The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 15, 1894, Image 4
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?or Jamili) Story.
TUB MAN IN A Bl'GGY.
Au Incident of the Lincoln Tragedy
Never Before Published.
From the N. Y. Evening Tost.
On the night of the assassination of
President Lincoln, and a short time 1
before that tragedy took place, a horse
and buggy were driven rapidly out of
the alley back of Ford's Theatre, turned
down Tenth street to the avenue,
and then disappeared, going easterly
towards the capitol. A few moments
later the greatest crime evor committed
in America paralyzed for a moment
the audience ana held the whole
country spell-bound with horror.
Booth's leap to the stage, his dramatic
speech, and remarkable escape passed
like a dream before the audience. But
then catno the awakening, and fast
upon the heels of the assassin came
... - -- - --
...? .uiigvauvu ui tin uuiragea people.
Who the assassins were, how many
wore involved in the plot, how largo
its ramifications, wereunknowh. Evory
clue was seized upon, every person
over whom hung the slightest suspicion,
was immediately arrested. A
reign of terror followed among all the
Southern sympathizers in the city and
tho country round. For the people in
their anger wore not very particular
who suffered for the crime, provided
the principals were caught and punished.
Tho disappearance of that horse and
buggy u short timo before the tragedy
was soon brought to light, and was
eagerly seized upon as a clue that
might lead to important results. Several
companies of cavalry wore immediately
ordered to follow and overtake
the buggy, to arrest the driver, and
briug him hack to the old Capitol
prison. They took up tho trail at Pennsylvania
avenue, and followed it
through the eastern part of tho city
until they came to the old Washington
Pike, and then to Uladensburg where
they were told by the guard that a man
in a buggy had passed a short time
liefore. They put spurs to their horses
and followed the pike for a long distance,
besides scouring the by-roads of
all the surrounding country. But not
a trace could they iind of the man in
tho buggy ; ho had disappeared, and
though ovory effort was made to unravel
the disappearance, the Government
authorities wore never able to do
so. Time passed. The trials for the
assassination were over, public interest
died down, and the incident was forgotten
amid the stirring events that
soon followed.
It was my good fortune a short time
ago to come across an explanation of
this incident: in fact, it was explained
to mo by the man iu the buggy. I bail
received a cordial invitation from an
old gentleman who lived about fifteen
miles off in the upper part of Prince
George's County, to join in a fox bunt,
which was to take place during Christmas
week. It was to be the event of
the season, us everybody had plenty of
time at tluitseason of the year, it was
one of those delightful winter days
which are so common in Maryland,
just eold enough to keep the ground
from being too soft, and yet warm
enough to make riding pleasant without
being overburdened with a heavy
coat. The country was low and rolling,
covered with woods, which have taken
the place of old worn-out tobacco patches,
and great dark brown fields, stretching
away on either side, brightened
occasionally by the light brown of the
sedge grass, which waved and rustled
iu the breeze, almost like fields of
ripened wheat.
As 1 rode up to Mr. M.'s house, I was
greeted by the combined rush and
chorus of his pack of fox hounds, whose
noisy welcome takes the place of doorbells
in the homes of southern Maryland.
A noted Confederate scout once
told me that, when ho was scouting
through this part of Maryland during
the war, ho always felt safe when he
rode up ton house if lie was greeted by
fox hounds, as it was invariably a sign
that the owner was a Southern sympathizer.
most of the fox-hunting gentry
being of that persuasion. The house
itself was one of those great square,
red brick houses, with a long wide
porch in front, so common in this part
of Maryland, set in the usual cluster of
old oaks and elms, with the Negro
quarters and the stables several hundred
yards distant in the rear. It bad
been built in the latter part of the
last century, when the planters made
enormous fortunes from tobacco, which,
however, so impoverished the soil as
to make it almost worthless in a great
many instances.
1 was met by Mr. M., a striking looking
man, six feet in height, with a
magnificent head and a long white
beard. Ho had been through many
adventures when a young man, and
during the period of the war, when ho
had many narrow escapes in forward
i 11 despatches and assisting scouts
through the lines. Onco, for instance,
the Government was very anxious to
capture a well-known scout, who was
at the time in Baltimore. The scout
escaped and made his way to Mr. M.'s
house, where he lay hid for the night.
Next day there happened to be a
primary meeting at Bladensburg,
where u very largo force of Union
troops were* stationed. The pooplo
generally went to the primaries in the
morning and returned in the evening
after having a jollification. Mr. M.
took advantage of this, went to the
primaries in the morning with the
scout, took a drink with the provost
marshal, passed out on the other side
of Bladensburg with some friends returning
to their homes in the lower
part of the county, and reachod i'iscataway
in safety. Here the scout hid
with some friends until he could cross
the Potomac, which wus not difficult,
aw there was a great deal of hlockaderunning
done in that quiet little country
town, overlooked on account of its
insignificance.
It is needless to say that 1 was welcomed
in the true Maryland style.
After dinner we were assembled round
a large open fire, which sent a glow
through the old hall. The fireplace
was so large that, instead of cutting
the cord-wood in half, as is usually the
case, they used it just as it came from
uiu woous, iour ieoi long. J no nail itself
extended through the house from
front to rear, and was the favorite loafing-place
of two or three old hounds,
who had been famous in the hunting*
lleld in their youth. We had been talking
about narrow escapes in the hunting
field, when Mr. M. said :
" Have I ever told you how I came
near being hung for the murder of Lincoln
V"
A chorus of noes and a demand for
the story brought tho following account:
' On the day that Lincoln was murdered,
I had driven into town and put
up my horse at tho stables of Dr. ,
an old friend of mine, immediately in
the rear of Ford's Theatre. It was
rather late when 1 returned to get my
horse, after attending to tho business
1 was on. Indeed, I afterwards learned,
it was a very short time before Lincoln
was killed. As I drove out of the alloy
I noticed a horse standing behind the
theatre, no doubt the one on which
theatre, no uvuu? .
Booth escaped. I drovq down the
avenue and finally succeeded In pausing |
both the Washington plcketeaail those
at Bladensburg, the last line ol the defences
of Washington. A short dis- i
tanco out of Bladenshurg the country
becomes heavily wooded, uud continues ,
so until you roach my placo. Instead!
of running in u straight line the pike .
makes a kind of a curve, but there is a
road, a kind of cut-ofT, which saves a
considerable distance to those who
know of its existence. I had just turned
into this road, and had gotten under
tlio shadow of the trees, when I heard
the clanking of the sabres of a body of
cavalry coming rapidly down the pike.
I stopped my horse to let them pass
wiinoui nearing me, because oavalrymon
in those times very often fired and
then cried, 'Malt.' The whole neighborhood
wus known to have very strong
Southern feelings, and a dead robol
more or less did not amount to much.
1 had the same experience twiee again,
as 1 crossed by-roads, but oueh time I
was fortunate enough to hear the cavalry
coining, and so 'laid low.1
" 1, of course, knew something was
wrong?exactly what 1 had no idea.
There was no danger of Southern raids,
as the sun of the South had just gene
down behind the hills at Apponirttox,
and what had started a largo body of
Union cavalry racing through the
country roads was more than I could
account for, not dreaming for an instant
that they were after me. I finally
reached home without mooting any
more cavalry. Next morning, while
we were at breakfast, a Negro boy
named Tom camo to the door, with a
scared look on his face.
" * What's tho matter, Tom V1'
" Mars Abe was shot last night down
in Washington.'
" ' Shot! impossible.'
ueeu, though, it'H true, Mars
William.'
".Fust then I heard somebody ride
rapidly up to the house, and looking
out of the window, 1 saw a neighbor of
ours.
"'Have you heard the news?' lie
asked.
" 4 No.'
"4 Lincoln was killed last night by
1 tooth, ut Ford's Theatre.'
" It Hashed upon nio in an instant,
the meaning of all that cavalry swarming
through the country the night before,
and I came to the conclusion that
1 was the man they were after. You
can depend upon it, 1 kont pretty quiet.
1 did not cure about feeling the noose
around my neck like Mrs. Surratt.
whom I knew well, or languishing on
the Dry Tortugas like my friend Dr.
Mudd. There was enough evidence
against me to hang half a dozen men
in the then state of public opinion. 1
was confirmed in this opinion a few
years later when I happened to meet
an officer of the United States army,
who told me incidentally that he had
ridden through this part of the country
on t he night of Lincoln's murder, ]
looking for one of the conspirators who
had escaped in a buggy, though they
had ridden after him as far as Klkridge,
some thirty miles from Washington."
VKNUH IN DAYLIGHT.
Interesting Description of Astronomical
Phenomena.
The New York Herald gives the following
observations from K. W. l'rentiss,
professor of astronomy in Kutger's
College, N. ,)., on the unusual spectacle
which the twilight sky now utYords of
tho exceedingly bright evening stars.
Jupiter and Venus. Ho said :
"Tho phenomenon occurs at intervals
of eight years, whenever the
piunot is at or near its greatest north
urn ntiituuu, aim nuom iour or live
weeks lieforo inferior conjunction, ut
which Vonus is botweon us ami tlie
sun. Venus is now .'l.'l,000,(MK)miles distant
from the earth, but by February
Kith, at inferior conjunction, this will
have diminished to 2f>,440,(MK). Venus
will then present to us a face entirely
unilluminated, and wi'l bo lost in the
brightest rays of the sun, being visible
in the early dawn as a morning star,
and by November 2d its distance will
have increased to 150,000,000 miles,
when its brightness will be live times
less than it is now.
"Jupiter, although separated from
us by more than 400,000,(KM) miles, is
yet tlie largest planet in the solar system.
and exceeds in size a thousand
earths. It is the giant planet, and outshines
the other stars in outline, in
magnitude and lustre. Venus, on the
other hand, is about the same size as
our own globe. Its orbit is almost a
circle entirely within the orbit ol the
earth, so that at times it is between us
and the sun, its distance varying from
t U'put v-ti vm to 1(1(1 IMW1 tMin i?f ??> >
" At present Venus is our nearost
neighbor anions the planets, ami its
nearness and high reflecting powers
combine to make it most conspicuous.
In fact, it is so brilliant it may he seen
in a clear sky with the naked eye
throughout the entire day by any one
who knows just where to look for it.
" It is a little more than two hours
behind the sun and a few degrees higher,
and therefore may bo found a little
above the place the sun occupied in
the.sky two hours before. A few moments
after two o'clock every day this
week it will be on the meridian, half
way up and between tho zenith and
the south point of the horizon. In the
morning hours, from ten to twelve, it
is in the southeast at an altitude of
about thirty-five to forty degrees.
" It is related by Arago that Napoleon
Bonaparte, upon repairing to the
Luxembourg when the Directory was
. about to give him a fete,was very mr.fsi
' surprised at seeing tho multitude which
was collected in tho Hue do Ton 1011
pay more attention to tho region of the
heavens situated above tho palace than
to his person or to tho brilliant stuff
which accompanied him. lie inquired
tho cause and learned that those curious
persons were observing with astonishment,
although it was noon, a
star which they supposed to bo that of
tho conqueror of Italy, an allusion to
which the illustrious general did not
seem indifferent when ho himself with
his piercing eyes remarked the radiant
body. Tho star in question was no
other than Venus. Ot her instances of
its observation in tho daytime are recorded,
some at a very early period."
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(lovcrnor Tillman, at the suggestion
of the hoard of trustees of Clemson
College, has written tho United
States War Department ask i in? that
Lieut. Donaldson be again detailed
ho that he can remain in chargo of
the military department at Clomson
College as long as possible. Under
the army regulations he can remain at
Clemgon for four years. Ho has been
there three years already, but his detail
will expire in duly next. The
Governor says in his letter: "His
tRCt and success in handing 4r>0 raw
cadets, who matriculated in July last,
was such as to make us anxious to
keep him as long as possible."
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While reform is going on among
the politicians, don't let the people
forget to reform themselves in the way
of economy. Live strictly within
your income, and there will be no cry
of hard times next fall. ' <
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ROMANCE IX REAL LIFF.
Shot by u Suitor When ? ni?-i ?m!
Carried (lie Bullet in Her Head
Until She l>ie<l.
Brunswick. r?a., Fobruary ?).?A
telegram litis been reeelved hero announcing
the death at Orungo, N. J.,
of Mrs. Thoinus Smalos. of this city.
This announcement, which will cause
great and genuine regret in this community,
recalls a llfestory which reads
stranger thau (lotion.
Mrs. Smalcs was shot in the bond
in curly life und carried the bullet in
her skull to her deathbed. Her life
who eventful, und inurked by u dotormluution
und unfaltering endeavor
thut mtule her in many respect* un exceptional
ohuructor.
She whh Miss Frances Dayton, of
Virginia. und she boasted she was one
of the 44 F. F. Vs." Her parents were
wealthy. When only live yours old
her mother died and u few yours later
her futher married again. The stepmother
did not take kindly to the
child, und ufter a short time Frances
was sent North to be educated at
"The Gunnery," then, us now, a eolohrated
school in Washington, Conn.
Here she grew to be a radiantly beautiful
girl.
Admirers wore not wanting, and
among them was Thomas Similes.
Vows were exchanged, und the young
folks vowed to he faithful until death.
{>no of Frances' ardent admirers was a
young Southern lad. She repulsed
him over and over again, hut he wusn't
discouraged.
He invited her out for a walk one
afternoon, and when they reached a
secluded spot ho once more asked her
to become his wife. She again rejected
his suit.
" If you will not accept mo you shall
die," lie cried. " No other man shall
call you bride."
lie drew a revolver. The young
girl screamed and started to lice, l?ul I
he tired. She fell to the ground. The
young man's desperation turned to
fright, and he brought aid. The bullet
nuu sh uck i? ranees just. doimiui and
above tho left car. All attempts t<i
locate and extract it were futile. For
weeks she lav between life and death,
and at last slowly came hack to safety
once more. Her left side, however,
remained partly paralyzed. Full of
pluck, she resolved to finish her course
at tho school, and did so, graduating
with high honors.
Then she went to pay a visit to Mrs.
Amelia C. Bird, of Orange, N. .1., a
lifelong friend. While there she determined
to study medicine in order to
treat herself. Tno bullet in her head
still gave her great trouble. Her
physicians discouraged her, hut she insisted.
Then the thought occurred to
her that perhaps the electrical sparks
that telegraph operators constantly
receive might ho utilized as curative
agents. She said to her doctor : "If
I work for a year in a telegraph office
will you then believe I can study
medicine successfully ?" Tho reply
was " Yes." Accordingly she entered
the Western Union oillce in Orange
and worked at the key for a year.
She then matriculated at the Woman's
Medical College of the New York Infirmary,
and took the full course,
graduating with honors in 187t>. During
her examinations she broke down
physically and some of them she passed
tluough while lying in her bed.
Again this plucky woman determined
to go still onward. She went
to Berlin, Oormany, where she passed
a graduation examination, and then
went to London, Kngland, to practice.
All this time her early love had
been true to her. His familv moved
to Australia, but bo k? .j?t. up a constant
correspondence with her. At last
with a small capital be returned to
the United States and established
himself in tins, photograph business in
Brunswick, Georgia. Here ho pros*
pored so that in a few years ho was in
a position to claim his bride. A loving
message crossed the sea. the young
doctor sailed for this country, and they
wore married in 1HN2.
Taking up life in Brunswick, Mrs.
Smalos throw horsolf heart and soul
into charitable work. It was through
her ctTorto that the, tirst hospital was
built here and the lirst training school
for nurses established in all the South.
About a year ago her health failed and
she went North to hoard with her old
| friend, Mrs. Bird. She failed steadily
! and last week was taken with convulsions.
The old bullet in her head
' still troubled her, and it is supposed
that this aggravated her paralytic
symptoms and caused 'heart failure.
, She died suddenly last Saturday aftor|
noon, ller husband reached her bedside
some time before the end.
I All her life long she had a horror of
beillU' hnrlerl ulive nrwl wln.11 olm ilnwl
her husband refused to believe that
1 she was dead, and insisted that she
in a trance.
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TALK OF A Till HI) TFHM.
, Tlio Columbia Register had an interview
the other day with Col. F. M.
Mixson, of Barnwell County, who reports
a strong feeling in that county to
put Governor Tillman in ollleo for a
third term. Col. Mixson was asked,
' what do the people of your county
think of an early convention and the
political situation V"
" From all that I could gather Barnwell
County is rather inditVerent about
an early convention. The people say
that they are too hard pressed to
bother with politics so early, and it
would bo better to wait later, after the
crops are 'laid by,' when they will
have more timo to devote to it."
" Did you hear any expression of a
choice for Govornor."
" Yes, a very decided choice. Barnwell
County is decidoly in favor of Governor
Tillman's nomination for a third
term. Especially so if there should be
a March or an early convention. They
wish this for the reason that the administration
is being so hard fought
at every point, and no one could possibly
lead the Reformers as Tillman
can do and make the tight as he."
" What about bis candidacy for the
Senate V Do they overlook that ?"
" No, they keep that before them
constantly, but argue that in making
the raco for Governor ho will only bo
expected to contlno himself to State
politics, which he can manage better
than any one else, thoroby making a
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i.H..u i v f i miu i/iapvunnrjr iu\v anil 1IS
workings and olccting a good Ucform
I .ogisluture and the untiro Ucform
ticket muoh more easily than could
ho done by any other seeker after gubernatorial
honors. Besides it would
not make anv difTcronco about bis
making a national light. The Leg is- I
latum willuass him on up to the Senate j
and tho Lloutonant Governor would j
succeed him."
" In this emergency, Colonel, who j
do tho Barnwell people favor for !
Lieutenant Governor ?"
"John Gary Evans is the choice for i
Lieutenant Governor. The people l>cliovo
that he would be a good successor
to Tillipau, ho having ability and
plenty of ' backbono' to carry out tbo
measures now under way, but should
another get in and win tho spurs from
him, Barnwell County will accept tho (
other without a word."
KILLED IN AN ELEVATOR.
Au Outraged II umImiihI Slay* Ills
Wlfu's Seducer,
CllATTANOOUA, Tonn., Fob. ft.?
George N. 1 leuson, president of theCitizen's
Hank and Trust Company, and
imu of tim most prominent men in
Chuttunooga's financial and commercial
circles, this afternoon shot and killed
J. H. Wert, a well known insurance
man, the father of a large family, and
with connections throughout this section
of the country. The city to-night
is agog with excitement in consequence
of the sensational tragedy. The shooting
occurred shortly after 'J o'clock.
The killing was done in one of the passenger
elevators of the Richardson
block, the largestolllce building in the
city.
S^rvttio ll.iuin M-. II -
jv/mv mi uo iiiwiitm ?M I ILUIIMl'Il
sued his wife for divorce, naming Mr.
Wert as corespondent. On account of
the prominence of all the parties concerned,
the suit awakened the liveliest
interest and engendered the most hitter
feelings. Mr. I lensen stoutly maintained
that Mr. Wort had been unduly
intimate with Mrs. Ilenson and Mr.
Wort as stoutly denied it. Following
the filing of the hill for divorce, Mr.
Wort printed u card in the newspapers
denouncing Mr. Ilenson us a liar and
culuinniutor. Mr. ilenson replied, reiterating
the charges. Through mutual
consent of the husband and wife,
the divorce proceedings were withdrawn.
the husband agreeing to maintain
his wife and children and paying
the costs in the divorce suit. Mr.
Werts's friends claimed this exonerated
him. hut Mr. Ilenson continued to
contend that lie was guilty of the undue
intimacy.
Some few weeks ago, the Centenary
Methodist church, of which Mr. Worts
was a prominent member, placed him
on ti'ial before a jury of seven of the
[church members. Pive of the jury
voted for his convietin on the charge
of adultery and two voted for his acquittal.
lie was accordingly expelled
from the church. To-day the tragical
chapter of the unfortunate affair was
enacted, lloth men have boon avoiding
one anot her, fearful of the consequences.
This afternoon Mr. Ilenson
had business with the bank's attorneys
on the fourth floor of the Kichardson
block, and after finishing his business
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nun nu ill MY II HI II III H15 II IS L'X 11 I rum nil'
building. As lio vouched tbo second
Moor below, Mr. Wort, in company with
a young attorney, on to rod the elevator.
Thus the men met face to face for t he
lirst time since the church trial, LJetwoon
tbo first lloor and tho ground,
the shooting occurred. Mr. Ilenson
says he intended leaving tho elevator
as soon as he recognized tho now passenger,
but bis exit was interfered
with by tho men entering, lie further
claims that in tho descent he thought
ho detected Mr. Wort reaching for a
weapon. However, that may bo,
nearer the elevator reached the ground,
Mr. Ilenson began to shoot, tiring two
bullets while tho elevator was in motion.
The last shot was fired just as
tho elevator Ixiy reached the ground
floor with the car. One of tho shots
entered Mr. Werts's right breast, passed
through the fifth rib, ranging to tho
left and passed through the edge of
the right lung and through the base of
tho heart. The second shot struck
Lavin Thomas, the young attorney, inflicting
a flesh wound on tho arm. Mr.
Wort died fifteen minutes after he was
shot.
Tho wildest excitement prevailed
and in less than ton minutes thousands
surrounded the building. Tho banker
after he had done the shooting lied in
wild excitement back up tho stairway
to tho attorney's office, where later he
waived a preliminary hearing. Ho is
in the nfllco of the jail to-night, and
will probably be given a preliminary
hefll'littr 1 iinwit'i'mi' \l ? ..l. ii
...n W...W. . V?? . i'l I . VJl I/O O UlUHH rt
gave ovidonee of thu fearful mistake
under which Mr. ILcnson was laboring.
The only character of a weapon 011 the
dead man was an insignificant pen
knife and it was vnoponcd. The victim
leaves a wife and six children, was
about fifty years of ago and has lived
in Chattanooga for twenty years.
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A I'FHFISCT wire.
A Splendid Tribute IV0111 a Faithful
Husband.
On the anniversary of their marriage,
Fidmund Iturke presented to his
wife this pen portrait of her charms.
It may serve as a mirror in which wives
of the present day may view themselves
:
" She is handsome, but it is a beauty
not arising from features, form, complexion,
or from shape. She has all
these in a high degree, but it is not by
these she touchosa heart ; it is all that
sweetness of temper, benevolence, innocence,
and sensibility which a face
can express that forms her beauty.
She has a faee that just raises your
attention at the tirst sight; it grows on
you ovory momont, antl you wonder it
did no more than rui?e your nttention
til tirst.
' Ilor cyos lmvo a mild light. but
thoy uwo when she pleases ; they command
like u yooti man out of ollice, not
by authority, but by virtue, ller stature
is not tall she is not made to bo
the admiration of everybody, but the
happiness of one. She has all the
firmness that does not exeludo delicacy ;
she has all the softness that docs not
imply weakness.
ller voice is soft, low music, not
formed to rule in public assemblies,
but tocharm those who can distinguish
a company from a crowd ; it has this
advantage, you must come close to her
to hear it. To describe her body
describes her mind ; one in tho transcript
of the other: her understanding is
not shown in the variety of matters it
exerts itself on, but in the goodness of
the choice she makes. She doos not
display it so much in saying or doing |
striking things, us in avoiding such
as she ought not to say and do.
" No person of so few years can know
the world better: no person was ever
less corrupted by tho knowledge. Her
politeness Hows rather from a natural
disposition to oblige, than from any
rules on the subiect, and therefore
novor fails to strike those who meet
her. She has a steady and firm mind,
which takes no more from the solidity
of the female character, than tho solidity
of marble does from its polish and
lustre. She has such virtue as makes
us value tho truly great of our own
sex. She has all the winning graces
that make us love even the faults wo
see in the weak and beautiful, in her."
With such a wife, is it surprising
that Hurkc could aver "that every
care vanished the moment ho sheltered
beneath his own roof?"
?aennior m. d, liu'Uor add reused a
very largo audienco in-the court house
at Bonnottoville on salcsday in this
month, llo discussed national politics,
roviowing his official acts, llo stated
that ho had favored the free eoinago
of silver since 1881. Ho said nothing
that any Reformer could object to.
and was attentively listened to. He
was frequently applauded during his
address. Tho Senator was'at his l>ost,
and made a lino impression. Senator
W. I). Kvans, in a few complimentary
remarks, introduced Senator Butler.
a PISTOIj in his face.
A Member ufilioLt'KiNliiturc Demands
mi Apology ami Finds Himself In un
riiplcasant Predicament.
The state, Feb. 8.
There eamo very near being another
sorious shooting sorapo on Muin street
in this city yesterday afternoon, about
I o'eloek. The affair took placo near
the Hotel Jerome and created no little
excitement, although it was very quiet
and no disturbance was raised. Only
the few bystanders who saw the shining
barrel of a pistol shoved in a
stranger's face knew that anything was
wrong.
The parties to the affair were Maj.
Thomas W. Woodward of Hookton,
Fairfield County, and W. J. Johnson, a
member of the House of Representatives
fl'OIll t.lin oumo 'ni
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wore two other men concerned. Messrs
John I), and L. S. Harrison, also from
Fairfield County. They hud coino down
here as peacemakers and are said to
have been friends of Muj. Woodward.
It seems, so the witnesses say. that
Maj. Woodward came out of the hotel
followed by Johnson. Maj. Woodward
begun to talk to Mr. Harrison. After
some conversation Maj. Woodward and
the Ifarrisons stepped inside of VanMeter's
store door. Some say that
Johnson followed them inside.
Maj. Woodward, in speaking of tho
incident last night said : " The trouble
grow out of certain publications in the
W inshore Nows and Ilorald. Mr.
Johnson had ascertained through a
telegram that I had sent to a friend in
Kidgoway this morning, that I was
coming to Columbia today, lie followed
me down here. While I was at
dinner a card was sent up to me to the
effect that I was wanted down stairs.
As I came down I passed Johnson, but
didn't say a word to him. and had passed
on out into tho street. Ho followed
mo with his hands in his nneket.s mwl 1
had n hostile look upon his face. He
came up to where I was talking to u
friend and stood there in a threatening'
attitude with his hands still in his
poekots.
" I said to him. 'Do you wish to see
me ?' lie said he did. I said 'AH
right. What is it V' He said, 'You
have insulted mo grossly and I have
eome to demand an apology.' 1 remarked
to him, '1 am not making any
apologies today.' He said. 'You are
due me an apology and I intend to have
it.' Thereupon, believing ho was in
the act of either tiring from his poeket
or going to null and tire, I put my
pistol in his face and told him to help
himself. I said to him, 'Well, what
are you going to do about it V" He said
'Nothing.'
" After considering for a moment, I
said, 'If you have nothing further, and
if you are satisfied, I will go on.' I
then passed on up the streot. The
other two gentlemen prosent were
friends of mine."
?? STONKWAI<Ii
.1 itCRSON.
Some ol* II is 'Peculiarities in l*rlvate
Idle?He Slept in C'liureli.
Stonewall .Jackson and the late General
I). H. Hill were (dose friends, and
for a long time professors in the same
college. They married, sisters, daughters
of an eminent ex-college-president
of North Carolina. General Hill is the
author of a paper in the February Century
containing much that is new and
interesting regarding the famous Confederate
leader. General Hill says :
I ? Wlll.ll l.i iil/umi K -
II v i Iiuunouii L'tllllU HI Lilt'
Virgiuiu Military Instituie he was a
dvspoptic and something ??f a hypochondriac.
His health was had, hut
ho imagined that ho had many more
ailments than ho really did have. Ho
had boon at a water euro establishment
in the north, and the prescription had
boon given him to live on stale broad
and buttermilk, and to wear a wot
shirt, next to his body. He followed
these directions for more than a year
after coming to Lexington. Hoarding
at a public hotel, thoso peculiarities
attracted much attention, and ho was
much langhod at by the rude and
coarse. Hut ho bore all their jests
with patience, and pursued his plan
unmoved by their laughter. In like
manner he carried out strictly the direction
to goto bed at nine o'clock. If
that hour caught him at a party, a
lecture, a religious exorcise, or any
other place, ho invariably left. His
dyspepsia caused drowsiness, and ho
often went to sleep, in conversation
with a friend, and invariably without
exception, went to sleep at church. I
have seen his head bowed down to his
very knees, during a good part of the
sermon, lie always heard the text of
our good pastor, the Rov. Dr. White,
and a few of his opening sentences.
Hut after that all was lost.
" 1 remember a witticism at his expense
which caused a good deal of
amusement. The faculty of the two
colleges was specially invited to attend
a lecture of a celebrated mesmerist.
Many of the citizens of the town were
also present. The lecturer, aftor dolng
some surprising things, wished to try
his hand upon one of the professors.
Major Jackson went forward to the
stage, but his will was too strong for
that of the mosmorizor, and the operator
failed to effect him. The operator
showed so much clmrgrin and mortification
at his failurothat the audienco
become very much amused, and their
fun ran over when a witty daughter of
Governor McDowell, said in a stage
whisper 4" No one can put Major Jackson
to sleep but the Rev. Dr. White !"
1 believe that Jackson never entirely
overcame this drowsiness in church,
though in military service his health
improved, and drowsiness wore off to
some extent."
Governor Tillman says he was not
surprised at the decision of the District
Court of Appeals at Washington
in reversing the decision of the lower
court regarding the Ralmetto trade
mark. He says that an appeal will t>e
taken to the Siinroino ('enrt.
IJnitod States. Tho only effect of the
recent decision, if upheld, will bo to
allow infringements en the business of
tho State when dono outside, but it
will not in anyway alTect tho business
in South Carolina.
??(lovernor
Tillman will shortly
solcct the commission which will visit 1
the battlefield of Chickamauga for tho
purpose of laying off tho battlefield in
conjunction with commissions of tho
same kind from other Southern States ,
who bad troops in that famous battle.
The South Carolina commission is to
stakeout exactly the positions occupied
by tho troops from this State and ap- ]
nropriately mark them. The Logis- ,
I at ure at Its recent session npproprl- |
ated $7f>0 for this purpose. !
?Tho fly whcol of tho engine at the i
Spartan Mills broke in two on the (>th 1
irist., just a few minutes before work
begun. Engineer Lewis was instantly 1
killod and two men who wero In 1
tho engine room wore wounded. <
The roof of the engine room was kno jk- t
ed oil'and part of tho brick walls. It <
will cost tho mill several thousand (
dollars and it will bo soveral weeks 1
before they can run again. Tho wheel i
was thirty feet in diameter. i
MISSISSIPPI'S SENATOR.
A Uriel Sketch ol'i lie Successful Can- |
(lldaie.
Tho 1 .ogislaturo of Mississippi ho8
chosen Hon. A. tl. Mcl.uurin as the
successor of (Jen. K. C. A'althaU in the
United Stutos Sena to. Mr. McLauriu
was born in Rankin county, Mississippi,
Mure)j 20, 1HIS. Roforo ho was
a year old his father moved to Smith
county, Mississippi, and there ho was
raised on a farm, just about us tho
avorugo country boy is raised. lie
attended school when tho condition of
the crop would permit, and when not
at school he buckled down to hard
work in the cotton and corn fields. A
short time before tho close of tho war
he unlisted as a private. At that time
ho was only sixteen years old. and
served onlv a short time, lie did not
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O' ? xhkj u villi;, i;uv V*l?ll If *111? ? I IltlllM'll
with serving in the "tanks." When
tho war closed lie returned to Smith
county. In 1>-'U7. ut the age of ninteon.
lie completed his education. Tho clay
after ho returned fioni seho. I ho resumed
his occuj?"t!ou nt the |! w, to
assist his father in restoring, an far as
possible, the losses sustained by the
war. During the day he worked on
the farm and at night tudlod law over
a pine knot lire." In 18(>8, at Kuloigh,
Smith county, -he was admitted to the
bar, and at onco began a lucrative
practice. Three years later lie was
elected district attorney for the fifth
district, which otlico ho ably 11 lied,
lie proved an indcfatigublo prosecutor
of all misdoers. In I ST c? Mr. McLaurin
moved to Hrundon, where he has since
lived, and practiced bis profession, enjoying
one of the largest practices in
the State.
lie is regarded as one of tho leading
criminal lawyers in tho State. In
1871) he was elected to the Legislature,
and in 1SSK ho was elected elector for
tho Stato at large on tho Democratic
ticket, lie was a loading Mguro in
the constitutional convention of 1892.
He has always been a Democrat. Mr.
McLaurin is married, and is the father
of seven daughters and one son. Mr.
McLaurin is an uncompromising ad- i
vocato of the free and unlimited coin- j
ago of silver, and won tho fight on that J
platform.
IIUMOH
OH Til 10 CAM I*.
Anccdol cs Told l?y General Gordon in
llis Famous lirc'liirc.
Tho grim humor of tho camp waged
otcrnul warfare on tho general despondency,
said General Gordon in his
lecture, introductory to a few choice
bits of fun. One day while strolling
over the field of a recent battle he
found one of his men, an Irishman,
talking earnestly to a dead Federal
soldier.
' Faith," ho was saying, " I'm sorry
for yo, poor old fellow, but you don't
need those shoes : you are dead, now,
and I'll just take 'em." ITe pulled the
shoes from the dead man's feet and put
thorn on his own.
On one occasion a prayer meeting
was hold in camp, and one of the
soldiers was called on to pray.
"Oh, Lord," he said, " wo are in the
midst of a terrible battle and in an
awful lot of trouble. We hopo you
will take a proper view of the matter
and give us the victory."
In tho midst of a battle the General
saw a man running from a very close
situation.
uWhat are you running for?" demanded
the disgusted General in a
stern voice.
"Golly, General," said tho fleeing
man, " I'm runnin' because I can't lly."
General Gordon also told an interesting
story of how it happened that a
Federal soldier bore tho last order that
he ever sent to his men. 44 Hut," ho
added, humorously, ' I had to send a
private Confederate along to vouch for
ins voracity."
lie concluded with a hurst of Southern
eloquence, and, seeing the silken
Hag on the table from which lie spoke,
ho said : 41 And by the memory of the
fathers who bequeathed us this
glorious country ; by the long line of
noble heroes who fought in it; by the
unrivaled heroism and devotion of her
sons?by all these we declare that this
Hag of the South; this Hag of the
North ; this Hag of t he united country,
shall bo a protecting power to all on
land and on sea."
(loon l'OTNTS IN TilK DlSI'lSNSARY
IjAW.?Governor Tillman has an article
in the North American Review,
wherein he gives a brief history of the
origin and worskings of the new liquor
law in South Carolina, lie sums up
the good points us follows :
The claims of the Dispensary to support.
and its superiority over any form
of licensing, rest on the following
grounds : 1st. The element of personal
profit is destroyed, thereby reliwtvimr
t.hn innnntiifo i,* . *1
...n W..V. tu^UUVIVU l>KI 1IIUI UU9U UUU
sales. 2d. A puroarticle is guaranteed,
us it is subject to chemical analysis.
.'Id. The consumer obtains honest measure
of standard strength. 4th. Treating
is stopped, as the bottles ai o not
opened on the promises. 5th. It is
sold only in daytime: this under a
regulation of the Hoard and not under
the law. (Jth. Tho concomitants of ice,
sugar, lemons, etc., being removed,
there is not tho samo inclination to
drink remaining, and the closing of
tho saloons, especially at night, and
the prohibition of its sale by tho drink, i
destroy the enticements and seductions
which have caused so many men and
boys to be led astray and enter on tho
downward course. 7th. 11 is sold only
for cash, and there is no longer " chalk- i
ing up''for daily drinks against payday.
The workingman buys his bottle
of whiskey Saturday night and carries
the rest or his wags home. 8th. Gamboling
dons, poolrooms, and lewd houses,
which have hitherto been run almost '
invariably in connection with tho
saloons, which wore thus a stimulus .
to vice, separated from tho sale of
liquor, have had their patronage reduced
to a minimum, and there must
necessarily follow a decrease o' crime,
hth. Tho local whiskey ring', which (
have been tho curse of every muniei- |
pality in the State, and luwo always .
controlled municipal elect'ons, have
been torn up root and branch, and the
intluenco of the barkeeper '.s a political
manipulator is absolutory destroyed. (
Tho police removed froc.. the control of ,
those debauching olomonts, will onforco
tho law against ovihloing With ,
more vigor, and a higher tone and .
greater purity in all government af- {
fairs.must result. I
?Win. 10. Bull, of Abbovillo, dealer j
in dry goods and millinery, has mudo .
Ein assignment to U. M. Hill for the
benefit of his eroditers. His assets
iro thought to bo about $10,000 and his j
liabilities about $5,200. Scarcity of
money and inability to make colleo- 1
dons caused tho failure.
?Govornor Tillman has appointed !l
U. E. Young, of Charleston, R. W. v
l3oyd, of Darlington, and J. H. lOarle, r
>f Groonville, commissioners under
.ho act approved December 18, 18tW, c
entitled an act " for the promotion ^
)f uniformity of legislation in tho v
JYiited States." These gentlemen '
wo to serve four years without emolu- fl
nent. H
ABBEVILLE TO THE I KO.VT.
I'nvoiing a >lii> <'on vein Ion?Tho IteI'oriiioi's
Wo ill loSor Ilii'l'dinlUlutca
Si i<-king to Tillman anil l.uiiilici-.
Tin* furim rs* Association of Abbeville
County held a meeting on salesday
and the following1 resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas, The question of holding a
convention on tho pin t of the Deform
Democrats of this State for t ho purpose
ol suggesting candidates for tho several
State oftlcos is being generally dismissed
throughout the State. And
Whereas, Wo, tho representatives of
the organization known as tho " farmers'
Association of Abbeville County,"
In convention as-.omblcd, considering
this mutter of the proposed convention
os one of very grave importance to that
faction of the Democratic party with
which we are allied and in the success
and perpetuity of which we arc deeply
i lite run Lud, desire to put ourselves on
record and to speak out in no uucorlain
manner on this important subject.
Therefore, bo it
Resolved, 1st. That the holding u
convention by the lie form Democrats
of Soutli Carolina for the purpose of
nominating a State ticket without tirst
having the aspirants for tho several
ollices to bo filled to appear before tho
people and give expression to their
views touching' the various questions
of State poliey which are so deeply
agitating the public mind at the present
time, would smack so much of
" King Kulo " and " Rossi am "as would,
in our opinion, result in producing
widespread dissatisfaction in the ranks
of the Reformers.
2nd. That it was ono of the fundamental
principles of the Reform movement
that the peoplo should have tho
right to choose their public oHleials,
and wo hereby enter our protest
against the subversion of this right,
and insist that in order that they, tho
people, may exercise said right intelligently
and satisfactorily to themselves,
it is necessary that they bo
given nn opportunity to both see and
hear those who desire to ho honored
with such positions.
,'lrd. That as the Reformers claim to
be the regularly organized nomocracy
of the State, having tho entire machinery
of tho party in their hands, the
nmnlUUnn ...l.i.U.
v*/inn viv/un it iiii;ii 11' IlUUl'SSJlI*y 1T1
18! to for thorn to hold an early convention
for the purpose of naming' tnolr
standard bearers no longer exists. We,
therefore, see no occasion for such a
convention hoing held this year sooner
than the middle or latter part of May,
or at least until the people shall havo
luul an opportunity to see and hear
the several candidates and thus be in
a condition to act intelligently in tho
matter of choosing their public servants.
1th. That in tho interest of peace
and harmony wo advise against anything
like snap judgment being taken,
or sharp practice adopted to advance ?.
the cause of this, that or tho other
candidate, and insist that each and
every candidate bo given a free, fair
and open chance before the people.
5th. That t he secretary be Instructed
to send a copy of these resolutions to
the Cotton 1 Mant, Columbia Uogister,
the Headlight, and such other papers
as he may think proper, requesting
their publication.
C'ONGHESSMAN I.A'I IMKR KNOCKS Ell.
Whereas, Congressman A. O. Latimer
is earnestly endeavoring through
national legislation to obtain financial
relief for an impoverished people, and
to fulfill the pledges made to his constituents.
11?5 it
Unsolved, 1st. That wo, tho Abbeville
County Farmers' Association in
convention assembled, do most heartily
endorse the eourso of our representative;,
and commend him for his fidelity
to duty and untiring zeal in behalf of
the liberties and welfare of the people.
2nd. That we commend him for hi*
opposition to tlmt financial policy that
has been foisted upon the country
through the manipulation of Wall
street speculators and English bondholders,
under the pretence of " restoring
confidence" and "reviving
prosperity," and which has culminated,
as was predicted, instill greater
financial depression, and in the effort
to fasten upon an already oppressed
people, a still greater bonded indebtedness.
Hrd. That we endorse his bold stand
in dcfenco of the rights of the many
against the arrogant assumption of the
few, and for his refusal to sacrifico
principle for the mess of pottage offered
in the form of petty federal patronage.
1th. That the above resolutions bo
published in our county papers, and a
eopy be sent to Hon. A. 0. Latimer.
(SOVKKNOK TILLMAN ENDORSED.
Resolved, By the Reform Democrats
of Abbevillo County in mass-meeting
assembled, that we heartily endorse
the administration of the duties of his
high ollleo by Governor Tillman since ?
his first election in 18110. That we bo-,"*' licvo
his whole otfioial course has boon
guided l?y an honest desire to do his
duty as a faithful servant of tho people,
that his administration has boon
marked by the enactment of most important
laws which, in a large measure,
he initiated, and which havo already
proved of great benefit- to tho
petiole of tho State: and that should ho
desire to bo elected a member of tho
Senate of tho iJnited States, we hereby
pledge him our sineero and unanimous
support, believing that as Senator
be would serve our State with /eal
and fidelity.
THE DISPENSARY LAW.
Resolved, By tho Farmers' Association
of Abbeville County in moss meeting
assembled, that we heartily endorse
the law known as the Dispensary
Law : that we recognize in it a whololOine
moral agent, and that we insist j?that
whoever may he chosen us our
itundard hearer in tho coining campaign
shall champion and discuss this
law as one of the main issues of the
ampaign, and that we heartily endorse
tho determined efforts of our Chief
Kxecutivo to enforce the provisions of
this law.
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1'oints for Farmers.?C. II. Wiljox.
of Savannah, will plant on his
plantation at Estill, Hampton County,
lfty acres in tobacco and fifty in to11
a toon for liiscannory, besides making
irovislons for the place. Ho will use
l?,4.. 41 -..v '
.m i/.y-nvu Minn 01 guano on a nlne-niulo
ariii. On the loth instant ho will sow
Ifteen pounds of tomato good. Ills tojacco
plant beds cover J,boo square 4r .
,'ards.
T. O. Lawton and son shipped another
carload of hogs to Columbia and roaized
5 conts gross for same. They
voro loss than a year old. hut brought
6 or moro oaeh. Raised in a pasture
,nd fattened on peas in the fall, thoy
voro almost all clear profit and the
>eas land is fino for this year's crop.
Mr. John Lawton has eleven acres of
abbago? some nearly ready for mar:et.
if the weather is soasonahlo ho
vill ship some next month. Besides
10 has planted lettuce, beets, onions
ind garden peas. He has sown tomato
oeds for the early spring crop.