be, ^de slres 't? purchase; out it would ''seem' bhat it has been left for this day and generation .to produce a seller who joins in with the buyer and seeks to depress the value Of his ?owr? goods*. The south 1B the great seller of cottOD to the world, and In these days it items to take delight in ..letting the buyer of its cotton not Only fix the price, but even joins in with the buyer in helping to create the im pression thaf the "bull" on- cotton is i dangerous animal, while the "bear" is the only truly good animal in the menagerie. It ls to be expected that the great cotton manufacturers of Europe and New England should unite .their .forces In beating down the price of "cottony we ate not surprised at their efforts tb create the impressionthat tliptnan who ?eeks to ad vance the price of cotton ts ? ' conscienceless gambler who -deserves tobe executed by all right-thinking people; we are not surprised that.they Hold him up as the enemy of man kind in forcing the closing of milla iud the stopping of employment for thousands of hands. But it is a lillie surprising that the south so complac-" ctitly accepts these teachings, abd bhat southern people gi ve riced to them, is though they were thc .honest con victions of sinc?re men. On"j?he oth ?r band, the "hear," the man who lives on the sufferings entailed upon the millions of cotton Droducers by forcing down the price bf cotton, is iield up as a great benefactor. Even let it be granted that both be gam blers, yet the bull is a power helping to secure for the producers a fairer price than he has had for many years, und to that extent at least he is doing great good to the south; while the bear's work results in keeping t-be cotton growcrpuor for the uenetit of the manufacturers of Europe and thc north. At the recent meeting of the New England Cotton Manufacturer's Asso ciation, the president and a number of other speakers bitterly denounced th? efforts of the bull leaders which brought about the higher prices of cotton, and the president expressed the'hope that the time would soon come when other countries would grow enough cotton to make the world more independent of the south as its chief source of supply. Here was the presidentof a great American business body expressing the hope j that the south might lose its monop oly on cotton by the development of cotton growing elsewhere, and against such unpatriotic sentimentP prompted only by his desire that in this way the price of raw cotton might' be forced down to a lower level, J havejiot seen a single word of prot?stala" northern papers and very little in southern. What cared he whether the .cotton producer, be he black gr white, get a fair return on his cotton? His only concern was that he and his fellow manufacturers might buy cotton at a low tigure, since the margin of protitj to the mill is alwa.ys.much larger on low price than on high price cotton._ Nobody eau blame these people. ?oF lighting for their own interests, but the south has a right to ask that they make an honest tight, and that they Jo not.seek to convince the world that the man who leads In breaking down cotton prices is a saint, while the one who works for higher prices is the s'reatest~?f sinners. COTTON NOT TOO HIGH. As I said, the strangest thing about Lhe matter is that without studying the subject many southern people adopt these views and think that it is a misfortune io-the south for cotton to command high prices. Only yes terday a prominent southern banker said to me; "I hope these high prices [if cotton will not last longer than Lhls year, for if they ,do-the southern., mills will not-make-?o 'muoi?/J?8i^ey..: Lt is doubtless true that with high prices the mills wouldn't make such arge prouts and no one more highly appreciates than 1 do the magnificent work of the mill Interests of the south In/the development'of'this section in the creation of employment for hith erto idle people and in every gor?d. work that tends to the upbuilding'Of the whole south. But suppose high price cotton should cause a net'de cline of ti per cent in the earnings of all cotton mill capital in the south the aggregate decrease would be say $10',000,000 to $12,000,003, as there^j : now about $170,000,000 to $209,000, ? 000 invested.In southern mills though, even this might not come true, as thc mills might be able to so.adjust their operations as to avoid any decrease. On the other hand an advance of even 1 cent a pound in the raw staple would mean an additional profit to the growers and thus to the south of $50, JOO.00O to $(?0,000,000. which would several times over offset the decline in mill earnings. For tiie last ten years vye have be come so accustomed to low prices for cotton that weare apt tu forget that for nearly a hundred years the world took our cotton atan average of near ly 10 cents a pound. From 1800 to 1810 cotton prices ranged from -Mc a pound down to 13.?, the latter being the lowest New York average for any year in that period. About 1842 prices declined and in 18-11-43 the av erage New York price was 6.U cents a pound, the lowest average on record. Prices continued low forsevoral years, but gradually advanced and from 18 49 to 1800 they averaged about ll to 12 cents a pound. The crop of 1859 r?f 4,800,000 bales brought an average ?if 11 cents and yet after nearly half a century, with thc enormous ad vaneo In population, wealth and consuming power, crops of only a little more than double that have sold as low as 6 and 7 cents a pound; and from that gradu ally advancing to something over 8 cents. And this year a tremendous effort is hoing made to beat down the price to 9 cents or less. Judged' by the Increase in the world's consump tive requirements, cotton should not this year only but in all years, unless there should be some temporary great 3vcr-production, sell as high as thc general average of thc last hundred years and that would be over 10 cents 1 pouud. ; GKKAT PROS^X^rXY;. WIXL FOLtOW. .'s?liotithe sputB ? fofflve ot- stx'yea.? geti iq c?bte Jot itiveotton abd bu farm and ld f^?t?ry, l? village Arid In city, ^M9re^.buld]^e ??ub?unded; prosper i ty. Une m'rmorv?nd.the farm laborer. would no longer be forced to ecoiw mizo aadurlog the;,.lasteten fears ol low prices. Ttibr?anufact?rdrof cot t?h goods as w?ir?s bf all other goodf? would (lud a^-better market for, bli waresftjhe banker ands the meron an t would; lietm??? nrospero?^ the tide bl imm?gratld? which always, by' s?m'? natural lafy; ?seeks a . country which ;is-prosp?T|bg7;wqhld.vbe,:': turned, thh way and n?wpopiUati?n and how cap j tal |WPuld. be, poured intcu the south as. tLuy wferelhto.-tih? gr6atr.w.?st tw?n; "ty-'lv?^ years ?go when that s?ctibc ?ubecbrherth0'?euter of.activifcy^lfor the surplus energy and " c?pit?To? Europe amd America; Then lotetlie v6ouyti .cease to join hands with- those.whose interests "make' them'Selfishly ' erv down.tbe price/of cotton; who seek tc iaise a gf?at b?gabbo of the few:bale? bf cotton,'which the English arid the continental spinners succeed . in ; pro ducing In thelrjfutile efforts' \o torce cotton growing in other countries, and^Hthe south, by proper handUog and marketing, compel the ,"b?y?r .te seek the cotton at a fair price,, ratbei than tbaL.wc should beg him' to take ourj?/eat^taple at any price whick suits his good pleasure. .. ' ' ' This is not visionary, it is plain, common - sense and : eventually ibe south!will..cease to be.., frightened al the cry of over-production when there is no.oyer;produotion,jiad at tbe^el : abora'ter^pfess disj^ty?t?,,: and gtVvoW: I mcntjcb?'rts gilbut every ti mo some foreign organization resolve? to?try:tc raise "more^Sobtbn in the I heart ofrAf* rlca^J. Aftvec^ while it may cease tc pay attention even to th?- utt?rance? of a member of,the ,cjabl net .who, in an--entirely* unjtf?blf?ed > interview,.at* tempte, as..^eretary Wilson lately diurto brtak'down the pride of. cot ton. It was possible to give even a forecast'of the '.chances of tho new crop. .... . j l I have never bought, sold or raised 'a bale of cotton in my life except once, and that was many years ago, and so I haye no"1 personal Interest tc serve, as have many bf the so-called authorities who constantly, put fort!: theirpredict?ons.??" tidihe.: future ol prices. My own business interests-bring mc in touch with, manufacturers, .more than with the farmers, bub that dbe* not make me b'?l??ve, as many manu facturers do, that low prices are bene ?oial to the south. -By Richard H .Edmonds, Editor Manufacturer's Re curd, Ballimore. HOW ROADS ABE WORKEt). Extracts from aa Essay by the lmt< Bill Nye. Did'' the reader ever see a group o rustic road builders working out lb road tax? When a community desire a church built, it secures an arohlted and builder, who may have had ex perience. When a road is wanted th< community- builds lt itself. As th< merciful man is mefclful to his beast I a good way to serve God, do good tx the dumb brute and molify the terror! of profanity would be to make .roadi with some sort of system, instead ol making mudples at a dollar a day annually pulling back the same ,ole dirt in the^ame old hole. lt -ri Why s&ould-..^ self-made J road master, with a wbisk-brooin beard abc pan in:,- s j. v....... . j-:.r.. his breastbone bores a -bole in* the 'roaitf ^pry^.timc he sits down tbthiol 'dye^; ^glde)tp^t fch?t he can build ? p'erm'ane'nt highway? When i wai a youth and bad to work on the.farm working out my father's road tax wai the only ?relaxation 1 bad. It is th* only green'spot In my agricultura memory. It was there I met, eact 'year, other bright young minds, anc learned 'for "the fir6t time tbat 'thi earth is round like a ball and thal .itcJs, composed of land and water which, when united, make the av erage American road. A goud highway leading to town if of more-value to the.-f?rm?f' Vtban a bloodless and heartless railroad operat ed bynon-re?rdents, who make fun ol the farmer. fiona a safe distance,>Uc over, his milch .cow and set fire to bit cfdp. '/"Fellow farmers, let us think bl the?&fcthings, and no longer haul oui produce over the paths laid for us bj the racoon' and the. Indian. Let ut rise and throw off the fetters that mark the years of barbarism, and nc longer seek to patch'- up an o?d wai path with Meeting clay. -*T$?ta<y,-should we.whistle ujpja.vfhole dry goods box In the''discussion bf the silver question, when it will not make twenty cents difference with us one ^vay ' or 'the other; while .-:eVe>y--fence corner contains the bleaching bone* of a descrepitand permaturely broker dovyni wagon or a delibitated horse There is no quicker way to get at the surplus .and spread lt amo.ng the work lng class?s than to put it into gooc roads. Let some of these old, tiree statesmen, who have become abaemie ?and sporadic from breathing tht .ligated- '.ab of legislation, go home and -rub tlie Inflan^0 ?ums Qf theii grand -children, iwhiie 'jounger ; men with nmhltif"" f??yV '.?tnSraselvesyanc \)1Cjn-f?llows, introduce a few moderi methods among a long suffering peo plc. We hit Ve! got, war vessels enough now let us encourage, the 'arte o peace. POSSE IN A EIGHT. Three NcgrocB Killed In Ugly Olasf Near New Orleans. In an encounter between a band o negroes, led by bad white men and i constable's' posse, three negroes hav< been killed and seven or eight wound ed in the rear of the Pecan Grovi plantation in St. Charles parish nea New Orleans. Ne>ne of the posse wer? hurt. The surviving negroesand the! white leader, Pat McGee, are in thi swamps and are being searched for . Further trouble is-feared. _ McGee and the negroes have beet working for the Mississippi ValieJ railway. Several days ago.complaini was lodged against some of them thai they had contracted debts and refuser .to'pay. Charges wero made and Con stable Songy went out to see tho ne groes. On his way he met John Hinds tho .negro fssistant of McGee, win covered him with a shotgun and com manded him to keep away from tb< camp. Songy returned to St. Rose and or gan i zed a posse. Near the camp th< posse encountered eighteen of the ne groes and McGee, all heavily armed Both parties concealed themselves lr high weeds and a battle of twentj minutes resulted. Tho negroes ane McGee llnally lost nerve and lied The bodies of three of the hegroe i were picked up when the smoko ha< olbared away. Soven of the ncgroe aro said to have been wounded. , ? . The Pr?sent Atone is Ours. There's butone word upon the face- of Time . .That word ls "Now^ ~ " ; y Heed it before you-hear Lire's evening . cliltue, S ; ?Vj -Your head to bow; And, .with a gemless crown, at Fail J ure'sshrlne, Ask God to raise r~. The .ourtaln"'twixt; the hope that . seems divine ft -j. - ' And misspent days. "Now'? is the orisis of man's clrcum stance- , ; .' His life, his all; The trial of his fortitude-his chance ' " To rise or fall, y. ? r <-..-- -. - , The cbjumn waits, the old flag floats * on high B^it soon the sUn. . Will count a day lost, and dn sadness Mi No,battle won.": Tho potter's clay is in thy hands to ? mould _ j - An angel's face Why leave it , Idly, to turn crude and cold, ? And lose its grace? The mountain beckons from Its wooded i sides i A' "'Come unto me/' 1 The.tlver wliispers, "Ah, my strug gling tides " v Koli uselessly." The. desert calls for water, that a flower May raise its head; And science pleads-her resurrection hour, To leave the dead. Qreat Now, while yet we sing, you : glide away In mystio air, Outfrom'the sunshine of tho glad to day, Oq, ?u.to'where. Tomorrow," youth's bright harbinger, . stillthrives .* ? 'T will never-be;1.-. . * If man should have.a hundred thous iftnd'liVeSi .. '? ? He'll find in thee The power that made the lilly first j . ' disclose Her wealth of white. . HOW ZACH CAMS TO COLLEGE j A Iii ttl? Book That Every Boy Should | Read and Study. The Spartanburg Journal says: "A prophet is not without honor save in his own country." And lt Is some what against the human bent to give I to the efforts of those we know, whose personalities and individuality have*| become familiar from everyday asso ciation, whom we know to be men or | women of li cs h and blood, perfectly human like ourselves, that favorable | consideration we are inclined to give to the efforts of those who are only known to us by those efforts, those I products of their higher self and purer skill. Despite this we cannot but| commend', praise and endorse the re sult:of Prof. John "G. Clinkscales' re cent literary 'efforts entitled "How Zach Came' to CpUege," the perusal of | which has proven a pleasure indeed, and a source of edification, the real ex tent of which was not fully expected. The story ls by a Spartanburg man, and it deals with people whom we see j evejry day with a time many of us can remember; ls ...is. .redolent with local coloring; and ; above'ail it is true to facts and nature a'nd yet contains that effusion and poetic construction that ls the story teller's art. It tells bf S-big, gruff, rougb-moun^ ! T?r-'jv^r;- oatoblrifr' Inspiration .from a l chance glance afc a'Woffotdc^mmence-f inept and 'determining on a college ca reer".' Ile declared, .that , "he would 'speak up thai ope o' these days," and. true enough he did, though, tobreach tho chasm between him and, the com mencement rostrum, he was compell ed to perform, moit arduous agricultu ral tasks by"day';'and *y the light of tho moon; to search - for the cunning '' 'possum" the evasive; coon and the ! honeyed "bee tree." . Above ?all he I bad to fdrego Ids marriage; and as he climbed the intellectual summit, he had to take his untutored bethrothed along with him so that she would be capable of understanding and enjoy ing with him his mental advance ment. He persued his course despite the fact that enlightenment caused him. to see more clearly the faults of his neighbuis; and having that rugged honesty bred Into him by his good old mother and his beloved Bible, he opposed some of these faults and had troubles. The local evil he combatted most was the clandestine manufacture of spirits away from the guiding hand of Uncle Sam. In intellect and physi que he <? reigned among his mountain companions. He dethroned by his] eloquence the demagogic politician and during his last year at college "pulled down" the strongest man of | the county, and wound up by thrash ing the recognized "bully" of Ruther fordton County. Ile-at.last spoke from "up thar" and was loudly, ap plauded for his eloquence. He mar ried his first love and settled down and became a Baptist minister. It'is a good story well told. As you read lt you can see the towering mountain with the patch of corn by its side, hear the bark of. "Towser' as he pursues his object In the distant | wood, see the mountain schooner' wend its way, drawn by stalwart ox en, along the rugged road io the val ley- It ls a good book, inspiring, helpful and interesting and no Spar tan who reveres the days of old, and no one who loves character sketching true to life, and no one who believes that a collette education is not in the reach of all,'should fail to read it. Studying Our Methods. Ttlozo .Abe of Osaka,. Japan spent) Wednesday in Charleston studying thc methods of handling cotton and thc classification'of the staple. Mr. Abe is engaged in the manufacture of cloth in Japan and he is in the United States for the purpose of Informing himself on matters, connected with the industry. Ile spent some time it New York- and is now traveling through the south, visiting the cotton Melds and the ports. Ile is much in terested fh'the harvesting and ginning of cotton and in fact in the entire handling of the crop from thc time that lt ls taken from the boll until lt is woven into yarn and cloth. Japan manufactures considerable cloth, he stated and also imports sufficient cot ton to be able to export lt in turn to China. Ills investigations of the methods of shipping cotton and hand ling It generally will bo put to use upon his return to Japan. Five Mon Drowned. A skiff, containing flvo Hungarian laborers, was swept over the Spring dale dam near Colfax Station Pa., during early morning fog, and four of the occupants were drowned. A heavy fog prevented thom seeing the proximity to the dam until tho swirl caught tao boat and carried lt over. Rebuking the Fr??Blrt>nt. ;> President Roosevelt- he:s doubtless learned by;, thia time that there are many people in the United States who h?ve not forgotten . General Mc Clellan i? ho has. Somo of the Bpeech.es delivered at the Antietam celebration - hy New York vetoraha, hold at.Brooklyn; may be interpreted. aB a ,somewhat bitter rebuke to Mr.. Roosevelt." Gen. Horatio C. King, speaking on that- occasion, said: "The Unipn armies had met with defeat.; ' After the battle of Bull Run they wore thoroughly, disorganized, and came" to Washington hatless, shoeless and w'.th their guns thrown aside. 'Tho people had lost confi dence ; in the generals. After re peated . disasters there .waa only ono man to whom tho people looked for the preservation of the Union, and. he was in Washington when the whipped armies came there. 'The great president, Abraham Lincoln, realized this, and went from the White house -to the residonco of General McClellan to ask him to take command of tho armies. He was never really relieved of command. In twenty-four hours the disorder in the armies was over, and McClellan took that previously demoralized anny, equipping them on the way, and in six weeks fought one of tho greatest battles in the great struggle, sending back across the Maryland lino General Robert E. Lee and his confederate army. Such a battle between other nations would * have ended a war, but the contestants were of tho same blood, equally heroic and convinced of the; cause for which they were fighting." Gen. King's speech waa roundly cheered by the veterans who heard it. We agree with him that Gen. McClellan was a great general, ono of the best developed on either side during the civil war. He will live in history when the men who try to belittle him are forgotten._ Hanna ta WorriuU. Tho Ohio campaign is becoming more interesting every day." A New York paper attributes to Senator lianna the admission that the Re publican nominee for governor is to have "no such" in his contest against Tom L. Johnson, the Democratic nominee. The Johnstown, Pa., Democrat describes the situation in an interesting way when it* says: "The Republican and the reorganizer papers are full of Ohio political stuff antagonistic to Tom L. Johnson, the Chicago Chronicle leading with lurid tales of Democratic revolt and of Republican jubilation. Perhaps tho wish is father to the thought. But then it is remembered that when he was running for congress the first time it was confidently claimed that, the workingmen wouldn't touch him with a 40-foot pole and that there fore he would never come in sight of the wire. The same representations were made when he carno out for mayor. All the Republican papers and all tho pluto-demoeratic organs 1 declared him to be impossible. But somehow he won out all right and ho won out again and again each time by a moro sweeping majority. May ho not fool his enemies.again? May he not provo as potent in tho state as ho has shown himself to be in Cleve land and in ?uyahoga? Of course Bernard is against him in Hamilton county, - But he was against him be fore He luiB always been against anybody who was a real Democrat and if beean combino with Republi can Boss Cox so as to throw Hamil ton county over to Herrick the Re publican candidate there isn't the slightest doubt that he will do it." Tom .Johnson may be defeated, but he is certainly giving Mark Hanna a great deal ot uneasiness. In fact the old boss boodler seems to have a tired feeling. Redeem indiana. Republican pnpors have had much to say concerning lawlessness in Breathitt county, Kentucky. Not long ago Curtis Jett was tried and convict ed on tho charge of assassinating At torney Marcum. Jett was sentenced to life imprisonment. Later Jolt was placed on trial on the charge of killing Thomas Cockrill, whoso assassination occurred several years ago and long prior to the killing of Marcum. In the Cockrill case Jolt waa found guilty and sentenced to death. The Commoner says "accept ing then, the verdict in bot h sf these cases as having been rendered in ac cordance with the law and tho evi dence, it seems t hat Kentucky, to this extent, at least, has redeemed itself. Would it not be well now for some of these republican papers to devote their attention to the state of Indiana, which state, because of the conduct of its republican authorities, ia in need of a little wholesome work along tho redemption lino? William S. Taylor, former governor of Kentucky, is now given protection hy tho re publican officials in the state of In diana. Taylor ia charged with hav ing taken part in tho assassination of tho late Governor Gobble, and al though thc governor of Kentucky has repcadly called upon the repub lican governor of Indiana to surrend er Taylor of the Ken t ocky ant hon tics, the Indiana governor has refused to do so." A New Hlniiuer. "Summer vacations and winter trips to the South," says Secretary Stunrt of the New York Stato Health Bonni, ore fruitful sources cf typhoid fever epidemic." Following out this theory, he intimates that .condition in the South during mid winter aro such that every tourist takes in tho germ, cultivates it for a good long period, and then scatters it after re turning homo. Naturally, tho health authorities aro inclined to take issue with Secretary Stuart. His statement is characterized as a wild fahey, to which there' is not the least founda tion, and indeed, several eminent medical men have said it was duo to sectional feeling. We doubt that, howoyer. It requires too much strain ing to believe anything like that, for tho charge was evidently made by a man who was ignorant. Dr. Brunner, of Georgia, believes that in evey com munity where typhoid fever is epi demic the trout)lo is due to local con ditions, and not to germs gathered at Palm Beach or St. Augustine, lt Geo A Wagener, Pres. Geo Y Coleman, VicePrep -.I G Ball,? Sec'y Treao Coleman-Wageuer H?rdw?Ve Conip?riy^ ' Successor ?o O. P. Poppenholm. : v . , 303 KING STREET, - - - - CfJA?LEST?N, S ?!: :. ?THE AlSrSW?R TO THE QUESTION?:WHY: 'D^ES.':^?'Hr.THE'''^X*-r COUNTRY GIVE CHARLESTON H?R ENTIRE TRADE IS. BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW CHARLESTON 13 AS THIS { GREAT >A DVA Nr TAGE OVER HER COMPETITORS. ALL YOU .HA VE TO JDO;IS rT? ? COMPARE RATES. / CliAR?lFIOATlONS . r y>> ; .? PBR-C?t?ioA?. I'Klt 100 I.B3, . . 1 2 3 4 6' 6 60 40 34 28 23 JL7 ?'~?2o per Iii; lbs. Will thc up-coiintry buy from Charleston 'If: ?hoy sall chedper'vlha?vPthOv-: cities? . ? .. ; ... ? : . '-. . . 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The State Fair oilicials promise to have this year the biggest Fair oh record ' and the City or Columbia will do her share in providing amus6ments.'' -?Ddn'b:'. forget the dates, Oct. 26, 27, 28, 29. P. H. LACHICOTTE & CO., Jewelers, 1424 Main Ht - COLUMBIA, -S O Founded in 1850. - ' - Gradu?tes 4,453 MEDICAL STUDENTB. Write for Free Catalogue of the MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE. Curriculum included twenty-three lecture courses, each followed by a, thorough review quiz; seven laboratory courses,' and three hours of clinical work daily. New building elaborately eqipped .with modern apparatus and appliances. Tuition $65.00. Address, J. DILT^ARD JACOI?, M. D., Sec., 641 South Market St., Nashville, Tenn. JJllt/li FAN G Y SHAPES ? > LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS GEORGIA-CAROLINA BRICK CO., Howard H. Stafford, President. WRITE FOR PRICES.* AUGUSTA, GA. WM G. A. GUIGNARD, Pres. G. A. ATKINSON. Secs Tres. 5THE COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., will be glad to answer and correspondence of any person using Machinery, Wo carry 3 grades of Rubber Belting. 3 grades of Leather any Gandy Belt. Also' Wood Pulleys, Pipe Fitting, Valves, Shafting. Hangers. Roiiiing and every thing else in the supply line. You save money by writing or calling on us. COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., Pulu tri bia. S._ CL_ Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarette I All.Drug and Tobacco 1 Habit, I Habit | Habit | '". Habits. Cured.by Keeley Institute, o? s. C. 1320 Lady SC. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Conlldential correspond-, ejicejjojjched^ Lime, Cement, Plaster. Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Car lots, small-lots, write, Carolina, Portland Cement Co.*. Chfcrlesion, ?. C. may be, aa the Greenville News says, from which paper we clip the above, that Secretary Stuart is running a j press bureau for some other winter resort as a side line. Latter Day Proverbs. The man of real force doesn's ?bave to resort to loud talking. Gossip often finds listeners amone the most refined. The mao who runs' and reads, re llects little and digests less. We generally pay for the interest we have in this life. c. Some people who can't do anything else amuse themselves and disgust others by. kicking. .'. Many a bright man has put out his own light. When we begin to look bebind"us we are crone to go backward. Few make light of ihe deeds they do in darkness. If you would advance, look well ahead. An idle word has cost many a penny. GamblersMu?t (io. The State says several bouses in. Chicago have tacked up printed notices warning their employees against visiting . gambling . bouses whether through curiosity or desire to play. They also drew the line on betting upon horse races, ball "games or anything of the kind. : These notices have been posted because the gambling habit is said to-be greatly on the increase. This increase of the betting habit is not confined to Chicago. The introduction of slot machines, pool rooms, athletic sports and gi v? */m teste have all tended' to break down a former public sentiment against- betting, and even small boys are found laying wagers with all the aplomb that characterizes professional sports. ? Handed Him Twice. A grewsomespectacle was witnessed at Birmingham Ala., Thursday when Felix Hall, colored, was hanged for the murder of Norwood Clark,- whipe. When the drop fell the rope slipped and the condemned man hung for teu minutes, only half choking. Ile was hauled up and the rope re-adjusted. This time the fall broko. his neck/ Hall's last act was to write a declara tion of innocence. Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water tish and oysters. If you are dealing in Fresh Fish or intend to deal in them write for prices and send your ordrs to TERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. O. or COLUMBIA FISH I & JICE CO Columbia S. C. We ship only fresh caught tish and our prices are as low as tiley can be sold at. 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