The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 15, 1894, Image 4
DEATHS OF ritOMINKST MEN.
York and UdKctlelil Count low Lone
Uscflil ami Honored Citizens.
The fuueral services of the lute Col.
W. 11. Wilson, of Yoi'kvlllo, took place
on tho 5th inst. It was one of the most
largely attcuued funerals that has
ever taken pluce in Yorkville. The
services were conducted by the Rev.
Mr. Guorrv. chaplain of Sowannoe University.
The building was unable to
hold the many friends who had come
to pay the last tribute of respoet to
their dead friend.
Col. Wilson was born in Columbia,
April 5th, 1827. His father was the
Rev. Statiyarne Wilson. He graduated
from the South Carolina College with
first appointment in 1840. In 1848 he
removed to Yorkville and began the
practice of law with 1. 1). Witherspooii,
anil upon the hitter's death a
partnership was formed with i. D.
Witherspoon, Jr., which continued
until the firm of Wilson & Wilson was
established.
lu 1853. Col. Wilson was sent to the
Legislature for this county and was
again sent for two terms, beginning
in 1882. In 1800, Col. Wilson was sent
as the head of the ticket, to the State
convention which adopted the Ordinurwww^fU
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vi uwcsaiuii. rillllTlll^ me VOllfederute
army as a private ho roso until
he was commissioned colonel of the
7th South Carolina Regiment. At one
time Col. Wilson was the only Episcopalian
in York county and it is duo to
liis untiring efforts that the Church of
the Good Snopard was established. In
this church he served us a warden for
thirty-threeyears and as Sunday school
superintendent for seven years.
Col. Wilson leaves five sons, one
of whom is an ex-State Senator and
one is serving at present in that capacity.
A correspondent of the Abbeville
Pross and Banner furnishes the following
sketch of the life and services of
Cupt. .lames S. Callison, who died Maidenly
at his home in Shatterflold,
Edgefield County on the 5th of March :
lie was of Irsh birth, coining to Edgelield
when a youth, lie did not
have a collegiate education, but by
studyand reading lie became a well
informed and intelligent citizen. His
education was derived from a eon taut
reading and study of newspapers. This
reading had been so broad and close that
lie was one of the best informed citizens
upon all commercial and political
matters.
His first effort in politics was in 18(10,
when lie was a candidate for the Regis- ,
laturo, the issue being State appro- I
nidation to t he ' Blue Ridge Railroad.
Upon this he was defeated.
In 1801 he went to the army in
Captain Tolbort's company, in the
oovoiix.il uegimont, and artor arduous
services was discharged for disability.
During the dark period of reconstruction
ho was bitterly opposed to
Republicanism, and in 1H7(J was one of
the most uctivo spirits in rolling up
the tremendous majority for Goneral
Hampton.
lie was onu of the most vigilant and
useful members of the Legislature
that Ldgeliehl has had since the war, i
always working for economy, an active j
advocate for the adjustment of the
public debt, and favoring economy in
every branch of the State and County
government.
After a useful and honorable career
in the House, he succeeded Genemil
Gary in the Senate, and was ever re- |
cognized for his ability and energy.
Captain Callison was one ol the best
stump speakers in the State.
As a citizens he was most usoful: as
a merchant he often befriended his
neighbors ; a practical farmer himself,
ho was an example to those around
him. No man was more beloved in 1
his own neighborhood than ho was?
was often stiled the " Duke of Shatterfield."
Prior to the war the section in which
he lived was poor, but since the war
. ? n?3 uctuiiiu uiiu *?i mo most prosperous
itiid cultivated in the State.
To this prosperity and improved educational
and religious advancement of
his neighborhood no man has contributed
more than Captain Callison.
MIo leaves many political friends in j
every part of the State, llis entire
neighborhood feels his death. A devoted
wife and a number of grown, '
useful and educated sons and daughters
to mourn his loss.
Voluntary Sukhknukk.?The Columbia
Register says; All the convicted
criminals in this State seem to
have determined to surrender them- ,
solves to the prison authorities and to
enter the Penitentiary with their own
commitments in their pockets, coining
to Columbia unaccompanied by officers
and acting as if they wore as free as
any man.
Martin Wheeler, colored, of Newberry
county arrived in the city yesterday
and went to the Penitentiary and surrendered
himself. He hail been convicted
of burglary, but had appealed
to the Supreme Court. That cour* de- 1
clined to give him a now trial. He has
a sentence of three years to serve.
Major Whitnor Symmcs, of Greenville,also
arrived in the citvon Sundav
afternoon, lie went to Wright's Hotel
and yesterday went for Superintendent
Neal, of the Penitentiary, to toll him !
that lie had coiuo hero to begin a live
years' sentence in prison, bringing his
own commitment with him.
Major Symmos belongs to one of the
most prominent families in the State
>and was at one time immensely wealthy.
Ho is still worth a g<xnl deal of money.
About two years ugo lie killed a white
man named Gary at Central, in Pickens
county. He was convicted of manslaughter
and was sentenced to live
years in prison. The Supremo Court
refused to give him a :.~w triulfeMajor
Symines is said to be a lirst cousin oi
ex-President Harrison. He is a highly
educated man.
Luther Trammell, who surrenderee
about a week ago, and Colonel Morrow
have both been put to work in the
hosiery mill.
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,A Mixed Romance.?A Gorman
widower, in the village of Sanborn.
Minn., sent, some time ago, to the old
country for a young lady whom he expected
to make his wife. Soon after
the lady came over she made up her
mind that her widowed adorer was not
the man she wanted. She did not, howover.
return to Germany, but engaged
herself a servant girl to J. G. Yager,
looking through Yuger's album she
became fascinated with the photograph
of u man and thought that with him
she would like to cast her lot. On inquiry
she found that the young man
might bo inclined to consider a proposal
of marriage, if it came in a quiet
way. A correspondence was begun,
followed by an exchange of photo- |
graphs. The yaung mun, who lives in
Indiana, went to Sanborn. When he
stood face to faco with his correspondence
eatno to the conclusion that ho
did not want to marry her. The matter
was settled amicably. The young
man <Uid not depart immediately for
his homo, and by accident became acquainted
with a very estimable young
widow of the place, lie proposed to
bar UCd wa*
SENSATIONS IN l>KO\VNING.
Ml
TIic Actual Kxpcrlencc of" a Man
Who Was Drowned.
Mr. O. A. Ilartloy relates his experience
in undergoing tho struggles
of drowning and resuscitation as follows
in the Cineinnutl Tlinos-Star :
To stand helplessly on tho viiv01'
shoro and witness tho struggles %f a
drowning follow-being is a harrowing
experience, and little loss hourt-rondI
ing to contemplate, hut, in matters of
; this kind, like many others, "tilings
' are not what thoy seem." At any
! rate, death by drowning is not as
i horrible as it may seem to tho oni
looker. Tho tiiougiitof being dragged
! along tho muddy bottom of tho river
and found later in some out-of-the-way,
willow-tangled spot is what adds to
the horrors of such a death. The
dread of such a fate is really worse
than tho fate itself. 1 once left this
world by that route as nearly as one
can una gei duck, it whs an ucciUent.
ami was sumo twenty yours ago.
A companion ami myself were bathing
in the Ohio ltiver. At the point
whore wo were a large raft of logs
was lashed to the bunk, and for quite
a long while wo amused ourselves by
jumping from the raft into liftcou foot
of water to see who could bring up the
largest number of white gravels each
time. We went down several times
with varying success. The last time
I made the elTort I tilled my lungs
with air uml leaped far out into the river
and went to the bottom head tirst. I
groped about for a handful of gravels
and spent more time in the search
than 1 should have done. The water
was warm, however, and I huil no
fears of drowning. When I could stay
down no longer 1 started swiftly for
the surface, and when within a footer
two of the top of the water my companion,
not knowing exactly where I
was, jumped headlong into the river.
His head struck mo squarely between
the shoulders and knocked the last
ounce of air out of my lungs, and a
deluge of water at once took its place.
The weight of his body falling on me
produced a terrible shock, and I sank
to the bottom of the river like a stone.
That is where I got my experience in
drowning. When the water rushed
into my lungs and stomach it felt for
all the world like a pleurisy pain,
which has also given me a tussle in
later years, but was over in a second.
'im l.-.-l - *>
i m il iny MUUJ MUttlUU IJUH'I I)' l() LI1L*
bottom and my arms full limp at upside.
In my half-conscious condition I I
could sou all my relatives and acquaintances
crowding about and looking!
down on mo with tearful faces. All
the events, it seemed, of my prosy
earner passed slowly in review, and
the good, had, and indilToront acts
stood out before mo in bold relief.
Even little school boy tricks claimed
attention. 1 knew 1 was drowning
and remember thinking, " Why, this
is not so hard after all 1" 1 wondered
where my body would be found, and
shuddered at the thought that it might
never ho found. I also wondered
whether or not my companion had he- i
come alarmed and run away and left j
me to my fate, or whether he was
diving here and there to lind mo.
Then I pictured my burial, and how
the eloils would resound on my collin
when it was lowered into the chilly
grave, and my fate would he pointed \
out to other boys by anxious mothers
as a warning.
At the next stage I could hear bells
softly ringing in the distance, together
with little tinfclingc and chirrups
sounding in my ears. Then I begun to
see pretty pictures. The colors of the
rainbow danced before my eyes and intermingled
and formed into all sorts j
of odd shapes. I had no pain and no
feat" of what was expected to follow.
1 seemed to be enchanted tit the scene
before me. Everything was light and
calm and moved about without any
visible impelling force. It was like
looking into a largo mirror with every j
beautiful thing that the most vivid i
imagination could conjure up revealed
thereby. The last stage which 1 en- I
tered increased the beauty of the surroundings.
All discordant noises
ceased and were superseded by the ,
softest, sweetest music that could be |
thought of. Apparently L had been
transported to a place Hooded with
bright, calm sunshine, it was neither \
too hot nor too eoid. but seemed like a
clear autum day. Then 1 seemed to j
rise from the ground and Moat oil" into j
space like thistle down. Higher and i
higher I went until 1 seemed to look :
down on the world from a great height, j
and then came a blank. The next
thing 1 know 1 was lying on the raft ;
with my companion looking down
on me with a pale face. After J
several unsuccessful atteinps he had i
succeeded in finding me and getting
me out of the water. By vigorously
rolling me over a log he had succeeded
in rekindling the spark of life that
remained. For the next half hour 1
think I sulTered a great deal more;
than for the same length of time before
or since. 1 shall never forget
how it feels to drown, but would not
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tiiivinu *i 11 unu IU try it W) 1111(1 out I or
himself. Resuscitation is too painful.
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Oats feu Hokkkk.?Experience has
proven that as a grain food for horses
lew feeds are equal or superior to oats.
Many farmers and teamsters, however,
by experimenting, havo decided upon
a combination of feeds that, in their
judgment, makes a ration superior to
any thing else obtainable. Some use a
mixture of ground corn and wheat
bran. Others feed the corn soaked
vith a sprinkling of chopped stulT,
whilo others get mere value Iromcut
hay dampened and sprinkled with
ground feed. For those who are satisfied
with a standard food and one
j that careless teamsters and stable men
1 will not he liable to injure horses with
J by over-feeding, oats will prove more
satisfactory. When American corn is
worth less than a cent a pound, and
i oats sell for over a cent and a quarter
j per pound, the feeding value is no
i doubt in favor of corn, but corn being
very heating, great care must needs
bo exercised in dealing it out. In fact,
gome horses ure made sick by a few
rations of corn. Constant feeding for
two or throo months deranges the system,
requiring a complete change of
diet, and often necessitates the calling
in of a veterinary surgeon. The thick
hull covering the out kernel prevents
fast eating, consequently moro saliva
iw f/.t. K....I .1: : *
u .t/1 .tivuf if IIIVII (iiun ui^wntlUH, t
some horses oat. so voraciously that
many of tho kernels are swallowed
whole. When this fact is discovered,
either have tho grain ground and fed
dry, or place several stones two inches
iu.-diametcr in the feed box. These
will prevent the grabbing of a full
mouthful of grain at once, and thus
cause twice the time to bo spent in eating
a given quantity.?American Agriculturist.
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for the complexion. Carpenter Bros.,
Greenville, ft. C., Druggists, will
always recommend Johnoon Oriental
Medicinal Toilet yuuj/.
MIIS. 1.1.ASi: OF KANSAS.
The Succwis of a Kcmarkahle Western
Woman.
The story of Mrs. Lease's advent in
polities is interesting. With her husband
and her children she lived on a
claim in Kinsman county. One day
she was in Witchita and leisurely
strolled into a union labor convention.
She was requested to make a speech.
She had never boforo attempted to
speak in public, but the calls wore so
frequent and earnest that she resolved
to try." For half an hour she surprised
hertolf, as well as her audience, niuking
a speech that fairly started her on
the road of fame and fortune.
Soon after this the Lease family removed
to Wichita, where the husband
I became a drug clerk, and fro in the
j modest salary he received in that
capacity supported his family, which
consisted of his wfTo and four children.
Through the influence of his wife he
was subsequently made manager of a
leading Wichita drug store, but the
proprietors having disposed of the
hll-.incKs lie tt'iw t hrown outof iiniiilnii.
niont, since which time lie has been a
gentleman of leisure. About u yeur
ago Mrs. Louse purchased u handsome
home in u fushiouublo residence part
of the city and turned it over to the
; management of her husband. Two
I elderly female servants are employed,
! who are paid by Mrs. Lease, but Mr.
j Lease has entire control of the estabi
lishment during his wife's absenco,
! which is maintained in the best posi
sible style. Since ho lost his position
I Mr. Lease has looked after the minor
| details of curing for his wife's property
| and the children, while Mrs. Lease has
j been traveling about the country
delivering lectures, making political
speeches and acting as a member of
the State board of charities.
About a year ugo Mrs. Lease became
interested in the subject of hypnotism.
She made a study of the science, her
ambition being to acqurie hypnotic
power. With this object in view she
engaged the services of a professor who
has been giving cxibitions through the
State, lie pronounced her a good subject,
and claims to have developed
unusual hypnotic powers in his pupil.
Mrs. Lease dislikes to talk of her hypnotic
powers, but admits that she has
given the subject of hypnotism much
study and thought.
People in Kansas have ceased to J
wouuer in anyuung airs. lamse says or
does. Her political earoer has boon a
series of sensations. She is constantly :
in search of something to say or do
that will attract attention to her. She j
first came into prominence in the cam- '
paign of 185)0, when her speeches pregnant
with bitter invective and sarcasm
caused many to compare her methods
with those of Senator Insults, whom
she took groat satisfaction in abusing.
Her success as a speaker consisted
more in arousing the enthusiasm of her
partisans than in making converts.
I'p to and including the campaign of
185)2 she was t he idol of her party, and
was called by People's party papers
the modern Joan of Arc. ilor influence
in party councils was greater than that
of any other half dozen persons.
Pew men loaders had the temerity '
to cross her path, and her wishes
always commanded respect, at least
in her presence, for no one wished to
in\ ite the sting of her sharp tongue
by opposing. A few tried it while she
was in the height of her popularity
with disastrous results. Her success
turned her head, and she began to use
her power in such a bold manner that
friends deserted her and enemies
sprang upon all sides determined to
crush her. Gov. Lewolling opened
the battle by attempting to remove
her from the State board of charities !
to which he had appointed her. She
fought back, repealed to the Supreme ,
Court and came out of the fray vieto- 1
rious. She is still president of the
hoard, and will remain in that position
until April, when the places now held
by two Republicans will become vacant. ;
They will be filled by I'opulists of the '
Governor's choosing whom ho can rely
upon to reorganize the board by re- I
dueing Mrs. Lease to the ranks, and
deni'ive hoi* of nil inlliinnun U... I
munagcancnt of the churituble institutions
of the State.
Mrs. Lease delights to talk of herself
and her achievements. She says
that if she were a man she could easily ,
he the acknowledged intellectual giant 1
of the People's party. In an interview,
in speaking of her oratorical ability, J
she said : " 1 believe 1 owe whatever '
power 1 have in this line to parental
influence. My father was an Irish
exile. He was banished from Ireland '
and he fled to America, with a price ;
set upon his head, and his property 1
confiscated to the Knglish crown. 1 1
was the first child born from my exiled
parents in America. My earliest recollections
are filled with a struggle
against every form of injustice that
came in my little world. 1 was liberally
educated and finished at Allegheny
University, and when fifteen years old
1 left school. The poor wages paid
women aroused mo and when 1 began
| teaching, scarcely more than a child,
1 rebelled against this and started a i
! movement in northern Pennsylvania !
and southern New York for bettor i
' wages for women teachers. Hearing \
i that women were paid better in the |
i West, I came to Neoso county, Kan., !
when 1 was seventeen years old, and j
taught at Osage Mission, where 1 met t
| Mr. Lease and afterwards married !
! him. A few years later Mr. Leuso |
got an idea that we could do better
, on a farm, so wo moved away out West
to Kingman county and took up a
claim. 1 lived in the very midst of
of the desert. It was solitary and
| desolato, and there was no society but
our children and no companions but
our lonely thoughts. It was an awful
i life, dreary, monotonous, hard, bleak,
and uninspiring. After that we moved
to Wichita, where i took up the study
of law with Kby & McMahon. I did
not go to the oflice much, but Mr. Kby
' came to our house and heard mo recite.
When I wily admitted to the bar and
| made my first address to the jury the
court room was crowded. My first
real public appoaranco was in Kansas
City, in 1HS8, whore 1 delivered the
address of welcome ait ai labor conference,
and whipped Mr. Powdorly, who
ait that, time wais in favor of labor organizations
keeping out of politics. 1
championed the movement and I won
tho day. That was my first fight.
There i got any first blood, and 1 want
to say right noro that I have never
been defeated in my life in any fight,
and 1 do not intend to lose any battlo
now. My strength has ahvaiys been, as
it is now, that I am right."
On the question of religion Mrs.
Louse expressed horself as follows:
' 1 think any religion is as ba'oad as any
political creed, for thdy are one and
alio same. I was reared in the Roman
Catholic Church and I have at various
times worshipped at other altars, but 1
am only a member of the groat big
i.uiii rn uic i iiuruii >v ibiiuub otlWJCll 1SIJI,
tho church with nocrood. I huto manmade
beliefs and priest-mado orthodoxy.
I tako the sermon on tho mount
and tho golden rulo and bolievo in thorn
and they a;-o butlloioutr sulliciout uuto
salvation."
WASHINGTON NUWt* AM) NOTtfitt.
Cleveland an<l CiirlUlt* ure Oupimcd
to Itliiid i Uill Alxiliihinti t'scl* ki
OfllccH-Thr Carnegie Irregularities.
Washington, March 8. The statement
is made by one of the must prominent
men in nubile life that Prosldent
Cleveland will veto tbe Bland seigniorage
l)ill if it pusses tbo Senate. This
gentleman talked with tbo President
yesterday regarding the matter, and
tbo reason given is that tbo bill would
bo destructive of tbe repose which
now surrounds tbo financial condition
of tbo country and further that it
would tend to wonkon our credit
abroad. Secretary Carlisle is known
to bo unfavorable to tbo bill and ho is
understood to have represented to tbo
President that tbe money that would
result from tbo coinage of the seigniorage
is not needed and that it is bis
intention to sell whatever bonds mm
bo necessary to supply tho dofleionoo*
of the National '1 reusury and this
without any regard to tho contention
raised that this money ought only to
bo used in compliance with tho tonus
of the resumption act.
Mr. Richardson (Rem.) of Tennessee,
called up the hill reported by the
Rockery commission, uholishing the offices
of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner
of Customs, and asked its
consideration as a privileged matter.
Mr. Reed asked how its prlvMogod
character had been retained after being
reported.
"Because an examination of the records
showed that tho Speaker had
stated when the bill was introduced
that it was privileged."
Mr. Reed ?" Can that be done excopt
by unanimous consent? The Speaker
does not seem to have asked the House
for it (humorously). I withdraw my
objection to present consideration. IOxhi
hit ions of tyranny are not unpleasant
to mo."
Whereat the Speaker could not restrain
a smile. A letter from Secretary
Carlisle, recommending tho passage
of the bill as tending to a hotter
and more accurate accounting in the
department, ami the report of tho commission
explaining' the desirability and
.scope of the meration of the measure
were read. The report claimed that
$.'10.l.'10 would ho annually waved in expoiiHCt
by the passage of the bill, and a
more speedy and accurate accounting
obtained.
The bill was passed after brief discussion.
Relative to the Pittsburg report
charging collusion of naval inspectors
in the matter of the Carnegie armor
plates, R< presontativo Cummings.
chairman of the committee on naval
a Hairs. to-duy said: "The reports
from Pittsburg about collusion of government
officers in the manufacture of
armor are incorrect. The investigation
developed nothing of the kind.
There wore certain irregularities that
were seen by workmen in two departments
at Homestead. These workmen
informed the Secretary of the Navy of
the fact, and an investigation proved
that irregularities had existed. The
Carnegie Company denied all knowledge
of them, but wore afterwards convinced
tb-'.t such was the ease. They
were lined $11.*),00b. Twenty-live per
cent, of this went to the workmen who
gave the information and the remainder
was withheld in payments duo the
Carnegie Company for armor under
the contract. The investigation reflects
the greatest credit on the Navy
Department/'
An annoying error has boon discovered
in the distribution of the tariIT
speeches of ex-Speaker lleed and
Chairman Wilson of the ways and
means committee.
They wore printed at the same olliee
and the usual euro was exercised in
their preparation and circulation.
Among the Congressmen who sent out
Reed's speech was Mr. Van Vooihisof
Chit), lit; received yesterday from an
excited and indignant constituent the
flu* eiwov.il. 4 v 4 *
\?i uuv ii nt'Ul Ul III ill Willi il
request for explanation. The cover
was all right^?'* TarilT Speech Delivered
by the lion. Thus. II. Reed"?while
the body of the pamphlet was thotarifi*
speech of the Hon. W. L. Wilson. An
investigation is in progress.
HICK IN Till-: 1*1 KDMONT.
Highly HiihIicIs to I lie A ere In Vork
CoiintV?How it Was Hone.
Yorkville Knquiivr.
Mr. C. II. Smith, who lives five miles
southwest of Yorkville, is one of those
farmers who last year experimented
with rice culture. He niado a success
of it. From Mr. Robert Conrad, he
bought live quarts of seed, which ho
sowed on one quarter of an acre. The
yield was twenty bushels, or at the
rate of eighty bushels to the acre. Mr.
Smith was in the Knquirer ollico last
Monday, and told the story of his experiment
as follows :
" 1 first selected a level piece of bottom
land, which measured a little less
than a quarter of an acre. After
broadcasting stable manure over the
patch, I broke it up and pulverized it
thoroughly with a disk harrow. Next,
about the 1st of April, 1 sowed the
rice, just as I would wheat c?r oats.
Then 1 built a dam and Hooded tho
patch, allowing tho water to remain
on until the rice began to sprout.
After tho rice sprouted, I then lot the
water off and kept tho pluco dry until
the rice was about four or live inches
bight. The weeds wore from two to
On.i.A tnnltnti I.I 1-4*1 -4_
KUIUQIUVIIUDIII(illU. I lull 1/IU5 Y\ JtUfU" Oil
again about, up to tlio first barrel of
the rice. Within four or live days the
weeds and grass began to turn rod
and die. In loss than ten days more,
the rice was high enough to allow the
weeds and grass to bo entirely covered
with water. Soon after this was done,
the weeds and gross died. 1 let the
| water oil and turned it on once or
twice more during the growing season
as I thought the rice seemed to require.
As the rice began to ripen, I
let tho patch become thoroughly dry,
and when harvest came, it was in first
rate condition for handling."
Mr. Smith also informs us that he
sowed some rice on a piece of upland,
and that it mod* a pretty fair crop. It
was sowed about like wheat and required
no more attention than sorghum
cane, lie says that hv lias been using
home-raised rice on his table over since
last summer, and still has plenty to
spare.
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?M. Blondin, now in his 71st yoar,
is giving marvelous performances upon
the high roue at the Crystal Palace,
l<omlon. In 1801 he walked across
the Niagara Kalis on a rope 1,100 foot
long, stretched at a height of 1(50 foot
ubovo the torrent. At the Crystal l'alace
his performance is upon a rope
stretched across the center transopt at
u height of (50 feet from tho ground.
The rope, which is an inch and throoquartors
in diameter, is made of steol
wire, covered with six strands of
manila, and from anchor to anchor it is
loo feet long. Blond in walks across
tho rope blindfolded, stands on his
head, carries a man on his hack, and
performs other fouls, ull of which ore
accomplished with the old graco and
during. j
i 1
THE PltOtmiONAIi WITNESS.
Tlio United States Court Hootim Musi
not bo Turned Into JiiLeting
( rounds for I'mlrswioiial WIIiiomi'm
in Search of Mileage nml Fee*.
Speo'ul to the Newt and Courier.
(jitilknvili.k, March i). Tho people
of Greenville were very much
pleased with Judge liruwley'a work uU
tho late to i'm of the United Stn^RT
District Court in this city. lie presided
with grout dignity und ability and
won tho approval of the liar by tho
promptness with which lie discharged
tho business of the Court. Tho regular
correspondent of tho News and Courier
kept its readers informed from day to
day of what was done in Court, but did
not cover one of tho most important
incidents of tho term. Thore was so
much saving common sense in what
Judgo Draw ley said about tho professional
witness and tho useless and
expensive litigation promoted by his
activity that 1 shall attempt to give
what Judge Urawley said touching the
matter.
In dismissing the juries for tho term
Judge Urawley thanked them for their
prompt, patient and intelligent discbarge
of their duties, which duties
lie said had been rendered more
arduous by the consideration of a largo
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u i a ukj i wi u nail Miuiini HOVIT
have boon sent up to that Court for
trial, and which had every appearaneo
of being instigated and prosecuted by
a sot of professional witnesses for their
own advantage, and not for tho promotion
of justice or the vindication of
law.
AH eases for the suppression of illicit
distilling, ho said, wore of importance
to the Government and he did not
wish it to be understood that any of
the ollieers charged with that duty
should relax their vigilance and his
remarks were not applieablo to that
class of eases, but the great bulk of
the prosecutions wore for violations of i
Section 3,24ii in selling liquor without 1
license. The greater part of these !
eases were properly cognizable in tho '
Courts ol tho State where any selling |
of liquor by parties other than the |
ollieluls of the State was made illegal.
The Courts of the United States, he ;
said, had a jurisdiction limited by law,
they had no general police powers,
they had no concern as such with any
question of prohibition or with tho
advancement of the cause of temperance,
and so far as he could control
it the power of the Court should not
be invoked either in aid of or in hindrance
of such legislation as tho State, j
in the exercise of its general police i
powers, might see proper to adopt
unless it was made clear that such j
laws were an infringement of rights
requiring the protection of this Court, i
The cases that were the cause of the J
animadversion were not of that
character. They were in the main
petty cases of retailing, which, in the '
judgment of the Court, did not proper-;
ly come within the purviow of the ;
section referred to., 'i hat section of
the Revised Statutes was ono of many i
features of the internal revenue laws, j
designed to protect and increase the
revenues of the Government by the (
imposition of a tax or license fee upon
persons conducting certain kinds of
business.
It was diflicult to lay down any
precise rule by which it can ho determined
whether one or more acts of
selling liquor constitute a carrying on
the business of a retail liquor dealer,
hut it is not dillicult to determine that
many, if not most, of the prosecutions
that have boon brought at this term
are not within the true intent of this
statute. Most of them come from a
few of the commissioners of this Court,
and relate to isolated selling of drinks
or half pints of whiskey by negroes
on the public highway or 111 obscure
localities, which negative the idea
that a business is being conducted
which it is the intent of this statute to
license. They are simply cases of un- 1
lawful selling obnoxious to the State
laws. 1
This Court would be in perpetual 1
session if the commissioners all over 1
the State followed the example of two 1
or three who sent up most of tho.cases,
and the expenses could he enormous 1
and out of all proportion to the good '
accomplished. He wished the commissioners
to understand that, hvhi-u .
casual and furtive sale of whiskey was
not an offence under the section referred
to. The commissioners should
exercise more discrimination. With 1
a little care they could readily determine
whether the party charged was
conducting a business in violation of
the statute. If they did not the Court
would lind commissioners who could.
He did not wish to say anything that
would discourage all proper proseeu- '
tion for violations of the laws of the
United States, but he did not intend
to allow its Court rooms to he turned
into junketing grounds for the professional
witnesses in search of mileage
and fees.
? ??
Kkki* Youk Mouth Shut.?Don't
! he olTended. The admonition is not
meant as a reflection upon your talkativeness.
Talk as much as you
please, but keep our mouth shut when
we are not talking.
?U- I A\ t . %
ruu|no wnu Kut'|i itiioir mouin
closed except when thoy are talking,
eating or drinking, rarely contract
colds or coughB. Savages, oven those
living in northern latitudes, seldom
take cold. Scientists say it is because
they are close-mouthed.
Disease germs Heating in the air
tind a direct route into the lungs of a
person who breathes through his
mouth. They are arrested by the lino,
sleeve-like wtjyk of hair in the nostrils
of the individual who breathes through
his nose. Keep your mouth shut and
you may defy pestilence. ,
The teeth sutler from too much and
too frequent exposure to too atmosphere.
Sudden changes of temperature,
whether liquid or atmospheric,
are hurtful to them. The best teeth
in the world are those of savage tribes,
whose members always keen their
mouth shut except when talking or
outing. i
Throat and lung diseases are often ,
contracted by persons who go about
open-mouthed. The frosty air of ;
winter inhaled directly into the lungs ,
through the mouth is a frequent cause
of bronchial dUordors. Taken through ,
the nose it is modilied and sifted of (
many of its dangers. Keep your mouth (
shut! ,
?Tho following declaration was
signed by 2,(MM) mombsra of tho modi* i
cal profession in tho United Kingdom:
" That tho most perfect health is com- i
patiblo with total abstincnco from all ,
intoxicating beverages, whether in tho <
form of urdent spirits, or as wino, boor, ,
alo, porter, cider, etc., otc. That persons
uccustomed to such drinks may
with perfect safety discontinue thorn 1
entirely, oithor at oneo or gradually .
after a short time. Tho total und uni- i
versal abstinence from alcoholic '
liquors and intoxicating bevorages of
au sorts would greatly contribute to '
tho health, tho prosperity, thomorali- 1
ty, and tho happinoss of tho human >
raoo." * (
Till-: ALLIANCi: MAN1FF4TO.
riieWtilliMlla Cntrt'lilNiu lo be Broun'"'
ForwHi d Immediately-('a ml id a t c*
Musi Not Dodge lilt' Issues.
The Cotton I'lunt, Uio official organ
of the Stute Alliance, has come out
with a manifesto urging the immediate
application of sundry questions to
?tho candidates now Hocking' to the
Hold. The questions were adopted
lust summer at Wulhalla, and the Cotton
Plunt is calling upon the Alliance
to enforce its demands for prompt and
unequivocal answers. The urtielo is
as follows :
44 We havo at various times sot forth
the attitude of the Alliance, as an organization,
towards candidates and political
parties. Wo have endeavored
to impress on the minds of our people
that a firm adherence to our principles,
aiiaid down in our platform, and their
unqualified support at the ballot box j
by the membership of the order, WM 1
the only way we havo of making our i
wishes effective. That adheraneo and
support should be given without a consideration
of the aggrandizement of a
political party or the elevation of some
man to a position of honor and profit
This attitude of independence and determination
will force men and parties
to do our will and wo can't enforce our
demands in any way except to make it
a matter of business.
41 This is a campaign year and the
candidates for all the offices, from
United States Senator down, are coming
out utnl getting themselves in posi- |
tion to strive for their ambition, it is ,
time now that the Alliance was also
getting itself in shape to enforce its j
1I0111 n ?<lu W?? 4...1 I
v?v>m?ii\*o. m v ai u ill bi:rt'9tL'U III L11
election of every ollioer, beeun.se every
otlieecarrion its inllucnco which may
be used for or against our cause. State
and county ofiicers, for that reason,
should be required to pledge themselves
just the same as t he members of
the State Legislature and the National
Congress. It is true that the members
of Congress are tho ones directly concerned
in carrying out our demands
and their election shbuld be more carefully
looked after than those not so
directly concerned. We are forced to
depend on their firmness, fidelity and
energy in working for tho enactment
of our demands and every precaution
should be taken in making our choice. 4
We are also directly interested in the j
ol<w>i inn nf n\nm Kmio '?f 4 I. C4 . l ? '
w.vvv.wu v/1 iiiMiii m;i n VII tliu Qbtltu liUg*
islaturo beeuu.se of their participation
in the election of a United States Senator.
"Tho election of n successor to Senator
Butler is, for ohgfous reason^ the
most itnj)ortant of tho year. The man
elected during a period that will decide
the fate of this republic. Ho will help
to decide whether we are to luvvo a i
rule of the people or tho rule of a
money monopoly. As the candidates
for that otlieo are very properly required
to come before the people and
express their views, the people can '
and must apply tho yard-stick to thorn
as well as to Congressmen, and not allow
them to take any equivocal or con- \
ditional position that will admit of
dodging their responsibility when
elected. If a man is earnest and sincere
in his advocacy of our demands he
will have no reasons for not complying
with what we require.
" In order to protect ourselves in this
matter the State Alliance passed resolutions
at its Wulhulla meeting last
July requiring its executive committee
to got a written answer without ambiguity
or equivocation from candidates,
as to whether or not they would
discuss and defend our demands and
pledge loyalty to those demands above
loyalty to party caucus. In each county
the duties devolve upon the executive
committees in carrying out the
orders of the State Alliance. The
hesitancy and slowness of men to act
in important matters of this kind when
their personal interests arc involved
makes it extremely unfortunate for
one who is chart/ed with this rlnlv U?>
it candidate. For that reason \ve have
always opposed Alliance ollieials becoming
such during the time they are
expected to serve the order. Such a
course has hurt us in tho past by giving
an opportunity to make the pluusiblo
charge that the Alliance was an
otheo-seoking machine and would be
an impediment to our progress as long
as it is kept up; bbcausc, very natu-??
rally, a man does not wish to ioopardizo
his personal interest by taking action
that will likely bo unpopular with
some.
" We call on tho ollieials who uro re- '
sponsible for carrying out the resolutions
Lo get themselves in shape to do
so for a great deul depends on it for
tho advancement of tho cause of the
people as represented by tho Alliance
organization in tho elections this year.
Let us take a long step forward and
do our duty fearlessly."
?
DOWN AN Ki?lI1ANKMEXT.
A Kailroatl Train IMiiiikcb Fifty Feet
and Halts on the Brink of the
lttver. {
Roanoke, Vft., March, H. ? The ,
southbound voutibuled train on tho
Shenandoah division of the Norfolk 1
and Western Railroad, was wrecked
at 0:40 o'clock this morning, between
Natural Bridge and Buchanan. Engineer
.Jacobs Hardy was instantly ,
killed and tiroman Will Noftsinger
wiih badly injured, though not fatally. 1
Tho disaster was caused by a landslide
frotn the blutYs along tho James,
to tho tracks, and oeourod almost exactly
ten miles north of Buchanan. 1
The engine was thrown from the track,
and ran along tho ties about forty feet (
and then plunged over a fifty-foot em- f
bankment, and was converted into a I 1
mass of debris at the brink of t he \
river. When tho crash catno tho en- '
gineor was at his post, with his hand 1
on the throttle; tho fireman was in '
tho cab. Neither of the men had time 1
to jump, and when the engine foil on !
the right side, Hardy was buried be- f
noath it and was killed at once. Mr. 1
Noftsinger had reached tho platform 1
by tho sido of tho boiler, and was '
thrown over the engine into tho river. (
Tie managed to swim to the shore, 1
although badly scaled by the escaping 1
steam. After he was pulled ashore 1
his wounds wero dressed by Dr. J. S. (
Stewart, of .Jonosboro, Tenn., who was '
on tho train. (
No one eleso on tho train was injur- s
i * .1 A 4 I - >
uu. /\ trmu was rnaao up hero jus soon ]
us tho news of tho wrock was received, 1
and the passengers and tho body of tho '
onginoor were transferred to that and
reached tho city about noon.
Enginoer Hardy resided in this city
find leaves a wife and throe children.
His burial will occur Saturday. Tho
brain consisted of an express car, a
lining car and threo vestibule cars, s
Dnlv the engine and tender woro do- 1
inolishod. v
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If you have sour stomach and feel r
bilious, and your head aches, take a t
Japanese Livor Pellet, it will rolievo
/ou. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Groon- *
/Hie, S. C. (
H. C. Taylor, Murfreesboro, Tynn.J t
vrites: "I have used tho Japanese {
Pile Curo with groat satisfaction and
success." Sold by Carpoutor Bros.,
iroonvillo, S. C. C
A LL O VJBR THE OL OBR
?Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
known. I'ills of American nianufaotnro
easily lead. Why? Because
they're smaller; tho vegetable extracts
are concentrated. There are
many liver pills, yet there must bo a
reason why Dr. Pierce's Pellets give
the best satisfaction. Probably because
they're sugar-coated, small as
grains of mustard seed, therefore,
easily swallowed. Most of all?they
act in a natural way, and aro effective
in result. Then, too, after
they're taken they can't be felt?so
different from the old-fashioned
pills, with their griping and violence.
For indigestion, pain in stomach,
costiveness and habitual constipation, v
as well as sick and bilious headaches,
these " Pellets" bring such a lasting
cure, that they can be guaranteed!
Your money is returned, if they do
not givo satisfaction.
To every sufferer from Catarrh,
no matter how bad the case or of
how long standing, the proprietors
of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy say
this : "If we can't cure it, perfectly
and permanently, we'll pay you $500
in cash " Sul.t l?v oil
?~ v? j ua mi Ul^iOVO.
An Kxim.anation.?Ex-Mayor Hewitt.
of New York, litis issued an iimcndnicnt
to liis speech before the Southern
Society, wherein ho criticised the
Southern members of Congress. 11 av- ^
ing rcnil what Sotialor Butler and 1 t
others have said in answer to hi*
speech, ho says : " Now that 1 am 2
speaking on this subject I wish to say
that inv address lias boon misunderstood
by many people who did not
hoar it, but road the short reports in
the newspapers. While these reports
wore fairly accurate, so far as they
went, tho^ gave a different impression
than would have resulted bad the
speech been given in full. Then,
again, my criticism was confined to
tiio Southern statesmen because I was
talking to a Southern audience. 1
hold tiio same opinion of the average
statesmen in other parts of the country,
and had I been speaking before a
more general audience and I would undoubtedly
have included the whole
country in my statement. I have read
the remarks of Senator Butler and
others, and all 1 care to say is that
their words prove the truth of my
statement. If they were as big men
as Calhoun. Olay and others of their
time they would not have said what
they did, even if my position was a
wrong one."
lMtorKK Timk to Bat Kkuit.?Tho
proper time for eating fruit is in connection
with meals, especially at
breakfast and dinner. It should bo
supplied in generous measure with
those two repasts, either in its natural
state or simply cooked. In either of
those ways it will be found easy of
digestion, agreeable to the system, a
corrective of many demoralized conditions,
and most highly relished by
all appetites of normal condition.
Tl^fe has come into vogue in lato
years what may be termed almost a
fad for tho production of strangely
compounded things, in the form of
Bauces and relishes of ono name and
another, of which fruit forms tho
foundation, but which arc so disguised
by the addition of spioings and other
foreign ingredients that the original
fruit is practically lost, in sight and
taste. Let it be understood, once for
all, that til esc thinirs urn nn lom/fif
fruits, and are not to bo considered
such, and can in no manner or degree
yield the beneficial results to be
derived from tbe uso of fruits.?Good
1 lousekecping.
mm
?Gen. Eurly's celibacy is said to
havo been due to a romantic attachment
for a llckle girl. As the story
goes, when bo was a second lieutenant
of artillery ho went to the Greenbrier
White Kulpher Springs on a furlough,
und while horseback riding saved a
belle of the resort from drowning and
fell in love with "nor. His suit prospered,
and when ho wont to the Ev<\r?
lades they wore engaged. 'I^tno
wore on until the young artillery officer
yearned to see his betrothed again,
fcnd applied for a furlough. With the
mail that brought his leave of absence
3amo a newspaper that was undoricorod
at its announcement of the
marriage of his sweetheart. lie
vaived bis furlough and continued in
ictivo service, brooding over the
diadow cast on his life until he sudlonly
decided on quitting the army,
md this explains his resignation of
luly 31, 1838.
?The Eskimos havo many customs
>f peculiar interest, not tho least
imong is a remarkable roluetaneo to
ironounce his own name before a
itranger. If a white man meets a
amily and asks the head thereof bis
lame, his wife will promptly answer
or him, or vice versa. If a child 1h>
iskcd his name, both parents, if th'^/
ire present, will reply, while tho lftfTe
>no will stand dumb, [f but one Eskino
is about, and tho same question bo
mt to him, ho will look about in a disressed
way, as though seeking somo
mo to give tho desired information,
ind will ?iwi* ?
w.mumn tiu evuuo uio query
nitil a mem her of tho tribo cornea up
o answer for him. If pressed, and no
>thor eourso is left him, lie will tell
lis name, hut with marked reluctance.
)n all other subjects, except their
pirituul beliefs, they will converse
irith volubility, and do their host to
mpart information."
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