The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 04, 1887, Image 2
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THE 110 Kit Y~ UEltALH.
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second class matter.)
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T1IUHSDAV, Al.'CS. 4, 1J5S7.
A terriiio tornado passed over bar
go, Dakota, Monday night duly 2b,
doing considerable damage in the
way of blowing olT roofs, chimneys,
breaking windows, wrecking fencos
and small buildinos. It was aceom- !
panied bv a remarkable electrical display
in which some few persons were
killed.
Molatnl, Minn, was struck by a tor- i
nado about the same time which blew 1
down several houses and wounded
five persons.
A disastrous rainstorm passed over
Heading, Pa. tlio night of tho 20 in- 1
dieting heavy losses upon railroad and
private property. In a radius of
twenty-five miles the damage is estimated
at 150,000.
Tho (>hio ltopuhlican Convention
met in Toledo, July tho 27, renominated
Poraker for Coventor, endorsed 1
John Sherman for President of the
United Statos. Put forth a platform
of principles reaffirming its udherenco
to the protective tariff, condemning .
Cleveland's administration, especially j
in the matter of tho civil sorvice law
and vetoing pension hills. It favors
liberal pensions for soldiers and .-ai 1
1 I l r .. .1 i
?>;s ?nhi iaro? e \ peno 11 in es ?or me
improvement of national waterways
and national aid to education.
It is not a platform on wlueli an
intel! ioent jpat riot ie cit i/eiTwould call
to stand and appeal to intelligence
and patriotism for support, and yet
the main design is evidently to catch
votes.
Slavery in Hrazil promises soon to
he a tlnno of the past. The I'ailimenL
of the empire is now consider
ino a hill providing for the linal
stages of emancipation and it will
j?ass. 11 declares all slaves registered
11... v .1 r u>oi < i r
M I Mil' I IIIL5 a'\*' 1 ?U IOOJ l<> 1)1' irt'l'.
lint thev must servo their masters
two years more, liein^r paid, however
ami beino eared for. Moreover,
they can redeem themselves for
about ><200 each. Slaves b0 years ;
old or more need not thus serve their 1
masters, and if one of a married 1
couple happens in some way to free
himself, th" other also becomes free, j
The registered number of slaves i
in the empire is about 1,200,000. j1
President Cleveland is overwhelmed
with invitations to visit different j
cities in the South and West. I lope
lie may bo able to accomodate all desirous
of a Presidential visitation,
and we further hope ho may be bio
enouoh physically and psychically to
fill their ideal of a whole President.
Charleston is discussing the expo
mi vin > v i i'vynui'' ii ?* i aim ualiiu niuil
J r> o
to ilio "city l>v 1110 soa" soinotimo in I
October. No doubt it would pay
11 io merchants handsomely, and enable
their country cousins to mako
an enjoyable trip to die city.
It cope ii i the Citailcl Academy. J
The n's and ('onrii r says:
"The Alumni Association of the
Citadel did a very sensible thing in
appointing Col John 1). Wylie, of
Lancaster, its next annual orator,"
said a gentle man to a reporter yesterday.
"Col. Wylie did as much as
any senator to forward the re-establishment
of tho Academy, of which
he is an alumnus. 1 chanced in Co-,
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i 11111111?i en iiiu i i 1111" iiiv ?jur.-M inn tu inestablishment
was being agitated, j
Tho House had passed the bill, but
the contest in tho Senate was extremely
close and was, 1 believe,
eventually settled by tho casting vota
of the Lioutonnnt-CJovornor. There
was a Senator from one of the upper
coast counties, tall and ungainly in
form, quizzical in language, and delivery,
but with a sound sub-stratum
of common sense, which always commanded
an attentive hearing when
he rose to speak. He had voted solidly
against the Citadel in tho preliminary
skirmishes, and but for ColWylio
would have S3 continued to
vote. The night before tho third
reading of the billWylio went to the
hotel of the Senator and reasoned
with him untill the woo sinn' hours.
So persuasive was Wylio that on tno
next day to the astonishment of all
tl\i> o< ai r/1 tr I ^rt?\K/\uon I n I i t>/% ' ? f <
iiiw .inn uj j uouu um v u ui iiiu iijiper
coast county voted for the re-establishment
of 1)10 Citadel, and his
vote with that of the Lieutenant-Governor
saved the day.
The description in the above paragraph
suits the Senator from Horry
with the exception that ho was not
tall of stature. We are informed that
it was not simply the persuasive arguments
of Senator Wylie that operated
the change of his vote on the
succeeding day but one of his constituents,
who is an alumnus of the Academy
and a special friend of the
Horry Senator, had written him letter
strongly urging him to change
front nnd support the Academy, and
that was the main factor in bringing
out the fma' ."a.orablo vote.
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ax impromptu vi:m< i:. !
The Picturesque lluf Pitiable
Plight of Augusta.
AfUCSTA, .Inly HI. All^USta,
to-day reminds one forcibly of that
bcautuiful city Venice. Almost the
entire place is one smooth but pretty '
expanse of water, dotted with boats
of every description, from a sail'ng
yacht to the smallest canoe. Hoots
drawing live feet of water can be
enrried over three-f mrths of the the
city without danger of running;
aground. People were piling in
boats jtcll-mell from midnight last
night till noon to dap seeking places .
of safety from the rapid rise of the
WUtOrs, JMJll tltOll boats WOl'd HO
scarco 11i3it many had to sleep in tho
second stories of their houses. Dainsi
were buit in front of many vards and
oven before tho doors and windows I
or p'az/aas, but th.eso wore apuekly
overflowed. Then those whoso j
houses had two stories lied to tho
second, I>111 those who wore not so
fortunate were compelled to mount
chairs and beds, awaiting the arrival
of boats. .Many floated out on hastily
constructed rrfts. A number of
those who own boats have acted vorv
badly, charging as much ais a dollar ai
piece to remove people from their
iiousesthat wore rapidly filling. ( )f
course poor people had to pev this
extortionate rate as they feared drowning,
and each and every boatman has
made from one to live huiidi d dollars.
As predicted in this coriespomlence,
the river continued to rise throughout
all la^t night and to-day when, at
'i o'clock, it rcaiehcd its gaeatost
height, thirty live feeet. Since then
it has been falling slightly, and ait 8
o'clock to-nigh one inch faill is registored.
'eni-: SCKN ! : IN 11 \ M at no
ShoiiiN after 2 o'clock your correspondent
secured a boail ami first
crossed the river into Hamburg. In
many places there the water is fill- !
ly eighteen feet deep. I noticed wa- j
tor up to the roofs of many small I
dwelling houses, and there is not |
a house in the entire place that the
first floor is not submerged.
Not onl\ all business has been mis- i
pendod, but the entire population
have moved with their live stock over
to Schultz llill. Many hoi's and
cows werd drowned, and wagon j
bodies, tubs, chairs and ail manner I
of household goods mav be seen j
floating around on the water. None
but foot passengers were allowed to
cross the bridge, and they were all j '
advised not to make the attempt.
The South Carolina train was unable
to get nearer than within a mile!
of the bridge, four hundred feet of ;
the Hamburg trestle having been
washed away. Neither the Charlotte,
Columbia Augusta or the South ('arolina
trains went out I his morning, as
Llie bridges won? deemed unsafe, hut
this afternoon both trains wont out
ifter dolayng sonic hours.
The t 'harlotte, Columbia and Augusta
trestle is all right in Hamburg,
but the Tort Kpyal trestle leading to
the bridge three miles below the city
has been entirely washed away, and
no trains are running.
NVAT UK IN Til K SKCONb STOItlK*.
I then rowed up the river to the
eastern portion of the city. There, I
near the bank, tin? water is running ;
into the second story of the houses.
( hit of some four hundred houses in
that neighborhood there are now |
hardly half a dozen inhabited. IJnteaux
were being paddled through
the lower floors of many houses, and
tho water is from 5 to 20 feet deep, i
We then rowed tip through Proud |
street from the Planters' Motel to
the extreme uimer end, and there the
water is flooding all the stores, not
one having escaped, and is in the
first floor of many dwelling houses.
We then proceeded out to Greone
street above the Kntcrpriso factory, I
which has water all over the ground
floor, and the stores in the neighborhood
are covered, in two instances
over the counters.
The Augusta I>elugc<)ver.
Auousta, Ga., August I ."?The
waters have been slowly receding all
the morning and at 2 o'clock to-day a
fall of twenty-seven inches from the
highest point is registered. The
canal bank is washed awav for thirty
or forty feet and water is still pourino
through in torrents.
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On liroad street the water has fallen
enough to allow the street cars to
run over seven-eights of the line, but
on all the others streets tho water is
yet (piito deep.
Tho water from tho canal has done
considerable dainawo to tho houses on
, r>
upper Greene street.
A dead horse hitched to a buggy
was seen floating down the river this
morning. A boatman took off the
harness and pulled it and the buggy
ashore, lotting tho horse go down.
Lombard's foundry, whore tho so........1
i....i.n r r..i
vwnw i\m i;i < iiiidi i/iimU) in 111 iriii nil
condition, some portions of the building
I?ointr badly washed,and much of
his lately completed work washed
away. It is feared that the whole
buildings is undermined but nothing
definite can yet bo learned. The
water surrounds it to a depth of lif
toon feet.
It is thought now, since the fall has
commenced, that the damage is at
an end, and the city is regaining its
usual business activity.
It will take months of work and
thousands of dollars to repair the
streets alone, so badly have they been
washed. All the sowers are broken.
It is difficult to form an idea of
| the immense amount of damage done
' to the many residences and stores
here, but it is safe to predict that it
will run up to hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
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A Revolt from l\hi? Cotton.
Ki..\< Kvn.i.i:, July A few
years ago the man who would havo
ventured to suggest to the farmers
along tho railroads in this county
that more money, per aero, could lie
made planting watermelons than
could he realized from the old staple
would have been regarded as a crunk.
Many <>f litem wotdd have looked upon
it as almost desecration to utili/.c tho
fine cotton lands that border the
South ('arolina Railway on both sides,
from Midway to White I'ond, for
melon growing. To one like myself,
who has been deeply interested in the
development of the magnificent
agricultural resources of this county,
and has talked it and written of it on
al! proper occasions, and ascertained
in that way how deeply tho one idea
I of cotton growing was fixed in the
minds of our planters, it is almost
incomprehensible to note the change
that has come upon them in tho section
mentioned. It is, however, as
refreshing and gratifying as it is hard
c* r~> j
to understand.
What an interest now is manifested
in melon-growing. What an inn
n
dustry it has become. What life and
| animation it. throws into business cirj
cles at this otherwise dull season of
| the year. Por the last three weeks
this town and those above us and bo|
low on the railroad have exhibited a
scene of life and activity that is not
I equalled, in some respects, in the
| busy cotton months. IJuyer and sol|
ieitors for commission houses from all
i parts of the North, Past, and North,
west have filled up our towns and go
from place to place by every train,
I ami actively compete with each other
in their endeavors to secure as many
carloads us possible. The telegraph
I operator is kept busy sending and receiving
dispatches as to the state of
the market from all points. The
South ('arolina Railway is kept busy
moving the crop. liuying and sel
lino is active every afternoon when
the cars, which have been loaded all
along the line, have been massed here.
farmers, merchants, and buyers j
from abroad arc all alike filled with j
the desire of bio profits, and a frajj- |i
meiit of the spirit of Wall street seems I
to have turned loose here. The re- j
suit this season has boon greatly
beneficial to our section. The planters
have realized oood prices, and all
who have handled the crop are satisfied
with the profits realized. The
crop is easily made, rapidly marketed,
ind the universal verdict is that the
profits far exceed, per acre, the best
cotton crop.
I hit the beauty of is that it does
not interfere with the cotton crop in '
my way. It is so oasily made that
the cotton crop need not be decreased
to any jrreat extent. It is marketed
at a time when planters have little
else to do, ai.d brings cash into oir j
eolation at a time money is oroatly i
needed. Some of the small fanners
tell mo that theyjhavo already in pocket
as much money as their cotton crop
will realize, at one-fifth of the cost,
and at the same time expect to make
as much cotton as they nsualU make.
It is safe to say that the watermelon
industry has passed tho experimental
sfago in this section. It did not
prove near so remunertive at first,
owinpr to the fact that the movement
was new and our planters inexperienced
and did not understand how to
market the crop to the best advantage,
and consequently iduttod some mar
ket whilo others wont unsuppliod.
Tho arrangements for freights had
n ~
not been systematized and in many
instances consigners were swindled
r>
by unscrupulous parties, who sold
melons in many of (lie markets, lint
these matters have all been overcome
and this season's crop has been well
handled and prices have been very
satisfactory all the time. It is estimated
that the crop of this season,
which has now boon mostly marketed,
will put at least tifty-thounand dollars
in the pockets of out people in
this section of our country. ()f course
molon-growing can only be profitably
carried on where the lands are
contiguous to railroads, as it will not
pay to haul them any great distance.
1 The railroads are doing much to pro
mote the industry but can and should
do more. They should provide cars
more suitable for tno shipment of the
, fruit, so that the freshness may be
bettor preserved, and guard against
loss from excessive, heat. They
should also reduce the freights and
arrange for schedules of rapid and
continuous transportation to all markets.
They can well afford to do
this, as the more accommodations and
i assurances the people have of realizing
profits from their industry, the
. larger the crops will be, and consequently
an increaso of business for
the roads, and that, too, at a time
when thero is nothing much else for
them to haul.
Hut whilo the monoy realized from
melon growing is very gratifying in
itself, yet the rosult of the experiment
is much more far-reaching.
The most encouraging feature connected
with it is that our farmers
have made a break from exclusive
j cotton planting as a money crop.
Other agricultural experiments aro
now sure to bo made which will lead
to a development of the wonderful
and untold agricultural resources of
our Stato. With soil, cl'mato and
every natural advantage ?pr successful
agriculture there is absolutely no
reason why our State should not be
tin? garden spot of our great country
Break our people away front the erroneous
idea that cotton is the only
money crop we have, and the work
will bo fairly begun. Why may not
the watermelon culture in Barnwell
County provo tho turning point?
, Ktptallv as groat results have had
their origin in a smaller cause.
' (>ur town is rapidly and solidly re
I covering from tho ashes. Fine bricl
stores now moot the gaze on evorj
hand and handsome residences an
rapidly tilling up tho open lots. The
j South Carolina Hail way is making
alterations and amendments t<
meet the largo fall business whicl
loooms up so prominently.
Blackville, the outlet over the
South Carolsna Railway, for the
splendid country traversed by the
Blaekvillo and Newberry Railroad
is advantageously located for ul!
kinds of business. The climate is
eoual to Aiken, health unsurpassed
by any locality in tho State, near tho
ilea lings Springs, with good society,
good schools and churches, there is
mo reason why parties seeking a good
place to spend the winter, or to locate
and invest permanently, either for
business in town or sueessful planting,
should seek farther than this
I community to lind all tlio advantages
I they eon Id wish. Wo will welcome
all who wish to come among us to so!
cure homes and become citizens or
sojourners. Wcv/vj an<l (.'onricr.
Carlisle on (lie Situation.
[
The .M emetnjt:v has tin? greatest
confidence in Speaker Carlisle s judgment
as a statesman and politician.
Being interviewed the other day by a
reporter of the New Vork l/rr<i/d>
Mr. ('arlisle summed up the probabilities
of the next campaign and tho
personalities of the candidates most
| admirably. Mr. ('arlisle said:
' I think the renoinination of Mr.
Cleveland is a foregone conclusion,
and in my opinion it is tne wisest and
best thing the Democratic party can
do. If nominated ho will be elected, j
no matter who may be his opponent.
J lo has given tho country a sensible,
business-bke and patriotic administion,
and the best evidence of his capacity
for the place he occupies is
found in the fact that even his most
vigilant and vindictive political opponents
have not been able to point
to a single instance in wnicli any
public interest has suffered on account
of his oilicial conduct. The petulant
tone of the party criticism to which
he iias been subjected throughout
ildiuinistra11(js ,,f itself il r<hifession
that his couptjo in loiraud to laroe and
hnportont matters is unassailublo.
So long as ho does the ritrht thing at
i n h n
the right time, and in the right way,
a , ? , fi J
no political capital can bo made bv
attempts to ridicule or exaggerate
his personal characteristics; and if lie
is renomi'iatod the Republicans will
discover, long before the campaign is
over, that this shot is too small for the
game they are hunting. Mr. Maine
1 think, can securso the Republican
nomination if he wants it. Rut I am
not certain that he would take it. lie
is the most perfect living representative
of the real principles and methods
of the partisan Republicanism
which characterized administration of
| the government for twenty years after
the close of the war; and if the
party intends to make an honest and
aggressive campagn in support of its
actual political faith it will compel
him to take the nomination. Mr.
Maine believes implicitly in the sovereignty
of the Republican party, and
[ in himself as the impersonation of its
'power, lie therefore claims the alj
legianco and active support of every
professed Republican, and never for
j gives any one who opposes him. I'his
alienated h'rn from a large number of
; prominent men in his own party, but
lie is still stronger inside the party
than any other man, and if nominated
would rociovo the full partisan vote;
but he will never again receive such
a vote as he received in 1881."
The following is the copy of an
Act to permit the sale of domestic
wines manufactured in this Stato
without license:
Skcsion 1. He it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting inCJeneral Assembly,
and by the authority of tin; same,
That from and after the passage of
this act it shall bo lawful for any person
or persons in this State, without
license, to sell, trade or barter, in
quantities not loss than a quart, domestic
wine manufactured by such
person or persons from grapes or borrys
grown wi'hin this State: Procido/,
That all wines sold under the
provisions of this Act shall be put u|i
! in bottles, casks or demijohns containing
not less than one quart, and that
a label containing the name of the
person or persons manufacturing and
selling the same shall be placed upon
each and every bottle of wine sold b^
them.
Sue. 2 That any person or porsom
violating the provisions of this Act
shall, upon conviction thereof, be
lined in a sum not more than fifty
dollars, or by imprisonment not more
than one month, or both fined and
imprisoned, in tho discretion of tlui
/ A
vuun.
Sue. 3. rhat all Acts or parts ol
Acts, gen oral or special, contrary t<
the provisions of this act bo, and the
same arc hereby, repealed, so far as
they may be in conflict with this
Act.
Approved Dec. 20, A. 1). 1885.
A Poetical Address.
Columbia Record
The following is tho novel addross
upon a letter put in tho Columbia
post office on Saturday. It was evidently
written in tho city:
Toot! toot! your whtHtlo loud; lot her scream!
'''akemo along with a full head of Htoam.
To Fort Scott, Kans&a, I want to go.
Whore in summer gentlo zephyra blow;
To It. ?. Walls, who in there making brick.
1'lease tawo me right away, <|uick!
In advance o? tho sickly season rendoi
yourself impregnable; a malarial atmos
phero or sudden change of temperature k
fraught with dancer; use Dr. .1. II. Me
bean's Strengthening Cordial, 1.00 pei
lK>ttle. ?
t Important ICnilmnd Matter*.
Piiit.ADKMMiiA, July 80. -Kraal
? Thompson, vice president of t'io l'enn
> sylvaniu railroad had an interview
' yesterday with tlio managers of sev
1 j oral important railway lines leading
South from Washington and hnvt
! concluded negotiut'ons for one ol
' the most important railway traflic ar'
rangeinonts ever entered into by tin
I Vnnsy 1 vania railroad. Thoarrangomeat
embraces the formation of three
' throundi southern lines in order to
n
1 overcome expense and delays by numerous
transfers incident to shipment
< of freight from cities and interior
' points in the South, destined to any
points North reached by the I'enn1
j sylvaniu road system.
There were present at the intoro1
view, John Robinson, President of
' the Seaboard and Roanoke road;
II. Walters, General Manager of the
Atlantic ('oast -Line; K. 15. Thomas,
General manager of the Richmond
and Danville railroad; Sol Haas,
Trallie Manager of the \ irginia Midland
railroad, and John S. \\ ilson,
(jioneral Freight ami Traffic Agent
of tho I'ennsy Ivania railroad. I hroe
through freight linos aro so arranged
to cover all tho important southern
territory reached by the roads out of
Washington and they will run via
the Virginia Midland Railroad; sen
7
ootid t<> run via the Atlantic ('oast
Lino and tho third via Wilmington,
Norfolk, Richmond and I'ortsmout-h.
Faeh *?f tho companies interested will
i furnish its (ptota of ears and lines as
j established will provide all rail connection,
which will undoubtedly have
I ureal influence in promoting business
interests of the SoutIt.
\ ice-1 .'resident Thompson has al- I
ready directed that cars to bo provid- |
ed by the I 'ennsy I vania railroad
shall bo promptly assigned to this
service, and it is the intention of all
parties interested to proceed at once
to get these through lines in operation
at the ear'iest date possible.
Interstate Kevenue Statistics.
W as 111 n?; ion , .1 uly 23, The commissioner
of eternal revenue, Miller,
to day submitted to Secretary Fairchild
a preliminary report of tho ope
rations of that service during the liscul
year ending July 20, 1S87, from
which the following facts and figures
are taken: Total collection from all
I sources of internal revenue for tlie
. fiscal year just ended, were $I 18,835,I
757. This is $ 1 ,035,888 more than
the collection for the previous fiscal
year. The cost of collection to he
paid out of the appropriations made
to the revenue bureau was about $1,i
075,000; to this must be added the
i cost of printing the internal revenue
, stamps. The receipts from different
| objects of taxation, as compared with
i the receipts for the previous veer,
was as follows: Spirits $05,820,332, a
decrease of $3,202,040; tobacco $30,
108,007, an increase of 2,200,705;
fermented liquors $21,022,187, an increase
of $2,2 15,150; oleomargarine
$723,018, all increase, lianhs $!,588,
increase. Miscellaneous $247,045,
an increase of $21 1,350. The figures
indicate a decrease in the eonsumption
of sb'rituous liquors, and a
corresponding increase in the consumption
of malt liquors.
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UllWtti'I'illlt ?tl lOxpein e to llie
County.
As a specimen of tho way in which
county Trial Justices soinetimes carry
to trial frivolous eases at oreat expense
to 1110 county, which could ho
settled without expense, the holow is
{riven. The ease was one, that of
Statu vs. James Bredlow, brought heI
foro Trial Justice Brown, in the case
I of alleged larceny of a poeketkn'.fe,
the value <>f which was probably about
; 15 cents:
Trial Justice's fee $8,00
Constable' fee 5,75
Sheriff's bill, commitment 50
" " board for J line 1,80
Clerks charges 1,00
12,10
There is besides a further bill for
hoard for July, and fee for discharge
from jail, for the case was appealed
j from tho Trial I Justice's court and
dismissed,
i From the same Trial Justice hills
i, have boon received, including some
1 cases which were dissmissed before
. tho Court of General Sessions, yet
i considerable expense caused the
I county by ooin<r through the form of
i triad in the lirst court when ai mere
' looking into the faiMs would laaive
shown the baselessness of the actions,
s -Columbia /{< f/isfri'.
t -? ??A
Sli'i'H sa o?*v I )i>nsi>l i V i. !! .><1
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i
> ( WUmimjton Mrdacnyev.)
1 Mr. John Watters, superintondanl
of tlie fibre department of Acme
Manufacturing Company's works at
f Cronly, vouches the following:
) A colored man brought several
> I hens to that embryo city for sale
M They were purchased. One of them,
'! a little yellow fowl, came into posessI
sion of Mr. Walters. Dutifully she
I laid a nest of eggs and perseveringly
she hatched a brood of chickens,
and with maternal caro she nursed
and hovered over her brood.
When the chicks were weaned the
hoti grew sick, nigh unto death, and
, began to moult. The process kept
Jon until a full cock's plumage adorn
i C<1 I lint lion K1 ?<> nninrifitil /\ ?i
I" ? ...WW CI
full fledged black-broastcd' brass
i winged red cock, with glossy How
ing tail.
.Mi Walters regretted he lmd sonl
the lien-rooster to Capt. Strudwiok
r.j of Hillsboro, and the reporter couhl
not see it, her or him.
* Messrs. Wilkes Morris and W. If
r French say they saw tho.strunge compound
and attest the story as true.
p.
> r A
ridclity l? TIlcOM riay.
t Washington, July 29.- -Tho soc
rotary of tho interror to day denied
: the claim oT William Hcdgspcth, ox!
|>rivato it) the 12d Indiana volunteers.
r The case is an uncommon one, and
> has been the subject of much d'scusf
j sit>n by pension oTeials. I ledgesjielh
was captured in 1S1W and eon*,
lined as a prisoner tit Andersonville.
| After remaining in capt'vity five
^ months ho enlistened in lho ('onfed '
crate army, lie says, to escape starvation,
and so informed his fellow-prisoners
and that at tho first opportunity
ho would desert, and if possible
make his win back to his old command.
After a short service in tho
< 'oufodorato army ho carried out his
I intention, and linallv reached Ins old
regiment, in which ho served until
| discharged.
Sonic veers ago Iledgspeth >?j?i>1
i?><I for a pension on the ground of
i disability contracted w hile in the Federal
service. This fact was fully
I sustained.
The law provides that no one who
aided, directly or ine'rectiy, the enemies
of the Cfovenunont in the late I
war shall bo permitted to draw a
'pension. Iledgspeth's brief ooonee|
tion with the Confederacy made him
amenable to the law. lbs motive, ?t
is said, cannot be taken into considj
(nation. .Opinions by the do/en,
| somo favorable and others unfavorable
and others mifa\^?rable, have
oeen written upon the case by different
oflicials of the interior department.
At last, after the lapse of
'years, it reached the secretary of the
interior for liual action The papers
mi the case, which are very voluminous,
include a strong protest by
('omuiiss'oncr MlarU against the payment
of tho pension.
? <or? -<r- -
litiltd Torn.
M.\i/i'iMot.i:, .1 uly Jit). .) udge Mond
sitting in the I'uited States District
Court today, decided that TIioiiias
\\ iggins, known all over the world
".suMI;nd Tom" the pianist, shall be
delivered on or before August 10 into
the custody of Mrs. Fli/.a Methane,
who represents ('limity W iggins, the
,t e . i?e i M' ' ? - '
mi iin<m i i i >i11111 i (mi. :11i?i 11illi .J sis.
\V. liethune. who lias had charge of
I liiii:, shall at the .same time pay to
.Mis. I Jot Isune t Ik* sum of $7,000 for
I past services. The. cast* has been in
the Courts for several years, ami has
, attracted considerable a. < ntion from
the fact that Tom aas been held as a I
chnttal by the IJethunes ever since
his musical jjeuius has made him val|
viable. The suit was brought in the |
interest o? his mother l*> te^ain pssession
of him.
('liicUens llntebed li\ (lie limit.
1 M?tA\Al'oi.ts, .Inly 20.-- A novel
; siohi was witnessed here vosterdav as
I the result of hi<rn temptu'aturo of the
oast three weeks. Some time am* a
. i*
tirin received a consignment of eoos
packed in boxes after the usual uianI
nor. The <mos were placed iu stora?ro
ami yesterdaymorninif tho consignee
opened the ease. W hen the
lid was removed the low call of
chicks sounded in his ears. ()no entire
layer of coirs was found to be
hatching out and in a few minutes
aTter tho e<ri?"s were brought to the
? i
lioht fifteen welldevoloped "orphans"
picked their way through the
shells. Another layer began to
hatch out about, noon and it now
looks as though the cntiro consignr>
o
ment will hatch.
Sioux <'i<> Sinking.
Ciiicauo, July 29.? A special from
Sioux City, Iowa, says:
"The Missy uri River continues to
'cut the hank in front of this city,
several hundred foot of valuable
I property having gone out ?>f sight in
the last twenty-four hours. The
1 llino?s ('entral, Siou* City and Pacific
and Milwaukee Railroads have
{joined in an effort to stop the eutiting,
and are working three hundred
men. Knginoers say they can control
it in tune.,1
Sick headache, wind on the stomach,
liiUinux.ncsM, nausea, arc promptly and
agreeably banished by Dr. .1. II. Mckean's
kittle Liver and Kidney Pellets, 2fic. per
1 vial.
The Atlantic Coast Line sent ties
week I'm lirst watermelon train
Iroiurli froiii V hkitUo ( -.. I'-"
^ V "1-, I" 1 ?>'"
1 on, with 15,000 melons on hoard.
Tiio trip was inado in ninety-live
hours, auavoraga of twenty-live miles
per hour, at a cost of about lifteon
cents per melon. It is pleasurable to
note any convenience extended to
tillers of the soil. Truckers in this
section mi<dit observe this item and
n
govern themselves accordingly.
, According to an old custom
, Cieorge \V. t'hilds is acting, during
the summer, as sexton at the little
Kpiscopnl Church at Klberon, X. .1.
lie seats visitors who have no pews
. of their own and also passes the coni
tribution box. Mr. Chi Ids is very
proud of his office and will not ac
> ccj?t auv other in the t_f?ft of the 1 it'
tie church.
? I Thore sre many accidents and diseases
[ wheh affect Stock and cause serious lnon
venienco and loss to the farmer and in
Ins work, which may he quickly remidied
hy the use of Dr. .1. 11. M cLeans Volcanic
i Oil Liniment.
.lust fame is accorded to a Kontuckiitu
who is ninety-nine years old
t and has never been a candidate for
, an office.
[ o #
If you suller pricking pains on moving
the eyes, or cannot bear bright light, and
" find your sight weak and failing, you
should promptly use Or J. II, McLeans
strengthening Eyo Sal?o '25c. a box.
/ ^
Coerciiiff a Country.
Loi;>svii.i.k, Ky., July 20.- ? I "nitod
States .Marshal Cross returned
from Tavlor County tonight, whore
ho wont with a mandate from Fedoral
Court to collect tho railroad
| tax.
The marshnl, although boycotted
by the people of that count\ , ^succeeded
in undone1 seyeral hundred
Io\ ?es. He reports it as tou^di work.
Tho cit'/ens put eyery ohslaclo in
the way and refused to pay.
()no man, who was about to |>ay
h's taxes, it was rumored, was lynched
and others have boon threatened.
The ooods have not been sold yet,
an i doubtless will have to be slopped
out of the county before purchasers
can be found.
o .* jl
r"?r immut iiiiin 1 no hush treatment or
medicines which horribly '.rri|?.? the patient
land destroy the coating of the .stomach
i Dr. J. II. Mcheatis Chill and Fever cure.
| Sold at ad cents a bottle,
$0 What
is neurasthenia? It is more
common in the I'nited States than
any oilier country. Physicians say
that from the equator north, and
from the arctic regions south, nervous
diseases reach a climax in the
temperate /one, the /one in which Kuropeau
civilization exists. Neurasthenia
is a comparatively modem disease,
and is supposed to arisi^from
the increased activity, the nervous
strain under which the American
people live. In ICurnpo nervous diseases
classed under this head are hut
J little knosvn; but our people are
everyday becoming more nervous,
and their organizations more delicate.
It is partly due to our climate, but
principalis to American enterprise.
-? fS? ?
Some cruel wnir spread the report
that Queen Victoria would trive six
louineas and a silver cradle to every
child horn in her dominions on Jubilee
I )ay. About four hundred
people made application for the precious
<>ifts for their darlings, but the
Queen has evidently concluded that
it is mere blessed to receive that to
Vive presents. Hence many tears.
Two balloons have been purchased
for the military school at Tientsin,
t'hina. The larger one is capable of
holding sixty or .-event y persons, and
the smaller thirty persons. An instructor
lias already arrived at Tientsin.
and after live months practice
tiial trips will be .nude.
j < 'liarles lh>lm, of Indiana, sold his
wife to .1. II. Ituncli, a blind pensionsioner,
for $15(10. Wonder who was
cheated in the transaction.
lAposure to romth weather, ip'ttinx *et
living in (lamp localities, are favoralile to
the contraction of diseases of the kidneys
and hi.elder. As a preventive, and for the
cure of all kidney and liver trouble, use
that valuable remedy, Dr. .1. II. McLean's
I.ivi r and Kidney Malm. $1.00 per bottle
A I >VKIvTlSK.\l ifiXTS
FAIR HU FF
Mali: ami fkmai.E"
I \ '. tfnirni trni i
li\M I I U I W,
With Military Department lor
Roys and Calisthenics and
Fine Arts for Girls.
REV. J. A. SMITH Giuduath ok
Davidson Co .1,1.0k, I'hok. ok Latin and
(' ilkkk, MoUAI, and, Mk.STAI. PlMI.osopily.
CAPT. W. L. FLOYD, Gkaduate ok
S. C. Mii.itahy Academy, I'hok. Mathematics
and Mii.itahy Tactics. ""
MISS LOULA AYERS, Gkaduate
ok Chowan Femai.e Ins t?t:te, Teach eii
ok Cai.isthknk s, 11 Ki 11 Kit Hnoi.isii, Music
and Fkencii.
MRS. MARIA LOUISA SMITH,
Savannah, Ga. IIioii Sciiooi., Tkaciikh
ok vocai. and instrumental music.
>
Tuition and Hoard reasonable
C'lTADKI. Cap AND I NIKOH.M $10.75.
Session Opens on the First Monday
in Septemiikh 1887. Foil 01 it Large
Circular, Addhess
(APT. W. L. FLOYD,
FAIH Hl.ukk, N. C.
j uly 21 52 8m.
?
3STotice to Ored.itors. ^
M. T. FIojtI, Administrator of L. 11.
Floyd, deceased, Plaintiff aganist Cathcv'ino
V f'/\l/?mo?* c.
.....X, V V/IV I1KIII, 1 J, v Ult'Ill.'ltl,
Hugh Floyd, <f nl, Defendants.
( <>mplaint for Judgment- and llelief.
In obedience to nu Order of the Court
in above stated case made by Judge .J. II.
j Hudson, of date the "itli day of .May 1887,
| notice is hereby given, that all creditors of
I the lvdate of the said L. II. Floyd, deceas!
ed, are re(|iiired to prove their demands
before the Clerk or this Court, 011 or bet-ore
the 10th day of September next, or
this notice may be plead in bar of their
claims.
JOHN M. OMVfilt, C. C. P.
july 21 52 3f.
THOS. F. OII.LESPIE.
A.ttorney at I.iuv
uikI Trial .lustlee. "
Oonway, ^B.XP J
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